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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54986	Plaine truth vvithout feare, or, Flattery being a case of conscience tryed at Oxford	Wilbee, Amon.	1643 (1643)	Wing P2371; Thomason E89_30	5,026	9

Plaine Truth VVithout Feare or Flattery Being a Dialogue between Mr. Thrivewell a Citizen and Mr. Sharpwit a Schollar upon the Road between Oxford and London Sharpwit MAster Thrivewell well met this Frosty Morning whether hath the desire of profit drawn you thus early that you have left the security of your City and exposed your selfe to the danger of an Enemy of such dangerous consequence Thrivewell Enemy Mr. Sharpwit what Enemy I am confident I cannot meet with so great an Enemy as J have left behind Sharpwit Thinke you so suppose you should meet with a Company of Cavaliers as this Country is full of them that should use you like the poor Publican amongst Theeves first Rob you then wound you and leave you in the field destitute of all comfort Thrivewell Truely Mr. Sharpwit J should thinke it very hard usage but J cannot beleeve that any of the Cavaliers can be so cruell Sharpwit Thinke you so what thinke you then of their proceedings at Kingston upon Thames Brainford and Reading where they were invited into the Towd by the Jnhabitants where since their Arrivall they have disarmed the Townesmen possessed themselves of their Houses seized their Go●ds imprisoned their Persons and forced the rest to leave the Town exposing them their wives and children to take up their lodging in the open fields Thrivewell J have heard such a report but J cannot beleeve it to be true I conceive it to be a report formed by a sort of people which we have in London which by such reports endeavour to make the Cavaliers odious in the sight of the world Sharpwit That is your Jmmagination but by the way what sort of People are those Thrivewell J will tell you they are called Round-heads Sharpwit Why are they so called Thrivewell Nay that J 〈…〉 J know no reason for if but J have heard some say that they are called Roundheads because they cannot endure the Bishops for Common prayer Sharpwit They are those that his Majestie mentions so oft in his Declarations under the notion of Brownists And a●●ists and Seperatists Thrivewell The very same they are the onely Cavaliers in the Kingdome that I stand in feare of Sharpwit Why do you fear them If they be true Roundheads they define to live peaceably and religiously with all men which are the onely instruments of Reformation Why should you feare them Thrivewell You coming from Oxford cannot I know be ignorant of the great differences and distractions which are fallen between his Majesty and the Parliament Sharpwit Sir to my great griefe they are very well known to me but to your discourse Thrivewell These differences caused the Parliament to raise an Army this Army caused an imposition on us Citizens that we should contribute toward the maintenance of the said Army which for a while was done voluntarily by the Roundheads but when their springs were almost exhausted then they began to looke more narrowly to us and because that every man should beare an equall share there was an Ordinance made that every man should pay the twentieth part of their Estates which being denyed by the same power they come upon the Persons so refusing and the goods of the said persons to the vallue of the summe so assessed for the purposes aforesaid and this Ordinance being put in execution by these men which we call Roundheads both to secure my person and my estate I have left London and am travailing toward Oxford hoping to enjoy that liberty there which is denyed me at London Sharpwit Truely Master Thrivewell I am affraid you have leapt out of the Frying-pan into the Fire you have strove to avoid Sylla and are like to fall into Caribdis nay I may make a more effectuall and efficacious construction of this your progression you have left the Tents of Kedar and are wandering toward the Wildernesse of the wicked but pray stay a while and since you have given me so free a relation of the estate of London I wi●l discourse to you the true condition of Oxford Thrivewell I thinke my selfe much ingag'd to you for so great a courte●●e pray proceed Sharpwit Sir you had a great Captain lately left London and some other great ones that is I have heard so the same Cause left London and went to Oxford Thrivewell T is true Sir I know them very well Sharpwit It will be a discourse sut●able to the season to declare unto you the manner of their arrivall and entertainment Comming into Oxford newes was immediately brought unto the Court that such men were privately come to the City whereupon there was command given that a messenger should be sent to fetch them to the Court and to command them to attend his Majesties pleasure where being come the cause of their arrivall was demanded Answer was made that they came to make a tender of their service to his Majesty being convinced in their Consciences that their Allegiance bound them thereunto hoping that his Majestie would pardon all their former actions promising amendment for the future which was accepted gratiously by his Majesty and they for the present dismi●… the next day a messenger was sent to them to demand the Loan of ten thousand pound a man otherwise they were to leave the City now judge whether it be better to pay the Twentieth part of your estate and live in security or to part withall otherwise to be exposed to the scorn and abuse of Welch and Irish Cavaliers where you hall not walke the street but shall be called A Parliament Fugitive with many other abuses of the like nature Thrivewell Sir I am satisfied in that particular but pray resolve me do not you thinke that his Maistie intends to maintain the Protestant Religion Sharpwit I should sinne if I should thinke the contrary Thrivewell why then should he be opposed against whom do wee take up Armes wherein lyes the danger which is so much feared Sharpwit I will satisfie you in that particular Armes are taken up against a pack of knaves alias Evill Councellours who have combined together to destroy the Religion and Lawes of the Land Thrivewell Pray Sir relate the circumstances in each particular There is you know a great party of Papists which by all meanes endeavour to promote the warre they being bound to endeavour to gain a freedome of Conscience which they have lost by the same Law of Conscience by which we are bound to defend that freedome of Religion that we enjoy Thrivewell Sir pray tell me a reason why the Papists may not be suffered to have freedome of Conscience Sharpwit J will answer you with a question wherefore were the Israelites commanded to purge the Land of Jdolatry Thrivewell J am satisfied in that Particular pray proceed Sharpwit Next there is a great Party of Delinquents which promote the warre having no other way to secure themselves from the censure of the Law but by fomenting and encreasing these distractions those that are possest with malignant spirits