Musgrave muzl'd: or the mouth of iniquitie stoped. Being a true and cleer vindication of Sir Arthur Hazelrige from a false and scandalous accusation of John Musgrave, in his late pamphlet intituled, A true and exact relation of the great and heavie pressurs and grievances the well-affected of the Northern bordering counties lye under by Sir A.H. misgovernment. With a true but not exact character of the said Musgrave in some discoveries of him.
      
       
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             Musgrave muzl'd: or the mouth of iniquitie stoped. Being a true and cleer vindication of Sir Arthur Hazelrige from a false and scandalous accusation of John Musgrave, in his late pamphlet intituled, A true and exact relation of the great and heavie pressurs and grievances the well-affected of the Northern bordering counties lye under by Sir A.H. misgovernment. With a true but not exact character of the said Musgrave in some discoveries of him.
             Price, John, Citizen of London, Attributed name.
          
           [4], 18 p.
           
             Printed by John Macock, for L. Lloyd, and H. Cripps, and are to be sold at their shop in Popes head Alley,
             London :
             1651.
          
           
             Attributed to John Price by John Lilburne in "A letter of Lieutenant colonel John Lilburns, .. [1651]" (Wing L2133).
             A reply to: Musgrave, John A true and exact relation of the great and heavy pressures and grievances the well-affected of the northern bordering countries lye under.
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           Musgrave, John, fl. 1654.
           Hesilrige, Arthur, -- Sir, d. 1661.
           Musgrave, John, fl. 1654. -- A true and exact relation of the great and heavy pressures and grievances the well-affected of the northern bordering counties lye under.
           England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- Committee for Sequestration of Delinquents' Estates.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           Musgrave
           Muzl'd
           :
           OR
           The
           mouth
           of
           Iniquitie
           stoped
           .
        
         
           BEING
           A
           true
           and
           Cleer
           Vindication
           OF
           Sir
           Arthur
           Hazelrige
           FROM
           A
           false
           and
           Scandalous
           Accusation
           of
           
             John
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           In
           his
           late
           Pamphlet
           Intituled
           ,
           A
           
             True
             and
             exact
             Relation
             of
             the
             great
             and
             heavie
             pressurs
             and
             grievances
             the
             well-affected
             of
             the
             Northern
             bordering
             Counties
             lye
             under
             by
             Sir
          
           A.
           H.
           
             misgovernment
             .
          
        
         
           With
           a
           True
           but
           not
           Exact
           Character
           of
           the
           said
           
             Musgraue
          
           in
           some
           discoveries
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Macock
             ,
          
           for
           
             L.
             Lloyd
             ,
          
           and
           
             H.
             Cripps
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           their
           shop
           in
           
             Popes
             head
             Alley
             .
          
           1651.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           A
           GOOD
           Name
           well
           got
           is
           the
           best
           of
           
             Riches
          
           and
           he
           that
           unjustly
           taketh
           away
           the
           same
           is
           the
           worst
           of
           
             Robbers
             ,
          
           to
           
             conceal
          
           the
           worth
           of
           a
           man
           is
           
             dis-ingenuity
             ,
          
           to
           
             detract
          
           from
           true
           deserts
           is
           not
           
             equity
             :
          
           to
           
             charge
          
           guilt
           upon
           innocencie
           is
           
             inhumanity
             ,
          
           but
           to
           call
           
             worthiness
          
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             wickedness
          
           is
           right
           down
           
             Devilism
             .
          
           I
           am
           no
           more
           Master
           
             Musgraves
          
           adversary
           then
           thine
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           thee
           not
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           am
           both
           thine
           and
           his
           adversary
           in
           all
           
             Malignity
             ,
          
           against
           this
           Common
           .
           wealth
           and
           its
           chiefest
           champions
           :
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Hazilrige
          
           is
           no
           otherwise
           
             my
             Friend
          
           then
           
             thine
             ,
          
           if
           thou
           art
           a
           wel-wisher
           to
           this
           Republique
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           as
           little
           
             dependence
          
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           
             obliegment
          
           from
           him
           upon
           any
           personal
           interest
           as
           thy self
           whoever
           thou
           art
           ,
           I
           have
           alwayes
           observed
           him
           (
           according
           to
           the
           best
           advantage
           of
           my
           standing
           in
           all
           the
           turns
           of
           our
           turning
           times
           )
           a
           plain
           hearted
           man
           ,
           an
           English
           
             Oake
             ,
          
           and
           not
           an
           
             Osier
          
           that
           wil
           warp
           and
           winde
           with
           every
           wind
           ;
           a
           Protector
           of
           all
           good
           men
           of
           whatsoever
           judgement
           ,
           in
           a
           good
           cause
           ;
           an
           Assertor
           of
           just
           liberty
           ,
           an
           opposer
           of
           Tyrannie
           and
           that
           not
           in
           
             prate
          
           but
           in
           
             practise
             ,
          
           in
           
             Councels
             ▪
          
           and
           
             Combates
             :
          
           For
           my
           part
           let
           the
           terror
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           be
           his
           reward
           ,
           that
           wil
           plead
           his
           cause
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           the
           
           subtil'st
           Sollicitors
           for
           dethron'd
           Tyrants
           ,
           that
           decry
           their
           dethroners
           without
           a
           cause
           :
           
             it
             is
             too
          
           true
           honours
           do
           alter
           manners
           ,
           and
           high
           places
           without
           great
           watchfulness
           ,
           do
           make
           high
           spirits
           ,
           but
           every
           bird
           is
           not
           taken
           in
           the
           snare
           of
           the
           Fowler
           :
           and
           
             it
             is
             as
             true
             ,
          
           that
           preferment
           in
           some
           begets
           envie
           in
           others
           ,
           whose
           constant
           course
           is
           to
           strive
           and
           endeavour
           to
           stain
           their
           integrity
           with
           notorious
           forgerie
           ;
           I
           take
           no
           pleasure
           in
           padling
           in
           other
           mens
           puddle
           ,
           nor
           dabling
           my self
           with
           other
           mens
           dirt
           ;
           yet
           I
           judge
           it
           a
           service
           worthy
           my
           betters
           ,
           to
           wash
           off
           that
           filth
           and
           foam
           which
           the
           malicious
           stomachs
           of
           envious
           men
           do
           dayly
           eject
           upon
           the
           Names
           and
           Honours
           of
           our
           English
           Heroes
           :
           beleeve
           it
           (
           if
           I
           may
           speak
           it
           without
           vanity
           )
           flattery
           is
           the
           very
           antipathy
           of
           my
           genius
           ,
           and
           I
           blesse
           my
           God
           my
           foot
           is
           not
           taken
           in
           the
           snare
           of
           necessitie
           to
           dissemble
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           the
           instigation
           whereof
           upon
           the
           first
           view
           of
           this
           
             *
          
           
             paltrie
          
           Pamphlet
           written
           by
           Master
           
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           I
           had
           a
           strong
           resolution
           to
           make
           a
           strict
           inquisition
           touching
           matters
           of
           Fact
           therein
           asserted
           ;
           and
           (
           though
           I
           had
           not
           faith
           to
           beleeve
           the
           tenths
           of
           those
           tales
           mentioned
           therein
           ,
           mine
           own
           personal
           knowledge
           rising
           up
           against
           some
           of
           them
           ;
           yet
           considering
           that
           the
           best
           of
           men
           are
           but
           men
           at
           best
           ,
           and
           well
           knowing
           that
           a
           plain
           man
           would
           not
           be
           offended
           at
           plain
           dealing
           )
           I
           applyed
           my self
           to
           Sir
           
             Arthur
          
           himself
           for
           satisfaction
           herein
           ,
           who
           hath
           given
           me
           that
           which
           I
           give
           unto
           thee
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           thou
           judgest
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           impartiality
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           finde
           such
           a
           complexion
           of
           impudence
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           scandal
           and
           slander
           ,
           malice
           and
           mischief
           ,
           pride
           and
           passion
           ,
           forgeries
           and
           falsities
           concentred
           in
           
             Mnsgrave
             ,
          
           as
           if
           they
           were
           all
           cloth'd
           in
           flesh
           and
           dwelt
           amongst
           us
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           power
           of
           him
           whose
           design
           it
           was
           in
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           
             to
             destroy
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           would
           crush
           the
           crowd
           ,
           spoil
           the
           spawn
           ,
           and
           confound
           the
           conventicle
           of
           those
           unclean
           spirits
           in
           that
           unclean
           man
           ,
           is
           my
           hearty
           desire
           .
           I
           expect
           a
           Respons
           ,
           but
           cleerly
           perceiving
           a
           ranting
           ,
           raving
           ,
           and
           railing
           spirit
           stearing
           his
           pen
           and
           praecipitating
           him
           to
           wright
           at
           randum
           ,
           I
           judge
           him
           not
           worthy
           the
           honour
           of
           a
           Reply
           ,
           and
           therefore
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           True
           and
           Cleer
           Vindication
           ▪
           of
           Sir
           Arthur
           Hazelrige
           ,
           from
           a
           false
           and
           scandalous
           Accusation
           of
           John
           Musgrave
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           TO
           
             Justifie
          
           the
           wicked
           and
           
             Condemn
          
           the
           Righteous
           it
           is
           hardly
           determinable
           which
           is
           more
           abhominable
           ,
           and
           a
           pretended
           zeal
           for
           God
           and
           their
           Country
           do
           hurry
           Hypocrites
           to
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           whose
           vociferations
           of
           tongues
           and
           pens
           ,
           do
           beat
           the
           eares
           of
           City
           and
           Country
           with
           nothing
           more
           then
           lowd
           
             lyes
             in
             hypocrisie
             ;
          
           who
           being
           closely
           beleagured
           with
           pride
           and
           penury
           ,
           impudence
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           miserably
           infected
           with
           the
           itch
           of
           popularity
           ,
           do
           palliate
           their
           projects
           for
           their
           lusts
           and
           lucre
           ,
           from
           the
           credulous
           croud
           of
           the
           Common
           People
           ,
           with
           
             Come
             see
             our
             zeal
             for
             God
             and
             our
             Country
             ,
          
           acting
           their
           parts
           in
           the
           publick
           view
           ,
           
             Theatrico
             more
             ,
          
           that
           they
           might
           procure
           a
           plebean
           
             plaudite
             ,
          
           for
           the
           most
           passionate
           Patriots
           of
           their
           indeared
           
           Country
           ;
           when
           by
           a
           very
           slight
           scrutinie
           of
           their
           particular
           practises
           ,
           their
           pretended
           zeal
           appears
           nothing
           more
           then
           intended
           malice
           against
           such
           men
           :
           who
           ,
           for
           true
           worth
           in
           the
           just
           account
           of
           God
           and
           good
           men
           are
           no
           more
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           such
           
             proud
             boasters
             ,
          
           then
           
             the
             dogs
             of
             Jobs
             flocks
             ,
          
           with
           
           those
           that
           did
           abuse
           him
           :
           It
           is
           very
           observeable
           that
           the
           most
           noxious
           enemies
           of
           our
           present
           Authority
           and
           new
           Common-wealth
           ,
           are
           the
           pretended
           lowdest
           assertors
           thereof
           ,
           who
           
             Herod-like
          
           ,
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           advancing
           the
           same
           ,
           seek
           to
           sacrifice
           it
           in
           its
           very
           infancie
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           a
           most
           tyrannicall
           Anarchy
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           the
           peoples
           liberty
           ,
           hence
           sprung
           the
           malicious
           ebullitions
           ,
           ranchorous
           invectives
           and
           scurrilous
           slanders
           from
           those
           swelling
           swagerors
           ,
           and
           licentious
           levellers
           ,
           in
           their
           lawless
           libels
           against
           the
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Councill
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Army
           by
           Martiall
           Laws
           ,
           blown
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Nation
           like
           empty
           clowds
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           distempers
           that
           proceeded
           there-from
           at
           
             Ware
             ,
             Burford
             ,
          
           and
           else-where
           ;
           from
           this
           spirit
           of
           mischief
           and
           malignity
           hath
           the
           world
           been
           infected
           with
           so
           many
           scandalous
           fals
           and
           unworthy
           aspertions
           cast
           upon
           the
           chiefest
           Champions
           of
           our
           English
           Nation
           ,
           as
           
             Cromwel
             ,
             Bradshaw
             ,
             Ireton
             ,
             Harrison
             ,
             Vane
          
           junior
           ,
           with
           several
           others
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           made
           their
           Adversaries
           envie
           ,
           and
           the
           Commonwealths
           safety
           ;
           the
           savor
           of
           whose
           conversation
           (
           humane
           frailties
           excepted
           )
           doth
           please
           the
           Nostrils
           of
           God
           and
           good
           men
           ,
           whose
           peace
           and
           prosperitie
           are
           the
           subject
           matter
           of
           the
           dayly
           prayers
           and
           praises
           of
           the
           truely
           Religious
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           the
           same
           spirit
           from
           beneath
           which
           maketh
           wicked
           men
           like
           the
           troubled
           sea
           ,
           that
           hath
           possessed
           Mr
           
             John
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           when
           he
           did
           cast
           up
           that
           mire
           and
           dirt
           upon
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Haslerige
          
           (
           as
           formerly
           in
           Print
           though
           since
           washed
           off
           to
           his
           own
           glory
           and
           his
           accusers
           shame
           ,
           so
           again
           )
           in
           his
           late
           Pamphlet
           (
           wherein
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           whether
           are
           more
           sentences
           or
           calumnies
           ,
           sayings
           or
           slanders
           ,
           fars'd
           and
           stuft
           indeed
           with
           nothing
           more
           then
           fables
           and
           falsities
           )
           Intituled
           ,
           
             A
             true
             and
             exact
             Relation
             of
             the
             great
             and
             heavie
             pressures
             and
             grievances
          
           
           
             the
             well-affected
             of
             the
             Northern
             bordering
             Countries
             ,
             lye
             under
             by
             Sir
          
           A.
           H.
           
             Misgovernment
             ,
             &c.
          
           is
           offered
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           judicious
           men
           from
           their
           due
           observation
           of
           the
           notorious
           falsities
           therein
           specified
           ,
           and
           the
           base
           miscarriages
           in
           several
           instances
           of
           the
           said
           Mr
           
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           rendering
           
             himself
          
           in
           truth
           according
           to
           his
           Charge
           against
           
             another
          
           in
           falshood
           .
        
         
           That
           little
           acquaintance
           that
           I
           have
           with
           him
           hath
           quit
           my
           desires
           of
           increasing
           the
           same
           ,
           whose
           distempered
           temper
           chollerique
           countenance
           ,
           troublesom
           tongue
           ,
           and
           slanderous
           Pen
           do
           render
           him
           
             Solomons
          
           froward
           man
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           must
           not
           converse
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           infection
           of
           frowardness
           ,
           and
           the
           companion
           of
           fools
           shall
           be
           destroyed
           :
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           he
           hath
           little
           in
           him
           worthy
           emulation
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           want
           of
           all
           things
           lovely
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           mens
           comiseration
           ,
           did
           he
           not
           quench
           the
           Spirit
           thereof
           in
           all
           his
           acquaintance
           by
           a
           violent
           voluntary
           precipitancy
           thereinto
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           the
           object
           of
           my
           hatred
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           be
           intolerable
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           recoverable
           ;
           nor
           yet
           of
           my
           envy
           ,
           for
           he
           neither
           is
           or
           hath
           any
           thing
           worthy
           thereof
           ;
           I
           could
           love
           him
           and
           pity
           him
           ,
           had
           he
           but
           the
           least
           of
           either
           towards
           himself
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Hasterig
          
           is
           more
           known
           unto
           me
           and
           to
           thousands
           ,
           then
           I
           or
           they
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           although
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           obligement
           upon
           me
           by
           any
           dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           the
           least
           particular
           courtesie
           or
           ,
           favour
           received
           from
           him
           engaging
           me
           unto
           this
           service
           ▪
           yet
           considering
           his
           courage
           and
           resolution
           ,
           his
           constant
           and
           faithful
           adhesion
           in
           all
           viciscitudes
           and
           turns
           of
           affairs
           to
           the
           honest
           party
           ,
           engaging
           himself
           at
           all
           times
           unto
           the
           highest
           degree
           against
           the
           contrary
           party
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           great
           and
           likely
           to
           prosper
           ,
           and
           knowing
           also
           in
           mine
           own
           present
           knowledg
           and
           experience
           the
           notorious
           falsities
           and
           untruths
           of
           some
           things
           asserted
           in
           the
           said
           scandulous
           Pamphlet
           ;
           I
           could
           not
           withstand
           those
           impressions
           of
           spirit
           that
           were
           upon
           me
           to
           vindicate
           his
           integrity
           unto
           the
           best
           of
           my
           ability
           .
        
