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A86119	Knaves and fooles in folio. Discovered, and then advised, that once at the last they will grow both wise and honest. Or, a meanes to undeceive, and so to beget a right understanding and judgement throughout the three kingdomes, hitherto deluded by the aforesaids. Dedicated with all respectivenesse both for discovery and caution against the aforesaids, to all the wise and honest of the three nations, whom wee highly prize and honour, especially the Honourable Citie of London, whose goodnesse, piety, easie betrust, and credulity of such unworthies, hath been too much wrought upon and abused by depraved polititians of all sorts. In which tract is shewed the wickednesse of the one side in their severall pretences, and the weaknesse on the other side, in being through too much credulity surprized and circumvented by such pretenders, who intend not what they pretend; but bave [sic] their own self-ends to compasse under such pretexts. -Conceived very usefull to be taken knowledge of, by all sorts whatsoever. For that wee hope the reader will finde himselfe fully satisfied thereby, which may probably much check, if not totally break the neck of this uncivill Civill Warre. The contents of the booke are in the next page.	S. H.	1648 (1648)	Wing H121; Thomason E462_27; ESTC R202483	38,950	43

lying by me some time after it was written by reason of some hinderances it hath now furthered it selfe with the addition of some second thoughts I hope very conducing as to the generall so to particulars c. Is not treason the betraying of just trusts and ingagements Is not Quaere again Of Treasons that of a Kingdome the greatest trust Are not all sorts ingaged to the Kingdome before the Steward or any Nay are they ingaged to the Steward at all but for the Kingdomes sake And is not their failing it alone how then in siding with the Steward or any against it the greatest treason What is it then in the Steward most ingaged by oath betrust and allowance not onely to faile or neglect but to endeavour his uttermost against his Lord in the highest degree False Trusts Oathes c. to faile for true and just ones is not treason but faithfulnesse and justice as to faile the Steward in behalfe of his Lord. If it be not treason to preferre any selfe-end or any one as the Steward Quaere called King or his sonnes called Prince or Duke or any one or any thing whatsoever yea though it be Religion Gods worship or Service as cal'd or indeed c. before the generall good to its sufferance cause it 's King and Soveraigne and God himselfe preferres it before the aforesaids ●s I will have mercy before Sacrifice c. the Sabbath is for man in humanities c. Traytors however smiled on are smit with contempt as the basest of men and are not trusted of their Trusters but in cases of necessity and that with much feare and jealousie c. See to this all sorts from the the Throne to Threshold it imbaseth the best See to it I say Parliaments Kings Princes Peers Priests c. the corruption of the best is worst of all 66. Oathes Covenants c. in behalf of the Steward against his Lord Of Oathes Covenants c. the kingdome binds not all sorts are bound to breake them except they will bind themselves to be Traytors Murtherers and Theeves 67. Rebellion is to resist just Governours in their just Governments Rebellion disobedience is the same else it 's none Quaere If the most ingaged Governours or Stewards that affront their Lords Salus and his Lawes and their ends of Government Justice and Protection be not the greatest Rebels Oft-times they rebell first and most and yet tax the faithfull to their Lord for Rebels cause they side not with them in their rebellion against their Lord. Will the Steward urge his Lords servants to keep false Oathes and Trusts to him against his Lord and yet hee makes no reckoning of true ones Sure he by unjustly accusing of them he justly accuseth himselfe much more 68. Murther is without just cause to kil or nor to save if we can what Murther is it then in the most ingaged Stewards to save and protect yet contrarily to murther or endevour the murthering of their Lord Salus and his faithfull servants cause they will not side with them against their Lord c. What is' t also in the servants that side with them against their Lord to ruinate him so his faithfull servants is it not murther as well as treason The justly inforc'd to kill either in defence of their Lord Salus or of themselves though they kill I say yet they murther not c. 69. Hath the same definition or bounds that murther hath the unjust Theft Robbery Of Warre sides taking is theft the other is none The name and countenance of warre quits not nor qualifies it from murther and theft on the unjust side it aggravates rather by its continuance and violent perpetrations also as done with defiance and a high hand openly c. as if justifiable as also by the Steward against his Lord c. Application 70. See to the aforesaid definitions of Treason Murther Theft and Rebellion c. all sorts both States the King Princes Dukes so cal'd yea Peers Priests and Prelats So all Countries and Cities c. Names Titles c. of Kings Princes etc. with the rest alter not natures but ingagements make the aforesaids more unnaturall and greater Treasons Thefts Murthers c. yea each individuall and apply as cause i● and for future let it lessen thee to lessen the