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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96470	Plain truth vvithout feare or flattery: or a true discovery of the unlawfulnes of the Presbyterian government, it being inconsistent with monarchy, and the peoples liberties; and contrary both to the Protestation and Covenant. The end of establishing the militia of London in such hands as it is now put into by the new ordinance. The betraying votes, and destructive practises, of a trayterous party in the House of Commons, concerning certain pettions [sic] for liberty and justice. Also a vindication of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax concerning certain scurrulous words uttered by some of the said faction. VVith the meanes and wayes that must be used to obtain reliefe against the said tyrannous usurpers; and for reducing the Parliament to its due rights, power and priviledges, in the preservation of the kingdomes lawes and liberties / VVritten by Amon VVilbee.	Wilbee, Amon.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing W2112; Thomason E516_7; ESTC R204095	30,871	22

as partakers and to undergo the censure of confederates and compactours Sure and stable is this principle Salus Populi est suprema Lex The welfare and safety of the People is the supream Law and therefore where this end is by Trustees perverted or neglected the People by the Law of nature have power to preserve and secure themselves and as certain is that Rule that Major qui facit quam quod fit He which makes is greater then that which is made and therefore is to be preferred and in case that which is made prove useless hurtfull or unprofitable he which makes hath power to modifie restraine remove or nullifie even as seemeth good unto him and may most conduce to his good and benefit And therefore in case we cannot receive justice from the Parliament let us force our powers and apply our selves my friends and fellow Commoners to have justice upon the Authors of our injustice and oppressions and no longer stand still like People without life and spirit and suffer our just and reasonable demands and tequests to be distasted and despised as dung or dirty our Petitions for liberty and justice to be illegally censured and sentenced to be burnt as some horrid treasonable and blasphemous opinions or papers and our neighbours friends and fellow Commoners to be tyrannically imprisoned and barbarously used before our eyes for standing up in the behalfe of the Kingdome and petitioning for our native and lawfull rights and liberties by a desperate wicked party of false perfidious men in both Houses Machivilians and Traytors whose Votes and Councels waies and workings tend only to secure their guilty carcases from justice and to enslave and destroy us and our rights and freedomes who have no feare of the Lord before them nor any compassion or tender respect to their native Country this distressed Nation And now yee grave and wealthy Citizens of the Presbyterian faction whose eyes are swolne with fatnesse and whose hearts with pride and ambition Who happily according to the generall fortune of the great men of London are endued with a greater portion of riches state and presumption then of prudence integrity or wisdome Give me leave to tell you an Itinerant story or a paraboricall tale of two Travellers There were two Travellers met upon the road and passed friendly along time in silence together at length they discover to each other whether they are going and the end and intention of their travell and the way they would walke and they agreed both in one mind and upon one thing and so they ratifie their association and friend-ship but the one was not only weary but ore weakned at least he so appeared both in strength and purse by reason of his long journy and the many difficulties and dangers he had already incountered and overcome and very knowing was hee of the way that was yet to be travelled and of the dangers and difficulties which would oppose them therein before they should come to their journies end the other albeit he had come as farre yet by reason he was throughly well furnished and provided of moneies and all needfull supplies at his first setting forth did retaine the more ability and strength and had the most monies for his support throughout but alas he was not so knowing in the way nor skilfull as the other to avoid the dangers therein whereupon he promiseth the other assistance with his purse and strength to carry him through all straits till they come to their journies end so that he would be aiding and assisting to him with his Councell and advice for the suppressing and passing of those oppositions and perils which were in the way yet unpassed both agreed rejoyced and on they journied with all reciprocall officiousness and respect each to other the weake man he wanted not supply or support the other he wanted no comfortable words councell or politick advice untill after many extremities and straights past they came to the last and greatest and that was a steepe craggie mountaine full of straight passages slippery by-waies and dubious windings with desperate precipices on each side the faire and safe way which lede to a better end lying direct in the middle Here these two Travellers were put to a stand the weake wearied man was not able of himselfe to assend the other notwithstanding his strength durst not adventure alone lest he should slip and fall or loose his way and become a pray at length the weake man lends the other his staffe to stay him up and defend him and the strong man by his strength takes up the weake and so they both with much hazzard and trouble gat up to the top of this incacessable Mountaine and now they might see the long desired end of their journy and themselves past all danger which made them both glad and to congratulate * Observe But the weary weake man having now beene brought as the charge and by the strength and support of the other through all straites and difficulties and knowing himselfe to be much in arreare to his friendly fellow Traveller and that he would expect satisfaction and recompence and like benificence from him when they were at rest and all things were accomplished He tooke his staffe from him which he had lent him for a stay and defence unto him untill he had carried him up the hill and taking an occasion to quarrell with him about some slip denyall of some monies or neglect of his advice fell upon him and beate him bound him and robbed him of his mony and treasure and so left him in the middest of a thicket destitute and so destroyed and undone The weake weary man yee may suppose to be the Parliament The stronger and better provided to be the wise Lord Major Aldermen and Common-councel-men with the rest of the Presbyteriall faction in London The Mountaine to be the Presbyters designe and the Staffe to be the Militia which is now put into the hands of the Presbyterian party in London The application I leave to the appeheesion of them and of all judicious Citizens And Commoners of England And will conclude with wise Solomon There is no new thing under the Sunne that which hath beene is now And what is there that hath beene which may not be againe Pramoniti proemuniti fore warned halfe Armed and proevisa minus loedunt things fore-seen doe less hurt I wish you really well yee grave Citizens of London both for your owne and Englands sake and God make you discerning and wise that yee may not by the dissembling epistles and speeches of a deceitfull hypocriticall Nation and the subtill sophistry of an ambitious aspiring party in both Houses of Parliament such as Stapleton Hollis c. and of the proud covetuous Clergy be made the instruments after you have served their turnes of your own ruine and the Lands I could here take occasion as there is good reason howsoever what is for present pretermitted is not

