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<P>The Copy of a LETTER <HI>Written from</HI> NORTHAMPTON: Containing A true Relation of the SOULDIER'S Preaching, and murdering a Woman: <HI>Which are very gro&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> mi&s;reported by the Diurnal,</HI> and <HI>Moderate Intelligencer.</HI></P>
<P>Together with &s;ome more <HI>New-Light</HI> from Mr. <HI>DEL,</HI> the Chaplain to the Army.</P>
<P><HI>As al&s;o,</HI> The <HI>Quarter</HI> the SOULDIERS give to the COUNTRY where they are <HI>Quartered.</HI></P>
<P><ADD>feb. 6^t^h</ADD> <HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Ralph Smith,</HI> at the &s;igne of the Bible in <HI>Cornhill,</HI> neer the <HI>Royal Exchange.</HI> 1646.</P>
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<HEAD>The Copy of a Letter, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>_THe weekly Pamphlets, intituled, <HI>A perfect Diurnal,</HI> and <HI>The Moderate Intelligencer,</HI> for two or three wee<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s pa&s;t have blared a &s;tory of a Trooper, who was lately complained of to the General, by a Mini&s;ter about <HI>Northampton,</HI> for Preaching in a private hou&s;e on the Fa&s;t-day, and other mi&s;|demeanours. Now becau&s;e the <HI>Diurnal</HI> &s;aith, this bu&s;in<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;e made &s;uch a noi&s;e in <HI>London;</HI> and becau&s;e both he, and his brother the <HI>Intelligencer,</HI> according to their wonted favour to the Sectaries, labou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ing to vindicate the Trooper, have related this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e very fal&s;ly, and &s;ought to ca&s;t an a&s;per&s;ion on the Mini&s;ter, and his hone&s;t neighbour who made compl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">in<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">: I was de&s;ired by divers of the Mini&s;ters and other friends, to give you true information of tho&s;e things which tho&s;e Pamphlets have fal&s;ified; that if you judge it needfull, you may publi&s;h it, or com|municate it to &s;uch as you find to be mi&s;-informed.</P>
<P>The <HI>Moderate Intelligencer</HI> (as he calls him&s;elf) having pro|mi&s;ed a further relation of the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, the Week before; relates (<HI>Num.</HI> 97.) that the great charge again&s;t the Trooper was, <HI>That he exp<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="5+ letters">d <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> as hou&s;e.</HI> And the <HI>Imperfect Diurnel</HI> (<HI>Num.</HI> 181) undertakes to give a true account, which he received (as he &s;aith) from one well knowing the whole bu&s;ine&s;&s;e. Where it is confe&s;&s;ed that 8 Articles were exhibited again&s;t him to the Councel of War, containing a greater Charge then the <HI>Moderate Intelligencer</HI> &s;peaks of, as appeare<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter"> by the Articles them&s;elves, which are there recited <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
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That he &s;aid,
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<ITEM>1. That the <HI>Par&s;on</HI> was a Mini&s;ter of Antichri&s;t, and not of Chri&s;t.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That he thought he was bound to un&s;old the minde of Scrip|ture, as it was revealed to him.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That he had preached, not long before, in two Tubs in <HI>Oxford-&s;hire,</HI> meaning (as they &s;ay) the Pulpits.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That he would preach the next Sunday in the Steeple-hou&s;e Yard.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. That he hoped to &s;ee the Shop-windowes open on the Sabbath-day.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. That he fought for Half-crowns; and that he would &s;ight, for Papi&s;ts, if he might have his Liberty.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. That he &s;aid, the <HI>P&s;alms</HI> of <HI>David</HI> were no Scripture.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. That he did not deny but that he was an <HI>Anabapti&s;t.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>Yet he &s;aith in the conclu&s;ion, pleading for this <HI>Sectarie,&mdash;Here was no fal&s;e Doctrine taught that might give offence.</HI> Sure, the 7. Article contains fal&s;e Doctrine: and the words he is accu&s;ed of in the 5. Article, amount to teaching of fal&s;e Doctrine, implying that he denies the Morality of the Sabbath. And the <HI>Moderate Intelligencer</HI> al&s;o &s;aith, The great charge was, that he preached in a private hou&s;e: It &s;eems, with him to deny the Scripture, is no great charge; For as for the Morality of the Sabbath, I knew his mind before, that he counts it an Holyday appointed by the State, as (<HI>Num. 96</HI>) he &s;peaks of it.</P>
