A third and fourth part of Pegasus: taught by Bankes his ghost to dance in the Dorick moode, to the tune of Lachrymæ. In two letters from Oxford, July 1. 1648.
         Pegasus. Part 3-4.
         Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.
      
       
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             A third and fourth part of Pegasus: taught by Bankes his ghost to dance in the Dorick moode, to the tune of Lachrymæ. In two letters from Oxford, July 1. 1648.
             Pegasus. Part 3-4.
             Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.
          
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           A
           Third
           and
           Fourth
           Part
           OF
           PEGASUS
           :
           Taught
           by
           BANKES
           his
           Ghost
           to
           dance
           in
           the
           
             Dorick
          
           Moode
           ,
           
             To
             the
             Tune
             of
          
           LACHRYMAE
           .
        
         
           
             Jn
             two
             Letters
             from
          
           Oxford
           ,
           
             July
          
           1.
           1648.
           
        
         
           
             ACADEMIA
             OXONIENSIS
          
           printer's or publisher's device
        
         
           
             Printed
             in
             the
             Yeare
             ,
          
           1648.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Third
           and
           Fourth
           part
           of
           
             Pegasus
             :
             In
             two
             Letters
             from
          
           Oxford
           .
           
             1
             July
             ,
             1648.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           afforded
           you
           some
           time
           of
           Breathing
           for
           a
           while
           an
           intermission
           of
           those
           sad
           entertainments
           which
           I
           formerly
           sent
           you
           from
           this
           place
           .
        
         
           When
           that
           huddle
           of
           violences
           was
           over
           upon
           the
           
             Earle
             of
             Pembroke's
          
           comming
           hither
           ,
           the
           
             Visitors
          
           sate
           still
           a
           while
           to
           see
           how
           that
           would
           be
           digested
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           what
           incouragement
           they
           should
           find
           to
           seize
           upon
           that
           
             Prey
             ,
          
           which
           that
           weeks
           
             Nimrod-hunting
          
           had
           laid
           before
           them
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Action
          
           was
           of
           so
           high
           an
           
             ill
             savour
             ,
          
           and
           by
           themselves
           so
           apprehended
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           modester
           of
           them
           thought
           fit
           to
           depart
           the
           
             Scene
             ;
          
           Master
           
             Reynolds
          
           was
           call'd
           home
           by
           his
           
             Wife
             ,
          
           and
           admonisht
           ,
           as
           
             Pilate
          
           by
           his
           ,
           to
           have
           no
           more
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           these
           just
           persons
           ,
           not
           to
           touch
           one
           peny
           of
           the
           Revenues
           of
           
             Christ-church
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           lye
           in
           the
           lodgings
           any
           longer
           ,
           lest
           the
           
             Fury
          
           that
           scourged
           young
           
             Jerome
          
           for
           being
           not
           so
           much
           
             Christian
          
           as
           he
           should
           ,
           (
           and
           made
           him
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Christianus
             ego
             ,
             non
             Ciceronianus
             )
          
           should
           use
           him
           thus
           ,
           for
           taking
           upon
           him
           to
           have
           more
           of
           the
           
             Christianus
          
           then
           belonged
           to
           him
           .
           The
           same
           Conscience
           (
           I
           shall
           not
           say
           of
           the
           
             crime
             ,
          
           but
           
             shame
             )
          
           wrought
           the
           like
           effect
           on
           Sir
           
             Nat.
          
           and
           his
           son
           
             Corbet
             ,
          
           who
           (
           though
           M.
           
             Reynolds
          
           hath
           now
           put
           it
           over
           )
           never
           thought
           fit
           to
           see
           this
           Place
           ,
           since
           that
           
             Exit
          
           and
           
             Plaudite
          
           after
           the
           
             Pembroke-Tragico-puppet-play
          
           of
           
             The
             beginning
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           or
           
             The
             new
             Creation
             .
          
