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The sope-patentees of Londons petition opened and explained. Or, The unmasking of these cruel sope-patentees deceitful petition, presented by them to the Honorable House of Commons. Wherein you have a discovery made (in part and but in part) of the great sufferings of this common-wealth: as also of the special sufferings of some free-born subjects in their liberties and estates, sustained by these cruel sope-monopolers. / By Richard Wilkins.
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Wilkins, Richard.
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1646
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The Sope-Patentees Of Londons PETITION Opened and Explained OR The Unmasking of these cruel Sope-Patentees deceitful Petition presented by them to the Honorable House of Commons Wherein you have a Discovery made in part and but in part of the great Sufferings of this Common-wealth As also of the special Sufferings of some Free-born Subjects in their Liberties and Estates sustained by these cruel SOPE-MONOPOLERS By Richard Wilkins Habbac 2. 12. Woe unto him that buildeth a Town with Blood and establisheth a City by Iniquity Ier. 17. 11. As the Patridge gathereth the yong which he hath not brought forth so he that getteth Riches and not by right shall lose them in the midst of his dayes and at his end shall be a fool London Printed by I. F. for Iohn Rothwel and are to be sold at the Fountain and Sun in Pauls Church-yard 1646. THere are three things that these Patentees are eminently guilty of First the Monopolizing of the mystery of Sope-boyling of the whole Kingdom into eight or ten mens hands to the great oppression of the Common-wealth and the ruine of many Families in their Estates and Liberties Secondly they have been and still are great deceivers of the Subjects not only by adulterated and base Sope but also by those ways which I have declared in my Answering their Propositions In these two particulars you have these three things observable First that to Monopolize they did take their Patent and this offence they translate upon the first Sope-Patentees Secondly that by Monopolizing they have been great and barbarous oppressors this offence they charge upon the Kings Majesty and the Lords of the Councel Thirdly that by several ways they have been great deceivers and this offence they also unjustly translate upon the ruined and oppressed Sope-boylers The third and last thing which they are eminently guilty of is this That by lyes they deceived the Kings Majesty and Lords of the Councel now by lyes they have endeavored to deceive the Honorable and High Court of Parliament not only by this vain and deceiving Petition but also by their Propositions for the Excise of Sope All which wickednesse together with the several aggravations of these Innovators of our Laws and Liberties offences you have demonstrated in the ensuing Discourse I could give you many Arguments deductable from the cryes of the oppressed Sope-boylers from the cry of this oppressed and deplorable Common-wealth which calls to our Worthyes for Justice against these cruel wilful and covetous oppressors and fomentors of our present Troubles but I will only mention these two First that I might keep all men undeceived for general it concerns all but especially our most Honored and Worthy Senators in that sense which the Scripture speaks Prov. 24. 21 22. Hos 7. 12. concerning these changers of our Laws or rather that I may take off that sense which godly wise men have received of them by their glorious words of deceit by which they have put a false gloss upō their oppressings for I finde that with some that fits at the Stern in the City nay may I not say it is to be feared with some in the Parliamēt that the sense of these Patentees sufferings by the cruel oppressions of the first Sope-Projectors for which they have already satisfied themselves hath swallowed up the sense of their cruel oppressing of others that the false sense of their being necessitated to take a Patent hath swallowed up the sense of their delinquency in acting against Law and Liberty of Subject in their taking of their Patent Secondly that the executing of judgement upon these Projectors is the only way as to Judge the poor oppressed Sope-boylers with Righteousness so it is the only way and there can under favor be no other by which these Patentees can be forced to make restitution to the Common-wealth which they have greatly oppressed For the raising of a Sum of money from these Monopolers answerable to their demerits which they are able to satisfie for the benefit of the State is a Negative restitution to the Common-wealth that which inforces and backs this Argument is this because that it is consistent to the Intentions the unwearied and unparallel'd Actings and Declarations of the honorable Houses of Parliament which I wil make out from three Scriptures Sure I am that the Laws and Liberties of this Common-wealth hath been wounded by these Innovators the sad consequent is the present bleeding condition of this our Nation by the unnatural Civil War that we have had and stil is upon us execution of judgement is the means of healing of us Ier. 51. 1. Secondly sure I am that your intendments Right Honorable is to loose the bands of wickednes to take off the heavy burthens from the oppressed to execute judgement upon these fomentors of our present troubles as wel as others and God hath accepted and imbraced your intendments while you are in the way as the Father the prodigal Son witnesse the glorious and happy successe that God hath given to your Armies O let not the want of execution of Justice bring our I hope ungrounded fears upon us which is the renewing of our troubles by the unfaithfulnesse of Brethren so turn the smiles of God into frowns For your encouragement unto a speedy hearing of the oppressed cries reade your portion Right Honorable given you of God Isa 58. 8. The third Scripture is the words of Solomon recorded Prov. 20. 8. A King that sitteth in the Throne of judgment chaseth away all evil with his eyes the Marginal note thus renders it Where righteous judgment is executed there sin ceaseth and vice dares not appear O remember how their impudency in propounding to you Right Honorable that in their Propositions which is no less then a Monopoly that which cals upon you for justice an unparalleld presumption having ingagement upon me hereunto by Covenant and by trust let these words of sobernes and truth finde acceptance from him that is a well-wisher to the Kingdoms Peace and happinesse R. Wilkins To the Right Honorable The Knights Citizens and Burgesses OF The House of COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT The humble Petition of Lieut Colonel John Hardwick Captain John Hayes Edmund Whitwel Laurence Whitwel Simon Weedon Sope-boylers of London Most humbly sheweth 1. THat whereas your Petitioners His Majesties Native Subjects have been brought up and served in the Art aforesaid according to the Statute did use the same till 7. Caroli Rex wherein divers Projectors Enemies to the Common-wealth under the Name of Gentleman Sope-boylers of Westminster upon false pretences obtained a Patent under the great Seal for the making of white Sope to the great abuse of His Majesty and extraordinary damage to the Kingdom 1. The Petitioners not being able with good Conscience to comply with them used their own Trade aforesaid according to the liberty of the Subject in a just and legal maner until for the same they were greatly oppressed by the said
