A
Word
to
the
Wise
:
OR
,
Considerations
Humbly
Offered
to
our
Representatives
who
are
to
sit
in
the
Ensuing
Parliament
.
THAT
it
's
the
Priviledg
of
Free-born
English
Men
to
Chuse
their
Representatives
to
sit
in
Parliament
;
and
their
Representatives
Duty
to
act
for
them
;
and
the
Peoples
Right
to
have
free
access
unto
them
,
to
make
their
Grievances
Known
(
as
was
worthily
observed
by
Sir
Bar.
Showers
,
in
his
Speech
to
the
People
when
he
was
cho●
at
Exon
)
:
But
considering
the
Great
Concerns
that
lye
upon
them
in
Parliament-time
,
●●d
how
unfit
it
is
then
to
trouble
them
,
it
's
therefore
absolutely
necessary
for
them
to
●●ert
the
Peoples
Right
(
that
,
as
in
Ancient
Times
,
so
now
they
may
have
a
Committee
●●ting
in
time
of
Parliament
,
to
hear
the
Peoples
Grievances
,
and
,
if
sit
,
to
report
●●em
to
the
House
.
And
that
they
should
be
chosen
out
of
such
Members
as
have
not
Pla●●
in
Publick
Offices
;
for
it
's
not
to
be
expected
that
the
Peoples
Complaints
should
be
●●ard
and
redrest
by
such
as
are
complain'd
against
,
or
by
those
as
may
be
Guilty
of
the
same
●●imes
in
other
Offices
;
it
having
been
of
late
seen
,
that
the
Complainants
have
been
by
●●se
Witnesses
,
for
promises
of
Reward
,
confronted
,
and
thereby
rejected
.
and
some
of
●●em
starved
,
or
ruined
,
and
in
danger
of
being
murthered
;
and
the
Offenders
thereby
couraged
.
And
to
consider
the
great
Distress
the
People
of
England
many
Years
past
,
and
still
do
●●our
under
,
by
not
having
such
a
Committee
,
to
whom
the
People
may
without
charge
●●ply
themselves
:
and
that
for
want
thereof
many
Abuses
in
the
Government
have
not
●●en
inspected
,
and
the
Offenders
detected
;
and
which
would
not
only
do
the
People
Justice
●●giving
them
their
Right
herein
,
but
it
would
also
be
a
great
Ease
to
the
House
of
Commons
,
in
the
preventing
of
many
frivilous
Petitions
,
which
the
whole
House
is
now
so
often
●oubled
with
,
which
causes
so
many
Committees
on
purpose
to
hear
particular
Grievances
,
●se
the
Subject
of
the
charge
of
getting
Committees
together
,
and
of
Clerks
Fees
,
which
oftentimes
too
heavy
for
their
Pockets
,
and
infallibly
prevent
the
mutinous
appearing
of
many
persons
at
the
Parliament
Door
,
which
looks
more
like
a
Mob
than
petitioning
.
And
considering
how
earnest
and
willing
Gentlemen
are
to
take
the
great
trouble
and
care
●on
them
to
be
the
Peoples
Representatives
,
and
what
Promises
they
make
when
they
are
●osen
,
and
how
the
Eyes
of
the
Nation
is
so
much
fixed
on
the
ensuing
Parliament
at
this
●ncture
of
time
,
in
which
the
People's
good
is
so
much
depending
,
surely
it
can
no
ways
be
●oubted
,
but
their
Representatives
will
answer
their
Expectations
herein
,
and
with
all
Canon
hear
their
Grievances
,
and
promote
such
Bills
as
make
for
the
Peoples
good
.
Humbly
putting
you
in
mind
of
two
Bills
(
which
to
the
Everlasting
Praise
of
the
most
Honourable
House
of
Peers
)
was
sent
down
by
them
to
the
House
of
Commons
the
last
Sessi●n
,
and
to
the
great
grief
of
many
good
men
,
by
them
rejected
.
The
one
was
for
shortning
Suits
in
Law
and
Equity
,
the
length
of
〈…〉
such
a
bur●●en
to
the
people
,
that
they
cannot
long
endure
.
The
other
was
intituled
Solvent
and
Insolvent
,
by
which
the
Solvent
wh●
lye
in
Prison
,
and
●●●re
able
to
pay
their
Debts
,
or
by
their
Estates
able
to
make
satisfaction
to
their
Creditors
,
●●ould
be
compelled
thereunto
,
and
the
Insolvent
,
who
are
not
able
to
pay
their
Debts
,
or
●●y
their
Estates
could
not
make
satisfaction
to
their
Creditors
,
should
not
lye
in
Prison
and
●erish
,
with
such
Cautions
and
Restrictions
in
the
said
Bill
expressed
,
that
the
Creditor
could
●ot
be
injured
thereby
.
The
Jews
had
Years
of
Jubilee
,
other
Nations
places
of
Relief
;
the
English
Nation
hath
neither
.
Doing
Justice
,
hearing
the
Peoples
Grievances
,
and
Redressing
them
,
punishing
the
Offendors
,
and
Encouraging
well-doing
.
In
Divine
Writ
,
and
in
all
Ages
hath
been
accounted
the
best
Government
,
and
the
happiest
People
that
do
enjoy
it
;
and
such
Governments
as
do
deny
it
to
the
People
,
deemed
to
the
greatest
Judgments
the
Scripture
any
where
do
pronounce
.