           Where
           ,
           by
           one
           slip
           of
           the
           wheele
           of
           the
           Engine
           ,
           there
           was
           this
           
             Miscarriage
             ,
          
           That
           instead
           of
           fetching
           an
           
             Vniversity
          
           out
           of
           
             Chaos
             ,
          
           all
           was
           returned
           to
           
             Chaos
          
           againe
           .
           The
           unsuccessefulnesse
           of
           that
           week
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Devils
          
           being
           (
           though
           an
           
             industrious
             ,
             rampant
             ;
          
           yet
           withall
           ,
           like
           the
           creature
           ,
           that
           he
           most
           commonly
           transformes
           himself
           into
           )
           an
           
             hare-hearted
             cowardly
             devill
             ,
          
           
           gave
           us
           some
           kinde
           of
           
             Truce
          
           for
           eleven
           weeks
           more
           ,
           save
           only
           that
           now
           and
           then
           we
           should
           hear
           of
           a
           
             Head
          
           dropping
           off
           upon
           a
           crack
           of
           Thunder
           ,
           a
           
             Vote
          
           of
           the
           
             Committee
             .
          
           Or
           that
           about
           a
           month
           agoe
           ,
           the
           
             Prebends
          
           of
           
             Christ-church
          
           were
           seized
           on
           by
           the
           
             State-pursevants
          
           for
           that
           great
           crime
           of
           not
           hanging
           themselves
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           condemn'd
           by
           
             Judge
             Pembroke
          
           &
           
             Sergeant
             Cheynell
          
           in
           their
           bloody
           
             Circuit
             :
          
           For
           which
           cause
           the
           
             Sub-Deane
             ,
             Doctor
             Hammond
          
           was
           to
           be
           dispatcht
           to
           
             Wallingf
             .
          
           Castle
           (
           though
           by
           a
           suddain
           accident
           that
           Castle
           is
           chang'd
           into
           confinement
           at
           
             Oxford
             )
          
           Doctor
           
             Payne
          
           hurryed
           up
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             crime
          
           of
           being
           
             Treasurer
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Prebend
             .
          
           But
           I
           meant
           not
           to
           mention
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Passages
           which
           will
           be
           no
           newes
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           absolutely
           
             necessary
          
           in
           order
           to
           their
           first
           great
           end
           of
           
             Reforming
          
           the
           
             Wealth
             ,
          
           and
           their
           second
           ,
           of
           
             Regulating
          
           the
           
             Learning
          
           of
           this
           
             Vniversity
             ,
          
           which
           upon
           their
           late
           Confederation
           with
           the
           
             Independents
          
           of
           the
           Garrison
           ,
           they
           have
           promised
           to
           levell
           absolutely
           ;
           And
           by
           putting
           themselves
           into
           the
           
             Head-ships
             ,
          
           to
           shew
           them
           a
           
             New-modell
          
           of
           
             Divinity
          
           and
           
             Latine
             ,
          
           that
           never
           an
           
             Independent
             Butten-maker
          
           in
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           the
           most
           zealous
           for
           
             parity
          
           of
           parts
           or
           Learning
           ,
           shall
           except
           against
           .
        
         
           The
           only
           thing
           that
           I
           meant
           to
           afflict
           you
           with
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Table
          
           of
           
             Proscription
             ,
          
           which
           this
           Morning
           
             (
             Saturday
          
           the
           first
           of
           
             July
             )
          
           was
           pasted
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Retaile
          
           on
           severall
           
             Colleges
             ,
          
           and
           now
           altogether
           in
           the
           
             Grosse
             ,
          
           on
           S.
           
             Maries
          
           Door
           ;
           To
           banish
           out
           of
           the
           Town
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           great
           
             Climactericall
          
           of
           
             sixty
             three
             ,
          
           made
           up
           (
           of
           all
           sorts
           some
           )
           of
           
             fellowes
             ,
             Scholars
             ,
             Chaplaines
             ,
             Graduates
             ,
             Vndergraduates
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             taste
          
           of
           a
           
             Clark
             ,
          
           a
           
             Quirister
             ,
          
           a
           
             Steward
             ,
          
           a
           
             Cook
             ,
          
           (
           but
           never
           an
           unprofitable
           
             Commoner
          
           I
           warrant
           you
           )
           to
           execute
           the
           whole
           
             Body
          
           of
           the
           
             Vniversity
          
           in
           its
           
             effigies
          
           or
           
             Representative
             ;
          
           And
           to
           give
           assurance
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           the
           
             Collective
             Body
             ,
          
           when
           they
           have
           ,
           by
           this
           tryall
           of
           our
           Patience
           found
           cut
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           safe
           for
           them
           to
           set
           on
           that
           
             Rounder
             Enterprize
             .
          
