A just defence of John Bastwick. Doctor in Phisicke, against the calumnies of John Lilburne Leiutenant [sic] Colonell and his false accusations, vvritten in way of a reply to a letter of Master Vicars: in which he desires to be satisfied concerning that reproch. In which reply, there is not onely the vindication of the honour of the Parliament, but also that which is of publike concernment, and behooves all well affected subjects to looke into. Printed and published with license according to order.
         Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.
      
       
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             A just defence of John Bastwick. Doctor in Phisicke, against the calumnies of John Lilburne Leiutenant [sic] Colonell and his false accusations, vvritten in way of a reply to a letter of Master Vicars: in which he desires to be satisfied concerning that reproch. In which reply, there is not onely the vindication of the honour of the Parliament, but also that which is of publike concernment, and behooves all well affected subjects to looke into. Printed and published with license according to order.
             Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.
             Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.
          
           [2], 22, 31-42 p.
           
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             Printed at London :
             1645.
          
           
             Includes the letter from John Vicars.
             Variant: after p. 22 pages are numbered: 21, 32, 33, 20, 17, 36, 37, 16, 39, 40, 41, 42.
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           Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657 -- Early works to 1800.
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           A
           IVST
           DEFENCE
           OF
           
             JOHN
             BASTWICK
             .
          
        
         
           Doctor
           in
           PHISICKE
           ,
           Against
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           and
           his
           false
           accusations
           ,
           VVritten
           in
           way
           of
           
             Reply
          
           to
           a
           Letter
           OF
           Master
           
             VICARS
             :
          
           In
           which
           he
           desires
           to
           be
           satisfied
           concerning
           that
           Reproch
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           
             Reply
             ,
          
           there
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Vindication
          
           of
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           but
           also
           that
           which
           is
           of
           
             publike
             Concernment
             ,
          
           and
           behooves
           all
           well
           affected
           SUBJECTS
           to
           looke
           into
           .
        
         
           Printed
           and
           
             published
          
           with
           License
           according
           to
           
             Order
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             London
          
           by
           
             F.
             Leech
             ,
          
           for
           
             Michaell
             Sparke
          
           Junior
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           
             Blue-Bible
          
           in
           
             Green-Arbor
             ,
          
           1645
        
      
       
       
         
           Mr.
           Vicars
           Letter
           to
           Dr.
           Bastwicke
           ,
           concerning
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           Lilburne
           .
        
         
           MVch
           honoured
           
             Doctor
             ,
          
           and
           my
           most
           worthy
           friend
           ,
           being
           abroad
           this
           
             Saturday
             ,
          
           I
           heard
           that
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           hath
           again
           printed
           another
           lavish
           Letter
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           not
           yet
           seen
           or
           read
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           together
           with
           others
           ,
           he
           hath
           sorely
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           perswaded
           most
           unjustly
           taxed
           you
           ,
           to
           have
           done
           him
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           wrong
           ,
           in
           his
           late
           miscarried
           businesse
           about
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           whereas
           I
           have
           ever
           observed
           that
           you
           have
           alwayes
           ,
           since
           you
           were
           first
           acquainted
           with
           him
           ,
           shewne
           your selfe
           his
           singular
           good
           friend
           ,
           ready
           to
           do
           him
           all
           good
           in
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           yea
           and
           in
           these
           later
           times
           of
           his
           uncomely
           miscarriages
           have
           spoken
           very
           tenderly
           and
           friendly
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           (
           I
           say
           )
           be
           persawded
           that
           you
           have
           given
           him
           any
           just
           cause
           so
           to
           complaine
           or
           exclaime
           of
           you
           ,
           I
           therfore
           humbly
           desire
           you
           (
           most
           honoured
           
             Sir
          
           )
           to
           vouchsafe
           to
           satisfie
           and
           certifie
           me
           in
           a
           word
           or
           two
           ,
           whither
           any
           such
           thing
           be
           betweene
           you
           or
           not
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           though
           I
           say
           for
           mine
           own
           part
           I
           am
           confident
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           ,
           then
           I
           shall
           be
           the
           more
           groundedly
           able
           upon
           occasion
           to
           vindicate
           your
           integrity
           and
           innocency
           therin
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           fully
           to
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           any
           other
           traducers
           of
           you
           herein
           :
           Thus
           ,
           most
           noble
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           whom
           from
           my
           Soule
           ,
           for
           your
           faithfulnesse
           to
           God
           and
           his
           Truth
           ,
           I
           can
           never
           sufficiently
           prize
           and
           honour
           ,
           praying
           pardon
           for
           this
           my
           boldnesse
           ,
           emboldned
           therunto
           by
           your
           own
           Christian
           Candor
           and
           even
           genuine
           ingenuity
           ,
           with
           the
           humble
           tender
           of
           my
           best
           services
           to
           your
           most
           worthy
           selfe
           and
           vertuous
           Consort
           ,
           I
           ever
           rest
           ,
           Yours
           in
           his
           best
           poore
           Services
           ,
           in
           the
           Lord
           to
           be
           commanded
           ,
        
         
           
             
               
                 Aug.
              
               this
               9th
               1645.
               
            
          
           
             John
             Vicars
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Iust
           defence
           ,
           of
           John
           Bastwicke
           ,
           Doctor
           In
           Physieke
           ,
           Against
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           Iohn
           Lilburne
           ,
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           ,
           and
           his
           false
           Accusations
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             VICARS
             ;
          
        
         
           AS
           I
           have
           ever
           found
           you
           a
           truly
           loving
           friend
           to
           mee
           and
           mine
           heather
           to
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           my
           greatest
           adversity
           and
           hottest
           conflicts
           ,
           which
           with
           all
           thankfulnesse
           I
           doe
           acknowledg
           ,
           and
           have
           with
           reciprocall
           affection
           answered
           your
           love
           :
           So
           I
           hope
           there
           shall
           never
           on
           my
           part
           ,
           any
           just
           occasion
           bee
           given
           of
           violating
           this
           our
           mutuall
           affection
           :
           for
           to
           the
           uttermost
           of
           my
           abilities
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           keepe
           peace
           with
           all
           men
           especially
           my
           Christian
           acquaintance
           .
           And
           so
           confident
           I
           am
           of
           your
           good
           opinion
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           any
           calumny
           how
           high
           so
           ever
           it
           fly
           ,
           and
           how
           loud
           soever
           it
           speake
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           multitudes
           soever
           it
           be
           spread
           obroad
           and
           divulged
           ,
           that
           can
           in
           the
           least
           alienate
           your
           charity
           from
           me
           before
           you
           have
           heard
           my
           just
           defence
           .
           And
           truly
           at
           this
           time
           though
           I
           should
           not
           returne
           an
           answer
           to
           your
           Letter
           in
           way
           of
           justification
           of
           my
           owne
           integritie
           ,
           so
           assured
           I
           am
           of
           your
           Love
           ,
           that
           al●
           those
           foule
           aspersions
           that
           are
           now
           causlesly
           published
           concerning
           me
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           Letter
           printed
           by
           Leiu
           .
           Col.
           
             Lilburne
          
           should
           not
           in
           the
           least
           stagger
           your
           good
           esteeme
           of
           me
           or
           estrange
           you
           from
           me
           :
           much
           lesse
           would
           they
           extort
           a
           censure
           from
           you
           before
           you
           had
           heard
           what
           I
           had
           to
           reply
           in
           my
           owne
           behalfe
           .
           But
           seeing
           you
           have
           desired
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           others
           to
           heare
           from
           me
           concerning
           the
           busines
           between
           me
           and
           the
           Leiut.
           Colonell
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           gratifie
           you
           in
           a
           few
           lines
           ,
           not
           that
           I
           am
           sollicitous
           about
           that
           matter
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           doth
           in
           the
           least
           trouble
           my
           minde
           ,
           or
           disquiet
           my
           thoughts
           :
           for
           such
           is
           my
           innocency
           in
           this
           cause
           ,
           that
           besides
           the
           testimony
           of
           my
           owne
           Conscience
           ,
           I
           
           have
           the
           witnesse
           of
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           great
           Councell
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           acquit
           and
           free
           me
           from
           the
           Colonells
           crimination
           :
           so
           that
           all
           men
           may
           see
           that
           it
           was
           malitiously
           laid
           upon
           me
           ,
           onely
           to
           make
           mee
           hatefull
           to
           all
           good
           people
           .
           You
           know
           that
           Calumny
           (
           who
           is
           quicker
           then
           Martiall
           Law
           )
           doth
           ordinarily
           arraigne
           ,
           accuse
           and
           condemne
           men
           before
           they
           have
           beene
           heard
           speake
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           men
           are
           usually
           put
           to
           death
           and
           murdered
           in
           their
           reputation
           ,
           and
           their
           fame
           taken
           from
           them
           before
           they
           know
           of
           it
           :
           and
           thus
           at
           this
           time
           it
           hath
           hapned
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           am
           made
           as
           odious
           and
           infamous
           as
           the
           tongues
           of
           Revilers
           can
           make
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           no
           just
           grounds
           ;
           as
           you
           shall
           see
           by
           and
           by
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sinne
           that
           many
           in
           this
           Nation
           are
           highly
           gui●ty
           of
           ,
           who
           deale
           not
           with
           others
           as
           they
           would
           be
           dealt
           with
           ,
           and
           easily
           receive
           a
           reproach
           against
           their
           Neighbour
           ,
           both
           which
           notwithstanding
           are
           against
           the
           Royall
           Law
           of
           love
           .
           Neither
           is
           there
           any
           man
           that
           would
           not
           complaine
           if
           one
           should
           either
           spread
           an
           evill
           report
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           imbrace
           one
           against
           him
           ;
           yet
           that
           they
           condemne
           in
           others
           is
           the
           practise
           of
           too
           too
           many
           in
           these
           our
           dayes
           :
           and
           they
           that
           sit
           at
           the
           Sterne
           of
           Government
           canno●
           keepe
           themselves
           from
           the
           Obliques
           of
           such
           as
           owe
           their
           lives
           unto
           them
           for
           their
           care
           and
           watchfulnes
           for
           their
           good
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           that
           are
           of
           the
           low
           degree
           may
           not
           thinke
           our
           condition
           miserable
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           our
           Rulers
           and
           the
           chiefe
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           in
           tongue
           and
           word
           ,
           but
           in
           every
           scurrilous
           Pamphlet
           ,
           hour●●●
           traduced
           :
           But
           now
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           .
           You
           tell
           me
           ,
           you
           heard
           
             That
          
           Master
           
             John
             Lilburne
             hath
             againe
             printed
             another
             Letter
             ,
             where
             in
             together
             with
             others
             ,
             〈◊〉
             hath
             sorely
             taxed
             me
             ,
             to
             have
             done
             him
             agreat
             deale
             of
             wrong
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           What
           he
           hath
           published
           concerning
           others
           ,
           I
           leave
           them
           to
           an●wer
           to
           that
           ,
           but
           what
           hee
           hath
           printed
           concerning
           my selfe
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           false
           ,
           and
           no
           way
           beseeming
           him
           a
           brother
           ,
           so
           to
           deale
           with
           one
           ,
           that
           had
           loved
           and
           honoured
           him
           ,
           more
           than
           he
           did
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           so
           farre
           ,
           I
           have
           ever
           beene
           from
           wronging
           him
           in
           the
           least
           measure
           as
           all
           that
           know
           me
           ,
           or
           ever
           heard
           me
           speake
           of
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           accused
           of
           pride
           ,
           rashnesse
           ,
           malversation
           factiousnesse
           of
           spirit
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           heard
           many
           bla●●
           him
           ,
           as
           well
           friends
           as
           en●mies
           ,
           they
           can
           all
           witnesse
           for
           mee
           ,
           hee
           had
           ever
           my
           good
           word
           ,
           either
           wholly
           to
           excuse
           him
           ,
           and
           vindicate
           his
           reputation
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           extenuate
           his
           offence
           :
           so
           that
           I
           am
           not
           in
           the
           lest
           thing
           guilty
           of
           disaffection
           to
           him
           ,
           much
           lesse
           of
           that
           ,
           hee
           layeth
           to
           my
           chrge
           ,
           yea
           ,
           had
           it
           beene
           true
           ,
           that
           hee
           chargeth
           mee
           with
           ,
           yet
           it
           had
           beene
           no
           more
           a
           cryme
           in
           me
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           in
           himselfe
           ,
           when
           he
           not
           only
           communicated
           a
           businesse
           concerning
           Col
           ,
           
             Hollis
          
           to
           Mr.
           
             Samuell
             Goose
             ,
          
           but
           afterward
           made
           it
           knowne
           to
           some
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           ;
           which
           saith
           he
           ,
           we
           did
           without
           any
           designe
           in
           the
           world
           saving
           the
           discharge
           of
           our
           duty
           .
           Thus
           he
           speaketh
           in
           his
           Letter
           concerning
           himselfe
           and
           Master
           
             Goose
             :
          
           Now
           if
           they
           thought
           it
           a
           discharge
           of
           their
           duty
           ,
           to
           informe
           the
           House
           of
           such
           things
           as
           concerned
           the
           State
           ,
           because
           
             Robinson
          
           said
           he
           would
           justifie
           it
           to
           the
           death
           ,
           why
           should
           any
           
           thinke
           it
           a
           crime
           in
           me
           ,
           to
           informe
           the
           Par●iament
           of
           those
           things
           that
           others
           affirmed
           ▪
           with
           as
           great
           a
           probability
           of
           verity
           as
           
             Robinson
          
           did
           ?
           Especfally
           when
           it
           concerned
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ?
           Yea
           in
           the
           8th
           page
           of
           his
           Letter
           hee
           speaketh
           of
           three
           Citizens
           ,
           that
           were
           come
           downe
           from
           
             London
          
           to
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           namely
           Master
           
             Prity
          
           a
           Draper
           and
           one
           of
           his
           neighbours
           in
           Dowgate
           ▪
           and
           one
           Master
           
             Worly
          
           that
           lives
           about
           Morefields
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           were
           come
           downe
           to
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           did
           give
           information
           to
           4.
           
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           namely
           to
           Colonell
           
             R●gby
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Earle
             ,
          
           Col.
           
           
             Long
             ,
          
           and
           Masterr
           
             Corbet
             ,
          
           concerning
           Sir
           
             John
             Lenthall
          
           and
           the
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           as
           they
           had
           heard
           it
           from
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           which
           was
           knowne
           (
           as
           he
           affirmeth
           )
           to
           thousands
           of
           Citizens
           by
           the
           hearing
           of
           the
           eare
           :
           and
           all
           this
           the
           Colonell
           in
           his
           Letter
           ,
           saith
           ,
           those
           men
           were
           informing
           the
           House
           of
           ;
           when
           he
           came
           to
           
             Westmin.
          
           And
           in
           all
           there
           so
           doing
           I
           do
           conceive
           he
           thinketh
           they
           did
           but
           their
           duty
           .
           Why
           therfore
           should
           the
           very
           same
           men
           ,
           thinke
           it
           so
           hainous
           a
           crime
           &
           offence
           now
           in
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           made
           the
           same
           information
           it
           to
           the
           whole
           House
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           done
           to
           some
           perticular
           Members
           of
           was
           it
           a
           vertue
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           thing
           praise
           worthy
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           crime
           and
           P●aculum
           in
           me
           ?
           But
           it
           was
           against
           a
           friend
           and
           a
           brother
           to
           whom
           ,
           I
           was
           exceedingly
           beholding
           .
           First
           therfore
           I
           shal
           desire
           you
           to
           take
           his
           own
           expression
           concerning
           the
           businesse
           ,
           and
           after
           my
           reply
           .
           His
           words
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           It
           seemes
           
             Doctor
          
           Bastwicke
           (
           a
           man
           that
           stands
           obliged
           to
           me
           ,
           with
           as
           many
           tyes
           of
           friendship
           and
           respect
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           confident
           he
           doth
           to
           any
           man
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           whom
           I
           have
           often
           both
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Holland
          
           adventured
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           was
           mine
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           and
           cause
           ,
           as
           an
           earthly
           instrument
           I
           underwent
           all
           the
           sorrowes
           and
           miseries
           ,
           that
           I
           suffered
           from
           the
           Bishops
           for
           diverse
           yeares
           together
           )
           s●nt
           in
           a
           paper
           to
           the
           
             Speaker
          
           to
           informe
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           accused
           him
           for
           sending
           threescore
           thousand
           pounds
           to
           
             Oxford
          
           (
           though
           with
           the
           said
           
             Doctor
             Bastwicke
          
           to
           my
           remembrance
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           any
           discourse
           at
           all
           about
           any
           such
           businesse
           :
           for
           the
           discourse
           I
           had
           about
           that
           businesse
           was
           with
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           
             Roes
             ,
          
           the
           Scout-Master
           Generall
           ,
           whom
           I
           brought
           up
           out
           of
           the
           Guarden
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           three
           Citizens
           ,
           that
           had
           newly
           given
           in
           their
           information
           under
           their
           owne
           hands
           .
           
             Master
             Worley
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           three
           ,
           being
           Leiutenant
           Col.
           
           
             Roes
          
           old
           acquaintance
           ,
           told
           him
           more
           (
           I
           am
           confident
           of
           it
           )
           by
           many
           degrees
           ,
           then
           before
           hee
           had
           from
           me
           .
           Yet
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           upon
           
             Doctor
             Bastwickes
          
           paper●
           barely
           ,
           the
           
             Speaker
          
           g●t
           a
           Vote
           (
           before
           ever
           I
           knew
           any
           thing
           ,
           though
           I
           all
           day
           waited
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           )
           to
           passe
           the
           House
           in
           these
           words
           .
        
         
           Resolved
           upon
           the
           Question
           by
           the
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           ●ee
           forthwith
           taken
           into
           custody
           by
           the
           Sergeant
           as
           Armes
           attending
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           so
           kept
           till
           the
           House
           give
           further
           Order
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           his
           owne
           expression
           ;
           by
           the
           which
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           the
           information
           was
           made
           to
           four
           members
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           before
           my
           
           Paper
           was
           sent
           in
           to
           Master
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           which
           was
           about
           three
           a
           clocke
           in
           the
           afternoone
           :
           So
           that
           I
           did
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           had
           beene
           acted
           by
           the
           three
           Citizens
           before
           .
           Now
           if
           they
           were
           not
           base
           and
           paultry
           fe●lowes
           and
           Knaves
           for
           doing
           this
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           no
           just
           ground
           ,
           nor
           cause
           why
           either
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Worley
          
           and
           there
           companions
           should
           asperse
           me
           with
           those
           odious
           tearmes
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           calling
           mee
           an
           Apostate
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           beene
           often
           heard
           speake
           ,
           and
           for
           no
           other
           cause
           but
           for
           informing
           the
           House
           of
           that
           which
           they
           themselves
           had
           done
           before
           mee
           ,
           yet
           all
           these
           calumnies
           I
           now
           under
           go
           from
           these
           men
           and
           of
           all
           their
           fraternitie
           ,
           and
           for
           no
           other
           offence
           but
           for
           that
           they
           applaud
           in
           themselves
           for
           a
           vertue
           .
           But
           now
           for
           answer
           to
           that
           which
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           chargeth
           me
           with
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           replication
           to
           your
           request
           ,
           know
           this
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           that
           it
           is
           most
           false
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           expresse
           my selfe
           in
           the
           words
           of
           a
           Parliament
           man
           (
           when
           he
           had
           read
           the
           printed
           Letter
           )
           it
           is
           a
           most
           impetuous
           lye
           ,
           for
           so
           said
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           House
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           
             Lilburne
          
           had
           printed
           a
           most
           impetuous
           lye
           against
           me
           ,
           whiles
           he
           upbraided
           mee
           ,
           and
           my
           ever
           to
           be
           honoured
           brother
           Master
           
             William
             Prynne
          
           of
           lying
           ,
           and
           to
           speake
           the
           verity
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           thinke
           there
           was
           a
           more
           grosse
           and
           wilfuller
           untruth
           ever
           printed
           against
           any
           man
           :
           for
           I
           understanding
           that
           Leiutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburn
          
           had
           given
           out
           that
           I
           had
           informed
           against
           him
           ,
           I
           sent
           him
           word
           by
           one
           Mistris
           
             Barber
             ,
          
           which
           told
           me
           that
           she
           was
           very
           sorry
           to
           heare
           that
           I
           should
           do
           such
           a
           thing
           against
           a
           brother
           and
           a
           loving
           friend
           and
           fellow
           sufferer
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           meerely
           replyed
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           groundlesse
           report
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           never
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           one
           
             Hawkins
             ,
          
           and
           desired
           her
           to
           signifie
           it
           to
           my
           Brother
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           that
           he
           might
           be
           undeceived
           ,
           and
           fearing
           that
           she
           should
           not
           relate
           it
           unto
           him
           ,
           (
           though
           she
           was
           then
           going
           to
           him
           )
           and
           promised
           me
           that
           she
           would
           )
           the
           next
           day
           finding
           him
           waiting
           on
           the
           Committee
           ,
           I
           blamed
           him
           that
           he
           should
           report
           such
           things
           of
           mee
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           that
           hee
           had
           exceedingly
           wronged
           me
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           in
           raising
           such
           a
           report
           and
           withall
           signified
           unto
           him
           that
           it
           was
           his
           friend
           
             Hawkins
          
           that
           had
           accused
           him
           :
           Notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           such
           is
           his
           inveterat
           malice
           towards
           me
           ,
           because
           I
           writ
           against
           the
           
             Independents
             ,
          
           that
           he
           printed
           that
           falsehood
           against
           mee
           ,
           only
           as
           I
           suppose
           to
           bring
           an
           
             Odi●●s
          
           upon
           me
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           (
           for
           his
           Letter
           is
           now
           as
           publike
           as
           weekely
           newes
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           hands
           )
           and
           I
           am
           induced
           to
           beleeve
           that
           this
           was
           the
           designe
           both
           of
           himselfe
           and
           those
           that
           are
           of
           his
           society
           ,
           because
           it
           hath
           ever
           beene
           their
           ordinary
           practice
           ,
           to
           abuse
           such
           in
           tongue
           and
           print
           withall
           manner
           of
           callumnies
           and
           blasting
           language
           as
           they
           think
           Malignant
           and
           Leiutenant
           Col.
           
