A summary collection of the principal fundamental rights, liberties, proprieties of all English freemen; both in their persons, estates, and elections; and of the memorable votes, resolutions, and Acts of Parliament, for their vindication and corroboration, in the late Parliaments of 3 & 17 of King Charles; collected out of their Journals, and printed Ordinances. Most necessary to be known, considered, re-established (in this present juncture of publick affairs) with all possible old and new securities; against past, present, and future publick violations, under-minings, by force or fraud, for the much-desired healing of the manifold large mortal wounds in these chief vital parts, and repairing the various destructive subversive breaches in these prime foundations of our English state fabrick; without which no effectual present or future healing, union, peace, or settlement can possibly be expected, or established in our distracted nations. / By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.
         Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
      
       
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             A summary collection of the principal fundamental rights, liberties, proprieties of all English freemen; both in their persons, estates, and elections; and of the memorable votes, resolutions, and Acts of Parliament, for their vindication and corroboration, in the late Parliaments of 3 & 17 of King Charles; collected out of their Journals, and printed Ordinances. Most necessary to be known, considered, re-established (in this present juncture of publick affairs) with all possible old and new securities; against past, present, and future publick violations, under-minings, by force or fraud, for the much-desired healing of the manifold large mortal wounds in these chief vital parts, and repairing the various destructive subversive breaches in these prime foundations of our English state fabrick; without which no effectual present or future healing, union, peace, or settlement can possibly be expected, or established in our distracted nations. / By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
          
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           A
           SUMMARY
           COLLECTION
           Of
           the
           principal
           FVNDAMENTAL
           RIGHTS
           LIBERTIES
           ,
           PROPRIETIES
           OF
           ALL
           English
           Freemen
           ;
           Both
           in
           their
           Persons
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Elections
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           memorable
           
             Votes
             ,
             Resolutions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           for
           their
           
             Vindication
          
           and
           
             Corroboration
             ,
          
           in
           the
           late
           
             Parliaments
          
           of
           3
           &
           17
           of
           
             King
             Charles
             ;
          
           collected
           out
           of
           their
           
             Journals
             ,
          
           and
           printed
           
             Ordinances
             .
          
           Most
           necessary
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           considered
           ,
           re-established
           (
           in
           this
           present
           juncture
           of
           
             Publick
             Affairs
             )
          
           with
           all
           possible
           old
           and
           new
           
             securities
             ;
          
           against
           past
           ,
           present
           ,
           and
           future
           publick
           
             Violations
             ,
             Under-minings
             ,
          
           by
           
             force
          
           or
           
             fraud
             ,
          
           for
           the
           much-desired
           
             healing
          
           of
           the
           
             manifold
             large
             mortal
             Wounds
          
           in
           these
           
             chief
             Vital
             parts
             ,
          
           and
           repairing
           the
           
             various
             destructive
             subversive
             Breaches
          
           in
           these
           
             prime
             foundations
          
           of
           our
           
             English
             State
             Fabrick
             ;
          
           without
           which
           no
           
             effectual
             present
             or
             future
             Healing
             ,
             Union
             ,
             Peace
             ,
          
           or
           
             settlement
          
           can
           possibly
           be
           expected
           ,
           or
           established
           in
           our
           
             distracted
             Nations
             .
          
           By
           
             William
             Prynne
          
           of
           
             Swainswick
          
           
             Esq
          
           a
           Bencher
           of
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             .
          
        
         
           Jer.
           9.
           21.
           
        
         
           Is
           there
           no
           Balm
           in
           Gilead
           ?
           is
           there
           no
           Physician
           there
           ?
           why
           then
           is
           not
           the
           health
           of
           the
           Daughter
           of
           my
           people
           recovered
           ?
        
         
           Jer.
           51.
           8.
           
        
         
           Take
           Balm
           for
           her
           pain
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           she
           may
           be
           healed
           .
        
         
           1
           Chron
           19.
           13.
           
        
         
           Be
           of
           good
           courage
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           behave
           our selves
           valiantly
           for
           our
           people
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Cities
           of
           our
           God
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           Lord
           do
           that
           which
           is
           good
           in
           his
           sight
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           1656.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           imprejudiced
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             BEing
             importunately
             solicited
             by
          
           Mr.
           VVilliam
           Shepheard
           ,
           
             a
          
           Lawyer
           ,
           
             specially
             imployed
             by
             some
          
           Swordmen
           
             and
          
           Grandees
           
             at
          
           VVhitehall
           ,
           
             (
             from
             Whence
             he
             came
             to
             visit
             me
             at
             my
             Study
             in
          
           Lincolns
           Inne
           ,
           
             within
             two
             daies
             after
             their
             resolution
          
           to
           call
           a
           new
           Assembly
           at
           VVestminster
           ,
           
             wherewith
             he
             acquainted
             me
             )
          
           to
           regulate
           the
           abuses
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           our
           Laws
           ;
           that
           I
           would
           consider
           of
           such
           abuses
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           as
           I
           had
           observed
           ,
           for
           him
           to
           present
           to
           that
           Assembly
           to
           be
           reformed
           by
           them
           ,
           being
           one
           chief
           end
           of
           their
           meeting
           ;
           
             which
             I
             then
             informed
             him
             ,
             I
          
           had
           no
           time
           to
           do
           ,
           being
           ready
           to
           take
           my
           Journey
           into
           the
           Country
           ;
           
             and
             that
             Sir
          
           John
           Davis
           
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             his
          
           Irish
           Reports
           ,
           
             had
             written
             so
             much
             in
             justification
          
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           
             as
             would
             satisfie
             and
             silence
             allsoldiers
             and
             others
             that
             ignorantly
             censured
             them
             .
             He
             thereupon
             desired
             me
          
           at
           my
           vacant
           times
           ,
           to
           consider
           of
           this
           his
           motion
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           for
           the
           publick
           good
           .
           
             Which
             I
             since
             calling
             to
             mind
             ,
             and
             considering
             that
             in
             the
             Parliament
             of
          
           5
           R.
           2
           rot
           .
           Parl.
           n.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
             it
             was
             the
             resolution
             both
             of
          
           the
           Commons
           and
           Lords
           
             (
             desiring
             redress
             of
             their
             publick
             G●ievances
             and
             oppressions
             )
          
           
             *
          
           
             that
             Reformation
             alwaies
             ought
             to
             begin
             in
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             so
             gradually
             from
             the
             Highest
             Members
             to
             the
             Feet
             :
             and
             that
             it
             will
             be
             both
             
             bootlesse
             ,
             impolitick
             ,
             and
             ridiculous
             for
             any
             publick
             or
             private
          
           State-Physicians
           ,
           
             or
          
           Reformers
           ,
           
             to
             spend
             their
             time
             and
             pains
             only
             to
             cure
             some
          
           small
           scratches
           ,
           
             or
          
           cuts
           
             in
             the
          
           toes
           ,
           
             or
          
           fingers
           ;
           
             or
          
           breaches
           
             in
             the
          
           tyles
           
             or
          
           seeling
           
             of
             our
          
           State
           
             and
          
           Laws
           ,
           
             (
             as
             some
          
           Mountebancks
           ,
           
             and
          
           Pseudo-politicians
           
             now
             do
             )
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             to
          
           overpasse
           ,
           neglect
           ,
           
             if
             not
             increase
             ,
             dilate
             the
             large
          
           deadly
           wounds
           ,
           
             in
             the
             very
          
           Head
           ,
           Heart
           ,
           Vital
           Parts
           ;
           
             and
             most
             dangerous
          
           Breaches
           ,
           Under-minings
           
             in
             their
          
           very
           Foundations
           ,
           
             which
             threaten
          
           present
           death
           ,
           
             and
             suddain
          
           Ruine
           
             to
             the
             whole
          
           Body
           of
           our
           State
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           
             if
             not
             speedily
             healed
             ,
             repaired
             with
             all
             possible
             care
             and
             diligence
             ,
             by
             the
             most
             skilfull
          
           Artists
           
             and
          
           Philopaters
           ,
           
             sufficiently
             qualified
             for
             such
             a
          
           desperate
           difficult
           publick
           cure
           ,
           Repair
           ,
           
             and
             with
             sincere
             self-denying
             publick
             spirits
             ,
             couragiously
             addressing
             themselves
             with
             all
             their
             skill
             ,
             might
             ,
             to
             this
             necessary
             Heroick
             work
             .
             And
             withall
             observing
             ,
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             health
             ,
             ease
             ,
             rest
             ,
             quiet
             ,
             but
             perpetual
             pain
             ,
             languishing
             ;
             consumption
             ,
             torture
             ,
             decay
             in
             the
          
           Body
           politick
           
             of
             our
             Nation
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Body
             natural
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             there
             is
             any
             dislocation
             ,
             fraction
             ,
             convulsion
             ,
             wound
             ,
             malady
             in
             the
             Bones
             ,
             Nerves
             ,
             Arteries
             ,
             or
             chief
             Parts
             and
             members
             thereof
             .
             And
             ,
             then
             remembring
             that
          
           serious
           Protestation
           ,
           
             and
          
           solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           
             which
             I
             my self
             ,
             all
             members
             of
             the
             late
             Parliament
             ,
             most
          
           Persons
           in
           late
           power
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           generality
           of
           all
           the
           well-affected
           people
           ,
           to
           publick
           Laws
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           in
           our
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           
             not
             long
             since
             took
          
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           most
           High
           God
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           and
           Men
           with
           hands
           lifted
           
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           
             and
             then
          
           subscribed
           
             with
             those
             hands
             ;
          
           That
           they
           shall
           with
           sincerity
           ,
           reality
           ,
           and
           constancy
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           Vocations
           ,
           endeavour
           with
           their
           Estates
           and
           lives
           ,
           mutually
           to
           preserve
           the
           Rights
           ,
           Privileges
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           and
           Kingdomes
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           in
           this
           common
           cause
           of
           Liberty
           and
           peace
           of
           the
           Kingdomes
           ,
           assist
           ,
           and
           defend
           all
           those
           that
           enter
           into
           this
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           in
           the
           maintaining
           and
           pursuing
           thereof
           ;
           and
           not
           suffer
           themselves
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           by
           whatsoever
           combination
           ,
           perswasion
           ,
           or
           terror
           to
           be
           divided
           or
           withdrawn
           from
           this
           blessed
           union
           ,
           &c.
           but
           shall
           all
           the
           daies
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           zealously
           ,
           and
           constantly
           continue
           therein
           against
           all
           opposition
           ,
           and
           promote
           the
           same
           according
           to
           their
           power
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             (
             Which
          
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           
             I
             find
             subscribed
             in
          
           
             *
          
           print
           ,
           
             by
          
           VVilliam
           Lenthal
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           Robert
           Nicholas
           ,
           Gilbert
           Pickering
           ,
           Oliver
           Cromwell
           ,
           Philip
           
             L.
          
           Lisle
           ,
           VVilliam
           Ellis
           ,
           Oliver
           Saint-John
           ,
           Miles
           Corbet
           ,
           John
           Lisle
           ,
           Francis
           Rous
           ,
           Nathaniel
           Fyennes
           ,
           Edmund
           Prideaux
           ,
           John
           Glynn
           ,
           Bulstrode
           VVhitelocke
           ,
           Edward
           Montagu
           ,
           
             and
             others
             in
             greatest
             present
             power
             and
             imployments
             ,
             whom
             I
             desire
             now
             to
             remember
             ,
          
           and
           perform
           the
           same
           effectually
           ,
           
             as
             they
          
           shall
           answer
           the
           contrary
           at
           that
           great
           day
           ,
           when
           the
           secrets
           of
           all
           hearts
           shall
           be
           disclosed
           ,
           
             according
             to
             those
             their
             printed
          
           subscriptions
           
             thereof
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             good
             ends
             therein
             prescribed
             .
             )
             I
             
             thereupon
             apprehended
             I
             could
             not
             perform
             a
             more
             seasonable
             ,
             acceptable
             ,
             or
             beneficial
             service
             to
             my
             native
             Country
             in
             pursuance
             of
             the
          
           Protestation
           ,
           
             and
          
           solemn
           League
           
             and
          
           Covenant
           ,
           
             (
             lying
             still
             as
             sacred
             Bonds
             upon
             my
             conscience
             ,
             )
             than
             to
             draw
             up
             this
          
           summary
           Collection
           
             of
             the
          
           principal
           fundamental
           hereditary
           Rights
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           of
           all
           
             English
          
           Freemen
           ,
           both
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           .
           Persons
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           and
           free-Elections
           (
           most
           mortally
           wounded
           ,
           more
           dangerously
           under-mined
           ,
           shaken
           ,
           subverted
           by
           force
           and
           fraud
           
             of
             late
             years
             ,
             since
             our
          
           Parliamentary
           
             and
          
           Military
           contests
           for
           their
           defence
           ,
           
             to
             the
             vast
             effusion
             of
             our
          
           Treasures
           
             and
          
           Blood
           ,
           
             (
             by
             some
             who
             were
             most
             deeply
             engaged
             in
             their
             Protection
             and
             preservation
             )
             than
             in
             the
             very
             worst
             of
             former
             ages
             ,
             under
             our
             late
             or
             antient
          
           Kings
           ,
           
             in
             every
             particular
             branch
             :
             )
             And
             of
             the
             several
          
           memorable
           Votes
           ,
           Resolutions
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
             for
             their
          
           Vindication
           
             and
          
           Corroboration
           ,
           
             in
             the
             happy
          
           Parliament
           
             of
          
           3
           Caroli
           ;
           
             (
             remembred
             and
             ratified
             likewise
             ,
             in
             the
             last
          
           Parliament
           
             of
             King
          
           Charles
           )
           
             as
             the
             most
          
           soveraign
           Balm
           ,
           
             the
             most
          
           effectual
           materials
           
             prepared
             ,
             applyed
             by
             the
             learnedest
             ,
             skilfullest
             ,
             wisest
          
           State-Physicians
           
             and
          
           Builders
           
             in
             those
          
           Parliaments
           ,
           
             to
          
           heal
           
             and
             close
             up
             the
          
           mortal
           wounds
           ,
           
             the
             perilous
          
           Breaches
           ,
           
             our
             late
             Kings
          
           
             *
          
           Jesuitical
           ,
           arbitrary
           ,
           tyrannical
           ,
           ill-counsellors
           ,
           
             and
             other
          
           Viperous
           self-seeking
           projectors
           
             had
             sormerly
             made
             in
             them
             ,
          
           to
           the
           impoverishing
           ,
           oppressing
           ,
           enslaving
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           
             and
             endangering
             the
          
           utter
           subversion
           
             both
             of
             our
          
           Fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           
           Government
           ,
           Parliaments
           ,
           Kingdomes
           ,
           Religion
           ;
           
             now
             in
             a
             more
             desperate
             deplorable
             condition
             than
             ever
             ,
             unless
             speedily
             revived
             ,
             by
             the
             fresh
             application
             of
             these
          
           healing
           Cordials
           ,
           
             reunited
             ,
             repaired
             ,
             supported
             with●
             these
          
           sementing
           Ingredients
           
             by
             some
          
           expert
           ,
           active
           Chirurgians
           ,
           
             and
          
           Master-builders
           ,
           
             to
             whom
             I
             humbly
             recommend
             them
             ;
             as
             a
             brief
          
           Corollary
           
             to
             the
          
           first
           
             and
          
           second
           part
           
             of
             my
          
           seasonable
           ,
           legal
           and
           Historical
           Vindication
           and
           Collection
           of
           the
           good
           old
           fundamental
           Liberties
           ,
           Franchises
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Laws
           of
           all
           
             English
          
           Freemen
           ;
           
             till
             God
             shall
             enable
             me
             to
             compleat
             the
             remaining
          
           parts
           
             thereof
             ,
             in
             their
             Chronological
             series
             of
             time
             ;
             the
             best
             Legacy
             I
             can
             leave
             behind
             me
             to
             my
          
           Native
           Country
           ,
           
             and
             the
             whole
          
           English
           Nation
           ,
           
             whose
             real
          
           Liberty
           ,
           VVeal
           ,
           Tranquillity
           ,
           Prosperity
           ,
           
             (
             next
             to
             Gods
             glory
             and
             the
             safety
             of
             our
             endangered
          
           Church
           
             and
          
           Religion
           )
           
             hath
             been
             the
             sole
             scope
             ,
             end
             ,
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             his
             publications
             ;
             who
             ,
             though
             ingratefully
             ,
             despitefully
             requited
             for
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             would
             repute
             it
             his
             greatest
             infelicity
             to
             be
             enforced
             (
             or
             hear
             other
             Cordial
             State-Physicians
             compelled
             )
             now
             at
             last
             to
             say
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             as
             Gods
             people
             once
             did
             of
          
           Babylon
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           51.
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           Babylon
           is
           suddenly
           fallen
           and
           destroyed
           ,
           howle
           for
           her
           ,
           take
           balm
           for
           her
           pain
           ;
           If
           so
           be
           she
           may
           be
           healed
           .
           VVe
           would
           have
           healed
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           but
           she
           is
           not
           healed
           ;
           forsake
           her
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           go
           every
           one
           into
           his
           own
           Country
           ;
           for
           her
           judgment
           reacheth
           unto
           Heaven
           ,
           
           and
           is
           lifted
           up
           even
           to
           the
           Skies
           .
           Yet
           the
           Lord
           hath
           brought
           forth
           our
           righteousnesse
           :
           
             as
             he
             hath
             (
             maugre
             all
             Enemies
             ,
             Oppositions
             ,
             Slanders
             )
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             desires
             thy
             kind
             acceptation
             of
             this
          
           Breviary
           ,
           
             and
             prayers
             for
             Gods
             blessing
             upon
             this
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             his
             real
             endeavours
             for
             sick
             ,
             desperately-wounded
          
           Englands
           
             cure
             ;
          
        
         
           
             Swainswick
             
               Septemb.
               6.
               1656.
               
            
          
           
             William
             Prynne
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Summary
           Collection
           of
           the
           principal
           fundamental
           Rights
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           of
           all
           
             English-Freemen
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THe
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subjects
           Persons
           having
           in
           the
           three
           first
           years
           of
           our
           late
           
             King
             Charles
          
           his
           Reign
           been
           very
           much
           invaded
           ,
           endangered
           ,
           under-mined
           ,
           1.
           
           By
           
             Imprisonment
             of
             their
             Persons
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           without
           any
           special
           Legal
           cause
           assigned
           in
           the
           Warrants
           for
           their
           commitment
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           
             Kings
             command
             ;
          
           1.
           
           By
           
             honorable
             banishments
          
           upon
           pretence
           of
           forein
           imployments
           ;
           3.
           
           By
           confinements
           to
           particular
           places
           ;
           4.
           
           By
           
             remanding
          
           and
           not
           bayling
           them
           by
           the
           Judges
           upon
           
             Habeas
             Corpora
          
           sued
           forth
           by
           them
           ;
           5.
           
           By
           
             Commissions
          
           for
           Trials
           
             of
             Souldiers
          
           and
           others
           for
           their
           lives
           ,
           by
           
             Martial
             Law
             ,
          
           in
           times
           of
           peace
           ,
           when
           other
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           were
           open
           ;
           and
           the
           like
           .
           The
           properties
           of
           their
           Goods
           and
           Estates
           being
           likewise
           much
           encroached
           upon
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           subverted
           ,
           1
           By
           forced
           Loans
           and
           contributions
           .
           2.
           
           By
           
             Lieutenants
          
           and
           
             Deputy
             .
             Lieutenants
          
           exorbitant
           Powers
           ,
           and
           new
           rates
           ,
           taxes
           ,
           imposed
           on
           ,
           and
           forced
           from
           them
           ,
           without
           grant
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           billeting
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           quartering
           Souldiers
           in
           mens
           Houses
           
           against
           their
           wills
           till
           they
           paid
           those
           rates
           .
           3.
           
           By
           
             exacting
             Tunnage
             ,
             Poundage
             ,
             New
             customes
             ,
             and
             impositions
             without
             special
             grant
             and
             act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           4.
           
           By
           an
           intended
           
             Commission
             of
             Excise
             ,
          
           (
           never
           put
           in
           execution
           )
           and
           other
           particulars
           of
           like
           nature
           .
           And
           the
           Liberty
           of
           their
           
             Free-elections
             ,
          
           much
           impeached
           by
           Lieutenants
           ,
           and
           others
           
             Letters
             ,
             menaces
             ,
             summoning
             of
             trained
             Bands
             to
             elections
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             indirect
             courses
             .
          
