Upon the whole, it is Humbly Queried as followeth, viz.

First, Whether there may not very plainly be read and perceived, a Hand of Displeasure from the Almighty, blinding the eyes, and infa­tuing the understandings of those unworthy persons, who (1 Kings 16.34. Hiel like (would have built Jericho again, (to wit) fallen Monarchy in a single Person and a House of Lords, with their Negative Voyce over the [Page 9] good people of these Lands) so as to cause, or suffer them to do their work by halves? and to rise, and leave so Lame, Namelesse, and In­significant their New Modell of the Humble Petition and Advice, (alias Instrument of Bondage to the English Nation.) Let the Curse of Confusion that attended the Builders ofGen. 11.7, 9. Babel be considered of.

Secondly, Whether those so very wise Gentlemen, who saw it so necessary, and ventured so high, and took so much pains, to bring in again, and anew restore fallen Monarchy and Kingship in these Lands, could according to the rules of common reason and understanding of men, imagine and conclude, That the Gentlemen who had formerly been so wronged, abused, and exasperated by them, in being kept out of the House, would be so easie and tame, as presently, without any more ado, addresse themselves to lick their new Golden Calf, and nurse up that Babylonish, Antichristian Brat, they had no hand in, but were against the begetting of? And whether it doth not speak out a very great weaknesse in their Councils, and a marvellous shallownesse in the Protector, his Council, and whole number concern'd in that Design, in making no better provision before-hand, and seeing no further into the ensuing Danger, so likely to attend their whole Device, and the namelesse Infant of the Other House, which they would have to be Christned, and Called by the Name of Lords.

Thirdly, Whether the good people of this Nation have not cause for e [...]er as to abhor the Memory of the afore-mentioned back-sliding persons, so that Parliament (so called) in the first Session of it before their Adjourning, that of their own Heads, and contrary to their En­gagement to theThe first Instru­ment is not hereby owned, but abhorred as much as the latter, though I thus speak. Instrument of Government; by vertue whereof they sate at first, and without consulting the respective Counties for whom they served, or so much as one Petition delivered to them for that purpose, changed the Government, and made one worse, har­der, and more grievous to be born, then that they put away; so fa­stening their new Iron yoke upon the Necks of the good People of this Land, settling great Taxes, with the Customes and Excise for ever, to keep this Yoke upon them?

Fourthly, Whether those Gentlemen kept out in the first Sitting, when those hard things were transacted, and afterwards comming in, and being present in the second Meeting, notwithstanding the so great Rep [...]oach and Dirt cast on them by the Court, are not highly to be honoured and esteemed, for appearing and standing so far as they did, for Right, and Freedom, and against the Bondages, which contrary to Ingagements, Covenants, and Promises, were put upon the good Peo­ple of this Land? As well as to be blamed, not onely for not declaring at their first Seclusion, to inform the People of the wrong and injury [Page 10] done unto them; But also, when afterward they were so Arbitrarily and Tyrannically dissolved, with the rest of their unworthy Brethren, they took it so patiently, and went so tamely home, and did not in the very time of the Action, Protest and Declare against the Tyrant, and then retire into their places, (from whence they ought not to have stirred at first) and call him to the Bar, or otherwise proceeded against him for so doing? Had it not been sutable to, and well be­coming that noble Commonwealth-Spirit (so much pretended to) thus to have assay'd, though they had fallen in it? And whether the Army in Honesty, Conscience and Duty, their former Declarations and Ingagements considered, ought not to have assisted them therein, as well as they did the long Parliament against the King and his Cour­tiers, upon the like account? Doth not the loud cryes of the Souls of the SaintsRev. 6.9, 10. under the Altar, slain for the Testimony which they held in their Day, as also the blood of the Saints and others slain in the late Wars, and the Sufferings of our dear Brethren in Prisons and Ba­nishments, call for this their Testimony also? If so; Ought not this honest word of Reproof for what is past, and of excitation for the future to take place?

Fifthly, But since things were as they were, and as it seems could be no better, whether all good People in these Nations, have not great cause exceedingly to blesse and praise the Lord? (though they owe little to the Instrument) who (Ashur-like had other ends) that the late Parliament (so called) was dissolved; who were many of them, such Mercenary, Salary, and self-interested men, as in all pro­bability, had they continued much longer, would have over-voted the Lovers of Freedom, and so have perfected their Instrument of Bondage, and rivetted it on the Necks of the good People for ever by a Law, and thereby made them Vassals and Slaves perpetually. But hitherto the Lord hath in a great measure frustrated their wicked De­vice, blessed be his holy Name.

Sixthly, Whether the Protector (so called) be not a great destroyer of the Rights and Liberties of the English Nation? for hath he not ingrossed the whole power of the Militia into his own hand? The Right also of Property? Power of judging all matters of the highest and greatest Concernment? And doth he not take on him to be sole Judge of Peace and War, of Calling and Dissolving Parliaments? Raising Money without Consent in Parliament? Imprisoning persons without due form of Law, and keeping them in Durance at pleasure; using the Militia in his own hand against the good people, in these fore-named things, and against their Representers in Parliament.

Seventhly, Whether the Protector, and the Great men his Confe­derates, [Page 11] be not rather to be termed Fanatick, Whimsical and Sick­brain'd, then those, (who remaining firm to, and being more refined in their former, good, and honest Principles, and will upon no account be drawn to desert the good Old Cause) they account and call so? And whether this unsettlednesse in their Government, and changing both it and their Principles, in so short a time; and going so diame­trically contrary to their former honest Protestations, Declarations, Sermons, and Actings, doth not in the view of all the world, De­clare them so to be?

Eighthly, Whether the Protector (so called) be not that himself which he untruly charged upon the Members turned out of the Little Parliament (so called) viz. A destroyer of Magistracy and Ministry? Of Magistracy, in breaking four Parliaments in five Years; and pul­ling up by the roots, what in him lieth, the very Basis and Foundation of all just Power, to wit, the Interest of the good People of this Commonwealth; making himself, and his own Will and Lust, the Basis and Foundation thereof? And doth he not at his pleasure sup­presse and destroy all Military and Civill Power, and Governours that submit not thereunto? Is he not likewise a great destroyer of Mini­stery, in taking from them their Religious, or Divine Capacities, put­ting them into that of Lay or Common? and accordingly, in a profes­sed way, preferring them to places of Advantage by the Tryers.

Ninthly, Whether the Protector be so wise and understanding, so tender and carefull of the Common Interest (as is pretended to) above all others whatsoever? yea, above and beyond the four Parliaments he hath dissolved? And may it not be enquired how he came to this great height of Knowle [...]ge and absolute understanding, seeing there are very many worthy Patriots, sometimes his Equals (at least) of as high a Discent, of as good breeding, of as great Parts, of as fair an Interest, as also as well versed in Government as himself? Whether it may not be wondered at, that he should be so exceeding wise, and tender above all, even above Parliaments themselves.

Tenthly, Whether Sir Henry Vane, Major Generall Harrison, the late President Bradshaw, Sir Arthur Haslerigg, Lieutenant General Ludlow. with hundreds more of worthy Patriots, that have ventured far in their Countreys Cause, for Justice and Freedom, may not rationally be thought to be as carefull and tender of the good of their Country as the Protector?

Eleventhly, Whether it doth not rankly savour of high Pride and Arrogancy in the Protector (so called) to set up his Sense and Judge­ment, as the standard for the whole Nation, even Parliaments them­selves? [Page 12] And whether thus to do, be not the sad fruit of Enthusaisme, one of the great Errours of this day and time?

Twelfthly, Whether the Protector being so highly conceited of his own understanding, so changeable and uncertain in his Principles and Resolutions, so given up to his Passion and Anger, as against all Advice and Counsel, in a condition near unto Madnesse, to swear by the living God he would Dissolve the late Parliament, and accordingly did so, though the doing of it tended to the hazard of the Common­wealth? Whether he according to Reason, can be thought a person capable, and fit to Rule and Governe this so Great, so Wise, and Noble a People?

