LOosers may speake by authority of a Proverb, and then we are sure we ought not to be silenced; we have seen & per­used many Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes and Ordi­nances, shewing how far we are obliged to complaine, shall (in few words) be expressed, that neither the Kings Ma­jesty, your honourable Assembly, nor any man may think otherwise, but that we have most just reason not to be silent, in grievances so intollerable: The priviledge of subjects which wee enjoy under you moves us to complaine; yet that is not all which causes the breach of si­lence, but the multiplied calumnies of Malignants, upon you the two ho­nourable Houses of Parliament; and the sharpe invectives daily published against you and to beget, and increase distrust, and disaffection betweene the King and his Parliament, and the people: and like wicked spirits of di­vision, and under the false pretexts of the Law of the land, and pretences of seeking peace, have not only dared to defame, but even to arraign your proceedings; oh right Honourable, have not we cause to complaine against such bold presumptions? did ever subjects thus dare to abuse their Senators? the Priests and Jesuits of Rome themselves durst never (under a Protestant government) divulge their actions to a publike view, though by seducements they have now brought their complices to such treachery, that as much as in them lies they labour with might and maine to misrepresent your worthy actions, both to His Majesty, and to the whole Kingdome; was ever Parliament (in all their actions) more inno­cent? yet was never any more abused; was ever any more faithfull in the trust of the Church and Kingdome committed to them? yet none so maligned: surely had you betraid the trust committed to you, and let the Prelats, Papists, and all Malignants, have bin their owne executioners, in defending the law, and their owne liberties under their own false colours; then they would have used you better till both have been destroyed.

What a wofull tragedy would then have been to be acted in this King­dome, when our lives, liberties, and estates should have been taken from us, and resigned to them who can lay no other foundation of their owne [Page]greatnesse, but upon the ruine of this, and in it of all Parliaments, an [...] them of the true religion, and the freedome of this Nation, and [...] the men that would perswade the people that both Houses of Parliamen [...] containing all the Peeres, and representing all the Commons of England would destroy the laws of the land and the peace of the Kingdome; whe [...] in besides the trust of the whole; who can be so blockish as not to kno [...] that you your selves (noble Senators) in your own particuler have so gre [...] an intrest of honour, and estate, that we hope it will gaine little credit.

We, and all that have but the least use of Reason cannot be ignora [...] that if you intended any misery towards us, your selves must needs ha [...] the greatest share in it; did you betray your trust to procure a Princes fa­vour, you might justly be suspected; but your great paines have mani­fested how faithfull you have beene, you have left your houses and [...] ­states, and neglected your owne affaires, to labour together by your h [...] wisedomes to consummate all our grievances, and settle us in peace, a Parliaments have formerly done; you have shewed a great deale of pa [...] ­ence in using your endevour so long, and still going on, notwithstanding those many hazards you still have run both in your persons, liberties, an [...] estates. And yet although God hath not yet accomplished that gre [...] worke of Reformation, and by it a true and setled peace, yet God hath so far given both you and us such hopes thereof, by the wonderfull things which he hath divers wayes wrought by you, that we doubt not but tha [...] in his good time, he will convince those that are yet blinded, to see you [...] faithfulnesse; when we shall see our desires upon your and our enemies, that belch out their calumnies against those that stand for Jesus Christ,

You are the hopes under God (with the King in the Lords good time) that we fly to; for we find that the fountaine of all Law is the Parliament; the establishment of the King in his royall throne is firme and absolute by Act of Parliament; that we are preserved from being murthered, is by lawes established in Parliament, that we are not slaves, that theeves doe not openly robbe us, and spoile us of our goods; that we doe quietly en­joy that which we can say is mine and thine; we are protected by the laws established in Parliament; Parliaments have power given them to recon­cile differences; but some dangerous Malignants, to the end wee might fall out more with our selves, to make a way to feed their hopes, are daily sowers of division to prevent that happy peace which you so labour for; we grieve, and our hearts bleed to see the sausinesse of your, and all true Protestants enemies; but be not discouraged, God will strengthen you to make presidents for posterity on better grounds of reason and law then your predecessors have made for you; for what law can limit your [Page] [...]oceedings, the fountains therof. We doubt not but the monsters of these [...]mes will move your wisdomes to prevent such future disasters.