           The
           particular
           Names
           in
           the
           
             Catalogue
          
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           insert
           ,
           but
           only
           tell
           you
           that
           they
           are
           chosen
           and
           cull'd
           out
           from
           the
           rest
           that
           lay
           with
           them
           in
           the
           same
           
             Masse
          
           of
           
             Non-submission
             ,
          
           by
           no
           kinde
           of
           rule
           or
           measure
           ,
           made
           the
           objects
           of
           as
           
             absolute
          
           an
           
             irrespective
             Reprobation
          
           (
           without
           any
           
             Intuition
          
           of
           
             ill
             workes
             ,
          
           or
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           according
           to
           
             their
             owne
             Rules
          
           might
           
             discriminate
          
           them
           from
           other
           men
           )
           as
           ever
           their
           
             Friends
             ,
             Sub-or
             Supra
             lapsarians
          
           have
           fastned
           upon
           God
           in
           their
           bloodiest
           
             scheme
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           possible
           to
           observe
           anything
           of
           order
           or
           constancy
           in
           their
           Councells
           ;
           'T
           was
           sure
           ,
           in
           every
           place
           to
           shew
           an
           
             example
          
           on
           some
           of
           the
           most
           eminent
           for
           
             Learning
             ,
          
           or
           
             Regularity
          
           of
           behaviour
           .
           Thus
           in
           St.
           
             Johns
             Colledge
             ,
          
           M.
           
             Cheynells
             Reformation
          
           (
           preparatory
           to
           this
           about
           a
           fortnight
           
           since
           )
           began
           with
           two
           or
           more
           of
           the
           greatest
           
             Eminence
          
           for
           both
           :
           And
           the
           like
           instance
           might
           be
           made
           of
           some
           in
           most
           other
           
             Colleges
             .
          
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           some
           others
           are
           joyn'd
           with
           them
           ,
           of
           whom
           this
           cannot
           be
           affirm'd
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           eminent
           
             Deserts
          
           have
           
             Polyphemus
          
           his
           kindnesse
           shew'd
           them
           ,
           to
           remaine
           behinde
           for
           their
           later
           Bit.
           
           But
           this
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           whole
           number
           
             proscribed
          
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           There
           is
           not
           above
           
             one
          
           scandalously
           
             ill
             ,
          
           to
           the
           great
           number
           of
           Eminently
           
             Learned
             .
          
           And
           that
           
             one
             ,
          
           hath
           received
           a
           greater
           mark
           of
           
             Favour
          
           from
           them
           ,
           then
           any
           whom
           they
           have
           spar'd
           (
           except
           only
           the
           most
           scandalous
           
             Atheist
          
           that
           ever
           this
           Town
           had
           ,
           who
           is
           pick't
           out
           by
           M.
           
             Cheynell
          
           to
           be
           placed
           in
           his
           own
           
             Bosome
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             Scar-crow
             Pelham
             ,
             Kate's
          
           first
           
             Suter
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           old
           
             Cornuto
          
           of
           
             Maudlins
          
           hath
           set
           next
           to
           his
           beloved
           
             selfe
          
           in
           the
           
             Government
          
           of
           the
           
             College
             ;
             )
          
           For
           he
           hath
           the
           
             Honour
          
           to
           goe
           out
           hansomely
           in
           that
           very
           good
           Company
           ;
           nor
           to
           have
           any
           thing
           laid
           to
           his
           charge
           but
           the
           
             Not-submitting
          
           to
           these
           
             Visitors
             ,
          
           and
           so
           to
           have
           his
           
             Drunkennesse
          
           not
           only
           not
           
             punish't
             ,
          
           but
           
             rewarded
          
           with
           the
           favour
           of
           
             suffering
             only
          
           for
           not
           being
           
             Perjur'd
             .
          
