An admonition to my Lord Protector and his Council, of their present danger, with the means to secure him and his posterity in their present greatnesse: with the generall applause and lasting tranquility of the nation,.
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             An admonition to my Lord Protector and his Council, of their present danger, with the means to secure him and his posterity in their present greatnesse: with the generall applause and lasting tranquility of the nation,.
             J. H.
             Heath, James, 1629-1664, attributed name.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666, attributed name.
          
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           AN
           ADMONITION
           TO
           MY
           LORD
           PROTECTOR
           AND
           HIS
           COUNCIL
           ,
           Of
           their
           present
           Danger
           ,
           WITH
           The
           means
           to
           secure
           him
           and
           his
           POSTERITY
           in
           the
           present
           Greatnesse
           :
           With
           the
           generall
           Applause
           and
           lasting
           Tranquility
           of
           the
           NATION
           ,
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeer
           1654.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           MY
           passionate
           inclinations
           to
           the
           lasting
           peace
           of
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           have
           made
           me
           so
           presumptuous
           ,
           as
           to
           prescribe
           to
           your
           Highness
           and
           Council
           a
           more
           perfect
           remedy
           for
           its
           ill
           healed
           wounds
           ,
           than
           I
           have
           se●en
           yet
           applied
           :
           But
           I
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           so
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           offer
           at
           the
           instruction
           of
           so
           great
           Masters
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           Government
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           that
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           your
           greater
           Affairs
           have
           made
           you
           forget
           to
           consider
           .
           And
           lest
           your
           Highness
           should
           want
           leasure
           to
           peruse
           the
           papers
           of
           an
           obscure
           and
           unknown
           person
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           commit
           them
           to
           the
           Press
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           your
           Council
           or
           Friends
           (
           at
           least
           )
           may
           inform
           your
           Highness
           how
           much
           is
           pertinent
           in
           them
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           you
           will
           think
           those
           more
           your
           friends
           ,
           that
           give
           you
           a
           timely
           notice
           of
           your
           own
           and
           your
           Countreys
           danger
           ,
           than
           those
           ,
           who
           by
           a
           servile
           flattery
           ,
           becalm
           you
           to
           your
           ruine
           ;
           which
           none
           shall
           be
           more
           ambitious
           to
           prevent
           ,
           then
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             ,
             and
             faithfull
             Servant
             ,
             J.
             H.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           AN
           ADMONITION
           TO
           MY
           LORD
           PROTECTOR
           ,
           
             and
             his
             Council
             ,
             of
             their
             present
             danger
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           TO
           begin
           such
           a
           businesse
           as
           this
           methodically
           ,
           we
           are
           first
           to
           shew
           the
           just
           Exceptions
           the
           people
           and
           Souldiery
           have
           to
           this
           plausible
           elective
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           so
           well
           intended
           by
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           Councill
           ;
           next
           those
           to
           your
           persons
           ,
           with
           the
           dangers
           ensuing
           thereupon
           to
           your selves
           and
           the
           Nation
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           the
           onely
           means
           of
           a
           totall
           and
           lasting
           prevention
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           ingenuously
           confesse
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           so
           much
           seeming
           reason
           to
           preferre
           the
           continuall
           Election
           of
           wise
           and
           gallant
           men
           ,
           before
           the
           Succession
           of
           Kings
           or
           Protectors
           ,
           who
           may
           possibly
           prove
           Children
           ,
           or
           Fools
           ,
           or
           Tyrants
           or
           Cowards
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           seem
           a
           wonder
           that
           the
           experience
           of
           all
           Nations
           hath
           not
           driven
           them
           to
           the
           specious
           forme
           of
           Elective
           Monarchies
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           tryals
           they
           have
           had
           ,
           have
           beaten
           them
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           renown
           of
           your
           Highness's
           many
           victories
           and
           great
           abilities
           ,
           with
           your
           long
           and
           prosperous
           prepossession
           of
           the
           Generalship
           ,
           did
           silence
           the
           ambitious
           pretences
           of
           any
           Competitours
           in
           your
           Election
           ,
           yet
           we
           must
           no
           more
           look
           for
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           no
           Equals
           after
           your
           Highnesse
           ;
           for
           the
           most
           eminent
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           are
           as
           near
           of
           a
           size
           in
           wit
           and
           courage
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           stature
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           are
           equals
           in
           virtue
           ,
           so
           will
           they
           be
           in
           interest
           ,
           at
           least
           their
           factions
           will
           be
           so
           near
           an
           equality
           ,
           that
           the
           weaker
           in
           an
           Army
           may
           by
           his
           cunning
           and
           industry
           draw
           in
           other
           factions
           from
           amongst
           the
           people
           to
           increase
           his
           numbers
           upon
           the
           common
           specious
           pretences
           of
           a
           Reformation
           in
           Religion
           
           and
           Government
           agreeable
           to
           those
           peoples
           humours
           whom
           he
           courts
           ,
           and
           so
           prepare
           himself
           to
           decide
           his
           pretentions
           by
           a
           Civil
           War
           ,
           which
           I
           may
           justly
           call
           the
           great
           Sea
           of
           calamities
           that
           swallows
           up
           all
           the
           streams
           of
           other
           petty
           tyrannies
           ,
           as
           not
           worth
           a
           name
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           ruinous
           inundations
           of
           that
           many
           headed
           Monster
           ,
           which
           commonly
           ushers
           in
           a
           Forraigner
           with
           it
           to
           make
           our
           miseries
           almost
           immortall
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           this
           is
           like
           to
           be
           our
           sad
           fate
           upon
           the
           