aforesaid offenders c. 71. Well but the King wrong'd them not as hath done and doth the Parliament nor can they be greater slaves to the King then Object the Parliament makes of them c. by imprisonment by plunderings and contempts c. I answer If it be the objection of Malignants and Royalists see then in part to Sect. 55. in speciall in generall to 47. Answer If it be the good deserving and faithfull party that complains see to Sect. 56. so 47. and for full satisfaction as followeth Yet all sorts by the Scots position may charge their sufferings originally on the King Each one forgets what the King did so what they are freed from being onely taken up with their present sufferings of which they are most sensible also they minde not or call not to minde what the King intended to doe the which I hope when I have minded them of they will be of another minde c. Hast thou forgot the infinite Monopolies as of Sope Tobacco Pins Leather Wines c. and indeed what not also the ten shillings Scarce any commodity exempted all in time would have come under the Monopolists But all this is forgot a peece for the needlesse freedome called the new Corporation c. and the rest of which were coming on ad infinitum And amongst the rest Pole and Ship-money as Capitals Was it nothing to quit thee of the charge attendance trouble and vexation c. one way or other to an undoing thee in thy estate and in the peace of thy minde c. By the Staring Star-chamber and the High-Commission c. What sayst thou to the vexations suits troubles and attendance at Doctors Commons twixt the Parson and thy person about trivials as Holy-dayes keeping or not besides infinites more which I need not stand to name Did not the Court of Wards keep watch and ward over thee Now thou mayst doe as much by it c. Hast thou forgot the German Horsemen projected for thy projection and perpetuall inslavement and not for a present defence as are ours The Spanish Navy had the same intention and had done the deed if Note All these purposel● intentionally not inforc't thereto Hurrying it in the popular streets in their popular Chariots statelinesse the Hollanders had not undone it c. Privy-Seales for money and the prison for non-payment thereof opprest the able and rich circularly c. And all these not for thy just and necessitated defence but for thy offence as on purpose to raise a stock a Magazine of money means from thy self to provide

particulars in their Rights of Justice and safety c. Reason Justice necessity require a reducing all to rights that so hee may have his owne due and not beyond especially to the encroachment upon what 's his Lords the Kingdomes However if he should lose any of his just Rights for Salus sake its just and right But if it be conscience and justice in any thus to plead for his Rights How is' t they plead not for the Rights of * Here 's adoo about the King the King with pretences of love loyalty to him c. Well now we have shewed you the true right King make good your precences else you are only a Pretender the true King indeed to whom they are first and principally bound in nature and reason so by Covenant the 3d c. So it appears to be craft not conscience Nor doe we intimate any thing injuriously against him for Deserts are no injuries only we inferre from the Scots sayings and their taking up Arms against him so from our States taking up Armes also and traytering those that side with him against the States and thus both States Actions are directions and Warrants for us what we may say doe For if we are enjoyned to fight against him sure it s as he is c. c. c. Sure also we are enjoyned and so may speake and write as well as fight the last being the lesser of the two and contained in the Greater fighting c. being also never forbid and were wee forbid we conceive forbiddings cannot justly discharge us of our just duties to our Lord and King the State Again to forbid us were to forbid the Covenant which also enjoynes us as doth reason and justice also to support the Kingdomes rights first and absolutely The Stewards secondarily respectively and conducingly but what rights are due to universall wrong-doers Now the kingdoms Rights are safety peace and justice so to have its honour maintained and its innocency cleared though the Steward should suffer in his honour or any way for the accommodation thereof how then if the sufferance be just For the means must suffer for the End and any way is just that necessarily conduceth to it And how can we be able to make good the Covenant except the means that conduceth thereto be allowed that is to speake write and act any right things in behalfe thereof and to oppose any its opposers whosoever Also to render the Steward in such expressions as that his condition place may be plainly distinguisht from that of his Lords who must be allowed rendrings thereafter that his dues may be rendred him Again we are necessitated to what we have done and it s our offensive Adversaries that write all this not we by enforcing us to write it Shall any one or any thing bind us from defending our King being clearly convinced hereof and that it 's our duty and high time to speak God forbid for if treacherous bookes be writ and opinions held so generally to the ruine of King Salus is' t not treachery in all not to bestir themselves in their power and place in his behalfe And shall such wicked treacherous ones goe unpunished