It wounds us to the very heart and soule to se the noblest Senators that [...]ver were chosen, and intrusted with all that is dearest to us, labouring at [...]ou have done for our peace and safety, to be affronted by such Andro­ [...]acuses as never age before brought forth, daring to attempt to disaffect [...]he people from a Parliament, when durst ever any bee knowne to har­ [...]our such a thought? were there ever such practises to poyson the peo­ple with a misapprehension of the Parliament? were there ever such im­ [...]utations, and scandalls laid upon the proceedings of both Houses? were [...]here ever so many and such horrible breaches of priviledg of Parliament? were there ever so many, so cunning, so venomous, and so desperate de­signes of force, and violence against the Parliament, and the Members [...]hereof? did ever Parliament suffer as this hath done, though they de­serve better then all that went before them? Should they have made some former Parliament patternes, they had long since made the great incendia­ries of all our mischiefe to know the power of a Parliament, in revenging and freeing the subjects from all forraigne injuries done unto them; ac­cording to the direction of King Iames of blessed memory, [...] p. 55. Therefore saith he in another place, if any do urge to imbrace their owne fancies in the place of Gods word, &c. Acknowledge them for vaine men, and with authority redact them into order againe. p. 20.

Where lies the difference? what is the chiefe spring that forces the wheeles of this poore Kingdome out of order? Our royall King himselfe (on whom God multiply his choisest blessings) is such a loving Prince as his Father commends, who thinks his greatest contentment standeth in his subjects prosperity, and his greatest surety in having their hearts. [...] p. 25.

And as for the two honourable Houses of Parliament, they have mani­fested their earnest zeale for the advancing of the Kingdome of Jesus Christ, the glory of religion, and a flourishing peace amongst us; not like those that carry a petition for peace in their hands, and murder in their heart, but such a peace as may be permanent.

The truth of it is, there needs not a fuller Character of the Malignant part that do so distract us, then that which His Majesty made of them, in one of his declarations: Those who are disaffected to the peace of this Kingdome; these be the Hagasians, that long to see England bathed in her owne bloud.

1. These were the cause of the troubles in Muscovia; there was a great deale of fidelity protested to the King, and his Councell, by a Company [Page]of Priests and their faction, that allured the King to hearken to their [...] deavour in setling of that peace, which themselves (had indeed) distr [...] ­ed, but wofull was the event of it; for they contrived a strong plot and in one night slew both the King Demetrius, his Queen and his wise coun­sellours, and so the Kingdome was lost.

These were the men that petitioned to the Parliament for peace, & to have a toleration in the Reigne of King James, at the same time when they were plotting day and night to blow up the Houses of Parliament, with the King, Prince, Nobles, and House of Commons; and the [...] to haue suddenly fallen upon us, to have slain us all; Oh what a sad day, should this have been to poore England, but (God be blessed) they were prevented. How have they plotted to incense the Pope to send so many fulminent Breves to England to hinder the Kings Liege people from a king the oath of allegiance, and supremacy? How hath father Parson, and other been suffered in that which by the Laws of the Land is treason.

To practise beyond the Seas, or upon the Seas, or elsewhere with­in the Kings dominions, to absolve, perswade, or withdraw any subject, [...] any within his Highnesse Dominions, from their obedience to his Maje­sty or to reconcile them to the Pope, or to draw them to the Romish Religion for that intent, or to move them to promise obedience to the See of Rome, or to any other Prince to be had or used within the Kings dominions; everie such person and their procurers, aiders, counsellours and maintainers knowing the same, are all in case of high treason. 23. El. 1.3. Jac. 4. P. Rom. 7.