Thirteenthly, Whether since the Protector assumed the Govern­ment, the state and condition of this Nation be not very greatly im­paired? Their Land Forces wasted and consumed at Hispaniola, Ja­maica, Mardike, and elsewhere? Their Shipping lessened and dimi­nished; their Stores and Provisions for Sea and Land expended and consumed without profit; their Magazines emptied; their Treasures wasted; their Trade in a great measure lost and decayed; and very great new Debts contracted, little of Old being satisfied? And whe­ther all this be not the better fruit of Apostacy and Treachery, and setting up a single person, as Chief Magistrate contrary to Ingagements: And the casting away of that Righteous Cause of Freedom, Justice, and Righteousnesse, this Land was so engaged in?

Lastly, Whether the Protector (so called) will not in all likelihood dissolve the next Parliament also, if they begin to question and make Debates of former Transactions, and do not presently without any disputing, proceed to perfect the new Modell, of the Humble Petition and Advice? What assurance shall be given to the Countries and Ci­ties that shall chuse, or to the Gentlemen chosen, that they shall not be served as those before were? And whether, if the honest Citizens shall begin to make ready their former sober, and very worthy Peti­tion, or one of the like natute, it will not be looked at again, as a Crime little lesse then Treason at the Court, and become a means of sudden Dissolution to the next Parliament also? Alas for poor England! What will become of thee in the end? How hast thou lost thy self and thy good Old Cause? And whither will these Masters of Bondage car­ry t [...]ee?

A List of their Names who were taken out of the House, and others: (beingAll of them, but four, are salary men, sons, kins­men, and otherwise engaged to the Prote­ctor, and allyed to his Confederate. forty three in number) that sate in the Other House, so greatly designed for a House of Lords; with a brief Description of their Merits and Deserts: whereby it may easily appear, how fit they are to be cal­led (as they call themselves) Lords; as also being so very deserving, what pity it is they should not have a Negative Voyce over the free People of this Common­wealth.

1. Richard Cromwel, eldest Son of the Protector (so called,) a person of great Worth and Merit, and well skilled in Haw­king, Hunting, Horse-racing, with other sports and pastimes; one whose Undertakings, Hazards, and Services for the Cause, cannot well be numbred or set forth, unlesse the drinking of King Charles's, or (as is so commonly spoken) his Fathers Landlords health; whose Abili­ties in praying and Preaching, and Love to the Sectaries, being much like his Cousin Dick Ingoldsby's, and he so very likely to be his Fathers Successour, and to inherit his noble Vertues, in being the light of the Eys, and breath of the Nostrils of the old Heathenish Popish Laws and Customs of the Nation (especially among the Learned) the University of Oxford have therefore thought fit (he being also no very good Scho­lar) to chuse him their Chancellour. And though he was not judged meet (not having a Spirit of Government for it) to have a Command in the Army when there was fighting, or honest and wise enough to be one of the little Parliament, yet is he become a Colonel of Horse now fighting is over; as also taken in to be one of the Protectors Council, and one of the Other House, and to have the First Negative Voyce over the good People of this Commonwealth, being in so hopeful a way to have the great Negative Voyce over the whole, after his Fathers Death.

2. Commissioner Fiennes, Son of the Lord Say, a Member sometime of the long Parliament, and then a Collonel under the Earl of Essex, had the command and keeping of Bristol, bu [...] [Page 14] gave it up cowardly, (as it's said) for which he had like to have lost his head; he being a lover of Kingship and Monarchy (as well as his Father) was taken in by the Protector at his first setting up, to be one of his Council, and made Commissioner of the great Seal, as also Keeper of the Privy-Seal, whereby his Interest and Revenue is raised from two or three hundred per annum, to twoAs saith the Book of Rates, or former Narra­tive. or three thousand, and more: And for his Merits and Greatness, (being after the old mode) he was taken out of the late Parliament, to be the Mouth of the Protector in that Other House, and so is fit, no question, to have the second Nega­tive Voyce over the good People of these Lands.

3. Henry Lawrence, a Gentleman of a Courtly Breed, and a good Trencher Man; who when the Bishops ruffled in their pride and Tyranny, went over to Holland, afterwards came back, and became a Member of the Long Parliame [...]t; fell off at the behea­ding of the late King and change of the Government, for which the Protector (then Lievtenant-General) with great Zeal declared, That a Neutral Spirit was more to be abhorr'd then a Cavalier Spirit, and that such men as he, were not fit to be used in such a day as that, when God was cutting down Kingship root and branch; yet came in play again (upon design) in the Little Parliament, and contributed much to the dissol­ving of them, as also setting up the Protector, and settling the Instru­ment of Government and a single Person, affirming, That other foun­dation could no man lay. For which worthy Services, and as a Snare or Bait to win over, or at least quiet the baptized people, (himself being under that Ordinance) he was made and continued President of the Protector's Council, where he hath signed many an Arbitrary and Ille­gal Warrant, for the carrying of honest faithful men to prisons and Ex­ile without cause, unlesse their not apostatizing with them from just and honest principles. His Merits are great and many, being every way thorough-paced, and a great Adorer of Kingship; so as he deserveth, no doubt, and is every way fit, to be taken out of the Parliament, to have the third place of Honour, and a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the people of these Lands:

4. Lievtenant-General Fleetwood, a Gentleman formerly of the Long Parliament, and a Colonel of their Army, then Lievetenant General, afterward married (honest Iroton's Widdow) the Protectors eldest Daughter: Major General Lambert be­ing put by, by the Parliament from going over to Ireland as Lord Liev­t [...]nant, it savouring too much of Monarchy, and being not willing to ac­cept of a lower Title, he was sent over thither under the Title of Lord [Page 15] Deputy in his room, where he continued about three years; and to put a check upon those godly men there, who are no Friends to Monarchy, he was sent for over again, and cajoled in to be one of the Protectors Council, as also Major General of divers Counties in England: his Salary supposed worthSee the former Narrative. 6600 l. per anum, by all which he is become advanced to a princely Interest and Rexenue: he is one of good prin­ciples, had he kept them, and of good words like his Father-in-law, whereby he hath deceived many an honest man, and drawn them from the good Old Cause, and by that way hath greatly served the Protectors Designs. His Merits therefore are such, as he, no question, also, de­serves to be taken out of the House, and made a Peer, and to have a Negative Voice in the other House, when it shall be named Lords; notwithstanding he so helpt in the Army & long Parliament to throw down the House of Lords, and to destroy the Negative Voyce, and did fight against it in the King.

5. Colonel Disbrow, a Gentleman or Yeoman of about sixty or seventy pounds per annum at the beginning of the Wars; who being allyed to the Protector by Marriage of his Sister, he cast away his Spade and took a Sword, and rise with him in the Wars, and in like manner in the principles of Justice and Freedom, advanced his Interest very much: if he were not of the Long Parliament, he was of the Little One, which he helped to break. Being grown consi­derable, he cast away the Principles by which he rise, and took on prin­ciples of Violence and Tyranny, and helped to set up the Protector;His Sa­lary 3236 l. per annum See former Narrative, or Booke of Rates. for which he was made one of his Council, and one of the (c) Generals at Sea, and hath a princely command at Land, being Major General of divers Counties in the West, as also one of the Lords of the Cinque-Ports. His Interest and Greatness being so far advanced, his Merits must needs be great, and he every way fit to be taken out of the House, and put into the Other House, with a Negative Voyce over the good peo­ple, for that with his Sword he can set up that again in the Protector and himself, which before he cut down in the King and Lords.

6. Lord Viscount Lisle, Eldest Son of the Earl of Leicester, he was of the long Parliament to the Last, & at the change of Government, and making Laws of Treason against a s ngle persons Rule, and, no question, concur'd with the rest therein: he was also of the Little Parliament, and of all the Parliaments since; was all along of the Protector's (d) Council, and was never to seek;Salary 1000 l. per [...]num. who having learned so much by changing with every Change, and keeping still (like [Page 16] his Father-in Law the Earl of Salisbury, and Peter Sterry) on that side which hath proved Trump, nothing need farther be said of his fitness, (being such a man ofAsk his late Wifes Sister, the Lady Sands principles) to be taken out of the Parliament to have a settled Negative Voice in the Other House over all the good people of these Lands, he being a Lord of the old Stamp already, and in time so likely to become a Peer.