<P>But to let go their opinions of the <HI>Troopers</HI> Doctrine; the <HI>Diurnal</HI> makes a very fal&s;e relation of matters of fact in this bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e. Fir&s;t, where he &s;aith, the Councel of War re&s;olved that none of the Articles belonged to their cogni&s;ance by the laws of war, but the fir&s;t only, where the Trooper is accu&s;ed of reproachful &s;peeches; and that, for this, they ordered him to make acknow|ledgment to the Par&s;on. <HI>This is not denied.</HI> But &s;econdly, where he &s;aith, that for further &s;atisfaction, they examined the particulars of the other Articles, of which (&s;aith he) few could be proved: This is related both doubtf<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">lly and fal&s;ly. For, fir&s;t, they did not examine the Witne&s;&s;es upon all the Articles, as that relation &s;eems to imply, but only upon two more, namely the 6, and 7. And
<PB N="4" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 81 -->&s;econdly tho&s;e 3 articles were fully proved upon oath: and thirdly all the re&s;t could have been proved, if the Witne&s;&s;es which were attending for that purpo&s;e might have been examined; and may yet be proved, if any good may come of it, with divers circum|&s;tances not expre&s;&s;ed in the articles, tending much to the aggra|vation of the charge.
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<ITEM>3. Where he &s;aith, the Trooper made a &s;atisfactory declaration concerning what he had publi&s;hed, (and what not?) It may be his Declaration might be &s;atisfactory to &s;ome of his own way and opinions: but I am &s;ure there were &s;ome pre&s;ent that were not &s;atisfied, of which I can tell you more then at pre&s;ent I am willing to write.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Where he &s;aith, the Councel of war committed him to pri&s;on for one night: I hear he &s;upped at the <HI>CROWN</HI> that night with Mr. <HI>Quatermain</HI> (a man well known in the City) and &s;o it may be he had the cu&s;tody of him for a night; and I think that was all his impri&s;onment: And if he was committed for any thing contained in the Articles, it is more then any of his Accu&s;ers knew; and yet I am told by a Captain, who might know, That the cau&s;e of his commitment was, his mi&s;|demeanour towards one of his Judges in the Councel of war, who &s;pake again&s;t him.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Where he &s;aith, the Councel of War left the <HI>Par&s;on</HI> to accu&s;e him of the other Articles el&s;where, if he thought &s;it: <HI>It is true.</HI> And to encourage him to complain of the mi&s;demeanours of Souldiers, there were two &s;ouldiers &s;oon after &s;ent to his hou&s;e to be Quartered, when the Town had their Number before, and he had his full proportion with them: And the&s;e were not &s;ent to the Con&s;table as the u&s;e is, but &s;ent imme|diately to the Par&s;on, (he knows well by who&s;e direction) and though he &s;ought redre&s;&s;e of this inequality, it was above a Week, and much a do before he could obtain it.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. Where he concludes triumphing in the innocencie of the man, and his party in the Army, &s;aying, <HI>Here was no hou&s;e broken open, nor any per&s;on hurt:</HI> I can tell him where per&s;ons have been hurt, and hou&s;es broken open by Souldiers in the Army, and men afraid to tarry in their hou&s;es with|in 20 miles of the Generals quarters, though neer his head quarter they are more civil.</ITEM>
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But I will tell you a &s;tory, which was told the Councel of war, of this <HI>John Gregory,</HI> when he was tried upon tho&s;e articles: How he had confe&s;&s;ed the killing of a Gentlewoman, after this manner:</P>
