THe wonder is not great to have your Highnes name in Print, when no cause can be so bad, nor dictate so unlikely, but may (for a small hope where you are) find a pen sutable to them.

Neither can there be any great pru­dence discovered in suffering your self to be held out to the people, as the chiefest Instrument that hath caused this cruell, and unheard of calamitie, no more then in casting this generall aspersion upon the Nation, as if it did not deserve to be governed by so good a King as His Majesty; the belief of which may be the cause His Majestie hath communicated so much of his power to your Highnesse, and the rest of his bad Counsellours, who are able to over-ballance more piety and goodnes, then ever could be found in any one man living; There­fore it is against you and your adherents (fore-runners in Religion and nature) that we take up Armes, and not against His sacred majesty, as you are pleased to up­braid us.

And yet your Highnesse so farre forgets your own naturall disposition, as to lay falshood at the doore of my Lord Wharton, who may ignorantly erre, yet can ne­ver be charged with so much impietie, as the calling heaven and earth to witnesse it, a dyalect too well known amongst you; besides I have met with divers that are able to take up as much belief upon their bare words, as your Highnesse, who have justified this Re­lation in every particular.

That a great part of your Cavelry left the Battell to plunder the baggage, your own men confesse; And we cannot but acknowledge it with thanks to God. But whether your Highnesse were so neer danger your self, or some other more valiant Prince Rupert besides, is hard to affirme, because about that time, Rupert made your Army very fruitfull in those did personate that title. How fast your Highnesse may be bound in Ho­nour I know not, this I am sure of, Love, Religion, or Charitie can take little hold on you, else you would not plunder, spoyle, and bring to such miserie, those that have ventured their lives to restore your Familie, and have freely given from their own children, to pay for your nursing; Therefore your gratitude to His Majestie is barely pretended, He onely gave you power to aske and receive, but the peoples goodnesse alone made them give to the Queene of Bohemiah, so many great and free contributions, and now you have not onely taken away their wils, but their means of ever doing the like; having brought us to so wretched a condition our selves, that we shall never hereafter have leisure to pitie her, but rather consider her as the Mother of our Ca­lamitie.

It asketh no great credulitie to beleeve the Standard was taken, for I have not yet met a man so partiall as to doubt it; but such as hold no truth is to be observed, which is in any thing can be done or spoken, as appeared by your demeanour at Brainford.

Now here your Highnesse begins to shuffle your matters as if you meant to shew us a trick, and make us beleeve contrarie to our own sense, that we lost more men then you at Keinton, though double the number [Page 3]we want, were found slain with stole Mutton, Hennes, and Turkies, in their mouthes, hands, or snap-sacks, the knowne marke of your Highnesse Hospitalitie, and of men of note you want fourtie for one, and might have done more, but that they saved themselves by turning High-landers, as you call them, being not furnished with a spirit of extempory fighting, though your High­nesse is pleased to charge them with that gift, which may give some cause to think you are turned Brownist, as likely a thing as that the Parliament should imploy Papists: Now you cannot wonder if your common Souldiers be not mist, consisting for the most part of arrant Rogues and Strangers, which had never no cer­taine being, till now in their graves, nor will they be looked after till the day of judgement; when you shall be ashamed of being seene in the Head of so many Po­pish Recusants, not onely of this Nation, but fetcht from Ireland, Wales, and Denmarke, And yet we must beleeve your Highnesse doth it to defend the Prote­stant Religion, Libertie of the Subject, and Priviledge of Parliament.

And here you bestow your Courtship upon the Citi­zens, who might be abused to some purpose, my Lord Wharton never intended they should suffer you and your Cavalieers to enter London upon your Highnesse word: For sure your Armie that could not hold from plun­dering the poore lowsie Blanckets and Beds at Brain­ford, Redding, Malborrow, and where not, would hardly spare the rich Petticoats in London; I say no more for making your Highnesse blush, onely I beleeve the hope of this bootie, rather then the conscience you talk of, or the goodnesse of your cause, makes you continue [Page 4]your running valour. Your Highnesse, they say, love women well enough that are for your turne, though it should seeme at Keinton your valour exceeded your lust, so farre together with the women to kill children and dogges; which may be better excused then the hanging of Boyse in cold blood for being of a contrarie Religion to the Governour, and for having more ho­nestie then would trouble the stock of your Highnesse best Regiment.

I dare not accept the brave challenge you make, be­cause I number no Kings amongst my Ancestors; yet this I will promise you on the word of a Gentleman, If I meet you in the field, before this is composed, I shall endeavour to send your Highnesse into another King­dome, where there is no plundering.

I know not who you meane that was used so cruelly, unlesse Savage, Layton, Lilborne, Pim, &c. who were punished beyond the crueltie of Infidels: And if it were that time of government, that seemes to your Highnesse too good for this Nation, I think the Palatinate hap­pier now, then it would have been, had you succeeded your Father.

You aske, whose money have you taken, which may be answered by whose you have spared, nay was there not a Warrant under his Majesties owne hand, where the materialls of my Lord Sayes House is given to any that shall pull it downe.

Besides, It were strange, Souldiers daily payd, should doe more mischiefe then those who have no­thing to live on, but the spoyle of the Kingdome. For prophaning of Churches, you know at Kingstone your Horses stood in the Chancell, and the whores lay [Page 5]in the body of the Church, which was too immodest to be done before the picture of our Lady, therefore the Souldiers are the lesse to be blamed that remo­ved it.

The Parliament hath restrained many, but none a­gainst safe conduct, whereas you have committed those that had his Majesties hand and seale, making that sa­cred word of none effect, which was all the Persians had to shew for their lives and fortunes.

I will not charge your Highnesse for doing any thing unworthy your condition, which in charitie I desire were not so sutable to these courses, yet I wonder you should so much forget your selfe, and your Father, as to brand our Armie with the name of Traytors, who cannot but have as just a claime to our Liberties, as he had to the Crowne of Bohemiah, and may by as just reasons take up Armes against His Majesties ill Counsell, as he and your selfe, did against the person of the Emperour.

Neither can your Highnesse thinke any so simple, to beleeve the Parliament can imploy with confidence any Papists to fight for them, no more then they can in discretion or safetie send you, with your Cavaliers, to oppose them in Ireland.

I doe not finde after you had by your good conduct lost your brothers Armie in Germanie, that your re­straint was very hard, because your next dispatch was for your hawkes and dogges.

I am glad your Highnesse is so godly, as to thinke of praying; for it hath been said, you are very seldome upon your knees, but when you drinke to the confu­sion of the Round-heads, and the Parliament.

And now I cannot conclude better, then your High­nesse doth, He that hath a Designe against the Prote­stant Religion, the Lawes of England, or hopes to plunder London, let him be accursed; And God blesse the KING, and this Parliament, and send us peace and truth to performe what we promise. Which are the prayers of