Trajan
,
A
Heathen
Emperor
,
when
he
was
dying
,
called
his
Subjects
to
witness
for
him
,
that
his
Ear
was
always
open
to
hear
the
Complaints
of
his
Subjects
,
his
heart
ready
to
redress
their
Grievances
,
and
his
hands
open
to
punish
Offenders
.
T
was
by
the
fair
pretence
of
doing
Justice
,
and
hearing
the
Peoples
Grievances
that
Abs●lom
raised
a
Rebellion
,
and
endeavour'd
to
dethrone
his
Father
,
and
the
best
of
Kings
.
T
was
under
pretence
of
King
Charles's
denying
the
People
their
Rights
of
Parliament
,
and
not
hearing
the
Peoples
Complaints
,
and
redressing
Grievances
,
that
Arms
was
〈◊〉
up
against
him
,
and
caused
some
of
his
Subjects
to
consent
to
his
Murther
,
by
which
King
Charles
the
Second
was
so
long
kept
out
of
the
Throne
.
T
was
by
Invading
the
Peoples
Right
,
and
not
doing
them
Justice
,
King
James
the
Second
was
Abdicated
.
T
was
by
Oliver
Cromwells
pretending
to
hear
the
Peoples
Grievances
,
and
〈◊〉
Justice
to
be
Administred
to
all
Men
,
he
Usurped
the
Power
of
a
Protector
.
T
was
by
his
hearing
the
meanest
Man's
Complaint
,
tho
against
the
chiefest
Ministers
of
State
,
and
keeping
them
from
imbezling
the
Nations
Treasure
;
and
when
he
〈◊〉
out
any
for
Evil
Practises
,
he
never
suffered
them
to
go
unpublished
,
or
took
〈…〉
their
places
,
by
which
he
wanted
not
Mony
to
carry
on
his
Design
,
which
caused
〈…〉
Power
to
last
to
his
Lives
end
.
T
was
by
his
preferring
Men
for
their
Merits
,
and
not
for
Favour
,
Affection
,
or
Money
,
that
made
his
Officers
true
to
him
.
T
was
by
hearing
the
Complaints
of
the
meanest
Soldier
and
Seamen
against
their
Superiour
Officers
(
if
Just
)
and
paying
them
well
,
that
made
his
Souldiers
,
and
Seamen
stand
by
him
,
that
with
a
handful
of
Men
he
made
the
World
dread
him
.
T
was
his
not
heaping
up
the
Nations
Treasure
,
to
exalt
his
own
Family
,
that
caused
so
many
of
the
Nation
to
love
and
stand
by
him
,
and
that
which
makes
his
Government
so
much
talked
of
,
now
we
are
under
the
best
of
Kings
,
is
occasioned
by
not
punishing
Offenders
,
who
waste
the
Nations
Substance
,
and
defraud
the
King
.
T
was
his
subduing
the
Corruption
of
the
Lawyers
,
and
causing
the
Poor
Mans
Cause
to
be
heard
,
as
well
as
the
Rich
,
and
bringing
our
Laws
as
well
as
our
Religion
into
our
own
Mother
Tongue
,
by
which
the
People
could
not
be
ruined
by
whole
sale
,
that
caused
the
meanest
sort
to
love
him
.
T
was
Admiral
Blakes
doing
Justice
to
the
Seamen
,
and
loving
them
,
and
not
studying
his
own
interest
,
that
to
England's
Glory
,
with
a
small
Fleet
he
Commanded
the
Seas
,
and
to
his
praise
be
it
spoken
,
when
he
died
(
though
a
Frugal
Man
)
he
left
his
Executor
but
1300
l.
besides
his
Paternal
Estate
.
T
was
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
Jeffreys
shortning
Causes
in
Law
and
Equity
,
and
by
Correcting
the
Evil
Practices
of
Attorneys
,
Sollicitors
,
and
Bayliffs
,
that
he
has
wiped
off
the
stain
of
his
Failings
,
for
which
the
Mobb
was
like
to
Murther
him
,
and
is
now
so
much
applauded
for
what
he
did
when
he
was
Chancellor
.
So
that
some
who
were
good
Men
,
and
acted
good
things
for
the
Government
,
under
a
bad
Government
,
and
thereby
esteemed
for
their
good
Actions
,
some
of
them
,
and
some
of
their
Children
,
since
we
have
been
under
a
good
Government
and
the
best
of
Kings
,
by
acting
bad
things
,
have
made
themselves
of
no
esteem
.
The
mentioning
of
all
which
,
is
not
to
vindicate
any
Usurping
Power
but
to
excite
such
as
are
under
a
Lawful
Government
,
and
the
best
of
Princes
,
in
good
Actions
,
and
making
good
Laws
,
to
out-doe
them
that
acted
under
an
Usurping
Power
.
To
Conclude
,
By
doing
Justice
to
all
Men
,
hearing
the
Complaints
of
the
Oppressed
,
and
redressing
their
Grievances
,
punishing
Offenders
,
making
Law-Suits
short
and
easie
,
whereby
the
Poor
may
have
Right
done
them
as
well
as
the
Rich
,
is
that
which
alone
can
make
the
Government
lasting
,
and
the
People
happy
;
and
will
certainly
bring
God's
Blessing
upon
our
Representatives
,
and
People
whom
they
do
present
;
and
make
our
Children's
Children
praise
God
that
such
a
Parliament
ever
did
Sit.
God
Bless
KING
WILLIAM
,
and
Prosper
the
good
Proceedings
of
our
Representatives
.
T.
S.