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A54975 Plain-dealing, or, A second dialogue between Humphrey and Roger, as they were returning home from choosing Knights of the sheir to sit in Parliament 1681 (1681) Wing P2354; ESTC R8054 4,691 2

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PLAIN-DEALING OR A Second Dialogue between Humphrey and Roger As they were returning home from Choosing Knights of the Sheir to Sit in PARLIAMENT Roger. WEll overtook Neighbour I see you are not a man of your word did not you promise me when we last met that you would Vote for our old Members that sat in the last Parliament to be Knights of the Shire to sit in the Parliament at Oxford Humphery I thought to do so but by my brown Cow I have been over-perswaded to the contrary by my Landlord and his Chaplin Mr. Tantivie and a pestilent fine man I think they said he was a C●u●tier that lay at my Landlords house and what with Arguments and Wine they drew aside my heart and made me Vote against my Conscience Rog. 'T was ill done neighbour Numps but all their Artifices would not do we have carried it by some hundreds for our old Members that stood so bravely for their Country Hump. I am glad on 't with all my heart for to tell you truly tho' my Landlord had my voice the old Members had my heart and I 'le never do so again Rog. I hear most of the Counties in England are of the same mind and all the Burgess-Towns Cities and Corporations but what arguments could they use to alter thy mind Hump. First I say They made me continually drunk and then my Landlord used me so very civilly and gave me so many good words and fine promises what a kind Landlord he would be that I forgot all your Instructions and methought he had invincible Arguments to perswade me Rog. What were they Hump. Nay I have forgot them but I thought no Counsellour at Law nor any Bishop could have contradicted them I now remember one Argument that took with me you know I was ever for the King and he told me the King did not love the Old Parliament-men and therefore I should not Vote for them But I being bold asked him how he knew that Rog. What said he then Hump. Why he laid me as flat as a Flounder that is he fully convinc'd me for said he if the King had lov'd them he would not so soon have Dissolv'd them I think that was demonstrable Rog. 'T is no matter tho' the King did not love them they lov'd you and your Country and you should so far have lov'd your self as not to have betray'd your own Interest What said the Courtier Hump. Faith he said not much to me but I suppose he had said enough to my Landlord Rog. And was this all your Landlord said to you had you nothing to say for your self you spake rationally the last time we were together Hump. Nay I was forward enough to speak I 'le assure you And I told them I was sure our old Members would be for the rooting up of Popery and would stand stiffly against Arbitrary Government Rog. What said they then Hump. My Landlord laugh'd at me and told me I had been among the Presbyterian Whiggs and bid me have a care of being cheated into Rebellion by those two words Popery an Arbitrary Government Then he shewed me a printed paper I think he called it The Mistris of Iniquity which shew'd as plain as the Nose on my face that in 41 they did as we do just now and that by that means they brought one K. to the Block and so they would now do by our present Soveraign God bless him Rog. Alas alas and that frighted you did it Hump. Frighted me ay marry did it I think 't would affright any honest Man you know I was always a Kings-man and I would be taught to joyn with those or give my Vote for such who under the notion of crying against Popery and Arbitrary Government would pull down the King and the Bishops and set up a Common-wealth again Rog. Well Nump I believe thee to be an honest Man and there be many in this Land of thy condition that are not of any great reach in pollicies and tricks of State-Mountibanks and so may be easily perswaded upon false grounds to betray your Country your liberties lives and Religion Hump. Nay that was not all he then read another printed Paper with an hard name I think it was Hercules Rideing or something of Jest and Earnest which he laught heartily at and me thought there were some things called Querks which made a gingling and noise in my Ears that I thought there was some Spell in it for it seemed to joyn with Mrs. Iniquity to make all the Presbyterians Traytors and most of the people of England mad and factious Rog. There is as much heed to be given to those Pamphlets as to the gingling of Morrice-bells They are hyred to set the people together by the ears and are Papists in Masquerade things set up to affright the people out of their senses with the buy-leave of 41 Wise Men see thorow them Honest men are not affrighted at them Fools and Knaves onely are led aside by them Hump. But don't we do now as formerly before the last Wars don 't we run just in the same steps as they did who caused all the late bloody doings as those Pamphlets would make us believe Rog. I cannot tell what they mean by Roads and High-ways pray Hodg we are now rideing in the High-road to the next Market-Town before the last Assizes in this very Road 3 or 4 Highway-men rode in it too and rob'd several persons committed many villanous Murthers and were at last caught and Hang'd for it now therefore because we are Rideing in the same High-way must we Honest men be accounted Thieves Robbers and Murtherers all other who travel this Road that 's an hard case Hump. You say right Neighbour Hodg tho' the Gallows stands in the High-way we need not run our Heads against it nor do any thing to deserve it Rog. But to speak plain to your capacity neighbor if the Court be corrupt and that those who should do justice and maintain truth who should only seek the good of the King his Kingdom for the ones good is inseparably the others and should Act According to Laws do notwithstanding all things quite contrary and by Unjust and Undue Unlawful Sinister ways means seek to oppress and enslave the people and to set up Arbitrary Government and the Religion of Rome to maintain their own Greatness and Interests shall not the People who feel the Burthen and groan under the Oppression and having no other way of Redress but a Parliament desire and Petition for one and cry out against such Illegal and Unjust Proceedings but presently they must be termed by these Fellows Seditious Factious and such as would Dethrone the King and pull down the Bishops Then all men must hereafter be afraid to Speak to Vote or to Petition against Grievances lest they should be termed Rebels Villains and Traytors and to run the same Rode of Forty One Humph. Indeed Neighbour 't is hard