           So
           unwilling
           is
           the
           
             Devill
          
           to
           discourage
           
             Vice
             ,
          
           that
           whensoever
           he
           is
           forc't
           to
           sentence
           any
           of
           his
           
             Servants
             ,
          
           it
           shall
           be
           put
           off
           till
           they
           have
           done
           some
           one
           
             good
          
           thing
           ,
           that
           that
           may
           bring
           the
           
             just
             Vengeance
          
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           so
           the
           
             New-model'd
             Vniversity
          
           may
           be
           
             drunk
          
           securely
           ,
           having
           examples
           of
           the
           most
           speciall
           marks
           of
           Favour
           conferr'd
           upon
           the
           most
           enormous
           in
           the
           
             Vniversity
             ,
          
           and
           but
           that
           one
           little
           discouragement
           from
           the
           
             Punishing
          
           of
           the
           
             one
          
           drunken
           
             Royalist
             ,
          
           which
           is
           excused
           to
           them
           by
           this
           assurance
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           not
           the
           
             Drunkard
          
           which
           was
           punish't
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Royalist
             .
          
           I
           need
           not
           use
           any
           
             Rhetorick
          
           to
           aggravate
           this
           ,
           but
           doe
           wish
           you
           were
           able
           to
           passe
           
             Judgement
          
           upon
           the
           same
           knowledg
           that
           I
           can
           ,
           by
           viewing
           &
           
             comparing
          
           the
           
             eminence
          
           of
           
             fourty
             ,
          
           and
           the
           little
           blame
           of
           
             threescore
          
           of
           this
           number
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           say
           with
           those
           many
           
             constant
          
           persons
           that
           yet
           
             remaine
             ;
          
           for
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           follow
           (
           when
           ever
           these
           mens
           fresh
           
             appetites
          
           call
           for
           them
           )
           to
           the
           same
           
             shambles
             :
          
           But
           rather
           with
           the
           
             small
             number
          
           of
           their
           chosen
           (
           not
           
             flock
          
           of
           
             sheep
             ,
          
           but
           )
           
             Herd
             of
             Swine
             .
          
           And
           then
           I
           pray
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           Actions
           avow'd
           by
           any
           which
           more
           own'd
           that
           old
           saying
           that
           
             Campian
          
           rak't
           
             Hell
          
           for
           ,
           to
           fasten
           upon
           
             Luther
             ,
             [
             Quantò
             sceleratior
             es
             ,
             tantò
             vicinior
             Gratiae
             ]
          
           which
           is
           now
           ,
           
             cum
             Privilegio
             ,
          
           english't
           thus
           ,
           
             [
             The
             prophanest
             wretch
             in
             the
             Vniversity
             is
             a
             much
             lesse
             dangerous
             person
             ,
             and
             so
             more
             capable
             of
             the
             Visitours
             Favour
             ,
             then
             any
             that
             is
             owner
             of
             the
             most
             eminent
             parts
             and
             acquisitions
             ,
             both
             of
             Morall
             and
             Christian
             Vertues
             .
          
           And
           he
           that
           hath
           this
           one
           qualification
           of
           being
           
             ill
          
           enough
           ,
           shall
           have
           no
           danger
           wrought
           him
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           be
           too
           
             Nice
          
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           not
           swallow
           
             Perjury
          
           as
           glibly
           ,
           as
           his
           other
           
             Sins
             .
          
        
         
         
           This
           Sir
           ,
           is
           too
           happy
           a
           
             scheme
          
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           .
           'T
           would
           make
           your
           heart
           
             bleed
          
           to
           have
           my
           present
           
             Prospect
          
           before
           your
           
             Eyes
             .
          
           A
           
             Multitude
          
           of
           
             pretious
             ▪
             young
             Men
             ,
          
           which
           have
           no
           designe
           against
           any
           
             Party
          
           or
           
             Garrison
             ,
          
           but
           the
           strong
           holds
           of
           
             Sin
          
           and
           
             Satan
             ;
          
           uninteressed
           in
           any
           plot
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           one
           against
           
             Ignorance
          
           and
           
             Perjury
             ,
          
           against
           
             Darknesse
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Prince
          
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           A
           Multitude
           of
           hopefull
           
             Young
          
           ones
           thrown
           out
           of
           the
           
             Nest
             ,
          
           like
           the
           
             Callow
             Ravens
          
           by
           the
           cruell
           
             Step-mother
             ,
          
           for
           no
           other
           pretence
           of
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           but
           that
           they
           are
           not
           as
           
             black
             as
             shee
             .
          
