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           A
           Modest
           Plea
           Both
           for
           the
           CAVEAT
           ,
           AND
           The
           AUTHOR
           of
           It.
           
             WITH
             SOME
          
           NOTES
           UPON
           Mr.
           
             IAMES
             HOWELL
          
           ,
           AND
           His
           
             Sober
             Inspections
          
           .
        
         
           By
           ROGER
           L'ESTRANGE
           .
        
         
           Laudatur
           ab
           his
           ,
           Culpatur
           ab
           illis
           .
           
             Horat.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           Aug.
           28.
           1661.
           
           For
           Henry
           Brome
           
             at
             the
          
           Gun
           in
           Ivy
           lane
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Modest
           Plea.
           
        
         
           REport
           speaks
           me
           a
           Prisoner
           for
           my
           last
           Pamphlet
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           knew
           who
           raised
           it
           ,
           or
           would
           have
           it
           so
           ,
           I
           would
           (
           in
           earnest
           )
           thank
           them
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           honour
           they
           can
           do
           me
           ,
           to
           bring
           my
           Innocence
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           and
           make
           me
           suffer
           in
           a
           Cause
           ,
           which
           every
           honest
           man
           prefers
           before
           his
           Being
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           I
           should
           thank
           them
           for
           assisting
           toward
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Enemies
          
           :
           which
           beyond
           doubt
           those
           people
           are
           ,
           that
           will
           torment
           themselves
           for
           a
           Reflection
           that
           concerns
           no
           other
           ,
           —
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           appearance
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           ;
           but
           I
           sixe
           nothing
           upon
           Persons
           :
           whoever
           says
           ,
           
             There
             he
             means
             mee
          
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ;
           otherwise
           not
           .
           They
           know
           their
           own
           Affections
           best
           ,
           and
           I
           my
           own
           meaning
           ;
           which
           yet
           I
           take
           to
           be
           so
           plainly
           expressed
           ,
           as
           that
           no
           Englishman
           can
           make
           a
           Question
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           This
           General
           Rumour
           has
           made
           me
           call
           my
           Papers
           and
           my
           Thoughts
           to
           shrift
           ,
           and
           neither
           in
           the
           One
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           Other
           ,
           do
           I
           find
           any
           thing
           according
           to
           my
           judgement
           of
           my
           Duty
           that
           suits
           not
           with
           the
           strictest
           Obligation
           of
           it
           .
           So
           let
           my
           Soul
           find
           Comfort
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           
             the
             King
             is
             betrayed
          
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           had
           the
           honour
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Ear
           ,
           I
           would
           present
           him
           with
           my
           particular
           reasons
           for
           that
           opinion
           .
           My
           expectation
           was
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Seditious
           Stationers
           ,
           and
           Lecturers
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           have
           complayn'd
           should
           have
           been
           call'd
           to
           accompt
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           have
           been
           threatned
           my self
           ,
           effectually
           ,
           for
           complayning
           of
           them
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           matter
           of
           exception
           ,
           I
           offer
           up
           my
           whole
           Life
           to
           the
           Scrutiny
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           and
           if
           from
           the
           first
           Moment
           of
           the
           Quarrel
           to
           this
           Instant
           ,
           they
           prove
           me
           Guilty
           either
           of
           the
           least
           remisnesse
           toward
           the
           Kings
           Cause
           ;
           any
           the
           least
           complyance
           with
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           or
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           Irreverence
           toward
           his
           Person
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           to
           lose
           my
           Head
           for
           't
           .
           I
           have
           now
           serv'd
           his
           Majesty
           in
           being
           ,
           and
           his
           blessed
           Father
           these
           One
           and
           Twenty
           
           years
           ,
           without
           either
           asking
           or
           receiving
           any
           thing
           —
           
             Let
             him
             that
             charges
             mee
             make
             the
             same
             challenge
             .
          
        
         
           T
           is
           a
           wise
           Precept
           ,
           That
           of
           
             Machiavell
             :
             Encourage
             ACCUSATIONS
          
           and
           
             suppresse
             CALUMNIES
          
           .
           I
           ask
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           either
           followed
           home
           ,
           or
           
             Let
             alone
          
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Subject
           of
           the
           Controversie
           ;
           the
           Caveat
           it self
           ,
           which
           with
           great
           reason
           is
           by
           
             some
             Opposed
          
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           much
           by
           
             mee
             ,
             Defended
          
           :
           for
           
             Their
             DIANA
          
           lyes
           at
           Stake
           ;
           
             My
             Repute
             ;
             Safety
             ;
             Freedome
          
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           more
           then
           All
           ;
           the
           Soul
           of
           every
           Loyal
           Subject
           .
           (
           the
           King
           himself
           .
           )
        
         
           But
           to
           be
           Thristy
           of
           my
           Time
           and
           Paper
           ;
           where
           lyes
           the
           Exception
           ?
           what
           Law
           does
           it
           offend
           ,
           either
           of
           
             Honour
             ,
             Conscience
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Nation
           ?
           Does
           it
           presume
           to
           taxe
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           Councill
           ?
           to
           kindle
           Iealousies
           betwixt
           united
           Brethren
           ;
           or
           to
           enflame
           the
           Rest
           ,
           into
           Impatience
           and
           Distemper
           ?
           Does
           it
           excite
           Revenge
           or
           Tumult
           ?
           If
           it
           does
           any
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           'll
           bind
           my self
           to
           be
           his
           Slave
           ,
           that
           shews
           me
           where
           :
           That
           is
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           Try'd
           by
           
           
             Indifferent
             Iudges
          
           ,
           and
           taken
           in
           Coherence
           ;
           for
           to
           catch
           here
           and
           there
           a
           snap
           ,
           is
           to
           destroy
           my
           meaning
           :
           and
           at
           that
           rate
           ,
           ye
           may
           make
           
             Quidlibet
             ,
             ex
             quolibet
             ,
             Treason
          
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           pick
           Blasphemy
           out
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Bible
          
           .
           But
           Blam'd
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           why
           ?
        
         
           Not
           for
           the
           Preface
           I
           hope
           ;
           That
           only
           advises
           Warynesse
           ,
           and
           gives
           the
           Reasons
           for
           it
           .
           There
           's
           not
           a
           day
           that
           passes
           without
           seditious
           Lectures
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           some
           Openly
           ,
           others
           more
           Covertly
           bidding
           the
           People
           to
           prepare
           for
           a
           Persecution
           ;
           and
           Then
           ;
           
             ah
             Lord
             sayes
          
           Hancock
           ;
           
             give
             the
             King
          
           ANOTHER
           
             Heart
             ,
             a
          
           NEW
           
             Heart
             Lord
             ;
             and
             make
             him
             Thy
             Servant
             .
             Meade
          
           seconds
           his
           Fellow-Schismatick
           with
           a
           word
           of
           
             Consolation
             ;
             but
             be
             of
             a
             good
             Heart
             ,
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             Ye
             do
             not
             know
             what
             a
          
           year
           ,
           
             nay
             what
             a
          
           *
           MONTH
           
             may
             bring
             forth
          
           .
           This
           did
           he
           repeat
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           an
           Accent
           upon
           MONTH
           ,
           that
           upon
           my
           Soul
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           related
           rather
           to
           the
           Timing
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           pressing
           of
           a
           Duty
           :
           for
           the
           Emphasis
           was
           much
           stronger
           upon
           the
           Time
           ,
           then
           upon
           the
           Exhortation
           .
           (
           This
           
           was
           a
           little
           above
           a
           Fornight
           since
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           own
           Hearing
           )
           to
           which
           Add
           ;
           that
           the
           whole
           Crew
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Leaven
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           harm
           in
           This
           ;
           and
           as
           little
           in
           charging
           Tyton
           a
           Stationer
           ,
           with
           dispersing
           Treason
           since
           his
           Majesties
           return
           ,
           for
           there
           's
           a
           Combination
           betwixt
           the
           Presse
           and
           Pulpit
           to
           do
           mischief
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Book
           wherein
           I
           shall
           omit
           nothing
           considerable
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Note
           that
           to
           the
           17.
           
           Page
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           Reply
           upon
           I.
           H.
           his
           Cordiall
           .
           The
           first
           Two
           Pages
           are
           only
           Prologue
           ;
           the
           Third
           ,
           is
           Mr.
           Howells
           ;
           the
           
             Fourth
             Mine
          
           ,
           and
           there
           I
           begin
           :
           Telling
           
             I.
             H.
          
           that
           as
           the
           
             Cavaliers
             have
             liv'd
             true
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             upon
             a
             Rule
             of
             Honour
             ,
             Loyalty
             ,
          
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           as
           well
           dispos'd
           to
           Dye
           for
           him
           (
           if
           occasion
           require
           )
           
             without
             the
             Aid
             of
             borrowed
          
           CORDIALS
           .
           —
           In
           the
           Fifth
           and
           Sixt
           Pages
           ;
           I
           fault
           his
           using
           of
           the
           word
           Reward
           ;
           as
           not
           becoming
           a
           Subject
           to
           his
           Prince
           :
           for
           whether
           we
           receive
           any
           thing
           or
           nothing
           ,
           our
           Duty
           is
           still
           the
           same
           .
           —
           My
           Seventh
           Page
           only
           acquits
           
           the
           Cavaliers
           of
           causing
           the
           Kings
           wants
           ,
           or
           pressing
           them
           ,
           and
           fairly
           checks
           I.
           H.
           for
           being
           over-busy
           with
           that
           Argument
           .
           —
           In
           the
           8
           &
           9.
           
