A second vvhy not Or Eight queries, made to the Parliament, from the people of England, being the supream power thereof in 1649.
         Freize, James.
      
       
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             A second vvhy not Or Eight queries, made to the Parliament, from the people of England, being the supream power thereof in 1649.
             Freize, James.
          
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             Printed by I.G. for I.B. and I.F. and are to be sold by G. Lindsey at London-stone,
             [London] :
             1649.
          
           
             Signed at end: Iames Frese.
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             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Septemb. 3 1649".
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           England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800.
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       A84915  R211257  (Thomason 669.f.14[72]).  civilwar no A second vvhy not. Or Eight queries, made to the Parliament, from the people of England, being the supreame power thereof in 1649. Freize, James.  1649    1124 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 B  The  rate of 9 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           second
           VVHY
           NOT
           .
        
         
           Or
           Eight
           
             Queries
             ,
          
           made
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           From
           the
           People
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           being
           the
           Supream
           Power
           thereof
           in
           1649.
           
        
         
           WHether
           this
           Nation
           shall
           be
           a
           free
           People
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           (
           now
           regained
           with
           such
           a
           vast
           expence
           of
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           effusion
           of
           blood
           )
           and
           according
           to
           our
           trust
           reposed
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           solemn
           deep
           Ingagements
           ,
           Vows
           ,
           and
           Promises
           ,
           made
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           a
           free
           People
           ?
           And
           WHY
           NOT
           yet
           performed
           by
           you
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           Promise
           made
           to
           us
           ,
           since
           the
           Kings
           death
           ?
           And
           if
           a
           Free-State
           .
           WHY
           NOT
           our
           Persons
           acquitted
           of
           imprisonment
           ,
           and
           wee
           a
           Free-People
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           Whether
           you
           intend
           to
           passe
           the
           Nationall
           Act
           for
           Liberty
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           off
           all
           
             Capias
          
           for
           Arrests
           ,
           That
           so
           we
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           may
           be
           secured
           from
           trouble
           in
           our
           personal
           Liberties
           and
           thereby
           inabled
           freely
           to
           follow
           our
           Callings
           and
           Endeavours
           for
           Livelihood
           ?
           And
           WHY
           NOT
           ,
           seeing
           it
           is
           our
           just
           Birth-Right
           ?
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           Whether
           this
           Nation
           shall
           still
           be
           enslaved
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           personal
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Lives
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           corrupt
           ,
           delatory
           ,
           chargeable
           practises
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           cruel
           ,
           impious
           (
           unparalel'd
           )
           mercenary
           Instruments
           of
           the
           same
           (
           by
           whom
           thousands
           of
           this
           Nation
           have
           been
           ruined
           and
           destroyed
           )
           even
           by
           
             Lawyers
          
           and
           
             Goalers
             ?
          
           And
           WHY
           SO
           ,
           seeing
           they
           are
           cruell
           ,
           abominable
           and
           wicked
           ?
        
         
           
             IIII.
             
          
           Whether
           you
           intend
           to
           prefer
           the
           impious
           flourishing
           State
           of
           an
           inconsiderable
           number
           of
           
             corrupt
          
           Judges
           ,
           
           
             and
             mercenary
          
           Lawyers
           ,
           
             and
             cruel
             murthering
          
           Goalers
           (
           Enemies
           to
           
             Englands
          
           Liberties
           )
           before
           the
           just
           
             Liberties
             ,
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           
             Welfare
          
           of
           this
           great
           Nation
           ?
           And
           WHY
           SO
           ?
           Seeing
           he
           that
           treadeth
           in
           their
           
             Pathes
             ,
          
           shall
           never
           have
           
             Peace
          
           nor
           
             Rest
             ,
             Ier.
          
           5.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           And
           by
           whom
           ;
           God
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           Life
           ,
           Estate
           ,
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           are
           sold
           for
           mony
           dayly
           .
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           Whether
           
             Iustice
          
           shall
           be
           freely
           administred
           to
           all
           (
           both
           rich
           and
           poor
           )
           the
           oppressed
           relieved
           ,
           with
           full
           satisfaction
           and
           reparation
           for
           their
           wrongs
           sustained
           ,
           and
           the
           imprisoned
           set
           free
           ,
           SO
           ,
           as
           their
           persons
           may
           not
           be
           still
           subject
           to
           imprisonment
           every
           two
           or
           three
           dayes
           ,
           
           or
           as
           often
           as
           their
           malicious
           cruel
           adversaries
           shall
           think
           meet
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           And
           WHEN
           ,
           after
           eight
           yeers
           
             Expectation
             ?
          
           contrary
           to
           
             Isa.
             33.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Psal.
          
           82.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           
        
         
           
             VI
             .
          
           Whether
           the
           Creditors
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           enabled
           to
           reap
           
             Due
          
           and
           
             Real
             Satisfaction
          
           for
           their
           just
           
             Debts
             ,
          
           out
           of
           the
           real
           and
           personall
           Estates
           of
           all
           able
           
             Debtors
             ,
          
           in
           the
           two
           third
           parts
           thereof
           (
           Intailed
           Lands
           also
           not
           exempted
           )
           without
           any
           tedious
           jugling
           ,
           chargeable
           delatory
           tricks
           in
           the
           
             Law
             ?
          
