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<P>ARTICLES Pre&s;ented again&s;t this PARLIAMENT, <HI>OR,</HI> THE PARLIAMENTS Hypocri&s;ie di&s;covered in VERSE and PROSE.</P>
<P>By <HI>TERRAE-FILI&V;S,</HI> Being an ancient Lover of his Countrey.</P>
<P>Printed in the Yeer 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>ARTICLES pre&s;ented again&s;t this PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>By <HI>Terra Filius.</HI></BYLINE>
<P>TIS now high time for every hone&s;t man to &s;tand up and looke about him; We expected ea&s;e and freedome by this Parliament, but behold we finde it not: Taxes and Impo&s;itions lye &s;till upon the People, and &s;hall this be &s;uffered and I live? I have written many pretty things in Ver&s;e &s;ince the beginning of this Parliament, which the learned of each Hou&s;e ap|proved:
<Q><L>But now Poetique Pen lye &s;till awhile,</L>
<L>For Ile in Pro&s;e the Parliament revile,</L>
<L>And tell the World in spight of Factions,</L>
<L>We are betray'd by their meane actions.</L></Q></P>
<P>And now I have taken my whip into my hand, I'le &s;pare no body: Stand out Parliament and heare your charge:</P>
<P><HI>Fir&s;t,</HI> You are charged by me in the name of all the People of <HI>England,</HI> that you fal&s;ely and perfidiou&s;ly, under the &s;hew of giving thankes, did accu&s;e his &s;acred Maje&s;tie of being guilty of calling this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment of his e&s;peciall grace and meere goodne&s;&s;e; wher|as it was &s;ufficiently and notoriou&s;ly knowne unto you and all men, that his &s;acred Maje&s;ty was from the fir&s;t day of his reign till the fir&s;t of this pre&s;ent Parliament, a con&s;tant enemy to all Parliaments; and had graci|ou&s;ly
<PB N="2" REF="3"> endevoured the &s;etling of Tyranny, as well in this as the other two Kingdomes, and to in&s;lave the People (as well for the honour of the Nation, as their owne good.) But finding them not le&s;&s;e willing to &s;uffer, then he was to oppre&s;&s;e, and doubting (upon good rea&s;on) the Peoples rage (who ince&s;&s;antly in all places, private and publique, cryed aloud for a Parliament) not know|ing what cour&s;e to &s;teere; was contented to call this, as a Sanctuary to which he might flye for pre&s;ervation, if the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Plot (which was then hammering) &s;hould take effect.</P>
<P><HI>Secondly,</HI> You are further charged, that when the King had rai&s;ed an Army, graciou&s;ly intouding the de|&s;truction of you (and &s;o of the whole People, who had intru&s;ted you with their Liberties, Lives and E&s;tates) you di&s;obediently, and contrary to his Maje&s;ties expre&s;&s;e commands, gave the honour of this De&s;igne to his evill Councell, as if his &s;acred Maje&s;tie could need a Broker, or &s;o little under&s;tood his Function, as to want crafri|ne&s;&s;e enough to contrive, or courage to carry on any wickedne&s;&s;e; nay, you are &s;o proud of your folly, that you per&s;i&s;t in it to this day, and with &s;o much madne&s;&s;e, as that &s;hould his gracious Meje&s;tie plea&s;e (after the ex|ample of his deare&s;t Father of ble&s;&s;ed memory) to be|wray his breeches, you had Vored this the act of his evill Councell, and therefore declared them Papi&s;ts and ene|mies to the State.</P>
<P><HI>Thirdly,</HI> You are further charged, that you having &s;uffered <HI>London</HI> to become a Garri&s;on to tho&s;e Rebels that a&s;&s;i&s;ted the King again&s;t you, have notwith&s;tanding laid &s;everall Taxes and Impo&s;itions upon them by your &s;everall Declarations, commanding them to de&s;ert their
<PB N="3" REF="3"> &s;aid Garri&s;on, except they &s;hould within a rea&s;onable time compound with the Clerke of the Committee at <HI>Gold&s;miths-Hall</HI> for a Licence to &s;tay in Town and con|tinue the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of their &s;aid Garri&s;on.</P>
