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The Young-mens and the apprentices outcry, or, An inquisition after the lost fundamentall lawes and liberties of England
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The Young-mens and the Apprentices Outcry OR An Inquisition after the lost Fundamentall Lawes and Liberties of ENGLAND Directed August 29. 1649. in an Epistle to the private Souldiery of the Army especially all those that signed the solemne Ingagement at Newmarket-Heath the fifth of Iune 1647. But more especially to the private souldiers of the Generalls Regiment of Horse that helped to plunder and destroy the honest and true-hearted English-men trayterously defeated at Burford the 15. of May 1649. By Charles Collins Anthony Bristlebolt William Trabret Stephen Smith Edward Waldgrave Thomas Frisby Edward Stanley VVilliam VVhite Nicolas Blowd John Floyd in the name and behalf of themselves and the Yovng men and Apprentices of the City of London Who are cordiall approvers of the Paper called The Agreement of the free people dated May 1. 1649. and the defeated Burford-mens late Vindication dated the 20. of August 1649. LAMENT 2.11 12. Mine eyes do faile with tears my bowells are troubled my liver is powred upon the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the City They say to their mothers Where is corne and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the City when their soule was powred out into their mothers bosome Gentlemen VVE are all of one Nation and People it is the sword only that differeth but how just a title that is over us your owne private thoughts surely are our determiners however your actions import For it is not imaginable except amongst Bears Wolves and Lions that brethren of one cause one Nation and family can without remorse and secret check of conscience impose such Iâ—on yokes of cruelty and oppression upon their fellowes as by the awe and force of your Sword ramâ—ant is imposed upon the people of this Nation you see it we are at best but your hewers of wood and drawers of water our very persons our lives and properties are all over-awed to the supportation only of the raging lawlesse Sword drench't in the precious blood of the people the ancient and famous Magistracy of this Nation the Petition of Right the great Charter of England above thirty times confirmed in open and free Parliament with all other the fundamentall laws safeties and securities of the people which our Ancestors at an extraordinary dear rate as with abundance of their â—lood and treasure purchased for the inheritance of us and of the Generations after us and for which â—ou pretendedly took up arms against the late King and his party are now all subverted broken down â—nd laid wast the Military Power being thrust into the very office and seat of the Civil Authority The King not onely most illegally put to death by a strange monstrous illegall â—rbitrary Court such as England neverknew Monarchy extirpated not rectifâ—â—d without and besides the consent of the people though the actors of that bloody Scene have owned and declared them to be the original of all iust humane Authority â—ut even our Parliaments the very interest marrow and soule of all the native rights of the people â—ut downe and the name and power thereof transmitted to a pick'd party of your forcible selecting â—nd such as your Officers our Lords and Riders have often and frequently stiled no better then a mock-Parliament a shadow of a Parliament a seeming-Authority or the like pretending the continuance thereof but till a new and equall Representative by 〈◊〉 mutuall Agreement of the free People of England could be elected although now for subserviency to their exaltation and Kingship they prorogue and perpetrate the same in the name and under colour thereof introducing a Privy Counsell or as they call it a Counsell of State of superintendency and suppression to all future successive Parliaments for ever erecting a martiall Government by blood and violence impulsed upon us making souldiers to be executioners of Orders and VVarrants pretending to the Civill Authority and in every particular notwithstanding all your famous and glorious Declarations of Freedom and Liberty dealing with us as an absolute conquered and inslaved People The Law being nothing but a mock protection to our lives liberties and properties the Judges set apart for the excutors of it a meer delusion our Sheriffs Mayors Justices of Peace Constables c. being laid by or made no better then ciphers the choise of them by will without right appropriated to a few factious men while the right owners the people are rob'd