           Pages
           ,
           
             I.
             H.
             objects
          
           and
           answers
           .
           I
           deny
           his
           
             Twenty
             Cavaliers
          
           ,
           to
           One
           of
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           and
           (
           with
           due
           Reverence
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Prerogative
           ,
           to
           bestow
           where
           and
           what
           he
           pleases
           )
           I
           affirm
           that
           divers
           unknown
           persons
           are
           recommended
           to
           his
           Royal
           Favour
           ,
           who
           are
           very
           unworthy
           of
           it
           —
           Page
           Tenth
           ,
           I
           blame
           the
           Authour
           of
           the
           
             Cordial
             for
             entring
             further
             into
             the
             Kings
             Actions
             then
             becomes
             him
             .
          
           —
           Pag.
           11.
           
           
             I.
             H.
             exhorts
             us
             to
             Patience
             in
             expectation
             of
             a
             Reward
             :
          
           and
           I
           tell
           him
           that
           we
           never
           serv'd
           for
           wages
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           to
           be
           Patient
           .
           —
           The
           
             Twelfth
             ●age
          
           carries
           the
           best
           Colour
           for
           a
           Cavil
           ,
           but
           first
           I
           'll
           recite
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           explain
           it
           ,
           to
           a
           Syllable
           .
        
         
           We
           find
           the
           Court
           dangerously
           thronged
           with
           
             Parasites
             —
             Knaves
          
           represented
           to
           the
           King
           for
           Honest
           men
           ,
           
           and
           Honest
           men
           for
           Villains
           :
           —
           a
           watch
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           Ear
           ,
           to
           keep
           out
           better
           Information
           ;
           —
           seditious
           Ministers
           protected
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           :
           Libells
           against
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           dispersed
           even
           by
           his
           
           Majesties
           sworn
           Servants
           ;
           —
           and
           to
           Discover
           Treason
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           consequence
           (
           in
           some
           respects
           )
           more
           hazzardous
           ,
           then
           to
           commit
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           explain
           my self
           ;
           that
           divers
           persons
           whom
           I
           know
           ,
           of
           
             dangerous
             principles
          
           ,
           and
           
             scandalous
             Report
          
           ,
           are
           crept
           into
           Office
           and
           Preferments
           .
           These
           are
           the
           
             [
             Parasites
          
           ]
           I
           mean
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           am
           commanded
           ,
           I
           shall
           name
           them
           .
           That
           many
           
             [
             Knaves
             have
             been
             represented
             for
             Honest
             men
             ]
          
           is
           evident
           in
           several
           whom
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           repulsed
           ,
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           some
           others
           admitted
           upon
           mistake
           .
           
             [
             And
             Honest
             men
             for
             Villains
             ,
             ]
          
           I
           speak
           upon
           my
           own
           experience
           .
           —
        
         
           
             [
             A
             Watch
             upon
             his
             Majesties
             Ear
             ,
             &c.
             ]
          
           That
           is
           ;
           Such
           is
           the
           pressing
           boldnesse
           of
           some
           people
           toward
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           no
           easie
           matter
           without
           apparent
           impudence
           for
           a
           poor
           Cavalier
           to
           interpose
           ,
           and
           tell
           those
           Truths
           which
           the
           Others
           would
           have
           concealed
           .
           —
           Concerning
           
             [
             Seditious
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             Libells
             ]
          
           The
           Lectures
           are
           supplyed
           with
           the
           Former
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           rings
           of
           the
           Other
           .
           Their
           businesse
           is
           to
           enflame
           the
           People
           
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           under
           the
           Mask
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           Popery
           :
           They
           Pray
           for
           the
           
             Kings
             Conversion
          
           rather
           then
           
             his
             Establishment
             ;
             —
             Bishops
          
           ,
           they
           mention
           not
           at
           all
           ;
           unlesse
           to
           call
           them
           
             Antichristian
             Drones
          
           ;
           —
           and
           Lazy
           Lubbers
           .
           And
           who
           are
           these
           
             Gospel
             Ministers
          
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           stile
           themselves
           )
           but
           for
           the
           greater
           part
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Law
           has
           ejected
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           spewed
           out
           from
           those
           Livings
           ,
           which
           by
           violence
           ,
           and
           Treason
           ,
           they
           had
           ravished
           from
           Honest
           men
           ?
           These
           are
           the
           men
           that
           cry
           the
           
             Gospell's
             Persecuted
          
           ;
           The
           
             Candle-Stick's
             removed
          
           .
           They
           Cheat
           the
           Poor
           to
           Gorge
           themselves
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           Tavern-Scores
           out
           of
           the
           very
           Alms-Boxe
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           Press
           less
           active
           ,
           or
           less
           dangerous
           then
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           They
           have
           their
           private
           Instruments
           and
           Combinations
           to
           disperse
           their
           Libels
           ;
           and
           I
           dare
           undertake
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           found
           among
           the
           Confederate
           Stationers
           in
           this
           Town
           ,
           above
           a
           Million
           of
           
             Seditious
             Pamphlets
          
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           best
           Trade
           they
           Drive
           ,
           and
           bating
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           who
           can
           blame
           them
           for
           't
           ?
           Their
           Gains
           are
           great
           ,
           their
           
           
             Hazzard
             little
          
           ;
           beside
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           accomplishing
           their
           malice
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           my self
           upon
           a
           search
           for
           the
           Phoenix
           (
           a
           virulent
           Pamplet
           )
           which
           with
           the
           
             Printer
             ,
             Publisher
          
           ,
           and
           Stationer
           I
           discovered
           to
           Master
           Secretary
           ,
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Nicholas
          
           ;
           who
           with
           great
           Honour
           and
           exactness
           sifted
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           found
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           first
           two
           Sheets
           of
           
             The
             Year
             of
             Prodigies
          
           ,
           an
           imposture
           of
           a
           most
           damnable
           Design
           .
           This
           Book
           is
           lately
           Perfected
           ,
           sought
           for
           ,
           and
           many
           Copies
           taken
           ;
           yet
           let
           me
           offer
           ,
           that
           
             Giles
             Calvert
          
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Brewster
          
           ,
           have
           certainly
           a
           hand
           in
           't
           ;
           and
           
             Livewell
             Chapman
          
           ,
           Probably
           ,
           tho'
           they
           absent
           themselves
           .
           (
           But
           to
           the
           Book
           it self
           .
           )
        
         
           The
           Author
           of
           it
           ransacks
           several
           stories
           ,
           for
           
             memorable
             Accidents
          
           and
           Prodigies
           ;
           and
           for
           Remarques
           of
           such
           and
           such
           Judgments
           that
           follow'd
           them
           .
           These
           does
           he
           match
           with
           a
           most
           impudent
           forgery
           of
           the
           like
           wonders
           here
           ,
           to
           strike
           the
           People
           ,
           with
           a
           superstitious
           expectation
           of
           the
           same
           events
           .
           Now
           mark
           how
           probably
           the
           false
           Prophet
           draws
           the
           Prediction
           ,
           or
           the
           Portent
           to
           his
           
           design
           ,
           and
           both
           the
           Factions
           co-operate
           in
           the
           Delusion
           .
        
         
           To
           overthrow
           the
           Government
           by
           King
           and
           Bishops
           is
           that
           they
           aime
           at
           :
           and
           this
           ,
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           pretended
           signs
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           upon
           the
           Peoples
           minds
           ,
           (
           in
           approbation
           of
           the
           Project
           )
           they
           labour
           to
           accomplish
           .
           (
           their
           Observation
           reaches
           from
           Aug.
           1.
           1660.
           to
           the
           end
           of
           
             May
             ,
             1661.
          
           )
        
         
           They
           tell
           us
           of
           
             two
             Suns
          
           seen
           near
           
             Hertford
             ,
          
           ]
           
           but
           they
           name
           none
           that
           saw
           them
           .
           —
           Then
           in
           the
           Parallel
           ,
           they
           point
           at
           the
           like
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Queen
           
             Mary
             ;
             and
             about
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Persecution
             in
             Germany
             .
             ]
          
           They
           mark
           also
           ,
           
             that
             it
             portends
             the
             *
             fall
             of
             great
             men
             from
             their
             Power
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           —
           
             with
             an
             Asterisme
             at
             FALL
          
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Two
           Meteors
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           —
           This
           was
           seen
           when
           the
           Persecution
           waxed
           hot
           in
           SCOTLAND
           .
           ]
           
           
             In
             the
             same
             page
             ,
             you
             'l
             ,
             find
             the
          
           apotheosis
           
             of
             their
             5
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           Scroop
           ,
           Iones
           ,
           
             and
             his
             fellows
             at
          
           Charing
           cross
           .
           ]
           Five
           Naked
           men
           
             (
             forsooth
          
           )
           were
           seen
           in
           the
           Ayre
           in
           Hertfordshire
           ,
           
             (
             by
             the
             Lord
             knows
             who
             )
          
           exceeding
           bright
           and
           glorious
           ,
           
           upon
           the
           day
           they
           were
           executed
           .
        
         
           Armies
           were
           seen
           in
           Sussex
           ,
           
           &c.
           ]
           This
           happened
           a
           while
           before
           the
           King
           of
           Sweden
           routed
           the
           Imperial
           Army
           :
           
           —
           and
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           
             in
             1640.
          