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Being asked at his quarter neer <HI>Northampton</HI> how he came to wear &s;uch fine linnen, he told this &s;tory; How after <HI>Nasby</HI> fight, he overtook a Gentlewoman upon the way beyond <HI>Harborough,</HI> and &s;earching her, found much fine linnen about her, which he took away, and 40. <HI>s.</HI> in money which &s;he had hidden about her very privily. (as he expre&s;&s;ed more plainly:) and as he was newly gone from her, the Gentlewoman being thus &s;poiled and uncivilly &s;earched, gave him &s;ome angry language, whereupon he turned back and killed her: Now I have known the time when this had been robbery and murther; and I beleive if the Par&s;on, or any of the witne&s;&s;es who accu&s;ed him had told &s;uch a &s;tory of him&s;elf, he had &s;poken it again&s;t his own life; and the Councel of Warre would have taken notice of it, and the Weekly Pamphleters had been &s;ent to, to publi&s;h it all the Kingdom over. But we find by experience, that the profe&s;&s;ion of &s;ouldiers and Sectari&s;me are the common &s;anctuaries of all obnoxious men: And if a man will pro|fe&s;&s;e him&s;elf a Separati&s;t, and contrary minded to the Doctrine of the Church, and the Di&s;cipline e&s;tabli&s;hed by Parliament; and will cry up Liberty of Con&s;cience the great Diana of the Sectaries, he &s;hall have liberty to do &s;uch things as no man el&s;e may do with|out being que&s;tioned. Now is not this <HI>Gregory</HI> a &s;it man to preach not only in hou&s;es, but in Churches and Church-yards, and to revile the Mini&s;try of the Kingdom, and the Di&s;cipline authorized by the Parliament? a man that boa&s;ts of h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">s own wickedne&s;&s;e? yet the Councel of War took no notice of this: but all of them (two or three excepted) approve his preaching in the hou&s;e as commend|able.</P>
<P>The <HI>Diurnall</HI> hath filled a page and half with this &s;tory and ano|ther of a Trooper that Preached at <HI>Buckingham.</HI> And there is &s;ome <HI>Tavern-Poet,</HI> as I judge him, hath extended them to the quantity of a &s;heet in wide lines, though he leave out two of the Articles a|gain&s;t <HI>Gregory</HI> of purpo&s;e, when he might as well have tran&s;cribed them from the <HI>Divrnall,</HI> as he did almo&s;t all the re&s;t of the &s;tory: and he wanted not roome. It is &s;old by the title of <HI>A Bloody Plot again&s;t the Independents.</HI> Sure the Printer wanted work, that would print &s;o ridiculous a piece: but I hope he did not give much for the Copy, and then his pains was not great, if he did not lo&s;e his paper.</P>
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<P>There was another &s;tory in the <HI>Moder<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter"> I<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">tellig<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="5 letters"></HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">bout Three weeks &s;ince, how a Report was <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> that M<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="5+ letters"> <HI>Saltm<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;h</HI> Preached in &s;ome Churches at <HI>Northampton</HI> without the con&s;ent of the Mini&s;ter. And he &s;aith thereupon, It is de&s;ired that it be a&s;|&s;ured that he Preached not but with the con&s;ent of the Mini&s;ter, or at his de&s;ire. Now who de&s;ired him to give the Kingdom this a&s;|&s;urance, he doth not &s;ay&punc; But I can a&s;&s;ure you, that Ma&s;ter <HI>Salt|mar&s;h</HI> did Preach u&s;ually at <HI>Alhallowes,</HI> without the con&s;ent of Ma&s;ter <HI>Ball</HI> the Mini&s;ter there: for when &s;ome neighbours did ex|po&s;tulate with Ma&s;ter <HI>R<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ll</HI> both before and after this was printed why he would &s;uffer &s;uch a man to Preach, who&s;e Errors were &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> open, and came hither before him by credible intelligence: Ma&s;ter <HI>Ball</HI> did divers times in my hearing, and in the hearing of many more, profe&s;&s;e that he never gave con&s;ent. There came indeed &s;ome Gentlemen from the Generall to him, to de&s;ire Ma&s;ter <HI>Salt|mar&s;h</HI> might Preach: to whom his an&s;wer was, That for ju&s;t rea|&s;ons he could by no means con&s;ent; but if the General would com|mand the Pulpit, he could not hinder, neither would he make any tumult to di&s;turbe him.</P>