and shall the loyall Defenders forced by such disloyall offenders suffer c. truly better is expected c. though we will not presume to say what So now we have done and appeale to justice and ingenuity hoping our love duty and zeale to our Lord King Salus which in the presence of God is our only aime will save us from any rigid censures of any our triviall slips and failings in his behalfe c. In which we being Humanes must needs humanize it If now wee suffer by injurious Censures c. it s as Martyrs c. Two Cautions for thy better understanding this Booke which should have beene placed at the beginning Reader 1. WHerever thou readest or hearest the expressions Kingdom● People State at large or Salus Populi c. thou wouldst in thy mind put in their places Kings Prince Soveraign yea Emperour or Gods Anointed c. or any rendrings as high as thou canst for there is none higher but God Himselfe not Religion his honour worship service c. as see in Quaere before 66. also at 83. So Salus is Head Chiefe c. And so do thou apply in thy thoughts so in thy actions c. This we say is the right King to whom the Name is due and to whom thou owest more then thou canst pay and for whom thou maist pay any one be it whom it will if justly occasioned in his behalfe 2. Again whereever thou hearest or readest the Titles King Prince Gods Anointed Sac●ed M●jestie or Soveraign c. in their stead conceive in thy mind Stew●rd Servant or Officer to the aforesaid Lord and King for 〈◊〉 right by all the preceding arguments The Contents will send thee whereto make good both the aforesaids Val● A further Addition or continuation of the Contents of the Booke for better direction and satisfaction which through hast were left out at the first 17. THe Scots chiefe arguments for their Invasion answered at Sect. 37. to 45. 18. The Scots charge the King with the blood-shed of 3. Nations so doe they charge him also in their taking up Armes against him c. by both which they accuse him so and so c. From whence may much be inferd and this amongst the rest that the wel-fare justice peace safety of the State is King Chiefe c. and the King a servant thereta Sect. 55. 19. Some causes of the Peoples rising c. explained at Sect. 58. to 59. 20. Of oaths c. made to the King when binding when not at Sect. 66. 21. An answer in behalfe of the State to a Catalogue of Exorbitances charged upon them Sect. 71. at M 22. The State and King discrimen'd shewing what the King hath done and intended to doe against the kingdom but not any thing freely for its good Also what the State hath done for us and what accidentally against us examined at Sect. 71. all especially at O. S. 23. Pitty and Compassion at Sect. 78. Cruelty at Sect. 79. Justice at Sect. 80. rightly defined 24. A true King t●uly defined Sect. 81. to 83. 25. The State at large proved King chiefe head c. by Scripture which is reason also and the King so called is the said Kings Steward and Servant c. 83. the end there being King and Chiefe c. the Meanes Meaner as servant to the Lord its end 26. All that may be collected out of Scripture in behalfe of the King answered in a position at Sect. 85. 17. Judge Jenkins all of him in the Kings behalfe answered by a Position Sect. 86. FINIS

followeth We have not time I say to deale with each of his particulars which had we we would c. so we must as we may Wee therefore in our Generall Position as afore answer and so put to silence all he or any one can say c. We then say Law so called is the Creature of its Creator the State at large made for its service and not to its dis-service much lesse to servile it by the States the said States Commissioners and that is way of Justice and Safety so all other accommodations of the said State and not to the King or any other against it Now if a Law so called which should be made as afore for the use of the State at large by the said States trusted to make lawes in behalfe of their Lord and not in behalfe of any his servants against him if they shall I say make and so call that a Law which is not so as being quite contrary to their betrust and the end of Law as in accommodation of some of their servants against their Lord. Quaere If it be not absolute treachery in them to betray the liberties and rights of their Lord to any of his Servants c. nay we say then it 's no law though made as afore also called so and complemented with * If a known long practis'd Physitian prepare as hee calls it physick for his patient and ceremonies it with the complements of a viall or galli pot and all other circumstances can all this make it physick if apparantly destructive to its ends and in stead of saving will kill may not such Physick be kild c. Apply c. ceremonials to make it passe so we say again it 's no law so binds no● nor may nor can nor shall it bind the Lord or any of his retainers so as to be abused by any his servants except in behalfe of the said Lord which just necessity warranting is sufferance no abuse In short we care not what Judge Jenkins nor any or the law it selfe so called saith or doth or would doe as to binde us to Kings or any Governours alias the kingdomes and peoples Stewards and Servants if contrary or destructive to its ends the freedomes and rights of the Generall c. whereas it ought rather to binde all Kings and Governours who are indeed most bound to accommodate the LORD * The State at large GENERAL though to