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Modern policy compleated, or, The publick actions and councels both civill and military of His Excellency the Lord Generall Monck under the generall revolutions since 1639, to 1660 / by David Lloyd.
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Lloyd, David, 1635-1692.
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to reduce Scotland into a subjection to the Parliament untill an opportunity offered it self of restoring it to the King who had utterly lost it had not he lost it 48 But no sooner were the Scots Wars finished but Holland threatneth us 1 Partly upon his Majesties account being engaged to his assistance 1 By the Prince of Orange 2 By Admirall Vantrump who had not forgot the high honours bestowed upon him in England in the year 1641. 3 By an overture made between his late Majesty of blessed memory and their Embassadour the night before his death Partly upon their own account claiming a right in our Seas which we for times out of mind were taught to * deny them See Fleta and Selden notes upon it see Draytors Polyalbyon Grotius de jure belli et pacis of propriety see Saxon Lawes in Spelm and Selden Iust and Theod. Codes the Danish Lawes in the exact Collect of Beccius Wâ—itlockâ—s observat. c. 49 His Excellency is called upon from Scotland to Sea in joynt commission with Blake and Deane he willingly submits knowing he was to engage for the right of his native Countrey I meane the dominion of the narrow Sea which belonged to England as a hedge so the Sea is called in Eurip. and most Poets since out of him belongs to the inclosure and indeed is the best of its enjoyments 50 He being at some losse in Sea affaires discovers as much wisedome in making use of other Mens skill as others did in acting by their owne others direct he encourageth and spirits the dull Sea-men to action to passe by the meaner passages his most solemn performance was the last engagement with the Dutch for which the Parliam honour him with a gold chaine and oblige him by a command over the Army in Scotland which he underwent willingly so securing to himselfe and his Master one Kingdome while now an Usurper swallows up two 51 Being come to Scotland he takes care that the councell who were in joynt power with him should be Men of solid Principles and good Interest if he must be troubled with some faâ—aticks they were some soft easy and quiet Men that stood for cyphers and were only to fill up a number and not to maintain a party 52 He takes care to restraine that Scottish spirit that is never quiet Conquerour nor conquered and remembring what sad use they had made of former indulgencies proceeds with force and rigour resolving that they should really fear him who he knew would never really love him 53 He disarmed imprisoned and innocently trappanned them though none of them sussered the least upon his account in state or life and so amused the cunning Scot with active policy that he had scarce time to think of plots or to contrive villany 54 And when some Loyall persons under the honourable Middleton attempted something 1654. he easily subdued them first dividing and then conquering them he was as ready to suppress those men that attempted any thing Inconsiderately for his Majesty as he hath been since to incourage them when they attempted any thing soberly It was about that time Oliver would have had him out of Scotland and therefore had not he opposed his Majesty then probably he had not been in a capacity to restore him now 55. In Scotland he impartially executed all Lawes enacted by the Supreame power in England tending to the peace welfare of that Nation so that his severities had not formerly enraged them more than his justice obligeth them and therefore Oliver omitted no opportunity to tempt him out of Scotland by calling him to the other house c. which temptations he dextrously put off choosing with Caesar rather to be first in Scotland than 3d. or 4th in England so that the Usurper was heard often to say that he could do many things were G. M. out of Scotland And if I am not deceived by knowing and good men the Usurper upon his death-bed when he was urged to name his successour professed It was in vain to set up a Protector in England for George Monck would bring a King out of Scotland MODERN POLICY The Second Part. ALthough upon Cromwel's death it was thought the awe whereby he checked the private designes of each party to an homage to his own was so happily removed that the severall Grandees would now publickly pursue their aime at that Supremacy to which each of them was willing to advance Cromwell first one daring enough to break the ice to an usurpation that they themselves might be his Seconds and because as Seneca saith seelera dissident their villainous Enterprises would interfer and clash each of them resolving to admit neither equall nor superiour it was thought honest men might have opportunities to joyn together in vindication of lawfull Soveraignty and publick Right while the Theeves and the a pâ—blick Robbers as the Pirates told Alexander fell out about oppression and wrong Take off the common Principles in which Rebels agree and the common persons that keep them together with those Principles their variety of humors and interests bring them immediately to a division and then to a ruine Machiavel Kings l. 2. c. 3. on Livy l. 6. c. 2. sect. 3. These Rods that have lain so long upon our backs might be singly broken when they could not be broken united and in a bundle But Cromwell taking as much care to keep usurped power as he took to gain it Nec minor est virtus quaerere quum pertatueri and being a man of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as Arist. de Aâ— l. 2. c. 1. Eth. 4. c. 3. of desires as vast as his thoughts and as boundless as his soul {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as Iamblichus Carm. 6. And therefore its pitty as Socrates saith that great and good have been separated he secured not the Government with more policy to himself then he doth to his Heires after him for ever for naming his Son Richard Successor according to a power cunningly gained by him from the Parliament in a Petition and Advice 1656. he contrived him an impregnable inâ—erest first in Ireland by his Bâ—other Henry made there Lord Deputy secondly in Scotland by a Councell and an Army made up for the most part either of Relations or of Fanatiques or of New-purchasers of the Kings Queens and Bishops Lands all equally engaged to the Usurper thirdly in England 1. by a Councell made up of his Fathers own Creatures 2. An Army under his Brother in Law Fleeâ—wood Commander in chief his 〈◊〉 le Desborough as Major Generall and seveâ—all other Relations of his in great command so that his Army was like that of Abrams of his own house 3. The City awed by a pack of Sectaries under one Io. Ireton a Creature of his since the marriage of his Brother Henry with Oliver's Daughter 4. The Countrey people generally so much pleased with the obliging carriage to which Oliver
