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A79828	The discoverer. Being an answer to a book entituled, Englands new chain, the second part, discovered. Shewing in what part the sayd book is false, scandalous, and reproachfull; in what destructive to the present government; in what particulars it tends to division and mutiny in the army, and the raysing of a new warre; and wherein it hinders the releife of Ireland, and continuing of free-quarter; according to the Parliaments censure upon the sayd booke. Also the generall officers of the army are here cleared from sundry falshoods, and slanders charged upon them: with a further discovery of many dangerous and destructive designes still carryed on by the levelling party, against the peace, safety, and freedome of the people. The second part.; Discoverer. Part 2.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1649 (1649)	Wing C437; Thomason E564_9; ESTC R206100	76,844	90

of Church and Common-wealth Thirdly No man hath been styled a Leveller for any sense of Common right but because under this colour and cloak they have carryed on pernicious Plots and Designes to the great detriment and dammage of the Nation Plato seeing Diogenes with a Coat of holes sayd he could see his Pride thorow the holes of his Coat Howsoever Treason and Sedition doe use to cloath themselves with the habits of Common right h Auctor tumultus T. Curtifius quondam Pretoriae cohortis Miles Primo caetibus clandestinis apud Brundisium circumjecta opida moae positis propalam libellis libertatem vocabat agrestia per longinquos saltus ferocia servitia Et erat ijsdem regionibus Curtius Lupus Questor cui provincia vetere ex more Cales evenerat Is disposita clussiariorum copia captantem tum maxime conjurationem disjecit Tacit. Annal. l. 4. p. 125. Liberty Safety that under those Liveries they may get countenance and finde the more accesse in the World yet the movings thereof are not so covert and hid but judicious and discerning men can easily observe the same Secondly It is no lesse false in charging the Councell of Warre with i Englands new Chaine p. 7. as much arbitrarinesse as ever was in the world sentencing some to death others to disgracefull punishments restraining and releasing at pleasure c. Answ 1. What as ever was in the World Never worse done by Jew nor Gentile before Reader it is worth thy observation how their accusations are alwayes framed thus either our Magistrates are matched with the vilest Tyrants that ever * The Discoverer p. 5. were or the greatest Oppressours on Earth are not halfe as bad as they But secondly How tender the Ruling part of the Army hath beene in taking away life by Martiall Law is evident by that true Report which k The Justice of the Army p. 1. one hath lately given thereof there having beene not above seven or eight executed since the Generall had bis Commission l Qui vult amari languida regnet manu Senec. Tragic Non quidquid Nocens reus pati mereretur id egregio sub principe Tac. l. 14. Annal. p. 275. an unparallel'd example Phillip King of Macedon was wont to say That the reproaches and injuries of the Athenian Orators caused him to order his words and deeds so that themselves should be proved Lyars The moderation and clemency of his Excellency and Councell of VVarre hath been such as their Enemies have been found false accusers in all their seditious Papers and Pamphlets against them Thirdly For the persons there mentioned and the cause wherefore censured we shall speake thereof in another place here we shall onely acquaint the Reader how it hath been ordinarily the practice of Conspirators when they have sought to destroy the present Government and thereby to advance themselves to asperse the Officers and Commanders of the Army with pride tyranny dominion lust c. as a weapon of meer advantage the better to effect their selfe-seeking ends 3. The Book tels us that m England new Ch●●●● p. 3. their Generall Councels according to their engagements ought to consist onely of two select Commission Officers and two private Souldiers chosen by every Regiment with such Generall Officers as assented to the Engagement and no other Answ The dissolution of the Agitators is much complained of and made one main ground of great division and mutiny in the Army but the truth in that n See Mr. H●●● D●● Booke called The Levellers Designe p. 4 5. where th●● thing a l●●gly hand●●d same power by which they had their constitution made a dissolution and nul thereof And this was done by a Petition to the Generall from most of the Regiments of Horse and Foot wherein they humbly desired that their Agitators might be sent back to their respective Regiments and that they would have the Councell of Warre to be in the same manner it was before professing their subjection and obedience thereunto and according to their Petition by a mutuall and joynt consent of all parties publiquely declared the Councell of Agitators was dissolved So that it is false that the Generall Councell should consist of any Commission Ofcers or private Souldiers chosen by every Regiment Neither can the Ruling part of the Armie be charged with Violation of that Engagement nor doth there remaine any