remain'd inviolable.

But there is yet a piece of Artifice behind, of no less consequence then
the former, and that is, a seeking to perswade the present Army, that
_They_ were the men, who first engaged thus solemnly to destroy the
Government under which they were born, and reduce it to this miserable
condition: whereas it is well known by such as converse daily with them,
that there is hardly one of ten amongst them, who was then in Armes; and
that it was the Zelots under _Essex_, and the succeeding Generals, who
were the persons whose perfidiousness{2} he makes so much use of, and that
the present Army consists of a far more ingenuous spirit, and might in one
moment vindicate this aspersion, make their conditions with all advantage,
and these Nations the most happy People upon the Earth, as it cannot be
despaired but they will one day do, when by the goodness of Almighty God,
they shall perfectly discern through the mist which you have cast upon
their eyes, lest they should discover the Imposture of these _Egyptian_
Sorcerers.

And now, _Sir_, if after all this injustice, and impiety on your parts,
you have prosecuted that with the extreamest madness, which you esteemed
criminal in your enemies, _viz._ _To arrogate the supream power in a
single person;{3} condemn men without Law; execute, and proscribe them
with as little: Imprest for your Service, violate your Parliaments,
dispense with your solemn Oaths_; in summe, _to mingle Earth and Heaven by
your arbitrary proceedings_: All which, not only your printed books, this
pretended _plea_; but your Actions have abundantly declared; have you not
justified the Royal party, and pronounced them the only honest men which
have appeared upon the stage, in Characters as plain, that he which runs
may read, whilst yet you persecute them to the death? _Therefore, thou
art inexcusable, O Man, that _perpetratest_ these things; For wherein thou