<P>And no other leave had Ma&s;ter <HI>D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ll,</HI> who preached the la&s;t Lords day in the morning <HI>January</HI> 24. in the &s;ame Church: where he magnified the Army, and in a manner deified it in his prayer, calling it, The Ark of Gods &s;trength. And in his Sermon on <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 6.10. among other things he delivered this, That the power by which Chri&s;tians mu&s;t do and &s;uffer all, was the Almighty power of God, the &s;ame power that was in Chri&s;t: and that all true be|leivers may do the &s;ame works which Chri&s;t did, (adding this) when it is the good will and plea&s;ure of God: quoting to this purpo&s;e <HI>Mark</HI> 16.17, 18. expounding it as a promi&s;e made to all beleevers, that they &s;hall &s;hew the&s;e &s;ignes, namely, ca&s;t out de|vils, &s;peak with new tongues, take up &s;erpents, and drink deadly things without harme, lay hands on the &s;ick and recover them; (adding) not that they &s;hall do tho&s;e things as often as they will, but when God will: for Chri&s;t did no miracle at his own will, but at the Fathers will. He &s;pake al&s;o many other things very doubt|fully, which being taken favourably were the &s;ame for &s;ub&s;tance which are ordinarily preached among us; but delivered in &s;uch tearms as were very apt to receive a bad con&s;truction among men that look for new light.</P>
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By this year may &s;ee what credit is to be given to tho&s;e Two Weekly Pamp<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">lets, e&s;pecially where the Sectaries are concerned in the relation. It is an u&s;uall thing with them, e&s;pecially the <HI>Mo|derate Intelligencer,</HI> to have a &s;nip at all men that &s;tand firm to the Covenant: The man is &s;o pragmatical, that he thinks he can teach the Parliament how to order Snake-affairs, the Mini&s;try how to frame their prayers and begin their Sermons. He hath many times cau&s;ele&s;ly a&s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;ed the <HI>Scots,</HI> the City of <HI>London,</HI> the A&s;&s;embly, par|ticular Counties, as this of <HI>Northampton,</HI> Numb. 94. branding them for a &s;loathfull people, who if they had a Mine of gold and &s;ilver in the Country, would not be&s;tow digging of it: becau&s;e they do not make the River Navigable to <HI>Northampton.</HI> He would be thought not only a deep politician, and divine, but a mathematician too. But I would have him know, the County of <HI>Northampton</HI> need not &s;end for him to be Surveyour of this work, if they would go about it. There are as wi&s;e men as he who have well con&s;idered of the po&s;&s;ibility and difficulty of that work, and of the advantage and di&s;-advantage it would bring if <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ee effected: and are able to de|mon&s;trate upon tho&s;e grounds h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> under&s;tands not, how bootle&s;&s;e a project it would prove, and that the Commodity would not re|compen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e the Tenth part of the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3+ letters">ge and di&s;-commodity which would come thereby. The truth is, the County of <HI>Northampton</HI> are too much Presbyterian to be well &s;poken of in his books: few of them get by the&s;e troubles, o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> like to be governed by an Army. Yet I have heard &s;ome men &s;ay, That if the Presbyterians had as great Revenues by the pre&s;ent troubles, and could wear as good clothes, they might be as gallant men with him as &s;ome are.</P>
<P>He tels us this Week of &s;ome exeellent Orders made by a Coun|cell of War about the Quarter of the Army: As that the Souldi|ers &s;hould pay their quartering at the rate of 4^d. a footman, and 10^d a hor&s;man by the day, &amp;c. if they cannot provide them cheaper: and that they &s;hall concern th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">m&s;elves with &s;uch diet as they find or as may be afforded at tho&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ates. It were well &s;uch Orders might be put in execution, for it is a rare thing here for Souldiers to pay quarters, or to be content with diet after that rate. Colo|nel <HI>Wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">leyes</HI> Souldiers of hor&s;e when they quartered with us the la&s;t month told us, we could not quarter them under 2. <HI>s.</HI> a day, and would have a hand in our A&s;&s;e&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ments about it: and &s;ome Towns
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your &amp;c.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Northampton, <DATE>January 28&punc; 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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