their owne selfe-sufferings c. Thus much in short to Law so to Judge Jenkins his large and famoused Law-piece most infamous in that he aimes to treacherize it to his Lord and King the State at large c. and servile him to his servants c. Thus our just our rationall and as so our true and lawfull definitions of treason and rebellion c. stand good against Judge Jenkins his unjust irrationall and destructive and therefore illegall though called legall-definitions c. 87. Only I will tell thee thou h●st now no colour of ignorance left to prevaricate c. nor to beare out thy former perpetrations Forgoe them then and once at last turn wise and honest all thy undertakings against or neglect of thy Lord Salus must now needs proceed from impudence not impotence thou now knowest what the King so called in reality is I hope nor Titles nor Names nor rich Rayment nor a great Train or State shall now deceive thee Nothing can make a man more then a man lesse they may A Magazine is the richest place indeed but let each fetch away his treasure what is it 88. I am not factious nor partiall I am against both Parliament and King as they forfeit their ends and betrusts and are against the kingdome And I am for one or both as they are faithfull to their Trusts c. 89. More I hope I need not say but yet if any shall in pretence of love and duty to the King so call'd alias the kingdomes Steward be so treacherous to the Kingdome their true King so to themselves their posterities kindred and friends to oppose us in defence of the said King or Steward against the kingdome we heartily desire them to decline all base and treacherous ends to the aforesaids And if it be only their injuditious judgements after all we have said they will rectifie them and let them with ingenuity pursue the acquiring and purchasing the truth with us as wee will with them and let the convinc'd comply And we further heartily intreat them that they would as beseems the civil if they will needs reply perform it not perfunctorily but with Nervous and strenuous Arguments not idle and fallacious to abuse the people and lose time and as if they sought rather a vainglorious conquest then the true glory of truth Also that it may be without scurrillity or contempt and they shall be answerably dealt with For we hold exclamations jeerings and contempts to proceed of ill natures ill educations or weaknesse c. like Schoole-boyes who when 〈◊〉 weake in dispute doe in wickednesse fall to scolding and fifty-cuffs c. Dixi. Onely If nothing will do we are undone and so are most of our undoers FINIS ❧ AN APOLOGIE AS we have Cautioned in case any write against us c. So we hold it necessary also to say something lest any one in a pretence of love and loyalty to the King or Kingdomes Steward although it may be Demetrian selfe-love and not to Diana also hate to Paul c. may be the true ground and not love to the King but admit love c. to him it s not right nor just in opposition to his King the Kingdome However least they should in a purposed revenge upon us under the pretences aforesaid suggest This man writes against the King also dishonours him c. by meane Objection expressions and rendrings also intimates this or that of him c. Also the title is tart and offensive To the aforesaids I answer as followeth To the last first If the Title Answer should offend thee yet be not offended For thou either hast or wilt finde that those who conspire against the Welfare Crowne Peace and Dignity of our Soveraigne Lord King Salus are farre worse then Knaves for they are Traytors why then should we fear to offend them And those who are ensnared or deluded by them may they not rightly at the least be cal'd Fooles And to the former objection I answer I doe not intentionally to wrong dishonour or abate any thing of the S●ewards just Dues and The neglect of others necessitates us Rights but what I must doe of necessity in defence and vindication of King Salus And if so he suffer it 's sufferable what also if it be his insufferables are the cause of his sufferings But ther 's not any thing his due in opposition to the Kingdomes sufferance in safety justice and Rights for if more be given him then his due to the wronging of the universall so

Scorpions to whip thee So manicles and Fetters for a Turkish inslavement also to support him that should be thy protector in all Revellings Maskings Pleasures Playes and Delights c. by the ruine of thee and thine whilst thou and thine thus opprest are pining and languishing with griefe and pressures c. Now for the Parliament let 's see what they have done to thee admit much amisse yet beleeve the Scots in this that the King the Kingdomes Steward is cause of all for if he had not done the aforesaids these after necessitated doings by them had never been done So when thou accusest them thou dost implicitly accuse the accuser and misuser of them and th●e as the originall cause of all Is It not the aforesaid doings of his by the Scots own saying that hath been the cause of all these Warres Bloodshed Losse of Estates Plunderings ●olland payes ●xcise without exception losse of trade So excise c. that thou so exceptest against Lay it then where it should be and not upon the immediate occular instrumentall inforced Afflicters of thee to whom no question it s an affliction thus to afflict thee c. Is not thy Lawyer Councellor and Atturney inforc'd oft-times to undoe thee