             Lilburne
          
           by
           name
           ,
           is
           notorious
           ,
           and
           famous
           for
           this
           faculty
           of
           reviling
           ,
           as
           this
           his
           printed
           letter
           doth
           specifie
           and
           his
           many
           other
           Pamphlets
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           not
           long
           since
           he
           printed
           against
           Col.
           
           King
           a
           Lincolnshire
           Gentleman
           who
           had
           deserved
           as
           wel
           from
           the
           Parliament
           and
           his
           Country
           (
           if
           famelye
           not
           )
           as
           most
           of
           those
           that
           have
           bin
           in
           publike
           service
           for
           the
           State
           ▪
           and
           
           who
           exposed
           himselfe
           to
           as
           many
           dangers
           ,
           and
           did
           as
           faithfully
           discharge
           his
           place
           and
           the
           trust
           committed
           to
           him
           as
           any
           man
           :
           yet
           this
           man
           ,
           because
           he
           opposed
           the
           Independent
           party
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           whiles
           he
           was
           in
           Come
           mand
           ,
           suffer
           them
           in
           a
           disorderly
           manner
           to
           leave
           the
           publike
           Assemblies
           where
           the
           word
           was
           faithfully
           and
           Orthodoxly
           preached
           and
           vent
           their
           own
           novelties
           ,
           to
           the
           seducing
           and
           misleading
           of
           the
           poore
           people
           and
           making
           a
           faction
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           For
           no
           other
           ground
           (
           I
           say
           )
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           ,
           saving
           that
           he
           being
           a
           man
           not
           only
           of
           integrity
           ,
           but
           wisdome
           also
           and
           courage
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           indure
           to
           see
           his
           Country-men
           made
           a
           pray
           of
           to
           pur●oyners
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           aymed
           more
           at
           their
           owne
           honour
           and
           private
           emolument
           then
           at
           the
           publique
           good
           and
           dignity
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           for
           these
           very
           causes
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           could
           learne
           what
           I
           say
           with
           that
           party
           hating
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Independents
           joyning
           with
           them
           ,
           by
           their
           false
           informations
           and
           clamorus
           against
           him
           and
           their
           malitious
           suggestions
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           was
           of
           a
           troublesome
           and
           contentious
           spirit
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           him
           as
           odious
           as
           any
           man
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           excepting
           my selfe
           and
           my
           learned
           and
           honoured
           Brother
           Mr.
           
             William
             Prynne
             .
          
           And
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           not
           satisfied
           to
           raile
           of
           this
           gallant
           Gentleman
           wheresoever
           he
           came
           ,
           but
           printed
           a
           most
           notorious
           lying
           Libell
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           truly
           Godly
           and
           honest
           men
           of
           that
           County
           doe
           affirme
           ,
           they
           never
           saw
           more
           prodigious
           untruthes
           published
           against
           any
           man
           :
           and
           such
           of
           his
           Country
           men
           as
           are
           acquainted
           with
           him
           and
           his
           abilities
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           if
           hee
           had
           but
           faire
           play
           ,
           hee
           is
           able
           for
           wit
           and
           worth
           to
           deale
           with
           a
           whole
           Army
           of
           Indepents
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           enemies
           ,
           and
           for
           valour
           and
           skill
           in
           Armes
           he
           is
           inseriour
           to
           none
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           whiles
           hee
           was
           in
           their
           good
           esteeme
           ,
           and
           before
           hee
           opposed
           their
           faction
           ,
           they
           neither
           thought
           nor
           spake
           otherwise
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           as
           of
           a
           brave
           and
           diserving
           Gentleman
           as
           can
           be
           prov'd
           by
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           and
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           best
           of
           them
           :
           but
           now
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           adverse
           to
           theer
           way
           ,
           as
           with
           all
           good
           reason
           ,
           hee
           and
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           such
           as
           love
           the
           peace
           of
           Sion
           ,
           and
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           ought
           to
           bee
           ,
           to
           their
           whimsy
           of
           Independency
           ,
           therefore
           that
           party
           and
           their
           abbettors
           do
           most
           horridly
           abuse
           him
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           reproaches
           ,
           and
           my
           Brother
           
             Lilburne
          
           by
           name
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           hath
           published
           such
           beastly
           lies
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           scarse
           the
           Sunne
           ever
           saw
           greater
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           tracke
           and
           path
           do
           all
           the
           Independent
           faction
           walke
           in
           ,
           blasting
           all
           those
           they
           hate
           with
           vilifying
           language
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           very
           end
           and
           for
           no
           other
           purpose
           ,
           I
           perswaded
           my selfe
           he
           published
           that
           lye
           against
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           make
           me
           despicable
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           reputation
           amongst
           honest
           men
           :
           for
           in
           his
           accusation
           ,
           hee
           chargeth
           me
           with
           two
           crimes
           ,
           
             Lying
          
           and
           
             Ingratitude
             ,
          
           either
           of
           which
           were
           enough
           to
           make
           mee
           infamous
           through
           the
           World
           ,
           much
           more
           they
           being
           both
           joyned
           together
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           aggravation
           for
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           all
           ingenious
           men
           hate
           ,
           &
           abhorre
           more
           then
           alyat
           ,
           and
           an
           ungratefull
           fellow
           ,
           and
           that
           deservedly
           neither
           can
           any
           honest
           man
           
           keepe
           such
           men
           company
           with
           safety
           ,
           as
           are
           guilty
           of
           those
           crimes
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           if
           I
           were
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           the
           world
           might
           justly
           distaste
           and
           abjure
           mee
           .
           Now
           to
           prove
           me
           a
           lyer
           ,
           he
           thus
           argueth
           .
           
             The
          
           Doctor
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             sent
             in
             a
             paper
             to
             inform
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             accused
             him
             for
             sending
             threescore
             thousand
             pound
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             though
             with
             the
             said
             Doctor
             Bastiwck
             I
             had
             no
             discourse
             at
             all
             about
             any
             such
             businesse
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           he
           is
           a
           notorious
           ly●t
           ,
           to
           affirme
           that
           I
           accused
           Master
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           when
           I
           had
           no
           discourse
           with
           him
           about
           any
           such
           businesse
           .
           And
           to
           prove
           me
           an
           ungratefull
           fellow
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           had
           done
           him
           evill
           for
           good
           ,
           which
           is
           yet
           a
           degree
           of
           Sin
           above
           ungratitude
           :
           Hee
           thus
           dispureth
           .
           Doctor
           
             Bostwicke
             ,
             a
             man
             that
             stands
             obliged
             unto
             mee
             ,
             with
             as
             many
             tyes
             of
             friendship
             and
             respect
             ,
             as
             J
             am
             confident
             he
             doth
             to
             any
             man
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             whom
             I
             have
             both
             in
          
           England
           
             and
          
           Holland
           ,
           
             adventured
             my selfe
             and
             all
             that
             was
             〈◊〉
             ,
             and
             for
             whose
             sake
             and
             cause
             ,
             as
             an
             earthly
             instrument
             I
             under
             went
             all
             the
             sorrowes
             and
             miseries
             that
             I
             suffered
             from
             the
             Bishops
             for
             divers
             yeares
             together
             .
          
           And
           for
           this
           man
           to
           make
           an
           information
           against
           me
           and
           thus
           to
           reward
           mee
           ,
           rendring
           me
           evill
           for
           Good
           ,
           he
           proclaimes
           himselfe
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           to
           be
           an
           unworthy
           and
           ungratefull
           man
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           deservedly
           to
           be
           abhorred
           and
           abominated
           of
           all
           good
           people
           ,
           as
           a
           lyer
           &
           an
           unthankfull
           fellow
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           scope
           of
           this
           gallant
           sword-mans
           disputation
           ,
           to
           wound
           and
           distroy
           his
           Brothers
           reputation
           ,
           and
           this
           effect
           it
           hath
           allready
           produced
           ,
           that
           amongst
           all
           those
           of
           that
           fraternity
           (
           for
           they
           take
           all
           
             pro
             confesse
          
           that
           he
           either
           speaketh
           or
           Printeth
           )
           they
           talke
           no
           otherwise
           of
           mee
           then
           of
           a
           base
           fellow
           ,
           calling
           me
           knave
           and
           paultry
           fellow
           at
           every
           word
           ,
           and
           this
           dialect
           they
           have
           learned
           of
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           who
           when
           hee
           speaketh
           of
           me
           ,
           giveth
           me
           no
           other
           name
           ,
           although
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           untill
           I
           had
           declared
           my selfe
           against
           Independency
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           praises
           though
           great
           enough
           both
           for
           me
           and
           my
           Brother
           
             Prynne
             ,
          
           such
           is
           the
           ficklenesse
           and
           vanity
           of
           the
           poore
           creature
           ,
           one
           day
           crying
           
             Hosanna
             ,
          
           and
           another
           day
           crucifie
           him
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           least
           ye
           displease
           his
           humour
           ,
           and
           so
           hee
           dealeth
           with
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           ,
           but
           the
           Parliament
           not
           long
           since
           with
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ?
          
           and
           now
           they
           are
           a
           company
           of
           Tyrants
           ?
           and
           the
           supreame
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           is
           with
           him
           as
           bad
           as
           the
           High
           Commission
           ,
           and
           the
           Star-chamber
           ,
           and
           worse
           and
           all
           the
           Judges
           in
           the
           great
           Councell
           ,
           as
           bad
           as
           
             Strafford
          
           and
           the
           Prelates
           ,
           trampling
           downe
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Subjects
           under
           there
           feet
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           their
           dealings
           towards
           the
           Subjects
           be
           just
           ,
           he
           professeth
           he
           hath
           lost
           his
           judgment
           ,
           and
           must
           beginne
           to
           learne
           A.
           B.
           C.
           againe
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           to
           wave
           his
           dispising
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           rayling
           of
           dignities
           ,
           a
           Sin
           which
           God
           so
           much
           abhorrs
           ,
           2
           
             Pet.
             2.
             
             Iude
             and
             which
             belongs
             to
             those
             in
             authority
             to
             redresse
             ,
             and
             whom
             it
             most
             concernes
             .
          
           I
           come
           to
           his
           particular
           charge
           against
           mee
           ,
           and
           first
           ,
           where
           hee
           accuseth
           mee
           that
           I
           put
           up
           a
           paper
           against
           him
           to
           the
           Speaker
           ,
           hee
           beginnes
           his
           crimination
           with
           calling
           ,
           for
           I
           never
           put
           up
           a
           paper
           against
           him
           ,
           neither
           did
           I
           ever
           in
           my
           life
           inform
           against
           him
           unto
           any
           Parliament
           man
           ,
           or
           ever
           open
           my
           mouth
           to
           any
           
           of
           the
           House
           in
           his
           least
           prejudice
           to
           this
           present
           day
           ,
           but
           have
           ever
           spoken
           well
           of
           him
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           I
           now
           say
           ,
           all
           the
           Parliament
           can
           witnesse
           for
           mee
           :
           and
           so
           farre
           I
           was
           from
           making
           an
           Information
           against
           him
           about
           this
           businesse
           ,
           that
           I
           knew
           not
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           hee
           had
           ever
           heard
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
          
           was
           accused
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           nor
           had
           not
           knowne
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           hee
           himselfe
           in
           his
           letter
           signified
           so
           much
           that
           
             Pendrid
          
           had
           told
           him
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           could
           not
           informe
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           paper
           that
           I
           and
           Colonell
           King
           put
           into
           the
           House
           ,
           wee
           were
           so
           carefull
           of
           preserving
           others
           reputations
           ,
           that
           we
           named
           none
           in
           it
           but
           
             Haukings
             .
          
           But
           after
           we
           had
           sent
           in
           the
           first
           paper
           ,
           and
           understanding
           from
           others
           ,
           that
           
             Hawkins
          
           varied
           in
           his
           relation
           ,
           and
           whereas
           to
           us
           he
           had
           only
           by
           name
           accused
           Master
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Harlow
             ,
          
           saying
           that
           many
           more
           were
           equally
           guilty
           ,
           and
           hearing
           that
           ,
           to
           others
           hee
           in
           his
           relaton
           said
           there
           were
           ten
           more
           specifying
           a
           certaine
           number
           upon
           this
           new
           intelligence
           ,
           we
           conceiving
           that
           if
           he
           would
           communicate
           these
           things
           to
           us
           which
           were
           strangers
           unto
           him
           ,
           hee
           would
           much
           more
           impart
           his
           mind
           to
           his
           familiers
           and
           those
           of
           his
           owne
           faction
           ,
           and
           seeing
           him
           in
           the
           company
           of
           many
           of
           that
           way
           from
           whose
           sosiety
           hee
           then
           immediatly
           came
           and
           related
           those
           things
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           verily
           persvvaded
           our selves
           that
           hee
           had
           told
           them
           also
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           and
           thinking
           vvith
           our selves
           if
           
             Hawkins
          
           should
           deny
           his
           words
           as
           probably
           hee
           might
           ,
           that
           then
           we
           might
           the
           better
           corroberat
           and
           strengthen
           our
           witnesse
           with
           their
           testimonies
           ,
           which
           would
           also
           have
           added
           great
           force
           and
           life
           to
           our
           information
           as
           being
           men
           of
           reputation
           and
           of
           good
           esteeme
           and
           credit
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           against
           whom
           there
           could
           be
           no
           just
           exception
           or
           suspition
           of
           hatred
           to
           that
           party
           ,
           they
           being
           Independents
           and
           no
           Presbiterians
           ,
           I
           say
           for
           the
           strengthening
           of
           our
           witnesse
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           paper
           wee
           sent
           in
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           wee
           put
           in
           the
           names
           of
           some
           of
           those
           that
           were
           in
           
             Hawkins
          
           company
           ,
           as
           Colonell
           
             Iret●●
             ,
          
           and
           Lieutenant
           Colo●●ll
           
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           for
           such
           was
           the
           honour
           we
           then
           bare
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           we
           had
           thought
           to
           have
           had
           their
           testimony
           and
           witnesse
           ,
           joyned
           with
           ours
           ,
           (
           in
           case
           that
           
             Hawkins
          
           should
           have
           jugled
           with
           us
           ,
           or
           denyed
           any
           thing
           he
           spake
           to
           us
           )
           and
           truly
           Colonell
           
             Iret●n
          
           might
           as
           well
           have
           pickt
           a
           quarrell
           with
           none
           at
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           if
           he
           had
           beene
           of
           a
           malitious
           and
           contentio●s
           spirit
           :
           for
           all
           that
           wee
           intended
           by
           naming
           of
           them
           in
           the
           paper
           presented
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           was
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           produce
           their
           testimonies
           with
           ours
           ,
           if
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           
             Hawkins
          
           should
           have
           denyed
           his
           words
           .
           And
           whether
           the
           naming
           of
           these
           men
           were
           any
           wrong
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           just
           cause
           of
           a
           quarell
           from
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           I
           referre
           it
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           any
           Sober
           and
           discreete
           man
           !
           But
           for
           the
           saitisfaction
           of
           your selfe
           Master
           
             Vicars
          
           and
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           teke
           the
           information
           as
           it
           was
           put
           up
           in
           its
           formall
           words
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           not
           now
           affraid
           to
           publish
           because
           the
           businesse
           is
           now
           in
           print
           by
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           publikely
           knowne
           :
           and
           because
           also
           the
           innocency
           of
           the
           parties
           accused
           ,
           is
           
           novv
           vindicated
           and
           commonly
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           there
           being
           nothing
           made
           good
           against
           them
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           vvith
           any
           seeming
           probability
           ,
           much
           lesse
           proved
           it
           being
           vvell
           knowne
           also
           ,
           that
           there
           vvas
           not
           any
           one
           of
           reputation
           that
           vvere
           either
           the
           accusers
           or
           prosecutors
           of
           the
           businesse
           .
           But
           the
           last
           information
           that
           vvas
           put
           up
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           vvas
           this
           ;
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     COlonell
                     
                       Ireton
                       ,
                    
                     Lieutenant
                     Colonell
                     
                       Lilburne
                       ,
                       Havvkins
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     others
                     ,
                     having
                     beene
                     serious
                     in
                     discourse
                     in
                     the
                     Court
                     of
                     Requests
                     ;
                     
                       Havvkins
                    
                     comming
                     immediatly
                     from
                     that
                     company
                     said
                     there
                     were
                     strange
                     things
                     discovered
                     against
                     many
                     Members
                     in
                     the
                     House
                     of
                     Commons
                     ,
                     and
                     went
                     as
                     high
                     as
                     the
                     Speaker
                     ,
                     against
                     whom
                     it
                     would
                     be
                     prov'd
                     ,
                     that
                     hee
                     had
                     with
                     his
                     owne
                     hand
                     sent
                     threescore
                     thousand
                     pounds
                     to
                     the
                     King
                     to
                     
                       Oxford
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     that
                     many
                     Members
                     had
                     made
                     their
                     Peace
                     ,
                     and
                     done
                     strange
                     things
                     ,
                     amongst
                     whom
                     Sir
                     
                       Robert
                       Harlovv
                    
                     was
                     one
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     if
                     God
                     had
                     not
                     blest
                     our
                     Army
                     to
                     be
                     in
                     a
                     good
                     condition
                     ,
                     the
                     very
                     discovery
                     of
                     these
                     things
                     ,
                     would
                     have
                     beene
                     enough
                     to
                     have
                     undone
                     us
                     all
                     .
                     These
                     words
                     were
                     spoken
                     by
                     
                       Hawkins
                    
                     before
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     we
                     are
                     ready
                     to
                     witnesse
                     the
                     same
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           Edward
                           King
                           .
                        
                         
                           John
                           Bastwicke
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           These
           Mr.
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           are
           the
           very
           words
           wee
           put
           up
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           now
           I
           appeale
           unto
           the
           judgment
           of
           all
           juditious
           and
           moderate
           Christians
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           one
           word
           of
           accusation
           either
           made
           by
           me
           or
           Colonell
           
             King
             ,
          
           against
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           so
           that
           it
           may
           now
           appeare
           unto
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           most
           malitious
           lye
           ,
           fained
           against
           me
           by
           my
           good
           Brother
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           and
           published
           only
           to
           defame
           mee
           :
           and
           which
           is
           more
           to
           bee
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           that
           howsoever
           there
           were
           many
           more
           besides
           my selfe
           tha●
           put
           up
           informations
           to
           this
           purpose
           against
           
             Hawkins
             ,
          
           and
           in
           this
           very
           paper
           Colonell
           
             King
          
           by
           name
           joyned
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           yet
           hee
           baukes
           them
           all
           and
           singles
           me
           out
           to
           make
           the
           Theame
           of
           his
           scurrillity
           ,
           and
           expose
           mee
           to
           the
           hatred
           of
           all
           good
           men
           .
           So
           that
           now
           M.
           
