To the right honorable Edward Earl of Clarenden, Lord High Chancellor of England, the humble apology of Roger L'Estrange
         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
         
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             To the right honorable Edward Earl of Clarenden, Lord High Chancellor of England, the humble apology of Roger L'Estrange
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
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           TO
           The
           Right
           Honorable
           ,
           EDVVARD
           EARL
           OF
           CLARENDEN
           ,
           Lord
           High
           CHANCELLOR
           OF
           ENGLAND
           :
           
             The
             Humble
          
           APOLOGY
           OF
           ROGER
           L'ESTRANGE
        
         
           Verbera
           ,
           sed
           Audi.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Henry
           Brome
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Gun
           in
           Ivy-lane
           .
           M.DC.LXI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           deliver'd
           from
           all
           other
           Care
           then
           of
           my
           Duty
           and
           my
           Honour
           ;
           and
           This
           Tranquillity
           of
           Thought
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           thank
           the
           Malice
           of
           my
           Fortune
           for
           ;
           which
           has
           left
           me
           neither
           worse
           to
           Fear
           ,
           nor
           much
           better
           to
           hope
           for
           .
        
         
           In
           This
           Estate
           of
           Freedome
           and
           Security
           ,
           I
           must
           presume
           to
           Dedicate
           this
           Paper
           to
           your
           Lordship
           :
           which
           is
           no
           more
           then
           a
           fair
           offer
           of
           a
           
             supposed
             Criminal
          
           to
           a
           
             Publique
             Tryal
          
           .
        
         
           
             Be
             pleas'd
             to
             know
             (
             my
             Lord
             )
             that
             upon
          
           Friday
           
             Morning
             last
             ,
             in
          
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           
             a
             Gentleman
             took
             me
             aside
          
           :
           L'Estrange
           
             (
             sayes
             he
          
           )
           I
           am
           glad
           to
           meet
           you
           :
           for
           I
           'm
           unquiet
           till
           I
           have
           told
           you
           something
           ,
           which
           both
           in
           Honour
           ,
           and
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           I
           think
           my self
           oblig'd
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           .
           
             Continuing
             Thus
          
           ,
        
         
           I
           am
           the
           Person
           that
           gave
           Intelligence
           to
           my
           
             Lord
             Chancellour
          
           ,
           that
           
             You
             betray'd
             the
             King's
             Designs
          
           ;
           but
           with
           such
           Caution
           ,
           and
           Deliberation
           as
           you
           your self
           in
           my
           place
           would
           have
           done
           no
           lesse
           .
        
         
         
           My
           Lord
           ;
           he
           told
           me
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           with
           so
           obliging
           and
           so
           Frank
           a
           Cleerness
           ,
           that
           truly
           when
           I
           weigh
           one
           Office
           against
           the
           other
           ;
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           true
           Intention
           )
           his
           Iustice
           and
           his
           
             Kindness
             here
          
           ,
           compar'd
           with
           his
           
             former
             mistake
          
           ,
           I
           reckon
           that
           I
           have
           an
           Obligation
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           Gentleman
           was
           further
           pleas'd
           to
           give
           me
           a
           view
           of
           your
           Lordships
           Answer
           to
           him
           ;
           which
           I
           confess
           ,
           was
           Charitable
           ,
           considering
           the
           Suggestion
           ,
           but
           as
           related
           to
           my
           Innocence
           ,
           't
           was
           sharp
           and
           Cruell
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           wonder
           now
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           at
           some
           Discourses
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           late
           ;
           as
           if
           your
           Lordship
           were
           my
           Enemy
           ;
           (
           having
           such
           Reason
           for
           it
           )
           nor
           at
           his
           Sacred
           
             Majesties
             Displeasure
          
           ,
           toward
           a
           Person
           under
           so
           Black
           a
           Character
           .
           To
           clear
           my self
           to
           You
           my
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           Businesse
           of
           This
           Paper
           .
        
         
           Waiving
           the
           Parties
           mediate
           to
           this
           Notice
           ;
           the
           Ground
           of
           all
           is
           fix'd
           upon
           Mr.
           