           ]
        
         
           This
           villenous
           Impostour
           ,
           to
           get
           himself
           more
           credit
           ,
           gathers
           some
           Observations
           that
           predict
           Pestilence
           ,
           
           a
           thing
           which
           in
           common
           reason
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           the
           distemper
           of
           the
           season
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           That
           succeed
           ,
           he
           hopes
           it
           may
           dispose
           the
           people
           to
           believe
           the
           Rest
           ,
           (
           But
           I
           shall
           be
           too
           long
           upon
           him
           .
           )
        
         
           Let
           what
           I
           have
           Observed
           ,
           suffice
           ,
           for
           Persecutions
           :
           and
           now
           the
           People
           are
           startled
           ,
           see
           what
           encouragement
           the
           wretch
           gives
           them
           to
           rebell
           ,
           and
           cast
           off
           the
           Yoke
           .
        
         
           Haylstones
           as
           big
           as
           Wallnuts
           ,
           
           ]
           —
           
             This
             happened
          
           in
           the
           LAST
           year
           of
           QUEEN
           MARY
           .
           
           ]
           —
           A
           dreadful
           Whirlwind
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           —
           This
           happen'd
           in
           the
           LAST
           year
           
             (
             again
          
           )
           of
           QUEEN
           MARY
           .
           ]
           
             This
             is
             to
             possess
             the
             People
             that
             the
             King
             is
             not
          
           long-lived
           .
        
         
           Frogs
           and
           Toads
           out
           of
           the
           Ayre
           ,
           ]
           This
           
           happened
           ,
           the
           year
           before
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           was
           put
           to
           flight
           ,
           and
           hardly
           escaped
           with
           life
           .
           ]
        
         
           A
           terrible
           Tempest
           and
           raging
           Tides
           ,
           
           ]
           —
           This
           was
           observed
           in
           the
           LOW-COUNTRIES
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           they
           threw
           off
           the
           yoke
           of
           the
           KING
           of
           SPAIN
           .
        
         
           A
           fierce
           and
           sodain
           shower
           of
           Rain
           ,
           
           &c.
           ]
           This
           in
           the
           LAST
           year
           of
           QUEEN
           MARY
           .
        
         
           An
           extraordinary
           Tide
           ,
           
           &c.
           ]
           —
           The
           like
           happened
           a
           while
           before
           the
           late
           King
           (
           then
           ●rince
           of
           WALES
           )
           began
           his
           voyage
           toward
           SPAIN
           .
        
         
           A
           River
           dry'd
           up
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           —
           This
           happened
           in
           the
           31.
           of
           Richard
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           1643.
           and
           the
           22.
           of
           Hen
           6.
           which
           was
           conceived
           to
           portend
           a
           Revolt
           and
           Division
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           Several
           of
           these
           stories
           are
           lyes
           upon
           my
           knowledge
           ;
           (
           so
           far
           as
           by
           particular
           enquiries
           from
           persons
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           said
           to
           have
           happened
           ,
           I
           can
           know
           any
           th●ng
           )
           but
           let
           this
           serve
           without
           persuing
           his
           further
           falshoods
           :
           This
           is
           enough
           to
           manifest
           a
           conspiracy
           ,
           when
           both
           from
           Press
           and
           Pulpit
           ,
           such
           
           desperate
           impressions
           are
           stamp'd
           upon
           the
           credulous
           and
           superstitious
           Vulgar
           .
           But
           that
           which
           most
           amazes
           me
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           
             the
             consequence
             of
             discovering
             Treason
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             mischievous
          
           ;
           for
           the
           very
           persons
           I
           complain
           of
           ,
           scape
           better
           then
           I
           do
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           resume
           the
           examination
           of
           my
           Caeveat
           ,
           wherein
           if
           any
           syllable
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           said
           to
           reflect
           either
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           Counsel
           ;
           the
           
             Act
             of
             Indemdity
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           ,
           my
           words
           lye
           open
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           let
           him
           that
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           't
           ,
           pick
           a
           quarrel
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           Having
           passd
           over
           my
           answer
           to
           the
           Cordial
           ,
           where
           I
           was
           under
           a
           confinement
           to
           follow
           Mr.
           
           Howell's
           wandrings
           ,
           I
           shall
           dispose
           the
           rest
           into
           a
           little
           better
           Order
           .
           And
           first
           concerning
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           We
           are
           with
           reverence
           ,
           
           to
           believe
           that
           where
           he
           knows
           the
           Person
           he
           Preferrs
           or
           Saves
           ,
           he
           knows
           likewise
           the
           Reason
           of
           his
           Bounty
           or
           Mercy
           :
           and
           we
           are
           not
           to
           pry
           into
           forbidden
           secrets
           .
           
           But
           where
           we
           find
           the
           King
           a
           stranger
           either
           to
           the
           Action
           or
           the
           Person
           ;
           we
           may
           with
           fairness
           enough
           ,
           
           humbly
           acquaint
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           
             &c.
             ]
             p.
          
           18.
           
        
         
           And
           there
           we
           are
           to
           acquiesce
           ,
           
           without
           presuming
           to
           Advise
           or
           Direct
           ,
           unless
           our
           Lord
           and
           Master
           will
           have
           it
           so
           ;
           for
           having
           modestly
           declared
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           the
           judgement
           and
           proceeding
           rests
           in
           his
           
             Majesty
             .
          
           ]
           Again
        
         
           He
           that
           sees
           Cromwells
           ,
           
           
             Bradshaws
             ,
             Saint
             Johns
          
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           the
           meanest
           of
           them
           ,
           laden
           with
           Offices
           and
           Honours
           ,
           may
           give
           himself
           a
           second
           thought
           to
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           :
           ]
           p.
           28.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           impute
           these
           incongruities
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           
           were
           to
           commit
           a
           sin
           against
           Duty
           and
           Reason
           .
           So
           far
           is
           his
           Majesty
           from
           Allowing
           or
           Directing
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           kept
           as
           much
           as
           possibly
           from
           his
           bare
           knowledge
           :
           The
           Plot
           is
           laid
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           did
           before
           ,
           they
           do
           but
           now
           remove
           his
           Friends
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           to
           his
           
             Person
             .
             ]
             ib.
          
           
        
         
           Further
           ,
           
           Those
           favours
           which
           the
           King
           himself
           bestowed
           ,
           were
           given
           by
           the
           unquestionable
           Prerogative
           of
           his
           own
           freedom
           ;
           the
           grounds
           whereof
           ,
           in
           part
           we
           know
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           whole
           we
           
             reverence
             .
             ]
             p.
             29.
             
             Yet
             once
             again
             .
          
        
         
           So
           was
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Nation
           represented
           
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           such
           was
           his
           Royal
           Goodnesse
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           remit
           all
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           not
           to
           Murmure
           at
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           with
           Reverence
           to
           His
           Majesty
           :
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           then
           had
           been
           needfull
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           frivolous
           apology
           of
           him
           that
           wrote
           the
           Cordial
           drawn
           it
           from
           me
           ▪
           Nor
           do
           I
           find
           a
           Syllable
           that
           can
           by
           any
           Violence
           of
           comment
           or
           conjecture
           ,
           touch
           the
           Counsel
           :
           nay
           to
           prevent
           all
           colour
           for
           such
           a
           mistake
           ,
           Thus
           I
           clear
           my self
           .
           —
           
             [
             Beyond
             doubt
          
           ,
           
           
             there
             are
             true
             Converts
             ;
             and
             divers
             that
             even
             in
             the
             Counsells
             of
             the
             Kings
             Enemies
             ,
             did
             his
             Majesty
             Service
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           Act
           of
           Indemnity
           :
           let
           it
           be
           taken
           in
           the
           utmost
           Latitude
           ;
           we
           willingly
           submit
           to
           't
           .
        
         
           As'tis
           an
           Act
           of
           PARDON
           we
           complain
           not
           ;
           
           —
           and
           as
           an
           Act
           of
           INDEMNITY
           ;
           we
           are
           obliged
           by
           it
           ;
           nor
           shall
           we
           start
           an
           Inch
           from
           the
           literal
           strictnesse
           of
           it
           .
           —
        
         
           As
           an
           Act
           of
           OBLIVION
           ,
           which
           forbids
           the
           MALICIOUS
           revival
           of
           past
           Differences
           ,
           
             we
             do
             not
             oppose
             it
             neither
             :
             but
          
           a
           Preventional
           Prudence
           is
           allow'd
           us
           :
           
           
             and
             to
             defend
             the
             justice
             of
             our
             Cause
             ,
             against
             the
             publick
             enemies
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             fine
          
           ;
           
           from
           the
           strict
           airection
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           swerve
           a
           Title
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           be
           now
           considered
           ,
           what
           this
           same
           Caveat
           may
           rationally
           effect
           upon
           the
           People
           :
           If
           any
           thing
           that
           looks
           like
           Tumult
           ;
           or
           Irreverence
           ,
           let
           me
           dye
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           Traytour
           for
           it
           .
           See
           first
           my
           Tendernesse
           for
           fear
           of
           misconstructions
           .
        
