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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92880	The Selfe afflicter lively described in the whole course of the life of Mr. John Lilburn, sometimes Lieut. Colonel in the army of the Parliament ... / pri[n]ted purposely to vindicate the truth against a [?]ate foolish pamhlet [sic] lately pub[l]ished called an Exact and true narra[t]ion.		1657 (1657)	Wing S2447E; ESTC R42858	5,651	17

THE Selfe Afflicter Lively described in the whole course of the Life of Mr. John Lilburn sometimes Lieut. Colonel in the Army of the PARLIAMENT His being Whipped Gagged and committed Prisoner to the Fleet by the sentence of the Bishops and the Star-Chamber His Arraignment for his life by the Expresse command of the late King before the house of Lords The arraignment of him for his life at Oxford bein● taken Prisoner at Brainford His commitment to the Tower by the House of Lords and his long imprisonment there His arraignment before the Commissioners at Guild Hall for Treason His banishment beyond the Seas His arraignment afterwards at the Sessions in the Old-Baily and his confinment againe beyond the Seas With his natural death at last by sicknesse Together With the Notable Difference betwixt the Levellers and Quakers about the black cloth to be laid over his Coffin when he was ●o be interred Pri●ted purposely to vindicate the truth against a ●ate Foolish Pamhlet lately pub●ished called an Exact and true Narra●ion Printed for Tho. Vere and VV. Gil●e●tson 1657. A True Account of the most Memorable Passages on the Life and Death of Mr. JOHN LILBURN sometimes Lievetenant Colonell in the Victorious Army of the PARLIAMENT c. TO give you a view of his whole Life and how much at all times he opposed with al his power this present Government is to swell that up into a volum which is meant for a single shéet we shall proportion our discourse according to the Emergency of the Advantages in which we shall be carefull not to be injurious to the Reader nor unprofitable to our selves Some are of Opinion that this man of extraordinary Spirit and understanding did not so much strike at the present Government as at the Enormities which he conceived to be too rank or gnawing in that Government Let them think what they please we shall represent unto you the most Materiall passages that concerned him And that without flattery or affection the causes whereof are far asunder from us John Lilburn the famous subject of this present discourse was born in the Yeare 1618. At Thickley in the County of Durham He was Discended of Ancient and worshipfull parentage and being very yong he was brought up to London and bound an Apprentice to a Packer of Cloth in St. Swithens Lane he was from his Cradle of a high and undanted Spirit of a quick and pregnant Apprehension of an excellent memory but al wayes extreamly addicted to contention a lover of novelties an opposer of Government unsetled in his judgement and violent and bitter in his expressions About the year 1632. he disliking his trade had a mind to the Law and became a servant to Mr. William Prin of Lincolns-Inne who for wrighting some Bookes and amongst others that called Histriomastix in which the State as the Players were whipped was imprissoned with those that vended the Book and censured by the Bishops John Lilburn did then begin the quarel and full of his Masters Cause did write a Book against the Bishops for which he was committed prisoner to the Fleet and whipped at a Carts taile from the prison of the Fleet to Westminster The Indignity whereof sate so heavy upon his Spirits that even when the punishment was inflicting on him he ceased nort●ratle against his persecutors insomuch that they caused him to be gagged In the year 1640 he was released by the Parliament and took upon him the place of a Captain in their service and in the year 1642. not long after the battle at Edge Hill he was taken prisoner at Brainford And carried to Oxford where he was Arraigned not long Afterwards as a Traytor for levying war against the person of the King but his life was never in so much jeopardy as when he was arraigned at Guild-hall for indeavoring to disturb the peace and subvert the Government of this Nation established without a King Several books to this purpose were laid to his charge as a traytorous and scandalous book intituled a Salva Libertate Also a trayterous and a scandalous book intituled An Impeachment of High Treason against Oliver Cromwell and his Son in Law Henry Ireton Esquire Also a scandalous and a trayterous book intituled The ●u●-cry of the young-men and the Aprentices of London or an inquisition after the lost fundamentall laws and liberties of England c. Also another scandalous and trayterous book intituled The legall fundamentall liberties of the people of England revived Also another scandalous book intituled A preparation to a hue and cry after sir Arthur H●selrigge In which Bookes it was laid to his charge that he did publish that the Government then in present was tyrannicall usurped And unlawfull And that the Commons then in Parliament Assembled were not the supream Authority of the Nation He stood also further indicted that he as a fals traitor did maliciously plot and contrive to raise forces against the present Government for the subversion and Alteration of it And did also maliciously indeavor to with-draw certain Souldiers of the Lord Fai fax his Army from their obedience to their superiour offices It was also laid to his h●rge that trayterously and contumeliouesly he had spoken very reproachfull words against the Lord Generall sir Thomas Fai fax as also against the high Court of Iustice The Indictment held a long time being read Mr. Atturney did present unto the ●ury of what Dangerous Consequence were these trayterous books and how much Derogating from the honor of the Parliament And the Counsell of state And of the chief Captain and Generall of the Army And other Officers Included in the Indictment whose fame doth ring through the world Never Army said Mr. Atturney hath done greater things yet they have not escaped from being Slandered by Mr. Lilburns tongue and pen And not long after upon consideration of the evidence and witnesses he told the Jury that if they did respect the Government of the Parliament the honor of the Counsell of State And the honor of the Nation or of the Army or the persecutions of the Laws of the Nation they could not say but the prisoner was guilty of those crimes and treasons of which he was Accused And that they were oblieged accordingly so to find him And then Addressing his spéech to Mr. Keeble who was Lord chief Commissioner And to the Iudges and Barrons He declares unto them how the Indictment was proved by witnesse And evidences and that the trayterous book intituled the Legall fundamentall liberties was owned by Mr. Lilburn himself in his Impeachment of high Treason against Lievtenant Generall Cromwell And his Son in Law Commissary Jreton my Lords said he you have heard the severall charges wherewith he stands accused you have heard a great deal of foul matter and durt that is fit for nothing but to be cast upon the ground and returns to Mr. Lilburn again the prisoner hath cast those Accusations and blemishes upon others but they