             Vicars
          
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           you
           &
           all
           who
           shal
           see
           this
           are
           satisfied
           by
           my
           just
           defence
           for
           this
           first
           point
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           will
           all
           free
           me
           from
           his
           accusation
           ,
           and
           accompt
           him
           for
           his
           paines
           a
           meere
           calumniating
           lyer
           ,
           as
           hee
           most
           justly
           deserveth
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           will
           answer
           to
           his
           other
           cryme
           of
           ingratitude
           .
           But
           that
           you
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           and
           all
           to
           whom
           you
           shall
           communicate
           it
           ,
           may
           the
           better
           see
           into
           the
           temper
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           are
           of
           his
           faction
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           communicate
           unto
           you
           ,
           first
           the
           originall
           and
           beginning
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           with
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           and
           of
           the
           mutuall
           affection
           and
           reciprocal
           .
           Offices
           that
           passed
           betweene
           us
           untill
           hee
           fell
           into
           the
           boysterous
           way
           of
           seperation
           &
           did
           prosecute
           it
           vvith
           ,
           such
           violence
           :
           and
           then
           I
           will
           relate
           unto
           you
           his
           carriage
           of
           late
           towards
           me
           ,
           besides
           his
           aspertions
           ,
           in
           his
           Letter
           of
           lying
           and
           ungratitude
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           tell
           you
           some
           words
           and
           passages
           also
           of
           
           those
           of
           his
           faction
           ,
           and
           how
           causlesly
           they
           have
           abused
           me
           in
           word
           and
           deed
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           was
           a
           prisoner
           in
           the
           Gate-house
           ,
           I
           lay
           there
           a
           whole
           yeare
           ,
           &
           a
           halfe
           to
           my
           best
           remembrance
           ,
           before
           I
           saw
           any
           Citizen
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           saving
           my
           owne
           kindred
           ,
           and
           such
           people
           as
           in
           whose
           Houses
           I
           had
           Lodged
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           forced
           by
           the
           tyrany
           of
           the
           times
           and
           my
           malitious
           enemies
           ,
           to
           wait
           upon
           the
           Courts
           of
           Iudicature
           all
           the
           tearme
           time
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           scarse
           a
           Court
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           where
           ,
           
             Tom
             Newcomin
             ,
             Danet
             ,
          
           and
           
             Richard
             Daniell
             ,
          
           those
           impious
           and
           treacherous
           fellows
           out
           of
           the
           rancor
           and
           hatred
           had
           not
           put
           me
           ,
           notwithstandiug
           I
           had
           bin
           a
           meanes
           to
           preserve
           the
           said
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           the
           Brother
           of
           
             Thomas
             Newc●min
          
           from
           the
           jawes
           of
           famine
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           people
           of
           
             Col●chester
          
           can
           witnesse
           ,
           yet
           all
           they
           conspiring
           against
           me
           out
           of
           malice
           ,
           hoysted
           me
           up
           into
           the
           Court
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           High-commission
           ,
           &c.
           so
           that
           I
           was
           constrained
           to
           dance
           attendance
           all
           the
           Terme
           long
           upon
           one
           Court
           or
           other
           for
           many
           yeares
           together
           ,
           untill
           I
           was
           by
           their
           prosecution
           cast
           into
           Prison
           ,
           so
           that
           of
           necessity
           I
           was
           forced
           into
           some
           acquaintance
           ,
           at
           for
           my
           freinds
           generally
           ,
           they
           were
           like
           the
           Rivers
           of
           
             Arabia
             ,
          
           when
           I
           vvas
           in
           the
           greatest
           heat
           of
           affliction
           ,
           and
           had
           most
           need
           of
           them
           to
           refresh
           mee
           ,
           they
           vvere
           all
           dryed
           up
           ,
           and
           as
           
             Iobs
          
           and
           
             Davids
          
           friends
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           base
           feare
           of
           the
           Beast
           ,
           they
           stood
           a
           farre
           of
           ,
           and
           so
           declined
           me
           ,
           or
           else
           proved
           miserable
           comforters
           and
           added
           affliction
           to
           my
           bonds
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           found
           that
           of
           
             Solomon
          
           true
           ,
           
             confidence
             in
             an
             unfaithfull
             friend
             ,
             is
             like
             unto
             a
             broken
             tooth
             or
             a
             foot
             out
             of
             joynt
             ,
          
           for
           as
           a
           broken
           tooth
           and
           a
           foote
           out
           of
           joynt
           ,
           not
           only
           fails
           men
           vvhen
           they
           have
           the
           greatest
           need
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           sustinance
           and
           supportation
           ,
           but
           paine
           ,
           hurt
           and
           anoy
           them
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           exceedingly
           torment
           them
           ,
           even
           so
           it
           happened
           to
           mee
           ,
           they
           seldome
           came
           to
           mee
           ,
           except
           it
           were
           to
           rate
           mee
           ,
           and
           revile
           mee
           ,
           and
           joyne
           with
           my
           enemies
           ,
           yet
           though
           they
           fayled
           mee
           ,
           I
           had
           got
           some
           acquaintance
           by
           these
           my
           sufferings
           ,
           who
           now
           and
           then
           came
           to
           visit
           mee
           ,
           and
           were
           kinde
           unto
           mee
           ,
           and
           these
           excepted
           ,
           no
           Citizens
           did
           ever
           accost
           me
           ,
           or
           come
           nigh
           mee
           in
           all
           
             London
          
           for
           eighteene
           Moneths
           .
           And
           that
           which
           also
           made
           me
           not
           regarded
           ,
           nor
           looked
           after
           ,
           some
           black
           mouthed
           Physitians
           that
           made
           Religion
           their
           stalking
           Horse
           to
           get
           into
           practise
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           which
           also
           ,
           stood
           really
           obliged
           unto
           mee
           ,
           in
           as
           many
           Obligations
           of
           respect
           and
           frindship
           ,
           as
           Lieutenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           falsely
           affirmes
           ,
           I
           stand
           bound
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           man
           also
           forgetting
           al
           courtifies
           and
           humanity
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           ,
           but
           because
           I
           could
           not
           applaud
           all
           his
           distempers
           joyned
           with
           the
           other
           men
           unknowne
           to
           mee
           by
           any
           familiarity
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           to
           this
           present
           day
           I
           yet
           never
           Changed
           a
           word
           ,
           and
           they
           all
           as
           it
           were
           in
           a
           confedracy
           combined
           together
           to
           defame
           mee
           ,
           and
           spake
           all
           manner
           of
           evill
           of
           mee
           (
           and
           continue
           the
           same
           trade
           to
           this
           day
           )
           so
           that
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           all
           the
           Citizens
           that
           heard
           of
           mee
           and
           through
           their
           calumnies
           ,
           I
           was
           thought
           worthy
           of
           no
           pitty
           ,
           and
           esteemed
           of
           a●
           man
           no
           way
           to
           be
           regarded
           :
           yea
           I
           was
           condemned
           by
           the
           most
           of
           them
           that
           heard
           of
           
           mee
           ,
           as
           an
           evill
           doer
           ,
           and
           my
           punishment
           thought
           to
           little
           for
           mee
           ,
           and
           they
           spake
           generally
           of
           mee
           as
           of
           a
           debaushed
           fellow
           and
           a
           madman
           :
           and
           all
           those
           aspertions
           were
           laid
           upon
           mee
           partly
           out
           of
           malice
           ,
           and
           partly
           for
           feare
           ,
           least
           any
           should
           make
           use
           of
           mee
           for
           their
           Physitian
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           sure
           they
           should
           ever
           find
           mee
           at
           home
           ,
           when
           others
           perhaps
           would
           be
           in
           the
           Country
           when
           they
           had
           greatest
           need
           of
           them
           ,
           &
           therfore
           for
           feare
           (
           as
           I
           say
           )
           least
           I
           shold
           hinder
           Gri●●s
           from
           comming
           to
           their
           Mi●l
           ,
           &
           out
           of
           envy
           they
           often
           traduced
           me
           ,
           and
           vilified
           me
           every where
           an
           ordinary
           practise
           especially
           of
           the
           independent
           Physitians
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           I
           now
           say
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           I
           think
           you
           in
           part
           can
           witnesse
           :
           so
           that
           I
           remained
           a
           Prisoner
           of
           hope
           ,
           destitute
           of
           friends
           and
           in
           a
           despicable
           condition
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           the
           face
           of
           any
           Citizen
           but
           my
           kindred
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           that
           I
           formerly
           made
           mention
           of
           ,
           untill
           one
           Mr.
           
             Wharton
          
           an
           old
           Disciple
           ,
           an
           honest
           and
           a
           godly
           man
           ,
           was
           sent
           unto
           me
           by
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           as
           prelaticall
           a
           man
           as
           hee
           told
           mee
           ,
           as
           any
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           made
           the
           good-old
           man
           to
           wonder
           ,
           yet
           hee
           being
           a
           learned
           man
           tooke
           pity
           of
           mee
           ,
           and
           sent
           me
           twenty
           shillings
           in
           Gould
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           first
           present
           I
           ever
           received
           from
           any
           man
           of
           that
           function
           ,
           forbidding
           him
           to
           tell
           me
           his
           name
           (
           which
           hee
           concealed
           faithfully
           )
           with
           this
           Message
           also
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           were
           in
           any
           necessity
           ,
           I
           should
           make
           Mr.
           
             Wharton
          
           acquainted
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           should
           heare
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           hee
           likewise
           charged
           him
           to
           take
           a
           care
           of
           mee
           ,
           ●elling
           him
           that
           he
           never
           read
           any
           Puritans
           writings
           from
           which
           he
           had
           better
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           gave
           me
           hyperbolicall
           prayses
           as
           he
           related
           unto
           me
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           ould
           man
           began
           to
           aske
           mee
           ,
           how
           I
           subsisted
           there
           ,
           and
           I
           told
           him
           in
           particular
           ,
           all
           my
           means
           that
           was
           left
           to
           support
           me
           to
           a
           Peny
           (
           and
           I
           blesse
           God
           I
           sp●ake
           it
           to
           his
           Prayse
           )
           I
           was
           as
           well
           contented
           with
           water-gruell
           in
           P●●●…lon
           as
           ever
           I
           was
           with
           greatest
           plenty
           at
           liberty
           ,
           God
           blessing
           it
           to
           mee
           and
           mine
           ,
           it
           sustained
           us
           and
           if
           my
           poore
           Wife
           could
           purchase
           one
           rost
           joynt
           of
           meate
           in
           the
           Weeke
           ,
           wee
           thought
           our selves
           happy
           ,
           and
           our
           little
           Children
           would
           skippe
           as
           much
           to
           see
           a
           peece
           of
           rost
           meat
           on
           the
           suit
           ,
           as
           others
           would
           do
           at
           any
           thing
           of
           greatest
           delight
           or
           wonder
           ,
           and
           would
           cry
           out
           one
           to
           another
           rost-meat
           ,
           roast-meat
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           draw
           teares
           many
           times
           from
           my
           Wifes
           eyes
           to
           heare
           them
           (
           and
           that
           that
           I
           now
           speake
           the
           Lord
           in
           Heaven
           knowes
           it
           is
           true
           )
           and
           all
           this
           while
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           had
           our
           health
           ;
           &
           looked
           well
           ,
           And
           in
           this
           low
           and
           contented
           conditi●n
           we
           could
           have
           continued
           without
           starving
           ,
           though
           wee
           had
           never
           had
           ayde
           from
           any
           mortall
           man
           ,
           but
           I
           had
           a
           very
           loving
           Kinsman
           (
           whom
           you
           know
           well
           Mr.
           
             Vicars
          
           )
           Mr.
           
           
             S●rang
          
           by
           name
           ,
           who
           suspecting
           the
           worst
           shewed
           me
           may
           kindnesses
           and
           his
           Children
           likewise
           ,
           and
           he
           lent
           me
           money
           upon
           any
           occasion
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           no
           small
           comfort
           unto
           us
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           I
           was
           friendlesse
           and
           helplesse
           ,
           untill
           old
           Mr.
           
             Wharton
          
           by
           that
           Docters
           meanes
           came
           to
           me
           who
           much
           incouraged
           mee
           ,
           and
           intreated
           me
           I
           would
           write
           something
           in
           English
           ,
           for
           the
           people
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           understands
           not
           Latine
           ,
           and
           therefore
           can
           reape
           no
           benefit
           by
           your
           labours
           ,
           neither
           will
           you
           ever
           be
           knowne
           unto
           them
           
           and
           so
           hee
           extreamly
           urged
           mee
           that
           I
           would
           write
           something
           in
           English
           ,
           whereupon
           I
           demanded
           of
           him
           what
           theame
           hee
           would
           put
           me
           upon
           ,
           by
           any
           meanes
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           write
           against
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           for
           he
           could
           not
           indure
           them
           ,
           they
           having
           utterly
           undone
           him
           two
           or
           three
           times
           and
           prosecuted
           him
           for
           the
           space
           of
           forty
           yeares
           ,
           whereupon
           I
           told
           him
           that
           in
           few
           dayes
           I
           would
           do
           something
           concerning
           that
           Subject
           ,
           and
           perceiving
           that
           he
           was
           a
           good
           cheerfull
           ,
           merry
           old
           man
           ,
           I
           began
           with
           my
           Letany
           which
           when
           he
           had
           heard
           it
           made
           him
           laugh
           as
           if
           hee
           had
           bin
           tickled
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           never
           saw
           a
           man
           more
           pleasant
           at
           a
           peece
           of
           grillery
           .
           And
           the
           very
           day
           he
           brought
           some
           Citizens
           of
           good
           repute
           into
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           who
           bestowed
           a
           dinner
           on
           mee
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           had
           heard
           my
           Letany
           once
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           highly
           pleased
           at
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           int●eated
           to
           heare
           it
           read
           again●
           ,
           and
           desired
           each
           of
           them
           a
           copy
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           departure
           they
           shewed
           themselves
           very
           Christianly
           noble
           and
           kind
           ,
           and
           gave
           me
           ten
           peece●
           ,
           which
           set
           me
           up
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           the
           first
           curresie
           that
           ever
           
             I
          
           received
           from
           any
           Citizens
           that
           were
           strangers
           to
           mee
           ,
           neither
           were
           they
           loving
           to
           me
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           now
           and
           then
           they
           both
           came
           and
           sent
           to
           mee
           ,
           delighting
           in
           my
           company
           ,
           so
           as
           they
           commended
           me
           unto
           their
           Neighbours
           with
           compassion
           grieving
           as
           they
           said
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           be
           neglected
           and
           no
           more
           regarded
           ,
           and
           they
           read
           my
           Letany
           to
           them
           also
           ,
           and
           so
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           by
           this
           meanes
           I
           came
           to
           be
           knovne
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           in
           esteme
           among
           some
           Godly
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           them
           ,
           who
           shewed
           me
           many
           courtesies
           ,
           vvhich
           vvas
           not
           a
           little
           comfort
           unto
           my
           bands
           vvhich
           I
           acknowledge
           with
           all
           thankfullnesse
           to
           God
           and
           them
           (
           and
           all
           these
           were
           the
           old
           Puritans
           of
           
             E●gland
          
           and
           now
           Presbiterians
           ,
           not
           one
           of
           them
           independent
           )
           and
           this
           was
           the
           first
           occasion
           of
           my
           being
           knowne
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           And
           not
           long
           after
           this
           ,
           the
           good
           old
           Father
           ,
           brought
           me
           acquainted
           with
           some
           young
           men
           towardly
           and
           fearing
           God
           ,
           and
           they
           also
           tooke
           pleasure
           in
           my
           society
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           as
           glad
           of
           theirs
           ,
           amongst
           the
           which
           was
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           who
           as
           his
           occasions
           permitted
           him
           ,
           would
           now
           and
           then
           visit
           mee
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           had
           then
           as
           good
           an
           opinion
           ,
           as
           of
           any
           young
           man
           in
           the
           Towne
           ,
           and
           conceived
           of
           him
           as
           an
           honest
           hopefull
           and
           godly
           youth
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           as
           good
           councell
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           give
           to
           any
           ,
           and
           loved
           ,
           and
           esteemed
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           did
           of
           any
           of
           my
           Christian
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           familiarity
           and
           more
           intimate
           acquaintance
           ,
           he
           made
           knowne
           unto
           mee
           his
           condition
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           (
           as
           I
           remembred
           )
           that
           he
           was
           now
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           approached
           that
           he
           should
           be
           a
           Free-man
           ;
           but
           withall
           related
           unto
           me
           ,
           that
           his
           stocke
           was
           very
           small
           to
           beginne
           with
           (
           and
           if
           my
           memory
           faile
           not
           )
           he
           tould
           mee
           hee
           had
           but
           fifty
           or
           threescore
           pound
           for
           his
           portion
           ,
           which
           saith
           hee
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           is
           very
           li●tle
           to
           set
           up
           withall
           ,
           (
           But
           what
           trade
           hee
           was
           of
           I
           know
           not
           to
           this
           day
           )
           and
           hee
           intreated
           mee
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           give
           him
           a
           Copy
           of
           my
           Let
           any
           ,
           and
           my
           answer
           to
           the
           Bill
           of
           information
           put
           up
           against
           me
           in
           the
           Star-chamber
           ,
           saying
           that
           hee
           doubted
           not
           but
           hee
           should
           get
           money
           enough
           by
           them
           ,
           for
           he
           perceived
           that
           they
           were
           well
           approved
           of
           by
           all
           that
           
           read
           or
           seene
           them
           :
           whereupon
           I
           diswaded
           him
           from
           thinking
           of
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           expose
           him
           to
           great
           danger
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           prove
           his
           ruin
           :
           but
           withall
           ,
           I
           said
           ,
           if
           that
           hee
           did
           really
           conceive
           or
           beleeve
           that
           it
           might
           bring
           any
           benefit
           unto
           him
           and
           might
           raise
           him
           a
           stock
           ,
           that
           withall
           my
           heart
           ,
           most
           willingly
           I
           would
           give
           it
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Copies
           of
           anything
           I
           had
           either
           in
           Latin
           or
           English
           :
           but
           I
           told
           him
           for
           my
           Letanies
           they
           were
           all
           gone
           ,
           and
           I
           had
           never
           a
           Copy
           left
           .
           Then
           hee
           demanded
           where
           hee
           ●ight
           procure
           one
           ,
           and
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           one
           Master
           
             Vicars
          
           a
           Schoole
           Master
           in
           Christ
           church
           had
           one
           ,
           and
           I
           thought
           that
           hee
           would
           be
           willing
           to
           let
           him
           have
           it
           ,
           whereupon
           Hee
           intreated
           mee
           to
           write
           unto
           you
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           and
           so
           I
           did
           earnestly
           ,
           desiring
           you
           to
           let
           him
           have
           yours
           ,
           which
           you
           most
           willingly
           and
           readily
           condescended
           unto
           :
           with
           all
           you
           may
           remember
           Mr.
           
