The Censure of the Rota upon Mr Miltons book, entituled, The ready and easie way to establish a free common-wealth die lunæ 26, Martij, 1660 / ordered by the Rota that M. Harrington be desired to draw up a narrative of this dayes proceeding upon Mr. Miltons book, called, The ready and easie way, &c., and to cause the same to be forthwith printed and pu[b]lished, and a copy thereof to be sent to Mr. Milton, Trundle Wheeler, Clerk to the Rota.
      
       
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             The Censure of the Rota upon Mr Miltons book, entituled, The ready and easie way to establish a free common-wealth die lunæ 26, Martij, 1660 / ordered by the Rota that M. Harrington be desired to draw up a narrative of this dayes proceeding upon Mr. Miltons book, called, The ready and easie way, &c., and to cause the same to be forthwith printed and pu[b]lished, and a copy thereof to be sent to Mr. Milton, Trundle Wheeler, Clerk to the Rota.
             Harrington, James, 1611-1677.
          
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             1660.
          
           
             "Though it has been mistaken by careless people as actually a production of [James] Harrington's, [this] is in reality a clever burlesque by some Royalist, in which, under the guise of an imaginary debate in the Rota over Milton's pamphlet, Milton and the Rota-men are turned into ridicule together. The mock-names on the title-page ... are part of the burlesque; and it is well kept up in the tract itself, which takes the form of a letter gravely addressed to Milton and signed with Harrington's initials, 'J.H.'"--Masson, D. The life of John Milton, 1859-1894, v. 5, p. 660.
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           Milton, John, 1608-1674. -- Readie and easie way to establish a free commonwealth.
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           The
           Censure
           of
           the
           ROTA
           Upon
           Mr
           MILTONS
           Book
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           The
           Ready
           and
           Easie
           way
           to
           Establish
           
             A
             Free
             Common-wealth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Die
             Lunae
             26.
             
             Martij
             ,
             1660.
             
          
           Ordered
           by
           the
           
             Rota
             ,
          
           that
           
             M.
             Harrington
          
           be
           desired
           to
           draw
           up
           a
           Narrative
           of
           this
           dayes
           proceeding
           upon
           
             Mr.
             
             Miltons
          
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Ready
             and
             Easie
             way
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           to
           cause
           the
           same
           to
           be
           forthwith
           Printed
           and
           published
           ,
           and
           a
           Copy
           thereof
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           
             Mr.
             Milton
             .
          
        
         
           Trundle
           Wheeler
           ,
           Clerk
           to
           the
           
             ROTA
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Paul
             Giddy
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           
             Rota
             ,
          
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Windmill
           in
           
             Turne-againe
             Lane
             .
          
        
         
           1660.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             The
             Censure
             of
             the
          
           ROTA
           Upon
           Mr.
           
           
             Milton's
          
           Book
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           
             A
             Ready
             and
             Easie
             way
             to
             Establish
             a
             Free
          
           COMMON-WEALTH
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           commanded
           by
           this
           ingenious
           Convention
           of
           the
           
             Rota
             ,
          
           to
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           some
           Reflections
           that
           they
           have
           lately
           made
           upon
           a
           Treatise
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           you
           call
           ,
           
             The
             ready
             and
             easie
             way
             to
             establish
             a
             Free
             Common-wealth
             ;
          
           in
           which
           I
           must
           first
           bespeak
           your
           pardon
           ,
           for
           being
           forced
           to
           say
           something
           ,
           not
           onely
           against
           mine
           own
           sense
           ,
           but
           the
           Interesse
           which
           both
           you
           and
           I
           carry
           on
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           enjoyn'd
           me
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           all
           that
           was
           said
           ,
           although
           I
           take
           as
           little
           pleasure
           to
           repeat
           it
           ,
           as
           you
           will
           do
           to
           hear
           it
           .
           For
           whereas
           it
           is
           our
           usuall
           custom
           to
           dispute
           every
           thing
           ,
           how
           plain
           or
           obscure
           soever
           ,
           by
           knocking
           Argument
           against
           Argument
           ,
           and
           tilting
           at
           one
           another
           with
           our
           heads
           (
           as
           Rams
           fight
           )
           untill
           we
           are
           out
           of
           breath
           ,
           and
           then
           refer
           it
           to
           our
           wooden
           Oracle
           the
           
             Box
             ;
          
           and
           seldom
           any
           thing
           ,
           how
           slight
           soever
           ,
           hath
           appear'd
           ,
           without
           some
           Patron
           or
           other
           to
           defend
           it
           .
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           I
           never
           saw
           Bowling-stones
           run
           so
           unluckily
           against
           any
           Boy
           ,
           when
           his
           hand
           has
           been
           out
           ,
           as
           the
           Ballots
           did
           against
           you
           ,
           when
           anything
           was
           put
           to
           the
           question
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           your
           Book
           to
           the
           end
           .
           
           for
           it
           was
           no
           sooner
           read
           over
           ,
           but
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           your
           acquaintance
           said
           ,
           he
           wish'd
           for
           your
           own
           sake
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Cause
           you
           contend
           for
           ,
           that
           you
           had
           given
           your
           Book
           no
           name
           (
           like
           an
           Anabaptist's
           child
           )
           untill
           it
           had
           come
           to
           years
           of
           discretion
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           you
           had
           got
           some
           friend
           to
           be
           Gossip
           ,
           that
           has
           a
           luckier
           hand
           at
           giving
           Titles
           to
           Books
           than
           you
           have
           :
           For
           it
           is
           observ'd
           ,
           you
           have
           always
           been
           very
           unfortunate
           that
           way
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           fatall
           to
           you
           to
           prefix
           Bulls
           and
           Nonsense
           to
           the
           very
           fronts
           of
           your
           learned
           Works
           ,
           as
           when
           you
           call
           
             Salmasius
             ,
             Claudius
             Anonymus
             ,
          
           in
           the
           very
           Title
           of
           that
           admired
           piece
           ,
           which
           you
           writ
           to
           confute
           his
           Wife
           and
           his
           Maid
           .
           As
           also
           in
           that
           other
           learned
           Labor
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           you
           style
           
