A brief of the state of the case of Walter Elfords complaint against Sr Sackvile Crow, which is to be reported to the Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84348 of text R206282 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E584_13). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A84348 Wing E498A Thomason E584_13 ESTC R206282 99865455 99865455 117696 2248533727

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84348) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 117696) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 89:E584[13]) A brief of the state of the case of Walter Elfords complaint against Sr Sackvile Crow, which is to be reported to the Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1649] Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb: 1649". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Crow, Sackvile, -- Sir, d. 1683 -- Early works to 1800. Elford, Walter. A84348 R206282 (Thomason E584_13). civilwar no A brief of the state of the case of Walter Elfords complaint against Sr Sackvile Crow,: which is to be reported to the Parliament. anon. 1649 1 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A BRIEF OF THE STATE OF THE CASE OF WALTER ELFORDS COMPLAINT Against Sr SACKVILE CROW , which is to be reported to the PARLIAMENT .

THE English Factory at Smyrna in Asia being divided , in December , 1643. some of the party disaffected to the Parliament , secretly and underhand informed Sr. Sackvile Crow , then Embassador at Constantinople , that Elford had concealed a licentious discourse or dispute had between two English men at his Table , concerning the Parliament , and the late King ; which in truth he not only reproved , but timely revealed : whereupon Sr. Sackvile like an Inquisitor concealing ( as he does to this day ) the Accusers names and the Accusation , causes Elford to be closely imprisoned 30. months ( even till news came of the Parliaments victorious successes ) mean time he was put by the exercise of his profession as a Factor , whereby he ( before that restraint ) gained above 1000 li. per annum .

That being not litterally discharged from prison , but only verbally enlarged , the said Elford for fear of anew relaps into restraint , hastily departed from Smyrna , leaving his af fairs there in a confusion , in so much , that he is now necessitated to repair thither to put them in order .

Now it is observable , that had not the Parliament then prevailed , Elford ( notwithstanding his innocency ) had been sent into England as a Malefactor and Traitor , to answer this imposed and feigned crime , wherewith the said Sr Sackvile by his Warrant of restraint had most injuriously stigmatized him .