         
           Were
           all
           the
           Ills
           we
           suffer
           ,
           
           (
           joyned
           with
           as
           many
           more
           as
           we
           have
           hitherto
           endured
           )
           imposed
           upon
           us
           by
           the
           direct
           Will
           ,
           and
           Order
           of
           the
           King.
           —
           If
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           Hang
           half
           my
           Friends
           for
           their
           Fidelity
           ,
           and
           Sterve
           the
           rest
           ,
           for
           Gaping
           when
           they
           are
           Hungry
           ;
           —
           We
           ought
           to
           take
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           sad
           occasion
           of
           greater
           Honour
           ;
           a
           sharper
           Tryal
           of
           our
           Faith
           :
           or
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           as
           an
           unkind
           requital
           of
           our
           Love
           ,
           but
           no
           discharge
           of
           Duty
           .
           Pag.
           26.
           
        
         
           The
           Authority
           of
           Princes
           is
           Divine
           ;
           
           and
           their
           Commission
           makes
           their
           
             Persons
             sacred
          
           .
           If
           They
           transgresse
           ,
           't
           is
           against
           God
           ,
           (
           whose
           Officers
           and
           Deputies
           they
           
           are
           )
           not
           against
           Us.
           If
           We
           transgresse
           ;
           't
           is
           both
           against
           God
           and
           Them
           ;
           —
           a
           double
           Disobedience
           .
           ibid.
           
        
         
           That
           Subject
           is
           guilty
           of
           his
           Masters
           Bloud
           ,
           
           that
           sees
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Prince
           in
           danger
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           interpose
           to
           save
           him
           ;
           though
           he
           be
           sure
           to
           Dye
           ,
           himself
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           him
           who
           he
           preserves
           .
           Pag.
           27.
           
        
         
           Not
           is
           it
           enough
           for
           Subjects
           ,
           
           to
           keep
           a
           Guard
           upon
           their
           Actions
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           set
           a
           VVatch
           before
           
             the
             Doors
             of
             their
             Lips
          
           ;
           their
           Tongues
           ,
           must
           be
           Tyed
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Hands
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Boylings
           of
           their
           Thoughts
           must
           be
           suppressed
           .
        
         
           VVe
           that
           are
           thus
           instructed
           in
           the
           Grounds
           and
           Terms
           of
           Duty
           ,
           
           even
           toward
           the
           worst
           of
           Kings
           ,
           cannot
           mistake
           our selves
           sure
           toward
           the
           Contrary
           ;
           and
           become
           doubly
           Guilty
           ;
           First
           ,
           by
           imputing
           our
           Misfortunes
           to
           a
           wrong
           Cause
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           by
           an
           undutiful
           and
           simple
           men
           age
           of
           them
           .
           Pag.
           29.
           
        
         
           Further
           ,
           upon
           Discourse
           of
           the
           
             Cavaliers
             party
          
           ,
           which
           very
           well
           deserves
           a
           Thought
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Nations
           too
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           in
           Condition
           ,
           without
           some
           inconvenience
           to
           Relieve
           us
           :
           rather
           then
           our
           necessities
           ,
           
           shonld
           any
           way
           oppress
           the
           publick
           and
           consequently
           reflect
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           my
           Counsell's
           this
           —
           
             [
             Rather
             let
             us
             Resolve
             to
             suffer
             any
             thing
             for
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             then
             cause
             him
             to
             suffer
             in
             the
             Least
             for
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Is
           this
           the
           Language
           of
           a
           Mutineer
           ?
           Certainly
           ,
           I
           have
           expressed
           my
           meaning
           ill
           ,
           if
           this
           tends
           to
           Sedition
           .
           Once
           more
           ;
           finding
           a
           general
           distast
           against
           some
           persons
           whom
           the
           Kings
           knows
           only
           upon
           Recommendation
           ;
           
           what
           could
           be
           softer
           then
           to
           say
           that
           
             [
             those
             Blessings
             which
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             meant
             to
             shed
             upon
             his
          
           Friends
           ,
           
             fell
             upon
             his
          
           Enemies
           :
           The
           
             VOYCE
             was
             IACOBS
             but
             the
             HANDS
             are
             ESAU's
             .
             ]
          
           what
           does
           this
           intimate
           ,
           but
           an
           Obligation
           still
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           even
           in
           those
           benefits
           which
           fell
           beside
           us
           ?
        
         
           To
           sum
           up
           the
           main
           scope
           of
           the
           Discourse
           :
           It
           is
           by
           a
           Prudential
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           warynesse
           to
           state
           a
           right
           uuderstanding
           betwixt
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           People
           :
           for
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           then
           that
           ill
           offices
           are
           done
           ;
           both
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           misperswade
           him
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Party
          
           ;
           and
           to
           possess
           his
           miserable
           Friends
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           
           cares
           not
           for
           them
           ▪
           Since
           Discontents
           there
           are
           ,
           and
           some
           unhappy
           mistakes
           ,
           what
           could
           be
           more
           agreeable
           to
           Duty
           and
           Reason
           ,
           then
           to
           endevour
           to
           set
           all
           clear
           ?
           Which
           I
           have
           laboured
           ;
           first
           by
           assigning
           our
           misfortunes
           to
           their
           true
           Cause
           ;
           and
           Then
           ,
           by
           counselling
           a
           Fair
           ,
           and
           humble
           Notice
           concerning
           matter
           of
           Fact
           to
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Where
           lyes
           the
           Crime
           of
           This
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           seek
           ;
           especially
           proceeding
           with
           all
           that
           's
           possible
           of
           Honour
           and
           Humility
           ,
           toward
           the
           
             Person
             ,
             Office
             ,
             Dignity
          
           ,
           and
           the
           unquestioned
           wisdome
           of
           my
           Soveraign
           .
           It
           is
           not
           lawful
           for
           a
           
             Private
             Subject
          
           to
           offer
           his
           Prince
           an
           Information
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           is
           he
           not
           obliged
           under
           the
           pain
           of
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           Treason
           ,
           (
           if
           under
           Oath
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           )
           to
           the
           Discovery
           of
           any
           thing
           
             he
             knows
             or
             hears
             of
          
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           Dangerous
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           Criminal
           to
           tell
           those
           truths
           ,
           without
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           which
           a
           Prince
           cannot
           be
           safe
           ,
           then
           I
           'm
           in
           a
           mistake
           ,
           otherwise
           not
           :
           For
           there
           I
           rest
           without
           prescribing
           ;
           my
           Duty
           being
           only
           to
           discover
           ,
           without
           presumiug
           to
           Advise
           or
           Direct
           .
        
         
           Within
           these
           Limits
           I
           contain
           my self
           :
           
           and
           by
           This
           rule
           of
           Resignation
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           only
           governed
           my
           Life
           ,
           my
           Tongue
           ,
           my
           pen
           ;
           but
           even
           my
           Thoughts
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           some
           take
           Exception
           at
           this
           following
           passage
           .
           Let
           us
           examine
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           another
           sort
           also
           of
           
             cold
             Comforters
          
           ,
           
           that
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             't
             is
             not
             Time
             yet
          
           :
           This
           ,
           to
           a
           company
           of
           VVretches
           that
           can
           ▪
           stay
           no
           longer
           then
           they
           can
           Fast
           ,
           yields
           little
           consolation
           .
        
         
           Are
           we
           such
           Owles
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           see
           the
           Sun
           at
           Noon
           ?
           'T
           is
           time
           Enough
           for
           some
           that
           tell
           us
           these
           fine
           things
           ,
           (
           even
           before
           the
           
             Kings
             Revenue
          
           is
           setled
           )
           to
           beg
           their
           
             Fourty
             ,
             Fifty
          
           ,
           nay
           their
           
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pound
          
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Nation
           shall
           be
           drawn
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           every
           Tax
           runs
           Blood
           ;
           't
           is
           then
           Prognosticated
           ,
           that
           something
           shall
           be
           done
           for
           Us
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           the
           Honour
           shall
           be
           ours
           ,
           to
           finish
           the
           undoing
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           furnish
           Argument
           for
           another
           VVar.
           p.
           29.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           strange
           thing
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           so
           much
           Venome
           in
           this
           Caveat
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Writer
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           upon
           the
           search
           of
           every
           Period
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           every
           Corner
           of
           my
           Soul
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           still
           at
           so
           great
           a
           Losse
           ,
           where
           to
           find
           it
           .
           Nay
           more
           then
           that
           ;
           
           the
           further
           and
           the
           longer
           I
           enquire
           into
           my self
           ,
           the
           stronger
           is
           the
           Testimony
           my
           Conscience
           bears
           of
           my
           Integrity
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           approve
           my
           Heart
           in
           this
           particular
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Man
           ,
           as
           (
           I
           blesse
           Heaven
           )
           I
           can
           ,
           and
           do
           to
           God
           ,
           we
           'l
           look
           into
           the
           Coherence
           of
           This
           Section
           .
           The
           professed
           Drift
           of
           it
           is
           This.
           
        
         
           Having
           in
           the
           Foregoing
           Section
           ,
           soberly
           proposed
           ,
           by
           Information
           ,
           to
           give
           His
           Majesty
           a
           clear
           and
           naked
           view
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           Actions
           ,
           for
           prevention
           of
           such
           mistakes
           as
           probably
           might
           arise
           from
           false
           representations
           ,
           I
           passe
           forward
           to
           a
           
             Caution
             ,
             lest
             we
             might
             mistake
             his
             MAIESTY
             :
          
           where
           the
           First
           Page
           ,
           and
           half
           ,
           is
           a
           discourse
           upon
           the
           Authority
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Duty
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           stating
           the
           Power
           as
           large
           as
           Majesty
           it
           self
           can
           wish
           ,
           and
           tying
           up
           the
           Subject
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           strict
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           bonds
           of
           Duty
           :
           applying
           all
           at
           last
           to
           the
           very
           Person
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Party
           .
        