7. Sir Gilbert Pickering, Knight of the old Stamp, and of a considerable Revenue in Northampton-shire, one of the Long Parliament, and a great stickler in the change of the Government from Kingly to that of a Commonwealth; helped to make those Laws of Treason against Kingship, hath also changed with all changes that have been since: he was one of the little Parliament, and helped to break it, as also of all the Parliaments since, is one of the ProtectorsHis Sa­lary 1000 l. per annum besides his other pla­ces. Council; and, as if he had been pin'd to his Sleeve, was never to seek, is become high Steward of Westminster; and being so finical, spruce, and like an old Courtier, is made Lord Chamberlane of the Protector's Houshold or Court: so that he may well be counted fit and worthy to be taken out of the House, to have a Negative Voice in the Other House, though he helped to destroy it in the King and Lords. There are more besides him, that make themselves transgressors, by building again the things which they once destroyed.

8. Walter Strickland, sometime Agent or Em­bassadour to the Dutch in the Low-countrys from the long Parliament, and a good friend of theirs; at length became a Member of that Parli­ament; was also of the little Parliament, which he helped to break: was of the Parliament since, and is now of the ProtectorsSalary 1000 l. per annum, be­sides other places Coun­cil: he is one that can serve a Commonwealth and also a Prince, so he may serve himself and his own ends by it; who having so greatly profi­ted by attending the Hogan Mogans, and become so expert in the Ce­remony Postures, and thereby so apt like an Ape (with his brother Sir Gilbert and the President) to imitate or act the part of an old Courtier in the new Court, was made Captain General of the Protector's Mag­pye or Gray-Coated Foot-guard in White hall (as the Earl of Holland formerly to the King:) who being every way of such worth and Me­rits, no question can be made, or exceptions had against his fitness to be taken out of the Parliament, to exercise a Negative Voice in the Other House over the people of this Commonwealth.

9. Sir Charls Ousely, a Gentleman who came something late into play on this side, being converted from a Cavalier [Page 17] in a good hour. He became one of the little Parliament, which he helped to break, and to set the Protector on the Throne; for which worthy service, he was (as he well deserved) taken in to be one of his Council; was also of the Parliament since: a man of constancy and cer­tainty in his principles, much like the wind; and although he hath done nothing for the Cause whereby to merit, yet is he counted of that worth, as to be every way fit to be taken out of the Parliament to have a Negative Voice in the Other House over such as have done most, and merited highest in the Cause, (the Protector and his fellow Negative Men excepted) and over all the Commonwealth beside.

10. Mr. Rouse, one of the Long Parliament, and by them made Provost or Master of Eaton Colledge; he abode in that Pa [...] ­liament, & helped to change the Government into a Commonwealth, and to destroy the Negative voice in the King and Lords; was also of the Little Parliament, and their Speaker; who when the good things came to be done which were formerly declared for, (and for not doing of which the Old Parliament was pretendedly dissolved) being an old Bottle, and so not fit to bear that new Wine; without putting it to the question, left the chair, and went with his fellow old Bottles to White-hall, to surrender their power to the General, which he as Speaker, and they by signing a Parchment or Paper, pretended to do. The colou­rable foundation for this Apostasie, upon the Monarchical foundation, being thus laid and the General himself (as Protector) seated thereon, he became one of hisHis Sa­lery for both places 1600 l. per annum. Council, (good old man) and well he deserved it; for he ventured hard: he was also of the Parliaments since; and being an aged Venerable man (all exceptions set aside) may be accoun­ted worthy to be taken out of the House, to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over all that shall question him for what he hath done, and over all the people of these Lands besides, though he would not suffer it in the King and Lords.

11. Major General Skippon, sometime cal­led, The honest English Captain in the Netherlands, was afterward Captain of those of the Artillery Ground in London; who refusing to attend the King at York when he sent unto him, and adhering to the Parliament, was by them made Major General under the Earl of Essex, under whom many an honest man lost his life in fighting for the Cause of Freedom & Justice, and against the Negative Voice of the King and Lords, whose blood surely will lye at some bodies door, and cry. He was of the Long Parliament, and helped to change the Government, and make the Laws of Treason against a single persons Rule, and was outed with [Page 18] them. After the Little Parliament (for endeavouring to bring forth what the old Parliament was turn'd out for not doing) was dissolv'd, he, was brought in play again by means of Philip Nye (Metrapolitan Tryer of White-Hall) and made one of the ProtectorsHis Sa­lary for both places 1666 l. 13 s. 4 d. Council, and Major General of the City, in the decimating business; hath been of all Parliaments since: who being so grave and Venerable a man, his er­rour in leading men to fight against the Kings Negative Voice, may be forgiven him, and he admitted as fit to be taken out of the House, to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House himself, not onely over those who have fought along with him, but all the people of these Lands besides, the rather, for that he is very aged, and not likely to ex­cercise that power long.

12. Colonel Sydenham, a Gentleman of not very much per annum, at the beginning of the Wars; was made Gover­nour of Melcomb Regis in the West; became one of the Long Parlia­ment, and hath augmented his Revenue to some porpose: he helped; no question, to change the Government, and make those Laws of Trea­son against Kingship; was also of the Little Parliament, and of those that were since; one also of the Protector'sHis Sa­lery for both places 2000 l. per annum. Council; hath a princely command in the Isle of Wight; is one of the Commissioners of the Treasury: by all which he is grown very great and considerable: and although he hath not been thorough-paced for Tyranny in time of Parliamen [...]s, yet it being forgiven him, is iudged of that worth and merit as to be every way fit to be taken out of the House to have a Ne­gative Voyce in the Other House over all his Dependants, and all the people of these Lands besides, hoping thereby he may so be redeemed, as never to halt or stand off for the future against the Protectors Inte­rest.

13. Col. Mountague, a Gentleman of Hunting­donshire, of a fair Estate, a Colonel formerly in the Association Army, under the Earl of Manchester; where he for some time appeared (whilst Colonel Pickering lived) to be a Sectary, and for Lay-mans preaching, as also a lover of the Rights and Freedoms of the People, rather then of the principle he now acts by; but that honest Colonel dying, some other things also coming between, he became of another mind: he gave off being a Souldier, about the time of the new Mo­del, it is likely upon the same account with Colonel Russel; did not greatly approve of beheading the King, or change of the Government, or the Armies last march into Scotland, as the Protector (then Gene­ral) may witnesse; yet after the War was ended at Worcester, and the [Page 19] old Parliament dissolv'd, he was taken in (though no change appearing from what he was before) to be of the Little Parliament, which he helped to break, and to set up Monarchy a new in the Protector, which he designedly was called to do; for which worthy setvice, he was made one of the Council,Salary 3095 l. per annum a Commissioner of the Treasury, and one of the Generals at Sea; he was of the Parliaments since: all which con­sidered, none need question his fitness to be a Lord, and to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voice in the Other House, not only over the Treasury and Sea-men, but all the good people of these Lands besides.

14. Colonel Philip Jones, his Original is from Wales: at the first of the Wars he had about 17 or 20 l. per annum, and improved his Interest upon the account of the cause; first was an A­gent for some Parliamenteers to London, where gaining acquaintance, and making good use of them, he became Governor of a Garrison, then a Colonel, as also a Steward of some of the Protectors Lands in Wales, and one of the Long Parliament; after of the Little Parliament, which he helped to break; and to advance the General his Master to be Pro­tector; for which goodly service, himself was advanced to be one of his Council, afterwards Comptroller of his Houshold or Court: he made Hay whilst the Sun shin'd, and hath improved his Interest and Revenue in Land (wellIf part of the purchase mony was not paid with the great bribe of about 3000 l. for which (as it's credibly reported) he hath been private'y questioned, he would do well to clear himself, being very much suspected, having gotten so great an Estate in so short a time. gotten, no question) to 3000 l. per annum, if not more: he is also very well quali­fied with self-denying principles to the Protectors Will & pleasure, so as he is fit, no doubt, to rise yet higher, and to be taken out of the House to be a Lord, and to have a Ne­gative Voyce in the Other House over all the people in Wales, (if they please) and over all the Commonwealth be­sides whether they please or not. All have not lost by the Cause, though some have.

