IT is much to bee wondered that thô our eares are conti­nually taken up with harsh sounding pas­sages, yet wee lye snugging in the fea­ther bed of thought security. All is well or if the State be extreame sick, it will recover if we be without Gun-shot; Penny Pamphlets make us pound foolish: and if in the forehead of a booke wee are tickled with joyful News in a trice our herts begin to Caper within vs, cause easy beleife soone crepes into our breasts, when matters su­table to our minds, are acted; and to the plea­sant Comedy of our desires archeived, our affec­tions sing a Plaudite; Nay, so wedded are wee [Page 4] [...] [Page 5] [...] [Page 4] to our one fancies, that wee will daunce after their pipe.

That discourse that carries alway with it a sting in the tale, nothing, or somthing, nere kin to nothing, moues us hopes future beguile vse­full feares and not what is produced or acted, terrifies us, but what may be, yet never had ex­istence takes up lodging in our breasts, and as if what is thought only, is prophecy, the sun of peace wil at a wish vnmask it selfe to the view of this benighted Island.

Jf Hul or York speake to us in the languadg of blood, O then our joy bequeaths it selfe to sorrow which is thrust out of the portall of our lips only or if it finde intertainment in these inward Closets of ours yet our Hand must not wa [...]ke for redresse.

In Bedfordshire were exercised in Com­mission of Array two worthies, on it may bee worthy of pitty rather then praise, one beares the name of Dyer the other Lucas; each hono­red Knighthood, on office only disvnited. No­tise indeed had they placed their Contris good above their owne according to their charg hav­ing set in posture their divers minded souldi­ers, of fowle [...] holding for the King the other for the Parliament [...] then the [...] Whereby [...] on for the King [...]

STill fearfull occurrents come dropping with our, teares and throng together as if each would be first, our safty is built on Castles in the ayre when the Castles of our Kingdome are surprised that Portsmouth with the fortresse thereof by the faithlesse Gover­nour thereof, is given up to the King stuft with flocking Papists emptied of true hearted protestants.

They who stood for King & Parliament were vnhoused; and upon command spewed out, who leaned to the King solely were imbraced, which black deed the Bishop of Winchester applaud­ing countenanced it with a Troope of Horse, with which he furnished His Majesty, a Iadish trick against the renowned Parliament and is imitated not lamented.

Warwicke Castle fe [...]es suggests if not Re­signed, will bee possest by the adverse piety, as appeares by the Letters Patent of discovery.

For conspiracies swarme in the hive of our heartlesse Country. P [...]ay God such [...]ooded, [...] in our Kinglesse City.

[...] tribute to [...] [...] it with joy. They fled [Page 6] I will not word it thus that they turned fugi­tives for feare, or in that they faintly undertook and run through their Charge that their Will went not with their courrage, or that they dis­p [...]red through the weaknesse of their cause, but they vsed their supporters, as the best Wea­pons, else they had all receaued their presse-tokens for death; they were not afraid to fight but they were not ashamed to fly.

It may be they disdained and scorned to paint their Weapons in those they were of ability to discomfit, or else they shewed on­ly what they could doe, but would not teach them their art; however it was there was, a sur­cease from Arms.

Now the Parliaments Handful feared not to follow the Chase; it forced not for if they had, For as if they had bin taught their Foot-doctrin in Ireland among the Rebels, they were little beholding to the earth, for their light carried burthens.

And now let us judge of causes by the effects: such events are dangerous, but succesful, Such Causes worke great impatience: but may be­get a vnion.

Wee cannot bee swallowed up in deepe of dangers, when Our supposed enemies shallow Cause gives not heart and hand together in Marriage.

BEfore I can take my breath, as if our Kingdome were compassed with miseries, I am overtooke by the Post af an accident of the divers colour. The Lord Brook siding with the blessed Parliament, proved Loyal in spight of the enemy.

For after that rage and malice set their feet on the neck of goodnesse, his actions received a blot from the Lord Northampton, who, rather to be pittied then praised brusht him with an vnexspected affront: and would have crusht his proceedings to a non entity, which the Lord Brooke not brooking, Strok not sayle and now with thousands more Protest to be limed and adhere to the Parliament, mauger Norhamp­tons forces.

Wherupon there sprang a tumult, who for their quick appearance seemed to be create onely of the loud Alarum of his well couched [Page 8] speech. The Lord Brooks couragiously saw them stoop to his Iuges and become the Parli­aments protectors, but cause they started at his Proclamations, to know whether he could bee acquanted with such loyalty as his, in a sweete phrase he be spake their company that were his concomitants, that they would welcome the Morning of the succeding day, though indeede most neded not have sleept and pawsed for a re­solution, the day as longing to see such a con­tract, glorified that specticle for in the season prescribed, many bodies were assembled with one mind, and both Gentry and [...] u­nananimously sang a part in the Knights on [...] as if they could speak nothing but for the Par­liament they bound themselues Prentises in their service.

The Lords and Commons doe declare, that a Garrison of Souldiers is at New-Castle Likewise Earl Rivers being put into the Com­mission of Aray, exercise it with much of our imprisoning all the that oppose him.