| OCR Text |
Show • Truth Refcuedfrom lmpofture. 'Voi. f' 1670. would feem but The Second Edition of tiJt Papifts Cruelty. It is not eithe/ ~ of thofe Names that renders it more or lefs Lawful, bur the Nature of the Thing ir felf. And had this Libeller butev~r read.the a_ndent Prcttjlanr Apologies, he might ha\'e better informed hts peevtrh Mmd of their Opi·. nions. The rrue Religion took ever SanEluary to its own Innocency and Verity , and not to the D11mb lt1aurials of Externnl Force. ' Bur rhis Exprcffion would make one think, that under a Proteflant P1g. feffion, tiJere Jodgetb a Popijh Spi~ir; and that t~e fam~ lntercfi, w~ich urg· ed Spain to ere8: an Inquifirion,, m the Recorders Senfe, fhould obl~ge f<..'ngland to employ the f:u_ne Helhlh Tyranny, to torture her poor D1tfeme1s, (though Free· born Nauves.) But if that were his Meaning, and fuch Counfel !houJd be taken, it were endlefs ro confider the uncxprefiible Mifeties, that would attend us: All Law n'Duld be fubjeOcd to the zealotiJ Jfngtbmuu of Eale/ia{lica/Oj/ictrs; dHJ_ Rdigionjptak no or her Lrngunge, rhnn rhnr of IN QUI SIT I 0 N. We have hitherto boa!led much in rhe Selftvldcnczng Vtrtty of the Prote!bnt Faitb, but this were to bring it jufily into jealoufie with all, that having fo long decryed Coucive Powu, jhould vehtment~y employ. it, to it's own Pro~ motion. The Papij11 would not only have Cauie to believe the Ground of Primitive Separation, was fing1e Intereft, but an Example to their Hand, wh:J.t Meafure they ought to meet to theProreflantJ abroad; which reduceth all Religion in a Way of fubferviency to the Go~ernmenr, and Confci· encc to its Conveniency: But this had been for&otten, as well as i~ is for· given, had not the ln::advertency of S. ~· brought it the fecond Time up .. on the Stage. , . PART llJ. A Vindication of my deceafed Father's Reputatton, from the Falfe and Unworthy Refleaions of this Scandalous Li· beller. Since to Difturb the Grave, and Rake into the Allies of the Dead, W3S ever held dereftable with Infidels\ we may on eafie Terms inform our felvcs, to what an Ebb of Virtue this Man bas brought himfelf., who is fo dry of aU Chrifiianity~ that there remains not the leail Drop of that vulgar Decency, eminentlr in vogue with very Her~rbens: For as with them fuch might juftly be accus d, as were not'difabled from anfwering for themfetves; fo Death having diflodged the Perfons of any, their C/JtJrity efteem· edit a Prouflion to their J\Tgmes:, from whence came that common Sayiog, De mortuis nilni,/i bon11m, let us fpcak no ill Thing of the DeJd. But though this be urg'd, yet that it's as ill obferv'd by S. S. I !hall proceed to fhew. He takes Occafion in the Clofe of his Defence of S. Starling, to fall thm heavily upon mt and my Farber, as if lle could not do the one without the other. But Ifuppofe this wild rnmhling Colt, W. Penn, mi/1aku, wbctt btcharg~ tb tbtfe 17Jings upon tbe !art Lml Mayor, be mtanr his S [ R E tiectas'd. Doubtlefs the JUan wtU roucbt: What courfe Similitudes are thefe? Did evet Man fo Brute himfelf in Print? But I defpife his DrayiCh Terms, and apply my felf to fcJn the M:mer i leaving him to wipe himfelf, of that Dirt, he thought to caft on others. I had fo little Retfon to doubt my Fathers Conftancy, that in the Scnfe debated, I know few of greater. . 'Tis true, He was a8:ually ingaged, both under the ParliJment and Kmg, but .not as an Afior in our la~ Domeft.ick Troubles; his Compafs ah~:~ys ·._.