A letter from a true and lawfull member of Parliament, and one faithfully engaged with it, from the beginning of the war to the end. To one of the lords of his highness councell, upon occasion of the last declaration, shewing the reasons of their proceedings for securing the peace of the Commonwealth, published on the 31th of October 1655.
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             A letter from a true and lawfull member of Parliament, and one faithfully engaged with it, from the beginning of the war to the end. To one of the lords of his highness councell, upon occasion of the last declaration, shewing the reasons of their proceedings for securing the peace of the Commonwealth, published on the 31th of October 1655.
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           A
           TRUE
           AND
           LAWFULL
           MEMBER
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           AND
           One
           faithfully
           engaged
           with
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           War
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           To
           one
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           his
           Highness
           Councell
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           last
           Declaration
           ,
           shewing
           the
           Reasons
           of
           their
           proceedings
           for
           securing
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           published
           on
           the
           
             
               31th
            
          
           of
           
             October
          
           1655.
           
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           1656.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           True
           and
           Lawfull
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           one
           faithfully
           engaged
           with
           it
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           War
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           BEcause
           you
           accuse
           me
           so
           much
           of
           want
           of
           temper
           ,
           and
           say
           that
           I
           am
           angry
           with
           you
           ,
           when
           I
           cannot
           answer
           your
           arguments
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           insteed
           of
           finding
           a
           way
           to
           be
           of
           one
           minde
           ,
           we
           loose
           our selves
           in
           passion
           ,
           and
           love
           each
           other
           worse
           than
           when
           we
           came
           first
           together
           :
           I
           have
           taken
           this
           uncholerique
           way
           of
           discoursing
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           inform
           you
           (
           since
           you
           enjoyne
           me
           to
           use
           the
           same
           freedome
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           a
           private
           person
           )
           why
           I
           am
           so
           farr
           from
           approving
           your
           Declaration
           of
           the
           31th
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           as
           an
           Act
           agreeable
           to
           any
           rules
           of
           Right
           and
           Justice
           ,
           or
           an
           Expedient
           to
           promote
           the
           Peace
           and
           Security
           of
           the
           Publique
           ,
           that
           I
           take
           it
           to
           be
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Elements
           of
           Law
           ,
           Equity
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           even
           destructive
           to
           the
           private
           Interest
           of
           those
           ,
           for
           whose
           preservation
           it
           seemes
           to
           be
           intended
           ;
           And
           in
           the
           doing
           hereof
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           answer
           your
           
             Argumenta
             ad
             hominem
             ;
          
           
           those
           Reasons
           by
           which
           you
           thought
           to
           have
           wrought
           upon
           my
           passions
           and
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           induced
           me
           not
           to
           have
           found
           fault
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           could
           do
           no
           harme
           to
           any body
           I
           care
           for
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           might
           in
           some
           degree
           be
           obliged
           to
           defend
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           support
           of
           somewhat
           else
           ,
           which
           I
           my self
           ,
           have
           done
           and
           countenanced
           .
        
         
           
             You
             tell
             me
             ,
          
           that
           none
           are
           concerned
           in
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           most
           rigorous
           execution
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           a
           people
           towards
           whose
           reduction
           to
           the
           low
           ,
           and
           wretched
           condition
           they
           are
           now
           in
           ,
           
             you
             say
             ,
          
           no
           man
           hath
           contributed
           more
           than
           my self
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           do
           confess
           my self
           to
           have
           been
           much
           deceived
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           deceived
           others
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           nay
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           all
           the
           innocent
           Blood
           that
           hath
           been
           spilt
           in
           this
           quarrell
           ,
           if
           I
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ,
           do
           not
           prosecute
           those
           people
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           upon
           whom
           we
           have
           layd
           all
           that
           guilt
           ;
           and
           who
           will
           shew
           little
           favour
           toward
           us
           ,
           if
           once
           they
           grow
           to
           have
           no
           need
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           have
           so
           much
           occasion
           ,
           upon
           severall
           parts
           of
           your
           Declaration
           ,
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           and
           how
           necessary
           it
           is
           that
           Justice
           be
           observed
           even
           towards
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           consequence
           ,
           and
           the
           concernment
           that
           all
           sorts
           of
           Men
           have
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           of
           that
           which
           is
           right
           and
           equitable
           ,
           and
           how
           unsafe
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Publique
           ,
           if
           the
           due
           Current
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           in
           respect
           of
           any
           persons
           be
           perverted
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           in
           this
           place
           only
           put
           you
           
           in
           minde
           of
           the
           Inhibition
           given
           in
           the
           Parable
           of
           the
           Sowers
           ,
           to
           those
           over-good
           Husbands
           ,
           who
           would
           make
           such
           haste
           to
           free
           the
           Field
           from
           Weeds
           ;
           
           the
           Master
           said
           ,
           
             Nay
             ,
             least
             whilst
             you
             gather
             up
             the
             Tares
             ,
             you
             root
             up
             also
             the
             Wheat
             with
             them
             .
          
           There
           is
           no
           man
           who
           reads
           your
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           considers
           it
           ,
           but
           discerns
           plainly
           ,
           that
           under
           pretence
           of
           gathering
           those
           Tares
           ,
           vexing
           the
           poor
           Cavaliers
           ,
           whom
           you
           do
           not
           finde
           to
           grow
           so
           fast
           ,
           as
           much
           to
           disturbe
           your
           Corne
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           intend
           at
           last
           but
           to
           gather
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           severall
           Appetites
           and
           Passions
           of
           loving
           and
           hating
           this
           or
           that
           man
           ,
           or
           as
           you
           covet
           their
           Estates
           ,
           not
           as
           they
           are
           dangerous
           to
           the
           publique
           Peace
           ,
           you
           root
           up
           the
           pretious
           Wheat
           ,
           all
           the
           Laws
           and
           foundations
           of
           Right
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           onely
           security
           of
           every
           honest
           and
           free-born
           Englishman
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           truth
           no
           person
           of
           the
           Royall
           party
           is
           more
           concerned
           in
           this
           arbitrary
           ,
           extravagant
           and
           unparalel'd
           Act
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           than
           every
           man
           ,
           who
           hath
           served
           the
           Parliament
           with
           the
           most
           fidelity
           throughout
           that
           war
           against
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           not
           submit
           to
           the
           present
           Power
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           reforme
           and
           suppresse
           that
           ,
           which
           you
           cannot
           but
           believe
           involves
           a
           very
           considerable
           number
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           deserved
           as
           well
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           and
           are
           as
           great
           Assertors
           of
           the
           Liberty
           thereof
           ,
           as
           any
           person
           ,
           who
           consented
           to
           the
           publishing
           that
           Declaration
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           you
           finde
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           many
           more
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           suspected
           
           to
           be
           over-inclined
           to
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           no
           less
           offended
           at
           your
           resolution
           and
           proceedings
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           good
           reason
           to
           be
        
         
           To
           your
           tendernes
           of
           my
           reputation
           ,
           least
           I
           suffer
           in
           my
           credit
           ,
           by
           differing
           now
           with
           you
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           
             is
             no
             less
             than
             to
             confess
             that
             I
             have
             been
             deceived
             heretofore
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             have
             deceived
             others
             ,
             who
             were
             engaged
             in
             the
             quarrell
             by
             my
             advise
             ,
             or
             my
             example
             ,
          
           though
           I
           will
           not
           answer
           you
           in
           the
           language
           of
           a
           much
           wiser
           man
           ,
           even
           the
           excellent
           
             Philip
             de
             Comines
             .
             That
             a
             Prince
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             man
             ,
             who
             hath
             never
             been
             deceived
             ,
             can
             be
             but
             a
             Beast
             ,
             because
             he
             understands
             not
             the
             difference
             between
             good
             and
             evill
             ;
          
           yet
           I
           may
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           hath
           not
           been
           deceived
           in
           the
           Current
           of
           these
           last
           fifteen
           years
           ,
           hath
           been
           preserved
           from
           being
           so
           ,
           by
           such
           an
           absence
           of
           friendship
           ,
           confidence
           and
           Charity
           in
           and
           to
           Mankinde
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           measure
           of
           distrust
           ,
           jealousie
           and
           villany
           in
           his
           Nature
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           a
           Dog
           than
           that
           man
           :
           For
           my self
           I
           am
           not
           ashamed
           to
           confesse
           before
           God
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           been
           much
           deceived
           ,
           miserably
           ,
           and
           wretchedly
           deceived
           ,
           but
           not
           half
           so
           much
           ,
           nor
           so
           inexcusably
           as
           I
           shall
           be
           ,
           if
           ever
           I
           trust
           those
           again
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           much
           deceived
           me
           ,
           or
           if
           I
           believe
           that
           my
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           is
           not
           as
           much
           designed
           by
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           as
           any
           Cavaliers
           whatsoever
           ;
           And
           that
           I
           may
           not
           hereafter
           trouble
           you
           in
           this
           discourse
           concerning
           my self
           ,
           or
           with
           my
           own
           story
           ,
           I
           will
           very
           ingenuously
           confesse
           to
           you
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           my
           part
           in
           
           the
           warre
           that
           was
           carried
           on
           between
           the
           last
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           will
           see
           how
           like
           I
           am
           to
           be
           immoderately
           inclined
           to
           the
           Royall
           party
           ,
           and
           yet
           how
           unsecure
           I
           am
           from
           being
           buryed
           in
           the
           same
           ruine
           ,
           that
           is
           prepared
           to
           overwhelme
           them
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           not
           reason
           to
           protest
           and
           prepare
           against
           those
           ,
           who
           threaten
           me
           with
           that
           ruine
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           was
           returned
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Kings
           Writ
           to
           serve
           my
           Country
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           brought
           with
           me
           all
           that
           affection
           to
           the
           Liberty
           and
           benefit
           of
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           as
           the
           condition
           of
           it
           required
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           Reverence
           and
           duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           was
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Oaths
           I
           &
           every
           man
           there
           took
           ,
           before
           we
           could
           sit
           in
           that
           Convention
           ;
           and
           truly
           I
           had
           no
           more
           desire
           to
           alter
           the
           fundamentall
           Government
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           than
           you
           have
           to
           restore
           it
           :
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           short
           time
           of
           sitting
           there
           ,
           the
           continuall
           Feaver
           of
           the
           House
           made
           my
           pulse
           beat
           higher
           too
           ,
           and
           the
           prejudice
           I
           had
           to
           some
           persons
           in
           power
           ,
           and
           authority
           ,
           from
           whom
           ,
           as
           I
           thought
           ,
           I
           had
           received
           some
           hard
           measure
           ,
           lessened
           my
           esteem
           and
           opinion
           of
           the
           Court
           ;
           Then
           ,
           the
           Lords
           free
           concurrence
           in
           whatsoever
           we
           proposed
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           as
           ready
           granting
           whatsoever
           we
           desired
           ,
           made
           me
           thinke
           my self
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           governe
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           insensibly
           I
           found
           my self
           a
           greater
           man
           ,
           than
           I
           had
           before
           imagined
           I
           was
           :
           I
           chose
           the
           conversation
           of
           
           those
           who
           were
           believed
           most
           intent
           and
           solicitous
           to
           free
           the
           subject
           from
           the
           vexations
           and
           pressures
           he
           had
           been
           made
           liable
           to
           ,
           and
           I
           thought
           them
           the
           most
           competent
           Judges
           of
           the
           remedies
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           be
           applyed
           to
           those
           diseases
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           so
           exactly
           discovered
           :
           in
           a
           word
           I
           believed
           all
           they
           said
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           innate
           Reverence
           I
           had
           for
           Parliaments
           ,
           I
           concluded
           it
           impossible
           for
           any
           thing
           to
           flow
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           could
           bring
           damage
           or
           inconvenience
           to
           King
           or
           People
           ,
           wherein
           how
           much
           I
           have
           been
           deceived
           ,
           the
           world
           knows
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           not
           ashamed
           to
           acknowledge
           :
           And
           this
           opinion
           and
           resignation
           of
           my self
           to
           that
           infallible
           Guide
           ,
           made
           me
           neither
           strictly
           weigh
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           nor
           patiently
           hear
           those
           Objections
           ,
           which
           I
           could
           not
           answer
           ;
           thinking
           worse
           of
           the
           persons
           who
           objected
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           things
           they
           objected
           against
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           was
           first
           handled
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           other
           understanding
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           as
           I
           had
           observed
           it
           had
           been
           exercised
           very
           unequitably
           by
           the
           Lords
           Lieutenants
           and
           their
           Deputyes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           hearkened
           willingly
           to
           those
           Lawyers
           ,
           who
           confidently
           averr'd
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Crown
           ;
           yet
           the
           greatest
           reason
           ,
           that
           perswaded
           me
           to
           joyne
           with
           those
           ,
           who
           would
           presse
           the
           King
           in
           it
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           and
           was
           assured
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           had
           till
           then
           granted
           all
           we
           asked
           ,
           would
           not
           then
           begin
           to
           deny
           ;
           besides
           that
           I
           saw
           most
           of
           his
           Councell
           and
           Servants
           ,
           who
           were
           of
           both
           Houses
           engaged
           in
           the
           
           same
           party
           and
           importunity
           .
           When
           so
           many
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           left
           the
           Parliament
           and
           went
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           deny
           that
           very
           many
           of
           them
           were
           persons
           of
           great
           Integrity
           and
           eminent
           lovers
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           yet
           I
           thought
           their
           condition
           so
           desperate
           ,
           that
           a
           Serjeant
           at
           Armes
           would
           have
           reduced
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           was
           resolved
           not
           to
           imbarke
           my self
           in
           so
           hopelesse
           a
           dependance
           ;
           the
           Parliament
           being
           to
           common
           understanding
           possessed
           of
           the
           whole
           strength
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           Nor
           had
           I
           ever
           the
           least
           apprehension
           of
           a
           Warre
           ,
           till
           we
           heard
           that
           some
           of
           our
           Troops
           were
           defeated
           by
           
             Worcester
             ;
          
           and
           that
           the
           King
           began
           to
           gather
           an
           Army
           about
           
             Shrewsbury
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           I
           thought
           would
           never
           have
           looked
           ours
           in
           the
           face
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           King
           would
           upon
           some
           Treaty
           have
           given
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Essex
          
           leave
           to
           have
           guarded
           him
           to
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           and
           that
           all
           ,
           who
           had
           obeyed
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           should
           have
           had
           offices
           ,
           preferments
           and
           rewards
           ,
           and
           this
           perswasion
           never
           departed
           from
           me
           ,
           till
           we
           saw
           the
           Kings
           Army
           drawing
           down
           
             Edghill
          
           towards
           us
           the
           morning
           before
           that
           Battell
           .
        
         
           From
           that
           time
           I
           wished
           we
           had
           been
           to
           begin
           again
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           had
           left
           off
           to
           aske
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           was
           resolved
           to
           grant
           no
           more
           ;
           I
           remember
           three
           nights
           after
           I
           was
           quartered
           neer
           
             Warwick
          
           at
           the
           House
           of
           a
           Minister
           ,
           whom
           I
           had
           known
           long
           before
           ,
           and
           who
           was
           then
           fled
           ,
           being
           reckoned
           one
           of
           the
           Prelaticall
           party
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           taking
           himself
           to
           be
           secure
           among
           our
           
           Troops
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           eminent
           for
           civility
           towards
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           I
           understood
           he
           was
           hid
           amongst
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           sent
           to
           him
           to
           return
           home
           ,
           assuring
           him
           he
           should
           be
           very
           safe
           ▪
           He
           came
           very
           willingly
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           he
           could
           not
           fear
           the
           receiving
           any
           injury
           where
           I
           commanded
           ,
           and
           so
           entertained
           me
           with
           much
           cheerfulness
           during
           the
           time
           I
           stayed
           there
           :
           sitting
           with
           him
           one
           evening
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           I
           believed
           the
           loss
           of
           blood
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           had
           so
           much
           allayed
           all
           distempers
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           be
           no
           need
           of
           drawing
           more
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Parliament
           would
           easily
           come
           to
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           compose
           all
           differences
           ,
           and
           extinguish
           all
           jealousies
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           between
           them
           .
           He
           smiled
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           read
           a
           story
           in
           
             Aelian
             ,
          
           that
           when
           in
           one
           of
           the
           States
           of
           
             Greece
             ,
             Nicippus
          
           his
           sheep
           brought
           forth
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           it
           was
           generally
           and
           justly
           concluded
           ,
           that
           it
           portended
           a
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           change
           of
           the
           State
           from
           a
           peaceable
           to
           a
           bloody
           Government
           ,
           and
           it
           fell
           out
           accordingly
           :
           Truly
           Sir
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             when
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             produced
             a
             Soveraign
             power
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             Generall
             ,
             raise
             an
             Army
             ,
             and
             to
             declare
             war
             ,
             after
             that
             milde
             and
             innocent
             Sheepe
             ,
             that
             legall
             venerable
             Councell
             had
             once
             brought
             forth
             that
             Lyon
             ,
             which
             seeks
             whom
             he
             may
             devoure
             ,
             I
             gave
             over
             all
             my
             hopes
             of
             the
             continuance
             of
             that
             blessed
             ,
             calme
             and
             temperate
             State
             of
             Government
             ,
             by
             which
             every
             man
             eat
             the
             fruit
             of
             his
             own
             vine
             ;
             and
             I
             expect
             nothing
             but
             rapine
             ,
             blood
             and
             desolation
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             have
             those
             hopes
             you
             mention
             ,
             
             you
             will
             finde
             your self
             disappointed
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             ,
             who
             you
             think
             are
             of
             the
             same
             minde
             with
             you
             ,
             have
             nothing
             less
             in
             their
             purposes
             than
             Peace
             ,
             or
             to
             perform
             one
             promise
             they
             have
             made
             to
             the
             People
             ;
             but
             they
             resolve
             to
             change
             the
             whole
             frame
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             sacrifice
             the
             wealth
             and
             tranquillity
             of
             their
             Country
             to
             their
             own
             Ambition
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
             and
             Revenge
             ;
             and
             when
             once
             they
             discern
             that
             you
             will
             not
             pursue
             their
             most
             violent
             courses
             ,
             they
             will
             more
             endeavour
             your
             destruction
             ,
             than
             of
             them
             against
             whom
             you
             are
             both
             now
             so
             unanimously
             engaged
             .
          
