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The Modeſt CAVALLIERES ADVICE: Together with a Letter to the Inhabitants of the Iſle of VVight, where his Sacred MAIESTY Is now remaining.

Printed in the Yeare, 1647.
The Modeſt Cavaliers Advice, together with a Letter to the Inhabitants of the Iſle of VVight, where His Sacred Majeſty is now remaining,

I Shall preſent this little Pamphlet unto your view, in this doubtfull and dangerous time, not only to ſhew you the dependency betwixt our King and Kingdome; but alſo to comfort and ſtrengthen you againſt all feares that are or may be interjected by the ſubtlety and mallice of our Adverſaries, or our owne miſconceit or diffidence; for as I finde the enemy buſily practiſing to diſcourage us, and to raiſe falſe fires to affright us, ſo wee our ſelves (as melancholly perſons) are apt to miſconſtrue all things, and to imagine the worſt, upon the ſight of every ſhaddow; there are many that labour to effect a diviſion betwixt us, by offering faire reſemblances, and great promiſes of preferments, but I truſt the generall diſpoſition of an honeſt hearted Cavalier is not to waver, that is to ſimile thoſe perſons which are light of love, who deſire to ſhift their old approved friends for freſh Sutors, and prefer the change of an adulterous bed, before the marryed; if any there be which by chance may be allured by this ſtrumpet of the night, I verily believe in the morning their eyes will be enlightened, and take it to be but a fit or throw of paſſion, which wil be eaſily caſt off with more loathing and deteſtation, then it was purſued with longing: I write not this to detect any of unconſtancy; but only to ſtand as a Centinell, or Watchman to give warning at the comming of ſo many blood thirſty deceivers: And for the State it ſelfe (I meane that maine Axeltree whereon our Kingdome turnes) which is the ſincerity of our King to his friends, I doe aſſure my ſelfe it is the ſame it was, and that wee onely move whilſt he remaines conſtant; many may imagine otherwiſe as ſimple Paſſengers ſailing ſwiftly by the ſhoares, or continent, ſuppoſe the Trees, Steeples, and Towers to goe backwards: Let us not be diſtracted and affrighted with our owne ſhaddowes; ignorance makes us Infidells; lo wee are brethren, yet I muſt confeſſe that Brethren oftentimes wax ſuſpicious each of other; but let us agree, for ſuſpition raiſeth rumours, and thoſe rumours, though falſe, may in time beget and nouriſh a dangerous hate betwixt us; that which I write may make us more confident of each others love, or at leaſt ſhall have that effect in us, untill we behold the iſſue, which I hope at the laſt will be happy: The Bell rings out, and I heare the ſound and report it gives on both ſides; upon the Parliament ſide all men feare the paſſages, and carriages of all things, and conſidering theſe things, are very liberall and free in their diſcourſes, and making their feares great, as indeede the cauſe requires: On the other ſide, ſome ſhallow brained Traytours are doubtfull of the King, and being filled with mad jealouſies and feares, proſecute his Majeſty with all kinde of Calumny: Reproaches, and Paſquills are day by day invented, huancries countenanced, and the inventers of them rewarded; baſe Libells and Scandalls are caſt abroad thick and threefold, one upon the neck of another, wherein not only the King, Queene, and all their Royall Progeny; but alſo all his Majeſties Loyall Subjects are very baſely abuſed: This comforts me, and aſſures me that they perſecute none of their owne, and therefore behold his Majeſty, and all that love him to be their utter enemies.

