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land_n	child_n	israel_n	pharaoh_n	1,683	5	10.2863	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86511	The honest souldier, or, a vindication of the reduced-officers, otherwise called reformadoes; against the blastings of most grosse untruths, wherewith they have been aspersed : or, the honest souldier, that between Jerusalem and Ierico, fell amongst thieves, who robbed him of his arrears, stripped him of his livelihood, and wounded him in his reputation.		1648 (1648)	Wing H2589; Thomason E441_34; ESTC R202563	13,474	16

Sheffield Sir Robert Pie Quarter-master General Fincher Colonel Butler and many besides add to this their knowledge 6. To bring up the rear with the single example of a singular deserving man the Van in spight of malice without exception Colonel Graves is ordered to guard the Kings person but whether doubtfull his command might become permanent or lasting and in time by his gallantry extinguish those new lights he is designed to be surprized by a crew of c's without order and hardly escaped with his life his souldiers like as Col. Sheffields Sir Robert Pies Col. Poynes and many gallant men besides put on and encouraged to mutiny against them To these I could add infinite other examples but let these suffice at present And though I have willingly past over many unsupportable sufferings of those Reformadoes or reduced Officers because I would hasten unto the obstructions they met withall after reducement untill when General Fairfax and the Councel of the Army set forth their Representation to both Houses of the 7 of Decemb. 1647. in which their Saint-like charity with the fruitless attendance and future expectations of those wanting Gentlemen may appear And thus having been despitefully dealt withall by their tax-masters and with menaces unsupportable compeld to quit their fair though deer bought holds in Goshen neither furnished with jewel c. or other borrowd stuff to support so endlesse a journy yea without consideration had of their salary arears or other maintenance either for the present or the future they remove and march on towards the Land of promise at Westminster-hall under the conduct of much promised hope where they incounter not onely with a large and deep sea or gulf full of miseries far unlike that the children of Israel quietly marches over more in resemblance to the other which met with Pharaoh and his host in the rear but a wildernesse of endlesse scarcitie where in stead of better meat they are fain to feed on fraudulent Orders scornful answers and lying promises or what is worse the pillar cloud light their director is endeavoured to be vailed from their eyes and pillars of New light from Satan obtrude who guide the Kingdoms treasure and these mens wages into his Infernal Country for the security of these his Saints the blinde guides A wildernesse not improperly to such as since this reducement have made trial of Westminster-hall and numerous removes to the several Committees of Associated Counties and others chiefly that of Accounts at Free-mans Hall London a Labyrinth with the several windings and turnings whereof never yet bottomed by any where they are upon Oath to accuse themselves and never the neerer to effect their purpose and where also although they bring good Certificates for actual service from their chief Officer sufficient Avouchers perfect Audits and full and just Testimonials under the hands of Country standing Committees or Sub-Committees for Accounts things past thorow and gotten with exceeding great difficulty and expence from those two last sorts of men especially who are continually averse and at enmity with Souldiers it may justly be suspected by order or instruction from their Masters difficult indeed I say to be attained unto by the reduced Officers although the godly party that since the Kingdoms reducement have became their Countries defenders and neither before or since purchased it at so dear a price have found better successe But as I said where Reformadoes with much expence and postings into the remotest Countries of the Kingdom have at last perfected their desires abroad and full of hopes returned to Free-mans hall there yet again they are retarded either there wants an Establishment a full Committee their Clerks servants and door-keepers are grown Masters and cannot be compelled to attend unlesse they may be better paid a just exception and more becoming a Souldier to have stood upon when his wages was detained and his life in hazard then such petty Clerks and a causlesse complaint too if well examined for it is well known that there are Souldiers have sold or pawned their clothes to purchase dispatch and accesse from those Leeches but there is yet a remora which retards their proceedings either it is Term-time and the Counsellors Members of that Committee without whom their Colleagues Tradesmen and Citizens ignorant and not so well vers'd in that calling it should seem fearful to outstrip their knowledge dare not proceed must attend their profit at Westminster or it is Exchange-time and the vacation of the other concerns them as much Which shuffle and pack really comes from Westminster and but in species from those Gentlemen of that Committee of whom in this I have not the least thought of guilt onely that they dare not offend Which may the better be discovered if observed how often they petitioned for redresse herein but never received satisfaction neither could they ever understand of any Order Ordinance or other Instructions of Parliament in their behalf until Birch his Ordinance of the 28 of May 1647 fast and loose fast I say as to the completing or besting any mans Accounts complete or perfect an ingratiating policie of a seeming Presbyterian who needed no Ordinance for audit of his accounts being well paid before or he is extremely belyed but loose and very clear as to any thing that could intrap or beat down the Souldiers accounts all which did give them just cause to suspect that nothing lesse was intended then by such delays they might be inforced to contract debts upon them whereby at length they should be necessitated to flee their demands and quit further claim or as by my experience I may speak it be forced to contract with for a small part in satisfaction of all And thus whilst they lie under the greatest and highest rage that malice can inflict still chaste and unmoveable to their Covenant its Parliament and friends modestly expressing their unfeigned necessities by Petition and other deportments of civility they reserve rough and sleighting answers gestures and looks of reproach fit objects for scorn and revenge in high spirits and may not unjustly be suspected intendedly to have been put upon them to enforce mutiny or some act properly fit or apt for Question and losse of their Arrears witnesse the black list and other menaces many bug-bears that frequently stand aloft to affright Reformadoes But that these great professors of Zeale full as impious in their pretences as blasted in their piety could strain at a gnat and swallow a Cammel full glib let the Records Orders and Ordinances of their Derby-house and c. beare record with their unsanctified consciences and come in Judgement against them what vast gratuities of thousands have been dared over tost from one member to another joyntly none dissenting to their godly deserving brethren in recompence of pretended though false losses and as many falsely usurped services performed by more deserving men and by Peters the Post snatcht from them and presented to the you