- fteeung Vo.r;.I. Trutli R.tf~uttl from Impofhire; fleering him to eye a.Na~ional Concern, and !lot intcftine Wars ; and there~ I6Jo. . fore not fo aptly theus, m a Way of Oppofiuon, as the Nation's. . · His Se1vice therefore being wholly Foreign, He moy be truly faid to ~ fir)r'e hi~ Country, rather than either of rhofe Interefis, fo far as they were dillinll to each other; and for this Evil, I hope he may be held exoufable. But the Rail~r proceeds [Who from a. Captain wo made Oiivei's H;gh .Admtral, for bu great Servue, tn promottng that new InHrumenr.] Which is a Lye fo impudent, as both his Commiffion, and Men of note c.an prove, That .Firft, he made no fuch exte.mporary Leap, as is fuggeftcd to have been hts Recomp(mce, for promottpg Cromwelts lntereft; but paft through many known Offices, as of Rear· Admiral, Vice·Admiral, aqd Admiral of lrtland, and Vjce~Admiral of E"g/anJ, before he had the General~ jhip conferred on him. And Secondly, That Oliver was but tl!:ea General himfelf, apd not pr~ claim'd ProreOor till fevcral Months, if not above a Y car after thtj, Death of General Dean, whom my Father immediately fucceedcd. And therefore a very Forgery, that for promoting that new Inftrument, he fir(\ was advanced to the Office of High·ildmirol. I would that this Libeller thould know, that from a Lieutenant, he had paft through all the Eminent Ofti• ces· of Sea-.Imployment, and arrived to that of General, about the Thirti .. eth Year of his Age; in a Time, full of the biggeft Sea·A8:ion chat anY Sto!Y mentions1_and when ileither, Bribes nor. Alliance;_ Favou'r, nor Affeaton, but Ability only could Promote. I wrtte not thts to Vaunt; it is below my Prl~ciple and Pratlice 1 but to defend an abufect Relation, I could fay no lefs. • · He adds [Who afterwards did emintnt Service, ior the :Engiifh No, ion nl Hi(p:miola, '!'ben be de!!ve:eJ the Flowtr of the _Englifb·Soldiery a Sacrl.J;ce to rbe .Cow·ktllers.J Th~s 1s a_n. Untruth fo· mamfelt, tbat no Man, making Cqnfctence of telhng Ltes, dtd ever charge it on him. 'Tis moft notorious, that kis Imploy, was only as General of the Fleet: And thll the l)>lif-· c~rriage lay not there, th~ Hiftory of that Affair not only relates1 but the L1belle•'s own Words prove: For what had he to do with the Eng lifo Army 1 Who, Firft, had no command over.them, it being the Charge and Office of a diftinfi General. And next, He never went afhore dnrinfJ the whole Ex• ploit (but at BnrbaJon, mapy Hundre4 Leagues fhort ot . the Theater on wbich th~t Trage4y Wls ailed.) And taftly, Let me tell the Man, That· uben tf;e Forlorn and Land·G~ntral's Regiment were RouteJ, it was the Sea·· Regiment (eommanded by Viee-ildmiral W. Goodfon) •tbat}lood tbe Sback; andjlopt rbat DeiNge. And not to reftefi on any, .but Vindicate my dece:.s'd Father; that Con~ quelt,. which was j;n a"J. ~efi>eE\ obtained, was owing moftly to the Fleer; tmd.tbnt no !e/s bl_Lan than Sea. _ ~ But why the ~· L 0 WE R. of the Englifo Army I 'Tis manifeft. The Man had better Thoughts o(thofe Times than he dares exprefs; For wha~ .he rails furioufly a~ainlt elfewbere, as Perfons impo/ing the Wided En'agto mtnr! and JljJa.lfinatm& Traitors, elc. He now tntitle.-r urbe Defence oJ tbt. Engllfh Natiotl. .r:· "i ·: ' . And fincc tbe.then Engli.fo ,ilrmy was the Remainder of thofe Soldiers, ~h~t no_t only fubvert~ th~ King's Forces, but protefior'd Oliver CromwtUt ·~ ts ev.d~nt h~ ma~es u hts ArmJ (at leaft) fo far as he was concerned in being an Engtifo,.~n. . i ; ·I , . Befidet) methinks ~he N,l.a!.l bemoans t'hcir Lofs, tbougb in Cirtp!ll/llllltU "VCf) untrue; for neither were they the flower of that ArmY (I rii.ought they had been all Weeds in )J.is Account) Nor could tbe F/o,.,r of rbtfll hat~~ httn J ncrifiud to the CourhUers ·: But the Author of t6trl inlenio111 P.ampbltt, of the Work/'s Miflnlle in Oliver Cromwell, has rendrcd. a true ~eafon of that Mifqrriag~, via. That becaufe the Deficn waflaid in'A'va .. rrce and Pri4e, hoping by rh( iuexbooflibtt W-.trb of rbt fodies, ro bwe ejla- S ff ftifh'il |
