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A notable touch of the times: or, a true and seasonable discoverie of the grosse abuses thereof, with a serious proposition of a certaine remedy. Presented to the view of all intelligents. And also sixe propositions made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, declaring the reasons of the commitment of the Lord Mayor of London to the Tower. Lunæ 11. Iuly 1642. Published by Anonymos Philalethes.
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Philalethes, Anonymos.
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A NOTABLE Touch of the TIMES OR A TRVE AND seasonable discoverie of the grosse abuses thereof with a serious proposition of a certaine remedy Presented to the view of all Intelligents And also sixe propositions made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament declaring the reasons of the commitment of the Lord Mayor of London to the Tower Lunae 11. Iuly 1642. Published by Anonymos Pâ—ilâ—ethes London Printed for I. A. and are to be sould in the Old-Baily 1642. A NOTABLE TOVCH OE THE TIMES IT 's not unusuall with most to cull out and propose a fit subiect for their intended discourse most usuall with all to make their expressions as neere as they can correspond the merits of the subiect either in seasonable commendations if legitimate or if spurious in Satyricall but not too rigid exprobrations and dislikes ever delivering matters requisite not overshooting through precipitous rashnesse the marke they levell at nor comming short thereof by pusillanimous timorousnesse and holding it as dishonest Laudabile vituperare as ti 's foolish Vituperandum Laudare The subiect then of these few insuing words is so vile not worth naming yet because it hath beene daily obvious to our view or rather hearing wee shall say somewhat thereof not much for Iners multiloquus as the old Cynick had it a wordy man 's no worthy man and wee have but this doubt by the way that onr tongues having not beene dipt in the Stygian Lake of obscene obloquie or toucht by the sulphuâ—ious blasts of blackmou'd invectives wee shall wee sâ—are using the worst of language overprize this unhappie rude rabble of Pamphleteeres wee will therefore leaving their full discription to some wiser discoverer in some of their Camelion-like colours partly delineate these Caterpillers And so you may take notice of them in these three manner of Waies 1. In their production 2. Progresse 3. Dissolution To intermeddâ—e with their being received from their progenitors were to no purpose charitablie supposing their Parents otherwise sure they were very bad better than their issue For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a devout Isaac may have a prophane Esau a religious Solomon a rebellious Absolom an eloquent Cuero a debaucht debosht Marcus and all knowes a good Father may beget an ill Childe And to as much purpose were it to vent any thing of the miseries of the times knowing that they to whome nature hath afforded but a smattering tongue and mature yeares but little discretion hath taken upon them accurately as they fondly sooth themselves sharpely to exclaime against those distractions whereof they have beene themselves prime but private sticklers and promoters No more than to taxe the tymes troubles then thâ—y have beene the Basis or groundwork on which these Villaines have founded the Babel of their brainecrack't inventions and mischeivous Pamphletts For indeede distractions as they have processe from that grand Commotor of Sedition and malicious distuber of all politicall peace so they as too too thriftie an off-spring have produced these his grand-children their actions ministring motives sufficient for them to play we cannot say worke on and whiles good men pray and labour for a setled composition to shew the rancour of their malice the offscouring of their sordid and scandalous Libells which beguile the simple credulous vulgar aswell of their faith as of their money imposing on them a necessitated beliefe of a numberlesse number of palpable falsities by this time then you may perceive that the disturbances of the state have ingendred this broode or rather this broode those broyles for they are such Relatives that were it not for some deserved character in an Impudent front or some swinelike earemarke a man might easily mistake them And so much for their production And now all were well if this cursed crew had beene stifled in the Embryon or had proceeded to no further evill that the world might have beene rid and disburthened of such a masse of mischeife but their progresse goes further a Malo in peius adding violence of hands to their virulencie of tongue not onely slaunderously framing and impudently dispersing their rude and indigested papers but even confionting Majestie it selfe and his glorious constituted Synod holding Soveraigne authority so farre fit and necessary as it sutes their humorous conceits were these men admitted holy orders but those they 'l assume without admission they would prove the Zelots of the age and prate as solid doctrine as the soundnesse of their manners can afford wonderfully sublime and knavishly witty and sure they could not want an infatuated Synagogue who can be as earnest at their devotion as Fryer Bacons man at a blacke-pudding even ready to choke themselves with conceipted raptures But that concernes their dissolution wee shall heare leave them lyable to such penance as the Sages shall propose and touch that a little Qualis vita finis ita and unlesse they speedily reforme their doome followes Gregorian wages will administer satisfaction for their paines and an end to their lives besides there 's great hopes which God effect of a right composition of all grievances and then they 'l want supplement for their Noddles and by that meanes may perchance see their errours and amend and so defeate the hagman But were they now before they goe capeable of admonition wee should wish them suddenly and seriously repent but because we feare they are become incorrigibly obdurate wee will leave them to Solomon's censure Prover 10. 8. and trouble ourselves no further Infaelices qui suas nolunt nosse miserias Sixe propositions made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament declaring the reasons of the Commitment of the Lord Mayor of London to the Tower Lunae 11. Iuly 1642. THere were propositions sent from the Lords and Commons to the Common Counsell of the City of London which were these sixe First That 10000. Souldiers should bee levied in and about the City Secondly That they be brought into a body and set under officers Thirdly that they bee ready to march into any part of the Kingdome where the Parliament shall appoint Fourthly That it shall bee lawfull for any in the City to lend them such Armes as they can well spare Fiftly That all be done with speede within 3. or 4. dayes if it be possible Sixtly That a fit place bee considered of for the Magazine that yet lies in shipps But when they came to vote these sixe heads they could not get the Lord Mayor to come to the question who said that hee had direction from the King to the contrary Whereupon the Lords taking into their consideration the great contempts of of the Lord Mayor against the Parliament they unanimously voted that he should bee committed to the Tower and presently therupon there was conference between both Houses whereat the Lords signified the reason of the Lord Mayors committment and withall desired the Commons to ioyne with them for the quiet governement of the City in the intrim FINIS