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A39112 Eye-salve for the English armie, and their assistants. Or, a breviate of several particulars seriously to be considered by all those that either are, or have been engaged in the late war against King single person or Lords spirituall and temporall, that are not willing to yield their necks to the rope or block. With a letter sent from several regiments of horse and foot in the army, to the rest of their fellow souldiers now in arms in the several garrisons of England, Scotland and Ireland, plainly discovering the great danger that is like to fall upon them, after the so long hazarding their lives, if not timely prevented. 1660 (1660) Wing E3938; ESTC R224223 6,477 10

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EYE-SALVE For the English ARMIE And their Assistants OR A Breviate of several Particulars Seriously to be considered by all those that either are or have been engaged in the late war against King Single Person or Lords Spirituall and Temporall that are not willing to yield their Necks to the Rope or Block WITH A LETTER SENT FROM Several Regiments of Horse and Foot in The ARMY to the rest of their Fellow Souldiers now in Arms in the several Garrisons of England Scotland and Ireland Plainly discovering the great danger that is like to fall upon them after the so long hazarding their Lives if not timely prevented LONDON Printed in the year 1660. Of the late King 1. THe Parliament in 1641 voted his 16 years Reign to be one Continued Act of the breach of the Laws in Covering the poysoning of his Father and dissolving the Parliament June 15. 1626. to save the Duke of Buckingham Committing Sir Dudly Diggs and Sir John Eliot close Prisoners in the Tower for managing the examinations against the said Duke and also his betraying of Rochell and murthering the Protestants and lending the Navy Royall and other Merchants Ships to the Nations Enemies to introduce Popery as is manifest by his own Letter to Capt Penington and his designes to Enslave England by the German Horse and the Spanish Fleet with a great Army upon the Downs 1639. together with his inforced Loanes privie Seales Coat and Conduct money and Ship-money enlarging of Forests incloasing of Commons ingrossing of Gun-powder with innumerable Pattents and Monopilies of Malt Salt Sea Coale Sope Leather Wine Sugar Allom Farthens Pins to back Raw Cloath Tin and Lead besides his Cropping of Eares sliting of Noses Racks Stocks Pillories for Conscience sake by which the Secluded Memb. evinces the Rationality of the former Vote See their Declaration 1644. 2. Upon their endeavour to punish Delinquents he endeavoured to bring in the Northern Army up against them and tampered with the Scots to the same effect 3. When prevented in that he brought in severall Mercinary men into the House of Commons to have destroyed the Members 4. When by Providence prevented there he forsook Whitechall and betook himself to raise a Warr under a pretence of a Guard and framed Ireland to his purpose by granting Commissions for the Raising the Rebellion as the Parliament Messages and Declarations manifest See particularly the Parliament Declaration 1644. 5. He Contrary to the Fundamentall Liberties of Englishmen assumed to himself a power over all mens Persons and Estates by taking to himself the command of the Militia against the consent of the people in Parliament as Witness his Commission of Aray 6. He sets up his Standard at Nottingham and thereupon the Parliament Declared that that Act of his tended to the Desolution of his Government See Parl. Decl. 1641. 7. He raised a Warr indeed and fought there Forces at Edghill 8. After that a Treaty was procured at Uxbridge with a Cessation of Armes and at the same time be faithlesly fell upon the Parliaments Forces at Branford and destroyed many honest men 9. After this he himself procured a Treaty at Oxford and at the same time carryed on a Plot by Waller Tompkins and Challoner to have destroyed all the honest party both in city and Parliament 10. After this he Declaraed the Parliament Dissolved Proclaimed them Rebells and Traytors and called another at Oxford and forbad Provision and Trade to the City and carryed on Rylies Plot against the City and all these times Continued Robbing Burning and Murthering the people by Rupert Morris Hopton Goring Greenvill and there accomplices and never gave it over untill necessity forct him Of the Present Charls the late Kings Son 1. His actuall appearing in his Fathers Quarrell and with the Revolted Ships was instrumentall in importing both Armes and Amunition in abundance for which he was proclaimed a Traytor to the Common Libertyes of England 2. His Avowed Emnity to any accommodation between his Father and the Parliament at the Treaty in the I le of Wight 3. His breach of Faith with the Kirk of Scotland notwithstanding his solemne Engagement to the Kirks party in the Treaty at the Hague in Holland and after at his Coronation in Scotland he had taken the solemn League and Covenant he took the first opportunity to break it with the honest Zealous Presbiters and most Treacherously espoused the former Malignant interest the known Enemies of Religion and Liberty which made Major General Straughan Col. Car and others disert him and Raise a third Party both against him and the English Army 4. After his entering England with his Army he Contrary to his solemne Engagement gave Commission to the Earl of Darby and other known Papists to Raise Forces in Lancashire 5. The Murthers Burglaries Felloneys and other Insolencies Committed by them under his Command as in particular the Murthering of honest William Guise at Worcester in coole Blood by his speciall Command 6. The visib●l●ty of his present designe to strike at the utter exterpation of all the Godly in the three Nations in various formes under his and his friends new Coyned destinguishment of Phanaticks looking upon the Presibiterians to be the greatest from whose Pulpits all their late miseryes flowed as many of his Friends in their Familiar discourses do frequently manifest Though they say they are constrained to make use of them at present and to that end many of them profanely say they are constrained to be out of measure Godly yet in their private Quaffings can drink healths to the Confusion of Sion 7. The great Obligations that lies upon him to his great Relations for supporting of him in his severall years Exilement besides the nearness of their afinity to the Sea of Rome 8. The perfect enmity of his allie the King of Spain manifested to England in ruining many hundreds of our Merchants by his Sea Robbers all which ought seriously to be Considered Now a few words to the particular parties Confirmed in the late Quarrells against King and Lord Spirituall and Temporall First to the Private Soldiers You are the men that have Conquered the first and second Charles and brought them and their Friends into the Condition they are now in you therefore of all others they must hate Never expect an Agreemen free from the height of animosity continually seeking revenge against those that have been chiefly instrumentall in bringing under either their persons or Estates that ayme at Regall Authority You are therefore for your future safety seriously to mend those insuing particulars First to abandon King and Lords Spirituall and Temporall for these Reasons 1. Because both they and their parties will be Continually seeking Revenge against you for what you did against them in bringing under their Persons and Estates to Sequestration Sword Rope or Block and must expect the same measure if your Enemies prevaile 2ly Expect the wills of men to be the Regulater of your Actions and not