             Tetrachordon
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           Fiddle
           with
           four
           strings
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           you
           render
           it
           ,
           a
           Four-fold
           Cord
           ,
           with
           which
           you
           undertake
           (
           worse
           then
           Captain
           
             Ottor
             ,
          
           and
           
             Cuthbert
          
           the
           Barber
           )
           not
           to
           bind
           ,
           but
           (
           most
           ridiculously
           )
           to
           unty
           Matrimony
           .
           But
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           you
           were
           more
           insufferable
           ;
           for
           you
           do
           not
           onely
           style
           your
           Declamation
           ,
           
             The
             ready
             and
             easie
             way
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           were
           the
           best
           or
           onely
           way
           ,
           to
           the
           disparagement
           of
           this
           most
           ingenuous
           Assembly
           ,
           who
           are
           confident
           ,
           they
           have
           propos'd
           others
           much
           more
           considerable
           ;
           but
           do
           very
           indiscreetly
           profess
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           to
           compare
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           with
           the
           inconveniences
           and
           dangers
           of
           Kingship
           ;
           this
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           was
           foul
           play
           ,
           and
           worse
           Logick
           :
           For
           ,
           as
           all
           conveniences
           in
           this
           world
           carry
           their
           inconveniences
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           compare
           the
           Best
           of
           one
           thing
           with
           that
           Worst
           of
           another
           ,
           is
           a
           very
           unequall
           way
           of
           comparison
           .
           He
           had
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           Comparisons
           were
           commonly
           made
           on
           the
           wrong
           side
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           this
           of
           yours
           ,
           by
           your
           owne
           confession
           .
           To
           this
           ,
           another
           added
           ,
           He
           wondred
           you
           did
           not
           give
           over
           writing
           ,
           since
           you
           have
           always
           done
           it
           to
           little
           or
           no
           purpose
           ;
           for
           though
           you
           have
           scribled
           your
           eyes
           out
           ,
           your
           works
           have
           never
           been
           printed
           but
           for
           the
           Company
           of
           Chandlers
           and
           Tobacco-men
           ,
           who
           are
           your
           Stationers
           ,
           and
           the
           onely
           men
           that
           vend
           your
           Labors
           .
           He
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           reprieved
           the
           
             Whole
             Defence
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
          
           for
           a
           groat
           ,
           that
           was
           sentenced
           to
           vile
           
             Mundungus
             ,
          
           and
           had
           suffer'd
           inevitably
           (
           but
           for
           him
           )
           though
           it
           cost
           you
           
           much
           Oyle
           and
           Labor
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Rump
          
           300
           I.
           a
           year
           ,
           to
           whose
           service
           it
           was
           more
           properly
           intended
           ;
           although
           in
           the
           close
           ,
           you
           pronounce
           them
           to
           be
           as
           very
           Rascalls
           as
           
             Salmasius
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           calls
           them
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           suffered
           any
           of
           their
           fellow-Members
           to
           invade
           the
           Government
           (
           as
           
             O.
             Cromwell
          
           and
           others
           have
           since
           doue
           )
           and
           confesse
           your self
           fool'd
           and
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           all
           you
           have
           written
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           howsoever
           you
           give
           your self
           the
           second
           lye
           in
           writing
           for
           them
           again
           .
           After
           this
           ,
           a
           grave
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           long
           Roab
           ,
           said
           ,
           You
           had
           broken
           the
           heads
           of
           all
           the
           Sages
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           plaid
           false
           in
           the
           very
           first
           word
           of
           your
           Treatise
           .
           For
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
          
           (
           as
           you
           call
           the
           
             Rump
          
           )
           never
           consisted
           of
           a
           pack'd
           Party
           of
           one
           House
           ,
           that
           by
           fraud
           and
           covin
           had
           disseaz'd
           the
           major
           part
           of
           their
           Fellows
           ,
           and
           forfeited
           their
           own
           right
           ,
           by
           abetting
           the
           ejectment
           of
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           their
           own
           (
           which
           was
           always
           understood
           to
           be
           the
           whole
           House
           )
           with
           whom
           they
           had
           but
           a
           joynt
           Right
           .
           That
           they
           had
           been
           severall
           times
           justly
           dissolv'd
           by
           the
           Army
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           really
           deriv'd
           their
           Authority
           ;
           and
           the
           generall
           Voices
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           in
           whom
           they
           had
           declar'd
           the
           supream
           Power
           to
           reside
           ;
           and
           their
           own
           confession
           upon
           Record
           in
           their
           Journall-Book
           .
           But
           this
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           you
           stole
           from
           Patriot
           
             Whitlock
             ,
          
           who
           began
           his
           Declaration
           for
           a
           Free
           State
           with
           the
           same
           words
           ;
           and
           he
           wondred
           you
           would
           filch
           and
           pilfer
           Nonsense
           and
           Fallasies
           ,
           that
           have
           such
           plentifull
           store
           of
           your
           own
           grouth
           .
           Yet
           this
           was
           as
           true
           as
           that
           which
           follows
           ,
           
             That
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             faithfullest
             of
             the
             People
             assisted
             them
             in
             throwing
             off
             King
             ship
             ;
          
           for
           they
           were
           a
           very
           sleight
           number
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           the
           faithfullest
           that
           forswore
           themselves
           ,
           to
           maintain
           and
           defend
           that
           which
           they
           judg'd
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           resolv'd
           to
           abolish
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           turn'd
           Regall
           Bondage
           (
           as
           you
           word
           it
           )
           into
           a
           Free
           Common-wealth
           ,
           no
           more
           justly
           and
           magnanimously
           ,
           than
           other
           Knights
           of
           the
           Post
           do
           their
           feats
           ,
           by
           plain
           down-right
           perjury
           .
           And
           the
           Nation
           had
           little
           reason
           to
           trust
           such
           men
           with
           their
           Liberty
           or
           Propriety
           ,
           that
           had
           no
           right
           to
           their
           own
           ears
           ,
           but
           ,
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           
           their
           Cheats
           ,
           had
           defrauded
           the
           very
           Pillory
           of
           its
           due
           .
           This
           being
           put
           to
           the
           Ballot
           was
           immediately
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           Affirmative
           ,
           without
           a
           diffenting
           Pellet
           .
           When
           presently
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           some
           years
           beyond-Seas
           ,
           said
           ,
           He
           wonder'd
           you
           would
           say
           any
           thing
           so
           false
           and
           ridiculous
           ,
           as
           that
           this
           Common-wealth
           was
           the
           terrour
           and
           admiration
           of
           