        
         
           This
           discourse
           ,
           which
           I
           then
           considered
           onely
           as
           proceeding
           from
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           I
           knew
           approved
           nothing
           that
           we
           did
           ,
           afterwards
           made
           impression
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           discerned
           every
           day
           men
           recede
           from
           the
           grounds
           they
           had
           before
           seemed
           to
           consent
           to
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           less
           inclined
           to
           overtures
           of
           Peace
           ,
           than
           they
           had
           formerly
           appeared
           to
           have
           been
           ;
           yet
           upon
           those
           specious
           reasons
           ;
           That
           our
           onely
           security
           consisted
           in
           keeping
           so
           much
           power
           in
           our
           own
           hands
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           not
           be
           in
           the
           Kings
           power
           to
           do
           us
           hurt
           ;
           That
           if
           we
           receded
           from
           those
           Propositions
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           pressed
           the
           King
           to
           grant
           ,
           we
           should
           shortly
           be
           bereaved
           of
           those
           good
           Laws
           he
           had
           already
           granted
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           necessary
           in
           all
           Treaties
           to
           insert
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           degree
           to
           insist
           upon
           those
           Propositions
           (
           how
           extravagant
           soever
           )
           that
           by
           departing
           from
           them
           ,
           we
           might
           pretend
           to
           pay
           a
           valuable
           consideration
           for
           those
           Concessions
           ,
           which
           we
           
           must
           still
           require
           from
           the
           King
           for
           our
           own
           indemnity
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           means
           our
           Treaties
           came
           to
           nothing
           ,
           the
           Treators
           being
           never
           left
           at
           liberty
           to
           recede
           from
           those
           unreasonable
           Propositions
           ,
           which
           were
           therefore
           made
           unreasonable
           (
           as
           was
           pretended
           )
           that
           they
           might
           be
           receded
           from
           .
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           when
           upon
           the
           Kings
           successes
           ,
           Commissioners
           were
           sent
           to
           invite
           the
           Scots
           to
           our
           assistance
           ,
           and
           I
           saw
           a
           great
           Army
           of
           that
           Nation
           ready
           to
           enter
           the
           Kingdome
           upon
           those
           unworthy
           Conditions
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           that
           ought
           never
           to
           have
           been
           submitted
           to
           ,
           I
           was
           in
           that
           perplexity
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           of
           nothing
           but
           casting
           my self
           at
           the
           Kings
           feet
           ;
           I
           was
           ashamed
           ,
           that
           having
           so
           long
           reproached
           the
           King
           with
           designs
           of
           calling
           over
           forreign
           Forces
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           affections
           of
           his
           People
           should
           fail
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           just
           for
           him
           to
           attempt
           ;
           and
           having
           prevailed
           so
           far
           upon
           the
           People
           by
           those
           reproaches
           ,
           we
           our selves
           should
           call
           in
           a
           forreign
           Army
           to
           help
           us
           ,
           and
           after
           we
           had
           pretended
           to
           ask
           nothing
           of
           the
           King
           but
           what
           the
           People
           would
           not
           be
           contented
           without
           ,
           and
           therefore
           because
           the
           Kingdome
           generally
           did
           desire
           and
           expect
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           our selves
           should
           draw
           in
           an
           Army
           of
           Strangers
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           could
           be
           no
           need
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           to
           impose
           that
           upon
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           it
           did
           not
           desire
           :
           I
           called
           to
           minde
           ,
           that
           
             Plutarch
          
           seemed
           to
           commend
           
             Lysander
             ,
          
           for
           having
           thought
           it
           
             less
             dishonour
             and
             reproach
             unto
             the
             Grecians
             to
             be
             overcome
             by
             other
             
             Grecians
             ,
             than
             to
             go
             slatter
             the
             barbarous
             people
             ,
             and
             seek
             to
             them
             that
             had
             gold
             and
             silver
             enough
             ,
             but
             otherwise
             no
             goodness
             or
             honesty
             .
          
           I
           remembred
           what
           a
           costly
           Visit
           they
           had
           made
           to
           us
           two
           years
           before
           ,
           and
           did
           truly
           believe
           ,
           that
           what
           we
           could
           suffer
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           could
           be
           nothing
           to
           the
           lasting
           Calamity
           they
           would
           bring
           upon
           us
           ,
           who
           (
           I
           was
           confident
           )
           could
           never
           be
           a
           means
           of
           restoring
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           I
           thought
           of
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           of
           renouncing
           those
           who
           had
           so
           apparently
           renounced
           their
           Professions
           ,
           and
           of
           cordially
           joyning
           with
           the
           King's
           Party
           .
        
         
           Whil'st
           I
           was
           thus
           resolved
           ,
           I
           heard
           of
           the
           cold
           reception
           they
           had
           ,
           who
           were
           already
           gone
           to
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           Court
           there
           carried
           it self
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           could
           do
           its
           business
           without
           help
           ,
           and
           thought
           themselves
           losers
           ,
           by
           passing
           by
           any
           thing
           that
           had
           been
           done
           amiss
           .
           The
           anger
           and
           indignation
           I
           contracted
           hereupon
           ,
           made
           me
           change
           my
           purpose
           ,
           and
           to
           revolve
           ,
           that
           if
           others
           should
           be
           of
           the
           same
           minde
           I
           had
           been
           ,
           and
           desert
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           none
           left
           to
           make
           reasonable
           Conditions
           for
           them
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           engaged
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           ,
           which
           I
           perswaded
           my self
           would
           at
           some
           time
           be
           done
           .
           And
           I
           was
           sure
           ,
           that
           though
           we
           might
           have
           exceeded
           our
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           done
           many
           unlawfull
           things
           ,
           our
           being
           together
           was
           still
           lawfull
           ;
           and
           whil'st
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           we
           should
           at
           last
           ,
           upon
           good
           or
           ill
           fortune
           ,
           be
           Parties
           to
           such
           an
           Agreement
           ,
           as
           would
           secure
           our selves
           who
           
           staid
           ,
           which
           was
           more
           than
           they
           could
           promise
           themselves
           who
           went
           away
           :
           Hereupon
           I
           was
           fixed
           ,
           never
           more
           to
           think
           of
           quitting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           to
           run
           its
           fortune
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           I
           proceeded
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           never
           left
           the
           House
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           several
           Factions
           and
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           the
           Violence
           and
           Tumults
           which
           I
           much
           disliked
           ,
           untill
           I
           was
           with
           the
           m●jor
           part
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           kept
           from
           thence
           by
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           used
           in
           that
           scornfull
           manner
           ,
           as
           is
           notorious
           enough
           ,
           because
           after
           the
           Treaty
           at
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Wight
             ,
          
           I
           desired
           that
           an
           Agreement
           should
           be
           made
           with
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           troubled
           you
           with
           this
           short
           recollection
           of
           my
           part
           in
           this
           business
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           see
           how
           far
           I
           have
           been
           from
           favouring
           Cavaliers
           ,
           by
           whom
           I
           have
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           thought
           so
           considerable
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           alwayes
           excepted
           from
           pardon
           in
           those
           Proclamations
           and
           Declarations
           ,
           which
           then
           issued
           out
           .
           Whil'st
           there
           was
           a
           War
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           ventured
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           lost
           my
           blood
           in
           that
           War
           ;
           and
           whil'st
           there
           was
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           continued
           in
           the
           service
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           have
           enjoyed
           my self
           in
           as
           much
           peace
           and
           tranquillity
           as
           the
           Calamities
           of
           the
           time
           would
           suffer
           me
           ,
           and
           without
           further
           opposing
           the
           present
           power
           ,
           than
           in
           my
           heart
           not
           submitting
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           taking
           it
           to
           have
           any
           colour
           of
           Law
           ,
           or
           Justice
           ,
           or
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Reason
           to
           support
           it
           .
           And
           as
           I
           do
           heartily
           ask
           God
           forgiveness
           for
           the
           ill
           I
           have
           
           been
           guilty
           of
           during
           the
           War
           ,
           so
           I
           do
           humbly
           thank
           his
           Divine
           Majestie
           for
           preserving
           me
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           the
           ill
           that
           hath
           been
           done
           since
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           remembrance
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           or
           apprehension
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           be
           the
           consequence
           of
           it
           ,
           shall
           never
           work
           upon
           me
           to
           approve
           the
           latter
           .
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           your
           Declaration
           it self
           ,
           the
           several
           parts
           whereof
           I
           shall
           speak
           to
           ,
           without
           observing
           precisely
           the
           order
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           but
           taking
           the
           liberty
           to
           marshal
           them
           according
           to
           my
           own
           way
           and
           method
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           then
           begin
           with
           complaining
           ,
           that
           you
           assume
           to
           your selves
           throughout
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           the
           stile
           of
           the
           Best
           Affected
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           of
           those
           with
           whom
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           is
           deposited
           ,
           and
           indeed
           of
           the
           Nation
           it self
           ;
           and
           reckon
           all
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           pleased
           with
           the
           Government
           you
           have
           so
           manifestly
           usurped
           ,
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Nation
           ;
           which
           you
           must
           give
           us
           leave
           ,
           who
           have
           sweat
           and
           bled
           more
           than
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           for
           the
           interest
           and
           liberty
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           are
           sure
           a
           more
           considerable
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           both
           in
           weight
           and
           measure
           ,
           to
           take
           very
           ill
           of
           you
           .
           We
           cannot
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           ,
           endure
           to
           have
           it
           believed
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           Nation
           is
           shrunk
           into
           my
           Lord
           Protector
           and
           his
           Highness
           Councel
           ,
           who
           all
           together
           had
           not
           the
           interest
           of
           one
           common
           Village
           when
           these
           Troubles
           began
           ;
           you
           may
           be
           such
           a
           Nation
           as
           God
           threatned
           his
           chosen
           people
           withall
           in
           
             Deuteronomy
             ,
             A
             Nation
             of
             
             fierce
             Countenance
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             shall
             not
             regard
             the
             person
             of
             the
             old
             ,
             nor
             shew
             favour
             to
             the
             young
             .
          
           The
           Latine
           Translation
           renders
           it
           ,
           
             Gentem
             impudentem
             ,
          
           an
           insolent
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           that
           cared
           neither
           for
           God
           nor
           Man
           .
           The
           Grammarians
           give
           the
           stile
           usually
           to
           Sects
           ,
           or
           Professions
           of
           Men
           ,
           
             Natio
             Philosophorum
             ,
             Natio
             Poetarum
             ;
          
           and
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           the
           Sect
           of
           the
           Pharisees
           was
           frequently
           called
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Pharisees
           ;
           you
           will
           finde
           in
           
             Josephus
          
           a
           very
           lively
           description
           of
           them
           ,
           
           
             who
             ,
          
           he
           sayes
           
             were
             so
             much
             addicted
             to
             self
             opinion
             ,
             and
             boasted
             themselves
             to
             be
             the
             exactest
             Observers
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             all
             the
             Country
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             women
             were
             very
             much
             addicted
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             who
             were
             much
             beloved
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             in
             outward
             appearance
             they
             made
             shew
             to
             be
             ;
             These
             were
             such
             as
             durst
             oppose
             themselves
             against
             Kings
             ,
             full
             of
             fraud
             ,
             arrogancy
             and
             rebellion
             ,
             presuming
             to
             raise
             War
             upon
             their
             motions
             of
             spirit
             ,
             and
             to
             rebel
             and
             offend
             their
             Princes
             at
             their
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             whereas
             all
             the
             Nation
             of
             the
             Jews
             had
             sworn
             to
             be
             faithfull
             to
          
           Caesar
           ,
           
             and
             to
             the
             Estate
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             those
             onely
             refused
             to
             take
             the
             Oath
             :
          
           so
           far
           he
           .
           And
           if
           you
           please
           this
           Nation
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           ,
           except
           you
           choose
           rather
           (
           for
           you
           bear
           great
           love
           and
           affection
           to
           the
           Jews
           )
           to
           be
           of
           their
           fourth
           Sect
           ,
           which
           the
           same
           Author
           tells
           you
           was
           founded
           by
           
             Judas
          
           of
           
             Galilee
             ,
          
           and
           accorded
           in
           all
           things
           with
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           
             but
             that
             they
             were
             so
             extreamly
             zealous
             for
             ,
             and
             jealous
             of
             their
             liberty
             ;
             that
             they
             onely
             acknowledged
             one
             God
             to
             be
             Lord
             and
             Master
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             
             had
             rather
             themselves
             ,
             with
             their
             dearest
             children
             and
             kinsfolk
             ,
             endure
             the
             most
             greivous
             and
             bitter
             torments
             that
             could
             be
             imagined
             ,
             than
             call
             any
             mortal
             man
             their
             Lord
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           antientest
           Record
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           can
           be
           produced
           for
           those
           Friends
           of
           yours
           ,
           who
           have
           lifted
           you
           up
           to
           the
           height
           you
           are
           now
           at
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           plain
           your selves
           are
           retired
           enough
           from
           those
           inconvenient
           scruples
           .
           Be
           what
           other
           Nation
           you
           will
           ,
           how
           far
           you
           are
           from
           being
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           or
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           is
           tender
           of
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           advance
           its
           Interests
           ,
           must
           appear
           in
           the
           further
           examination
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           your
           Declaration
           .
        
         
           Since
           you
           would
           have
           it
           believed
           ,
           that
           no
           part
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           can
           be
           concerned
           in
           ,
           or
           hurt
           by
           this
           destroying
           Act
           ,
           but
           onely
           the
           Royal
           Party
           ;
           you
           should
           so
           clearly
           have
           set
           down
           the
           guilt
           of
           those
           you
           punish
           ,
           and
           the
           rules
           by
           which
           you
           punish
           ,
           that
           no
           innocent
           man
           could
           have
           thought
           himself
           involved
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           other
           :
           it
           had
           been
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           since
           you
           take
           upon
           you
           to
           execute
           Justice
           and
           Judgement
           for
           the
           Nation
           ,
           you
           had
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           good
           old
           Custome
           alwayes
           observed
           in
           those
           Judicatories
           ,
           plainly
           set
           out
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           by
           which
           such
           and
           such
           Actions
           are
           declared
           to
           be
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           those
           Crimes
           are
           to
           be
           punished
           in
           that
           degree
           ;
           it
           being
           no
           more
           in
           the
           Judges
           power
           to
           exceed
           the
           punishment
           prescribed
           ,
           than
           to
           declare
           that
           to
           be
           a
           Crime
           ,
           which
           no
           Law
           hath
           declared
           to
           
           be
           so
           :
           whereas
           without
           quoting
           one
           judged
           Case
           in
           Law
           ,
           or
           citing
           one
           Statute
           for
           your
           ground
           ,
           or
           mentioning
           one
           precedent
           to
           justifie
           your
           manner
           of
           proceeding
           ,
           you
           wrap
           up
           your
           discourse
           in
           Metaphysical
           notions
           ,
           and
           conclude
           by
           deductions
           from
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           dictates
           of
           Reason
           ;
           a
           Reason
           so
           abstracted
           from
           practice
           ,
           and
           so
           difficult
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           well
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           concluded
           guilty
           ,
           and
           condemned
           ,
           before
           we
           are
           accused
           ,
           or
           able
           to
           accuse
           our selves
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           out
           of
           kindness
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           now
           endeavour
           to
           state
           the
           true
           Case
           of
           the
           Royal
           Party
           ,
           the
           Crime
           they
           are
           charged
           with
           in
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           the
           Judgement
           that
           is
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Grounds
           of
           that
           Judgement
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           from
           thence
           be
           able
           to
           conclude
           ,
           how
           far
           we
           are
           from
           their
           case
           ,
           and
           consequently
           how
           secure
           we
           are
           from
           being
           liable
           to
           their
           punishments
           .
        
         
           The
           Case
           then
           of
           the
           Royal
           Party
           is
           this
           .
           After
           a
           War
           waged
           for
           some
           years
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           after
           several
           great
           Successes
           on
           the
           Parliaments
           side
           ,
           the
           Kings
           Armies
           and
           Garrisons
           are
           reduced
           to
           those
           streights
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           Conditions
           ;
           They
           do
           not
           confess
           that
           they
           owe
           their
           admission
           to
           compound
           for
           their
           Estates
           ,
           or
           the
           moderation
           that
           was
           used
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           that
           excess
           of
           good
           nature
           you
           reproach
           them
           with
           in
           your
           Declaration
           .
           But
           they
           say
           it
           was
           upon
           a
           
           full
           Contract
           between
           the
           Parliament
           and
           them
           ,
           and
           upon
           Articles
           of
           surrender
           on
           their
           part
           of
           those
           places
           of
           strength
           which
           remained
           then
           in
           their
           possession
           ;
           the
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           acquiescence
           from
           further
           opposing
           us
           ,
           we
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           party
           (
           they
           say
           )
           then
           thought
           a
           valuable
           consideration
           for
           any
           Concessions
           we
           then
           made
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           the
           Publick
           Faith
           of
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           punctual
           and
           exact
           performance
           of
           the
           Articles
           on
           our
           part
           .
           That
           by
           our
           thus
           treating
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           compounding
           with
           us
           ,
           we
           raised
           a
           vast
           sum
           of
           money
           for
           the
           support
           of
           our
           Armies
           ,
           without
           which
           we
           had
           been
           in
           many
           streights
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           had
           not
           totally
           declined
           any
           further
           thoughts
           of
           opposing
           us
           ,
           amongst
           so
           many
           discontents
           which
           then
           raged
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           Scots
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           probable
           that
           we
           should
           have
           carried
           all
           before
           us
           with
           so
           little
           resistance
           as
           we
           did
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           advantage
           we
           got
           by
           their
           Compounding
           ,
           was
           not
           small
           or
           inconsiderable
           .
           That
           we
           were
           so
           far
           from
           requiring
           them
           to
           change
           their
           Principles
           (
           other
           than
           their
           no
           further
           assisting
           the
           King
           in
           a
           War
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           which
           himself
           at
           the
           same
           time
           declined
           ,
           and
           betook
           himself
           to
           Treaties
           )
           that
           there
           was
           a
           special
           provision
           in
           all
           Articles
           against
           any
           such
           pressure
           .
           That
           we
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           party
           were
           so
           far
           from
           urging
           them
           to
           wave
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           we
           professed
           the
           same
           with
           them
           in
           all
           our
           Professions
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           
           and
           Protestations
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Crime
           we
           accused
           them
           of
           ,
           and
           obliged
           them
           to
           compound
           for
           ,
           was
           ,
           for
           their
           offences
           against
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Pardon
           drawn
           by
           order
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           was
           granted
           to
           them
           in
           the
           Kings
           name
           ,
           and
           passed
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             :
          
           so
           that
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           are
           by
           that
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           are
           the
           onely
           security
           every
           Subject
           hath
           for
           the
           enjoying
           his
           property
           and
           his
           liberty
           )
           free
           and
           absolved
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           Offences
           committed
           before
           the
           Grant
           of
           that
           Pardon
           ;
           and
           by
           it
           put
           into
           as
           full
           a
           possession
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Rights
           of
           a
           Subject
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           they
           before
           enjoyed
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           have
           committed
           no
           offence
           since
           that
           time
           against
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           accounted
           in
           the
           same
           condition
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           any
           degree
           to
           be
           troubled
           for
           more
           than
           what
           they
           have
           done
           since
           .
           And
           this
           is
           in
           truth
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Royal
           Party
           ,
           without
           strengthening
           it
           by
           any
           consideration
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           
             Grace
          
           and
           
             Oblivion
             ,
          
           which
           was
           afterwards
           granted
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Whether
           those
           Articles
           have
           been
           so
           punctually
           performed
           as
           you
           say
           ;
           whether
           that
           Court
           ,
           which
           was
           purposely
           erected
           to
           do
           them
           Justice
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           was
           erected
           soon
           enough
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           were
           broken
           with
           intollerable
           oppression
           ;
           or
           whether
           that
           Court
           hath
           since
           executed
           Justice
           so
           effectually
           on
           their
           behalf
           ,
           as
           you
           declare
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           themselves
           to
           
           make
           manifest
           ;
           being
           in
           truth
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           no
           otherwise
           concerned
           for
           them
           ,
           than
           as
           the
           equal
           administration
           of
           Justice
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           ,
           the
           foundation
           of
           peace
           and
           happiness
           to
           any
           Commonwealth
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           
           
             He
             that
             ruleth
             over
             men
             ,
             must
             be
             just
             ,
             ruling
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             .
          