             Election
          
           of
           every
           
             Protector
             ,
          
           is
           as
           certain
           ,
           as
           that
           all
           men
           (
           whether
           honest
           ,
           or
           dishonest
           )
           have
           naturally
           an
           ambition
           to
           get
           as
           much
           power
           as
           they
           can
           to
           oblige
           or
           disoblige
           ;
           and
           considering
           how
           naturall
           men
           overvalue
           themselves
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           designs
           of
           ambitious
           men
           to
           be
           commonly
           just
           in
           their
           own
           thoughts
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Confidence
           they
           have
           of
           themselvs
           ,
           of
           excelling
           others
           in
           good
           
             Government
             .
          
           But
           that
           those
           gallant
           men
           who
           run
           so
           many
           
             hazards
          
           to
           build
           up
           your
           
             Highnesse
             greatnesse
             ,
          
           should
           not
           adventure
           as
           far
           for
           
             themselves
          
           apart
           ,
           after
           your
           
             Highnesse
             death
             ,
          
           were
           the
           greatest
           
             miracle
          
           that
           I
           have
           known
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           confirm
           this
           by
           an
           
             ancient
             example
          
           or
           two
           ,
           of
           the
           
             wisest
          
           and
           most
           
             civillized
             people
          
           then
           in
           reputation
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           we
           will
           begin
           with
           the
           great
           
             Alexander
             ,
          
           who
           at
           his
           
             death
          
           (
           it
           seems
           intending
           an
           
             Election
          
           amongst
           
             themselves
          
           )
           told
           his
           great
           
             Officers
             ,
          
           that
           he
           would
           leave
           his
           
             Empire
          
           to
           the
           
             worthiest
             ;
          
           but
           they
           could
           so
           ill
           agree
           who
           that
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           divided
           that
           
             invincible
             Army
             ,
          
           and
           each
           seizing
           upon
           what
           he
           could
           ,
           fought
           it
           out
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           all
           destroyed
           but
           
             Seleucus
             :
          
           and
           
             Ptolomy
             :
          
           And
           so
           after
           the
           death
           of
           
             Julus
             Caesar
             ,
          
           was
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           rent
           by
           the
           dissentions
           of
           
             Augustus
             ,
             Anthony
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lepidus
             ,
          
           till
           the
           fortune
           of
           
             Augustus
          
           prevailed
           .
           And
           in
           the
           declining
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           there
           were
           severall
           times
           as
           many
           
             Emperours
          
           as
           the
           
             Legions
          
           in
           severall
           
             Provinces
          
           were
           pleased
           to
           set
           up
           ,
           which
           were
           sometimes
           three
           or
           four
           together
           for
           want
           of
           a
           due
           succession
           .
           And
           to
           come
           home
           to
           the
           present
           
             German
             Empire
             ,
          
           though
           it
           be
           in
           effect
           
             Hereditary
          
           to
           the
           
             House
          
           of
           
             Austria
          
           yet
           the
           very
           
             pretence
          
           to
           a
           
             free
             election
          
           was
           the
           principall
           Cause
           of
           calling
           in
           the
           King
           of
           
             Sweden
             ,
          
           and
           reducing
           that
           strong
           and
           flourishing
           
             Empire
          
           to
           such
           a
           
             wildernesse
          
           as
           now
           it
           is
           .
           And
           doubtlesse
           ,
           all
           
             Governments
          
           were
           to
           be
           rejected
           as
           pernitious
           
             tyrannies
             ,
          
           were
           it
           not
           for
           avoiding
           the
           tyrannie
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           which
           subjects
           the
           
             Lives
          
           and
           
             Fortunes
          
           of
           every
           
             particular
             man
          
           to
           any
           small
           number
           of
           
             Rogues
          
           that
           shall
           assemble
           at
           such
           a
           time
           of
           Liberty
           .
           If
           then
           the
           
             publick
             peace
          
           be
           the
           chief
           end
           of
           all
           
             Governments
             ,
          
           
           those
           
             Forms
          
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           worst
           which
           are
           most
           subject
           to
           decline
           to
           
             Factions
             ,
          
           though
           they
           do
           not
           immediately
           do
           so
           ;
           and
           of
           
