troubles, and knows not well what to do; some say he is in
the mind to Petition the Juncto for their Agreement; sometime
(fearing that Cromwel should return and gain all to himself ) is
in the mind to Raise Forces and to keep him out; and sometimes
he thinks it the wisest course to joyn with the Levellers,
who now are privately Listing all the Forces they can, under
Captains of their own Order: the people knowing they cannot
be in a worse Condition,willingly joyn with them, so that they
will quickly have an Army of hundred thousand; if they carry
the business as they begin; the Juncto knows not what to do,
finding the people hate them to the death,that they would fain
un-yoak for a time, and put their journey-work on the Councel of
State; but that they dare not do neither, before they have done
the task their Master Cromwel has set them, for displeasing him;
and thus whilst one calls for brick,another brings morter, and
they that were the first authors of confusion, are now in confusion
amongst themselves, not well knowing what to do.
The Babel-builders at Westminster have ventral their Manners
as well as Spleen in a Declaration, Proclaiming them Rebels that
have desert[unr]d Rebels, (that is themselves) and sided, adhered, or affected
Chars Stuart, Son to the late King: Y cobling, un mannerly
rake. Shames! what nothing but plain Charls Stuart? if you
had mentioned Jack Lilburn, it should have been Lievr. Colonel
John Lilburn; or Cromwel, it had been his Lordship with a pox;
and his Excellence, his Highness Fairfax & Lord Bredshaw &c.
and nothig but plain Charls Stuart; How long have you been
so familiar pray? All fellows at foot-ball; nay, 'tis even so with
God himself, best felow well met now; they take the right hand
of Christ and his Ordinances and say, Why he is but our old r brother,
and we have as much right to [unr] as he, and are a little wiser
then he, when he taught the Pater Noster for none of us can deny but
he was in a great fault in teaching his Disaples to say, Our Father,
when they should have said, Our Brother; And thus they argue
the Case, between God, their King and Prince. But see the penalty,
There Goods shall be confiscated to the State, and themselves
adjudged Traytors and Rebels to the Common-wealth: But pray
who shall judge them? Why who should, but those that judged
King Charl: all just power is derived from God to the King and
from the King to the people; all other power is of the Devil, usurped,
wicked, faife.