HEare Oye Country men, and harken all ye free borne Commons of England, marke and mind seriously what I shall say: Doe not read only, and so lay it by, but weight it also well in your minds, and fix it in your memories, let it af­fect your spirits, and worke upon your judge­ments, least yee suddenly perish. For I will re­late no fictions but reall truths: nor are my de­sires and intentions any other, then to discover unto you your dangers that ye may speedily apply your selves, unto such meanes as God hath given and left you, to save and secure your selves, and your posterities, your Estates, Laws, and Liberties, which are at this present in extream hazard, and that yee your selves may (by way of Comparison) discern and be Judges, whether the evils of government which we underwent in the dayes of the King, by his evill instruments, or these we now suf­fer under the Parliament, (which ought to be our soveraign helpe) be most grievous and in excusable, and whether our present condition be not much [...] more perillous and intollerable, then it was in those times. And I will declare unto you, the chiefe Authors and promoters of these our evills, and of the obstructions of Justice and redresse: Or who by their power and cunning crafty working, impose upon, and deceive the Maior part of the House of Commons, whereby all acts for the good of the publique are diverted, all settlement is protracted, the whole Kingdome and frame of government is indangered, and the power and authority of parliament is dishonoured, blemished and made contemptible.

J doe remember that after the Kings return in 1641. from the Par­liament in Scotland, divers jealousies did arise in the apprehention of this present Parliament in England, concerning a strong designe by a Malignant Jesuited party, to devide the King and Parliament, and to deprive the people of the fruit of all the Parliaments earnest and faith­full labours and endeavours (as they then affirmed, for the establishing the people in safety, peace and happinesse. Whereupon they fall on declaring, and in Decemb. 1642. they publish a large Remonstrance to the whole kingdome, conteining the roots, growth, meanes, oblique and direct, together with the actors and promotors of this designe for the subverting the fundamentall lawes and principles of this govern­ment, wherein after s [...]me matter of introduction) among other things as misprisions in the Kings government, They complain of, charging the Kingdom with [...]ting [...] ldiers, and of a concomitant design of Germain Horse, that the land might either submit with fear, or be inforced with rigour to such arbitrary contributions as should be required of them. And I pray you fellow Commoners, stands not the Parliament guilty of this ac­cusation, of billerting Soldiers on the Kingdome, even ever since they raised armes, and that in a more intollerable manner then that was in those times? For the Parliament by themselves and their distr ying Committees, and Commissions, have levied great taxes▪ and raised large sums of money in all parts (the which the King did not) with a pretence to pay the Soldiers, that they might in all places pay their quarters, yet was the Soldier never paid, but the Country were both assessed and exhausted, and also burthened with free quarterings, and neverthelesse, if the people refused to pay their taxes, the Committees sent a party of horse, and either took the persons prisoners (as well friends as adversaries) or plunder them, the which I am sure was fully answerable to that Concommitant design, (which was then as themselves doe say but intended) of German Horse: And I doe wish there were not now in hard a designe (by an ambitious party in the Parliament) for the establishment and making perpetual of this same inssaving practice of billitting Solders and German horse (as they call it) throughout the Kingdome, that thereby the people may either submit with feare, or be enforced with rigour to pay such arbitrary contributions as shall be exacted of them: But alas it is too manifest a man halfe blind may see it. But it will be said, the Parliament have been necessitated to this, there hath been I conteste a necessity of raising Soldiers, but not of billitting them [Page 5]without paying their quarters. For the Parliament and their Commit­tees, have raised unspeakable sums to pa [...]th. Soldiers, to the end they might pay their quarters the which they or their Committees (as is suspected) have put into their own purses, and never paid them but burthened the Country, notwithstanding with free quarters. They complaine also of the Kings raising great sums by way of Privie Seales, proportionable to subsidies.

