THE
EARLE
OF
ESSEX'S
DESIRES
OF
THE
PARLIAMENT
.
ALSO
A
catalogue
of
those
Tradesmen
Volunteers
,
with
the
number
of
them
in
each
Trade
.
AND
The
true
copie
of
a
speech
made
to
them
by
Captain
Llhoyd
.
THe
well-grounded
causes
of
our
eagle-eyed
Assemblies
of
Parliament
,
the
two
carefull
watch-houses
of
this
slubbered
common-wealth
,
have
dropt
down
effects
,
preventing
the
hasty
wishes
of
Militia-minded
Denizons
;
with
such
issues
those
happy
Twins
court
our
Kingdome
;
which
hath
so
long
lien
bedabled
in
sinks
of
misery
.
Thus
successefully
have
those
choice
Engineers
countermined
the
vain-drawn
plots
of
leering
cavilling
Antagonists
.
Those
top-Gallants
have
already
read
their
Crosse
Row
,
and
have
given
their
squandring
thoughts
warning
to
list
themselves
in
a
narrower
circuit
:
York
fathered
their
designes
at
their
birth
,
but
cast
them
off
before
they
came
to
age
;
els
might
they
have
butchered
their
moher
:
they
have
sowed
for
lives
,
but
reaped
losse
:
Hull
makes
their
words
with
sorrow
to
rebound
on
their
hearts
,
and
hath
wrote
such
letters
on
their
bodies
as
they
sealed
with
their
blood
.
Now
would
they
undermine
it
,
but
the
very
weak
water
freezado'd
on
them
,
and
would
have
purified
their
infected
pitchy
carkasses
,
had
not
they
wing'd
themselves
with
flight
.
Now
would
they
have
surprized
the
town
by
night
;
but
being
belighted
by
the
day-spring
of
detection
,
they
bought
their
enterprize
at
a
bodily
rate
.
Somtimes
was
the
Lord
Brook
a
rub
in
their
way
and
turned
their
bias
,
delivering
them
up
to
their
creditour
,
earth
.
The
Militia
every
where
either
strangleth
their
proceedings
in
the
wombe
,
or
sowseth
them
with
let-in
terrours
of
these
busie
senses
,
Sight
and
Feeling
.
Still
hath
our
blessed
Parliaments
actions
ingraved
so
firm
a
stamp
of
loyalty
in
the
Citizens
brests
,
that
they
have
been
crowned
with
successe
:
and
we
may
suck
the
pure
aire
of
comfort
,
in
that
each
Citizens
face
portends
a
mischief
to
opposers
,
whose
hearts
,
as
new-rais'd
bulwarks
,
not
onely
eiaculate
magnanimous
words
,
but
are
ready
to
vivifie
action
.
So
unanimously
each
beats
a
march
in
his
thoughts
,
as
ready
to
stifle
the
doubtfull
acts
of
our
rich-fac'd
enemies
,
whose
heads
periwig'd
with
malicious
pride
,
strive
to
dead
our
new-born
enterprizes
.
Each
day
and
night
their
active
hands
itch
to
be
fencing
in
a
reall
combat
,
whose
quotidian
exercise
do
plainly
depaint
what
the
adversary
may
expect
,
and
not
be
frustrate
of
:
Their
purse
is
as
free
as
their
heart
,
which
they
most
willingly
part
with
.
The
Earle
of
Essex
that
renowned
peece
of
chivalry
,
as
vertuous
as
honourable
,
vowing
glory
but
a
by-word
,
and
his
Coat
worthy
of
nought
but
to
be
disheraulded
,
if
this
Island
,
with
the
fame
of
it
,
being
almost
out
of
breath
,
be
not
re-involved
with
Royalty
,
to
yeeld
him
a
double
crest
of
added
dignity
.
Wherefore
as
voluntary
as
his
warlike
succeeding
champions
,
he
budded
forth
of
this
city
,
impoverishing
it
,
by
the
lustre
of
his
presence
.
And
now
having
given
a
full
response
to
the
Parliaments
desires
,
he
hath
vented
his
,
which
are
as
followes
.
1.
That
the
hopefull
Parliament
would
not
suffer
their
thoughts
concerning
him
or
his
affaires
to
be
adulterated
with
suspicious
conceits
and
side-interpretation
:
such
comments
be
far
from
being
tabled
on
his
vertuous
texts
.
2.
That
they
would
not
bear
a
strjct
hand
in
reviving
his
army
;
but
that
coin
may
in
due
time
be
levied
,
for
it
is
a
souldiers
best
lining
.
3.
That
they
would
furrow
the
seas
with
shipping
,
that
the
adversary
might
not
gain
an
overcoming
invective
power
against
Hull
or
adiacent
places
.
And
lastly
,
that
they
would
make
up
the
breaches
of
his
army
,
as
necessity
gives
the
word
of
command
,
when
he
shall
urge
it
,
not
yet
start
from
their
resolution
,
whereon
both
their
safety
dwels
.
