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A copy of two remonstrances, brought over the river Stix in Carons ferry-boate; by the ghost of Sir John Suckling. The one, to the Earle of New-Castle and the popish army. The other, to the Protestants of England. Wherein is many things mentioned worthy the due observation of all those that love God and King Charles; and desire peace.
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A COPY OF Two Remonstrances Brought Over THE RIVER STIX IN Carons Ferry-Boate By the Ghost of Sir JOHN SUCKLING The one to the Earle of New-Castle and the Popish Army The other to the Protestants of England Wherein is many things mentioned worthy the due Observation of all those that love God and King CHARLES and desire Peace London Printed for a faithfull Royalisti Anno Dom. MDCXLIII To the Earle of NEWCASTLE and his Popish Army MY Lords and Gentlemen and the rest of this Popish Army I beseech you be not acashed to behold the raised againe from the deade in the world sith the sights and teares of poore England have broken up my Tombe and the cruell intentions of the motrous of my heart when I was living have violently drawne my poore Soule to cry aloud to you but alas I feare that my admonitions will prove as unprofitable as charitable Do but call to minde our former Treasons when I was as active as any Papist 1 To seize on the Tower the Livetenant to have twenty thousand pounds his Sonne to marry with Sraffords daughter with meanes to live on Strafford to be sent into IRELAND an to send an Army hither and to go into France to prepare an Army from thence this you know god prevented and straford was beheaded and yet Ireland Rebel'd 2. to posesse the northerne Armies of an ill oppinion of the house and to make them advance to London this you know was prevented also 3. To deliver Portsmouth into Iarmins hands to be a Randevoues for the french Papists but he was faine to fly as well as I. 4. The Bishops to Raise two thousand horse 5. The Lord of New-Castle to be made Generall of the Northren Army and to have met them with the Army at Nottingham It may be you will boast of these two last projects but I would you would consider what I neglected and not drawe upon your selves murthers plagues famines and other miseries do you not here the voyce of innocent bloud which cryes out sayes that your cruelty are great crimes before God and your gniltinesse of cruell murther you may one day feele that trouble of soule whereof I am now to sensible for the great disorder of those intentions which we carry with fire at our backes whilest we played a thousand crowns at Dice upon a table after dinner c. But whilest you are thus the murtherers of others you shall also most assuredly bring destruction upon your owne soules And you that are Protestants among them this shal be the greatest favour that some of you shall obtaine that you shal be the last that shal be devoured Were it not better then that you should joyne your affections your courage and that force which as yet you have resting altogether to save and defend your KING Parliament Religion Law and Liberty from this sheeppracke and rather drowne your Enemies therein It may be that 〈…〉 Lords and Gentlemen will say that this conâ—â—â—nction is impossible and in vaine as 〈◊〉 as you should not be seconded by the Nobility In may be that your fidility formerly past and committed hath much devided your affections but now you perceive and know the damage and hurt that this infiâ—ility hath done unto you and the great good from which it doth with draw you set upon the Papists the 〈◊〉 thereof It is a sad thing that men should never cease to sinn and that your confidences should never stirre nor move you to Repentance specially at this day when doth one of your lives and good are interest therein have we not beene affections now seperated to be reioyned and united againe thereby to withstand and oppose a common enemy Doggs do the same against Wolves to save their flockes and children against strangers to preserve their owne houses Doe it then to defend your Kings honour your Native Country Lawes and Liberty Religion Estates In a word to save that for the which you sware and are devided among your selves if not then hereafter do not pretend that there is any life dwelling state quality honour or good whatsoever resting to be sever for our England I and no other way of safety for you it is not fight nor desperate resolutions that can save you I cannot see any hope otherwise of any honest and honourable death is the only griefe that a man can do nothing in this respect do not cause the most couragious and best beloved of God to dye for sorrow that is they may nor be kept as a pray to the Papists Tyrany and the object of their cruelty To the Protestants of ENGLAND YOu famous Nobility the true Protestants of England that have obtained your great Priviledges for having so often beene the Fundamentall stones of this state cimented with your bloud Infinite times the protections of our Kings bridles against