2 The Projectours with their monopolies, that have long gnawed at the bowells of the Kingdome, they are another party ready to help these divisions forward. One that was a great Patentee for Butter Casks, &c. Captaine Read by name, went over into Ireland, and became one of the chiefest of the Rebells, now a prisoner in the Tower of London. And Collonell Aston that had a share in the wine patten, how doth his [...] rage against the Parliament, and against the Honourable City of London how cruelly did he execute Martiall law upon Master Boyes at Redding a Citizen that travelled that way, to see his aged Parents this Christ [...], offering no abuse, nor medling with any man, woman or child, yet upon his command was put to death.

3 The Prelates cannot endure to be curbed of their Pride, witnesse that insolency of the Arch Prelate of Canterbury, who with the Bishop of Ely would not alight out of their coach when they went with the [...]ing to church in Scotland from his pallace of Hollirood house to Edenbrough, His Majesty going on foot, insomuch that the people asked them, how [Page]they durst deny to come out of their coach seeing their King himselfe on [...]oot; and the Scottish men told them, how therein they appeared to be [...]ags, and servants to the Pope.

Canterbury moved the King another time to erect an high Commission, [...]n all the Bishopricks of that Kingdome by vertue of a Proclamation which he extorted from his Majesty, wherein it was ordered that the Bishops Courts here in England should have no subordination to any o­ther Courts, and should proceed without any dependency, not so much [...]s to use his Majesties Armes in their Seals, but their own (like the Pre­late of Rome) to deprive his Majesty of his supremacy.

Sedferse Bishop of Galloway (a Pedlers sonne) was so bold as open­ [...]y before other Lords, to give the Earle of Argile a great Peer in Scot­ [...]and the ly. And who hath been greater incendiaries to stirre up [...]ar then they, what a protestation did they make against the Court of Parliament?

4 The bringing in of Innovations into the Church hath bred great di­straction amongst us; which first began when father Leader came from the Pope, then the Bishops began to erect Altars, and take away the Com­munion tables, to force all to kneel at the Sacrament, to be all uncovered during all the time of reading the service, to sland up at the reading of the Gospell, to bow at the name of Iesus, and to consecrate a new the Church of Saint Giles in the fields.

5. Cruelty against Godly Ministers. How was Master Ward of Suf­folk tossed amongst them, by a pretended accusation of Symony onely to silence him. Doctour Everard Chaplain to the Earl of Holland, was terribly prosecuted, for contradicting the unlawfull command of innova­tion of the Prelate of Norwich. What shall we say of Master Burton and hundreds more, some silenced, some imprisoned, some died in prison, as master Bates, &c. others were persecuted our of the Land contrary to that pious saying of King James, Love no man more then a good Pastour, re­verence and obey them as the Heraulds of the most high God.

6 Many men of desperate fortunes care not how a Kingdome perisheth to give them hopes of Pillage, as there are some who have resolved if e­ver the City (which God forbid) should come to be plundered what parts they would pillage, and with strong asseverations they have sworn, and vowed with bloudy and fearfull Protestations how glad they would be to see that day.

7 Who are so much disaffected to the Peace of the Kingdome as those who endeavour to dissafect his Majestie from the Houses of Par­liament, and perswade him to such a distance, both in place and affection? Who are more disaffected to the Government of the King then such who lead his Majestie away from hearkening to his Parliament, [Page]which by the constitution of his Kingdome is his best and great Coun­cell, and perswade him to follow the malicious counsells of some private men, in opposing and contradicting the wholsome advices of his most faithfull Councell and Highest Court.

And Who are they that set up other rules for themselves to walk by then such as are according to Law? but they that will make other Jud­ges of the Law, then the Law hath appointed, and so dispence with their obedience to that which the Law calleth authority, and to their de­terminations, and resolutions to whom the judgement doth appertain by Law: for when private persons shall make the Law to be their rule, according to their own understandings, contrary to the judgement of those, that are the competent Judges thereof, they set up to themselves other [...]les then the law doth acknowledge.