These
were
subiects
of
his
indirement
:
who
not
only
approves
,
but
is
approved
of
for
his
intentions
.
Affections
chained
as
well
to
his
person
as
actions
,
prove
the
sequell
of
the
major
:
And
thousands
attracted
by
the
loadstone
of
either
,
would
rather
draw
cuts
in
,
then
for
his
society
;
our
spiritfull
apprentices
forsook
their
mistris
Venus
,
and
would
now
traffique
with
Mars
.
What
do
ye
lack
,
which
before
percht
upon
their
tongues
,
is
cloath'd
with
an
Ad
Arma
,
Ad
Arma
;
precise
purity
is
converted
into
martiall
policy
,
the
language
of
shop
to
shoot
,
of
wares
to
wars
:
every
one
now
would
rather
see
an
enemie
then
a
customer
.
Me
thought
I
was
all
ayre
when
I
eyed
obedience
and
alacrity
well
mer.
There
might
ye
see
a
rank
of
Diers
,
who
would
fain
learn
to
die
their
swords
in
bloud
,
&
themselves
rather
in
the
duskie
bands
of
Mars
,
then
in
a
rigrid
work-house
:
these
were
in
number
71.
Then
a
troup
of
Butchers
,
who
would
rather
sacrifice
men
then
beasts
for
the
pacification
of
our
bruised
State
:
these
amounted
to
88.
Here
were
weavers
contracted
,
who
,
maintaining
the
comparison
of
mans
life
to
a
shuttle
,
will
make
it
good
upon
the
adversary
:
and
as
iourney-men
to
the
fatall
sisters
,
will
help
to
weave
out
the
short
thred
of
their
troublesome
lives
:
and
these
were
upon
the
score
186.
A
knot
of
taylors
to
stitch
up
the
army
were
congested
,
threatning
to
cut
out
several
suits
for
death
,
the
list
of
these
is
157.
Shoomakers
amongst
the
rest
vampt
in
,
vowing
to
to
underlay
them
in
the
earth
,
these
made
up
the
number
of
one
hundred
twenty
foure
.
Brokers
hurried
in
amongst
them
and
determined
to
make
a
new
Long-lane
with
the
enemies
garments
,
whose
Account
is
fourescore
and
eight
.
Sadlers
thronged
in
amongst
them
,
swearing
they
would
make
them
place
the
saddle
of
government
on
the
right
horse
,
and
these
streacht
to
Forty
nine
;
Smiths
would
hammer
them
,
Cutlers
slash
them
,
and
a
promiscuous
Number
of
many
trades
(
prefering
their
Countryes
service
before
their
Masters
)
protested
ruine
.
Indeed
I
am
taken
up
by
fawning
wonder
that
their
virtue
shines
no
brighter
in
so
darkē
a
mist
,
since
opposition
hath
spoke
them
glorious
;
but
since
audacity
buried
in
the
ashes
may
be
rackt
up
,
and
inflamed
by
a
silver
Speech
,
I
shall
discover
an
Oration
voic'd
to
them
by
Captain
Llhoyd
.
Magnanimous
spirits
,
if
any
reliques
of
your
Ancestors
blood
sport
through
your
veines
,
if
their
matchlesse
Acts
,
indebted
to
immortality
reigne
in
your
memory
,
elevat
your
benumed
spirits
to
such
a
ayry
pitch
that
may
intitle
you
not
only
heirs
of
their
fortunes
but
unparalled
virtue
.
We
are
not
ignorant
how
our
times
are
overcast
,
by
a
rout
as
carelesse
of
their
families
,
as
like
slaues
to
fortune
,
beholden
only
to
war
for
what
they
have
,
Roaring
boyes
,
who
seeme
only
loyall
,
because
Royall
,
allowing
respect
more
to
the
person
then
cause
.
These
mount
against
vs
,
or
somewhat
like
them
,
whom
either
feare
arrests
or
favour
presseth
for
the
service
,
such
Collogues
are
such
Colleagues
.
Let
us
therfore
whose
cause
the
effieient
approves
,
the
Parliaments
ascertaines
Just
,
and
our
owne
consciences
Legall
,
make
modesty
vaile
to
courage
,
feare
lay
downe
its
feeble
Arms
to
Audacity
,
and
fight
against
the
enemy
;
force
these
cashiered
feathered
foul
vanities
to
make
wings
of
their
plume●
for
flight
,
the
Parliaments
Priviledges
,
Parents
,
lives
,
lands
,
are
Rhetorick
to
instigation
;
Let
Apprentises
in
the
Aprill
now
of
years
try
a
Mraster
peece
,
either
we
must
overcome
well
or
live
ill
.
Let
us
on
my
hearts
:
freedome
strechteth
out
her
hands
to
all
.
Ordered
,
that
Sir
Iohn
Girlington
,
Sir
George
Middleton
,
and
Sir
Edward
Fitton
be
sent
for
as
delinquents
.
-
Ioh.
Brown
Cleric
.
Parliament
.
-
Hen.
Elsing
Cler.
Parl.
D.
Com.