A plea for Sr George Booth, and the Cheshire gentlemen Briefly stated in a letter to Sir Arthur Hesillrigge. / By an unbiassed friend of truth and peace.
         Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
      
       
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             A plea for Sr George Booth, and the Cheshire gentlemen Briefly stated in a letter to Sir Arthur Hesillrigge. / By an unbiassed friend of truth and peace.
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
             Hesilrige, Arthur, Sir, d. 1661.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1660]
          
           
             Signed at end: W.P., i.e., William Prynne.
             Imprint from Wing.
             Sr George Booth = George Booth, Baron Delamer.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 19. 1659."; "Honest" before 'W.P.'; "rin" following 'W.P.'
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           Delamer, George Booth, -- Baron, 1622-1684 -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A91242  R211477  (Thomason 669.f.23[1]).  civilwar no A plea for Sr George Booth, and the Cheshire gentlemen. Briefly stated in a letter to Sir Arthur Hesillrigge. By an unbiassed friend of trut Prynne, William 1660    1505 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 C  The  rate of 13 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           PLEA
           FOR
           Sr
           GEORGE
           BOOTH
           ,
           And
           the
           
             Cheshire
          
           Gentlemen
           .
        
         
           
             BRIEFLY
          
           Stated
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           Sir
           
             ARTHVR
             HESILLRIGGE
             .
          
        
         
           By
           an
           unbiassed
           Friend
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           TO
           drive
           furiously
           without
           fear
           or
           wit
           will
           never
           render
           you
           a
           good
           Statesman
           ,
           and
           partially
           to
           distribut●
           your
           acts
           of
           justice
           and
           of
           mercy
           cannot
           recommend
           you
           to
           the
           world
           as
           a
           good
           Christian
           :
           If
           in
           both
           you
           would
           approve
           your self
           ,
           you
           ought
           seriously
           to
           weigh
           ,
           and
           as
           one
           saith
           ,
           Deliberately
           taste
           your
           words
           and
           designes
           before
           you
           can
           digest
           and
           prepare
           them
           for
           action
           .
           And
           to
           let
           you
           know
           that
           the
           Countrey
           hath
           observed
           your
           precipitation
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           partiality
           in
           the
           other
           ;
           these
           lines
           do
           now
           salute
           you
           .
           The
           Act
           of
           Indemnity
           to
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           your
           rigorous
           proceeding
           with
           Sir
           
             George
             Booth
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Party
           ,
           do
           most
           visibly
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           your
           fellow-Members
           ,
           have
           banished
           all
           thoughts
           of
           justice
           or
           consideration
           in
           all
           your
           resolutions
           ;
           and
           how
           you
           will
           answer
           it
           ,
           either
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           next
           ensuing
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           past
           my
           weak
           imaginations
           to
           conceive
           ;
           and
           therefore
           give
           me
           leave
           (
           according
           to
           my
           usuall
           plaineness
           )
           to
           present
           you
           with
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           so
           unparalleld
           diversity
           of
           your
           proceedings
           .
           And
           in
           the
           first
           place
           let
           me
           reflect
           upon
           Sir
           
             George
             Booth
          
           and
           his
           Party
           ,
           and
           in
           your
           language
           admit
           them
           Rebels
           against
           you
           ;
           and
           were
           not
           
             Fleetwood
             ,
             Lambert
             ,
             Desborough
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Army
           Officers
           so
           too
           ?
           And
           what
           Logical
           or
           rational
           Statesman
           can
           include
           those
           within
           the
           predicament
           of
           passion
           ,
           and
           exclude
           these
           ?
           'T
           is
           said
           that
           the
           fear
           of
           them
           ,
           was
           the
           over-hasty
           wombe
           ,
           that
           gave
           birth
           unto
           their
           Indemnity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           your
           power
           over
           the
           other
           hath
           made
           you
           so
           severe
           against
           them
           ;
           but
           how
           unsuitable
           is
           this
           to
           a
           true
           Roman
           spirit
           ,
           which
           delights
           to
           make
           chaines
           and
           fetters
           ,
           rather
           then
           open
           and
           unconquered
           rebellion
           ,
           the
           subject
           of
           its
           mercy
           .
           This
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           timorous
           cowardly
           soul
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           most
           certain
           product
           of
           every
           truly
           generous
           and
           noble
           nature
           .
           But
           all
           this
           I
           hint
           supposing
           the
           equality
           of
           their
           crimes
           ,
           then
           which
           nothing
           can
           be
           a
           more
           gross
           and
           palpable
           mistake
           ;
           wherefore
           Sir
           if
           you
           would
           deliberate
           upon
           these
           two
           actions
           in
           their
           authours
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           ends
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           circumstances
           of
           both
           ,
           you
           will
           finde
           the
           one
           a
           Gnat
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           Camel
           ,
           and
           how
           you
           should
           swallow
           this
           and
           stumble
           at
           that
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           that
           of
           our
           Saviours
           to
           the
           Pharisees
           .
           However
           now
           let
           's
           compare
           them
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           short
           view
           of
           their
           differences
           .
           Sir
           
