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A87908	Treason arraigned, in answer to Plain English; being a trayterous, and phanatique pamphlet, which was condemned by the Counsel of State, suppressed by authority; and the printer declared against by proclamation. It is directed to the Lord General Monck, and the officers of his army, &c.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1660 (1660)	Wing L1318A; Thomason E1019_14; ESTC R203945	22,391	35

good 'T is true there were some Liberties allowed upon the Sabbath which being mis-employed were countermanded How does this scandal both of Providence and Society scape Thunder or a Dagger We shall now have the story of our King and Saint he saies and to usher in the re-erection of his Statue his Picture first drawn by the PARLIAMENT in 1647. as our libello●s Pamphleter would perswade us● when the Vote passed both by Lords and Commons concerning Non-Addresses I should be tedious to reply upon every particular in the Declaration he makes use of But as to what concerns the needfull and the proper Vindication of his Majesty together with those worthy Members whom this seditious Rump-whelp labours to involve in the same desperat and exorbitant Proceedings with his ungracious Masters In what concerns I say their Vindication I shall be clear and punctual leaving the Judgement of the Controversie to the impartial Reader WE revive this the rather says he because the memory of men being frail cannot retain all particulars which is the reason we fear why so many formerly engaged against him as high as any upon consc●entious accompts both Religious and Civil are staggering and backsliding and have need of some quick and faithful Monitor to minde them of things past and make them beware of the present lest they return with the Rout and cry Let us make our selves a King again of that Family that Family which so cruelly persecuted us and our Brethren and which still remains engaged by reason of State and ancient Principles of Enmity and Interest to plow up the old Furrows upon our backs and re-deliver our persons and consciences into the hands of our old Tormenters and our men of might and our Counsellours to become sacrifices to the revenge of an implacable party March on then my Lord and Gentlemen for believe it there is in point of Safety no possiblity of retreat and much less in point of Conscience or Honor For if you respect Conscience as we hope you do lay your hands upon your hearts and tell us what hope you or we can have that the reformed Religion and Cause will be protected and maintained by the Son which was so irreligiously betrayed both at home and abroad by the Father It may be you do not readily remember these things nor how much blood was spilt by royal treachery nor the manifold usurpations and designs by him projected and acted upon our Liberty the like never done by any Prince before and for Blood the Scotish Ministers employed hither Anno 1644. proclaimed and published in Print That the Late King had spilt more blood than was shed in the ten Heathen Persecutions of the Christians and the Ministers of London as we can shew you by several Prints of theirs declared That satisfaction ought to be had for blood that he was a man of blood and not capable of accommodation with the Parliament We mention not this to upbraid them for we reverence their antient Zeal in this particular and humbly intreat them as well as your Excellency and the Officers and all the good people of these Nations to observe the forementioned Resolves of the Lords and Commons which were introductory to that most noble Act of Justice afterwards executed upon the King And that it may appear to be such in despite of Ignorance and Envy we have been bold here to present you in Print that most remarkable Declaration of the Commons assembled in Parliament in pursuance of the said Resolve of both Houses wherein they declare the Grounds and Reasons why they passed the Resolves of no further Address and therein you will see also how well he deserved to lose his head and his Family the Kingdom whose corrupt and irreconcilable interest had been the head and fountain of those Rivers of blood and misery which had flowed so many years about these Nations TO help the memories of some that may very well forget the things they never thought of to reproach to others their inconstancy who out of good intent at first engaged and after That convinced of their Original mistake upon a better Light relinquished there needs no better Monitor than such a Person whose Guilt and Desperation transport him beyond all hopes of mercy This man sollicites for his Head when under the pretext of Conscience he labours for a Party and yet methinks he should not need Alas hee 's but the Rump's Sollicitor he pleads their Cause takes their Fee and vanishes Impudent Creature to presume to be afraid as if a Hangman would disgrace himself to meddle with him O'h that Family That Family puzzles our men of Might or as the Droll words it our Counsellors wonderfully Now do I pha●sy the Fellow this Bout extremely To see the Little Agitatour fall upon his P●litiques betwixt flattery and sawcyn●ss● Half-Tutor and Half-Parasite with one eye up and t'other down accost the General My Lord and Gentlemen march on the word of Command a Noble Rogue for believe it c. there 's no retreat he tells them either in point of safety conscience or honour