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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48473	Plaine truth without feare or flattery, or, A true discovery of the unlawfulnesse of the Presbyterian government it being inconsistent with monarchy, and the peoples liberties, and contrary both to the protestation and covenant : the end of establishing the militia of London in such hands as it is now put into by the new ordinance, the betraying votes and destructive practices of a traiterous party in the House of Commons concerning certain petions for liberty and justice : also, a vindication of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, concerning certaine scurrulous words uttered by some of the said faction : with the meanes and wayes that must be used to obtaine reliefe against the said cyrannous usurpers, and for reducing the parliament to its due rights, power and priviledges, in the preservation of the kingdomes laws and liberties / written by I.L.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing L2156; ESTC R12537	30,822	22

left altogether remedilesse but to proceed the aforesaid Petition being referred to a Commmittee and the Citizens put off with faire words till this grand Ordinance for the Militia was passed and then presently they thundred as if the Petition had tended to the prejudice of ●●urch and State 4. If they want money or a new Army to secure themselves that old Asse the Citie must raise men or sund out their Trained Bands for them 〈…〉 of London must pay and beare or else be plundered and what remedy 〈◊〉 wh●●●●ever the Parliament will exact and the Military men execute the Commons of London must obey and submit to though never so unjust a tax or imposition But you will say the Trained Bands will not be all of a mind but this Partie having prevailed to New-Modelling of the Commissioners you shal see them New-Model the Train Bands also here is the first piece of the frame of Englands slavery must serve if they can carry it for a leading case unto the whole Kingdom The effects yee Commons of London which yee may expect hence are the utter abolition of your free Elections of your Maior Aldermen Sheriffs Common-Councell-men and other publicke Officers of your body and Corporation so that now you may bid all your priviledges adue and the free borne Apprentices after seaven years hard servitude * Marke yee Apprentices expect a Perpetuall vassalage by this means the hopes yee had of the recovery of antient Rights and immunitie are frustrate and yee after all your costs and adventures for your liberties become the first absolute slaves in England if God doe not otherwise prevent or raise up some Othniel Ehud Shamger Barak or Gideon to deliver you And in such hands as these this desperate domineering faction by symptomes and signes purpose to settle the Militia in all the Counties and Corporations of the Kingdom and have already in Durham Cumberland and other places Northward put it principally into their hands who are declared Traytors and Enemies to the State Malignant and Delinquents some of which have been actually in war against the Parliament and their Country as Sir George Vane old Sir Henries Son who was in armes with the King and is now made one of the Deputie Lieutenants of the Militia for Durham a Justice of Peace and a Committee-man and yet scarce good commoditie for the Hang-man S. Wilfrid Lawson of Cumberland such another yet by the prevalency of this partie intrusted with the posse-Commitatus whereby he may raise the Countie and cut all honest mens throats if he imagine cause To tell you of the commands power wherewith Lieutenant Col. Offcere Cap. Musgrave Story Stoddert and divers others are invested and intrusted in those parts who have beene in armes against the Parliament and their Country to the great trouble hazard and affliction of all the faithfull wel-affected there besides many others in other places of the Land would be too tedious let these for present sufflice for example and all rather then to trust the honest and approved in the Land because they are contrary to their treasonable designes and practices and will not suffer themselves not the Country to become their vassalls and pack-horses I wish those Northern Countries had no just cause of complaint against that deceitfull double-dealing Lord Wharton I will for speciall cause not that I fear or regard him or any man farther then he is sincere and vertuously honourable space spare him but it it is good for him and others to repent and doe their first workes lest a worse thing befall them there is nothing hid but it may be made manifest to runne away from a fight for feare is tolle●able and is contingent to the greatest * Witnes Generall Leshley Generall but for a professed Souldier of Jesus Christ to turne his backe and flce from the ●ruth is to be abhorred Hath not Christ said He wll be ashamed of such when he shall come in his Fathers glory with the holy Angells Mark 8.38 And did Jehisaphat prosper that tooke part with Ahab Or ever any escape by iniquitie And if Meroz was cursed yea bitterly cursed because they would not helpe what are they that doe hurt And are not they also cursed though they be doing that doe Gods worke negligently Consider these things seriously all yee that are sunke setled upon the lees all the Neuters and indifferent ones that plead moderation non-season and prudence for your basenesse of spirit negligence and cowardice in the great Chuse of God and this distressed Kingdom and yee Timedi yee searfull ones who are more afraid of the face and displeasure of man whose breath is in his nostrels and whose councels perish then of the power and wrath of God Who is a consuming fire and whose councels abide for ever That feare more the losing of your places and profits then the losing of Gods favour and countenance and the peace of a good conscience Read that 21. Rev. and tremble remember your selves rouse up your spirits and shew your selves couragious for truth and justice and zealous for the glory of the Lord of Hosts if yee will not know that deliverance will come to Gods People some other way and yee shall not escape As for M. Hollis and others whose councells and practices tend principally to treason and tyranny injustice and violence I know what I say and doubt not yet but in time to see it proved so who live without Law and act contrary to Law like Traytors and Rebels Let such men know that God will render unto them according to their workes and I am confident that they shall never be able to acomplish their wicked enterprize and that the pit they have digged for others they shall fall into themselves God will take them by their own counsels as he did in old time A●hitophell and Haman and as hee did Strafford and Canterbury in these dayes yea in those two presidents they have prepared a halter for their owne necks and their owne words shall be their Judges Strafford and Canterbury were condemned for reasoanble councells and speeches endeavours and intentions of subverting the fundamentall lawes and frame of government and of setting up an arbitrary power and rule of government And whether Hollis and others his presumptuous complices have not been not only the intenders and indeavourers but the reall authors and actours of these things I doe appeale to all intelligent men who have taken any cognizance of their councels and actions So that if the King as it is a question did want just matter of occasion in his charge of treason against M. Hollis and others in 1641. both he and the whole Kingdome may without much search find enough doubt esse at this time yes have not M. Hollis and others his complices and confederates not onely verified many or most of those * Read consider them and compare them with their actions B. Decla page 34. articles of

