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 negative voice in the other house over the people of these lands. 4. Lieutenant-general Fleetwood, a gentleman formerly of the long parliament, and a colonel of their army; then lieutenant-general, afterwards married honest Ireton's widow, the protector's eldest daughter. Major-general Lambert being put by, by the parliament, from going over to Ireland as lord lieutenant, 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 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 protector's council, as also major-general of divers counties in England; his salary supposed worth * 6600 pounds, per annum, by all which he is become advanced to a princely interest and revenue; 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 protector's 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 helped in the army and long parliament to throw down the house of Lords, and to destroy their negative voice, and did fight against it in the King. 5. Colonel Desborough, a gentleman or yeoman of about sixty or seventy pounds, per annum, at the beginning of the wars; who being allied to the protector by marriage of his sister, he cast away his spade, and took a sword, and rose with him in the wars, and in like manner, upon 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 rose, and took on principles of violence and tyranny, and helped to set up the protector, for which he was made one of his council, and one of the † 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 voice 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, was of the long parliament to the last, and at the change of government, and making laws of treason against a single person's rule, and, no question, concurred with the rest therein; he was also of the little parliament, and of all the parliaments since; was all along of the protector's ‡ coun • See the former Narrative. + His salary three-thousand two-hundred and thirty-six pounds per annum. See the former Narrative, or Book of Rates. Ilis salary onethousand pounds per annum. cil, and was never to seek; who having learned so much by changing with every change, and keeping still, like 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 of * 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 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 Northamptonshire, 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 protector's + council; and, as if he had been pinned 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 chamberlain 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 ambassador to the Dutch in the Low-Countries, 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 protector's 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 footguard 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 Charles Ousely, a gentleman who came something late into play on this side, being converted from a cavalier 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 parliaments 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 Ask his late wife's sister, the Lady Sands. annum, besides his other places. Ifis salary + His salary one-thousand pounds per one-thousand pounds per apaun, beside his other places. 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 besides. 10. Mr. Rouse, one of the long parliament, and by them made provost or master of Eaton college; he abode in that parliament, and 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, 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 apostasy, upon the monarchical foundation being thus laid, and the general himself, as protector, seated thereon, he became one of his 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 counted worthy to be taken out of the house to have a negative voice 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 afterwards 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 and justice, and against the negative voice of the King and lords, whose blood surely will lie at somebody's door and cry, he was of the long parliament, and helped to change the government, and make the law of treason against a single person's rule, and was outed with them. After the little parliament, for endeavouring to bring forth what the old parliament was turned out for not doing, was dissolved, he was brought in play again by means of Philip Nye, metropolitan trier of White-hall, and made one of the protector's + council, and major-general of the city in the decimating business; hath been of all the parliaments since, who being so grave and venerable a man, his error, in leading men to fight against the King's negative voice, may be forgiven him, and he admitted, as fit to be taken out of the house, to have a negative voice in the other house himself, not only 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 exercise that power long. 12. Colonel Sydenham, a gentleman of not very much per annum at the beginning of the wars, was made governor of Malcomb Regis, in the west; became one of the long parliament, and hath augmented his His salary, for both places, fifteen-hundred pounds per annum. places, one thousand six-hundred sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four-peuce. + His salary, for both revenue to some purpose; 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's 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 parliaments, yet, it being forgiven him, is judged of that worth and merit as to be every way fit to be taken out of the house, to have a negative voice in the other house over all his dependants, and all the people of these lands besides; hoping thereby he may be so redeemed, as never to halt or stand off for the future against the protector's interest. 13. Colonel 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 laymen's preaching, as also a lover of the rights and freedoms of the people, rather than 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 soldier 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 army's last march into Scotland, as the protector, then general, may witness; yet, after the war was ended at Worcester, and the old parliament dissolved, 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 cnlled to do; for which worthy service he was made one of the council, ta 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 seventeen or twenty pounds per annum, and improved his interest upon the account of the cause; first was an agent for some parliamenters to London, where gaining acquaintance, and making good use of them, he became governor of a garison, then a colonel, as also steward of some of the protector's 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 while the sun shined, and hath improved his interest and revenue in land, well gotten, no question, to three thousand pounds per annum, His salary, for both places, two-thousand pounds per annum. thousand ninety-five pounds per aunum. His salary, threeIf part of the purchase-money was not paid with the great bribe of about three-thousand pounds, for which, as it is credibly reported, he hath been privately questioned, he would do well to clear himself, being very much suspected, having gotten so great an estate in so short a time. if not more; he is also very well qualified with self-denying principles. to the protector's will and 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 voice in the other house over all the good 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 counsellor 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 four *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. Rowe's church, and is still commissioner + 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. Treason never prospers: What's the reason? For, when it prospers, none dare call it treason. 16. Chief Justice Glyn, sometime a counsellor 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 of treason, and by that parliament committed to the Tower; the protector, through apostasy, 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 protec or's great negative voice, is thereby questionless, in his sense, fit to be taken out of the house, and to have a negative voice himself in the other house, not only over the people, but over the law he is to be chief judge of, and in a capacity to hinder that no good law, for the future, be made for the case of the people, or hurt of the lawyers' trade. 17. Bulstrode Whitlock, formerly a counsellor 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 person's rule. In the time of the little parliament, he went ambassador to Sweden in great state; that parliament being dissolved, he agitated there for the protector, then came over; and, when some alteration and pretended See these Acts in a book called, The Looking-glass, p. 43, 44. sand per annum. Salary, one-thou He helped to raise the city against the army, and made the Speaker fly to the army for shelter, and chose another Speaker in his room, in the King's behalf,” and ℗ § His salary, one-thousand pounds per annum, great deal more. |