Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A40778
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A Faithful souldier, or, The Speech of a private souldier concerning his arrears and putting the captain to death
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1681
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Wing F288; ESTC R29802
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were little better than one of our Colonels and they never left cutting one anothers Throats till all again came under one King If then we must have but one King still why should we kill this King We know when he dies his Son the Prince of Wales is King What must we cut his Throat also We cannot if we would and this King's Blood will stick so upon us and make us so abominable to all the People we shall have small Heart to kill any more Kings but were it in our Power to destroy this King and all his Posterity and all the Kings in Christendom who are his Allies who then shall be our King The Council says in our Remonstrance we must have an Elective King but whom shall we elect If we chuse our General alas he will be seduced by wicked Council We know he is a gallant Man in the Field but at Councils of War he does little and speaks less he is fitter to be our General than our King or shall Lieutenant-General Cromwell be the Man The truth is they talk most of him and I believe he looks to be a King and therefore I should think him unfittest of all Six Years since he was but Captain Cromwell and if now he be such a great Man it is our Swords have made him so Should any man have said to us six Years ago Ye Souldiers shall fight and never leave fighting till ye have cut King Charles his Throat and made Captain Cromwell King of England I think we all should have thought that Man mad and yet Fellow Souldiers this is our Case Have we not spun a fine Thread Let who will be King we shall be but Private Souldiers still I remember a Tale of a Knight and a Carrier the Knight coming from London met the Carrier and told him News how King Edward was Murdered and Crook-Back'd Richard was Crowned King of England Alas Sir said the Carrier what is that to me I shall be but a Carrier still So whether it be King Charles or King Cromwell we shall be but Private Souldiers still What are Crowns and Scepters to us When the King was at Carisbrook and Hampton Court he offer'd to pay us all our Arrears and to grant us the Militia as long as he lived Could any King say more For my part I like him as well as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as liberal as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as chaste as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as merciful as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as wise as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as temperate as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as patient as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as handsome a Man as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles hath as sweet Children as Lieutenant-General Cromwell King Charles is as well descended as Lieutenant-General Cromwell Remember when first we refused to Disband it was for our Arrears and Indempnity confirm'd by the Royal Assent We had an Ordinance of both Houses but we wanted his Majesties Royal Assent What can we have his Assent after we have cut his Throat Sure we are all mad Alas Fellow Souldiers What good can the King's Blood do us We now can save his Life with a wet Finger Let us do it we shall get all our Arrears Indemnity and every thing all the Kingdom City and Country will love us and pray for us Now or never Fellow Souldiers Let us save our Credit save our Arrears save our King's Life One and All God's Blessing go along with us FINIS London Printed in the Year 1680 1.