of their free and popular elections of them as not daring to execute Justice upon the rudest or meanest souldier in England although the Law sufficiently warrants them thereunto but contrarywise Commoners are forceably convented and tryed before a Councell of VVarr and some sentenced even unto death others by a private verball order made to run the gantlop and whipt most barbarously for refusing to take false and illegall oaths and the blood of war expresly against the Petition of right and for which amongst other crimes the Earle of Strafford lost his head as a Traytor shed in times of Peace as the blood of Mr. Richard Arnell upon the 15. November 1647. near Ware of Mr. Robert Lockier the 27. of April 1649. so much bewailed and lamented at London of Col. Poyer of Cornet Thompson Mr. Perkins and Mr. Church upon the 16. of May 1649 at Burford contrary to promises and solemn ingagements at the taking of them as their friends lately defeated with them in their vindication of the 20. of August 1649. fully declare pag. 6.7 and others yet fresh in our memory doth witnesse parties of horse and foot contrary and in direct defiance of the due course and processe of Law sent at unseasonable houres to hale and pull people out of their beds and houses from their wives and children without so much as ever summoning of them and without any crime or accusation showne or accuser appearing or the least pretence or shadow of Law produced some sent into remote Garrisons where they have been most barbarously used and indeavoured to be starved and toâ—â— from Garrison to Garrison others lock'd up close prisoners with centinels night and day upon their doors and all due tryalls and help at Law stoop'd and denyed and no remedy to be obtained yeâ— free men most barbarously put out of their legall possessions by force of arms without any manner 〈◊〉 triall at Law yea the Law damn'd and stoopt up against them for recovering of their legall right and they threatned severely to be punished if they desist not their suits at Law yea and free-mens estates never pretended to be within the compasse of the Ordinances of sequestrations seized on to 〈◊〉 great value by some great mens wills protected by their swords to do even what they lift without controul without any manner of tryall or conviction or any shadow of legall pretence or ever so much as laying any pretended crime to the parties charge all which are the
and for time to come to hinder as much and as farr as our poor despised intâ—rest will extend to all othâ—rs whatsoever save subsâ—â—â—bing or presenting any more popular petitions to them And only now as our last Pâ—peâ—-râ—fuge mightily cry out to each other of our intolerable oppressions in Letters and Râ—monstrances â—â—â—â—ned in the behalf and by the appointment of all the rest by some of the stoutest and stiffâ—st amongst us that we hope will never apostatize but be able through the strength of God to lay down their very lives for the maintaining of that which they set their hanâ—s to You our fellow-Countrymen the private Souldiers of the Army alone being the instrumentall authors of your own slaveâ—y and ours therefore as there is any bowels of men in you â—y love to your Native Country Kindred friends or relations any spaâ—kâ— of conscience in you any hopes of glory of immortality in you or any pity mercy or compassion to an Inslived undone peâ—shing dying people O help help save and redeem us from to tall vassalage and slâ—very and be no more like brute beasts to fight against us or our friend your loving and dear brethren after the flesh to your oâ—n vassalagâ— aâ— well aâ— ours And as an assured pledg of your future cordialnesse to us and the true and reall liberties of the Land of your Nativitie we beseech and beg of you but eâ—peâ—ially those amongst you that subscribed the solemn â—ngagement at New maâ—ket heath the fifth of June 16â—â— speedily to chuse out from amongst your selves two of the ablest and coâ—stantest faithfull men amongst you in each Troâ—p and Compâ—ny now at last â—y corresponding â—aâ—h wâ—th oâ—rer and with your honest fâ—iends in the Nation to consider of some effectuall course bey â—nd all pretâ—nces and cheat to accomplish the â—eal end of all your engâ—gements and fightings viz. the settling of the Liberties and Freedoms of the people which can never permanently he done but upon the sure foundation of a POPULAR AGREEMENT who viz. the people in Justice gratitude and common equity cannot choose but voluntarily and largely make bettâ—r provision for your future subsistence by the payment of your ARREARS then ever your Officer or this pretended Parliament intends