         
           How
           injuriously
           and
           irreparably
           Mr
           
             Musgrave
          
           hath
           abused
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           contrary
           indeed
           to
           the
           very
           
             A.
             B.
             C.
          
           and
           first
           Principles
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           Justice
           and
           common
           Honesty
           ,
           
           by
           publishing
           him
           abroad
           in
           print
           for
           a
           Deceiver
           ,
           an
           Oppressor
           ,
           a
           Friend
           to
           the
           worst
           of
           Malignants
           ,
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Well-affected
           ,
           a
           Promoter
           of
           the
           Scottish
           Interest
           against
           the
           English
           ,
           a
           proud
           covetous
           Oppressor
           ,
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           a
           Traytor
           to
           God
           and
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           the
           said
           
             Musgrave
          
           had
           applyed
           himself
           unto
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           for
           audience
           and
           reception
           of
           his
           Charge
           against
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           and
           had
           all
           due
           encouragements
           that
           he
           should
           have
           a
           fair
           and
           regular
           hearing
           ;
           how
           dishonestly
           and
           wickedly
           he
           hath
           thus
           accused
           ,
           arraigned
           ,
           condemned
           and
           executed
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           honor
           and
           repute
           before
           the
           determination
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           complained
           ,
           is
           most
           obvious
           to
           all
           his
           Readers
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           no
           marvel
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           most
           common
           that
           such
           men
           who
           have
           out-lived
           the
           credit
           and
           repute
           of
           their
           own
           names
           ,
           care
           not
           what
           wreck
           they
           make
           of
           the
           honor
           of
           others
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           are
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           nam'd
           the
           same
           day
           :
           But
           it
           is
           a
           constant
           character
           of
           such
           ranting
           Railers
           and
           flourishing
           Need-nots
           ,
           to
           make
           loud
           boasts
           
             in
             propatulo
          
           of
           their
           great
           zeal
           of
           Justice
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           Countries
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           common
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           act
           in
           such
           ways
           ,
           as
           the
           dullest
           eye
           may
           well
           perceive
           to
           stand
           in
           a
           perfect
           inconsistancy
           with
           their
           profest
           Principles
           .
           Is
           not
           the
           plain
           English
           of
           these
           foul
           Fables
           thus
           printed
           and
           published
           by
           this
           bold
           Boaster
           and
           busie
           Scribe
           ,
           to
           dictate
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           daring
           Dialect
           of
           that
           scribling
           Faction
           ,
           such
           clamorous
           calumnies
           and
           aspersions
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Covetousness
           and
           Oppression
           in
           our
           present
           Governors
           ,
           the
           very
           repetition
           whereof
           is
           an
           offence
           to
           all
           but
           Malignant
           ears
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           managed
           under
           the
           vail
           of
           publique
           Liberty
           and
           common
           good
           ?
           But
           
             O
             that
             we
             were
             Judges
             in
             the
             Land
          
           lies
           at
           the
           heart
           of
           these
           pathetick
           Zelots
           ;
           whereunto
           were
           they
           once
           advanced
           ,
           the
           ignoble
           dispositions
           ,
           virulent
           tongues
           ,
           furious
           spirits
           ,
           and
           mean
           capacities
           of
           these
           men
           would
           quickly
           reduce
           us
           to
           as
           much
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           as
           Saints
           may
           expect
           where
           Satan
           hath
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           his
           Vice-Roys
           bear
           Rule
           :
           For
           if
           the
           green
           tree
           will
           burn
           ,
           what
           will
           the
           dry
           ?
           And
           they
           that
           will
           tyrannize
           over
           the
           names
           ,
           honour
           and
           repute
           of
           
           their
           
             Superiors
             ,
          
           what
           would
           they
           do
           over
           their
           
             inferiors
             ?
          
           and
           wo
           be
           to
           that
           people
           whose
           Princes
           are
           peasants
           ,
           a
           spice
           of
           such
           spirits
           you
           may
           perceive
           in
           Mr
           
             Musgraves
          
           proceedings
           against
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Haslerig
          
           at
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           (
           though
           the
           just
           Judgment
           and
           Order
           of
           the
           said
           Councel
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Vindication
           of
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           yet
           )
           for
           better
           satisfaction
           ,
           take
           the
           particulars
           ,
           thus
           :
        
         
           Upon
           the
           23
           
             Ian.
          
           1650.
           the
           said
           Mr
           
             Musgrave
          
           did
           appear
           at
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           according
           to
           appointment
           ,
           and
           being
           examined
           touching
           a
           Book
           with
           his
           name
           unto
           it
           ,
           importing
           many
           and
           very
           great
           Charges
           against
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           being
           at
           first
           demanded
           whether
           he
           would
           acknowledg
           that
           Book
           there
           presented
           to
           him
           to
           be
           his
           Book
           ,
           he
           did
           acknowledg
           the
           whole
           Book
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           excepting
           the
           
             Errata's
             ,
          
           which
           he
           did
           proffer
           to
           amend
           with
           his
           pen
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           justifie
           it
           ;
           after
           a
           full
           hearing
           of
           both
           parties
           ;
           and
           this
           
             Musgrave
          
           (
           not
           being
           able
           to
           make
           good
           his
           Charge
           )
           was
           commanded
           to
           withdraw
           ;
           and
           being
           cal'd
           in
           again
           ,
           was
           desired
           to
           take
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           to
           mend
           the
           said
           
             Errata's
          
           with
           his
           pen
           ,
           but
           then
           he
           denyed
           to
           own
           the
           Book
           ,
           but
           said
           he
           would
           stand
           to
           his
           Charge
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           good
           ,
           and
           being
           withdrawn
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           also
           ,
           he
           did
           after
           that
           
             publiquely
          
           deny
           to
           own
           the
           Book
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           made
           this
           ensuing
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Saturday
                    
                     25
                     
                       January
                       ,
                    
                     1650.
                     
                  
                   At
                   the
                   Councel
                   of
                   State
                   at
                   
                     White-Hall
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Ordered
                   ,
                   
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   Vpon
                   information
                   given
                   to
                   this
                   Councel
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   one
                   Mr
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                  
                   had
                   caused
                   a
                   Book
                   to
                   be
                   printed
                   and
                   published
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   Epistle
                   and
                   Charge
                   the
                   said
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                  
                   did
                   accuse
                   him
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   of
                   breach
                   of
                   promise
                   and
                   engagement
                   to
                   the
                   Councel
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   acting
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   and
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   Councel
                   of
                   States
                   Declaration
                   ;
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                  
                   being
                   called
                   before
                   the
                   Councel
                   ,
                   did
                   acknowledg
                   the
                   whole
                   Book
                   excepting
                   only
                   some
                   Errata's
                   of
                   the
                   Printer
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   offered
                   to
                   amend
                   with
                   his
                   pen
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   he
                   would
                   justifie
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   offered
                   to
                   put
                   in
                   security
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   good
                   :
                   Thereupon
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave
                  
                   
                   being
                   fully
                   heard
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   particulars
                   of
                   the
                   Epistle
                   and
                   Charge
                   in
                   his
                   Book
                   against
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   for
                   a
                   supposed
                   breach
                   of
                   trust
                   and
                   engagement
                   by
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   Councel
                   ,
                   and
                   also
                   for
                   acting
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   Councel
                   Declarations
                   ,
                   concerning
                   the
                   examining
                   the
                   Charge
                   of
                   Mr
                   
                     Howard
                     ,
                  
                   late
                   High
                   Sheriff
                   of
                   
                     Cumberland
                     ,
                  
                   for
                   the
                   not
                   displasing
                   and
                   putting
                   in
                   certain
                   Commissioners
                   of
                   the
                   Militia
                   for
                   
                     Cumberland
                     ,
                  
                   who
                   were
                   objected
                   against
                   by
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave
                     ;
                  
                   the
                   Councel
                   declares
                   ,
                   That
                   it
                   doth
                   not
                   at
                   all
                   appear
                   unto
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   hath
                   broken
                   the
                   Trust
                   reposed
                   in
                   him
                   by
                   the
                   Councel
                   ,
                   or
                   made
                   any
                   failer
                   of
                   promise
                   or
                   engagement
                   to
                   them
                   in
                   any
                   of
                   those
                   particulars
                   :
                   but
                   do
                   find
                   that
                   the
                   imputations
                   therein
                   laid
                   as
                   a
                   Charge
                   upon
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   are
                   false
                   and
                   scandalous
                   ;
                   and
                   do
                   therefore
                   touching
                   the
                   said
                   scandals
                   ,
                   leave
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   for
                   his
                   due
                   vindication
                   and
                   reparation
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   such
                   course
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   think
                   fit
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Gualter
                     Frost
                     ,
                     Secretary
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           first
           Article
           was
           this
           :
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
               ,
            
             contrary
             to
             his
             Engagement
             to
             the
             Councel
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             Councels
             of
             States
             Declarations
             upon
             the
             Petitioners
             Exceptions
             ,
             procured
             lately
             such
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Cumberland
               ,
            
             to
             be
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Commissioners
             for
             Sequestrations
             ,
             Commissioners
             for
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             Commissioners
             for
             the
             Militia
             there
             as
             were
             known
             Delinquents
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             disaffected
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             and
             complying
             with
             the
             Scotish
             Interest
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Charge
             against
             them
             hereunto
             annexed
             ,
             and
             another
             Charge
             against
             them
             ,
             formerly
             exhibited
             to
             the
             Councel
             of
             State
             ,
             may
             appear
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Charge
           in
           this
           Article
           you
           see
           is
           declared
           false
           and
           scandalous
           by
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           that
           calumny
           therein
           vented
           against
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Haslerig
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               2.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Ar.
               Haslerig
            
             being
             the
             chief
             ,
             and
             leading
             Commissioners
             for
             the
             Ministry
             at
             
               Newcastle
               ,
            
             approved
             of
             such
             Ministers
             in
             
               Cumberland
            
             at
             
               Newcastle
            
             as
             refused
             the
             Engagement
             ,
             were
             scandalous
             ,
             and
             Delinquents
             ;
             and
             such
             Ministers
             
             as
             were
             well-affected
             ,
             without
             any
             Charge
             removed
             from
             their
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             out
             of
             their
             places
             ,
             whereby
             he
             discovers
             his
             dis-affection
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             by
             upholding
             and
             countenancing
             the
             Malignant
             party
             in
             Authority
             ,
             and
             keeping
             under
             the
             Parliaments
             friends
             ,
             all
             which
             this
             Petitioner
             is
             able
             to
             prove
             ,
             and
             further
             refers
             himself
             to
             the
             Copies
             of
             Letters
             hereunto
             annexed
             ,
             the
             Originals
             being
             in
             the
             Petitioners
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           never
           acted
           concerning
           placing
           or
           displacing
           Ministers
           but
           in
           publique
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           of
           the
           four
           Northern
           Counties
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           their
           appointed
           days
           of
           publique
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           also
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           Doctor
           
             Jennison
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Wells
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Hammond
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Wolfred
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Durant
             ,
          
           with
           several
           other
           godly
           and
           well-affected
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Sir
           
             A.
          
           verily
           believes
           that
           there
           was
           never
           any
           Minister
           approved
           that
           publiquely
           refused
           to
           take
           the
           Engagement
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           very
           confident
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           not
           any
           Minister
           against
           whom
           proof
           was
           made
           of
           his
           Delinquency
           or
           scandal
           ,
           but
           was
           put
           out
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           He
           doth
           not
           know
           of
           any
           one
           well-affected
           person
           that
           was
           put
           out
           of
           his
           living
           ,
           except
           scandalous
           ,
           ignorant
           or
           insufficient
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           Copies
           of
           the
           Letters
           ,
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           conceives
           they
           neither
           concern
           him
           ,
           nor
           prove
           any
           thing
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               3.
               
            
             That
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             undertook
             to
             the
             Councel
             of
             State
             to
             examine
             the
             Articles
             exhibited
             by
             the
             Petitioner
             to
             the
             Councel
             of
             State
             against
             Mr
             
               Charls
               Howard
               ,
            
             High
             Sheriff
             of
             
               Cumberland
               ,
            
             but
             neglected
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             came
             privately
             into
             the
             Country
             to
             
               Naward
               ,
            
             and
             there
             feasted
             with
             the
             said
             Sheriff
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             dangerous
             and
             most
             notorious
             Delinquent
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Charge
             exhibited
             against
             him
             by
             the
             Petitioner
             to
             the
             Councel
             of
             State
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Councel
           hath
           declared
           this
           also
           to
           be
           false
           and
           scandalous
           ;
           and
           concerning
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           going
           to
           feast
           with
           Mr
           
             Howard
             ,
          
           about
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           Summer
           he
           being
           commanded
           to
           take
           care
           of
           all
           the
           Forces
           that
           were
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Borders
           ,
           
           and
           to
           enter
           into
           
             Scotland
          
           upon
           
             Carlile
          
           side
           ,
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           being
           in
           those
           parts
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           of
           
             Carlile
          
           infected
           with
           the
           sikness
           ,
           Mr
           
             Howards
          
           house
           being
           next
           unto
           the
           Borders
           ,
           was
           necessitated
           to
           be
           two
           nights
           there
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           his
           private
           going
           into
           the
           Country
           to
           feast
           with
           Mr
           
             Howard
             :
          
           and
           if
           so
           be
           to
           have
           
             Articles
             exhibited
          
           against
           a
           man
           by
           such
           an
           Article-maker
           or
           Forgerer
           be
           sufficient
           to
           evidence
           a
           man
           
             a
             dangerous
             and
             notorious
             Delinquent
             ,
          
           the
           Parliaments
           best
           Friends
           must
           beware
           of
           
             Musgraves
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               4.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             suffers
             Captain
             
               Howards
            
             Troop
             to
             lie
             upon
             free
             quarter
             upon
             the
             Country
             for
             these
             four
             Moneths
             last
             past
             ,
             and
             doth
             conntenance
             one
             
               Dobson
               ,
            
             Captain
             
               Howards
            
             Leiutenant
             ,
             who
             cheated
             the
             Troop
             of
             1350
             pound
             ;
             and
             when
             complaint
             was
             made
             to
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
               ,
            
             he
             never
             punished
             him
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           Captain
           
             Howards
          
           Troop
           belongs
           to
           the
           Garison
           of
           
             Carlile
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           is
           confident
           that
           the
           Governor
           thereof
           hath
           not
           suffered
           them
           to
           live
           upon
           free
           quarter
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           guesse
           by
           this
           at
           
             Musgraves
          
           tales
           :
           for
           whereas
           he
           chargeth
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           for
           countenancing
           
             Dobson
          
           in
           cheating
           the
           Troop
           of
           1350.
           
             li.
          
           and
           saith
           ,
           when
           complaint
           was
           made
           to
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             ,
          
           he
           never
           punished
           him
           for
           it
           ;
           the
           truth
           is
           this
           ,
           about
           
             September
          
           last
           ,
           Complaint
           being
           made
           by
           Captain
           
             Howard
          
           against
           the
           said
           
             Dobson
             ,
          
           his
           then
           Leiutenant
           ,
           for
           detaining
           money
           from
           some
           of
           his
           Troopers
           ,
           Sir
           
             Arthur
          
           understanding
           discontents
           arising
           in
           the
           Troop
           ,
           forth
           with
           gave
           the
           said
           Captain
           a
           Warrant
           all
           written
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           to
           seize
           upon
           his
           Lieutenants
           person
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           horses
           ,
           and
           then
           also
           put
           another
           able
           and
           honest
           Lieutenant
           to
           be
           in
           his
           place
           ;
           and
           upon
           further
           examination
           finding
           that
           there
           was
           39.
           l.
           2.
           s.
           and
           no
           more
           due
           to
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           the
           Troop
           being
           engaged
           upon
           the
           Border
           service
           ,
           and
           the
           Captain
           ,
           and
           Lieut.
           