           And
           unlesse
           God
           ,
           that
           
             feeds
             the
             young
             Ravens
             which
             call
             upon
             him
             ,
          
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           take
           them
           into
           his
           
             Almes-house
             ,
          
           the
           
             Gradation
          
           of
           the
           
             punishment
          
           is
           sure
           to
           be
           this
           ;
           whom
           the
           Sword
           turnes
           out
           of
           their
           
             Studies
             ,
          
           the
           
             Famine
          
           must
           next
           seize
           on
           in
           the
           
             Field
             .
          
           The
           same
           sentence
           condemnes
           them
           to
           two
           
             punishments
             ;
          
           as
           among
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           to
           
             Scourging
          
           and
           
             Crucifying
             ,
          
           so
           among
           our
           new
           Christian-Heathen
           ,
           to
           
             Banishment
          
           and
           
             sterving
             .
          
           Some
           of
           them
           being
           
             Orphans
             ,
          
           others
           the
           children
           of
           sequester'd
           and
           undone
           Parents
           :
           And
           with
           them
           ,
           The
           
             Ingenuity
          
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           
             Learning
             )
          
           of
           the
           next
           
             Age
             ,
          
           is
           
             voted
          
           to
           the
           same
           
             Ruine
          
           and
           
             Vastation
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           have
           mercy
           upon
           their
           
             Persecuters
             .
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           weep
           out
           the
           rest
           in
           private
           ,
           and
           not
           send
           you
           my
           
             Inke
          
           and
           my
           
             Tears
             ,
          
           my
           
             Gall
          
           and
           my
           
             Brine
          
           in
           the
           same
           
             Packet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             mournfull
             Friend
             ,
             whom
             you
             know
             by
             the
             Title
             of
             Basilius
             Philo-Musus
             .
          
           
             Oxf.
             
               1
               July
               ,
               1648.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Another
           Letter
           from
           the
           same
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOur
           friend
           here
           presents
           his
           service
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           will
           needs
           annex
           to
           this
           Relation
           the
           notice
           of
           these
           few
           circumstances
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           destruction
           which
           is
           now
           wrought
           ,
           is
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           five
           
             Divines
             onely
             ,
          
           men
           whose
           calling
           excludes
           them
           from
           all
           Judicature
           ,
           did
           not
           their
           being
           
             Presbyterians
          
           give
           them
           title
           to
           it
           .
           O
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             Bishops
          
           in
           the
           
             High-Commission
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           the
           power
           of
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           and
           
             King
             James
             ,
          
           and
           
             King
             Charles
          
           among
           them
           ,
           the
           
             Canons
          
           to
           direct
           and
           authorize
           them
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           ablest
           
             Counsellours
          
           and
           
             Civilians
          
           to
           assist
           and
           joyne
           with
           them
           ,
           did
           never
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           reigne
           ,
           so
           horribly
           declamed
           at
           for
           tyranny
           ,
           
             censure
          
           to
           utter
           ruine
           so
           many
           guilty
           
             irregulars
             ,
          
           as
           these
           five
           
             Musimans
          
           or
           
             Turkish
             Presbyters
          
           have
           proscribed
           sober
           ,
           innocent
           
             regulars
          
           in
           one
           morning
           !
           O
           what
           a
           crime
           it
           was
           in
           the
           
             Star-chamber
          
           to
           crop
           three
           mens
           eares
           for
           
             sedition
          
           at
           one
           
             Session
             ,
          
           (
           and
           never
           another
           such
           in
           the
           whole
           age
           )
           a
           thing
           that
           was
           
           never
           pardon'd
           that
           Court
           ,
           or
           those
           that
           sate
           in
           it
           ,
           till
           those
           
             Stars
          
           were
           fetcht
           downe
           from
           
             heaven
             ,
          
           and
           laid
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           the
           chiefe
           actor
           my
           
             Lord
             of
             Canterbury
          
           pursued
           by
           one
           of
           those
           
             Blood-hounds
             ,
          
           till
           he
           was
           permitted
           to
           lap
           in
           full
           streames
           of
           his
           
             heart-blood
          
           in
           exchange
           ,
           and
           by
           way
           of
           retaliation
           for
           the
           
             droppings
          
           of
           his
           
             eares
             ?
          