           Whereupon
           the
           Parliament
           begun
           on
           
             Monday
             ,
             17
             Martii
             ,
             3
             Caroli
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1627
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           these
           their
           infringed
           Liberties
           ,
           properties
           ,
           freedomes
           ,
           and
           preserve
           them
           from
           future
           violations
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           after
           many
           learned
           Arguments
           by
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cook
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Noy
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Selden
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Littleton
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Mason
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Creswel
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Shervile
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Sherland
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Bancks
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Rolls
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
           
             Ball
             ,
          
           with
           other
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           able
           Members
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           passed
           their
           unanimous
           
             Votes
          
           against
           them
           ,
           
             Nemine
             centradicente
             ;
          
           fit
           now
           to
           be
           revived
           ,
           re-established
           ,
           after
           more
           dangerous
           avowed
           publick
           Violations
           of
           our
           
             hereditary
             Fundamental
             Liberties
             ,
             Properties
             ,
          
           by
           the
           greatest
           pretended
           Military
           and
           civil
           Champions
           for
           ,
           and
           Patrons
           ,
           Assertors
           and
           Protectors
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           any
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           as
           the
           probablest
           means
           under
           God
           then
           ,
           and
           now
           to
           cure
           the
           mortal
           distempers
           ,
           and
           repair
           the
           sad
           divisions
           ,
           breaches
           ,
           desolation
           of
           our
           Land
           ,
           
             a
          
           
             Resolved
             upon
             the
             Question
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             That
          
           
             *
          
           
             no
             Freeman
             ought
             to
             be
             committed
             ,
             deteined
             in
             Prison
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             restrained
             by
             command
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             privy
             Council
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             unless
             some
             cause
             of
             the
             commitment
             ,
             restraint
             or
             deteiner
             be
             expressed
             ,
             for
             which
             by
             Law
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             committed
             ,
             deteined
             ,
             or
             restrained
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             a
             Writ
             of
          
           Habeas
           Corpus
           ,
           
             may
             not
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             ought
             to
             be
             granted
             to
             every
             man
             ,
             that
             is
             committed
             ,
             or
             deteined
             in
             Prison
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             restrained
             ,
             
             although
             it
             be
             by
             command
             of
             the
             King
             or
             Privy
             Councill
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             he
             praying
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             if
             a
             Freeman
             be
             committed
             or
             deteined
             in
             Prison
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             restrained
             by
             command
             of
             the
             King
             or
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             no
             cause
             of
             such
             commitment
             ,
             deteiner
             or
             restraint
             being
             expressed
             forthwith
             ,
             for
             which
             by
             Law
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             committed
             ,
             restreined
             or
             detained
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             being
             returned
             upon
             an
          
           Habeas
           Corpus
           
             granted
             for
             the
             same
             party
             ,
             that
             then
             he
             ought
          
           to
           be
           
             delivered
             or
             bayled
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             b
          
           
             That
             no
             Freeman
             ought
             to
             be
             confined
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             place
             ,
             by
             any
             command
             of
             the
             King
             or
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             by
          
           
             *
          
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             by
             other
             due
             course
             ,
             or
             Warrant
             of
             Law
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             c
          
           
             That
             the
             Commission
             for
          
           martial
           Law
           ,
           
             and
             all
             other
             of
             such
             nature
             ,
             to
             be
             executed
             within
             the
             Land
             at
             such
             times
             as
             were
             appointed
             by
             this
             Commission
             ,
          
           (
           then
           questioned
           ,
           to
           wit
           in
           times
           of
           peace
           ,
           when
           the
           Kings
           Courts
           of
           Law
           were
           open
           ,
           and
           other
           Legal
           trials
           might
           be
           had
           by
           Juries
           in
           Courts
           of
           Iustice
           )
           
             are
             against
             the
             Law
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             That
          
           
             †
          
           
             billetting
             and
             placing
             of
             Souldiers
          
           or
           
             any
             other
             person
             in
             the
             House
             of
             any
             Freeman
             ,
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             is
             against
             the
             Law
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           
             d
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             the
          
           
             *
          
           
             antient
          
           and
           undoubted
           
             Right
             of
             every
             Freeman
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             a
             full
             and
             absolute
             propriety
             in
             his
             goods
             ,
          
           and
           
             Estate
             ;
          
           And
           ,
           
             that
             no
             taxes
             ,
             Tallages
             ,
             loan
             ,
             benevolence
             ,
             or
             other
             charge
             ought
             to
             be
             commanded
             ,
             imposed
             ,
             or
             levyed
             by
             the
             King
             or
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             without
             common
             consent
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           All
           which
           
             Votes
          
           were
           drawn
           up
           ,
           and
           inserted
           into
           
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             assented
             to
             by
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             by
             the
             King
             himself
          
           in
           his
           
             Answer
             to
             that
             petition
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             antient
             Fundamental
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             all
          
           English
           
             Freemen
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           after
           all
           our
           late
           Parliamentary
           and
           Military
           contests
           ,
           wars
           for
           their
           defence
           ;
           fit
           to
           be
           confirmed
           ,
           ratified
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           Domestick
           
             waies
          
           and
           
             policies
             ,
          
           by
           which
           the
           great
           
             Charter
          
           was
           
             *
          
           
             antiently
             confirmed
             ,
          
           and
           all
           violations
           of
           
             them
          
           exemplarily
           punished
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           argument
           or
           debate
           ,
           being
           
             indisputable
             principles
             and
             foundations
             ,
          
           whereon
           all
           our
           
             Liberties
             ,
             Properties
             ,
          
           as
           
             English
             Freemen
             ,
          
           are
           bottomed
           .
           To
           which
           end
           I
           would
           advise
           that
           all
           
             Civil
             and
             Military
             Officers
          
           whatsoever
           ,
           as
           well
           
             Supreme
          
           as
           
             subordinate
             ;
          
           all
           
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             Barresters
             ,
             Attornies
             ,
             Graduates
             in
             our
             Universities
             ,
             Steward
             of
             Leets
             and
             Court-Barons
          
           throughout
           our
           Dominions
           ,
           should
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           upon
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           investitures
           into
           their
           several
           Offices
           ,
           Trusts
           ,
           or
           taking
           their
           
             Degrees
             ,
          
           be
           corporally
           sworn
           ,
           
             To
             defend
             and
             maintain
             the
             Great
             Charter
             of
             England
             ,
             the
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             and
             other
             Fundamental
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Land
             ;
             together
             with
             the
             antient
             undoubted
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             our
             English
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           (
           according
           to
           their
           late
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           and
           
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             )
          
           And
           that
           all
           
             Justices
             of
             Assize
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             and
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
          
           should
           specially
           be
           sworn
           at
           every
           
             Assizes
             and
             Sessions
             of
             the
             Peace
             in
             their
             respective
             Circuits
             ,
             Counties
             ,
             Corporations
             ;
             and
             the
             Justices
             of
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             every
             Term
             ,
             amongst
             other
             Articles
             to
             the
             Grand
             Iury
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             in
             charge
             upon
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             diligently
             to
             inquire
             of
             and
             present
             all
             Offences
             ,
             Exactions
             ,
             Oppressions
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             Imposts
             and
             Grievances
             whatsoever
             ,
             against
             the
             Great
             Charter
             ,
             the
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             and
             other
             Good
             Lawes
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Liberty
             ,
             Right
             ,
             and
             Property
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             by
             any
             person
             or
             persons
             ;
          
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           
             that
             they
             may
             be
             exemplarily
             punished
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             by
             Fines
             ,
             Imprisonments
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             the
             
             quantity
             and
             quality
             of
             the
             Offences
             deserve
             :
          
           It
           being
           the
           
             *
          
           
             Advice
             ,
             Desire
             ,
             Proposition
             ,
             and
             Petition
             of
             the
             whole
             Commons
             house
          
           first
           ,
           and
           after
           of
           
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             house
             joyntly
          
           to
           
             King
             Charles
          
           in
           his
           
             last
             Parliament
             ;
          
           to
           which
           
             he
             readily
             assented
             :
          
           though
           never
           since
           put
           into
           actual
           execution
           ;
           which
           is
           now
           most
           necessary
           to
           be
           effectually
           accomplished
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           having
           been
           so
           long
           neglected
           .
        
         
           After
           these
           Votes
           ,
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           passed
           ,
           several
           
             Impositions
          
           upon
           
             Wines
             ,
             Currans
             ,
             Tobacco
             ,
             Beer
             ,
          
           and
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Tonnage
             and
             Poundage
             without
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           being
           complained
           of
           ,
           it
           was
           by
           special
           Votes
           and
           Declarations
           of
           the
           
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           resolved
           and
           declared
           in
           the
           same
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             e
          
           
             That
             the
             receiving
          
           of
           Tunnage
           and
           Poundage
           ,
           
             and
             other
          
           Impositions
           
             not
             granted
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             is
          
           
             *
          
           
             a
             breach
             of
          
           the
           fundamental
           Libberties
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           
             and
             contrary
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Regal
             answer
             to
             the
          
           Petition
           of
           Right
           :
           
             And
             those
             declared
          
           Publick
           Enemies
           ,
           
             who
             should
             thenceforth
             collect
             ,
             or
             pay
             any
             Customes
             ,
             Tunnage
             ,
             Poundage
             or
             Imposts
             ,
             not
             granted
             by
             act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           was
           since
           enacted
           and
           declared
           
             for
             Law
             in
             the
          
           
             f
          
           
             two
             fi●st
             acts
             for
             Tunnage
             and
             Poundage
             ,
          
           in
           the
           last
           Parliament
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             ;
          
           and
           all
           those
           in
           a
           
             Premunire
             ,
          
           and
           
             disable●
             to
             sue
             in
             any
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
          
           who
           shall
           presume
           to
           levy
           the
           same
           without
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           .
           The
           case
           of
           all
           
             Customers
             ,
             Excisemen
          
           and
           their
           
             Instruments
             ,
          
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           made
           presidents
           in
           this
           kind
           for
           the
           terror
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           A
           
             Commission
          
           from
           the
           King
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           directed
           to
           33
           Lords
           and
           privy
           Counsellors
           ,
           dated
           the
           last
           of
           
             Febr.
             3
             Caroli
             ,
          
           stiled
           ,
           
             g
          
           a
           
             Commission
             of
             Excise
             ,
          
           was
           complained
           of
           and
           brought
           into
           the
           
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           and
           there
           read
           ,
           which
           commanded
           them
           to
           
             raise
             monies
             by
             Impositions
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             they
             in
             their
             wisdoms
             should
             find
             convenient
             ,
          
           for
           
           the
           
             safety
             and
             defence
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             Kingdom
             and
             People
             ;
             the
             Kings
             Pro●estant
             Friends
             and
             Allies
             ;
             which
             without
             hazard
             of
             all
             could
             admit
             no
             delay
             ,
             the
             necessity
             being
             so
             inevitable
             ,
             that
             form
             and
             circumstances
             must
             rather
             be
             dispensed
             with
             ,
             than
             substance
             lost
             .
             Injoyning
             the
             Commissioners
             to
             be
             diligent
             in
             the
             service
             ,
             as
             they
             tendred
             the
             safety
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             Dominions
             and
             Allies
             .
          
           This
           Commission
           of
           
             Excise
          
           by
           the
           unanimous
           Vote
           
             and
             judgement
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             was
             resolved
             to
             be
             against
             Law
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             Petition
             of
             Right
             .
             And
             thereupon
             was
             cancelled
          
           (
           as
           such
           )
           
             in
             his
             Majesties
             presence
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             command
             ,
             and
             was
             brought
             cancelled
             to
             the
             Lords
             House
             by
             the
             Lord
             Keeper
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             afterwards
             sent
             to
             the
             Commons
             :
          
           and
           the
           
             Warrant
             with
             all
             Inrollments
             of
             it
             were
             cancelled
             :
             and
             ordered
             by
             the
          
           Commons
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Projector
             of
             it
             should
             be
             found
             out
             and
             punished
             .
          
           Which
           judgement
           
             h
          
           was
           thrice
           
             recited
             ,
             confirmed
             ,
             and
          
           insisted
           
             on
             by
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
          
           (
           and
           some
           in
           greatest
           present
           power
           )
           the
           last
           
             Parliament
             of
             King
             Charls
          
           in
           printed
           Speeches
           and
           Declarations
           .
           And
           if
           this
           intended
           Commission
           of
           Excise
           ,
           though
           never
           executed
           ,
           was
           thus
           frequently
           damned
           
             as
             an
             intollerable
          
           and
           monstrous
           Grievance
           against
           our
           Laws
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           How
           much
           more
           are
           all
           present
           Orders
           ,
           Commissions
           ,
           Warrants
           for
           the
           actual
           imposing
           and
           levying
           all
           sorts
           of
           
             Excises
          
           on
           such
           ,
           without
           any
           act
           of
           Parliament
           ?
        
         
           X.
           The
           Commons
           House
           in
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           upon
           solemn
           Argument
           and
           Debate
           ,
           concluded
           ;
           
             That
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             none
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             ought
             to
             be
             impressed
             or
             compelled
             to
             goe
          
           forth
           of
           his
           County
           
             to
             serve
             as
          
           a
           Souldier
           
             in
             the
             Wars
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           
             except
             in
             case
             of
             necessity
             of
             the
             sudden
             comming
             in
             of
             strange
             Enemies
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             or
             except
             they
             be
             otherwaies
             bound
             by
             the
             Tenures
             of
             their
             Lands
             or
             possessions
             ;
             Nor
             yet
             sent
             out
             of
             the
             Realm
             against
             his
             Will
             upon
             any
             forein
             
             imployment
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             an
             honorable
             banishment
             .
          
           Which
           Resolution
           in
           the
           last
           Parliament
           of
           King
           
             Charles
          
           was
           
             enacted
             and
             declared
          
           to
           be
           the
           
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             fundamental
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
          
           by
           
             the
          
           
             i
          
           
             Act
             for
             impressing
             Souldiers
             for
             Ireland
             ;
          
           by
           
             two
             Declarations
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           against
           the
           
             Commission
             of
             array
             ;
          
           and
           assented
           to
           by
           the
           
             King
             in
             his
             answer
             thereunto
             .
          
        
         
           All
           which
           unanimous
           Votes
           ,
           Resolutions
           of
           both
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           having
           been
           successively
           ratified
           in
           two
           
             several
             Parliaments
          
           in
           
             King
             Charles
             his
             Reign
          
           (
           whereof
           some
           in
           present
           Power
           were
           Members
           ,
           )
           and
           enacted
           by
           several
           Statutes
           ,
           assented
           to
           by
           
             King
             Charles
          
           himself
           ;
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           extremity
           of
           Impudency
           ,
           Tyranny
           ,
           Treachery
           ,
           Impiety
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           Barbarism
           ,
           for
           any
           who
           have
           formerly
           contested
           with
           him
           in
           our
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           open
           field
           ,
           for
           all
           or
           any
           of
           these
           premised
           
             Fundamental
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             all
             English
             Freemen
             ;
          
           and
           who
           vowed
           ,
           protested
           ,
           covenanted
           ,
           remonstrated
           again
           and
           again
           before
           God
           and
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           
             inviolably
             ,
             faithfully
             ,
             constantly
             to
             defend
             them
             with
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             all
             their
             daies
             ,
             in
             their
             several
             places
             and
             callings
             ;
          
           and
           who
           beheaded
           him
           as
           the
           
             Greatest
             Tyrant
          
           (
           together
           with
           
             Strafford
          
           and
           
             Canterbury
             )
          
           for
           infringing
           them
           ;
           to
           oppose
           ,
           contradict
           ,
           violate
           or
           infringe
           them
           all
           in
           a
           more
           transcendent
           publike
           manner
           ,
           than
           he
           or
           his
           worst
           Ministers
           formerly
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           now
           not
           really
           ,
           chearfully
           to
           corroborate
           ,
           defend
           ,
           transmit
           them
           to
           posterity
           in
           full
           vigor
           ,
           by
           all
           good
           wayes
           and
           corroborations
           that
           possibly
           can
           be
           devised
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           opposition
           and
           dispute
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           
             Nation
             free
             ,
          
           and
           their
           own
           posterity
           together
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           XI
           .
           After
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
          
           had
           passed
           the
           
             Commons
          
           
           
             House
             ,
          
           and
           was
           transmitted
           to
           the
           Lords
           ;
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           desired
           ,
           that
           this
           Clause
           might
           be
           added
           
           to
           the
           close
           thereof
           .
           
             
               We
               humbly
               present
               this
               Petition
               to
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               not
               only
               with
               a
               Care
               of
               Preservation
               of
               our
               own
               Liberties
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               due
               regard
               to
               leave
               intire
            
             
               that
               Soveraign
               Power
               wherewith
               your
               Majesty
               is
               trusted
               ,
               for
               the
               Protection
               ,
               Safety
               ,
               and
               Happinesse
               of
               your
               People
               .
            
          
           The
           Commons
           after
           a
           long
           and
           full
           Debate
           ,
           resolved
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Saving
             ought
             to
             be
             rejected
             ,
             and
             by
             no
             means
             to
             be
             added
             to
             this
             Petition
             ;
             though
             very
             Specious
             in
             shew
             and
             words
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             would
             be
             destructive
             to
             the
             whole
             Petition
             ;
             and
             would
             leave
             the
             Subjects
             in
             farre
             worse
             condition
             than
             it
             found
             them
             .
             For
             whereas
             the
             Petition
             recites
             ,
             That
             by
             the
             Great
             Charter
             and
             other
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             No
             Loan
             ,
             Tax
             ,
             Tallage
             or
             other
             Charge
             ought
             to
             be
             imposed
             on
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             levyed
             ,
             without
             common
             consent
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             Nor
             any
             Freeman
             of
             this
             Realm
             imprisoned
             without
             cause
             shewed
             ,
             Nor
             any
             compelled
             to
             receive
             Souldiers
             or
             Mariners
             into
             their
             Houses
             against
             their
             wills
             ,
             Nor
             any
             man
             adjudged
             to
             death
             by
             Martial
             Law
             ,
             in
             times
             of
             Peace
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             the
             lawful
             trial
             of
             his
             Peers
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             established
             Lawes
             and
             Custom
             of
             the
             Realm
             ;
          
           This
           addition
           would
           make
           the
           Sense
           and
           Construction
           thereof
           to
           be
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             by
             his
             Ordinary
             power
             and
             Prerogative
             could
             impose
             no
             Loan
             ,
             Tax
             ,
             Tallage
             ,
             or
             other
             things
             upon
             his
             Subjects
             without
             their
             common
             consent
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             Nor
             imprison
             any
             Freeman
             ,
             without
             cause
             shewed
             ;
             Nor
             billet
             any
             Souldiers
             or
             Mariners
             in
             mens
             Houses
             against
             their
             wills
             ;
             Nor
             condemn
             nor
             execute
             any
             Subject
             by
             Martial
             Law
             :
             But
             yet
             by
             his
             Soveraign
             power
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             is
             intrusted
             for
             the
             Protection
             ,
             Safety
             ,
             and
             Happinesse
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             here
             left
             intirely
             to
             him
             ;
             he
             may
             when
             he
             saw
             cause
             and
             necessity
             impose
             what
             Loans
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             Impositions
             and
             Charges
             he
             pleased
             on
             his
             people
             ,
             without
             common
             consent
             
             and
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             imprison
             them
             without
             cause
             shewed
             ,
             quarter
             Mariners
             and
             Souldiers
             in
             their
             houses
             against
             their
             wills
             ,
             and
             condemn
             ,
             execute
             them
             by
             Martial
             Law
             ,
             upon
             this
             pretext
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             for
             the
             Protection
             ,
             Safety
             and
             Happinesse
             of
             his
             people
             in
             general
             ;
             All
             which
             himself
             and
             his
             Council
             ,
             not
             the
             Judges
             and
             our
             Laws
             ,
             must
             determine
             .
             And
             so
             this
             Addition
             ,
             if
             admitted
             ,
             would
             quite
             overturn
             the
             Petition
             it self
             ,
             the
             Great
             Charter
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Acts
             recited
             in
             it
             :
             and
             give
             an
             intimation
             to
             Posterity
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             trust
             reposed
             in
             the
             King
             upon
             some
             emergent
             cases
             and
             necessities
             ,
             to
             lay
             aside
             as
             well
             the
             Common
             Law
             ,
             as
             the
             Great
             Charter
             and
             other
             Statutes
             ,
             which
             declare
             and
             ratifie
             the
             Subjects
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             ,
             by
             his
             Soveraign
             power
             .
             And
             so
             by
             consequence
             to
             enable
             him
             to
             alter
             the
             whole
             frame
             and
             fabrick
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             dissolve
             that
             Government
             whereby
             this
             Kingdom
             hath
             flourished
             for
             so
             many
             year
             ;
             under
             his
             Majesties
             most
             royal
             Predecessors
             .
             Whereas
             in
             truth
             there
             is
             in
             the
             King
             no
             Soveraign
             Power
             or
             Prerogative
             royal
             to
             enable
             him
             to
             dispute
             with
             ,
             or
             take
             from
             his
             Subjects
             that
             
               Birthright
               and
               Inheritance
               which
               they
               have
               in
               their
               Liberties
               by
               virtue
               of
               the
               Common
               Law
               ,
               and
               these
               Statutes
               ,
            
             which
             are
             meerly
             positive
             and
             declarative
             ;
             conferring
             or
             confirming
             ipso
             facto
             
               an
               inherent
               Right
               and
               Interest
               of
               Liberty
               and
               Freedom
               in
               the
               Subjects
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               as
               a
               Birthright
               and
               Inheritance
               des●ended
               to
               them
               from
               their
               Auncestors
               ,
               and
               descendible
               to
               their
               Heirs
               and
               Posterity
               .
            
             But
             the
             Soveraign
             power
             wherewith
             he
             is
             intrusted
             ,
             is
             only
             for
             the
             protection
             ,
             safety
             and
             happinesse
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             in
             preserving
             this
             their
             inherent
             Birthright
             and
             Inheritance
             of
             Liberty
             and
             Freedom
             ,
             and
             those
             Lawes
             and
             Statutes
             which
             ratifie
             and
             declare
             them
             .
          