           Where
           there
           is
           not
           exact
           and
           precise
           Justice
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           pretend
           what
           you
           will
           ;
           and
           you
           cannot
           but
           have
           heard
           ,
           that
           very
           many
           learned
           and
           pious
           men
           have
           attributed
           the
           ill
           success
           which
           the
           Christians
           received
           in
           the
           several
           attempts
           which
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           with
           so
           vast
           a
           consumpsion
           of
           men
           and
           treasure
           in
           the
           
             Holy
             Land
             ,
          
           to
           that
           perfidious
           breach
           of
           faith
           made
           by
           the
           Christians
           ,
           after
           the
           first
           taking
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           1098.
           when
           after
           Mercy
           proclaimed
           to
           all
           that
           would
           lay
           down
           Arms
           ,
           it
           was
           concluded
           necessary
           for
           their
           defence
           )
           upon
           the
           rumour
           or
           apprehension
           of
           the
           approach
           of
           a
           new
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Captives
           being
           very
           great
           )
           to
           put
           all
           the
           Turks
           to
           the
           Sword
           ,
           which
           was
           performed
           accordingly
           ,
           without
           favour
           to
           age
           or
           sex
           ,
           three
           dayes
           after
           their
           promise
           made
           ,
           to
           the
           infinite
           reproach
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           
             though
          
           (
           as
           my
           Author
           sayes
           )
           
             some
             slew
             them
             with
             the
             same
             zeal
             that
          
           Saul
           
             slew
             the
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             thought
             it
             unfit
             that
             those
             goats
             should
             live
             in
             the
             sheeps
             pasture
             .
          
           But
           the
           noble
           
             Tancred
          
           was
           highly
           displeased
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           knew
           that
           Christianity
           abhorred
           any
           such
           violation
           of
           Contract
           ,
           and
           expected
           the
           miserable
           success
           
           that
           attended
           it
           .
           And
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           unjust
           proceeding
           might
           be
           one
           of
           the
           reasons
           that
           moved
           our
           
             Robert
          
           of
           
             Normandy
          
           to
           refuse
           that
           Crown
           which
           was
           then
           offered
           him
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           conferred
           on
           
             Godfrey
          
           of
           
             Bulloigne
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           set
           down
           the
           state
           and
           security
           they
           were
           in
           by
           that
           Agreement
           and
           Pardon
           ;
           let
           us
           in
           the
           next
           place
           examin
           how
           they
           become
           Reprobate
           ,
           &
           fallen
           from
           that
           state
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Crimes
           are
           which
           you
           now
           object
           to
           them
           .
           Before
           you
           opening
           the
           Design
           ,
           you
           prepare
           us
           to
           be
           content
           with
           very
           slender
           Evidence
           ,
           by
           telling
           us
           ,
           that
           Conspirators
           are
           a
           sly
           and
           secret
           generation
           of
           men
           ,
           whose
           walks
           are
           ever
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           the
           measure
           of
           all
           their
           feet
           cannot
           be
           exactly
           taken
           and
           compared
           .
           Truly
           if
           they
           walk
           so
           much
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           found
           out
           to
           be
           tryed
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           found
           out
           to
           be
           executed
           :
           yet
           in
           the
           very
           Preliminaries
           to
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           you
           charge
           them
           with
           matters
           as
           evident
           and
           manifestable
           in
           their
           nature
           ,
           as
           any
           part
           of
           a
           Conspiracy
           can
           be
           .
           That
           persons
           were
           sent
           from
           hence
           to
           
             Charles
             Stuart
          
           with
           Letters
           of
           Credit
           ,
           and
           a
           considerable
           sum
           of
           money
           .
           That
           a
           select
           number
           of
           persons
           were
           chosen
           by
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Sealed
           Knot
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           reside
           about
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           to
           keep
           and
           maintain
           correspondence
           with
           those
           of
           their
           party
           beyond
           Sea
           ;
           both
           which
           are
           particulars
           ,
           if
           true
           ,
           as
           easy
           to
           be
           made
           appear
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           levying
           of
           War
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           act
           of
           outrage
           .
           You
           have
           Ordinances
           severe
           enough
           
           against
           those
           ,
           who
           send
           money
           to
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ;
          
           or
           those
           ,
           who
           correspond
           with
           them
           ;
           produce
           the
           persons
           ,
           make
           good
           the
           Charge
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           not
           thinke
           our selves
           in
           danger
           by
           your
           sentence
           upon
           them
           ;
           but
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           infer
           ,
           that
           because
           he
           is
           not
           starved
           abroad
           ,
           he
           is
           supported
           from
           hence
           :
           and
           that
           all
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           wish
           you
           your
           hearts
           desire
           ,
           conspire
           to
           promote
           his
           interest
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           consent
           to
           such
           consequences
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           are
           no
           lesse
           involved
           ,
           than
           they
           .
        
         
           You
           speake
           of
           one
           
             Fitz-James
             ,
          
           who
           went
           from
           hence
           to
           the
           late
           Kings
           eldest
           son
           ,
           then
           at
           
             Paris
          
           to
           promote
           some
           designe
           of
           Assassination
           of
           particular
           persons
           ;
           of
           a
           Conjunction
           between
           him
           and
           
             John
             Gerard
             ;
          
           of
           Major
           
             Henshaws
          
           going
           to
           
             Paris
          
           concerning
           the
           same
           designe
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Charles
             Stuart
          
           refused
           to
           see
           him
           ,
           but
           relyed
           on
           
             Gerard
          
           and
           
             Fitz-James
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           gave
           precise
           directions
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           make
           their
           attempt
           ,
           till
           all
           his
           friends
           were
           ready
           in
           
             England
             :
          
           Then
           you
           say
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           
             Boswell
             ,
          
           and
           also
           one
           
             Pierce
             ,
          
           and
           severall
           other
           persons
           imployed
           at
           other
           times
           for
           those
           Assassinations
           ,
           and
           had
           laid
           the
           place
           and
           manner
           of
           execution
           ;
           and
           the
           meanes
           whereby
           to
           attempt
           it
           ;
           
             All
             the
             particulars
             whereof
          
           (
           you
           say
           )
           
             would
             be
             too
             large
             to
             set
             down
             ;
             as
             it
             would
             the
             severall
             gratious
             Providences
             of
             God
             in
             the
             disappointing
             of
             them
             .
          
           Truly
           ,
           if
           this
           short
           Recollection
           of
           such
           important
           particulars
           be
           only
           to
           put
           you
           in
           minde
           in
           your
           devotions
           ,
           to
           acknowledge
           to
           that
           Providence
           ,
           those
           signall
           deliverances
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           as
           reserved
           in
           the
           discovery
           
           as
           you
           please
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           engage
           us
           in
           the
           belief
           that
           such
           attempts
           have
           been
           reall
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           detestation
           of
           the
           Abettors
           of
           them
           ,
           you
           ought
           to
           enlarge
           your selves
           in
           the
           relation
           ,
           and
           to
           publish
           such
           evidence
           as
           may
           satisfy
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           your
           deliverances
           have
           been
           more
           than
           from
           your
           owne
           imaginations
           .
           What
           the
           other
           persons
           are
           you
           mention
           ,
           I
           meet
           with
           no body
           that
           knows
           ;
           and
           for
           
             Fitz-James
             ,
          
           I
           hear
           all
           those
           of
           the
           Royall
           party
           ,
           who
           upon
           the
           publishing
           this
           Declaration
           have
           occasion
           enough
           to
           speake
           of
           him
           ,
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           alwayes
           looked
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           Spy
           of
           yours
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           their
           party
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           remember
           ,
           when
           you
           and
           I
           were
           once
           walking
           in
           
             James's
          
           Parke
           ,
           and
           he
           passing
           by
           ,
           I
           asked
           you
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           you
           told
           me
           that
           you
           hoped
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           that
           Gentleman
           ,
           that
           
             Dunkirke
          
           would
           be
           shortly
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           it
           being
           then
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             French
             ;
          
           and
           that
           he
           was
           newly
           returned
           from
           thence
           ,
           with
           some
           assurance
           to
           that
           purpose
           ;
           how
           he
           came
           so
           soone
           after
           to
           be
           so
           dangerous
           an
           Enemy
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           trusted
           by
           your
           enemies
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           and
           had
           need
           to
           be
           made
           manifest
           by
           some
           authentique
           testimony
           .
        
         
           You
           proceede
           in
           hudling
           up
           another
           Designe
           ,
           
             of
             working
             upon
             discontented
             humors
             ,
             which
             are
             observed
             to
             be
             stirring
             in
             the
             Nation
             upon
             pretences
             of
             liberty
             ,
             and
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             free-borne
             people
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             were
             supposed
             to
             be
             infringed
             by
             keeping
             up
             an
             Army
             ,
             and
             by
             enforcing
             taxes
             
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             not
             calling
             free
             &
             equall
             Representatives
             ,
             chosen
             by
             all
             the
             people
             ;
          
           and
           then
           you
           accuse
           
             John
             Wildeman
          
           and
           some
           others
           of
           the
           like
           Principles
           (
           whom
           you
           do
           not
           name
           )
           as
           fitting
           Instruments
           for
           managing
           that
           part
           of
           crying
           for
           liberty
           :
           And
           these
           you
           say
           ,
           were
           to
           carry
           on
           a
           designe
           ,
           
             which
             should
             in
             outward
             appearance
             be
             different
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             although
             in
             truth
             it
             came
             from
             the
             same
             root
             ,
             and
             was
             directed
             to
             the
             same
             end
             .
          
           And
           you
           say
           
             John
             Wildeman
          
           had
           brought
           his
           part
           to
           such
           maturity
           ,
           that
           he
           wanted
           very
           little
           ,
           but
           the
           open
           declaring
           himself
           in
           armes
           ,
           
             having
             in
             effect
             finished
             his
             declaration
             ,
          
           which
           was
           to
           be
           published
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           you
           say
           did
           fully
           answer
           the
           Rising
           designed
           by
           the
           Royall
           party
           ,
           which
           fell
           out
           but
           a
           few
           dayes
           after
           :
           When
           you
           say
           ,
           there
           was
           another
           Insurrection
           that
           was
           to
           keep
           company
           with
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           part
           of
           your
           Army
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           should
           have
           mutined
           ,
           surprized
           their
           Generals
           ,
           thrown
           off
           their
           Officers
           ,
           and
           marched
           up
           to
           
             London
          
           under
           the
           command
           of
           
             Major
             Generall
             Overton
             :
          
           Whereas
           you
           forget
           ,
           that
           no
           longer
           ago
           ,
           than
           in
           page
           15t●
           of
           your
           Declaration
           ,
           you
           say
           it
           was
           the
           principall
           business
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           sent
           with
           letters
           of
           credit
           and
           a
           considerable
           summe
           of
           money
           ,
           to
           assure
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ,
          
           that
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           bulke
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           (
           which
           they
           said
           were
           Episcopall
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           former
           party
           ,
           )
           did
           not
           rise
           with
           him
           upon
           his
           late
           March
           from
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           was
           ,
           
             because
             he
             
             was
             believed
             to
             have
             gone
             upon
             grounds
             disagreeable
             ,
             both
             to
             their
             affections
             and
             interests
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             ancient
             Constitutions
             both
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             but
             that
             if
             he
             would
             return
             to
             his
             former
             Principles
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             To
             cast
             himself
             totally
             upon
             his
             old
             party
             ,
             they
             would
             venture
             both
             their
             lives
             and
             fortunes
             for
             his
             recovery
             .
          
           And
           in
           page
           27.
           after
           the
           affaires
           grew
           apace
           into
           a
           ripenes
           ,
           and
           some
           were
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           take
           in
           some
           persons
           who
           had
           been
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           
             It
             was
             denyed
             upon
             this
             reason
             ,
             that
             seeing
             they
             had
             no
             need
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             their
             affaires
             then
             stood
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             prejudiciall
             to
             his
             Majesties
             service
             ,
             and
             their
             common
             interest
             ,
             to
             take
             in
             persons
             ,
             whom
             they
             should
             afterwards
             be
             troubled
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             .
          
           How
           comes
           it
           then
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           this
           severe
           Royall
           party
           ,
           without
           regard
           to
           their
           principles
           ,
           on
           a
           suddaine
           should
           incorporate
           it self
           with
           
             John
             Wildeman
             ,
          
           and
           Major
           Generall
           
             Overton
             ,
          
           who
           in
           their
           severall
           Stations
           ,
           have
           most
           advanced
           that
           interest
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           destructive
           to
           theirs
           ;
           and
           who
           have
           never
           been
           suspected
           for
           inclination
           to
           Episcopacy
           ;
           and
           your selves
           tell
           us
           ,
           after
           you
           have
           amused
           us
           with
           the
           discourse
           of
           
             John
             Wildeman
             ,
          
           and
           Major
           Generall
           
             Overton
             ,
             that
             those
             ,
             that
             were
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             to
             bring
             the
             designe
             to
             pass
             ,
             were
             the
             Revellers
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             ,
             as
             you
             hope
             ,
             intend
             to
             serve
             the
             interest
             of
             Charles
             Stuart
             .
          
           What
           the
           merit
           of
           those
           two
           persons
           hath
           been
           towards
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           is
           enough
           known
           to
           all
           lovers
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           nor
           can
           
           their
           reputation
           be
           blasted
           by
           such
           obscure
           insinuations
           .
           It
           is
           now
           many
           moneths
           since
           they
           have
           been
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           under
           a
           very
           strict
           restraint
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           could
           prove
           any
           thing
           against
           them
           of
           adhering
           to
           the
           Royall
           party
           ,
           and
           promoting
           that
           interest
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           used
           the
           same
           expedition
           in
           proceeding
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           done
           against
           those
           at
           
             Salisbury
          
           and
           
             Exeter
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           their
           being
           so
           honestly
           concerned
           for
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Rights
           of
           the
           Free-born
           people
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           their
           supposing
           it
           
             to
             be
             infringed
             by
             keeping
             up
             an
             Army
             ,
             and
             by
             enforcing
             Taxes
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             not
             calling
             a
             free
             and
             equall
             Representative
             chosen
             by
             all
             the
             people
             ,
          
           is
           their
           Crime
           and
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           cast
           in
           all
           those
           ▪
           who
           are
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           with
           them
           ,
           into
           the
           Royall
           party
           ,
           and
           think
           to
           make
           them
           odious
           ,
           under
           that
           imputation
           ,
           you
           will
           indeed
           make
           a
           party
           strong
           enough
           to
           vindicate
           a
           very
           Royall
           quarrel●
           and
           interest
           .
        
         
           The
           cleer
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           which
           seemes
           to
           have
           some
           manifestation
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           some
           persons
           have
           been
           particularly
           trusted
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           by
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ,
          
           to
           dispose
           the
           people
           to
           a
           generall
           rising
           ,
           to
           provide
           money
           ,
           to
           buy
           Armes
           and
           Munition
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           could
           to
           surprize
           some
           Sea
           town
           ;
           That
           he
           himself
           was
           so
           pleased
           to
           hear
           how
           carefull
           and
           solicitous
           they
           were
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           though
           out
           of
           the
           tendernes
           he
           had
           for
           his
           friends
           ,
           he
           had
           deferr'd
           to
           call
           upon
           them
           ,
           till
           he
           could
           give
           them
           encouragement
           from
           abroad
           ;
           
           yet
           since
           that
           came
           on
           so
           lowly
           ,
           he
           would
           no
           longer
           restrain
           their
           affections
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           were
           able
           to
           make
           any
           handsome
           appearance
           in
           any
           one
           place
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           sure
           himself
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           word
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           to
           that
           purpose
           keep
           himself
           within
           a
           reasonable
           distance
           ;
           and
           this
           letter
           was
           writ
           in
           
             July
          
           1654.
           neer
           eight
           moneths
           before
           appearance
           of
           trouble
           .
           After
           this
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           his
           promise
           ,
           he
           removed
           himself
           from
           
             Cologne
          
           into
           
             Zealand
             ,
          
           on
           purpose
           to
           attend
           the
           rising
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Wilmot
             ,
             Wagstaff
          
           and
           
             Oneile
          
           came
           over
           actually
           to
           conduct
           and
           lead
           the
           design
           ,
           and
           agreed
           to
           make
           their
           attempt
           upon
           the
           twelve
           of
           
             March
          
           1654.
           