usurpations of strangers can you degenerate or become faint-hearted and bandon the ensignes of your vertues so dearely woone and obtained for prey to your enemies Suppose that an upstart Popish Army hath those that discover their treason and tyranny and are able to approove them for the same it is much if the children that are borne under it may be sure of their lives the papists fearing will no doubt be cruell against you then with a good will and couragious heart follow the good motious of your King and Parliament I know that many there are in the Kingdome that have laboured to coole the heart of your zeale but let not them hinder nor with draw you in this worthy occasion to joyne with those who seeke the preservation of your Country and your selves And you my Masters of the Commonnulty effect this last worke for the healing of your disease for which purpose you have sent your representative body to stand for you in their places in the high Court of Parliament they are faithfull to them but you procure your owne sicknesse by being luld a sleepe with false pretences of the Papists thereby to pull the sky of from their backs you are fedd with false pretences to maintaine and support your patience and to lay sugar upon the long pills of poyson which they make you swallow downe many of you are so sicke that you feele not your paine and many that feele it can finde no ease but fighs or at least some silent groans it is not enough you must cry out and that so loud that you may be understood speake boldly and flatter not your selves feare not your enemies you cannot be worse then you are but you may hope for change tell them that you have seene your last liberty if Papists should triumph and that you now feele the extreamity of their treachiry unslpeeses be remedets it is now time or never to free the spirit of our Royall King and his state and to pull away the foote that is ready to tread upon his belly drownd his enemies in your bloud I intend not hereby to make or intice you to a greater comotion or to stirr up new disorders amongst your selves my endeavouring is cleane contrary you aught to loyne and remit all your affection and interest together for the peace of distressed England Then altogether with one voice require that the Popish Army may be called in questian to yel'd account of their Resuing and commission they for their ill doing are subject to the Law and to justice as well as now they openly dominier in their Randevouz as when they seduced in corners Is it not great reason that every one should yeild account of their actions doth not our Royall King himselfe gratifie his Subjects with declarations why then should they that are subjects refuse to appeare before the high Court of Parliament before that honourable Senate at VVestminster where Papish hath no place their they should obtaine but too great honour to be tryed and Iudged by their peers if consience make them shunn and abhorr their state and their courage perswade them before they be accused that they shall be overthrowne they condemne themselves and so their can remaine no more but their execution behind you have reason and power enough beside God on your side if you assist this cause to do it by armes they shall not so escape Iustice but that shee will tryumph over you God will hinder them from withdrawing them selves from the law and from the example from which he hath refered them assure your selves that the very consiences of their cheife agents in their Rebellion agatnst the King and Parliament which have faild them in their preteous designes will also faile them in bringing them to punishment you must extend it unto all the principall executioners of their design against the King and Parliament where the intyre execution to the Parliament let them reedify the parmadies that is fallen downe and suffer them to drive away those plagues and evill cankers of the state those tyrant of mens spirits and consciences which doth daly induce athousand tyrants in England would inable our King our Parliment and liberties slaves and and Subjects to strangers I have heard that the King of France this Kings Father when the Marshal ' Ancie died said that then he began to Raigne if England deliver his Majesty from these tyrants that have made us a thousand times morn like france for the Marshal'd Ancre England will then give his Majesty great reason to say that he begins to live in the resurrection of his state make speed then to patten this generous designe let every one of you both generall and particular that are tru Britaines be ashamed to be prevented is it possible that of so great a good which cannot be sound enough conceived the execution should be deferred untill the morrow for my part although I am but a Ghost I have bene as violent an enemy against England as any of them yet I am very sory for it and with too late repentance cure it and I will now withall speed goe to assaile and torment their courages and consienses and teare them in peses with continuall feares and terrours to all my good freinds FINIS