And have not the Parliament done the selfe same thing, by way of publique faith, and that much more abundant, Aske London, and a numberless multitude of all sorts of persons, and they will with no lesse then heavie sighes, testifie this truth. And whether had yee rather a Privie Seale, or the publique saith? Verum horum mavis accipe, many feare the last will prove the worst securities. They complain also, of an uniust and pernicious attempt to extort great payments from the Subiect by way of Excise. This it seemes was then but an Attempt, but the Parlia­ment, have notwithstanding the iniustice and perniciousnesse of it, really acted it, and so by their owne tearmes they have herein exceeded the King, for iniust and pernitious dealing. They complaine also, that the Petition of Right, which was granted in full Parliament, was blasted by an illegall Declaration, and of the presumptuous injustice of such Ministers as durst breake the lawes, and suppresse the liberties of the Kingdome. The Pe­tition of Right was then (as themselves say) only blasted by an illegall De­claration: But have not they since blasted it, and made it also fruitlesse, by a multiude of illegall actions, as false imprisonments, and exami­ning of men (after the manner of the Courts of Star Chamber, and High Commission) upon Interrogatories against themselves, and with many other like unjust practises, as herein after more plainly ap­pears. And I appeal to all, if ever any manifested more presumption, in daring to break the lawes, and suppresse the liberties of this Kingdom, then many of themselves? They also complain of the illegall imprisonment (by the King) of some Members of the House of Commons at the breaking up of the Parliament 40. Car. deteining them close prisoners, &c. not permitting their wives to come unto them. &c. and so keeping them in this oppressed con­dition, by reason of which their cruell and harsh imprisonment some have dyed, whose blood (as they say) cryes for vengeance or repentance of the Ministers, of State, who at once obstructed both the course of his Majesties justice and mercy. I will not here discusse the imprisonning of Sir Ra. Hopton▪ and Mr. Martin, two of their own Members, for speaking their minds free­in [Page 6]in the House of Commons, albeit without question, one if not both the commitments (for the causes were contrary) were illegall, and contrary to the law and custome of Parliament: but it is certain they have in all respects justified this act of the Kings, by inflicting the same measure of injustice and cruelty upon divers of their fellow Members of the body politique (as on L. C. John Lilburn, Mr. Musgrave, Mr. Rich. Overton, and his wife, both Mr. Larners servants and others) which they so much condemn in his Majestie and his Ministers. But the house of Commons will happily say, that they were committed and thus used by the House of Lords. Not all, and besides, there is an old rule, qui non vetat peccare, cum potest jubet. He who hinders not an evill when it is in his power, commands it. And moreover this is cer­tain, that many poore prisoners for debt, and others their fellow Sub­iects (as I shall herein plainly demonstrate) who have petitioned them more then these 5. yeares for redresse, have through their neglect, by the cruelty & inhumain usage of Gaolers (Sir I. L. of the Kings Bench Henry Wollaston of Newgate, such monsters and others,) been misera­bly destroyed, and perished in prison: whose blood without doubt cryes loud in the eares of the Lord of Hosts, for vengeance (without repentance) upon tha heads and hearts of them the ministers of State, who have been intrusted for the preservation of the Nation, and not­withstanding all petitioning, have neither done iustice nor shewed mercy. No, nor cannot, either by preaching, praying, petitioning, speaking, or any peaceable meanes, be induced unto it. They are not so iust as the uniust Iudge, for he relieved the poore widow because he was importuned, On yee unrighteous men, whereunto doe yee trust, and what will yee doe in the end?