             Dobson
          
           at
           
             Newcastle
          
           with
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           the
           said
           
             Dobson
          
           was
           discarged
           his
           place
           ,
           and
           was
           made
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           Bond
           of
           500.
           
             l.
          
           with
           one
           
             Robert
             Huntly
          
           Merchant
           in
           
             Newcastle
             ,
          
           an
           able
           and
           sufficient
           man
           bound
           with
           him
           ,
           the
           Bond
           bearing
           date
           the
           15
           of
           
             October
          
           last
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           
             Dobson
          
           shall
           answer
           the
           
           same
           at
           a
           Councel
           of
           War
           ,
           upon
           twenty
           days
           notice
           ,
           the
           Troop
           being
           upon
           service
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           not
           then
           at
           leisure
           immediately
           to
           prosecute
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           the
           better
           unders●●●d
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           by
           the
           Cirtificate
           following
           ,
           written
           by
           the
           now
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           said
           Troop
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   These
                   may
                   certifie
                   whom
                   it
                   may
                   concern
                   ,
                   That
                   ever
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   came
                   to
                   be
                   Lieutenant
                   to
                   Capt.
                   
                     Cecil
                     ,
                     Howards
                  
                   Troop
                   ,
                   which
                   began
                   the
                   7
                   of
                   
                     October
                  
                   last
                   ,
                   the
                   Troop
                   hath
                   constantly
                   paid
                   their
                   quarters
                   ,
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   we
                   received
                   our
                   pay
                   from
                   the
                   honorable
                   Col.
                   
                     Thomas
                     Fitch
                     ,
                  
                   Governor
                   of
                   
                     Carlile
                     ,
                  
                   which
                   he
                   was
                   very
                   careful
                   to
                   pay
                   to
                   my
                   Capt.
                   
                     Cecil
                     Howard
                  
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   it
                   came
                   to
                   his
                   hands
                   by
                   order
                   of
                   the
                   Committee
                   from
                   the
                   Army
                   ,
                   or
                   otherwise
                   ;
                   and
                   lest
                   the
                   Country
                   should
                   through
                   want
                   of
                   timely
                   notice
                   go
                   without
                   their
                   money
                   ,
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   my
                   care
                   to
                   cause
                   notice
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   them
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   the
                   money
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   paid
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   often
                   told
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   any
                   man
                   did
                   neglect
                   to
                   pay
                   his
                   quarters
                   ,
                   my
                   Capt.
                   
                     Howard
                  
                   or
                   my self
                   would
                   see
                   them
                   paid
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   did
                   make
                   it
                   known
                   to
                   us
                   :
                   And
                   to
                   my
                   knowledg
                   the
                   said
                   Troop
                   hath
                   been
                   upon
                   constant
                   duty
                   by
                   parties
                   to
                   
                     York
                  
                   and
                   
                     Newcastle
                  
                   for
                   the
                   service
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   and
                   fetching
                   in
                   of
                   Sequestrations
                   upon
                   contempt
                   of
                   Orders
                   ;
                   or
                   else
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   upon
                   duty
                   along
                   the
                   Borders
                   near
                   
                     Scotland
                     :
                  
                   And
                   I
                   have
                   understood
                   since
                   I
                   came
                   from
                   his
                   Excellency
                   the
                   Lord
                   General
                   
                     Cromwel
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   in
                   Lieut.
                   
                   
                     Dobsons
                  
                   time
                   ,
                   being
                   Lieutenant
                   of
                   the
                   Troop
                   before
                   I
                   came
                   ,
                   the
                   Souldiers
                   paid
                   their
                   quarters
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   Lieut.
                   
                     Dobson
                  
                   having
                   detained
                   in
                   his
                   hands
                   of
                   the
                   Souldiers
                   money
                   near
                   forty
                   pounds
                   ,
                   the
                   honorable
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   upon
                   notice
                   thereof
                   did
                   cause
                   the
                   said
                   Lieut.
                   
                   Colonel
                   to
                   enter
                   into
                   Bond
                   with
                   security
                   to
                   make
                   good
                   the
                   said
                   sum
                   to
                   those
                   Souldiers
                   to
                   whom
                   it
                   is
                   owing
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   had
                   given
                   good
                   security
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   did
                   dismiss
                   him
                   from
                   his
                   Command
                   .
                   Dated
                   at
                   
                     Carlile
                     ,
                  
                   this
                   3
                   of
                   
                     Janua
                     .
                  
                   1650.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       DANIEL
                       FREIND
                       ,
                    
                     Lieut.
                     to
                     Capt.
                     
                       Cecil
                       Howard
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     somtime
                     Martial
                     General
                     to
                     his
                     Excellency
                     the
                     L.
                     G.
                     
                       Fairfax
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           By
           all
           which
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           if
           this
           famous
           slanderer
           had
           quite
           omitted
           that
           foul
           untruth
           of
           Sir
           
             Arthurs
          
           countenancing
           and
           not
           p●●ishing
           this
           
             Dobson
             ,
          
           and
           had
           abated
           1300.
           
             l.
          
           of
           his
           assertion
           and
           said
           he
           had
           cheated
           the
           Troopers
           of
           50.
           
             l.
          
           only
           ,
           he
           had
           done
           service
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           obeyed
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Liars
           after
           the
           rate
           of
           above
           twenty
           in
           the
           hundred
           ,
           〈◊〉
           had
           been
           a
           more
           profitable
           servant
           unto
           him
           ,
           then
           many
           of
           his
           children
           and
           servants
           are
           ,
           though
           the
           wages
           of
           such
           work
           (
           except
           he
           leaves
           it
           in
           time
           )
           will
           not
           be
           very
           acceptable
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               5.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             gave
             Commission
             to
             
               Edward
               Brigs
               ,
            
             to
             be
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             for
             
               Carlile
            
             Garison
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             a
             Commissioner
             for
             the
             Militia
             and
             Ministry
             in
             
               Westmerland
               ,
            
             a
             man
             known
             disaffected
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             and
             lately
             cashered
             for
             his
             drunkenness
             and
             other
             miscarriages
             by
             the
             now
             Lord
             General
             
               Cromwel
               :
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             gave
             Commissions
             to
             
               Thomas
               Craystour
               ,
               Cuthbert
               Studholm
               ,
            
             Captain
             
               Brown
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             to
             be
             Captains
             and
             Lieutenants
             in
             
               Carlile
            
             Garison
             ,
             men
             known
             to
             be
             disaffected
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             profest
             Enemies
             to
             honest
             men
             ;
             most
             of
             them
             having
             now
             layd
             down
             their
             Commissions
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             to
             march
             into
             
               Scotland
               ;
            
             and
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             doth
             countenance
             none
             in
             
               Cumberland
               ,
            
             but
             such
             as
             are
             profest
             Enemies
             to
             the
             honest
             party
             ,
             and
             are
             for
             the
             Scotish
             Interest
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           
             Brigs
          
           was
           the
           only
           man
           when
           
             Hamilton
          
           came
           into
           
             Westmerland
             ,
          
           that
           did
           raise
           a
           Regiment
           of
           Foot
           for
           the
           Parliament
           Service
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           been
           always
           faithful
           to
           the
           Parliament
           (
           when
           such
           as
           this
           Accuser
           have
           undermined
           their
           Interest
           ,
           )
           who
           having
           rais'd
           his
           Regement
           (
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           with
           the
           advice
           of
           the
           now
           Lord
           General
           (
           
             Carlile
          
           being
           then
           rendred
           by
           the
           Scots
           )
           did
           put
           that
           Regiment
           into
           
             Carlile
             ,
          
           and
           made
           Col.
           
             Fitch
          
           the
           Colonel
           ,
           and
           this
           
             Brigs
          
           Lieut.
           
           Colonel
           of
           his
           own
           rais'd
           Regiment
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           did
           never
           hear
           the
           least
           complaint
           against
           Leiut.
           Col.
           
             Brigs
          
           until
           of
           late
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           brought
           to
           a
           Councel
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           upon
           proof
           made
           of
           his
           misdemeanor
           he
           was
           put
           
           out
           .
           As
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           Article
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           notoriously
           false
           and
           scandalous
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           worth
           no
           other
           Answer
           ;
           only
           it
           is
           wish'd
           ,
           that
           this
           Master-slanderer
           of
           the
           North
           had
           the
           least
           tang
           and
           savour
           of
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Piety
           and
           Religion
           as
           Mr
           
             Thomas
             Craystour
          
           hath
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           mens
           ears
           had
           not
           been
           abused
           with
           such
           notorious
           untruths
           as
           these
           are
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               6.
               
            
             That
             by
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerigs
            
             intrusting
             the
             Authorities
             and
             Militia
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Delinquents
             ,
             and
             men
             for
             the
             
               Scottish
            
             Interest
             ,
             the
             well-affected
             in
             
               Cumberland
            
             and
             
               Bishoprick
            
             lie
             under
             greater
             Oppressions
             ,
             then
             formerly
             under
             King
             and
             Prelates
             .
             And
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             is
             a
             Protector
             of
             Papists
             and
             Delinquents
             ,
             forbidding
             the
             Subsequestrators
             ,
             and
             Sollicitors
             for
             Sequestration
             in
             
               Bishoprick
            
             to
             Sequester
             Papists
             Ordered
             to
             be
             Sequestred
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Papists
             and
             Delinquents
             do
             much
             boast
             ,
             and
             honest
             men
             thereby
             are
             much
             cast
             down
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           general
           ;
           containing
           whole
           clusters
           of
           the
           grapes
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           as
           if
           gathered
           from
           a
           
             Sodomite
          
           himself
           ,
           having
           in
           its
           bowels
           as
           much
           spawn
           of
           malice
           ,
           scandal
           and
           falsities
           ,
           as
           so
           few
           words
           are
           capable
           of
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               7.
               
            
             That
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             hinders
             and
             obstructs
             the
             ordinary
             proceedings
             of
             Law
             and
             Justice
             in
             favor
             of
             Papists
             ,
             and
             did
             take
             out
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             custody
             
               Ralph
               Lampton
            
             a
             notorious
             Papist
             and
             Delinquent
             ,
             being
             under
             arrest
             ,
             and
             formerly
             arraigned
             for
             poysoning
             his
             wife
             ,
             with
             which
             
               Lampton
               ,
            
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             is
             very
             kind
             and
             familiar
             .
          
        
         
           This
           
             Ralph
             Lampton
          
           came
           to
           the
           Committee
           to
           make
           complaint
           against
           Mr
           
             George
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           and
           Mr
           
             George
             Grey
             ,
          
           for
           detaining
           a
           very
           great
           sum
           of
           moneys
           due
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           desired
           a
           fifth
           part
           for
           his
           twelve
           poor
           Children
           ,
           he
           being
           sequestred
           as
           a
           Papist
           and
           Delinquent
           (
           which
           Case
           is
           returned
           up
           ,
           and
           now
           lies
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           at
           Goldsmiths
           Hall
           )
           the
           Committee
           appointed
           a
           day
           of
           hearing
           the
           same
           :
           while
           this
           Mr
           
             Lampton
          
           was
           coming
           ,
           according
           to
           Order
           ,
           to
           the
           Committee
           ,
           he
           was
           arrested
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           it
           was
           informed
           the
           Committee
           )
           by
           Mr
           
             Lilburns
          
           procurement
           :
           hereupon
           the
           Committee
           ,
           and
           not
           
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Haslerig
             ,
          
           thought
           fit
           to
           secure
           him
           from
           Arrests
           ,
           during
           his
           coming
           unto
           ,
           continuing
           at
           ,
           and
           returning
           from
           the
           Committee
           ,
           in
           prosecution
           of
           that
           complaint
           onely
           ;
           for
           as
           much
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           then
           the
           Committee
           had
           Authority
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           practised
           in
           all
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           and
           Committees
           of
           Parliament
           whatsoever
           :
           and
           this
           was
           all
           that
           the
           Committee
           did
           upon
           that
           business
           ,
           and
           who
           but
           a
           
             Musgrave
          
           would
           not
           judg
           it
           equitable
           ?
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               8.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             procured
             
               Ralph
               Delival
            
             
               Esq
            
             a
             Delinquent
             in
             Arms
             against
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             disaffected
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             this
             last
             year
             ,
             to
             be
             High
             Sheriff
             for
             
               Northumberland
               .
            
          
        
         
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           never
           heard
           ,
           neither
           was
           there
           ever
           complaint
           made
           unto
           him
           ,
           that
           Mr
           
             Ralph
             Delival
          
           was
           a
           Delinquent
           in
           Arms
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           he
           was
           nominated
           by
           another
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           but
           if
           he
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           justified
           it
           ,
           for
           he
           conceives
           it
           would
           have
           been
           for
           the
           publique
           Service
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               9.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
               ,
            
             contrary
             to
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             suffered
             Lievtenant
             Colonel
             
               John
               Jackson
            
             a
             notorious
             Delinquent
             ,
             and
             in
             Arms
             against
             the
             Parliament
             both
             in
             the
             first
             and
             second
             War
             ,
             a
             great
             Plunderer
             ,
             to
             go
             and
             ride
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Country
             with
             his
             Arms
             ,
             and
             against
             Law
             put
             the
             said
             
               Jackson
            
             in
             possession
             of
             certain
             Grounds
             and
             Colleries
             in
             
               Bishoprick
               ,
            
             belonging
             to
             men
             well-affected
             ,
             whom
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             by
             strong
             hand
             dispossessed
             thereof
             ,
             without
             Law
             :
             and
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
               ,
            
             against
             the
             Fundamental
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             most
             arbitrarily
             and
             tyarnnically
             ,
             did
             by
             his
             power
             take
             from
             the
             now
             High
             Sheriff
             of
             
               Bishoprick
            
             the
             said
             
               Jacksons
            
             goods
             ,
             taken
             in
             Execution
             after
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             restored
             the
             said
             goods
             to
             the
             said
             
               Jackson
               ,
            
             contrary
             to
             all
             the
             Rules
             of
             the
             Law
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           this
           Article
           ,
           wherein
           this
           black-mouth'd
           man
           (
           in
           whose
           tongue
           and
           pen
           the
           very
           Throne
           of
           Scandal
           and
           Calumny
           is
           established
           )
           doth
           charge
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           to
           have
           acted
           
             by
             a
          
           
           
             strong
             hand
             without
             Law
             ,
             yea
             against
             the
             fundamental
             Law
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             most
             arbitrarily
             and
             tyrannically
             take
             from
             the
             now
             Sheriff
             of
             the
             Bishopprick
             ,
             one
          
           Jacksons
           
             goods
             ,
             taken
             in
             execution
             after
             judgment
             ,
             and
             restored
             the
             said
             goods
             ,
             &c.
          