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           that
           I
           used
           this
           Argument
           to
           make
           you
           more
           willing
           to
           pleasure
           him
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           a
           hopefull
           young
           man
           ,
           but
           he
           had
           but
           a
           little
           stock
           to
           begin
           with
           ,
           and
           hee
           conceived
           that
           it
           might
           be
           a
           meanes
           the
           better
           to
           set
           him
           up
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           the
           more
           willingly
           listned
           unto
           ,
           and
           freely
           gave
           him
           my
           Letany
           .
           And
           all
           this
           you
           can
           witnesse
           unto
           .
           Whereupon
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           repayers
           to
           mee
           ,
           returning
           many
           thanks
           ,
           and
           tould
           mee
           with
           all
           ,
           that
           hee
           had
           my
           Letany
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           taking
           his
           journey
           into
           the
           Low-Countries
           to
           print
           it
           ,
           and
           brought
           with
           him
           a
           young
           man
           ,
           whom
           hee
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           imploy
           for
           the
           dispersing
           of
           his
           bookes
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           send
           over
           before
           his
           returne
           :
           but
           I
           disswaded
           him
           for
           confiding
           in
           that
           man
           (
           though
           I
           had
           never
           seene
           him
           before
           )
           for
           I
           tould
           him
           I
           liked
           not
           his
           lookes
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           afraid
           that
           he
           would
           betray
           him
           :
           but
           notwithstanding
           what
           I
           said
           ,
           hee
           ●eied
           most
           confidently
           upon
           him
           ,
           professing
           that
           he
           would
           put
           his
           life
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           assuring
           that
           hee
           had
           experience
           of
           his
           fidelity
           ,
           and
           seeing
           that
           I
           could
           not
           prevaile
           with
           him
           to
           make
           use
           of
           some
           other
           ,
           
             I
          
           left
           him
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           telling
           him
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           perswaded
           hee
           would
           prove
           a
           false
           friend
           unto
           him
           ,
           for
           hee
           looked
           like
           a
           knave
           .
           And
           all
           this
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           cannot
           deny
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           tould
           him
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           for
           he
           betrayed
           him
           to
           the
           Prelates
           afterward
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           carried
           so
           cunningly
           on
           the
           Prelates
           part
           ,
           and
           so
           craftely
           by
           that
           fellow
           ,
           that
           it
           did
           not
           appeare
           to
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           that
           he
           was
           deceived
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           palpable
           to
           all
           men
           besides
           .
           But
           now
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           
             John
             Lilburnes
          
           successe
           in
           the
           Low-Countries
           ,
           when
           hee
           came
           thither
           ,
           hee
           made
           all
           speed
           to
           print
           the
           Letany
           ,
           with
           my
           answer
           to
           the
           Bill
           of
           information
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           no
           sooner
           published
           ,
           but
           hee
           got
           threescore
           pounds
           cleerely
           by
           it
           in
           a
           few
           dayes
           ,
           as
           hee
           himselfe
           hath
           often
           related
           it
           to
           mee
           and
           others
           ,
           as
           
             I
          
           can
           prove
           :
           and
           had
           not
           that
           base
           fellow
           betrayed
           him
           ,
           he
           might
           for
           ought
           
             I
          
           know
           ,
           have
           gotten
           five
           hundred
           pounds
           by
           it
           :
           for
           never
           did
           any
           apolegy
           sell
           better
           :
           but
           as
           soone
           as
           the
           Bookes
           were
           landed
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           that
           ,
           that
           Judas
           had
           intelligence
           of
           it
           by
           
             John
             Lilburnes
          
           Letters
           ,
           hee
           immediatly
           informed
           the
           Prelate
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           endure
           the
           very
           name
           of
           my
           Letany
           ,
           and
           forthwith
           he
           sent
           downe
           a
           Pursevant
           vvith
           plenary
           authority
           ,
           to
           the
           place
           where
           they
           landed
           ,
           and
           surprised
           all
           the
           books
           &
           burnt
           
           them
           there
           where
           he
           found
           them
           ,
           (
           if
           I
           have
           not
           bin
           misinformed
           )
           &
           as
           soon
           as
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           was
           arrived
           he
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           apprehended
           &
           cast
           into
           rison
           and
           after
           to
           be
           censured
           in
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           most
           barbarously
           and
           cruelly
           to
           be
           whipt
           ,
           pillired
           ,
           and
           gagged
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           bee
           most
           tyrannically
           abused
           in
           the
           Goale
           ,
           against
           all
           Lawes
           both
           of
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           all
           humanity
           ,
           all
           which
           hee
           might
           have
           escaped
           ,
           if
           hee
           would
           have
           followed
           my
           counsell
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           trusted
           to
           his
           owne
           wit
           ,
           and
           confided
           in
           that
           treacherous
           fellow
           ,
           who
           was
           his
           overthrow
           .
           This
           is
           all
           true
           ,
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           that
           I
           have
           now
           related
           unto
           you
           ,
           and
           both
           your selfe
           and
           many
           more
           can
           witnesse
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           in
           my
           relation
           falsified
           any
           thing
           .
           Now
           I
           shall
           desire
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           that
           shall
           reade
           what
           in
           truth
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           I
           stand
           obliged
           to
           
             John
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           with
           as
           many
           tyes
           of
           friendship
           and
           respect
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           man
           in
           the
           world
           (
           as
           he
           affirmeth
           )
           or
           whether
           or
           no
           ,
           hee
           is
           not
           obliged
           rather
           to
           me
           in
           all
           those
           tyes
           of
           friendship
           and
           respect
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           willing
           to
           gratifie
           him
           meerely
           ,
           for
           a
           few
           visets
           :
           for
           I
           never
           at
           that
           time
           had
           received
           a
           farthing
           of
           mony
           from
           him
           of
           his
           own
           ?
           Or
           whether
           he
           ventured
           his
           life
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Holland
          
           for
           my
           sake
           ,
           or
           for
           his
           own
           profit
           and
           hope
           of
           gaine
           ?
           Or
           whether
           hee
           underwent
           those
           miseries
           hee
           speakes
           of
           for
           my
           cause
           ,
           or
           for
           his
           owne
           emolument
           and
           benefits
           which
           hee
           affirmeth
           ?
           All
           these
           things
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           I
           referre
           not
           onely
           to
           your
           judgment
           ,
           to
           bee
           considered
           of
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           wisdom
           and
           discretion
           of
           all
           moderate
           minded
           men
           ,
           who
           if
           they
           shall
           impartially
           judge
           ,
           I
           am
           most
           assured
           ,
           they
           will
           determine
           that
           the
           obligation
           lyes
           on
           
             John
             Lilburnes
          
           part
           towards
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           on
           my
           part
           towards
           him
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           shall
           seriously
           way
           all
           other
           passages
           betweene
           us
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           following
           discourse
           will
           appeare
           for
           I
           freeley
           gave
           him
           the
           Copies
           of
           both
           my
           Letany
           and
           answer
           ,
           never
           expecting
           any
           profit
           to
           my selfe
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           ever
           looking
           for
           any
           reward
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           but
           his
           love
           .
           And
           I
           am
           most
           confident
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           have
           beene
           mercenary
           ,
           as
           yet
           I
           never
           was
           ,
           (
           who
           never
           tooke
           a
           penny
           of
           my
           Printer
           for
           any
           thing
           I
           did
           )
           I
           might
           have
           had
           forty
           pieces
           at
           least
           for
           the
           Copies
           of
           them
           :
           and
           it
           will
           not
           be
           a
           difficult
           thing
           to
           prove
           what
           I
           now
           say
           .
           Now
           then
           whether
           or
           no
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           bee
           not
           for
           this
           my
           humanity
           obliged
           to
           mee
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           all
           mens
           consideration
           .
           And
           whereas
           hee
           saith
           he
           adventured
           his
           life
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           and
           underwent
           all
           those
           miseries
           for
           my
           sake
           and
           cause
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           false
           :
           for
           he
           exposed
           himselfe
           to
           all
           those
           dangers
           ,
           as
           Mariners
           doe
           to
           all
           the
           perills
           of
           Sea
           ,
           for
           hope
           of
           gaine
           ,
           and
           of
           getting
           a
           livelyhood
           for
           themselves
           &
           their
           Families
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           well
           known
           that
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           at
           that
           time
           was
           not
           so
           well
           instructed
           in
           the
           controversies
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           uow
           he
           seemeth
           to
           be
           ,
           who
           dares
           all
           the
           World
           to
           dispute
           with
           him
           :
           Neither
           was
           it
           so
           much
           his
           zeale
           to
           the
           Cause
           ,
           that
           put
           him
           upon
           that
           imployment
           ,
           as
           the
           eye
           he
           had
           to
           his
           own
           honour
           and
           profit
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           beene
           betrayed
           ,
           hee
           would
           have
           concommitated
           
           his
           endeavours
           :
           and
           if
           
             John
          
           had
           not
           forgot
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           would
           as
           formerly
           hee
           hath
           done
           acknowledge
           that
           I
           was
           the
           best
           master
           ,
           and
           instructour
           that
           ever
           hee
           had
           for
           matters
           of
           controversie
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ;
           so
           that
           next
           unto
           God
           he
           owes
           his
           greatest
           ski●l
           to
           mee
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           good
           Tutor
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           I
           would
           have
           him
           to
           know
           that
           I
           am
           yet
           able
           to
           teach
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           Schollar
           then
           any
           independant
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           are
           yet
           to
           learne
           their
           Primer
           in
           Politickes
           ,
           and
           their
           Catechisme
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           though
           through
           the
           judgment
           of
           God
           upon
           this
           Nation
           which
           affect
           Novelties
           the
           people
           are
           infatuated
           with
           that
           generation
           of
           men
           :
           and
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           song
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           Revel.
           15.
           
           
             Great
             and
             wonderfull
             are
             thy
             workes
             ,
             Lord
             God
             Almightie
             ,
             and
             just
             in
             all
             thy
             wayes
             ,
             thou
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             to
             give
             men
             over
             to
             error
             because
             they
             receive
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             in
             the
             love
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           2
           
             Thes.
             2.
             ver.
          
           10.
           11.
           
           And
           if
           
             John
          
           had
           but
           grace
           in
           him
           he
           would
           not
           disdaine
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           to
           be
           advised
           by
           me
           who
           so
           long
           as
           he
           followed
           those
           wholsome
           principles
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           councell
           I
           gave
           him
           ,
           hee
           had
           true
           honour
           indeed
           and
           might
           have
           lived
           and
           dyed
           with
           comfort
           and
           repute
           ,
           whereas
           taking
           those
           idle
           courses
           ,
           and
           following
           a
           company
           of
           unstable
           guidy-headed
           people
           out
           of
           vaine
           glory
           and
           ambition
           to
           have
           a
           name
           of
           a
           Champion
           of
           the
           Independents
           he
           perpetrates
           those
           unwarrantable
           things
           that
           brings
           dishonour
           to
           God
           and
           scandalls
           all
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           his
           holy
           profession
           ,
           so
           that
           whiles
           hee
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           bee
           a
           Teacher
           and
           Doctor
           as
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           speakes
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
             chap.
             1.
             
             Hee
             understandeth
             not
             what
             he
             speaketh
             ,
             nor
             whereof
             he
             affirmes
             ,
             who
             hath
             erred
             from
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             turned
             in
             to
             vain
             janglings
             ,
             not
             knowing
             that
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Commandement
             is
             love
             out
             of
             a
             pure
             heart
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             of
             faith
             unfained
             ,
          
           which
           forbids
           him
           
             to
             rayle
             of
             dignities
             and
             to
             speake
             evill
             of
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           injoynes
           him
           to
           obedience
           ,
           and
           teaches
           him
           in
           love
           ,
           
             to
             thinke
             better
             of
             others
             then
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             to
             preferre
             others
             before
             himselfe
             ,
             Rom.
             12.
             v.
             10.
             
             Phil.
          
           2.
           and
           not
           out
           of
           a
           vapouring
           humour
           ,
           proudly
           and
           arrogantly
           to
           vaunt
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           dare
           all
           others
           ,
           and
           our
           of
           his
           turbulent
           and
           tumultuous
           spirit
           to
           rayse
           a
           Faction
           to
           the
           disturbing
           of
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           and
           the
           disquieting
           himselfe
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           griefe
           of
           all
           such
           as
           wish
           his
           good
           both
           for
           soule
           and
           body
           .
           Now
           as
           I
           have
           related
           unto
           you
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ▪
          
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           acquaintance
           ,
           and
           shewed
           you
           what
           the
           Obligations
           were
           that
           hee
           sayes
           ,
           I
           stand
           so
           much
           ingaged
           unto
           him
           for
           ,
           so
           I
           thinke
           it
           not
           amisse
           to
           speake
           of
           some
           other
           passages
           of
           love
           both
           from
           my
           Wife
           and
           my selfe
           towards
           him
           .
           As
           for
           my
           Wife
           in
           the
           time
           of
           my
           banishment
           at
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           she
           was
           failing
           to
           him
           in
           no
           offer
           of
           friendship
           but
           withall
           tender
           affection
           ,
           shee
           was
           ever
           ready
           to
           yeeld
           him
           her
           best
           assistance
           in
           any
           thing
           and
           night
           and
           day
           she
           was
           solicitous
           for
           his
           good
           providing
           for
           him
           a
           most
           faithfull
           and
           diligent
           Chirurgion
           ,
           often
           visiting
           him
           ,
           and
           stirring
           up
           friends
           to
           doe
           him
           good
           and
           according
           to
           her
           owne
           abilities
           pleasuring
           him
           ,
           in
           any
           thing
           hee
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           continually
           taking
           order
           that
           hee
           
           wanted
           nothing
           that
           was
           sitting
           for
           a
           man
           in
           his
           condition
           ,
           and
           had
           as
           great
           a
           care
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           his
           owne
           Father
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           he
           was
           diserted
           of
           his
           friends
           (
           as
           can
           sufficiently
           be
           proved
           )
           and
           after
           he
           was
           set
           at
           liberty
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           returned
           from
           my
           banishment
           ,
           we
           lived
           in
           as
           great
           amity
           and
           affection
           ,
           as
           ever
           any
           two
           christian
           Brethren
           did
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           no
           office
           of
           love
           that
           I
           have
           ever
           hitherto
           been
           failing
           to
           him
           in
           ,
           either
           in
           his
           sicknesse
           or
           in
           health
           ,
           notwithstanding
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           imprisonment
           ,
           he
           falling
           into
           acquaintance
           with
           sectaries
           and
           straglers
           ,
           was
           much
           swarved
           from
           those
           ●uthes
           ,
           and
           that
           purity
           of
           doctrine
           he
           had
           learned
           of
           me
           ;
           yet
           all
           this
           in
           the
           least
           alienated
           not
           my
           affection
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           I
           continued
           as
           cordiall
           as
           ever
           ,
           rejoycing
           either
           to
           see
           or
           heare
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           wel-fare
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           my
           prayses
           wheresoever
           I
           came
           ;
           and
           all
           these
           were
           obligations
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           any
           others
           have
           thought
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           may
           also
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           thanke
           me
           as
           an
           earthly
           instrument
           (
           that
           I
           may
           make
           use
           of
           some
           of
           his
           owne
           language
           )
           for
           all
           the
           honour
           he
           had
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           his
           acquaintance
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           his
           suffering
           about
           my
           books
           (
           as
           many
           of
           the
           Parliament
           have
           often
           told
           me
           )
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           he
           became
           so
           famous
           ,
           and
           so
           well
           knowne
           and
           honoured
           ,
           whereas
           otherwise
           he
           might
           have
           lived
           and
           dyed
           in
           obscurity
           ,
           and
           been
           knowne
           no
           farther
           then
           a
           man
           can
           shoot
           a
           pelle●
           with
           a
           Trunk
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           not
           to
           his
           next
           neighbours
           doore
           ,
           as
           it
           happens
           in
           
             London
          
           to
           many
           thousands
           of
           eminenter
           men
           ,
           otherwise
           for
           all
           parts
           then
           he
           ,
           though
           his
           abilities
           are
           very
           considerable
           ;
           and
           therefore
           i●
           that
           also
           he
           is
           beholding
           unto
           me
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           I
           taught
           him
           some
           courtship
           by
           being
           in
           my
           company
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           sit
           for
           all
           Gentlemens
           and
           Noble-mens
           society
           ;
           whereas
           when
           he
           came
           first
           to
           be
           my
           Scholler
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           Honest
           and
           Religious
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           but
           a
           meere
           country
           courtier
           ,
           and
           very
           rough
           hewen
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           could
           neither
           make
           a
           legge
           with
           grace
           ,
           nor
           put
           off
           his
           hat
           seemly
           ,
           till
           I
           had
           polished
           him
           ,
           and
           taught
           him
           all
           his
           postures
           of
           courtship
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           is
           become
           a
           very
           gallant
           Fellow
           ,
           and
           hath
           commenced
           Lieutenant-colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ;
          
           and
           who
           but
           
             John
          
           among
           the
           controleresses
           of
           dripping-pannes
           ,
           the
           Independent
           sisters
           ?
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           by
           my
           society
           he
           bettered
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           a
           little
           in
           his
           language
           and
           dialect
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           beholding
           to
           me
           for
           many
           of
           his
           best
           and
           choysest
           expressions
           ,
           as
           all
           that
           know
           him
           can
           say
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           were
           obligations
           ,
           which
           many
           a
           gratefull
           man
           would
           have
           thought
           he
           could
           never
           have
           cancelled
           ,
           though
           
             John
          
           has
           forgot
           all
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           therefore
           (
           though
           it
           be
           contrary
           to
           my
           complexion
           )
           to
           enumerate
           them
           ,
           that
           every
           indifferent
           and
           intelligible
           man
           may
           see
           ,
           that
           Lievtenant-colonell
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           is
           not
           alwayes
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           in
           print
           :
           And
           that
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           you
           may
           see
           how
           fairly
           I
           deale
           with
           him
           ,
           I
           will
           conceale
           no
           curtesie
           that
           ever
           he
           did
           me
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           may
           behold
           the
           extremity
           of
           my
           engagement●
           towards
           him
           .
           Whilest
           he
           was
           in
           a
           good
           mood
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           loving
           and
           kind
           unto
           me
           in
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           was
           a
           prisoner
           in
           
             York-shire
             ,
          
           he
           laboured
           much
           for
           my
           exchange
           ,
           and
           writ
           many
           Letters
           to
           my
           Wife
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           sent
           his
           Drum
           once
           
           or
           twice
           to
           me
           to
           
             Knarsbrough
          
           castle
           ,
           which
           was
           two
           miles
           or
           thereabou●●
           fr●m
           the
           place
           where
           he
           billited
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           those
           times
           he
           sent
           me
           ten
           shillings
           ,
           which
           I
           esteemed
           of
           as
           a
           great
           favour
           ,
           and
           in
           way
           of
           thankfulnesse
           ,
           I
           gave
           unto
           his
           Drum
           eleven
           shillings
           ,
           as
           the
           Captaine
           and
           Souldiers
           there
           can
           witnesse
           ,
           who
           stood
           by
           all
           the
           time
           he
           or
           any
           man
           talked
           with
           me
           :
           But
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           I
           will
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           this
           ten
           shillings
           was
           the
           first
           and
           last
           money
           that
           ever
           I
           received
           from
           
             Iohn
             Lilburnt
             ;
          
           and
           withall
           I
           professe
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           our
           acquaintance
           ,
           I
           never
           yet
           brake
           my
           teeth
           with
           any
           of
           his
           capons
           ,
           or
           ever
           eat
           of
           his
           bread
           ;
           yet
           at
           that
           time
           especially
           ,
           he
           shewed
           his
           readinesse
           to
           pleasure
           me
           ;
           and
           through
           his
           meanes
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           ,
           many
           other
           great
           commanders
           laboured
           my
           exchange
           ,
           and
           sent
           their
           Drums
           and
           Trumpets
           about
           it
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Manchester
             ,
          
           and
           Generall
           
             Crumwell
             ;
          
           to
           both
           which
           Honourable
           Personages
           ,
           I
           stand
           still
           ingaged
           ,
           for
           that
           excellent
           favour
           of
           theirs
           :
           And
           at
           my
           returne
           ,
           he
           came
           lovingly
           out
           of
           the
           city
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           to
           bring
           me
           into
           
             London
             .
          
           But
           here
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           also
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           and
           what
           I
           shall
           say
           I
           am
           able
           to
           prove
           ;
           that
           all
           this
           time
           my
           brother
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           shewed
           me
           so
           much
           kindnesse
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           solicitous
           for
           my
           liberty
           ,
           and
           came
           so
           friendly
           out
           to
           meet
           me
           ,
           he
           not
           onely
           conceived
           me
           to
           be
           an
           Independent
           ,
           but
           reported
           it
           that
           I
           was
           of
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           can
           prove
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           not
           pure
           charity
           and
           unfained
           love
           ,
           but
           all
           under
           the
           notion
           that
           I
           was
           of
           his
           judgement
           ,
           that
           he
           shewed
           me
           so
           much
           favour
           :
           For
           since
           that
           I
           declared
           my selfe
           that
           I
           was
           of
           a
           contrary
           opinion
           ;
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           onely
           relinquished
           and
           abandoned
           me
           ,
           but
           in
           words
           most
           reproachfully
           abused
           ●e
           ,
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           calumnies
           behind
           my
           backe
           ,
           calling
           me
           base
           fellow
           ,
           paltry
           fellow
           ,
           knave
           ,
           apostate
           ,
           an
           enemy
           of
           the
           Generation
           of
           the
           just
           ,
           a
           persec●ter
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           before
           his
           Letter
           was
           printed
           ,
           wherein
           he
           hath
           to
           the
           purpose
           rayled
           both
           upon
           me
           and
           my
           highly
           honoured
           brother
           Master
           
             William
             Prynne
             ;
          
           but
           it
           is
           his
           usuall
           custome
           thus
           to
           asperse
           the
           very
           Nobility
           and
           Peers
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           if
           they
           do●
           not
           in
           all
           things
           humour
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Illeistrious
           Earle
           of
           
             Manchester
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           he
           spares
           not
           the
           King
           his
           Highnesse
           ,
           nor
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           his
           complices
           ,
           all
           that
           Rabble
           rout
           ,
           tagragge
           and
           bobtaile
           ,
           that
           followed
           him
           in
           these
           his
           needlesse
           and
           sought
           for
           troubles
           ,
           as
           
             Worly
          
           by
           name
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           they
           told
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           crowded
           assembly
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           very
           high
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           knowne
           me
           low
           enough
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           long
           since
           I
           lived
           on
           their
           almes
           ,
           and
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           kept
           me
           from
           hanging
           ,
           but
           now
           I
           was
           turned
           an
           Apostate
           ,
           a
           persecuter
           ,
           and
           an
           enemy
           of
           the
           godly
           party
           ,
           and
           joyned
           with
           the
           wicked
           ,
           against
           the
           Saints
           (
           it
           seems
           they
           are
           all
           Saints
           )
           and
           that
           I
           had
           ever
           been
           factious
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           they
           could
           not
           entertaine
           me
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           pray
           for
           me
           :
           All
           these
           reproaches
           ,
           and
           a
           grea●
           many
           more
           ,
           they
           cast
           upon
           me
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           many
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           in
           a
           tumultuous
           manner
           attending
           upon
           the
           Committee
           of
           Examinations
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           the
           least
           occasion
           on
           my
           part
           given
           them
           ,
           any
           more
           then
           my
           presence
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           whether
           I
           was
           summoned
           to
           be
           a
           Witnesse
           :
           And
           
           for
           these
           men
           that
           did
           thus
           ignominiously
           and
           injuriously
           relvile
           me
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           Lieutenant-colonell
           
             Lilburnes
          
           followers
           and
           abettors
           ,
           and
           seconded
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           unknowne
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           I
           had
           never
           seen
           (
           to
           my
           best
           remembrance
           )
           so
           much
           as
           the
           very
           face
           of
           any
           one
           of
           them
           before
           that
           day
           ,
           neither
           did
           I
           ever
           amongst
           christians
           behold
           such
           odde
           complexions
           and
           strange
           looks
           ;
           if
           ever
           you
           had
           seen
           the
           picture
           of
           Hel
           ,
           M.
           
