Faces of the Poor, the other the Breech of a Knave: Resolve me
the next week in Hebrew, and I will in my Next avouch to the
World, That thou art not half so bad a Rogue, as thy Masters
are knaves.
But hark thee Walker, Ile tell thee News, Sirrah; I hear that
Dublin is delivered up to the Marquis of Ormond, and that thy
great Saviors, Coot, Jones, Munk, and the Rest, are all agreed,
and have Covenanted to Bayt Nose into his Allegiance, and keep
him from that Crown of Ireland, as well as that une hearted
Earl of Darby hath bayted his Bulebin Ireton, whose over hasty
zeal made him so fool-hardy, that on the instant he thought all
his own; but it proved that he was Cozen'd as the Dogge was,
that thought, he was going to break-fast, when be went to baxgiug:
What silly Wiggins are these Regicides, to think that a Family that
are without spot or wrinkle, or the least fully of Treason, should
prostitute their Honors to such a Hogge-driver as Ireson; or
Cromwel; more fitter to drive Grayns in a Dung. Cart, then to
drive on the Interest of a Kingdom; or to be driven along in a
Sledge, then with six Flanders Mares? Hath he not murdered his
King God commanded him to obey? abolished Monarchy he had
formerly sworn to maintain? introduced and erected a Popular
Government of himself and Creatures? Hath he not turned [unr]
turvy the Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom; for but the Supposed
intention of which, Strafford and others have lost their lives?
Hath he not infringed and swollowed up the Just Rights of the
Crown, the Liberty and Propriety of the subject [unr] the several
Orders, Ordinances, Protestations, [unr] and Oatkes; which
they have first thrust, and forced upon the People; (and when
their pernicious Design grew ripe) not only broken them themselves,
but compelled, hired, and corrupted others to commit the
same abominable wickedness: Wherefore think you was that
upstart Pediar Jack Bradshaw, on the sudden preferred to be Lord
President with a pox to him; and to have 2000 pounds pe annum
conferred on him and his Heirs for ever out of the Earl of Saint
Albans and the Lord Cottingtans Estates, and since to be made by
Act A[unr] General for North Wales? What made [unr] be
juggl'd out of his Recorder. Ship and Steel be put in? Cook to be
Preferr'd to such places of Trust and Preserment, and so the rest;