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A92939 Serious sober state-considerations, relating to the government of England and the garrison of Dunkirk in Flanders. By Theophilus Verax a Dunkirker. Verax, Theophilus. 1660 (1660) Wing S2618; Thomason E1021_7; ESTC R203909 2,232 8

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SERIOUS SOBER STATE-Considerations RELATING To the GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND AND The Garrison of DVNKIRK IN FLANDERS BY Theophilus Verax a Dunkirker LONDON Printed by W. G. over against the Anchor in Little-Brittain 1660. Serious Sober State-Considerations Relating to the Government of England And the Garrison of Dunkirk in Flanders 1. WHether a Peace with Spain be not desireable both by the English and Spanish Subjects And whether an honorable closure with the King be not the most probable means to produce a good accommodation betwixt both Crowns 2. Whether the composed Monarchical Government of England is not the best that ever was invented And whether our late Distractions proceeded from the effects thereof or from the National sins and because the Treble of it hath of late years been tuned too high for the Bass And whether the only way to procure the sweet Harmony of peace is not to keep the Instrument of the Common-wealth in Tune allowing to the Monarchy Aristocracy and Democracy of which it 's compounded their due Rights and Prerogatives 3. Whether since hard and dishonourable conditions of peace are seldome long lived See H. 3. and Montford E. of Leicester it be not dangerous to impose too high Termes upon the King upon his Admission 4. Whether the rigid Episcopalians are not next the Phanatique the greatest Obstructers of the King and Nations settlement in their scribling and preaching against all forms of Government but their own 5. Whether the Jesuits and the Sectaries their Brats are not now labouring as for their lives to widen the differences between Presbytery and Episcopacy thereby to obstruct any good Settlement And whether it concern not the present Governours to be extraordinary watchful of them 6. Whether a Brotherly Union betwixt these two parties and a dutiful acquiescing in the determination of the ensuing Parliament will not under God be a great means to facilitate Settlement in Church and State And whether both parties are not in conscience and duty towards their Prince and Country bound thereto since there is no difference betwixt them in any fundamental of Religion but only in Discipline and Form which imports little to Salvation onely upholds a Decency 7. Whether the words of Desparadoes and Chymney-corner health drinking friends of the last and present King were not more Enemies to both than the Swords of their adversaries and did not these by their threats and sharing estates before they had them drive many by force to fight against the King that never intended any thing but quietnesse and will not the like actings now produce the same effects 8. Whether Plurality of Factions are not dangerous many times the overthrow of a State or Kingdome as that of York and Lancaster to England the miseries of France by the Royal Politick and Catholick League the destruction of Romes Common-wealth by the Factions of Pompey and Caesar 9. Whether it be not dangerous for a Prince or Governour to become head of any Faction in his own Government 10. Whether the Rump proceeded not according to Achitophel's and Machevil's rule in exposing the Kings and others lands to sale forceing the Soldiers to take parts for Arrears thereby endevouring a perpetual and irreconcilable divisions in the Nations 11. Whether it be not the safest and best way for Princes and Governours to admit persons to places of honour and trust annually And whether hereby men of wisdome valour and learning by degrees may not attain to dignity and will not this make them strain to out-go each other in vertue since the dore of preferment will be thereby open to all indifferently as they excel in goodnesse will not hereby several dangers be avoyded as Perpetuation Lawlesnesse and all fear of bringing those to subjection that raised them taken away 12. Whether the Purchaser of Lambeth-House be fit to keep the Records of the peace at Westminster 13. Whether the Lord Lockhart Governour of Dunkirk be indeed a Scot since he so much transcends the nature of those he calls Countrymen 14. VVhether in former times the English have not lost their Towns and Provinces abroad by their Factions and divisions at home And whether now the same cause may not hazzard the loss of Dunkirk 15. VVhether old Capt. Chapman must not in Justice be restored to his command being outed by the prejudice of a parcel of Traytors Commissioners from the Rump without true ground upon the Oath of Bromfield the Informer that was whipt under the Gallowes lost his Ear and banisht the Garrison within a small time after he had sworn against Chapman in Dunkirk 16. Whether the other five Members Captains of the Army in Flanders Devoe Gargrave Poxton Fitz-williams and Muse ought in Justice to lose their Commands unheard and their places supplyed for the most part with Phanatiques by the Suggestions of Ashfield Peirson and Packer who have been since outed themselves for endevouring to betray the Liberties of their native Country 17. Whether Fort Manning or Fort Loggerhead be the proper name 18. VVhether the Non-payment of the civil Officers their dues be not the ready way to cause them to study Knavery if they never knew any before 19. VVhether it be not just that all the rest of the Phanatique Informers should follow after Lieutenant Copeland 20. VVhether he be fit to be an Ammunition Commissary that said it would never be well with England until London were burnt to ashes for standing for their liberties is glad at the out-ing of all Governments and if the Turk should rule would be his Commissary rather then be out of imployment 21. VVhether the Collonels or the Master Gunner have the more Authority since the Gunner can commit such as the Collonels discharge for the same offence 22. VVhat so much Spanish cloath would be worth as would reach between Bromfield's the Dunkirk Informers two ears 23. VVhether those that set Bromfield on work to article and inform being as bad as Bromfield himself may not in due time follow his steps 24. VVhether it be likely the woman at the Welcome to Dunkirk will ever leave her pimping cheating over-reckoning sell by just measures and turn honest she having so long been used to such trade 25. VVhether it be not a shame to the Protestant Religion that the English in Dunkirk must be forced to send their Children to the Papists to baptize or keep them unchristned as above 30. are at this time in that Garrison And whether an able Orthodox Ministery there is not more requisite then in any part of the three Nations 26. VVhen these matters will be amended FINIS