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<P><HI>DO&V;BLE</HI>
Your Guards;
IN
ANSWER
To a Bloody and
Seditious Pamphlet,
ENTITULED
An Alarum
TO THE
ARMIES
OF
<HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI>
Printed in the YEAR, 1660.</P>
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<HEAD>Double your Guards, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>THis la&s;t <HI>Weeke,</HI> has brought to light <HI>two Pamphlets;</HI> &s;o ex|qui&s;itely
impious, as if they had been fram'd in <HI>Hell,</HI> by
<HI>Oliver,</HI> and <HI>Brad&s;haw.</HI> They &s;peak the <HI>Language</HI> of the <HI>damned;
Horrour, De&s;payres,</HI> and <HI>De&s;olation.</HI> The&s;e goodly <HI>Pieces</HI> are chri|&s;ten'd;
<HI>Plain Engli&s;h,</HI>&mdash;&amp; <HI>An Alarum.</HI> I &s;uppo&s;e they
are <HI>Twinns;</HI> the <HI>i&s;&s;ue</HI> of the <HI>&s;ame Brayne,</HI> as they are <HI>related</HI> to
the <HI>&s;ame maine end.</HI> I had nigh fini&s;h'd a <HI>Reply</HI> upon the <HI>Former,</HI>
when the <HI>Latter</HI> came to my Hand: comparing <HI>which</HI> with the
<HI>other;</HI> I find they <HI>corre&s;pond,</HI> &s;o <HI>aptly,</HI> and &s;o <HI>univer&s;ally,</HI> to the
&s;ame <HI>&s;editious Purpo&s;e,</HI> that there's not any <HI>Intere&s;t</HI> '&s;capes their
<HI>malice,</HI> and <HI>attempt.</HI> They advance their <HI>Di&s;pute,</HI> and <HI>march to|gether;</HI>
that what they cannot <HI>gaine</HI> by force of <HI>Argument,</HI> they
may be ready to <HI>E&s;&s;ay</HI> by dint of <HI>&s;word.</HI> Their <HI>Plain Engli&s;h;</HI>
is a <HI>Rea&s;oning</HI> of the ca&s;e. Fir&s;t with the <HI>Generall;</HI> Claiming,
from his <HI>Engaging for the publique Liberty;</HI> a <HI>Title</HI> to his <HI>ayde</HI> in
favour of a <HI>private,</HI> and <HI>en&s;laving Faction.</HI> It labours then, to puzle
the <HI>Presbyterian</HI> into a <HI>jelou&s;ie</HI> of the <HI>Kings faith,</HI> and <HI>honour;</HI> and
con&s;equently, into a <HI>doubt</HI> of his <HI>own &s;afety;</HI> &s;hould his <HI>Majesty</HI>
be <HI>re&s;tored.</HI> Nay, not content to <HI>bla&s;pheme</HI> the <HI>Kings integrity,</HI>
by a bold cen&s;ure of his &s;ecret thoughts: The &s;hamele&s;&s;e Bea&s;t,
(the Authour of it) &s;ticks not to charge the <HI>Secluded Members,</HI>
with the Guilt of the Kings bloud, upon a &s;encele&s;&s;e Inference
drawn from the Declaration of both Hou&s;es in 1647. Touching
the <HI>Rea&s;ons</HI> of the <HI>Votes for non-Addre&s;&s;e.</HI> His ayme is here to per|&s;wade
them, to <HI>accu&s;e them&s;elves.</HI></P>
<P>How tho&s;e <HI>Votes</HI> were <HI>obtained,</HI> I have &s;hewed at
large: (in a <HI>Print</HI> entitled <HI>Trea&s;on Arraigned</HI>) and it &s;uffices;
the whole <HI>Nation</HI> knowes, that though the <HI>Plague</HI> was in <HI>both
Hou&s;es</HI> then; yet <HI>all</HI> were not <HI>Infected.</HI> The <HI>Rumpers</HI> only had
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the <HI>Tokens:</HI> (nor <HI>all the&s;e</HI> neither) &s;o that at la&s;t, the <HI>Seclu&s;ion</HI> of
&s;o many as oppo&s;ed the <HI>Capitall</HI> Pro&s;ecution of the <HI>King,</HI> a|mounts
to a clear act of <HI>di&s;crimination;</HI> a <HI>&s;eparation</HI> of the <HI>cleane</HI>
from the <HI>uncleane.</HI></P>
<P>Having there &s;et the <HI>Presbyterians</HI> at work, upon the Que&s;tion
of <HI>Intere&s;t,</HI> and <HI>&s;afety;</HI> (and after many a <HI>lame complement</HI> to his