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           professeth
           that
           this
           whole
           Article
           is
           altogether
           false
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           heard
           word
           or
           tittle
           of
           this
           
             Jacksons
             riding
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Country
             in
             arms
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           as
           for
           this
           instance
           of
           goods
           taken
           from
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           &c.
           it
           was
           as
           Heathen
           Greek
           unto
           him
           ,
           he
           understood
           it
           not
           ,
           nor
           heard
           little
           or
           much
           of
           it
           ,
           until
           he
           read
           it
           in
           this
           railing
           Pamphlet
           ;
           since
           the
           publication
           whereof
           ,
           this
           ensuing
           
             Letter
          
           was
           sent
           unto
           him
           ,
           from
           the
           then
           Sheriff
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Durham
          
           touching
           this
           business
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
              
               Having
               lately
               seen
               a
               Pamphlet
               flying
               about
               the
               Country
               ,
               and
               an
               aspersion
               in
               it
               thrown
               upon
               your self
               ,
               in
               that
               you
               should
               have
               taken
               some
               goods
               from
               the
               Sheriff
               of
               this
               County
               after
               they
               were
               taken
               upon
               execution
               ,
               I
               thought
               it
               fitting
               to
               let
               you
               know
               ,
               upon
               what
               ground
               these
               goods
               were
               delivered
               back
               ,
               which
               was
               thus
               :
               After
               the
               goods
               were
               driven
               ,
               Mr
               
                 Bruen
              
               sent
               a
               Letter
               to
               my
               Under-Sheriff
               ,
               to
               acquaint
               him
               that
               the
               goods
               taken
               were
               belonging
               to
               an
               Officer
               in
               the
               Army
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               
                 Jackson
                 ,
              
               the
               party
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Execution
               ;
               upon
               which
               the
               Under-Sheriff
               returned
               the
               goods
               to
               Mr
               
                 Bruen
                 ,
              
               having
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               those
               goods
               :
               This
               is
               the
               truth
               ,
               and
               shall
               in
               point
               of
               Vindication
               to
               your self
               be
               made
               good
               by
               him
               wheresoever
               you
               shall
               please
               to
               call
               :
               I
               shall
               trouble
               you
               no
               further
               ,
               but
               rest
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 most
                 affectione
                 friend
                 ,
                 Iames
                 Clavering
                 .
              
               
                 Durham
                 ,
                 
                   23
                   Ian.
                   1650.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Whether
           the
           very
           unclean
           spirit
           of
           Impudence
           and
           slander
           hath
           not
           possess'd
           this
           loose
           and
           licenscious
           Pen-man
           and
           his
           Contrivers
           ,
           let
           all
           men
           judg
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               10.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Ar.
               Haslerig
            
             is
             very
             familier
             ,
             and
             keepeth
             company
             with
             
               Thomas
               Wray
               ,
            
             a
             Papist
             ,
             in
             arms
             against
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             upon
             search
             for
             a
             Popish
             Priest
             ,
             there
             was
             lately
             found
             in
             the
             said
             
               Wrays
            
             house
             Copes
             ,
             and
             other
             Popish
             Reliques
             ,
             and
             much
             gold
             and
             money
             ,
             most
             whereof
             Sir
             
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             caused
             to
             be
             returned
             back
             to
             Mr
             
               Wrays
            
             wife
             ,
             a
             Papist
             :
             And
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             by
             his
             Souldiers
             put
             sundry
             honest
             men
             out
             of
             possession
             of
             the
             Colleries
             ,
             setled
             upon
             them
             by
             Law
             ,
             under
             colour
             the
             same
             belonged
             to
             the
             said
             
               Wray
               ,
            
             whose
             debts
             Sir
             
               Ar.
               Haslerig
            
             undertook
             to
             pay
             (
             as
             
               Wray
            
             confessed
             )
             for
             the
             said
             Colleries
             ,
             being
             worth
             10
             pounds
             
               per
               diem
               ,
            
             as
             the
             said
             sir
             
               Arthur
            
             giveth
             forth
             ,
             to
             the
             utter
             undoing
             of
             the
             Owners
             of
             the
             said
             Colleries
             .
          
        
         
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           professeth
           he
           never
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           do
           with
           this
           Mr
           
             Wray
             ,
          
           but
           when
           he
           came
           unto
           him
           about
           Complaints
           against
           Mr
           
             George
             Lilburn
          
           and
           Mr
           
             George
             Gray
          
           for
           deceiving
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           very
           great
           sums
           of
           money
           when
           they
           were
           of
           the
           Committee
           ,
           and
           trusted
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           business
           is
           sent
           up
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           
             Goldsmiths-Hall
             ,
          
           and
           now
           lies
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           resolved
           ,
           that
           whilst
           he
           hath
           any
           power
           commited
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           do
           every
           man
           right
           to
           the
           best
           of
           his
           understanding
           ,
           be
           he
           Papist
           ,
           Delinquent
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           a
           very
           hypocritical
           and
           feigned
           Pretender
           of
           Righteousness
           and
           Justice
           that
           will
           be
           offended
           thereat
           ,
           especially
           complaining
           in
           the
           Commonwealths
           behalf
           .
           And
           concerning
           the
           Gold
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Article
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           girdle
           brought
           to
           the
           Committee
           sitting
           at
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           which
           Mrs
           
             Wray
          
           did
           usually
           were
           about
           her
           ,
           wherein
           was
           quilted
           about
           70.
           
             l.
          
           in
           gold
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           was
           10.
           
             l.
          
           in
           old
           gold
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Mrs
           
             Wray
          
           affirmed
           was
           her
           mothers
           ,
           her
           grand-mothers
           ,
           and
           great
           grand-mothers
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           never
           intended
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           further
           ,
           with
           sore
           lamentations
           ,
           complained
           to
           the
           Committee
           ,
           that
           twice
           before
           that
           Sequestration
           she
           had
           all
           her
           goods
           seized
           on
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           for
           her
           Husbands
           Delinquency
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           besought
           the
           Committee
           for
           her
           fifth
           part
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Committee
           gave
           her
           back
           the
           old
           gold
           ,
           and
           a
           fifth
           part
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           publiquely
           done
           at
           the
           Committee
           ,
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           being
           then
           present
           ,
           he
           not
           acting
           at
           any
           time
           single
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           whole
           Committee
           :
           And
           for
           the
           remaining
           part
           of
           the
           Article
           ,
           concerning
           the
           dispossessing
           of
           honest
           men
           of
           the
           Colleries
           ,
           under
           colour
           of
           Mr
           
             Wrays
          
           right
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Arthurs
          
           
           undertaking
           to
           pay
           his
           debts
           ,
           read
           this
           ensuing
           Certificate
           under
           
             Wrays
          
           own
           hand
           and
           seal
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
             Thomas
             Scot
          
           and
           Col.
           
             George
             Fenwick
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Wray
                  
                   of
                   
                     Benish
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   
                     Durham
                  
                   Esquire
                   ,
                   declares
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   was
                   formerly
                   and
                   is
                   Owner
                   of
                   the
                   Colleries
                   at
                   
                     Harraton
                  
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   County
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Colleries
                   were
                   sequestred
                   for
                   the
                   Papisty
                   and
                   Delinquency
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Thomas
                     Wray
                  
                   first
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Armyn
                  
                   in
                   the
                   year
                   1644.
                   and
                   also
                   by
                   the
                   Committee
                   of
                   
                     Durham
                  
                   1645.
                   of
                   which
                   Mr
                   
                     George
                     Lilburn
                  
                   was
                   then
                   a
                   Member
                   ,
                   and
                   present
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     George
                     Lilburn
                  
                   in
                   the
                   year
                   1647.
                   entered
                   into
                   the
                   possession
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Colleries
                   at
                   
                     Harraton
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   converted
                   the
                   Profits
                   to
                   his
                   own
                   use
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   wrong
                   done
                   both
                   to
                   the
                   State
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Wray
                     ,
                  
                   he
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Wray
                  
                   complained
                   to
                   the
                   Committee
                   at
                   
                     Durham
                  
                   in
                   the
                   year
                   1649.
                   and
                   the
                   Committee
                   thereupon
                   ordered
                   ,
                   upon
                   full
                   hearing
                   of
                   both
                   parties
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Colleries
                   should
                   be
                   again
                   taken
                   into
                   the
                   possession
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   and
                   employed
                   for
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   first
                   Sequestration
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   now
                   remains
                   :
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Thomas
                     Wray
                  
                   further
                   declares
                   ,
                   That
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   neither
                   by
                   himself
                   ,
                   nor
                   any
                   other
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   did
                   ever
                   treat
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Wray
                  
                   for
                   the
                   buying
                   or
                   dealing
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Collery
                   ,
                   or
                   paying
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   debts
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Wray
                     ,
                  
                   neither
                   did
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Wray
                  
                   ever
                   say
                   to
                   any
                   man
                   ,
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Art.
                     Haslerig
                  
                   undertook
                   to
                   pay
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Wrays
                  
                   debts
                   ,
                   all
                   which
                   he
                   will
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   testifie
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   as
                   cause
                   may
                   require
                   .
                   In
                   witness
                   whereof
                   he
                   hath
                   hereunto
                   set
                   his
                   hand
                   and
                   seal
                   ,
                   the
                   9
                   of
                   
                     Ianuary
                     ,
                  
                   1650.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Signed
                     and
                     sealed
                     in
                     the
                     presence
                     of
                     
                       
                         Tho.
                         Scot
                         .
                      
                       
                         Geo.
                         Fenwick
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               11.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             doth
             comply
             with
             ,
             and
             countenance
             Colonel
             
               John
               Hilton
               ,
            
             a
             Delinquent
             in
             Arms
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             first
             and
             second
             War
             ,
             and
             assists
             the
             said
             
               Hilton
            
             to
             defraud
             the
             poor
             in
             sundry
             Parishes
             in
             
               Bishopprick
               ,
            
             of
             great
             Legacies
             given
             by
             the
             said
             
               Hiltons
            
             elder
             brother
             .
          
        
         
           Whatsoever
           
             Hiltons
          
           brother
           gave
           to
           the
           several
           Parishes
           ,
           concerns
           not
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           but
           what
           estate
           Col.
           
             Hilton
          
           had
           in
           possession
           
           when
           he
           was
           a
           Delinquent
           and
           sequestred
           ,
           it
           concern'd
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           as
           trusted
           for
           the
           State
           ,
           not
           to
           suffer
           such
           an
           estate
           upon
           pretence
           of
           the
           poors
           right
           to
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           States
           hands
           by
           any
           of
           the
           States
           Agents
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           legal
           way
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           those
           that
           were
           intrusted
           by
           the
           Parliament
           to
           take
           off
           Sequestrations
           ;
           and
           for
           Col.
           
             Hilton
          
           himself
           ,
           he
           did
           never
           speak
           in
           private
           with
           him
           in
           all
           his
           life
           :
           And
           surely
           had
           not
           this
           
             Musgrave
          
           more
           familiarity
           with
           a
           lying
           Spirit
           from
           beneath
           ,
           then
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           hath
           had
           with
           this
           
             Hilton
             ,
          
           he
           had
           never
           been
           so
           
             countenanced
             and
             assisted
          
           in
           framing
           so
           many
           false
           and
           scandalous
           untruths
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           been
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               12.
               
            
             That
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             brought
             Colonel
             
               Hacker
            
             into
             the
             Country
             ,
             who
             contrary
             to
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             quarters
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             others
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Souldiers
             ,
             who
             are
             none
             ,
             upon
             the
             well-affected
             in
             
               Bishoprick
               ,
            
             and
             would
             but
             pay
             what
             they
             pleased
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             nothing
             ,
             but
             upon
             complaint
             Colonel
             
               Hacker
            
             gave
             them
             no
             relief
             ,
             but
             threatned
             them
             to
             have
             them
             before
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             for
             complaining
             ;
             afterwards
             Captain
             
               Thomas
               Lilburn
            
             brought
             the
             matter
             in
             question
             before
             a
             Councel
             of
             War
             at
             
               Whitehall
               ,
            
             but
             by
             Sir
             
               Arthurs
            
             power
             it
             could
             never
             be
             fully
             heard
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             had
             ,
             there
             would
             have
             appeared
             many
             thousand
             pounds
             kept
             wrongfully
             from
             the
             Souldiers
             ,
             besides
             the
             great
             Oppression
             of
             Free-Quarter
             ;
             some
             Examinations
             whereof
             were
             taken
             by
             Mr
             
               Margets
               ,
            
             which
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             keeps
             hitherto
             from
             reading
             ;
             and
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
            
             sore
             threatened
             the
             said
             Captain
             ,
             for
             appearing
             for
             the
             Souldiery
             and
             Country
             against
             him
             and
             Col.
             
               Hacker
               .
            
          
        
         
           That
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           did
           bring
           Colonel
           
             Hacker
          
           into
           that
           Country
           ,
           he
           doth
           acknowledg
           and
           justifie
           the
           same
           ;
           if
           he
           or
           his
           Souldiers
           have
           done
           any
           thing
           unworthy
           ,
           he
           is
           very
           sufficient
           to
           answer
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           ready
           to
           give
           an
           account
           thereof
           at
           any
           time
           :
           and
           it
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           did
           exceedingly
           press
           to
           have
           the
           Complaints
           against
           his
           Souldiers
           to
           come
           to
           hearing
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           fully
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           the
           aspersions
           layd
           upon
           Col.
           
             Hacker
          
           are
           very
           false
           ,
           and
           the
           proceedings
           in
           the
           Country
           against
           him
           were
           unjust
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               Artic.
               13.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
               ,
            
             to
             disable
             M.
             
               George
               Lilburn
            
             to
             serve
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             to
             discourage
             the
             well-affected
             in
             
               Bishoprick
               ,
            
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Commission
             of
             Peace
             ,
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             Militia
             ,
             and
             much
             endevoreth
             to
             Sequester
             the
             said
             M.
             
               George
               Lilburn
               ,
            
             who
             hath
             commonly
             been
             reputed
             the
             most
             active
             ,
             stirring
             ,
             and
             suffering
             man
             for
             the
             good
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             both
             before
             the
             Parliament
             began
             ,
             and
             since
             ,
             of
             any
             that
             hath
             been
             ,
             or
             is
             in
             the
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           Concerning
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           leaving
           Mr
           
             George
             Lilburn
          
           out
           of
           Commission
           ,
           he
           conceives
           that
           he
           had
           done
           nothing
           but
           his
           duty
           ,
           and
           doubts
           not
           but
           he
           can
           give
           satisfaction
           to
           any
           honest
           and
           well-affected
           man
           to
           this
           present
           Government
           in
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           ;
           and
           for
           his
           endeavors
           to
           Sequester
           the
           said
           
             George
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           it
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           accused
           at
           the
           Committee
           ,
           long
           before
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           came
           into
           the
           Country
           ,
           upon
           these
           three
           ensuing
           Articles
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           signed
           Warrants
           with
           his
           own
           Hand
           and
           Seal
           ,
           with
           Sir
           
             William
             Carnaby
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Tho
             :
             Riddal
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Tho
             :
             Liddal
             ,
          
           for
           carrying
           Arms
           and
           Ammunition
           which
           came
           out
           of
           
             Holland
          
           into
           
             Newcastle
             ,
          
           and
           were
           sent
           unto
           the
           late
           King
           after
           he
           had
           set
           up
           his
           Standard
           ,
           which
           were
           used
           against
           the
           Parliaments
           Forces
           at
           
             Edghil
          
           Battel
           ,
           two
           of
           which
           Warrants
           were
           produced
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           he
           gave
           the
           late
           Kings
           Oath
           to
           several
           persons
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           when
           the
           
             Earl
             of
             Newcastle
          
           had
           the
           whole
           power
           of
           the
           County
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           he
           compelled
           his
           servant
           
             Thomas
             Chilton
          
           to
           serve
           in
           Col.
           
           
             Hiltons
          
           Regiment
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           Regiment
           being
           broken
           by
           the
           Parliament
           Forces
           at
           
             Marston
             Moor
             ,
          
           the
           said
           
             Chilton
          
           returned
           to
           his
           said
           Master
           
             George
             Lilburns
          
           House
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               14.
               
            
             That
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             hath
             displaced
             all
             the
             well-affected
             men
             in
             
               Bishoprick
               ,
            
             that
             were
             of
             the
             Committee
             for
             Sequestrations
             there
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             their
             stead
             one
             
               Thomas
               Haslerig
            
             his
             Kinsman
             ,
             and
             a
             stranger
             ;
             and
             doth
             continue
             one
             Colonel
             
               Francis
               Wren
               ,
            
             who
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Regiment
             ,
             upon
             
             his
             first
             march
             into
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             was
             digracefully
             and
             justly
             cashiered
             ,
             by
             the
             now
             Lord
             General
             
               Cromwel
               ,
            
             for
             plundering
             ,
             and
             other
             gross
             and
             foul
             Misdemeanors
             ;
             and
             one
             
               Thomas
               Dalaval
               ,
            
             an
             arch
             Malignant
             ,
             and
             disaffected
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             who
             lived
             in
             the
             Enemies
             quarters
             all
             the
             time
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Newcastle
            
             had
             his
             Forces
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           well
           if
           those
           that
           were
           displaced
           appear
           well-affected
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           faithful
           to
           their
           Trust
           ;
           surely
           that
           was
           no
           cause
           of
           their
           ejection
           :
           if
           unfaithfulness
           was
           not
           their
           sin
           ,
           it
           will
           never
           be
           their
           sorrow
           :
           as
           for
           Col.
           