         
           Toward
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           Page
           ,
           mention
           is
           made
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Proclamation
             against
             Prophane
          
           and
           
             dissolute
             persons
          
           ;
           which
           I
           advise
           may
           not
           be
           understood
           as
           any
           
           sharpness
           from
           the
           King
           upon
           his
           Party
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           pious
           and
           
             prudential
             zeal
          
           ,
           against
           the
           vice
           of
           blasphemy
           and
           distemper
           .
           Yet
           we
           know
           very
           well
           what
           art
           is
           used
           to
           blast
           the
           
             Royal
             Party
          
           with
           that
           Character
           :
           and
           that
           his
           Majesty
           can
           onely
           by
           report
           ,
           take
           notice
           of
           those
           liberties
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           is
           so
           shameless
           as
           to
           practise
           in
           his
           Presence
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           that
           passage
           ,
           which
           were
           I
           given
           to
           Boast
           ,
           should
           be
           my
           Glory
           ;
           but
           as
           't
           is
           toss'd
           upon
           the
           tongue
           of
           fame
           ,
           t
           is
           that
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           rather
           be
           a
           Beast
           ,
           then
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           .
           In
           the
           Language
           of
           mistake
           it
           sounds
           thus
           much
           ,
           
             That
             I
             should
             undertake
             to
             question
             the
             Kings
             Bounties
             ,
             and
             tax
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             with
             giving
             away
             forty
             ,
             —
             threescore
             thousand
             pounds
             in
             a
             morning
             ,
             while
             his
             friends
             starve
             .
          
        
         
           With
           respect
           to
           the
           first
           Promoter
           of
           this
           Calumny
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           bold
           to
           blow
           it
           off
           ;
           and
           lay
           before
           you
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           reproch
           ,
           and
           thus
           it
           runs
           in
           Paraphrase
        
         
           There
           are
           (
           say
           I
           )
           a
           sort
           a
           people
           ,
           
           that
           stop
           the
           hungry
           Royalists
           mouths
           with
           telling
           us
           
             't
             is
             not
             time
             yet
          
           .
           'T
           is
           time
           
           enough
           for
           them
           to
           beg
           ,
           though
           not
           for
           us
           ,
           even
           before
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           is
           served
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           little
           preposterous
           .
           Again
           ,
           I
           say
           they
           beg
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           say
           
             Obtain
             —
             great
             sums
             ,
          
           —
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Equivalence
           ,
           which
           if
           the
           King
           should
           grant
           ,
           't
           is
           (
           as
           I
           say
           a
           little
           higher
           )
           
             but
             the
             unquestionable
             Prerogative
             of
             his
             own
             freedom
             ,
          
           so
           I
           presume
           not
           to
           restrain
           his
           
             Royal
             goodness
          
           .
        
         
           Nay
           yet
           again
           ,
           it
           may
           fall
           out
           so
           that
           the
           thing
           they
           beg
           ,
           may
           prove
           worth
           five
           times
           more
           then
           they
           pretend
           it
           is
           ;
           then
           is
           the
           Kings
           gift
           but
           a
           fift
           part
           of
           what
           they
           get
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           finish
           ,
           In
           this
           connexion
           of
           discourse
           ,
           the
           question
           is
           not
           what
           the
           
             King
             gives
          
           ,
           nor
           what
           
             they
             get
          
           ,
           nor
           is
           his
           Majesty
           accountable
           ,
           for
           their
           importunities
           :
           But
           do
           they
           deal
           fairly
           with
           us
           or
           no
           ?
           That
           's
           the
           point
           ,
           Is
           it
           not
           time
           for
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           them
           ?
           Not
           that
           
             we
             murmur
          
           ,
           but
           
             they
             trifle
          
           us
           .
           When
           we
           want
           bread
           ,
           we
           will
           
             starve
             honourable
          
           ,
           because
           the
           Publick
           weale
           will
           have
           it
           so
           :
           yet
           still
           we
           shall
           subject
           our selves
           to
           virtue
           ,
           not
           to
           delusions
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           something
           
           too
           ,
           but
           have
           a
           care
           of
           that
           ,
           for
           when
           the
           Nation
           is
           drawn
           low
           ,
           a
           heavy
           tax
           upon
           the
           people
           would
           do
           the
           King
           more
           hurt
           ,
           then
           our
           relief
           is
           worth
           .
           Wherefore
           though
           our
           necessities
           are
           great
           ,
           yet
           still
           our
           Loyalty
           ought
           to
           surmount
           our
           wants
           :
           Let
           us
           not
           rob
           the
           King
           of
           his
           peoples
           affections
           ,
           to
           fill
           our
           own
           bellies
           :
           
           Rather
           ,
           (
           say
           I
           )
           
             let
             us
             resolve
             to
             suffer
             any
             thing
             ,
             for
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             then
             cause
             him
             ,
             to
             suffer
             in
             the
             least
             for
             us
             .
          
           P.
           29.
           
        
         
           
             This
             foregoing
             Caution
          
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           mistake
           his
           
             MAJESTY
             ,
             or
             in
             effect
             our
          
           selves
           ,
           
             is
             follow'd
             with
             an
             enquiry
             into
             the
             designs
             ,
             and
             workings
             of
             the
          
           Kings
           enemies
           ,
           
             wherein
             the
          
           necessity
           of
           restitution
           ,
           
             or
             else
             of
          
           damnation
           ,
           
             is
             offered
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             the
          
           learned
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           now
           upon
           my
           honour
           ,
           engage
           my self
           to
           become
           Presbyterian
           ,
           if
           in
           that
           most
           important
           point
           ,
           
             (
             no
             less
             then
          
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           ,
           )
           The
           Casuists
           of
           the
           Consistory
           ,
           will
           but
           vouchsafe
           me
           the
           honour
           of
           a
           confutation
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           and
           last
           Chapter
           treats
           how
           necessary
           it
           is
           for
           a
           Prince
           ,
           to
           oblige
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           arts
           the
           Faction
           uses
           to
           put
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           
           and
           his
           Party
           upon
           necessities
           to
           do
           the
           contrary
           ;
           concluding
           with
           a
           saying
           of
           Barclay
           in
           his
           
             Euphornio
             .
             [
             Voenalis
             hominum
             vita
             est
             ,
             et
             licitatores
             eapitum
             nostrorum
             publicè
             regnant
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           —
           I
           was
           my self
           Sold
           by
           
             Thomas
             Leman
          
           of
           
             Linn
             Regis
          
           in
           Norfolk
           ,
           a
           Renegado
           from
           our
           own
           Party
           ,
           and
           now
           living
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Contractors
           for
           my
           Head
           (
           for
           virtually
           he
           was
           so
           )
           
             Doctor
             Mills
          
           ,
           that
           sentenced
           me
           to
           Death
           without
           a
           Hearing
           ,
           is
           now
           Chancellor
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           .
           After
           my
           condemnation
           ,
           I
           threw
           a
           Paper
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           that
           was
           my
           defence
           ;
           since
           they
           would
           not
           hear
           it
           ,
           they
           might
           read
           it
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Committee
           takes
           the
           Paper
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           burns
           it
           .
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Baynton
          
           knows
           whether
           this
           be
           so
           or
           no
           ▪
        
         
           Now
           to
           my
           Post-script
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           more
           conducing
           to
           the
           King's
           safety
           ,
           then
           the
           discovery
           of
           those
           ,
           of
           whom
           his
           Majesty
           stands
           most
           in
           danger
           ?
           That
           is
           ,
           first
           ,
           
             such
             as
             have
             actually
             betray'd
             his
             Majesties
          
           Counsels
           and
           Designs
           .
           
           —
           Secondly
           ,
           
           
             such
             as
             have
             received
             monyes
             ,
             possibly
             for
             the
             Kings
             relief
             ,
             and
             never
             accounted
             for
             them
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           These
           people
           are
           upon
           a
           double
           account
           exceeding
           
             dangerous
             .
             First
          
           ,
           they
           are
           cast
           out
           of
           Protection
           ,
           and
           in
           hourly
           fear
           to
           be
           Detected
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           desperate
           .
           Next
           ,
           they
           have
           farther
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           mischief
           .
           They
           appear
           among
           us
           as
           friends
           ,
           and
           act
           against
           us
           as
           enemies
           .
           It
           is
           in
           short
           but
           this
           ,
           the
           enemy
           is
           in
           our
           Quarters
           ,
           and
           has
           got
           the
           Wo●d
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           look
           back
           now
           ,
           or
           let
           any
           man
           now
           answer
           me
           ;
           where
           is
           that
           syllable
           ,
           to
           which
           an
           honest
           man
           may
           not
           set
           his
           Name
           ?
           Many
           there
           are
           ,
           to
           which
           a
           wise
           man
           would
           not
           ,
           but
           want
           of
           skill
           may
           be
           born
           with
           ,
           where
           there
           's
           
             good
             meaning
          
           .
        