             France
          
           it self
           ;
           for
           if
           that
           were
           true
           ,
           the
           Cardinall
           and
           Councell
           were
           very
           imprudent
           to
           become
           the
           chief
           Promoters
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           strive
           by
           all
           means
           to
           uphold
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           judg'd
           to
           be
           dangerous
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Interesse
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           which
           they
           hate
           and
           fear
           so
           much
           as
           they
           do
           us
           ;
           for
           if
           this
           Free
           State
           be
           so
           terrible
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           very
           unwise
           in
           assisting
           it
           to
           keep
           out
           the
           King
           all
           this
           while
           ;
           especially
           if
           they
           saw
           the
           people
           of
           
             Paris
          
           and
           
             Burdeaux
          
           disposed
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           to
           imitate
           us
           ,
           which
           appears
           very
           strange
           ;
           for
           by
           their
           history
           ,
           any
           man
           would
           judge
           we
           had
           catch'd
           the
           disease
           of
           them
           .
           As
           for
           our
           actions
           abroad
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           brag
           of
           )
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           never
           heard
           of
           anywhere
           he
           was
           ,
           untill
           
             O.
             Cromwel
          
           reduc'd
           us
           to
           an
           absolute
           Monarchy
           under
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Free
           state
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           beat
           the
           Potent
           and
           flourishing
           Republique
           of
           the
           
             United
             Provinces
             .
          
           But
           for
           our
           actions
           at
           home
           ,
           he
           had
           heard
           abroad
           ,
           that
           they
           savoured
           much
           of
           
             Goth
          
           and
           
             Vandall
          
           barbarism
           ,
           if
           pulling
           down
           of
           Churches
           ,
           and
           demolishing
           the
           noblest
           Monuments
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           both
           Publick
           and
           Privat
           ,
           (
           beside
           Religion
           and
           all
           Laws
           ,
           Human
           and
           Divine
           )
           may
           amount
           to
           so
           much
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           granted
           what
           you
           affirm
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           not
           unbecomming
           the
           rising
           of
           a
           glorious
           Common-wealth
           ,
           for
           such
           are
           usually
           founded
           in
           Faction
           ,
           Sedition
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           Murther
           .
           And
           how
           much
           soever
           you
           admire
           the
           Romans
           ,
           —
           
             ab
             infami
             gentem
             deducis
             Asylo
             ,
          
           if
           you
           remember
           ,
           they
           were
           at
           first
           but
           a
           Refuge
           for
           Thieves
           and
           Murtherers
           .
           In
           all
           
             Asia
             ,
             Africa
             ,
          
           and
           the
           New
           World
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           Republick
           ,
           nor
           ever
           was
           ;
           but
           onely
           that
           of
           
             Carthage
             ,
          
           and
           some
           paltry
           Greek
           Colonies
           upon
           the
           skirts
           of
           
             Asia
             minor
             ;
          
           and
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           Common-wealth
           there
           have
           been
           a
           hundred
           King
           〈…〉
           world
           ,
           which
           argues
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           the
           more
           
           agreeable
           to
           Mankind
           .
           He
           added
           ,
           Commonly
           Republicks
           arise
           from
           unworthy
           causes
           ,
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           mention'd
           in
           History
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           heard
           many
           Persons
           of
           Honor
           in
           
             Flanders
          
           affirm
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           not
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           cruelty
           of
           Duke
           
             D'
             Alva
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           blood
           of
           their
           Nobility
           ,
           nor
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           made
           the
           Dutch
           cast
           off
           their
           obedience
           to
           their
           Prince
           ;
           but
           one
           penny
           Excise
           laid
           upon
           a
           pound
           of
           Butter
           ,
           that
           made
           them
           implacably
           declare
           for
           a
           Common-wealth
           .
           That
           the
           
             Venetians
          
           were
           banish'd
           into
           a
           Free
           State
           by
           
             Atila
             ,
          
           and
           their
           glorious
           Liberty
           was
           at
           first
           no
           other
           ,
           then
           he
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           that
           is
           turn'd
           out
           of
           his
           house
           .
           That
           the
           
             Romans
          
           were
           Cookolded
           into
           their
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Pisans
          
           Trepand
           into
           theirs
           by
           
             Charls
          
           the
           eighth
           .
           That
           as
           Common-wealths
           sprung
           from
           base
           Originalls
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           ruin'd
           upon
           as
           slight
           occasions
           .
           That
           the
           same
           
             Pisans
             ,
          
           after
           they
           had
           spent
           all
           they
           had
           upon
           a
           Freak
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           were
           sold
           (
           like
           Cattle
           )
           by
           
             Lewis
          
           the
           12th
           .
           The
           
             Venetians
          
           Hector'd
           ,
           and
           almost
           ruin'd
           by
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           first
           ,
           a
           poor
           Prince
           ,
           for
           refusing
           to
           lend
           him
           mony
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           not
           long
           before
           by
           
             Francesco
             Sforza
          
           about
           a
           Bastard
           .
           The
           
             Florentines
          
           utterly
           enslav'd
           for
           spoyling
           an
           Embossador's
           Speech
           ,
           and
           disparaging
           
             Petro
             de'
             Medici's
          
           fine
           Livereys
           .
           The
           
             Genoeses
          
           —
           But
           as
           he
           was
           going
           on
           ,
           he
           was
           interrupted
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           came
           in
           and
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Hazlerig
             ,
          
           the
           
             Brutus
          
           of
           our
           Republique
           ,
           was
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           torn
           in
           pieces
           (
           like
           a
           
             Shrove-tuesday
          
           Bawd
           )
           by
           the
           Boys
           in
           
             Westminster-Hall
             ;
          
           and
           if
           he
           had
           not
           shewn
           himself
           as
           able
           a
           Foot-man
           as
           he
           that
           cudgell'd
           him
           ,
           he
           had
           gone
           the
           way
           of
           Doctor
           
