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Answ. 1. Was there never but One Parliament and One Cause? Perhaps you mean that the Parliament called 1640 and the Rump (as called) and the Armies Little Parliament, and Oliver, and the Army Council and all the rest of the Sovereigns were all One Parliament? Or that to swear to the first Parliament, or fight for them, and to shut out and imprison them, and to dissolve them, as Usurpers, and to set up one chosen by—who knows whom—and to set up Oliver and his Son, and to pull him down again, and to set up the Rump again, and to pull them down and set up a Council of State, &c. were all one Cause; And that one day it was Treason not to be for one Sovereign, and another day not to be against that, and for another. Your Army did not betraytor them, when they forced out one part as Traitors first, and thrust out the major part, after imprisoning and reproaching many worthy wise and religious men, and when they pulled down all the rest at last? Had you or I more hand in these matters? Whether you know your self I know not, but I am sure you know not me, nor what you talk of.

Answ. 1. Was there never but One Parliament and One Cause? Perhaps you mean that the Parliament called 1640 and the Rump (as called) and the Armies Little Parliament, and Oliver, and the Army Council and all the rest of the Soveraigns were all One Parliament? Or that to swear to the first Parliament, or fight for them, and to shut out and imprison them, and to dissolve them, as Usurpers, and to set up one chosen by—who knows whom—and to set up Oliver and his Son, and to pull him down again, and to set up the Rump again, and to pull them down and set up a Council of State, &c. were all one Cause; And that one day it was Treason not to be for one Soveraign, and another day not to be against that, and for another. Your Army did not betraytor them, when they forced out one part as Traytors first, and thrust out the major part, after imprisoning and reproaching many worthy wise and religious men, and when they pulled down all the rest at last? Had you or I more hand in these matters? Whether you know your self I know not, but I am sure you know not me, nor what you talk of.

§. 17. It followeth [Sometimes a great Opposer of Tradition, and anon a great defender thereof.]