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A90639
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A paire of spectacles for the citie
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1648
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Wing P196; Thomason E419_9; ESTC R203093
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of Men. They have made it their Master-piece first to divide them oâ—â— from another then amongst themselves to lull the Kings Partie asleepe they have pretended to re-inthrone His Majestie settle Him in His Just Rights case and bring downe the Compositions of Delinquents and set up a Regulated Episcopâ—â—â— for His Majestie if wee may conclude any thing from the Expressions of their Darlings They would not have them live by them much lesse Reigne over them Peters in his Word to the Army and Two to the Kingdome calleth him a Dead Dog and complaineth they are much troubled with him and seemeth to request some Agitâ—â—â—r or other to remove the Wicked from the Throne They generally require he â—â—y be brought to Tryall and receive Punishment for all the bloud he hath beene the cause of shedding of The second and pulling downe Excise they fool'd the poore Country People with when they advanced to London shall be performed together which for them will be at Doomes day in the Afternoon The third may be done but if in their way and manner it had been better never have beene toucht I had rather have a Pope and his Cardinalls governe then have no Government at all And I beleeve most Men are of my Opinion But for the Citie there they have played their Master-piece and brought us to be the very hilling and by-word of the whole Kingdome or rather wee have brought our selves to it and truely it may seeme very strange to Men how such a Citie should receive Check by such an Army I shall give a very briefe account of the whole Businesse and I shall take leave to be very plaine let who will â—ind themselves aggrieved The Kingdome and Citie extreamely groaning under the heavy burthen of an Everlasting-Parliament the Unjustnesse Perfidiousnesse Hypocrisie Tyranny Oppression of whom will make their Names stinck in the Nosthâ—â—lls of all honest Men as long as they are remembred were held in hopes they should be delivered from their Bondage under these Aegyptiant by this Army according to their Promise in private and Engagement and Declaration in publique This tooke off many from Opposing them Secondly This Army had wonne that Esteeme for Religion and Pietie thâ—â— many would not beleeve that any thing not the fruit of both could proceed from them Thirdly They had a Partie of Lords and Commons basely and unworthily received Orders from them their Servants this gave Reputation to the Businesse and took off many they Marching up with them Fourthly The Seamen Watermen and Apprentices after proffer of their Service Cowardly deserted us Fifthly many Commanders Sectaries and Cowards layd downe their Commissions or hid their Heads just upon the Enemies approach Sixâ—hly Tâ—at Trâ—cherous base Skellum Hardwicke of Southwarke who after that he had vowed by the Honour of a Souldier the Faith of a Christian the Reputaâ—â—on of a Man that he would resist all Aâ—med Men whatever who would endeavour to enter the Lyne to the losse of Life and this severall times by the reason he was suspected Nay after he had plotted the betraying of it and both by Letter and Personall Message invited the Army too and promised admission into Soâ—thwarke I say this Treacherous base defection of his for which I hope to see him hang'd very much furthered the Enemies Designe Seventhly The Party they had in our very Committee for the Militia who by their long tedious Speeches so much obstructed the businesse that halfe an houres worke commonly tooke up a Nights debate Eightly It was just God should lay the Pride of this City in dust who notwithstanding the Judgements abroad upon the whole Land and our neighbour Nations sate still like a Queane never providing for the day of her owne visitation Lastly The many Promises the Army made of their faithfull Intentions to us and the whole Kingdome that they would endeavour the present setling of all differences the bringing the King to a Personall Treaty and not to enter the City All which they have unworthily broke These things very much facilitated their enslaving of this great and populous City but having us at command Machivilian like they breake all Promises and being they cannot bring us to their Bow they endeavour what possibly they can to make us weake Enemies to that purpose they Order the Parliament to take the Militia from us which was given us by a full and free Parliament as a marke of Honour So then a Committee of Parliament were pleased to call for our many great services done them and the Kingdome and conferred it upon beggerly Fouke and a company of Anabaptists and Sectaries and least these men should have so much ingenuity left as to be faithfull to the place that bred them they have so divided the command of the Militia into so many pieces that neither of them can scarce stand on their owne leggâ— much lesse make any considerable defence in case of danger They have likewise put that gallant and faithfull Coloneli Colonell West out of the Tower only because no Sectary and the City placed him there and in his roome that Thing Tichburne is put a fellow much below the Command fitter for a Possit and a warme Bed then to keep a Cittadell only a Peevish Sectary for that must be Honoured They have driven our friends out of the House of Commons as Massy Waller and that much lamented deceased Stapleton whose bloud cries loud for Vengeance and will be heard in the day of Enquiry when treacherous Manchester and Harvy who were in the Counsell as deep as any though they basely now act against us shall not dare to hold up their heads our ablest most faithfull and honest Aldermen and Commons are charged with High Treason a word as I have heard that prudent and faithfull Alderman Adam though his pockets were search'd when Lord Mayor to find a King all the bloud in a man's body now scarce brings his into his face so triviall a thing is High Treason now adayes Can it be thought that Langham Adams Bunce Bromfeild Jones should Act Treason against King or State I do confidently averre and thousands will make it good there sits not six in the Houses of Lords and Commons nor resident in the Army that have served the State with more uprightnesse faithfulnesse constancy and courage then these six gallant Men have done where had these Commons and Parling Lords been at the time when Glocester was besieged and so bravely defended by gallant Massy when that purple Jesuited Independent vulgò dicto Lord Say as once Melitia gave Benhadad advise to put Halters about our Necks and go aske Mercy truly we had better have done it then suffer him and his Crue to lay such fetters upon us I say where had these brave Men been had not these very six Men done beyond humanity I speake like a Christian alwaies submitting to Providence I am able to make it out if truth had but one single Patron left these very
