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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88237	A preparative to an hue and cry after Sir Arthur Haslerig, (a late Member of the forcibly dissolved House of Commons, and now the present wicked, bloody, and tyrannicall governor of Newcastle upon Tine) for his severall ways attempting to murder, and by base plots, conspiracies and false witnesse to take away the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn now prisoner in the Tower of London: as also for his felonious robbing the said Lieut Col. John Lilburn of betwixt 24 and 2500 l. by the meer power of his own will, ... In which action alone, he the said Haslerig hath outstript the Earl of Strafford, in traiterously subverting the fundamentall liberties of England, ... and better and more justly deserves to die therefore, then ever the Earl of Strafford did ... by which tyrannicall actions the said Haslerig is become a polecat, a fox, and a wolf, ... and may and ought to be knockt on the head therefore, ... / All which the said Lieutenant Col. John Lilburn hath cleerly and evidently evinced in his following epistle of the 18 of August 1649, to his uncle George Lilburn Esquire of Sunderland, in the county of Durham.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1649 (1649)	Wing L2162; Thomason E573_16; ESTC R12119	55,497	45

then the 12 of May 1649. It is Ordered and Resolved that we all four be restrained a● close Prisoners apart one from another in severall lodgings in the Tower but he were wise that knew wherefore crime to my charge for it only commits me Sir Arthur being one of the makers of it for suspition of treason and names no particular act and generals in law are nothing as appears in 2 par instit fol. 52. 53. 590. 591. 615. 616. and by the 1 par Parl. book of Dec. pa. 38. 39. 77. 66 67 101. 123. 162. 201. 203. 277. 278. 845. see also the Armies Book of Declarations pag. 70. and my Plea before the Judges of the Kings Bench the 8 of May 1648. called the Laws funerall pag. 8. 16 17. 11. At which tryal by strength of arguments I forced the Judges openly to confesse that generals are nothing in law see also the 2 Edition of my Book of the 8 of June 1649. Intituled The legall fundamentall liberties of the people of England revived asserted and vindicated pag. 5 21. all which rightly considered it cleerly appears I am an innocent man in the eyes of those very men that committed me who never laid crimes in their lives to my charge to this present houre And therefore I can stile it no better then Robbery and Felony in Sir Arthur Haslerig Colonel George Fenwicke c seizing upon my estate with a Felonious intent to deprive me of it without any pretence shadow or colour of law and not only felony but Treason it selfe in subverting our fundamentall lawes higher then ever the Earle of Straffords was for which he lost his head who in his large additionall Impeachment 1640. in the preamble of it recorded in Speeches and passages of Parliament pag. 120. 121. 122. to 143. is impeached as a Traitor for procuring instructions or commission from the King to him in the North of England as Lord President to heare and determine causes according to the arbitrary course of the Star-Chamber in pursuance of which he the said Earl in the month of May in the 8 year of the said King and divers years following did put in practice the said Commission and Instructions and did direct and exercise an exorbitant and unlawfull power and jurisdiction on the persons and estates of his Majesties subjects in those parts and did disinherit divers of his Majesties subjects in those parts of their inheritances sequestred their possessions and did fine ransome punish and imprison them and caused them to be fined ransomed punished and imprisoned to their ruine and destruction and namely Sir Conyer Darcy Sir Iohn Boucher and divers others against the lawes and in subversion of the same and that by virtue of the said illegall Commission he did most Traiterously stop the efficacy of all prohibitions and habeas corpus●es and would not suffer any party to be discharged till the party performed the Arbitrary De●●ce and Orders of him and his associates and Traiterously to the subversion of the fundamentall lawe of ENGLAND and to the terrour of those that administred them did the 21 of March in the fo●●● 18 yeare at the open assises at Yorke say that some of the Justices were all for Law but they should finde that the King little finger should be heavier then the loynes of the Law but the said Sir ARTHUR HASLERIG c. more arbitrartly and more trayterously then Strafford having no pretence of REGAL Legall or Parliamentary-Commission or Authority no no● so much as from the present nothing or illegall JVNCTO or the present illegall thing called The ●ouncel of state that ever he produced or shewed hath Feloniously and trayte●ously seised upon