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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92915	The sence of Iohn VVarners speech in his personall capacity, spoken by the Lord Mayor of London in his politique capacity: or A declaration delivered from Iohn, and my Lord, utterd from them both, with one mouth, Apr. 25. 1648. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Oliver Crumvvell and the rest of the saints militant. Signed Michell.	Michell, fl. 1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing S2548; Thomason E442_22; ESTC R9653	4,079	8

The Sence of IOHN WARNERS SPEECH In his Personall Capacity spoken by the Lord Mayor OF LONDON In his Politique Capacity OR A Declaration delivered from Iohn and my Lord utterd from them both with one Mouth Apr. 25. 1648. Dedicated to the Right Honourable OLIVER CRVMWELL And the rest of the Saints MILITANT Signed Michell LONDON Printed in the yeare 1648. The sence of JOHN WARNERS Speech FOrasmuch as it is Conceived and Apprehended by the Common Counsell that this Citty at present it in great danger Conceived c A meere conceit indeed for where I pray lay the danger under Ground or above Ground in the Ayre or above or under water was the Thames to be blowne up the second time or was there any feare of Castles in the Ayre or another dangerous powder Plot with an c. Therefore give me leave to expostulate in the language of Thomas Sternhold Psal 2. Why did the City Tumults raise What Rage was in their Braine For mine own part I know my self to be as very a knave and Coward as any man living except the Lord of Oldsworth yet I was no more afraid with any danger or dammage now from the Army then of a Capon and white broath at a Thanksgiving dinner Then why shall such a one as I feare And therefore I declare now they were the Feares and Iealousies of the Common Cuckolds counsell I would say and not mine owne the text is cleare in the point Conceived and Apprehended by the Common-Councell Apprehended in Good time Verily Are the Common-Councel men all turn Constables or what do they Apprehend or catch at their owne shadowes that is themselves to my knowledge which I know and all men know is very slender there was no more ground of feare now then was in 88. or November 5th 1605. Out upon 't In my conscience which is as little as my Science Sir Walter Earle or Harry Pelham the Negro Mock speaker has bit these Common Coxcombs and they are now almost two Moneths before Midsomer Ready to run mad with Fears and Jealousies These are therefore according to the desire and direction 〈◊〉 the said Court to Will and require you in his Maiestie Name Mark Beloved that therefore the meaning of it is this Because these Wise-acres of the Councell feare where no fear is or was therefore forsooth I must be such an asse as to declare I know not what Jmaginary danger You se dear S ●s it is not my desire or direction but the desire direction of the Court for my part I love not this directory though I was compeld to obay it But if ever they catch me doing any good to this City especialy this Blew-bonnet-Scotified Councell I 'le give 'em leave to Prinne myne eares or hang me as they did one of my Predesessors Nick. Brember was in 11th yeare of King Richard the seconds Raigne Anno or Anna 1388. He was a stirring stickling fellow and had he not been hang'd he had been created Duke of Troy or of London by the name of Troy He had beene divers times made Lord Major Which I purpose not to be He lov'd his King dearely and Loyally which I yet never did for his royalty he was hang'd and his throat cut after wards but follow his example he that list if you will know more of him Read Stowes Chronicle page 303. I confesse he was an honester man then my selfe Thus you see that I who have beene al my life a Uoluntarie Hypocrite am now compeld to be one And you know that Necessity hath no more Law then I have Loyalty And therefore had not the Counsel desired and directed too I of my selfe would never have used his Majesties name in the businesse I would sooner have declared in the Devills name as in whom I have more interest and you too In his Maiesties Name c. And here my Brethren the Saints I meane and not the Aldermen I must distinguish my selfe as the Parliament did the King into two capacities viz. into my Politicall and Personall That is the Lord Major by which Office of Majestracie I am of a capable capacitie and understanding to be a polititian But in my personall Capacitie I am plaine JOHN VVARNER and in that sence so I am out of my polliticall capacitie and consequentlie no polititian I could instance this Argument further by demonstrations out of the Records and Annalls of Quinbourough where the Major spake wisely as followeth Beloved J am by my place the Kings Iamag● Therefore for a man to say more then a Man can say I hold it not fit to be spoken But for a Man to say what a Man ought to say there I leave you my Brethren Or as the Learnned Poetical VVater-Poet said in his Laborious History of Nonsence More might be said but then more must be spoake The Weights fell downe because the Iack-line broake But to proceed Breathren Asse I am Iohn Warner I love my selfe and you But Asse a Magistrate I even ha●e my selfe perfectly Except in order to your ends or designes the plunder and Ruine of the City And those I am sure I have promoted with as much Art and Industry as my zeale and Braines could attaine to And my two 〈◊〉 Atkins and Pennington and my selfe who have made as perfect a Triumvirate or Iunto hard words these are of Catalines and Traytor to this City of London as over were in Rome or Hell I tel you you doe hate magistrates and as I being ●o I hate my self if