men then saved the Kingdome were the most eminently instrumental in it when these Fellows of Westminster sate peeking and voting basely and cowardly left all and certainly would have run away had they not been encouraged by these very six men principally I pray God give them Grace to bewaile the trouble they have put them to but enough of this least they be hated because beloved And let 's see a little how our wise Committee for the Militia hath disposed their businesse if we can with patience I shall run over all I know of them and I beleeve they would not be angry if they knew me first of the first The Orange Regiment Colonell Wilson an Antinomian a Man that hath more Mony then Wit or Valour but he may serve the next is Presto Colonell Lievetenant Colonell what shall I call him Camfield a fellow that looks as if he had changed his face with his place I met him lately going up Holborne if he had been comming downe I should have thought he had broke his Halter and run away he looked so ghastly but he did them good service at Westminster that day they say the the House was forced stood looking on like a cowardly base fellow never offering to strike blow though he had nigh two hundred armed men under his command and might have defended the House against an Army but that was in order to the designe or else he had been hanged before this time Next him is Leivetenant Colonell Major Captaine Petitoes the sight of whom makes me remember my Aunt Basset Swill Tub he may doe well to chuse the fat Cook in Py-Corner for his Colours and Tripes for his Leivetenant they will dead Bullets if ever he be carried in a Tumbrell into Service else he will never come where they are Then that Bartholemew Baby Major Puny Captaine Russell Surely this is one of the Shakers they talke of a fellow that every Step he takes speakes him a Taylor After him Colonell Leivetenant Colonell Young Captain Hey day Boswell a fellow lately put out for caning Train Band Souldiers but it seems wee must come to it and this Prick-louse employed to begin the worke All these I dare say will never be guilty of High Treason in raising a New Warr nor except the last be angry to be kick'st or affronted in any manner For the Green I know not what they have done only they have turn'd out the discreet and faithfull Colonell Shipheard and put in the Bull Roe as â—lso honest and stout Lieutenant Colonell Lane and put that Swearing Phantastick Fool Juxon in his piace I suppose the rest of the Commanders of that Regiment will not be commanded by a Knave and a Fool for the White Colonell Vaughan being guilty of High Treason of City High Treason that is for retaining so much courage and prudence as to defend the City that gave him his command as to maintain the Honour and Reputation of it Indeed for obeying the Commands of the Committee for the Militia that were his Generall must be put of and Player that Player that play'd the Cowards part so much at Cherriton in his room Lieutenant Col. Thomson a valiant and faithful Commander layd by and unworthy base spirited Manby put in his Room he that upon the routing of a forlorn Hope at Cherriton cryed and wrung his hands what shall he doe what shall he doe the day is lost like a great Booby Let them make the Puppy his Sonne Major in the roome of valiant and resolute Major Milton whom they have put out and then I dare promise this Regiment shall never commit City High Treason neither In the Red Regiment Colonell Hooker a valiant prudent godly and faithfull Captain is laid by a man that stood up with the first and acted with the best for the safety of King Parliament Kingdome and City but he indeavoured not to be a Slave to Slaves had a sword in his hand and being assaulted by a company of Thieves and Rascalls was loath to yeeld but indeavoured to defend himselfe this I say being City high Treason he must be laid by and in his Roome unworthy peeking Hays is placed Lieutenant Colonell Brett is turned out too and truly I wonder at it in my Conscience he is no Presbiterian but I suppose he is too much a man too much a Souldier to act in these base unworthy wayes now on foot they say Cushen hath his Room base spirited Cushen to be sate upon by Hays whom he hath Commanded I wish thou mayst be sate upon by all the foot-boyes Tapsters Porters Journey-men Tailors in the Town This Act speaks the Tailor and the sonne of a Tailor to the tenth generation For the rest of that Regiment I hear not of In the blew Regiment Shake-rag Vnderwood may serve their turn well enough he basely hid his head when he should have been at the head of his Regiment but Cox Gillibrand are out the first guilty of City-high treason the second of too much honesty to serve any base designe though never so fairly guilned over both honest tried valiant souldiers and so not fit to be ranked with fools knaves and cowards and in their stead Rogers and Coe are brought the one a Fool the other a Broker But in name of the Tower-ghost what have the Commanders of the Yellow Regiment done they are all turn'd out all guilty of City-high-Treason had ye not one Fool nor Knave among ye nor Cuckold neither that 's a Miracle Let 's view you a little more narrowly for the rarenesse of the businesse First Colonell Bromfield a Gentleman of unquestionable faithfulnesse and integrity upon whom God hath confer'd extraordinary parts and abilities and a heart to improve all to the service of his Countrey a fit man to transact any Military affaire at that Councell of Warre where great Gustavus Adolphus sate President a Gentleman that at the famous Battell of Newbury proved himselfe a valiant Souldier and a discreet Commander in the Committee for the Militia and Court of Common-Councell discreetly faithfully and stoutly muted those Apostates Fowks Estwick Player and countermined their designes This last I believe was his great crime but he is outed and that shadow of a Souldier Harrison in his place a silly weak old man God knowes fitter to eat Pie and Custard then lead a Regiment a man of no estate and meerly for the profits which he must raise indirectly and dishonestly too takes it a fellow that carried himselfe like a Fool and a Coward at Cherriton onely the Colonell Harrison being forced to marrie his daughter having That same before-hand is his sonne in Law that 's desert enough Lievtenant-Colonell Leigh is the next a man of Estate and Quality an honest godly valiant man a man that did as good service at Cherriton as any man in the Brigade a man that from principles of Honesty and Piety leads the life of a Christian in sincerity He is thrown out and that proud