15. Commissioner Lisle, sometime a Counsel­lour in the Temple, one of the Long Parliament, where he improved his interest to purpose, and bought State Lands good cheap; afterwards became a Commissioner of the Great Seal, and helped in Parliament to change the Government from Kingly to Parliamentary, or of a Commonwealth; changed it again to Kingly, or of a single person, and did swear the Protector at his first installing chief Magistrate, to the hazard of his Neck; contrary to fourSee these Acts in a Book called, The Looking Glasse, pag. 43, 44. Acts of Parliament, which he helped to make, with others, that make it Treason so to do. He hath lately retired for Sanctuary into Mr. Rowes Church, and is still Com­missioner [Page 20] Salary 1000 l. per annum of the Seal; and being so very considerable in worth and merit, is also fit to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voice in the Other House over the good people, and all such who shall any way question him: he is since made President of the high Court (so called) of Justice.

16. Chief Justice Glyn, sometime a Councel­lour at Law, and Steward of the Court at Westminster, formerly one of the Long Parliament, and that helped to bait the Earl of Strafford, and bring him to the block; was Recorder of London, and one of the E­leven Members impeached by the Army ofHe helped to raise the City against the Ar­my, and made the Spea­ker flee to the Army for shelter, and chose ano­ther Speaker in his room in the Kings be­half; and a great deal more. Treason, and by that Parliament committed to the Tower: the Protector (through Apostacy) assuming the Government took him up, and made him a Judge; and finding him so fit for his turn, did also make him Chief Justice of England: so that of a lit­tle man, he is grown up into a great Bulk and Interest, and of complying principles to the life; who being so very useful to advance and uphold the Protectors great Nega ive Voyce, is thereby, questionless, in his sense fit to be ta­ken out of the House,His Sa­lary 1000 l. per annum. and to have a Negative Voyce himself in the Other House, not only over the people, but over the Law, he is to be chief Judg of, and in a capacity to hinder, that no good Law for the future be made for the ease of the people, or hurt of the Lawyers Trade.

17. Bulstrode Whitlock, formerly a Coun­sellour at Law, one of the Long Parliament, profited there, and advan­ced his interest very greatly; became one of the Commissioners of the great Seal; one that helped to change the Government, and make Laws, against a single persons Rule: in the time of the Little Parliament, he went Embassadour to Sweden in great State; that Parliament being dis­solved, he agitated there for the Protector, then came over: and when some Alteration and pretended Reformation was made in the Chance­ry, he stood off from being any longer a Commissioner of the Seal, and became on of the Supervisors of the Treasurie, at 1000 l. per annum, See Booke of Rates. Salary: he is one who is guided more byAsk George C [...]ckai [...] Policy then by con­science; and being on that account the more fit for the Protectors ser­vice, there is no question to be made of his worth and merit to be taken, out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the people there, though he helped to put it down in the King and Lords.

[Page 21]18. William Lenthal, a Counsellour at Law, made Speaker of the Long Parliament by the late King; sate it out in all Changes, weather'd many a Storm and high Complaint made against him, and was too hard and weildy for all his Opposers: his policy and good hap carryed him on so, as he he ended his being Speaker, with the ending of that Parliament. For the time of his sitting, he advanced his Interest and Revenue very much; became Mr. of the Rolls, purcha­sed Lands in others names as well as his own, for fear of the worst; he was (to be sure) at the change of the Government from Kingly or of a single person and House of the Lords, as being uselesse, See two Declarati­ons of Par­liament; one against the Lords, the o­ther against Kingship. charge­able and dangerous: As likewise at the making those Laws of Trea­son against a [...]ing [...]e person for the future (not yet repealed.) The Lit­tle Parliament (where some of his Law Judicature was questioned) being dissolevd, and the Protector taking the Government upon him, he adventured to comply with the rest, notwithstanding the danger, that so he might keep his place and interest, and avoid a new Storm or Frown from the present Power. Men need not seek far, or study much to read him, and what principles he acts by. All things considered, he may, doubtless, be very fit to be Lord of the Rolls, being Master already, and to be taken out of the Parliament to be made a Lord, and to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the people, as well as over the causes in the Rolls, being so thoroughly exercised in Nega­tives at his own will and pleasure, as too many have sadly felt.

19. Mr. Cleypole, Son of Mr. Cleypole in Northamp­tonshire, now Lord Cleypole, he long since married the Protector's Daughter; a person whose qualifications not answering those honest principles formerly so pretended to, of putting none but godly men in­to places of trust, was a long time kept out; but since the Apostacy from those princip [...]es, as also the practise break in and his Father-in-law (the head thereof) came to the Protector, he was then judged good enough for that dispensation, and so taken in to beHis Sa­lary is not wel known Master of his Horse; (as Duke Hamilton to the King.) Much need not be said of him, his Re­lation, as Son-in-law to the Protector, is sufficient to bespeak him e­very way fit to be taken out of the House, and made a Lord; and ha­ving so long time had a Negative Voyce over his Wife, Spring Gar­den, the Ducks, Deer, Horses and Asses in James's Park, is the better skilled now to exercise it again in the Other House over the good peo­ple, of these Nations, without any gainsaying or dispute.

20. Lord Faulconbridge, a Gentleman whose Relations are most Cavaleers, (his Uncle formerly Governor of Newark [Page 22] for the King against the Parliament) was absent over the water in the time of the late Wars; a Neuter at least, if not disaffected to the cause; came back, the Wars being over, and hath lately marryed one of the Protectors Daughters, and was in a fair way (had things hit right) to have been one of his Council, as well as his Son-in law; however, (suitable to the times) he his lately made a Colonel of Horse: his Relation both to the old and new Monarchy, may sufficiently plead his worth and merits, not onely to have his Daughter, but also a Nega­tive Voyce in the other House, over all that adventured their lives in the cause fotmrely, and over all the people of these Lands besides.

21. Colonel Howard, his Interest (which is con­siderable) is in the North; his Relations there are most Papists and Caveleeres, whom he hath courted and feasted kindly, and served their Interest to purpose;An honest man told some of the Council worse things of him then these. it's no matter who lost by it: in favour to Sir Arthur Haslerigg, was made Captain of the Generals Life-Guard when he was in Scotland, wherein he continued for some time in En­gland after he was Protector; but not being a Kinsman, or a person fur­ther to be confided in, in that place, was shuffled out from thence; and to stop his mouth, made a Colonel, and, as the Book sayes, a Major General, and had power of Decimation; as also made Governour of Barwick, Tinmouth, and Carlisle; ha [...]h also tasted with the first, of that sweet Fountain of new honour, being made a Viscount: he was of the Little Parliament, and all the Parliaments since; is a Member of Mr. Cockains Church, and of very complying principles (no question) to the service of the new Court, from whence he received his new honour; and having with his fellow Lord Cleypole so excellent a spirit of Go­vernment over his Wife, Family, and Tenants in the Country, to be ta­ken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House, might seem of right to belong unto him, being also lorded beforehand.

22. Lord Broghil, his Rise and Relation for means, is Ireland a Gentleman of good parts and wit, able to make a Romance, but was not looked on formerly by those of the Good Old Cause, as a person fit to be trusted with the Command of one Town or Castle in Ireland; yet he is now, by his happy change, become a goodly Con­vert to be consided in, and is madeHis Salary 1474 l. per annum. President of the Protectors Council in Scotland: he was of the Latter Parliaments; a great King­ling, and one that in the Last Parliament (so called) put on hard that way; wherefore it were great pity, he being also a Lord of the old Stamp, and so well gifted, if he should not be one to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the people of England and Scotland, as well as of Ireland; it being a good while since, and almost forgotten, [Page 23] that the Protector said, It would never be well, and we should never see good days, whilst there was one Lord left in England, and untill the Earl of Manchester was called Mr. Montague.