           An
           Insurrection
           accordingly
           was
           made
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           had
           in
           all
           probability
           encreased
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           seasonably
           suppressed
           :
           That
           in
           
             Yorkshire
          
           separated
           ,
           as
           soone
           or
           before
           they
           came
           together
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           all
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           thus
           by
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           that
           bloody
           design
           was
           prevented
           ;
           yet
           (
           you
           say
           )
           
             some
             who
             run
             away
             from
             their
             Rendezvous
             ,
             did
             it
             with
             a
             resolution
             to
             take
             a
             better
             opportunity
             ,
             when
             the
             Government
             in
             confidence
             of
             the
             present
             successe
             shall
             be
             secure
             ,
             and
             lesse
             aware
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             at
             this
             day
             at
             worke
             upon
             other
             designes
             both
             here
             and
             in
          
           Scotland
           ,
           
             to
             begin
             new
             troubles
             and
             rebellions
             amongst
             us
             ;
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Charge
           of
           what
           they
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           see
           the
           inferences
           that
           are
           drawn
           from
           hence
           ,
           and
           the
           judgement
           that
           is
           given
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           then
           easily
           discerned
           ,
           
           whether
           we
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           not
           accused
           of
           the
           guilt
           ,
           for
           you
           say
           the
           designe
           was
           generall
           ,
           and
           levelled
           against
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           upon
           any
           account
           whatsoever
           adhered
           to
           ,
           and
           owned
           this
           Cause
           )
           are
           not
           by
           those
           inferences
           to
           be
           made
           lyable
           to
           the
           same
           judgement
           ,
           when
           ever
           you
           conclude
           it
           convenient
           to
           your
           affaires
           that
           we
           undergo
           it
           .
           You
           inferre
           from
           your
           own
           Narration
           (
           the
           truth
           whereof
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           to
           question
           )
           that
           their
           pretended
           King
           ,
           who
           was
           ready
           to
           embarque
           for
           
             England
             ,
          
           would
           never
           have
           put
           himself
           in
           the
           eye
           and
           face
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           those
           ,
           who
           shewed
           themselves
           in
           armes
           ,
           were
           to
           have
           no
           other
           seconds
           but
           what
           appeared
           ;
           and
           you
           say
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           
             Wilmot
          
           and
           
             Wagstaf
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           would
           have
           run
           so
           great
           hazards
           upon
           so
           weak
           grounds
           ;
           Or
           that
           those
           Gentlemen
           who
           did
           actually
           rise
           ,
           could
           suppose
           that
           the
           Army
           would
           be
           so
           easily
           over-run
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           conclude
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           done
           by
           them
           ,
           proceeded
           from
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           whole
           party
           ,
           and
           upon
           this
           assumption
           ,
           you
           adjudge
           their
           libertyes
           and
           their
           fortunes
           to
           be
           at
           your
           mercy
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           the
           pardons
           and
           Acts
           of
           Indempnity
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           passed
           on
           their
           behalf
           ,
           are
           void
           ;
           and
           rather
           aggravations
           of
           their
           guilt
           ,
           than
           security
           against
           any
           other
           judgement
           you
           will
           hereafter
           passe
           against
           ,
           or
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Is
           it
           possible
           ,
           that
           you
           can
           satisfy
           your
           own
           Consciences
           with
           this
           kinde
           of
           argumentations
           or
           can
           you
           believe
           your
           Army
           strong
           enough
           to
           
           impose
           this
           Tax
           upon
           mens
           understanding
           ,
           tha●
           they
           shall
           think
           your
           proceeding
           consistent
           with
           Justice
           ,
           or
           agreeable
           to
           reason
           ?
           It
           had
           been
           more
           suitable
           to
           your
           Greatnes
           ,
           and
           more
           ●●spect
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           have
           shut
           up
           
             Westminster-hall
             ,
             that
             old
             Conservatory
             of
             our
             Liberties
             ,
          
           and
           to
           cause
           over
           the
           Gates
           thereof
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           front
           of
           your
           Commissions
           to
           be
           engraven
           in
           letters
           of
           Steel
           ,
           that
           short
           Adage
           of
           the
           Poet
           ;
        
         
           
             —
             Pro
             foedere
             ,
             proque
          
           
             Justitia
             est
             Ensis
             :
             —
          
        
         
           Than
           to
           imagine
           that
           you
           could
           compose
           their
           minds
           with
           this
           Declaration
           ;
           Can
           you
           think
           it
           a
           good
           Argument
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           party
           intended
           to
           rise
           ,
           and
           so
           ground
           enough
           to
           judge
           them
           ,
           because
           their
           pretended
           King
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
             Wilmot
          
           and
           some
           others
           believed
           they
           would
           ?
           and
           do
           you
           not
           rather
           think
           their
           not
           rising
           ,
           when
           if
           they
           had
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           given
           us
           all
           trouble
           ,
           an
           argument
           that
           they
           never
           intended
           it
           ?
           You
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           of
           the
           three
           things
           which
           were
           chiefly
           designed
           by
           them
           in
           this
           business
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             To
             prepare
             and
             engage
             every
             individuall
             man
             of
             their
             own
             party
             ,
             who
             had
             either
             been
             in
             the
             former
             Warrs
             ,
             or
             had
             been
             a
             friend
             unto
             them
             ,
             or
             was
             likely
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             alliance
             ,
             breeding
             ,
             or
             discontents
             ,
             to
             engage
             therein
             ,
             who
             being
             engaged
             ,
             were
             to
             bring
             all
             their
             Tenants
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             depended
             upon
             them
             :
             and
             also
             to
             lay
             
             designes
             for
             the
             possessing
             of
             Garrisons
             and
             strong
             Holds
             .
          
           And
           is
           it
           not
           very
           manifest
           by
           no
           one
           mans
           appearing
           with
           all
           his
           Tenants
           ,
           and
           very
           few
           mens
           appearing
           who
           had
           Tenants
           ,
           by
           their
           not
           possessing
           one
           Garrison
           ,
           or
           strong
           hold
           ,
           or
           house
           ,
           that
           what
           design
           soever
           some
           particular
           persons
           might
           have
           ,
           the
           whole
           party
           did
           in
           no
           degree
           cherish
           or
           assist
           the
           design
           ?
           Shall
           the
           presence
           of
           those
           who
           were
           there
           ,
           though
           many
           probably
           might
           not
           know
           what
           they
           came
           about
           ,
           be
           enough
           to
           condemn
           them
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           the
           absence
           of
           others
           ,
           except
           you
           can
           prove
           they
           were
           at
           least
           privy
           to
           what
           was
           designed
           ,
           absolve
           them
           ?
           You
           say
           ,
           that
           what
           
             Major
             Generall
             Overton
             designed
             ,
          
           
           
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             passe
             by
             the
             Levellers
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             (
             as
             you
             hope
             )
             intend
             to
             serve
             the
             interest
             of
             Charles
             Stuart
             .
          
           And
           why
           have
           you
           not
           so
           much
           Charity
           for
           the
           Royall
           party
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           did
           not
           appeare
           enough
           at
           any
           Rendezvous
           
             (
             Salisbury
          
           onely
           excepted
           )
           to
           put
           you
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           dispersing
           them
           ,
           to
           hope
           that
           whatever
           the
           Lord
           
             Wilmot
          
           and
           the
           rest
           intended
           ,
           to
           bring
           to
           passe
           by
           them
           ,
           they
           never
           thought
           to
           second
           them
           ?
           It
           can
           neither
           be
           just
           in
           it self
           ,
           nor
           prudent
           in
           you
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           Royall
           Party
           cause
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           hold
           their
           liberties
           and
           Estates
           by
           no
           better
           a
           tenure
           ,
           than
           the
           good
           behaviour
           of
           every
           man
           who
           keeps
           them
           company
           ,
           or
           hath
           been
           heretofore
           engaged
           in
           the
           same
           quarrell
           with
           them
           ;
           That
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Kingston
             ,
          
           who
           therefore
           compounded
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           a
           great
           estate
           to
           enjoy
           ,
           should
           loose
           his
           ,
           when
           ever
           Major
           Generall
           
             Wagstaffe
          
           
           shall
           rebell
           against
           you
           ,
           who
           never
           compounded
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           nothing
           to
           save
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           alwayes
           venturing
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           nothing
           to
           loose
           .
           You
           have
           not
           reduced
           the
           Royall
           party
           into
           a
           Corporation
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           misdemeanour
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Members
           ,
           their
           Charter
           should
           be
           avoided
           :
           They
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           never
           had
           pardon
           ,
           have
           received
           no
           benefit
           by
           what
           the
           other
           procured
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           they
           who
           compounded
           with
           you
           ,
           should
           without
           committing
           new
           faults
           ,
           receive
           prejudice
           by
           the
           transgressions
           of
           other
           men
           .
           Can
           you
           imagine
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           were
           admitted
           by
           you
           to
           compound
           ,
           would
           ever
           have
           been
           at
           the
           charge
           and
           trouble
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           thought
           they
           should
           incurre
           any
           danger
           ,
           or
           pay
           the
           penalty
           ,
           for
           any
           attempts
           made
           by
           the
           Excepted
           Persons
           ?
           As
           long
           as
           they
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           suffered
           to
           live
           amongst
           you
           ,
           are
           projecting
           against
           you
           (
           as
           they
           will
           alwayes
           be
           )
           must
           not
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           dwell
           at
           home
           as
           much
           as
           you
           ,
           enjoy
           what
           is
           their
           own
           ?
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           every
           man
           compounded
           for
           himself
           ,
           sued
           out
           his
           own
           pardon
           ,
           and
           can
           only
           be
           punished
           for
           his
           own
           offences
           :
           And
           it
           is
           expresly
           provided
           for
           by
           severall
           Statutes
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           that
           no
           man
           shall
           be
           condemned
           without
           being
           brought
           to
           his
           answer
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           sworne
           Judges
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           relieve
           those
           ,
           who
           demand
           protection
           from
           them
           for
           their
           Liberties
           or
           Estates
           ,
           will
           answer
           the
           breach
           of
           their
           duty
           and
           their
           Oaths
           I
           cannot
           foresee
           ;
           especially
           ,
           if
           they
           remember
           ,
           what
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           
             Cooke
          
           
           puts
           them
           in
           minde
           of
           ,
           
           in
           his
           Pleas
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           printed
           by
           order
           of
           Parliament
           .
           
             That
             it
             was
             Enacted
             in
             the
             first
             year
             of
             H.
             4.
             that
             the
             Lords
             ,
             nor
             the
             Judges
             shall
             never
             be
             admitted
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             they
             durst
             not
             for
             fear
             of
             death
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             .
          
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           one
           of
           that
           partie
           ,
           which
           reduced
           them
           to
           a
           necessitie
           of
           compounding
           ,
           and
           admitted
           them
           to
           conpound
           upon
           such
           terms
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           enjoy
           their
           Countrey
           with
           some
           satisfaction
           and
           comfort
           :
           Let
           it
           be
           your
           glory
           ,
           to
           breake
           and
           violate
           all
           those
           conditions
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           recorded
           ,
           as
           those
           were
           by
           the
           excellent
           Historian
           ,
           in
           the
           declination
           of
           the
           Roman
           State
           from
           Justice
           and
           Honour
           :
           
           
             Ignavissimi
             homines
             per
             summum
             scelus
             ,
             omnia
             ea
             sociis
             adimêre
             ,
             quae
             fortissimi
             viri
             victores
             hostibus
             reliquerunt
             ;
          
           That
           you
           have
           by
           transcendent
           wickednes
           and
           Tyranny
           stripped
           them
           of
           all
           ,
           whilst
           they
           lived
           as
           friends
           peaceably
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           under
           you
           ,
           which
           we
           were
           contented
           they
           should
           enjoy
           ,
           af●er
           we
           had
           conquered
           them
           as
           Enemies
           :
           and
           so
           let
           them
           stand
           or
           fall
           ,
           as
           they
           can
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           we
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           yet
           accused
           by
           you
           ,
           may
           expect
           upon
           the
           same
           inferences
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           same
           judgement
           let
           loose
           upon
           us
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           present
           you
           intend
           shall
           immediatly
           destroy
           only
           the
           Royall
           partie
           :
           you
           will
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           think
           it
           strange
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           persons
           are
           secured
           ,
           although
           they
           were
           not
           visibly
           in
           armes
           ,
           upon
           the
           late
           Insurrection
           ,
           or
           that
           you
           have
           laid
           a
           burthen
           upon
           their
           Estates
           ,
           
           beyond
           what
           is
           imposed
           upon
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           towards
           the
           defraying
           that
           charge
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           are
           the
           occasion
           :
           you
           have
           at
           present
           in
           custodie
           under
           the
           same
           generall
           reproach
           persons
           ,
           who
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           warr
           ,
           served
           the
           Parliament
           as
           faithfully
           and
           as
           eminently
           ,
           as
           any
           who
           were
           Members
           of
           it
           :
           now
           it
           is
           not
           probable
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           have
           engaged
           themselves
           in
           so
           unequall
           an
           enterprize
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           expected
           to
           be
           seconded
           by
           their
           friends
           ,
           why
           should
           not
           we
           therfore
           looke
           to
           be
           involved
           under
           the
           same
           judgment
           ?
           You
           say
           ,
           
             John
             Wildeman
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             like
             Principles
             ,
             were
             most
             fitting
             Instruments
             for
             the
             carrying
             on
             the
             design
             ,
             and
             that
             Major
             Generall
             Overton
             was
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             Levellers
             ,
             and
             it
             cannot
             be
             supposed
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             have
             proceeded
             so
             far
             ,
             without
             having
             some
             assurance
             of
             assistance
             from
             their
             party
             ,
          
           and
           I
           pray
           then
           where
           is
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           Levellers
           ,
           those
           who
           insist
           upon
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           free-borne
           people
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           would
           have
           Taxes
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           a
           free
           and
           equall
           Representative
           (
           those
           are
           their
           Crimes
           )
           and
           the
           Royall
           partie
           which
           is
           condemned
           ,
           because
           some
           of
           their
           friends
           appeared
           in
           the
           Insurrection
           ?
           It
           is
           plaine
           enough
           ,
           what
           
             they
          
           are
           in
           due
           time
           to
           expect
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           last
           Parliament
           
             Insisted
             to
             have
             part
             of
             the
             Army
             disbanded
             ,
          
           which
           you
           insinuate
           ,
           was
           done
           upon
           no
           lesse
           than
           Combination
           with
           that
           partie
           you
           have
           condemned
           :
           But
           we
           need
           not
           take
           such
           paines
           by
           such
           inferences
           to
           discover
           your
           good
           
           purposes
           towards
           us
           ,
           
           you
           have
           ingenuously
           declared
           ,
           That
           your
           quarrell
           is
           against
           all
           ,
           who
           retaine
           their
           old
           Principles
           ,
           and
           still
           adhere
           to
           their
           former
           interest
           in
           direct
           opposition
           to
           the
           Government
           established
           :
           Let
           the
           old
           Principles
           retained
           ,
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           adhered
           to
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           Parliamentarie
           Principles
           and
           Parliamentarie
           Interest
           ,
           Presbyterian
           Principles
           and
           Presbyterian
           Interest
           ,
           Independent
           Principles
           and
           Independent
           Interest
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           in
           direct
           opposition
           to
           the
           Government
           established
           ,
           the
           same
           measure
           of
           persecution
           must
           be
           their
           portion
           ,
           which
           you
           would
           have
           us
           thinke
           is
           only
           now
           assigned
           to
           the
           Cavaliers
           .
           Alas
           it
           is
           not
           their
           Principles
           you
           are
           angry
           with
           ,
           but
           their
           obstinate
           adhering
           to
           their
           obligations
           ,
           and
           their
           interest
           ;
           Let
           them
           depart
           from
           those
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           oppose
           the
           Government
           established
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           like
           them
           the
           better
           for
           their
           Principles
           :
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           you
           thinke
           none
           worthy
           of
           their
           estates
           ,
           but
           they
           who
           have
           their
           Principles
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           resolve
           to
           take
           both
           Estates
           and
           Principles
           to
           your selves
           :
           No
           other
           Principles
           will
           serve
           your
           turne
           ,
           witness
           the
           weekly
           Sermons
           preached
           by
           your
           Proselytes
           ,
           of
           obedience
           ,
           and
           subjection
           to
           Government
           ;
           so
           diametrically
           contrary
           to
           what
           the
           same
           men
           preached
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           these
           troubles
           ,
           that
           if
           their
           Sermons
           of
           the
           year
           1641.
           were
           bound
           up
           in
           the
           same
           volume
           with
           those
           they
           preached
           in
           1654
           and
           1655
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           taken
           to
           be
           
             Vincent
          
           and
           
             Yorke
          
           bound
           together
           ,
           by
           their
           Invectives
           ,
           Contradictions
           
           and
           Positions
           ;
           and
           
             Prin
          
           and
           
             Mountague
          
           are
           not
           more
           unlike
           ,
           than
           this
           Off-spring
           begotten
           by
           the
           same
           Parents
           ;
           witness
           the
           Principles
           and
           Grounds
           of
           this
           Declaration
           and
           Judgement
           ,
           which
           are
           more
           arbitrary
           and
           tyrannical
           than
           ever
           were
           vented
           or
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           owned
           by
           the
           most
           exorbitant
           person
           of
           the
           Royal
           Party
           ,
           which
           pulls
           up
           all
           Property
           and
           liberty
           by
           the
           roots
           ,
           reduces
           all
           our
           Law
           ,
           Common
           and
           Statute
           ,
           to
           the
           dictates
           of
           your
           own
           will
           ,
           and
           all
           reason
           to
           that
           which
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           alone
           ,
           will
           call
           reason
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           are
           obliged
           in
           the
           next
           place
           to
           examine
           ,
           as
           our
           
             Parva
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Funeral
           Oration
           upon
           Parliaments
           ,
           Law
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Equity
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           then
           see
           how
           near
           our
           condition
           is
           to
           that
           of
           the
           poor
           
             Sicilians
             ,
          
           which
           
             Plutarch
          
           tells
           us
           of
           ,
           when
           the
           two
           Captains
           ,
           
             Calippus
          
           and
           
             Pharax
             ,
          
           professed
           they
           would
           set
           
             Sicily
          
           at
           liberty
           ,
           and
           drive
           out
           the
           Tyrants
           ,
           but
           did
           in
           truth
           exercise
           so
           much
           cruelty
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           to
           such
           calamity
           and
           misery
           ,
           that
           (
           he
           sayes
           )
           
             all
             that
             they
             had
             ever
             suffered
             under
             all
             the
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           
           
             seemed
             to
             be
             pleasure
             and
             delight
             ,
             to
             the
             insupportable
             yoke
             of
             servitude
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             submit
             to
             under
             those
             Reformers
             ;
             and
             they
             desired
             nothing
             more
             ,
             than
             to
             exchange
             the
             liberty
             they
             had
             so
             dearly
             purchased
             ,
             for
             the
             Government
             they
             had
             so
             foolishly
             wished
             to
             be
             freed
             from
             .
          