it be truly and hig●ly principled for Deare Breathren Saints Is not S●ilo come Then must Septers come Crowns departe the Inference is as cleare as my Conscience Hath not CHRIST made us free why then should we be slaves or Subjects to any King or Parliament for they would all be Kings too in Kent or Christendome Follow then the Thrust Victorious Soules dispatch Charles Stewart then downe goes monarchy and then streight way those ●igg-widgeon Traytorly Don-qu●●ksotts of Westminster most of them as meane and mechanick as our selves will tumble after and vanish like their owne Ordinances or a morning Cloud Heye then up goe wee In his Maiesties Name c iust as our fellow Hippocrites in the Ghospell made use of the Name of Christ the King of Kings Math. 7.22 Have we not prophecied in thy Name yes we have prophesied to some purpose for all the people of God are Prophets and in thy name cast out Devills No wee have brought Devills in and in thy name done many wonderfull Workes Yes as the wonder working Parliament did in Richard the 2. time Anno 1388. that Parliament did Raise and ruine whom they listed and beheaded hang'd Imprison'd fined Banish'd and beggerd whomsoever they pleased So that as we have done the worke wee may expect their Reward in the text we look to have the same Mittimus Depart from mee yee workers of iniquity But to work iniquity by pattern is but to sinne by Authority for has

not this blessed Parliament used the Kings name more then 7. yeares to his and his freinds Ruine It is probable that they committed him to close prison in his owne Name as these Charles King of England we charge thee in thy personal capacity that in obedience to the authority of thy Politique Capacity thou submit thy self to be deprived of all the comforts of this life viz as Wife Children freinds servants Estate Dignity Goods possessions and Libertie I tell you my Brethren that this deep State-logick newly practised newly printed and newly come forth Are not all writs Issued as formerly and all Briefes passed under the name of Charles by the Grace of God c. down to this very yeare 1648. And subscribed Given from our Pallace at Westminster such and such a day and in such a yeare of our Reigne c. when as poor King Charles Good man God knowes hath not seen Westminster or White-Hall since February 1641. except at a distance from Brainford or Hampton Court c. The old saying was that all mischiefe begun in ●ni or Anni Domino for we that have the Guift of Tongues may speake the Language of the Beast But all the Plagues of Agypt began Annu Domino Regis No Subject now is solemnly undon but in his Soveraigne Lord and Masters name the King Nor was any honest Man or truly Loyall Royalist hangd or beheaded since these merry mad times but they have all suffered in the Kings name though for the kings Cause or sake Thus Traytor B●rley late did seele The Razor edge of Wild and Steele And so Deare Brethren I have done with the King though you will do as you have don and never have done with him till he be undone These are therefore to will and require you c. that presently upon fight hereof you _____ do repaire to every Housholder c. and give them strict Charge and Command at their Pex●ll● That they do so Order and dispose of their Servants c That they be not only kept from Committing any entrage or Misdemeanor But that they and their Servants c be in Readines According to their severall Capacities with arms weapons and Ammunition for the preservation of the Peace Defence of themselves the City and the Magisthates thereof c. O rare Magistrates O brave Lord Mayor I am sure neither God or the King made me a Lord and none but fooles and knaves made me mayor and the troth is that I my selfe do know my selfe to be to better then a paper or at the best a Past●●ord Pageant and my horse is but a Hobby-Horse And yet I even I J perce J John though not John a Leiden or leaden Iohn but John of London I my selfe forsooth do Will and require c. and what think you verily of my Command that all the Citizens upon occasion shall with their Servants keep their houses till their throats be cut in their owne defence that you King Oliver the Chieftaine of the Lord might kill them in severall And gleane them one by one at your pleasure which were they in ful Bodies and in a posture of defence I without the hazzard of those pretious Saints of Whitehall and the Mewes the one Ambulent the other Equitant Both Mil●tant And yet I further declare for fashion sake that The Trayned Bands of this City do from time to time upon the Beat of 〈◊〉 Repaire with all speed to their Colours c and for the safety and wellfare of this City To their Collours c. Namely that the Citizens may be murdred in their Armes and ●artial Equipage as once the old Roman Aldermen were in Pontificalibus when the Gaules storm'd the City This be confident of Brethren for you 〈◊〉 confide in mee That the leiutenant General for the General himselfe is not wise enough to be trusted with a secret Brother Atkins Brother Pennington and my selfe with Foulk● our Auxilliarie 〈◊〉 laid a most exact Model of the Cities plunder first and then Destruction or which is worse Captivity and perpetuall slaverie And then would the Cittizens have been forc'd to Hang out their new Lights All had been Goshen then which now if either the Protestant or ●resbyterian partie prevaile and we miscarry as 't is to be feared we shall will continue Aegypt stil and for want of our Light though we be hang'd out 〈◊〉 in darknesse and in the shaddow of death So much for the Text Now two short words of Application and I have 〈◊〉 The words are these 〈◊〉 which I leave to your considerations ●o Conster land Interpret Fini● ●●ni●