             Monarchies
          
           no
           doubt
           but
           the
           
             elective
          
           is
           most
           liable
           to
           this
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           it
           may
           be
           objected
           ,
           that
           the
           follies
           of
           a
           weak
           hereditary
           King
           may
           introduce
           the
           same
           inconvenience
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           answer
           that
           there
           is
           seldome
           such
           a
           King
           ;
           for
           their
           extraordinary
           educations
           make
           them
           knowing
           men
           ,
           if
           it
           findes
           them
           not
           such
           .
           But
           if
           he
           be
           a
           fool
           ,
           or
           coward
           ,
           he
           hath
           subjects
           under
           him
           fit
           to
           command
           Armies
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           a
           wise
           Council
           of
           his
           predecessors
           ,
           who
           knows
           how
           to
           Humor
           and
           govern
           him
           as
           well
           as
           any
           of
           his
           fellow
           fools
           ;
           And
           if
           he
           be
           a
           child
           ,
           his
           minority
           most
           commonly
           proves
           peaceable
           ,
           if
           his
           Title
           be
           unquestionable
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           said
           he
           may
           prove
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           but
           so
           may
           an
           Elective
           Monarch
           ,
           though
           he
           seem
           a
           lamb
           at
           his
           first
           entry
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           hath
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           more
           of
           his
           equals
           or
           superiors
           in
           birth
           to
           fear
           .
           And
           if
           we
           look
           upon
           other
           differences
           of
           these
           two
           kinds
           of
           Kings
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           the
           Elective
           King
           more
           necessitated
           to
           exhaust
           the
           people
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           charge
           of
           gaining
           and
           securing
           his
           present
           power
           ,
           and
           leaving
           his
           posterity
           like
           the
           children
           of
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Treasury
           shall
           be
           alwaies
           emptied
           into
           private
           purses
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           a
           new
           exhausted
           by
           the
           next
           hungry
           Prince
           with
           his
           necessitous
           kindred
           and
           dependents
           .
           So
           that
           I
           must
           conclude
           that
           every
           Election
           doth
           certainly
           threaten
           the
           worst
           of
           evils
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           inconveniences
           of
           a
           succession
           are
           farre
           lesse
           ,
           and
           do
           very
           seldome
           happen
           by
           the
           concurrents
           of
           many
           ill
           accidents
           together
           .
           And
           I
           think
           this
           may
           serve
           for
           demonstration
           of
           the
           peoples
           exceptions
           ,
           who
           judge
           by
           the
           pressures
           they
           feel
           .
           And
           now
           let
           us
           examine
           the
           distasts
           of
           the
           souldiery
           and
           people
           together
           to
           your
           Highnesse
           person
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           we
           shall
           finde
           that
           the
           greater
           their
           love
           and
           admiration
           once
           was
           ,
           the
           more
           is
           now
           their
           hatred
           and
           your
           Highnesse
           danger
           ;
           for
           they
           both
           looked
           upon
           you
           as
           a
           zealous
           reformer
           not
           only
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           very
           causes
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           (
           though
           you
           acted
           beyond
           their
           reasons
           )
           they
           thought
           it
           was
           because
           you
           had
           more
           reason
           then
           they
           ,
           and
           so
           with
           an
           implicite
           faith
           they
           expected
           from
           your
           Highnesse
           such
           a
           settlement
           ,
           as
           should
           recompence
           their
           great
           expence
           of
           blood
           and
           treasure
           .
           But
           after
           the
           spirir
           had
           moved
           you
           to
           break
           your
           Oathes
           of
           allegiance
           and
           supremacy
           (
           which
           you
           took
           with
           all
           the
           Members
           at
           your
           first
           entrance
           into
           Parliament
           )
           and
           after
           that
           your
           trust
           from
           the
           two
           houses
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           
           since
           again
           to
           destroy
           the
           King
           ,
           weed
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           ●ear
           it
           up
           by
           the
           roots
           ,
           and
           they
           in
           the
           end
           see
           no
           other
           fruits
           of
           bloud
           and
           perjury
           ,
           but
           the
           giving
           laws
           like
           a
           Conqueror
           ,
           and
           imposing
           that
           kind
           of
           Government
           upon
           the
           souldiery
           which
           they
           have
           fought
           against
           ,
           and
           indeed
           a
           worse
           :
           what
           can
           be
           feared
           from
           such
           a
           deluded
           Army
           and
           people
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           should
           as
           boldly
           draw
           their
           swords
           together
           against
           a
           Protector
           ,
           as
           the
           Presbyterians
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Independents
           did
           formerly
           against
           the
           King
           notwithstanding
           their
           own
           differences
           in
           opinion
           .
           Certainly
           they
           will
           be
           as
           little
           scrupulous
           of
           murthering
           Monarch
           by
           his
           own
           law
           ,
           as
           one
           by
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           established
           ,
           and
           will
           think
           your
           
             Highness
          
           as
           guilty
           of
           the
           bloodshed
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           as
           they
           once
           thought
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           and
           there
           is
           no
           question
           but
           the
           people
           who
           finde
           their
           