         
           If
           reverence
           to
           the
           
           King's
           Authority
           ,
           hnmble
           affection
           to
           his
           Person
           :
           If
           absolute
           submission
           to
           all
           his
           Actions
           ,
           be
           an
           offence
           ,
           then
           am
           I
           guilty
           .
           My
           fault
           is
           only
           the
           putting
           those
           
             Points
             by
          
           which
           otherwise
           would
           wound
           the
           King
           ,
           (
           because
           ,
           perhaps
           they
           prick
           some
           of
           his
           
             Enemies
             ,
          
           )
           where
           is
           the
           man
           that
           presses
           Loyalty
           ,
           that
           
           streins
           the
           knot
           of
           Duty
           harder
           then
           I
           do
           ?
           And
           to
           conclude
           ,
           where
           have
           I
           practis'd
           other
           then
           I
           preach
           ?
        
         
           Yet
           truly
           ,
           were
           the
           subject
           in
           it
           self
           not
           altogether
           blameless
           ,
           the
           occasion
           ,
           and
           my
           
             first
             fault
          
           might
           excuse
           me
           .
           I
           did
           not
           lead
           the
           Dance
           ,
           
             I.
             H.
          
           would
           needs
           be
           giving
           the
           world
           a
           cast
           of
           his
           cunning
           ,
           and
           starts
           objections
           ,
           which
           we
           must
           either
           overthrow
           or
           suffer
           by
           .
           
           
             [
             Now
             whereas
             some
             object
             hehath
             rewarded
          
           ROUNDHEADS
           ,
           says
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Cordial
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           charge
           upon
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           for
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           the
           other
           Party
           will
           not
           complain
           .
           Since
           manifest
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           effect
           some
           persons
           are
           entertain'd
           beyond
           common
           expectation
           ;
           what
           better
           office
           could
           I
           do
           ,
           either
           to
           his
           Majesty
           or
           his
           Party
           ;
           then
           to
           lay
           a
           charm
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           not
           to
           enquire
           too
           boldly
           into
           the
           actions
           of
           their
           Sovereign
           ?
           Had
           I
           done
           less
           ,
           the
           slur
           had
           stuck
           upon
           us
           ,
           had
           
             I.
             H.
          
           done
           nothing
           ,
           I
           had
           been
           silent
           .
           
           Again
           
             [
             whereas
             some
             except
             against
             his
             Majesties
             Lenity
             and
             Indulgence
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
        
         
           Not
           Wee
           ,
           say
           I
           :
           could
           I
           say
           less
           ?
           and
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           he
           squanders
           away
           his
           Breath
           and
           
           Politiques
           in
           Vindication
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           if
           
             we
             charged
          
           his
           Majesty
           .
           When
           to
           deal
           freely
           ,
           his
           very
           zeal
           in
           an
           Abuse
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           blast
           a
           cause
           ,
           I
           would
           engage
           that
           Gentleman
           to
           be
           For
           it
           .
        
         
           Next
           to
           this
           provocation
           ,
           I
           might
           plead
           my
           
             Primum
             Tempus
          
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           still
           a
           stronger
           
             Plea
             ;
             Innocence
          
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           evince
           the
           Partiality
           of
           my
           Back-friends
           .
           Let
           us
           suppose
           a
           Fault
           :
           what
           is
           the
           Quality
           of
           it
           :
           and
           who
           the
           Offender
           ?
           it
           is
           an
           Errour
           ,
           either
           of
           Imprudence
           or
           of
           Sawcynesse
           :
           (
           for
           that
           's
           the
           worst
           they
           say
           of
           it
           )
           and
           the
           Offender
           is
           a
           Person
           that
           has
           been
           twenty
           years
           a
           faithful
           Servant
           to
           the
           
             Crown
             .
             Greater
             Crimes
          
           then
           This
           have
           been
           pardon'd
           ,
           within
           the
           Memory
           of
           Man
           ;
           yes
           ,
           and
           
             greater
             Offenders
          
           too
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           the
           most
           advantag'd
           by
           That
           Pardon
           ,
           are
           now
           the
           sharpest
           upon
           Mee
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           point
           of
           Prudence
           .
           I
           shall
           easily
           grant
           ,
           that
           to
           exasperate
           so
           Keen
           ,
           so
           Close
           ,
           and
           Deadly
           a
           Faction
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           Threatens
           mee
           ,
           were
           a
           grosse
           and
           weak
           Oversight
           in
           any
           man
           that
           rates
           Himself
           above
           the
           publique
           ;
           but
           being
           
           Resolv'd
           ,
           rather
           to
           sink
           my
           selfe
           for
           
             speaking
             ,
             plain
             ,
             Loyall
          
           ,
           and
           
             usefull
             Truths
          
           ,
           then
           that
           the
           King
           should
           suffer
           by
           not
           knowing
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           most
           readily
           dispose
           my self
           to
           act
           that
           Resignation
           ,
           which
           I
           doe
           now
           but
           Talk
           of
           .
        
      
       
         
           NOTES
           UPON
           Mr.
           Iames
           Howell
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IF
           he
           that
           wrote
           the
           CAVEAT
           to
           the
           CAVALIERS
           ,
           had
           been
           of
           the
           Gentleman's
           Counsel
           ,
           that
           penned
           the
           CORDIAL
           ;
           he
           should
           never
           have
           disown'd
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           have
           defended
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           .
           If
           it
           was
           Well
           done
           ,
           why
           was
           it
           disclaim'd
           ;
           if
           Ill
           ,
           why
           is
           
           it
           justified
           ?
           But
           to
           the
           old
           Epigram
           ;
        
         
           
             He
             does
             ,
             as
             Puritans
             at
             Baptism
             do
             ;
          
           
             He
             is
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Witnesse
             too
             .
          
        
         
           The
           thing
           it self
           might
           have
           been
           spared
           ;
           but
           then
           so
           solemnly
           to
           disclaim
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           
             pro
             dignitate
          
           HISTORIOGRAPHI
           Regii
           .
        
         
           The
           Title
           indeed
           might
           have
           becom'd
           the
           Mouth
           of
           his
           
           Toledo-Captain
           .
        
         
           
             Some
             SOBER
             INSPECTIONS
             made
             into
             those
             Ingredients
             ,
             that
             went
             to
             the
             Composition
             of
             a
             late
             Cordial
             ,
             call'd
             A
             Cordial
             for
             the
             Cavaliers
             .
          
        
         
           SOBER
           INSPECTIONS
           ?
           (
           with
           a
           mischief
           )
           why
           there
           was
           one
           I.
           H.
           that
           dedicated
           a
           discourse
           under
           this
           Title
           ,
           
             To
             his
          
           Highness
           ;
           
             The
             L.
          
           PROTECTOR
           ;
           when
           he
           would
           have
           made
           himself
           King
           :
           wherein
           he
           compares
           OLIVER
           
           CROMWELL
           to
           CHARLES
           MARTEL
           ,
           and
           complements
           him
           in
           these
           words
           .
        
         
           
             
               There
               is
               
                 (
                 says
                 he
              
               )
               a
               memorable
               ,
               saying
               of
               
                 Charles
                 Martel
              
               in
               that
               mighty
               Revolution
               in
               France
               ,
               when
               he
               introduced
               the
               second
               race
               of
               Kings
               ;
               that
               in
               the
               pursuit
               of
               all
               his
               actions
               he
               used
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               followed
               not
               the
               ambition
               of
               his
               heart
               ,
               so
               much
               as
               the
               inspirations
               of
               his
               soul
               ,
               and
               the
               designs
               of
               Providence
               .
               This
               may
               be
               apply'd
               to
               your
               Highness
               in
               the
               conduct
               of
               your
               great
               affairs
               ,
               and
               admirable
               successes
               .
               —
               I
               rest
               ,
               in
               the
               lowest
               posture
               of
               obedience
            
             
               
                 At
                 your
                 Highness
                 command
                 ,
                 
                   I.
                   H.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           One
           passage
           more
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           very
           pretty
           insinuation
           .
           Under
           the
           name
           of
           POLYANDER
           is
           couch'd
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Dialogue
           :
           whom
           you
           must
           imagine
           to
           be
           a
           man
           of
           Parts
           ,
           and
           Travailed
           .
           This
           Polyander
           gives
           his
           
           opinion
           for
           a
           
             single
             Person
          
           against
           all
           other
           forms
           of
           Government
           .
        
         
           
             But
             then
             he
             says
             that
          
           It
           is
           requisite
           ,
           that
           this
           single
           person
           ,
           should
           be
           attended
           with
           a
           standing
           ,
           visible
           ,
           veteran
           Army
           to
           be
           paid
           well
           ,
           
             and
             punish'd
          
           well
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           cause
           to
           AWE
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Secure
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           To
           give
           
             I.
             H.
          
           his
           due
           ,
           the
           
             other
             Oliver
          
           could
           not
           have
           given
           his
           Name-sake
           better
           counsel
           .
           The
           Book
           indeed
           does
           mightily
           cry
           up
           the
           
             Royal
             Prerogative
          
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           little
           sharp
           upon
           the
           Scots
           ,
           and
           the
           thing
           commonly
           call'd
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           :
           which
           yet
           at
           that
           time
           done
           ,
           does
           but
           proclaim
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           either
           a
           
             weak
             Statesman
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             worse
             Subject
          
           .
           For
           during
           their
           divisions
           ,
           it
           was
           our
           interest
           ,
           still
           to
           uphold
           the
           weaker
           side
           ,
           and
           hinder
           the
           other
           from
           
           setling
           .
           Neither
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           more
           unseasonable
           ,
           then
           to
           exalt
           the
           rights
           of
           Sovereignty
           ,
           when
           a
           Traitor
           wields
           the
           Scepter
           :
           It
           does
           but
           serve
           to
           fix
           the
           Crown
           upon
           the
           wrong
           Head
           ,
           to
           magnifie
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           when
           an
           Vsurper
           manages
           the
           Office.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           an
           unlucky
           oversight
           in
           Mr.
           Howell
           ,
           to
           Christen
           this
           vindication
           of
           his
           Cordial
           ,
           —
           SOBER
           INSPECTIONS
           .
           If
           he
           had
           call'd
           it
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           (
           except
           
             S.
             P.
             Q.
             V.
          
           )
           the
           Pamphlet
           might
           have
           liv'd
           and
           dyed
           free
           from
           that
           envy
           which
           commonly
           attends
           great
           Wits
           and
           Undertakings
           .
           Not
           one
           of
           forty
           ,
           (
           I
           dare
           almost
           swear
           )
           but
           would
           have
           been
           content
           with
           the
           bare
           Title-page
           ,
           and
           never
           have
           turn'd
           the
           leaf
           :
           but
           first
           to
           fob
           the
           poor
           Cavaliers
           with
           a
           Cordial
           
           like
           a
           
             whipp'd
             Posset
          
           ,
           that
           is
           all
           Froth
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           mend
           the
           matter
           by
           a
           sad
           tale
           in
           favour
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           wears
           a
           Title
           to
           give
           a
           Horse
           a
           Vomit
           :
           This
           is
           not
           kindly
           done
           .
        