and then the Whelp takes another snap at the King as shamelesly as senselesly affirming that the Reformed Religion that is as I suppose he means the Protestant and Cause that is the Peoples Laws and Liberties was irreligiously betrayed by our late Soveraign who lost his Head in defence of one and th' other the Caution he puts in against the Son is of the same alloy a Person so indulgent to his people that out of his partic●lar Necessities he yet relieved the English prisoners that were taken in Flanders although his Enemies and in point of Conscience further so Tender that he preserves the Church of England in the Dominions of the King of Spain and still his Honour with his Religion But let us a little examine his Instances for he pretends now to proceed to proofs The Scotish Ministers as he tells us proclaimed and published in 1644. That the late King had spilt more blood than was shed in the Ten Persecutions of the Christians and the Ministers of London declared him a man of Blood c. That is the High Priests and Officers cryed out saying Crucifie him crucifie him That 's the Original But to come closer to the Businesse the Scotish and the Scotch Ministers are a clear different thing Scotish denotes the Antient Faction of the Nation No Favourers of Kings and Scotch relates to their Nativity alone abstracted from the Party First They were Argyle's Creatures s●l●cted to promote Argyle's designs So not the Ministry of Scotland but a Pack of Scotish Ministers Next of no more Authority to the Rump against the King than to the Nation against the Rump in whom they are as much unsatisfied The Ministers of London did as much he sayes That 's something truly till we consider what those Ministers were and by whom placed and moulded for that purpose Marshall was the prime p●rson in the Agency betwixt

Declaration and be satisfied to the full whether or no the late King and his Family deserved death and extirpation I Pr'ethee do not choak us with the venerable Sound of Parliament I talk to you and of that Mungrel-mixture you plead for A Parliament cannot do amisse be not too quick now they may have done Amisse and the next Session may repeal or mend it What they did I don't Question but what you say will as I humbly conceive admit a Castigation Look back upon your self These are your Words Which he never enterteyn'd Treaty that is but with intent of Treachery and thereby frustrated their good Intentions and Endeavours before ever they passed the Votes of Non-Address At this rate you ground the Non-Address upon the Kings Intention of Treachery A Positive disclaim of your obedience upon a Possible Dis-ingenuity in your Prince Come to cut short Dare you say that he promised and failed That 's Treachery to Betray a Trust By this Rule of Proceeding had you required his Life and he refused you might have taken it his Crime was only the Non-Concession of what you demanded and he gave his Reasons too for that Refusal Well but let 's come up to the Vote it self I have already proved that it concerns not the secluded Members and now I shall entreat you to Back my opinion with a slip of your own Pen Their honest strictness in the Negative afterward and their adhesion to it through all extremities speaks manifestly the Intention of the parly and that acquirs them 'T is your own Argument in your fourth expostulation you charge his treaty with a treacherous intent which you infer from a subsequent manifestation of himself by Action But to dispatch should I grant all you claim yet did not the late King and his family deserve death and extirpation The premises will not amount to 't Now if you please go on As for our parts we very well recount the Series of past transactions and do remember that in February 1647. when the two Houses of Parliament passed their Resolves of making no further Address but determined to lay him wholly aside they never were in a greater state of security and freedom never passed any thing with greater deliberation and never the least disturbance or alteration arose in either of the Houses against those Resolves untill some Persons in the Commons House otherwise affected and who by procuring Elections of Persons fit for their turn to serve in Parliament in vacant places brought in new men of the Cavalier stamp as is known like themselves and thereby out-balancing the old Patriots gained the Major Vote of the House and so with heat and by design obtained a revoking of those Resolves which had been passed by both Houses in a time of temper upon most serious Consideration so that though we shall not take upon us ex absoluto to justifie the interposure of the Souldiery afterwards and their Exclusion of the Adverse Members it being a transcendent Act not to be measured by ordinary Rule and which nothing can justifie but Supreme necessity yet this we can truely say in their defence In Judgement and Conscience there was so indispensible a necessity that had they not interposed those Principles and the Concernments of the Commonwealth upon which the aforesaid Resolves of both Houses were founded had been utterly shipwrackt and the whole Cause and its Defenders most inevitably have sunk together seeing the same heady confidence in treaty was then given to the Father which too many now encline to allow unto the Son who were first engaged against them in the War and held out to the time of the last treaty whom of all other men