           Upon
           
           these
           and
           other
           reasons
           alleged
           by
           the
           Commons
           ,
           the
           Lords
           after
           three
           large
           
             Conferences
          
           agreed
           fully
           with
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           rejected
           this
           destructive
           
             Addition
          
           to
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ;
          
           which
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
          
           in
           their
           
             *
          
           
             Declaration
             touching
             the
             Commission
             of
             Array
             ,
             January
          
           16.
           1642.
           
           (
           to
           which
           many
           now
           in
           power
           were
           parties
           )
           
             recite
             ,
             insist
             on
             and
             corroborated
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             an
             undoubted
             truth
             .
          
           If
           then
           the
           King
           by
           his
           
             absolute
             Soveraign
             power
          
           wherewith
           he
           was
           intrusted
           ,
           could
           upon
           no
           
             emergent
             occasion
             or
             necessity
             whatsoever
             ,
          
           violate
           ,
           elude
           ,
           evade
           ,
           subvert
           all
           or
           any
           of
           these
           fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Inheritances
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           by
           the
           joynt
           unanimous
           resolution
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           these
           two
           Parliaments
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             ;
          
           much
           lesse
           then
           may
           any
           other
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           or
           new
           Powers
           do
           it
           ,
           who
           condemned
           him
           for
           a
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           and
           suppressed
           
             Kingship
          
           as
           
             tyrannical
             ,
             over-burdensome
             ,
             dangerous
             to
             the
             peoples
             Liberties
             ,
             Safety
             ,
             Prosperity
             ,
          
           upon
           any
           real
           or
           pretended
           
             Necessity
             or
             Emergency
             whatsoever
             .
          
           Much
           lesse
           may
           any
           true
           English
           
             Parliament
          
           permit
           or
           enable
           them
           upon
           any
           pretence
           to
           do
           it
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           Posterity
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           publick
           Parliamentary
           and
           Military
           conflicts
           for
           these
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           .
           The
           rather
           ,
           because
           that
           our
           Noble
           Ancestors
           would
           admit
           no
           
             Saving
          
           or
           
             Addition
          
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Charter
             ,
          
           or
           any
           
             Statutes
          
           for
           its
           
             confirmation
             ,
          
           that
           might
           any
           wayes
           impeach
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           
             Rights
             ,
          
           or
           
             Proprieties
             :
          
           And
           when
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           1.
           in
           the
           28
           year
           of
           his
           reign
           upon
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
          
           granted
           a
           
             New
             Confirmation
          
           of
           
             their
             Charters
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             *
          
           
             close
          
           thereof
           added
           this
           Clause
           ,
           
             Salvo
             jure
             Coronae
             Regis
             :
             That
             the
             right
             and
             prerogative
             of
             his
             Crown
             should
             be
             saved
             to
             him
             in
             all
             things
             ,
          
           (
           Which
           the
           Lords
           most
           insisted
           on
           ,
           to
           justify
           the
           forementioned
           rejected
           
             Addition
          
           to
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           )
           when
           it
           came
           to
           be
           proclamed
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           people
           
           
             hearing
             this
             Clause
             at
             the
             end
             thereof
             ,
             added
             by
             the
             King
             ▪
             fell
             into
             execration
             for
             that
             Addition
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Earls
             ,
             who
             went
             away
             ●atisfied
             out
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             hearing
             thereof
             ,
             went
             to
             the
             King
             and
             complained
             thereof
             ,
             who
             promised
             to
             redress
             it
          
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Selden
          
           then
           informed
           the
           Commons
           house
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           
             Leiger
             Book
          
           of
           that
           year
           ,
           in
           the
           publike
           Library
           
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
             Cambridge
             :
          
           Whereupon
           in
           the
           Statute
           
             Do
             Tallagio
             non
             concedendo
             ,
          
           34
           E.
           1.
           the
           King
           to
           please
           his
           discontented
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           not
           only
           granted
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Tallage
             or
             Ayd
             should
             be
             taken
             or
             levied
             by
             us
             or
             our
             heirs
             in
             our
             Realm
             ,
             without
             the
             good
             will
             and
             assent
             of
             the
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Earls
             ,
             Barons
             ,
             Knights
             ,
             Burgesses
             ,
             and
             other
             Freemen
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           c.
           1.
           
           But
           likewise
           added
           ,
           c.
           4.
           
           
             We
             will
             and
             grant
             for
             us
             and
             our
             Heirs
             ,
             That
             all
             Clerks
             and
             Lay-men
             of
             our
             Land
             ,
             shall
             have
             their
             Laws
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Free
             Customes
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             used
             to
             have
             the
             same
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             them
             best
             .
             And
             if
             any
             Statutes
             have
             been
             made
             by
             us
             or
             our
             Ancestors
             ,
             or
             any
             Customs
             brought
             in
             contrary
             to
             them
             ,
             We
             will
             and
             grant
             ,
             That
             such
             manner
             of
             Statutes
             and
             Customs
             shall
             be
             void
             and
             frustrate
             for
             evermore
             ;
          
           Yea
           ,
           
             King
             Edward
          
           the
           3.
           in
           pursuance
           thereof
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           4●
           E.
           3.
           c.
           1.
           
             assented
             and
             accorded
             ,
             That
             the
             Great
             Charter
             and
             Charter
             of
             the
             Forest
             ,
             be
             holden
             and
             kept
             in
             all
             points
             ▪
             And
             if
             any
             Statute
             he
             made
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             shall
             he
             holden
             for
             none
             .
          
           And
           c.
           3
           ,
           
             It
             is
             assented
             and
             accorded
             for
             the
             good
             Government
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             be
             put
             to
             answer
             without
             Present
             more
             before
             Justices
             ,
             or
             matter
             of
             Re●ard
             ,
             or
             by
             due
             Process
             ,
             and
             writ
             original
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             old
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             .
             And
             if
             any
             thing
             from
             henceforth
             be
             done
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             void
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             holden
             for
             ●rrour
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           we
           all
           jointly
           and
           severally
           expect
           and
           claim
           the
           like
           
             Declaration
          
           and
           
             Resolution
          
           in
           all
           these
           particulars
           ,
           being
           assented
           to
           by
           
             King
             Charls
          
           himself
           in
           the
           
             Petition
             
             of
             Right
             ,
          
           and
           by
           these
           antient
           Warlike
           
             Kings
             ,
          
           and
           true
           
             English
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           from
           whose
           vigilancy
           ,
           magnanamity
           ,
           unaminity
           ,
           zeal
           ,
           courage
           in
           defence
           of
           these
           our
           fundamental
           Charters
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           
             we
          
           should
           now
           be
           ashamed
           to
           degenerate
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           yeats
           ,
           wars
           ,
           and
           vast
           expences
           for
           their
           preservation
           ;
           and
           all
           
             sacred
             solemn
             Protestations
             ,
             Vows
             ,
             Leagues
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             Remonstrances
             ,
             and
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           engaging
           us
           ,
           
             with
             our
             lives
             and
             fortunes
             constantly
             to
             defend
             them
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             our
             lives
             ,
             against
             all
             opposition
             .
          
           And
           if
           any
           who
           pretend
           to
           the
           Name
           or
           power
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           should
           now
           refuse
           or
           neglect
           to
           do
           their
           duties
           herein
           ,
           they
           may
           justly
           expect
           to
           be
           had
           in
           perpetual
           detestation
           and
           execration
           both
           with
           God
           and
           all
           
             English
          
           Freemen
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           It
           was
           frequently
           averred
           ,
           declared
           
             k
          
           by
           the
           
             Commons
          
           in
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           
             That
             the
             old
             custome
             and
             use
             of
             our
             Parliaments
             constantly
             hath
             been
             ,
          
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           
             to
             debate
             ,
             redress
             all
             publick
             grievances
             ,
             and
             re-establish
             ,
             secure
             their
             violated
          
           
             *
          
           
             Great
             Charter
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             Rights
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             first
             place
             of
             all
             ,
          
           before
           they
           
             debated
             ,
             or
             granted
             any
             aides
             ,
             or
             subsidies
             demanded
             of
             them
             ,
             (
             though
             never
             so
             pressing
             ,
             or
             necessary
             )
             it
             being
             both
             dangerous
             ,
             imprudent
             ,
             and
             a
             breach
             of
             their
             trusts
             towards
             the
             people
             who
             elected
             them
             ,
             to
             play
             an
             After-game
             for
             their
             Liberties
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Grievances
             ,
             which
             would
             never
             be
             effectually
             redressed
             after
             subsidies
             once
             granted
             .
             ,
          
           VVhereupon
           they
           refused
           to
           pass
           the
           
             Bill
             of
             Subsidies
          
           then
           granted
           till
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             was
             fi●st
             assented
             unto
             ,
             enrolled
             ,
             and
             their
             Grievances
             ,
             redr●ssed
             by
             the
             King
             .
          
        
         
           XIII
           .
           They
           cast
           Sir
           
             Edmund
             Sawyer
             ,
          
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           upon
           solemn
           Debate
           ;
           
             l
          
           
             committed
             him
             Prisoner
             to
             the
          
           Tower
           ,
           and
           
             perpetually
             disabled
             him
             to
             serve
             in
             Parliament
             for
             the
             future
             ,
          
           for
           having
           a
           
             chief
             hand
             in
             making
             a
             Book
             of
             Rates
             ,
             for
             Tunnage
             and
             Poundag
             ,
             and
             laying
             imposiions
             
             on
             the
             Subject
             ,
             in
             nature
             of
             a
             Projector
             ,
             without
             grant
             or
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           And
           likewise
           suspended
           Mr.
           
             John
             Baber
          
           (
           then
           
             Recorder
             and
             Burgesse
             of
             Welle
             )
             only
          
           for
           making
           
             a
             Warrant
             to
             billet
             Souldiers
             ,
             on
             some
             of
             the
             Townsmen
             ,
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             Subjects
             Liberty
             ,
             out
             of
             fear
             .
          
           Resolving
           ,
           that
           all
           Projectors
           and
           Promoters
           of
           
             illegal
             impositions
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             billetings
             ,
             Projects
             out
             of
             base
             fear
             ,
          
           (
           which
           Mr.
           
             Baber
             )
          
           or
           by
           
             regal
             command
          
           (
           which
           Sir
           
             Edmund
             Sawyer
          
           pleaded
           for
           his
           excuse
           )
           
             were
             unfit
             to
             sit
             or
             vo●e
             in
             any
             English
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           turned
           out
           thence
           by
           judicial
           sentence
           ,
           with
           greatest
           Infamy
           .
           And
           whether
           any
           such
           be
           fit
           to
           be
           
             Members
          
           at
           any
           other
           season
           ,
           let
           those
           whom
           it
           concerns
           determine
           .
        
         
           XIV
           .
           In
           this
           Parliament
           of
           3
           
             Caroli
          
           the
           
             a
          
           
             Speaker
          
           in
           the
           close
           of
           his
           first
           
             Speech
          
           to
           the
           King
           
             (
             according
          
           to
           
             b
          
           
             usual
             custome
             in
             former
             ages
             )
          
           prayed
           3
           
             Privileges
             in
             behalf
             of
             every
             Member
             of
             the
             Commons
             House
             ;
          
           the
           first
           whereof
           was
           ,
           
             That
             for
             the
             better
             attending
             the
             publick
             and
             important
             services
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             all
             and
             every
             Member
             thereof
             ,
             and
             their
             necessary
             attendants
             may
             be
             free
             both
             in
             Person
             and
             in
             Goods
             from
             all
             Arrests
             and
             troubles
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             antient
             Privileges
             and
             immunities
             :
             Which
             the
             King
             then
             readily
             granted
             them
             all
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             true
             Rights
             and
             Privileges
             of
             Parliament
             :
          
           By
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             Keeper
             .
          
           
             c
          
           After
           which
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cook
          
           (
           arguing
           against
           the
           
             King
             and
             his
             Councils
             power
             ,
             to
             commit
             men
             only
             by
             special
             command
             ,
             without
             any
             legal
             cause
             expressed
             in
             the
             Warrant
          
           in
           the
           House
           used
           this
           expression
           .
           
             This
             concerneth
             not
             only
             the
             Commonalty
             ,
             but
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             deserveth
             to
             be
             spoken
             of
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             because
             this
             might
             dissolve
             the
             Parliament
             and
             this
             House
             :
             for
             we
             may
             be
             then
             all
             one
             after
             another
             thus
             committed
             .
          
           31
           H.
           6.
           rot
           .
           Parl.
           n.
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           
             d
          
           No
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           can
           be
           arrested
           but
           for
           Felony
           ,
           Treason
           ,
           or
           Peace
           :
           
             And
             all
             here
             may
             be
             committed
          
           
           (
           under
           these
           pretences
           )
           
             and
             then
             where
             is
             the
             Parliament
             ▪
             Surely
             the
             Lords
             will
             be
             glad
             of
             this
             ,
             it
             concerns
             them
             as
             well
             as
             us
             ▪
          
           
             e
          
           Not
           long
           after
           the
           
             Common
          
           House
           being
           informed
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Stanhop
          
           a
           Member
           thereof
           was
           
             committed
             by
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             ;
          
           thereupon
           the
           House
           ,
           (
           in
           whose
           power
           it
           was
           ,
           either
           to
           send
           an
           
             Habeas
             Corp●s
             ,
          
           or
           their
           
             Sergeant
             with
             his
             Mace
             ,
          
           for
           any
           Member
           committed
           ,
           as
           was
           resolved
           the
           last
           Parliament
           before
           this
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           cause
           thereof
           )
           ordered
           ;
           
             That
             their
             Sergeant
             should
             go
             with
             his
             Ma●e
             ,
             and
             bring
             Sir
          
           Robert
           Stanhop
           ,
           
             with
             his
             Keeper
             ,
             and
             the
             Warrant
             for
             his
             commitment
             ,
             into
             the
             House
             ,
             the
             next
             morning
             they
             fate
             .
          
           Who
           accordingly
           brought
           him
           ,
           with
           
             the
             Marshal
             of
             the
             Houshold
             ,
             and
             the
             Warrant
             ,
          
           wherein
           it
           was
           declared
           ,
           
             That
             his
             commitment
             was
             ,
             by
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             for
             breach
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             give
             Su●●ti●t
             for
             the
             Peace
             ;
          
           upon
           a
           challenge
           and
           a
           Duel
           ,
           intended
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Case
           appeared
           ,
           Whereupon
           the
           
             House
          
           were
           of
           opinion
           
             That
             standing
             committed
             for
             his
             real
             breach
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             give
             Sureties
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             have
             his
             Privileges
             ,
             without
             giving
             good
             security
             in
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             to
             keep
             the
             peace
             ,
          
           And
           Mr.
           
             ●a●shaw
          
           all●ging
           
             That
             in
             such
             cases
             some
             Members
             by
             order
             of
             the
             House
             had
             entred
             into
             Recogni●ances
             in
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             Peace
             ,
             a
             Committee
             was
             ordered
             to
             search
             out
             the
             Presidents
             ,
             and
             consider
             of
             the
             Case
             .
          
           But
           the
           quarrel
           being
           soon
           after
           taken
           up
           ,
           thereupon
           the
           Lords
           released
           Sir
           
             Robert
          
           without
           Sureties
           ,
           to
           attend
           the
           service
           of
           the
           House
           .
           On
           the
           ●8
           of
           
             April
          
           1627
           Sir
           
             Simon
             Steward
          
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           being
           served
           with
           a
           
             Sub
             p●na
             ad
             audie●dum
             judicium
          
           out
           of
           the
           S●ar-chamber
           ,
           at
           the
           sute
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Attorny
             ,
          
           upon
           a
           
             Bill
          
           there
           exhibited
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           sundry
           misdemeanours
           ;
           
             complained
             thereof
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             shewed
             that
             he
             had
             been
             
             inticed
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             Bond
             and
             Recognizance
             of
             500
             l.
             not
             to
             claim
             any
             privilege
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           The
           House
           upon
           solemn
           debate
           hereof
           ,
           
             April
          
           20.
           resolved
           ,
           
             That
             Sir
          
           Simon
           ,
           
             notwithstanding
             this
             Bond
             and
             Recognizance
             ,
             should
             have
             his
             Privilege
             allowed
             him
             ;
             because
             he
             was
             elected
             by
             ,
             and
             served
             for
             others
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             make
             a
             Proxy
             ;
             and
             because
             else
             the
             House
             might
             thereby
             be
             deprived
             of
             his
             attendance
             by
             his
             Censure
             :
          
           Yea
           this
           Recognisance
           ,
           with
           the
           Condition
           thereof
           
             (
             not
             to
             claim
             his
             Privilege
             )
          
           were
           held
           
             to
             be
             hold
             and
             against
             the
             Law
             :
          
           And
           by
           
             order
          
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           the
           
             party
             who
             served
             the
          
           Subpoena
           
             on
             Sir
          
           Simon
           Steward
           ,
           
             was
             sent
             for
             as
             a
             Delinquent
             ;
             and
             Sir
          
           Simon
           
             commanded
             to
             attend
             the
             service
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             hearing
             of
             the
             cause
             .
          
           Vpon
           this
           ,
           on
           the
           10th
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             Ely
          
           exhibited
           a
           Petition
           against
           Sir
           
             Simon
          
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           complaining
           ,
           
             that
             they
             had
             exhibited
             an
             Information
             against
             him
             in
             Starchamber
             ,
             for
             taking
             bribes
             about
             pressing
             of
             Souldiers
             as
             a
             Deputy
             Lieutenant
             ,
             and
             defrauding
             the
             Country
             about
             the
             Kings
             composition
             ;
             which
             cause
             was
             ready
             for
             hearing
             ;
          
           Petitioning
           the
           House
           ,
           
             that
             he
             might
             wave
             his
             privilege
             ,
             having
             entred
             into
             a
             Bond
             of
          
           500
           l.
           
             not
             to
             claim
             it
             .
          
           But
           it
           was
           
             resolved
          
           upon
           debate
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Commons
             House
             was
             Judge
             of
             any
             offence
             done
             by
             the
             Members
             of
             it
             .
          
           And
           thereupon
           ordered
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Committee
             should
             examine
             the
             Witnesses
             and
             other
             proofs
             of
             the
             Charge
             against
             him
             ;
          
           and
           
             so
             this
             House
             to
             proceed
             to
             Iudgement
             against
             him
             :
             Which
             was
             done
             accordingly
             .
          
           To
           these
           cases
           of
           Privilege
           in
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           I
           ●●all
           adde
           another
           memorable
           one
           in
           the
           Lords
           House
           ,
           ●●
           the
           second
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           
             King
             Charls
             .
          
           The
           King
           sitting
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           committed
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Arundel
          
           to
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           without
           leave
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           or
           acquainting
           the
           Lords
           with
           the
           cause
           thereof
           .
           Whereupon
           ,
           
             May
          
           25.
           1626.
           the
           
             Lords
          
           drew
           up
           and
           sent
           this
           
             Remonstrance
          
           and
           
             Petition
             to
             the
             King
             ,
          
           entred
           in
           their
           
             Journal
          
           on
           record
           .
        
         
           
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   humble
                   Remonstrance
                   and
                   Petition
                   of
                   the
                   Peers
                   .
                
                 
                   MAy
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   
                     Majesty
                     ,
                  
                   We
                   the
                   
                     Peers
                  
                   of
                   this
                   your
                   Realm
                   now
                   assembled
                   in
                   
                     Parliament
                     ,
                  
                   finding
                   the
                   
                     Earl
                     of
                     Arundel
                  
                   absent
                   from
                   his
                   place
                   amongst
                   u●
                   ,
                   his
                   presence
                   was
                   therefore
                   called
                   for
                   .
                   But
                   thereupon
                   a
                   Message
                   was
                   delivered
                   us
                   from
                   your
                   
                     Majesty
                  
                   by
                   the
                   
                     Lord
                     Keeper
                     ,
                  
                   That
                   the
                   
                     Earl
                     of
                     Arundell
                     was
                     restrained
                     for
                     a
                     misdemeanour
                     which
                     was
                     personal
                     to
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     and
                     lay
                     in
                     the
                     proper
                     knowl●dge
                     of
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     and
                     had
                     no
                     relation
                     to
                     matter
                     of
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   The
                   Message
                   occasioned
                   us
                   
                     to
                     inquire
                     into
                     the
                     Acts
                     of
                     our
                     Ancestors
                     ,
                     and
                     what
                     in
                     like
                     cases
                     they
                     had
                     done
                     ;
                     that
                     so
                     we
                     might
                     not
                     erre
                     in
                     a
                     dutifull
                     respect
                     to
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     and
                     yet
                     preserve
                     our
                     Right
                     and
                     Privilege
                     of
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   And
                   after
                   diligent
                   search
                   made
                   ,
                   both
                   
                     of
                     all
                     Stories
                     ,
                     Sratutes
                     and
                     Records
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   might
                   inform
                   us
                   in
                   this
                   case
                   ,
                   
                     We
                     find
                     it
                     to
                     be
                     an
                     undoubted
                     Right
                     and
                     constant
                     Privilege
                     of
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     That
                     no
                     Lord
                     of
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     sitting
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     or
                     within
                     the
                     usual
                     times
                     of
                     Privilege
                     of
                     Parliament
                     is
                     to
                     be
                     imprisoned
                     or
                     restrained
                     (
                     without
                     Sentence
                     or
                     Order
                     of
                     the
                     House
                     )
                     unless
                     it
                     be
                     for
                     Treason
                     or
                     Felony
                     ,
                     or
                     for
                     refusing
                     to
                     give
                     surety
                     for
                     the
                     Peace
                     .
                  