23. Colonel Pride, then Sir Thomas, now Lord Pride, sometime and honest Brewer in London, went out a Captain upon the account of the Cause, fought on, and in time became a Colonel, did good service in England and Scotland; for which he was well rewarded by the Parliament: with cheap Debenters of his Souldiers and o­thers, he bought good Lands at easie rates; gave the Long Parliament a Purge, fought against the King and his Negative Voyce, and was a­gainst the Negative Voyce of his Brethren, the Lords Spiritual and Temporall, being unwilling to have any in the Land; but hath now changed his mind and principles with the times, and will fight for a Negative Voyce in the Protector, and also have one himself and be a Lord, for he is a Knight of the new Order already, and grown very bulky and considerable: it is hard to say how the people will like it. However, his worth and merits rightly measured, will, no question, render him fit to be taken out of the House to be one of the Other House, and to have a Negative Voyce not onely over the Bears, but all the people of these Lands, though he did formerly so oppose and fight against it: and the Noble Lawyers will be glad of his Company and friendship, for that there is now no fear of his hanging up their Gowns by the Scotish Colours in Westminster-hall, as he formerly so greatly boasted and threatn d to do.

24. Colonel Hewson, then Sir John, now Lord Hewson, sometime an honest Shoomaker, or Cobler in London, went out a Captain upon the account of the Cause, was very zealous, fought on stoutly, and in time became a Colonel, did good service both in En­gland and Ireland, was made a Governour of Dublin, became one of the little Parliament, and of all the Parliaments since, a Knight also of the new stamp. The world being so well amended with him, and the sole so well sticht to the upper Leather, having gotten so considerable an Interest and Means, may well be counted fit to be taken out of the House to be a Lord, and to have a Negative Voyce in the other House over all of the gentle Craft, and Cordwayners Company in London, (if they please:) but though he be so considerable, and of such Merit in the Protectors, as also in his own esteem, not only to be a Knight, but also a Lord; yet will hardly pass for currant with the good people of these Lands, it being so far beyond the Last; neither will they think him fit (saving the Protectors pleasure) to have a Negative Voyce over them, though he formerly fought so stiffly against it in the King and Lords, in or [...]e [...] to set them free.

[Page 24]25. Colonel Barkstead, then Sir John, now Lord Barkstead, sometime a Goldsmith in the Strand of no great rank, went out a Captain to Windsor Castle, was somtime Governour of Reading, got at length to be a Colonel, then made Lievtenant of the Tower by the old Parliament. The Protector (so cal [...]ed) finding him fit for his turn, continued him there, and also made him Major General of Middlesex in t [...]e Decimating business, and assistant to Major General Skippon in London: he is one to the life to fulfil the Protector's desires whether right or wrong, for he will dispute no demands, or make the least demur, but (in an officious way) will rather do more then his share: his principles for all Arbitrary things what [...]oever being so very thorough, let friends or foes come to his Den, they come not amisse so he gets by it; yea, rather then fail, he will send out his armed men to break open honest mens House, and seize their persons, and bring them to his Goal, and then at his pleasure turns them out: he hath e­rected a principality in the Tower, and made Laws of his own, and executes them in a Martial way over all comers; so that he hath great command, and makes men know his power: he was of the latter Par­liaments; is one of the Commissioners (like the Bishop Panders in the Kings dayes) for suppressing Truth in the Printing-P [...]esses, an oppression once the Army so greatly complained of; is for Sanctuary gotten in to be a Member of Mr. Griffith's Church; is also knighted af­ter the new Order: and the better to carry on the Protectors Interest among the ear-board slavish Citizens, is lately become anHis Sa­lary 2000 l. per annum. Alder­man: so that he hath advanced his Interest and Revenue to purpose. His Titles and Capacities emblazoned, will sufficiently argue his worth and merits, and speak him out fully to be a man of the times, and e­very way deserving to be yet greater, and (Haman-like) to be set high­er. All which considered, it would seem a wrong not to have taken him out of the House, and made him a Lord of the Other House with a Negative Voyce there, as well as where he is; the rather, for that he knows so well how to exercise the same, having used it so long a season, as likewise that he may obstruct and hinder whosoever shall question or desire Justice against him for his wicked doings.

26. Colonel Ingoldsby, a Gentleman of Buck­inghamshire, allyed to the Protector; he betook himself to the Wars on the right side as it happened, and in time became a Colonel: a Gen­tleman of courage and valour, but not very famous for any great ex­ploits, unless forbeating the honest Inne-keepers of Alisbury in White-hall, for which the Pro [...]ector committed him to the Tower, but was soon released: No great friend of the Sectaries (so called) or the cause [Page] of Freedom then fought for, as several of his then, and now Officers and Souldiers can witness; and although it be well known, and com­monly reported, That he can neither pray or preach, yet complying so kindly with the new Court, and being in his principles for King­ship, as also aHis Sa­lary 1141 l. 3. s. 3. d. Colonel of Horse, and the Protectors Kinsman, he may well be reckoned fit to be taken out of the House and made a Lord, and to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the good people of this Land; the rather, for that he as a Gentleman, engaged and fought onely for money and honour, and nothing else.

27. Colonel Whaly, formerly a Wollen-Draper, or petty Merchant in London, whose Shop being out of sorts, and his Cash empty, no having wherewithall to satisfie his Creditors, he fled into Scotland for refuge till the Wars b [...]gan, then took on him to be a Soul­dier, whereby he hath profited greatly; was no great Zealot for the cause, but happening on the right side, he kept there, and at length was made Commissary General of the Horse: he was of these la [...]ter Parlia­ments, and being so very usefull and complying to promote the Pro­tectors designes, was madeHis Sa­lary 1141 l. 3. s. 3. d. Major General of two or three Counties: he is for a King or Protector, or what you will, so it be liked at Court; is with his little Brother Glyn, grown a great man, and very considerable, and wiser (as the Protector saith) then Major Generall Lambert, who having with his fellow Lords Cleypole and Howard, so ex­cellent a spirit of Government over his Wife and Family, being also a Member ofNote tha [...] man for what you may read in the Post-Script. Thomas Goodwins Church, no question need be made of his merit of being every way fit to be a Lord, and to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the people, for that he never (as he saith) fought against any such thing as a Negative Voyce.

28. Colonel Goff, (now Lord Goff that would be) sometime Colonel Vaughans Brothers Pre [...]tice, (a Salter in London) whose time being near or newly out, betook himself to be a Souldier instead of setting up his Trade; went out a Quarter master of Foot, and continued in the Wars till he forgot what he fought for; in time became a Colonel, and (in the outward appearance) very zealous, and frequent in praying, preaching, and pressing for Righteousnesse and Freedom, and highly esteemed in the Army on that account when honesty was in fashion; yet having at the same time (like his General) an evil Tincture of that spirit that loved and sought after the favour and praise of Man mor [...] then that of God, as by wofull experience in both of them hath since appeared, he could not furthe [...] believe or per­severe upon that account, but by degrees fell off: and thi [...] was he who with Colonel White, brought Musquetters and turn [...]d the honest Members left behind in the Little Parliament out of the House. Com­plying [Page 26] thus kindly with the Protectors Designes and Interest, was madeHis Sa­lary 1141 l. 3. s. 3. d. be­sides Ma­jor-Gene­ralship. Major General of Hampshire and Sussex; was of the late Par­liament, hath advanced his intere [...] greatly, and is in so great esteem and favour at Court, as he is judged the onely fit man to have Major Gene­ral Lamberts Place and Command, as Major General of the Army; and having so far advanced, is in a fair way to the Protectorship hereafter, if he be not served as Lambert was. He being so very considerable a person, and of such great worth, there is no question of his deserts and fitnesse to be taken out of the House to be a Lord, and to have a Nega­tive Voyce in the Other House; the rather, for that he never in all his life (as he saith) fought against any such thing as a single person, or a Ne­gative Voyce, but onely to put down Charles, and set up Oliver, and hath his end.