             Lamb
          
           infallibly
           .
           This
           set
           all
           the
           company
           a laughing
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Traveller
           forget
           what
           he
           was
           saying
           .
           After
           a
           little
           pause
           ,
           a
           learned
           Gentleman
           of
           this
           Society
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           He
           could
           not
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           one
           absurdity
           in
           your
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           where
           you
           speak
           of
           Liberty
           gloriously
           fough
           for
           ,
           and
           Kingly
           Thraldome
           abjur'd
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           &c.
           for
           if
           by
           liberty
           ,
           you
           mean
           Common-wealth
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           do
           )
           There
           was
           never
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           as
           either
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ;
           unlesse
           you
           will
           state
           the
           Quarrell
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Warre
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           senselesse
           ,
           and
           directly
           contrary
           to
           all
           Oaths
           and
           Engagements
           :
           
           or
           can
           prove
           that
           Hanging
           ,
           Drawing
           ,
           and
           Quartering
           of
           some
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           selling
           others
           as
           Slaves
           ,
           for
           taking
           up
           Arms
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           for
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           are
           abjurations
           of
           his
           Authority
           ;
           and
           he
           wonder'd
           ,
           you
           could
           be
           so
           weak
           ,
           or
           impudent
           to
           play
           foul
           in
           matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           are
           so
           many
           thousands
           witnesses
           to
           disprove
           you
           .
           But
           he
           was
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           you
           did
           not
           believe
           your selfe
           ,
           nor
           those
           reasons
           you
           give
           in
           defence
           of
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           are
           sway'd
           by
           something
           else
           ,
           as
           either
           by
           a
           Stork-like
           Fate
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           modern
           Protector-Poet
           calls
           it
           ,
           because
           that
           Foul
           is
           observ'd
           to
           live
           no where
           but
           in
           Common-wealths
           )
           or
           because
           ,
           you
           have
           unadvisedly
           scribled
           your selfe
           obnoxious
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           fear
           such
           admirable
           eloquence
           as
           yours
           ,
           would
           be
           thrown
           away
           under
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           would
           be
           )
           though
           of
           admirable
           use
           in
           a
           Popular
           Government
           ,
           where
           Orators
           carry
           all
           the
           Rabble
           before
           them
           :
           For
           who
           knows
           to
           how
           Cheap
           a
           rate
           this
           goodly
           Eloquence
           of
           yours
           ,
           (
           if
           well
           manadg'd
           )
           might
           bring
           the
           price
           of
           Sprats
           ,
           as
           no
           wiser
           Orators
           then
           your selfe
           have
           done
           heretofore
           ,
           in
           the
           petty
           factions
           ,
           Greek
           Republiques
           ,
           whom
           you
           chiefly
           imitate
           ;
           for
           all
           your
           Politiques
           are
           derived
           from
           the
           works
           of
           Declamers
           ,
           with
           which
           sort
           of
           Writers
           ,
           the
           Ancient
           Common-wealths
           had
           the
           fortune
           to
           abound
           ,
           who
           left
           many
           things
           behind
           them
           in
           favour
           ,
           or
           flattery
           of
           the
           Governments
           they
           liv'd
           under
           ,
           and
           disparagement
           of
           others
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           in
           opposition
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           can
           affirm
           nothing
           certain
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           partiall
           ,
           and
           never
           meant
           to
           give
           a
           true
           account
           of
           things
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           them
           finer
           or
           worse
           then
           they
           really
           are
           ;
           Of
           which
           men
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           owne
           Common-wealth
           Poets
           ,
           gives
           a
           just
           Character
           ,
           by
           sorting
           them
           among
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           
             —
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             —
          
        
         
           All
           which
           you
           have
           out-gone
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           your
           Talent
           )
           in
           their
           severall
           waves
           ,
           for
           you
           have
           done
           your
           feeble
           endeavour
           to
           Rob
           the
           Church
           ,
           of
           the
           little
           which
           the
           Rapine
           of
           the
           most
           sacrilegious
           Persons
           hath
           left
           ,
           in
           your
           learned
           
           work
           against
           Tithes
           ;
           You
           have
           slandered
           the
           Dead
           ,
           worse
           then
           envy
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           thrown
           your
           dirty
           out-rage
           ,
           on
           the
           memory
           of
           a
           Murther'd
           Prince
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Hangman
           were
           but
           your
           Usher
           .
           These
           have
           been
           the
           attempts
           of
           your
           stiffe
           formall
           Eloquence
           ,
           which
           you
           arme
           accordingly
           ,
           with
           any
           thing
           that
           lies
           in
           your
           way
           ,
           right
           ,
           or
           wrong
           ,
           not
           onely
           begging
           ,
           but
           stealing
           questions
           ,
           and
           taking
           every
           thing
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           will
           serve
           your
           turn
           ;
           For
           you
           are
           not
           asham'd
           to
           rob
           
