A letter written & presented to the late Lord Protector, then Lord General, and the Councel of War but smothered in his hands. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A88048 of text R211224 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[59]). 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. 3 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 2018 A88048 Wing L1760 Thomason 669.f.21[59] ESTC R211224 99869954 99869954 163554 2240953422

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A88048) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163554) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f21[59]) A letter written & presented to the late Lord Protector, then Lord General, and the Councel of War but smothered in his hands. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by J.C. for the authour, London : 1659. Satirising "the law of England" and "Tythe Piggs". Annotation on Thomason copy: "July 18". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Political satire, English -- 17th century. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. eebo A letter written & presented to the late Lord Protector, then Lord General, and the Councel of War: but smothered in his hands. anon 1659 1 466 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. 2010-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-12 Sampled and proofread 2010-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A LETTER Written & presented To the Late Lord Protector , Then Lord General , and the Councel of War : but smothered in his Hands . To the truly Noble from the Fountain victory , and somewhat more , Conquerours of Nobility , the Religious CRUMWEL , and the rest of the Council of Warr .

I Did think to Petition you : but what ? to be valiant , honest , wise ? that were to suppose you not so . Not so . God's given the Vote on your side .

It shall be a Remonstrance of the most horrid Monsters that ever eyes beheld . They say they are from God . Do you startle ?

Will you fight them ? Dare you fight them ?

You have fought with men and overcome ; but dare you fight with Monsters ? such Monsters , do : for believe it , if you do not , if others shall , it will be sung of you , as of Saul , his thousand , and David his ten thousand .

I 'le tell you their Names , and if you 'l embrace the Adventure , I 'le discover their Denns .

The first the Law of England , ( Treason ! oh Treason ! )

The Law of England claims its Original from the Law of God : so that whatsoever is not so , is void ipso facto , by the Principles of Parliament , though nothing more contrary . If this fail , it claims its extract from Reason , yet nothing more unreasonable ; I 'le prove it with my life , but then the Honour is mine , not yours .

Jenkins the Judge , who is of the Countrey of Heralds , and ( by Law ) proves them Traytors that preserve him , ingeniously confesseth their Pedigree from Custome or President : then which , what more uncertain ? what more wicked ? what more unconstant ? what more Devilish ?

The other is Tythe Piggs , a Monster too , far more dangerous then the wild Bore of the Forrest .

Will you fight them ? say , I 'le leave you this Momento ; When the Parliament were so modest as to Petition the King 7 or 8 years leave to be just , they were at last compel'd to be so whether they would or no. If you ask leave to be valiant , to be honest , who will grant it you , but they that cannot hinder it ? Be valiant , be wise , go on and prosper , you have the Prayers of the Worthies of the Nation .

LONDON , Printed by J.C. for the Authour , 1659.