without much search find enough doubtless at this time yea have not M. Hollis and others his complices and confederates not onely verifyed many or most of those * Read consider them and compare them with their actions B. Decla page 34. articles of Treason and misdeameanours but also augmented and exceeded them in many things I could but at present for speciall reasons will not particularize in the mean time my friends make use of your owne observations call your memories to account and compare things with things advise well make your selves strong and feare not Why should the old English proverb for our love and faithfulness be made true upon us Save a traytor or theefe from the gallowes and he shall be the first that shall hang you indeed we are neer it if wee doe not bestir our selves and prevent it But it is better that a few presumptuous men whose Lucifer-like pride and ambition hath lifted them up to Heaven should be cast down into oblivion and darkness then the whole Nation perish And therefore yee free Commoners of England up quickly and looke about you consider seriously the snare prepared for you and compare the vehement endeavours of these trayterous persons to disband the Army which hath fought and is resolved to stand for your liberties with this their patterne and first piece of thraldome in setling the Militia thus at this time in such mens hands in London and their putting power into the hands of such as are enemies to the publicke in the Country and see if these men intend any thing to you and yours but bondage and slavery and this is part of that ye are told in the * Both worth your notice books called the Warnings for all the Counties of England and the New found Stratagem upon the Petition of Essex Be vigilent therefore and assistant to keep the Army on foot for your owne defence and preservation of your selves your estates and liberties Country and posterities from inextricable vassalage and irrecoverable ruine for that once downe this ambitious party who aime at Soveraignity to make the King their scorne and us their slaves will presently not only turne the Militia in every place upon the Country as they have already designed in the City but raise horse also after the manner of Germany in all Counties of the Kingdome for the better securing themselves and this their forme of tyranny and if such men be not traytors who be Where shal we find any and if this be to imploy their publicke trust for the * Book Decl. page 700. publicke good and whether their † Page 172. onely alme be herein the Kingdomes safety and the peoples peace as they have declared and spoken let all England judge And thus yee see they falcify their words and Declarations as well as breake their Oaths and Protestations but in their Booke of Declarations page 207. they say That in case of extreame danger and his Majesties refusall to settle the Militia of the Kingdome the Ordinance that is the Ordinance which was then made in that time of such extreame danger agreed upon by both Houses for the Militia doth oblige the people and ought to be obeyed by the fundamentall Lawes of the Kingdome but now blessed be God here is no such case of extreame danger neither hath the King been so much as petitioned or sought unto for this Ordinance of the Militia of London and therefore it doth not bind the People nor can they by the fundamentall Lawes of the Land be compelled to obey it besides they ordering the Militia to the publicke hurt and not to the publicke good contrary to the intent and equity of the law and the end of their trust the people are ipso facto discharged of their obedience to their Ordinance for wee are not bound to obey to our own damage and destruction see this proved by their owne distinction and argument in Book of Decl. page 150. But to make a farther discovery of the truth by discovering more of this evill Parties falshoods breach of trust and traiterous practices against us take notice that in the Booke of Declarations pa. 720. the Parliament declare That it is the liberty and priviledge of the People to petition unto them for the ease and redress of their grievances and oppressions and that they are marke bound in duty to receive their Petitions here is a faire acknowledgment but I pray you marke their actions many thousand honest and really affected to the publicke liberty in the City had prepared a petition to have beene presented to the House of Commons for redress of some grievances and oppressions and restoration of some liberties and priviledges comprehending nothing but things legall and just what they ought to grant this Petition contrary to all course of Parliament and the liberty of the Subject was by the power and subtilty of the aforesaid faction or party who have their setting dogges and beagles to discry and hunt for them intercepted as thus they anticipated the Armies Petition before it was perfected and made ready to be presented the copy of it was read in the House and referred to a Committee whereof fierce fiery M. Lee was Chaire-man to examine and report it they did not so by the factious Petition and Remonstrance framed by the pretended Lord Mayor and common councell men against which they then nor finding any just cause of exception held the vowchers thereof with faire words in hopes of an answer untill they had mounted their late new Ordinance of the Militia for London and then they declared their distate and displeasure against it the which injust dealing and violation of our native liberty and priviledge the Petioners not brooking presented a Petition to the House of Commons for justice and redress and desire that their former Petition might not be censured before it was in due order presented hereupon Hollis Stapleton and the rest of that faction traytours to their Country according to their usuall course through their malignant influence prevalency procured this latter Petition to be voted seditious and that both it and the former should be burnt by the hands of the hang man was there ever such a thing done before by a Parliament in England sure not and that to question any act done in the House was a breach of the priviledges of Parliament but by cunning to intetcept the former Petition and tyrannically to suppress and reject it and illegally to imprison some of the Petitioners for it as they have done M. Tue and M. Browne was no breach of the priviledge of the subject No deare friends and fellow Commoners unless ye have like fooles resolved with your selves after so sharpe and bloody a contestation for your Law and your liberties to relinquish your claime by Magna Charta and the good old Law and to hold your lives and liberties and all you have by the Arbitrary Votes of the House of Commons and to become