and Robd of their ancient Customes, all their priviledges violated, their
fredomes infringed, and their estates, lines, goods, wives, Children, and
servants, are and must be prostituted to the mercilesse rage of a Rake-shame
sect of Independent Rebells, Men of dangerous and desperate
principles, as bloodthirsty, King Killing, Regicids &c. and to argue that
their consequent slauary is certayne, I say what Kings ever passed so
harth censures upon such slight occasions, viz. first to fine their Lord
Major 2000 l. 2, to Imprison him two monthes, lastly to deprive him
of his Mayrolty, and for no other reason, but because his Lordship
would not be so perjured a traytor, as the Rebells at Westminster, who
pretend to be a Parliament: I remember I have read in the Chronicles
of England,that for some notorious misdemeanor commited in the City
Kings (of former ages) have suspended from their Office,and a Governour
appointed over the City by the Kings Councell untill submission
made which being done, they were againe received into favour, and
admitted to execute their Offices according to their Oathes, but this,
I say,I never read, or heard that any King did deprive any Lord Major
for his own fault, and especially one so excusable as denying to foresweare
himself which the word of God doth stricktly command him not
to doe, Well then thou Cow-hearted simple Citty, take notice, that no
King did ever exercise over thee such a tyrannicall and arbitrary rule
as now the traytors and usurping Rebells at Westminster doe, viz. to
displace thy Lord Major at their dinelships pleasure, with a fyne and
imprisonment : and chuse a new one the next day (according to their
owne trayterous fancyes, without any warrant of law or colour of reason
Same onely their wills, sie Jubea.
If King Charles of famous memory had done such an Act against the
Freedomes of the Citty, it would have beene taken in mighty dugeon,
and his Majesty have been counted a tyrany, but all that the wicked Junto
at Westminster doe is well,when the late King did uppon some peremptory
demands of the Citty( some few yeares before these warres )take
the sword away onely( though such things had been ordinary done by
some of his predecessors neither imprisoning nor fyning the Lord Major
or City. Oh then the Rebellious brethren of London swelled with pryde,
and looke such actions to be a breach of their priviledges, and that
they tended to their instaning. Yes if any tax( though ordinary )was
demanded for the Kings Majestie (althoe for the fortifying and good
of his Kingdome) it was grumbled at and taken to bee oppression, and
as the Kings prophet sayes, his Enemies that hated him without cause