ther Pim, with Humbden, Rainsbororough and the rest of that Society
on whom you founded your principles, which have prov'd so Butcherous
tyrannicall, and murthering. And this I say, when no course else
can be taken, you may have free accesse and liberty to goe thither, and
that I make no question you know very sufficiently, which makes your
hearts so remorslesse, and Tyrannie, Rebellion, and blood thirstinesse, to
keepe so constant a Current within your Conventicle, as may appeare
by your erecting new engines, every day to punish the People, and establishing
new Committies to exercise themselves in Extorting, taxing,
Assissing, rating, vixing, poling, pilling, and pulling out (almost)
the hearts of people, and grinding the faces of the Poore powder, with
continuing unheard of excessive burthens, Excise, Free-quarter, (which
hath so long been spoken should be taken off, though never intended)
or any thing which may begger and impoverish this poore and probable
bleeding Kingdome, the Inhabitants whereof (in many Places) are
even over-whelmed with misery, and intollerable insupportable burthens,
able to howstrong Atlas. But to all the indigent Cryes of poore,
the Rebels cares are deafned like Adders, and they will heare nothing
save what may helpe to fill their bottomleffe baggs, with the ungodly
Ma[unr]on off unrighteousnesse, which they Accumulated and heapt
up for a reserve to support Rebellion.
Why now now Rebels? What have I found heare? Oh 'tis a nest a
nest, I vow a nest of degraded Lords, who have their Howours on one
side with their Loyalties and now walke in their fellow Comm[unr] hands
like farthing Candler, ready to bee put our or light againe when the
Commons please. And by reason whilest they had their honours, they
could not bee so conversant in rebellion Asse their. Masterships desired;
For your satisfaction I will give you their names.
One and that the first is pembroke, a man who had formerly more
tytles of Honour (bestowed by the Kings savour) upon him then he had
eyther Loyalty, or wisedome to keepe. Secondly, the Lord Howard,
a man in judgement little inseriour to the first, besides these there are
three more, viz. Salisbury, Denbigh, and , Moulgrave, who are immediately
to bee elected Commoners, and rather then Sit out, if they cannot
be chosen Knights crrants of some Shires, they will become Burgesses
for any Corporation townes, where the Inhabitants are eyther such fooles
or Knaves, to chuse them for their Members, who have no found
joynts about them.