Surely, if the Priests, Jesuits, and the power of papists were remo­ved from amongst us, one great part of the work were done towards an happy peace, a religious peace, a godly peace. Oh down with them most noble Senatours, doe not let them domineere as they doe, you shall have our hands, our purses, our hearts, our lives to assist you, they are too bold, nay even those in prison, have their Confessions, Absolutions, weare their Beads, and their Crucifixes, Sing, and roare, and dance day and night at the Tavern with their company: and doe very evill offices in the hinderance of peace: nay there are some of their Priests will o­penly affront protestant prisoners and quarrell with them, for their religion. How backward are the Monopolists to this day, to doe any good for the Kingdome?

And how do the Prelates labour to keep back all the means of an hap­py peace: Oh how hath your Clemency appeared, Right Honourable, towards these incendiaries of mischief, who would ruin both you and us, the City, and the whole Kingdome, forgetting that old counsell which one of them (D. Hall by name) gave to Canterbury before they came to be Prelates: If you love Peace without truth (saith he) keep peace to your self. Let us have truth, if it may be Peace too. How many still are there who are as mad after Innovation as ever they were when the Popes Nuntio put his Arch grace in hopes either of a Cardinalls Har, or a Patriarkes place. And as for those desperate fortunes, who long to fish in troubled waters, because they have no better hopes to rest upon, We doubt not, but your Honours will find out a way to pievent the bloudy Tragedie of their desires. Do damned Cavaliers sweare, and d [...]ma [...] themselves with all the fearfull oaths that can be imagined, nay there was one of them not long since offer [...]d to give 3 l. to any one that could invert a new oath, and shall such as these be suffered to revile a Parliament?

[Page]We have great complaint about the City, some cry out of these wars, would we had peace again as we had before, not con­sidering the miserable condition of bleeding Ireland, intended first to have been performed against us, nay to come to our own doors (as it were) in our own Land: what is the condition of all the Country places where the Cavaliers come? the Battell at Worster, Keynton, Brainford; if these murmurers had seen the blood that was shed at the sight at Edge-hill, &c. What would they then have said, they would it seems have peace with the enemies of God and Religion, the enemies of the PARLIAMENT; of the City, of the Gospell; alas, what good will such peace do us: Oh Noble Senators have not we cause to complaine against these men, as against madmen, that do so desperately seek to move you to betray your honours, us and them, yea, Religion, Lives, E­states, wives, lands, goods, and all that we have into the hands of those that continue wars against us, in hopes to plunder our houses, ravish our wives, spoile our goods, and bring the City to ruine; then (say they) shall the Borough of Southwark be our stables.

Others complain for want of trading; but how would such complaine if their living was out of the Coales at Newcastle, or if they had a shipp there to fraught therewith hither, to be under tax of 30.40. or 50. pounds, as it is imposed on them there be­fore they can passe, what a case are they like to be in about twelve thousand people that live only upon Coales there? how are they like to be deprived of their trade; alas, the want of trade in the City is nothing to that it is in the Country in many places: Oh Right Honorable what cause have we to complaine of the poor ignorant people that do not know what freedom they enjoy by being protected by you to enjoy a quiet and peaceable Trade, though little. Some there are again that cry our of the Sectaries amongst us; and the many opinions that are between man and man; But they do not consider the armies of Papists that are rai­sed against us; and the Standard sent the Earl of Newcastle from the Queen for their army, to which army is brought over armes for ten thousand men by Colonell Goring: Oh what cause have we to complain against those that would have an agreement with these cruell Papists (that were ever bloody and treacherous to Protestants) that they might the more freely chide with those that do not meddle with them at home: I pray God reconcile all the differences both in Church and State; but certainly a [Page]Papist army, cannot but be expected a dangerous reconcild enemy to all true hearted Protestants: and we have a just cause to com­plaine against them that desire it.