             Vicars
          
           in
           York-house
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           postures
           of
           the
           damned
           creatures
           ,
           with
           their
           grisly
           lookes
           are
           described
           ,
           and
           had
           also
           taken
           notice
           ,
           what
           ghastly
           ,
           ugly
           sower
           and
           musteds
           faces
           ,
           out
           of
           dolour
           ,
           paine
           and
           anguish
           they
           made
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           amongst
           this
           company
           ,
           and
           had
           seen
           what
           grisly
           looks
           they
           out
           of
           malice
           ,
           rancor
           and
           envy
           to
           the
           Presbyterian
           party
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           my selfe
           had
           made
           ,
           and
           had
           withall
           heard
           their
           confused
           ,
           hiddious
           noyses
           ,
           calling
           for
           the
           liberties
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           Magna
           charta
           ,
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           publike
           hearing
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           thought
           your selfe
           in
           the
           very
           Suburbs
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           had
           been
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Pluto
          
           or
           
             Pinus
          
           ascended
           out
           of
           
             Orco
             ;
          
           the
           complexion
           also
           of
           many
           of
           them
           being
           like
           the
           bellie
           of
           a
           Toad
           ;
           and
           to
           speake
           the
           ttuth
           ,
           
             Worly
          
           was
           one
           of
           the
           properest
           Gentlemen
           amongst
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           the
           most
           remarkable
           and
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           habit
           and
           busie
           diligence
           ;
           he
           went
           that
           day
           in
           a
           great
           white
           and
           browne
           basket-hilted
           beard
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           set
           of
           teeth
           in
           his
           head
           ,
           much
           like
           a
           Po●-fish
           ,
           all
           staring
           and
           standing
           some
           distance
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           good
           friends
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           conjectured
           ,
           he
           picks
           them
           twice
           a
           day
           with
           a
           bed-staffe
           ,
           they
           looke
           so
           white
           and
           cleare
           ;
           he
           was
           mighty
           diligent
           about
           the
           Common-wealth
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           fraternity
           came
           flocking
           about
           him
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           as
           a
           company
           of
           Turkyes
           doe
           about
           a
           Frogge
           ,
           wondering
           at
           her
           as
           at
           a
           strange
           sight
           :
           Without
           doubt
           when
           the
           Parliament
           comes
           to
           be
           recruted
           ,
           the
           Independents
           will
           make
           him
           a
           Member
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           he
           will
           prove
           a
           rotten
           one
           ,
           for
           he
           looks
           as
           if
           he
           had
           gotten
           a
           blow
           with
           a
           French
           colt-staffe
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           notorious
           he
           is
           a
           bankrupt
           of
           all
           goodnesse
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           shew
           he
           makes
           now
           of
           Independency
           ,
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           the
           new
           wayes
           ,
           or
           to
           stand
           for
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           both
           he
           and
           Saint
           
             Sprat
          
           their
           Soliciter
           ,
           have
           been
           knaves
           from
           their
           mothers
           womb
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           if
           you
           have
           any
           hand
           in
           choosing
           of
           Members
           ,
           let
           not
           him
           have
           your
           voyce
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           speak
           something
           of
           their
           babble
           ;
           how
           can
           any
           man
           living
           that
           either
           saw
           them
           or
           knows
           them
           perfectly
           ,
           with
           reason
           ,
           imagine
           that
           I
           should
           ever
           have
           lived
           of
           these
           mens
           almes
           ?
           most
           of
           which
           ,
           by
           all
           conjectures
           ,
           live
           and
           depend
           on
           other
           mens
           curtesies
           ,
           and
           are
           onely
           supported
           by
           being
           of
           that
           Faction
           ;
           for
           more
           obscure
           and
           ill
           conditioned
           fellowes
           did
           I
           never
           behold
           :
           And
           what
           a
           base
           lye
           it
           was
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           affirme
           that
           they
           kept
           me
           from
           hanging
           ;
           whereas
           I
           never
           was
           (
           as
           all
           men
           know
           )
           so
           much
           as
           questioned
           at
           any
           Earre
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           Court
           for
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           therefore
           had
           no
           need
           of
           the
           Psalme
           of
           mercy
           ,
           much
           lesse
           of
           their
           help
           in
           that
           kind
           ;
           and
           I
           blesse
           God
           ,
           I
           was
           never
           brought
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           have
           subsisted
           without
           starving
           ,
           with
           the
           stumps
           of
           that
           estate
           my
           Father
           left
           me
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           vast
           expences
           I
           was
           causlesly
           
           put
           unto
           ,
           by
           my
           malicious
           enemies
           in
           all
           their
           Courts
           ,
           although
           my
           children
           would
           have
           fared
           the
           worse
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           should
           not
           so
           comfortably
           perhaps
           have
           undergone
           my
           imprisonment
           ,
           had
           not
           my
           christian
           friends
           been
           some
           help
           unto
           me
           ;
           and
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           this
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           appeare
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           ever
           I
           received
           by
           way
           of
           curtifie
           ,
           doth
           not
           amount
           by
           a
           thousand
           pound
           and
           more
           ,
           to
           that
           meanes
           my
           Father
           left
           me
           ,
           besides
           my
           Wives
           portion
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           am
           above
           two
           thousand
           pounds
           worse
           ,
           in
           reall
           money
           and
           estate
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           besides
           the
           losse
           of
           my
           time
           ,
           for
           these
           twelve
           yeers
           ,
           since
           which
           my
           troubles
           began
           ,
           above
           eight
           of
           which
           I
           was
           kept
           a
           close
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           three
           of
           them
           in
           banishment
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           know
           what
           I
           am
           now
           worth
           ,
           can
           witnesse
           the
           same
           for
           me
           ,
           men
           of
           reputation
           :
           And
           therefore
           they
           were
           barbarously
           insolent
           so
           to
           speake
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           indeed
           all
           the
           standers
           by
           wondered
           at
           their
           rudenesse
           and
           inhumanity
           towards
           me
           ,
           affirming
           that
           they
           never
           saw
           a
           more
           uncivill
           and
           ill
           conditioned
           people
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           we
           may
           take
           notice
           what
           a
           slavery
           it
           is
           for
           any
           man
           to
           be
           beholding
           to
           such
           a
           generation
           of
           creatures
           ,
           who
           upon
           the
           least
           conceived
           displeasure
           ,
           will
           cast
           their
           courtesies
           (
           if
           any
           )
           in
           the
           teeth
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           they
           have
           shewne
           them
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           smallest
           punctillio
           you
           be
           not
           of
           their
           mind
           :
           And
           therefore
           we
           are
           councelled
           by
           Saint
           
             James
             ,
          
           if
           we
           want
           wisdome
           or
           any
           good
           thing
           ,
           to
           aske
           it
           of
           God
           ,
           
             who
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             giveth
             liberally
             and
             upbraideth
             not
             ,
          
           Jam.
           
           P.
           5.
           
           And
           if
           these
           men
           had
           ever
           given
           me
           any
           thing
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           most
           confident
           they
           never
           did
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           world
           knowes
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           gave
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           then
           of
           my
           mind
           (
           for
           they
           say
           now
           they
           cannot
           pray
           for
           me
           )
           which
           argueth
           their
           want
           of
           charity
           ,
           their
           levity
           ,
           ficklenesse
           and
           instability
           in
           all
           their
           wayes
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           that
           that
           all
           their
           fraternity
           daily
           cast
           in
           my
           dish
           ,
           though
           I
           am
           most
           assured
           ,
           if
           all
           that
           ever
           I
           received
           from
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           those
           that
           are
           now
           of
           that
           society
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           all
           amount
           to
           three
           score
           pounds
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           able
           to
           make
           good
           that
           I
           now
           speak
           :
           And
           yet
           these
           are
           the
           daily
           claimours
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           and
           onely
           for
           my
           constancy
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           have
           read
           my
           books
           for
           which
           I
           suffered
           ,
           and
           know
           me
           ,
           can
           free
           me
           from
           that
           aspersion
           of
           apostacy
           and
           faction
           ,
           and
           from
           being
           an
           enemy
           to
           the
           truly
           godly
           party
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           who
           I
           honour
           and
           love
           with
           my
           life
           .
           And
           after
           the
           very
           same
           manner
           ,
           not
           long
           since
           ,
           Master
           
             Samuel
             Goose
             ,
          
           one
           of
           ●hat
           way
           ,
           a
           man
           that
           I
           never
           saw
           ,
           to
           my
           best
           remembrance
           ,
           till
           my
           last
           enlargement
           from
           prison
           ;
           yet
           he
           also
           upbraided
           me
           with
           his
           curtisies
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           I
           had
           forgot
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           had
           grieved
           and
           sadded
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           very
           sorry
           for
           me
           ,
           to
           see
           me
           side
           against
           the
           godly
           party
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           very
           imperious
           manner
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           whilest
           I
           writ
           against
           the
           Independents
           ,
           I
           writ
           against
           Christ
           and
           his
           truth
           ;
           and
           thus
           did
           Saint
           
             Gander
          
           hisse
           a●
           me
           ,
           and
           
             Grollise
             ,
          
           who
           is
           a
           plaguey
           Stickler
           amongst
           the
           Independents
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           busie
           Solicitor
           of
           their
           affaires
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           afraid
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           speedily
           lookt
           unto
           ,
           will
           bring
           ruine
           upon
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Master
           
             Vi●ars
             ,
          
           I
           have
           been
           something
           longer
           then
           I
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           〈◊〉
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           set
           before
           your
           eye
           ,
           the
           full●Narration
           of
           all
           passages
           between
           
           me
           and
           Lievtenant-Colonel
           
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           with
           his
           complices
           &
           the
           occasion
           of
           our
           acquaintance
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           all
           men
           may
           the
           better
           judge
           ,
           whether
           I
           stand
           engaged
           to
           this
           man
           in
           so
           m●ny
           obligations
           as
           he
           pr●tends
           ,
           or
           whether
           he
           be
           not
           rather
           obliged
           to
           me
           in
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           hath
           proved
           very
           ungratefull
           unto
           me
           ,
           who
           for
           my
           good
           will
           and
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           a
           meere
           stranger
           to
           me
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           never
           giving
           him
           any
           just
           occasion
           ,
           hath
           so
           maliciously
           and
           falsly
           aspersed
           me
           to
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           causelesly
           brought
           all
           the
           Independent
           party
           upon
           me
           ,
           who
           in
           all
           places
           and
           in
           all
           companies
           (
           which
           I
           account
           of
           for
           my
           honor
           )
           most
           unhumanely
           rayle
           on
           me
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           had
           not
           laid
           that
           calumny
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           incensed
           them
           against
           me
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           whatsoever
           evill
           opinion
           they
           might
           have
           conceived
           of
           me
           secretly
           ,
           because
           I
           differ
           from
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           could
           never
           so
           shamefully
           have
           vented
           themselves
           in
           publike
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           hath
           proved
           himselfe
           guilty
           of
           both
           these
           crimes
           ,
           
             lying
          
           and
           
             ingratitude
             ,
          
           that
           he
           accused
           me
           of
           ,
           and
           wronged
           both
           me
           and
           all
           his
           party
           ,
           and
           made
           all
           his
           associates
           offenders
           in
           many
           respects
           ,
           by
           these
           his
           pactices
           ;
           for
           in
           complying
           with
           them
           in
           his
           unwarrantable
           wayes
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           themselves
           equally
           guilty
           before
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           great
           deale
           to
           answer
           for
           their
           tumultuous
           disorderly
           carriage
           in
           all
           that
           businesse
           ,
           which
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           concerned
           them
           not
           ;
           neither
           had
           there
           been
           any
           just
           cause
           of
           offence
           given
           by
           me
           (
           if
           they
           would
           but
           deliberately
           weigh
           all
           things
           with
           reason
           among
           themselves
           )
           if
           I
           had
           indeed
           informed
           against
           Lieutent-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           (
           which
           I
           did
           not
           )
           neither
           could
           it
           deservedly
           have
           been
           accounted
           a
           crime
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           tye
           of
           friendship
           that
           ought
           to
           make
           me
           desert
           my
           duty
           to
           the
           publike
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           my
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           violate
           my
           Protestation
           ;
           by
           vertue
           of
           both
           which
           ,
           I
           ought
           to
           informe
           the
           Parliament
           and
           State
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           thought
           of
           common
           concernment
           ,
           made
           for
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           maitaine
           with
           the
           reputation
           of
           every
           Member
           of
           that
           Supreame
           and
           Honourable
           Court
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           our
           Fathers
           ,
           Magistrates
           and
           Protectors
           ,
           and
           every
           Subject
           that
           is
           under
           obedience
           (
           and
           that
           has
           taken
           the
           Covenant
           and
           Protestation
           )
           is
           tyed
           in
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lyes
           ,
           to
           preserve
           and
           defend
           them
           in
           their
           lives
           and
           reputation
           :
           And
           if
           any
           be
           informed
           concerning
           any
           one
           in
           that
           Councell
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           either
           doe
           ,
           practice
           or
           attempt
           any
           thing
           that
           tends
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           whole
           State
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           he
           is
           in
           conscience
           bound
           to
           reveale
           it
           ,
           (
           that
           if
           false
           ,
           the
           divulgers
           of
           such
           calumnies
           may
           receive
           condigne
           punishment
           ;
           if
           true
           ,
           evill
           may
           be
           prevented
           )
           and
           this
           I
           say
           he
           ought
           to
           doe
           ,
           though
           it
           should
           be
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           his
           nighest
           alies
           and
           intimatest
           acquaintance
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           conceive
           among
           the
           Independents
           may
           be
           thought
           no
           unjust
           act
           ,
           which
           this
           information
           of
           mine
           could
           not
           have
           done
           ,
           〈◊〉
           I
           by
           name
           ,
           put
           it
           up
           against
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilbure
          
           (
           as
           he
           falsly
           〈◊〉
           me
           )
           for
           he
           might
           as
           well
           have
           freed
           himselfe
           from
           all
           danger
           ,
           and
           〈…〉
           reputation
           (
           if
           he
           had
           told
           me
           those
           things
           as
           well
           as
           
             Hankins
             ,
          
           who
           〈◊〉
           ●ithstanding
           he
           related
           them
           unto
           us
           ,
           not
           as
           hear-sayes
           and
           〈…〉
           others
           ,
           but
           as
           truths
           ,
           which
           he
           said
           should
           be
           proved
           ;
           yet
           this
           〈…〉
           questioned
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           but
           relating
           that
           he
           received
           and
           heard
           it
           〈…〉
           
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           he
           was
           forthwith
           discharged
           ;
           even
           so
           might
           he
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           modestly
           told
           where
           he
           had
           heard
           that
           report
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           a
           disguised
           ,
           rebellious
           and
           proud
           manner
           behaved
           himselfe
           :
           And
           it
           makes
           all
           men
           wonder
           to
           see
           the
           inconsiderable
           rashnesse
           of
           all
           that
           party
           ,
           who
           fall
           so
           violently
           upon
           me
           ,
           for
           but
           putting
           up
           my
           paper
           against
           
             Hankins
             ,
          
           when
           Saint
           
             Worly
          
           and
           his
           associates
           (
           for
           so
           they
           would
           be
           accounted
           )
           made
           the
           same
           information
           to
           four
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           before
           ,
           and
           have
           ever
           since
           with
           Spirit
           
             Sprat
          
           been
           the
           onely
           prosec●tors
           of
           that
           but
           businesse
           ;
           especially
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           been
           so
           furio●s
           against
           me
           ,
           when
           
             Hankins
          
           reported
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           related
           it
           to
           Colonell
           
             King
          
           and
           my selfe
           for
           this
           very
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           matter
           might
           be
           fully
           searched
           into
           ,
           saying
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           lodged
           it
           with
           the
           Doctor
           and
           Colonell
           
             King
             ,
          
           I
           left
           it
           ,
           desiring
           that
           the
           naile
           might
           be
           droven
           to
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           truth
           might
           be
           found
           out
           :
           This
           was
           his
           expression
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           I
           have
           gratified
           Master
           
             Hawk●ns
          
           desires
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Sagamore
           of
           the
           Independants
           ,
           and
           done
           but
           my
           duty
           &
           what
           he
           and
           his
           company
           would
           have
           me
           to
           doe
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           themselves
           do
           act
           ;
           may
           it
           not
           seeme
           a
           strange
           thing
           both
           to
           your selfe
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           and
           all
           that
           shall
           understand
           the
           true
           relation
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           that
           the
           Independants
           should
           thus
           clamour
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           no
           other
           cause
           Lievtenant
           Colonell
           should
           accuse
           me
           for
           lying
           and
           ungratitude
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ?
           I
           am
           almost
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Independants
           when
           they
           shall
           heare
           the
           truth
           ,
           will
           condemn
           all
           their
           rashnesse
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           and
           truly
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           not
           onely
           temerity
           and
           uncharitablenesse
           but
           unjustice
           in
           an
           action
           it
           doth
           appear
           in
           their
           dealing
           towards
           me
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           for
           their
           malice
           extends
           not
           to
           me
           onely
           ,
           but
           to
           many
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           yea
           ,
           it
           redounds
           upon
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           &
           every
           particular
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           same
           that
           are
           Presbyterians
           ;
           for
           Lievt.
           Col.
           
             Lilburn
          
           blams
           them
           al
           as
           guilty
           of
           unjustice
           &
           unrighteous
           dealing
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           all
           his
           company
           ,
           &
           spak
           it
           openly
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           hundreds
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           just
           proceeding
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           not
           the
           liberty
           of
           Subjects
           and
           their
           priviledges
           ,
           according
           to
           Magna
           Charta
           ,
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           with
           one
           accord
           affirmed
           openly
           at
           the
           Committee
           doore
           ;
           so
           that
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           is
           but
           their
           mouth
           ,
           and
           the
           foreman
           of
           that
           Tribe
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           they
           all
           owne
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           day
           persevere
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           labour
           to
           spread
           his
           Letter
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           with
           the
           more
           facility
           spread
           abroad
           and
           publish
           the
           sentence
           given
           by
           the
           Lieutenant
           against
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           bring
           an
           Odium
           upon
           them
           all
           ;
           for
           in
           his
           book
           he
           pronounceth
           sentence
           against
           them
           all
           ,
           being
           party
           ,
           witnesse
           ,
           jury
           and
           judge
           in
           his
           owne
           cause
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           so
           doing
           ,
           whiles
           he
           cals
           to
           Heaven
           for
           justice
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           shewes
           himselfe
           very
           unjust
           ,
           and
           behaves
           himselfe
           rather
           like
           the
           wicked
           Judge
           ,
           that
           neither
           feared
           God
           ,
           nor
           cared
           for
           men
           ,
           then
           the
           most
           righteous
           Judge
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           condemne
           the
           innocent
           〈…〉
           wicked
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           see
           in
           the
           18.
           of
           Genesis
           .
        