             Taxes
          
           and
           
             Dangers
          
           perpetuated
           (
           which
           were
           inconsiderable
           when
           they
           first
           quarrelled
           with
           them
           )
           will
           be
           as
           forward
           to
           assist
           the
           souldiery
           ,
           as
           they
           can
           wish
           them
           .
           And
           I
           think
           this
           general
           disaffection
           of
           the
           people
           was
           so
           evident
           to
           your
           
             Highnesse
             ,
          
           before
           they
           were
           exasperated
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           or
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           that
           you
           need
           not
           doubt
           their
           unanimous
           insurrection
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           prepared
           and
           countenanced
           in
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           of
           
             single
             Counties
          
           ventured
           their
           
             lives
          
           and
           
             fortunes
          
           so
           freely
           as
           they
           did
           before
           the
           
             Kings
             death
             ;
          
           where
           it
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           a
           remnant
           of
           the
           broken
           and
           discouraged
           people
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           with
           some
           small
           additions
           in
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           were
           able
           to
           divert
           my
           Lord
           
             Fairfax's
          
           Army
           at
           
             Colchester
          
           three
           moneths
           together
           ;
           if
           the
           Nation
           had
           been
           then
           prepared
           for
           a
           generall
           insurrection
           in
           a
           day
           ,
           it
           is
           probable
           your
           
             Highnesse
             glories
          
           had
           been
           nipped
           in
           the
           bud
           ,
           notwithstanding
           your
           renowned
           
             victories
          
           against
           the
           
             Scots
          
           at
           that
           time
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           asked
           ,
           why
           the
           
             people
          
           did
           not
           shew
           this
           readinesse
           when
           the
           
             Scots
          
           with
           their
           
             King
          
           came
           to
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Answer
           is
           ,
           that
           their
           comming
           was
           unexpected
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           haste
           ,
           as
           shewed
           they
           rather
           came
           to
           seek
           then
           give
           protection
           ,
           and
           the
           for-laid
           designes
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           any
           ,
           were
           (
           as
           was
           then
           pretended
           )
           discovered
           :
           But
           howsoever
           ,
           there
           was
           little
           more
           then
           was
           requisite
           for
           dispersing
           of
           
             Orders
          
           between
           the
           day
           of
           their
           arrivall
           at
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           their
           defeat
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           grand
           
             Objection
          
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           (
           the
           
             King
          
           )
           will
           alwayes
           keep
           the
           
             Souldiery
          
           at
           unity
           in
           their
           
             Obedience
          
           under
           your
           
             Highness
             ;
          
           but
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           few
           of
           them
           should
           but
           resolve
           to
           murther
           your
           
             Highness
             ,
          
           and
           
           one
           or
           two
           more
           of
           your
           principall
           
             Officers
             ,
          
           which
           no
           doubt
           they
           may
           easily
           and
           securely
           do
           ,
           they
           would
           find
           time
           enough
           to
           settle
           any
           form
           of
           Government
           they
           pleased
           ,
           before
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           (
           who
           hath
           neither
           
             Money
             ,
             Shipping
             ,
             Arms
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Friends
          
           abroad
           ,
           nor
           any
           footing
           in
           this
           Nation
           )
           could
           give
           them
           any
           disturbance
           .
           And
           how
           far
           
             zeal
          
           may
           prompt
           those
           who
           are
           
             religious
             ,
          
           and
           the
           ambition
           of
           sharing
           the
           Government
           those
           of
           no
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           a
           wise
           man
           ought
           to
           fear
           ;
           but
           admit
           the
           
             King
          
           were
           landed
           ,
           and
           considerable
           ,
           the
           
             Souldiery
          
           very
           well
           known
           by
           experience
           ,
           how
           welcome
           even
           particular
           men
           are
           that
           revolt
           to
           an
           enemy
           in
           a
           doubtful
           condition
           ;
           much
           more
           great
           bodies
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           onely
           make
           what
           advantagious
           conditions
           they
           please
           for
           themselves
           ,
           But
           may
           impose
           upon
           him
           stricter
           limitations
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           than
           your
           
             Highness
          
           is
           now
           tied
           to
           by
           your
           
             Protectorship
             ,
          
           and
           no
           doubt
           may
           retain
           any
           places
           of
           benefit
           or
           strength
           they
           shall
           then
           be
           possessed
           of
           ,
           for
           security
           of
           performance
           of
           conditions
           .
           But
           if
           the
           worst
           should
           happen
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           come
           in
           a
           Conquerer
           without
           their
           help
           ,
           they
           know
           that
           a
           few
           of
           the
           great
           Ones
           will
           onely
           be
           punished
           ;
           for
           reason
           will
           lead
           any
           conquering
           Tyrant
           (
           for
           his
           own
           security
           )
           to
           sweeten
           the
           multitude
           with
           a
           general
           pardon
           and
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ;
           and
           for
           any
           
             scruples
          
           they
           may
           have
           of
           betraying
           your
           
             Highness
             Trust
             ,
          
           I
           doubt
           they
           will
           be
           wiped
           away
           by
           their
           apprehensions
           of
           your
           first
           breaking
           yours
           with
           
             King
             ,
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           
             Army
             ,
          
           and
           so
           they
           may
           probably
           render
           you
           a
           
             bloody
             requitall
          
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           their
           
             Fellow
             souldiers
             ,
          
           whom
           you
           call
           
             Levellers
             .
          