             Iames
             Whitlock
          
           :
           a
           Captain
           of
           Horse
           ,
           and
           a
           Knight
           of
           
           Cromwell's
           .
           He
           (
           as
           this
           Gentleman
           my
           Friend
           undertakes
           to
           prove
           )
           declar'd
           ,
           that
           L'Estrange
           WAS
           A
           TRAYTOUR
           ;
           AND
           TO
           HIS
           KNOWLEDGE
           HAD
           RECEIVED
           
             six
             hundred
             Pounds
             In
             Gold
             ,
             from
          
           CROMWELL
           .
           —
           
             Hinc
             Illae
             Lachrymae
          
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           passe
           good
           manners
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           call
           This
           Scandal
           by
           the
           
             right
             Name
          
           :
           but
           This
           I
           humbly
           Begg
           ,
           and
           Offer
           that
           I
           may
           put
           my
           Life
           upon
           the
           
           Tryal
           ;
           which
           I
           profess
           I
           had
           rather
           lose
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Treason
             ,
             Wear
          
           it
           as
           a
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           Further
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           bold
           to
           add
           ,
           that
           These
           ensuing
           Particulars
           are
           Truths
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           never
           took
           
             Protestation
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
             Oath
          
           ,
           or
           any
           Engagement
           of
           That
           Quality
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           never
           Comply'd
           with
           the
           Party
           in
           any
           thing
           whatsoever
           ,
           related
           to
           the
           Publique
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           never
           spake
           to
           Cromwell
           ,
           save
           four
           times
           in
           my
           Life
           .
           First
           ,
           being
           his
           Prisoner
           at
           
             Chambridge
             .
             Twice
          
           more
           ,
           while
           I
           was
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           him
           (
           under
           a
           Guard
           )
           to
           move
           for
           an
           Exchange
           .
           The
           Fourth
           and
           Last
           time
           was
           in
           1653.
           when
           being
           ty'd
           by
           a
           
             Restreyning
             Order
          
           to
           attend
           an
           Examination
           ,
           and
           my
           Father
           lying
           then
           upon
           his
           Death-sickness
           ,
           I
           mov'd
           Cromwell
           that
           I
           might
           go
           down
           and
           receive
           my
           Fathers
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           did
           never
           communicate
           Directly
           or
           Indirectly
           
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             elsewhere
             )
          
           with
           any
           man
           of
           the
           Party
           upon
           Publique
           Business
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           I
           never
           made
           a
           
             Particular
             Acquaintance
          
           with
           any
           man
           of
           that
           Side
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           first
           disown'd
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           Actually
           serv'd
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           I
           did
           never
           decline
           either
           
             Hazzard
             ,
             Labour
          
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           my
           little
           Power
           )
           Expence
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           
             Majesties
             Service
          
           :
           nor
           did
           I
           ever
           let
           slip
           any
           Opportunity
           of
           doing
           my
           Duty
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           (
           with
           your
           Leave
           my
           Lord
           )
           
             I
             challenge
             the
             whole
             World
             to
             contradict
             me
             :
          
           and
           by
           your
           Lordships
           favour
           yet
           a
           little
           further
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           engag'd
           in
           the
           First
           
             Scotch
             Expedition
          
           :
           after
           which
           ,
           when
           the
           Broyls
           began
           in
           England
           ,
           I
           was
           Confederate
           with
           divers
           Gentlemen
           to
           endevour
           the
           Securing
           of
           
             Lin
             Regis
          
           for
           his
           Majesty
           .
           That
           failing
           ,
           I
           betook
           my self
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           Serv'd
           in
           Prince
           
           Rupert's
           Troup
           .
        
         
           My
           next
           remove
           was
           to
           Newark
           (
           then
           Govern'd
           hy
           the
           now-Lord
           Byron
           :
           )
           where
           ,
           after
           a
           while
           ,
           I
           reciev'd
           an
           Invitation
           out
           of
           Norfolk
           to
           attempt
           something
           upon
           Lin.
           
        
         
           The
           Motives
           to
           the
           Enterprize
           were
           
             These
             .
             Walton
          
           the
           Governour
           was
           before
           Crowland
           ;
           (
           a
           place
           of
           Consequence
           and
           Strength
           .
           )
           And
           Lin
           left
           almost
           without
           a
           Guard
           ;
           and
           a
           considerable
           number
           of
           Gallant
           Gentlemen
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           taken
           at
           Lincoln
           ,
           and
           Gainsborough
           ,
           then
           Prisoners
           in
           the
           Town
           .
        
         
           This
           Occasion
           call'd
           me
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           where
           I
           received
           his
           late-Majesties
           Commission
           ,
           to
           endevour
           the
           Surprizal
           of
           the
           Place
           .
           It
           was
           sign'd
           ,
           and
           deliver'd
           to
           me
           ,
           by
           the
           now-Earl
           of
           Bristol
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           Betray'd
           in
           the
           Attempt
           by
           one
           Leman
           ,
           formerly
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Party
          
           ,
           and
           ty'd
           up
           by
           an
           Oath
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Secresie
           ,
           as
           binding
           as
           Syllables
           could
           make
           it
           .
        
         
           Thence
           ,
           I
           was
           carried
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           
             there
             adjudg'd
             to
             Dye
          
           ;
           under
           
             These
             Solaecismes
          
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ;
           I
           condition'd
           for
           my
           Life
           when
           I
           was
           taken
           .
        