my estate meerly by his own will and of set purpose to starve me and my family thereby without any manner of colourable pretence and therefore aboundantly ●●●h in law and reason more deserve to dye then the Earl of STRAFFORD did especially considering he was one of his Judges that in terrour and example to others seriously and judiciously condemned him to the Scaffold for these very things and this Arbitrary Power exercised in England by the Earle of Strafford is not only condemned judged (*) See the Act of his Attainder which saith that he is impeached of high treason for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamentall lawes and government of his Majesties Realmes of England and Ireland and to introduce an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall government against law in the said Kingdomes and for exercising a tyrannous and exorbitant power over and against the lawes of the said Kingdoms over the Liberties estates and lives of his Majesties Subjects for which he is adjudged and attainted of high Treason and shall therefore suffer the paines of death and losse of his estate See this at large in the peoples Prerogative pag 29. Treason but also the like in Ireland as appears in the 3 article of his Impeachment for that as the article saith it was governed by the same Lawes where the Earle being Lord Deputy and intending the subversion of the fundamentall lawes there did upon the 30 day of Septem in the ninth year of the late King in a publick Speech at Dublin declare and publish that Ireland (*) Which very language is now growne so common amongst them that their little Beagles commonly yelp it out See Master Prinnes Book called a legall vindication of the Liberties of England against illegall taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament lately enforced on the people pag. 1. was a conquered Nation and so say our great o●es here England now is and that the King might do with it what he pleased as Oliver c. say they may do with this And in his 4 Article he is impeached as a Traytor for arbitrarily stopping and prohibiting Richard Earl of Corke the benefit of the Law for recovery of his possession from which he was put by colour of an Order made by the said Earl of S●rafford and the Councel Table there whom upon the 20 of Feb. in the 11 yeare of the late King upon a paper petition without a legall proceeding he threatned to imprison him unlesse he would surceae his suit and said that he would have neither Law nor Lawyers dispute or question any of his Orders and further said he would make the the Earl and all Ireland know so long as he had the government there any act of State there made or to be made should be as binding to the sub●ects of that Kingdom a an act of Parliament and upon sundry other occasions ●ust Host●●ig like by his words and speeches did arrogate to himselfe a power above the fundamental● Lawes and established government of that Kingdom and scorned the said Laws and established government And in Article 6. he is impeached as a Traitor in that without any legall proceedings and upon a paper petition of Richard Ralstone he did cause the said Lord Mo●n● Norris to be disseised and put out of possession as the Trustees for

night was brought to S. Jamses before Commis Gen. Ireton Sir Arthur Haslerig Col. Pride Capt. Pretty Lieut. Col. Mason who examined them upon questions of the busines aforesaid Sir Arthur Haslerig and Commis Generall Ireton would have had me to witness against them which I denied for in the thing I had no knowledge upon which they were forthwith released and Sir Arthur Hasleri● then after told me by my self except I would confesse these Papers to be mine I should be Prisoner the which I denying was committed Prisoner Aprill 25 1649. and was continued in prison untill the 27. of Aprill 1649 untill 9. in the morning And about that time I was then brought to the place commonly called Pelmel or neer thereunto and there was forced to run the Gauntlet for no other cause that I know of but for denying to swear against them Mr John Lilburn and Mr Walwin and my refusing to get any to swear against them as Sir Arthur Haslerig would have had me have done and likewise that I did not witnesse against the forementioned Gentlemen and likewise for refusing to take their Oaths Aprill 30. 