           Lastly
           ,
           Consider
           the
           
             fondnesse
          
           of
           the
           
             people
          
           to
           their
           
             Old
             Forms
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Government
             ,
          
           which
           you
           have
           abolished
           without
           giving
           the
           
             liberty
          
           to
           
             tender
             consciences
          
           they
           expected
           ,
           and
           your
           
             Highness
          
           will
           conclude
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           affords
           you
           few
           others
           than
           
             Enemies
          
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           
             Emulators
          
           abroad
           :
           And
           if
           I
           have
           told
           you
           nothing
           but
           
             truth
             .
          
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           your
           generosity
           will
           think
           me
           more
           worthy
           of
           
             thanks
          
           then
           any
           of
           your
           
             Flatterers
             ,
          
           especially
           if
           I
           propose
           a
           just
           ,
           safe
           ,
           and
           honourable
           remedy
           for
           the
           
             mischiefs
          
           that
           threaten
           your
           
             Highness
          
           and
           the
           
             Nation
             .
          
           And
           now
           having
           sufficiently
           opened
           the
           wounds
           ,
           I
           shall
           apply
           the
           promised
           Cure
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           the
           lessening
           of
           your
           
             Highnesse
          
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           one
           of
           those
           that
           believe
           
             Monarchy
          
           to
           be
           the
           best
           form
           of
           
             Government
             ,
          
           so
           as
           it
           be
           hereditary
           :
           for
           admit
           a
           
             Monarch
          
           be
           a
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           his
           
             Tyranny
          
           is
           mortal
           ,
           and
           his
           care
           will
           be
           greater
           not
           to
           offend
           ,
           than
           of
           a
           multitude
           of
           
             Governors
             ,
          
           
           who
           may
           lay
           
             faults
          
           upon
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           subject
           to
           
             cruelty
          
           and
           
             avarice
          
           as
           the
           
             single
             person
             ,
          
           so
           that
           it
           is
           better
           to
           be
           preyed
           upon
           by
           one
           
             Family
          
           with
           its
           
             dependents
             ,
          
           than
           by
           three
           or
           four
           hundred
           with
           theirs
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           easier
           please
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           have
           
             justice
          
           of
           him
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           
             slow
          
           and
           
             factious
             great
             Body
             ,
          
           who
           must
           most
           of
           them
           joyn
           to
           oblige
           ,
           and
           yet
           any
           one
           can
           by
           his
           
             mis-information
          
           disobliege
           ,
           because
           the
           accused
           shall
           be
           branded
           with
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           
             Malignant
             ,
          
           when
           they
           have
           not
           so
           much
           as
           leisure
           to
           hear
           him
           .
           And
           since
           an
           arbitrary
           power
           will
           be
           in
           all
           
             Governments
          
           in
           those
           that
           have
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           it
           is
           better
           both
           for
           
             defence
          
           and
           
             offence
             ,
          
           that
           the
           General
           and
           civil
           
             Magistrate
          
           should
           be
           all
           one
           ,
           than
           that
           a
           gallant
           
             Army
          
           and
           
             Nation
          
           should
           be
           ruined
           ,
           as
           
             Hannibal
          
           and
           his
           
             Carthaginians
          
           were
           by
           the
           delatory
           and
           malicious
           practises
           of
           
             Hanno
             ,
          
           a
           Senator
           with
           his
           faction
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           purpose
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           interests
           ,
           and
           first
           for
           the
           souldiery
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           fought
           hard
           for
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           propose
           to
           your
           Highnesse
           to
           have
           all
           officers
           of
           the
           Army
           above
           the
           degree
           of
           Captaines
           to
           have
           votes
           in
           your
           Highnesse
           Councill
           of
           State
           at
           those
           times
           that
           they
           are
           free
           from
           their
           more
           urgent
           imployments
           in
           the
           field
           .
           So
           will
           each
           souldier
           of
           the
           Army
           be
           sure
           to
           endeavour
           by
           his
           extraordinary
           deserts
           to
           rise
           by
           degrees
           to
           the
           State
           preferment
           he
           sees
           his
           officers
           so
           justly
           rewarded
           with
           .
        