        
         
           Your
           first
           Principle
           is
           ,
           
             That
             as
             well
             the
             Articles
             of
             War
             ,
             as
             the
             favour
             and
             grace
             granted
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
             ,
             contained
             in
             them
             a
             reciprocation
             .
             
             As
             there
             did
             a
             real
             benefit
             accrew
             to
             the
             Grantees
             ,
             so
             certainly
             there
             was
             a
             good
             intended
             and
             designed
             by
             them
             to
             the
             State
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             State
             do
             not
             attain
             their
             end
             ,
             neither
             ought
             the
             other
             to
             accomplish
             theirs
             :
          
           From
           hence
           you
           argue
           ,
           
             That
             none
             have
             signed
             to
             Articles
             of
             War
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             conditional
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             those
             ,
             who
             received
             those
             Articles
             ,
             resolved
             to
             break
             the
             conditions
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             then
             the
             consent
             of
             those
             that
             gave
             them
             .
          
           Let
           us
           speak
           first
           to
           the
           Articles
           of
           War
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           had
           not
           a
           wonderfull
           delight
           to
           make
           easy
           things
           hard
           ,
           and
           to
           perplex
           the
           common
           people
           with
           difficult
           words
           ,
           you
           could
           not
           apply
           this
           discourse
           to
           your
           purpose
           :
           Nor
           do
           Articles
           of
           War
           contain
           any
           secret
           Conditions
           that
           are
           not
           expressed
           .
           The
           reciprocation
           is
           ,
           that
           one
           delivers
           what
           he
           is
           in
           express
           tearms
           obliged
           to
           deliver
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           that
           he
           receives
           what
           was
           promised
           that
           he
           should
           receive
           ;
           if
           he
           performs
           not
           his
           promise
           at
           the
           time
           he
           is
           engaged
           ,
           or
           imbezel
           any
           thing
           he
           promised
           to
           deliver
           ,
           he
           hath
           forfeited
           the
           benefit
           that
           should
           accrew
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Articles
           .
           But
           when
           he
           hath
           performed
           his
           part
           (
           I
           speak
           purely
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           War
           )
           he
           is
           not
           obliged
           to
           change
           his
           Party
           ,
           nor
           to
           love
           those
           with
           whom
           he
           hath
           capitulated
           ,
           nor
           shall
           forfeit
           the
           benefit
           due
           to
           him
           by
           those
           Articles
           ,
           though
           he
           should
           seize
           the
           Town
           delivered
           by
           him
           within
           one
           month
           after
           ,
           except
           he
           were
           by
           his
           Articles
           expresly
           restrained
           from
           any
           such
           attempt
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           you
           declare
           ,
           
             That
             
             must
             needs
             be
             meant
             as
             an
             Obligation
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             proper
             means
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Enmity
             contracted
             by
             the
             War
             ,
             intending
             by
             Mercy
             to
             reform
             those
             who
             had
             opposed
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             that
             this
             doth
             imply
             such
             a
             condition
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             it
             .
          
           Whereas
           in
           truth
           any
           Condition
           is
           contrary
           to
           ,
           very
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ;
           nothing
           more
           absolute
           ,
           nothing
           less
           conditional
           ,
           than
           an
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           which
           wipes
           out
           all
           that
           is
           past
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           prospect
           to
           come
           .
           Nor
           are
           they
           alwayes
           granted
           out
           of
           mercy
           ,
           but
           from
           conveniency
           ,
           when
           they
           who
           give
           them
           usually
           receive
           as
           much
           benefit
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           granted
           ;
           when
           the
           number
           or
           power
           of
           the
           guilty
           is
           too
           great
           and
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           innocent
           ,
           the
           latter
           are
           more
           concerned
           to
           give
           ,
           than
           the
           other
           to
           receive
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           in
           which
           of
           old
           there
           used
           to
           be
           this
           Clause
           ,
           
           
             Ne
             quis
             eam
             rem
          
           (
           whatsoever
           it
           was
           they
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           )
           
             joco
             seriove
             cuiquam
             exprobraret
             ;
          
           which
           if
           it
           were
           an
           essential
           Clause
           ,
           hath
           been
           very
           ill
           observed
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           You
           heighten
           this
           Doctrine
           by
           a
           very
           notable
           Maxim
           ,
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Pardons
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           are
           alwayes
           granted
           with
           Clauses
           of
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           either
           
             explicit
          
           or
           
             implicit
             ,
             because
             else
             whosoever
             granted
             them
             ,
             le
             ts
             loose
             a
             Delinquent
             to
             future
             offence
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             answers
             not
             the
             end
             and
             consideration
             of
             the
             Pardon
             ,
             cannot
             in
             reason
             be
             said
             ever
             to
             accept
             it
             ;
             For
             ,
          
           you
           say
           ,
           
             an
             Oblivion
             was
             not
             onely
             intended
             of
             the
             offences
             ,
             whereby
             they
             had
             rendred
             themselves
             obnoxious
             ,
             
             but
             that
             this
             kindness
             should
             be
             answered
             with
             obedience
             on
             their
             part
             ,
             and
             produce
             a
             real
             change
             in
             their
             Principles
             and
             Interest
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Common
             Cause
             .
          
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           usual
           that
           men
           ,
           who
           plead
           their
           pardon
           for
           any
           capital
           offence
           ,
           are
           obliged
           to
           finde
           Sureties
           for
           their
           good
           behaviour
           :
           but
           I
           never
           heard
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           they
           were
           proceeded
           against
           ,
           and
           executed
           for
           their
           old
           offence
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           no
           pardon
           ,
           that
           is
           sure
           against
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Pardon
           .
           Nay
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           be
           pardoned
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
          
           for
           the
           highest
           Treason
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           commit
           a
           new
           Treason
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           ,
           without
           a
           new
           Process
           ,
           be
           executed
           for
           the
           old
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           formally
           convicted
           for
           the
           new
           ,
           and
           can
           be
           punished
           onely
           for
           that
           ;
           nor
           can
           the
           former
           be
           any
           other
           aggravation
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           him
           appear
           less
           worthy
           of
           a
           new
           mercy
           .
           But
           let
           us
           see
           now
           how
           far
           this
           new
           Law
           ,
           and
           new
           Logick
           ,
           concerns
           our selves
           ;
           and
           first
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           put
           you
           a
           Case
           ,
           which
           may
           or
           might
           have
           much
           concerned
           one
           of
           your
           own
           Body
           ;
           and
           we
           finde
           those
           instances
           illustrate
           most
           ,
           which
           come
           nearest
           to
           our
           own
           interest
           .
           My
           Lord
           Commissioner
           
             Fynes
          
           (
           who
           they
           say
           was
           the
           sole
           Architect
           of
           this
           goodly
           Structure
           ,
           your
           Declaration
           )
           was
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           once
           Governour
           of
           
             Bristol
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           base
           surrendring
           that
           City
           to
           the
           late
           King's
           Forces
           ,
           out
           of
           want
           of
           Courage
           to
           defend
           ,
           was
           adjudged
           by
           a
           Court
           of
           War
           at
           Saint
           
             Albans
             ,
          
           to
           lose
           his
           head
           ;
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           authority
           
           he
           then
           had
           ,
           gave
           him
           his
           pardon
           under
           his
           hand
           and
           seal
           ,
           by
           which
           alone
           he
           was
           preserved
           from
           Execution
           .
           Now
           the
           intention
           of
           that
           Pardon
           was
           ,
           that
           
             this
             kindness
             should
             be
             answered
             with
             obedience
             on
             his
             part
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             not
             swerve
             from
             the
             Principles
             of
             that
             Cause
             then
             in
             contest
             ▪
             nor
             from
             his
             affection
             to
             that
             General
             ,
             who
             gave
             him
             his
             life
             .
          
           How
           far
           he
           hath
           been
           from
           performing
           those
           Conditions
           ,
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           sure
           be
           willing
           to
           forfeit
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           Pardon
           .
           Another
           intention
           of
           that
           Pardon
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           have
           Courage
           and
           Magnanimity
           to
           discharge
           any
           Trust
           the
           State
           should
           confer
           upon
           him
           ,
           without
           being
           corrupted
           with
           fear
           or
           hope
           ,
           to
           betray
           it
           :
           If
           he
           shall
           by
           money
           or
           threats
           be
           wrought
           upon
           to
           do
           injustice
           in
           the
           place
           in
           which
           he
           is
           trusted
           ,
           since
           
             he
             that
             answers
             not
             the
             end
             and
             consideration
             of
             the
             Pardon
             ,
             cannot
             in
             reason
             be
             said
             ever
             to
             accept
             it
             ,
          
           shall
           he
           forfeit
           the
           benefit
           thereof
           ,
           and
           lose
           his
           head
           upon
           the
           former
           Judgement
           ?
           Have
           you
           forgotten
           how
           many
           persons
           stand
           secured
           by
           your
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           and
           Pardon
           ,
           besides
           the
           Royal
           Party
           ?
           and
           will
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           elude
           the
           one
           ,
           lay
           down
           those
           rules
           ,
           which
           must
           cancel
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           the
           other
           ?
           What
           have
           many
           faithfull
           people
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           other
           good
           Patriots
           ,
           to
           secure
           them
           for
           many
           things
           they
           did
           during
           the
           contest
           between
           and
           in
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           whil'st
           one
           part
           went
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           remained
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           but
           Acts
           
           of
           Oblivion
           and
           Pardon
           ?
           What
           have
           the
           Agitators
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           indeed
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           Army
           it self
           ,
           not
           inconsiderable
           ,
           who
           upon
           several
           occasions
           refused
           to
           obey
           their
           orders
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           mutined
           against
           their
           Officers
           ,
           to
           secure
           them
           that
           they
           should
           not
           lose
           their
           heads
           to
           morrow
           ,
           but
           Acts
           of
           Oblivion
           and
           Pardon
           ?
           And
           must
           they
           now
           be
           told
           of
           intentions
           in
           granting
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           heard
           of
           ?
           And
           that
           if
           the
           State
           do
           not
           attain
           their
           end
           ,
           in
           such
           an
           obedience
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           as
           produces
           a
           real
           change
           in
           their
           principles
           and
           interest
           ,
           
             all
             is
             voyd
             that
             hath
             been
             done
             ,
             and
             they
             liable
             to
             the
             same
             punishment
             ,
             as
             if
             no
             such
             Acts
             had
             passed
             ?
          
           If
           this
           be
           their
           Case
           ,
           they
           had
           need
           provide
           other
           security
           for
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Your
           next
           Principle
           is
           worthy
           of
           your selves
           ,
           and
           a
           fit
           Corner-stone
           for
           your
           foundation
           of
           Tyrannie
           ,
           That
           
             forbearance
             from
             outward
             actions
             will
             not
             avail
             nor
             entitle
             to
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Pardon
             ,
             if
             yet
             there
             be
             malice
             and
             revenge
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             leaning
             and
             adhering
             to
             the
             old
             interest
             ,
             that
             nothing
             is
             wanting
             for
             the
             discovery
             thereof
             ,
             but
             a
             fitting
             opportunity
             ;
             for
          
           (
           you
           say
           )
           
             as
             such
             men
             cannot
             in
             justice
             and
             ingenuity
             claim
             the
             benefit
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             Favour
             from
             that
             supream
             Magistrate
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             know
             themselves
             to
             be
             Enemies
             :
             so
             neither
             is
             that
             Magistrate
             bound
             in
             justice
             before
             God
             or
             Men
             to
             give
             it
             to
             them
             ,
             if
             he
             hath
             reason
             to
             believe
             from
             the
             course
             of
             their
             conversations
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             such
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             intentions
             towards
             the
             Government
             ,
             under
             
             which
             they
             live
             ,
             are
             the
             same
             as
             when
             they
             were
             in
             open
             Arms
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             liberty
             to
             carry
             himself
             towards
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             no
             such
             act
             had
             been
             ;
             nay
             ,
             he
             may
             proceed
             against
             them
             with
             greater
             severity
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Truly
           if
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           the
           large
           bulk
           of
           our
           Laws
           and
           Records
           ,
           which
           establish
           our
           liberty
           ,
           and
           our
           property
           ,
           may
           be
           reduced
           into
           a
           very
           small
           Volume
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           so
           much
           the
           worse
           for
           the
           Reformation
           you
           have
           wrought
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           onely
           fought
           away
           our
           Arms
           ,
           but
           all
           those
           Rights
           for
           which
           we
           took
           them
           up
           .
           And
           if
           after
           all
           our
           clamour
           against
           Oaths
           
             ex
             officio
             ,
          
           and
           mens
           being
           compelled
           to
           accuse
           themselves
           ,
           against
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           and
           the
           High-Commission
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           to
           be
           undone
           for
           the
           thoughts
           of
           our
           heart
           ,
           and
           our
           intentions
           towards
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           will
           take
           upon
           you
           to
           know
           those
           thoughts
           and
           intentions
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           from
           any
           thing
           we
           know
           or
           do
           our selves
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           course
           of
           our
           conversation
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           from
           what
           others
           say
           or
           do
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           converse
           ;
           it
           is
           more
           than
           time
           for
           us
           either
           to
           seek
           security
           in
           some
           other
           Climate
           ,
           where
           this
           Day
           of
           Judgement
           is
           not
           yet
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           or
           so
           to
           purge
           our
           own
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           out
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           with
           impious
           presumption
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           do
           that
           office
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           inquisition
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           reserved
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           then
           proceed
           with
           less
           rigour
           upon
           what
           he
           knows
           ,
           than
           these
           terrible
           Inquisitors
           do
           ,
           upon
           what
           they
           unreasonably
           say
           they
           have
           
           reason
           to
           believe
           .
           Let
           us
           revolve
           the
           vast
           Treasure
           we
           have
           lost
           ,
           and
           compare
           it
           with
           the
           Nothing
           we
           possess
           .
           The
           Law
           sayes
           ,
           no
           man
           shall
           be
           punished
           ,
           if
           his
           offence
           be
           not
           proved
           by
           credible
           Witnesses
           ;
           this
           Declaration
           sayes
           ,
           though
           we
           abstain
           from
           any
           unlawfull
           action
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           punished
           for
           the
           malice
           and
           revenge
           in
           our
           heart
           .
           
           The
           Law
           sayes
           ,
           that
           a
           Conspiracy
           to
           levy
           War
           ,
           is
           no
           Treason
           ,
           except
           there
           be
           a
           levying
           of
           War
           
             in
             facto
             ;
          
           your
           Declaration
           sayes
           ,
           If
           you
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           we
           have
           evil
           intentions
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           we
           are
           without
           any
           right
           or
           title
           to
           any
           thing
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           are
           at
           your
           mercy
           to
           dispose
           of
           us
           as
           you
           please
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           lowest
           condition
           of
           Traitors
           .
           If
           this
           be
           Liberty
           ,
           what
           Nation
           in
           
             Europe
          
           lives
           in
           Servitude
           ?
        
         
           I
           have
           been
           longer
           than
           I
           meant
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           onely
           mention
           one
           more
           of
           your
           Principles
           ;
           which
           if
           
             Machiavel's
             Prince
             ,
             Hob's
             Leviathan
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           Institutions
           of
           Tyrannie
           were
           lost
           ,
           would
           be
           sufficient
           to
           avoyd
           all
           established
           Laws
           ,
           and
           insensibly
           to
           bring
           the
           freest
           People
           into
           the
           most
           insupportable
           bondage
           ,
           and
           to
           resolve
           all
           Obligations
           of
           Government
           into
           the
           good
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Governour
           .
           That
           
             if
             the
             Supream
             Magistrate
             were
             in
             these
             Cases
             tyed
             up
             to
             the
             ordinary
             rules
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             a
             liberty
             to
             proceed
             upon
             illustrations
             of
             reason
             ,
             against
             those
             who
             are
             continually
             suspected
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             wanting
             in
             such
             a
             State
             the
             means
             of
             common
             safety
             .
          
           The
           illustration
           of
           Reason
           is
           
           this
           ;
           
             That
             when
             they
             who
             are
             peaceably
             minded
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             are
             ready
             to
             say
             ,
             These
             are
             the
             men
             of
             whom
             we
             go
             in
             danger
             ,
             it
             is
             both
             just
             and
             necessary
             that
             all
             those
             ,
             of
             whom
             the
             people
             have
             reason
             to
             be
             afraid
             ,
             should
             pay
             for
             securing
             the
             State
             against
             that
             danger
             which
             they
             are
             the
             Authors
             of
             .
          
           If
           you
           thought
           it
           
             operae
             praetium
          
           to
           have
           given
           any
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           poor
           People
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           for
           whose
           liberty
           you
           are
           so
           zealous
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           were
           not
           below
           you
           to
           make
           your
           commands
           appear
           reasonable
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           expect
           precise
           obedience
           ,
           being
           able
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           to
           give
           many
           pregnant
           instances
           ,
           That
           former
           times
           have
           held
           this
           way
           of
           proceeding
           just
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           Nations
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           vouchsafed
           to
           have
           given
           one
           ,
           especially
           since
           you
           say
           ,
           
             such
             have
             been
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             several
             persons
             now
             living
             .
          