Patentees by Suits in Star-Chamber caused them to be Fined in great Sums of money their persons imprisoned for divers years some dying in Prison their houses broken open their goods Seized to the Beds they lay on to their very great impoverishing and unexpressible damage being totally disabled from the use of their Trade to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sope-makers to forsake the Kingdom and live Exile in Foraign parts 3. Vnder which heavy burthen and bondage the Petitioners groaned divers years untill they and others of their Art were forced to buy their Trade and Liberty which they were born to by giving the King a greater yearly Revenue then the Projectors did 4. Neverthelesse many persons not having been brought up nor served as Apprentises in the Petitioners Art did use the making of Sope privately and secretly putting the same to sale even to the ruine of the Petitioners and great deceiving of the Kingdom by base Sope. 5. For remedy whereof and to secure the Revenue the Petitioners and the rest of the Company were injoyned by His Majesty and the Lords of the Privy Councel and bound in 40000. l. Bond to suppresse all such persons from the making Sope which indeed were prosecuted only but according to the tenour of the King and Lords Warrants 6. For so doing many Suits in Law have been prosecuted against the Petitioners upon the Statute of Monopolize to the expence of 1000. l. some of them recovering 1000. l. 500. l. 300. l. when the Petitioners proved they were not really dampnified ◠l. and many more Actions are brought and threatned to be brought against the Petitioners onely being but few to the many which were of their company which will tend to the great disinabling of the Petitioners in being serviceable to the King and Parliament as formerly and as they still desire in which cause they have greatly ingaged their purses and persons but now are like to be utterly undone if not relieved In tender consideration of the premises and in regard that your Petitioners are most willing and ready to make satisfaction to their utmost abilities to all that can make it truly appear they are damnified by your Petitioners they having paid divers to the value of 6000 l. for satisfaction of which their wrongs the Petitioners never received one peny And in regard many of the Petitioners company who received a far greater benefit by His Majesties said grant then the Petitioners did do refuse to make as is herein desired and leave the insupportable burthen totally upon the Petitioners who never acted any thing in the premises as private persons but only as Members of their Company for the general service and good of the same May it therefore please this Honorable Assembly to take the sad condition of the Petitioners into your Pious consideration and to appoint a Committee to call all such persons as aforesaid before them and to examine their particular damages and to compel all that had benefit by His Majesties said Grant to joyn with the Petitioners in giving such satisfaction without Suit in Law as to the same Committee shall seem most meet The parties who alleage themselves grieved by the Petitioners and their Company being greatly desirous to be relieved by the same means as by their humble Petition hereunto annexed appeareth whereby the Petitioners may be preserved from utter ruine And your Petitioners c. Having set down and presented to your view the Petition of the last Sope-Patentees the most ancient and most cruel Monopolers of the Art of Sope-boyling I shall first give you the parts of it and then explain it wherein I shall shew not only the greatnesse of their oppressing Patent but also their wilful being oppressors and invaders of the Subjects Liberties which being done will not only render them to be the greatest oppressors and most ancient Monopolers but also men covering the sins with lyes which at present I shall do it briefly yet satisfactorily because their more fuller declaring of their taking a Patent was not to gain their Trade but the inriching of themselves by oppressing their fellow-Subjects in their Liberties and Estates is more proper either in answering their Book Intituled A true Relation concerning the Sope businesse or in proof of the Charge which I shall exhibite against them in the High and Honorable Court of Parliament for their Delinquency not only in their taking of their oppressing Patent but also in their cruel barbarous and inhumane prosecution of it in both which I have made some progresse in and preparation for 1. The general parts of their Petition are three 1. The body or subject matter of their Petition which consists of six particular Branches 2. The Arguments on which the request of their Petition is grounded 3. The Requests of their Petition it self 2. The opening or explanation of this their Petition In the general part of this their Petition which is the body or subject matter of the Petition you shall finde these four things laid down First That these Patentees were by the Patent and practise of the white Sope-Patentees prohibited their Trade for divers years together Together with the sad consequences that did fall upon these Petitioners by reason of the Patent which they demonstrate by these five particulars 1. By vexatious Suits in the Star-Chamber 2. By the great Fines imposed upon them in that illegal Court 3. By the long Imprisoning of their persons 4. By breaking open their houses 5. By Seizing and carrying away their goods This first thing together with these five particulars declaring these Petitioners sufferings by the Patent and practise of the other Patentees are expressed in the two first Branches of this Petition The Answer is That thought it is an undeniable truth which they have set forth yet they are not to be thought or doth render them the more excuseable nor is their sin in taking their oppressing Patent extenuated thereby but aggravated and that for this reason Because they acted the sin of others against light namely the sin of Oppression not of an ordinary but of a scarlet dye not only acting unrighteous Decrees but procurers of them thus making their Prince an oppressor to his people by their false pretences in not only a Law destroying but a Land ruinating sin which they themselves have demonstrated unto us by four things in these first second Branches so that I may say unto them as Christ said to the unprofitable servant They may be judged out of their own mouth which being well confidered will render the Petitioners Enemies as well as the other Patentees not only to the Kings Majesty but also to the Law Liberties and Estates of the Subject in their taking of a Patent I will only give you one Scripture instance which doth aptly prove the Argument and render these Patentees greater offenders and sinners then the other and then I will name the four particulars by them expressed Adam sinned as well as the woman in eating the