And now since that we have tasted so much of sweetenesse
and mercie in this great deliverance, let all bitternesse be forborn
for the future; especially among Brethreu. I (for my
part) have don with it, being resolved only upon Thoughts
and words of Peace, which shall streame through every line
of Intelligence. If I would dare, and provoke mine enemy,
it should be when he is in his greatest Jollity and pride of
opposition; so when the Scots and their Partisans were in
that condition, I charged them boldly, strewed salt upon
their galled consciences, and jerk'd their Hypocrisie; But now
that they are down, they shall have our pitty, and know
that we scorn to Trample, or make Sport with their misery.
And therefore if there be any ingenuity in those mistaken
Gentlemen of the Scotch opinion, they will no longer stand
out against those that seek their Amity and the Peace of the
Nation; nor will they (I am confident) when they have
weighed Particulars, trouble the Common-wealth any farther,
and hazard their lives and fortunes, to repair the ruines of a
Scotish fatall Family.
Remember what I foretold you in Numb. 5. [That there
was no likelihood of any luck in the businesse, since hitherto an ill
Fate hath attended all that take part with the Baby of Scotland.
His brother Orange hath had no faire weather in Holland, since
he gave him entertainment. So likewise the Court of France hath
never been at quiet since his and his mothers abode among Them.
And you know to what end Montrose came to by vertue of his
Commission. The Irish Rebels which made a shift to sharke up and
downe a good while with an Armie, no sooner Acted for him by his
speciall Commission, but they were brought to utter confusion by the
late victory in Ulster. The King of Portugall no sooner declared
amity with him, but the old Thunder and Lightning tooke fire,
with discontent among the Merchants, and put all Lisbon into a
Combustion. And how the Scots are like to thrive upon his courteous
reception, we shall better understand, when they are entertained
with a running Banquet by the English Army.
But that you may the lesse wonder at this strange Fate
which haunts the young lad of Scotland, be pleased to take notice,