         
           Next
           ;
           It
           was
           contrary
           to
           Articles
           betwixt
           the
           
             Earl
             of
          
           Manchester
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Governour
          
           of
           Newark
           ;
           to
           which
           Garrison
           I
           belong'd
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ;
           The
           Committee
           by
           their
           own
           Law
           were
           not
           empowr'd
           to
           try
           me
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ;
           They
           jugled
           up
           a
           Court
           almost
           at
           Midnight
           ,
           and
           Sentenc'd
           Me
           to
           Death
           without
           a
           Hearing
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ;
           I
           was
           adjug'd
           to
           Dye
           by
           a
           Court-Martial
           as
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           yet
           they
           themselves
           confess'd
           that
           I
           never
           receiv'd
           any
           
             Trust
             :
             D.
          
           MILLS
           the
           now
           Chancellor
           of
           Norwich
           
             was
             my
          
           Iudge-Advocate
           .
        
         
           Betwixt
           my
           Doom
           ,
           and
           my
           appointed
           Execution
           ,
           Mr.
           Thorowgood
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Arrowsmith
           ,
           (
           then
           of
           the
           Synod
           )
           gave
           me
           a
           Visit
           ;
           and
           very
           friendly
           tendred
           me
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           Interest
           to
           save
           me
           ;
           if
           I
           would
           but
           Petition
           for
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           offer
           to
           take
           the
           Covenant
           .
           These
           Gentlemen
           will
           acquit
           me
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           that
           I
           refus'd
           it
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           by
           the
           Interest
           and
           Kindness
           ,
           particularly
           of
           the
           Earls
           of
           
             Northumberland
             ,
             Essex
             ,
             Stamford
          
           with
           others
           ,
           I
           was
           Reprieved
           ;
           First
           ,
           for
           a
           Fortnight
           ,
           and
           till
           further
           Order
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           under
           Colour
           of
           a
           
             further
             Hearing
          
           :
           which
           in
           almost
           four
           years
           I
           could
           not
           obtain
           ,
           although
           I
           pressed
           it
           earnestly
           .
           With
           the
           same
           Faith
           and
           Openness
           have
           I
           proceeded
           to
           this
           Instant
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           Newgate
           ,
           I
           slipp'd
           into
           Kent
           in
           1648
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Action
           I
           presented
           your
           Lordship
           with
           a
           Printed
           Accompt
           in
           Flanders
           :
           to
           which
           I
           dare
           refer
           the
           most
           unsatisfy'd
           of
           my
           Enemies
           .
           After
           that
           Defeat
           I
           cross'd
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           return'd
           in
           1653
           ,
           fixing
           in
           London
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           proper
           place
           ,
           in
           Relation
           both
           
           to
           my
           
             Publique
             Duty
          
           ,
           and
           
             particular
             Safety
          
           .
           Since
           which
           time
           my
           Lord
           ,
           let
           my
           Soul
           answer
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           (
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           own
           memory
           )
           I
           ever
           exchang'd
           one
           Syllable
           with
           Cromwell
           .
        
         
           During
           the
           
             Cheshire
             Motion
          
           ,
           I
           can
           appeal
           to
           a
           hundred
           several
           persons
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           Declaration
           now
           Extant
           in
           my
           Apology
           ,
           that
           at
           that
           time
           I
           was
           not
           Idle
           .
           And
           touching
           those
           succeeding
           Broyles
           which
           more
           immediately
           led
           to
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty's
           Return
           .
           I
           dare
           remit
           my self
           to
           half
           the
           honest
           Part
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           who
           Then
           were
           of
           opinion
           that
           Those
           
             Remonstrances
             ,
             Protests
             ,
             Resolves
             ,
             Engagements
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
          
           &c.
           however
           drawn
           by
           my
           unlucky
           hand
           ,
           were
           no
           
             Ill
             office
          
           toward
           his
           Majesty
           :
           They
           will
           at
           least
           acquit
           me
           ,
           of
           
             Ill
             meaning
          
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           my
           Lord
           ,
           having
           scap'd
           all
           these
           Rocks
           and
           Storms
           ,
           I
           meet
           new
           dangers
           in
           the
           Harbour
           :
           I
           find
           my self
           crush'd
           under
           fresh
           mistakes
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           be
           too
           Bold
           .
           —
        
         
           Briefly
           ;
           I
           have
           spent
           
             Twenty
             yeers
          
           now
           in
           his
           
             Majesties
             Service
          
           according
           to
           my
           Duty
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           ,
           I
           only
           beg
           not
           to
           be
           thought
           a
           Villein
           .
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
           
             
               Decemb.
               3.
               1661.
               
            
          
           I
           am
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             obedient
             Servant
             .
             Roger
             L'Estrange
             .