           That
           which
           came
           nearest
           it
           ,
           yet
           strayed
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           from
           it
           ,
           seems
           the
           resolution
           of
           the
           Judges
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Ship
           money
           ,
           which
           were
           with
           so
           great
           detestation
           condemned
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           your selves
           ,
           before
           you
           were
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           governing
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           they
           paid
           so
           dearly
           :
           yet
           in
           that
           Case
           there
           was
           to
           be
           real
           necessity
           ,
           an
           imminent
           danger
           that
           the
           Supream
           Authority
           might
           foresee
           ,
           as
           the
           Sentinel
           discovers
           the
           Enemy
           first
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           bound
           to
           provide
           against
           :
           but
           that
           your
           fears
           must
           be
           so
           complyed
           with
           ,
           that
           Armies
           must
           be
           raised
           to
           secure
           you
           ,
           and
           whosoever
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           ,
           must
           be
           compelled
           to
           defray
           the
           charge
           of
           those
           Armies
           ,
           
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           never
           heard
           of
           before
           this
           Declaration
           ;
           and
           your
           fear
           is
           so
           usefull
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           no
           proportion
           of
           Courage
           would
           do
           your
           business
           half
           so
           well
           .
        
         
           
             Oportet
             neminem
             esse
             sapientiorem
             legibus
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Maxim
           in
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           that
           Arbitrary
           Power
           we
           have
           so
           long
           inveighed
           against
           ,
           made
           so
           many
           men
           odious
           with
           the
           reproach
           of
           ,
           made
           ,
           but
           the
           endeavour
           to
           set
           up
           an
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           the
           Abridgement
           of
           all
           Treason
           ,
           against
           which
           we
           first
           took
           up
           Arms
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           rooting
           out
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           have
           shed
           and
           lost
           so
           much
           blood
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           but
           the
           assuming
           (
           in
           what
           extraordinary
           Cases
           soever
           )
           upon
           discretion
           to
           require
           us
           to
           do
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           does
           not
           require
           us
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           forbid
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           doth
           not
           forbid
           ,
           and
           to
           punish
           us
           to
           a
           degree
           beyond
           what
           the
           Law
           directs
           us
           to
           be
           punished
           ;
           to
           swarve
           from
           that
           rule
           ,
           is
           to
           take
           it
           away
           ;
           and
           being
           gone
           ,
           we
           are
           no
           longer
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           Slaves
           .
           In
           the
           Roman
           State
           ,
           during
           the
           reign
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           who
           whil'st
           that
           Government
           lasted
           ,
           were
           very
           absolute
           ,
           the
           King
           himself
           could
           not
           do
           an
           Act
           against
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           in
           favour
           or
           disfavour
           of
           any
           person
           ,
           be
           his
           merit
           or
           guilt
           what
           it
           would
           ;
           but
           in
           such
           extraordinary
           Cases
           ,
           the
           Appeal
           was
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           judge
           whether
           the
           rule
           was
           to
           be
           declined
           ,
           or
           no
           .
           So
           
             Horatius
             ,
          
           for
           the
           killing
           his
           Sister
           ,
           was
           condemned
           by
           the
           
             Duumviri
             ,
          
           who
           had
           no
           other
           power
           than
           to
           proceed
           upon
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           in
           the
           power
           of
           
           
             Tullus
             Hostilius
             ,
          
           who
           was
           King
           ,
           to
           alter
           it
           .
           But
           the
           Appeale
           was
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           considered
           the
           provocation
           ,
           the
           teares
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           judged
           that
           his
           Daughter
           had
           suffered
           unjustly
           ,
           
             Se
             patrio
             jure
             in
             filium
             animadversurum
             fuisse
             ;
          
           
           they
           considered
           the
           great
           merit
           of
           the
           person
           ,
           
             absolveruntque
             admiratione
             magis
             virtutis
             ,
             quàm
             jure
             causae
             :
          
           thus
           deviations
           from
           the
           known
           Law
           ,
           whether
           in
           mercie
           ,
           or
           in
           rigour
           never
           extended
           farther
           than
           a
           particular
           person
           ,
           never
           comprehended
           a
           multitude
           .
        
         
           Our
           Ancestors
           were
           so
           vigilant
           on
           our
           behalf
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           have
           us
           accused
           without
           some
           witness
           ,
           not
           condemned
           in
           matters
           of
           importance
           without
           the
           full
           evidence
           of
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           ;
           Nor
           is
           the
           same
           person
           capable
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           being
           witness
           and
           Judge
           ,
           if
           he
           saw
           the
           Malefactor
           commit
           the
           offence
           of
           which
           he
           stands
           accused
           ,
           he
           cannot
           give
           his
           evidence
           as
           witness
           ,
           whilst
           he
           is
           Judge
           ;
           every
           witness
           ,
           how
           devested
           soever
           of
           passion
           and
           affection
           ,
           having
           in
           the
           wise
           jealousie
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           too
           much
           of
           a
           party
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Judge
           ;
           Whereas
           your
           supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           need
           no
           other
           evidence
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           suspition
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           be
           afraid
           ,
           we
           are
           undone
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           plain
           enough
           ,
           though
           out
           of
           your
           abundant
           tenderness
           you
           impute
           all
           the
           fear
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           reserving
           to
           your selves
           only
           the
           benefit
           of
           your
           suspition
           ,
           to
           suspect
           whom
           you
           please
           ;
           you
           will
           not
           trust
           the
           people
           with
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           their
           own
           fear
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           fear
           as
           much
           and
           as
           little
           as
           they
           see
           cause
           for
           ,
           your
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           hath
           the
           Monopolie
           of
           that
           Commoditie
           ;
           
           and
           it
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           not
           say
           these
           extraordinarie
           payments
           for
           securing
           the
           State
           ,
           shall
           be
           made
           by
           those
           of
           whom
           the
           People
           are
           afraid
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           give
           them
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           how
           much
           they
           are
           afraid
           ,
           or
           of
           whom
           they
           are
           afraid
           ,
           but
           by
           those
           of
           whom
           the
           people
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           afraid
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           not
           reasonable
           enough
           to
           know
           that
           themselves
           ,
           you
           will
           do
           it
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           you
           are
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Witness
           ,
           the
           Judge
           and
           the
           Partie
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           doubt
           will
           proceed
           in
           that
           manner
           as
           you
           thinke
           best
           for
           your selves
           .
        
         
           
             Jus
             meum
             metu
             tuo
             non
             tollitur
             ,
          
           say
           the
           Civilians
           ,
           and
           the
           incomparable
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           after
           he
           hath
           inveighed
           against
           that
           unreasonable
           opinion
           in
           Policie
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           lawfull
           in
           Princes
           to
           take
           armes
           against
           a
           growing
           power
           ,
           which
           being
           grown
           may
           be
           able
           to
           oppresse
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           as
           disaovwed
           by
           all
           sober
           Casuists
           ,
           and
           looked
           upon
           as
           an
           extravagancie
           by
           all
           regular
           Judges
           of
           the
           
             Jus
             Gentium
             ,
          
           concludes
           excellently
           ,
           That
           we
           live
           upon
           those
           disadvantages
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           
           
             Ut
             plena
             securitas
             nunquam
             nobis
             constet
             ,
             adversùs
             incertos
             metus
             ,
             a
             Divina
             Providentia
             &
             ab
             innoxia
             cautione
             non
             vi
             praesidium
             petendum
             est
             :
          
           It
           is
           very
           naturall
           to
           fear
           those
           most
           ,
           whom
           we
           have
           most
           injured
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           very
           unnaturall
           that
           we
           should
           be
           thereby
           warranted
           to
           do
           new
           injuries
           to
           them
           :
           
           And
           it
           is
           too
           great
           a
           privilege
           for
           the
           basest
           and
           most
           unworthie
           passion
           that
           can
           be
           harboured
           in
           the
           minde
           of
           man
           
             (
             for
             fear
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             betraying
             
             of
             the
             succours
             which
             reason
             offereth
             ,
          
           sayes
           
             Salomon
             ;
             )
          
           insteed
           of
           being
           a
           torment
           to
           the
           servile
           spirit
           that
           is
           possessed
           by
           it
           (
           as
           most
           other
           passions
           are
           )
           to
           torment
           and
           destroy
           those
           they
           are
           unreasonably
           afraid
           of
           .
           Besides
           all
           other
           judgements
           are
           determined
           within
           some
           extent
           of
           time
           ,
           whereas
           no
           period
           can
           be
           set
           to
           your
           fears
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           to
           our
           punishments
           ;
           And
           I
           remember
           
             Salust
          
           sayes
           of
           
             Catiline
             ,
          
           that
           after
           he
           had
           caused
           his
           son
           to
           be
           killed
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           perswade
           a
           Lady
           to
           be
           the
           more
           willing
           to
           marry
           him
           ;
           
             Animus
             impurus
             ,
             Diis
             hominibusque
             infestus
             ▪
             neque
             vigiliis
             neque
             quietibus
             sedari
             poterat
             ,
             ita
             conscientia
             mentem
             excitam
             vexabat
             .
          
           I
           know
           not
           how
           many
           of
           you
           are
           in
           that
           condition
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           must
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           Armyes
           to
           preserve
           you
           against
           all
           whom
           you
           will
           be
           afraid
           of
           ,
           it
           must
           shortly
           raise
           new
           Armies
           to
           suppress
           the
           old
           ,
           and
           to
           free
           you
           from
           the
           feares
           you
           have
           of
           one
           another
           .
           How
           strong
           your
           love
           is
           ,
           few
           have
           had
           evidence
           to
           discerne
           ,
           but
           your
           
             Jealousy
          
           is
           like
           that
           in
           the
           
             Canticles
             ,
          
           
           
             cruell
             as
             the
             grave
             ,
             the
             coales
             thereof
             are
             coales
             of
             fire
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             most
             vehement
             flame
             :
          
           In
           a
           word
           your
           feares
           are
           grown
           so
           terrible
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           other
           security
           ,
           than
           by
           being
           as
           much
           afraid
           as
           your selves
           ,
           and
           providing
           for
           our selves
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           now
           the
           reason
           that
           warranted
           that
           passion
           which
           I
           expressed
           to
           you
           ,
           when
           I
           first
           read
           your
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           judgement
           in
           it
           is
           come
           home
           to
           our
           own
           doores
           ,
           and
           concernes
           
           the
           poor
           Royall
           party
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           it
           doth
           our selves
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           it
           is
           come
           the
           sooner
           home
           to
           our
           own
           doors
           ,
           for
           the
           little
           consideration
           we
           had
           of
           any
           Acts
           of
           power
           ,
           how
           exerorbitant
           soever
           ,
           that
           we
           thought
           only
           related
           to
           them
           .
           You
           know
           the
           wise
           answer
           given
           to
           him
           that
           asked
           what
           City
           he
           believed
           to
           be
           best
           governed
           ,
           
           
             Solon
          
           said
           ,
           
             That
             City
             ,
             where
             such
             as
             receive
             no
             wrong
             ,
             do
             as
             earnestly
             defend
             others
             to
             whom
             wrong
             is
             offered
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             wrong
             and
             injury
             had
             been
             offered
             to
             themselves
             :
          
           And
           that
           Generall
           was
           worthily
           extolled
           ,
           
             qui
             aliquid
             esse
             crederet
             &
             in
             hostem
             nefas
             ;
          
           Our
           too
           little
           circumspection
           and
           tenderness
           of
           that
           ,
           hath
           brought
           the
           Case
           to
           be
           our
           own
           ;
           If
           the
           Royall
           party
           will
           change
           their
           interest
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           keepe
           their
           old
           Monarchicall
           Principles
           ,
           and
           apply
           them
           to
           the
           support
           of
           your
           interest
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           received
           ,
           entertained
           and
           preferred
           by
           you
           ;
           you
           have
           manifested
           it
           enough
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           trusting
           none
           more
           than
           those
           who
           have
           done
           so
           .
           They
           are
           onely
           in
           danger
           ,
           of
           whom
           you
           are
           afraid
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           conversation
           ,
           of
           their
           intentions
           towards
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           interest
           not
           to
           submit
           to
           that
           Government
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           is
           established
           ,
           and
           they
           believe
           or
           know
           to
           be
           but
           usurped
           .
           And
           we
           shall
           the
           better
           finde
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           make
           some
           discoverie
           of
           the
           number
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           the
           danger
           that
           is
           threatned
           from
           them
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           a
           short
           view
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           what
           degrees
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           Authority
           it
           is
           imposed
           upon
           us
           and
           
           how
           far
           the
           severall
           interests
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           at
           least
           equally
           with
           your selves
           opposed
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           are
           secured
           and
           provided
           for
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           thereby
           the
           more
           easily
           judge
           ,
           how
           far
           we
           are
           obliged
           in
           conscience
           or
           discretion
           to
           submit
           to
           it
           ,
           of
           whom
           you
           are
           most
           like
           to
           be
           afraid
           :
           and
           so
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           probably
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           to
           be
           charged
           with
           the
           maintenance
           of
           those
           forces
           ,
           which
           you
           will
           finde
           necessarie
           to
           secure
           that
           Government
           ,
           and
           your
           feares
           that
           it
           will
           not
           be
           secure
           .
        
         
           What
           is
           become
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           the
           Parliament
           partie
           ,
           that
           first
           undertook
           that
           war
           and
           pursued
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           without
           an
           eneny
           ,
           is
           too
           melancholick
           a
           question
           to
           expect
           an
           answer
           to
           ?
           You
           cannot
           take
           it
           ill
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           this
           is
           not
           the
           Government
           we
           then
           undertook
           and
           engaged
           to
           preserve
           and
           defend
           ;
           and
           you
           will
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           one
           officer
           in
           all
           your
           Armies
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           warre
           ,
           was
           above
           the
           degree
           of
           a
           Captaine
           ;
           so
           far
           are
           you
           from
           being
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           bore
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           or
           who
           deprived
           the
           enemy
           of
           of
           their
           armes
           :
           Nor
           is
           there
           one
           person
           amongst
           you
           ,
           who
           had
           then
           interest
           or
           reputation
           enough
           to
           engage
           ten
           men
           in
           the
           quarrell
           ;
           nor
           is
           one
           of
           those
           who
           had
           in
           any
           credit
           now
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           trusted
           in
           any
           part
           of
           your
           Government
           :
           So
           that
           you
           may
           reasonably
           conclude
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           cannot
           hold
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           submit
           to
           it
           ,
           so
           much
           lesse
           engaged
           to
           support
           it
           ,
           and
           consequently
           amongst
           that
           number
           of
           which
           you
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           afraid
           .
        
         
         
           After
           you
           had
           by
           bringing
           your
           Army
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           imprisoning
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           dissolving
           the
           House
           of
           Peeres
           ,
           extinguished
           Kingly
           Government
           ,
           erected
           your selves
           into
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           insteed
           of
           one
           ,
           set
           up
           as
           many
           Kings
           ,
           as
           you
           had
           left
           members
           of
           your
           Parliament
           ,
           all
           who
           were
           uncontrolable
           and
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           exercised
           what
           kinde
           of
           Power
           and
           Tyrannie
           they
           pleased
           upon
           their
           fellow
           subjects
           ;
           The
           people
           were
           universally
           engaged
           to
           maintain
           and
           defend
           that
           Government
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           All
           Princes
           and
           forraigne
           States
           taught
           to
           make
           their
           addresses
           to
           it
           ;
           Warre
           and
           Peace
           declared
           by
           it
           ;
           The
           Keepers
           of
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           the
           Judges
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Justice
           ,
           appointed
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           throughout
           the
           Kingdome
           was
           in
           the
           name
           of
           
             the
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Liberty
             of
             England
             ,
          
           The
           Army
           professed
           it self
           entirely
           at
           the
           obedience
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           absolutely
           to
           be
           disposed
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           well
           it
           might
           do
           so
           ,
           there
           being
           so
           many
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           believe
           all
           Commands
           would
           be
           suitable
           to
           their
           own
           desires
           ,
           if
           they
           desired
           no
           more
           than
           what
           they
           hitherto
           professed
           ,
           the
           support
           of
           that
           Government
           ,
           which
           not
           onely
           every
           person
           who
           had
           the
           least
           trust
           ,
           share
           or
           benefit
           in
           it
           ,
           had
           sworn
           to
           defend
           ,
           but
           whosoever
           sued
           for
           favour
           or
           Justice
           from
           it
           ,
           were
           bound
           to
           subscribe
           to
           .
           In
           
           this
           manner
           all
           things
           were
           ordered
           ;
           
             Ireland
          
           reduced
           to
           perfect
           obedience
           ,
           and
           our
           enemies
           there
           to
           perfect
           slavery
           ;
           
             Scotland
          
           (
           as
           your
           own
           Poet
           sayes
           )
           was
           preferred
           by
           Conquest
           to
           serve
           us
           :
           So
           that
           we
           were
           not
           only
           without
           any
           visible
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           so
           sufficiently
           revenged
           of
           our
           friends
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           be
           of
           use
           to
           none
           but
           our selves
           .
           The
           Parliament
           now
           thought
           it
           high
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           were
           in
           truth
           the
           Conquerors
           ,
           the
           People
           at
           whose
           charge
           alone
           the
           warre
           had
           been
           carried
           on
           ,
           should
           receive
           some
           benefit
           from
           their
           Conquests
           ;
           That
           when
           they
           had
           no
           enemy
           at
           all
           ,
           they
           need
           not
           have
           so
           great
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           betook
           themselves
           to
           councels
           of
           good
           husbandry
           ,
           and
           to
           thinke
           of
           preferring
           them
           ,
           who
           had
           taken
           so
           much
           paines
           in
           their
           service
           ,
           to
           ease
           and
           plenty
           ;
           to
           give
           those
           Estates
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           taken
           from
           others
           ,
           and
           by
           these
           gratuities
           to
           disband
           some
           part
           of
           their
           Army
           ;
           But
           that
           was
           a
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           you
           never
           intended
           they
           should
           exercise
           ,
           you
           were
           well
           enough
           contented
           that
           they
           should
           have
           the
           Soveraigne
           power
           to
           raise
           money
           ,
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           Armies
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           presumed
           to
           speak
           of
           disbanding
           those
           Armies
           ,
           you
           wisely
           remembred
           how
           insecure
           you
           should
           be
           without
           those
           forces
           ,
           which
           had
           raised
           you
           to
           the
           height
           you
           were
           at
           ,
           you
           remembred
           how
           many
           former
           orders
           you
           had
           disobeyed
           ▪
           how
           you
           had
           triumphed
           over
           the
           long
           Robe
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           albeit
           Acts
           of
           Prdon
           and
           Oblivion
           had
           been
           passed
           for
           your
           
           Indemnity
           ,
           you
           concluded
           ,
           if
           the
           Government
           should
           once
           fall
           into
           those
           peaceable
           hands
           ,
           they
           would
           find
           ways
           enough
           to
           avoid
           the
           observance
           of
           any
           promises
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           cōpelled
           to
           make
           against
           their
           wills
           ;
           and
           hereupon
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           you
           resolved
           to
           take
           the
           Government
           into
           your
           own
           hands
           ;
           and
           according
           to
           the
           advice
           given
           by
           the
           Servants
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Syria
             ,
             Take
             the
             Kings
             away
             ,
          
           
           
             every
             man
             out
             of
             his
             place
             ,
             and
             put
             Captains
             in
             their
             roomes
             .
          
