Crayon sketches and off-hand takings of distinguished American statesmen, orators, divines, essayists, editors, poets, and philanthropists

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  Off-hand takings, or, Crayon sketches of the noticeable men of our age

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  The portrait gallery of distinguished poets, philosophers, statesmen, divines, painters, architects, physicians, and lawyers, since the revival of art : with their biographies

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  A just apologie for an abused armie. : Shewing, the unreasonablenesse of that bad opinion that many are of late falne into, concerning the Parliaments army, under the command of his Excellencie Sir Tho: Fairfax. : Wherein the reader may take notice, : 1. That the New Modell was brought to passe by a divine hand, and that God is eminently present with it. : 2. That it hath been, and is a great blessing to the kingdome. : 3. That therefore (what ever some doe unworthily conceit) it needs not to be re-modelled, till the Parliament may with safety disband their armies, and through setled peace, turn their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. : Together with many seasonable advises, cautions, and encouragements, applyable to severall sorts of men, in these our distracted times

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  The following speech being spoke off hand upon the debates in the House of Commons; : you cannot expect in it the exactness of Roman eloquence; but you have the freedom, and bravery of the old Roman, and true English spirit, zealous for the good of their country, and bold in all its dangers. And if other corporations and shires would take the like care as B-----l, they might be as happy in the choice of their representatives; and then, ... may we hope to see poor England become old England again, ... glorious and renowned abroad. Towards which, this worthy patriot has set a noble example; and that it may inspire and incourage others, and prompt, and enable the country to distinguish such from pensioners, and wretched betrayers of their country and posterity, is the design of making this publick, from a copy which I procured from a member of the House of Commons, who took it in short hand, as it was spoke

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  A warning to the Parliament of England. : A discovery of the ends and designes of the Popish partie both abroad, and at home, in the raising and fomenting our late war, and still-continuing troubles: in an oration made to the generall Assembly of the French clergy in Paris, by Monsieur Jaques du Perron Bishop of Angolesme, and Grand Almosner to the Queen of England. Translated out of a manuscript copy, obtained from a good hand in France, and now published for the opening their eyes that hate not the truth, and that desire to be thankfull for such a discovery. And for caution to those, to whom the Divine Providence hath intrusted the transaction of affaires, that they may most accurately take heed there be a sound foundation laid, of the so generally longed-for peace of the kingdome

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