Then they complain, that upon the dissolution of the Parliaments un­true and scandalous Declarations were published, to asperse their proceedings, and some of their members uniustly to make them odious, and colour the vio­lence which was used against them. Proclamations set out to the same purpose, to the great deiecting of the hearts of the people, forbiding them even to speake of Parliaments. Even as their our enemies then in those dayes served them, so have a wicked party among them most uniustly and malici­ously now served their best friends and favourers, for on the 30. of March last, they hearing of a Petition intended to be presented to them by the Army under his Excellency Sir T. Fairfax, for certain iust and [Page 7]reasonable things, as appears by the Petition published in print, viz. For an Ordinance to save them harmelesse, that they might have their accounts audited, &c. an unjust party in the house (having not so much as seene the petition) caused them most falsely to be declared against as mu­tinous enemies to the State, and disturbers of the publique peace and that in as stately tearmes of royalty, to wit, their high dislike, as if they were already set in their throne) as ever the King used: Thus endeavouring to asperse that Army, which hath done them all the worke and gained them all the honour, and to render them and their friends odious, by ill repre­sentations, whose fidelity, obedience, good order, and unity, hath been always admired, even by the publique adversarie: Besides their daily making of destructive Ordinances, and Orders to persecure and oppresse them and all the Commons of England, and their continuall projects and plottings to destroy them and all those, who are contrary to their tyran­nicall counsells and courses, to the deiecting and discomforting generally of all sorts of people: and as the King and his instruments to colour their violence, did set our Declarations. So hath this evill party by the published Protestation, Vow, Solemn league and Covenant, and manifold falsified Declarations, Hypocriticall Fasts and Humiliations, coloured and coun­tenanced their abominable irreligion, iniustice, oppression, violence, de­ceit, rapine, cruelty, ambition and treason: in so much, that the name of Parliament, which throughout past generations, hath been so joyous and delectable, so respected and honourable within this Kingdome, is now be­come an odium, detestable and contemptible, and it is to be feated will for time to come, not be accounted a thing so much desireable.

After the breaking up of which Parliament, (say they) iniustice, oppres­sion and violence, broke in upon us without any restraint or moderation. And truly we may say, that since the Kings departure from us, iniustice, oppression and violence and all manner of mischiefe, hath by the meanes of a company of faithlesse perfidious men in Parliament been let in, like a sudden inunda­tion of mighty waters, upon us, without any true care of restraint, or sin­cere indeavour to prevent.

Then they complaine of exacting great sums through the whole kingdome, for defauls of Knight-hood, that tunnage and poundage was received without any colour or pretence of Law, many other heavie impositions continued against law, that such as would not submit to their illegal & unreasonable payments, were vexed and oppressed above measure: and the ordinary course of iustice, the common birth-right of every Subiect in England wholly obstructed unto them, and that although all this was taken upon pretence of guarding the Seas, yet a new tax of [Page 8]Ship-money was charged upon the Subiect of neare 70000. l. some years, and yet the seas were left so naked to the violence of turkish Pirates, that many ships and Subiects were taken by them, and do still remaine in miserable slaverie. And hath the Parliament exacted no sums of money of the Kingdome? Yes more, and farre greater then ever was paid for Knight hood, yet then in leiu thereof there was an offer of honour, but loe here there hath not been so much as thankes: and to what better use doe the parliament put the tunnage and poundage, which they now receive by pretence of Law, then the King did when he received it without pretence of Law, and what more benefit hath the Kingdome had by it, where, and who is he that can tell? but by what pretence or colour of law (friends and fellow Commoners) doe these men (who were so zealous for Law) receive the mighty sums imposed upon us by way of Excise, and weekly assessement, and still con­tinue them upon us per force? and such as will not submit to their illegall, unreasonable payments are (as themselves heretofore complained) vexed and oppressed above measure. And I appeale to the whole Kingdome, whether the ordinary course of i [...]stice, the Common Birth-right (as themselves by