             George
             Booth
          
           and
           his
           Party
           but
           endeavoured
           and
           affected
           to
           fill
           up
           your
           House
           with
           its
           own
           (
           supposed
           most
           Legal
           )
           Members
           ;
           The
           Army-Officers
           have
           attempted
           and
           effected
           the
           subversion
           of
           you
           ;
           or
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           the
           one
           would
           destroy
           the
           part
           of
           the
           body
           to
           preserve
           the
           major
           part
           sound
           ,
           the
           other
           would
           destroy
           the
           part
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           never
           hereafter
           have
           a
           whole
           or
           part
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ;
           The
           one
           would
           have
           perfected
           you
           ,
           and
           made
           you
           compleat
           in
           all
           your
           integrall
           parts
           ,
           the
           other
           would
           not
           have
           the
           least
           part
           of
           a
           Parliament
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           a
           Parliament
           but
           not
           the
           minor
           part
           thereof
           ,
           the
           other
           (
           from
           their
           hatred
           of
           the
           peoples
           power
           )
           abhorred
           the
           very
           name
           of
           both
           ;
           The
           one
           were
           Acted
           by
           their
           Oathes
           and
           Covenants
           to
           assert
           ,
           and
           defend
           the
           freedome
           and
           priviledges
           of
           Parliaments
           ;
           And
           so
           their
           actions
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           at
           most
           the
           result
           of
           an
           erring
           Conscience
           ;
           The
           other
           had
           no
           visible
           impulsive
           cause
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           boundless
           ambition
           ,
           and
           insatiable
           lust
           after
           domination
           ;
           The
           one
           would
           have
           defended
           and
           confirmed
           ,
           the
           other
           would
           have
           confounded
           and
           subverted
           all
           our
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ;
           The
           one
           were
           Gentlemen
           of
           ancient
           and
           considerable
           Families
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           better
           themselves
           by
           a
           Warre
           ;
           the
           other
           upstarted
           Mushroms
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           have
           risen
           but
           by
           a
           Warre
           ;
           The
           Estates
           of
           the
           one
           are
           the
           bitter-sweet
           fruites
           of
           cruelty
           and
           bloud
           ;
           The
           Lands
           of
           the
           other
           the
           gifts
           of
           peaceable
           Laws
           and
           Justice
           ;
           The
           one
           you
           had
           provoked
           by
           a
           forcible
           secluding
           their
           Members
           from
           their
           Priviledges
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           The
           other
           (
           after
           your
           resurrection
           in
           
             May
          
           last
           )
           you
           had
           lately
           pardoned
           and
           after
           preferred
           ;
           these
           were
           your
           slaves
           and
           servants
           ,
           Commissionated
           by
           your
           Authority
           ,
           paid
           by
           your
           Treasuries
           ,
           and
           therefore
           obliged
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           both
           day
           and
           night
           to
           be
           at
           your
           absolute
           command
           and
           obedience
           ,
           The
           other
           free
           from
           all
           such
           severe
           obligation
           ,
           and
           strict
           inducements
           to
           subjection
           ;
           The
           one
           did
           rise
           150
           miles
           distant
           from
           you
           ,
           hoping
           that
           you
           would
           consider
           of
           a
           mediation
           ,
           by
           a
           present
           restoring
           of
           them
           to
           their
           most
           undoubted
           rights
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           prevented
           any
           further
           mischief
           ;
           But
           the
           other
           immediately
           flew
           at
           your
           very
           faces
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           confidence
           of
           some
           saucy
           and
           rebellious
           Servants
           ,
           to
           take
           you
           by
           the
           head
           or
           throat
           ,
           and
           most
           insolently
           drag'd
           you
           out
           of
           your
           own
           House
           ,
           and
           shut
           your
           own
           doores
           against
           you
           ,
           their
           Soveraigne
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           one
           were
           and
           (
           I
           dare
           say
           )
           still
           are
           most
           universally
           beloved
           and
           esteemed
           the
           true
           (
           though
           unfortunate
           )
           Patriots
           ,
           of
           their
           Countries
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ;
           The
           other
           the
           very
           butt
           or
           mark
           against
           which
           all
           true
           