                   And
                   to
                   sati●fie
                   our selves
                   the
                   better
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   heard
                   all
                   that
                   could
                   be
                   alleged
                   by
                   your
                   
                     Majesties
                  
                   learned
                   Counsel
                   at
                   law
                   ,
                   that
                   might
                   any
                   way
                   infringe
                   or
                   weaken
                   
                     this
                     claim
                     of
                     the
                     Peers
                     :
                  
                   And
                   to
                   all
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   shewed
                   or
                   alleged
                   ,
                   so
                   full
                   satisfaction
                   hath
                   been
                   given
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   all
                   
                     the
                     Peers
                     in
                     Parliament
                  
                   upon
                   the
                   Question
                   made
                   of
                   
                     this
                     Privilege
                     ,
                     hath
                  
                   una
                   voce
                   
                     consented
                     ,
                     that
                     this
                     is
                     the
                     undoubted
                     Right
                     of
                     the
                     Peers
                     ,
                     and
                     hath
                     inviolably
                     béen
                     enjoyed
                     by
                     them
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Wherefore
                   we
                   your
                   
                     Majesties
                  
                   loyal
                   Subjects
                   and
                   
                   humble
                   Servants
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     whole
                     Body
                     of
                     the
                     Peers
                     now
                     in
                     Parliament
                     assembled
                     ,
                  
                   most
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   
                     Earl
                     of
                     Aruudel
                  
                   (
                   a
                   Member
                   of
                   this
                   Body
                   )
                   may
                   
                     presently
                     be
                     admitted
                  
                   by
                   your
                   Gracious
                   favour
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     come
                     sit
                     and
                     serve
                     your
                     Majesty
                     and
                     the
                     Commonwealth
                     in
                     the
                     Great
                     Affairs
                     of
                     this
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   And
                   we
                   shall
                   pray
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Vpon
           this
           
             Remonstrance
          
           and
           
             Petition
          
           sent
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           
             *
          
           
             Peers
             presently
             adjourned
             their
             house
             till
             the
             next
             morning
             ,
          
           by
           which
           time
           they
           expected
           the
           
             Earls
          
           release
           ;
           but
           not
           finding
           him
           enlarged
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           May
           26.
           they
           
             presently
             adjourned
             their
             House
             till
             the
             2.
             of
          
           June
           ,
           
             refusing
             to
             sit
             ,
             and
             resolving
             not
             to
             act
             any
             thing
             till
             the
             Earl
             was
             released
             to
             sit
             among
             them
             ,
             or
             the
             particular
             cause
             of
             his
             Commitment
             and
             seclusion
             declared
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             judge
             of
             its
             legality
             .
          
           Whereupon
           the
           King
           was
           inforced
           to
           release
           him
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Lords
           House
           :
           In
           imitation
           whereof
           the
           
             f
          
           
             whole
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           the
           last
           Parliament
           of
           
             King
             Charls
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           Kings
           comming
           into
           the
           House
           
             to
             demand
             the
             5
             Members
             he
             had
             impeached
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             January
          
           4.
           1641.
           
           (
           which
           they
           Voted
           ,
           
             To
             be
             an
             high
             Breach
             of
             the
             Rights
             and
             Privilege
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Freedom
             and
             Liberty
             thereof
             )
          
           presently
           adjourned
           it self
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           too
           (
           upon
           his
           demand
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           
             Kimbolton
             )
          
           refusing
           to
           sit
           as
           an
           House
           ,
           but
           only
           as
           a
           Committee
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           for
           certain
           dayes
           ,
           
             till
             this
             breach
             of
             their
             Privileges
             was
             repaired
             ,
             and
             their
             Mmbers
             restored
             ,
             vindicated
             ,
             cleared
             by
             the
             King
             ;
             who
             released
             all
             further
             prosecution
             against
             them
             .
          
        
         
           From
           which
           Presidents
           in
           these
           Parliaments
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             ;
          
           it
           is
           observable
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           an
           antient
           and
           undoubted
           Privilege
           and
           
           Right
           of
           all
           and
           every
           Mrmber
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           well
           Commoner
           ,
           as
           
             Peer
             ,
          
           (
           as
           likewise
           of
           their
           necessary
           Servants
           and
           Attendants
           )
           to
           be
           free
           from
           all
           Arrests
           ,
           Imprisonments
           and
           restreints
           whatsoever
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           Council
           ,
           or
           any
           others
           ,
           except
           only
           in
           cases
           of
           
             Treason
             ,
             Felony
             ,
             and
             Breach
             Surety
             of
             the
             Peace
             :
          
           which
           was
           then
           cleared
           by
           5
           
             H.
          
           4.
           n.
           39.
           5
           H.
           4.
           c.
           6.
           8
           H.
           6.
           n.
           57.
           31
           H.
           6.
           n.
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           39
           
           H
           6.
           n.
           9.
           ●7
           E.
           4.
           n.
           36.
           4
           H.
           8.
           c.
           6.
           3
           
           
             Iacobi
             ,
          
           the
           
             Baron
             of
             Waltons
          
           case
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             George
             Ha●●ings
          
           case
           2
           
             Caroli
             ,
          
           to
           which
           the
           Presidents
           printed
           in
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cooks
          
           4
           Institutes
           p.
           24
           ,
           25.
           and
           the
           
             Statute
          
           of
           8
           H.
           6.
           c.
           1.
           may
           be
           added
           ;
           which
           declares
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Great
             men
             and
             Commonalty
             of
             the
             Realm
             of
             England
             called
             or
             to
             be
             called
             to
             the
             Kings
             Parliament
             ,
             do
             enjoy
             ,
             and
             were
             wont
             to
             enjoy
             .
             and
             in
             time
             to
             come
             ought
             to
             enjoy
             ,
             this
             liberty
             or
             defence
             in
             coming
             ,
             tarrying
             ,
             and
             retorning
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             arrested
             ,
             moiested
             ,
             or
             inquieted
             ;
             and
             gives
             the
             same
             Liberty
             to
             the
             Clergy
             called
             to
             the
             Convocation
             by
             the
             Kings
             writs
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             Servants
             and
             Families
             .
          
           Therefore
           the
           arresting
           ,
           imprisoning
           ,
           secluding
           ,
           molesting
           of
           any
           Members
           of
           late
           or
           present
           times
           by
           the
           Army
           Officers
           or
           others
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           apparent
           breach
           of
           this
           antient
           Privilege
           ,
           worthy
           the
           severest
           penalties
           ,
           and
           speedy
           reformation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           ground
           and
           only
           reason
           of
           this
           Privilege
           is
           ,
           
             that
             all
             &
             every
             member
             summoned
             to
             ,
             or
             elected
             and
             returned
             to
             serve
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             might
             duly
             ,
             freely
             ,
             and
             diligently
             attend
             his
             publike
             trust
             and
             service
             in
             the
             Parl.
             without
             molestation
             ,
             restraint
             ,
             seclusion
             or
             disturbance
             :
             (
             as
             these
             Presidents
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             Records
             resolve
             :
             )
             which
             all
             and
             every
             of
             them
             are
             bound
             to
             doe
             ,
             under
             pain
             of
             being
             amerced
             ,
             fined
             ,
             and
             otherways
             punished
             ,
             and
             of
             losing
             their
             wages
             besides
             ;
          
           as
           is
           clear
           by
           the
           
             Statute
          
           of
           5
           R.
           2.
           Parl.
           2.
           c.
           4.
           
           
             The
             King
             doth
             will
             and
             command
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             assented
             in
             the
             Parliament
             by
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             that
             all
             and
             singular
             
             Persons
             and
             Commonalties
             ,
             which
             from
             henceforth
             shall
             have
             the
             summons
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             shall
             come
             from
             henceforth
             to
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             manner
             as
             they
             be
             bounden
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             accstomed
             within
             the
             Realm
             of
             England
             of
             old
             times
             .
             And
             every
             person
             of
             the
             same
             Realm
             which
             from
             henceforth
             shall
             have
             the
             said
             summons
             ,
             (
             be
             he
             Archbishop
             ,
             Bishop
             ,
             Abbot
             ,
             Prior
             ,
             Duke
             ,
             Earl
             ,
             Baron
             ,
             Baneret
             ,
             Knight
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             Citizen
             of
             City
             ,
             Burgesse
             of
             Borough
             ,
             or
             other
             singular
             Person
             or
             Comminalty
             )
             which
             doth
             absent
             himself
             ,
             or
             come
             not
             at
             the
             said
             Summons
             ,
             (
             except
             he
             may
             reasonably
             and
             honestly
             excuse
             himself
             to
             our
             Lord
             the
             King
             )
             shall
             be
             amerced
             and
             otherwise
             punished
             ,
             as
             of
             old
             times
             hath
             used
             to
             be
             done
             within
             the
             said
             Realm
             ,
             in
             the
             said
             case
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           As
           likewise
           by
           the
           
             Statutes
          
           of
           1
           H.
           5.
           c.
           1.
           32
           H.
           6.
           c.
           15.
           9
           H.
           8.
           c.
           16.
           
           The
           
             Act
             for
             Triennial
             Paliaments
             ,
             16
             Caroli
             ,
          
           31
           H.
           6.
           n.
           45
           ,
           46.
           8
           
           Martii
           23
           
             Eliz.
          
           Cooks
           4
           
             Institutes
             ,
          
           p.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           4
           ,
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           15
           ,
           17
           ,
           23
           24
           ,
           35
           ,
           42
           to
           50
           ,
           and
           my
           
             Plea
             for
             the
             Lords
             ,
          
           which
           you
           may
           consult
           at
           leisure
           .
           Therefore
           no
           member
           duly
           summoned
           or
           elected
           ,
           may
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           arrested
           ,
           secluded
           ,
           or
           suspended
           the
           Parliament
           by
           any
           Persons
           or
           Powers
           whatsoever
           ,
           upon
           any
           pretext
           or
           new
           devised
           Instrument
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           the
           House
           and
           Parliament
           it self
           ,
           without
           the
           highest
           injustice
           ,
           affront
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           Member
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           who
           elect
           him
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             the
             Parliament
             alone
             during
             its
             sitting
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             person
             or
             powers
             whatsoever
             ,
             is
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             sole
             Iudge
             of
             the
             due
             elections
             ,
             offences
             ,
             fitnesse
             ,
             ejection
             ,
             seclusion
             ,
             suspension
             ,
             imprisonment
             of
             the
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             .
             And
             that
             no
             Member
             ●n
             cases
             of
             Treason
             ,
             Felony
             ,
             or
             Breach
             of
             Peace
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             taken
             away
             or
             detained
             from
             the
             service
             of
             the
             House
             whereof
             he
             is
             a
             Member
             ,
             until
             that
             House
             hath
             satisfaction
             concerning
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             and
             grounds
             of
             the
             Accusation
             ;
             
             which
             it
             is
             bound
             to
             examine
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             proceed
             against
             him
             ,
             themselves
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             proper
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             to
             suffer
             him
             after
             to
             be
             proceeded
             against
             elsewhere
             ,
          
           as
           resolved
           in
           the
           Presidents
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmund
             Sawyer
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Baber
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Simon
             Steward
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Stanhop
             ,
          
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Arundel
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           of
           
             Kinbolton
             ,
             and
             5
             impeached
             Members
             ,
             forecited
          
           of
           late
           :
           By
           sundry
           antient
           Presidents
           in
           my
           
             Plea
             for
             the
             Lords
             ,
          
           p.
           33
           to
           54.
           
           My
           
             Ardua
             Regni
             ,
          
           and
           
             Levellers
             Levelled
             ,
             Cooks
             4
             Institutes
             ,
             p.
          
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           expresly
           declared
           by
           the
           
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
          
           in
           their
           printed
           
             Declaration
             ,
             Octob.
          
           23.
           and
           
             Remonstrance
             Novemb.
          
           2.
           1
           42.
           
           Exact
           
             Collection
          
           p.
           655
           ,
           657
           ,
           723
           ,
           724
           ,
           726
           ,
           727.
           
           Wherefore
           for
           any
           persons
           or
           Powers
           out
           of
           Parliament
           to
           arrest
           ,
           o●
           seclude
           any
           Member
           duly
           summoned
           or
           elected
           by
           the
           People
           (
           especially
           without
           ,
           before
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           without
           rendring
           any
           reason
           thereof
           to
           the
           Parliament
           and
           :
           People
           who
           elect
           them
           )
           is
           the
           highest
           usurpation
           over
           ,
           and
           affront
           to
           the
           Soveraign
           jurisdiction
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           that
           possibly
           can
           be
           devised
           ,
           yea
           an
           erection
           of
           a
           supream
           new
           Power
           ,
           both
           over
           Parliaments
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Members
           ;
           and
           great
           injustice
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           lately
           
             g
          
           
             voted
          
           the
           
             Soveraign
             Power
             ,
             and
             only
             fountain
             of
             all
             lawfull
             Authority
             in
             the
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           all
           former
           ages
           ,
           have
           been
           very
           diligent
           ,
           vigilant
           ,
           zealous
           ,
           resolute
           ,
           couragious
           in
           maintaining
           these
           their
           antient
           undoubted
           Privileges
           of
           their
           Members
           ,
           and
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           against
           the
           least
           incroachment
           or
           violation
           ;
           not
           suffering
           so
           much
           as
           one
           or
           two
           of
           their
           Members
           at
           any
           time
           (
           especially
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           
             King
             Charles
             )
          
           to
           be
           imprisoned
           ,
           or
           restrained
           from
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           any
           real
           ar
           pretended
           causes
           ,
           without
           present
           demanding
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           them
           ,
           and
           examining
           the
           grounds
           of
           their
           restraints
           ,
           adjorning
           their
           Houses
           ,
           and
           refusing
           to
           sit
           or
           act
           till
           
           till
           their
           Members
           were
           restored
           ,
           righted
           ;
           and
           their
           Privileges
           repaired
           ;
           And
           that
           upon
           these
           four
           grounds
           ,
           worthy
           special
           observation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           our
           Parliaments
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           
             were
             constantly
             adjourned
             from
             the
             day
             of
             their
             first
             appearance
             ,
             till
             a
             further
             time
             ,
             when
             any
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             Knights
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             shortness
             of
             time
             ,
             other
             publike
             imployments
             ,
             or
             default
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             returns
             ,
             were
             absent
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             appear
             ,
             to
             make
             up
             a
             full
             Parliament
             upon
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             Summons
             ;
          
           which
           I
           have
           proved
           by
           30
           Parliaments
           ,
           Presidents
           and
           Records
           
             h
          
           
             elsewhere
          
           cited
           )
           in
           the
           reignes
           of
           King
           
             Henry
             3.
             
             Edward
          
           the
           3.
           
           
             Richard
          
           3.
           and
           
             Henry
          
           the
           4th
           ,
           (
           to
           which
           some
           others
           might
           be
           added
           )
           to
           prevent
           the
           danger
           of
           acting
           any
           thing
           in
           a
           thin
           or
           packed
           House
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           the
           undue
           seclusion
           of
           any
           Members
           duly
           elected
           by
           force
           or
           combination
           ,
           (
           especially
           when
           others
           unduly
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           all
           elected
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           were
           returned
           and
           admitted
           as
           Members
           )
           hath
           
             nullified
             ,
             made
             void
             and
             repealed
             all
             the
             Acts
             and
             Proceedings
             of
             former
             Parliaments
             ,
             thus
             fraudulently
             packed
             for
             sinister
             private
             ends
             ;
             as
             being
             no
             Parliaments
             at
             all
             in
             law
             or
             truth
             ,
             but
             a
             packed
             Conventicle
             and
             Confederacy
             ;
          
           as
           the
           printed
           Statutes
           of
           21
           R.
           2.
           c.
           12.
           1
           H.
           4.
           c.
           3.
           and
           rot.
           Parl.
           1
           H.
           4.
           n.
           22
           ,
           23.
           38.
           48.
           66.
           70.
           38
           H.
           6.
           n.
           35.
           39
           H.
           6.
           c.
           1.
           17
           E.
           4.
           c.
           7.
           
           And
           the
           Statutes
           of
           10
           H.
           7.
           c.
           23.
           made
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           will
           resolve
           the
           perusers
           of
           them
           ,
           being
           over-tedious
           to
           transcribe
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Because
           else
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Council
           ,
           or
           others
           might
           as
           well
           summon
           what
           Nobles
           ,
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           they
           pleased
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           omit
           whom
           else
           they
           pleased
           out
           of
           the
           Summons
           ,
           without
           any
           Writs
           directed
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           seclude
           or
           admit
           whom
           they
           pleased
           ,
           when
           summoned
           ,
           elected
           ,
           returned
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             i
          
           
             Great
             Charter
          
           of
           
             King
             John
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Statute
           of
           5
           R.
           2.
           c.
           4.
           
           which
           expresly
           provide
           ,
           
             That
             all
             the
             Barons
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             Burgesses
             ,
             Comminalties
             and
             Counties
             shall
             be
             summoned
             to
             every
             Parliament
             .
             And
             if
             any
             Sheriff
             of
             the
             Realm
             be
             from
             henceforth
             negligent
             in
             making
             his
             returns
             of
             Writs
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             leave
             out
             of
             the
             said
             Returns
             any
             Cities
             or
             Boroughs
             which
             be
             bound
             ,
             or
             were
             of
             old
             time
             wont
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             amerced
             or
             otherwise
             punished
             ,
             in
             the
             manner
             as
             was
             accustomed
             to
             be
             done
             in
             the
             said
             case
             in
             times
             past
             .
          
           They
           being
           
             all
             to
             be
             summoned
             as
             formerly
             ,
             exdebito
             Iusticiae
             ,
          
           as
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cook
          
           resolves
           in
           his
           4th
           
             Institutes
             ,
          
           p.
           1.
           printed
           by
           the
           
             Commons
             House
          
           special
           Order
           :
           else
           the
           Parliament
           will
           be
           Void
           and
           Null
           ,
           as
           the
           Statute
           of
           10
           H.
           7.
           c.
           23.
           for
           
             Ireland
          
           declares
           ,
           resolving
           the
           Patent
           of
           
             Drogheda
          
           to
           be
           void
           ,
           upon
           this
           reason
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Because
           (
           as
           both
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           resolved
           in
           their
           
             (
             k
             )
             Declaration
          
           of
           October
           23.
           and
           Remonstrance
           ,
           
           Novemb.
           2.
           1642.
           published
           in
           print
           to
           all
           our
           3.
           
           Kingdoms
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           penned
           and
           assented
           to
           by
           some
           
             Grandees
          
           in
           present
           power
           )
           
             the
             King
             or
             any
             prevailing
             party
             whatsoever
             might
             else
             at
             any
             time
             seclude
             and
             pull
             out
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Parliament
             all
             such
             Members
             as
             they
             found
             ●r●sse
             and
             opposite
             to
             their
             designs
             ;
             Make
             whom
             and
             how
             many
             Members
             they
             pleased
             a
             Major
             part
             ,
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             designes
             ,
             and
             thereby
             destroy
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             Parliament
             by
             pulling
             out
             the
             principal
             Members
             ,
             and
             pull
             up
             their
             Privileges
             by
             the
             roots
             .
          
           A
           treachery
           ,
           injury
           ,
           innovation
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           tollerated
           or
           connived
           at
           in
           the
           least
           Degree
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           
             Protestations
             ,
             Vowes
             ,
             Solemn
             Leagues
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             Remonstrances
             ,
          
           both
           by
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           and
           
             Army
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             years
             bloudy
             Wars
             ,
             for
             defence
             of
             the
             Rights
             and
             Privileges
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           I
           shall
           therefore
           close
           up
           this
           particular
           with
           the
           memorable
           words
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           forenamed
           
             Remonstrances
             ,
          
           
           which
           I
           desire
           all
           Swordmen
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           those
           especially
           who
           were
           then
           Members
           ,
           to
           take
           special
           notice
           of
           .
           
             l
          
           
             This
             Privilege
             of
             the
             Members
             se●●usion
             from
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             arrests
          
           (
           fore
           mentioned
           )
           
             is
             so
             clear
             and
             essential
             a
             Privilege
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Freedome
             of
             Parliament
             depends
             upon
             it
             .
             For
             who
             sees
             not
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             means
             under
             false
             pretences
             of
             Crimes
             and
             Accusations
             ,
             such
             and
             so
             many
             Members
             of
             both
             or
             either
             House
             may
             be
             taken
             out
             of
             it
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             by
             any
             persons
             to
             serve
             a
             torn
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             a
             major
             part
             of
             whom
             they
             will
             at
             pleasure
             .
             And
             therefore
             as
             the
             Freedom
             of
             the
             Parliament
             dependeth
             in
             a
             great
             part
             upon
             this
             Privilege
             ,
             and
             the
             Freedome
             of
             this
             Nation
             upon
             the
             Freedome
             of
             Parliaments
             ;
             We
             have
             good
             cause
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             knowing
             that
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             are
             bound
             up
             in
             this
             Bundle
             ,
             will
             venture
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             in
             this
             Quarrel
             .
          
