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A88918 Match me these two: or The conviciton [sic] and arraignment of Britannicus and Lilburne. With an answer to a pamphlet, entituled, The parliament of ladies. 1647 (1647) Wing M1077; Thomason E400_9; ESTC R201743 8,685 16

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Match me these two OR THE CONVICITON AND ARRAIGNMENT OF Britannicus and Lilburne WITH An Answer to a Pamphlet entituled THE Parliament of Ladies Printed in the Yeere 1647. The Conviction and Arraignment of Britannicus and Lilburne WITH An Answer to a Pampulet entituled The Parliament of Ladies THe well-affected party in and about the city of London finding by too common experience that the fames of divers upright and honest men were daily bespattered and the faithfulnesse of divers reall Patriots weekly calumniated by divers envious depravers and presumptuous over-weening Libellers to take away so great a reproach and for the future to impede the inevitable rents and distractions that would happen occasioned by these mens lying reports petitioned His Majesty that a body of learned men might be admitted to assemble together in a Court of Judicatory there to summon before them the chief broachers of vaine and altogether unsufferable leasings and that having examined them on strict interrogatories they might according to their deserts receive censure and suffer condigne punishment His Majesty cheerfully assenting these men were chosen as Members of the Court Philoparthen a Poet Sozimus a Lawyer Soranzo a Philosopher and Philo as Antiquary with divers others The Members being assembled they had some debate about choosing their Judge some pitched upon Bathillus but it was objected that his fancie was wholly taken up in compiling the third part of his Night-Search and that it was likely if his expression were to be measured with his muse he would bestow many houres in talke and yet utter but few words and therefore he was utterly uncapable of the place Then they thought of electing Mantuan but it was soone waved on consideration that he might be imployed in finishing his Pastoralls of Britannia and his Muse having hitherto but sung of Pan and of imaginarie Groves he could not be acquainted with a refined dialect At last they concluded that the golden-mouth'd Linus who had so sufficiently manifested his Oratory in his excellent Madagascar and his Albovine was the fittest man on earth to be their Judge and therefore they ordered that Catzius who had so profoundly shadowed himselfe in Emblems should be dispatched with Letters into France imploring Her Majesty of Great Britaine to part with her Poet one Moneth the time limited for the sitting of that Court. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to dismisse her beloved Bard who was as welcome to the Members of this imaginary Court as ever Apollo to the Heliconian Damsells he being invested on the Bench they ordained Catullus to be Clerk of the Assize John Taylor to be Doore-keeper and Martin Parker to be Subfizer and carry out the offall All things being conveniently disposed of meet for the effecting of those affaires ready to be taken into consideration the Court sate and first fell into debate what penalty ought to be inflicted on those that should derogate from the honour or cast aspersions on the names of any either noble or vertuous then Sozimus after a silence commanded began to say Sozimus his Speech Reverend Sirs IN this last and worst of ages time being growne sickly and humerous it is not sufficient that we have each man sharpened a sword to slay his brother and have tired our selves with destroying eveay man his friend but now wee set on foot a worser fiercer warre a warre of the pen every man that hath but sufficient ability to spell his owne name right and to subscribe to an acquittance summons his wits and hee will needs bee invective against some one and divulge his folly in print Divers wholsome Lawes have been enacted by our Predecessors to remedy this evill and to curbe the boldnesse of Libellers See the Lawes of King Alfred Chap. 28. where it is said that the Authour and spreader of false rumours among the people had his tongue cut out if hee redeemed it not with the price of his head And againe by the Statutes at Westminster first made 3 Edw. 1. c. 33. 2 Rich. 2. c. 5. 12 c. and Eliz. Chap. 7. which Statutes yet remaine in their full force and vertue it is enacted and strictly defended upon grievous pain that from henceforth none shall be so hardy as to contrive speak or set forth any false newes lies or tales of Prelates Earls Dukes Barons or great men of the Realme whereby debates discords or slanders may arise betweene the King his people and the Lords Nobles Commons to the ruine and quick destruction of the Realme if remedic were not provided and he that shall offend therein shall be kept in prison untill he brought him forth in Court that first did speak and report the same and if he cannot bring him forth then he shall be grievously punished according to the nature of the offence c. by which it appeareth how hainously our Ancestors the States of this Land in former time were offended with Slanderers and Libellers and what an infallible president we have before our eyes to prosecute with all vigour against the Revilers and Calumniators of our dayes Let us therefore with all convenient speed summon before us the persons of those the most notoriously known to be active in this kinde and proceed against them impartially handling them so severely that the after-times may wonder at the severity of our justice The Court allowed of Sozimus his Speech and ordered Catullus the Clerk of the Court the next day should exhibit a Bill including the names of the remarkable offenders in that kinde with the nature and quality of their crimes and so for that day adjourned their Court. Next day the Court met againe and the Judge received three Bills from the Clerks against Lilburne and the other against an Author then unknowne the Writer of a Pamphlet entituled The Parliament of Ladies the Court commanded them to be read and the Clerk began to read these ensuing Articles of high Treason drawn up against Britannicus Articles of high Treason charged on the exorbitant Reviler Britannicus 1. That hee the said Britannicus contrary to his Oath of Allegeance had proclaimed the King to have forfeited his power and that none ought to yeeld him subjection 2. That hee the said Britannicus vilified his Soveraignes wife mentioning her name in an unseemly and unruly Dialect 3. That he the said Britannicus had taken away the good names of many eminent and worthy persons and upon all occasions reviled abused and contemned many right honourable Personages of His Majesties Privy Counsell 4. That for many moneths he was a constant Shimei a Rabshekah and an Aretine and in some respects was as great an Incendiary as the most perverse and evill Counsellour about His Majesty After the Clerk proceeded and began to read the Articles drawne up against the obstinate and refractory Col. Iohn Lilburne 1 That he the said Iohn Lilburne advanced to a Commander from being a Servitor had not dealt so punctually nor mannaged his actions so faithfully as was requisite