         
           Then
           for
           this
           next
           Parliament
           (
           though
           they
           should
           not
           have
           power
           to
           alter
           the
           Government
           )
           I
           could
           wish
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           Councill
           would
           consult
           with
           them
           about
           your
           late
           establishment
           ,
           and
           hear
           what
           objections
           they
           have
           against
           it
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Army
           should
           joyn
           in
           a
           petition
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           I
           presume
           you
           would
           not
           deny
           it
           .
           And
           it
           were
           better
           to
           offer
           at
           acts
           of
           Grace
           before
           they
           were
           asked
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           my
           reasons
           for
           an
           hereditary
           Monarchy
           be
           satisfactory
           ,
           I
           most
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           Council
           to
           consider
           whether
           the
           establishment
           of
           the
           succession
           after
           your
           Highnesse
           in
           an
           usurping
           line
           ,
           will
           not
           expose
           the
           Nation
           to
           all
           the
           miseries
           I
           have
           mentioned
           in
           an
           elective
           government
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           be
           doubted
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           look
           over
           our
           own
           Chronicles
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           variety
           of
           examples
           ,
           without
           going
           further
           then
           the
           time
           of
           the
           conquest
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           
             Harrold
          
           by
           his
           usurpation
           encouraged
           and
           occasioned
           the
           Conquest
           of
           England
           ;
           then
           was
           there
           another
           deluge
           of
           blood
           occasioned
           by
           the
           usurpation
           
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           first
           ;
           and
           again
           what
           slaughters
           and
           rapines
           did
           this
           miserable
           Nation
           endure
           by
           the
           unjust
           ambition
           of
           King
           
             Stephen
          
           in
           detaining
           the
           Crown
           from
           
             Maud
          
           the
           Empresse
           ,
           which
           fire
           could
           not
           be
           quenched
           but
           by
           the
           succession
           of
           her
           son
           the
           right
           heir
           ,
           which
           was
           at
           last
           agreed
           to
           by
           King
           
             Stephen
             .
          
           But
           to
           come
           nearer
           home
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           saw
           his
           country
           bleed
           in
           his
           life-time
           for
           his
           usurpation
           ,
           though
           he
           came
           in
           with
           the
           generall
           good
           liking
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           thought
           he
           ha●
           secured
           himself
           by
           the
           Kings
           murther
           .
           But
           though
           his
           industry
           secured
           the
           Crown
           to
           his
           son
           ,
           yet
           was
           his
           sons
           death
           conspired
           by
           his
           principall
           friends
           just
           as
           he
           was
           setting
           out
           for
           the
           invasion
           of
           
             France
             ;
          
           but
           that
           conspiracy
           being
           detected
           ,
           he
           by
           his
           unparallelled
           vertues
           and
           successes
           and
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           the
           true
           heir
           ,
           avoided
           during
           his
           short
           life
           any
           storms
           at
           home
           .
           But
           they
           fell
           most
           heavily
           upon
           our
           flourishing
           Countrey
           in
           his
           Successor
           
             Henry
          
           the
           sixths
           time
           who
           could
           never
           have
           lost
           the
           Crown
           by
           his
           weaknesse
           if
           his
           title
           had
           been
           good
           ;
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           notable
           contention
           between
           him
           and
           
             Edward
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           but
           between
           them
           were
           many
           thousands
           of
           Orphans
           and
           widows
           left
           weeping
           over
           their
           own
           and
           their
           Countreys
           desolate
           and
           bloudy
           ruines
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           the
           ambition
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           was
           justly
           punished
           in
           the
           ruine
           of
           his
           Grandchild
           ,
           and
           a
           hatefull
           memory
           for
           his
           unjust
           Ambition
           and
           the
           sad
           consequences
           of
           it
           .
           But
           if
           these
           examples
           do
           not
           sufficiently
           convince
           ,
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           doth
           ,
           for
           there
           will
           alwayes
           be
           a
           conscientious
           and
           a
           necessitous
           party
           for
           the
           true
           heir
           in
           any
           Nation
           against
           an
           Usurper
           ;
           besides
           malecontents
           which
           are
           still
           the
           greatest
           number
           because
           many
           must
           necessarily
           be
           injured
           ,
           and
           more
           unrewarded
           that
           think
           they
           deserve
           it
           ,
           and
           even
           all
           men
           that
           are
           unconcerned
           will
           be
           for
           the
           true
           Heir
           ,
           and
           be
           pretended
           lovers
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           reason
           must
           hate
           presidents
           of
           wrong
           ,
           least
           they
           should
           time
           other
           time
           suffer
           it
           .
           And
           so
           I
           may
           conclude
           we
           are
           as
           certain
           of
           a
           civill
           warre
           from
           an
           unjust
           succession
           as
           from
           an
           Elective
           Government
           .
           And
           the
           incomparable
           miseries
           and
           ill
           consequences
           of
           that
           I
           have
           already
           declared
           ,
           though
           our
           own
           experience
           might
           partly
           have
           saved
           me
           the
           labour
           .
           But
           your
           Highnesse
           may
           think
           an
           invincible
           Fleet
           a
           sufficient
           security
           for
           an
           Island
           against
           a
           Forreign
           Nation
           that
           may
           interpose
           at
           such
           a
           time
           of
           our
           destructions
           .
           But
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           if
           none
           of
           your
           shipping
           should
           revolt
           ,
           yet
           might
           our
           next
           neighbours
           the
           French
           (
           if
           