           Accursed
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           execrated
           then
           let
           all
           those
           Sword-men
           and
           Innovators
           be
           ,
           who
           by
           any
           
             Matchiavilian
             Policies
             ,
             Engines
             ,
          
           or
           
             Instruments
          
           whatsoever
           ,
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           deprive
           the
           Parliaments
           and
           People
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           of
           this
           their
           antient
           
             essential
             Privilege
          
           and
           
             Freedoms
             ;
          
           or
           necessitate
           them
           once
           again
           to
           venture
           their
           Lives
           or
           Fortunes
           in
           this
           quarrel
           ,
           to
           maintain
           or
           regain
           the
           same
           by
           a
           
             New
             war
          
           or
           
             insurrection
             ,
          
           against
           the
           
             Imprisoners
          
           or
           
             Secluders
          
           of
           any
           of
           their
           duly
           elected
           and
           best
           respected
           publick
           
             Trustees
          
           out
           of
           our
           Parliaments
           in
           time
           to
           come
           (
           as
           they
           have
           oft
           times
           done
           for
           some
           years
           by-past
           )
           to
           the
           subversion
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           Peoples
           general
           affront
           and
           discontent
           .
           To
           prevent
           which
           danger
           ,
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           a
           
             free
             Legal
          
           English
           
             Parliament
          
           might
           be
           duly
           summoned
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           
             Peers
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Freeholders
             ,
             Freemen
             ,
          
           and
           
             Burgesses
             of
             every
             County
             ,
             City
             ,
          
           and
           
             Borough
             ,
             in
             their
             default
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act
             for
             triennial
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           yet
           in
           force
           (
           to
           which
           many
           
           in
           present
           power
           were
           assenting
           )
           to
           redress
           all
           high
           violations
           of
           our
           Parliaments
           just
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           ,
           and
           prevent
           the
           like
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           reform
           all
           publick
           Grievances
           ,
           remove
           all
           unrighteous
           oppressions
           ,
           compose
           our
           manifold
           sad
           Divisions
           ,
           Schismes
           ,
           Fractions
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           settle
           our
           three
           distracted
           Kingdoms
           in
           such
           unity
           ,
           peace
           ,
           prosperity
           ,
           after
           all
           our
           destructive
           wars
           ,
           as
           all
           good
           men
           long
           ,
           pray
           for
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           Traytors
           ,
           or
           professed
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Tranquillity
           and
           Welfare
           ,
           can
           or
           dare
           oppose
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           The
           whole
           
             House
             of
             Commons
             (
             m
             )
          
           impeached
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Lords
             House
          
           judicially
           sentenced
           D●
           .
           
             Manwaring
          
           (
           then
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           
             Convocation
             )
          
           for
           preaching
           
             before
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           publishing
           in
           print
           in
           two
           Sermons
           ,
           intituled
           
             Religion
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
          
           and
           propriety
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             King
             is
             not
             bouud
             to
             keep
             and
             observe
             the
             good
             Laws
             and
             customes
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             who
             undoubtedly
             inherit
             this
             Right
             and
             Liberty
             not
             to
             be
             compelled
             to
             contribute
             any
             tax
             ,
             tallage
             ,
             aid
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             any
             loans
             ,
             not
             set
             or
             imposed
             by
             common
             consent
             ,
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             :
             And
             that
             his
             Royal
             will
             and
             command
             in
             imposing
             Loans
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             other
             Aids
             without
             Common
             consent
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             doth
             so
             far
             bind
             the
             conscience
             of
             the
             Subje●●
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             refuse
             the
             same
             without
             peril
             of
             damnation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             those
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             who
             refused
             the
             Loan
             imposed
             on
             them
             ,
             did
             therein
             offend
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             against
             his
             Majesties
             supream
             Authority
             :
             and
             by
             so
             doing
             became
             guilty
             of
             impiety
             ,
             disloyalty
             ,
             rebellion
             ,
             disobedience
             ,
             and
             lyable
             to
             many
             other
             Taxes
             and
             censures
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             authority
             of
             Parliament
             is
             not
             necessary
             
             for
             raising
             of
             Aids
             and
             Subsidies
             ,
             That
             the
             slow
             proceedings
             of
             such
             Assemblies
             are
             not
             fit
             for
             the
             supply
             of
             the
             urgent
             necessities
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             but
             rather
             apt
             to
             produce
             sundry
             Impediments
             to
             the
             just
             designs
             of
             Princes
             :
             and
             to
             give
             them
             occasion
             of
             displeasure
             or
             discontent
             .
          
        
         
           For
           which
           Sermons
           and
           positions
           the
           
             Lords
             House
          
           adjudged
           ,
           1.
           
           
             That
             this
             Dr.
          
           Manwaring
           (
           notwithstanding
           his
           humble
           Petitions
           ,
           and
           craving
           pardon
           for
           these
           offences
           )
           
             shall
             be
             imprisoned
             during
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             House
             .
             2.
             
             That
             he
             be
             fined
          
           1000
           l.
           
             to
             the
             King.
             3.
             
             That
             he
             shall
             make
             such
             a
             submission
             and
             acknowledgement
             of
             his
             offences
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             set
             down
             by
             a
             Committe
             in
             writing
             ,
             both
             at
             the
             Lords
             Bar
             and
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           (
           which
           he
           accordingly
           made
           .
           )
           4.
           
           
             That
             he
             shall
             be
             suspended
             for
             the
             time
             of
             three
             years
             from
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             Ministry
             .
             5.
             
             That
             he
             shall
             be
             for
             ever
             disabled
             to
             preach
             at
             the
             Court
             hereafter
             .
             6.
             
             That
             he
             shall
             be
             disabled
             hereafter
             to
             have
             any
             Ecclesiastical
             dignity
             or
             secular
             Office
             .
             7.
             
             That
             the
             same
             Book
             is
             worthy
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             better
             effecting
             thereof
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             may
             be
             moved
             ,
             to
             grant
             a
             Proclamation
             to
             call
             in
             the
             said
             Books
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             burnt
             accordingly
             in
          
           London
           ,
           
             and
             both
          
           Universities
           ,
           
             and
             for
             inhibiting
             the
             printing
             hereof
             upon
             a
             great
             penal●y
             .
          
           Which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           Whether
           some
           late
           
             Court-Chaplaint
             ,
          
           or
           
             Parasites
          
           have
           not
           incurred
           the
           like
           offences
           ,
           and
           demerit
           not
           as
           severe
           a
           censure
           as
           he
           ,
           for
           some
           
             Sermons
             ,
          
           and
           printed
           
             Pamphlets
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           
             Instruments
          
           of
           like
           nature
           ;
           is
           worthy
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           next
           publike
           
             Assembly
             ,
          
           and
           future
           
             English
             Parliaments
             .
          
        
         
           XV
           .
           The
           
             n
          
           House
           of
           Commons
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           committed
           Mr.
           
             Laughton
             ,
          
           and
           Mr
           
             John
             Trelawny
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Wray
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Edward
             Trelawny
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Sergeant
             at
             Arms
             ,
             during
             the
             Houses
             pleasure
             ,
          
           and
           ordered
           them
           to
           make
           a
           
             Recognition
             of
             their
             
             offences
          
           at
           the
           Assises
           in
           
             Cornwal
          
           for
           
             interrupting
             the
             freedomes
             of
             Elections
             in
             that
             County
             ;
          
           For
           that
           some
           of
           them
           being
           
             Deputy
             .
             Lieutenants
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           them
           
             Justices
          
           of
           
             Peace
          
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Cornwal
             ,
          
           writ
           Letters
           to
           this
           effect
           .
           
             Whereas
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Realm
             depends
             upon
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             we
             the
             Deputy-Lieutenants
             and
             Justices
             to
             whose
             care
             the
             County
             is
             committed
             ,
             finding
             
               A.
            
             and
             
               B.
            
             fit
             persons
             ,
             have
             desired
             them
             to
             stand
             to
             be
             Knights
             ,
             whereof
             we
             give
             you
             notice
             ;
             and
             advising
             Sir
             
               John
               Eliot
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Cariton
            
             to
             desist
             ,
             that
             they
             wished
             them
             not
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
             
               and
               menacing
               them
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
            
             but
             if
             you
             go
             on
             ,
             we
             will
             oppose
             you
             by
             all
             means
             ,
             lest
             his
             Majesty
             suspect
             our
             fidelity
             ;
             since
             you
             know
             how
             gracious
             you
             are
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             waies
             he
             hath
             expressed
             his
             displeasure
             against
             you
             .
             And
             his
             Majesty
             will
             conceive
             your
             Election
             to
             be
             an
             affront
             to
             his
             service
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             shall
             draw
             the
             displeasure
             of
             the
             King
             on
             us
             Our
             hope
             is
             ,
             that
             you
             out
             of
             conscience
             and
             loyalty
             will
             not
             seek
             this
             place
             ;
             and
             we
             let
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             do
             ,
             we
             will
             oppose
             you
             all
             we
             can
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             writing
             Letters
             to
             others
             of
             the
             County
             to
             this
             effect
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             unquiet
             Spirits
             seek
             their
             own
             ends
             ,
             we
             desire
             men
             of
             moderation
             may
             be
             chosen
             ,
             and
             we
             desire
             you
             to
             give
             your
             Voito
             
               A.
            
             and
             
               B
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           And
           for
           that
           besides
           these
           Letters
           ,
           
             they
             warned
             the
             trained
             Band
             to
             attend
             the
             day
             of
             the
             election
             .
          
           By
           which
           
             Letters
             ,
             Menaces
             ,
          
           and
           
             Practices
          
           they
           were
           
             voted
             guilty
             ,
             as
             practising
             to
             pervert
             the
             free-dome
             of
             the
             election
             of
             the
             Knights
             of
             that
             County
             ;
          
           and
           thereupon
           thus
           censured
           by
           the
           House
           .
           On
           the
           28
           of
           
           the
           same
           
             May
          
           1628.
           
           Sir
           
             John
             Eliot
          
           reported
           from
           the
           
             Committee
          
           sundry
           complaints
           against
           the
           Lord
           
             Mohun
             ,
          
           Vice-warden
           of
           the
           
             Stanneries
             in
             Cornwal
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             Tinners
          
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           whereof
           this
           was
           one
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Tinners
             in
          
           Cornwal
           ,
           
             have
             time
             out
             of
             mind
             used
             to
             elect
             a
          
           Parliament
           of
           Tinners
           ,
           
             so
             often
             as
             there
             is
             occasion
             ,
             
             summoned
             ever
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             The
             Lord
          
           Warden
           
             of
             the
          
           Stanneries
           
             grants
             his
             Commission
             to
             the
          
           Vice-Warden
           ,
           
             who
             thereupon
             directs
             Sommons
             to
             the
          
           4
           Maiors
           
             of
             the
          
           4
           Divisions
           
             of
             the
          
           Stanneries
           ,
           
             appointing
             them
             to
             elect
             within
             every
             Division
             ,
          
           6
           Tinners
           
             to
             be
             elected
             by
             the
             Maior
             and
             his
             Corporation
             ;
             and
             so
             the
          
           parties
           elected
           
             are
             returned
             to
             serve
          
           in
           their
           
             Parliment
             .
          
           That
           the
           Lord
           
             Mohun
          
           being
           Vice-Warden
           at
           
             Christmas
          
           then
           last
           past
           ,
           
             sent
             his
             Warrant
             to
             the
          
           4
           Maiors
           ,
           
             commanding
             them
             to
             elect
             such
             and
             such
             Persons
             by
             name
             to
             be
             Tinners
             for
             the
             Parliament
             .
             The
          
           Maiors
           
             obeyed
             ,
             and
             summoned
             the
             men
             ,
             who
             met
             the
             4th
          
           of
           January
           last
           .
           Upon
           the
           meeting
           ,
           the
           
             Tinners
          
           questioned
           
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             that
             Parliament
             .
          
           First
           ,
           
             because
             there
             was
             no
          
           Commission
           
             (
             from
             the
          
           Lord
           Warden
           ,
           
             but
             only
             a
             Letter
             )
             and
             that
             for
             a
             meeting
             only
             to
             confer.
          
           2.
           
           
             For
             that
             the
             Election
             was
             not
             free
             and
             due
             .
          
           VVhereupon
           
             that
             Parliament
             was
             dissolved
             as
             void
             .
          
           Upon
           which
           the
           
             Lord
             Mohun
          
           the
           5
           of
           February
           ,
           
             sent
             out
             new
             Sommons
             to
             the
          
           Maiors
           ,
           
             that
             they
             should
             reassemble
             such
             and
             such
             Persons
             as
             he
             named
             in
             his
             Warrant
             ;
             Who
             meeting
             together
             ,
             he
             perswaded
             fourteen
             of
             them
             (
             against
             the
             Protestation
             of
             the
             other
             ten
             )
             to
             impose
             the
             sum
             of
          
           500l
           .
           
             upon
             the
          
           Tinners
           ,
           
             towards
             the
             maintenance
             of
             their
             Liberties
             ,
             as
             he
             pretended
             ;
             and
             sent
             forth
             his
             Warrants
             to
             collect
             the
             Money
             sitting
             this
             Parliament
             .
          
           VVhich
           the
           Tinners
           complained
           of
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           as
           a
           
             great
             Grievance
          
           and
           
             impeachment
             of
             their
             privilege
             ,
             and
             freedom
             of
             their
             elections
             and
             Parliaments
             ;
          
           and
           was
           so
           
             voted
             by
             the
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Mohun
          
           thereupon
           
             summoned
             to
             answer
             the
             charge
             .
          
           Whether
           the
           Fredom
           of
           many
           late
           Elections
           of
           Members
           for
           this
           Assemblie
           in
           Counties
           and
           Burroughs
           ,
           hath
           not
           been
           perverted
           ,
           hindered
           ,
           abolished
           ,
           by
           like
           Letters
           ,
           Menaces
           from
           
             Whitehall
             ,
             Major
             Generals
             ,
             Captains
             ,
             other
             Grandees
             ;
          
           by
           drawing
           up
           Troops
           of
           armed
           Souldiers
           to
           the
           places
           of
           Election
           to
           terrifie
           the
           peole
           ,
           enjoining
           
           such
           and
           such
           persons
           by
           prescribed
           
             Lists
             ,
             Letters
             ,
          
           and
           otherwise
           to
           be
           chosen
           ,
           such
           and
           such
           to
           be
           opposed
           and
           not
           elected
           ,
           as
           being
           persons
           
             disaffected
             ,
             turbulent
             ,
             unquiet
             Spirits
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           other
           indirect
           practices
           ;
           (
           to
           make
           up
           a
           packed
           
             Court-Coventicle
             ,
          
           to
           carry
           on
           private
           designs
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           
             New
             Free
             state
             Parliment
             )
          
           is
           worthy
           the
           inquiry
           and
           censure
           of
           those
           whom
           it
           most
           concerns
           ;
           to
           preserve
           and
           vindicate
           the
           Free-dome
           of
           Elections
           ,
           long
           since
           established
           ,
           against
           such
           practices
           ,
           menaces
           ,
           force
           and
           terror
           ,
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           3
           E.
           1.
           c.
           5.
           which
           enacts
           ,
           *
           
             Because
             Elections
             ought
             to
             be
             free
             ,
             the
             King
             commanded
          
           
           
             upon
             great
             forfeiture
             ,
          
           that
           
             no
             great
             Man
             ,
             nor
             other
             ,
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             or
             by
             malice
             or
             menacing
             ,
             shall
             disturb
             any
             to
             make
             free
             Election
             .
          
           For
           violating
           which
           Law
           ,
           and
           antient
           custome
           ,
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           of
           1.
           
             H.
             4.
             rot
             :
             Parliamenti
             ,
             nu
             :
          
           36.
           thus
           impeached
           King
           
             Richard
             the
          
           2.
           when
           they
           enforced
           him
           to
           resign
           his
           Crown
           ,
           for
           his
           misgovernment
           in
           this
           particular
           amongst
           others
           .
           
             That
             although
             by
             the
             Statute
             and
             Custome
             of
             his
             Realm
             ,
             in
             the
             Assembling
             of
             every
             Parliament
             ,
             his
             People
             in
             all
             Counties
             of
             his
             Realm
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             free
             ,
             to
             choose
             and
             d●pute
             Knights
             for
             the
             said
             Counties
             to
             be
             present
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             to
             declare
             their
             Grievances
             ,
             and
             to
             prosecute
             remedies
             thereupon
             ,
             as
             it
             should
             seem
             expedient
             to
             them
             ;
             Yet
             the
             said
             King
             ,
          
           that
           he
           might
           be
           able
           in
           his
           Parliaments
           more
           freely
           to
           obtain
           the
           effect
           of
           his
           rash
           will
           ,
           
             frequently
             directed
             his
             Mandates
             to
             his
             Sheriffs
             ,
          
           to
           cause
           certain
           persons
           nominated
           by
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           as
           Knights
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           
             to
             come
             unto
             his
             Parliaments
             .
          
           Which
           Knights
           verily
           favouring
           the
           King
           he
           might
           easily
           induce
           ,
           as
           he
           frequently
           did
           ;
           
             sometimes
          
           by
           divers
           Menaces
           and
           tenors
           ,
           and
           
             sometimes
          
           by
           Gifts
           ,
           to
           consent
           to
           those
           things
           which
           
             were
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Realm
             ,
             and
             very
             burdensome
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             specially
             to
             grant
             to
             the
             said
             King
             a
             Subsidy
             for
             certain
             
             years
             ,
             to
             the
             over-great
             oppression
             of
             his
             people
             .
          
           Which
           misdemeanour
           and
           incroachment
           upon
           the
           freedom
           of
           his
           Subjects
           elections
           ,
           and
           packing
           of
           Parliaments
           for
           these
           ends
           ,
           lost
           him
           not
           only
           his
           peoples
           hearts
           ,
           but
           his
           very
           Crown
           ,
           Regal
           Power
           and
           life
           .
           Which
           others
           who
           now
           tread
           in
           his
           footsteps
           ,
           and
           exceed
           him
           herein
           ,
           may
           do
           well
           ,
           advisedly
           to
           consider
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           like
           impeachment
           ,
           and
           tragical
           events
           .
        
         
           In
           11
           R.
           2.
           Rot.
           Claus.
           dors
           .
           13.
           
           The
           King
           sent
           Writs
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           Sheriffs
           to
           summon
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           this
           New
           unusual
           clause
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           differences
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Nobles
           .
           
             Eligere
             homines
             in
             debatis
             modernis
             maxime
             indifferentes
             .
          
           But
           this
           being
           a
           Novelty
           ,
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           Freedom
           of
           Elections
           ,
           and
           the
           Statute
           of
           3
           E.
           1.
           c.
           5.
           )
           
             &
             contraformam
             Electionis
             antiquit
             us
             usitatae
             ,
             et
             contra
             libertatem
             Dominorum
             et
             Communitatis
             regni
             hactenus
             obtentam
             .
             Ideo
             ,
          
           therefore
           this
           clause
           was
           
             struck
             out
             of
             the
             Writs
             ,
             by
             order
             of
             Parliament
             ever
             since
             .
          
           And
           that
           Parliament
           was
           afterwards
           repealed
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           21
           R.
           2.
           
           When
           the
           Parliament
           of
           6
           H.
           4.
           
           Anno
           1404.
           was
           to
           be
           summoned
           ,
           
             the
             King
             by
             pretext
             of
             an
             Ordinance
             of
          
           45
           E.
           3.
           rot
           .
           Parl.
           n.
           13.
           wrote
           Letters
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           and
           other
           Officers
           ;
           
             *
          
           
             That
             no
             Lawyer
             should
             be
             chosen
             or
             returned
             a
             Knight
             or
             Burgesse
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
          
           yet
           inserted
           it
           not
           into
           the
           Writ
           ,
           as
           
             Walsingham
          
           and
           others
           mistake
           .
           But
           the
           very
           next
           Parliament
           after
           ,
           7
           H.
           4.
           the
           Commons
           grievously
           
             complained
          
           against
           the
           interruption
           of
           the
           
             Freedom
             of
             their
             Elections
             by
             these
             Letters
             ;
          
           Whereupon
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           like
           incroachment
           and
           int●rruption
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           
             at
             the
             grievous
             complaint
             ,
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             of
             the
             undue
             Election
             of
             the
             Knights
             of
             the
             Counties
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             be
             sometimes
             made
             at
             the
             affections
             of
             Sheriffs
             and
             otherwise
             ,
             against
             the
             form
             of
             the
             Writs
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             slauder
             
             of
             the
             Counties
             ,
             and
             hinderance
             of
             the
             businesse
             of
             the
             Comminalty
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ;
             it
             was
             ordained
             and
             establishid
          
           
             *
          
           by
           a
           special
           Act
           yet
           in
           force
           ;
           
             that
             all
             that
             attend
             to
             the
             Election
             of
             the
             Knights
             in
             the
             full
             County
             ,
             shall
             proceed
             to
             the
             Election
             freely
             and
             indifferently
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Request
             or
             Commandement
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           By
           vertue
           of
           which
           Acts
           and
           premises
           all
           late
           Letters
           to
           
             Major
             Generals
          
           and
           
             Sheriffs
          
           with
           like
           or
           worser
           
             clauses
          
           to
           restrein
           the
           people
           in
           the
           freedom
           of
           their
           Elections
           ,
           must
           be
           void
           and
           illegal
           .
           In
           18
           H.
           6.
           n.
           18.
           