Others are agreed to pay any thing as they are taxed for the assisting of the Parliament in their defence of Religion, and the Laws of the Land; one complaines he is taxt 20. s. another 40. s. &c. Look downe to the rigorous manner whereby the Earl of Newcastle doth tax men in Yorkshire: 1000. l. a man, 2000. l. and 3000. pounds a man, Mr. Savill of Medbor by name 3000 pounds, &c. You will say you are forced to pay this mony, and that the gatherers have power to sell your goods for it if you will not pay it: Oh But how cruell did the Earl of Newcastle use Mr. Wentworth, sent for him, and after he was condemned to be shot to death for not coming to pay the mony he was unreasonably seas'd, and was brought to the stake the place of execution, and had he not payed what they would have, he had bin shot to death.

How many Religious Ministers have been plundered, and all that they have taken from them; our Briefs we have so often read in Churches can testifie, and yet many foolish drones amongst us would have us to beleeve a covenant of peace with such desperate Cavaliers; to betray our own power, and give our enemies leave to cut our throats; oh noble Senators, we must needs complain of these that are unwilling to help you by Loan upon the publike Faith according to their power, yea and beyond their ability, in such an extremity; surely they that deny this, it must needs be granted, either that they are old enemies to the Parliament, and never took the Protestation, or else they respect not their vows made to Almighty God, and to break such a publike vow is an heavie, and fearfu l crime; God keep such guilt out of our souls; for in the Protestation, they do professe, vow, and protest before Al­mighty God, as far as life, power and estate to maintain and defend the power and priviledges of Parliament, and every person, &c. in pursu­ance of the same, &c.

Others finde fault with the committing of malignants to pri­son; but they are used like men, not as Smith the Provost Mar­shall useth them; not as Captain Lilburn, Captain Wingate, Cap­tain Walton, &c. are used, like dogs rather then Christians, al­most pined to death for want of sustenance, eaten with vermin▪ for want of help, and shifts of cloaths; loaded with fetters of iron; debarr'd of the company of their wives, children or friends, [Page]debarr'd of the charity that friends would relieve them with; cannot have the favour which Chaistians have of Turks; from those blood-thirsty Cavaliers, who use them like Hackny-Jades, nay worse, like dogs; for though it is true, the King allows six peace a day; But Smith detains four pence three farthings of it; here is cruelty indeed, unspeakable cruelty; what would these men do, if they should suduens? we have cause indeed to com­plain of those that would (by a pretence of Peace) betray us in­to these blood-sucking hands; Good Lord deliver us from them; it is to be feared, if we submit to them, we shall be more persecu­ted, then ever our Predecessors were in the bloody times of Queen Mary.

How publikely have they in their scandalous Pamphlets abu­sed the high Court of Parliament, the Honorable the Lord Ma­jor of London; the City of London and Westminster, belched forth their threatnings in the speedy execution of their devilish practi­ses and terible threatnings of their resolved purposee; And give God thanks that their Papists and Jesuits keepe in their heades.

I wonder that many will say (seeming to be juditious men) that they think the Malignants desire peace as well as pretend to desire it, see how cunningly they have wrought against the Par­liament, first they covertly abuse them by the defaming of their proceedings in their Petition, this being discovered their Petiti­on was rejected; then they send a company of prentice-boyes to Westminster, and they make a vapouring shew of desire of peace; And now at last of all they have brought forth the most rebellious treacherous Pamphlet that ever was writ, stuffed with insuffera­ble languages, full of bitternesse and railing against the Parlia­ment, and in plain earnest desires the people to take up Arms to destroy the Parliament; if this do not convince you of the poi­son of these viperous generation of damnable Malignants, what will you do; surely if you be not wedded to your own ruine, you must needs abhor such things as these: They disturbed Scotland, they have almost over-run Ireland, and they have gotten too much head in England, if it please God to see it good that it might be otherwise; and are English people so blinde, th [...]t they cannot yet see? Oh noble Senators, we have great cause indeed to put up our Complaints against these Cerberusses, that dare thus to come up barking to your very doors, scattering their poysoned Pamphlets about your houses, making Proclamation to all the [Page]Countries in England to assist them against the Parliament, should we assist a company of Papists, and wicked people of de­sperate fortunes to attempt such a damnable design; it is very pro­bable the next Project would be to murther us, and all the Pro­testants in England.