             Wren
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           ever
           been
           faithful
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           in
           Arms
           for
           them
           from
           the
           very
           beginning
           ,
           and
           did
           ascend
           unto
           his
           Colonelship
           by
           degrees
           ;
           and
           when
           his
           Regiment
           went
           into
           
             Scotland
          
           after
           
             Hamiltons
          
           defeat
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           came
           into
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           they
           did
           conceive
           they
           might
           have
           plundered
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           as
           the
           
             Scots
          
           had
           done
           in
           
             England
          
           immediately
           before
           ,
           as
           supposing
           themselves
           legal
           Executioners
           (
           and
           that
           without
           Commission
           )
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Taliation
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           act
           the
           
             Scotch-men
          
           in
           their
           own
           Countries
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           they
           were
           very
           unruly
           ;
           the
           Lord
           General
           being
           very
           much
           offended
           thereat
           ,
           desired
           the
           Colonel
           to
           return
           back
           into
           his
           Country
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           not
           cashiered
           ,
           as
           is
           here
           falsly
           asserted
           .
           As
           for
           Mr
           
             Haslerig
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           a
           very
           good
           Estate
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           and
           is
           very
           well
           known
           to
           be
           an
           able
           and
           well-affected
           man
           ,
           and
           very
           fit
           for
           the
           employment
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           Mr
           
             Tho
             :
             Dalaval
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             A.
          
           beleeves
           
             Musgrave
          
           can
           never
           prove
           him
           an
           arch
           Malignant
           ,
           onely
           his
           work
           is
           to
           slander
           ,
           and
           he
           loves
           to
           be
           doing
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               15.
               
            
             That
             the
             said
             
               George
               Lilburn
               ,
            
             being
             Surveyor
             of
             the
             Bishops
             Lands
             in
             
               Bishoprick
            
             with
             one
             
               Edward
               Colson
               ,
            
             which
             said
             
               Colson
            
             joyned
             with
             one
             
               Saunders
               ,
            
             and
             counterfeited
             M.
             
               Duncalss
            
             hand
             without
             his
             privity
             ,
             for
             the
             abatement
             of
             a
             thousand
             and
             odd
             pounds
             ,
             meerly
             to
             cozen
             the
             State
             thereof
             ,
             which
             cheat
             and
             cozenage
             the
             said
             
               George
               Lilburn
            
             discovered
             .
             But
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             much
             labored
             and
             sollicited
             the
             said
             
               George
               Lilburn
            
             to
             conceal
             the
             said
             cheat
             and
             forgery
             of
             the
             said
             
               Colson
               ,
            
             and
             though
             the
             said
             
               Colson
            
             be
             a
             man
             disaffected
             
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             and
             marryed
             to
             a
             Papist
             ,
             yet
             doth
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             much
             countenance
             the
             said
             
               Colson
               ,
            
             and
             made
             him
             a
             Commissioner
             for
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             his
             Court-Keeper
             .
          
        
         
           This
           hath
           been
           discovered
           and
           published
           in
           print
           by
           the
           said
           
             George
             Lilburn
          
           about
           two
           years
           since
           ,
           and
           then
           also
           answered
           by
           the
           said
           
             Saunders
          
           and
           Mr
           
             Colson
             :
          
           and
           why
           did
           not
           Mr
           
             Lilburn
          
           then
           print
           Sir
           
             A.
             Haslerigs
          
           desire
           for
           his
           concealment
           of
           that
           cheat
           and
           forgery
           ?
           surely
           there
           was
           never
           such
           intimacy
           between
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           and
           Mr
           
             Geo
             :
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           as
           that
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           should
           commit
           such
           a
           base
           secret
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           abhors
           the
           practice
           of
           such
           baseness
           ,
           he
           could
           never
           
             Musgrave
          
           it
           after
           that
           manner
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           Sir
           
             A.
          
           putting
           in
           Mr
           
             Colson
          
           to
           keep
           his
           Courts
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           known
           that
           he
           was
           appointed
           to
           keep
           those
           Courts
           by
           the
           Committee
           when
           they
           were
           under
           Sequestration
           ,
           before
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           bought
           the
           Manors
           ;
           that
           
             Colson
          
           is
           a
           Commissioner
           for
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           numbered
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           
             Musgraves
             ,
          
           it
           's
           utterly
           false
           .
        
         
           
             
               Artic.
               16.
               
            
             That
             Your
             Petitioner
             hath
             been
             much
             sollicited
             by
             the
             well-affected
             in
             his
             Country
             ,
             to
             present
             their
             Grievances
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             crave
             Relief
             in
             their
             behalf
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             their
             Letters
             ,
             Copies
             whereof
             are
             hereunto
             annexed
             .
          
        
         
           Whereas
           this
           proud
           Boaster
           glories
           ,
           that
           the
           well-affected
           in
           his
           Country
           did
           become
           so
           many
           Sollicitors
           unto
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           be
           their
           Sollicitor-General
           
             to
             present
             their
             Grievances
             and
             Oppressions
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           in
           the
           Title-page
           of
           his
           Book
           takes
           in
           the
           
             Northern
             bordering
             Counties
             ,
          
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           let
           you
           see
           ,
           how
           the
           County
           of
           
             Northumberland
          
           do
           throw
           the
           falshood
           of
           it
           in
           his
           face
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           this
           ensuing
           Letter
           from
           the
           grand
           Jury
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           sight
           of
           this
           scandalous
           Pamphlet
           ,
           and
           sent
           up
           Post
           unto
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Right
                     Honorable
                     ,
                  
                   We
                   the
                   Grand
                   Jury
                   for
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   
                     Northumberland
                     ,
                  
                   at
                   the
                   now
                   Sessions
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   having
                   seen
                   a
                   Book
                   published
                   by
                   one
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                     ,
                  
                   who
                   therein
                   pretends
                   the
                   great
                   and
                   heavy
                   Pressures
                   and
                   Grievances
                   the
                   well-affected
                   
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Northern
                     bordering
                     Counties
                  
                   lie
                   under
                   ,
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerigs
                  
                   Misgovernment
                   ,
                   and
                   placing
                   in
                   Authority
                   men
                   disaffected
                   to
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   having
                   perused
                   the
                   Book
                   ,
                   and
                   finding
                   our selves
                   therein
                   much
                   concerned
                   ,
                   as
                   being
                   the
                   most
                   
                     Northern
                     bordering
                     County
                  
                   to
                   
                     Scotland
                     ,
                  
                   we
                   presume
                   humbly
                   to
                   acquaint
                   Your
                   Lordships
                   ,
                   That
                   as
                   the
                   Author
                   of
                   the
                   Book
                   is
                   altogether
                   unknown
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   so
                   also
                   all
                   his
                   Relations
                   ,
                   Complaints
                   ,
                   and
                   Petitions
                   ,
                   without
                   our
                   consent
                   .
                   And
                   we
                   cannot
                   but
                   wonder
                   that
                   any
                   man
                   durst
                   assume
                   so
                   much
                   boldness
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   present
                   to
                   this
                   Honorable
                   Councel
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   the
                   well-affected
                   in
                   the
                   four
                   
                     Northern
                     Counties
                     ,
                  
                   such
                   false
                   and
                   scandalous
                   things
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   shall
                   not
                   trouble
                   your
                   Lordships
                   with
                   the
                   particulars
                   in
                   his
                   Book
                   ,
                   few
                   of
                   them
                   concerning
                   our
                   County
                   ;
                   but
                   having
                   diligently
                   perused
                   the
                   Book
                   ,
                   we
                   find
                   it
                   chiefly
                   endeavors
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   world
                   believe
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   is
                   a
                   Countenancer
                   of
                   Delinquents
                   ,
                   a
                   Friend
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Scots
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   an
                   Enemy
                   to
                   honest
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   :
                   We
                   hope
                   we
                   need
                   not
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   wipe
                   off
                   those
                   seeming
                   stains
                   ;
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                  
                   is
                   well
                   known
                   to
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   actions
                   have
                   sufficiently
                   testified
                   his
                   affections
                   and
                   faithfulness
                   to
                   the
                   Publique
                   Interest
                   ,
                   and
                   good
                   of
                   this
                   Nation
                   ;
                   yet
                   we
                   being
                   his
                   neighbors
                   ,
                   and
                   having
                   seen
                   his
                   just
                   and
                   equal
                   dealings
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   partakers
                   of
                   exceeding
                   much
                   good
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   cannot
                   hold
                   our
                   peace
                   :
                   and
                   we
                   dare
                   say
                   ,
                   if
                   all
                   the
                   four
                   Counties
                   may
                   have
                   leave
                   to
                   speak
                   their
                   own
                   words
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   tell
                   your
                   Lordships
                   more
                   then
                   we
                   can
                   say
                   on
                   his
                   behalf
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   strange
                   to
                   us
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                  
                   should
                   be
                   counted
                   a
                   Friend
                   to
                   Delinquents
                   ;
                   surely
                   he
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   in
                   these
                   parts
                   :
                   We
                   very
                   well
                   remember
                   ,
                   that
                   long
                   before
                   the
                   Parliament
                   made
                   an
                   Act
                   to
                   restrain
                   Papists
                   and
                   Delinquents
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   caused
                   those
                   that
                   had
                   been
                   in
                   Arms
                   against
                   the
                   Parliament
                   in
                   our
                   County
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   that
                   had
                   been
                   Officers
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   apprehended
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   that
                   were
                   active
                   and
                   dangerous
                   he
                   continued
                   under
                   strict
                   bond
                   ,
                   not
                   to
                   go
                   from
                   their
                   own
                   houses
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   about
                   a
                   mile
                   from
                   home
                   ,
                   none
                   above
                   five
                   ;
                   and
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   keep
                   Arms
                   in
                   their
                   houses
                   ,
                   nor
                   to
                   speak
                   or
                   
                   do
                   any
                   thing
                   against
                   the
                   Authority
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   divers
                   desperate
                   men
                   he
                   kept
                   prisoners
                   in
                   
                     Newcastle
                     ;
                  
                   and
                   we
                   suppose
                   he
                   took
                   the
                   same
                   course
                   in
                   other
                   Counties
                   :
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   being
                   an
                   Enemy
                   to
                   honest
                   men
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   needs
                   tell
                   your
                   Lordships
                   ,
                   those
                   that
                   fear
                   the
                   Lord
                   bless
                   God
                   for
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   mercies
                   they
                   enjoy
                   by
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   Those
                   that
                   love
                   the
                   Parliament
                   amongst
                   us
                   ,
                   will
                   acknowledg
                   his
                   care
                   and
                   tenderness
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   unwearyed
                   Endevors
                   to
                   preserve
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Interest
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   :
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   poor
                   people
                   will
                   confess
                   the
                   happiness
                   and
                   benefit
                   they
                   have
                   received
                   by
                   his
                   means
                   ;
                   they
                   are
                   exceeding
                   sensible
                   of
                   the
                   Miseries
                   and
                   Oppressions
                   they
                   long
                   groaned
                   under
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Ease
                   and
                   Freedom
                   they
                   are
                   now
                   partakers
                   of
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   those
                   Gentlemen
                   now
                   intrusted
                   by
                   the
                   Parliament
                   with
                   the
                   Power
                   of
                   this
                   County
                   ,
                   we
                   know
                   not
                   how
                   ,
                   nor
                   by
                   whom
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   placed
                   in
                   Authority
                   ,
                   whether
                   by
                   recommendation
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   others
                   ;
                   but
                   we
                   are
                   sure
                   they
                   are
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   most
                   active
                   in
                   promoting
                   the
                   Parliaments
                   Interest
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   kept
                   firm
                   through
                   all
                   changes
                   to
                   the
                   service
                   of
                   their
                   Country
                   ;
                   and
                   their
                   righteous
                   dealings
                   in
                   their
                   Trust
                   have
                   made
                   their
                   Names
                   famous
                   among
                   the
                   people
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   hope
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   afraid
                   to
                   give
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   themselves
                   when
                   Authority
                   shall
                   require
                   it
                   :
                   And
                   for
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerigs
                  
                   being
                   a
                   Friend
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Scots
                  
                   Faction
                   ,
                   let
                   his
                   activity
                   ,
                   care
                   ,
                   and
                   industry
                   ,
                   to
                   raise
                   men
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   speak
                   for
                   him
                   :
                   and
                   after
                   our
                   Army
                   was
                   gone
                   into
                   
                     Scotland
                     ,
                  
                   his
                   pains
                   and
                   labor
                   to
                   furnish
                   them
                   with
                   Provisions
                   and
                   Supplies
                   ,
                   without
                   which
                   they
                   had
                   been
                   forced
                   to
                   retreat
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   have
                   heard
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   We
                   could
                   renumerate
                   our
                   late
                   last
                   Grievances
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   present
                   Mercies
                   ,
                   and
                   instance
                   in
                   many
                   particulars
                   ,
                   what
                   benefits
                   we
                   have
                   reaped
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   those
                   in
                   Authority
                   amongst
                   us
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   would
                   too
                   much
                   trouble
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ;
                   onely
                   we
                   make
                   bold
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   we
                   exceedingly
                   wonder
                   ,
                   that
                   such
                   scandalous
                   Complaints
                   should
                   be
                   suffered
                   to
                   pass
                   in
                   print
                   ,
                   which
                   though
                   they
                   receive
                   not
                   much
                   credit
                   in
                   our
                   days
                   ,
                   yet
                   may
                   lay
                   a
                   stain
                   upon
                   the
                   posterity
                   of
                   those
                   ,
                   whose
                   Names
                   
                   are
                   precious
                   ,
                   and
                   deserve
                   to
                   be
                   had
                   in
                   perpetual
                   remembrance
                   .
                   We
                   doubt
                   not
                   of
                   Your
                   Lordships
                   Justice
                   in
                   acquitting
                   the
                   Just
                   .
                   We
                   are
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Your
                     Lordships
                     most
                     faithful
                     and
                     humble
                     Servants
                     ,
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Hearon
                      
                       
                         Robert
                         Pearson
                      
                       
                         John
                         Midford
                      
                       
                         Rich
                         :
                         Dawson
                      
                       
                         Thomas
                         Pye
                      
                       
                         William
                         Lawson
                      
                       
                         Thomas
                         Watson
                      
                       
                         George
                         Marshal
                      
                       
                         Henry
                         Lawson
                      
                       
                         Robert
                         Dalton
                      
                       
                         Thomas
                         Megison
                      
                       
                         Cuthbert
                         Fenwick
                      
                       
                         John
                         Shafto
                      
                       
                         Thomas
                         Fenwick
                      
                       
                         Ro
                         :
                         Megison
                      
                       
                         George
                         Hoslop
                      
                       
                         George
                         Wharton
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     Morpeth
                     in
                     Northumberland
                     ,
                     
                       16
                       January
                       ,
                       1650.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Arric
               .
               17.
               