           But
           now
           the
           
             Civil
             murther
          
           of
           63.
           in
           a
           morning
           ,
           the
           
             capitis
             mulctatio
             ,
          
           the
           
             cutting
             them
             off
             from
             their
             people
             ,
          
           the
           throwing
           them
           out
           into
           the
           high-wayes
           and
           hedges
           ,
           leaving
           them
           none
           but
           their
           
             Father
             in
             heaven
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           they
           may
           beg
           
             their
             daily
             bread
             .
          
           This
           is
           an
           essay
           and
           taste
           of
           the
           more
           
             moderate
             ,
             refined
          
           Government
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           swum
           to
           ,
           through
           such
           a
           
             red
             sea
             ,
          
           or
           
             mare
             mortuum
             ,
          
           the
           huge
           
             clemencie
             ,
          
           and
           
             mercy
          
           of
           these
           
             Presbyters
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           of
           all
           the
           Lay-men
           that
           were
           of
           the
           
             Committee
             ,
          
           there
           is
           not
           one
           
             barbarous
          
           enough
           to
           joyne
           in
           this
           act
           ,
           or
           so
           hard-hearted
           as
           to
           be
           present
           at
           it
           .
           You
           remember
           how
           the
           
             Bishops
          
           were
           not
           permitted
           to
           remaine
           in
           the
           House
           at
           my
           
             Lord
             of
             Straffords
          
           sentence
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           be
           within
           the
           
             scent
          
           of
           
             blood
             ,
          
           though
           't
           were
           onely
           to
           give
           a
           
             stop
          
           to
           the
           effusion
           of
           it
           :
           But
           now
           none
           but
           
             Divines
          
           (
           but
           remember
           againe
           
             Divines
          
           of
           what
           denomination
           ,
           
             Presbyterians
          
           I
           warrant
           you
           )
           are
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           ,
           the
           
             Butchers
          
           of
           this
           
             Jury
             :
          
           No
           ,
           the
           
             parties
             ,
             accusers
             ,
             witnesses
             ,
          
           and
           ,
           after
           all
           that
           ,
           the
           
             Judges
          
           on
           this
           
             Bench
             ,
          
           to
           pronounce
           this
           bloody
           sentence
           ;
           For
           his
           third
           note
           ,
           is
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           five
           men
           are
           M.
           
             Reynolds
             ,
          
           Dr.
           
             Wilkinson
             ,
          
           M.
           
             Rogers
             ,
          
           M.
           
             Cheynell
             ,
          
           and
           M.
           
             Wilkinson
             ,
          
           (
           you
           know
           the
           characters
           of
           each
           )
           men
           voted
           into
           ,
           and
           now
           well-nigh
           possest
           of
           
             three
          
           of
           the
           greatest
           
             Colledges
             ,
          
           and
           five
           of
           the
           fairest
           
             preferments
             in
          
           the
           towne
           ,
           onely
           this
           slaughter
           was
           necessary
           to
           be
           wrought
           ,
           to
           smooth
           the
           passage
           ,
           and
           facilitate
           the
           admission
           of
           these
           
             Mufti
             's
          
           into
           their
           
             Seraglio's
             .
          
           And
           wanting
           
             Janizaries
          
           to
           serve
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           pandars
           to
           their
           lust
           and
           rage
           ,
           they
           are
           turned
           the
           
             assassinats
          
           themselves
           ,
           and
           must
           first
           lay
           waste
           the
           
             Province
             ,
          
           before
           they
           can
           dare
           think
           of
           ruling
           in
           it
           ;
           O
           fo●
           an
           
             Eliah
          
           now
           to
           these
           
             Ahabs
             ,
          
           with
           his
           
             [
             Hast
             thou
             kill'd
             ,
             and
             also
             taken
             possession
             ?
             ]
          
           But
           when
           they
           are
           left
           to
           their
           
             desart-governments
          
           ,
           
             Conscience
          
           I
           doubt
           not
           will
           be
           a
           thousand
           
             Prophets
          
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           present
           each
           of
           them
           daily
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Tyrants
          
           phansie
           did
           him
           with
           the
           gaping
           dismall
           head
           of
           