chance, are so just to confesse) of every Subiect of England, was ever more ge­nerally and totally obstructed, then now? For the Parliament the Fountain, and supream Court of Justice, being so gr [...]sly corrupted, how can the streames, the subordinate and infe [...]iour Courts be cleare? and woe unto us for if the eye be dark, how great then is that darknesse? but there must be some timely meanes used to purge them, lest the humours prove pesti­lentiall and so indanger the whole Nation. And as for the Ship-money, it was indeed illegall; nor could the King iustifie it: yet it was but light in comparison of the vast sums, and never ceasing impositions the Parlia­ment have laid and doe still lay upon us contribution, twentith and fifth parts, Excise, weekly assessements, (pennance pence) allowance (I mean) for our fastings, Sequestrations of Houses, lands, goods, moneys, jewells, cattell, cloths, and what not, unlesse wives and children, the which (like the greedy tyth taking Priests) they will neither pittie nor take care for, and notwithstanding all this, and all the customes the which they receive pur [...]osely to guard the Seas, and all the Kings revenues. The Navie hath been worse maintained and ordered, and the Seas have been worse guar­ded then in the worst of the Kings dayes, and many taken Captives, yea, the other day a ship which was bound with provisions for distressed Ire­land, was t ken upon our own coasts (as I may say) from under our own walls and carried pr [...]z [...] i [...]to France, well looked to Green Bence, Vassall, and the rest of the Committee, yee have more care to rake money then to [Page 9]looke to the Sea, or care for the Navie. And I much marvell (fellow Commoners) that the Parliament which as ye read seemed when they did remonstrate to be so sensible of their fellow Subiects, being taken Cap­tives being made slaves by the Turkes and Moores, should notwithstan­ding an act passed by the King this present Parliament for their release, and reliefe, never take any course unto this day for to redeem those poor soules out of slavery. Where and what is become of all those moneys, which (as I remember) were raised and collected for that good Christian worke; received and disposed, (as the most of the rest as is supposed) in­to private pockets, and to particular uses?

Then they complaine of the inlargement of Forrests, contrary to Charta Foresta, this was not so bad in the King as the i [...]la [...]gement of p [...]iviledges is in the Parliament: that was injurious but to some persons in speciall this is to all in generall. For the priviledges of Parliament, are growne like the rules of Kings Bench prison, without limits, for if ye doe but present, nay only prepare a petition contrary to the humours of the prev [...]lent malevo­lent party; be it never so legall and necessary, demand justice, or tell any of them of their shamelesse injustice, it is presently voted a breach of their priviledge, but they themselves may threaten, and revile persons, check and reproach, yea imprison wi nesses, and affront and assault men con­trary to the law, and the nature of their places, take them by the coller and pull them by the throat, (and that only because they are advertised of their evill (as haughty Mr. Hollis did lately Major Tulidah, in a word, ac­cording to the expression of some of them, they may doe what they list, and some of them doe accordingly act all manner of violence and inju­stice by vertue of their priviledges. O admirable priviledges, whose uncir­cumcised bounds are so absolutely destructive to our lawes, rights and li­berties. Then they tell you of exacting Coat and Conduct money, and divers other military charge,; and of a desperate designe of ingrossing all the Gun-powder into one hand, and keeping it in the Tower of London, and of the taking away the Armes of the Trained bands of divers Coun­ties, &c. Though the Parliament have not exacted money under the noti­on of Coat and Conduct, yet they have exacted (and still doe exact of you) large sums of money to pay their Armies, and for other military charges, and though they have not taken away the Armes of your Trained bands, yet they have taken away your servants, and caused you to find both men and Arms, to do them service, yea & they have contrary to law sent forth your Trained bands and their Armes, to the hazard of the places from whence they went, (especially of London City, but the disceived fooles [Page 10]did not see (the which the King never did, as for the designe of ingrossing all the Gun powder into one hand, it was not so bad as is the designe of some men in the Parliament, of ingrossing the stock of all the moneyes, power, and priviledges of the whole land into their hands, by which means the peo­ple shall be utterly impoverished and made slaves.

