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A96052	A most worthy speech, spoken by the Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwicke; in the head of his army, November, 22. when he tooke his leave of them, and delivered them under the command of his excellence the Earle of Essex. Wherin is contained all the duties of a Christian souldier, both toward God and man, with many religious advertisements, to deterre them from swearing, and taking the name of the Lord in vaine. Whereunto is annexed a caveat for the cavaliers, being a true example of Gods judgement against one of that crew, which tooke a pride in blaspheming against God, and cursing the Roundheads.	Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1658.	1642 (1642)	Wing W1008; Thomason E128_30; ESTC R739	2,627	9

A Most Worthy Speech ●poken by the Right Honourable ROBERT Earle of WARWICKE In the Head of his Army November 22. when he tooke his leave of them and delivered them under the Command of his Excellence the Earle of ESSEX VVherein is contained all the duties of a Christian Souldier both toward God and Man with many religious advertisements to deterre them from swearing and taking the Name of the Lord in vaine Whereunto is annexed a Caveat for the Cavaliers being a true example of Gods Iudgement against one of that Crew which rooke a pride in blaspheming against God and cursing the Roundheads London Printed by T. Fawcet Novem. 29. 1642. A Caveat for the Cavaliers or the Earle of Warwicks Caution to his ARMY Being the truth of a Speech spoken by the said Earle on the two and twentiteh day of November when he delivered them under the Command of the Earle of ESSEX NOble Countrymen you that are to fight in this just cause to preserve your Kings Rights the Priviledge of Parliament and the whole Kingdoms safety I have taken some paines to write this my desire for you to follow and then you must needs be fortunate and happy forbeare this vaine use of swearing and blaspheming against his Name whose power is above mans power set your mindes on it and it will come alone for use bereedeth facillitie facillitie engendereth familiarity familiarity maketh readinesse readinesse frameth perfectnesse perfectnesse breedeth custome custome forceth continuance continuance conveieth us to sencelesnesse sencelesnesse lulleth us a sleepe in the Cradle of security so that we feare not not feele not our desperate fall in the painfull Pit of Perjury the unhappy reward whereof is perpetuall infelicity Let us take heed then of swearing or of the rash naming of God without reverence due unto his most glorious Name What mockery and derision is this against Christ in the Church when his name is sounded to bend in token of reverence and all the weeke after to sweare by him as though he were worthy of no honour at all The very Iewes used to teare their garments when they supposed they heard any blasphemy The Turkes so esteemed of their Mahomet that they never vainely sweare by his name neither doe they admit unto Office of Government any Swearer of what birth soever he be or though he be for any other quality never so notable Among the Heathen people a shame to Christians one Regulus a worthy Roman being taken prisoner by the Carthagenians when they of Carthage desired rather to have their owne prisoners from the Romans they sent this Regulus to Rome without any gage or pledge save his faith onely when he was at Rome he perswaded his Countrymen that his message was not profitable for his Country and for his oath sake uncompelled he returned as a prisoner to Carthage alone without guard where after the most cruellest manner that mischiefe of the most bloody minds could invent after such a sort that I never read the like They put him to death most terribly in this manner they compassed him round about with plankes which weare driven round with prickes of Jron the poynts whereof were made exceeding sharpe so that he could not bow himselfe any way without grievous wounds whereof his flesh ranckling the longer he lived the more grivous would be his payne waking or sleeping his feet must beare the burthen of his whole body he might truly say I live and so full well I dye so the Saguntinians rather then they would breake there faith made unto the Romanes they indured willingly all the punishments that hunger sword and fire could doe unto them Livius remembreth two Roman soldiers taken prisoners dismissed by Hanyball upon there oathes to returne againe to his campe the first subtily he left his sword behind him and when he was gone a good way from the campe he returned again to fetch his sword meaning by this subtill returning to save his oath and niver more returne but when this cause came to be disputed at Rome the heathen Romans sent him back againe as a perjured person averting that an oath ought so to be performed as he unto whom the oath was made did understand the promise The Law of the Egyptians was that no Swearing should be used but in lawfull cause if any were proved perjured he lost his Head The Scythians had a Law likewise that whosoever was proved perjured he should be throwne downe the high Rocke Tarperos and therefore when they did sweare they held a Stone in their hand and protested in this manner if I lye or sweare ought but truth cast me violently from the Rocke as I ●ling this Stone from me What a shame is this to Christians that the heathen people that knew no God would not sweare rashly and if they did what punishments they they suffered but we that professe Christ sweare rashly and unreverently and so we be trusted when we sweare we care not after though we breake our faith Deere Countrymen and fellow souldiers thinke but upon this thinke what you have undertooke of the Cause you are to fight in thinke against whome the bloudy and inhumane Papists they that keepe your deare Anointed King from you those blaspheming and tiranous Cavaliers that destroyes and brings to utter ruine every place where they come Therefore deare Countrymen follow not their evill Examples to ravish Wives and Virgins to fire mens Barnes and to destroy the Graine for this they dayly doe with Oathes on Oathes that still they will go on in their most divellish and most detestable practizes but doe you take thy counsell and be but ruled by me and keepe this in your thoughts we will quickly quell their valiant voyces fetch our King spight of their Oathes home to his royall Throne A true Relation of the iust iudgement of God against a deboyst Cavalier which tooke a pride in blaspheming against God and cursing the Round-Heads ONe of my Lord Moones Cavaliers this last weeke within six Miles of Lanceston having been making merry and after dinner riding to his R●ndevouze he overtooke some honest Countrymen that had been at Lanceston at Market who rode together being in number neare twenty Horsemen among whom this lusty Cavalier upon his prancing Horse daubed with gold Lace with his losty Plume in his Montero and riding up to them saluted them in the manner following Damme-me where have all these Round-heads been to day no Roundheads replyed one of them but faithfull Subjects to the King and Parliament Hang you said ●e you have been all at an exercise to heare a Sermon in a Tub a pox take you all and swore most terribly unto whom one of the company not able to abide such blaspheming abomination in gentle wordes said unto him that he should answer for every idle word the Cavalier in a scornefull manner rapt out another Oath and said take not thou care for me but take care for thy winding sheet well sayd the other amend for Death giveth no warning as soone cometh a Lambe-skin to the market as an old Sheepe with that the Cavalier rapt out oath af●er oath biding him take no care for him thus he continued till at length in their Iourney they were to ride over a great Bridge that went over an Arme of the Sea upon which the gentleman swearing spurred his Horse so that he leapt over the Bridge with the Cavalier on his backe who as he was going cryed aloud Horse and man and all to the Divell FINIS