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A dialogue betwixt Philautus and Timotheus in defence of Dr. Fullwood's Legas Angliæ against the vindicator of Naked truth, stiling himself Phil. Hickeringill.
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Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.
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thine ear wiser and better and greater Men than thy self expressed their trouble to the Doctor when they heard he was about to reflect upon thy scandalous Book for so they called it that he should condescend so far as to honour it with an Answer and feared that thou wouldst value thy self those were the words upon thy being taken so much notice of by a Dignitary of the Church of England which indeed had almost prevented the Print But at length Phil. thou art a Gentleman and will have the world know thou hast 200 l. per An. Land of Inheritance Well Phil be it so but we must take thy word for both seeing thou livest by ill neighbours We have thy Picture drawn to the life by a Modern Dawber no primitive Painter in all thy Books but it is well that Gentleman is written by otherwise a Man would swear 't were the Picture of a Cock or Bull rather than a Gentleman a Cock for his Crowing or a Bull for his Rage CHAP. V. A Specimen of his Wit Doctor 's Expressions vindicated Phil. WHat 's the matter Tim. art quite lost and turn'd Enemy Tim. I had almost done with thee but thy wonderful Witticisms which I lately discovered have pretty well reconciled me and made me amends for all together How smoothly runs that viz. a Protestant Head must have a Protestant Face how Ingenuous that the Proem takes up too much room in another character least the best of Puns should escape unobserved which without the cost of a costive Anagram more than pays the Doctor for his Hobby Warr-Hawks but there 's no end of this Topick every Line has its Salt and therefore passing all the rest I shall crown my observation with a little further notice of that Anagram we hinted at which crowns thy wit at the end of thy Book 't is this Fra. Fullwood war dul-fool Now Phil. let 's be serious a-while and war-dull-fool indeed is his name as much too hard for thy wit as his Arguments for thy Reason what makes thee deal so barbarously with it O Phil. thy wit is cruel and short for War-dull fool can reach but to Fra. Vlwood and short and cruel what cut off the lower half of his Christian name and the Head of his Sirname I now find thy knack at capping of Verses and uncapping of Names and am not much concern'd tho' his Name thus suffers seeing his reputation is above thy reach Phil. Would any Man alive beside thee have been such a fool in print and without shame have boasted of this subtle Sylly Anagram as thou callest it thy self such folly calls for the fury of a chastizing Paedagogue and whipping Tom indeed Phil. What because it is not true to a letter the troth is Tim for a phansie or a humour we Wits regard neither truth nor sense nor good manners But now I am provoked I 'le expose two such instances of the Doctor 's wit that are strangers enough to sence and as much as any of mine 1. What dost think of his rock of Sand upon which he supposeth me to triumph I never heard of a Rock of Sand before Tim. It may be so Phil. but I think the expression is at least pardonable but thy Reading in Philosophy is hardly so hast forgot or didst never hear of that question about the generation of Stones and Rocks But cease thy wonder he never intended a natural real and firm Rock for he knew well enough that thou hadst none such to stand upon but he meant such as thou hadst and such as thy matter depended upon a fictitious false counterfeit rock and such a one may easily be made of Sand mix'd with the slime and dirt which so much defiles Naked Truth Phil. But thou canst never bring him off for his other extravagancy for lying envy malice c. he saith I am a very Angel of light Tim. What Phil. fail in thy Rhetorick too hast forgotten the figure that warrants such manners of expression I wonder what thou wouldst be called for such kind of virtues as lying c. or any of thy other excellencies An Angel of Darkness and Confusion the Prince of the Air the Accuser of the Brethren or a Devil-incarnate And in this Sphear this Wilderness of Evils None prosper highly but the perfect Devils CHAP. VI. A previous attempt of Mr. Phil's Judgment and Logick SECT I. Tim. THough thou approachest towards the main battle timidè and with deal of modesty even to despair yet I observe thou makest some on-sets that give tokens of some braveness in thee I acknowledge thou art strangely qualified with stoutness of body resoluteness of mind invincible passions haughtiness of expression accurateness in History and Law especially against the Church and Ecclesiastical Courts all managed with a singular stream of wit and fancy as I lately noted Yet to deal plainly with thee Phil. there is a small gift or two that seem not to be altogether so compleat in thee I mean that clearness of mind and foundness of wisdom and that dexterous faculty of reasoning that should crown a disput an t of thy strange adventure Phil. How man why that 's my glory and in the knack of arguing I challenge the world But if it should be with me as thou saist yet thou maist perceive I am even with this Archdeacon for he lai'th out his whole strength in a little point which I denied and indeed argued against with all my might and skill in Law and Story Namely the Lawfulness of Ecclesiastical Government and seems to neglect those Weightier things of Pag. ◠Procurations Synodals Fees of Courts c. and is not that as ill in him as for me to shew my manhood in those noble points of resolution passion fancy story and expression though I should be found less and less concerned in the inconsiderable points of wisdom and reason However Tim. I know no Nakedness in my discourse but the Naked Truth If thou dost shew it Tim. This Nakedness appears in the whole body of thy Book not to prevent that discovery I shall here only instance in two of thy attempts 1. The Doctor had said our Laws exclude the purely Spiritual power of the keys from the Supremacy of our Kings except it be to see that Spiritual men do their duty therein Here upon I am ashamed to see how thou triumphs before the Victory and how pury like how poorly and fallaciously thou attack'st him First Thou say'st K. Hen. 3. preacht in Pulpit ergo c. Secondly Emperors called Councils and approved their Canons Ergo Thirdly Our Kings are ordained Priests as Baker relates therefore thou strongly concludest they have the power of the Keys but the conclusion should have been that they have the purely Spiritual power of the Keys doest not perceive it Phil. Our Laws do say that the King is mixta persona cum sacerdote and all those ensigns at his Coronation import as much but in which of them is