divided between the King the Lords and the Commons as Chalchondylos formerly asserted of England Arragon Navarre vide Plin. l. 6. c. 22. and some new Politicians of late who though they confesse that in the beginning Kings had all power as Pomponius and Iustine out of him yet afterwards as Tacitus observes the People established Lawes which the King was to obey Tacit. 3. Annal. Cic. de rep. 1. â—t Fenestell 3. 2. And indeed we had the best constitution of a {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as Solon and an {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as Lycarg is by some made to spâ—ak 23 But upon some disconteâ—tâ— the severall powers clashed and mistrusted each other and gave themselves over to such feares and jealousies as put each rashly upon thoughts of War which cannot be just unlesse it be necessary and therefore not to be undertaken upon every causlesse feare of uncertaine danger But then there were some with Attila that Cared not how the War begins If they could bring it to their ends This civil War was managed a while with variety of success that neither side should either presume or despaire 24 It pleased God his Majesty suffered some disadvantage at last successe being not commanded to attend the best cause here nor miscarrage the worst greatnesse and goodnesse justice and victory being not yet married there is so much security of the happinesse of another life that Christs Kingdome was not and our hapiness is not of this World though many have been perplexed with that question Cur bonis male sit why it fares so ill with the good yet a Bible well understood hath taught them that there is neither love nor hatred to be knowne by any thing under the Sun when we goe into the Sanctuary we are taught that its unwarrantable to appeale to heaven for the decision of this or that controversy by the successe bestowed upon this party or that cause according to its righteousnesse and due merit Pluto in Aristophanes is commanded to be as favourable to the wicked as the good because if virtue were rich she should be courted more for her dowry then for her beauty so if Justice or Religion had the advantage of prosperity we should be apt to follow it as the common Souldiers more for the prey then for the canse Christ would be followed againe for loaves 25 His Majesties unhappy affaires in England made some alterations in his Councels together with no lesse unseasonable then unlawfull interposition of those of Scotland in our affaires for since civill society was instituted its certaine the Rulers of every one have attained a speciall right in which others have no share over their own Subject so that in them onely resides the supreame power of Judgement whence there is no appeal saith Thacydides Nos quotquot hujus Colimus urbis maenia Sufficimus ipsi nostra judicia exequi Heraclides Spartam tibi quae contigit orna nobis fuerit Cura mysaenae Proâ— vandal 2. c. b. n. b. although when Subjects suffer what 's intollerable humane Society hath allowed and prompted one Nation to assist another so the Romans assisted the Persians so the English succoured the oppressed Dutch and French 26 These advantages prevailed with his Majesty to order the honourable Marquesse of Ormond to bring the Rebels to a cessation upon the most advantageous termes and to spare so many of his best Regiments for English service among whom his Excellencies is brought over as one every way accomplished for the exigence of those times affaires Neither needed his Majesty make use of a Quintili Varo redde legiones So compleat are his Companies that he might reply to his Majesty with reverence to our Saviours words and of those which you have given me I have hardly lost one 27 No sooner was he and others landed on English ground but they were entertained with a Surprize by some Parliament Forces before they had time to know which was their foe which was their friend For the Scene was altered and their noble hands were to be imbrâ—ed now in Protestant and not in Popish blood their swords were to be sheathed no longer in Irish but in English bowels It had been some comfort had it been strangers that they engaged with but alas it was with those of their own and their Fathers house It was wth their familiâ—rs those wth whom they had taken sweet councell together they of their own faith one Baptisme and one hope were their aid called against aliens it were easy to resolve saith Aristides Luctrica 5. but a suddaine disaster prevented these debates they being set upon by that Person whose undertakings were more suddaine then others thoughts and sometimes then his own 28 The Parliament were too well informed of these Regiments to give them the strengthning advantage of uniting with the Kings main body and better instructed in that maxime dum singulj pagnant vincuntur universi then to let them pass without attempts upon them singly 29 His Excellency and others were taken Prisoners and had now nothing left them but the glory of suffering for his Majesty he is deprived of all those things that make a Souldier and now what remaines but those prayers teares that may make a Martyr And in this capacity of a Prisoner did he remaine in the Tower so long as to see his Majesty utterly defeated imprisoned as himselfe the aâ—ointed of the Lord was taken in their Nets under whose shadow we said we should live in peace yea and murthered too to see Monarchy laid aside Parliaments forced Lawes Priviledges and Properties invaded by their own Patrons and the veyle that the uncertaine Warre kept on the Rebells face now by a certaine successe drawn off At their first entrance to England the Irish Forces were puzled Against whom to direct their loyall Swords while each side was for the King for Lawes for Liberty Property and Religion But now they were satisfyed in what they meant that fought for his Majesty against the King Now the whole World saw that they least intended what they most pretended {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Homer they that sit at our helme looked one way but rowed another when they should make his Majesty glorious they summon all the wit and malice of their side to make him infamous when they should bring him to his Throne they bring him to the Scaffold the Liberty they with much blood and treasure obtained for the Parliament is it seemes an unparalleld force the Religion to be established are all the antiquated and condemned errours and heresies with the exploded Schismes that attended them so many Religions that sober unconcerned Spectators thought we had none so easy is it in a throng of Religions to loose Religion 30 His Excellency saw how prosperity opened those Persons whom another condition kept close as mid day discloseth those shels whom night keepes shut advancement discovers a Man when Appius