Nature have power to preserve and secure themselves and as certaine is that Rule that Major qui facit quàm quod fit He which makes is greater then that which is made and therefore is to be preferred and in case that which is made prove uselesse hurtfull or unprofitable he which makes hath power to modifie restraine remove or nullifie even as seemeth good unto him and may most conduce to his good and benefit And therefore in case we cannot receive justice from the Parliament let us force our powers and apply our selves my friends and fellow Commoners to have justice upon the Authors of our injustice and oppressions and no longer stand still like People without life and spirit and suffer our just and reasonable demands and requests to be distasted and despised as dung or dirt our Petitions for liberty and justice to be illegally censured and sentenced to be burnt as some horrid treasonable and blasphemous opinions or papers and our neighbours friends and fellow Commoners to be tyrannically imprisoned and barbarously used before our eyes for standing up in the behalfe of the Kingdome and petitioning for our native and lawfull rights and liberties by a desperate wicked party of false perfidious men in both Houses Machiavilians and Traytors whose Votes and Counsels waies and workings tend onely to secure their guilty carcases from justice and to enslave and destroy us and our rights and freedomes who have no feare of the Lord before them nor any compassion or tender respect to their native Country this destressed Nation And now yee grave and wealthy Citizens of the Presbyterian faction whose eyes are swoln with fatnesse and whose hearts with pride and ambition who happily according to the generall fortune of the great men of London are endued with a greater portion of riches state and presumption then of prudence integrity or wisedome Give me leave to tell you an Itinerant story or a parabolicall tale of two Travellers There were two Travellers met upon the road and passed friendly a long time in silence together at length they discover to each other whither they are going and the end and intention of their travell and the way they would walke and they agreed both in one mind and upon one thing and so they ratifie their association and friendship but the one was not onely weary but ore-weakned at least he so appeared both in strength and purse by reason of his long journey and the many difficulties and dangers hee had already incountered and overcome and very knowing was hee of the way that was yet to be travelled and of the dangers and difficulties which would oppose them therein before they should come to their journies end the other albeit he had come as farre yet by reason hee was throughly well furnished and provided of monies and all needfull supplies at his first setting forth did retaine the more ability and strength and had the most monies for his support throughout but alas he was not so knowing in the way nor skilfull as the other to avoid the dangers therein whereupon he promiseth the other assistance with his purse and strength to carry him through all straits till they come to their journies end so that he would be aiding and assisting to him with his counsell and advice for the suppressing and passing of those oppositions and perills which were in the way yet unpassed both agreed rejoyced and on they journied with all reciprocall officiousnesse and respect each to other the weake man hee wanted not supply or support the other hee wanted no comfortable words counsell or politick advice untill after many extremities and straights past they came to the last and greatest and that was a steep craggie mountaine full of straight passages slippery by waies and dubious windings with desperate precipices on each side the faire and safe way which led to a better end lying direct in the middle Here these two Travellers were put to a stand the weak wearied man was not able of himself to ascend the other notwithstanding his strength durst not adventure alone lest hee should slip and fall or lose his way and become a prey at length the weak man lends the other his staffe to stay him up and defend him and the strong man by his strength takes up the weake and so they both with much hazzard and trouble gat up to the top of this inaccessible Mountaine and now they might see the long desired end of their journey and themselves past all danger which made them both glad and to congratulate * Observe But the weary weak man having now been brought at the charge and by the strength and support of the other through all straites and difficulties and knowing himselfe to be much in arreare to his friendly fellow Traveller and that hee would expect satisfaction and recompence and like beneficence from him when they were at rest and all things were accomplished Hee tooke his staffe from him which hee had lent him for a stay and defence unto him untill hee had carried him up the hill and taking an occasion to quarrell with him about some slip denyall of some monies or neglect of his advice fell upon him and beate him bound him and robbed him of his money and treasure and so left him in the middest of a thicket destitute and so destroyed and undone The weake weary man yee may suppose to be the Parliament The stronger and better provided to be the wise Lord Major Aldermen and Common-councel-men with the rest of the Presbyteriall faction in London The Mountaine to be the Presbyters designe and the Staffe to be the Militia which is now put into the hands of the Presbyterian party in London The application I leave to the apprehension of them and of all judicious Citizens and Commoners of England And will conclude with wise Solomon There is no new thing under the Sunne that which hath been is now And what is there that hath been which may not be againe Praemoniti praemuniti forewarned halfe armed and praevisa minus laedunt things fore-seen doe lesse hurt I wish you really well yee grave Citizens of London both for your owne and Englands sake and God make you discerning and wise that yee may not by the dissembling epistles and speeches of a deceitfull hypocriticall Nation and the subtill sophistry of an ambitious aspiring party in both Houses of Parliament such as Stapleton Hollis c. and of the proud covetous Clergy be made the instruments after you have served their turnes of your owne ruine and the Lands I could here take occasion as there is good reason howsoever what is for present pretermitted is not forgot to shew you deare friends and fellow Commoners how yee have been abused and betrayed by this very party and faction in both Houses their Agents and instruments from the beginning at Sherborne Northampton Worcester Edgehill Kingston Brainford Newarke Exeter Reading Thame O Thame the Devizes Chalgrove field