29. Colonel Berry, his Original was from the Iron Works, as a Clerk or Overseer, betook himself to the Wars on the Par­liaments side, profited greatly in his undertaking, and advanced his in­terest very far; who though he wore not the Jesters Coat, yet being so ready to act his part, and please his General, in time he became a Co­lonel of Horse in the Army, afterward a Major General of divers Counties, a command fit for a Prince, wherein he might learn to lord it in an Arbitrary way beforehand at his p [...]asure; that he is of com­plying principles with the Court, his preferment sufficiently speaks out (neither ought any other be believed of him, or any of his brethren, without a real demonstration to the contrary) so that he may well pass for one to be a Lord, and to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce over the people, being so far advanced and gotten out of the pit above them; and if he did formerly fight against a Ne­gative Voyce, and lording it over the people, it may be forgiven him.

30. Colonel Cooper, sometime a Shop-keeper, or Salter in Southwark, a Member of Thomas Note him for that goodly speech he made to his new Prote­ctor. Goodwins Church, one formerly of very high principles for common Justice and Freedom, like his brother, Titchborn. The Army then in Scotland, sending into England for faithful praying men to make Officers of, the honest people in the Burrough recommended him to the General, in order to have a com­mand; who accordingly went down, but left his Principles behind him, and espoused other; was made a Colonel at the first dash; and though he began late yet hath so well improved his interest, as he hath alrea­dy gotten as many hundreds per annum, as he had hundred pounds when he left his Trade: he hath a Regiment of Foot in Scotland, and another in Ireland, where he is Major General of the North in Ve­nables Room, and Governour of Carrick fergus, so as he is a ve y hope­ful [Page] way to be a great man indeed: he was of the Latter Parliaments, and there is full proof that he is every way thorough paced and true to the new Court-interest: so that upon the whole, he also may be coun­ted fit to be a Lord of the Other House, and to have a Negative Voyce over the good people in S [...]wark, if they please, and a [...]l the people of these Lands beside, it being the Protectors pl [...]asure; the rather, he being the Mirrour of the times for thorough change of principles; Alderman Tichborn and O. P. excepted.

31. Alderman Pack, then Sir Christopher, now Lord Pack; his rise formerly was by dealing in Cloth, one at the beginning of the Long Par [...]iament, was made an Alderman, was then very dis­creet, and medled little, more like a Neuter or close Malignant, then a Zealot for the cause; was a Commissioner of the Customs also Sheriff, and Lord Mayor of London n [...]xt after Alderman Vinor: the Protector taking on him the Go [...]ernment, the Sunshine of the new Court plea­sed him, and brought him in full complyance: he was one of the Last Parliament, and zealous to re-establish Kingship in the person of theFor which good service, up­on his Peti­tion to the Protector, he dis­charged him from an account of 16000 l. which he & others were lyable to make good to the Trea­sury of the Customs. Protector, and judged the onely meet man to bring the Petition into the House praying him to accept of, and take it upon him; which though he then refused, yet (as it reported) hath since repented his then re­fusal. Howe [...]er, the now Lord Pack deserves well at his hands for that good service, who being a true Kingling, and of right Principles to the Court-interest, having also been a Lord (to wit, Mayor) once before, may upon the whole be counted very worthy to be again so called, and to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over London, and all the people of these Lands beside.

32. Alderman Tichborn, then Sir Robert; (Knight of the new Stamp) now Lord Tichborn; at the beginning of the Long Parliament, when a great Spirit was stirring for Liberty and Ju­stice, many worthy Petitions and Complaints were made against Pa­tentees, the Bishops, and the Earl of Strafford: he being the Son of a Citizen, and Young, fell in and espoused the good cause and prin­ciples then on Foot, and thereby became very popular, and was greatly cryed up by the good people of the City, &c. His rise was first in the Military way, where he soon became a Colonel, and by the Parlia­ment made Lieutenant of the Tower of London; and though he was a Colonel, yet never went out to fight, but became an Alderman ve­ry timely, and then soon began to cool and lose his former Zeal and Principles, and left off preaching (as his Pastor Mr. Lockyer did the Church) to his brother George Cockain. He was [...]fterward Sheriff, and Lord Mayor in his [...]urn; was also of the Committees for the sa [...]e of States Lands, whereby he advanced his Interest and Revenue con­siderably: [Page 28] out of Zeal to the Publick, he offered the Parliament to serve them freely as a Commissioner of the Customes, whereby he sup­planted another, and planted himself in his room, and then with the rest of his brethren, petitioned the Committee of the Navy for a Sa­lary, and had it; notwithstanding he was so well rewarded for his pains (after he had pretended to serve them for nothing) yet with his brother Col. Harvy and Captain Langham came off blewly in the end: He was of the little Parliament, and helped to dissolve it; one of the late Parliament also: he hath by degrees sadly lost his Principles, and forgotten the good Old Cause, and espoused and taken up another, be­ing so very officious for the new Court-interest, and such a stickler for them, he is become a great Favorite: it's not hard to read his change, it being in so great Lettrs. Also things considered, he is (no question) fit to be called Lord Tichborn, being also so willing to receive and re­solve to own that Title whoever maligns it, as also of the Judgment that whatever passes from him in any other name, will be void in law: wherefore to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over London, and all the good people of these Lands, is very suitable to him; and what though he was so great an Opponent to those things formerly? it's no matter; then was then, and now is now,

33. Sir William Roberts, a Gentleman who in the time of the Bishops ruffling, went into Holland, and lived there for a season; the Parliament ruling, and in war with the King, came over again, and after the then mode, found favour, having upon the sore mentioned account been out of the Land, and was made a great Com­mittee-man, and in much employment, whereby he well advanced his interest, and is grown a great man. He was of the little Parliament, and helped to break it, and then (according to Rev. 11.10.) rejoyced, and made merry with the rest of his brethren in Colonel Sydenhams Chamber, &c. as the Lawyers and other vild persons made Bon­fires, and drank Sack at the Temple and elsewhere: but if ever a spirit of Life from God (which is not far off) comes in to raise up that honest Spirit by which some of them were acted, will not he, his bre­thren, and the rest of that earthly rout, (the false Spirit of Magistracy and Ministry) be tormented and afraid? He was of the Parliaments since, and no doubt of right Principles to the Court inte [...]est, wherein his own is bound up: Is one that helps on the bondage in divers greatHis Sa­lary 900 l. per annum, though he hath a good [...]state. Committees whe [...]e he sits; and is therefore, no question, the more fit to be called Lord Roberts, and to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the people, being so greatly experienced in that way already, having continued in the aforesaid Committee so long.

[Page 29]34. Col. John Jones, a Gentleman of Wales, one of the Long-Parliament, was a Commissioner in Ireland, for governing that Nation under the Parliament. One of good principles for com­mon Justice and Freedom, had he kept them, and not fallen into tem­ptation; he helped to change the Government, and make those Laws of Treason against a single persons Rule; hath a considerable Revenue, and it's like [...]y did not lose by his employment: he is Governour of the Isle of Anglesey, and lately marryed the Protectors Sister (a Wid­dow) by which means he might have become a great man indeed, did not something stick which he cannot well get down: he is not thorow-paced for the Court-proceedings, nor is his Conscience fully hardned against the Good-Old-Cause; but there is great hope (no question) that in time he may be towardly: however, (for Relation sake) he may be counted fit (with his Name-sake and Countrey-man Philip) to be called Lord Jones, and to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over the People; and all his being against such things formerly, may be forgiven, and not once remembred against him.

35. Mr. Edmond Thomas, a Gentleman of Wales, of considerable means, a Friend of Ph. Jones, and allyed to Walter Strickland (both of the Council) and brought in upon their account; and of complying principles, no question, to say no more of him, (not having been long in play) being none of the great Zealots, or High-Se­ctaries (so called) in Wales, may doubtless be counted wise and good enough to make a simple Lord of the Other House, and to be called Lord Thomas, and to have a Negative Voyce over all the good people in Wales, with his Country-men John and Philip, and over all the peo­ple of these Lands besides.