Then they complaine of selling the Kings timber, the taking away of mens right under colour of the Kings title to land, between high and low water markes. Of the Monopolies of Sope, Salt, &c. the restraint of the liberties of the Subiects in their habitation, trades, and other interest. And who had more right to sell the Kings timber then himselfe, they cannot say he sold any but his owne, and what he had a lawfull right and interest in: but many of the Parliament have destroyed other mens timber, and sold abundance both of woods and goods, since these fatall warres and put the moneys (I be­leeve into their own purses, whereunto they had neither title or intrest, and (to omit those who have indeed been Delinquents) how many mens rights, even whole estates, have these wicked men of the Parliament ta­ken away, under colour of Delinquency (the (right) between high and low water mark [...]) the owners whereof have been no Delinquents. I need not instance examples, too many of their own friends can testifie against them. Only one or two for a proofe, as Mr. Antrobus an honest pious Mi­nister of the Gospel in Cumberland, one who hath both paid to them and suffered for them, and for his fidelitie is intrusted as a Commissioner with Mr. Musgrave by his country, to solicit the House for redresse of their grievances, had his benefice to the value of a 100. l. yearly, and his estate the other day adjudgd to be sequestred & taken away for Delinquencie, to no disadvantage I hope, of the Earle of Northumb. and Mr. Barwis, a Member of the House of Commons (of whom more hereafter) one of the Common wealths deceitfull servants and false friends. In like manner (as I have heard) was the Vicar of the rich Viccarage of Wiggen in Lanca­shire served, who afterwards dyed in the Parliament service & quarrel, yet this was done that one Mr. Case a coveteous Priest, might be put in. I have indeed observed that since the Parliament got the power into their own hands, there hath not been a more sure token of Delinquency in the eyes of some Parliament men, and coveteous Priests, then a faire house richly furnished, a pleasant seat well wooded, a good office, and a fat benefice, or a flock well woolled, (and sometime a desire of revenge) might wit­nesse Sir Garret kemp of Slindon, neare Chichester in Sussex, a man of peace­able demeanor and conversation, and aged neare 80. yeares having many children and grand children, and an estate upwards, of 2000. l. per an­num [Page 11]well wooded and a great personall estate was totally sequestred to his dammage of neare 20000. l. for denying to send his horses to Chiche­ster to assist Sheriffe Foord against the Parliament, and afterwards upon a second warrant sent from them by Foord upon paine of death, he being told by his servants the said Sheriffe had declared he must have them, Sir Garret replyed, if they must have them let them have them, upon proofe of which words learned Mr. Sam. Brown, and the rest of the reverend Committee of Lords and Commons for sequestration, did adiudge and declare the confirmation of the Sequestration of his estate, and 10000. l. worth of Beech, (some of 500. yeares growth) because beech cannot be supposed by them to be timber, hath felled and disposed of although he hewed within 4. mile of the enemies Garrison, and 20. mile distant of the Parliament fo [...]ces. As for the restraint of the liberties of the Subiect in their habitations. I say restraint in a mans habitation, is far better, more comfortable and tollerable, then to be restrained in a noysome Gaole or prison, where he can have no free communion with his wife, children, family or friends, and is exposed to the ty [...]anny of Gaolers, and all man­ner of oppressive charges. But why talke these men of restraint of the liber­ties of the Subiects in their habitations, when as they restrain the King (their sovesaign Lord and ours, of liberty in his owne house, and that in such a manner as is worse then a prison? for commonly and legally, men in pri­son may receive and right letters touching their owne affaires, and com­mune, discourse, walke and talke, with any visitant, friend or stranger, without prohibition, inspection, incivill question, or restriction: but so cannot Charles our King. A sad and strange condition. We say that by law a man ought not to be kept close prisoner, and by the Petition of Right: it is declared, to be contrary to law, to imprison a man without cause shewed or expressed. Yet is our King, and if they date deale so presump­tuously with the King (their Soveraign Lord) contrary to law: doe you thinke (country men) they