<HI>Excellency</HI>) he cuts out wor&s;e employment for the <HI>Phanatique
Souldiery:</HI> and at the &s;ame time, breathing <HI>Hot,</HI> and <HI>Cold:&mdash;Rea&s;on,</HI> and <HI>Mutiny;</HI> he &s;ollicites the <HI>Generall</HI> into a <HI>Complyance,</HI>
and the <HI>Army</HI> into a <HI>Tumult.</HI></P>
<P>To <HI>di&s;abu&s;e</HI> the <HI>multitude;</HI> (if any &s;hould be <HI>mad</HI> enough to
be deluded by &s;o <HI>gro&s;&s;e</HI> a <HI>cheate</HI>) I'll lay the <HI>juggle open,</HI> in as
<HI>few,</HI> and <HI>familiar</HI> words as po&s;&s;ible.</P>
<P>The <HI>Title</HI> &s;peakes the <HI>bu&s;ine&s;&s;e</HI> of the <HI>Pamphlet:</HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> ('Tis <HI>An Ala|rum,</HI>)
and the <HI>Application,&mdash;(To</HI> the <HI>Officers, <HI>and</HI> Souldiery,</HI>
&amp;c.) the <HI>malice;</HI> there's trea&s;on in the very <HI>Face</HI> on't: if the
<HI>fir&s;t two words co&s;t not</HI> the <HI>Nation a hundred thou&s;ound lives,
'tis not the Authors fault.</HI></P>
<P><HI>His</HI> &s;econd Page, <HI>places the</HI> Legi&s;lative Power <HI>in the</HI> Army, <HI>chal|lenging
their</HI> promi&s;e; that before they would <HI>&s;uffer</HI> them&s;elves to
be di&s;banded, or divided, they would &s;ee the Government of the&s;e <Q>Na|tions
e&s;tabli&s;h'd upon the ju&s;t and &s;ecure Fundamentals, and con&s;ti|tutions
of freedome and &s;afety to the people, in relation, as Men and
Chri&s;tians, and that in the way of a Common-wealth, or Free-&s;tate-Government,
without a King, &s;ingle Per&s;on, or Hou&s;e of Lords.</Q></P>
<P>The&s;e Gentlemen (I &s;ee) re&s;olve to be their own <HI>Carvers;
not <HI>&s;uffer</HI> them&s;elves to be disbanded?</HI> This <HI>Rump,</HI> would be a
<HI>perpetuall <HI>Army,</HI></HI> as well as a <HI>perpetuall <HI>Parliament.</HI></HI> Let the
<HI>Nation</HI> ob&s;erve now the <HI>Quality</HI> of this <HI>&s;ugge&s;tion.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fir&s;t,</HI> By the <HI>Law of Armes,</HI> 'tis <HI>Death; <HI>that,</HI></HI> which the&s;e
<HI>Fellowes</HI> would engage the <HI>Army</HI> in: <HI>that <HI>mutiny</HI> again&s;t their
Generall.</HI> (for they give <HI>Him</HI> for <HI>Lo&s;t.</HI>)</P>
<P>Next, <HI>'Tis <HI>Trea&s;on,</HI></HI> by the Law of the Land; <HI>the <HI>V&s;urpation.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Thirdly, 'Tis <HI>Murther. <HI>Murther, intentionall,</HI></HI> in the bare
<HI>conception</HI> of it; and <HI>actuall,</HI> &s;ure enough, &s;o &s;oon as that <HI>inten|tion</HI>
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is but <HI>knowne.</HI> Now let us <HI>weigh</HI> the <HI>benefits</HI> it brings, again&s;t
the <HI>Crimes,</HI> and <HI>dangers</HI> that attend it. <HI>Freedome,</HI> and <HI>Safety,</HI>
to the <HI>People,</HI> both as <HI>Men,</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;tians.</HI> There's the <HI>propo&s;i|tion.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Freedome,</HI> there can be <HI>none,</HI> to the <HI>People;</HI> where a <HI>particu|lar,</HI>
and <HI>little</HI> party pretends to impo&s;e upon a <HI>number 40 times
greater,</HI> and <HI>en&s;lave</HI> them.</P>
<P>Nor <HI>Safety:</HI> where in that <HI>Di&s;proportion</HI> the <HI>Nation</HI> is en|gaged
again&s;t a <HI>Faction:</HI> and every &s;word that's rais'd again&s;t
it, carryes <HI>damnation</HI> upon the <HI>Point</HI> on't.</P>