           You
           brought
           armed
           men
           into
           the
           house
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           forced
           the
           Members
           with
           many
           opprobrious
           speeches
           to
           leave
           their
           places
           ,
           locked
           up
           the
           doors
           ,
           that
           there
           might
           be
           no
           more
           resort
           thither
           ,
           and
           appointed
           a
           select
           number
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           to
           provide
           for
           all
           ,
           that
           King
           or
           Parliament
           used
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           here
           was
           an
           end
           of
           your
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           Government
           all
           were
           so
           solemnly
           engaged
           to
           defend
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           person
           ,
           who
           adheres
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           in
           any
           trust
           or
           esteeme
           with
           you
           :
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           observable
           and
           notorious
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           that
           select
           number
           which
           helped
           you
           to
           be
           free
           from
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           sitting
           in
           that
           Court
           ,
           and
           who
           dare
           no
           more
           look
           a
           Monarch
           in
           the
           face
           ,
           than
           they
           dare
           justify
           what
           they
           have
           done
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           man
           in
           credit
           with
           you
           ,
           nor
           of
           command
           in
           any
           of
           your
           Armies
           by
           Sea
           or
           Land
           ;
           nay
           ;
           whom
           you
           have
           not
           eminently
           affronted
           ,
           disobliged
           and
           and
           oppressed
           ,
           except
           he
           hath
           such
           a
           relation
           of
           blood
           ,
           as
           may
           render
           him
           unsuspected
           .
           And
           
           can
           you
           think
           these
           men
           friends
           to
           your
           present
           Government
           ?
           and
           consequently
           can
           they
           but
           thinke
           themselves
           involved
           in
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           designed
           to
           maintain
           those
           additionall
           forces
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
           or
           must
           be
           raised
           to
           defend
           you
           from
           those
           of
           whom
           you
           see
           reason
           that
           the
           people
           should
           be
           afraid
           .
        
         
           Your
           next
           Government
           was
           entirely
           by
           the
           Armie
           ,
           which
           as
           if
           it
           had
           not
           fought
           to
           suppresse
           all
           exorbitancy
           of
           power
           ,
           but
           to
           possess
           it self
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           sufficiently
           qualified
           to
           do
           all
           ,
           that
           others
           had
           or
           would
           have
           done
           before
           ,
           laid
           Taxes
           and
           impositions
           upon
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           repeated
           over
           all
           the
           ill
           things
           which
           had
           been
           complained
           of
           before
           ,
           in
           most
           intolerable
           and
           insupportable
           degrees
           ,
           and
           improved
           the
           confusion
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           shadow
           or
           formality
           of
           Justice
           left
           ;
           and
           that
           dist●action
           in
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           more
           Religions
           than
           Regiments
           ,
           and
           all
           practised
           with
           equall
           licence
           ,
           and
           animosity
           against
           each
           other
           ,
           when
           on
           the
           suddain
           the
           Generall
           of
           the
           Army
           (
           if
           he
           can
           be
           called
           a
           Generall
           whose
           Commission
           was
           determined
           ,
           by
           the
           determination
           of
           that
           Body
           that
           granted
           it
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           )
           takes
           upon
           him
           to
           assemble
           another
           number
           of
           people
           ,
           every
           man
           chosen
           by
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           Councell
           of
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           who
           were
           constituted
           by
           himself
           ,
           and
           making
           their
           appearance
           before
           him
           ,
           called
           them
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           called
           himself
           their
           servant
           ,
           and
           besought
           them
           to
           repaire
           those
           breaches
           and
           ruines
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           
           which
           their
           wisedom
           could
           only
           do
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           being
           men
           of
           no
           parts
           ,
           no
           experience
           ,
           no
           quality
           ,
           no
           interest
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           serving
           only
           to
           render
           the
           venerable
           name
           of
           Parliament
           ridiculous
           by
           their
           frivolous
           and
           impertinent
           consultations
           ,
           without
           doing
           any
           sober
           act
           in
           order
           to
           the
           healing
           the
           wounds
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           as
           their
           Predecessors
           had
           made
           it
           odious
           by
           taking
           upon
           them
           so
           unlimited
           a
           power
           to
           vex
           and
           grieve
           ,
           and
           devour
           their
           Brethren
           .
           And
           when
           these
           had
           brought
           themselves
           into
           a
           sufficient
           reproach
           and
           disestimation
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           yet
           could
           not
           be
           enough
           united
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           to
           serve
           the
           Generalls
           turn
           ,
           part
           of
           them
           went
           to
           him
           ,
           confessed
           themselves
           too
           weak
           to
           sustain
           the
           great
           burthen
           he
           had
           laid
           upon
           their
           shoulders
           ;
           and
           desired
           him
           to
           take
           the
           power
           again
           ,
           which
           he
           he
           had
           so
           graciously
           conferred
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           take
           upon
           himself
           the
           ordering
           and
           repairing
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           not
           wisedom
           to
           do
           .
           The
           other
           part
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           better
           opinion
           of
           their
           own
           abilities
           ,
           and
           believed
           they
           might
           find
           some
           proper
           remedies
           for
           the
           publique
           grievances
           ,
           were
           according
           to
           the
           late
           method
           turned
           out
           of
           doors
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           no
           more
           continue
           those
           unprofitable
           Consultations
           :
           And
           so
           by
           these
           few
           Bankrupts
           repaying
           the
           small
           money
           he
           had
           lent
           them
           ,
           the
           Generall
           takes
           Livery
           and
           Seisin
           of
           the
           whole
           Treasure
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           thinks
           this
           a
           sufficient
           delegation
           of
           the
           power
           ,
           and
           interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           
           makes
           use
           within
           few
           dayes
           after
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           suddain
           and
           unexpected
           solemnitie
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Major
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           Judges
           and
           the
           Keepers
           of
           the
           great
           Seal
           ,
           being
           summoned
           to
           attend
           ,
           without
           knowing
           any
           part
           of
           the
           busines
           ,
           upon
           the
           advice
           and
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           half
           a
           score
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           who
           were
           like
           to
           look
           that
           he
           should
           receive
           no
           hurt
           ,
           He
           degrades
           himself
           from
           the
           Office
           of
           Generall
           ,
           and
           unlimited
           power
           thereof
           ,
           as
           he
           sayes
           ;
           and
           is
           contented
           under
           the
           stile
           of
           Protector
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           to
           be
           restrained
           within
           the
           limits
           he
           had
           prepared
           for
           himself
           ,
           laid
           aside
           his
           Excellency
           to
           be
           his
           Highness
           ,
           and
           contented
           himself
           with
           all
           the
           Crown
           Lands
           which
           were
           left
           unsold
           ,
           and
           a
           limited
           power
           (
           as
           he
           called
           it
           ,
           )
           extending
           farther
           than
           ever
           King
           pretended
           to
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           the
           rise
           and
           progresse
           of
           your
           present
           Government
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           expect
           such
           an
           obedience
           ,
           as
           must
           produce
           a
           reall
           change
           of
           all
           our
           Principles
           and
           interest
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           are
           but
           thought
           to
           have
           evill
           intentions
           towards
           this
           Government
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Armies
           raised
           to
           secure
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           disposed
           the
           mindes
           of
           the
           people
           to
           abstaine
           from
           a
           present
           Protestation
           against
           this
           Government
           ,
           besides
           the
           Agony
           of
           the
           late
           confusions
           ,
           and
           the
           astonishment
           upon
           the
           new
           wonderfull
           alteration
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           but
           temporary
           ,
           and
           that
           limited
           to
           a
           very
           short
           time
           ;
           A
           free
           Parliament
           was
           to
           be
           called
           within
           so
           many
           moneths
           ,
           which
           was
           entirely
           to
           consider
           
           and
           settle
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           remove
           all
           those
           obstructions
           which
           hinder
           the
           Peace
           and
           happiness
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           it
           to
           that
           tranquillity
           and
           quiet
           it
           had
           been
           so
           long
           deprived
           of
           :
           And
           the
           Protector
           was
           sworn
           to
           a
           due
           observation
           of
           all
           those
           Articles
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           himself
           prescribed
           for
           his
           own
           rules
           and
           bounds
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           more
           hope
           that
           he
           would
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           limited
           by
           them
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           chose
           many
           worthy
           persons
           of
           fortune
           ,
           interest
           and
           experience
           ,
           as
           their
           Deputies
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           publique
           security
           ,
           who
           entred
           upon
           a
           free
           disquisition
           of
           the
           state
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           in
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           very
           Method
           prescribed
           by
           the
           Instrument
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           to
           enquire
           by
           what
           means
           and
           title
           ;
           so
           vaste
           and
           transcendent
           a
           power
           was
           gotten
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           one
           man
           ;
           so
           contrary
           to
           what
           had
           been
           before
           determined
           ;
           many
           men
           professing
           ,
           that
           if
           after
           so
           much
           blood
           spilt
           and
           calamities
           undergone
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           free
           them
           from
           Monarchique
           Government
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           now
           found
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Nature
           and
           temper
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           return
           to
           the
           same
           forme
           of
           subjection
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           little
           doubt
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           much
           better
           to
           restore
           it
           to
           the
           Royall
           Person
           ,
           to
           whom
           by
           the
           line
           of
           succession
           the
           unquestionable
           Right
           was
           derived
           ,
           and
           whose
           being
           possessed
           of
           it
           would
           in
           a
           moment
           restore
           the
           whole
           Nation
           to
           a
           full
           and
           entire
           Peace
           ,
           from
           whose
           unblemished
           youth
           and
           gratious
           disposition
           ,
           as
           much
           of
           happiness
           might
           be
           
           expected
           ,
           as
           had
           been
           enjoyed
           in
           any
           former
           Kings
           Raign
           ,
           than
           by
           continuing
           it
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           who
           had
           violated
           so
           many
           Oaths
           and
           Protestations
           already
           ,
           and
           had
           ascended
           to
           this
           pitch
           only
           by
           the
           most
           bare-faced
           breach
           of
           severall
           trusts
           ,
           that
           ever
           Christian
           or
           Gentleman
           was
           guilty
           of
           ,
           to
           expose
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           a
           warre
           ,
           that
           could
           have
           no
           end
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           of
           it
           .
           These
           grave
           ,
           necessary
           and
           important
           debates
           ,
           were
           no
           sooner
           entred
           into
           ,
           than
           in
           contempt
           of
           all
           Privileges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           allow
           matters
           in
           debate
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           the
           Protector
           ,
           like
           a
           King
           ;
           
             Nam
             impune
             quaelibet
             facere
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             Regem
             esse
             ,
          
           summons
           them
           into
           his
           presence
           ,
           with
           the
           highest
           and
           sharpest
           language
           ,
           reproaches
           them
           for
           disputing
           his
           Authority
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           were
           called
           together
           ;
           requires
           them
           to
           renounce
           and
           disclaime
           that
           liberty
           ,
           before
           they
           proceeded
           to
           further
           consultation
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           purpose
           delivered
           an
           Instrument
           without
           subscribing
           to
           which
           ,
           the
           Band
           of
           Souldiers
           which
           guarded
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Parliament
           house
           ,
           would
           not
           suffer
           any
           man
           to
           enter
           ,
           whereupon
           a
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           Parliament
           departed
           to
           their
           houses
           ,
           and
           they
           only
           went
           in
           ,
           who
           submitted
           to
           the
           conditions
           ,
           which
           many
           afterwards
           did
           ,
           who
           in
           detestation
           of
           the
           violence
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           had
           forborne
           to
           subscribe
           .
           Thus
           he
           ,
           who
           without
           the
           consent
           or
           privity
           of
           a
           dozen
           persons
           ,
           had
           assumed
           to
           himself
           the
           title
           and
           stile
           of
           
             Protector
          
           of
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           found
           a
           generall
           submission
           ,
           
           because
           he
           had
           bound
           himself
           within
           a
           short
           time
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           might
           settle
           the
           Government
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           now
           met
           and
           possessed
           of
           the
           power
           it
           was
           to
           have
           ,
           because
           they
           came
           together
           upon
           his
           call
           ,
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           question
           any
           thing
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           or
           what
           he
           should
           do
           hereafter
           ,
           their
           submission
           (
           as
           he
           said
           )
           to
           his
           Authority
           of
           summoning
           them
           ,
           being
           a
           tacit
           acknowledgement
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           not
           endure
           to
           be
           argued
           against
           ,
           without
           calling
           to
           minde
           (
           besides
           the
           practice
           of
           these
           last
           ill
           years
           )
           that
           by
           the
           express
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           
             any
             restraint
             from
             altering
             or
             revoking
             an
             Ordinance
             or
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             it self
             ,
             is
             voyd
             ,
             being
             against
             the
             jurisdiction
             and
             power
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           When
           he
           had
           thus
           reformed
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           gave
           them
           leave
           to
           sit
           together
           ,
           to
           consult
           how
           they
           might
           contribute
           to
           the
           support
           of
           that
           power
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           impair
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           new
           burthens
           on
           the
           People
           ,
           the
           envy
           whereof
           they
           should
           rather
           bear
           than
           himself
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Pope
           
             (
             Paul
          
           the
           4th
           .
           )
           complained
           in
           the
           Consistory
           of
           those
           who
           reported
           he
           could
           make
           but
           four
           Cardinals
           ,
           
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           which
           he
           had
           sworn
           in
           the
           Conclave
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
           
             That
             this
             was
             to
             binde
             the
             Popes
             Authority
             ,
             which
             is
             absolute
             ;
             That
             it
             is
             an
             Article
             of
             Faith
             ,
             that
             the
             Pope
             cannot
             be
             bound
             ,
             and
             much
             less
             can
             binde
             himself
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             say
             otherwise
             ,
             was
             a
             manifest
             Heresy
             .
          
           So
           he
           took
           it
           very
           ill
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           believe
           upon
           any
           Articles
           in
           the
           Instrument
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           which
           
           he
           had
           so
           solemnly
           sworn
           before
           he
           assumed
           the
           Title
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           lessen
           his
           Power
           ,
           or
           the
           Army
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           supported
           ;
           and
           therefore
           when
           he
           saw
           they
           betook
           themselves
           to
           those
           Counsels
           ,
           which
           might
           lessen
           the
           insupportable
           burthen
           the
           People
           undergo
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           as
           numerous
           Forces
           ,
           and
           greater
           indeed
           ,
           than
           were
           ever
           on
           foot
           when
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           had
           Towns
           and
           Armies
           to
           oppose
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           presumed
           to
           speak
           of
           disbanding
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           sent
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           after
           he
           had
           ,
           
             stylo
             Imperatorio
             ,
          
           reprehended
           their
           presumption
           ,
           and
           checked
           them
           in
           sharper
           language
           than
           ever
           King
           gave
           himself
           leave
           to
           use
           to
           his
           Subjects
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           time
           was
           expired
           which
           was
           assigned
           for
           their
           sitting
           ,
           he
           dissolved
           them
           ,
           and
           takes
           upon
           himself
           Authority
           ,
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           such
           ,
           whom
           he
           pleases
           to
           make
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           to
           make
           and
           repeal
           Laws
           ,
           to
           lay
           Taxes
           and
           Impositions
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           expression
           that
           can
           be
           made
           of
           his
           Tyrannie
           ,
           to
           publish
           this
           Declaration
           ;
           whereas
           it
           is
           notorious
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           
             That
             to
             commit
             the
             power
             of
             Parliament
             to
             a
             few
             ,
             is
             against
             the
             dignity
             of
             Parliament
             ▪
             and
             no
             such
             Commission
             can
             be
             granted
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             Parliament
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           You
           know
           ,
           how
           strange
           soever
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           all
           this
           is
           true
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           then
           easily
           compute
           ,
           of
           what
           rank
           or
           kinde
           of
           men
           they
           must
           be
           ,
           who
           are
           delighted
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           hearts
           not
           opposite
           ,
           to
           your
           present
           Government
           :
           how
           very
           few
           there
           
           are
           in
           your
           Councel
           or
           Army
           ,
           who
           were
           for
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           how
           those
           Principles
           have
           been
           asserted
           by
           you
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           all
           men
           ;
           what
           affection
           they
           have
           for
           you
           ,
           who
           with
           so
           much
           hazard
           and
           infamy
           served
           you
           in
           the
           extinguishing
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           what
           indignities
           they
           receive
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           is
           likewise
           within
           your
           own
           view
           .
           What
           is
           become
           of
           those
           two
           swelling
           names
           ,
           which
           for
           so
           long
           time
           filled
           our
           mouths
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           shelter
           of
           one
           of
           which
           all
           men
           took
           Sanctuary
           ,
           the
           
             Presbyterians
          
           and
           
             Independents
             ?
          
           Is
           there
           one
           man
           of
           either
           party
           ,
           who
           without
           renouncing
           the
           Principles
           of
           his
           party
           ,
           is
           in
           credit
           or
           trust
           with
           you
           ?
           and
           do
           they
           not
           both
           every
           day
           expect
           from
           you
           the
           exemplification
           of
           that
           memorable
           Judgement
           of
           
             Philip
          
           of
           
             Macedon
             ,
          
           who
           upon
           the
           hearing
           a
           difference
           that
           was
           fallen
           out
           between
           two
           men
           of
           very
           seditious
           and
           turbulent
           natures
           ,
           determined
           ,
           
             That
             the
             one
             of
             them
             should
             presently
             fly
             out
             of
          
           Macedon
           ,
           
           
             and
             the
             other
             should
             run
             after
             him
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             could
             .
          