Another envious fit they have of railing against the Honora­ble, the Lord Major of the City of London, an honest, religious, godly man, one in whose brows is the very Emblem of Love, chosen by the Votes of the City, confirmed by the Authority of the High Court of Parliament, and with great care and pains doth execute his office, yet is scorned, and contemned by some wicked, debauched Shagamuffins, whose words no wise man will regard; such as Dudly that was hanged for robbery the last Sessions at Newgate; will wise men be deluded by the examples of such as are fitter for the Gallows, the Cage, or the Whipping-post, then to meddle in State-matters; surely methinks it becomes not the gravity of the City, to be so unwise, thus to procure their own ruine.

Right Honorable Senators, they have abused the whole City of London and Westminster, a few Papists and factious people amongst us, that have seduced others to set their hands to their Petition, presume they will joyn with them in their so great and saucie malipertnesse against you; nay they boast; as if we would all joyn with them, but we will not; no, we conceive it concerns us greatly to complain against them, they have abused us, we dis­claim their fact, and brand it with the desert of condign punish­ment; amongst all the saucinesse that our Chronicles give report of, we do not finde the like; onely one of them now a great Com­mander, a Papist, to a Petition from Cheshire, against Reforma­tion, forged hands for dead men, mad men, Sea men out of the land; brought childrens hands, and Papists; and presented it in the name of all Cheshire; so have these few rebellious elves belched forth their poyson against you, in the name of all London and Westminster.

And they are very terrible in the threatning of the execution of their purposes; Resolutions they have, devillish Resolutions, Re­solutions for the overthrow of Religion, Resolutions to destroy the Parliament, and in them all the priviledges of the Subject; Resolutions to set up Popery; Oh most noble Senators, we had never more cause to complain against a bastardly brood of Po­pish [Page]Traytors then now, now they are grown [...] now they are every day plotting, and practising all the mischief they can against us, and such is the simplicity of many amongst us that for all this they believe these Incendiaries of mischief will do us no hurt, they say; is it possible that men should be so blinde, and deluded by them?

They are very terrible in their threatning; they protest to bring us suddenly to ruine, to dissolve the Parliament, suddenly; and what do you think they would do next, you that are well opinio­nated of them; first they say they will defend themselves by Arms, that is, of Rebellion, and then they will make use of what is next, as themselves say in their calumnious Pamphlet; Oh what cause have we to complain of these dangerous Malignants; what, will they spare nothing? no, they say they will make use of what is next; make use of our goods by plundering, and robbing us; make use of our wives, and daughters, by ravishing them; and murther us, our wives and children, as they have done in Germa­ny, and as they still do in Ireland: shall we trust such as these? Oh let us take heed how we admit of any peace, or confederacie with them, that thus despise the Parliament, Religion, and the people of God.

King James doth teach what respect should be had to such worthy Peers, he saith, eschew the extremity in slighting and contemning your Nobility. Page, 47. faithfull and diligent ser­vants recompensed, Page 71. The worthiest still preferred, let the measure of your love to every one be according to the measure of his virtue; Page 152. All subjects relieved, and their oppressi­ons helped, be diligent to try, and carefull to beate downe the hornes of our proud oppressors: embrace the quarrells of the poor and distressed, as your own [...] particular, Page 34.

Lastly, the fomentors of this Pamphlet give God thanks that their Papists and Jesuits keep in their heads; These be the Ma­lignants about us, that make us believe they seek for peace; but you may see it is that the Papists may be in peace; not we, that their Priests and Jesuits and Papists may hold in their heads, that they may live without molestation, that the Popes power may be advanced here; but in 5. Eliz. 1.

