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<P>A LETTER &s;ent out of HOLLAND from <HI>Hans Hue-&amp; Cry, van Hang-&amp;-draw,</HI> The Executioner; To his tru&s;ty and ill-beloved friend, <HI>Gregory</HI> the &s;econd, &s;on of the De&s;tinies, Terror to Trea&s;on, Arch-Arme-&s;trong of the Axe, Knight of the Noo&s;e, Ruler of the Rope, and Lord of the Triple TERRITORY.</P>
<P>With his Letter &s;ent in an&s;wer, trea|ting deepe and dangerou&s;ly of affaires in State.</P>
<P><HI>September</HI> 28. <HI>and October</HI> 4.</P>
<P>London, Printed for <HI>Thomas Iohn&s;on.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<Q LANG="lat">DOCTRINA PARIT VIRTVTEM</Q>
<FIGDESC>a device consisting of an open book with a sword, scepter, and surrounding motto</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>A Letter &s;ent out of Holland, from <HI>Hans Hue-and-Cry, van-Hang-and-Draw,</HI> The Executioner: To his tru&s;ty and ill-beloved friend, <HI>Gregory</HI> the &s;econd, &s;on of the De&s;tinice, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE><HI>Corde worthy,</HI>
_ANd thrice de&s;erving <HI>Greg.</HI></SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I with my Fol|lowers, and <HI>Hangers-on;</HI> &s;alute thee with one a <HI>Corde:</HI> not forgetting, but alwayes remembring my love to both thy wives, and thy Heire apparant, whom we doubt not but in time will be brought up to the Gal|lowes, to equall, if not exceed his father <HI>Gregory;</HI> well may&s;t thou remaine prai&s;e-worthy in the mo&s;t la&s;ting memory of Officers, that &s;o carefully again&s;t a time of &s;uch great imployment did&s;t provide two &s;uch wives, which in ca&s;e of extremity, are as two &s;trings to your Bow; or (according to our Cordage phra&s;e) like a <HI>Rope</HI> and <HI>Butter,</HI> if one &s;lip the other will hold; But &s;etting a&s;ide this preambulation, I &s;hall at large de|clare to thee my Emba&s;ie, and the cau&s;e of it; I have
<PB N="4" REF="3">beene inform'd, that there is a la&s;ting tye of friend&s;hip conferr'd of, and confirmed betwixt you and the De|&s;tinies, that <HI>Atropos</HI> the <HI>third fatall Si&s;ter,</HI> hath re&s;igned her office, converted the <HI>thred of Life,</HI> to the <HI>Halter of Death,</HI> and onely left it to thy cutting.</P>
<P>The&s;e are humbly to certifie thee, that the late ho|ne&s;ty of our Nation, have almo&s;t undone us; they are growne &s;o unworthy, that there is &s;carce one man among&s;t twenty that de&s;erves <HI>Hanging</HI> (more is the pitty) but it is reported (to your joy and comfort) that in your Countrey, &s;carce one among&s;t forty de|&s;erve le&s;&s;e. It is reported to us, that Trea&s;on is but a trifle with you, and (if your civill warre goe on) <HI>Murthers</HI> will &s;eeme but mode&s;t <HI>Mi&s;chiefes;</HI> w^c^h if it be your fate to out-live, there will be worke in abundance for you; but if <HI>Trea&s;on, Murther, Rapine,</HI> (by &s;trange <HI>Rhetoricke</HI>) be proved no le&s;&s;e then the <HI>Liberty</HI> of the Subject, I will not give a Whipcord for your Office; the <HI>Rope-maker</HI> will not tru&s;t you, and then you may hang your &s;elfe in your owne. Garters; but for mine owne hopes I wi&s;h things may be otherwi&s;e. My re|que&s;t to you therefore is that you will provide me a hou&s;e neere Wapping, for it is my intention (&s;ince I know I &s;hall e&s;cape drowning) to take &s;hipping for London, where, I doubt not but I &s;hall performe the Office of an ab&s;olute Journiman, and very cheape (in time of full doings.) I will execute Man or Woman for two pence a per&s;on, which (according to the Engli&s;h account) is three &s;lips for a Te&s;ter; upon con|dition, that when the Rebellion is concluded, you will make me your deputy in Ireland, where I hope I &s;hall lay my &s;word at the root of the tree; and &s;hew my
<PB N="5" REF="3">&s;elfe (for your honour, and my owne) not much infe|riour to you, we will divide our labours into fit &s;ea|&s;ons; The <HI>Papi&s;ts</HI> &s;hall &s;uffer one day, the <HI>Brwni&s;ts</HI> the &s;econd, and the <HI>Anabapti&s;t</HI> the third, becau&s;e the fir&s;t hath occa&s;ion to &s;tay in <HI>Purgatory,</HI> till the other two are ready for a further journey; And that we might bee famed the greate&s;t Noo&s;e-mongers in Europe, wee will have the forme of our Engines of <HI>Execution</HI> con|trary to all that ever was; my Gallowes &s;hall be made <HI>Square,</HI> and yours &s;hall be <HI>Round,</HI> you &s;hall hang with a <HI>Corde,</HI> and I with a <HI>With,</HI> you behead with an <HI>Axe,</HI> and I with a <HI>Sword.