King of Ireland, and designed him to goe take possession of his kingdome)
think it requisite, that before hee set forward hee have advance
money paid into his Treasury for preparing his Court, and Accommodating
his Meniall Retinue (the Squires attendant of his body) and
therefore it is referred to the discretion of a select Committee of Apostate
over-worne Courtiers, whom they think the ablest to judge of
such matters, to draw up an estimate of what Allowances they think
Reasonable to maintaine the Majesty of their new king, during Six
Moneths the next coming, for the honour and glorie of the Commonwealth,
that so hee may march in pompe as well as power, to encounter
those Goliabs of Ireland and arive there triumphantly, as one of the
Mighties of Israell.
Nor is lesse care taken for electing of new Justices of Peace in Lancashire,
upon complaint made that the old Stumps of Prerogative refuse
or neglect to Act according to the new - Modell of State-Pageantry;
and therefore, that new ones may bee found to supply their places, the
Commissioners of the Great Butter-Print are appointed to rake all
the Dung-hills in the whole County, to pick up a litter of logger-heads
who were primitively hewne out of the great Block of Independency
being such as they know will not boggle at new-divised Oathes, Orders,
or Acts of the Regicides, though they pierce Heaven with their Perjuries,
and over-charge the foundations of the Earth with the weight of
their Impieties.
And of the Fame Stamp must all the Marriners bee, whom they purpose
to imploy in the addititionall Fleet they are Seting out to Recruit
the breaches of the former, which now the Moderate Intelligencer acknowledges
to have sustained losse before kingsale: yet for two weeks before
they would not confesse with any, blaming the Bladders of Elencticus
for blowing such truths to Towne, when the State had given
strict order to the contrarie, for feare of dishearthing the Sea-Men.
But by this you see though the Devill cover his hornes with the Mantle
of Darknesse, yet sooner or later hee betraies his uglinesse by his cloven
feete [Such lyes and deedes of Darknesse will at one time or other appeare
in their owne likenesse.]
The Miners of Darbyshire encouraged by the Saints of the Levelling
Tribe, are at deadly feud with the Earle of Rutland, because hee denyes
them the priviledge of digging up his grounds, questioning what
more Right hee hath to them then any the left of the Sonnes of Adam,
perswading his Lordship he is one of the great Princes of the World, that
Usurpes Authority over the Nations, and who plaies the Tyrant over