will if they can chuse allow you law? no, no, be not deceived. But ye shall find more concerning this man our King, and this matter, and this treacherous parties (as they conceive) their un­discerned abuses of him, and of the whole Kingdome through him, and their designes upon him and us by him, elswhere following, as for Mo­nopolies, though they have taken away some yet they continue others, witnesse among divers the Monopolie ofAnd a n [...] Monopoli [...] lately gra [...] by them t [...] [...] Crew, an [...] [...] thers of t [...] Norway t [...] Marchant adventurers, to the spoyling and destroying of the trade and lively hood of thousands, who subsist by that stable trade of Cloathing And for the restraint of the liberty of the Subiect in other interest. I can tell you how they have by an illegall [Page 12]Ordinance, restrained on Mr. Markham a Citizen of good repute in London, the true and lawfull Executer of one Mr. Gamble deceased▪ from receiving or medling with the estate and debts of the said Gamble, and have apointed and authorised, Mr. Maud, and Mr. Bettison two other Citizens, who were but Overseers, to receive and dispose of the same, and neverthelesse they leave Mr. Markam the Executer open and lyable to pay all the testatours debts, Legacies, and duties, and to be accountable for the Estate. Is this an Act (my friends) befitting a Parliament, that would be accounted the preserver of the Lawes, proprieties, and liberties of the free men of England? If this be that law, libertie, interest and pro­prietie, they seeme so zealous and swear so hard for, and declate so vehe­mently to mainetaine, I had rather be one of the Turkes Vassells, then one of Englands free Commons. They proceed and tell you of vexati­on and oppression by Purveyours, Clerks of the Market, and Salt-peter men, the sale of pretended nuzances, as buildings, in and about London, depopulation &c. all which drew many Millions out of the Subiects pur­ses, without any considerable profit to his Majestie. Doth not the vexa­tion and oppression of the Parliament by their conscience lesse Commit­tee men and their Clerkes, their sequestrators and their substitutes, Col­lectors, Receivers, Porsevants, Messengers and their deputies and assi­stants, Informers, and a multitude of Excise Cater pillars, (Publicans and Sinners) a rabble indeed of I know not what destroying officers, wholike the locusts of Aegypt, overspread the whole Kingdome, trancendantly exceed these other businesses of Purveyors, Clerkes of the market, &c. and what benefit profit or advantage at all have we had of all those many millions of moneys the Parliament hath dreigned and scrued from us, and how have they disposed of it? for they are but our Stewards, and it is very meet and just, that we should have an account, but I feare they in­tend no such matter if they can prevent it. And for the depopulation, which is the turning of [...]rrable land, that is common fields, into pasture. J would this had been the worst that had been done, for have not there bin divers acts of Parliament provided against it, and did not they justly de­serve to be deeply fined, who for their owne pride and unreasonable lucre that (as the Scripture speakes) they might live Lord like alo [...]e in the midst of the Earth, would destroy whole townes of tillage, where time out of mind there had been, many good houses kept by the plough, for the entertainment of the stranger, and reliefe of the poore, where there had been so many Farmes occupyed by husbandry, to the sustaining of many poore samilies by dayes labour, and many able farmers had lived, [Page 13]that had yeelded aid and subsidies, to his Majestie for the service of the Kingdome, whereas now in most of these places, the townes being depopulated and destroyed, and the people that be left beggered, and all the common fields and plough-land inclosed and turned into pasture yee shall find nothing for comfort or entertainment, but a poote Shepherd living (happily) in the midst of a multitude of grounds, in a poore sheep-Cote▪ standing as a Cottage in the midst of a Vineyard. But let such men be assured that Lordlikenesse contracted by such accursed meanes, will never continue, and he that thinkes the poor and meane man, unworthy to live in the earth by him, may in due time either him or his posteritie be to seeke a habitation, if not beg their bread. And for certaine some of our Parliament men, were and are guilty of this impoverishing destroy­ing practice, and because they were deservedly punished for it, did there­fore complaine, though more of malice, then just cause.