           A
           
             New
             Election
             and
             Writ
             was
             awarded
             and
             sent
             to
             tht
             Sheriff
             of
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           with
           proclamation
           ,
           
             That
             none
             should
             assemble
             with
             names
             to
             the
             New
             election
             ,
             nor
             intermeddle
             in
             it
             without
             warrant
             of
             Law
             ,
          
           the
           former
           election
           being
           vacated
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           force
           and
           disturbance
           .
           Anno
           38
           H.
           6.
           there
           was
           a
           
             Parliament
             summoned
             at
             Coventry
          
           on
           the
           2.
           of
           
             November
             ,
          
           wherein
           divers
           Knights
           and
           Burgesses
           
             were
             returned
             by
             the
             Sheriffs
             ,
             nominated
             onely
             by
             the
             Kings
             Letters
             (
             surreptitiously
             procured
             from
             him
             by
             divers
             seditious
             and
             other
             evil
             disposed
             persons
             ,
             to
             destroy
             and
             suppresse
             others
             of
             a
             contrary
             party
             )
             without
             any
             election
             by
             the
             people
             :
          
           This
           
             packed
             Parliament
          
           ordered
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             stand
             and
             serve
             as
             Knights
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             not
             elected
             nor
             duly
             chosen
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Sheriffs
             should
             not
             incurre
             the
             penalties
          
           of
           the
           Stacute
           of
           23
           H.
           3.
           c.
           11.
           as
           appears
           by
           38
           H.
           6.
           n.
           35.
           and
           the
           Statute
           of
           39
           H.
           6.
           c.
           1.
           
           But
           what
           was
           the
           issue
           ?
           The
           very
           next
           year
           a
           new
           Parliament
           being
           summoned
           ;
           the
           first
           Act
           they
           made
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             to
             declare
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             all
             Acts
             ,
             Statutes
             and
             Ordinances
             made
             therein
             ,
             to
             be
             null
             and
             void
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             force
             and
             effect
             :
             Because
             it
             was
             unduly
             summoned
             ,
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Knights
             for
             divers
             Counties
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             and
             many
             Burgesses
             and
             Citizens
             for
             divers
             Boroughs
             and
             Cities
             in
             the
             same
             Appearing
             ,
             were
             named
             ,
             returned
             and
             accepted
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             without
             due
             and
             frée
             
             election
             ,
             fome
             of
             them
             without
             any
             election
             ,
             against
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Kings
             Laws
             ,
             and
             the
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Commons
             of
             the
             Realm
             ;
             by
             the
             means
             and
             labours
             of
             the
             said
             seditious
             Persons
             ,
             &c.
          
           As
           the
           Statute
           of
           39
           H.
           3.
           c.
           1.
           (
           worthy
           perusal
           and
           consideration
           of
           this
           next
           Assembly
           )
           resolves
           in
           positive
           termes
           ,
           though
           not
           one
           of
           those
           then
           duely
           elected
           by
           the
           people
           was
           secluded
           .
           Which
           I
           desire
           all
           our
           ignorant
           violent
           
             Swordmen
             ,
             young
             Statesmen
             ,
          
           and
           
             Instrument-makers
          
           to
           take
           Notice
           of
           ,
           for
           fear
           all
           their
           Conventions
           ,
           Acts
           and
           proceedings
           prove
           meer
           
             Nullities
          
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           upon
           this
           account
           of
           unfree
           and
           undue
           elections
           ,
           and
           seclusions
           of
           Members
           duly
           elected
           ,
           against
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliaments
           ,
           Peoples
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           In
           this
           Parliament
           of
           
             *
          
           3
           
             Caroli
             ,
          
           the
           Attornies
           of
           
             York
          
           complained
           to
           the
           
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           that
           King
           
             Charles
          
           in
           the
           second
           year
           of
           his
           reign
           had
           granted
           to
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Mounson
          
           by
           Patent
           ,
           
             the
             sole
             making
             of
             all
             Bills
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             and
             Informations
             before
             the
             Counsel
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             likewise
             the
             sole
             making
             of
             Letters
             Missives
             and
             Processe
             in
             that
             Court
             for
             3.
             
             Lives
             .
          
           The
           Committee
           of
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           
             Commons
          
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           18
           
             Iacobi
             ,
          
           and
           after
           that
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           19
           
             Iacobi
             29
             Novemb.
             adjudged
          
           the
           like
           Patent
           as
           this
           made
           by
           
             King
             Iames
          
           to
           
             John
             Lepton
             4
             Iacobi
          
           of
           this
           Office
           ,
           
             To
             be
             a
             Grievance
             and
             Monopoly
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             creation
             and
             execution
             .
          
           And
           the
           whole
           
             Committee
             of
             Grievances
             ,
          
           and
           Commons
           House
           upon
           the
           Report
           and
           full
           debate
           of
           this
           Patent
           to
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Mounson
             ,
          
           adjudged
           it
           likewise
           to
           be
           
             a
             Grievance
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Creation
             and
             Execution
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           
             Bils
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             and
             Informations
             ;
          
           though
           not
           in
           respect
           of
           
             Letters
             and
             Processe
             ;
             the
             sole
             making
             whereof
             the
             King
             might
             lawfully
             grant
             upon
             the
             erecting
             of
             this
             Court
             by
             a
             special
             Patent
             ,
          
           but
           being
           mixed
           with
           Bills
           ,
           Declarations
           and
           Informations
           in
           the
           same
           Patent
           ,
           they
           
             adjudged
             the
             whole
             Patent
             to
             be
             a
             Grievance
             ,
          
           
           (
           as
           they
           likewise
           resoved
           the
           
             Earl
             of
             Holland
          
           his
           Patent
           of
           
             Exchange
             ,
             for
             the
             sole
             buying
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             ,
          
           to
           be
           a
           
             Monopoly
             and
             Grievance
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             creation
             and
             execution
             ,
          
           June
           23.
           1628.
           )
           And
           that
           principally
           for
           3
           Reasons
           .
           First
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           a
           
             *
          
           
             Monopoly
          
           within
           the
           Statute
           of
           21
           
             Jacobi
             ,
          
           tending
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           
             Attornies
             of
          
           York
           
             in
             their
             very
             Profession
             of
             making
             Bils
             ,
             Declarations
             &
             Informations
             ,
             which
             they
             antiently
             made
             ;
             and
             likewise
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             must
             dance
             attendance
             on
             this
             sole
             Secretary
             and
             his
             Clerk
             ,
             til
             they
             were
             at
             leisure
             to
             dispatch
             their
             Bils
             and
             Declarations
             .
          
           2ly
           ,
           Because
           upon
           
             the
             making
             of
             Bils
             and
             Declarations
             men
             must
             shew
             their
             evidences
             to
             this
             Patentee
             and
             his
             Clerks
             ,
             and
             trust
             them
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             cross
             Bils
             they
             must
             see
             the
             evidences
             of
             both
             parties
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             very
             mischievous
             and
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Clients
             .
          
           3ly
           ,
           Because
           
             this
             would
             erect
             a
             New
             fee
             ,
             and
             bring
             a
             New
             charge
             upon
             the
             people
             :
          
           Which
           fee
           
             Lepton
          
           took
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           Patent
           ,
           though
           
             Mounson
          
           had
           not
           yet
           taken
           any
           
             New
             fee
             .
          
           And
           whether
           the
           old
           
             Court
             project
          
           (
           which
           I
           formerly
           twice
           quashed
           )
           now
           about
           to
           be
           revived
           ,
           as
           I
           hear
           ,
           
             of
             erecting
             Registers
             in
             every
             County
             ,
             to
             record
             all
             Morgages
             ,
             Feoffments
             ,
             Leases
             ,
             Sales
             of
             Lands
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             Fines
             and
             Obligations
             made
             therein
             ,
             to
             prevent
             fraudulent
             conveyances
             ,
             and
             other
             mischiefes
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Projectors
          
           pretended
           ;
           but
           in
           truth
           to
           put
           a
           
             new
             charge
             ,
             fee
             ,
             and
             intollerable
             vexation
             upon
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             ,
          
           to
           their
           intollerable
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           vast
           expence
           of
           many
           
             thousand
             pounds
             a
             year
             for
             fees
             ,
          
           and
           travelling
           charges
           ,
           which
           these
           
             Projectors
          
           only
           aim
           at
           for
           their
           private
           Lucre
           ,
           and
           
             to
             discover
             all
             mens
             real
             and
             personal
             Estates
          
           (
           as
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Successors
          
           did
           the
           
             English
             Jews
             estates
             and
             wealth
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             self-same
             device
             ,
             and
             then
             seised
             and
             confiscated
             them
             at
             their
             pleasures
             ;
          
           as
           you
           may
           read
           at
           large
           in
           the
           
             First
             and
             Second
             part
             of
             my
             Short
             Demurrer
             to
             the
             Iews
             long
             discontinued
             barred
             Remitter
             into
             
             England
             ,
             )
          
           will
           not
           prove
           a
           greater
           
             Grieviance
          
           than
           this
           Patent
           ,
           for
           the
           self-same
           reasons
           ,
           and
           sundry
           others
           .
           Whether
           the
           Committee
           for
           sole
           
             approbation
             of
             Ministers
             to
             livings
             ,
          
           who
           must
           all
           post
           up
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           there
           dance
           attendance
           sundry
           weeks
           or
           Months
           to
           their
           vast
           expencè
           ;
           and
           oft
           times
           return
           at
           last
           with●ut
           their
           expected
           preferments
           ,
           without
           any
           sufficient
           cause
           alleged
           either
           to
           their
           
             Patrons
          
           or
           themselves
           ,
           being
           held
           fit
           for
           other
           
             livings
             ,
          
           but
           not
           for
           those
           to
           which
           they
           are
           presented
           especially
           if
           benefices
           of
           good
           value
           or
           note
           ,
           to
           which
           some
           of
           the
           Approvers
           their
           Friends
           or
           kinred
           have
           an
           eye
           )
           .
           And
           the
           New
           
             fees
          
           there
           paid
           to
           their
           
             Clark
          
           and
           
             Register
          
           for
           approbations
           and
           admissions
           ,
           be
           not
           as
           great
           a
           Grievance
           
           and
           Monopoly
           ,
           as
           this
           of
           
             Lepton
          
           and
           
             Mounson
             ,
          
           fit
           to
           be
           redressed
           ;
           I
           refer
           to
           the
           approaching
           Assemblie
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           resolve
           ,
           upon
           full
           debate
           ,
           and
           sundry
           complaints
           I
           have
           heard
           made
           by
           divers
           against
           their
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           New
           erected
           Fees
           ;
           
             which
             cannot
             be
             created
             but
             by
             act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           as
           is
           resolved
           13
           H.
           4.
           14
           
           
             Brook
             Patents
             100.
             
             Fi●zh
             .
             Nat.
             Brev.
             f
             ,
             122.
             
             Cook
          
           11
           Report
           .
           
             Darcies
          
           Case
           
             fol.
          
           86.
           b.
           
        
         
           17.
           
           They
           appointed
           a
           
             *
          
           
             special
             Committee
          
           to
           hear
           ,
           examine
           ,
           report
           ,
           punish
           the
           manifold
           
             complaints
             of
             the
             Counties
             ,
          
           and
           Corporations
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           against
           the
           
             New
             exorbitant
             power
             and
             proceedings
             of
             Lieutenants
             and
             Deputy-Lieutenant
             ,
             in
             quartering
             Souldiers
             in
             mens
             Houses
             against
             their
             wills
             ,
             in
             imposing
             rates
             and
             taxes
             on
             the
             Country
             without
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             the
             payment
             and
             billetting
             of
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             levying
             them
             by
             Souldiers
             on
             such
             as
             refused
             to
             pay
             them
             ,
             by
             quartering
             Souldiers
             upon
             them
             till
             paid
             ,
             or
             imprisoning
             ,
             or
             vexing
             the
             Refusers
             .
          
           For
           which
           these
           Lieutenants
           ,
           Deputy-Lieutenants
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           were
           sent
           for
           as
           
             Delinquents
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             New
             power
             and
             proceedings
             voted
             to
             be
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Subjects
             Liberties
             ,
             Pernicious
             to
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             dishonorable
             to
             the
             
             King
             .
          
           And
           whether
           the
           late
           erected
           
             New
             Powers
          
           of
           our
           
             Major
             Generals
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             Deputies
          
           throughout
           
             England
          
           be
           not
           such
           (
           in
           imitation
           of
           
             o
          
           
             Wil.
             Longchamp
          
           the
           first
           
             Protector
          
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           
             Richard
          
           the
           first
           ,
           
             who
             placed
          
           in
           every
           County
           armed
           Troops
           of
           
             Mercinary
             Souldiers
             ,
             under
             New
             Governors
             of
             their
             own
             Creatures
             ,
             to
             over-awe
             and
             enslave
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             impose
             what
             Taxes
             and
             exactions
             he
             pleased
             ,
             under
             pretext
             of
             preserving
             the
             publick
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           suppressing
           theevs
           and
           Tumults
           ,
           
             yet
             was
             shamefully
             stript
             of
             all
             his
             Authority
             ,
             and
             forced
             to
             flye
             over
             Sea
             ,
             disgnised
             in
             womens
             apparel
             ,
          
           within
           one
           
             year
             after
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             his
             Guards
             ,
             or
             Garrisons
             ;
          
           or
           of
           the
           
             p
          
           
             Turkish
             Bashawes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Beglerbegs
             ,
          
           as
           most
           Patriots
           of
           their
           Countries
           Freedome
           ,
           and
           the
           ordinary
           people
           mutter
           )
           and
           their
           exorbitant
           Tyrannical
           proceedings
           in
           apprehending
           ,
           taxing
           ,
           decimating
           ,
           dis-officing
           ,
           dis-franchising
           ,
           and
           sequestring
           all
           sorts
           of
           men
           in
           Counties
           and
           Corporations
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ;
           in
           controuling
           all
           Officers
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Justice
           ;
           in
           intermedling
           with
           all
           mens
           sutes
           and
           causes
           upon
           any
           informations
           ,
           or
           Petitions
           ,
           after
           Judgements
           ,
           Verdicts
           ,
           Decrees
           ,
           and
           whiles
           pending
           or
           ended
           in
           any
           Courts
           of
           Law
           or
           equity
           ;
           in
           summoning
           the
           parties
           to
           appear
           ,
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           committing
           ,
           menacing
           them
           for
           not
           appearing
           ;
           in
           usurping
           all
           the
           Civil
           as
           well
           as
           Military
           Power
           and
           Jurisdiction
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ;
           in
           levying
           illegal
           Taxes
           by
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           quartering
           them
           upon
           Refusers
           ,
           (
           adjudged
           High
           Treason
           in
           
             Straffords
          
           Case
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           lost
           his
           Head
           )
           sequestring
           Ministers
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           taking
           upon
           them
           to
           nominate
           all
           Iurymen
           ,
           and
           New
           Parliament
           men
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           them
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           commit
           men
           to
           Prison
           upon
           civil
           causes
           or
           sutes
           ;
           I
           leave
           to
           all
           such
           who
           have
           taken
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           the
           solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           to
           all
           Lovers
           ,
           Patronss
           of
           
             English
          
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Declamers
           ,
           Engagers
           against
           
             arbitrary
             Tyranny
             ,
          
           yea
           to
           
           the
           Consciences
           of
           all
           those
           
             army
             Officers
             ,
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Major
             Generals
          
           themselves
           to
           resolve
           ,
           who
           were
           p●nners
           ,
           subscribers
           ,
           approvers
           ,
           applauders
           of
           ,
           or
           assenters
           to
           the
           printed
           
             Engagements
             ,
             Remonstrances
             ,
             Representations
             ,
             Proposals
             ,
             Desires
             ,
             Letters
             ,
             and
             Resolutions
             for
             se●ling
             this
             Nation
             in
             its
             just
             Rights
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             in
             their
             just
             Privileges
             ,
             and
             the
             Subjects
             n
             their
             just
             Liberties
             and
             Freedoms
             ,
             publi●hea
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             General
             and
             General
             Councel
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             officers
             and
             Souldiers
             of
             the
             Army
             .
          
           in
           one
           Volume
           ,
           
             London
          
           1647.
           
           Which
           how
           sincerely
           they
           have
           since
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           )
           performed
           ,
           let
           God
           ,
           their
           own
           consciences
           ,
           and
           our
           whole
           Nation
           determine
           .
           To
           expiate
           which
           former
           guilt
           ,
           let
           them
           now
           at
           last
           upon
           second
           and
           sober
           thoughts
           ,
           effectually
           make
           them
           all
           good
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           perpetual
           infamy
           of
           the
           most
           
             detestable
             Perjury
             ,
             Treachery
             ,
             Hypocrisy
             ,
             Fraud
             ,
             Impiety
             ,
             Apostacy
             ,
             Tyranny
             ,
             Atheism
          
           that
           ever
           any
           Christian
           Saint-like
           
             Army
          
           and
           
             Officers
          
           were
           guilty
           of
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           God
           or
           men
           ,
           which
           else
           they
           will
           incurre
           :
           and
           for
           the
           present
           settlement
           of
           our
           three
           Nations
           ,
           in
           their
           
             Liberty
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Unity
             ,
          
           without
           more
           effusion
           of
           
             English
             ,
             Scotish
             ,
          
           or
           
             Irish
          
           bloud
           ,
           to
           regain
           those
           just
           
             fundamental
             old
             Rights
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Privileges
             ,
             Freedoms
             ,
             Laws
             ,
          
           for
           which
           they
           first
           took
           up
           Arms
           (
           in
           reality
           or
           pretence
           at
           least
           )
           against
           the
           
             beheaded
             King
             ,
          
           transmitted
           to
           them
           by
           their
           
             Ancestors
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             richest
             Birth-right
             ,
          
           and
           
             best
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           as
           therefore
           most
           unfit
           to
           be
           all
           betray'd
           ,
           surrendred
           ,
           lost
           ,
           subverted
           now
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           dispute
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           years
           conflicts
           for
           their
           preservation
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           close
           up
           all
           with
           this
           memorable
           
             Petition
          
           of
           the
           
             whole
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           to
           the
           late
           
             King
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             Speaker
          
           and
           
             whole
             House
          
           at
           
             Whitehall
          
           (
           concerning
           the
           intolerable
           Grievance
           of
           billetting
           and
           keeping
           of
           Souldiers
           
           amongst
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           few
           months
           only
           )
           in
           that
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           3
           
             Caroli
             ,
          
           April
           24.
           1628.
           which
           the
           King
           then
           granted
           ,
           and
           provided
           against
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Petition
             of
             Right
          
           (
           though
           since
           condemned
           
             q
          
           
             as
             the
             worst
             and
             greatest
             of
             Tyrants
          
           by
           some
           ,
           who
           succeeed
           him
           at
           
             Whitehall
             )
          
           And
           therefore
           is
           much
           more
           just
           and
           reasonable
           to
           be
           granted
           by
           them
           now
           ,
           for
           the
           Peoples
           ease
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           years
           of
           incessant
           Contributions
           ,
           quartering
           and
           continuing
           of
           armed
           Mercinary
           Souldiers
           amongst
           them
           ,
           Winter
           and
           Summer
           ,
           without
           any
           actual
           imployment
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           
             terifie
             ,
             seize
             ,
             imprison
             ,
             Guard
             ,
          
           oppresse
           ,
           enthrall
           ,
           impoverish
           ,
           dis-inherit
           of
           all
           
             hereditary
          
           Liberties
           ,
           rights
           ,
           privileges
           ,
           our
           
             English
             Freemen
          
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           to
           over-awe
           ,
           force
           ,
           dissolve
           ,
           even
           
             Parliaments
          
           themselves
           ,
           and
           secure
           ,
           seclude
           their
           Members
           ,
           for
           whose
           Protection
           they
           were
           first
           raised
           ;
           VVhen
           as
           the
           Parliament
           of
           5
           
             R.
             2.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
          
           1.
           was
           
             adjorned
             for
             3
             days
             space
             ,
             because
             great
             force
             of
             armed
             men
             ,
             and
             others
             arayed
             in
             Warlike
             manner
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
          
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           debate
           between
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Lancaster
          
           and
           the
           
             Earl
          
           of
           
             Northumberland
             .
          
           And
           the
           Parliament
           of
           11
           
             R.
          
           2.
           
           &
           21
           
             R.
          
           2.
           were
           both
           repealed
           ,
           
             because
             they
             were
          
           held
           
             with
             many
             armed
             men
             ,
             and
             Archers
             ,
             who
             over-awed
             ,
             enforced
             them
             to
             consent
             to
             bills
             against
             their
             wills
             :
          
           as
           the
           printed
           Statute
           of
           21
           R.
           2.
           c.
           12.
           