             O.
             Cromwell
          
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           make
           use
           of
           his
           Canting
           with
           signall
           Assistances
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           answering
           Condescensions
           :
           The
           most
           impious
           Mahometan
           Docttrine
           ,
           that
           ever
           was
           vented
           among
           Christians
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           will
           serve
           as
           well
           to
           justifie
           any
           prosperous
           villany
           amongst
           men
           .
           He
           said
           ,
           when
           God
           punishes
           a
           Nation
           for
           sin
           ,
           The
           Executiones
           of
           his
           Judgments
           ,
           are
           commonly
           but
           M●lefactors
           reprieved
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           usually
           among
           men
           ;
           For
           when
           he
           punish'd
           the
           Israelites
           for
           Idolatry
           ,
           he
           made
           use
           of
           greater
           Idolaters
           then
           themselves
           :
           And
           when
           he
           afflicts
           a
           people
           for
           their
           disobedience
           ,
           to
           a
           just
           Government
           ,
           and
           fantastique
           longing
           after
           imaginary
           Liberty
           ,
           it
           is
           with
           infallible
           Slavery
           ,
           for
           their
           deliverers
           alwaies
           prove
           their
           Tyrants
           .
           This
           the
           Romans
           found
           true
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           no
           sooner
           banish'd
           their
           Kings
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           in
           few
           years
           glad
           to
           banish
           themselves
           ,
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           oppression
           of
           their
           Patriots
           ,
           the
           Assertors
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           Contest
           furnish'd
           their
           Free-State
           with
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           Civill
           War
           for
           500
           years
           ,
           and
           never
           ended
           ,
           untill
           they
           were
           reduc'd
           to
           an
           absolute
           Tyranny
           ,
           under
           the
           power
           of
           that
           faction
           ,
           that
           took
           upon
           it
           to
           vindicate
           their
           Liberty
           ;
           He
           added
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           but
           smile
           at
           one
           thing
           you
           sayd
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           King
           and
           Bishops
           will
           encroach
           upon
           our
           Consciences
           ,
           untill
           we
           are
           forc'd
           to
           spend
           over
           again
           all
           that
           we
           have
           spent
           ,
           and
           fight
           over
           again
           all
           that
           we
           have
           fought
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           if
           you
           did
           not
           look
           very
           like
           a
           Cunning
           man
           ,
           no body
           would
           believe
           you
           ,
           nor
           trust
           your
           predictions
           of
           the
           future
           ,
           that
           give
           so
           ill
           an
           account
           of
           things
           past
           .
           But
           he
           held
           you
           very
           unwise
           to
           blab
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           For
           that
           party
           you
           call
           ,
           
             We
          
           have
           gain'd
           so
           abundantly
           much
           more
           then
           they
           have
           spent
           ,
           that
           they
           desire
           nothing
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           fight
           over
           the
           same
           
           fights
           again
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           could
           but
           make
           your
           words
           good
           ,
           he
           would
           undertake
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           the
           first
           men
           that
           should
           set
           Bishops
           about
           your
           Consciences
           :
           for
           how
           vile
           soever
           you
           make
           the
           Blood
           of
           faithfull
           English
           men
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           such
           good
           markets
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           glad
           at
           any
           time
           to
           broach
           the
           whole
           Nation
           at
           the
           same
           price
           ,
           and
           affor'd
           the
           treasure
           of
           Miraculous
           deliverances
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           call
           it
           )
           into
           the
           Bargin
           .
           This
           he
           added
           ,
           was
           easier
           to
           be
           understood
           then
           your
           
             Brand
          
           of
           
             Gentilism
             ,
          
           upon
           King-ship
           ,
           for
           which
           you
           rest
           Scripture
           most
           unmercifully
           ,
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           though
           Christ
           said
           ,
           His
           Kingdome
           was
           not
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           yet
           his
           Common-wealth
           is
           .
           For
           if
           ,
           the
           Text
           which
           you
           quote
           ,
           The
           Kings
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           exercise
           Lordship
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           exercise
           authority
           over
           them
           ,
           are
           called
           Benefactors
           :
           But
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           so
           among
           you
           ,
           &c.
           be
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           Civill
           Government
           ,
           (
           and
           to
           infer
           Common-wealth
           (
           as
           you
           will
           have
           it
           right
           or
           wrong
           )
           and
           not
           to
           be
           meant
           of
           his
           spirituall
           Reigne
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           was
           then
           speaking
           ,
           and
           expressely
           calls
           so
           ;
           You
           must
           prove
           that
           he
           erected
           a
           Republique
           of
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           every where
           calls
           his
           Government
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           Corrected
           ,
           and
           Rendred
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           Text
           ,
           does
           as
           well
           prove
           Benefactors
           heathenish
           as
           Kings
           ,
           for
           if
           our
           Saviour
           had
           meant
           to
           brand
           Kingship
           with
           any
           evill
           Character
           ,
           He
           would
           never
           have
           styld
           himselfe
           King
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           King
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           King
           of
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           &c.
           as
           he
           frequently
           do's
           ,
           but
           no where
           a
           State-holder
           ,
           or
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           ,
           a
           young
           Gentleman
           made
           answer
           ,
           that
           your
           writings
           are
           best
           interpreted
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           remembred
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           you
           fight
           with
           the
           King's
           Picture
           ,
           you
           call
           Sir
           
             Phillip
             Sydnes
             ,
          
           Princes
           
             Pamela
             ,
          
           who
           was
           born
           and
           bred
           of
           Christian
           Parents
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
           A
           Heathen
           woman
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           he
           thought
           that
           by
           Heathonish
           ,
           you
           meant
           English
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           calling
           Kingship
           ,
           Heathenish
           ,
           you
           inferd
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           only
           proper
           and
           naturall
           Government
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           proved
           in
           all
           Ages
           .
           