            
             That
             Your
             Petitioner
             hath
             lately
             discovered
             sundry
             concealed
             and
             sequestred
             Delinquents
             of
             great
             Estates
             ,
             which
             will
             bring
             in
             to
             the
             State
             ten
             thousand
             pounds
             and
             more
             ,
             if
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             Sequestration
             made
             by
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             were
             honest
             and
             faithful
             men
             ;
             but
             in
             regard
             most
             of
             the
             said
             Cōmissioners
             are
             Delinquents
             ,
             and
             Sequestrable
             themselves
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             them
             disaffected
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             they
             do
             what
             in
             them
             lies
             to
             hinder
             Your
             Petitioner
             in
             the
             prosecution
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           Whereas
           this
           
             Musgrave
          
           boasts
           of
           his
           discovery
           of
           Delinquents
           Estates
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           10000
           l.
           
             if
             the
             Commissioners
             made
             by
             Sir
          
           A.
           H.
           
             had
             been
             honest
             and
             faithful
             ,
          
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           this
           
             Musgrave
          
           came
           with
           Mr
           
             Can
          
           to
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           his
           Chamber
           ,
           the
           last
           time
           he
           was
           in
           Town
           ,
           which
           was
           about
           
             April
          
           last
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           like
           Information
           ,
           whereupon
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           conceiving
           ,
           that
           if
           
             Musgrave
          
           had
           power
           he
           would
           be
           the
           better
           enabled
           unto
           a
           through
           discovery
           ,
           and
           bringing
           in
           unto
           the
           
             State
          
           those
           great
           sums
           of
           Mony
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           move
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Compounding
           to
           make
           him
           one
           of
           their
           Commissioners
           for
           Sequestration
           for
           
             Cumberland
             ,
          
           which
           accordingly
           they
           did
           ;
           and
           Sir
           
             A.
          
           confesseth
           that
           he
           was
           exceedingly
           mistaken
           in
           Mr
           
             Musgrave
             ;
          
           and
           if
           there
           was
           any
           
             dishonest
             and
             unfaithful
             ,
          
           that
           he
           put
           in
           ,
           or
           was
           an
           occasion
           of
           being
           put
           into
           Commission
           ,
           it
           was
           this
           
             Musgrave
             :
          
           And
           Sir
           
             A.
          
           doth
           acknowledg
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           suffered
           so
           much
           disgrace
           by
           preferring
           any
           
           man
           to
           any
           place
           of
           Trust
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           received
           by
           him
           ;
           for
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           
             Goldsmiths-Hall
          
           have
           most
           justly
           turned
           him
           out
           of
           Commissions
           ,
           for
           his
           corrupt
           and
           wicked
           actings
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           may
           see
           a
           true
           character
           of
           this
           
             John
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           his
           great
           Zeal
           for
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           against
           Papists-Delinquents
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           the
           truer
           Friend
           unto
           Papists
           and
           Malignants
           ,
           and
           more
           faithful
           to
           their
           Trusts
           ,
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           or
           this
           
             John
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           read
           this
           ensuing
           Letter
           from
           his
           Fellow
           Commissioners
           of
           that
           County
           .
        
         
           
             
               For
               the
               Worshipful
               
                 Tho
                 :
                 Craister
                 ,
              
               
                 Esq
              
               Major
               of
               the
               City
               of
               
                 Carlisle
                 ,
              
               haste
               ,
               haste
               ,
               in
               
                 Newcastle
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
               About
               the
               15
               day
               of
               
                 October
                 ,
              
               Mr
               
                 Clement
                 Skelton
              
               brought
               in
               an
               Order
               from
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Compounding
               to
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sequestrations
               in
               
                 Cumberland
                 ,
              
               to
               examine
               the
               validity
               of
               a
               Deed
               produced
               to
               them
               ,
               touching
               the
               clearing
               of
               
                 Andrew
                 Huddleston's
              
               Estate
               ,
               a
               Papist
               in
               Arms
               ,
               worth
               120
               l.
               
                 per
                 annum
                 :
              
               The
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skelton
                 ,
              
               bringing
               the
               said
               Order
               before
               us
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               Deed
               ,
               was
               demanded
               ,
               wherefore
               he
               did
               not
               seek
               his
               Interest
               in
               that
               Estate
               before
               that
               time
               ,
               the
               same
               being
               under
               Sequestration
               for
               four
               or
               five
               years
               :
               The
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skelton
              
               replyed
               ,
               He
               could
               never
               get
               a
               man
               for
               his
               purpose
               ,
               until
               he
               met
               with
               Mr
               
                 John
                 Musgrave
                 :
              
               and
               being
               asked
               ,
               How
               the
               said
               Order
               was
               got
               ,
               He
               answered
               ,
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               knew
               better
               then
               himself
               ;
               whereupon
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               was
               called
               ,
               and
               at
               his
               coming
               in
               ,
               said
               ,
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               he
               had
               10
               
                 l.
              
               to
               sollicite
               that
               business
               :
               It
               being
               replyed
               ,
               He
               was
               not
               sent
               for
               to
               know
               what
               he
               had
               for
               so
               doing
               ,
               but
               what
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Compounding
               said
               to
               the
               matter
               in
               dispute
               ,
               and
               what
               he
               thought
               of
               it
               himself
               ;
               To
               the
               first
               he
               answered
               ,
               That
               Mr
               
                 Winslow
              
               did
               engage
               to
               send
               the
               said
               Order
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               conceived
               ,
               if
               we
               could
               not
               prove
               the
               said
               
                 Skelton
              
               to
               have
               made
               away
               the
               Estate
               to
               the
               said
               
                 Huddleston
                 ,
              
               the
               Deed
               was
               valid
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               did
               behove
               us
               to
               certifie
               :
               whereupon
               he
               withdrew
               .
               The
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skelton
              
               being
               further
               asked
               ,
               When
               he
               had
               the
               aforesaid
               Estate
               in
               possession
               ,
               and
               what
               Rent
               he
               had
               received
               of
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Huddleston
                 ,
              
               He
               thereupon
               was
               silent
               ;
               whereupon
               we
               told
               the
               
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skelton
                 ,
              
               That
               if
               any
               man
               went
               about
               to
               conceal
               a
               Delinquents
               Estate
               ,
               that
               same
               Act
               made
               him
               liable
               to
               Sequestration
               ;
               and
               further
               ,
               we
               produced
               before
               him
               the
               late
               Committee
               Book
               ,
               wherein
               it
               did
               appear
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skelton
              
               had
               farmed
               the
               said
               Estate
               of
               the
               late
               Committee
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1647
               ,
               and
               payd
               the
               Rent
               due
               for
               the
               same
               ,
               without
               claiming
               any
               Interest
               therein
               :
               whereupon
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skelton
              
               withdrew
               ,
               and
               never
               since
               appeared
               to
               claim
               any
               Title
               therein
               :
               But
               since
               ,
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Andrew
                 Huddleston
                 ,
              
               paying
               in
               his
               Rent
               due
               for
               the
               same
               ,
               confessed
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               given
               to
               Mr
               
                 John
                 Musgrave
              
               himself
               10
               
                 l.
              
               and
               sent
               him
               up
               to
               
                 London
                 5
                 l.
              
               more
               :
               and
               about
               the
               day
               aforesaid
               ,
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               being
               asked
               ,
               Why
               he
               would
               take
               10
               
                 l.
              
               for
               solliciting
               a
               business
               of
               that
               nature
               against
               the
               State
               and
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               at
               the
               very
               time
               when
               he
               was
               Commissioner
               for
               Sequestrations
               for
               the
               State
               ,
               contrary
               to
               his
               Trust
               and
               Oath
               ,
               which
               he
               either
               had
               ,
               or
               should
               have
               taken
               ;
               He
               replyed
               ,
               He
               was
               a
               Sollicitor
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               a
               Commissioner
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               forego
               his
               Solliciting
               for
               being
               a
               Commissioner
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               to
               be
               noted
               ,
               That
               about
               the
               27
               of
               
                 April
                 ,
              
               1650.
               the
               said
               Deed
               was
               produced
               before
               Mr
               
                 Craister
                 ,
                 Tho
                 :
                 Langhorn
                 ,
              
               and
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
                 ,
              
               then
               Commissioners
               for
               Sequestration
               :
               The
               said
               Commissioners
               returned
               the
               Deed
               with
               this
               Answer
               ,
               That
               it
               was
               to
               be
               cleared
               above
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               by
               his
               expressions
               seemed
               to
               undertake
               that
               business
               ,
               as
               it
               appears
               he
               did
               ;
               and
               also
               at
               that
               time
               spoke
               in
               other
               Delinquents
               behalf
               so
               much
               ,
               as
               gave
               occasion
               to
               his
               Fellow-Commissioners
               to
               have
               some
               Jealousies
               of
               his
               actings
               ;
               and
               presently
               after
               the
               said
               
                 Tho
                 :
                 Langhorn
              
               saw
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               receive
               a
               sum
               of
               Mony
               from
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Huddleston
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               went
               presently
               after
               to
               
                 London
                 ,
              
               and
               stayd
               there
               above
               three
               moneths
               ,
               which
               caused
               Mr
               
                 Craister
              
               and
               
                 Tho
                 :
                 Langhorn
              
               to
               desire
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               compounding
               ,
               either
               to
               joyn
               with
               them
               such
               as
               would
               act
               faithfully
               and
               fully
               for
               the
               Publick
               ,
               or
               else
               excuse
               them
               from
               the
               service
               ,
               the
               affairs
               of
               Sequestrations
               speedily
               requiring
               diligence
               and
               action
               ;
               upon
               which
               desire
               of
               theirs
               the
               said
               
                 Musgrave
              
               was
               outed
               ,
               and
               others
               put
               in
               ,
               before
               
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Skeltons
              
               Order
               was
               examined
               :
               but
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               took
               his
               discharge
               so
               ill
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               vehemently
               threaten
               that
               the
               said
               
                 Tho
                 :
                 Langhorn
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               ,
               should
               have
               
                 Lex
                 Talionis
                 ;
              
               and
               further
               ,
               that
               Sir
               
                 Arthur
                 Haslerig
                 ,
              
               to
               stop
               his
               mouth
               ,
               had
               made
               him
               a
               Commissioner
               ,
               but
               now
               being
               outed
               ,
               his
               mouth
               was
               open
               :
               To
               which
               one
               replyed
               ,
               
                 It
                 seems
                 a
                 great
                 place
                 will
                 stop
                 your
                 mouth
                 .
              
            
             
               Also
               at
               that
               time
               he
               was
               outed
               of
               being
               Steward
               of
               the
               honor
               of
               
                 Penrith
                 :
              
               and
               the
               said
               Mr
               
                 Musgrave
              
               being
               poor
               ,
               his
               Estate
               not
               being
               possible
               to
               be
               made
               worse
               ,
               we
               do
               verily
               beleeve
               put
               him
               upon
               printing
               his
               Book
               :
               notwithstanding
               ,
               we
               desire
               to
               forgive
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               to
               give
               him
               Repentance
               ,
               which
               is
               all
               we
               can
               offer
               to
               you
               at
               this
               time
               :
               The
               truth
               of
               what
               is
               said
               shall
               be
               sufficiently
               by
               our selves
               and
               others
               proved
               .
               We
               desire
               you
               to
               finish
               that
               Letter
               to
               the
               Commissioners
               above
               ,
               whereof
               you
               took
               Instructions
               at
               
                 Carlisle
                 ,
              
               with
               the
               tender
               of
               our
               Service
               to
               all
               the
               honorable
               persons
               with
               you
               .
               We
               remain
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Friends
                 and
                 Servants
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Tho
                     :
                     Langhorn
                  
                   
                     Tho
                     :
                     Sewell
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Pearith
                   ,
                
                 
                   6
                   Januar
                   :
                   1650.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           you
           the
           several
           Articles
           exhibited
           by
           this
           Northern
           Article-Maker
           against
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           with
           particular
           Answers
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           compleat
           satisfaction
           touching
           Sir
           
             A.
          
           his
           innocency
           in
           respect
           unto
           them
           all
           ,
           is
           my
           perfect
           presumption
           :
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           ,
           that
           a
           doubt
           herein
           (
           all
           things
           considered
           )
           renders
           the
           doubtful
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Musgrave
             .
          
        
         
           And
           although
           it
           is
           beneath
           a
           man
           advanced
           but
           one
           degree
           ,
           in
           ways
           of
           wisdom
           and
           discretion
           ,
           to
           waste
           his
           time
           in
           setting
           forth
           the
           vileness
           and
           baseness
           of
           the
           principles
           and
           practices
           of
           so
           worthless
           a
           person
           ,
           it
           being
           but
           
             actum
             agere
             ,
          
           he
           himself
           having
           been
           his
           own
           Limbner
           in
           this
           very
           Pamphlet
           which
           he
           made
           against
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           where
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           glass
           ,
           as
           many
           ill
           qualities
           ,
           as
           can
           likely
           croud
           together
           in
           one
           man
           ;
           yet
           if
           you
           can
           bear
           the
           savor
           ,
           see
           him
           anatomized
           in
           some
           few
           Instances
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           Observe
           his
           covetousness
           ,
           dishonesty
           ,
           and
           (
           to
           speak
           it
           out
           )
           his
           plain
           knavery
           in
           this
           Instance
           following
           ,
           in
           a
           Certificate
           under
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           Minister
           and
           an
           eye-witness
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   A
                   Certificate
                   from
                   a
                   Minister
                   touching
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave's
                  
                   base
                   offering
                   to
                   compound
                   to
                   desist
                   prosecution
                   of
                   an
                   honest
                   man
                   ,
                   by
                   him
                   accused
                   for
                   a
                   certain
                   sum
                   of
                   Mony
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   
                     February
                     ,
                  
                   1648.
                   
                   Captain
                   
                     Crakanthorp
                  
                   and
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                  
                   procured
                   an
                   Order
                   from
                   the
                   Committee
                   for
                   Complaints
                   at
                   
                     Westminster
                     ,
                  
                   to
                   summon
                   several
                   Gentlemen
                   within
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   
                     Cumberland
                  
                   to
                   appear
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Committee
                   ,
                   to
                   answer
                   to
                   a
                   Charge
                   layd
                   against
                   them
                   by
                   the
                   said
                   Captain
                   
                     Crakanthorp
                  
                   and
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                     ,
                  
                   who
                   alledged
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   sustained
                   loss
                   or
                   damage
                   by
                   those
                   Gentlemen
                   (
                   being
                   Justices
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   within
                   the
                   said
                   County
                   )
                   to
                   the
                   value
                   of
                   two
                   thousand
                   pounds
                   and
                   upwards
                   ;
                   which
                   Order
                   the
                   said
                   Informers
                   shewed
                   to
                   Captain
                   
                     Dowson
                  
                   and
                   my self
                   ,
                   then
                   being
                   at
                   
                     London
                     .
                  
                   We
                   friendly
                   demanded
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   What
                   Injury
                   they
                   had
                   received
                   from
                   
                     William
                     Brisco
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   now
                   High-Sheriff
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   County
                   ,
                   being
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Gentlemen
                   whom
                   they
                   accused
                   ,
                   and
                   whom
                   they
                   had
                   Order
                   to
                   summon
                   :
                   And
                   finding
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   unsatisfactory
                   Answer
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   mony
                   would
                   pacifie
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   prevent
                   this
                   appearance
                   ,
                   we
                   acquainted
                   Mr
                   
                     Edward
                     Brisco
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Merchant
                   in
                   
                     London
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   Brother
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   
                     William
                     Brisco
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   of
                   their
                   Intentions
                   ,
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   by
                   their
                   discourse
                   we
                   could
                   judg
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   Mr
                   
                     Edward
                     Brisco
                  
                   was
                   willing
                   to
                   promise
                   a
                   considerable
                   sum
                   of
                   mony
                   ,
                   though
                   without
                   his
                   Brothers
                   privity
                   ,
                   hoping
                   he
                   might
                   thereby
                   procure
                   a
                   discharge
                   from
                   the
                   Complainers
                   ,
                   and
                   withall
                   an
                   engagement
                   under
                   their
                   hands
                   to
                   free
                   his
                   Brother
                   from
                   all
                   future
                   trouble
                   ,
                   which
                   accordingly
                   was
                   effected
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   sum
                   agreed
                   upon
                   ,
                   
                     viz.
                     35
                     l.
                  
                   presented
                   before
                   them
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   sight
                   and
                   promise
                   whereof
                   ,
                   the
                   
                     Complainers
                  
                   engaged
                   to
                   acquit
                   the
                   said
                   
                     William
                     Brisco
                  
                   from
                   all
                   future
                   troubles
                   ,
                   assuring
                   us
                   that
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   molest
                   or
                   accuse
                   him
                   directly
                   or
                   indirectly
                   ,
                   by
                   themselves
                   or
                   others
                   ,
                   for
                   any
                   injury
                   or
                   offence
                   done
                   ,
                   or
                   pretended
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   done
                   ,
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   either
                   in
                   particular
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     IN
                     GENERAL
                     AGAINST
                  
                   
                   
                     THE
                     STATE
                     ,
                     OF
                     WHICH
                     THEY
                     PROTESTED
                     THEY
                     WERE
                     ABLE
                     ,
                     AND
                     WOVLD
                     ACCVSE
                     HIM
                     ,
                     IF
                     THEY
                     RECEIVED
                     NOT
                     PRESENT
                     SATISFACTION
                     .
                  
