Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.

An Oration to Mutinous, yet Fearfull Citizens.

Fellow Citizens,

GIve me Leave to Tell you, that I did not Wonder more at your Sudden Courages in your Sudden Rebellion, than I do now at your Sudden Fear and Sudden Obedience to those you Rebell'd against, Obeying whatsoever they Command, Delivering up your Purses and Arms in Hope to get Pardon for your Lives; for your Fear was Such, as you no sooner saw an Army come Towards your City as an Enemy, but you presently Drew up your Bridges, Shut fast your Gates, Chain'd up your Streets, and Run to your Prayers for Heavens Help; I Con∣fess, you had great Reason to Fear, when as a Sharking Needy Army was at your Gates, which would have Fought more Valiantly to Get into the City to Plunder, than you to Keep them out from Plundering; besides, there is a Castle or Fort, that is Built so Near your City, and Stands so Advantagious, as the Canons pla∣ced thereon can easily Beat down your City over your Heads; but these Things at the first you did or would not Consider, Resolving madly to Rebell, having at that Time neither Fear nor Wit, for before such time as you Saw the Army, believing it was Far off from you, a Stranger had he Seen and Heard your Boasts,

Braggs, and Bravadoes, your Arming, Drum∣ming, and Trumpetting, might have Believed, at least Thoughts, you had both Valour and Power Equal with the Old Romans, that Con∣quered all the World, but you Appear'd more Terrible than your Were, for your Deeds were not Answerable to your Words and Behaviour, and your Countenances did Change with your Fear; the truth is, your Courage was a Rebel∣lious Courage, and your Fear seems as a Loyal Fear, for before your Enemies did Appear, you did Boast like Souldiers, but now you ask Par∣don, you Flatter like Courtiers, yet for all your Flattery you must Pay for your Disorders, and Buy your Peace with a Huge Summ of Mo∣ney: and if I should Ask you why you did put your Selves into a Warring Posture without Leave or Command from your King or Mini∣sters of State, you will Answer me, for the De∣fence of some of your Privileges, so that for the Sake of Some you Indanger'd All, for the Rea∣diest way and Surest means to Lose your Privi∣leges was to Rebell against your Soveraign, all which shews your Ignorance, Folly, and great Simplicity; Wherefore, by this Rebellious stirr, you have not only Lost your Privileges, but you are Forc'd to Pay more than your Pri∣vileges are Worth, might you Injoy them, so that you must Lose the One, and Pay the Other; and all this Loss and Charge is Caused through your Factious Humours, and Restless Natures, being Unprofitably Busie. Indeed, you are like

Troubled Waters, Muddy and Foul, yet it is Likely, at least Hoped, that the Fine that is set upon you, will draw you Clean, making you Clear and Smooth, which is, to be Loyal and Peaceable, only the Chief misery is, that in the Loss of your Privileges, and Payments of Mo∣ney, Good Men (for All were not Traitors, though Most were) must Suffer with the Bad, the Fine being Generally laid upon the Whole City, wherein every Particular must Pay his Share, and the Loss of the Privileges falls upon All, by which we may Observe, that Peaceable Men Suffer with Troublers, and Honest Men with Traitors, and it cannot easily be Avoided, not only that the Few that are Good, are Obscu∣red, and Hid amongst the Many that are Bad, and so cannot be easily Cull'd out, but in Cases of Taxes and Privileges, it would make a Con∣fusion in Levies and Partments; Thus neither Good nor Wise Men can suddenly avoid those Misfortunes that Fools and Knaves many times bring upon them; but Wise Men did see at your first Rising, Arming and Souldiering, that you would sooner Yield to your Opposers, than Fight them, and rather Pay for your Follies, than Dispute for your Privileges; for you were all Body, and no Head, and so consequently no Brains; But that I Wonder at most, is, that so Great a Body as you were, should not only be Headless, but also Heartless, as having neither Wit nor Courage. Wherefore, to Conclude, let me Perswade you, having never a Head of

your Own, to send to your Gracious Soveraign to send you a Head, and he will not only send you a Head, but a Wise Head, to Rule and Go∣vern you, and as for a Heart, Fortune in time may Give you One.