         
           〈…〉
           doe
           beleeve
           that
           the
           Lieutenant
           conceives
           very
           worthily
           of
           his
           own
           
           party
           in
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           thinks
           that
           they
           are
           just
           ,
           upright
           righteous
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           onely
           godly
           party
           in
           the
           Parliament
           (
           for
           so
           I
           have
           heard
           the
           Lieuten.
           Col.
           speak
           )
           and
           I
           perswade
           my selfe
           also
           that
           he
           is
           not
           so
           uncharitable
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           all
           the
           Presbyterian
           party
           in
           both
           Houses
           unjust
           and
           unrighteous
           ;
           now
           then
           if
           there
           be
           any
           either
           of
           the
           Independent
           party
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           ,
           that
           are
           truly
           just
           and
           righteous
           in
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           spared
           them
           ;
           there
           is
           an
           old
           saying
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           
             per
             lutum
             uni●●
             totam
             gent●m
             perstr●●gere
             ,
          
           he
           should
           indeed
           (
           if
           he
           had
           knowne
           any
           guilty
           of
           crime
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           would
           have
           dealt
           justly
           )
           have
           singled
           them
           out
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           me
           ,
           and
           by
           name
           have
           aspersed
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           condemned
           the
           whole
           Councell
           in
           one
           blast
           ,
           and
           with
           one
           dash
           of
           his
           quill
           :
           Any
           as
           he
           deales
           unjustly
           with
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           so
           he
           he
           dealeth
           not
           very
           righteously
           with
           me
           and
           my
           Brother
           
             Pryn
          
           for
           he
           condemnes
           us
           both
           of
           lying
           ,
           yet
           never
           convinced
           me
           of
           a
           lye
           ,
           nor
           I
           hope
           never
           shall
           be
           able
           ,
           for
           I
           writ
           nothing
           in
           my
           books
           against
           the
           Independents
           ,
           but
           what
           upon
           my
           owne
           knowledge
           I
           can
           affirme
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           yea
           depose
           it
           ,
           having
           had
           what
           I
           wrote
           from
           the
           Independ●●ts
           owne
           mouthes
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           coroberates
           what
           I
           say
           ;
           I
           can
           prove
           all
           I
           wrote
           against
           them
           by
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           being
           better
           then
           the
           best
           of
           those
           witnesses
           they
           produced
           against
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Lenthall
          
           and
           Master
           Speaker
           ;
           and
           therefore
           that
           which
           I
           writ
           against
           their
           Faction
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           crime
           〈◊〉
           a
           lye
           ,
           as
           I
           stand
           upon
           my
           justification
           ,
           &
           undertake
           upon
           my
           life
           to
           make
           good
           the
           charge
           in
           my
           postscript
           against
           the
           Independents
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           I
           writ
           in
           any
           other
           book
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           I
           undertake
           to
           prove
           a
           great
           deale
           more
           then
           I
           have
           yet
           published
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           may
           concerne
           all
           Presbyterians
           especially
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           looke
           to
           themselves
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           get
           the
           day
           and
           prevaile
           ,
           they
           will
           spare
           none
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           a
           purpose
           to
           put
           downe
           all
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           (
           I
           speake
           nothing
           but
           what
           I
           know
           ,
           )
           howsoever
           their
           designe
           is
           carried
           very
           cunningly
           ;
           but
           let
           them
           once
           attaine
           unto
           their
           purpose
           at
           the
           recruting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Countyes
           ,
           the
           Independent
           country
           Courtiers
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           will
           give
           instructions
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           see
           such
           an
           alteration
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           that
           the
           Nobles
           and
           Pears
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Gentry
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           Flower
           and
           honour
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           most
           contemptible
           ,
           and
           the
           onely
           men
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           who
           by
           all
           the
           Independent
           party
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           have
           beene
           accused
           to
           be
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           of
           rotten
           hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           friends
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           have
           heard
           many
           of
           them
           my selfe
           speak
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           it
           may
           by
           many
           be
           proved
           ,
           but
           this
           has
           ever
           been
           their
           evasion
           ,
           when
           we
           accuse
           them
           of
           any
           thing
           they
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           all
           be
           blamed
           and
           judged
           for
           the
           rashnesse
           of
           some
           ,
           when
           notwithstanding
           they
           that
           uttered
           such
           words
           ,
           spake
           nothing
           but
           what
           they
           had
           learned
           from
           their
           faction
           ,
           or
           what
           they
           had
           received
           from
           the
           chiefe
           heads
           of
           them
           :
           And
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           that
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           is
           upheld
           by
           that
           party
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           ,
           yea
           animated
           in
           all
           that
           he
           doth
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           crowds
           and
           〈…〉
           
           after
           him
           may
           sufficiently
           witnesse
           ,
           and
           they
           look
           upon
           him
           as
           their
           Champion
           ,
           applauding
           all
           his
           actions
           .
           And
           it
           will
           not
           be
           a
           difficult
           thing
           for
           me
           to
           prove
           whatsoever
           I
           have
           written
           in
           my
           books
           against
           the
           Indepedent
           party
           ,
           from
           their
           owne
           bookes
           ,
           and
           even
           from
           his
           owne
           Letter
           ,
           and
           the
           proceedings
           of
           that
           company
           that
           followed
           him
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           Examinations
           ,
           and
           their
           behaviour
           and
           carriage
           there
           ,
           may
           abundantly
           prove
           my
           charge
           in
           my
           booke
           against
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           gave
           lawes
           to
           the
           Committee
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           examined
           but
           upon
           their
           owne
           tearmes
           ,
           crying
           out
           of
           injustice
           ,
           and
           threatning
           that
           they
           would
           bring
           up
           the
           whole
           City
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           such
           other
           insolencies
           they
           used
           there
           for
           many
           dayes
           together
           ;
           all
           which
           doe
           manifest
           ,
           that
           if
           in
           time
           their
           party
           grow
           a
           little
           stronger
           ,
           they
           will
           give
           lawes
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           doe
           what
           they
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           will
           take
           the
           authority
           into
           their
           owne
           hands
           ;
           for
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           hath
           plainly
           taught
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           the
           power
           that
           now
           resides
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           inherent
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           of
           the
           Parliament
           are
           not
           to
           act
           according
           to
           their
           owne
           will
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           boldly
           taketh
           upon
           him
           to
           instruct
           the
           Parliament
           and
           teach
           them
           their
           duty
           ;
           and
           affirmes
           ,
           that
           the
           power
           is
           the
           peoples
           birth-right
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           but
           entrusted
           them
           with
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           seemes
           if
           they
           shall
           once
           conceive
           that
           the
           Parliament
           doth
           not
           discharge
           their
           trust
           they
           have
           committed
           unto
           them
           ,
           they
           may
           resume
           it
           when
           they
           please
           ,
           for
           that
           must
           necessarily
           ensue
           from
           his
           premises
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           that
           he
           infuseth
           to
           all
           his
           followers
           ,
           and
           onely
           for
           to
           stirre
           up
           a
           commotion
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           the
           people
           in
           a
           heat
           ;
           which
           if
           the
           Parliament
           timely
           prevent
           not
           ,
           they
           will
           runne
           the
           greatest
           hazard
           of
           being
           destroyed
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           Councell
           in
           the
           world
           did
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           King
           went
           to
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           he
           left
           many
           of
           his
           friends
           behind
           him
           :
           I
           for
           my
           part
           believe
           that
           he
           is
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           most
           assured
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           friend
           the
           King
           had
           ,
           hath
           done
           the
           Parliament
           more
           wrong
           and
           indignity
           than
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ;
          
           for
           it
           was
           not
           an
           apparent
           enemy
           to
           the
           great
           Councell
           ,
           that
           hath
           done
           them
           this
           wrong
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           
             Aulicus
             ,
          
           for
           then
           they
           would
           have
           laughed
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           made
           themselves
           merry
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           their
           friend
           ,
           their
           familiar
           one
           ,
           that
           the
           Common-wealth
           had
           fed
           at
           her
           table
           ▪
           and
           one
           that
           the
           Parliament
           had
           in
           speciall
           honourd
           ,
           favourd
           ,
           and
           confided
           in
           ,
           and
           who
           they
           had
           stood
           by
           in
           his
           greatest
           difficulties
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           had
           preserved
           his
           life
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           man
           now
           to
           lay
           so
           foule
           things
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           as
           unjustice
           and
           tyranny
           ,
           and
           trampling
           downe
           of
           the
           liberties
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ;
           oh
           let
           not
           this
           be
           spake
           in
           
             ●●b
          
           and
           
             Askelon
             !
          
           truly
           such
           friends
           as
           he
           is
           ,
           both
           are
           ,
           and
           will
           prove
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           ,
           their
           greatest
           enemies
           ;
           and
           howsoever
           he
           often
           boasteth
           and
           tell●●h
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           drawne
           his
           sword
           in
           their
           defence
           ;
           it
           doth
           appeare
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           for
           his
           owne
           base
           ends
           ,
           for
           liberty
           of
           conscience
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           in
           their
           dialect
           )
           which
           is
           meer
           licenciousnesse
           ,
           and
           lawlesse
           liberty
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           conscience
           which
           they
           aime
           at
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           both
           speake
           ,
           print
           and
           doe
           whatsoever
           please●t
           the●●●lves
           ,
           both
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           great
           Councell
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           Synod
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           daily
           practice
           ,
           as
           all
           their
           Pamphlets
           witnesse
           ,
           and
           this
           his
           Letter
           ;
           for
           had
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           with
           a
           good
           intention
           and
           an
           honest
           mind
           ,
           drawne
           his
           sword
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           now
           have
           drawne
           his
           pen
           to
           have
           cut
           all
           their
           throats
           ,
           and
           to
           enrage
           all
           the
           people
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           this
           his
           Letter
           he
           hath
           done
           :
           He
           telleth
           many
           stories
           of
           his
           service
           for
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           what
           danger
           he
           hath
           exposed
           himselfe
           unto
           in
           their
           quarrell
           ,
           and
           upbraideth
           them
           all
           with
           their
           ingratitude
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           requitall
           they
           have
           made
           him
           for
           all
           ;
           there
           are
           many
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           that
           have
           adventured
           themselves
           as
           farre
           as
           ever
           he
           did
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           love
           to
           the
           publike
           ,
           and
           have
           I
           beleeve
           suffered
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           he
           did
           ,
           yet
           make
           no
           noyse
           ,
           but
           with
           modesty
           and
           patience
           ,
           wait
           and
           attend
           till
           the
           great
           and
           weighty
           matters
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           will
           give
           leave
           for
           private
           businesses
           :
           And
           all
           men
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           publike
           good
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           looked
           unto
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ;
           and
           then
           afterward
           as
           occasion
           doth
           offer
           it selfe
           ,
           without
           damage
           to
           the
           publike
           ;
           private
           bus●nesse
           and
           the
           reliefe
           of
           the
           necessiited
           ,
           are
           taken
           into
           consideration
           ,
           and
           satisfaction
           is
           given
           unto
           them
           that
           can
           justly
           complaine
           ;
           and
           this
           has
           ever
           been
           the
           practice
           &
           custome
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           as
           the
           Annals
           and
           Histories
           of
           all
           times
           relate
           :
           Neither
           have
           such
           as
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           wait
           ,
           forthwith
           published
           disgracefull
           books
           ,
           and
           mutinous
           complaints
           against
           the
           Councels
           and
           States
           of
           any
           Country
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           hatred
           amongst
           the
           people
           ;
           neither
           would
           such
           proceedings
           be
           thought
           tolerable
           in
           any
           well
           governed
           Country
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           well
           knowne
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           many
           Noble-men
           and
           great
           Gentlemen
           also
           of
           honour
           and
           eminency
           in
           the
           Kings
           Army
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           onely
           ventured
           their
           lives
           and
           all
           their
           estates
           ,
           but
           are
           at
           this
           day
           brought
           to
           such
           extremities
           and
           necessities
           ,
           as
           to
           relate
           would
           exceed
           beliefe
           ,
           so
           that
           many
           of
           those
           that
           had
           some
           three
           ,
           some
           four
           thousands
           by
           the
           yeer
           ,
           some
           more
           ,
           are
           brought
           to
           such
           streights
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           not
           bread
           to
           put
           in
           their
           families
           mouths
           ,
           nor
           cloathing
           to
           p●t
           on
           their
           backs
           ;
           yet
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           they
           did
           ever
           print
           Letters
           in
           disgrace
           of
           the
           King
           or
           his
           Councel
           and
           upbraid
           him
           with
           ingratitude
           towards
           his
           Souldiers
           ,
           because
           their
           particular
           necessities
           were
           not
           satisfied
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           conceived
           they
           were
           wronged
           by
           his
           Majesties
           Councel
           :
           And
           I
           am
           most
           assured
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           of
           those
           that
           follow
           the
           King
           should
           doe
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           or
           durst
           attempt
           to
           disparage
           the
           Kings
           proceeding
           ,
           being
           one
           of
           that
           party
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           onely
           be
           abhorrid
           by
           all
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           but
           thought
           worthy
           of
           severe
           punishment
           ,
           whatsoever
           former
           service
           he
           had
           done
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           I
           will
           speak
           my
           knowledge
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           a
           Cavalier
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           of
           their
           party
           should
           have
           done
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           kind
           against
           his
           Highnesse
           or
           his
           Councell
           ,
           the
           other
           Cavaliers
           would
           have
           cut
           him
           in
           pieces
           :
           And
           truly
           all
           sober
           minded
           men
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           stand
           really
           wel-affected
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           cannot
           think
           those
           the
           Parliaments
           friends
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           kind
           write
           against
           them
           and
           their
           proceedings
           :
           For
           were
           it
           granted
           ,
           that
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
           
             Lilburne
          
           had
           done
           as
           good
           service
           ,
           as
           he
           pretends
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           many
           that
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           devisions
           that
           he
           hath
           caused
           at
           
             Bosterne
             ,
          
           and
           through
           
             Lincolnshire
             ,
          
           with
           his
           preaching
           up
           his
           new
           Doctrine
           of
           seperation
           ▪
           hath
           done
           more
           hurt
           to
           the
           soules
           and
           bodies
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           good
           that
           ever
           he
           is
           able
           to
           doe
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           say
           ,
           were
           it
           granted
           that
           he
           had
           done
           all
           good
           service
           without
           exception
           ;
           yet
           the
           disgrace
           and
           evill
           he
           hath
           now
           done
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           hath
           surpassed
           all
           the
           good
           he
           speaks
           of
           :
           Many
           Cowes
           you
           know
           Master
           
             Vicars
          
           ordinarily
           give
           good
           milk
           ,
           and
           then
           scummer
           in
           the
           payle
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           spoile
           all
           that
           they
           had
           given
           down
           ;
           even
           so
           it
           is
           in
           this
           case
           with
           Lieutenant-Colonel
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           what
           he
           hath
           formerly
           built
           up
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           now
           throwne
           downe
           :
           He
           may
           remember
           what
           the
           Lord
           saith
           ,
           Ezek.
           10.
           
           
             If
             the
             righteous
             turneth
             from
             his
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             doth
             that
             which
             is
             evill
             ,
             I
             will
             forget
             all
             his
             righteousnesse
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             &c.
             
          
           So
           if
           a
           Commander
           doe
           faithfull
           service
           for
           a
           time
           to
           a
           State
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Hothams
          
           did
           ,
           or
           as
           
             ●holmly
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           turne
           traitors
           ,
           must
           the
           memory
           of
           their
           former
           service
           hinder
           the
           course
           of
           justice
           ?
           I
           trow
           not
           ;
           if
           a
           servant
           for
           some
           time
           shall
           doe
           good
           service
           for
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           prove
           unfaithful
           ,
           or
           purloyne
           his
           goods
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           destroy
           him
           ,
           is
           his
           former
           service
           to
           be
           taken
           any
           notice
           of
           ?
           it
           is
           perseverance
           in
           any
           good
           that
           crowneth
           all
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           but
           a
           poore
           grollety
           to
           speak
           of
           good
           service
           formerly
           done
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           acting
           all
           the
           evill
           that
           men
           can
           well
           act
           against
           a
           State
           or
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           But
           one
           thing
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           he
           would
           brand
           me
           with
           great
           ingratitude
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           I
           had
           forgot
           what
           he
           had
           done
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           he
           is
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           crime
           :
           For
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           not
           onely
           saved
           his
           life
           ,
           but
           delivered
           him
           from
           his
           slavery
           and
           captivity
           ,
           and
           greatly
           honoured
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           would
           have
           made
           him
           a
           full
           satisfaction
           for
           all
           his
           damage
           and
           suffering
           by
           the
           unjust
           Courts
           ,
           when
           from
           their
           publike
           affaires
           ,
           they
           could
           have
           been
           permitted
           to
           have
           listned
           to
           private
           grievances
           ;
           yet
           he
           hath
           forgot
           all
           this
           their
           curtesie
           ,
           and
           singular
           humanity
           ,
           and
           now
           flings
           dirt
           in
           all
           their
           faces
           ,
           and
           so
           despightfully
           abuseth
           them
           ,
           as
           no
           ordinary
           well
           bred
           man
           would
           abuse
           an
           ordinary
           base
           fellow
           :
           But
           because
           this
           is
           a
           businesse
           that
           concerneth
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           whole
           House
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           so
           contumeliously
           blasted
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           that
           to
           their
           grave
           wisdome
           ;
           onely
           out
           of
           my
           duty
           to
           that
           great
           Councell
           ,
           the
           Supreame
           Court
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           owe
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           lives
           and
           liberties
           ,
           to
           their
           care
           and
           watchfulnesse
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           our
           Posterity
           are
           bound
           to
           be
           thankfull
           to
           them
           for
           their
           fidelity
           ,
           diligence
           and
           infatigable
           prayers
           in
           their
           common
           defence
           ,
           who
           ,
           all
           reason
           will
           dictate
           ,
           could
           have
           no
           end
           for
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           the
           common
           good
           and
           safety
           of
           us
           all
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           concernes
           all
           the
           people
           to
           take
           heed
           how
           they
           joyne
           and
           adhere
           to
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           and
           such
           factious
           spirits
           ,
           who
           under
           pretence
           of
           defending
           the
           Subjects
           Liberty
           ,
           raise
           tumults
           to
           bring
           all
           to
           a
           confusion
           :
           And
           let
           them
           ever
           set
           before
           their
           eyes
           the
           story
           of
           
             Cora
             ,
             Da●●an
          
           and
           
             Abiram
             ,
          
           and
           seriously
           weigh
           what
           they
           
           brought
           upon
           themselves
           by
           their
           rebelling
           against
           
             Moses
          
           their
           deliverer
           and
           preserver
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           while
           they
           assent
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           applaud
           and
           owne
           what
           he
           rashly
           and
           unadvisedly
           doth
           ,
           they
           make
           themselves
           equally
           guilty
           ;
           for
           as
           
             David
          
           saith
           ,
           Psal.
           50.
           
           He
           that
           consenteth
           with
           evill
           doers
           ,
           makes
           himselfe
           as
           guilty
           as
           they
           :
           So
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           teach
           all
           men
           ,
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           chap.
           1.
           2.
           they
           that
           consented
           to
           those
           impious
           and
           wicked
           men
           ,
           were
           in
           Gods
           account
           as
           equally
           guilty
           as
           if
           they
           had
           perpetrated
           al
           those
           facinourus
           actions
           ;
           yea
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           practice
           of
           all
           Courts
           in
           all
           the
           Kingdomes
           and
           Nations
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           to
           condemne
           the
           complices
           of
           treasons
           as
           well
           as
           the
           others
           :
           And
           as
           no
           men
           ,
           no
           not
           the
           Independents
           themselves
           ,
           can
           indeer
           those
           that
           comply
           with
           such
           as
           they
           conceive
           to
           be
           their
           enemies
           ,
           so
           they
           should
           now
           make
           the
           Parliaments
           Cause
           their
           owne
           (
           for
           it
           is
           their
           owne
           indeed
           )
           and
           think
           that
           it
           highly
           concernes
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           i●
           may
           be
           their
           condition
           ere
           long
           ;
           for
           destroy
           once
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           enervate
           their
           authority
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           shortly
           see
           every
           Country
           Courtier
           ,
           fly
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Gentry
           and
           Nobility
           ,
           but
           indeed
           every
           servant
           become
           a
           Master
           and
           Mistris
           ,
           and
           cast
           off
           the
           yoke
           of
           obedience
           to
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           whether
           Parents
           ,
           Masters
           or
           Governours
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           concernes
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           avoyd
           both
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           and
           inevitable
           danger
           ,
           now
           to
           take
           speciall
           heed
           what
           they
           doe
           ,
           in
           abetting
           with
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           in
           these
           his
           temerarious
           proceedings
           ;
           for
           I
           well
           perceive
           the
           poore
           people
           are
           all
           deluded
           by
           his
           false
           information
           ,
           and
           think
           his
           imprisonment
           ,
           and
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           honourable
           Committee
           of
           Examinations
           ,
           to
           be
           against
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           against
           Magna
           Charta
           ,
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           all
           which
           inviolably
           remaine
           to
           the
           Subject
           ,
           notwithstanding
           whatsoever
           he
           pretendeth
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           And
           as
           he
           hath
           traduced
           the
           Parliament
           causlesly
           ,
           so
           likewise
           in
           his
           owne
           defence
           he
           hath
           abused
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           ca●se
           and
           his
           ,
           as
           will
           quickly
           appeare
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           but
           a
           true
           information
           made
           of
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburnes
          
           businesse
           ,
           for
           the
           story
           of
           
             Pauls
          
           sufferings
           is
           sufficiently
           knowne
           .
        