<P><HI>Fourthly,</HI> You are further charged, That whereas divers ho|ne&s;t men (who either have lived con&s;tantly in <HI>London</HI> (it then being your Garri&s;on) calling you Rebels, and wi&s;hing de&s;tru|ction to you and your Armies, or having borne Armes again&s;t you, live under your protection, and have &s;ince written and di|vulged many Pamphlets to your di&s;grace, and have thereby contributed much to the carrying on of this new Warre) have been at your extraordinary charge, taken and committed to Pri&s;on, and within halfe a day after di&s;charged, for not hav|ing enough abu&s;ed you, without any &s;atisfaction made them for their Impri&s;onment, or any incouragement given (more then the favours and countenances of particular Members, their private friends) to proceed in &s;o good and commendable a worke.</P>
<P><HI>Fifthly,</HI> You are further charged, That contrary to the lav|dable cu&s;tome of this Parliament, you have impri&s;oned and have endeavoured to bring to condigne puni&s;hment the two &s;tout Champions of Tyranny, Sir <HI>Iohn Stowell</HI> and Ma&s;ter <HI>Ta|vy Genkins,</HI> notwith&s;tanding that they have given you a brave di&s;grace at your Barre, and had alwayes beene active in&s;tru|ments again&s;t you, and had zealou&s;ly endeavoured to inthrall the whole Nation in &s;lavery, and doe &s;till continue con&s;tant to their fir&s;t Principles, hating you as over with a perfect ha|tred: Whereas it hath been the cu&s;tome of this Parliament to puni&s;h their friends onely that had done them be&s;t &s;ervice, and to reward their enemies with all po&s;&s;ible favour.</P>
<P><HI>Sixthly,</HI> You are further charged, That having admitted in|to your Hou&s;e, as Members thereof, &s;everall Gentlemen that have &s;erved the King in his late Warres again&s;t the Parliament, you have not endeavoured to puni&s;h divers ill affected per&s;ons, who have informed you of the&s;e Delinquency, and laboured to purge the Hou&s;e of them, tending to the great weakning of the Royall Party, to the preventing the wi&s;ht for &s;ucce&s;&s;e of
<PB N="4" REF="4"> all his Maje&s;ties gracious De&s;ignes, laid and carried on with &s;o much blood and rapine; and giving &s;o ju&s;t cau&s;e to all loyall Subjects (the true lovers and honourers of gawdry and &s;lave|ry) to di&s;paire of ever &s;eeing his Maje&s;tie as powerfull to doe mi&s;chiefe as <HI>Nero, Caligula</HI> or <HI>Domitian,</HI> the &s;acred and anointed Princes of the <HI>Roman</HI> Empire.</P>
<P>The&s;e are the Articles of your charge, get off them as you can. I a&s;&s;ign you any day twixt this and this day &s;even nights, for your An&s;wer; which (if it be &s;atisfactory) mu&s;t be now at length indifferently to admini&s;ter ju&s;tice to all men, to bring Delinquents to condigne puni&s;hment (according to your &s;o|lemne League and Covenant) to begin with the greate&s;t (for greatne&s;&s;e (certainly) cannot ju&s;tifie any man in doing wick|edly, nor &s;ecure him from puni&s;hment; <HI>the &s;oule that &s;inneth &s;hall dye)</HI> and &s;o forward, if once you will re&s;olve to walke in this path (in which onely you may finde &s;afety) God &s;hall ble&s;&s;e you; the Peoples hearts &s;hall turne to you; you &s;hall de&s;troy all tho&s;e that ri&s;e up again&s;t you; Foraigne and Dome&s;ticke De&s;ignes &s;hall fall in peeces, and be as water &s;pilt upon the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">round.</P>
<P>I cannot end thus, I mu&s;t have a la&s;h at your tails in Ver&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>Poeta na&s;citur non fit.</HEAD>
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<L>YOu that have ta&s;ted <HI>Helicons</HI> faire water</L>
<L>And hone&s;ty, have wi&s;ely followed after;</L>
<L>Harken and read what I doe write in Ver&s;e.</L>