36. Sir Francis Russel, Knight Baronet of the old Stamp, a Gentleman of Cambridgeshire, of a considerable Revenue: in the beginning of the Wars was first for the King, then for the Parlia­ment, and a Colonel of Foot under the Earl of Manchester; a man (like William Sedgwick) high-flown, but not serious or substantial in his principles: he continued in his Command, till the New-Model, then took offence, and fell off, or laid aside by them; no great Zealot for the Cause, therefore not judged honest, serious, or wise enough to be of the Little-Parliament, yet was of these latter Parliaments: Is also Cham­berlain of Chester at about 500 l. per annum; he marryed his eldest Daughter to Harry Cromwel second Son of the Protector, then Colo­nel of Horse, now Lord Deputy (so called) of Ireland, another to [Page 30] Colonel Reynolds, a new Knight, and General of the English Army in France, under Cardinal Mazarine, since (withWhite, Who assist­ed Col. Goff to turn the honest Mem­bers left be­hind in the litlle Parli­ament out of the House Let Goff look to it. Colonel White and others) cast away coming from Mardike; there is no question but his principles are for Kingship and the new Court, being so greatly con­cern'd therein: wherefore it were great pity if he should not also be taken out of the House to be a Lord of the Other House; his Son-in-law being so great a Lord, and have a Negative Voyce over Cambridge­shire, and all the people of these Lands besides.

37. Sir William Strickland, Knight of the old Stamp, a Gentleman of Yorkshire, and Brother to Walter Strickland, was of the Parliament a long time, but hath now it seems forgotten the cause of fighting with, and cutting off the late King's head, and suppressing the Lords, their House and Negative Voyce: He was of these Latter Parliaments, and of good complyance, no question, with the new Court, and setling the Protector anew in all those things for which the Ki [...]g was cut off: wherefore he is fit, no doubt, to be taken out of the House and made a Lord; the rather, for that his younger Brother (Walter) is so great a Lord, and by whom in all likely­hood he will be steer'd to use his Negative Voyce in the Other House over Yorkshir [...], and the people of these Lands, to the interest of the Court.

38. Sir Richard Onsloe, Knight of the old Stamp, a Gentleman of Surrey, of good parts, and a considerable Revenue; he was of the Long Parliament, and with much ado (thorough his poli­cy) steer'd his course between the two Rocks of King and Parliament, weather'd some sore Storms: was not his man taken in his company by the Guard in Southwark, with Commissions of Array in his Pock­et from the King, and scurrilous Songs against the Roundheads? Yet by his interest rode it out till Colonel Pride came with his purge, then suffer'd loss, and came no more in play till about Worcester fight; when, by the help of some friends in Parliament, he was impowred to raise & lead as Colonel, a Regiment of Surry men against the Scots and their King, but came too late to fight, it being over: being popular in Surry, he was of the Latter Parliaments; is fully for Kingship, and was never otherwise, and stickled much among the 70 Kingsings to that end; and seeing he cannot have young Charles, old Oliver will serve his turn, so he have one; so that he is very fit to be Lord Onsloe, and to be taken out of the House; to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over Surry if they please, and all the people of these Lands besides, whether they please or not.

[Page 31]39. Mr. John Fiennes, Son of the Lord Say, and Bro­ther to Commissioner Fiennes, brought in, it's likely, for one upon his score, is in a kind such a one as they call a Sectary, but no great stickler; therefore not being redeemed from the fear and favour of man, will, it is probable, follow his Brother, who is (as it is thought) much steer'd by old Subtilty, his Father that lies in his Den, (as Thurloe by his Mr. St. Johns) and will say No with the rest, when any thing opposes the interest of the new Court their power and and greatness; & may therefore passe for one to be a Lord, and to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House over all in Oxfordshire (the University men onely excepted) and over all the people of these Lands besides.

40. Sir John Hubbard, Knight Baronet of the old Stamp, a Gentleman of Norfolk, of a considerable Estate, part where­of came lately to him by the Death of a Kinsman: he was of these latter Parliaments, but not of the former; had medled very little, if at all, in throwing down Kingship, but hath stickled very much in helping to re-establish and build it up again, and a great stickler a­mong the late Kinglings, who petitioned the Protector to be King; his principles being so right for Kingship and Tyranny, he is in great favour at Court as well as Dick Ingoldsby, and, no question, deservs to be a Lord, and to be taken out of the House to exercise a Negative Voyce in the Other House over all the good men in Norfolk, and all the people of these Lands besides, being become so very tame and gentle.

41. Sir Thomas Honywoood, Knight of the old Stamp, a Gentleman of Essex, of a considerable Revenue; he was a Committee-man in the time of the Long Parliament, and also a Mili­tary man, an [...] led as Colonel a Regiment of Essex-men to the fight at Worcester; came in good time, and fought well against Kingship and Tyranny in the House of the Stuarts; was of the last Parliament: he is not so wise as Solomon, or so substantiall and thorough in his princi­ples for Righteousness and Freedom as Job, (chap. 29.) but rather soft in his spirit, and too easie (like a Nose of Wax) to be turned on that side where the greatest strength is: being therefore of so hopeful prin­ciples for the New Court interest, and so likely to comply with their will and pleasure, no doubt need be made of his fitness to be a Lord, and to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the O­ther House, over all the good men in Essex (the now Lord of Warwick the Protector's Brother-in-law excepted) and all the people of these Lands besides.

[Page 32]42. Lord Ewre, a Gentleman of York-shire, not very bulky or imperious for a Lord; he was once well esteemed of for ho­nesty, and therefore chosen to be one of the Little-Parliament; hath also been of all the Parliaments since: the York-shire men happily may like his being new Lorded, and that he should have a Negative Voyce over them; the rather, because they never chose him to any such thing: the Protector being so well satisfied with his principles, and easiness (like his Fellow-Lord Honywood) to be wrought up to do whatever their will and pleasure is, and to say No, when they would have him: it is very meet he also pass for one to be taken out of the House to have a Negative Voyce in the Other House, not onely over York-shire, but all the good people of the Common-wealth beside, being a Lord of the old Stamp already.

43. Mr. Hampden, (now Lord Hampden) a young Gen­tleman of Buckinghamshire, Son of the late Colonel Hampden, that Noble Patriot and Defender of the Rights and Liberties of the English Nation, of famous memory never to be forgotten, for withstanding the King in the case of Ship money, being also one of the five impeached Members, which the said King endeavoured to have pulled out of the Parliament, whereupon followed such feud, war, and shedding of bloud. This young Gentleman, Mr. Hampden, was the last of 62, which were added singly by the Protector, after the choice of 60 together: it is very likely that Col. Ingoldsby, or some other Friend at Court, got a Cardinals Hat for him, thereby to settle and secure him to the Interest of the New-Court, and wholly take him off from the thoughts of ever following his Fathers steps, or inheriting his noble vertues; as likewise that the honest men in Buckinghamshire, and all other that are Lovers of Freedom and Justice, that cleaved so cordially to, and went so cheer­fully along with his Father in the beginning of the late War, might be out of all hopes of him, and give him over for lost to the Good-Old-Cause, and inheriting his Fathers noble Spirit and Principles, though he doth his Lands. He was of the latter Parliament, and found right, saving in the Design upon which he was made a Lord after all the rest, and the Protectors pleasure. It is very hard to say, how fit he is to be a Lord, and how well a Negative Voyce over the good people of this Land, and his Fathers Friends in particular, will become the Son of such a Father; and how well the aforesaid good people (now called Secta­ries) will like of it: but being it is as it is, let him pass for one as fit to be taken out of the House with the rest to have a Negative Voyce, and let him exercise it in the Other House over the good people for a Sea­son.

