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A spie, sent out of the Tower-chamber in the fleet. Diogenes-like Argus is sent to spie, the sequell tells you both by whom and why: if thous canst help him to his wished end, thou'lt prove the prisoners and thy kingdoms friend.
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Adis, Henry.
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Wing A585; Thomason E428_2; ESTC R204603
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an olive wreath and then The ruin'd Subjects all shall cry Amen And thus it shall be done alone to him That Justice brings to Kingdom and the King FINIS ARGVS his EPILOGUE to the Reader A A Trustee I am made thou see'st I 'me sent R Resolve I do and 't is my full intent G Great care to take to finde out Justice clear V Vnlesse he quite forsaken hath our Sphear S Such love I bear him who in prison lies ARGUS will not be sparing of his eyes T To search and seek to note to pry and spy O Observe and Mark I 'le lend each place an Ey T That so if any place will Jus afford H He that hath sent me forth may have quick word E Each house I 'le slyly pressè and each Committee The greatest both in Parliament and Cittie R Resolv'd I am to try my utmost skill E Each day and hour till I have view'd my fill A And as I finde each place to Right inclinde D Distressed Adis shall impart my minde E Expect it speedily I le not delay R. Reader farewell untill some other day Errata In the fifth marginal Note for Justice Parker read Justice Carter also in the same pag. l. 28. r. Fore-armed be as thou art now fore-warn'd As also these following 6. lines after the afore-said line 'T is not the Judgement-seat the reverend Gown The Judges countenance his smile or frown Nor is it greatnesse makes the sentence just In all or any of these repose no trust Let none of these thy cleerer Ey-sight charm for then thou 'lt bring me but a false Alar'm In the 2d following pag. l. 17. for presse r. please WHereas this Author Henry Adis late of Covent-Garden Vpholder being imprisoned in the Tower chamber of the Fleet by an Arbytrarie power and most unjustly turned out of his house and ruined by that powerful Man of our times the honourable William Lenthal Esquire not as he is Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons but as he is a Commissioner for the custodie of the great Seal and Master of the Rolls And being denied the benefit of going abroad with his keeper by him though petitioned for so that he cannot have any benefit of his Trade and Customers who for the present relief of himself his wife and three small children was lately enforced to publish in print some of those Arts which it hath pleased God to endow him with amongst which are these ensuing which have been found very commodious and beneficial to all that have used him therein viz. He hath found out a new way by fire to purge out all manner of grease wax oil or other spots of sweet meats Ale Beer or Wine or any other filth or soil out of wearing apparel or other things without slabb'ring or wetting them so that the colour shall not be thereby endangered though not in grain and with that expedition that if he have a suit over night it shall if necessity require be restored by the next morning compleatly cleansed and as well over all the suit as the spotted places so that the whole garment shall be well nigh as fresh as at first and as speedily all clothes of Leather He also cottoneth Frise Bayes or Penistone in garments without taking them to pieces and also raiseth a wool upon Cloth or Stuffes in suits that are not too low worn upon the thred so that if he have a suit but about half worn he bringeth it to a very good perfection yet if never so low worn he so clenseth and ordreth it that it may be long worn with credit By the foresaid Art he also doth as much in Silks Sattins Taffates and Velvets as ever was done by any to clense it from grease wax or oyl which he doth in wearing apparel or otherwise By which Art also he refresheth silver and gold lace or fringe upon wearing apparel beds or other things though never so black and tarnished and bringeth it to a very good lustre and to continue long All which by reason of the expedition and easie charge hath and will be accounted very commodious for people of all ranks and qualities especially those who are desirous to wear their apparel neat and clean and are not willing in these distracted and hard times to make new or bestow much in altering those they have He also scoureth refresheth and mendeth all sorts of Tapestry Turkey-work or Needle-works and riddeth them clean from moths * In his Epilogue * I speak by wofull experience * And lay down Armes * So I shall prove him * As Iustice Hooker Iustice Parker the Sheriffe of Middlesex and Klinkerd the Bayliffe of VVestminster but of them at large in the Spies answer Or Christmasse * M. Bell Burgess of Westminster but more of him in the Spyes answer