</HI> If you like well of the&s;e hone&s;t propo&s;itions, which are but mode&s;t &amp; civill, I will not <HI>Hang-an-Ar&s;e,</HI> but pre&s;ently pre&s;ent my &s;ervice to you; My brother <HI>Breake-necke</HI> of Am&s;terdam, My Cozen <HI>Cut throat</HI> of Rotterdam, with my hone&s;t friend <HI>Hans-van-&s;tripe</HI> (the Beadle) commend their &s;ervice to you, and would thinke them &s;elves very happy to wait upon you: &s;o likewi&s;e would my Uncle <HI>Burne-in-hant,</HI> with his hone&s;t &s;on <HI>Brand-well van Crop-eare;</HI> all waiting the execution of your will: I pray faile not to &s;end me a &s;peedy an&s;wer, as you re&s;pect,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your most humble &s;ervant of the Noo&s;e. <HI>Hans Hue and-Cry, van Hang-and-draw.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>From my hou&s;e in Rotterdam its Sledge-street, at the Signe of the Gibbet <DATE>this 28 of September. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>The An&s;wer to this Letter, written by <HI>Gregory,</HI> and by the way intercepted.</P>
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<HEAD>To his much re&s;pected Friend. <HI>Hauns Hue-an-Cry</HI> van <HI>Hang-an-draw</HI> at his Hou&s;e in Sledge-&s;treet in Rotterdam, at the Signe of the Gibbet; the&s;e pre&s;ent.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>To the Gallowes worthy and forty times de&s;erving <HI>Hue-an-Cry</HI> van <HI>Hang-an-draw, Gregory</HI> the &s;econd &s;ends greeting.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Have received your la&s;t Packet, dated the 18. of <HI>August,</HI> wherein you became an humble Petitioner for my Service, and fully expre&s;&s;e how laborious a Rea|per you would be in my harve&s;t. It is mo&s;t certaine, I &s;hall have daily u&s;e for &s;uch Arti&s;ts as your &s;elfe; but as yet I am &s;ome|what doubtfull in my choice, I would entertaine none but knowne and approved men of hone&s;t lives and con|ver&s;ation, who&s;e credits have hung up faire in the &s;ight of people, and who&s;e reputations can endure the Rack; For it is not unknowne to you my predece&s;&s;ors (of happy memory, were no le&s;&s;e, who have been nearly and dearly acquainted with great States-men, and many well borne (though ill heed) Gentlemen; Who have
<PB N="7" REF="4">&s;o devoutly loved him, they would &s;ooner lo&s;e their lives then part with them (and oftentimes it happened &s;o) Therefore if you can bring over with you an Epi&s;tle commendatory, or a Letter of your Commendations for you and your friends, no que&s;tion but I &s;hall give you favourable attention, and a gentle hearing, and when I have di&s;po&s;ed you to your &s;everall quarters, I hope (like loving Cord-crackers) you will <HI>hang toge|ther in the chaines of amity.</HI> I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e, I doe daily expect imployment; for (as you &s;ay) Trea&s;on is &s;uch a trifle with us, that &s;ome can &s;peake no other language, their mouthes &s;o flowing over with Bla&s;phemy, as if they intended tran&s;ver&s;ion of Chri&s;tendome to its fir&s;t Pagani&s;me. I doe very well approve your fancy for a <HI>Round</HI> and <HI>Square</HI> Gallowes; we &s;hall have u&s;e for them.</P>
<P>I thanke you for your kind commendations to my two wives; but &s;ince you heard la&s;t from me, the Law will allow me but one, and for that fault have confined me to my Office, which as times happen, will appeare to me an ea&s;ie bondage. You will conver&s;e with men of great birth in <HI>Ireland,</HI> nor &s;hall I treate with men much inferiour in <HI>England,</HI> if they give not over their Ma|lignancy, which if they doe, they will in &s;pight of my teeth pre&s;erve an old Prouerbe, And <HI>Couzen the Hang|man.</HI> I pray come over as well accoutred as you can, and give the &s;ame advice to your Hangers-on; It will be for my credit, as for your owne imployment; I be|leeve you are almo&s;t as skilfull as my &s;elf, but for your followers they are but newly come to it; therefore you may be their in&s;tructors, and <HI>Hang till they mend.</HI></P>
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<P> Much more I &s;hould write, but the high affaires which are my hourely cogitations <HI>Cut me off</HI> from many things. I thanke you Friends for their kinde commendations, and returne my love to all of them.</P>
<P><HI>Iohn-Swing-thief</HI> of Maid&s;tone, remembers his com|mendations to you, and thanks you for your love when he was in Holland. <HI>Stephen Strangle-man</HI> of Bambery &s;alutes you with his &s;ervice, and bid me tell you (if you are well furni&s;hed) <HI>Hemp</HI> will be a good commodity, and be good chaffer for very choice ware in this King|dome, &s;o in expectation of your &s;peedy arrivall at Wapping, I bid you twi&s;e God-buie.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Knoc-fargus in Ro&s;emary|lane, <DATE>this 15. day of &amp;c. near Tower-Hill. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your burning Friend, <HI>Gregory Tybourne-proofe.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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