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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69468	England's confusion, or, A true and impartial relation of the late traverses of state in England with the counsels leading thereunto : together with a description of the present power ruling there by the name of a Parliament, under the mask of The good old cause / written by one of the few English men that are left in England ...	Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 1614-1686.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3168A; ESTC R59	19,125	24

Atkin Rich Alderman Pennington Pedantick Thomas Scot Hastily rich Cornelius Holland Single hearted preaching Sir Henry Vane now become old Sir Harry Prideaux Attorney General to all Governments Smiling Sir James Harrington Levelling Ludlow Pembrochian Oldsworth that made the Earl his Masters wise speeches Vain-glorious hair-brained Haslerigge with repentance like the Armies in his conscience and the Bishoprick of Durham at his back Sir Thomas Middletons man Jones Doting Purefoy without purity or faith Coll. White the Lord Fairfax's Secretary got before his Master Relig●ous Harry Nevil Mr. Say the famous Lawyer Mr. Blagrave better known at Reading then here Coll. Bennet Sir Henry Vane's little second at preaching Mr. Brewster a Cypher to make up the number Serjeant Wilde best known by the name of the Wilde Serjeant John Goodwin alias Herbe John Mr. Lechmore the Attorney Generals second at all Governments Augustin Skinner a Kentish Christian Mr. Downes another cypher Mr. Dove a Brewer of Salisbury come to help in this new Brewing Mr. John Lenthal William Lenthal's own Son Saloway a smart prating Apprentice newly set up for himself M. John Corbet such another Lawyer as Miles and of his own colour M. Valton that will never forget his Son furnished Blacks for the Protectors Funeral Gilbert Millington the Church snuffers who desires no better trade then Scandalous Ministers Mr. Gold newly married to get more the Common-wealth being poor Coll. Sydenham a Dorset shire couple in at all Governments who rather talk then fight yet will venture to doe any thing being backt with an Army against the naked people Coll. Ayre whose name fills his head Mr Smith a Six Clerk that wishes he could write and read Coll. Ing●lshy that fought so well lately for the Protector against Fleetwood And Fleetwood that holy man who so smoothly supplanted the Protector that he perswaded him three Crowns were not worthy a drawn sword Stole on the sudden into the House the Invitation of the Army for the sitting of the Long Parliament as they call it being first published in VVestm. Hall Upon notice of their sitting there being double their number Members of the same Parliament in Town and many of them in the Hall to prevent the mischiefs of a sureptitious packt Parliament they agreed among themselves in the Hall though they were doubtful that Parliament was disloved that about a dozen or fourteen of them should immediately goe to the House And the persons that did so were these viz. Mr. Ansley Sir George Booth Mr. Iames Harbert Mr. Prynne Mr. Geo. Monntague Sir Iohn Eveling Mr. Iohn Harbert Mr. Gewen Mr. Eveling Mr. Knightley Mr. Clive Mr. Hungerford Mr. Harley Mr. Peck VVho though with much ado they got into the Lobby they were not suffered by the Officers of the Army to go into the House though they disputed their priviledge of sitting if the Parliament were yet in being but Reason as well as the Laws must be silent amongst men of VVar and therefore after they had fairly made their Claim and found the House under force they retired and resolved by Letter to acquaint the Speaker and those Gentlemen assembled with him what usage they had received And according'y on Monday the 9. of May they went to Westminst. where understanding that there were no Guards upon the House Mr. Ansley Mr. Prynne and Mr. Hungerford went up to the House and had free admittance receiving the Declaration of the 7. of May at the door which were published this day but M. Ansley walking afterwards into the Hall the House not being ready to sit to let the Members know that though they were repulsed by force on Saturday the House was open for honest men this day at his return Capt. Lewson of Goffe's Regiment as he confessed himself and other Officers denied him entrance he asking them whether they were a Committee to judge of Members without doors they said no but they were commanded by their superiour officers to let none in that had not sate till Apr. 1653. After some reasoning the case with them the Capt. told Mr. Ansley that if he would give his Paroll to return without sitting he might go in and speak with whom he pleased so upon his paroll passed to the Captain he was permitted to go in the second time and soon after returned telling the Captain as he came out that he had kept his Paroll and wished he and his souldiers would do the like Mr. Prynne continued still there and resolved so to do since he saw there was force again upon the House The discourse Mr. Prynne had within dores and how he made them lose that morning and adjourn by reason of his presence without the Speakers taking the chair you may expect from another pen And how he attempted to sit again in the afternoon but found there a troop of horse and two companies of red coats Keepers of the liberties of England and so bid them farrewel immediately after which to prevent further inturruption in their works of darkness from honest men they barred the door against three parts of four of the Members of the House by the following Votes Ordered That such persons heretofore members of this Parliament as have not sate in this Parliament since the year 1648. and have not subscribed the Engagement in the Roll of engagement of this House shall not sit in this House till further order of the Parliament Whereupon Sir George Booth Mr. Ansley Mr. Knightly Mr. Prynne and the rest who had agreed on a Letter to be sent to them finding them in their old temper of trampling the priviledges of Parliament under foot and Judging without Hearing resolved to make no application to them But a coppy of a Letter coming to my hands I judge it so worthy of the persons that subscribed it and of the publick view that I have here inserted it It was directed To William Lenthall Esquire Speaker to the Members of the House of Commons now sitting at Westminster SIR WE the persons subscribing and others Members of the House coming to Westminster-Hall on Saturday the 7th of this moneth understood that the Officers of the Army had by their Declaration dated the day before invited the Members of Parliament to return to the exercise and discharge of their Trust by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed 17 Caroli wherein are these words And be it declared and Enacted by the King our Soveraign Lord with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same that this present Parliament now assembled shall not be dissolved unless it be by Act of Parliament to be passed for that purpose nor shall be at any time or times during the continuance thereof prorogued or adjourned unless it be by Act of Parliament to be likewise passed for that purpose and the House of Peers shall not at any time or times during this present Parliament be adjourned unless it be by themselves or their

