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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90768	A plea for moderation in the transactions of the Army: or, VVeighty observations upon the late proposalls for peace, presented by the Honourable City of London, to Commissary-Generall Ireton, for concurrence of the Generall Councell. Humbly offered unto the consideration of the officers of the Army; by Veritie Victor Gent.	Victor, Verity.	1648 (1648)	Wing P2513; Thomason E536_12; ESTC R203335	5,526	8

A PLEA FOR MODERATION IN THE Transactions of the Army OR VVeighty Observations upon the late Proposalls for Peace presented by the Honourable City of LONDON To Commissary-Generall IRETON for concurrence of the Generall Councell Humbly offered unto the consideration of the Officers of the ARMY By Veritie Victor Gent. Printed for John Hanes 1648. A Plea for Moderation in the Armies Transactions UPon reading of that Paper called Proposals for Peace and Freedome offered to Commissary Generall Ireton for the concurrence of the Army by divers worthy Citizens of the Common Councell and others and upon much weighing the matter I discover somthing of the substance thereof and in regard of the strength of reason even in all things therein touching the present condition of the state of things now with us it being the onely wisdome to looke at what best may be and not at the narrow desires that every mans will coveteth and as to the honesty thereof I conceive no reasonable man of what party soever unlesse the prodigall or such as desires to live by the ruine of others can say that there is any thing which tends to any other then the sure contrivance for the settlement of a happy peace and the maintenance of the due and equall propriety and freedome of all men wherefore I have thought meet to observe that first they conclude the King to be the person that hath brought this woe misery and lamentable distraction upon the three Kingdomes Secondly that they conclude into that true Maxime of the Law that whatsoever is not just in the beginning cannot be made just by any Custome of the longest continuane whatsoever and therefore do first adjudge him guilty of all the blood and ruine of England and Ireland Secondly that they are desirous that all usurpations and incroachments upon the peoples Liberties whatsoever may be immediately taken away and perhaps may believe with me that Kings Courts are the fountaines from whence the streames of excesse doe flow and that Kings are the Beasts spoken of in the Revelation of John that thereby devoure the people and thither also do the subtillest serpents resort and by their supreme power sting even unto death the rest of the silly beasts of the mountaines and it is they that turn the grace of God into wantonnesse and a lie exalting with the horn of honour the covetous the Extortioner the Damner Swearer Whorer Gamester Cheater Liar and lascivious Prodigalls to the banishment of godlinesse and true vertue and all such as according to the only end for which they were borne endeavoure righteousnesse for the good of their generation But considering the great dubiousnesse of the best of men and that three Kingdomes concentereth in one Crowne and that through the union thereby since King James came first into England their Riches as well in Trade as Revenue were before the warre increased not lesse then fourfold Secondly that none of the three can be highly happy without peace in all Thirdly that our old foundations of Government in reference as aforesaid cannot be mended except in the free and more equall choice of the Representative Fourthly that since it hath pleased God that a solemne Nationall Covenant hath been made and remaineth between Scotland and us whereby that Nation requireth mercy on the behalfe of the King as due thereby Fifthly for that God is a God of mercy and not of punishment unlesse as they say it will in reason convert into mercy Sixtly for that their provisions for peace and freedome against all Tyranny is in reason unviolable through a generall agreement to be founded by this great and honourable City out of Arms upon as certaine provisions therein as can be laid down Seventhly that the union between the Scots and us may be preserved and their peace setled as well as ours Eightly the sudden reducement of Ireland Ninthly the conviction of all the particular parties of the pure Parliament Interest together againe Tenthly although it cannot be imagined that godly States-men will intend the alteration of a Government for the worse for that is not to be expected at the hands of the most evill Machivillians for by the goodnesse of the things laid downe must their supportation in strength honour and fame be But necessity hath ever been observed to force the fairest promising Statesmen upon alterations of the Government of Nations into the height of Tyranny and cruelty especially where a new Government is ushered in by feare that opposite to love and freedome nor can the accomplishment thereof be expected by this generation And though extreme warrs could be avoided yet cannot imprisonment hanging heading hunger-pining of thousands nay likely ten thousands and in the end may the worke come into as evill hands as this Tyrant at large our present King but in the Cities way there is nothing but certainties in reason for binding their Kings with chaines and their Nobles with links of iron yet by a sweet yoke and pleasant bonds to the producement of their greatnesse peace and honour as well as the peoples Eleventhly I further observe that the King deserved death even long before the warres through the violations of our Lawes his Oath and Covenant besides that of his Father but more especially for all the evill done in the first war untill August and September 1647. when notwithstanding he was concluded to be the same in resolution touching the evill of his heart as at first when notwithstanding so great tendernesse was had not onely of his life but to his Negative voice also And wherefore now if more could not be fought for or expected as to freedom then may be had by the continuance of his life much better then by his death as if mentioned by all the foregoing reasons why then may not mercy be afforded him not to run the hazard of destruction confusion to the whole three Nations And again for that the Prince and Duke of York are both abroad therefore must we not only expect present contests and Warres with Scotland and Ireland but with most of the Adjacent Princes in Europe which cannot but immediately destroy our old and famous Trade of Merchandize For which considerations as also for the supportation of those hundreds of thousands of People of this City and likewise for the mainenance of the manufactory of the whole Kingdome must the Citizens be for ever reputed both pious moderate and wise if againe they presse forward herein In their Paper I further observe that they would have the King disarmed of those two poysoning swords of destruction whereby all Princes together with their serpents about them destroy the Nations viz. the power of dignifying with Offices and also with Titles of honor whomsoever best serveth their lusts and indeed should he have been brought in naked these two excepted if the Parliament should have continued but a few yeares longer it would not have been difficult and hard unto him by those two baites of honor to