Sir Arthur Haslerigg. Lord? No; stop there! not Lord Haslerigg, a Knight of the old Stamp, a Gentleman of a very large Estate and Revenue, was one of the Long Parliament, and one of the five impeached Members whom the King endevoured to have pul­led out of the House with the other, but was hindered from doing of it; was a Colonel in the Army, and adventured far in the Wars, con­tinued of that Parliament till the dissolution thereof; was also cho­sen of these latter Parliaments, but not permitted to sit at the first; he was by the Protector (as may be seen in the printed List) cut out for a Lord of the Other House, and to have a wooden Dagger (to wit, a Negative Voyce) with the rest; but he missed his way, and instead of going into the Other House among the simple Negative men, theSee Armies Declara­tion in Looking-Glass, pa. 5. (say they) The first ground and rise of Tyranny over the free People of this Nation, did proceed from the Ba­stard of William, the sixth Duke of Normandy, who to prevent the English of all relief by their Parliaments, created Lords by his Pa­tent and p [...]ogative to sit by Succession in the Parlia­ment as Representers of his Conquest and Tyranny over us, and not by Election of the People as the Representers and Patrons of the Common­wealth; and to make his u­surpation firm and inviola­ble, he subdued the Law gi­ving power of the free Peo­ple in Parliament to the Ne­gative Voyce of himself and posterity; and under the yoke of this Norman Captivity and V [...]llainage, we have been held by that Succession to this very day, &c. See large Petition. Pag. 11, 12. of that Book. Off-spring of the Bastard of William, the sixth Duke of Normandy, he went into the Parliament-House among his fellow Englishmen, and there spake freely, bearing a good witnesse in behalf of the Good Old Cause, the Rights and Liberties of the people of England; at which the Court were vexed and sore dis­pleased. However, for all this losing of his way, and the loss sustained by it, his Fame and Name amongst all true English spirits, will be higher and more honourable then the simple Title of a New Lord could make him: and instead of a Negative Voyce in the Other House, he will be honoured by after Ages as a rare Phoenix, that of forty four was found standing alone to his principles and the Good Old Cause so bled for: Oh sad and wonderfull! but one of forty four to be found standing firm to so noble a Cause as ever was on foot since the world began? Let all true English Spirits love and honour him, and that will be better then a Feather in his Cap, or a wooden Dagger. His Name for ever in the Chronicles will live as one that was a true Pa [...]riot of his Countries Liber­ties; which noble action (if he persevere and be more refined in that honest spirit) may deservedly obliterate all humane frailties and miscarriages of his, during the sitting of the Long Parliament, and the free people of England may (doubtless) for ever bury them in oblivion. No question the Protector found he was mistaken in him, and that he was not fit to be a Lord, or to have a Negative Voyce, being of no more complying principles to his interest and Designes, and the then New Model of Government, and will scarcely a venture to give him a second invitation to that Honour and Dignity he so ungratefully and disdainfully sleighted.

There was one or two more of the new Champions that with their wooden Daggers went into the Other House to fight against the Rights and Liberties of the good people of these Lands; but their Names being wanting, and not worthy the enq [...]iring after, nothing can be said of their noble Vertues, save th [...]t in all likelyhood they were of such worthy principles as their fellows were of, and such as would concur to carry on any design or interest th y should be put up­on, and would say No with the rest, when any thing [...]ame in q [...]estion that seemed to be against the Protector's height and absolu [...]enesse, or interest of the new Court; which he that hath but half an eye may see, was the onely design of calling them thither, as a Balance of Go­vernment to the Parliament, so greatly (though falsly) pretended for the good of the people.

There were also of this chosen number of Sixty two, some of the old Earls and Lords called Peers, which stood off, (viz. three Earls, Warwick Musgrave and Manchester, and two Lords, Say and Wharton) and sate not at all, disdaining, as some thought, to sit with the [...]e new Up-start Lords; though others again apprehend that this their forbea­rance was onely out of their old State-policy, till they saw whether a House of Lords formerly so abominated and thrown down (by the consent and desire of the good people) would again be resented and established, and intended to come in; but I shall leave it: Some were in Scotland, viz. General Monk, Earl of Cassils, Lord Warriston, and Sir William Lockhart; which persons may also discover to him hat hath but half an eye, what a pitifull carnal low design they are carry­ing on. Some in Ireland viz. Harry Cromwel Lord Deputy (so called) Recorder Steel, and Colonel Tomlinson: some it may be had no great mind to it, to wit, Colonel Popham, Mr. Peirpoint: others it's probable were letted by political or State-illness, or other occasions, viz. Chief Justice St. Johns, Mr. John Crew, Sir Gilbert Gerrard, so as they also appeared not, there being not above forty four or forty five of that worthy choyce of Sixty two, that appeared and sa [...]e there; and it's very likely some think there were too many of them.

Thus for the Description and Narrative. Three or four General Quaries are further propounded for a Close to the whole; and it is humbly offered to all ingenious people, and queried.

First, Whether if it should come to pass (as how soon we know not) that that noble spirit should (like a Lyon raised from sleep) rise again in the English people, such as it was in forty one or forty two, or about that time, whether these Champions with their Feathers in their Caps, and their Wooden Daggers, and those fifty three persons who pre­tended to settle the Government by the Humble Petition and Advice, [Page 35] would be able to fight with, stand against, and overcome the same any otherwise then their Predecessors the Lords Temporal, and the Bi­shops the Lords Spiritual did then? And whether it would not in all likelyhood fare with them and their Dependents the Patentees of the Excise, and all others employed by them, that so oppress and im­poverish the Nation, as formerly it did with them, if not far worse? They may please to think of it at their Leisure.

Secondly, Whether in these five years now past of the Protectoral Government, that blessed Reformation which the Protector (then General) and other Grandees of the Army so often promised, and for not bringing forth of which they pretend they dissolved the Old-Parliament, hath so been set upon as to make any the least proceed therein? Or rather, hath there not been a gradual and an apparent re­lapsing into those very Evils and Enormities formerly so greatly sha­ken, and in some degree broken, but now healed again of their Wound, and flourishing afresh with open face; the spirit of wickedness and pro­fanen [...]ss being risen very high, even among Professors, like the unclean Spirit cast out, and entring again? And in particular, that abominable corruption and abuse in the Law, and Administration of Justice, touch­ing which the Protector (so called) sometime said, It was not to be en­dured in a Christian Common-wealth, that some should so enrich and grea­ten themselves in the ruine of others. So likewise that often complain'd of Grievance of Tythes; touching which he also said, (as was lately at­tested in an open Court of Judicature, several standing by to witness the truth thereof, to whom the words were spoken) That if he did not take away Tythes, by the 3d of September next, (to wit. 1654.) or such a time, they should call him the greatest Juggler that ever was, and would juggle in all things else. Yet is there any thing done in either of these? or any thing gone about tending thereunto, now in these five years? as if it were so, that no fruit would ever grow upon such a Tree, (viz. the Monarchical Foundation) which the Lord hath pulled up and cursed, as the barren Fig-tree was: onely there is one goodly amendment, to wit a confirmation of the Act for treble damages, to the undoing of many an honest man, that upon conscientious grounds do scruple the payment of them. And as for the Law and the Lawyers, they are as before, if not much worse; and is there any ground of hope that the next five years (should he continue so long) will produce any b [...]tter fruit then the five that are already past?

Thirdly, Whether this Calculation of these ignoble Lords of the New-Stamp, being of several Complexions, and standing in the afore­mentioned Capacities and Relations, having also such dependence upon and lying under so great Engagements unto the Protector, (so [Page 36] called) as his Sons and Kindred, Flattering Courtiers, corrupt Law­yers, degenerated Sword-men, and a sort of luke-warm indifferent Country Knights, Gentlemen and Citizens, most of them self-interest­ed Salary-men, be not likely (according to the very specious pretence) to prove a brave Balance of Government? And whether the good peo­ple of this Land are likely to have their just Rights and Freedoms, or religious men the Liberty of their Consciences by this Constitution, any otherwise, then according to the pleasure of the Protector and the Court? Or than they had in the time of the late King? And whe­ther this Calculation were made to any other end then so?

Lastly, Whether, all things soberly weighed and considered, the Times be now so happy and blessed, as some do loudly bespeak them to be? And whether for the future we are likely to have such prospe­rity, success, and good days, as some so largely promise themselves? and others it may be expected? Or whether such smiling upon old wickedness, and frowning and turning the back upon Righteousness, suppressing its growth, be any comfortable ground of such hope and expectation? Or whether upon the whole Series of things, as they now appear, there be not rather to be expected some sadder matter, if the Lord in mercy prevent not? Let the wise in heart consider.