The false brother, or, A new map of Scotland, drawn by an English pencil;: being a short history of the political and civil transactions between these two nations since their first friendship: wherein the many secret designs, and dangerous aspects and influences of that nation on England are discovered; with the juglings of their commissioners with the late King, Parliament, and city. The grounds of the entrance of our army into Scotland cleared, from their own principles and actings; their main pleas impleaded, and answered. Humbly presented to the Councel of State.
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- The false brother, or, A new map of Scotland, drawn by an English pencil;: being a short history of the political and civil transactions between these two nations since their first friendship: wherein the many secret designs, and dangerous aspects and influences of that nation on England are discovered; with the juglings of their commissioners with the late King, Parliament, and city. The grounds of the entrance of our army into Scotland cleared, from their own principles and actings; their main pleas impleaded, and answered. Humbly presented to the Councel of State.
- Author
- Sydenham, Cuthbert, 1622-1654.
- Publication
- London :: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, and are to be sold at the three Daggers in Fleetstreet neer the Temple-Gate,
- 1651.
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- England -- Foreign relations -- Scotland
- Scotland -- Foreign relations -- England
- Great Britain -- History
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"The false brother, or, A new map of Scotland, drawn by an English pencil;: being a short history of the political and civil transactions between these two nations since their first friendship: wherein the many secret designs, and dangerous aspects and influences of that nation on England are discovered; with the juglings of their commissioners with the late King, Parliament, and city. The grounds of the entrance of our army into Scotland cleared, from their own principles and actings; their main pleas impleaded, and answered. Humbly presented to the Councel of State." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A94168.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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To the Reader.
THis Map was drawn by day light, though it represents persons in their Night-Gowns and private walks; all the design in it, is but to make us Englishmen, or keep us so. Necessity hath now forced out ma∣ny things, which in former times prudence and better hopes would have stifled; We have sad reason to repeat former miscarri∣ages, if there were any thing remaining to help, but remembrance of what is past, and caution for the future in our correspondence with that Nation. The Author hath no∣thing to say absolutely against Scotland (may they live as happy without us, as we can do without them) only, that which this lit∣tle Treatise deals withall, is either their ill-neighbourhood, or deceitful friendship, in
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managing close designs against England, by loving and brotherly expressions. Its whol∣ly submitted to an English Judgement (if it be not quite lost in many) some having already engaged it a great way beyond the borders, others are ready to give it up (with all their priviledges) for enjoying the name of a Scotish King. What is related needs no Apologie; its Truth is its Shield and Buckler; the use and improvement of it will be the great thing that remains, which will be easily effectuall, if we retain any sence of our former priviledges, or present ad∣〈8 letters〉〈8 letters〉