           To
           which
           another
           objected
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           sense
           was
           quite
           Contrary
           to
           your
           purpose
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           immediately
           repli'd
           ;
           That
           it
           was
           no
           new
           thing
           ,
           with
           you
           to
           write
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           well
           against
           us
           for
           your
           purpose
           :
           after
           much
           debate
           ,
           they
           agreed
           to
           put
           it
           to
           the
           Ballot
           ,
           and
           the
           young
           Gentleman
           carried
           it
           without
           any
           Contradiction
           .
           That
           done
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           good
           credit
           here
           ,
           taking
           occasion
           from
           the
           former
           discourse
           ,
           said
           ,
           you
           had
           shown
           your selfe
           as
           able
           a
           Divine
           ,
           as
           a
           Statesman
           ;
           For
           you
           had
           made
           as
           politique
           provision
           for
           spirituall
           ,
           as
           civill
           Liberty
           in
           those
           pious
           and
           Orthodox
           ,
           (
           though
           seeming
           absurd
           and
           Contradictory
           )
           grounds
           you
           have
           laid
           down
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           which
           being
           rightly
           interpreted
           ,
           do
           say
           ,
           or
           by
           consequence
           inferre
           thus
           much
           .
           That
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ought
           to
           have
           no
           Head
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           but
           the
           Monster
           of
           many
           heads
           ,
           the
           multitude
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           onely
           supream
           Judges
           of
           all
           matters
           that
           concern
           him
           ;
           a
           Priviledge
           they
           claim'd
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           when
           they
           took
           upon
           them
           to
           condemn
           him
           ,
           and
           cri'd
           Crucifige
           :
           That
           all
           Christian
           Lawes
           and
           Ordinances
           have
           a
           Co-ercive
           power
           ,
           to
           see
           themselves
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           every
           Man's
           will
           and
           humor
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           call
           his
           best
           light
           )
           and
           no
           man
           to
           them
           but
           in
           his
           own
           sense
           .
           That
           the
           Scripture
           onely
           ought
           to
           interpret
           it selfe
           ,
           (
           just
           as
           it
           can
           read
           it selfe
           )
           and
           every
           man
           is
           to
           take
           the
           interpretation
           in
           such
           a
           sense
           ,
           as
           best
           suites
           with
           his
           owne
           capacity
           ,
           or
           his
           occasions
           ;
           That
           every
           man
           may
           do
           what
           he
           pleases
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           onely
           those
           that
           are
           in
           Authority
           ,
           who
           ought
           not
           to
           meddle
           in
           such
           matters
           ,
           as
           being
           of
           so
           different
           a
           nature
           from
           their
           Cognizance
           ,
           (
           or
           any
           other
           )
           that
           if
           it
           be
           their
           will
           to
           Command
           the
           onely
           true
           Religion
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           it
           presently
           becomes
           inchristian
           inhuman
           ,
           and
           Barbarous
           .
           That
           no
           man
           can
           serve
           God
           ,
           nor
           save
           his
           owne
           Soul
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           in
           this
           certainty
           ,
           you
           go
           after
           your
           owne
           invention
           ,
           for
           no
           man
           ever
           heard
           it
           before
           :
           But
           if
           it
           should
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sad
           thing
           to
           think
           ,
           what
           is
           become
           of
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Saints
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           never
           a
           Christian
           Common-wealth
           in
           the
           World
           ?
           That
           any
           man
           may
           turn
           away
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           take
           another
           as
           oft
           as
           
           he
           pleases
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           most
           learnedly
           prov'd
           upon
           the
           Fiddle
           ,
           and
           practic'd
           in
           your
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           for
           which
           you
           have
           atchieved
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           Styld
           the
           Founder
           of
           a
           Sect.
           
           All
           this
           you
           call
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           you
           conclude
           no
           Government
           is
           more
           inclinable
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           favour
           ,
           but
           protect
           ,
           then
           a
           Free
           Common-wealth
           .
           In
           this
           ,
           (
           he
           said
           )
           you
           say
           right
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           notorious
           enough
           ,
           that
           since
           we
           have
           been
           but
           call'd
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           such
           pious
           Doctrines
           as
           these
           ,
           have
           been
           so
           wonderfully
           propagated
           ,
           that
           
             England
          
           does
           now
           abound
           with
           new
           Christians
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             Spain
          
           did
           of
           late
           years
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           same
           mungrell
           breed
           ;
           all
           which
           agree
           in
           nothing
           ,
           but
           the
           extripation
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           subversion
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           which
           your
           Discipline
           does
           naturally
           conduce
           .
           For
           certainly
           ,
           the
           most
           ready
           and
           easie
           way
           to
           root
           out
           Religion
           ,
           is
           to
           render
           it
           contemptible
           ,
           and
           ridiculous
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           sooner
           done
           then
           by
           giving
           Licence
           ,
           and
           encouragement
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Frenzies
           ,
           that
           pretend
           to
           new
           discoveries
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           these
           will
           quickly
           make
           it
           become
           a
           sport
           and
           mockery
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           untill
           it
           be
           utterly
           extinct
           ;
           And
           this
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           found
           true
           ,
           who
           give
           a
           greater
           check
           to
           the
           growth
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           by
           cloathing
           some
           of
           the
           new
           professers
           in
           Fools
           Coats
           ,
           and
           exposing
           them
           to
           the
           derision
           of
           the
           multitude
           ,
           then
           by
           persecuting
           ,
           and
           putting
           thousands
           to
           death
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           way
           you
           goe
           which
           will
           never
           fail
           you
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           are
           Fooles
           and
           mad
           men
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           work
           .
           And
           with
           this
           if
           you
           could
           but
           introduce
           the
           wholsome
           Cannons
           of
           the
           Councill
           of
           
             Munster
          
           it
           would
           make
           an
           admirable
           Model
           for
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           part
           of
           the
           Republique
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           one
           unlucky
           Circumstance
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           that
           
             Knipper
             Dolling
          
           Proclaimed
           
             John
          
           of
           
             Leyden
          
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           State-holder
           .
           This
           (
           he
           said
           )
           was
           an
           unhappy
           mistake
           and
           no
           lesse
           out
           of
           your
           way
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Fift
           
             Monarchy
          
           Men
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           been
           admirable
           for
           your
           purpose
           if
           they
           had
           but
           dream't
           of
           a
           fift
           Free-State
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           they
           began
           to
           grow
           weary
           of
           your
           perpeuall
           falshoods
           and
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           a
           Worthy
           Knight
           of
           this
           