           they
           should
           then
           make
           peace
           with
           their
           other
           enemies
           )
           take
           the
           opportunity
           of
           the
           same
           storm
           that
           shall
           force
           your
           Fleet
           in
           the
           Winter
           into
           Harbors
           to
           blow
           them
           over
           the
           short
           passage
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           if
           they
           have
           any
           party
           to
           secure
           their
           Landing
           here
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           be
           thought
           frivolous
           ,
           I
           suppose
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           besides
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           the
           true
           interest
           of
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           your
           posterity
           with
           that
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           to
           think
           of
           a
           treaty
           with
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ,
          
           if
           he
           will
           accept
           of
           the
           Crown
           after
           your
           decease
           upon
           the
           same
           terms
           you
           now
           hold
           it
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           same
           Councill
           and
           limitation
           of
           power
           ,
           with
           a
           competent
           maintenance
           for
           him
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           in
           some
           such
           remote
           place
           as
           you
           shall
           need
           lesse
           to
           fear
           him
           then
           you
           do
           now
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           incline
           to
           the
           breach
           of
           such
           an
           agreement
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           secured
           by
           Oaths
           ,
           Hostages
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           mediation
           of
           such
           States
           whose
           interest
           it
           is
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           greater
           neighbours
           )
           to
           be
           alwayes
           friends
           to
           the
           peace
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           stricter
           ties
           then
           are
           here
           necessary
           to
           be
           mentioned
           ;
           besides
           the
           honesty
           ,
           discretion
           and
           temper
           of
           the
           young
           man
           ,
           who
           (
           notwithstanding
           his
           great
           courage
           )
           shews
           he
           inherits
           the
           mildnesse
           of
           his
           Father
           and
           Grandfather
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Mother
           and
           Grandfather
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           which
           great
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           of
           
             France
          
           after
           he
           had
           victoriously
           broken
           the
           heart
           of
           that
           great
           Rebellion
           called
           the
           
             Catholique
             League
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           received
           the
           only
           head
           of
           it
           then
           living
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Main
             ,
          
           into
           his
           protection
           and
           favour
           ,
           and
           never
           took
           the
           least
           revenge
           of
           him
           or
           any
           other
           of
           that
           Rebellious
           crew
           in
           all
           the
           time
           of
           his
           reign
           .
           But
           above
           all
           things
           the
           Kings
           own
           interest
           and
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Countrey
           will
           oblige
           him
           to
           bury
           his
           resentments
           ,
           and
           both
           to
           accept
           and
           keep
           such
           conditions
           as
           redeem
           him
           and
           his
           followers
           from
           misery
           at
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           secure
           him
           and
           his
           posterity
           in
           the
           end
           to
           the
           re-enjoyments
           of
           all
           their
           rights
           ,
           without
           the
           slaughter
           or
           destruction
           of
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Kingdomes
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           most
           tenderly
           sensible
           of
           ;
           and
           what
           doubt
           can
           there
           be
           but
           that
           he
           will
           rather
           expect
           quietly
           the
           decease
           of
           an
           old
           man
           (
           as
           your
           Highnesse
           is
           )
           then
           run
           an
           improbable
           hazard
           of
           all
           his
           fortunes
           for
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           which
           he
           must
           have
           stayed
           for
           till
           his
           fathers
           death
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           untimely
           cut
           off
           :
           and
           that
           he
           was
           willing
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           your
           Highness
           knowes
           ,
           by
           his
           pious
           and
           earnest
           sollicitation
           then
           to
           you
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           officers
           then
           with
           you
           for
           the
           saving
           of
           his
           
           life
           .
           And
           let
           me
           ad
           a
           very
           late
           tryal
           of
           him
           ,
           when
           
             Wiseman
          
           and
           others
           proposed
           your
           murther
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           refused
           to
           consent
           to
           it
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           interest
           ,
           and
           the
           exasperation
           of
           his
           wants
           ;
           how
           then
           should
           he
           be
           feared
           when
           those
           motives
           are
           taken
           away
           ?
        