<L>I &s;aw a Vi&s;ion, which I will rehear&s;e;</L>
<L>'Twas in a Moon&s;hiny night that I</L>
<L>Lay tumbling in my bed, I knew not why;</L>
<L>When loe, behold, oh! what a &s;ight was there.</L>
<L>A goodly per&s;on did to me appeare,</L>
<L>All clad in white was be, no &s;now did ere</L>
<L>More white upon a Mountaine top appeare;</L>
<L>A loo&s;e long garment hung down to his heele;</L>
<L>Oh! God, what comfort did my &s;oule then feele:</L>
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<L>For on his &s;houlders two wings did I spye,</L>
<L>More bright then any Gold of Barbary:</L>
<L>By which I knew that God to me had &s;ent</L>
<L>His Angell, to declare all his intent.</L>
<L>Then I lay &s;till; he thus at length began:</L>
<L>Feare not, but heare thou more then happyman;</L>
<L>He that hath &s;ent me, hath declar'd his will</L>
<L>To thee at &s;everall times, when he was &s;till</L>
<L>To all the world be&s;ide; becau&s;e he knew</L>
<L>That thou art bold, a faithfull man and true,</L>
<L>And wilt not hide his Coun&s;ell, but declare</L>
<L>To all the world, how by their wit and care</L>
<L>They might prevent his judgements; now attend,</L>
<L>And carefully thine eare unto me lend.</L>
<L>When as the King not knowing what to doe,</L>
<L>Was forc'd to call this Parliament (as you</L>
<L>And all men know) he did a Plot contrive</L>
<L>It to de&s;troy; hut's owne Prerogative</L>
<L>To rai&s;e more high then ere it was before,</L>
<L>That him, as god, his &s;ubjects &s;hould adore:</L>
<L>Many De&s;ignes he had, and Plots were laid,</L>
<L>Which by the Plotters were e&s;t &s;oon betrayd:</L>
<L>For &s;o 'twas orderd from above, that none</L>
<L>Should take effect but that unhappy one,</L>
<L><HI>Irelands</HI> Ma&s;&s;acre, which though cruell, 'twas</L>
<L>For good, though unknown rea&s;ons, came to pa&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>The King then takes up Armes, in order &s;till</L>
<L>To his old Plot, to make his private will</L>
<L>Above the Lawes; thinking that if it might</L>
<L>Perchance fall out to have the wor&s;t in fight,</L>
<L>He might returne unto the Parliament</L>
<L>And be received, although be nere repent;</L>
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<L>Thinking and hoping that a time will come,</L>
<L>When for their follies he may pay them home,</L>
<L>The War's begun, his &s;acred Maje&s;tie</L>
<L>That put them by the eares, mo&s;t graciou&s;ly</L>
<L>Beholds the fight with plea&s;ure, till on's &s;ide</L>
<L>The Foot began to run, the Hor&s;e to ride.</L>
<L>The King flyes to the <HI>Scots,</HI> by who&s;e con&s;ent</L>
<L>He come a pri&s;oner to the Parliament.</L>
<L>They &s;end him Propo&s;itions, but he</L>
<L>Will grant them none, becau&s;e they how the knee:</L>
<L>But this is not the cour&s;e that they mu&s;t take,</L>
<L>His Soule's a&s;leepe, and they mu&s;t it awake.</L>
<L>Let them be &s;trong to Gods worke, and &s;tand</L>
<L>Vp &s;toutly in it, or the promi&s;t Land</L>
<L>They nere &s;hall &s;ee; but by another way</L>
<L>The Lord of ho&s;ts &s;hall get him&s;elfe the day.</L>
<L><HI>Edward</HI> and <HI>Richard</HI> call'd the &s;econd both</L>
<L>Are your examples, minde them, or your &s;loath</L>
<L>Shall be rewarded, for the blood that's spilt,</L>
<L>If not the Kings, mu&s;t be the Hou&s;es guilt.</L>
<L>Now publi&s;h this, and if they doe not mend,</L>
<L>And tread this path; then tell them, I intend</L>
<L>To come againe; and to thee I will &s;hew,</L>
<L>How <HI>England</HI> &s;hall be lightned of her foe;</L>
<L>And then he vani&s;h'd. I &s;urveyed round</L>
<L>The Chamber, but he was not to be found,</L>
<L>Now in obedience unto his command,</L>
<L>I doe declare this unto all the Land,</L>
<L>From <HI>Dan</HI> even to <HI>Beer&s;heba,</HI> though thou be</L>
<L>Of ba&s;e, or poore, or el&s;e of high degree.</L>
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