obligation on them to have revived or continued any such Councell much lesse is it warrantable in the Souldiery of the Army to assume any such power as to act thereby 4. It is an accusation grounded upon a lye to say that those o Englands new Chaine p. 3. Officers and Souldiers were sleighted and discountenanced who first engaged against the destructive Votes of Parliament and stood firme to their engagement at New Market and Triploe-heath For first such men are not onely still in place and matters of the greatest trust reposed in them but also have ever shewed their dislike against the Levelling Faction Secondly if any Officers or Souldiers have been checked and controuled it was * If a Servant run away from his Master will not hee speake evill of the Family Who will admire when men are punished for sedition to heare them complaine afterwards against their Judges for some apparent miscarriages and not for well-doing And here wee shall Discover unto the Reader a prety devise of these men which is to relate how some of their Party have been sleighted discountenanced sentenced c. and withall report what good services they have done concealing in the meane time the just p Note Thou shalt never finde in any of their Papers the reason truely set downe wherefore any of their Faction have suffered onely their manner is to name the sufferers and what they suffered and where but the cause they durst never speake of Judge therefore the Tree by the fruits cause wherefore they suffered to the end ignorant and simple people may thinke they were punished unjustly To omit many examples there is one VVilliam Thomson often mentioned in their Bookes now who in reading their fad Representation of him would imagine that a man so cryed up and styled by Mr. Lilburne q The peoples Prerogative p. 42. the honest Nounsubstantive Souldier was first questioned at a Court-Marshall for his prophane and scandalous life Namely for drunkennesse gameing r The Justice of the Army p. 7 8 9. quarrelling for breaking up a mans House in the dead of the night where he wounded three or four persons layd fellony to the charge of the Mistresse of the house for robbing him of twenty pound of Gold and Silver and afterwards confessed hee had lost none much more of the like wicked and base doings were proved against him whereupon he was ſ Mr. Lilburne saith he was a Corporall in Colonell Wh●leys Regiment and was cashiered at the head thereof but he is very carefull not to shew

of which for all it s declared treasonable I will seale with my heart blood But good Sir doe you not know it is not the suffering but th● n 1 Pet. 2.20 and 4.15 cause of the suffering that makes o The Jesuits doctrine is that he dyes a Martyr that dyes for his Conspiracie and Treason against the State a Martyr now as in the rest so here what is reported is most ●ntrue We find in their writings the shooting of the Souldier to death as Ware is much spoken of as an act of great p Thus did one Vibulenus cause a mutiny among the Souldi●●s by accusing falsly the Lievtenant that he had murdered his Brother and sought to murder him Nulhem ob scelus sed quia utilitati legi●num confidebamus Tacit. Annal. lib. 1. p. 13. cruelty injustice but have never mentioned the cause truly why he suffered and therefore to wipe of their falsehood and slander from the Army we shall give the Reader here a true account how it was The Souldier who was shot to death at the R●ndevouze neere Hartford was named Arnold of whose miscariages and outrages with some others at the same time Captaine Bray in a writing delivered to the Generall and Councell of War subscribed by him hath thus reported The Regiment being ordered to march to New-Castle when they came at St Albanes had there read unto them the paper called q It is no marvaile that in all Common-wealths great care hath been taken to suppresse seditious Books considering how dangerous they are The case of the Army stated whereupon they resolved unanimously not to march and howsoever according to the orders he had received the next day caused the Drums to beat yet few or none appeared but r Dictator signiferum cunctantem signum ut jussus erat inferre occidit Liv. 4. seized upon the Collours and set them in the waggons placeing a strong guard about them and this they did allthough he had used all the arguments of perswasion he could to the contrarie So at a Councell of warre held at Hockley having given his vote for their marching as a thing fit and ſ We might shew that as it was reasonable they should obey the ●●●●●●ll so there was at that time great cause wherefore the Generall gave them order to march thither reasonable and being returned from the Councell to them used againe many perswasive arguments but all in vaine for their combination and murmuring much increased insomuch that they ca●● into his quarters the same night after and demanded the Colours of him the which he refusing and giving many reasons for it they went into his Chamber and carried them away telling him they could not beleeve any of their Officers nay that they could not beleeve any of their owne fathers Being come to Olney he againe commanded the Drums to beat and intended to goe forward