1649. In testimony of the truth hereof I have set my hand and am ready to depose it upon my Corporal Oath before any Magistrate of England William Blanks Junior Thirdly Haslerig and Bradshaw c. by false witness by Blanks means could not effect the taking away of my life then do they or one of them imploy (a) Yea an Agent of the said Haslerig 's and Crowwels called Richard Arnold a Hopman at the Blue Anchor in Thames Street neer Billinsgate and a Member of the Knavish Conspiracy called Mr. John Goodwins Congregation upon the Exchange about the time that the Juncto's new Treason trap came out gave his Instruction to Justice Cooper in Southwark under pretence of friendship to come and visit us on purpose by discourse to insnare us and so to bear witnesse against us of which one that heard the Instructions given out of conscience of our integrity against his particular Interest came to the Tower and told us all how and by whom Major or Justice Cooper was appointed to come the time when and also the Subject and manner of his discourse who accordingly the next day came accompanied with our quondam friend Justice Hill once of Southwark c. and Cooper especially demeaned himself exactly according to his Instructions foretold to us but being forewarned of his intended villany and Arnolds plot to take away our lives we were fitted for them and within a few dayes after we sent for Cooper and before divers honest people opened to his face all Arnolds bloody designe upon us to both their infamy and shame one Tho● Verney a qu●ndam Cavalier and give him a Commission to plot and contrive yea and justifie him therein the taking away my life as app●ars by his following Letters For my esteemed good friend Colonel Iohn Lilburne at his Chamber in the Tower these present Sir SInce my arrivall in England I have endeavoured to finde out the severall constitutions and dispositions of men and I perceive the major part of those I have discoursed withall are led more by their own fancies then reason I am very much troubled to see how strangely things are carried finding the Subject not at all eased or freed from oppression I pray informe me in any one particular thing wherein England hath received any benefit since the warre began Oh this is a blessed reformation Those Books of yours which I have lately seen doth handsomely lash them I am joyfull to hear that we have some true English-men left that will stand for our Lib●rties and just Rights My earnest desire is to engage with such a party and to joyne with you and your friends in on● and the same thing and to steer my course by your compasse and I shall to the utmost of my ability further your designe in any thing though it be with the hazard of my life which I should willingly sacrifice for my Countries L●berty To the same intent and purpose I make my addresses to your selfe imagining you to be the chiefest of those who are in a scornfull way by your and the common-wealths Enemies branded with the name of Levellers I never yet regarded much the malice of my enemies I beleeve the like in you therefore I am the more incouraged to joyne with such Excuse I beseech you for my liberall and true hearted (*) (*) And yet a greater Judasly villaine never breathed upon the earth expressions by way of writing It is a custome that I am used to cannot on a sudden leave it I shall at any place or hour give a meeting to any of your friends to discourse further of it and then you will finde my complyance with you will be very acceptable for I love to advance and further all honest lawfull and christian like actions But I fear unlesse you act more privately then you have formerly done that all will come to nought for yesterday I accidentally heard of some that were employed in the Country to act for you were taken and carried Prisoners to Oxford by some of Colonel Scroopes (*) (*) It s a common saying a treacherous lier had need of a good memory which Verney wonts for at this time Scroops Regiment was at Salisbury in Rebellion against their Generall and Officers Regiment the truth of this Report I cannot much aver but I received my intelligence from a very credible hand If it should be so you must be the more cautious hereafter otherwise you will wilfully give up your lives as a prey to your enemies I cannot as yet say we because I know not as yet whether I shall be received as a friend amongst you or no. I can assure you my friendship shall very much advance your businesse for I shall engage many friends in Buckinghamshire it being my Native Country with me I am confident to gayne the strongest party in that Country in spight of Fate And as for Oxfordshire Barkeshire and some part in Hertfordshire I can by reason of my many friends ingage a considerable party in all those Countries and prevail with others that love to sleep in a whole skinne to be as Neuters This I beeleeve deserves thankes But I can further advance your businesse in a more considerable way if I finde you have good and faithfull Councellors about you and that you have Gentlemen that are well beloved and well esteemed in their Countryes that can on a sudden as I shall do bring three or four thousand men into the field to back him that should doe you service If you can do so I shall make another provision to you which is to gaine the City of Oxford for you which you may conceive will be very difficult to do and many more that do not know me But by my means I shall worke with my friends within the Towne as well as those without I am