<P>Neither doe they <HI>act</HI> as <HI>Men. Man,</HI> is a <HI>rea&s;onable</HI> and <HI>&s;oci|able</HI>
Creature. Here<HI>'s</HI> a <HI>De&s;igne,</HI> that breakes the Bond of <HI>Order:</HI>
and betrayes a <HI>manife&s;t folly,</HI> by a contrivance &s;o <HI>impracticable,</HI>
and <HI>mi&s;chievous</HI> at <HI>once;</HI> Idly to labour the &s;aving of a <HI>few, guilty</HI>
Per&s;ons, at the Price of an <HI>univer&s;all, di&s;&s;olution.</HI></P>
<P>For <HI>Chri&s;tianity;</HI> either my <HI>Bible's fal&s;e,</HI> or their <HI>Opinion,</HI> that
&s;hall pretend to rai&s;e a <HI>Chri&s;tian Government,</HI> upon a <HI>Ba&s;is</HI> of <HI>Re|bellion,</HI>
and <HI>bloud&s;hed.</HI></P>
<P>From hence, the <HI>terrible trifle</HI> proceeds to the di&s;tribution of
his <HI>de&s;igne</HI> into three <HI>heads.</HI></P>
<P><Q><HI>Fir&s;t, what the<HI>Cavalier &s;ayes.</HI></HI> Secondly, <HI>What the <HI>Pre&s;|byterian
thinkes.</HI></HI> Thirdly, What the Armyes be&s;t Friends, (&s;corn|fully
called <HI>Commonwealth-men, <HI>and</HI> Phanatiques</HI>) doe <HI>fore&s;&eacute;e,</HI>
concerning the pre&s;ent tran&s;actions in the three <HI>Nations.</HI></Q> <HI>And</HI> la&s;tly,
his own ob&s;ervations, and &s;ea&s;onable advice.</P>
<P><HI>He tels us, The <HI>Cavaliers opinion,</HI></HI> that the Generall's intention
is to bring in the King, <HI>and grounded upon the&s;e Rea&s;ons.</HI></P>
<P><Q>Fir&s;t, That upon the 11th. of February la&s;t, he &s;ent an impo&s;ing
Letter to the Parliament, (in &s;corne called the <HI>Rump</HI>) and thereup|on,
(without any Order from them marched with <HI>their</HI> Army into
<HI>London,</HI> then e&s;teemed and made by <HI>him,</HI> (in de&s;troying their gates,
&amp;c.) their implacable enemies; and at night &s;uffered &s;o many Bon|fires,
and Ringing of Bells, and publiquely drinking healths to the
<HI>King,</HI> and a <HI>Fr&eacute;e-Parliament;</HI> Ro&s;ting, and burning of Rumps;
Hearing, and &s;eeing his <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> in open Street declared <HI>Murther|ers,</HI>
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and <HI>Traytors,</HI> &amp;c.&mdash;Fea&s;ted, and a&s;&s;ociated with the Kings
Friends, &amp;c.</Q></P>
<P>This is a <HI>grievous charge,</HI> a&s;&s;uredly: but not <HI>&V;nan&s;werable;</HI>
and (by the licence of our <HI>Ob&s;ervator.</HI>) This I reply.</P>
<P>The <HI>Generall's Commi&s;&s;ion expired</HI> upon the <HI>tenth</HI> of <HI>February,</HI> &s;o
<HI>He</HI> was <HI>free,</HI> the <HI>eleventh. Again,</HI> It was the <HI>de&s;igne</HI> of the <HI>Rump,</HI>
to make the <HI>Generall odious,</HI> and therefore they impo&s;ed upon
him &s;uch <HI>barbarous Orders</HI> as probably might leave him no <HI>re|treate.</HI>
While he profe&s;&s;ed to <HI>Act</HI> by any <HI>Derivation</HI> from <HI>Them;</HI>
malice it &s;elfe cannot but &s;ay his <HI>Excellency</HI> &s;tood firme to every
point of <HI>Military obedience:</HI> at la&s;t, when they proceeded &s;o <HI>&s;e|verely</HI>
again&s;t the City; he <HI>interpo&s;ed;</HI> but his Mediation was reject|ed;
and more imperious commands &s;ent to him, this is enough to
prove, 'twas not the <HI>Generall</HI> that made <HI>London</HI> the <HI>Rumps implacable
Enemies:</HI> But 'twas the Sordid <HI>in&s;olences</HI> of the <HI>Members,</HI> that
made the <HI>Conventicle hatefull,</HI> to the <HI>whole Kingdome,</HI> and this ap|peared,
by the <HI>&V;niver&s;all Joy</HI> that followed upon their di&s;appoint|ment.
If the <HI>Rump</HI> at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> did by a <HI>Simpathy,</HI> fellow-feele
the <HI>&s;uffering Rumps</HI> in the <HI>City;</HI> the <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> indeed was <HI>hard;</HI>
but for the <HI>re&s;t the murtherers,</HI> and <HI>Rebells</HI> they were call'd,&mdash;
methinks it &s;hould not <HI>trouble</HI> folkes to be call'd by their <HI>Names:</HI>
(that's only <HI>Liberty</HI> of <HI>Con&s;cience,</HI> and I dare &s;ay, the people <HI>&s;pake</HI> as
they <HI>thought.</HI>) Are the&s;e Gentlemens <HI>Eares</HI> &s;o <HI>tender,</HI> and their
<HI>Hearts</HI> &s;o <HI>hard?</HI> Is the <HI>&s;ound</HI> of <HI>Trea&s;on</HI> and <HI>Murther</HI> &s;o <HI>dreadfull</HI>
and the <HI>exerci&s;e</HI> of it &s;o <HI>Triviall?</HI>&mdash;I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e, to &s;tay
away <HI>Ten dayes together;</HI> (from the 11th of <HI>Feb.</HI> till the 21 as
that his <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> charge him with) was &s;omething a <HI>long Errand.</HI>
But &s;eriou&s;lly, Gentlemen, con&s;idering 'twas his <HI>fir&s;t fault,</HI> for|give
him. (true, if he kept <HI>Lewd Company, (Cavaliers,</HI>) as you &s;ay
he did) I ha' no more to &s;ay.</P>
<P><Q><HI>The</HI> &s;econd <HI>motive to the</HI> Cavaliers di&s;cour&s;e, (<HI>that</HI> his excel|lency
will re&s;tore the King;) <HI>is</HI> that notwith&s;tanding his engagement,
by Letter, and Verball promi&s;e to his <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> (that had ventured their
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All to &s;ecure him from being ruin'd by Lamberts Army, <HI>he yet ad|mits</HI>
the Secluded-Members to &s;it.&mdash;(mo&s;t of whom, he ab&s;olutely
knew to be for the Re&s;tauration of <HI>Charles Stuart,)</HI><HI>&amp;c.</HI></Q></P>
<P>To this; it is notorious; that <HI>de&s;ignes</HI> were laid to <HI>murther</HI>
the <HI>Generall;</HI> That the <HI>Rump received,</HI> and <HI>kept</HI> in <HI>Members im|peached:</HI>
that they <HI>promoted,</HI> and gave <HI>thanks</HI> for <HI>Barebones Pe|tition:</HI>
containing matters of <HI>direct contradiction</HI> to their <HI>Profe&s;&s;i|ons.</HI>
In the next <HI>place;</HI> in&s;tead of the <HI>Rumpers</HI> &s;aving the <HI>Generall</HI>
from being <HI>ruin'd</HI> by <HI>Lambert,</HI> that <HI>Generall</HI> &s;aved them and touch|ing
their <HI>Opinions,</HI> of (<HI>Charles Stuart;</HI> as this <HI>Villaine</HI> prates) the
<HI>King.</HI> The Noble Generall regarde their <HI>Tru&s;t,</HI> not their <HI>Opi|nions</HI>
nor did he enquire what they were.</P>
<P>Thirdly; (&s;ay they) <HI>the</HI> Generall <HI>will bring the</HI> King <HI>in, for</HI> he
<Q>;hath <HI>&s;uffered</HI> the &s;ecluded-Members to relea&s;e Sir <HI>George Booth,</HI>
and his party, <HI>&amp;c.</HI>&mdash;Again; they have (<HI>de novo</HI>) voted the
<HI>Covenant</HI> to be Printed, Read, <HI>and &s;et up-and</HI>&mdash;acknowledging
the late King's Po&s;terity:&mdash;<HI>as likewi&s;e &s;uffering</HI> to be maintained
in the Hou&s;e, that none but Je&s;uites and Prie&s;ts are for Free-State-Government.&mdash;ob&s;erve yet further, (&s;ayes the <HI>Cavalier</HI>) that he
impri&s;ons Common-wealth-men, and relea&s;es <HI>Royali&s;ts, &amp;c.</HI></Q></P>
<P>The&s;e <HI>Rumpers</HI> have gotten &s;uch a trick of <HI>breaking Parliaments</HI>
that 'tis their <HI>publick Profe&s;&s;ion</HI> now become to enforce them to
the bent of the <HI>Army. Suffer,</HI> &s;till is the word. <HI>The Generall
<HI>&s;uffered</HI></HI> the &s;ecluded Members to <HI>Relea&s;e Sir <HI>George Booth&punc;&mdash;</HI></HI>
The next <HI>point,</HI> is yet more <HI>remarkable:</HI> The&s;e very <HI>Co|venanters
abjure</HI> the <HI>Covenant.</HI>&mdash;As for the <HI>&s;uffering</HI> (there
'tis again) to be maintained, that onely Je&s;uites and&mdash;
the <HI>Generall</HI> is not properly to take <HI>cogni&s;ance of what pa&s;&s;es in the
Hou&s;e.</HI> (the <HI>King</HI> was chidden for't (exact Collections; &s;ee the
<HI>Petition of both Hou&s;es</HI> De. 14. 1641.)&mdash;now for <HI>impri&s;oning,</HI> and
<HI>relea&s;ing.</HI> If it &s;o happen, that &s;ome <HI>Common-wealth-men</HI> de&s;erve
to be laid up; and &s;ome <HI>Royali&s;ts</HI> to be <HI>enlarged</HI> (not as <HI>&s;uch</HI>) it is
but <HI>ju&s;tice</HI> to do the <HI>one,</HI> and the <HI>other;</HI> for at the rate of this &s;ubtle
<HI>Argument; Free-&s;tate-men</HI> &s;hall be <HI>Protected</HI> again&s;t the <HI>Law,</HI> and
<HI>Royali&s;ts</HI> &s;o <HI>per&s;ecuted</HI> likewi&s;e.</P>
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<Q><HI>La&s;tly, the Cavaliers conclude as much</HI> from the Generals coun|tenancing
<HI>the</HI> Militia; being rai&s;ed and formed to murther, and de|&s;troy
the Army&mdash;<HI>and</HI> that the &s;ame thing was done long &s;ince in Scot|land:&mdash;<HI>be&s;ides,</HI>
the Iri&s;h Army have proceeded an&s;werable to him|&s;elf.&mdash;<HI>And</HI>
divers Officers <HI>that &s;erved the late King have had fair
promi&s;es from him,</HI>&mdash;and &s;everall of the Kings friends are peace|ably
returned from exile, <HI>&amp;c.</HI>&mdash;and again ther's a Provi&s;o in the <HI>Act</HI> of
<HI>di&s;&s;olution,</HI>concerning the <HI>Lords</HI> being a part of the <HI>Parliament,</HI> </Q><HI>&amp;c</HI></P>
<P>To be &s;hort,&mdash;the <HI>Generall encourages the Militia</HI> to <HI>&s;ave</HI> the
<HI>Countries,</HI> not to <HI>ruine</HI> the <HI>Army,</HI>&mdash;next; <HI>if long &s;ince done in
Scotland,</HI> the <HI>better</HI> done, the <HI>&s;ooner:</HI> for <HI>England</HI> hath been only
<HI>Rump-ridden,</HI> for want of it. To this the <HI>conforme motion</HI> of <HI>Ire|land,</HI>
proceeds from their <HI>Commune Commens</HI> with <HI>England</HI> in deli|vering
them&s;elves from the <HI>Tirunny</HI> of the <HI>Rump,</HI> for the <HI>Generalls
promi&s;es;</HI> I am glad to hear it, but truly I know nothing of it. In
truth 'tis a &s;ad bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, <HI>Alderman Bunce</HI> his <HI>return,</HI> and the <HI>Provi&s;o
in the Act of di&s;&s;olution, (for certainly by the known Law, the Lords are
no part of the Parliament.</HI>) To &s;peak my <HI>thoughts freely;</HI> I am very
glad to hear that the <HI>Cavaliers</HI> are of <HI>Opinion,</HI> that the <HI>King</HI> will
come in but I beleive it never the more for your &s;aying it.</P>
<P><Q><HI>Now to the <HI>&s;ober Presbiterians:</HI> they (&s;ays our</HI> Phanatique)
<HI>begin to</HI> &s;u&s;pect <HI>the</HI> Generall: <HI>for the</HI> Cavaliers <HI>are at this in&s;tant</HI>
Arming them&s;elves in all <HI>the</HI> three Nations, <HI>&amp;c.&mdash;and if <HI>Charles
Stuart</HI></HI> comes he'll bring with him Arch-Bi&s;hops Bi&s;hops, <HI>&amp;c.</HI>&mdash;and
then in comes his Mother&mdash;with her Je&s;uites, Prie&s;ts,<HI>&amp;c.</HI></Q>&mdash;and
this will make little difference betwixt us, and the Sectaries.</P>
<P>Now do I dote upon the <HI>&s;incerity</HI> of this <HI>Bubble,</HI> had <HI>he</HI> pretended
to <HI>Religion</HI> him&s;elfe; had been <HI>rediculous,</HI> but putting that &s;cruple
upon the <HI>&s;ober Presbyterian,</HI> 'tis well enough. The &s;tory of the <HI>Cava|liers
Arming</HI> them&s;elves, is a <HI>Phanatique</HI> not a <HI>Presbyterian conceipt,</HI>
as to the <HI>Queens</HI> bringing in <HI>Je&s;uites,</HI> &amp;c. It needs not, the <HI>Indepen|dents</HI>
have enow for her <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> and <HI>them&s;elves</HI> too. (how the
<HI>changeable Butterfly flutters</HI> from <HI>Party</HI> to <HI>Party,</HI> and whereever he
<HI>&s;eizes,</HI> he <HI>&s;tains.</HI>) as to his concluding opinion, that the <HI>King</HI> will
put no difference, he may live yet to change that opinion.</P>
<P><PB N="7" REF="5">
He comes next to the <HI>Armies</HI> BEST FRIENDS, (as
he terms them) and they preach nothing but <HI>Fire,</HI> and
<HI>Sword,</HI> if ever the King come. Oh this pe&s;tilent <HI>MILI|TIA!</HI>
Alas poor <HI>Phan.</HI> does it bite. Away with your
<HI>Improbable Lies:</HI> The <HI>Secluded Members threaten</HI> the Army.
Yes 'tis a likely matter. Come <HI>Gentlemen</HI> you are <HI>&s;afe,</HI> if
you continue <HI>honest,</HI> and <HI>lo&s;t</HI> without it. Do not you
know that the&s;e very <HI>per&s;ons</HI> that now <HI>flatter</HI> you, are the
people that have taken your <HI>meat</HI> out of your <HI>mouths;</HI> that
have received &s;ufficient for &s;ix <HI>Armies</HI> from the <HI>Nation,</HI> and
yet have left you <HI>monile&s;&s;e,</HI> and ready tu <HI>peri&s;h</HI> for <HI>want of
Bread?</HI> nay Suppo&s;e their <HI>Arguments</HI> were more <HI>rational</HI> then
they are, and that the <HI>King</HI> were a <HI>Per&s;on,</HI> as famous for
<HI>Cruelty</HI> as he is for <HI>Clemency,</HI> you were &s;till <HI>&s;afe.</HI> You are
<HI>below</HI> the <HI>stroke</HI> of <HI>Revenge.</HI> They are fearfull for their
<HI>own heads,</HI> and pretend to concern them&s;elves for <HI>you.</HI>
They talk of <HI>Treachery,</HI> in ca&s;e you &s;hould recede from
<HI>their De&s;igns:</HI> They tell you of <HI>Engagements, promi&s;es,</HI> &amp;c
&mdash;and &s;o do I. Remember but your <HI>Oaths</HI> and <HI>Covenants,</HI>
and if you do, you will not mix with them; they pro|mi&s;e
you the <HI>glory</HI> of <HI>after-ages:</HI> yes you &s;hall be <HI>Renown'd</HI>
with <HI>Flame</HI> and <HI>Hell</HI> too, if you engage with th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e <HI>De&s;pe|radoes</HI></P>
<P>Look back into old <HI>Stories;</HI> enquire into the different
reputation of the <HI>Brave Mayor</HI> that <HI>Kill'd</HI> the <HI>Rebell-Patriot,</HI>
and of the <HI>Libertine him&s;elf</HI> that <HI>fell;</HI> (a MARTYR, your
<HI>Hot headed Coun&s;ellour</HI> would call him) Are you <HI>Ambitious</HI>
to be <HI>chronicled</HI> with JACK OF LEYDEN, KNIPPER&punc;
DOLLING, CADE, TYLER, RAVILLAG, BAL|TAZAR
GERARD, &amp;c. De&s;ire your <HI>Brain&s;ick Illuminates</HI>
to tell you <HI>Muncer's story,</HI> go to, <HI>beware</HI> of <HI>&s;eparating.</HI> Re|member
them that cried <HI>You take too much upon you ye &s;ons
of Levi: the Congregation is Holy every one of them, and the
Lord is among them.</HI> To come a little nearer <HI>home.</HI> Re|flect
upon the <HI>A&s;hes decas'd Patrons</HI> of their <HI>Franteck
Zeal.</HI> Their very <HI>fle&s;h</HI> is not more <HI>putrid</HI> then their <HI>memories.</HI>
Come nearer yet, &amp; look <HI>impartially</HI> among your <HI>living Par|tizans</HI>
(I &s;peak of &s;uch, as our <HI>Pamphleter</HI> &s;tiles <HI>Patriots</HI>) do
<PB N="8" REF="6">
not you find them cloth'd with the <HI>Spoyls</HI> of <HI>Widows,</HI> and
of <HI>Orphans?</HI> nay look into their <HI>Morals,</HI> even toward <HI>tho&s;e,</HI>
that with the lo&s;&s;e of <HI>Bloud,</HI> and <HI>Peace</HI> have <HI>rais'd</HI> them:
how <HI>Thankle&s;&s;e,</HI> and how <HI>Avaritious</HI> are they? Examine
now their <HI>Principles</HI> of <HI>Courage,</HI> and their <HI>Military virtues:</HI>
do they not <HI>Sneak</HI> into <HI>Committees,</HI> and there, di&s;po&s;e of
all the advantages of your <HI>&V;nchri&s;tian Hazzards? YO&V;
kill the</HI> HEIR, <HI>but THEY po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the</HI> INHERI|TANCE.</P>
<P>Having aboundantly perplex'd the <HI>minds</HI> of his weak
<HI>Brethren,</HI> hee's as <HI>Intent,</HI> now, how to intangle the <HI>Intere&s;ts</HI>
of the Nation. The man is willing to do any thing, that
may help on the work of <HI>undoing All;</HI> and <HI>here,</HI> hee's <HI>bal|lancing
Accompts:</HI>&mdash;ca&s;ting up, how many <HI>Millions</HI>
will pay the <HI>Court-Debts;</HI> and repair the <HI>Lo&s;&s;es</HI> of his <HI>Ma|je&s;ties
Friends.</HI> For that, I think the <HI>next Parliament</HI> may
as well compo&s;e the <HI>Difference,</HI> as either <HI>He,</HI> or <HI>I.</HI> This only
I may &s;ay, 'tis not the care of the Publick which imploys
him &s;o much: <HI>His Sinnes are greater than he can bear.</HI></P>
<P>AIl this is nothing, compar'd with what he ha's yet to
tell you. Ob&s;erve him <HI>well,</HI> and <HI>ask</HI> him, how he <HI>looks</HI>
when he <HI>Lyes? &V;pon his Knowledge, the Militiaes are re&s;ol|ved
to cut the Souldjours Throats in their Beds.</HI> Why does
he not di&s;cover who they are? <HI>Still the bloody 11th. and
12th. of</HI> February <HI>runs in his Head; The &V;illanies of that
Night,</HI> how hardly does he di&s;ge&s;t them! and <HI>then, the
Catalogue of Saints, (the Holy-ones of the Rump</HI>) that
<HI>nettles the Bumme terribly.</HI> That, <HI>marques</HI> them out for a
<HI>Ma&s;&s;acre,</HI> he &s;ayes. The <HI>Worthyes</HI> have behaved them|&s;elves
well the mean while, that call them&s;elves the
<HI>People.</HI> Why, at the <HI>wor&s;t,</HI> if the <HI>People</HI> have a mind to <HI>de|stroy</HI>
them&s;elves, they cannot begin better than at the
<HI>Rump;</HI> that's a good way from the <HI>Heart.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Now have a care, for I'll</HI> hang <HI>you, in a</HI> Rope <HI>of your</HI>
own twi&s;ting. <HI>The &s;tory of your</HI> Governour <HI>is every bodi|es</HI>
tale. <HI>I'll only take the</HI> Applicable Part; we love the
<HI>TREASON</HI> but we hate the <HI>TRAYTOR. 'Twas</HI> you B|tray'd
<HI>your</HI> Countries tru&s;t <HI>to the</HI> Army. They love <HI>the Trea|&s;on,
but they</HI> hate <HI>the</HI> Traytour. (<HI>'Tis as</HI> Fit, <HI>as if it had
been made for you</HI>)</P>
<P><PB N="9" REF="6">
Now your <HI>Advice;</HI> which is &s;carce worth a <HI>Fee;</HI> for
&mdash;you propo&s;e things <HI>Impo&s;sible; Rendezvoz fir&s;t,</HI>
you &s;ay: why you Phan&s;y (&s;ure) that the <HI>General</HI> is
of the <HI>Plot;</HI> and that his <HI>Officers</HI> are all <HI>mad;</HI> and then you
propo&s;e a <HI>Confederacy,</HI> as 'twas at <HI>New-market: <HI>your little
Agitators, &amp;c.&mdash;Phy, Phy! Gentlemen,</HI></HI> here's the
difference of the <HI>Ca&s;e,</HI> the <HI>Nation then,</HI> was with the <HI>Re|volted
Party</HI> again&s;t the <HI>Great ones: Now;</HI> they're <HI>&V;nani|mou&s;ly
again&s;t</HI> you; in any &s;uch <HI>De&s;ign.</HI> Your <HI>General</HI> is a
<HI>Gentleman,</HI> and a <HI>Souldjer:</HI> and every <HI>Man</HI> that is <HI>either,</HI>
(in the <HI>Kingdom</HI>) will dye at's Feet: <HI>His Officers</HI> are <HI>Per|&s;ons</HI>
that <HI>under&s;tand Honour,</HI> and the <HI>Di&s;cipline</HI> of <HI>War.</HI>
There's not <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> man among them, but when he comes to
pa&s;&s;e a <HI>Sober Thought,</HI> upon &s;o ba&s;e an <HI>Action</HI> as a <HI>Munity,</HI>
would rather <HI>Peri&s;h,</HI> than <HI>Promote</HI> it.</P>
<P>Be&s;ide; you are di&s;covered with the fir&s;t breath that
utters the lea&s;t <HI>Syllable,</HI> tending to a <HI>Con&s;piracy.</HI> Could I
believe, the <HI>Con&s;cience</HI> of that <HI>Traytor</HI> that <HI>advi&s;es</HI> you to
this, would let him <HI>Sleep,</HI> I &s;hould believe his <HI>Coun&s;el</HI> but
a <HI>Dream,</HI> 'tis &s;o remote from any due <HI>Coherence</HI> of right
<HI>Rea&s;on.</HI> Come; &s;hall <HI>I Coun&s;el</HI> you <HI>a</HI> little? Be <HI>Obedient</HI>
to your <HI>Superiors; Compa&s;&s;ionate</HI> to your <HI>Country;</HI> Ju&s;t to
your <HI>Equals;</HI> In &s;ine; &s;erve <HI>God,</HI> and <HI>Honour</HI> tho&s;e whom
he hath &s;et over you for your <HI>Good.</HI></P>
<P>'Tis not the Fool's <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">eviling</HI> of his <HI>Betters,</HI> that <HI>mends
your Cau&s;e,</HI> or <HI>makes ours wor&s;e.</HI> There are (as he &s;aies)
<HI>Ropes twi&s;ting,</HI> I believ't, (and there the man's a <HI>Conjurer</HI>)
but they are preparing for &s;uch <HI>Imps</HI> as <HI>him&s;elf.</HI> He tells
you; <HI>Gallows are &s;etting up for the executions of your friends;</HI>
(and he accounts him&s;elf one of your friends) who
knows what may come ou't? <HI>He</HI> concludes with a <HI>Pro|verb.
Men <HI>Armed,</HI> are &s;eldome <HI>Harm'd.</HI></HI> take mine too;
and &s;o &s;hall I conclude. <HI>Save a <HI>Thief</HI> from the Gallows, and
he'll <HI>Cut</HI> your <HI>Throat.</HI></HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATE>April 4
1660.</DATE>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<Q>Libido Dominandi, Cau&s;a Belli.</Q>
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