           &
           1
           H.
           4.
           rot
           .
           Parl.
           n.
           20
           ,
           21
           ,
           22
           ,
           38
           ,
           70.
           at
           large
           inform
           us
           ;
           so
           inconsistent
           are
           force
           and
           arms
           with
           the
           
             freedome
          
           and
           
             essence
          
           of
           a
           
             true
             English
             Parliament
             ;
          
           as
           the
           armies
           Confederates
           in
           their
           own
           
             Ordinance
          
           of
           20
           
             August
          
           1647.
           the
           
             Speakers
          
           own
           printed
           Letter
           
             July
          
           29.
           1647.
           with
           the
           
             Solemn
             Protestation
          
           of
           the
           
             prisoned
             and
             secluded
             Members
             ,
          
           December
           11
           ,
           and
           Febr.
           13.
           1648.
           will
           further
           resolve
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           against
           whose
           billetting
           ,
           and
           scatering
           abroad
           in
           companies
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           in
           the
           heart
           and
           bowels
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           inthrall
           and
           oppresse
           
           it
           ,
           the
           whole
           Commons
           House
           then
           thus
           petitioned
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   
                     Kings
                  
                   most
                   excellent
                   Majesty
                   :
                
                 
                   
                     IN
                     all
                     humblenesse
                     complaining
                     ,
                     sheweth
                     unto
                     your
                     most
                  
                   Excellent
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     your
                     loyal
                     and
                     dutiful
                  
                   Commons
                   
                     now
                     in
                  
                   Parliament
                   
                     Assembled
                     .
                     That
                     whereas
                     ,
                  
                   by
                   the
                   Fundamental
                   Laws
                   of
                   this
                   your
                   Realm
                   ,
                   every
                   Freeman
                   hath
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   Right
                   ought
                   to
                   have
                   ,
                   a
                   full
                   and
                   absolute
                   propriety
                   in
                   his
                   goods
                   and
                   estate
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   therefore
                   the
                   billetting
                   or
                   placing
                   of
                   Souldiers
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   any
                   such
                   Freeman
                   against
                   his
                   VVill
                   ,
                   is
                   directly
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Laws
                  
                   under
                   which
                   we
                   and
                   our
                   Ancestors
                   have
                   been
                   so
                   long
                   and
                   happily
                   Governed
                   .
                   Yet
                   ,
                   in
                   apparent
                   violation
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   antient
                   and
                   undoubtted
                   Rights
                   of
                   your
                   Majesties
                   Loyal
                   Subjects
                   of
                   this
                   your
                   Kingdome
                   in
                   Generall
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   grievous
                   and
                   insupportable
                   vexation
                   and
                   detriment
                   of
                   many
                   Counties
                   and
                   persons
                   in
                   partcicular
                   ,
                   
                     A
                     new
                     and
                     almost
                     unheard
                     of
                     way
                  
                   hath
                   been
                   invented
                   and
                   
                     put
                     in
                     practice
                  
                   to
                   lay
                   Souldiers
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   scattered
                   in
                   companies
                   here
                   and
                   there
                   ,
                   even
                   in
                   the
                   heart
                   and
                   bowels
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdome
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   compell
                   many
                   of
                   your
                   Majesties
                   Subjects
                   to
                   receive
                   ,
                   and
                   lodge
                   them
                   in
                   their
                   own
                   Houses
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     both
                     themselves
                     and
                     others
                     to
                     contribute
                     towards
                     the
                     maintenance
                     of
                     them
                     ;
                     to
                     the
                     exceeding
                     great
                     disservice
                     of
                     you
                     Majesty
                     ,
                  
                   the
                   general
                   terror
                   of
                   all
                   ,
                   and
                   utter
                   undoing
                   of
                   many
                   of
                   your
                   good
                   people
                   .
                   
                     In
                     so
                     much
                     as
                     we
                     cannot
                     sufficiently
                     recount
                     ,
                     nor
                     in
                     any
                     sort
                  
                   proportionably
                   to
                   the
                   sense
                   we
                   have
                   of
                   our
                   present
                   misery
                   ,
                   
                     herein
                     are
                     we
                     able
                     to
                     represent
                     to
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                  
                   the
                   innumerable
                   mischiefs
                   and
                   most
                   grievous
                   exactions
                   ,
                   that
                   by
                   this
                   means
                   alone
                   we
                   do
                   now
                   suffer
                   ;
                   
                     whereof
                     we
                     will
                     not
                     presume
                     to
                     trouble
                     your
                     sacred
                     Ears
                     ,
                     with
                     particular
                     information
                     .
                     Only
                     most
                     gracious
                     Soveraign
                     ,
                     we
                     beg
                     leave
                     to
                     offer
                     unto
                     your
                     gracious
                     view
                     ,
                     
                     and
                     compassionate
                     consideration
                     ,
                     a
                     few
                     of
                     them
                     in
                     general
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   1.
                   
                   The
                   service
                   of
                   Almighty
                   God
                   is
                   hereby
                   greatly
                   ly
                   hindered
                   ,
                   the
                   
                     *
                  
                   people
                   in
                   many
                   places
                   not
                   daring
                   to
                   repair
                   to
                   their
                   Churches
                   ,
                   lest
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   the
                   Souldiers
                   should
                   rifle
                   their
                   Houses
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   The
                   antient
                   good
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   Country
                   is
                   thereby
                   neglected
                   ,
                   and
                   almost
                   contemned
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Your
                   Officers
                   of
                   Justice
                   in
                   performance
                   of
                   their
                   Duties
                   have
                   been
                   resisted
                   and
                   endangered
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   The
                   Rents
                   and
                   Revenues
                   of
                   your
                   Gentry
                   are
                   greatly
                   and
                   
                     *
                  
                   generally
                   diminished
                   ;
                   Farmers
                   to
                   secure
                   themselves
                   from
                   the
                   Souldiers
                   insolence
                   ,
                   being
                   by
                   the
                   clamour
                   and
                   sollicitation
                   of
                   their
                   fearfull
                   and
                   endangered
                   VVives
                   ,
                   and
                   Children
                   ,
                   enforced
                   to
                   give
                   up
                   their
                   antient
                   dwellings
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   retire
                   themselves
                   into
                   places
                   of
                   more
                   secure
                   habitation
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   Husbandmen
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   corrupted
                   by
                   ill
                   example
                   of
                   Souldiers
                   ,
                   are
                   
                     *
                  
                   encouraged
                   to
                   idle
                   life
                   ,
                   give
                   over
                   their
                   work
                   ,
                   and
                   seek
                   rather
                   to
                   live
                   idlely
                   on
                   other
                   mens
                   charges
                   ,
                   than
                   by
                   their
                   own
                   labours
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Tradesmen
                   and
                   Artificers
                   almost
                   discouraged
                   ,
                   being
                   enforced
                   to
                   leave
                   their
                   Trades
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   imploy
                   their
                   times
                   in
                   preserving
                   their
                   families
                   from
                   violence
                   and
                   cruelty
                   .
                
                 
                   7.
                   
                   Markets
                   unfrequented
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   waies
                   grown
                   so
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   that
                   your
                   people
                   dare
                   not
                   passe
                   to
                   and
                   fro
                   upon
                   their
                   usual
                   occasions
                   .
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   Frequent
                   Robberies
                   ,
                   Assaults
                   ,
                   Burglaries
                   ,
                   Rapes
                   ,
                   Rapines
                   ,
                   murders
                   ,
                   barbarous
                   cruelties
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   late
                   most
                   abominable
                   vices
                   ,
                   and
                   outrages
                   ,
                   are
                   generally
                   complained
                   of
                   from
                   all
                   parts
                   where
                   these
                   companies
                   have
                   been
                   and
                   made
                   their
                   abode
                   ;
                   few
                   of
                   which
                   insolencies
                   have
                   not
                   been
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   questioned
                   ,
                   and
                   fewer
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   demerit
                   ,
                   punished
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   
                     These
                     ,
                     and
                     many
                     other
                     lamentable
                     effects
                     (
                     most
                     dear
                     and
                     dread
                     Soveraign
                     )
                     have
                     ,
                     by
                     this
                     billetting
                     of
                     Souldiers
                     ,
                     already
                     fallen
                     upon
                     your
                     loyal
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     tending
                     no
                     lesse
                     to
                     the
                     dis-service
                     of
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     than
                     to
                     their
                     own
                     impoverishing
                     ,
                     and
                     distraction
                     .
                  
                   So
                   that
                   thereby
                   they
                   are
                   exceedingly
                   disabled
                   to
                   yield
                   your
                   Majesty
                   those
                   supplies
                   for
                   your
                   urgent
                   occasions
                   which
                   they
                   heartily
                   desire
                   .
                   
                     And
                     yet
                     they
                     are
                     more
                     perplexed
                     with
                     the
                     apprehensions
                     of
                     more
                     approaching
                     dangers
                     .
                     One
                     in
                     regard
                     of
                     the
                     Subjects
                     at
                     home
                     ;
                     the
                     other
                     ,
                     of
                     Enemies
                     abroad
                     .
                     In
                     both
                     which
                     respects
                     ,
                     it
                     seems
                     to
                     threaten
                     no
                     small
                     calamity
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     For
                     the
                     first
                     ,
                     the
                     meaner
                     sort
                     of
                     your
                     People
                     being
                     exceeding
                     poor
                     ,
                     whereof
                     in
                     many
                     places
                     are
                     great
                     multitudes
                     ,
                     and
                     therefore
                     in
                     times
                     most
                     setled
                     ,
                     and
                     most
                     constant
                     administration
                     of
                     Justice
                     ,
                     not
                     easily
                     ruled
                     ,
                     are
                     most
                     apt
                     upon
                     this
                     occasion
                     to
                     cast
                     off
                     the
                     reigns
                     of
                     Government
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     themselves
                     ,
                     with
                     those
                     disordered
                     Souldiers
                     ,
                     are
                     very
                     like
                     to
                     fall
                     into
                     mutiny
                     and
                     rebellion
                     .
                     Which
                     in
                     faithful
                     discharge
                     of
                     our
                     Duties
                     we
                     cannot
                     forbear
                     most
                     humbly
                     to
                     present
                     unto
                     your
                     high
                     and
                     excellent
                     Wisdom
                     ,
                     being
                     possessed
                     with
                     probable
                     fears
                     ,
                     that
                     some
                     such
                     mischiefs
                     will
                     shortly
                     ensue
                     ,
                  
                   if
                   
                     an
                     effectual
                     and
                     speedy
                     course
                     be
                     not
                     taken
                  
                   to
                   remove
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   ,
                   or
                   otherwise
                   to
                   disband
                   those
                   unruly
                   Companies
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     For
                     the
                     second
                     ,
                     we
                     do
                     humbly
                     beseech
                     your
                     Majesty
                     to
                     take
                     into
                     your
                     Princely
                     consideration
                     ,
                     that
                     many
                     of
                     those
                     Companies
                     ,
                     besides
                     their
                     dissolute
                     dispositions
                     and
                     carriages
                     ,
                  
                   are
                   such
                   as
                   professe
                   themselves
                   
                     *
                  
                   Papists
                   ;
                   
                     And
                     therefore
                     to
                     be
                     suspected
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   if
                   occasion
                   serve
                   ,
                   they
                   will
                   rather
                   adhere
                   to
                   a
                   forein
                   Enemy
                   ,
                   (
                   if
                   of
                   that
                   Religion
                   )
                   than
                   to
                   your
                   Majesty
                   their
                   Liege
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   Soveraign
                   :
                   especially
                   some
                   of
                   their
                   Commanders
                   and
                   Captains
                   ,
                   being
                   as
                   Papistically
                   affected
                   as
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   having
                   served
                   in
                   the
                   wars
                   on
                   the
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   
                     King
                  
                   of
                   
                     Spain
                  
                   or
                   
                     Arch-Dutchess
                  
                   against
                   your
                   Majesties
                   
                     Allies
                     ;
                     
                     Which
                     ,
                  
                   of
                   what
                   pernicious
                   consequence
                   it
                   may
                   prove
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   prejudicial
                   to
                   the
                   safety
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   
                     We
                     humbly
                     leave
                     to
                     your
                     Majesties
                  
                   high
                   and
                   Princely
                   Wisdom
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     And
                     now
                     upon
                     these
                     and
                     many
                     more
                     which
                     might
                     be
                     alleged
                     ,
                     most
                     weighty
                     and
                     important
                     reasons
                     ,
                     grounded
                     upon
                     the
                     maintenance
                     of
                     the
                     worship
                     and
                     service
                     of
                     Almighty
                     God
                     ,
                     the
                     continuance
                     of
                     your
                     Majesties
                     high
                     Honor
                     and
                     profit
                     ,
                  
                   the-preservation
                   of
                   the
                   antient
                   and
                   undoubted
                   Liberties
                   of
                   your
                   people
                   ,
                   and
                   therein
                   of
                   justice
                   ,
                   industry
                   ,
                   and
                   valour
                   ,
                   
                     which
                     concerns
                     the
                     glory
                     and
                     happinesse
                     of
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     all
                     your
                     Subjects
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   preventing
                   of
                   imminent
                   Calamity
                   ,
                   and
                   ruine
                   both
                   of
                   Church
                   and
                   Common-wealth
                   ;
                   
                     We
                     your
                     most
                     humble
                     and
                     loyal
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     the
                     Knights
                     ,
                     Citizens
                     ,
                     and
                     Burgesses
                     of
                     the
                     House
                     of
                     Commmons
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   Commonalty
                   of
                   your
                   kingdom
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   on
                   this
                   occasion
                   most
                   miserable
                   ,
                   disconsolate
                   ,
                   and
                   afflicted
                   ,
                   
                     prostrate
                     at
                     the
                     Throne
                     of
                     your
                     Grace
                     and
                     Iustice
                     ,
                  
                   do
                   most
                   humbly
                   and
                   ardently
                   beg
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   removal
                   of
                   this
                   unsupportable
                   Burthen
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   your
                   Majesty
                   would
                   be
                   graciously
                   pleased
                   
                     to
                     secure
                     us
                     from
                     the
                     like
                     pressure
                     in
                     time
                     to
                     come
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Which
           
             King
             Charls
          
           then
           did
           by
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
          
           which
           I
           shall
           here
           insert
           ;
           because
           almost
           quite
           forgotten
           by
           most
           men
           ,
           like
           an
           old
           Almanack
           out
           of
           date
           ,
           especially
           by
           our
           Grandees
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   Kings
                   most
                   excellent
                   Majesty
                   .
                
                 
                   HUmbly
                   sheweth
                   ,
                   unto
                   our
                   Soveraign
                   Lord
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   the
                   Lords
                   Spiritual
                   and
                   Temporal
                   ,
                   and
                   Commons
                   in
                   this
                   present
                   Parliament
                   assembled
                   ;
                   That
                   whereas
                   it
                   is
                   declared
                   and
                   enacted
                   ,
                   by
                   a
                   Statute
                   made
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   1.
                   commonly
                   called
                   
                     Statutum
                     de
                     Tallagio
                     non
                     concedendo
                     ;
                  
                   That
                   
                     no
                     Tallage
                     or
                     Aid
                     shall
                     be
                     taken
                     or
                     levied
                     by
                     the
                     King
                     or
                     his
                     heirs
                     in
                     this
                     Realm
                     ,
                     without
                     the
                     good
                     will
                     or
                     assent
                     of
                     the
                     
                     Archbishops
                     ,
                     Bishops
                     ,
                     Earls
                     ,
                     Barons
                     ,
                     Knights
                     ,
                     Burgesses
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     the
                     Freemen
                     of
                     the
                     Commonalty
                     of
                     this
                     Realm
                     .
                  
                   And
                   by
                   an
                   Authority
                   of
                   Parliament
                   holden
                   the
                   25
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   reign
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   3d.
                   it
                   is
                   declared
                   and
                   enacted
                   ;
                   
                     That
                     from
                     thenceforth
                     ,
                     no
                     person
                     should
                     be
                     compelled
                     to
                     make
                     any
                     loans
                     to
                     the
                     King
                     against
                     his
                     will
                     ,
                     because
                     such
                     Loans
                     were
                     against
                     reason
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Franchises
                     of
                     the
                     Land
                     .
                  
                   And
                   by
                   other
                   Lawes
                   of
                   this
                   Realm
                   it
                   is
                   provided
                   ;
                   
                     That
                     none
                     shall
                     be
                     charged
                     by
                     any
                     Charge
                     or
                     Composition
                     ,
                     called
                     a
                     Benevolence
                     ,
                     nor
                     by
                     any
                     such
                     like
                     Charge
                     .
                  
                   By
                   which
                   Statutes
                   before
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   the
                   good
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   this
                   Realm
                   ,
                   
                     your
                     Subjects
                     have
                     inherited
                     this
                     freedom
                     :
                     That
                     they
                     should
                     not
                     be
                     compelled
                     to
                     contribute
                     any
                     Tax
                     ,
                     Tallage
                     ,
                     or
                     Aid
                     ,
                     or
                     other
                     like
                     Charge
                     ,
                     not
                     set
                     by
                     common
                     Assent
                     by
                     Act
                     of
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   Yet
                   neverthelesse
                   of
                   late
                   divers
                   Commissions
                   (
                   directed
                   to
                   sundry
                   persons
                   in
                   several
                   Counties
                   ,
                   with
                   their
                   instructions
                   )
                   have
                   issued
                   ,
                   by
                   pretext
                   whereof
                   your
                   people
                   have
                   been
                   in
                   divers
                   places
                   assembled
                   ,
                   and
                   required
                   to
                   lend
                   certain
                   sums
                   of
                   mony
                   to
                   your
                   Majesty
                   .
                   And
                   many
                   of
                   them
                   upon
                   their
                   refusal
                   so
                   to
                   doe
                   ,
                   have
                   had
                   an
                   Oath
                   not
                   warranted
                   by
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   this
                   Realm
                   administred
                   unto
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   have
                   been
                   constrained
                   to
                   become
                   bound
                   to
                   make
                   appearance
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   give
                   attendance
                   before
                   your
                   Privy
                   Counsel
                   at
                   
                     London
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   in
                   other
                   places
                   :
                   and
                   others
                   of
                   them
                   have
                   been
                   therefore
                   imprisoned
                   ,
                   confined
                   ,
                   and
                   certain
                   otherways
                   molested
                   and
                   disquieted
                   ;
                   
                     And
                     divers
                     other
                     charges
                     have
                     been
                     laid
                     and
                     levied
                     upon
                     your
                     people
                  
                   in
                   several
                   Counties
                   ,
                   by
                   
                     Lord
                     Lieutenants
                     ,
                     Deputy
                     Lieutenants
                     ,
                     Commissioners
                     for
                     Musters
                     ,
                     Justices
                     of
                     Peace
                     ,
                     and
                     others
                     ,
                     by
                     command
                     or
                     direction
                     from
                     your
                  
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     or
                     your
                  
                   Privy
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   
                     against
                     the
                     Laws
                     and
                     free
                     Customs
                     of
                     the
                     Realm
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   And
                   whereas
                   also
                   by
                   the
                   Statute
                   called
                   the
                   
                     Great
                     Charter
                     of
                     the
                     Liberties
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                  
                   it
                   is
                   declared
                   and
                   enacted
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     no
                     Free-man
                     may
                     be
                     taken
                     or
                     imprisoned
                     ,
                     or
                     be
                     disseised
                     of
                     his
                     Freehold
                     or
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     or
                     free
                     Customs
                     ,
                     
                     or
                     be
                     outlawed
                     ,
                     or
                     exiled
                     ,
                     or
                     in
                     any
                     manner
                     destroyed
                     ,
                     nor
                     passed
                     upon
                     ,
                     nor
                     condemned
                     ,
                     but
                     by
                     the
                     lawfull
                     Iudgement
                     of
                     his
                     Peers
                     ,
                     or
                     by
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     the
                     Land
                     .
                  
                   And
                   in
                   the
                   28
                   year
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   3.
                   it
                   was
                   enacted
                   and
                   declared
                   by
                   an
                   Authority
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     no
                     man
                     of
                     what
                     State
                     or
                     condition
                     soever
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     put
                     out
                     of
                     his
                     Lands
                     or
                     Tenements
                     ,
                     nor
                     taken
                     ,
                     nor
                     imprisoued
                     ,
                     nor
                     disinherited
                     ,
                     nor
                     put
                     to
                     death
                     ,
                     without
                     being
                     brought
                     to
                     answer
                     by
                     due
                     process
                     of
                     Law
                     .
                  
                   Neverthelesse
                   against
                   the
                   Tenor
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Statutes
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   the
                   good
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   your
                   Realm
                   to
                   that
                   end
                   provided
                   ;
                   divers
                   of
                   your
                   Subjects
                   have
                   of
                   late
                   been
                   imprisoned
                   without
                   any
                   cause
                   shewed
                   :
                   and
                   when
                   for
                   their
                   deliverance
                   they
                   were
                   brought
                   before
                   your
                   Justices
                   ,
                   by
                   your
                   Majesties
                   writs
                   of
                   
                     Habeas
                     Corpus
                     ,
                  
                   there
                   to
                   undergo
                   and
                   receive
                   as
                   the
                   Court
                   should
                   order
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Keepers
                   commanded
                   to
                   certifie
                   the
                   causes
                   of
                   their
                   deteiner
                   ;
                   no
                   cause
                   was
                   certified
                   
                     but
                     that
                     they
                     were
                     deteined
                  
                   by
                   your
                   Majesties
                   
                     special
                     command
                     ,
                     signified
                     by
                     the
                     Lords
                     of
                     your
                     Privy
                     Council
                     :
                  
                   And
                   yet
                   were
                   returned
                   back
                   to
                   several
                   Prisons
                   without
                   being
                   charged
                   with
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   they
                   might
                   make
                   answer
                   according
                   to
                   Law
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   whereas
                   of
                   late
                   
                     great
                     companies
                     of
                     Souldiers
                     and
                     Mariners
                     have
                     been
                     dispersed
                     into
                     divers
                     Counties
                     of
                     the
                     Realm
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Inhabitants
                     against
                     their
                     Wills
                     have
                     been
                     compelled
                     to
                     receive
                     them
                     into
                     their
                     Houses
                     ,
                     and
                     there
                     to
                     suffer
                     them
                     to
                     sojourn
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     Laws
                     and
                     Customes
                     of
                     this
                     Realm
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     great
                     Grievance
                     and
                     Vexation
                     of
                     the
                     people
                     .
                  