         
           The
           verity
           of
           the
           matter
           is
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           in
           their
           proceedings
           with
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           have
           done
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           or
           nature
           ,
           or
           the
           custome
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           therefore
           so
           horrid
           an
           accusation
           of
           the
           great
           Counsell
           is
           unsufferable
           :
           He
           quarrels
           the
           Parliament
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           prison
           ,
           the
           cause
           not
           being
           specified
           of
           his
           commitment
           :
           If
           indeed
           he
           had
           been
           arraigned
           and
           condemned
           before
           he
           had
           been
           heard
           ,
           then
           there
           had
           beene
           a
           just
           cause
           of
           complaint
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           did
           not
           in
           their
           Warrant
           set
           downe
           the
           cause
           both
           of
           his
           apprehension
           and
           Commitment
           :
           I
           must
           confesse
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           cause
           why
           he
           should
           make
           so
           loud
           a
           complaint
           ;
           for
           if
           there
           should
           now
           in
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           a
           conspiracy
           be
           discovered
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           should
           be
           appprehended
           (
           under
           reformation
           )
           I
           conceive
           it
           will
           not
           stand
           with
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           City
           Office●s
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           discretion
           of
           those
           that
           are
           in
           authority
           ,
           to
           set
           down
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           apprehension
           and
           sending
           them
           to
           prison
           ;
           
           for
           if
           their
           complices
           should
           have
           intelligence
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           their
           plot
           was
           discovered
           ,
           they
           would
           all
           either
           escape
           away
           ,
           or
           attempt
           some
           desperate
           thing
           that
           might
           be
           destructive
           to
           the
           whole
           City
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           might
           endanger
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ;
           therefore
           in
           such
           a
           case
           as
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           Officers
           to
           conceale
           the
           conspiracy
           till
           they
           have
           apprehended
           all
           the
           Delinquents
           ;
           and
           in
           such
           a
           case
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           the
           Magistrate
           may
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           ,
           send
           any
           man
           to
           prison
           without
           signifying
           the
           cause
           why
           unto
           the
           prisoner
           :
           For
           I
           read
           in
           many
           places
           of
           the
           Scripture
           that
           prisoners
           have
           been
           committed
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           given
           either
           to
           him
           that
           was
           committed
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Goaler
           ,
           wherefore
           he
           was
           committed
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           condemned
           of
           unjustice
           for
           so
           doing
           :
           But
           when
           men
           have
           been
           condemned
           without
           hearing
           ,
           or
           by
           false
           witnesses
           ,
           this
           hath
           made
           it
           a
           crime
           .
        
         
           Neither
           hitherto
           have
           I
           ever
           read
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           counted
           a
           crime
           in
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           or
           an
           unjust
           thing
           ,
           or
           a
           thing
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           nature
           or
           Nations
           ,
           to
           ask
           any
           man
           that
           is
           apprehended
           a
           question
           ;
           or
           to
           demand
           of
           him
           ,
           whether
           he
           either
           spake
           any
           such
           words
           ,
           or
           heard
           any
           such
           ,
           or
           did
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           or
           did
           it
           not
           ;
           for
           none
           of
           both
           these
           proceedings
           were
           counted
           a
           crime
           in
           either
           
             Ioseph
          
           or
           
             Ioshua
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Rulers
           in
           Israel
           ;
           for
           
             Ioseph
          
           cast
           his
           brother
           into
           prison
           upon
           suspition
           ,
           and
           questioned
           all
           his
           other
           brethren
           upon
           a
           pretended
           jealousie
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           accused
           not
           the
           Governour
           of
           
             Aegypt
          
           of
           unjustice
           to
           their
           good
           old
           Father
           :
           Neither
           was
           it
           a
           crime
           in
           
             Ioseph
          
           to
           question
           his
           brethren
           (
           if
           the
           businesse
           had
           been
           reall
           ;
           )
           or
           in
           
             Ioshua
          
           to
           aske
           
             Achan
          
           whether
           or
           no
           he
           had
           taken
           the
           wedge
           of
           gold
           :
           And
           if
           either
           
             Iosephs
          
           brethen
           or
           
             Achan
          
           had
           refused
           to
           have
           answered
           to
           the
           question
           propounded
           unto
           them
           ,
           til
           either
           
             Ioseph
          
           or
           
             Ioshua
          
           had
           told
           them
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           apprehension
           or
           commitment
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           they
           might
           have
           laine
           in
           prison
           till
           Dooms-day
           in
           the
           afternoone
           (
           the
           time
           that
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           thinks
           the
           Parliement
           will
           pay
           him
           what
           they
           owe
           him
           )
           and
           no
           wise
           man
           would
           have
           condemned
           the
           Governour
           of
           
             Aegypt
          
           for
           so
           doing
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           most
           shamefully
           abuseth
           the
           Parliament
           for
           their
           proceedings
           against
           him
           ,
           which
           stand
           very
           well
           with
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           well
           governed
           Nations
           ;
           and
           the
           Scripture
           that
           he
           citeth
           ,
           concerning
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           was
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           for
           
             Paul
          
           stood
           committed
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           suspition
           :
           But
           the
           Judge
           thought
           it
           unjustice
           to
           proceed
           to
           sentence
           ,
           before
           that
           they
           had
           heard
           what
           
             Paul
          
           could
           say
           for
           himselfe
           in
           his
           owne
           defence
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Parliament
           will
           doe
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           most
           assured
           ,
           he
           shall
           have
           all
           the
           faire
           hearing
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           all
           this
           is
           nothing
           to
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne's
          
           cause
           ,
           who
           might
           have
           been
           released
           ,
           as
           
             Hawkins
          
           was
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           dishonour
           unto
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           disobediently
           behaved
           himselfe
           to
           the
           honourable
           Committee
           .
           For
           they
           demanding
           of
           him
           a
           question
           ,
           which
           by
           all
           the
           lawes
           of
           God
           and
           nature
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           they
           might
           doe
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           without
           offending
           ,
           he
           might
           well
           have
           answered
           ;
           he
           contemptuously
           not
           onely
           refuseth
           to
           answer
           ,
           but
           asperseth
           them
           with
           unjustice
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           conti●uation
           of
           his
           commitment
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           publishing
           of
           a
           libellous
           and
           a
           
           most
           dangerous
           Letter
           ,
           was
           a
           cause
           of
           his
           new
           commitment
           to
           New-gate
           :
           And
           in
           all
           this
           that
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           done
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           when
           the
           people
           shall
           have
           a
           full
           hearing
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           be
           rightly
           informed
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           abundantly
           satisfied
           of
           the
           justice
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           .
        
         
           Much
           I
           confesse
           I
           could
           say
           for
           the
           justifying
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           proceedings
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           this
           businesse
           about
           
             John
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           but
           all
           their
           other
           grave
           and
           weighty
           imployments
           ,
           to
           free
           that
           great
           Councell
           from
           those
           aspersions
           that
           not
           onely
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           layeth
           upon
           it
           ,
           but
           all
           his
           complices
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           leave
           this
           worke
           to
           those
           that
           it
           concerneth
           ,
           onely
           by
           the
           way
           let
           me
           say
           thus
           much
           both
           to
           
             John
             Lilburn
          
           &
           his
           confederates
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           alwai●
           to
           have
           speciall
           care
           ,
           that
           whiles
           they
           study
           and
           labour
           to
           offend
           their
           enemies
           ,
           they
           doe
           not
           destroy
           their
           preservers
           ,
           and
           abuse
           those
           men
           causelesly
           as
           wish
           them
           as
           much
           good
           as
           they
           doe
           themselves
           ,
           though
           they
           tell
           them
           of
           their
           faults
           and
           errours
           ;
           and
           amongst
           others
           all
           the
           Independents
           have
           most
           injuriously
           in
           word
           and
           deed
           abused
           my
           ever
           honoured
           brother
           M.
           
             Prynne
             ;
          
           and
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           in
           this
           his
           Letter
           in
           speciall
           ,
           to
           my
           knowledge
           hath
           most
           basely
           and
           falsly
           belyed
           him
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           he
           was
           never
           a
           favourer
           of
           Malignants
           and
           such
           as
           betrayed
           strong
           Holds
           ,
           as
           the
           businesse
           of
           Bristow
           can
           well
           witnesse
           ,
           for
           the
           prosecuting
           of
           that
           so
           cordially
           inraged
           many
           of
           the
           Independents
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           there
           be
           many
           that
           can
           witnesse
           for
           my
           brother
           
             Prynne
          
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           loosing
           of
           Gernsey
           ,
           for
           had
           his
           counsell
           beene
           followed
           both
           those
           Ilands
           at
           this
           day
           had
           bin
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           what
           he
           published
           concerning
           the
           two
           Captaines
           it
           hath
           been
           proved
           by
           sufficient
           witnesse
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           say
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           Sir
           
             Samuel
             Luke
             ,
          
           a
           man
           of
           honour
           and
           approved
           integrity
           ,
           would
           never
           have
           questioned
           them
           without
           sufficient
           witnesse
           for
           what
           he
           chageth
           them
           with
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           have
           bin
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           every
           thing
           he
           accuseth
           them
           of
           is
           abundantly
           proved
           by
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           .
           But
           this
           is
           the
           practice
           daily
           of
           the
           Independents
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           owne
           nothing
           of
           that
           they
           have
           said
           or
           done
           ,
           but
           put
           men
           upon
           the
           proofe
           ,
           and
           then
           asperse
           all
           those
           that
           justly
           question
           them
           for
           lyers
           and
           persecutors
           ;
           as
           at
           this
           time
           that
           confounded
           taylor
           
             Paul
             Hobson
          
           and
           
             Richard
             Beawmon
          
           a
           sucking
           Apothecary
           doe
           ,
           who
           snip
           and
           dose
           out
           their
           Sermons
           by
           weight
           and
           measure
           to
           the
           infecting
           ,
           misleading
           and
           seducing
           of
           the
           poor
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           making
           a
           disturbance
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           and
           these
           seducers
           notwithstanding
           would
           perswade
           the
           world
           they
           are
           sent
           from
           heaven
           ,
           when
           as
           it
           is
           most
           apparent
           they
           are
           meere
           juglers
           and
           imposters
           ,
           and
           onely
           make
           a
           pray
           of
           the
           people
           and
           lead
           them
           captive
           to
           liberty
           and
           licenciousnesse
           ;
           such
           Teachers
           as
           these
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           a
           just
           call
           from
           heaven
           ,
           as
           they
           runne
           before
           they
           were
           ever
           sent
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           man
           may
           truly
           say
           of
           such
           Teachers
           and
           Ministers
           
             Diabolus
             caccavit
             illos
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           my
           reverend
           brother
           Master
           
             Prynne
          
           hath
           writ
           nothing
           but
           the
           truth
           concerning
           them
           ,
           and
           is
           most
           maliciously
           and
           causelesly
           abused
           by
           Lievetenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           this
           that
           he
           speaketh
           concerning
           him
           it
           not
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           untruth
           :
           And
           as
           little
           credit
           is
           to
           be
           given
           to
           that
           he
           relateth
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           how
           he
           dared
           Master
           
             Prynne
          
           to
           dispute
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           the
           Simpleton
           ,
           as
           he
           calleth
           him
           ,
           durst
           not
           .
        
         
         
           If
           Lievetenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           had
           really
           challenged
           him
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           it
           had
           bin
           very
           incivily
           done
           in
           him
           ;
           for
           the
           Committee
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           doth
           not
           sit
           there
           to
           heare
           Disputations
           ,
           and
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           have
           shewed
           himselfe
           so
           vaine
           and
           light
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           vented
           his
           folly
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           onely
           have
           sharply
           reproved
           him
           for
           his
           temerity
           ,
           but
           have
           clapt
           him
           by
           the
           heeles
           ,
           as
           they
           might
           not
           have
           done
           ;
           but
           as
           I
           have
           beene
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           it
           is
           nothing
           so
           ,
           he
           never
           challenged
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           a
           notorious
           lye
           ,
           although
           it
           be
           in
           Print
           .
           And
           whereas
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           my
           brother
           
             Prynne
          
           is
           besotted
           and
           out
           of
           his
           wits
           in
           collecting
           and
           publishing
           
             Marty●●
          
           Books
           and
           the
           scurrilities
           of
           the
           Independent
           party
           ,
           with
           many
           of
           the
           blasphemings
           and
           railing
           speeches
           against
           the
           great
           Councell
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           and
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           reverend
           Synod
           and
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           indeed
           against
           all
           Authority
           .
           I
           conceive
           he
           hath
           done
           a
           very
           good
           and
           acceptable
           worke
           in
           reducing
           their
           railings
           ,
           revilings
           and
           blasphemies
           into
           a
           volumne
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           left
           to
           all
           postity
           and
           future
           ages
           ,
           that
           in
           times
           to
           come
           the
           following
           generations
           may
           heare
           what
           a
           hideous
           and
           monstrous
           Sect
           in
           these
           last
           and
           worst
           times
           of
           the
           world
           is
           now
           risen
           up
           ,
           which
           speake
           evill
           of
           dignities
           and
           all
           government
           at
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           Neither
           hath
           my
           brother
           
             Prynne
          
           in
           this
           transgressed
           ,
           but
           hath
           imitated
           all
           the
           Prophets
           and
           the
           blessed
           Apostles
           and
           Evangelists
           ,
           who
           have
           lest
           upon
           record
           all
           the
           blasphemies
           of
           
             Senacharib
             ,
          
           and
           of
           all
           the
           wicked
           men
           in
           their
           severall
           ages
           ;
           
             David
          
           hath
           done
           the
           same
           concerning
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           and
           his
           people
           in
           his
           dayes
           ;
           the
           Evangelists
           also
           have
           recited
           all
           the
           blasphemous
           speeches
           they
           spake
           against
           Christ
           and
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           Baptist
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           other
           Apostles
           have
           done
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           
             Peter
          
           in
           speciall
           and
           
             Iude
             ;
          
           so
           that
           by
           their
           writings
           all
           men
           may
           see
           what
           a
           wicked
           generation
           of
           men
           were
           then
           living
           ,
           and
           what
           judgements
           of
           God
           lighted
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           so
           doing
           ,
           to
           lesson
           all
           people
           in
           future
           ages
           to
           take
           heed
           by
           their
           examples
           ,
           lest
           they
           provoke
           God
           by
           the
           like
           wickednesse
           ;
           for
           whatsoever
           was
           written
           was
           written
           for
           our
           instruction
           ,
           upon
           whom
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           world
           are
           come
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           my
           brother
           
             Prynne
          
           hath
           in
           this
           done
           nothing
           but
           what
           he
           hath
           presidents
           for
           ,
           and
           that
           out
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           he
           is
           neither
           besotted
           nor
           out
           of
           his
           wits
           ,
           as
           he
           maliciously
           and
           falsly
           asperseth
           him
           ;
           but
           they
           rather
           are
           besotted
           that
           either
           write
           ,
           read
           or
           entertaine
           in
           their
           houses
           with
           delight
           such
           wicked
           Bookes
           as
           tend
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           corrupting
           not
           onely
           of
           good
           manners
           ,
           but
           the
           adulterating
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           and
           perverting
           of
           mens
           judgements
           :
           and
           yet
           Bookes
           of
           this
           nature
           are
           continually
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           hands
           and
           houses
           of
           all
           the
           Independents
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           few
           other
           that
           are
           by
           them
           either
           regarded
           or
           looked
           after
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           just
           with
           God
           to
           give
           such
           as
           they
           are
           over
           to
           fearefull
           errours
           ,
           who
           leave
           the
           fountaines
           of
           living
           waters
           and
           digge
           unto
           themselves
           such
           broken
           cesternes
           that
           hold
           nothing
           but
           puddle
           and
           s●inking
           filth
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           thought
           by
           the
           way
           to
           speak
           in
           my
           brother
           
             Prynnes
          
           behalf
           ,
           nothing
           doubting
           but
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           some
           friend
           for
           him
           will
           shortly
           publish
           his
           just
           defence
           ,
           against
           all
           other
           reproaches
           ,
           to
           the
           world
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           I
           hope
           you
           are
           satisfied
           concerning
           
             Iohn
             Lilburnes
          
           calumnies
           against
           me
           and
           my
           brother
           Prynne
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           corolary
           let
           me
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           whereas
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
          
           would
           accuse
           me
           of
           ingratitude
           ,
           I
           may
           justly
           complain
           of
           his
           unthankfulnes
           &
           uncharitablenes
           toward
           me
           ,
           who
           hath
           rewarded
           me
           evil
           for
           good
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           know
           me
           can
           testifie
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           ever
           his
           friend
           to
           my
           power
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           he
           alone
           that
           would
           make
           me
           an
           ungratefull
           man
           ,
           but
           all
           of
           that
           way
           asperse
           me
           with
           the
           same
           crime
           ;
           many
           of
           the
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           have
           for
           smal
           favors
           done
           to
           me
           in
           the
           time
           of
           my
           imprisonment
           ,
           been
           six
           times
           over
           requited
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           can
           prove
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           cry
           out
           of
           my
           unthankfulnesse
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           them
           that
           sent
           me
           now
           and
           then
           a
           Piece
           ,
           as
           a
           token
           of
           their
           love
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           free
           gift
           ,
           when
           they
           turned
           Independents
           ,
           demanded
           it
           all
           of
           me
           againe
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           paid
           them
           every
           penny
           ,
           four
           pounds
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           asking
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           cry
           out
           of
           my
           ingratitude
           ,
           and
           have
           to
           my
           face
           most
           basely
           upbraided
           me
           with
           their
           kindnesses
           .
        
         
           
             Solomon
          
           sayth
           ,
           
             he
             that
             contends
             with
             a
             foole
             ,
             whether
             he
             rage
             or
             laugh
             there
             is
             no
             peace
             ;
          
           so
           he
           that
           hath
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           Independents
           can
           have
           no
           peace
           with
           them
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           least
           they
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           ye
           be
           merry
           with
           them
           in
           telling
           them
           of
           their
           grolleries
           ,
           then
           they
           say
           ye
           jeere
           them
           ,
           if
           ye
           be
           serious
           then
           they
           say
           ye
           raile
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           man
           can
           tell
           how
           to
           please
           or
           humour
           them
           or
           how
           to
           enjoy
           the
           lawes
           of
           civility
           amongst
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           any
           peace
           in
           their
           societies
           ,
           neither
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           Synod
           ,
           nor
           Presbytry
           ,
           or
           any
           government
           can
           please
           them
           ,
           for
           if
           the
           Parliament
           will
           have
           them
           fast
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           feast
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           would
           have
           them
           feast
           and
           be
           merry
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           mourne
           ,
           and
           set
           dayes
           apart
           for
           humiliations
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           sad
           times
           ,
           nothing
           can
           please
           the
           Gentlemen
           ,
           as
           their
           practises
           can
           witnesse
           :
           And
           truly
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           a
           contradicting
           people
           ,
           and
           an
           ungratefull
           generation
           of
           men
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           benefactors
           ,
           these
           are
           ;
           if
           a
           man
           consider
           things
           ,
           either
           in
           generall
           or
           in
           speciall
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           honoured
           that
           Sect
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           any
           authority
           did
           any
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           the
           principall
           Offices
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           places
           of
           chiefe
           trust
           and
           government
           put
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           the
           prime
           places
           of
           gaine
           and
           emolument
           likewise
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           ,
           through
           all
           Counties
           ,
           and
           are
           ordinarily
           as
           well
           paid
           for
           their
           service
           as
           any
           ,
           and
           yet
           none
           speak
           more
           unreverendly
           of
           the
           great
           Counsell
           ,
           more
           harsh
           ,
           more
           bitter
           invectives
           against
           them
           and
           their
           proceedings
           then
           they
           ,
           and
           more
           asperse
           their
           authority
           ,
           by
           their
           practises
           then
           they
           doe
           ,
           as
           all
           their
           words
           ,
           pamphlets
           ,
           preachings
           and
           actions
           can
           witnesse
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           their
           ingratitude
           towards
           our
           brethren
           the
           Scots
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           notorious
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           for
           they
           cannot
           give
           them
           a
           good
           word
           for
           all
           their
           love
           to
           us
           ,
           no
           not
           at
           this
           time
           of
           their
           di●●esse
           ,
           when
           it
           appeareth
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           by
           assisting
           us
           ,
           not
           onely
           exposed
           all
           their
           lives
           to
           perill
           ,
           but
           endangered
           their
           whole
           Country
           ,
           and
           now
           lye
           wallowing
           in
           their
           blood
           at
           home
           for
           being
           friends
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           their
           love
           ,
           they
           cannot
           neither
           