or you can rationally expect from them witnesse their cutting off three parts of your Arreares in four for Eâ—ec-quarter and then necessitating abundance of your fellow-Souldiers now cashiered c. to sâ—ll their Debenters at two shillings six pence three shillings and at most four shillings perâ—l by meanes of which you that keep your Debenters being necessitated to vie with the greatest hidder in thâ— purchase of the late Kings â—ands they are able to give above 30 years purchâ—sâ— for that you cannot giveâ— yeaâ—s purchase 〈◊〉 and if you will not give with the most you must have no lâ—nd so thâ—t the mâ—st of your Debenters are likely to prove wasâ—â— paâ—ers and those that purchase will have but a slippery security of their possessions by â—eason of generall disâ—ontents amongst all sons of people and particularly by so extraordinarily disengaging and cheating so many Souldâ—â—rs as they have done of their just expected recompence of reward And also as a further demonstration of the cordialnesse of your hearts to us OUR Bâ—FORD FRIENâ—S and â—our own and our Liberties we desire you to take some speedy 〈◊〉 for the faithfull restoring to the right Owners all such Horses Money Clothes c. as yoâ—â— any of you plundered or stole from our true friends cheaâ—â—d and defeated at Burfords publish some kinde of Demonstration of your or any of your remorse of Consâ—â—â— for your being instrumentall in destroying of them there that stood for your good â—reedâ—â— and ARREARS as much and as well as their own especially considering they have their foreâ—aid Vindication made it evident and apparent and we understand they are 〈◊〉 face to face to prove That â—oth â—o 〈◊〉 Geneâ—all and â—ieuâ—â—nant Genâ—rall Cromwell broke their 〈◊〉 faith with them and treacheroâ—sly surprised them and so dealt worse and more vildâ—â—â— them then ever they did with the worst of Cavaliers with whom in that kinde they neâ—â—â— broke faith with in their lives but more especially we desire the last fore-metioned thing your hands because upon that Trayterous and wicked defeat of those our 〈◊〉 Frienâ—s and wilfuâ—â—y murthering of three of them that really stood for the Nations interest 〈◊〉 berries and Freedoms your Generall and Cromwell with the rest of their faction maâ—â— most transcendent Feast tâ— insuâ—t over the Liberties and freedoms of the servants of the most hâ—gh 〈◊〉 as though by that most vile act they had subdued and buryed all the Liberties of the Noâ—â—â— in eternall oblivion and FOYL'D the Lord of life and glory himself from disâ—iâ—â—ng any morâ— Syâ—â—â— of Courage and Resolution into any to stand for them and in that wickedâ—st of Feasts not onely 〈◊〉 great measure imitated â—elshazzar Dan. 5. Thâ—t â—â—ade a great Feaâ— to a thousand of his Lords 〈◊〉 feâ—â—hed out the vâ—ssâ—â—â— that by the spoiâ—e of the people of God his father Nebuchadnezzar had got 〈◊〉 the Temple of the Lord and drank wine in them and praised the gods of â—old and of silver of brasse of 〈◊〉 of wood and of stone but also imitated the greatest of the enemies of Christ who at the sâ—yâ—â— of the two witnesses Rev. 11. rejâ—â—ced over them and made meâ—â—y and sent gifis one to another 〈◊〉 Gold and Silver plate c. was most largely done to your General Fairfax and Lieutenant 〈◊〉 Cromwell the reason of which is there â—endred which is because the two Prophers of Trâ—â—â— and Justice tormeâ—ted them that dwelt on the râ—â—th but with comfort and joy we cannot bu◠〈◊〉 serve the next words to them which is That within a little season after the Spirit of life from 〈◊〉 enâ—red into them as we hope and dowâ—t not but it will abundantly now doe upon the true â—â—â—ders for justice and righteousnesse amongst men and they stood upon their feet and great feâ—â— upon them that saw them and great Earth quâ—kes followed in the nick of which is proclamation 〈◊〉 that the Kingdoms of this world are became the Kingdomâ— of our â—ord and of his Christ and he sâ—all 〈◊〉 for ever and ever unto which we heartily say Amen Amen So with our hearty 〈◊〉 true love remembred to you all expecting your or some or your speedy answer we coâ—â— you to God and rest London this 29. August 1649. Your faithful though abused Countrymen Signed in the behalf of our selves and the unanimâ—â—â—â— sent of the Agents of the Youngmen and Appreâ—â—â— of the City of London that love and approve of Agreement of the People dated May 1. 1649. the Vindication of the sate defeated men at Buâ—â— entituled The Leveller vindicated Charles Collins William Trabret Ed. Waldegrove Ed. Stanley Nicholas Blowd Anthony Bristlebolt Steven Smith Thomas Frisby William White John Floyd FINâ—â—