           Assembly
           stood
           up
           and
           said
           that
           if
           we
           meant
           to
           examin
           all
           the
           particular
           fallacies
           and
           flawes
           in
           your
           writing
           we
           should
           never
           have
           done
           ,
           he
           would
           therefore
           (
           with
           leave
           )
           deliver
           his
           judgement
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           which
           in
           briese
           was
           thus
           .
           That
           it
           is
           all
           windy
           foppery
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           written
           to
           the
           eleuation
           of
           that
           Rabble
           and
           meant
           to
           cheat
           the
           Ignorant
           .
           That
           you
           fight
           alwayes
           with
           the
           flat
           of
           your
           hand
           like
           a
           Retorician
           ,
           and
           never
           Contract
           the
           Logicall
           fist
           .
           That
           you
           trade
           altogether
           in
           universals
           the
           Region
           of
           Deceits
           and
           falacie
           ,
           but
           never
           come
           so
           near
           particulars
           ,
           as
           to
           let
           us
           know
           which
           among
           diuerse
           things
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           you
           would
           be
           at
           .
           For
           you
           admire
           Common-wealths
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           cry
           down
           Kingship
           as
           much
           at
           large
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           particular
           Constitutions
           which
           onely
           make
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           vainly
           supposing
           all
           flavery
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Gouernment
           of
           a
           single
           Person
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           liberty
           in
           that
           of
           many
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           false
           that
           some
           Kingdomes
           have
           had
           the
           most
           perfect
           form
           of
           Common wealths
           as
           ours
           had
           ,
           and
           some
           Republiques
           haue
           proved
           the
           greatest
           Tirannies
           ,
           as
           all
           have
           done
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           .
           For
           many
           if
           they
           combine
           have
           more
           Latitude
           to
           abuse
           power
           then
           a
           single
           Person
           ,
           and
           lesse
           sence
           of
           shame
           ,
           conscience
           ,
           or
           honour
           to
           restrain
           them
           ,
           for
           what
           is
           wickedly
           done
           by
           many
           is
           own'd
           by
           none
           ,
           where
           no
           Man
           knowes
           upon
           whom
           in
           particular
           to
           fix
           it
           .
           And
           this
           we
           have
           found
           true
           by
           experience
           in
           your
           Patriots
           and
           Assertors
           (
           as
           you
           call
           them
           )
           for
           no
           one
           person
           could
           ever
           have
           done
           halfe
           the
           mischief
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           nor
           outliv'd
           the
           infamy
           they
           have
           suffered
           without
           any
           sence
           of
           shame
           .
           Beside
           this
           ,
           as
           all
           your
           politiques
           reach
           but
           the
           outside
           and
           circumstances
           of
           things
           and
           never
           touch
           at
           realties
           ,
           so
           you
           are
           very
           solicitous
           about
           weeds
           as
           if
           they
           were
           charmes
           ,
           or
           had
           more
           in
           them
           then
           what
           they
           fignifie
           :
           For
           no
           Conjurer's
           Devill
           is
           more
           concerned
           in
           a
           spell
           ,
           then
           you
           are
           in
           a
           meer
           word
           ,
           but
           never
           regard
           the
           things
           which
           it
           serves
           to
           expresse
           .
           For
           you
           believe
           liberty
           is
           safer
           under
           an
           Arbitrary
           unlimited
           power
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           name
           Commonwealth
           ,
           then
           under
           any
           other
           Government
           how
           just
           or
           restrain'd
           soever
           if
           it
           be
           but
           cal'd
           Kingship
           .
           And
           therefore
           very
           prudently
           you
           
           would
           have
           the
           Name
           Parliament
           abolished
           ,
           because
           it
           signifies
           a
           Parly
           of
           our
           Commons
           with
           their
           Norman
           Kings
           .
           But
           in
           this
           you
           are
           too
           severe
           a
           
             Draco
          
           to
           punish
           one
           word
           for
           holding
           correspondence
           with
           another
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           liberty
           you
           talk
           so
           much
           of
           consists
           in
           nothing
           else
           but
           meer
           words
           .
           For
           though
           you
           bragge
           much
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Manageing
           their
           own
           affaires
           ,
           you
           allow
           them
           no
           more
           share
           of
           that
           in
           your
           
             Utopia
          
           (
           as
           you
           have
           ordered
           it
           )
           then
           only
           to
           set
           up
           their
           throates
           and
           Baul
           (
           instead
           of
           every
           three
           yeares
           ,
           which
           they
           might
           have
           done
           before
           )
           once
           in
           an
           Age
           ,
           or
           oftner
           ,
           as
           an
           old
           Member
           drops
           away
           ,
           and
           anew
           one
           is
           to
           succed
           ,
           not
           for
           his
           merit
           or
           knowledge
           in
           State
           affaires
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           is
           able
           to
           bring
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           deep
           mouth'd
           Pack
           of
           the
           Rabble
           into
           the
           field
           ;
           a
           more
           wise
           and
           equall
           way
           (
           in
           your
           opinion
           )
           of
           choosing
           Counsellors
           ,
           then
           any
           King
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           But
           he
           added
           ,
           you
           had
           done
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           where
           you
           are
           most
           like
           your self
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           in
           that
           false
           and
           malitious
           aspersion
           of
           Popish
           &
           Spanish
           Councels
           which
           you
           cast
           on
           the
           present
           King
           .
           For
           it
           is
           well
           known
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           hath
           prefer'd
           his
           Conscience
           before
           three
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           patiently
           endured
           to
           live
           so
           many
           years
           in
           exile
           ,
           rather
           then
           change
           his
           Religion
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           would
           have
           done
           ,
           or
           been
           mov'd
           with
           such
           Councels
           ,
           he
           might
           long
           since
           have
           procured
           all
           the
           Forces
           of
           the
           Catholique
           world
           upon
           us
           ,
           whereas
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           of
           his
           greatest
           opposers
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           so
           jealous
           of
           their
           ill-gotten
           Purchases
           bought
           with
           their
           Crimes
           ,
           that
           rather
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           loosing
           a
           Pigge
           ,
           they
           would
           (
           with
           the
           
             Gergosens
          
           )
           defire
           Christ
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           their
           Coasts
           .
           After
           this
           said
           ,
           he
           mov'd
           the
           Assembly
           that
           I
           might
           be
           desired
           to
           deliver
           my
           judgment
           upon
           the
           Book
           ,
           as
           he
           and
           others
           had
           done
           ,
           which
           being
           immediatlypast
           ;
           I
           knew
           not
           (
           though
           unwilling
           )
           how
           to
           avoyd
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           told
           them
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           That
           that
           which
           I
           disliked
           most
           in
           your
           Treatise
           was
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           not
           one
           word
           of
           the
           ballance
           of
           Propriety
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Agrarian
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Rotation
          
           in
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           :
           without
           which
           (
           together
           with
           a
           Lord
           
             Archon
          
           )
           I
           thought
           I
           had
           sufficiently
           demonstrated
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           my
           writings
           but
           publique
           exercises
           in
           that
           Coffee-house
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           possible
           foundation
           of
           a
           Free
           
           Common-wealth
           .
           To
           the
           first
           and
           second
           of
           these
           (
           that
           is
           the
           Ballance
           and
           the
           
             Agrarian
          
           )
           you
           made
           no
           objection
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           should
           not
           need
           to
           make
           any
           answer
           .
           But
           for
           the
           third
           (
           I
           mean
           