with charges and expences against thy offending adversary who will have the Cloak from thy back and next thy suit yea thy The spirited man chuseth to yeeld to this rather then to his insulting adversary shirt and so strip thee to nakednesse if thou defendest not another keeps back or layes claime to thy Land and estate and will unstate thee if thou defendest not Yea also it may be though thou defendest his might will out-right thee and the expences may exceed the principall that it had been better to have yeelded at first But who knowes the issue of things It may be thou mightest on easie tearmes have recovered all of others then others have done so Adventures must be adventured on or else we must give up our rights as our Cloakes and Clothes c. to each unrighteous challenger which no spirited man can yeeld to Adventure we not our lives and all wee have on darings challenges and abuses rather then be out-braved and insulted over A stomackfull resistance and defence is an honor and it oft prevents offences c. Thus by the Scots own saying the Kings offence hath inforced the Parliaments and thy defence and that defence these expences pressures and undoings c. But thou wilt yet say the Parliament hath opprest and abused thee beyond a just and necessitated defence Be it so this yet justifies not thy unfaithfulnesse to thy Lord the Kingdome if his Steward 's contrary to his will who provided them for thy protection and to doe thee justice abuse thee right thy selfe of the Steward as thou canst without wronging thy Lord see for further satisfaction at Sect. 47. But oh you fountaines of justice let your honours your fames and your names be more precious and blemish them not by such proceedings but for this see in full at Sect. 64. 56. c. But now last of all I have met with a list of their extravagancies enormities c. as great offices places incomes c. as Colonels in the Warre keepers of Townes Cities Castles Houses Parkes and Forrests Also great advancements by Bishops Lands and lastly by depraved injustice oppression corruption and bribery c. These last are justly exceptable against if high and heinous c. Trivials must not be too much prest or censured thou canst not Angelize men David that man of men bid Mephibosheth and Ziba divide the Land whereas the whole was Mephibosheths c. But let 's examine the other which before I doe I will place thee their accuser in their places cause by reflection thy accusation will be the better judged of c. Lets now see how thou canst come off c. Admit the Offices c. places before-named so the keeping of Castles Townes Towrs and Forts were in thy disposure by consent of the Kingdome as are many places in the hands of each Lord Major By custome and consent of the City c. but in speciall in the hands of the King when time was it s not then a power usurp'd so farre as confer'd by consent by way of betrust c. Doth not nature and reason first accommodate ones self and theirs as nearest before remotes provided they supply those places with persons faithfull and each way fitting If this they faile of they are faulty for they ought prefer the universall in justice safety and rights before selfe-ends that are not right Said not Solomon to his Queene thou shalt have sonnes to make Rulers over all Lands Did not Eli and Samuel make their sonnes Priests and Judges and they might had they beene right why should not honour pleasure and profit be theirs seeing confer'd on them provided universally improv'd as upon or to others Who is' t that having friends kindred or children would not doe the like as for the adventurous and faithfull in the Wars they are worthy of it so are the States if they would improve themselves worthy for the universall Is not his Excellency the Lord Fairfax so Lieutenant Generall Cromwell worthy of their confer'd honours and remembrances Nature reason justice and policy of State enjoyne honours and rewards to all deservers Men are men and need encouragement c. and the State as Judges ought to consider of it and performe accordingly to all and I would they did no State no Prince but does will may yea ought to doe it c. But what if we now parallell or discrimen the Parliaments and Kings actions c. Those of the King what he did and that not of necessity c. Note Went he not against Scotl. with force to have setled Episcopacy c. but of a high hand and with intention c. projecting the utter beslavement of the people or Kingdome and to have also ruined Religion and only allowed some Complements and Ceremonials which hee would have called Religion to have deceived weakelings therewith They are I say apparant at Sect. 71. to F Those of the Parliament at Sect. 71 from F to 72. The Parliaments actions are not originally-intentionally or volunrily c. but contrarily inforcedly for the universall so thy particular defence and so farre is just and approveable and of thee to be approved of what 's beyond I disapprove but it s not easily apparent what they are but this remember that both of thy inforced suffering so of thy unjust suffering by them the Scots make the King the originall cause of all sc by his still continued offensive contending Note for the command of thy life liberty estate and religion c. Rememher the Instance before in a Law suite and answer thy s●lfe Hee is at this instant the cause of defence and so of thy pressures in expences feares and inforcements c. which