A Defence ofthe Lord Cobham ngainfl Nicholas Harpsficld. 6 5 1 {~:~;t ~~fff:t1~~~~¥,i':f;E;:,::~~~g~z:~; ~f§r;~g~~~:~~~~~~~~:~~I~0f~gf llr3nge, · ~'h:~~~~~c~1c1:~1,w:~~~:~ ;b;~vh~:tr~:~~~S~a:~, hfu~~ Fmand. lowmg afccrthcfmdPrC"face orPrumblc, mnneth Ill an ~~!~~;. :~~~~~c.thctfe~1nw:~~~i~7ji~;,:;!~!~Y f~;a(!~ ~:~i~:~~: t~f~~~~:~~~u~d~il11~;~~~~ ~~7>~~~: of David's flock, all the Nephews of ."fude the Lords cognifanc:c of Ordin~rics) of dk forefuC4 tjrc. upon c~fcs Brother in the Adh wm acculed to the Empc=ror. And of Herd ~t a~d riot. ofTmfon, as by pantcub.r traClatron alfo the tikc fear and hatr«l fiirrcd up o~her Emper?rs, 1 ~fh',[~ll;lx~,(~C[h~~rifl~:"~it:h:n}g~ ·l~do:~~~~'~";d:~· ~~r~f;~,~;;r,;;~::~~I nd the Senate of Rome, to proc~d wrth ptrfecuung l n(urrra!· Laws againfl ch~ Chrillb.n flock of Chrifl:; Eufob . lib . 5• cap:l I. wher~uJXln rof~ up thoft: malicious fl~nd~rs, falfc . . _. ~>lnllr~c !~mt~j~~~:0o1~~~ :~ar:r:'~~l~oe~:uf~~:~ea~~J~ :;~;d~ ~f1~i:,1htg~~~i~~;~~:~~~h;;l~i~~u~~~ ~~~fy~gt invent, or llih Iufpicion could miniller, that was imputed thiS m1ghty I nfl~rrcC~ton, wh~eas ~hey came in number againfi: them. twcnty thoufand :~.gamfi thc Kmg) m what order of ~:ttNot unlike alfo it mayfcem, that th~ Popt ~irh his Pre- tcl-ray they maychcd, what Cap~ ins, un?er-C:tprams, latcs, fearing and mifdoubting Jell thc procecdmg of the and petty Captams they had to gmde the \Vmgs, and ro ~;pt~t;J:~:1:a~fiy:~d ~:J~re~£n~v::~fati~~~ !:~,~he 11rX~? w~:~e~~~~~~~;\·~~ i~~::~ded) ~~~~ inflame the hcarts of Princes ag;Unft them, and undtt f<:mc ~rant they then ton:forr to th~ Th1ckcts nrar t_o S.Gi!ts's coloured covert, to ~dow their cloaked hatred, dev1red Field, whiCh was no mm place for f:lol"fes to fiir ? lf t~ey thefe and other like comes which were not true, but which were Footmen, how fiandtth that With the Author, wh1ch might cle.mly fave their purpofc. rcportrth them to be Horfemen ? Morcovtt, it is ro be deThe ... ~tur This hitherto have I (aid as in a genrral (urn, anfwcring manded, wl}j,t F.nfigns or FlaUS>what Shot,what Powder, ~""1 by t<? the Pre-amble of the for~faid Statute, for the defence of what Armour, Wca~X~nS, and mhcr furniture of \Var; alfo IE~fbe ~~~l~~~~~J;:~frcl;1~h~~r !:tero~~~·u~~~d(f~~hh:·re~ ~~r~:~~~ ,r:~~~~ o:g~~0a::da~th:~~:ir~,~~~~: Slr;~ .. mayfay \\~tthHall.thataslwasnotprefentatthedeeddo- forthepur_pofeth~yhad? All theft prrp::tntions for fuch ~;o;;r: ~~~[~ :~i~,~~~1~\:K;~!~~~:~~~~e~t~g:l ~)~~;. :d1v:~~~~!:,'ff/:~~i:e~:~:-~~~tu~ht:0 ~\~~~id t'~o~:d d:urcs hunting ou~ in tlus matter what IS mofi like,would <~t length_, that infic:Jd of. Arms and W~pons, rhey hut only fay my mmdfineftrtpitu(asLawyersfay) & jint we~ccommg only with tl1~1r Books, and wtth Btv trly Jigura judicii. · thei r Prc:1cher into thofc Thtckers;. But as I was_ not thrre I'-!owconfc:quently it followeth that w~ defceud to the pr_,.:fentat th~ fad: (as is before (3Id) fohavt I t!enher cttfpectal points and p;~rticulars of the forefatd Prtam?le; to tamt~ to dttine llJXlll their cafe, nor yet Mafler Cope, to ~fidr.r wll:lt thereof may be colitd-cd, or i:eceffanl_y is to exclaim againflthem, unk~s