         
           
             But
             that
             the
             world
             may
             not
             mistake
             I.H.
             for
             JAMES
             HOWEL
             ,
             the
             said
             JAMES
             HOWELL
             ,
          
           
             Esq
          
           
             (
             in
             his
          
           Survey
           of
           
             VENICE
             ,
             dedicated
          
           to
           the
           
             SUPREME
             AUTHORITY
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           PARLIAMENT
           of
           England
           
             in
             1651.
             )
             is
             clearly
             for
             a
             COMMON-WEALTH
             :
             For
             (
             says
             he
             )
          
           were
           it
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           humane
           brain
           to
           prescribe
           rules
           for
           fixing
           a
           Society
           ,
           &
           succession
           of
           people
           under
           the
           same
           Species
           of
           government
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           world
           lasts
           ;
           the
           Republique
           of
           Venice
           were
           the
           fittest
           patern
           on
           earth
           ,
           both
           for
           Direction
           and
           Imitation
           .
           ]
        
         
         
           
             And
             in
             the
             tender
             of
             his
          
           Republican
           Model
           
             to
             the
          
           Keepers
           of
           the
           Liberties
           ;
           
             he
             treats
             the
             mighty
             men
             in
             a
             stile
             of
          
           Reverence
           and
           Honour
           .
           Most
           
             NOBLE
             SENATORS
             ,
             he
          
           begins
           ,
           
             and
             with
             a
             dignity
             befitting
             both
             the
          
           Presenter
           
             and
             the
          
           Present
           ,
           Thus
           he
           concludes
           ,
           —
           Therefore
           most
           humbly
           under
           favour
           ,
           the
           Author
           deem'd
           it
           a
           piece
           of
           Industry
           not
           altogether
           unworthy
           to
           be
           presented
           unto
           that
           Noble
           Assembly
           ,
           by
        
         
           Their
           daily
           Orator
           .
           HOWELL
           .
        
         
           Now
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           I.H.
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           PROTECTOUR
           calls
           this
           same
           NOBLE
           ASSEMBLY
           a
           MONSTER
           ;
           and
           his
           HIGHNESS
           ,
           HERCULES
           ,
           
             for
             Quelling
             of
             it
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           
             such
             a
             
             Monster
             ,
             that
             was
             like
             to
             Gourmandize
             and
             devour
             all
             the
             Three
             Nations
             .
          
        
         
           Who
           This
           I.H.
           was
           ,
           or
           That
           JAMES
           HOWELL
           belongs
           not
           to
           our
           Enquiry
           ;
           The
           Author
           of
           the
           Inspections
           says
           indeed
           very
           acutely
           ;
           
             There
             are
             more
          
           I.H's.
           
             then
             one
             ;
          
           —
           and
           so
           say
           I
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           more
           
             Iames
             Howell's
          
           too
           .
           But
           if
           the
           person
           now
           in
           question
           ,
           should
           prove
           to
           be
           a
           kin
           to
           the
           Other
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           very
           well
           excused
           if
           we
           suspect
           his
           Cordiall
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           rather
           trust
           our
           own
           Eyes
           ,
           in
           our
           own
           Concern
           ,
           then
           anothers
           Spectacles
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           contest
           betwixt
           One
           Tyrant
           and
           many
           ;
           if
           the
           
             Noble
             Assembly
          
           had
           baffled
           the
           Army
           ,
           then
           Oliver
           had
           been
           the
           Monster
           ,
           but
           Fortune
           
           would
           have
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Lot
           fell
           upon
           the
           NOBLE
           ASSEMBLY
           ;
           but
           not
           a
           half-penny
           matter
           to
           us
           ,
           whether
           the
           Dragon
           kill'd
           the
           Saint
           ,
           or
           the
           Saint
           the
           Dragon
           .
        
         
           Some
           Subjects
           are
           like
           Common-Wooers
           ;
           that
           may
           safely
           swear
           that
           they
           love
           Twenty
           several
           Wenches
           ,
           Best
           ,
           in
           Four
           and
           Twenty
           hours
           :
           and
           to
           such
           humours
           ,
           no
           Government
           comes
           amisse
           ;
           that
           carries
           either
           Interest
           or
           Novelty
           along
           with
           it
           .
           He
           that
           expects
           the
           fixing
           of
           that
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           might
           better
           wait
           ,
           till
           a
           River
           should
           either
           stop
           its
           course
           ,
           or
           run
           it self
           weary
           .
           
             Labitur
             ,
             &
             Labetur
             ,
             in
             omne
             volubilis
             aevum
             .
          
        
         
           Others
           there
           are
           who
           I
           verily
           
           believe
           did
           take
           that
           
             Legislative
             Rabble
          
           for
           a
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           such
           we
           must
           not
           blame
           for
           calling
           it
           so
           .
           Yet
           for
           the
           Cavaliers
           ;
           that
           never
           were
           ,
           nor
           are
           ,
           nor
           ever
           can
           be
           of
           That
           Judgement
           ;
           we
           should
           do
           very
           ill
           to
           chuse
           an
           Advocate
           out
           of
           that
           number
           ;
           or
           to
           expect
           much
           good
           from
           a
           Physician
           that
           could
           not
           help
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           too
           much
           time
           is
           spent
           in
           Preamble
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           whom
           it
           concerns
           may
           thank
           himself
           :
           I
           knew
           at
           first
           who
           wrote
           the
           Cordial
           ;
           but
           truly
           I
           had
           no
           Ambition
           to
           measure
           Pens
           with
           Mr.
           Howell
           ;
           and
           my
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           Mistake
           ,
           did
           not
           so
           much
           as
           glance
           upon
           the
           Author
           .
           No
           sooner
           were
           the
           Inspections
           Publick
           ,
           but
           my
           Stationer
           comes
           to
           me
           by
           Mr.
           
           
           Howell's
           Order
           ,
           with
           a
           sleevelesse
           Story
           ,
           
             how
             ingenious
             a
             piece
             that
             same
             Cordial
             was
             ;
             how
             much
             His
             Majesty
             was
             pleased
             with
             it
             :
          
           with
           great
           Additions
           too
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           person
           that
           composed
           it
           .
           Some
           part
           of
           This
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           Impression
           of
           my
           Caveat
           ,
           I
           barely
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           so
           left
           it
           .
        
         
           Upon
           Thursday
           or
           Friday
           last
           ,
           out
           comes
           another
           miserable
           Paper
           done
           by
           the
           same
           hand
           ,
           and
           in
           justification
           of
           the
           Former
           ;
           which
           I
           must
           needs
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           for
           divers
           Reasons
           ,
           whereof
           (
           I
           swear
           )
           the
           Author
           and
           the
           thing
           it self
           are
           none
           .
        
         
           The
           Copy
           was
           pressed
           upon
           my
           Stationer
           ,
           (
           a
           very
           honest
           and
           a
           Loyal
           person
           )
           as
           yet
           unfinished
           :
           who
           gave
           me
           notice
           of
           the
           proposition
           ,
           but
           without
           any
           thought
           
           of
           undertaking
           it
           .
           With
           much
           ado
           ,
           I
           prevailed
           with
           him
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           good
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           out
           comes
           Gravity
           it self
           under
           the
           Form
           of
           SOBER
           INSPECTIONS
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           very
           Title
           speaks
           the
           Author
           no
           Physician
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           stands
           condemned
           to
           read
           the
           Text
           ,
           may
           swear
           he
           is
           no
           Conjurer
           .
           He
           writes
           himself
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           ,
           and
           tells
           his
           Tale
           to
           shew
           his
           Office
           :
           Yes
           ,
           and
           a
           dainty
           Tale
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           A
           Toledo
           Captain
           met
           Philip
           the
           Second
           
             a
             hunting
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             taking
             him
             for
             a
             Private
             person
             ,
             told
             him
          
           he
           was
           going
           to
           Court
           ,
           to
           demand
           a
           Reward
           for
           his
           Services
           .
           
             The
             King
             asked
             him
          
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           received
           his
           Pay
           ?
           