A DIALOGUE BETWIXT PHILAUTUS AND TIMOTHEUS In Defence of Dr FVLLWOOD's LEGES ANGLIAE Against the Vindicator of Naked Truth Stiling himself PHIL. HICKERINGILL LONDON Printed for Rich. Royston Bookseller to His most Sacred MAJESTY 1681. TIMOTHEVS and PHILAVTVS CHAP. I. Of the Author's Name Phil. Hickeringill TImotheus Well met Philautus Philautus Why Philautus Tim. I know you call your self Phil. Hickeringill but that Dutoh-Hobgoblin name is so rugged and harsh in the mouth and so unsutable to the smoothness of your Vindication of Naked Truth that neither my self nor a Thousand others can endure it at the first time they heard it it brought a Curse with it and they wish they had never heard it since and are frightned at the very sound of it as if it were conjuring Indeed Hickeringill speaks ill and hears worse therefore as you have faced about and chang'd your countenance as to Religion or against it I thought it not amiss to change your name too Phil. How now Tim hast an itchy endeavour to be witty forsooth in Vindic. p. 35. spite of Nature and thy Stars enough of Hickeringill but why must Phil. be added to autus why Philautus thou thinkst thou hast a trick for that too Tim. To deal plainly with thee every body perceives that this Phil. Hickeringill is the same Person that lies prostrate under the name of Edmond at the foot of Naked Truth and it is known that Phil. and Edmond are all one that is Ned loves Hickeringill and Hickeringill is in love with himself and for this Reason I have made bold for the better sounds sake to call thee Philautus But prethee Phil. why art thou pleased with that throatling name Phil. Hickeringill is it not for the same reason good wits may jump Phil. Say nothing Tim and I will tell thee the naked truth and whether I thought of thy reason or not I am resolved upon good reason to love my self for I see little in the world that a Man should be fond of and but few that regard me as I deserve or merit my kindness Nor can I expect otherwise Plain dealing has few friends and that 's my Talent besides I have flown at all sorts of People Fift-Monarchists p. 35. Anabaptists Quakers Independents Presbyterians Papists and I trow in a very civil manner at our own Church-men too and thus have provoked them all against me and is it not time to take care of my self I had once some hopes of favour from the Church of England but now I despair for I saw little was to be got by her kindness and occurr'd her displeasure to speak the truth she hath always been a Step-Mother Vind p. 2. to the Author of the Naked Truth and he never had any thing from her but frowns and blows at best but a Bitt and a Knock and now alas she is in the Wane and not worth the courting I found her lately in the Frontispiece of a Book called Leges Angliae a pretended answer to Naked Truth pictured in a very low and weeping posture groaning under the Cross and I hate her in her very picture but seeing it is so sad with her I will pity and love my self therefore call me what thou wilt I am Phil. Hickeringill and will be so in spight of the World and the Church too CHAP. II. Of the Title Leges Angliae one Fullwood a libelling Pamphlet Tim. THou mentionest a Book called Leges Angliae prethee what 's thy opinion of it Phil. That Book I have not patience to speak of it it so scandalously handles my beloved Naked Truth it proves it to be all lies and then cloaths it with Bears-skins and all shapes of Villany and then exposeth it and hectors and beats and kills it and all that under the detestable name of my chief old enemy the Laws of England Many years agon these Laws of England had like to have done me a mischief and I could never endure the name of them since especially when the wind blows West-ward and I wonder at my heart how these Laws can give warrant to others in a Hectoring way to say â—ind p. 6. Come Clergyman deliver your Purse your Purse But with what Title his pitiful Pamphlet can challenge so swelling a Title shall be considered only by the sequel 〈…〉 2. Tim. Good Phil. why so angry the Title did thee a kindness Some think had it not been for this Title and a small Jest thou hadst had little to say to the whole Book and it seems to be true too because thou so often makest mention and makest so much advantage of them But to speak my mind a serious Book that consists chiefly of our Laws and Vindicates a legal Government by Arguments of express Laws may wear this Title of Leges Angliae modestly enough though I must tell thee I am well assured that that Title was put to the Book by another hand and not by the Authors who knew it not certainly till he saw it in Print He hath often said he did not like it because he had twit Mr. Cary for stiling his lesser Book The Law of England though that seems to be a greater Title But good Phil. why must thy Vindication carry so much folly and rage in the front of it Scornfully calling thy Adversary one Fullwood though he tells the world both his Name and his Title and Dignity If he be a Doctor in Divinity and a Dignitary in the Church or but an aged Spectacle-Divine thou shouldest have used him with less disdain if not with reverence Some think he honoured thee too much in condescending to take notice of and answer thy Book and dishonour'd himself Phil. Why did he not let Naked Truth alone then why did he write so libelling a Pamphlet against it Tim. I know thou hast betray'd thy wit as well as manners in calling a serious Book touching lawful government written by an Ancient D. D. a libelling Pamphlet But Phil. if he write that which is true and set his name to it how is his Book a Libel That thou against whom his Book is written wer 't guilty enough was evident because thou fled'st for it not daring to put thy name at first to thy Naked Truth as the Doctor doth to his Book I say thou didst thus fly for it and that out of a sense of guilt or great fear Fear what the men or the Leges Angliae thou hadst offended by thy Naked Truth would do with thee should they find thee out as thou often confessest in that Book Indeed when thou hadst got thy Friends about thee I mean the Rabble that like not the Laws of England and as thou thought'st secured thy self among thy Abettors then thou appearest and shewest thy self though sneakingly at the Tail of thy Book Seeing thy self then in the face of those moveable waters thou seemest to fall in love with and pride thy self as the Author of a Book so highly esteemed by the weak