Theeves and Traytours have alwaies a knawing in their conſciences, and as the Phraſe is, ſimile, ſimile gavdent, they can't endure any that diſplayes their plots, and will not bee Adjutators in theſe bloody deſignes: Let this aſſure us, that his Majeſtie is the ſ • me we would have him, but for my owne part I comfort my ſelfe eſpecially, and deſire you would be comforted againſt all feares or plots layed or plotted againſt us out of two conſiderations. Firſt, the goodneſſe and mercy of our God. Secondly, the wiſedome and pollicy of our King. Firſt, let us conſider wee have a good and glorious God watching over us, who will not ſuffer his truth to be extinguiſhed, but as he hath hitherto miraculouſly preſerved it, ſo ſtill he will continue to doe the ſame: The Lord viſits the tranſgreſſions of his children with the rod, yet will he not utterly take his mercy from them, nor ſuffer his truth to faile: Let us then reſt in peace, for hee that keepeth us doth neither ſlumber nor ſleepe, and let the remembrance of thoſe many former deliverances, which he hath wrought for us, aſſure us of the like fatherly care and protection ſtill, if wee faithfully and conſtantly depend upon his mercifull promiſe. Secondly, remember the wiſdome of our King, which is ſo renowned, as for it, he is admired of all, and let this comfort us, and aſſure us that God hath not given him ſo much light for nothing, much leſſe for evill: Let us thinke that ſince he hath beene ſerved by us with ſo much obedience, that hee will ſo much neglect his owne honour and ſafety, or our lives and liberties, as to leave us in the hands of our enemies, or abaſe us in the eyes of Rebells, to leade us, or ſuffer us to be led into temporall or ſpirituall captivity: Let us thinke alwayes, he cannot forget thoſe rebellious perſons which have fought ſeverall times againſt him; nor yet the many attempts and practiſes which they have uſed againſt his Perſon, Crowne, Dignity, and the truth he profeſſeth, nor that God will ſuffer him to ſleepe ſecurely in the armes of ſuch, as he knowes watch only for opportunity to deſtroy both Church and State, as alſo him and his: Our love to his Royall Progeny muſt needes aſſure our love to him, and the hate of others to them, aſſure their inward hate againſt him; and for ſuch as perſwade otherwiſe, that our love to the King, or his children, and hate to the adverſe Party, proceedes either out of diſcontent, or a vaine humour in us leading to diſloyalty; let their lies turne upon their owne pates, and let evill happen to them that evill thinke; there are ſubtile enemies which labour to breed jealouſies betwixt him and his Subjects, knowing it to be for their greateſt advantage, and the only, and chiefeſt plot to blemiſh and cloude the glory and magnificence of Monarchy, they would alienate the heart of the King from his people, the people from the King, and friends from each other; yet thinke, it cannot ſinke into his Majeſties breaſt that ſuch friends and ſervants, who have not onely ſpent and loſt their eſtates, but hazarded their lives dayly and hourely, ſhould intend the leaſt hurt to him who is the defender of their faith; it is for Turkes and Heathens to become bloody Traytors, and it is for Tyrants to ſuſpect their friends: Good Princes who are Fathers of the Common-wealth, cannot nor will not doe thus, whilſt in themſelves they ſee no cauſe of their ſubjects hate; it is our enemyes plot to ſtir up our heady and haſty humours, by pulling our quills, and racking our Eſtates, and ſo by degrees draw us cleane off from that former affection we bore to our Soveraigne; Let me tell you, Conſcientia mille teſtes, and for my part, I had rather go to heaven with a few, then to hell with a multitude. His Majeſty cannot but ſee the actions of the publique enemy, as well as we, and much better; and therefore though you ſuffer with him for a while, yet be you quiet, that their intents and projects upon you may bee fruſtrate: Thinke now, the King is making his owne Chronicle; and aſſure your ſelves, that though he hath ſome imperfection in his ſpeech, yet he meanes ſpeedily with his pen, or at leaſtwiſe, he can anſwer all their Propoſitions with a non placet, but what need I ſpeake more? He that can anſwer ſo well, will never ſo far contradict his owne words with repugnant actions, as thereby to race his Armies, to ſtaine the honour he was borne unto, and which he hath made good and bettered hitherto, by high and mighty enterpriſes of act and admonition againſt ſo many perfidious Members; but thinke therefore, that all this time, he is acting his part in Inſula Vectis, that hee hath a better game to play, that hee is working his maſter peece in the publique market, and trying his exact skill in King craft, with the Hogle Mogle Parliament of England, and the Grand Committee of Lords and Commons: The Lyon may awake, breake looſe, and teare his Keepers or elſe leade, whilſt he ſeemes to be ledd, and then the world ſhall ſee, that neither the opinion of his ſincerity in the truth, nor of his unmatchleſſe wiſedome and pollicy, were vaine miſtakings, and at laſt our David finde a meanes to overthrow theſe crafty Achitophels; then the Church ſhall tryumph, and be comforted, the Common-wealth floriſh, his honour ſhall be eternized; neither ſhall you repent of your patience, or of your ſufferings, nor I of my paines or perſwaſions to this end, wherein I reſt ſatisfied with an aſſurance of his Majeſties favourable eye towards all his loving ſubjects, as alſo Gods gracious mercies herein, and that we ſhall ſee our deſire upon our enemies, which is a condigne puniſhment upon thoſe who have aſſiſted Rebells againſt ſo loving and gracious a Prince.