           You
           see
           then
           how
           very
           few
           there
           can
           be
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           (
           except
           those
           who
           possess
           great
           Offices
           and
           Estates
           from
           you
           ,
           (
           and
           even
           of
           those
           ,
           many
           think
           themselves
           disobliged
           ,
           by
           seeing
           others
           of
           less
           merit
           than
           they
           think
           themselves
           ,
           more
           obliged
           )
           who
           are
           without
           malice
           and
           revenge
           in
           their
           heart
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           leaning
           and
           adhering
           to
           their
           several
           old
           interests
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           wanting
           for
           the
           discovery
           thereof
           ,
           but
           a
           fitting
           opportunity
           ;
           and
           you
           have
           declared
           that
           propension
           and
           disposition
           in
           
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           Crime
           enough
           to
           forfeit
           all
           that
           they
           have
           ;
           and
           you
           cannot
           wonder
           ,
           if
           upon
           so
           fair
           warning
           ,
           they
           prepare
           as
           well
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           and
           at
           least
           good
           resolutions
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           security
           .
           Alas
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           we
           know
           how
           little
           confidence
           you
           have
           in
           any
           of
           your
           old
           Friends
           ,
           who
           you
           believe
           will
           never
           heartily
           submit
           to
           a
           Government
           they
           never
           intended
           to
           erect
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           not
           sacrificed
           their
           wealth
           ,
           their
           blood
           ,
           and
           their
           peace
           ,
           to
           suppress
           a
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           accustomed
           by
           a
           succession
           of
           so
           many
           hundred
           years
           to
           command
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ;
           and
           to
           invest
           another
           ,
           inferiour
           to
           most
           of
           our selves
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           interest
           and
           power
           ,
           and
           so
           (
           to
           use
           your
           own
           expression
           )
           
             to
             entail
             the
             quarrel
             ,
             and
             prevent
             the
             means
             to
             reconcile
             Posterity
             .
          
           
           You
           say
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           in
           express
           tearms
           lay
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Royal
           Party
           ,
           the
           swarming
           of
           those
           Jesuits
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           croaking
           amongst
           us
           ,
           turning
           themselves
           into
           all
           forms
           and
           shapes
           ,
           to
           deceive
           and
           seduce
           men
           from
           the
           Truth
           .
           I
           wish
           we
           had
           not
           all
           too
           much
           reason
           to
           charge
           you
           in
           express
           tearms
           with
           what
           you
           will
           not
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           cannot
           charge
           them
           .
           What
           liberty
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           take
           ,
           how
           far
           they
           prevail
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           what
           countenance
           they
           receive
           from
           this
           Government
           ,
           is
           apparent
           enough
           ,
           by
           not
           proceeding
           against
           them
           in
           Justice
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           Laws
           were
           in
           force
           for
           their
           punishment
           .
           Your
           private
           Negotiations
           with
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           your
           promises
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           can
           establish
           your
           own
           Greatness
           ,
           you
           will
           protect
           the
           Catholicks
           ;
           
           and
           the
           insinuations
           that
           you
           will
           countenance
           them
           much
           further
           ,
           are
           sufficiently
           known
           and
           understood
           ?
           And
           of
           their
           dependance
           upon
           ,
           and
           devotion
           to
           you
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           evidence
           beyond
           the
           Book
           lately
           written
           by
           Mr.
           
           
             White
             ,
          
           a
           Romish
           Priest
           ,
           and
           dedicated
           to
           your
           Favourite
           ,
           Sir
           
             Kenelm
             Digby
             ,
          
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Grounds
             of
             Obedience
             and
             Government
             ;
          
           in
           which
           he
           justifies
           all
           the
           Grounds
           and
           Maxims
           in
           your
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           determines
           positively
           ,
           That
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           far
           from
           performing
           any
           promise
           ,
           or
           observing
           any
           Oath
           you
           have
           taken
           ,
           if
           you
           know
           that
           it
           is
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           you
           break
           it
           ,
           albeit
           they
           foreseeing
           all
           that
           you
           now
           see
           ,
           did
           therefore
           binde
           you
           by
           Oath
           not
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           
           
             That
             you
             offend
             against
             both
             your
             Oath
             and
             Fidelity
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             if
             you
             maintain
             those
             limitations
             you
             are
             sworn
             to
             :
          
           and
           sure
           what
           you
           do
           ,
           must
           be
           supported
           by
           such
           Casuists
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           we
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           how
           far
           you
           are
           from
           confiding
           in
           your
           own
           Army
           ,
           how
           jealous
           you
           are
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           and
           more
           of
           the
           Common
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           you
           raise
           those
           several
           little
           Armies
           in
           the
           several
           Counties
           ,
           with
           which
           you
           hope
           to
           suppress
           or
           controul
           the
           standing
           Armie
           upon
           any
           occasion
           ,
           when
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           own
           and
           their
           Countries
           miserable
           condition
           shall
           render
           it
           less
           devoted
           to
           you
           .
           And
           we
           likewise
           know
           ,
           how
           in
           distrust
           of
           the
           whole
           English
           Nation
           ,
           you
           are
           treating
           to
           bring
           over
           a
           Body
           of
           
             Swisse
          
           to
           serve
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           Janizaries
           do
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           controul
           
           your
           own
           Army
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           reduce
           the
           People
           to
           an
           implicit
           obedience
           to
           your
           Government
           .
           That
           most
           of
           the
           Money
           which
           was
           collected
           amongst
           us
           for
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucern
             ,
          
           is
           returned
           and
           applyed
           to
           the
           carrying
           on
           those
           Levies
           ;
           and
           that
           many
           are
           already
           landed
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           are
           now
           about
           
             London
             ,
          
           upon
           pretence
           that
           they
           are
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           plant
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           whereas
           they
           are
           kept
           for
           the
           compleating
           those
           Regiments
           which
           are
           every
           day
           expected
           to
           arrive
           :
           and
           then
           you
           have
           compleated
           your
           work
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           onely
           lasting
           calamity
           upon
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           hitherto
           forborn
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           with
           which
           odious
           reproach
           you
           charged
           the
           Counsels
           of
           the
           former
           times
           ,
           onely
           for
           intending
           to
           introduce
           forreign
           Forces
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           end
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           without
           taking
           notice
           of
           your
           so
           frequent
           mention
           throughout
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           indeed
           upon
           all
           occasions
           in
           your
           ordinary
           conversation
           ,
           of
           the
           continued
           assistance
           and
           presence
           of
           God
           in
           whatsoever
           you
           have
           gone
           about
           ,
           of
           his
           gratious
           dispensations
           ,
           and
           his
           visible
           hand
           manifested
           in
           your
           successes
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           more
           than
           usual
           care
           and
           kindness
           towards
           you
           ;
           whereas
           if
           you
           would
           soberly
           revolve
           what
           is
           passed
           ,
           and
           dispassionately
           consider
           and
           weigh
           your
           present
           condition
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           you
           would
           finde
           your
           Case
           so
           rare
           and
           wonderfull
           ,
           that
           there
           have
           seldome
           been
           a
           People
           in
           the
           World
           who
           have
           had
           more
           reason
           to
           believe
           themselves
           to
           lye
           under
           the
           signal
           and
           
           terrible
           displeasure
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           against
           whom
           his
           vengeance
           is
           more
           manifestly
           threatned
           ,
           than
           you
           at
           present
           have
           .
           You
           have
           had
           all
           the
           advantages
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           successes
           ,
           which
           you
           could
           ever
           propose
           and
           hope
           for
           ,
           and
           some
           greater
           than
           you
           could
           hope
           for
           ,
           and
           your
           perplexities
           and
           insecurity
           remains
           greater
           than
           before
           ;
           you
           have
           not
           an
           Enemy
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           who
           stands
           in
           opposition
           of
           your
           power
           ,
           or
           who
           indeed
           is
           Owner
           of
           a
           Sword
           to
           resist
           you
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           avow
           and
           discover
           such
           a
           proportion
           of
           fear
           ,
           that
           new
           Armies
           must
           be
           raised
           for
           your
           defence
           ;
           you
           have
           gotten
           all
           the
           Wealth
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           none
           ,
           your
           wants
           and
           necessities
           being
           so
           great
           ;
           when
           you
           had
           little
           credit
           ,
           and
           less
           interest
           to
           do
           good
           or
           harm
           ,
           you
           had
           many
           Friends
           ,
           and
           few
           who
           hated
           you
           ;
           and
           now
           it
           is
           in
           your
           power
           to
           make
           great
           whom
           you
           please
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           all
           whom
           you
           are
           angry
           with
           ,
           your
           Friends
           leave
           and
           forsake
           you
           ;
           and
           you
           are
           grown
           so
           universally
           odious
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           say
           to
           those
           who
           adhere
           to
           you
           ,
           
           as
           
             Catiline
          
           did
           to
           his
           Army
           ,
           
             Neque
             locus
             ,
             neque
             amicus
             quisquam
             teget
             ,
             quem
             arma
             non
             texerint
             .
          
           All
           your
           safety
           is
           in
           your
           Army
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           fear
           that
           little
           less
           than
           your
           Enemies
           .
           How
           many
           of
           those
           who
           bore
           parts
           with
           you
           in
           your
           darkest
           Designs
           ,
           have
           laid
           violent
           hands
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           conscience
           of
           their
           own
           wickedness
           ?
           And
           is
           not
           that
           Curse
           in
           
             Leviticus
          
           fallen
           upon
           the
           rest
           ?
           
             And
             upon
             them
             that
             are
             
             left
             alive
             of
             you
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             will
             send
             faintness
             into
             their
             hearts
             in
             the
             lands
             of
             their
             enemies
             ,
             and
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             shaken
             leaf
             shall
             chase
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             flee
             ,
             as
             fleeing
             from
             a
             sword
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             fall
             ,
             when
             none
             pursues
             .
          
           Can
           there
           be
           a
           greater
           slavery
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           those
           whom
           you
           have
           subdued
           ?
           And
           hath
           not
           God
           delivered
           you
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           those
           of
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             trouble
             ,
             to
             astonishment
             ,
             and
             to
             hissing
             ,
             as
             you
             see
             with
             your
             eyes
             ?
          
           So
           that
           in
           truth
           ,
           setting
           aside
           the
           peace
           and
           tranquillity
           of
           minde
           ,
           which
           must
           prepare
           the
           joyes
           of
           the
           next
           World
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           considering
           meerly
           the
           delight
           and
           pleasure
           in
           this
           ,
           into
           which
           some
           degree
           of
           reputation
           ,
           the
           affection
           of
           some
           Friends
           ,
           and
           the
           fidelity
           of
           those
           we
           trust
           ,
           are
           necessary
           Ingredients
           ;
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           the
           most
           undone
           man
           that
           this
           Declaration
           hath
           preyed
           upon
           ,
           than
           my
           
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
          
           or
           any
           one
           of
           his
           Councel
           in
           whose
           names
           it
           is
           published
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           .
           As
           it
           is
           manifestly
           destructive
           to
           all
           the
           liberty
           and
           property
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           by
           observation
           whereof
           alone
           those
           liberties
           ,
           and
           that
           property
           can
           be
           preserved
           :
           so
           to
           common
           understanding
           it
           must
           be
           the
           most
           fatal
           Instrument
           against
           your
           own
           interest
           and
           security
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           men
           see
           how
           inconsistent
           theirs
           is
           with
           the
           Government
           you
           have
           erected
           .
           You
           have
           pulled
           up
           Parliaments
           by
           the
           roots
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           onely
           natural
           security
           the
           Nation
           can
           have
           against
           Oppression
           and
           Tyrannie
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           thought
           we
           had
           
           exactly
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           Triennial
           Bill
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           at
           present
           authorize
           the
           People
           to
           assemble
           and
           make
           their
           Elections
           .
           You
           have
           cancelled
           all
           Obligations
           of
           Trust
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           all
           possible
           confidence
           from
           all
           men
           that
           they
           can
           ever
           enjoy
           any
           thing
           that
           they
           can
           call
           their
           own
           during
           this
           Government
           ;
           and
           having
           so
           little
           pleasure
           left
           them
           in
           life
           ,
           they
           will
           preferre
           the
           losing
           it
           in
           some
           Noble
           Attempt
           to
           free
           their
           Country
           and
           themselves
           from
           the
           bondage
           and
           servitude
           they
           live
           under
           ,
           to
           the
           dying
           ignobly
           in
           some
           loathsome
           Prison
           ,
           when
           you
           please
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           them
           .
           Do
           not
           value
           your selves
           upon
           the
           terrour
           you
           infuse
           into
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           your
           frequent
           Sacrifices
           of
           Blood
           ,
           and
           exposing
           their
           Friends
           to
           them
           on
           Scaffolds
           ,
           and
           on
           Gallows
           .
           Remember
           that
           it
           is
           recorded
           of
           
             Ann
             de
             Burg
             ,
          
           who
           was
           burnt
           in
           
             France
          
           in
           the
           year
           1559.
           upon
           matter
           of
           Religion
           ,
           That
           the
           death
           and
           constancy
           of
           a
           man
           so
           conspicuous
           ,
           did
           make
           many
           curious
           to
           know
           ,
           what
           Religion
           that
           was
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           had
           so
           couragiously
           endured
           punishment
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           numbers
           increase
           exceedingly
           .
           Trust
           me
           ,
           you
           have
           gotten
           nothing
           by
           those
           Spectacles
           ,
           and
           men
           return
           from
           them
           more
           confirmed
           in
           their
           detestation
           of
           you
           ,
           than
           terrified
           from
           any
           of
           their
           purposes
           towards
           you
           .
           And
           when
           the
           despair
           you
           have
           put
           them
           into
           shall
           make
           them
           consider
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           misery
           ,
           calamity
           ,
           servitude
           and
           infamy
           under
           which
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           suffer
           ,
           proceed
           entirely
           from
           you
           ,
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           be
           determined
           with
           you
           .
           
           That
           the
           general
           hatred
           and
           detestation
           of
           you
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           very
           probable
           that
           those
           Noble
           Patriots
           ,
           whose
           spirits
           shall
           be
           raised
           to
           destroy
           you
           ,
           shall
           not
           onely
           reap
           unutterable
           Honour
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           finde
           safety
           in
           it
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           Confusion
           that
           must
           instantly
           attend
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           abhorring
           your
           Memories
           in
           those
           that
           shall
           survive
           you
           .
           If
           they
           shall
           perish
           in
           or
           upon
           their
           Attempt
           ,
           what
           a
           Glorious
           Fame
           will
           they
           leave
           behind
           them
           ?
           what
           a
           sweet
           Odour
           will
           their
           Memories
           have
           with
           the
           present
           and
           succeeding
           Ages
           ?
           Statues
           will
           be
           erected
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Names
           recorded
           in
           those
           Roles
           ,
           which
           have
           preserved
           the
           
             Bruti
             ,
          
           the
           
             Horatii
             ,
          
           the
           
             Fabii
             ,
          
           and
           all
           those
           who
           have
           dyed
           out
           of
           debt
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           by
           having
           paid
           the
           utmost
           that
           they
           owed
           to
           it
           ;
           their
           Merits
           will
           be
           remembred
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           their
           Children
           and
           Kindred
           will
           be
           alwayes
           looked
           upon
           as
           the
           Descendants
           from
           the
           Liberators
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           esteemed
           accordingly
           ;
           their
           Fate
           will
           be
           like
           his
           in
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Syrach
             ,
          
           
           
             If
             he
             dye
             ,
             he
             shall
             leave
             a
             greater
             name
             than
             a
             thousand
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             live
             ,
             he
             shall
             increase
             it
             .
          
           And
           all
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Tranquillity
           ,
           Splendor
           and
           Glory
           ,
           which
           the
           Kingdomes
           shall
           hereafter
           enjoy
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           the
           greatest
           that
           any
           Nation
           in
           
             Europe
          
           hath
           been
           possessed
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           awe
           and
           dread
           their
           Enemies
           will
           have
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           reverence
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           and
           the
           full
           veneration
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           will
           still
           be
           imputed
           and
           attributed
           to
           those
           Heroick
           Spirits
           ,
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           first
           
           deliverance
           .
           And
           besides
           the
           preventing
           that
           Deluge
           of
           Blood
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Land
           will
           be
           otherwise
           overwhelmed
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           the
           Nation
           will
           be
           restored
           to
           the
           Honour
           it
           hath
           lost
           ,
           by
           freeing
           it self
           ,
           without
           any
           forreign
           help
           ,
           from
           that
           miserable
           Condition
           ,
           into
           which
           we
           are
           fallen
           by
           our
           own
           meer
           Folly
           and
           Madness
           .
        
         
           
             And
             they
             that
             come
             after
             him
             shall
             be
             astonished
             at
             his
             day
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             went
             before
             were
             affrighted
             ,
             
               
                 Job
              
               18.
               20.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A79847e-110
           
             Matth.
             13.
             29.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             21.
             50.
             
          
           
             Joseph
             ,
             
               lib.
               17.
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Full
               .
            
             Ho
             ,
             War
             ,
             ●…
             41.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             Cooks
             Pleas
             of
             the
             Crown
             fol.
             23.
             
          
           
             Salust
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             Plut.
             vitâ
             Timol
             .
          
           
             Liv.
             li
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Cooks
            
             Pleas
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             
               fol.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             Liv.
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Grot.
             de
             Jure
             Bel.
             
             &
             Pacis
             
          
           
             Wisdom
             17.
             12.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             Plutar.
             vitâ
             Sol.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             20.
             24.
             
          
           
             Lo.
             
               Cook
            
             jurisd.
             .
             of
             Co.
             fol.
             42.
             
          
           
             Hist.
             Conc.
             
          
           
             Tr.
             fol.
             396.
             
          
           
             Vit.
             Phil.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             38.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             89.
             
          
           
             Salust
             .
          
           
             Lev.
             26.
             36.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             29.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ecclesiastic
             .
             39.
             11.