But rather with him by injustice falter Who by his power doth hope to beset free From that injustice they bestow on me Argus be wise and be not eas'ly charm'd Fore-warned be as thou art now fore-arm'd Observe the marks that I shall give to thee To know true Iustice from Partialitie A Rev'rend Iudge is he whom thou dost find Thus qualifi'd in outward act and mind This is his wish and in his heart 't is treasur'd To have his greatness by his goodness measur'd He 's one that doth appear to thee and me None other then he 'd have us both to be And yet this is his care his greatest fear Lest he prove other then he doth appear True Justice cannot one thing seem to be And yet prove other that 's hypocrisie And as his heart 's inclin'd to give content So are his outward acts as innocent Like to his Embleme thou shalt cleerly finde To all respect of Persons he is blind His ears are open all complaints to hear And from bribe taking both his hands are clear In one a tickle Ballance thou shalt spy To weigh all diff'rences with equity A two edg'd sword there doth possess the other To cut as well to stranger as to brother His equal due such is his circumspection The innocent to shroud by his protection From all abuses but the nocent he Doth punish with as much severity In fine he gives no leave to me or you To cozen any of his real due He is endow'd with vertue and such art That he devides to each his equal part With innocence without Partiality And if thou chancest such an one to spy Take Eagles wings if thou be'st in the West And bring me word for they will speed thee best And as quick Titan in his course doth hie So do thou quickly cut the starry skie If in the East thou find'st such creatures are Get up betimes haste with the morning star And with Aurora's light let me have word This Phoenix if the Southern part afford Call to this welcom sight swift Mercury And whilst his senses ravisht are to see This seldom seen strip off his swifter wing And poste away to me the news to bring By which thou shalt his cunning equalize When he bereav'd thee of thy hundred eyes If in the cold and ruder North thou find This Heaven-bred creature swiftly be inclin'd To make thy speed which that thou maist improve Go hire the wings of that swift Scottish Dove And soar my towring Ark and there present me With that which nothing better can content me This Olive-branch alone is that will presse And give both me and all the Kingdom ease But ere thou com'st away incline his heart To stay till thy return and not to part From that his residence do thou intreat him And in these gentle begging words bespeak him Sweet Justice thou great stranger in our Land By whose great power all Kingdoms firmly stand Vnder their great Creator thou art he That canst annihilate our misery And canst restore the wrong'd to right agen And glad the hearts of discontented men Who by Jehovah's power canst with a smile Both King and People forthwith reconcile Who canst unlock the prisons and canst see The many poor oppressed subjects free Where hundreds are enslav'd this instant houre By tyrannie and arbytrarie power I do conjuâ—e thee now as thou art true That hence thou part nor bid this place adieu Till I but carryword and come agen With thousands of poor discontented men Who are bereav'd of all for want of thee And brought to slavish wo and misery If thou didst view our discontented land Longer thou couldst not thus remotely stand Didst thou behold thy judgment seat abused Thy self disgrac'd thy name profanely used By those that are not what they seem to be Surely thou wouldst no farther from us flee But rather haste to vindicate thy name And to restore thy self thy ancient fame To terrifie that crue that have abus'd thee And thus disgracefully so long have us'd thee If thou with confidence these words canst say I am assur'd he cannot then away For when the poor oppressed to him cry He must in Iustice give them remedy Nay 't is his kind This makes him Iustice be To right the wrong'd to set the bond-man free To ease the heavie burd'ned and oppressed And mercy shew to him that is distressed If he be Iustice just he will be be known The onely He the poor mans cause to own Else he must cease from what he seems to be And then he is not what he shews to thee Therefore if he shall seem to slight thy speech When thou do'st press entreat or thus beseech Or else pretend some other weighty thing Either for People Kingdom or the King Believe him not though he make protestations Vows Covenants and several Declarations Though he pretend Religions purity And that a very Saint he seems to be In observation of each Fasting-day Or by the Spirit though be seems to pray Though he be zealous to destroy the Crosse And blot out names of Easter Lent and Mass To banish superstitious holy-daies With fingle-fangling Rosemary and Bayes That root and branch hath pul'd the Bishops down That Presbyters alone might wear the Crown Of government or if the onely he That standeth most for Independency And yet neglects the poor mans cry to hear All his religion's vaâ—n 't is plain and clear He wants the fear of God and Charity And all his shews are but hypocrisie Believe him not what ever his pretences Let him not cozen nor delude thy senses Too many such we have 't is too well known That makes both me and thousand subjects groan Who hears and sees and knows our misery And can give ease yet suffers us to lie Such is their sordid baseness whose self ends Is how to pleasure greatnesse and their friends To raise to honour for the time ensuing Though by their Princes and his peoples ruine As for my * Trustee he on whom I doted To deal for me to greatness is devoted Who when I told of this my rued story He answer'd me I was too peremptory To send to him to help these my decaies Who gives me over and my trust betraies I charge thee once again believe not these Who Justice slights themselves alone to please And will not mercy shew but pass them by As those ordain'd for wo and misery And forthwith poste both North and East and South And as thine eies so open wide thy mouth And send out Proclamations Hue and Cry If any one that see him passing by Can bring thee tydings of him he shall see By thousand prayers himself rewarded be And shall be counted as â—is Kingdoms friend Her differences and discontents to end The Kingdom then shall flourish and the King And People shall enjoy their own agen And then the King shall into favour take him And as he 's good so he as great shall make him And crown him with