           
           
           think
           nor
           speak
           well
           of
           them
           ;
           such
           ingratitude
           was
           never
           seen
           in
           any
           Nation
           ;
           a
           sinne
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           crying
           so
           loud
           in
           the
           eares
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           that
           were
           this
           Kingdome
           guilty
           of
           no
           other
           ,
           it
           were
           enough
           to
           bring
           downe
           the
           plagues
           of
           God
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           howsoever
           their
           Ministeus
           enjoy
           all
           our
           Pulpits
           ,
           and
           have
           such
           priviledges
           and
           immunities
           without
           all
           controle
           ,
           as
           was
           never
           by
           any
           State
           granted
           to
           any
           sect
           ;
           yet
           they
           cry
           out
           of
           persecution
           and
           ill
           usage
           ,
           whiles
           they
           themselves
           abuse
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           persecute
           in
           tongue
           and
           print
           ,
           every
           living
           thing
           that
           in
           the
           least
           doth
           not
           please
           their
           humour
           :
           And
           for
           such
           as
           have
           done
           incomparable
           favours
           and
           curtesies
           to
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           entertained
           them
           in
           their
           houses
           ,
           by
           the
           six
           monethes
           together
           ,
           gratis
           ,
           with
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           shewne
           them
           surperlative
           humanity
           ,
           yet
           in
           their
           greatest
           extremities
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           been
           plundered
           of
           all
           ,
           stript
           naked
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           have
           fled
           to
           London
           with
           scarce
           a
           rag
           of
           their
           backs
           ,
           and
           have
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           some
           of
           these
           Ministers
           ,
           thinking
           that
           they
           would
           have
           retained
           a
           memory
           of
           former
           curtesies
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           own
           them
           or
           scarce
           look
           on
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           poore
           Gentlewomen
           ,
           that
           lived
           in
           time
           of
           their
           prosperity
           in
           reputation
           and
           honour
           ,
           and
           had
           servants
           then
           to
           wait
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           being
           now
           deprived
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           beggery
           ,
           and
           did
           onely
           desire
           them
           to
           get
           them
           but
           a
           service
           in
           some
           friends
           house
           of
           theirs
           ,
           professing
           that
           they
           would
           willingly
           submit
           themselves
           to
           the
           lowest
           condition
           ,
           rather
           then
           be
           a
           burden
           to
           any
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           had
           their
           health
           ;
           yet
           they
           could
           not
           by
           all
           their
           importunity
           extort
           a
           good
           word
           out
           of
           their
           heads
           in
           their
           behalf
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           desired
           but
           their
           wives
           to
           give
           them
           but
           one
           of
           their
           old
           petticoats
           to
           cover
           their
           nakednes
           ;
           for
           answer
           ,
           they
           were
           told
           ▪
           that
           they
           were
           now
           going
           over
           into
           the
           Low-countries
           againe
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           sent
           over
           all
           their
           cloathing
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           had
           nothind
           left
           to
           give
           away
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           two
           yeeres
           since
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           yet
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           have
           got
           very
           fat
           Congregations
           and
           of
           chiefe
           women
           not
           a
           few
           ;
           so
           that
           had
           not
           some
           Presbyterians
           and
           strangers
           too
           ,
           taken
           some
           compassion
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           starved
           for
           all
           the
           Independent
           Ministers
           and
           their
           Wives
           ,
           as
           can
           be
           proved
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           were
           obliged
           unto
           them
           with
           all
           the
           tyes
           of
           friendship
           ;
           &
           when
           they
           were
           in
           their
           friends
           houses
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           all
           respectful
           usage
           so
           they
           looked
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           expected
           dayly
           to
           eat
           and
           drink
           of
           the
           best
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           might
           heare
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           ingratitude
           of
           the
           Independents
           is
           generally
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           so
           especially
           of
           their
           Ministers
           towards
           their
           Benefactors
           ;
           and
           their
           covetousnesse
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           proved
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Independent
           Ministers
           have
           got
           more
           in
           a
           yeere
           here
           in
           London
           ,
           then
           ten
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           are
           as
           covetous
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           complaining
           of
           want
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           hardnesse
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           pharisaicall
           pride
           ,
           it
           is
           incomparable
           ,
           and
           commonly
           they
           insinuate
           themselves
           into
           rich
           acquaintance
           ,
           and
           love
           ever
           to
           be
           where
           good
           cheere
           is
           stirring
           ,
           onely
           in
           this
           they
           differ
           from
           the
           Pharises
           ,
           for
           they
           fasted
           often
           ,
           twice
           
           or
           〈◊〉
           a
           we●ke
           ,
           and
           th●se
           feast
           and
           fare
           deliciously
           every
           day
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           spare
           a
           dinner
           under
           pretence
           of
           an
           humiliation
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           sup
           exceeding
           well
           and
           of
           the
           best
           ;
           there
           is
           some
           of
           them
           gone
           downe
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           I
           presume
           they
           may
           trayle
           them
           all
           through
           Cornwall
           and
           Devonshire
           with
           a
           White-pot
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           childe
           shall
           leape
           so
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Baby
           as
           they
           will
           skip
           at
           the
           fruition
           of
           a
           Custard
           ;
           they
           will
           smell
           a
           Feast
           to
           the
           remotest
           parts
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           gravy
           of
           a
           chine
           of
           Beefe
           into
           the
           middest
           of
           Wales
           ,
           so
           sensible
           they
           are
           of
           good
           cheere
           ;
           I
           dare
           boldly
           say
           that
           ,
           let
           a
           Venison
           Pasty
           be
           the
           Text
           ,
           foure
           Independent
           Ministers
           shall
           open
           and
           devide
           it
           better
           and
           more
           acurately
           handle
           it
           then
           any
           eight
           Presbyters
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           yee
           behold
           them
           sometimes
           at
           a
           Feast
           ,
           you
           would
           take
           them
           to
           be
           the
           Nephewes
           of
           Helliogabalus
           .
           There
           is
           not
           any
           man
           that
           shall
           seriously
           thinke
           of
           them
           but
           will
           say
           they
           have
           very
           accute
           senses
           ,
           that
           can
           out
           of
           the
           Americans
           and
           out
           of
           the
           Low-Countries
           smell
           the
           good
           ●heere
           and
           plum-pottage
           into
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           indeed
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           causes
           that
           made
           these
           men
           leave
           their
           charges
           and
           flocks
           there
           ,
           and
           choose
           rather
           to
           live
           among
           Wolves
           ,
           Beares
           ,
           Lyons
           and
           Tygars
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           they
           tearme
           us
           )
           for
           certainly
           if
           it
           were
           not
           good
           cheere
           ,
           and
           their
           belly
           that
           made
           them
           dwell
           amongst
           us
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           have
           lived
           here
           ,
           but
           as
           long
           as
           that
           last
           we
           shall
           have
           their
           company
           ,
           but
           when
           that
           ceases
           ,
           their
           zeale
           will
           grow
           cold
           ;
           for
           they
           have
           sent
           over
           their
           treasuries
           into
           
             Holland
          
           and
           into
           
             New-England
             ;
          
           but
           as
           long
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           a
           carcase
           left
           ,
           they
           will
           stay
           by
           it
           ;
           for
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           where
           the
           carcase
           is
           ,
           thither
           the
           Eagles
           fly
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           here
           yet
           fluttering
           about
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           picked
           the
           bones
           of
           it
           well
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           take
           take
           their
           flight
           and
           be
           gone
           ;
           the
           Lord
           send
           us
           peace
           and
           faire
           weather
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           it
           concernes
           us
           all
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           a
           very
           dangerous
           people
           in
           all
           respects
           ;
           for
           besides
           their
           good
           conditions
           that
           I
           have
           now
           named
           ,
           they
           are
           terrible
           dissemblers
           ,
           and
           notorious
           lyars
           ,
           as
           their
           daily
           language
           and
           libels
           can
           witnesse
           ,
           and
           this
           Letter
           of
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           testifies
           ;
           and
           you
           also
           know
           what
           a
           notorious
           lye
           one
           of
           their
           chiefe
           Pastors
           told
           not
           long
           since
           of
           my
           reverend
           brother
           
             Waker
             ,
          
           and
           he
           did
           not
           onely
           divulge
           it
           ,
           but
           stands
           in
           the
           justification
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           there
           are
           divers
           men
           ,
           and
           them
           of
           reputation
           ,
           can
           witnesse
           the
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           affirmes
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           man
           of
           a
           contrary
           mind
           ,
           can
           with
           safety
           converse
           among
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           lay
           any
           thing
           to
           his
           charge
           ,
           and
           then
           sweare
           to
           it
           ,
           yea
           they
           turne
           ordinary
           tale-bearers
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           violate
           many
           times
           all
           the
           lawes
           of
           humanity
           to
           satisfie
           their
           spleen
           ,
           and
           will
           
             peccare
             contra
             jura
             jovis
             hostitatis
             ,
          
           and
           all
           civility
           ,
           to
           doe
           a
           Presbyterian
           a
           mischiefe
           ;
           and
           thus
           unchristianly
           dealt
           that
           independent
           Pastor
           with
           my
           reverend
           brother
           Master
           
             Waker
             ,
          
           to
           make
           him
           od●ous
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           taken
           notice
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           their
           practice
           to
           tell
           tales
           and
           lyes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shun
           them
           all
           ;
           saving
           my
           good
           Cozen
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           if
           at
           the
           recruting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Independent
           
           Country
           Courtiers
           creepe
           in
           there
           ,
           I
           doe
           verily
           beleeve
           that
           the
           Greeks
           〈◊〉
           never
           so
           pollute
           the
           Temple
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           defile
           the
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           and
           then
           downe
           also
           goes
           the
           Gentry
           and
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           all
           Churches
           ;
           for
           they
           begin
           already
           to
           pisse
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           scummer
           in
           the
           Pewes
           of
           Gentleman
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           hatred
           they
           beare
           to
           that
           name
           ,
           disdaining
           that
           any
           should
           be
           thought
           greater
           then
           themselves
           ;
           telling
           them
           when
           they
           forcibly
           crowd
           into
           their
           seats
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           have
           more
           right
           to
           those
           places
           then
           they
           ,
           and
           therefore
           partly
           for
           the
           stinking
           of
           them
           out
           of
           their
           seats
           ,
           as
           Baggars
           doe
           Foxes
           out
           of
           their
           holes
           ,
           by
           defiling
           them
           ,
           these
           Independent
           Country
           Courtiers
           scummer
           and
           pisse
           in
           their
           Pewes
           ;
           and
           partly
           also
           they
           doe
           it
           out
           of
           hatred
           to
           the
           very
           structure
           of
           the
           poore
           Churches
           ,
           which
           say
           they
           ,
           having
           been
           consecrated
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           demolished
           ,
           or
           else
           made
           a
           Tophet
           on
           ,
           and
           a
           place
           of
           easement
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           now
           growne
           an
           ordinary
           ●hing
           with
           the
           Independents
           thus
           to
           pollute
           Churches
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           them
           would
           have
           given
           seven
           thousand
           pound
           ,
           not
           long
           since
           ,
           for
           Pauls
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           have
           demolished
           it
           as
           an
           Idol
           Temple
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           their
           judgements
           the
           Gentry
           and
           Nobility
           are
           Idols
           ,
           and
           have
           too
           long
           been
           adored
           and
           venerated
           ,
           and
           they
           now
           desire
           that
           honor
           themselves
           ,
           and
           therfore
           if
           once
           they
           have
           the
           power
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           get
           into
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           out
           go
           all
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           fot
           so
           they
           call
           the
           Gentry
           :
           Therefore
           if
           you
           have
           any
           acquaintance
           with
           those
           that
           are
           to
           choose
           Burgesses
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           give
           them
           a
           speciall
           caviat
           to
           take
           heed
           how
           they
           make
           any
           of
           that
           fraternity
           Parliament-men
           ;
           let
           them
           have
           an
           eye
           to
           the
           godly
           and
           truly
           religious
           (
           without
           faction
           )
           and
           understanding
           Gentlemen
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           that
           know
           what
           really
           belongs
           to
           government
           :
           For
           consider
           what
           a
           deale
           of
           misery
           all
           the
           Countryes
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           are
           involved
           in
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Committees
           that
           are
           composed
           of
           those
           independent
           Country
           Courtiers
           ,
           who
           generally
           domineer
           over
           the
           very
           Noble-men
           and
           Gentlemen
           every where
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           in
           authority
           ,
           and
           exercise
           more
           severity
           over
           the
           Parliaments
           very
           friends
           ,
           then
           the
           Lords
           and
           Peers
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Counsell
           doe
           ever
           against
           Delinquents
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           poore
           Countries
           can
           testifie
           ;
           therefore
           perswade
           your
           friends
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           that
           they
           make
           choyce
           of
           no
           Independent
           Country
           Courtiers
           to
           he
           Members
           ,
           for
           then
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           will
           be
           made
           Linfie-Woolsie
           ,
           for
           they
           will
           have
           all
           Religions
           ,
           and
           give
           a
           greater
           tal●●oti●●
           then
           the
           Devil
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           he
           will
           not
           tolerate
           all
           Religions
           ,
           for
           you
           know
           he
           persecuted
           the
           Woman
           ,
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           Wildernesse
           ,
           but
           these
           would
           tolerate
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           that
           point
           they
           are
           worse
           then
           sat●●
           :
           Therefore
           if
           you
           would
           avoyd
           an
           inevitable
           confusion
           ,
           perswade
           your
           friends
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           the
           Independe●ts
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           a
           combustion
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           already
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           said
           of
           our
           Saviour
           that
           he
           would
           not
           commit
           himselfe
           to
           〈◊〉
           ,
           because
           he
           knew
           them
           ,
           
             John
          
           2.
           now
           we
           have
           some
           experience
           already
           of
           all
           these
           men
           ,
           let
           us
           therefore
           take
           heed
           of
           them
           :
           Others
           you
           know
           will
           not
           commit
           themselves
           unto
           men
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           〈◊〉
           not
           ▪
           and
           〈…〉
           
           is
           very
           good
           reason
           why
           they
           should
           not
           ;
           now
           for
           my
           part
           I
           doe
           beleeve
           that
           there
           is
           no
           man
           can
           ever
           know
           the
           Independents
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           shun
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           themselves
           professe
           ,
           that
           they
           keepe
           a
           reserve
           
             d●●es
             ad
             triarior●s
             redierit
             res
             ,
          
           and
           tell
           us
           that
           we
           put
           them
           upon
           too
           unreasonable
           a
           task
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           us
           in
           all
           things
           they
           
             doe
          
           or
           
             desire
             :
          
           Now
           when
           we
           know
           them
           already
           by
           all
           their
           actions
           to
           be
           disturbers
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           violaters
           of
           all
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           and
           humanity
           ,
           and
           enemies
           of
           all
           good
           people
           ,
           and
           notorious
           lyars
           ,
           and
           they
           themselves
           confesse
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           yet
           a
           reserve
           of
           grolleries
           ,
           they
           justly
           ought
           of
           all
           people
           to
           be
           abominated
           ,
           for
           they
           professe
           openly
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           know
           them
           :
           And
           thus
           much
           I
           thought
           fit
           in
           way
           of
           answer
           ,
           to
           reply
           unto
           
             John
             Lilburnes
          
           false
           accusation
           ,
           and
           to
           speak
           of
           all
           the
           Independents
           practises
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           I
           may
           not
           passe
           by
           before
           I
           shut
           up
           my
           Discourse
           ;
           Lievtenant
           Colonell
           
             Lilburne
          
           complaines
           of
           some
           affront
           given
           him
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           as
           that
           they
           slighted
           him
           ,
           and
           made
           themselves
           merry
           with
           him
           (
           which
           intimatest
           friends
           usually
           doe
           with
           their
           familiars
           )
           and
           that
           much
           troubled
           his
           patience
           .
           What
           would
           this
           man
           have
           done
           ,
           thinke
           you
           Master
           
             Vicars
             ,
          
           if
           he
           had
           beene
           openly
           abused
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Independent
           party
           ,
           and
           favourers
           of
           their
           way
           ?
           〈◊〉
           I
           but
           wri●
           for
           the
           Presbytery
           ,
           and
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           reverend
           assembly
           of
           Divines
           ,
           against
           the
           Independents
           ,
           who
           had
           Printed
           most
           scur●ilous
           Books
           against
           them
           all
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           not
           onely
           roughly
           reproved
           ,
           but
           threatned
           also
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           complaine
           of
           me
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           undertaking
           to
           prove
           the
           Presbytery
           to
           be
           
             jure
             divin●
             ;
          
           which
           they
           told
           me
           was
           against
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           therefore
           punishable
           in
           me
           ;
           telling
           me
           also
           in
           a
           very
           furious
           manner
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           an
           incendiary
           and
           a
           maintainer
           of
           the
           Kings
           party
           :
           and
           whereas
           they
           had
           me
           in
           their
           Catalogue
           ,
           intending
           upon
           occasion
           offered
           ,
           to
           have
           preferred
           me
           ;
           seeing
           ,
           they
           said
           ,
           I
           tooke
           this
           way
           ,
           I
           should
           never
           have
           their
           good
           word
           .
           If
           he
           bad
           〈…〉
           party
           as
           I
           was
           by
           the
           Independents
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           the
           Parliament
           doore
           ,
           what
           daggers
           would
           not
           this
           man
           have
           writ
           and
           spake
           thinke
           you
           ?
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           Independents
           in
           the
           Parliament
           should
           have
           spake
           that
           which
           two
           or
           three
           of
           them
           did
           ,
           it
           should
           not
           have
           moved
           me
           so
           much
           as
           the
           biting
           of
           a
           Flea
           ;
           much
           lesse
           should
           it
           have
           made
           me
           〈◊〉
           any
           thing
           in
           disgrace
           of
           the
           whole
           Councell
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           to
           have
           impeached
           their
           dignity
           :
           nay
           ,
           had
           I
           suffered
           as
           much
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           from
           it
           as
           any
           man
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           for
           some
           mens
           miscarriages
           ,
           or
           some
           necessitated
           failings
           ,
           have
           writ
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           the
           whole
           House
           (
           and
           God
           forbid
           that
           any
           Presbyterian
           in
           England
           ,
           should
           either
           doe
           such
           wickednesse
           ,
           or
           favour
           it
           in
           any
           .
           )
           I
           shall
           〈…〉
           or
           for
           some
           〈…〉
           for
           offences
           〈◊〉
           come
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           neither
           thought
           nor
           never
           shall
           thinke
           the
           lesse
           venerably
           of
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           affront
           that
           was
           put
           upon
           me
           by
           the
           Independent
           party
           ;
           for
           as
           there
           〈◊〉
           no
           Family
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           honest
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           a
           Whore
           or
           Knave
           of
           
           their
           kindred
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           impossible
           in
           such
           a
           great
           Councell
           as
           the
           〈◊〉
           is
           ,
           but
           they
           should
           have
           some
           ninnyes
           and
           grols
           ,
           and
           men
           that
           have
           no
           〈◊〉
           wit
           then
           will
           reach
           from
           their
           nose
           to
           their
           mouth
           ,
           and
           are
           onely
           sensible
           ;
           and
           therefore
           people
           ought
           not
           ,
           for
           a
           few
           mens
           sakes
           ,
           to
           traduce
           the
           〈◊〉
           Parliament
           .
           Neither
           will
           I
           ever
           suffer
           it
           in
           any
           whiles
           I
           live
           ,
           but
           shall
           ever
           〈◊〉
           my
           life
           defend
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           parliament
           against
           all
           Independents
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           failings
           of
           some
           Members
           .
           And
           although
           
             John
             Lilbur●●
          
           Master
           
             Vicars
          
           be
           valiant
           ,
           yet
           in
           defence
           of
           my
           Religion
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Parliament
           and
           great
           Councell
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           onely
           dispute
           with
           all
           the
           Independents
           ;
           though
           I
           understand
           by
           some
           of
           that
           fraternity
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           Gyants
           for
           learning
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Pigmyes
           ,
           〈◊〉
           I
           shall
           also
           dare
           in
           the
           quarrell
           of
           either
           fight
           with
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           with
           〈◊〉
           weapon
           from
           a
           Bodkin
           to
           a
           Pike
           .
        
         
           But
           leaving
           him
           to
           his
           A.
           B.
           C.
           which
           is
           a
           great
           deale
           better
           imployment
           for
           him
           then
           the
           grave
           and
           weighty
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           study
           of
           po●●●ticks
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Mysteries
           of
           Divinity
           ;
           and
           commending
           you
           and
           yours
           to
           his
           preservation
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           keeper
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           that
           neither
           slumbereth
           〈◊〉
           sleepeth
           ,
           with
           my
           earnest
           prayers
           for
           a
           happy
           peace
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           〈◊〉
           the
           establishing
           of
           the
           true
           protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           I
           remaine
        
         
           
             Yours
             ,
             JOHN
             BASTWICK
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .