Proverbs and paradoxes breaking forth in the day of contention between the Parliament and Army to prevent the dividing of the Army, and the apparent deluge of blood, so long endeavoured, and now brought to passe by the Jesuite and Kings party, using the Presbyterian and Parliament men, as the monky the catts paw, but hath, but hath lingred in the birth by needlesse importunities, stepping into the press before them.

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Proverbs and paradoxes breaking forth in the day of contention between the Parliament and Army to prevent the dividing of the Army, and the apparent deluge of blood, so long endeavoured, and now brought to passe by the Jesuite and Kings party, using the Presbyterian and Parliament men, as the monky the catts paw, but hath, but hath lingred in the birth by needlesse importunities, stepping into the press before them.
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[London :: s.n.,
1647?]
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England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800.
England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800.
Proverbs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Proverbs and paradoxes breaking forth in the day of contention between the Parliament and Army to prevent the dividing of the Army, and the apparent deluge of blood, so long endeavoured, and now brought to passe by the Jesuite and Kings party, using the Presbyterian and Parliament men, as the monky the catts paw, but hath, but hath lingred in the birth by needlesse importunities, stepping into the press before them." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56116.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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XLV.

Whether the Supreme Councel or Authority be few or ma∣ny, or whether Appeals be to many or few, is not worth the dispute, much lesse one drop of blood, so a true Government be setled. For then an Eldership of seventy, or a Kingship of Solomon do alike make the people happy. Then the great dis∣pute o Monarchy, Aristocracie, Democracie, Olygarehy, Poly∣garchie, Anarchie, (which affrightens the common people

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like an exorcism) do all fall to the ground as groundlesse dis∣putes. Though all the quarrel hitherto hath bin, not What Go∣vernment, but Who shall govern?

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