ACtions of Deceit are alwayes recompenſed with Deceit in the end, and treachery to truſt is ever rewarded with jealouſie in truſting; deceitfull workes have deceitfull wages, and he that thinks with Judas to multiply his pence by be traying his Maſter, ſhall find that when his accounts are audited, they will amount to an halter, as doe clearly appeare by the preceding letter, wherein you may perceive

Firſt, what their deſigne is in point of Reformation, the expected Presbytery will be the quondam Epiſcopacy, witneſſe theſe words, Ere long you ſhall ſee your father a Biſhop, and that function as glorious as ever, and I doubt not but to have our ancient la •• as formerly, in whoſe hands ſoever it is. Heare this all yee pious Presbyters, and be yee admoniſhed yee purchaſers of Biſhops lands your monies had been better imployed at ſix in the hundred, and I beleeve you had better have given an hundred for ſix; for you muſt build what you h • ve puld down, and pay dearly for • our adjudged ••• riledge.

Second •• that • ll Ro •• dheads are Independents, and all 〈◊〉 h • ve b … 〈◊〉 for t • e Parliament, are Round heads, a … 〈…〉 all Round-heads muſt bee hang'd, for ſo ſaith the Letter: As for thoſe that cowardly left you, they will be as well hang'd as all the Independent Round-heads; for all that have born Armes for this corrupt Parliament, muſt hang all. Where we may note:

Thirdly, the ominous placing their jocund Language: for in ſtead of ſaying they muſt all be hang'd, their pen ſtumbled at the gallowes, and left themſelves there: for thus it runs, that all that have born Arms for the Parliament, muſt hang all, viz. thoſe that have oppoſed them. If ſo, feſtin • t Deus.

Fourthly, we ſee their deſigne in courting their freſh allies made up of the Parliament party, thus, Speak the Round-heads faire, and be kinde to them till you have all, and then have at all.

Fifthly, ſee their tamperings with other nations to enſlave us all: the ſcum of other Countries muſt come to help up Englands intereſt, Had not the drunken Dutch and cowardly French deceived us, we had relieved you long ſince.

Sixthly, their great game, and preſent advantages by a perſonall treaty, that is their Springe to catch Woodcockes withall, A fig for the Treaty, yet it bath taken well for us of any thing.

Seventhly, their zeale for their deare brethren the Scots, is diſcern'd by their prayers for them, A pox of the Scots, they have done us more hurt then good, they are crafty Rogues, but we will order them if we get but England.

Eightly the revolting Sea-men begin to languiſh, Many here turn cowards, or fooles, yet hang upon his Highneſſe ſhameleſly.

Ninthly, ſee their high opinion of the treacherous Seamen; we know not how to truſt the Turncoate Marriners: but his Highneſſe will never forget their forwardneſſe to aſsiſt the Parliament at firſt, we wil pay them at laſt: the Rogues begin to grumble for want.

10. Their braveſt ſpirits are diſpirited, and their moſt Capitall captivated. J. P. is turned ſot, R. H. frenzie, N. C. coward. By theſe wee preſume is meant not the meaneſt.

11. See their deſperate condition for all their vapouring. If wee doe not ſomething ſpeedily, or can land and have ſome to joyne with us, all is loſt. And for the better underſtanding of their preſent caſe, know that this letter was dated the 15. of July, 1648. ſince which you know in what coyne they have been paid in Kent, upon their attempts of landing once and againe.

12. We ſee the remora of their preſent hopes; if that blacke Tom, and Noll were dead all was our own. Is't not pitty that ſuch Traitors ſhould live that preſerve the Kingdome (through God) from utter ruine, and that theſe ſhould be hang'd, keeping us all from the gallows?

13. See their devotion, prayers & remembrance each of other at the throne of the Devill. We drinke your treble healths every day, I doubt not but you doe the like for us, &c.

14. We ſee what was the morning-ſtar of their expected day; Our enemies are ſo disjoyned, they will never be knit again; our diviſion is their greateſt hope.

By all which the revolted Seamen may ſee how they finke in their deſigne, that Princes are lyers, and that by ſowing vanity, they are like to reap vexation; when they kept their truſt, their truſt kept them, their wages were monies: and now words are their wages, and care their coine: They have ravelled themſelves in their owne ruine, which is moſt commonly the recompence of treachery; ſeldome thrives a Traitor, for his credite is crack'd with all hee trades with, penurie and miſery concludes his dayes. When all the Traitors at Sea are diven on ſhore, and Traitors at Land are put a Ship-board, the Sea will bee more calme, and the Land more quiet, the Warres concluded, and we ſhall bee all friends.