                   They
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   required
                   Bonds
                   ,
                   besides
                   the
                   present
                   payment
                   of
                   the
                   mony
                   ,
                   for
                   assurance
                   from
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Edward
                     Brisco
                     ,
                  
                   Captain
                   
                     Dowson
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   my self
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   would
                   not
                   discover
                   this
                   their
                   Act
                   and
                   Deed
                   to
                   any
                   other
                   ,
                   least
                   the
                   report
                   thereof
                   should
                   prejudice
                   their
                   proceedings
                   against
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   of
                   whom
                   they
                   hoped
                   to
                   receive
                   like
                   satisfaction
                   :
                   their
                   engagement
                   for
                   acquiting
                   Mr
                   
                     Brisco
                     ,
                  
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   mony
                   ,
                   which
                   then
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   in
                   a
                   bag
                   ,
                   He
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Edward
                     Brisco
                  
                   immediately
                   pocketed
                   ,
                   pretending
                   that
                   he
                   desired
                   to
                   be
                   advised
                   by
                   some
                   Lawyers
                   ,
                   whether
                   this
                   Engagement
                   of
                   theirs
                   was
                   full
                   and
                   satisfactory
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   leaving
                   them
                   that
                   had
                   delivered
                   their
                   Engagement
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   received
                   their
                   mony
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   home
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   night
                   shewed
                   the
                   paper
                   to
                   Major
                   
                     Salloway
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Member
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   ,
                   who
                   assured
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   acquaint
                   the
                   House
                   with
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   I
                   am
                   willing
                   to
                   depose
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   whensoever
                   I
                   shall
                   be
                   called
                   thereunto
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Jos
                       :
                       Nicholson
                       ,
                    
                     Minister
                     of
                     Gods
                     Word
                     at
                     
                       Thursby
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Mr
           
             Edward
             Brisco
          
           is
           now
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           make
           Oath
           of
           what
           is
           expressed
           in
           this
           Certificate
           .
        
         
           Here
           follows
           the
           Release
           which
           this
           
             Musgrave
          
           writ
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             Whereas
             Mr
             
               Richard
               Crakanthorp
            
             and
             
               John
               Musgrave
               ,
            
             Gentlemen
             ,
             have
             exhibited
             certain
             
               Complaints
            
             to
             the
             Parliament
             against
             
               William
               Brisco
               ,
            
             
               Esq
            
             as
             well
             for
             certain
             wrongs
             done
             to
             us
             in
             particular
             ,
             as
             also
             for
             publique
             wrongs
             ,
             or
             dis-service
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             their
             adherents
             ,
             and
             have
             obtained
             Summons
             against
             him
             ;
             Now
             these
             presents
             are
             to
             satisfie
             all
             whom
             it
             may
             concern
             ,
             That
             
               Edward
               Brisco
               ,
            
             Brother
             of
             the
             said
             
               William
               ,
            
             hath
             payd
             us
             thirty
             five
             pounds
             on
             his
             Brothers
             behalf
             ,
             for
             the
             wrongs
             done
             ,
             in
             consideration
             whereof
             we
             do
             by
             these
             presents
             promise
             ,
             and
             covenant
             ,
             to
             ,
             and
             with
             ,
             the
             said
             
             
               Edward
               Brisco
               ,
            
             that
             we
             shall
             not
             at
             any
             time
             hereafter
             prosecute
             the
             said
             
               William
               Brisco
            
             for
             the
             causes
             aforesaid
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             wrongs
             by
             the
             said
             
               William
            
             committed
             against
             us
             ,
             or
             other
             person
             or
             persons
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           He
           acknowledged
           this
           engagement
           and
           discharge
           to
           be
           his
           own
           hand-writing
           before
           the
           
             Commissioners
          
           at
           
             Goldsmiths-hall
          
           very
           lately
           .
        
         
           Now
           judg
           Reader
           (
           if
           I
           may
           be
           a
           little
           pleasant
           with
           thee
           )
           whether
           here
           was
           not
           a
           
             KNAVE
          
           and
           a
           
             KNAVECATCHER
          
           well
           met
           .
        
         
           Take
           here
           another
           Instance
           ,
           and
           that
           shall
           be
           of
           his
           Tyranny
           ,
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           indeed
           Barbarism
           ,
           set
           forth
           upon
           the
           best
           terms
           of
           concealment
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           in
           an
           Apologetical
           Letter
           written
           to
           Col.
           
             Fitch
             ,
          
           Governor
           of
           
             Carlisle
             ,
          
           who
           required
           an
           account
           of
           a
           Captain
           ,
           and
           some
           Souldiers
           that
           were
           assistant
           unto
           him
           in
           the
           execution
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             
               To
               his
               much
               honored
               Friend
               Colonel
               
                 Fitch
                 ,
              
               Governor
               of
               Carlisle
               ,
               these
               deliver
               .
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
               This
               evening
               I
               received
               a
               Letter
               from
               
                 Captain
                 Place
                 ,
              
               wherein
               he
               intimates
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               commanded
               to
               bring
               two
               of
               his
               Soldiers
               before
               you
               to
               
                 Carlisle
                 ,
              
               upon
               my
               Father
               in
               Law
               Mr
               
                 Vaux
              
               his
               complaint
               ,
               that
               they
               took
               him
               forth
               of
               his
               bed
               ,
               and
               carryed
               him
               a
               mile
               in
               his
               shirt
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               took
               and
               detained
               a
               Horse
               of
               his
               worth
               10
               
                 l.
              
               the
               
                 Captain
              
               was
               desirous
               that
               I
               should
               come
               along
               with
               them
               to
               give
               account
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               I
               knew
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               related
               to
               my
               Mother
               and
               me
               ,
               which
               very
               willingly
               I
               would
               have
               done
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               not
               been
               constrained
               the
               Audite
               to
               morrow
               ,
               by
               appointment
               from
               Mr
               
                 Pollard
                 ,
              
               the
               States
               Receiver
               ,
               I
               (
               being
               the
               
                 States
              
               Steward
               for
               the
               Honor
               of
               
                 Penrith
              
               )
               might
               neglect
               that
               Service
               ,
               but
               to
               morrow
               night
               I
               shall
               be
               ,
               God
               willing
               ,
               with
               my
               Brother
               
                 Graham
              
               at
               
                 Newbygin
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               next
               day
               at
               
                 Newlathes
                 ,
              
               to
               hold
               the
               Leet
               for
               my
               ancient
               Friend
               
                 Captain
                 Sikes
                 ,
              
               Purchaser
               of
               the
               Manor
               of
               
                 John
                 De
                 Chappels
                 ,
              
               whither
               if
               you
               send
               ,
               upon
               notice
               I
               will
               wait
               on
               you
               ,
               so
               be
               I
               may
               ,
               according
               to
               Law
               ,
               be
               free
               from
               Arrests
               ,
               which
               in
               that
               
                 Corporation
              
               may
               causless
               be
               layd
               upon
               me
               for
               vexation
               ,
               as
               
               often
               heretofore
               hath
               been
               done
               ,
               I
               speak
               not
               this
               that
               I
               know
               or
               fear
               any
               just
               cause
               ,
               for
               I
               never
               concealed
               my self
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               ready
               to
               appear
               
                 gratis
              
               at
               
                 Westminster
              
               to
               any
               action
               :
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               take
               a
               short
               account
               of
               what
               I
               know
               there
               concerning
               ;
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               you
               have
               heard
               of
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               me
               and
               Mr
               
                 Vaux
                 ,
              
               and
               him
               and
               my
               Mother
               ,
               and
               how
               ,
               while
               the
               late
               Kings
               party
               was
               Master
               of
               this
               County
               ,
               wickedly
               he
               used
               her
               ,
               and
               endevored
               to
               have
               starved
               her
               ;
               for
               the
               Committee
               of
               this
               County
               ordered
               her
               30
               
                 l.
                 per
                 annum
                 ,
              
               till
               she
               could
               obtain
               relief
               in
               a
               legal
               way
               ,
               which
               Order
               he
               never
               observed
               ,
               not
               to
               speak
               of
               his
               wilful
               contemning
               the
               present
               Authority
               ,
               refusing
               to
               answer
               any
               Proces
               ,
               or
               obey
               any
               Order
               therein
               ,
               for
               which
               ,
               at
               my
               Suit
               some
               fourteen
               days
               since
               ,
               he
               was
               proclaimed
               by
               the
               Sheriff
               ,
               and
               upon
               an
               Order
               under
               seal
               out
               of
               the
               High
               Court
               of
               
                 Chancery
              
               for
               20
               
                 l.
              
               250
               
                 l.
                 
              
               Arrearages
               ,
               and
               fourty
               pounds
               
                 per
                 annum
                 ,
              
               upon
               an
               Attachment
               by
               a
               special
               Warrant
               from
               the
               Sheriff
               of
               this
               County
               ,
               to
               me
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Graves
              
               and
               others
               directed
               ,
               he
               was
               arrested
               :
               The
               maner
               was
               thus
               ,
               before
               any
               Souldier
               was
               quartered
               with
               my
               Mother
               ,
               we
               went
               to
               
                 Kelbarrow
                 ,
              
               and
               his
               chamber
               door
               being
               open
               ,
               and
               he
               in
               bed
               ,
               we
               peaceably
               entered
               ,
               and
               desired
               him
               to
               rise
               ,
               which
               he
               refused
               to
               do
               ;
               then
               I
               told
               him
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               Prisoner
               ;
               whose
               Prisoner
               (
               quoth
               he
               ?
               )
               I
               said
               ,
               my
               prisoner
               ,
               wishing
               him
               to
               rise
               and
               put
               on
               his
               clothes
               ;
               I
               shewed
               him
               the
               Warrant
               under
               seal
               ,
               and
               read
               it
               unto
               him
               ;
               but
               he
               said
               ,
               It
               was
               a
               counterfeit
               Warrant
               ,
               and
               he
               would
               not
               obey
               it
               ,
               and
               if
               we
               had
               him
               ,
               we
               should
               take
               him
               naked
               ;
               so
               finding
               him
               obstinate
               ,
               we
               took
               him
               out
               of
               his
               bed
               ,
               and
               brought
               him
               into
               the
               Hall
               ,
               and
               set
               him
               in
               a
               chair
               ,
               wishing
               him
               to
               put
               on
               his
               dublet
               ,
               which
               
                 Thomas
                 Grave
              
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               chamber
               ,
               but
               he
               would
               not
               ,
               fearfully
               cursing
               me
               ,
               and
               my
               Mother
               :
               I
               offered
               to
               fetch
               his
               breeches
               ,
               but
               he
               cryed
               out
               ,
               I
               went
               to
               rob
               him
               ;
               so
               I
               forbare
               ,
               wishing
               his
               man
               there
               present
               to
               fetch
               his
               clothes
               ,
               but
               he
               commanded
               the
               contrary
               :
               I
               offered
               him
               ,
               if
               he
               would
               give
               security
               to
               appear
               and
               answer
               the
               Court
               ,
               I
               would
               accept
               it
               ;
               or
               if
               he
               would
               go
               to
               Mr
               
                 Sandersons
                 ,
              
               or
               any
               other
               Friend
               ,
               I
               would
               carry
               him
               thither
               ,
               desiring
               him
               still
               to
               
               put
               on
               his
               clothes
               ,
               which
               after
               long
               refusal
               ,
               fearing
               his
               Tenants
               coming
               in
               to
               rescue
               him
               ,
               as
               sometimes
               they
               had
               done
               ,
               we
               
                 HORSED
                 HIM
                 ,
              
               and
               cast
               a
               cloke
               about
               him
               even
               
                 per
              
               force
               ,
               and
               carryed
               him
               to
               
                 Laths
                 ,
              
               not
               half
               a
               mile
               from
               his
               own
               house
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               taken
               ,
               and
               with
               much
               entreaty
               got
               him
               to
               go
               to
               bed
               ,
               he
               still
               refusing
               to
               put
               on
               clothes
               ,
               which
               the
               good-wife
               of
               the
               house
               brought
               him
               ;
               and
               after
               
                 Henry
                 Dacre
              
               came
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               brought
               his
               clothes
               ,
               he
               caused
               them
               to
               be
               sent
               away
               :
               I
               offered
               
                 Dacres
              
               to
               accept
               bond
               for
               his
               appearance
               without
               going
               further
               ,
               but
               
                 Dacres
              
               went
               to
               the
               Undersheriff
               and
               brought
               a
               discharge
               ,
               a
               copy
               whereof
               I
               send
               you
               .
               That
               night
               late
               I
               went
               to
               
                 Catterben
              
               to
               see
               how
               things
               were
               with
               my
               Mother
               ,
               where
               I
               found
               these
               two
               Soldiers
               quartered
               ,
               as
               they
               said
               ,
               by
               Orders
               ;
               they
               were
               much
               discontented
               with
               Dyet
               and
               Lodging
               ,
               wanting
               indeed
               all
               fit
               accommodation
               ,
               having
               neither
               fire
               ,
               victuals
               ,
               or
               bedding
               for
               them
               ;
               some
               words
               passed
               betwixt
               them
               and
               me
               :
               I
               told
               them
               ,
               my
               Mother
               was
               a
               forsaken
               woman
               ,
               had
               nothing
               but
               that
               great
               empty
               house
               ,
               her
               Husband
               not
               allowing
               her
               common
               necessaries
               ,
               and
               contempting
               all
               Orders
               made
               for
               her
               ,
               desired
               them
               to
               go
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               quarter
               there
               ,
               or
               cause
               him
               to
               bring
               in
               provision
               ,
               and
               she
               would
               make
               it
               ready
               ,
               and
               if
               that
               would
               not
               serve
               ,
               they
               must
               bring
               it
               with
               them
               ,
               for
               they
               could
               not
               have
               it
               where
               it
               was
               not
               :
               That
               night
               they
               layd
               upon
               hay
               with
               such
               coverings
               as
               she
               had
               ,
               dis-furnishing
               her self
               ,
               and
               sup'd
               with
               Big-pottage
               ,
               Fare
               coarse
               enough
               .
               The
               next
               day
               I
               shewed
               them
               Mr
               
                 Vaux
              
               his
               man
               in
               the
               field
               ,
               but
               he
               would
               not
               come
               neer
               us
               ,
               though
               none
               intended
               him
               harm
               ;
               the
               Souldiers
               finding
               the
               man
               so
               refractory
               ,
               horsed
               after
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               while
               after
               brought
               the
               Horse
               ,
               dear
               of
               six
               pounds
               ,
               being
               lame
               ,
               into
               the
               Courting
               ,
               which
               my
               Mother
               took
               from
               the
               Souldiers
               ,
               and
               which
               she
               sent
               away
               to
               be
               sold
               without
               the
               privity
               or
               consent
               of
               the
               Soldiers
               :
               what
               she
               hath
               done
               ,
               she
               will
               maintain
               and
               justifie
               ,
               and
               when
               that
               mony
               is
               spent
               ,
               as
               most
               of
               it
               be
               ,
               she
               must
               fetch
               more
               from
               him
               ;
               for
               four
               years
               she
               had
               not
               any
               thing
               from
               him
               ,
               whereby
               she
               contracted
               great
               debts
               ,
               and
               if
               God
               had
               not
               enabled
               me
               to
               travel
               for
               her
               ,
               he
               had
               starved
               her
               long
               ere
               
               this
               ;
               perhaps
               ere
               long
               you
               may
               have
               a
               larger
               view
               of
               all
               his
               doings
               in
               print
               .
               Yesterday
               after
               I
               came
               from
               keeping
               the
               Leet
               at
               
                 Feverham
              
               for
               the
               
                 State
                 ,
              
               I
               finde
               two
               Soldiers
               more
               quartered
               with
               my
               Mother
               ;
               this
               morning
               I
               sent
               to
               the
               Constables
               who
               layd
               them
               upon
               her
               ,
               wishing
               them
               either
               to
               provide
               for
               them
               ,
               or
               take
               them
               away
               ;
               but
               they
               said
               they
               durst
               not
               do
               any
               thing
               without
               Mr
               
                 Vaux
              
               consent
               :
               Mr
               
                 Vaux
              
               hath
               complained
               to
               a
               Councel
               of
               War
               at
               
                 Penrith
                 ,
              
               but
               they
               finde
               no
               cause
               to
               interpose
               amongst
               us
               in
               these
               civil
               differences
               :
               This
               day
               I
               acquainted
               Major
               
                 Rippon
              
               with
               my
               Mothers
               burthens
               and
               condition
               ,
               and
               he
               took
               off
               that
               charge
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               enclosed
               you
               may
               perceive
               .
               I
               desire
               you
               for
               the
               future
               that
               my
               Mother
               may
               not
               be
               troubled
               with
               billeting
               any
               Souldiers
               ,
               till
               there
               be
               a
               setlement
               betwixt
               her
               and
               her
               husband
               ,
               for
               avoyding
               the
               like
               disturbances
               as
               these
               :
               I
               have
               been
               larger
               ,
               then
               I
               intended
               ,
               but
               you
               have
               nothing
               but
               truth
               ;
               for
               Mr
               
                 Vaux
              
               his
               uncivilities
               to
               us
               are
               not
               worthy
               mentioning
               .
               I
               take
               leave
               and
               rest
               ,
            
             
               
                 Yours
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 may
                 serve
                 you
                 ,
                 John
                 Musgrave
                 .
              