they conclude that the first and chiefest grounds of the Parliaments taking up Armes in this cause was to suppress attempts of introducing an arbitrary Government over this Nation and Protecting Delinquents enemies of our Religion and liberties by force from the Justice of Parliament and declare that they will not interrupt the ordinary course of Justice in the several Courts and Judicatories of this Kingdome This is the good old Cause the Parliament owned And therefore let all that fear God in the three Nations consider whence they are fallen even from the Good old Cause held forth in the Votes Remonstrances Declarations Protestations Vows and oaths of the Parliament published in maintenance of our Ancient and well tempered setled Government by King Lords and Commons to a sneaking Oligarchical Tyranny under the bare name of The Good Old Cause which is as changeable as the addle heads that contrive it as oppressive as the corrupt w●●ls of licentious men can make it must be as arbitrary as the Army will have it and shall be more fully deciphered if they persist in it which they never dare do if the people who yet seem to be in a Lethargy remember their first works and be as resolute to assert their Religion Lawes and Liberties as these despera●e men of lost fortunes and reputations are bold to trample them under foot and make this great people once famous is through the world for valour wisdom and Religion a scorn and derision to all that are round about us and themselves Monsters of men by their A●heism Apostacy and Inconstancy I shall conclude with some advice now it 's seasonable To the Army To the people of all sorts and degrees and to the members sitting at Westminster 1. Faithful aduice to the Army First remember the ends for which you were raised for defence of king Parliament Religion and Liberties that you were servants to them and received their wages and were 〈◊〉 by oathes to them 2. Remember how in 1647 you were fi●st by some of your ambitious Officers most whereof are since dead seduced to Rebel against and betray your masters whom you accused falsely and to refuse to disband when the War was ended whereby you are become Oppressers and Robbers ever since And meer 〈…〉 3. Remember how in December 1648. you rebelled the second time against your masters and forceably and trait●rously as well as perjuriously b●oak the Parliament imprisoning and driving away most of the faithful members keeping only a few that prostituted themselves and the rights and liberties of the Kingdome with the lives of the King Nobles and Commons to their own ambition and to your lusts and wills as your pentioners in the house till April 1643. when you rebelled against them and for their self seeking and notorious crimes and miscarriages printed then at large in your Declaration you absolutely dissolved them to the general satisfaction of the people 4. Remember how giddily and impiously your ambitious wicked Officers have lead you through horrid Murders Treasons and breach of Oathes from a happy settled Government under a King and Parliament First to a Ridiculous Commonwealth thence to a new kind of Protector thence To Prayse God Bare-bones little Parliament thence to a Protector with an instrument of Lamberts making but never in tune thence to Tyrannical Major Generals thence to a new Crochet called The Petition and Advice thence to a New Protector and two Houses of Parliament whereof one was still-born thence To build up the things which you destroyed whereby you have made your selves transgressors Gal. 2. 18. Thus have you marched so fast from one Government to another ' that the poor people wearied out are fain to return home and sit still in a maze abhorring your unstable ungodly ways and crying to God in secret that he will at length restore unto England Our Kings and Nobles as at the first and our Judges as at the beginning making it a quiet habitation which by your ungodly courses hath been so long a howling wildernesse full of birds of prey and beasts that do devoure I have no mo●e to say to you but that if your mist●ading Officers can reconcile your actings since 1646 to the Scripture rule which you find Luke 3. 14. By which all Christian souldiers much more then Heathen are to walk viz. Do violence to no man neither accuse any falsly and be content with your wages then le● them go for honest men and count me mistaken But if this discourse of mine by God's blessing becomes instrumental for the awakening your Drowzie consciences to see your Long course of Sins and Provocations and to repent Then let me tell you your Work is short to make your Selves and the Kingdome happy for as you have lately gone Six yeares backward at one Step viz. from this time to April 1653. So if your Officers and You will but make one Step more viz. from April 1653 to December 1648 to our Ancient Long-experienced and fundamental Constitution of Government by KING LORDS and COMMONS you will justifie your Repentance to be sincere and render it famous to all the World and deserve and have Rewards from your Countrey instead of Indempnity which you now beg from every Power that Sits 2. Advise to the People of all sorts and degrees Delirant Reges plectuntur Achivi your rulers do●e and go astray but you suffer by it as well as they Therefore strive to set them right though they forget their Oaths and Promises do you remember yours Have you ever seen quiet or settlement since the King was inhumanely murd●ed this own Gate and our ancient Government by King Lords and Commons changed since our Covenant was counted an Almenack out of date this was one in 1648. shall I perswade you to return whence you are fallen I need not I know you are ready for it and watch your opportunity Let me only tell you the time is now come for having tryed all other ways insomuch that we are going round again where we first turned aside you see no Foundation to build upon but our Ancient one strive therefore for the restoring of King Lords and Commons that you may enjoy them and be happy Remember how the Ministers and others of London Essex Suffolk Northamptonshire Lancashire and other Counties gave their Testimony against the King's death in 1648 and repent for that Bloud with which the land is defiled Let those who so boldly in their late mutinous Representation to the Protector moved for a Justification of the Kings death and all acts done in pursuance thereof know that they may as soon pull the Stars out of God's right hand as make those that fear his name in England justifie such a horrid impiety for which God hath made us an unsetled people ever since and hath given them and the Kingdome no rest ever since nor will till they repent and do their first works and call all the Members of the Long-Parliament together to sit