according to his orders but they came together and resolved not to march and when he had propounded unto them all the arguments of obedience and reason he could professing withall to be an enemie to * Cannot Lapis see this to be Regular irregularity howsoever a freind to all just desires resolutions and mutuall ingagements they began to be suspitious of him About the same time there being come more Collours from Northamptonshire they grew higher and more refractorie and as he was pressing them to their duty a t It was no doubt a malignant design to distemper the Army thereby to put the Kingdome into a new fl●me Cavalier affronted him and swore by God they must not beleeve any of their Officers but should fight now against the Independents Upon this they marched back according to their determinations to Dunstable with many of the Horse full of the like distemper and their received a Letter the substance whereof was that they should stand to their u Decipios ali●● verbis vultuqu● benig●● Nam mihi jam no●●● dissim●lator eris Martial ● 4. Epigram honest ingagements c. and the Party that brought the Letter told them that the Generall and Le●●●tenant Generall x An usual practice amongst them to rayse up false reports of what encouragements they have thereby to more the credulous and s mple the sooner to rebel●ion See a Declaration of his Excellency concerning the revolted Souldiers pag. 16 would not oppose them the which report made the Souldiers more and more Exorable Much more in that Narration is shewed of their insolencies and high disobedience notwithstanding he mentioneth y Being very much suspected to be an a better or at least a favourer of the Mutiny not their barbarous and most inhumane carriage to their Officers and the Countrey which was so vile and horribly wicked that all the Felons which have suffered at Tyburne these twelve months were not wee are confident guilty of so many a For this they are called Honest and worthy Souldiers the go●d men in the Army men most consciencious cordially acting for common good horrid outrages as they committed Not any of their Officers except Captain Bray the Quartermaster and one more durst co●le neer them some they b Following Walwyns Doctrine To fre themselves out of the hands of Tyrants The bloody Project p. 14. pursued many miles and swore as they followed them they would be revenged on them and in this pursuit of their Officers c Here the Craftsmans craft wil hardly finde so much craft as to clear them of theft theevishly tooke away many Horses in the Countrey pretending their Officers were run away with their money whereas they were forc't to flie or otherwise had been cruelly murdered by their owne Souldiers Neither were their Officers thus basely abused but their rage and cruelty was as much exercised on others and not against Malignants but their manner was where ever they came in their march to inquire if there were any d Honest and w●rthy Souldiers cordially acting for common good Lapis hath one stone left yet to fling at the Discoverer for finding fault with them for this Round heads in the Towne and where they found such they would be sure to abuse them the more Insomuch that many honest men have since complained that the Cavaliers never dealt so cruelly with them and had not Bray and the Quarter-master beene with them they had been certainely Plundered o●●● all If not e Have they not sufficiently prov'd the Parliament m●n to be Trayt●●s and England in Chains in regard when the five cordiall Citizens required Justice for the 〈◊〉 of the Souldier that was sh●t at Ware they could not be heard O Cromwel O Fairfax O Iret●● O Hasletig c. But peace John a new Representative will do the deed murdered In this insolent distemper they come to the Ra●dezvouz where the General and Officers inquiring who had been the principall Leaders and Actors of this mutiny eight or nine were singled out and being all found

at a Court Marshall guilty of many notorious facts in this businesse were adjudged by the Lawes and Ordinances of Warre to dye Neverthelesse afterward all pardoned but f Hee that knowes what belongs to the Government and discipline of all Army and considers their miscarriages and outrages would rather wonder that every tenth man of them had not suffered then asperse the Councell with cruelty and unjustice one and this referred to a Lot which fell upon Arnold one who had been as some Officers of that Regiment report more notoriously guilty then any other in that wicked Conspiracy We have spoken the more largely of this particular to shew the dissimulation and treachery of those men For who would thinke to heare them say We doe in the behalfe of our selves and all well minded people here before this honourable House as in the presence of Almighty God protest against the shooting of the Souldier to death at Ware and bow five cordiall Citizens g Wee have seen their Petition but there was not one word in it of pursuing their Officers stealing Horses plundering c. It was cordially done and so not Libellus famosus as Lapis no contemptible mean bred decayed Parson learnedly Latins it required justice for his blood that he suffered for such horrible and vile misdemeanours