Defense Against John Lilburne, Title page – Letter
A IVST DEFENCE OF JOHN BASTWICK.
Doctor in PHISICKE, Againſt the Calumnies of John Lilburne Leiutenant Colonell and his falſe accuſations, VVritten in way of Reply to a Letter OF Maſter VICARS: In which he deſires to be ſatisfied concerning that Reproch.
In which Reply, there is not onelyonly the Vindication of the Honour of the Parliament, but alſo that which is of publike Concernment, and behooves all well affected SUBJECTS to looke into.
Printed and publiſhed with Licenſe according to Order.
Printed at London by F. Leech, for Michaell Sparke Junior, and are to be ſold at the Blue-Bible in Green-Arbor, 1645
Mr. Vicars Letter to Dr. Baſtwicke, concerning Leiutenant Colonell Lilburne.
MVch honoured Doctor, and my moſt worthy friend, being abroad this Saturday, I heard that Mr. Iohn Lilburne, hath again printed another laviſh Letter, which I have not yet ſeen or read, wherein, together with others, he hath ſorely, and I am perſwaded moſt unjuſtly taxed you, to have done him a great deale of wrong, in his late miſcarried buſineſſe about the Parliament, whereas I have ever obſerved that you have alwayes, ſince you were firſt acquainted with him, ſhewne your ſelfe his ſingular good friend, ready to do him all good in word and deed, yea and in theſe later times of his uncomely miſcarriages have ſpoken very tenderly and friendly of him; and therefore I cannot (I ſay) be perſawded that you have given him any juſt cauſe ſo to complaine or exclaime of you, I therfore humbly deſire you (moſt honoured Sir) to vouchſafe to ſatisfie and certifie me in a word or two, whither any ſuch thing be betweene you or not at this time, though I ſay for mine own part I am confident of the contrary, but, then I ſhall be the more groundedly able upon occaſion to vindicate your integrity and innocency therin, and the more fully to ſtop the mouths of any other traducers of you herein: Thus, moſt noble Sir, whom from my Soule, for your faithfulneſſe to God and his Truth, I can never ſufficiently prize and honour, praying pardon for this my boldneſſe, emboldned therunto by your own Chriſtian Candor and even genuine ingenuity, with the humble tender of my beſt ſervices to your moſt worthy ſelfe and vertuous Conſort, I ever reſt, Yours in his beſt poore Services, in the Lord to be commanded,
Aug. this 9th 1645. John Vicars.