               
                 Catterben-hall
                 ,
                 
                   8.
                   10
                   moneth
                   ,
                   1650.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Judg
           again
           Reader
           ,
           didst
           thou
           ever
           see
           such
           Tyranny
           upon
           the
           dunghil
           in
           all
           thy
           life
           before
           ?
           What
           (
           think'st
           thou
           )
           would
           it
           advance
           unto
           ,
           was
           it
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ?
           Look
           back
           upon
           the
           instance
           ,
           tell
           the
           aggravations
           thereof
           :
           A
           poor
           old
           man
           of
           seventy
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           peace
           ,
           having
           his
           chamber
           door
           broken
           open
           ,
           taken
           out
           of
           his
           bed
           ,
           in
           the
           Winter
           season
           ,
           in
           the
           North
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           put
           naked
           upon
           a
           horse
           ,
           for
           neither
           felony
           nor
           Treason
           ,
           by
           his
           wives
           own
           son
           (
           this
           
             Musgrave
          
           )
           and
           so
           carried
           away
           towards
           this
           wretched
           mans
           house
           ,
           and
           compel'd
           (
           for
           fear
           the
           old
           man
           should
           dye
           ,
           or
           rather
           of
           the
           reward
           of
           a
           murtherer
           )
           to
           hasten
           him
           into
           a
           Milners
           house
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           into
           bed
           ,
           hardly
           able
           to
           keep
           life
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           so
           small
           a
           matter
           as
           is
           here
           specified
           :
           Would
           not
           a
           man
           think
           that
           the
           great
           Tormentor
           of
           mankind
           was
           mew'd
           up
           in
           this
           
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           and
           that
           a
           few
           more
           of
           such
           
             Musgraves
          
           would
           render
           those
           places
           where
           they
           were
           ,
           as
           if
           Hell
           was
           broke
           loose
           ,
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           had
           dwelt
           therein
           ?
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           forbear
           any
           further
           digging
           in
           his
           own
           dunghil
           ;
           for
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           I
           loath
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           pure
           necessity
           that
           shall
           re-compel
           my
           pains
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           if
           ever
           I
           attempt
           it
           the
           second
           time
           :
           no
           more
           now
           but
           only
           this
           ;
           he
           pretends
           himself
           the
           grand
           Advocate
           for
           the
           godly
           Ministers
           in
           the
           Northern
           Counties
           ;
           if
           you
           may
           judg
           of
           his
           Clergy
           Clients
           by
           one
           or
           two
           of
           them
           ,
           whose
           cause
           he
           solicited
           very
           lately
           before
           the
           Committee
           of
           Plunder'd
           Ministers
           ,
           you
           may
           quickly
           ghess
           what
           Ministers
           they
           are
           :
           and
           for
           thy
           satisfaction
           herein
           ,
           read
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           said
           Committee
           after
           full
           hearing
           of
           both
           of
           their
           Causes
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   At
                   the
                   Committee
                   for
                   Plundered
                   Ministers
                   ,
                   
                     February
                     14.
                     1650.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Upon
                   the
                   complaint
                   of
                   Mr
                   
                     John
                     Musgrave
                  
                   on
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   Mr
                   
                     Morland
                     ,
                  
                   ejected
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Rectory
                   of
                   
                     Graystock
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   
                     Cumberland
                  
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   other
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   for
                   propagating
                   the
                   Gospel
                   in
                   the
                   four
                   Northern
                   Counties
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Morland
                  
                   appealing
                   against
                   the
                   Judgment
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   now
                   present
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Iohn
                     Musgrave
                     ,
                  
                   his
                   Solicitor
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   good
                   the
                   said
                   Appeal
                   ,
                   It
                   is
                   admitted
                   on
                   both
                   sides
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   cause
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Morland
                  
                   his
                   Ejectment
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Rectory
                   ,
                   was
                   for
                   insufficiency
                   for
                   the
                   Ministry
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   appearing
                   upon
                   examination
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   (
                   as
                   is
                   in
                   behalf
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   affirmed
                   )
                   to
                   be
                   grosly
                   ignorant
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   unable
                   and
                   unfit
                   for
                   the
                   work
                   of
                   the
                   Ministry
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   adjudged
                   him
                   a
                   scandalous
                   Minister
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Morland
                  
                   standing
                   upon
                   his
                   Justification
                   ,
                   submitteth
                   himself
                   to
                   a
                   re-examination
                   before
                   this
                   Committee
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   now
                   re-examined
                   before
                   this
                   Committee
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   his
                   said
                   Solicitor
                   Mr
                   
                     Iohn
                     Musgrave
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   all
                   parties
                   concerned
                   ,
                   it
                   appeareth
                   to
                   this
                   Committee
                   upon
                   the
                   publique
                   Examination
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Morland
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   notoriously
                   ignorant
                   even
                   of
                   the
                   very
                   Fundamentals
                   of
                   Christian
                   Religion
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Morland
                  
                   having
                   nothing
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   for
                   himself
                   ,
                   nor
                   his
                   said
                   Solicitor
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave
                  
                   on
                   his
                   behalf
                   ,
                   this
                   Committee
                   do
                   upon
                   full
                   hearing
                   adjudg
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                   
                     Morland
                  
                   is
                   a
                   very
                   scandalous
                   Minister
                   in
                   regard
                   of
                   his
                   said
                   ignorance
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   approve
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   ejecting
                   him
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Rectory
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   therefore
                   order
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Orders
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   his
                   said
                   Ejectment
                   shall
                   stand
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   are
                   hereby
                   confirmed
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Appeal
                   be
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   is
                   ,
                   hereby
                   dismissed
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Gilbert
                     Millington
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   At
                   the
                   Committee
                   for
                   Plundered
                   Ministers
                   ,
                   
                     February
                     14.
                     1650.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Upon
                   the
                   complaint
                   of
                   Mr
                   
                     Iohn
                     Musgrave
                  
                   on
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   against
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   propagating
                   the
                   Gospel
                   in
                   the
                   four
                   Northern
                   Counties
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   appealing
                   against
                   the
                   Judgment
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   removing
                   him
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Rectory
                   of
                   
                     Aiction
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   
                     Cumberland
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   being
                   now
                   present
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Iohn
                     Musgrave
                  
                   his
                   Solicitor
                   to
                   make
                   good
                   the
                   said
                   Appeal
                   ;
                   It
                   appeareth
                   upon
                   full
                   hearing
                   of
                   what
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   and
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave
                  
                   could
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   was
                   not
                   ejected
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Rectory
                   by
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   by
                   his
                   own
                   shewing
                   and
                   confession
                   acknowledged
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   other
                   title
                   unto
                   the
                   said
                   Church
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Election
                   and
                   entertainment
                   of
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Parish
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   they
                   having
                   no
                   Authority
                   at
                   all
                   to
                   present
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   taking
                   notice
                   of
                   the
                   vacancy
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   place
                   (
                   the
                   former
                   Incumbent
                   being
                   lately
                   dead
                   )
                   did
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Authority
                   vested
                   in
                   them
                   by
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   settle
                   Mr
                   
                     Nichols
                     ,
                  
                   Minister
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Church
                   ,
                   an
                   able
                   and
                   painful
                   Preacher
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   freely
                   received
                   and
                   entertained
                   by
                   the
                   said
                   Parish
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   pretended
                   choyce
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   by
                   them
                   the
                   said
                   Parishoners
                   wholly
                   retracted
                   .
                   Now
                   therefore
                   in
                   regard
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   claimeth
                   only
                   by
                   Intrusion
                   ,
                   as
                   afore-said
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   right
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   having
                   found
                   it
                   so
                   before
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   otherwise
                   disposed
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   living
                   according
                   to
                   Law
                   :
                   The
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   and
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave
                  
                   having
                   nothing
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   this
                   Committee
                   finding
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   or
                   Mr
                   
                     Musgrave
                  
                   had
                   not
                   the
                   least
                   just
                   cause
                   
                   of
                   complaint
                   against
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Arthur
                     Haslerig
                  
                   and
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   putting
                   the
                   said
                   Mr
                   
                     Lampit
                  
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Rectory
                   of
                   
                     Aicton
                     ,
                  
                   do
                   approve
                   of
                   the
                   proceedings
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   and
                   confirm
                   the
                   Order
                   by
                   them
                   made
                   for
                   disposing
                   the
                   said
                   Rectory
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   dismiss
                   the
                   said
                   Appeal
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Gilbert
                     Millington
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           His
           
             POST-SCRIPT
          
           is
           as
           full
           of
           the
           same
           Spirit
           of
           Malice
           and
           Scandal
           as
           his
           
             PRESCRIPT
             ,
          
           belching
           out
           falsities
           and
           forgeries
           by
           thousands
           ;
           affirming
           ,
           That
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
             partly
             by
             oppression
             ,
             but
             mostly
             by
             buying
             the
             Commonwealths
             Lands
             at
             a
             far
             under-rate
             ,
             hath
             gotten
             an
             Estate
             worth
             8
             or
             10
             thousand
             pounds
             per
             annum
             :
          
           A
           man
           would
           have
           thought
           he
           had
           spent
           his
           poyson
           in
           the
           body
           of
           his
           Pamphlet
           ;
           but
           it
           seems
           he
           hath
           a
           spring
           thereof
           in
           his
           bowels
           that
           can
           vent
           it self
           without
           end
           :
           Sir
           
             Arthur
          
           is
           a
           man
           of
           Estate
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           probable
           friend
           to
           Levelling
           Principles
           ;
           
             He
             hath
             been
             a
             Purchaser
             of
             Bishops
             Lands
             ,
          
           and
           is
           not
           this
           a
           clear
           evidence
           of
           his
           dis-affection
           to
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           a
           manifest
           Testimony
           of
           his
           Scotish
           Malignancy
           ?
           
             All
             which
             he
             hath
             bought
             at
             a
             far
             under-value
             ,
             the
             Surveyors
             returning
             the
             prizes
             as
             Sir
             Arthur
             desired
             :
          
           What
           forsworn
           wretches
           were
           these
           
             Surveyors
             ?
          
           what
           ,
           all
           
             Musgraves
             ?
          
           not
           an
           honest
           man
           amongst
           them
           ?
           
             Sir
             Arthurs
             man
             Pearson
             buys
             Lands
             also
             :
          
           Who
           can
           endure
           to
           see
           such
           thriving
           ?
           Is
           not
           this
           worthy
           of
           complaint
           to
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           ?
           
             Col
             :
             Fitch
             also
             wrongs
             the
             whole
             Country
             :
          
           This
           is
           most
           apparent
           ;
           for
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           one
           of
           his
           Captains
           and
           Souldiers
           to
           abuse
           
             Musgraves
          
           father
           in
           Law
           (
           as
           you
           lately
           read
           )
           but
           he
           calls
           them
           to
           account
           for
           it
           :
           
             No
             man
             but
             Musgrave
             is
             sensible
             of
             his
             Countries
             misery
             under
             Sir
          
           A.
           H.
           
             misgovernment
             ,
             and
             his
             Malignant
             Iustices
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             Engagement
             to
             the
             Councel
             of
             State
             ,
             all
             which
             is
             submitted
             to
             that
             Honorable
             Councel
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           declared
           it
           false
           and
           scandalous
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           POST-SCRIPT
           .
        
         
           
             JOhn
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           one
           word
           of
           counsel
           (
           before
           we
           part
           )
           and
           then
           farewel
           :
           Let
           us
           hear
           no
           more
           complaint
           of
           oppression
           from
           an
           Oppressor
           ,
           nor
           of
           Tyranny
           from
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           you
           know
           they
           are
           not
           always
           the
           honestest
           men
           that
           cry
           loudest
           
             Stop
             Thief
             :
          
           If
           you
           love
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           seek
           not
           to
           ruine
           her
           Common-worthies
           ;
           though
           you
           have
           quit
           the
           Scotch
           Interest
           ,
           yet
           love
           your
           Scotch
           wife
           ;
           you
           know
           the
           meaning
           ;
           there
           is
           more
           hope
           of
           
             a
             babe
             of
             grace
          
           of
           her
           ,
           then
           of
           another
           :
           If
           I
           should
           tell
           you
           of
           
             loosness
          
           in
           
             bonds
             ,
          
           of
           
             liberty
          
           in
           
             prison
             ,
          
           of
           a
           
             Fleet
          
           on
           the
           dry
           
             ground
             ,
          
           I
           presume
           you
           able
           to
           expound
           all
           these
           
             Aenigma's
             ;
          
           if
           you
           cannot
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           an
           Interpreter
           ,
           time
           enough
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           It
           is
           very
           likely
           that
           thou
           hadst
           never
           been
           tempted
           to
           bestow
           thy
           labour
           in
           perusing
           this
           Answer
           unto
           that
           inconsiderate
           ,
           malicious
           ,
           and
           indeed
           self-confuting
           Pamphlet
           ,
           written
           by
           
             Musgrave
             ;
          
           for
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           inhibited
           the
           publication
           hereof
           ,
           resolving
           to
           let
           
             Shemei
          
           curse
           and
           rail
           ,
           as
           presuming
           that
           the
           Lord
           might
           send
           even
           
             a
             messenger
             of
             Satan
          
           to
           do
           him
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           
             he
             would
             have
             rebuked
             him
          
           in
           the
           hearts
           and
           consciences
           of
           all
           his
           Readers
           :
           But
           upon
           the
           perusal
           of
           another
           Answer
           to
           the
           said
           
             Musgrave
             ,
          
           printed
           at
           
             Newcastle
             ,
          
           and
           sent
           unto
           
             London
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             A.
             H.
          
           being
           altogether
           ignorant
           thereof
           ,
           and
           unconsulted
           therein
           ,
           and
           several
           things
           respecting
           matter
           of
           fact
           in
           Answer
           to
           
             Musgraves
          
           Articles
           against
           Sir
           
             Arthur
          
           therein
           specified
           not
           so
           satisfying
           ,
           it
           was
           thought
           convenient
           to
           call
           out
           of
           its
           adjudged
           darkness
           ,
           and
           to
           expose
           it
           unto
           the
           publique
           view
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
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             For
             so
             it
             appears
             .
          
        
         
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             30.
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