To the loyall Inhabitants of the Iſle of Wight.

The diſtance of places are not ſo farre, but that you may eaſily heare and perceive the diviſions which are amongſt us; for ſince the Kings departure, the Parliament men are ready to run beſides themſelves, as alſo when it was night there was no ſmall ſtirre among the Soldiers, what was become of Peter, ſince it was veryfied that an Angell of the Lord hath delivered him out of the hands of theſe Herods (who the next day thought to have killed him) and hath ſent him unto you: I ſhall intreat you loving Countrymen, not to be aſtoniſhed or amaſed, but entertaine him as a loving and gracious Prince, obſerve his commands punctually, you have time by the foretop, make uſe of it, for in the end you will finde it chronicled, and your eye ſhall ſee it, your everlaſting praiſe: Religion hath taken a ſeaven yeares voyage, and we hope may happily arive at one of your Ports; the Rebells here, goe on preſumptuouſly in their conſtant courſe, in taking part with the Serpent againſt the ſeed of the Woman; and ſtill deſire to be knowne fierce perſecutors of all true hearted Royalliſts: Liberty of life they have voted onely to themſelves, and through the great title of a Parliament, thinke to preſcribe Lawes to all Chriſtendome; no man that doth evill, can ever hope to hear well from any but cowards or flatterers; and for thoſe they have enough, witneſſe the innumerable Committee men, and thoſe honourable Gentlemen belonging to the Exciſe: I never thinke upon theſe Caterpillers and Locuſts, but they ſtirre up a ſad humour, ſighes from my very heart, and teares from my eyes for the deſtruction they are like ſuddenly to bring upon this Kingdome, unleſſe the Lord (out of his great mercy) ſends us a ſtrong Eaſterly winde and blow them to Tyburne. I have read a ſtory of a Lyon, who ſeemingly ſlept ſecurely in his Den whilſt the Hunters were pitching coyles round about him; a Piſmire perceived the danger, and ſtung the Lyon to awake him, with Tandem reſurges, he futiouſly ſtart up, and would wreake his anger upon the preſumptuous Piſmire; to whom the Piſmire cryed, My Lord, firſt looke about you; hee did ſo, and eſpying the ſnares of the Hunters, eſcaped them: I leave the Reader to make application. O abominable Treaſon, is this the way to make him a glorious King: O Lord incline not my heart to any evill thing, to practice wicked workes with men that worke iniquity, eſpecially againſt the Lords Anoynted; the Lord I hope will keepe him from all the ſnares which they have privily layde for him: Let the wicked fall into their owne nets, whilſt (hee being guiltleſſe) ſhall eſcape: ſave Lord, let the King of Kings here us when we call, and let all good people ſay, Amen.

CHARLES G. FINIS.