             He
             said
          
           ,
           Yes
           :
           but
           't
           was
           long
           a
           Comming
           :
           However
           ,
           he
           'd
           to
           the
           King
           for
           an
           
             Ayúda
             de
             costas
          
           ,
           something
           to
           drink
           .
           
             Well
             sayes
             the
             King
             ;
             but
          
           in
           case
           his
           Majesty
           will
           
           give
           you
           nothing
           ?
           why
           then
           let
           him
           kisse
           my
           Mules
           Tail
           ,
           
             cryes
             the
             Captain
             .
             Hereupon
          
           ,
           the
           King
           ask'd
           him
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           bids
           him
           bring
           his
           Certificat
           next
           day
           to
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           hee
           'd
           procure
           him
           admittance
           .
           
             The
             Captain
             appears
             ,
          
           —
           Well
           Sir
           ,
           
             saies
             the
             King
          
           ,
           What
           was
           't
           you
           said
           yesterday
           the
           King
           should
           do
           to
           your
           Mule
           ,
           if
           so
           and
           so
           ?
           
             (
             In
             our
             Authors
             own
             words
             )
          
           The
           Captain
           being
           nothing
           at
           all
           danted
           ,
           said
           ;
           
             Truly
             Sir
             ,
             My
             Mule
             is
             ready
             at
             the
             Court-gate
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             occasion
             .
          
           The
           King
           for
           This
           ,
           Orders
           the
           Captain
           400.
           
           Crowns
           present
           ,
           and
           2000
           Ryals
           Annuity
           .
        
         
           The
           Condition
           of
           the
           English
           Cavaliers
           is
           much
           more
           considerable
           ;
           
             says
             our
             Historian
          
           )
           for
           the
           Spanish
           Captain
           had
           all
           his
           Arriers
           paid
           him
           ,
           which
           our
           Cavaliers
           have
           not
           .
           ]
           pag.
           4.
           
        
         
           Most
           Logical
           and
           profound
           !
           for
           as
           Tenterden-steeple
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           
             Godwin
             Sands
          
           ,
           even
           so
           Good
           people
           Love
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           But
           can
           the
           great
           Defender
           of
           our
           Cause
           ,
           spy
           out
           no
           other
           Difference
           
           betwixt
           the
           Captains
           case
           and
           Ours
           ,
           then
           matter
           of
           Pay
           ?
           That
           want
           of
           Modesty
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           though
           the
           King
           lik'd
           it
           never
           so
           well
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           Reprov'd
           and
           Punish'd
           .
           Suppose
           the
           bluntnesse
           of
           the
           man
           hit
           the
           Kings
           Humour
           ;
           Yet
           was
           it
           not
           the
           lesse
           below
           his
           Dignity
           ,
           even
           to
           suffer
           so
           exemplary
           a
           Boldnesse
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           ,
           to
           Reward
           it
           :
           therein
           preferring
           his
           Fancy
           to
           his
           Honour
           :
           Not
           but
           that
           Monarchs
           are
           Men
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           may
           be
           allowed
           their
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           Likings
           ;
           yet
           beyond
           question
           ,
           This
           was
           an
           Oversight
           in
           Philip
           to
           lay
           himself
           so
           open
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           Court
           had
           once
           gotten
           the
           length
           of
           his
           Foot
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           found
           there
           were
           more
           waies
           then
           good
           ,
           to
           Profit
           ,
           and
           Preferment
           ;
           
           it
           would
           have
           been
           no
           wonder
           to
           have
           seen
           That
           Prince
           served
           ,
           and
           attended
           by
           Tumblers
           ,
           and
           Buffons
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           Statesmen
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentleman
           hath
           many
           other
           pretty
           fragments
           of
           Story
           ,
           which
           being
           exceedingly
           beside
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           I
           reckon
           not
           much
           to
           mine
           ;
           wherefore
           let
           them
           rest
           :
           But
           in
           good
           manners
           something
           we
           will
           afford
           him
           in
           Requital
           ;
           which
           his
           INGREDIENTS
           ,
           and
           his
           COMPOSITION
           put
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           .
        
         
           The
           late
           Lord
           Coring
           after
           a
           dear
           ill-dressed
           Dinner
           at
           Bruxells
           ,
           sends
           for
           mine
           Host
           ,
           and
           treats
           him
           with
           this
           Complement
           :
           Friend
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             I
             do
             take
             Thee
             for
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Cooks
             in
             Christendome
             ,
             '
             bate
             but
             two
             faults
          
           ;
           The
           
           One
           is
           ;
           
             Thou
             hast
             the
             worst
          
           Ingredients
           
             in
             Nature
          
           ;
           The
           Other
           is
           ;
           
             Thou
             putt'st
             them
             the
             worst
             together
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           Fortune
           of
           some
           Writers
           too
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Cooks
           .
        
         
           Touching
           our
           Authors
           Calculation
           of
           
             Twenty
             Cavaliers
          
           preferr'd
           for
           
             One
             Roundhead
          
           ;
           I
           have
           already
           spoken
           what
           I
           thought
           fit
           and
           modest
           in
           my
           Caveat
           ;
           but
           since
           it
           is
           Mr.
           
           Howell's
           pleasure
           to
           re-enforce
           it
           ,
           rather
           then
           presse
           the
           point
           too
           far
           ,
           we
           'l
           grant
           it
           :
           but
           then
           ,
           Twenty
           of
           Mr.
           
           Howell's
           Cavaliers
           (
           reckoning
           himselfe
           for
           One
           )
           will
           not
           make
           half
           so
           many
           of
           Mine
           .
        
         
           
             In
             his
             Sixt
             Page
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
          
           that
           divers
           great
           Kings
           have
           been
           enforced
           to
           raise
           ,
           and
           reward
           those
           that
           were
           once
           their
           very
           Enemies
           ,
           
             FOR
             A
             TIME
             .
          
           ]
        
         
         
           And
           why
           FOR
           A
           TIME
           ?
           (
           if
           a
           body
           may
           ask
           )
           But
           this
           shall
           be
           discoursed
           at
           Length
           and
           Leisure
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           what
           he
           told
           us
           before
           ,
           and
           winds
           up
           ,
           Thus.
           
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           
           he
           who
           with
           a
           sober
           and
           well-brass'd
           judgement
           will
           examine
           that
           Cordial
           ,
           will
           find
           that
           there
           is
           never
           a
           Line
           ,
           Word
           ,
           or
           Syllable
           therein
           but
           breathes
           out
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           perfect
           Cavalier
           ,
           as
           above
           twenty
           other
           several
           pieces
           of
           the
           same
           Author
           publish'd
           upon
           Emergent
           occasions
           do
           breathe
           besides
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           fretfull
           drug
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           Corrosive
           dram
           in
           it
           :
           but
           all
           gentle
           lenitifs
           ,
           therefore
           he
           wonders
           how
           it
           should
           stir
           up
           such
           
             Malignant
             humors
          
           in
           any
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           were
           in
           them
           who
           having
           something
           lying
           upon
           the
           stomach
           made
           wrong
           use
           of
           that
           Cordial
           to
           cast
           it
           up
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           allow
           the
           Gentleman
           to
           be
           a
           
             perfect
             Cavalier
          
           ,
           a
           
             perfect
             Republican
          
           ,
           (
           if
           he
           pleases
           )
           a
           
             perfect
             Protectorian
          
           ,
           a
           
             perfect
             Any-thing
          
           ;
           
           rather
           then
           disagree
           about
           his
           Perfection
           :
           but
           I
           would
           he
           had
           not
           appealed
           to
           his
           Pieces
           .
           And
           truly
           if
           he
           had
           spared
           the
           
             Malignant
             humours
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Queasie
           Stomach
           he
           talks
           of
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           never
           the
           worse
           for
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Cordial
           .
           But
           now
           he
           finds
           himself
           so
           much
           deceiv'd
           in
           his
           Operations
           ,
           I
           hope
           he
           'l
           mend
           .
           He
           sees
           his
           Cordials
           prove
           Vomits
           ;
           and
           let
           me
           forget
           my
           own
           Name
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           done
           his
           ,
           if
           what
           Mr.
           Howell
           gives
           to
           move
           Choler
           ,
           does
           not
           provoke
           excessive
           Pleasure
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             .
             4.
             
          
           
             pa.
             11.
             
          
           
             pa.
             12.
             
          
           
             pa.
             18.
             
          
           
             pa.
             38.
             
          
           
             pa.
             39.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             42.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             43.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             48.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Actions
             not
             to
             be
             question'd
             
          
           
             Enformation
             lawful
             .
          
           
             Private
             persons
             not
             to
             advise
             Pr●nces
             without
             Leave
             .
          
           
             A
             common
             grievance
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             vindicated
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Bounty
             is
             Free.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             38.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             37.
             
          
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             Tyranny
             it self
             is
             no
             Discharge
             of
             Duty
             .
          
           
             Disloyalty
             a
             double
             Crime
             .
          
           
             Loyalty
             an
             indispensable
             Duty
             
          
           
             Loyalty
             extends
             to
             thought
             ,
             word
             ,
             and
             deed
             .
          
           
             A
             due
             respect
             to
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             15.
             
          
           
             False
             Friends
             .
          
           
             p.
             29.
             
          
           
             An
             honest
             Principle
             .
          
           
             pa.
             46.
             
          
           
             I.
             H.
             
          
           
             I.
             H.
             
          
        
         
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             I.H.
             
          
           
             I.
             H.