his party do hate upon that accompt and if they had an opportunity would be sure to make them fall the severest Sacrifices to the Revenge and Memory of his Fath r. THis is already sif●ed and a little picking will serve the Turn here A Cavalier I find is onely an Honest man that crosses a Fantan but the Old Patriots it seems were the Minor part of the House and that 's enough to entitle the Nation to the Benefit of the Treaty resolved upon For Sir if you 'l give us leave we 'l be governed by the Major part It 's true your Supreme necessity is a pretty popular Sophisme But As necessity has no Law so is it none nor in any case pleadable against Law but by the Judges of the Law which at all hands is confessed to be the Parliament and the Major part of the Two Houses in conjunction with the King have ever denominated That I must needs take a little pains to correct the Centleman in his next Fleere upon the Presbyterians He hangs like a Cock-sparrow upon the aforesaid Resolves of both Houses which is but an old Trick of a laying Knaves Bastard at an Honest mans door and then he preaches most Infallible Destruction to the first engagers whom the King will be sure to sacrifice to the Revenge and memory of his Father This opinion or rather suggestion of his opposes all Principles of Honesty Generosity and Prudence which fall within the latitude of the case Nay Taking for Granted the very entrance upon the War Justifiable There might be Then a Question now there 's none They intended onely a Reformation here 's a Dissolution A liberty was there Designed here 's an Intollerable slavery Imposed Those quitted when they saw their error These for that very Reason proceed There is in fine this Difference one side would Destroy the King the other would preserve him These would Govern without Law and the other would be governed by Law After all this peremptory rudeness at large he bethinks himself at last of an Apology to the General and now the Pageant moves We urge not these things with an intent to make the least reflection upon your Excellency and our Brethren the Officers under your command as if we suspected your sincerity and constancy after so many plain and and pos●●ive Declarations against returning to our old Bondage under that Family which God so wonderfully cast out ●efore us and wherein we are confident he for his own Name and peoples sake will never more take pleasure but in regard the old Adversaries behave themselves insolently and proudly and publikely give out the time is coming wherein they shall satisfie their lusts u●o● us we thought it convenient to whet your spirits with a repetition of these things as we have done our own that the world may see we yet own our Cause and do believe that what we have done as Instruments in driving out that Family we have done in Judgement and Conscience and that you take a convenient time to let men understand plainly that you also will continue of the same perswasion with us for as much as there are none of the particulars charged upon the late King in the following Declaration which would not with many more have been proved to his

man that would put the Crown again upon the head of that Family is it not plain what fate setting aside all other Considerations you might expect from a seeming reconciled Enemy and a King too it being the guise of Kings as the Historians from innumerable Examples do observe ever to recompence with hate their most meritorious Servants making no difference in r●turn betwixt the highest Obligation and the greatest Injury The examples are so frequent in our own Chronicles as well as forreign that he who runs may read it and 't is not proper here to recite them JNdeed he 's hard put to 't to make the danger out from the King to the Generall in case he should restore him If there were nothing e●●e in 't 't were enough to make him Dear to the King and to his Party that he hates you Do not Deceive your selves He 'll be a scourge to the Phanatiques and every soul that loves either Piety or Peace will assist him Do not mistake me n●ither God forbid that all such as have either been misled by cunning practises or else transported by necessities to seek a livelyhood by unlawfull means God forbid I say that all without Distinction should be marked with that Infamous Brand No I intend it onely of that Frantique crew that preclude mercy by Despising it and persecute the Truth with a Determinate Malevolence and spite But note the man begins to soften Alas Sirs 't is not an Army that shall secure you nor the power of the Militia that can secure our ancient Senators if any who have been engaged can be so fond as to think of security for let the Yong Man come in with freedom to encounter both Army and Militia with the hare title of King and actuall possession of the Throne the eyes of Army and Militia will soon be dazeled with the splendour of that Gay Thing and fall down and worship at the sight and hope of the Kingdoms of this world and the glory of them and then all Bonds of Agreement if any be will prove but Rushes Oh for God and his peoples sake yea and for the City of Londons sake whom Charles the Father branded in his Papers with the Character of Disloyall and Rebellious City though at that time most renowned in her actings se● an end to the expectations of malicious enemies and staggering f●ien●s by clearing up your selves that we may see you in the light