         
           But
           admit
           this
           were
           not
           so
           ,
           you
           have
           ,
           still
           all
           the
           power
           in
           your
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           the
           affections
           of
           the
           people
           (
           which
           he
           now
           hath
           )
           if
           he
           should
           be
           perfidious
           to
           their
           disquiet
           anew
           .
           If
           then
           it
           be
           clear
           that
           you
           are
           secure
           on
           the
           Kings
           side
           ,
           where
           lies
           the
           danger
           of
           this
           accommodation
           ?
           it
           is
           the
           undoubted
           interest
           of
           the
           military
           men
           to
           be
           alwaies
           governed
           by
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           be
           well
           provided
           of
           subordinate
           places
           under
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           are
           so
           passionately
           affected
           to
           the
           old
           line
           ,
           as
           their
           onley
           constant
           security
           from
           rapine
           and
           bloudshed
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           never
           be
           at
           rest
           till
           they
           have
           an
           oportunity
           to
           destroy
           the
           rooter
           up
           of
           that
           three
           great
           fences
           ,
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           unquestionable
           succession
           which
           would
           intirely
           secure
           them
           from
           any
           more
           disputes
           ;
           and
           even
           most
           of
           those
           who
           formerly
           fancyed
           ,
           better
           forms
           of
           Government
           ,
           are
           now
           for
           falling
           into
           the
           old
           channel
           ,
           out
           of
           dispair
           of
           drawing
           the
           peoples
           affections
           to
           their
           fancies
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           know
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Nation
           can
           never
           be
           long
           preserved
           ;
           if
           your
           Highnesse
           should
           yet
           prove
           one
           of
           that
           number
           ,
           your
           name
           would
           be
           as
           good
           as
           it
           is
           great
           ;
           for
           a
           man
           may
           be
           thought
           reasonably
           to
           undertake
           indirect
           courses
           for
           a
           great
           and
           publick
           good
           ,
           so
           as
           he
           leave
           those
           courses
           when
           he
           sees
           his
           end
           is
           not
           to
           be
           compassed
           :
           And
           if
           your
           Highness
           do
           so
           ,
           your
           curses
           will
           be
           turned
           into
           praises
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           sleep
           again
           without
           any
           fear
           of
           your
           own
           guards
           ,
           who
           otherwise
           are
           not
           like
           to
           scruple
           the
           murthering
           of
           so
           unjust
           a
           master
           for
           a
           greater
           reward
           than
           you
           can
           give
           them
           ,
           if
           the
           present
           seizure
           of
           your
           treasure
           were
           not
           sufficient
           for
           them
           :
           For
           men
           of
           no
           
             Religion
          
           will
           at
           any
           tine
           betray
           a
           person
           as
           wicked
           as
           themselves
           for
           their
           interest
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           
             zealous
          
           will
           do
           the
           same
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             Oaths
          
           and
           
             Covenants
          
           to
           other
           
             forms
          
           or
           
             persons
             ;
          
           so
           that
           your
           
             Highness
          
           can
           be
           secure
           of
           no body
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           rewards
           of
           
             injustice
          
           with
           infamy
           ,
           for
           the
           preferring
           your
           
             Sons
             advancement
          
           before
           your
           
             Countreys
             security
             ,
          
           who
           if
           he
           were
           planted
           can
           never
           be
           secured
           by
           any
           
             Decrees
          
           or
           
             Oaths
             ,
          
           since
           both
           have
           been
           so
           commonly
           broken
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           unjustly
           made
           or
           taken
           ;
           and
           if
           his
           virtues
           be
           never
           so
           great
           his
           meer
           youth
           shall
           make
           him
           be
           despised
           by
           
           those
           that
           have
           had
           the
           start
           of
           him
           in
           
             successes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             affections
          
           of
           the
           
             Army
             ;
          
           and
           the
           seeming
           respect
           that
           is
           now
           paid
           him
           upon
           your
           
             Highness
          
           score
           ,
           shall
           vanish
           with
           your
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           all
           your
           
             Family
          
           be
           destroyed
           (
           like
           that
           of
           the
           great
           
             Alexanders
          
           )
           by
           your
           own
           friends
           and
           followers
           ,
           if
           you
           your self
           should
           scape
           such
           a
           cup
           of
           poyson
           as
           he
           met
           with
           on
           such
           a
           dagger
           as
           finished
           the
           ambition
           of
           
             Julius
             Caesar
             :
          
           And
           now
           my
           Lord
           ,
           for
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           wonder
           at
           the
           ambition
           of
           all
           ill
           men
           ,
           though
           they
           belive
           in
           no
           other
           world
           ,
           since
           their
           ambition
           is
           to
           gain
           esteem
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           should
           be
           esteemed
           and
           hated
           at
           once
           for
           the
           same
           fact
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           without
           a
           contradiction
           .
           If
           they
           did
           but
           consider
           how
           even
           wicked
           men
           hate
           one
           another
           for
           fear
           of
           receiving
           the
           same
           injuries
           from
           their
           companions
           which
           they
           have
           inflicted
           together
           upon
           others
           ,
           they
           would
           prefer
           the
           love
           and
           admiration
           of
           Mankind
           before
           the
           being
           admirably
           hated
           ,
           which
           since
           your
           Highnesse
           may
           so
           easily
           do
           ,
           and
           cannot
           with
           justice
           ,
           honour
           and
           safety
           do
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           it
           shall
           no
           more
           be
           doubted
           from
           your
           generosity
           by
        
         
           MY
           LORD
           .