             Rotation
          
           )
           which
           you
           implicitly
           reject
           in
           your
           design
           to
           perpetuate
           the
           present
           Members
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           adde
           this
           to
           what
           I
           have
           already
           said
           and
           written
           on
           that
           subject
           ,
           That
           a
           Common-wealth
           is
           like
           a
           great
           Top
           ,
           that
           must
           be
           kept
           up
           by
           being
           whipt
           round
           ,
           and
           held
           in
           perpetuall
           circulation
           ,
           for
           if
           you
           discontinue
           the
           
             Rotation
             ,
          
           and
           suffer
           the
           Senate
           to
           settle
           ,
           and
           stand
           still
           ,
           down
           it
           falls
           immediately
           .
           And
           if
           you
           had
           studied
           this
           poynt
           as
           carefully
           as
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           you
           could
           not
           but
           know
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           way
           under
           Heaven
           of
           disposing
           the
           Vicissitudes
           of
           Command
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           of
           distributing
           equall
           Right
           and
           Liberty
           among
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           this
           of
           Wheeling
           ,
           by
           which
           (
           as
           
             Chauser
          
           writes
           )
           a
           single
           Fart
           hath
           been
           equally
           divided
           among
           a
           whole
           Covent
           of
           Friers
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           hath
           had
           his
           just
           share
           of
           the
           favour
           .
           I
           told
           then
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           be
           sorry
           to
           find
           so
           learned
           a
           man
           so
           ignorant
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           Government
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           disproportionate
           Parallels
           of
           Councills
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           where
           you
           compare
           the
           Senate
           of
           
             Rome
          
           with
           the
           Grand
           Councell
           of
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           between
           which
           there
           is
           no
           Analogy
           at
           all
           :
           for
           the
           Senate
           of
           
             Rome
          
           was
           never
           the
           supream
           Power
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           the
           Grand
           Councill
           of
           
             Venice
          
           is
           ,
           but
           meerly
           a
           Councill
           of
           State
           .
           But
           I
           wondred
           most
           of
           all
           at
           what
           politique
           Crack
           in
           any
           mans
           Scull
           the
           imagination
           could
           enter
           of
           securing
           Libery
           under
           an
           Oligarchy
           ,
           Seized
           of
           the
           Government
           for
           tearm
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           yet
           seen
           in
           the
           world
           .
           The
           Metropolitan
           of
           all
           Common-wealthes
           the
           
             Roman
          
           did
           but
           once
           adventure
           to
           trust
           its
           whole
           Power
           and
           Authority
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           one
           Councill
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           for
           two
           yeares
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           had
           like
           to
           have
           lost
           their
           Liberty
           for
           ever
           ;
           whereas
           they
           had
           frequently
           in
           all
           ages
           left
           it
           wholy
           in
           the
           power
           of
           a
           single
           Person
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           so
           far
           from
           danger
           or
           inconvenience
           ,
           that
           the
           only
           Refuge
           they
           had
           in
           their
           greatest
           extremity
           was
           ,
           to
           create
           a
           Dictator
           .
           But
           I
           could
           not
           but
           laugh
           (
           as
           they
           all
           had
           done
           )
           at
           the
           pleasantnesse
           of
           your
           fancy
           who
           suppose
           our
           noble
           Patriots
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           invested
           
           for
           tearm
           of
           life
           ,
           will
           serve
           their
           Country
           at
           their
           own
           charge
           :
           This
           (
           I
           said
           )
           was
           very
           improbable
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           meant
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           that
           all
           we
           have
           is
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           prey
           and
           devour
           is
           to
           serve
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           have
           appeared
           so
           able
           and
           industrious
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           made
           to
           no
           other
           purpose
           ,
           but
           ,
           like
           
             Lobsters
             ,
          
           were
           all
           Clawes
           and
           Belly
           .
           For
           though
           many
           laugh
           at
           me
           for
           accounting
           300000l
           .
           in
           wooden
           ware
           toward
           the
           erecting
           of
           a
           Free-State
           (
           in
           my
           
             Oceana
          
           )
           but
           a
           trifle
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           )
           because
           I
           am
           most
           certain
           that
           these
           little
           Pills
           the
           Ballots
           are
           the
           only
           Physick
           that
           can
           keep
           the
           Body
           Politique
           soluble
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           the
           humors
           to
           settle
           )
           I
           'le
           undertake
           that
           if
           the
           present
           Members
           had
           but
           a
           lease
           of
           the
           Government
           during
           life
           (
           notwithstanding
           whatsoever
           impeachment
           of
           Waste
           )
           they
           would
           raise
           more
           out
           of
           it
           to
           themselves
           in
           one
           year
           ,
           then
           that
           amounts
           to
           ;
           beside
           the
           charge
           we
           must
           be
           at
           in
           maintaining
           of
           gaurds
           to
           keep
           the
           boys
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           before
           halfe
           the
           term
           be
           expired
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           it
           untenantable
           .
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           told
           them
           ,
           you
           had
           made
           good
           your
           title
           in
           a
           contrary
           sence
           ;
           For
           you
           have
           really
           proposed
           the
           most
           ready
           and
           easie
           way
           to
           establish
           downright
           slavery
           upon
           the
           Nation
           that
           can
           possibly
           be
           contrived
           ,
           which
           will
           clearly
           appear
           to
           any
           Man
           that
           doe's
           but
           understand
           this
           plain
           Truth
           .
           That
           wheresoever
           the
           Power
           of
           Proposing
           and
           Debating
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Power
           of
           Ratifying
           ,
           and
           Enacting
           Lawes
           ,
           is
           entrusted
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           any
           one
           Person
           ,
           or
           any
           one
           Councill
           (
           as
           you
           would
           have
           it
           )
           That
           Governnent
           is
           inevitable
           Arbitrary
           and
           Tyrannicall
           ,
           because
           they
           may
           make
           whatsoever
           they
           please
           lawfull
           or
           unlawfull
           .
           And
           that
           Tyranny
           hath
           the
           advantage
           of
           all
           other
           that
           hath
           Law
           and
           Liberty
           among
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Servitude
           .
        
         
           
             J.
             H.