           And
           WHY
           NOT
           ,
           rather
           then
           
             Lawyers
          
           and
           
             Goalers
          
           to
           rob
           both
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Debtors
             ?
          
           The
           one
           of
           his
           
             Debt
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           of
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           hinderance
           of
           
             Sea-men
          
           in
           
             Navigation
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           Whether
           all
           persons
           by
           you
           intrusted
           with
           many
           Millions
           of
           the
           
             National
             Treasure
             ,
          
           (
           and
           by
           them
           perverted
           )
           shall
           be
           called
           to
           a
           just
           and
           strict
           account
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Souldiery
           may
           be
           duly
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           this
           whole
           Nation
           eased
           and
           acquitted
           from
           the
           unsupportable
           
             Burdens
          
           of
           all
           the
           several
           great
           
             Taxes
             ,
          
           and
           daily
           
             Plunders
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           Souldiery
           is
           made
           to
           appear
           the
           
             Actors
             ,
          
           (
           conceived
           to
           be
           done
           by
           the
           
             Speaker
          
           and
           
             Lawyers
          
           )
           meerly
           to
           render
           the
           Souldiers
           the
           more
           odious
           and
           detestable
           to
           this
           whole
           Nation
           (
           a
           subtile
           contrivance
           ,
           to
           imbrue
           the
           Nation
           againe
           into
           a
           Sea
           of
           Blood
           through
           the
           dayly
           increase
           of
           all
           the
           peoples
           heart-burnings
           against
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           Souldiers
           ?
           And
           WHY
           NOT
           ,
           that
           so
           
             Knaves
          
           may
           be
           known
           ?
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           Whether
           you
           intend
           to
           abolish
           
             Tithes
             ,
          
           restore
           the
           
             Rights
          
           of
           the
           
             Poor
             ,
          
           call
           a
           new
           
             Representative
             ,
          
           provided
           ,
           That
           all
           mercenary
           
             Lawyers
          
           be
           exempted
           from
           coming
           up
           to
           
             Westminster
          
           for
           
             Iustice
             ;
          
           but
           every
           man
           to
           have
           Justice
           administred
           at
           his
           own
           doore
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           King
           
             Edward
             ,
          
           and
           King
           
             Alfred
             ,
          
           who
           hanged
           up
           45
           County
           
             Iudges
          
           in
           one
           yeere
           ,
           for
           taking
           Bribes
           ,
           and
           passing
           false
           Judgement
           ;
           and
           
             Edward
          
           the
           fourth
           who
           hang'd
           15
           
             Goalers
          
           in
           one
           yeere
           for
           exacting
           monies
           from
           Prisoners
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Law
          
           practised
           in
           our
           English
           tongue
           ,
           in
           some
           brief
           expedicious
           way
           ,
           without
           any
           delatory
           (
           
             heats
             ,
             Fees
             ,
          
           or
           
             Bribes
             ,
          
           (
           as
           now
           used
           )
           according
           to
           the
           command
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           present
           practise
           of
           all
           other
           Nations
           in
           the
           World
           where
           more
           
             Iustice
          
           is
           to
           be
           had
           for
           eight
           pence
           ,
           then
           here
           in
           our
           Land
           for
           800.
           l.
           
           And
           WHY
           NOT
           unjust
           things
           abolished
           ?
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           our
           desires
           are
           .
           That
           because
           there
           is
           a
           far
           greater
           number
           of
           able
           honest
           Consciencious
           understanding
           men
           in
           every
           of
           our
           Cities
           ,
           Counties
           ,
           Hundreds
           .
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           that
           are
           able
           to
           judge
           and
           determine
           all
           
             Controversies
          
           between
           a
           man
           and
           his
           Neighbor
           better
           then
           any
           of
           those
           Instruments
           of
           
             Contention
             ,
          
           The
           
             Lawyers
             .
             (
             Englands
             Cankerworms
          
           )
           whose
           Nature
           and
           Profession
           is
           to
           fish
           in
           troubled
           Waters
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           Wound
           of
           
             Contention
          
           deeper
           and
           far
           larger
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           cure
           it
           ,
           That
           therefore
           they
           may
           no
           ways
           be
           thought
           fit
           to
           decide
           any
           
             Controversie
          
           in
           
             Iudgement
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           sit
           in
           our
           
             National
             Assemblies
             ,
          
           but
           to
           be
           expunged
           and
           expelled
           the
           
             House
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           even
           as
           the
           
             Bishops
             ,
             Lords
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iudges
          
           were
           before
           them
           ?
           And
           WHY
           NOT
           the
           power
           of
           such
           
             Serpents
          
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           quite
           confounded
           ,
           confounded
           ,
           Yea
           accursed
           of
           God
           and
           abhorred
           of
           men
           let
           all
           them
           be
           ,
           That
           appeare
           in
           their
           defence
           ,
           or
           stand
           up
           for
           their
           support
           ,
           WHY
           NOT
           ?
        
         
           
             Amen
             .
          
           
             By
             
               Iames
               Frese
            
             Marchant
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             G.
          
           for
           
             I.
             B.
          
           and
           
             I.
             F.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             G.
             Lindsey
          
           at
           
             London-stone
          
           .
           1649.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A84915e-30
           
             Isa.
             56.
             11
             ,
          
           
             Isa.
             59.
             1
             ,
             2
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             ●
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.