peradventure, til3: he, taking beJudged,eitherforproofordifproofofthiSfordiid Sir anoccalionofthetime,WJ.Jlthus<~rgue agamfl them.;: I" 'JohfJ Oldc"JI~t and his fell ows. that becaufe it was the !JOt Month of J~mllfry! thc (c. cLJ (A) At~ tirfi, where the proe~ of this Statute . be- '?nd day after the Eptph"nl, th~cfore Jt is l1ke, th<~t a-,, ginnetl~ \_vtth Rumr;rr, _ConJ;rtg<~ti/Jffs and lnforrtOJcn~, Str John 0 /dc•.ftlt, With twenty thoufand UUards, ~fut:: ~~·~~~;:i: ~~tk~!;;~i~,:f:~~~~1eh~~n~~~~~-:~f;~~; ~:C!,t~~d~~~~ t~~cK~;td;,,d~ul~et~o~l:~ a~;d t~ made any rumors thereof btf01·e the detd dent; fo IS it make htmfelfRcgent of Engl11nd; and why not as well morecrediblytobefuppofed, allthcfe ftourithesofwords the King, asR.egent of England, fceing 01\1 theNoblc:s :he~ot~e~:t,e1s~f:~jt~t~o~~ ,~h~ J~r!f~t~~ ~yh!~~£? been ddboycd, and he only left alone to reign ptr amplifcationt~ :httorh11m, to fhev.· his Copy, or clfe I t followeth more in th~ Prcamble of the forefaid ~ta- ( B) pu m11hctam fapifluam, t? agg:-tvatc the crime, and to tute, (8) to aJnu!,JtjlrfJ_J and fobvm thtChrijfi11n Faub, Allandffo r ~~~~;~~~15 an1r:!et;~~;t;~R:r~hrsu;~kJ:,~ ~h;:o:~~~d~{.~~~~~e~~ ~~ ;:;;~· !~~ a:;,:;h\'~~ ~~E·~n· ~~~~~~~~E~~j~;1;~g~:~~~iJ:~~~ s~i;t?5:1§~~~il~~~~~ii:~~~~!f~~f( ~~::· t!O_n e1thn of an~ rebtlhous word, <:r mahcious t~d: de- though m no c:a~e could IOund hke any truth; yet fomeco-- fcr~bed_, neither m Records, nor yet many ~hromcle. A- lour ofprobabthty lhould h:tvebccnfc:tupon it, to give it gam, tf thcfe Rumors were words fpoken agamft the King, fome countenance.of a like tal(". As if he had firfl declared ascalli n~ him a T yrant, au U furpcr of the Crown, the the LordCobhamtohavebcenbefore infccretconfcdcraPrinceol Pridls, &c. why then be noneofthefe words ex- cy with the great Turk; or if he had made him fome ~:~e~~!:~kt~~~r a ~~~~~t~l:'%~~l~t~~~:,or: ~~:~~~; ~fjul~:r ~; ~~unfn~~~~fnB~%Jo;;;aR:~~m~rHfo:;~ ~~~fl: ~~~he To~~f~ r~~~~o f~d;I,la~ 1:;~ ~{~~,~ ~~~:~~r~;~d ~tz.~ 0£e~~~ i~~~~he ;~c ~:fda~~: !:':l~sR~~~~~~;e~~~~~~:~o~~;~;£~'8h~: :~: ~~~ ,~f{~~p;:rerf~c;e~!ha?~~ ~~ib~~ha~~h~j and may be amo~ Chnfhan men m dang~ nmcs for Str1obn 0/dcaftlt, with hiS Sed ofHerdie went about to ~~~f\~u-~T~~:~;t~J~cir~~~=~~b~ ~j:1'w1:~:n~;tn~t~e;Jt~gf:.(~a;, F;ithtml Law of ~~~he~ r~r;~r~~~h~a~:~t:rat~! ~~~~~~~i;~J~ ma~u:~l~li~~:~ fu~~~~~ ~~~~;~~a~:: ~ [~ tlus.ndJer oft~e,_r ~m gentlendS, than of the others de- ~true, that the Lord C(Jbham, being a <?hrifiian, _and_ fo i(rvmg. Ccr~mlt 15, an~ Ui~doubtcd, tl~at the Prd<~tcs in f.tithful a Chriflbn, would or did ever cqg~_tne in hiS nund tho(e days,lx-ing fo might•ly mlbmed agamfl: thdeUUards, to deflroy and adnul the Faith ofChrift m the Realm of w~e n?t alt?gether behmd for_ their ~rts, nor utter- Engi-'!J? \Vhatfoevex the report o~ this purfumc or Prely tdle Ill tlus matte~, but pra~h(ed agamfl: them what face fanh, I ~eJXlrt me m1to the indtfferent Reader, h?w they could, firfitubrmgthcm mtohatred, and then to aa11deth thiS with any faceoftnuh? Thathewhtch death, lxfore, lhrough the r~ding of '[f~lt.I~Jf's Woxks, ~~
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