             English
          
           men
           do
           direct
           and
           level
           the
           Arrowes
           of
           their
           hatred
           and
           most
           just
           deserved
           indignation
           .
           Sir
           ,
           weigh
           seriously
           all
           these
           but
           hinted
           considerations
           ,
           and
           inlarge
           them
           in
           your
           own
           more
           judicious
           thoughts
           ;
           And
           then
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           ,
           whether
           any
           prudence
           ,
           reason
           ,
           or
           conscience
           ,
           can
           honourably
           perswade
           you
           ,
           to
           affront
           the
           whole
           interest
           of
           this
           
             English
          
           Nation
           ,
           by
           ruining
           their
           friends
           and
           pardoning
           their
           enemies
           :
           And
           how
           shall
           the
           people
           believe
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           ever
           trust
           the
           Governement
           in
           them
           by
           succeeding
           Parliaments
           ,
           if
           thus
           you
           heighten
           and
           inrage
           their
           spirits
           against
           you
           .
           Sir
           ,
           Be
           you
           confident
           that
           never
           any
           kept
           his
           interest
           from
           sinking
           by
           swimming
           against
           the
           streame
           ;
           Nor
           was
           there
           any
           that
           advantag'd
           himself
           by
           a
           Diametricall
           opposition
           to
           the
           generall
           humour
           or
           genious
           of
           the
           people
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           prudence
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           even
           in
           full
           Parliaments
           themselves
           ,
           to
           sedate
           and
           compose
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           rather
           by
           a
           favourable
           compliance
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           by
           an
           express
           and
           open
           contradiction
           unto
           them
           :
           Hence
           it
           is
           you
           have
           a
           Parliament
           Roll
           stiled
           
             Rotulum
             Contrarientium
             ,
          
           The
           reason
           whereof
           was
           ,
           because
           
             Thomas
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Lancaster
          
           (
           a
           man
           singularly
           beloved
           )
           taking
           part
           with
           the
           Barons
           against
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           second
           ,
           in
           hatred
           of
           the
           
             Spencers
             :
          
           It
           was
           not
           thought
           safe
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           power
           and
           interest
           in
           the
           affections
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           name
           them
           Rebels
           and
           Traitors
           but
           Contrarientes
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           he
           that
           despiseth
           the
           peoples
           power
           knowes
           not
           his
           own
           weakness
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           the
           neglect
           of
           the
           one
           and
           ignorance
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           suddenly
           makes
           himself
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           miseries
           of
           a
           popular
           rage
           and
           confusion
           .
           To
           conclude
           then
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           impossible
           to
           have
           any
           succeeding
           Parliaments
           (
           though
           the
           Royalist
           be
           excluded
           therefrom
           )
           that
           will
           approve
           and
           confirme
           this
           your
           late
           Act
           concerning
           Sir
           
             George
             Booth
          
           and
           his
           Party
           (
           the
           possibility
           or
           impossibility
           whereof
           I
           leave
           to
           your
           own
           thoughts
           .
           )
           Is
           it
           not
           prudence
           to
           look
           before
           you
           leap
           ?
           and
           to
           ground
           your
           actions
           upon
           the
           popular
           interest
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           any
           particular
           faction
           ;
           which
           (
           like
           an
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
             )
          
           the
           contrary
           windes
           of
           private
           Parties
           ,
           will
           easily
           tumble
           and
           tosse
           with
           a
           perpetual
           agitation
           and
           inconstancy
           :
           Whereas
           the
           brightnesse
           of
           a
           true
           publick
           interest
           ,
           will
           keep
           its
           native
           splendour
           and
           glory
           ,
           maugre
           all
           those
           clouds
           and
           storms
           of
           opposition
           ,
           which
           the
           blustering
           spirits
           of
           private
           and
           partiall
           concernments
           can
           raise
           either
           to
           eclipse
           or
           weaken
           it
           ;
           the
           undoubted
           experience
           whereof
           ,
           the
           revolution
           of
           a
           few
           monthes
           ,
           will
           I
           hope
           demonstrate
           unto
           as
           well
           your self
           as
           unto
        
         
           
             Your
             Humble
             Servant
             W.
             ●
             .