Could any Machiavillian or Jesuite hide Mutiny Theft Murder Cruelty and the very height of Rebellion like a dunghill under Snow so handsomely The Romans in Warre had an Engine which they nam'd Musculus the nature of it was to hide their Souldiers so that they could unseene come to the Walls of a City and undermine it this h Here wee sh●l leave Lapis a while and take notice of H. B. who seemes to have some sense Now if he will shew his Craft let him not spend so much time about that which is not in question but if he can shew us that rebellion theft murder oppression c Is justifiable if m●n say it is for ●●mmon good he shall be reputed to have the Crafts mans Craft Engine they use oft under a colour of pursuing the ends of engagements and acting for common good approach the walls of our State and unseen sat least as they th●●● there work the ruine and overthrow thereof 2. For others whom they name what the Co●●cell of Warre did to them there was reason a●● cause for it the distemper among the Souldiers ●●ing so great and many ill-affected people now wa●●ing an opportunity through a breach and division 〈◊〉 the Army to destroy both Army and Kingdome it was necessary that such as appeared to countenance so dangerous a designe though happily intending no evill should be prevented the which could not be without removing them as they did and securing their persons l Hor. l. 2. Od. 13. Quid quisque vitet nunquam homine satis Cautum est What daily by us should avoyded be We cannot with sufficient heed foresee 3. They aske † Englands new Chaine pag. 14. what freedome is their left where k Quid verba au●●●m cum facta videam Cic. 3. Tus honest and worthy Souldiers are sentenc'd and enforc'd to ride the Horse with their faces reverst and their swords broken over their heads for but Petitioning and presenting a letter in justification of their liberty therein if this be not a new way of breaking the spirits of the english which Strafford and Canterburie never dreame of 〈◊〉 know no difference of things Answ 1. It is a false conclusion and seditiously applied to insinuate that there is no freedome left 〈◊〉 when honest and worthy c. as if all our libertie and safetie consisted in the actings of foure or five mean Souldiers and because they rode the Horse it is now quite lost and we in Chaines But 2. That which they call Justification of their Liberty was a thing most scandalous to the Parliament Councell of State Court of Justice and tending to breed mutinie in the Army and so much was then shewed and proved to them In some fe●ny Countries where People are troubled with Gnats they use to hang up dung in the mid'st of the roome as a bait for the Gnats to fly to and so catch them as being a net or snare provided for the purpose there is no snare and this partie l John Lilburne knowes the Malignants would ●ot give a farthing for his Booke nor read it if it were not for his raysing at the present Government it is not his non-sence about the lawes nor his vaporings that they regard but the dung of his foule mouth they flye at knowes it well like the dung of Sedition hang up a Pamphlet or Libel stuft with falsehoods and raylings against Magestrates and Goverment let it be sayd m The legall fundamentall Liberties c. pag. 74. O perfidious Cruell Tyrants O Apostatiz'd Tyrants a company of bloody and inhumane butcherers of man The most perjurd perfidious false faith and trust-breakers and Tyrants that ever lived in the World n Ibid. ●5 a pack of dissembling jugling knaves o Ibid. 38. Corah Dathan and Abiram were never p The Bird Taurus is very little yet hath a voice like a Bull John hath a roaring Bulls voyce it s well his hornes are little such Rebels against Authority as the Generall and his Councell are nor the Anabaptists at Munster with q You might have forborne your Name-sake John of Leyden and N●per Dullion were never more contemners of Authoritie nor r Turpe est doctori cum culpa redarguit ipsum Jack Straw nor W●t Tiler nor all those famous men mentioned with a black pen in our histories and called Rebels and Traytors can never be put in any scale of equal ballance for all manner of rebellions and Treasons against all sorts and kinds of Magistracie with the Generall and his Councell Let this be the Dung for the Trapp and ſ John may a man and not he rayl'd at whisper a word in your eare You speake much agai st so●● men of carrying on designes and their owne Interest Now in this thing many take notice of you how by slandering the Government and rayling at good men you cunningly drive on your own Interest that is gull the simple people out of their mea●e for had you followed your first trade which was honest you had not gotten so mu●● as by this latter which is base namely Rayling Lilburne can speake by experience there shall not be t Quilibet natura fertur ad s●i s●●ile● Astnus Asino pulcherimus sus vero sui Equi equis similes boves vero bobus a Gnat not a secret conspirator a false hearted traytor a close mutineer and one that seekes to Levell Church and State but he will sticke at it And to the end the stinck may not choake them they shall see it written in great Capital-letters the u Mr. Lilbu●nes Title of his last Book legall