             Symmachus
             ,
          
           &c.
           with
           the
           spectacle
           of
           a
           young
           gasping
           Scholar
           sprawling
           at
           his
           feet
           ,
           and
           howling
           in
           his
           ears
           this
           not
           over-cheerfull
           
             Anthem
             ,
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             where
             dogs
             licked
             the
             blood
             of
             Naboth
             ,
             shall
             dogs
             lick
             thy
             blood
             ,
             even
             thine
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           every
           of
           these
           
             bloody
          
           men
           is
           so
           stricken
           already
           with
           the
           guilt
           and
           shame
           of
           their
           facts
           ,
           that
           each
           of
           them
           single
           disclaimes
           (
           to
           all
           that
           come
           to
           expostulate
           it
           )
           the
           having
           any
           thing
           to
           doe
           in
           it
           ,
           when
           yet
           the
           
           number
           of
           five
           is
           the
           least
           that
           can
           make
           a
           Committee
           ,
           and
           so
           nothing
           can
           be
           done
           ,
           if
           any
           one
           dissents
           ;
           and
           then
           All
           of
           them
           together
           lay
           it
           upon
           the
           
             Committee
          
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           tying
           the
           upper
           
             linke
          
           of
           this
           fatall
           
             chaine
          
           to
           
             Jupiter
             Rouse's
             Chaire
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           your
           friend
           take
           boldnesse
           to
           aske
           you
           these
           two
           questions
           :
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           Whether
           the
           
             Committee
          
           at
           
             London
          
           are
           all
           so
           tame
           
             Cheynell
          
           or
           
             Wilkinson-trodden
          
           creatures
           as
           to
           commit
           all
           this
           fury
           upon
           their
           bare
           instance
           and
           directions
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           give
           them
           leave
           to
           cast
           all
           the
           odium
           of
           it
           upon
           them
           :
           If
           a
           couple
           of
           tall
           raving
           
             Presbyters
          
           can
           thus
           inspire
           and
           possesse
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           perfectly
           as
           they
           did
           their
           fellow-may-pole-Pembroke
           here
           ,
           then
           I
           must
           more
           pitty
           them
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           done
           the
           
             proscribed
             Scholars
             ;
          
           these
           being
           plunder'd
           of
           their
           
             Lively-hoods
          
           only
           ,
           but
           those
           of
           their
           
             Soules
             ;
          
           the
           
             Scholars
          
           only
           fitted
           for
           
             Suttons
             hospitall
             ,
          
           but
           they
           for
           
             Bethlem
             .
          
        
         
           His
           second
           Question
           is
           ,
           if
           that
           
             Committee
          
           having
           only
           power
           from
           the
           Houses
           to
           
             regulate
          
           the
           
             Vniversity
          
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           since
           to
           
             provide
             effectuall
             remedies
             ,
          
           &c.
           have
           so
           far
           exceeded
           their
           
             Commission
             ,
          
           as
           to
           vote
           the
           Answers
           of
           these
           men
           ;
           
             High
             contempts
             of
             Authority
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           when
           no
           one
           did
           any
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           professe
           it
           against
           his
           Oathes
           and
           Conscience
           to
           submit
           to
           this
           visitation
           ;
           and
           most
           only
           profest
           themselves
           to
           want
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           therefore
           desired
           farther
           time
           to
           consider
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           give
           Answer
           .
           His
           
             question
             ,
          
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           never
           an
           
             House
             of
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           to
           call
           this
           
             Committee
          
           in
           question
           ,
           for
           exceeding
           their
           
             Commission
             ,
          
           and
           to
           repeale
           these
           enormous
           acts
           of
           
             Arbitrary
             power
             ,
          
           and
           returne
           the
           
             Scholars
          
           to
           their
           Books
           again
           ,
           before
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             foure
             hundred
          
           (
           sevenscore
           more
           already
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           pickt
           out
           of
           their
           next
           
             Breakefast
             )
          
           be
           sent
           a grazing
           after
           them
           .
           If
           you
           have
           accesse
           to
           any
           
             Member
          
           of
           either
           
             House
             ,
          
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           let
           this
           ring
           in
           their
           eares
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           have
           put
           off
           your
           just
           kindnesse
           to
        
         
           
             
               July
               the
               1.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Basilius
             Philomusus
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .