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<HEAD>MERC&V;RI&V;S <HI>ACADEMICVS.</HI> The tenth Weeke.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>MONDAY. <HI>February</HI> 16. 1645.</HEAD>
<P>_YOu have heard of M^r <HI>Richard Browne,</HI> a man &s;o called, and but for Civility could not be &s;o called, having forfeited his Gentility and Chri&s;tianity, and exchanged both into Gen|tili&s;me, by an Act as horrid as the Divell could tempt him to, or him&s;elfe con&s;ent to: That of the <HI>Moors</HI> comes &s;hort of it; they but laugh at the mi&s;chiefes they have done, to make them&s;elves merry: but this man &s;tudies mi&s;chiefe, acts mi&s;chiefe&punc; and glories in the act; yet he is a <HI>Branch</HI> &s;prung from that Root; a <HI>Chip</HI> hew|en out of that <HI>Blocke;</HI> an <HI>Engli&s;hman</HI> (I blu&s;h at my Coun|try) extracted from a <HI>Moore;</HI> li&s;ten to the Act, and abhorre the Actor: He was the cruell <HI>Ga<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ler</HI> of many Loyall Pri&s;o|ners; not one but he hath u&s;ed hardly enough, If burthens of <HI>Irons, Beds</HI> of <HI>Stone,</HI> and <HI>halfe meales</HI> of <HI>Bread and Water,</HI> be u&s;age hard enough: we can name the men he hath &s;o &s;erved, and &s;ome that by this u&s;age he hath &s;tarved too; but all this may be borne: and therefore at la&s;t he hath outdone him&s;elfe, by making his Tortures as neare to tho&s;e of Hell, as po&s;&s;ible:
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For after he had by promi&s;e wooed one of his Pri&s;oners to take the Covenant, and could not by that meanes winne him to his <HI>Lure,</HI> and make him as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ad as him&s;elfe; he then frights him by <HI>Want,</HI> by <HI>Blowes,</HI> by <HI>Bol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI> to &s;wallow that <HI>Rateb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">;</HI> And the poore mans patience being overcome by the&s;e Ex|tremities, he takes the <HI>Covenant,</HI> the <HI>Covenant;</HI> he had no &s;ooner &s;o done, which left &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ing enough in his Con&s;cience, but in&s;tantly &s;aies M^r <HI>Browne, &s;o Sirrah, now you may goe for a for&s;worne Rogue, what I could not doe to your Body&punc; I have done to your Soule: now Dye and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ed;</HI> But &s;oft <HI>Richard,</HI> this was no &s;inne of wilfulne&s;&s;e, no &s;inne of malice, no &s;inne of &s;corne or contempt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and therefore may be forgiven upon his Repentance, your <HI>Mai&s;ter</HI> may thanke you for acting his part &s;o well; yet our Revenge is not &s;o high, but that we wi&s;h you as much Repentance as this man in <HI>Oxford</HI> te&s;tifies, for committing &s;o great a &s;inne i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> M^r <HI>Richard Browne</HI> &s;olici|ted him, &s;courged him to, in <HI>Abingdon,</HI> a little before he left his <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> Command there: and wherein Colonell <HI>R<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="4 letters">|borough</HI> &s;cotn'd to &s;ucceed him&punc; lea&s;t after-Ages &s;hould &s;ay <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> &s;uch a <HI>Wood<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">gers</HI> Deputy, who&s;e <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rt</HI> was a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">d</HI> as <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> and a great deale wer&s;e:</P>
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<HEAD>TUESDAY. <HI>Feb.</HI> 17.</HEAD>
<P>Since who&s;e departure three or foure of our <HI>Oxford</HI> Ca|valty knockt at <HI>Abingdon</HI> doores, to know how they did; and neare <HI>Cullam Bridge,</HI> met with two Ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ts loaden&punc; the one with Chee&s;e, the other with Bread and Oats, driving with &s;uch provi&s;ion to that Garri&s;on: They &s;eize upon both; but finding the Hor&s;es too weake to draw another&punc; way as fa&s;t as their occa&s;ions required, they turn'd both Teems into one, wherewith they per&s;waded the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">aines</HI> to drive that Cart which was loaden with Mans-meat and Hor&s;e-meat into <HI>Oxford;</HI> And here you mu&s;t take notice of the difference be|twixt Loyall Subjects and Rebels: For they have no &s;ooner unloaden, but they returne the Hor&s;es&punc; and Cart to their ow|ner,
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which that man, who of late told you he did not u&s;e to &s;weare, would not have done upon his <HI>Faith&punc;</HI> which is not &s;o much his <HI>Oath,</HI> as his <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">doll,</HI> becau&s;e it is <HI>nothing,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> nothing worth, being much a Kinne to the <HI>Publique Faith,</HI> which hath not yet repayed one <HI>Do<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI> of tho&s;e <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> it &s;tand<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> en|gaged for: which, how, or when tho&s;e <HI>Patriots</HI> that love the <HI>Common-wealth</HI> &s;o well, (and truly I beleeve they love it very well, if <HI>wealth</HI> have his true and proper &s;ignification) will di&s;charge, you may gue&s;&s;e at by a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Command</HI> i&s;&s;ued from the <HI>New High and mighty States of England,</HI> to the <HI>North,</HI> per&s;wading all men, <HI>Malignants</HI> and all, to &s;tand upon their <HI>Guard</HI> again&s;t the <HI>Scots:</HI> which gives &s;ome probability, that the <HI>German Prophecy</HI> may outdoe M^r. <HI>Lillyes,</HI> when it is fulfilled in <HI>Brittaine; What A&s;&s;ociation begun, Diff<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ciation will end.</HI></P>
<P>It hath commenced well in <HI>Scotland;</HI> For if you divide it into foure parts, you will find (<HI>Montro&s;&s;e</HI> Mai&s;ter of three, <HI>The Perfect Occurrences,</HI> Tue&s;day, <HI>Feb.</HI> 10. in his 7^t^h <HI>N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc;</HI> for the year<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> 1646. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ells us, <HI>The Parliament was &s;itting at S^t Andrewes, when the lu&s;t Letters c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e from thence, but may be ri&s;en &s;ince&punc;</HI> (you may &s;peake it indicatively) <HI>And that on Thur&s;day la&s;t</HI> (when was that Thur&s;day la&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">) <HI>there was a generall day of Humiliation throughout all parts of Scotland, within the Parliaments power there&punc;</HI> (it was well remembred) <HI>it being &s;et a part for a &s;olemne Fir&s;t, for the acknowledging of the &s;innes of the Nations before Almighty God, and begging pardon for the &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">: and particularly for that &s;o many of their Nation (&s;o many,</HI> pray mark it) <HI>doe joyne with&punc; and a&s;&s;i&s;t Mon|tro&s;&s;e in this Rebellion again&s;t the Church and People of God:</HI> (No man; <HI>They a&s;&s;i&s;t</HI> Montro&s;&s;e <HI>and the Church and People of God against this Rebellion:</HI>) but how &s;oever we thanke you for &s;o much truth.</P>
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<HEAD>WEDNESDAY. <HI>Feb.</HI> 18.</HEAD>
<P>And &s;hall requite you with as &s;ad a truth; our <HI>Oxford</HI> hor&s;e
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ye&s;terday returned &s;afe home, having di&s;patcht the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e they went for, and &s;omewhat more: For meeting with a Party of Colonell <HI>Pyle's</HI> new rai&s;ed Regiment, they took eight and twenty of their Hor&s;e, Armes, and men, and lodged them &s;afe at <HI>Faringdon;</HI> where they had no &s;ooner taken their leave, but they were <HI>faced</HI> by &s;ome hundreds of Rebels, who upon the taking of eight of their fellowes, pri&s;oners, thought it their be&s;t cour&s;e to <HI>face</HI> about, and &s;o away: which eight waited upon our Hor&s;e to this City; and from one of them, wee received &s;everall Letters of Intelligence: one of which, <HI>Robert Gough</HI> by name, &s;eemes to give intelligence to the <HI>Moderate Intelligencer;</HI> For in one of his Letters he relates the whole bu&s;ine&s;&s;e (but not the whole truth) of <HI>Marleborough,</HI> as he hath printed it, <HI>Jan. 31. Num.</HI> 48. where he &s;aies, <HI>The Oxford Hor&s;e return'd with their Plunder, ha|ving lo&s;t a hundred Hor&s;e:</HI> whereas the very truth is, (as we told you Thur&s;day, <HI>Jan.</HI> 22.) they lo&s;t but two Officers; no Common Souldiers: and as we are &s;ince informed, one M^r <HI>John&s;on</HI> a Chi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">urgeon: and therefore we de&s;ire the <HI>Moderate Intelligencer,</HI> not to give too much Credence to this <HI>Robert Gough:</HI> who in another of his Letters dated at <HI>Verulam&punc;</HI> and directed to <HI>London,</HI> &s;aies <HI>Interminis; The Parliament would not grant a Treaty by Lords, and therefore the King &s;ent againe that He would come to</HI> London <HI>him&s;elfe, upon their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Conduct that He &s;hould returne againe to</HI> Oxford, <HI>if they could not agree, whereof the Parliament accepted, but would not con&s;ent He &s;hould come into</HI> London, <HI>but appointed</HI> Zion hou&s;e <HI>for Him to come to, to which place they will &s;end to Him: &s;o they ordained a Committee to bethinke them how He &s;hould be enter|tained, and to bring the Parliaments re&s;olutions to Him;</HI> After this, with a great deale &s;uch &s;tuffe he concludes, only altering the Scene from <HI>Zion; The King came to S^t</HI> Iame's <HI>hou&s;e la&s;t night for certaine, and all the Coaches in the City met Him two miles out&mdash;The Po&s;ts brought the Newes to</HI> Newbury <HI>even now to</HI> Dalbier, <HI>and another Po&s;t went to the Kings Garri&s;on as</HI> Dennington <HI>with the &s;ame Newes; whereat the Ordinance
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in both places an&s;wered one another.</HI> I need not give any ob&s;ervations upon this Letter, but we &s;hall goe on with truth;</P>
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<HEAD>THURSDAY. <HI>Feb.</HI> 19.</HEAD>
<P>And a&s;&s;ure you that three of the Rebels belonging to <HI>Gaunt-hou&s;e,</HI> were taken napping at their <HI>Trade (Plunder)</HI> by 3 of our <HI>Oxford</HI> Gentry, and committed Tue&s;day night to the <HI>Mar&s;halls</HI> care; all well clad, well armed, well lyned, yet had nothing taken from them but their Armour; it was to let them know, they met with better and hone&s;ter men then them&s;elves: The&s;e three were no good <HI>Omen</HI> to the 500 that came to Plunder <HI>Wood-&s;tock</HI> on Tu&s;eday night la&s;t, the man|ner thus: Towarde the evening, (at day they dur&s;t not have been &s;o bold) they came to the towne with <HI>White Colours&punc;</HI> in their hatt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">; but the <HI>Centry,</HI> knowing full well that often times the <HI>black Divell,</HI> transformes him&s;elfe into an <HI>Angell of light,</HI> would not be fool'd or frighted from his duty, and therefore gave the <HI>Alarme,</HI> but before the Gentlemen in the Garri&s;on could march up, the Rebels got into the towne, and out of &s;everall &s;tables tooke ten Hor&s;es, eight of which being pa&s;t &s;ervice were de&s;tined to the <HI>Dogges,</HI> (much good may they do them) and out of &s;everall hou&s;es got &s;ome Plunder<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> but they did not make ha&s;t enough away; for by our Mu&s;quets and a Drake, they were &s;o well payed, that a <HI>Lievtenant Colo|nell,</HI> and nine others lay in the dirt, and promi&s;ed upon their death never to beare Armes againe, again&s;t a gratious King, five others being taken pri&s;oners, and five Hor&s;es of &s;ervice exchang'd for our two, the re&s;t took their flight, whether as yet we heare not; it may be to <HI>Banbury</HI> for as much more the loyall Governour there, whith his choyce and tryed Infantry, no more fearing the Rebels under Colonell <HI>Whaley,</HI> and all tho&s;e Additionalls &s;hall come to him, then they did Colonell <HI>Nathaniell Fines</HI> the la&s;t year; only the mi&s;chiefe is, he hath no Father <HI>Lord Say,</HI> to &s;end his weeping Letters to, for Re|cruites; which in very good time he may need as much as&punc;
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the Rebels doe in South-<HI>Wales,</HI> where the <HI>Lord Charles <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> goes on &s;ucce&s;&s;efully, and &s;o will, with God's ble&s;&s;ing, in &s;pight of oppo&s;ition, untill that Country be reduced; which promi&s;es very faire: if you will not beleeve our report, you will yet give &s;ome credit to an Expre&s;&s;e, which as it came to our hands this day&punc;</P>
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<HEAD>FRIDAY. <HI>Febr.</HI> 20.</HEAD>
<P>We &s;hall communicate without alteration of word or &s;yllable; it is a confirmation of our la&s;t, and &s;omewhat more: If you plea&s;e read it.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Cannot omit to give your Lord&s;hip an accompt of the procee|dings in the&s;e parts, and how advantagions it is like to be to His Maje&s;ties Service: the taking of <HI>Carlion</HI> with 140 Pri|&s;oners, be&s;ides tho&s;e killed and drowned, which were not few in number, I gave your Lord&s;hip knowledge in my Letter by a Ser|vant of Sir&mdash;But &s;ince the Forces ingaged them&s;elves upon <HI>Newport,</HI> Where 600 good men killed neare <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">00&punc; tooke 120 Pri&s;oners, with the towne, and a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> Ammunition and Arms, without the lo&s;&s;e of one man, only we had &s;ome 20 men &s;earched by firing of three Barrells of Powder, our men falling &s;o violently on their maine Guard, where their Ammunition <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> And up|on this good &s;ucce&s;&s;e the well affected of <HI>Glamo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gan-&s;hire</HI> have taken the advantage of the time, M^r&mdash;of <HI>Weany,</HI> and Sir&mdash;being their Cheifes to rai&s;e an Army of 3000 men, have taken <HI>Swan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ie,</HI> and all the Shipping there, with much Ammunition and Armes; are now before <HI>Cardiffe,</HI> have cut off their water, blocked it up, and if they have not reliefe from Sea, doubt not but to be mai&s;ters of it within the&s;e few dayes: My Lords Forces are at <HI>Newport</HI> and <HI>Carlion,</HI> and have dayly correspondence with them, and are ready upon all occa&s;ions to joyne: The Country in both Counties commeth into my Lord with a pretty deale of forwardne&s;&s;e, and march, and doe duetie.</P>
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There is &s;omewhat more, and of more concernment in the Expre&s;&s;e, and will it may be, becommunicated hereafter: In the mean time, we thought fit to give the Rebels thus much to chew upon, and our friends as much to cheare them|&s;elves withall. M. <HI>Lillye</HI> gue&s;t very unhappyly in his <HI>Februa|ries Ob&s;ervations&punc; [me thinks we are &s;orrowfull on a &s;ud|dain.</HI>] And &s;o did his neighbour of the <HI>Starry Region&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">hn Booker,</HI> in his Poetry upon this month.</P>
<Q><L>Venus and Saturne in Conjunction,</L>
<L>Will much di&s;plea&s;e, who e're it lights upon.</L></Q>
<P>Pray <HI>Coelicus</HI> tell us, did this Conjunction light upon the&s;e in <HI>South-Wales,</HI> or upon tho&s;e in the <HI>We&s;t</HI> of <HI>England&punc;</HI> For you will not deny but tho&s;e of Gallantry in <HI>Corfe-Ca&s;tle</HI> did light upon tho&s;e <HI>Hor&s;e that lye &s;o clo&s;e before</HI> Cor&s;e-Ca&s;tle, <HI>that if other occa&s;ions ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> them not off&punc; it is hoped they will take the Ca&s;tle in &s;hort time,</HI> &s;aies the <HI>Perfect Occuryences&punc; Number 7. 1646. Thur&s;day, Feb.</HI> 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. If he had but added, <HI>or in &s;hort time the Ca&s;tle would take them,</HI> he had &s;poke truth in &s;pight of his teeth; For of one whole Troop con&s;i&s;ting of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">&punc; but &s;ix e&s;caped, the re&s;t both men and hor&s;e are kill'd and taken<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> or did this Conjunction light upon them before <HI>Dun&s;tar-Ca|&s;tle, which the Lord</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oring<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Hor&s;e&punc;</HI> &s;aies the <HI>Moderate In|telligenter,</HI> (if we had no other authority, we will acknow|ledge at this time to be true) <HI>have releived and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> therein 25 Cowes, 40 Sheep&punc; and four Barrells of Powder, and &s;poyled our Mine in their retreat:</HI> Yes, &s;o they did, and in &s;tead of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">|&s;ing 53 as he &s;aies after, <HI>Tue&s;day&punc; Feb.</HI> 10. they have took 35. or did this Conjunction light upon them at <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> The <HI>Moderate Intelligencer, Saturday&punc; Febr.</HI> 7&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ells us&punc; <HI>It is taken by the Lord Loughborough;</HI> which we are willing to be|leive from him, but do not yet per&s;wade any man to beleive it from us; But this we would have you beleive from us, that <HI>Captaine Dayrell</HI> went with a commanded party of <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> Hor&s;e, to <HI>Stony-Stratford&punc;</HI> and there met with a party of <HI>Newport-Pagnell</HI> Hor&s;e, took &s;ix pri&s;oners, ten Hor&s;es, &s;o
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that foure went home on foot, and three hor&s;es laden with very good provi&s;ions, but are better di&s;po&s;ed of at <HI>Bor&s;tall</HI> a|mong&s;t hone&s;t men, then el&s;where. How&s;oever it lighted up|on &s;ome of them in tho&s;e places before mentioned, and in a &s;maller, but very fine proportion, &s;omewhere el&s;e, as</P>
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<HEAD>SATURDAY. <HI>Febr.</HI> 21.</HEAD>
<P>We receive it this day; that upon <HI>Friday Febr. 20. Cap|taine Mai&s;ters</HI> (who Commands Colonell <HI>Walters</HI> Troop) under&s;tanding that a party of the Enemies were abroad plun|dering the Market folkes, took with him a party of fourteen, and comming too late at the place where they had been, he took eight of his fourteen and advanced to a place called <HI>Bal|den,</HI> where he met with Eleven Rebels, and their Compani|ons, <HI>&s;ix plundred Calves,</HI> &s;o that in the whole there were 17 <HI>Heads,</HI> whom he no &s;ooner charges, but they flye, and put them&s;elves into two Boates at <HI>Sandford,</HI> to ferry for <HI>Abing|don;</HI> the Captaine and his men; loth to go back again with no|thing, &s;womme their Hor&s;es, recovered one of their Boats, and therein took three of the men pri&s;oners with their hor&s;es and Arms, and brought them into <HI>Oxford;</HI> The <HI>Calves</HI> indeed were had &s;afe to <HI>Abingdon;</HI> and there we leave them. And now de&s;ire the world to take notice of the cold zeale of the reformers at <HI>We&s;tminster;</HI> before whom was brought one <HI>Paul Be&s;t,</HI> and accu&s;ed of &s;ome <HI>Peccadillo's, Bla&s;phemie and Here&s;ie,</HI> denying the Trinity of <HI>Per&s;ons,</HI> and the <HI>Deity of Chri&s;t,</HI> and of the <HI>holy Gho&s;t: The Perfect Diurnall</HI> told us a fortnight &s;ince, and more, that they had committed him clo&s;e Pri&s;oner, but yet we hear not of any other puni&s;hment: we hope they will deal otherwi&s;e with him, then M^r <HI>Richard Browne</HI> dealt with a <HI>Blasphemer</HI> at <HI>Abingdon,</HI> one <HI>Haunch</HI> by name, who by this <HI>Blasphemie</HI> became M. <HI>Brownes</HI> Favorite; <HI>when the pri&s;oners are called before Generall</HI> Brown, <HI>he places &s;ome on his right hand like</HI> Sheep, <HI>and &s;ome on his left hand like</HI> Goats; I dare not repeat more of it; nor doe I &s;ay more of it then to tell M. <HI>Richard,</HI> that his great <HI>Sire</HI> for &s;uch a kind of &s;inne was de|voured by <HI>Lice:</HI> it may be he is de&s;tined to another end.</P>
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