The maintaining and extolling the authority of the Bishop or See of Rome, within any the Kings Dominions, and the procurers, counsellors, aiders; and maintainers thereof; and every of them [Page]are guilty of high Treason. This and other Statutes made at the beginning of Queen Elizabeths Raign were made saith Dalton.

For the preservation of the Queen, her heirs and successors, for the preservation of the dignity of the Imperiall Crowne of this Realm: For the avoyding of the dishonours, inconveniences, and dangers growing to the whole estate, &c. We have just cruse to complain against these Traytors (Right Honourable) be­cause they would expose to hazard the preservation of the King, nay they do too much prevaile herein, in joyning with the Pe­pish party, in keeping them from his Parliament, the fountain of his safety and preservation, to endanger his sacred person amongst such desperate Papists and Malignants with whom he is.

2. They hazard the preservation of the dignity of the imperi­all Crown of this Realm, by exposing it to that danger, which by being ayders to, and counsellors with the Papists it is in dan­ger of, for the Papists have their Bulls and writings from the Pope, the effect whereof is to absolve and reconcile all those that will forsake their due obedience to the King, and yield them­selves to the Bishop of Rome. Witnesse that Breve sent by Segnior Georgeo Persona and others, and the domineering Chavilerios of our age, and the Malignants about us are all guilty of high Traa­son; if they be willingly perswaded, withdrawn, or reconciled, to promise to joyne in any such obedience to the See of Rome, their procurers, ayders, counsellors, and maintainers, except they submit themselves according to the Statute within six dayes, &c. 23. Eliz. 1.3 Jac. 4. P. Recus. 49. P. Rom. 7 & 8. vide antea tit. Recusants.

3. Lastly, these Statutes being also made for the avoyding of the dishonours, inconveniences, and dangers growing to the whole State, herein they also appear guilty of high Treason in joyning with the Papists; first to dishonour the State, the High Court of Parliament, by calumnious lyes and slanders layed up­on them, hoping thereby the better to bring in popery; and to hold in their heads quietly as they say themselves they now be­gin to do; They call the Parliament a company of projectors, and such like dishonourable scandalls they cast upon those wor­thies, whereby they appear Traytors against the State, from the very intent of the Statute; and therefore we complain against them as against open Traytors and Rebells. 2. The inconveniences that arise by their malignancy to the King and State, both is [Page]great: It keeps the King and the Parliament at a distance, it ha­zards the Kings person, sent the Queen beyond the Seas and de­taines her there, hinders the great worke of Reformation, encou­rages Delinquents, projectors, and all Papists, exposeth us to danger of Forraign Nations, hinders trading at home, fill us with troubles, and raised, and detaines war in the bowells of our King­dom; and by their scandalous Pamphlet it plainly appeares how they strike at the very root of Parliaments, which Rome could ne­ver endure; but have ever scandalis'd and abused them as their sons now do, because their cheare is advanced by Synods of pre­lates. To conclude, we complain to you Noble Senators of the dangers we are in by these men; we know that the [...] of the Law is your instruction and direction, and our safety your end, we yield obedience to his Majesties Authority, signified by both Houses of Parliament, knowing that sure ground wherein we walke thereby: And though the deboycest Malignants have dar'd thus to affront and dishonour you, we must confesse enough to have dissolved all the bands and sinnues of confidence betweene His Majesty and you; yet we know that your endeavours have appeared most hearty and sincere for the maintenance of the true Protestant Religion, the Kings just Prerogatives, the Laws and Liberties of the Land, and the Priviledges of Parliament, in endeavours we desire you still to persist, and we will perish with you in the worke rather then desert the cause; for we are confi­dent, that if evill should befall you, neither Religion, Laws, Li­berties, nor Parliaments can longer live; therefore we are resol­ved to live and dye with you: God so blesse us according to the innocency of our cause and integrity of our hearts.