Then they complaine, that large quantityes of common and severall grounds have been taken from the subiect by colour of the statute of improvement &c and are not the sam [...] Commons and grounds detained still unto this day, and no redresse or remedy ministred, and who is in fault but Parliament? and that not only private interest but also publique faith had been broken and is not the like dayly done, and shamefully continued by the Parliament, (the complainers of these abuses) themselves? and they say that the whole Kingdome was like to have been robbed by an abominable project of Brafle money. It seemes it was but a like, I will not say a— yet had they never lyed, we had never been deceived. But yee may be sure (friends) and yee will find it certaine, if yee be not watchfull, and doe not take courage; and prevent them, that some of them have an abominable, treasonable project to rob the whole Kingdome (if they can) not only of their moneys, but of that also which is more precious, their birthrights, and their liberties, and that at once suddenly. Then they tell you, that a great number of his Majesties Subiects, for refusing those unlawfull charges, have been vext by long and expensive suits, some fined, some censured, imprisoned, &c that others have had their houses broke up, th [...]ir goods seized, and beene restrained from their callings, with many other assertions, not answe­table to those grievous pressures we now feele. And have not great num­bers not only of Delinquents, but also of their owne friends, for refusing (because perhaps not able) to pay their unlawfull and unreasonable taxes and charges, been vexed with long tedious and expensive, attendances, on themselves, and their shamelesse Committees, every way equivolent to long suits? have not some had their Horses and Cartell taken and dri­ven [Page 14]away, some been imprisoned and plundered, and others had their houses broken up; or forceably entred, and their goods seized, and made a pray on to their utter undoing? And whereas they say, that the Starre Chamber did abound in extravagent censures, not only for the maintenance, and improvement of Monopolies and other unlawfull taxes, but for divers other cau­ses where there hath beene no offence or very small, &c. Whether any Court or Counse [...] that ever was within the memory of man, in this Kingdome, did ever more abound (I Will not only say) with extravagent, but with wild, wicked▪ contradictory, distracted, unjust, illegall, unreasonable and uncolourable Votes, Sentences, sayings, Ordinances, Orders and Cen­sutes, then this present Parliament, and their Committees, (and all through the subtil [...]y of the same evill party.) I appeale not only to the whole land, but all the world, and those not only for the maintenance and improvement of their unjust, unreasonable, and mercilesse sequestrations, and others their like insupportable taxes, and charges, things more grie­vous, then precedent Monopolies, but for other causes, worse and more unrighteous; and that generally where the offence hath been very small or none at all. As the Committing of Major Tulidah, and Mr. Tew, doe veri­fie wherby his Majesties Subjects, they say have been oppressed, not more then at this present I am certain, by grievous Fines, imprisonments, Stig­matizings, mutilation, &c. these acts were then grievous to them it seems. yet now their fingers itch to be exercising them upon others, if they had but oppertunity, what meanes else that Declaration of the 31. of Decemb. last, but I hope that as God did then, so he will now, by his over-ruling providence, give an interruption to the prevailing power and counsell of those who are the Authors and Promoters of such peremptory and heady courses.

There they complaine also, that Judges have been put out of their pla­ces for refusing to doe against their oaths, &c. men they were it seeme [...] more conscionable then themselves, and now by their usurped authority Judges are made and put into places. who are glad to observe and serv [...] their wills. For it is not meet nor good manners for these Iudges to op­pose or contradict, Glyn, Maynard, Prideaux, Brown, Wilde, or any other of their masters, in any thing they plead or move before them, and so ye plainly see, that our grave Iudges are still in effect but Durante bene placit [...] Lawyers, they say, have been checkt for being faithfull to their Clyents Solicitovrs and Atturneys, have been threatned and some punished so following law suits, and that by this meanes all the approaches of iustic [...] were forecluded. If Lawyers, Solicitours and Atturneys be not now [...]