vigorously asse●ting the good Cause of these Nations yea for the sake of Parliaments we ask it and we doubt i● not at your hand seeing the people are not like to be brought to contend any more for Parliaments if after so long a Contest he should gain an ●pportunity of improving a possession of the Crown to an usurpation over the Priviledges and Majesty of Parliaments THis Thing I 'll lay my life belongs to the Rump it is so much concern'd in the behalf of our Ancient Senatours truly I 'm half of his mind in what he sayes last That is I do believe his Majesty would be made welcome But for faithless nothing but an Abjuring Perjur'd villain would suspect him See how that supple slave is come about now how Arrantly the Rogue Beggs Oh! for God and his People's sake and for the City of Londons sake I am in earnest I must laugh before I can write on Might not this fellow be laid hold of upon the statute against sturdy Beggers and lashed he has absolutely turn'd a piece of one of the Rump Ballads into Prose Nay my Lord cries the Brewers clerk good my Lord for the love of God Consider us and your self this poor Nation and that Tyrant Abroad Don't leave us but George gives him ashrug instead of a nod Come hang your self Beg right here 's your true method of Begging Oh for Tom. Scots sake for Haslerigs sake for Robinson Holland Mildmay Mounson Corbet Atkins Van● Livesey Skippon Milton Tichbourn Ireton Gourden Lechmore Blagrave Bare-bones Nedhams sake and to conclude for all the rest of our Impenitent Brethrens sakes Help a company of poor Rebellious Devils that only for Murthering their Prince destroying three Glorious Nations Breaking the Bonds of Faith both with God and Men Trampling upon Religion and Laws exercising an Absolute Tyranny over their fellow Subjects Endeavouring yet once more to engage their Native Country in Blood to Alienate the Honest Souldjery from their Obedience and in sine for Playing the Devil in Gods name are now in danger to Lose the Reward of all their virtues The Possessions which they have acquired by violence by a Malignant and desperate design of Peace and Settlement This is the State of your Condition and this should be the Form of your Application Once more and he bids you Farewell BVt my Lord and Gentlemen leaving these things which touch only upon your worldly Interests and Concernments we are hold to say though the Jealousies of weaker Brethren be great and many we believe our selves to be sure of you because we have your Souls as well as your personal interests at pawn for your fidelity to the Publick We remember your Declaration sent f●rm Scotland to the Churches and other Declarations at t●● same time We might mind you if it were needfull how you have called God to witness That the ground of your late undertaking in Scotland was The vindication of the Liberties of the People with the protection and encouragemens of the Godly and the Faithfull therein c. and that you have no intention or purposes to return to our old Bondage but that the Providence of God having made us free at the cost of so much blood you will never be found so unfaithfull to God and his People as to lose so glorious a Cause but do resolve with Gods assistance to endeavour a maintainiug of our dear-purchased Liberties bot● Spiritual and Civil But seeing these Declarations made before God Angels and Men as your selves have said do so much concern your Souls in the observation of them that they cannot but be much upon your hearts therefore we me●●ion them not as doubting you or endeavouring to perswade you but to ease our own minds and to comfort the hearts of our Brethren who have need to be comforted And do wait for a good time when your Excellency shall break forth and more visibly appear through all the Clouds of Fear and Jealousie a Defence and Protection through the goodnesse of God to all his people that fear him in these Nations and so their hearts universally will return unto you in assurance whereof and that you will be very much confirmed and encouraged after the reading of this Declaration We remain My LORD Your Excellencies most faithfull Friends and Servants in the Common Cause March 22. 1659. STill I perceive you 're sure and yet for your weak Brethren sake yon mind his Excellency of a Pawn he has ingaged for his Fidelity to the Publique only his Soul in a Declaration before God Angels and Men that he hath no intent to return to his old Bondage Why you Impudent sots does a Confederacie with a Peddling little Sniv'lling Faction that would subvert Order and Government amount to a Fidelity to the publique or does the avoiding the Old Bondage you keep such a Coyle with Imply the setting up a New and more Tyrannical Impos●tion In fine the mention of the King proceeds from your own Guilt and Fears that have so much abused ●im The General meddles not at all to Impose upon us but only stands betwixt Authority and Violence His Excellency refers all to the Appointment of such Persons as the People shall abuse to Act in their behalf and cannot in Honour fide with a Party of Jugglers that only call themselves our Representatives and we disclaime This is enough said to convince you and the World where the Abuse lies Now having eased your minds in your own Language You may go ease yur Bodies too for I dismisse you and all 's but giving of the Rump a Purge Cursed is he that removeth away his Neighbours Land-mark FINIS * Nota.