                   And
                   whereas
                   also
                   by
                   authority
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   25
                   year
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   third
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   declared
                   and
                   enacted
                   :
                   
                     That
                     no
                     man
                     should
                     be
                     forejudged
                     of
                     life
                     or
                     limbs
                     against
                     the
                     form
                     of
                     the
                     Great
                     Charer
                     :
                  
                   And
                   by
                   other
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   this
                   Realm
                   ,
                   
                     No
                     man
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     adjudged
                     to
                     death
                     ,
                     but
                     by
                     the
                     Laws
                     established
                     in
                     this
                     your
                     Realm
                     ,
                     either
                     by
                     the
                     Customes
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Realm
                     ,
                     or
                     by
                     Act
                     of
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   
                   And
                   whereas
                   no
                   Offender
                   of
                   what
                   kind
                   soever
                   is
                   exempted
                   from
                   the
                   proceedings
                   to
                   to
                   be
                   used
                   ,
                   and
                   punishments
                   to
                   be
                   infflicted
                   by
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   this
                   your
                   Realm
                   .
                   Neverthelesse
                   of
                   late
                   time
                   ,
                   divers
                   Commissions
                   under
                   your
                   Majesties
                   Great
                   Seal
                   have
                   issued
                   forth
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   certain
                   Persons
                   have
                   been
                   assigned
                   and
                   appointed
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   
                     with
                     Power
                     and
                     Authority
                     to
                     proceed
                     within
                     the
                     Land
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     custome
                     of
                     Martial
                     Law
                     ,
                  
                   against
                   
                     such
                     Souldiers
                     or
                     Sea-men
                     ,
                     or
                     other
                     dissolute
                     Persons
                     ,
                     joining
                     with
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     should
                     commit
                     any
                     Murther
                     ,
                     Robbery
                     ,
                     Felony
                     ,
                     Mutiny
                     ,
                     or
                     other
                     Outrage
                     or
                     misdemeanour
                     whatsoever
                     ;
                     and
                     by
                     such
                     Summary
                     Caurse
                     and
                     Orders
                     as
                     is
                     agreeable
                     to
                     Martial
                     Law
                     ,
                     and
                     as
                     is
                     used
                     in
                     Armies
                     in
                     time
                     of
                     Wars
                     ,
                     to
                     proceed
                     to
                     the
                     Trials
                     and
                     condemnation
                     of
                     such
                     Offenders
                     ,
                     and
                     them
                     to
                     cause
                     to
                     be
                     executed
                     and
                     put
                     to
                     death
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Law
                     Martial
                     .
                  
                   By
                   pretext
                   whereof
                   ,
                   some
                   of
                   your
                   Majesties
                   Subjects
                   have
                   been
                   by
                   some
                   of
                   your
                   Majesties
                   Commissioners
                   put
                   to
                   death
                   ,
                   when
                   and
                   where
                   ,
                   if
                   by
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   ,
                   they
                   had
                   deserved
                   death
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   
                     same
                     Laws
                     and
                     Statutes
                     also
                     they
                     might
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     no
                     other
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     judged
                     and
                     executed
                     .
                  
                   And
                   also
                   sundry
                   grievous
                   Offenders
                   by
                   colour
                   thereof
                   ,
                   
                     claiming
                     an
                     exemption
                     ,
                  
                   have
                   escaped
                   the
                   punishments
                   due
                   to
                   them
                   by
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   this
                   your
                   Realm
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   that
                   divers
                   of
                   your
                   Officers
                   and
                   Ministers
                   of
                   Justice
                   have
                   unjustly
                   refused
                   or
                   forborn
                   to
                   proceed
                   against
                   such
                   Offenders
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   ,
                   upon
                   pretence
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     the
                     said
                     Offenders
                     were
                     punishable
                     only
                     by
                     Martial
                     Law
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     Authority
                     of
                     such
                     Commissions
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     .
                  
                   Which
                   Commissions
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     all
                     other
                     of
                     like
                     nature
                     ,
                     extended
                     to
                     any
                     except
                     Souldiers
                     ,
                     or
                     Mariners
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     be
                     executed
                     in
                     time
                     of
                     Peace
                     ,
                     or
                     when
                     or
                     where
                     ,
                     your
                     Majesties
                     Army
                     is
                     not
                     on
                     foot
                     ,
                     are
                     wholly
                     and
                     directly
                     contrary
                     to
                     the
                     said
                     Laws
                     and
                     Statutes
                     of
                     this
                     your
                     Realm
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   They
                   do
                   therefore
                   humbly
                   pray
                   your
                   most
                   excellent
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     none
                     hereafter
                     be
                     compelled
                     to
                     make
                     or
                     yield
                     any
                     gift
                     ,
                     Loan
                     ,
                     Benevolence
                     ,
                     Tax
                     ,
                     or
                     such
                     like
                     charge
                     ,
                     without
                     common
                     ;
                     consent
                     by
                     Act
                     of
                     Parliament
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     none
                     be
                     called
                     to
                     make
                     answer
                     ,
                     or
                     take
                     such
                     Oath
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     give
                     attendance
                     ,
                     or
                     be
                     confined
                     or
                     otherwise
                     molested
                     or
                     disquieted
                     concerning
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     or
                     for
                     resusal
                     thereof
                     ;
                     And
                     that
                     no
                     Freeman
                     in
                     any
                     such
                     manner
                     as
                     is
                     before
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     be
                     imprisoned
                     or
                     deteined
                     ;
                     And
                     that
                     your
                     Majesty
                     would
                     be
                     pleased
                     to
                     remove
                     the
                     said
                     Souldiers
                     ,
                     and
                     Mariners
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     your
                     People
                     may
                     not
                     be
                     so
                     burthened
                     in
                     time
                     to
                     come
                     ;
                     And
                     that
                     the
                     aforesaid
                     Commission
                     for
                     proceeding
                     by
                     Martial
                     Law
                     may
                     be
                     revoked
                     ,
                     and
                     ●nulled
                     ;
                     And
                     that
                     hereafter
                     no
                     Commission
                     of
                     like
                     nature
                     may
                     issue
                     forth
                     to
                     any
                     Person
                     or
                     Persons
                     whatsoever
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     executed
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     ;
                     lest
                     by
                     colour
                     of
                     them
                     any
                     of
                     your
                     Majesties
                     Subjects
                     be
                     destroyed
                     or
                     put
                     to
                     death
                     ,
                     contrary
                     to
                     the
                     Laws
                     and
                     franchises
                     of
                     the
                     Land
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   All
                   which
                   ,
                   they
                   humbly
                   pray
                   of
                   your
                   most
                   excellent
                   Majesty
                   
                     as
                     their
                     Rights
                     of
                     Liberties
                     ,
                  
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statutes
                   of
                   this
                   Realm
                   ;
                   And
                   that
                   your
                   Majesty
                   would
                   also
                   vouchsafe
                   to
                   declare
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     the
                     awards
                     ,
                     doings
                     ,
                     and
                     proceedings
                     to
                     the
                     prejudice
                     of
                     your
                     People
                     in
                     any
                     of
                     the
                     premises
                     ,
                     shall
                     not
                     be
                     drawn
                     hereafter
                     in
                     consequence
                     ,
                     or
                     example
                     ;
                  
                   And
                   that
                   your
                   Majesty
                   would
                   also
                   be
                   graciously
                   pleased
                   for
                   the
                   futher
                   comfort
                   ,
                   and
                   safety
                   of
                   your
                   People
                   ,
                   to
                   declare
                   your
                   Royal
                   Will
                   and
                   pleasure
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     in
                     the
                     things
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     all
                     your
                     Officers
                     and
                     Ministers
                     shall
                     serve
                     you
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Laws
                     and
                     Statutes
                     of
                     this
                     Realm
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     tender
                     the
                     honor
                     of
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Prosperitie
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdome
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           To
           which
           Petition
           King
           
             Charles
          
           at
           last
           gave
           this
           full
           and
           satisfactory
           
             Answer
             :
          
           Soit
           droit
           fait
           come
           il
           est
           desire
           par
           le
           Petition
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Let
             All
             Right
             be
             done
             as
             it
             is
             desired
             by
             the
             Petition
             .
          
           To
           the
           unspekaable
           joy
           of
           this
           Parliament
           and
           all
           his
           Subjects
           .
           Adding
           withall
           thereunto
           :
           
             I
             assure
             you
             my
             Maxim
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Peoples
             Liberties
             strengthen
             the
             Kings
             Prerogative
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Kings
             Prerogative
             is
             to
             defend
             the
             Peoples
             Liberties
             .
          
        
         
           The
           benefit
           of
           which
           most
           excellent
           
             Law
             ,
             Petition
             ,
          
           and
           of
           all
           the
           precedent
           Parliamentary
           Votes
           ,
           Lawes
           (
           with
           the
           present
           repealing
           ,
           and
           vacating
           all
           
             Acts
             ,
             Votes
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             Ordinances
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             Resolutions
             ,
             Iudgements
             ,
             Instruments
          
           repugnant
           thereunto
           ,
           as
           
             meerly
             void
             in
             Law
             ,
          
           by
           the
           express
           Statutes
           of
           25
           
             E.
             1.
             c.
          
           2.
           42
           E.
           3.
           
             c.
          
           3.
           and
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             )
          
           we
           all
           now
           jointly
           and
           severally
           claim
           as
           our
           
             undoubted
             Birth-rights
             ,
          
           and
           as
           the
           
             Price
             ,
             Crown
             ,
             Trophy
             ,
             Guerdon
          
           of
           all
           our
           late
           
             Parliamentary
             Counsels
             ,
             expended
             Treasures
             ,
             Bloudsheds
             ,
             Wars
             ,
             Victories
             ,
          
           over
           the
           real
           or
           pretended
           Enemies
           of
           these
           our
           just
           Liberties
           ,
           Franchises
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Introducers
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           ,
           and
           Tyrannicall
           Government
           repugnant
           thereunto
           (
           wherein
           many
           thousands
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Commons
           of
           the
           realm
           of
           chiefest
           rank
           hazarded
           their
           estates
           ,
           bloud
           ,
           lives
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Army-Officers
           ,
           to
           preserve
           and
           enjoy
           the
           forementioned
           fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Rights
           and
           Properties
           )
           which
           we
           hope
           no
           true-bred
           
             English
             Freeman
          
           or
           
             Swordman
          
           whatsoever
           can
           have
           the
           hearts
           or
           faces
           to
           deny
           unto
           us
           ,
           against
           all
           their
           former
           Protestations
           ,
           Remonstrances
           ,
           Vows
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Engagements
           ,
           both
           to
           God
           and
           the
           
             English
          
           Nation
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           made
           shorter
           by
           the
           head
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           perfidious
           
             Traytors
             ,
          
           or
           rolled
           into
           their
           graves
           in
           bloud
           by
           the
           over-oppressed
           
           enraged
           people
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           
             insolent
             oppressing
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           yea
           tumbled
           headlong
           into
           Hell
           flames
           for
           all
           eternity
           ,
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           
             perjured
             execrable
             Hypocrites
             and
             Impostors
          
           that
           ever
           
             England
          
           bred
           .
        
         
           Gal.
           5.
           1
           ,
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           
             Stand
             fast
             therfore
             in
             the
             Liberty
             wherewith
             Christ
             hath
             made
             us
             free
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             intangled
             again
             with
             the
             yoke
             of
             Bondage
             .
             For
             Brethren
             ,
             ye
             have
             been
             called
             unto
             Liberty
             :
             only
             use
             not
             Liberty
             for
             an
             occasion
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             but
             by
             love
             ferve
             one
             another
             .
             For
             all
             the
             Law
             is
             fulfilled
             in
             one
             word
             ,
             even
             this
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             thy
             Neighbour
             as
             thy self
             .
             But
             if
             ye
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
             ,
             take
             heed
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             consumed
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           An
           
             Appendix
          
           to
           the
           Premises
        
         
           IT
           hath
           been
           the
           
             antient
             Plot
             ,
          
           and
           long
           agitated
           
             design
          
           of
           
             Robert
             Parsons
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
             Iesuites
          
           and
           their
           Instruments
           ,
           under
           
             pretext
             of
             reforming
             the
             Common
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             alter
             ,
             subvert
             abolish
             the
             Great
             Charter
             ,
             Common
             fundamental
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             principles
             of
             Government
             ,
             whereon
             the
             Iustice
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             of
             the
             Subjects
             are
             established
             ;
          
           as
           I
           have
           irrefragably
           proved
           at
           large
           ,
           by
           
             Robert
             Parsons
          
           his
           
             Memorial
             for
             Reformation
             of
          
           England
           ,
           written
           at
           
             Sevil
          
           in
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           An.
           1590.
           by
           
             William
             Watson
          
           (
           a
           seminary
           Priest
           )
           his
           
             Quodlibets
             ,
          
           printed
           1601.
           p
           ,
           92
           ,
           94
           ,
           95
           ,
           286
           ,
           330
           ,
           332.
           
           
             A
             Dialogue
             between
             a
             secular
             Priest
          
           and
           a
           
             Lay-Gentleman
             ,
          
           printed
           at
           
             Rhemes
          
           1601.
           p.
           95.
           
           
             William
             Clark
             (
             a
             Roman
          
           Priest
           )
           his
           
             Answer
             to
             the
             manifestation
             of
          
           Father
           
             Parsons
             ,
          
           p.
           74
           ,
           75.
           
           
             Robert
             Parsons
          
           own
           
             manifestation
             of
             the
             folly
             ,
             and
             bad
             Spirit
             of
             certain
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             calling
             themselves
          
           Secular
           Priests
           ,
           
             f.
          
           55.
           to
           63.
           
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Smith
          
           his
           Preface
           to
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Daillae
             ,
          
           his
           Apology
           for
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           :
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           1653.
           p.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           
             Declaration
          
           of
           the
           whole
           
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             15.
             Decemb.
          
           1641.
           
           Exact
           .
           Collection
           ,
           p.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           
             Ludovicus
             Lucius
             ,
             Historia
             Iesuitica
             ,
          
           p.
           318
           ,
           319
           ,
           535.
           and
           other
           Evidences
           in
           my
           
             Epistle
          
           to
           
             A
             seasonable
             ,
             Legal
             ,
             and
             Historical
             
             Vindication
             of
             the
             good
             old
             fundamental
             Liberties
             ,
             Rights
             ,
             Laws
             of
             all
          
           English
           
             Freemen
             ;
          
           and
           to
           
             A
             New
             Discovery
             of
             Free-State
             Tyranny
             ,
          
           to
           which
           for
           Brevity
           I
           refer
           the
           Reader
           .
           That
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           
             Souldiers
          
           and
           
             Anabap●ists
          
           design
           ,
           endeavour
           ,
           to
           put
           this
           their
           
             Iesuitical
             Plot
             against
             our
             Laws
             in
             execution
             ,
          
           under
           pretext
           of
           
             reforming
             the
             corruptions
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             Lawyers
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Tutorship
           of
           the
           disguised
           
             Iesuites
          
           (
           swarming
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           
             having
             a
             Consistory
             and
             Councel
             abroad
             ,
             that
             Rules
             all
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             things
             of
             England
             ;
          
           as
           their
           own
           General
           ,
           
             O.
             Cromwell
          
           himself
           avers
           in
           positive
           terms
           to
           all
           our
           three
           Nations
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           his
           
             printed
             Speech
             in
             the
             painted
             Chamber
             ,
             September
          
           4.
           1654.
           p.
           16
           ,
           17.
           )
           I
           have
           there
           likewise
           demonstrated
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           experimentally
           visible
           to
           all
           men
           by
           their
           frequent
           
             Consultations
             ,
             Committees
             ,
             Treatises
             ,
             Discourses
             ,
             Votes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Instruments
             set
             on
             work
             ,
          
           to
           regulate
           our
           Laws
           ,
           that
           it
           needs
           do
           further
           proof
           .
        
         
           The
           
             excellently
             connaturalness
             ,
             conveniency
          
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             England
          
           to
           
             Englishmens
             tempers
             ,
          
           is
           so
           fully
           expressed
           ,
           demonstrated
           by
           
             Fortescue
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Book
           
             De
             la●dibus
             Legum
             Angliae
             ,
             Glanvill
             ,
             Britton
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           antient
           ,
           and
           by
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Davies
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           his
           
             Irish
             Reports
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cook
          
           in
           his
           Epistles
           to
           his
           
             Reports
             ,
             Institutes
             ,
          
           with
           others
           of
           later
           times
           ▪
           by
           the
           very
           
             New
             Modellers
          
           of
           our
           old
           
             hereditary
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           into
           a
           puny
           
             Free-State
             ,
          
           in
           their
           
             Remonstrance
             of
             March
          
           17.
           1648.
           and
           by
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Pym
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Oliver
             Saint-John
             ,
          
           in
           their
           late
           
             Parliamentary
             Speeches
             ,
          
           printed
           by
           the
           
             Commons
             House
          
           special
           Orders
           ;
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           waste-paper
           to
           commend
           them
           ,
           being
           the
           most
           
             excellent
             Laws
             of
             all
             others
             in
             the
             world
             ,
          
           as
           they
           all
           unanimously
           resolve
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           adde
           to
           their
           
             Encomiums
          
           of
           them
           :
           That
           the
           extraordinary
           care
           ,
           diligence
           of
           our
           
             Ancestors
             ,
          
           and
           all
           our
           Parliamentary
           Councels
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           to
           maintain
           ,
           
           preserve
           ,
           defend
           and
           transmit
           to
           posterity
           those
           
             good
             old
             Laws
          
           we
           now
           do
           or
           should
           enjoy
           ,
           with
           the
           last
           long
           Parliaments
           impeaching
           ,
           beheading
           
             Strafford
          
           and
           
             Canterbury
          
           for
           
             Arch-traytors
          
           for
           
             endeavouring
             to
             subvert
             them
             with
             their
             innovations
          
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           late
           King
           and
           his
           Partisans
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           in
           above
           
             *
          
           
             *
             In
             the
             Collections
             of
             Ordinances
             ,
             printed
             by
             both
             Houses
             orders
             .
          
           500
           
             printed
             Declarations
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             Ordinances
             ,
             Proclamations
             ,
             Remonstrances
             ;
          
           that
           
             the
             principal
             end
             of
             all
          
           their
           
             consultations
             ,
             arms
             ,
             wars
             ,
             taxes
             ,
             Impositions
             ,
             expences
             of
             infinite
             Treasure
             and
             Bloud
             ,
          
           in
           all
           the
           unhappy
           contests
           against
           each
           other
           ;
           
             was
             inviolably
             to
             defend
             ,
             maintain
             our
             Laws
             and
             the
             Subjects
             Liberties
             ,
             secured
             by
             them
          
           as
           their
           best
           
             Patrimony
             ,
             Birthright
             ,
          
           and
           
             Inheritance
             ;
          
           the
           inserting
           thereof
           
             into
             all
             their
             Generals
             and
             Military
             Officers
             Commissions
             ,
          
           and
           all
           
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           to
           raise
           monies
           for
           the
           Armies
           pay
           ;
           is
           an
           unswerable
           evidence
           of
           their
           
             transoendent
             excellency
             ,
             utilility
             ,
             preciousnesse
             ,
             value
             ,
             esteem
             ,
          
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           our
           Parliament
           and
           whole
           Nation
           :
           And
           a
           convincing
           Discovery
           of
           the
           
             Iesuitical
             Infatuation
             ,
             folly
             ,
             frenzy
             ,
             treachery
          
           of
           those
           
             Swordmen
          
           and
           their
           
             Confederates
             ,
          
           who
           now
           revile
           ,
           traduce
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           all
           they
           may
           ,
           to
           reform
           ,
           alter
           ,
           subvert
           those
           very
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           
             Liberties
          
           which
           they
           were
           purposely
           
             commissioned
             ,
             waged
             ,
             engaged
             inviolably
          
           to
           defend
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           
             People
             ,
          
           and
           for
           which
           end
           they
           formerly
           professed
           ,
           declared
           in
           many
           printed
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Printed
             1647.
             
          
           
             Romonstrances
          
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           
             they
             fought
             and
             hazarded
             their
             lives
             in
             the
             field
             ;
          
           yet
           now
           would
           conquer
           ,
           and
           trample
           under
           feet
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           only
           
             fought
             against
             them
             and
             our
             hereditary
             Liberties
             confirmed
          
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           few
           
             Grievances
             ,
             Abuses
             ,
          
           not
           in
           the
           
             Theory
             ,
          
           but
           
             Practice
             of
             our
             Laws
          
           (
           introduced
           by
           
             dishonest
             Attorneys
          
           and
           
             Sollicitors
          
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           fit
           to
           be
           redressed
           by
           the
           
             Iudges
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           (
           as
           some
           of
           them
           have
           been
           upon
           complaint
           )
           
           which
           I
           my self
           had
           many
           years
           since
           reformed
           (
           as
           I
           told
           Mr.
           
           
             Shepheard
          
           upon
           his
           fore mentioned
           motion
           to
           me
           )
           had
           not
           those
           
             Army-men
          
           violently
           pulled
           me
           with
           other
           
             Members
             out
             of
             the
             House
             ;
          
           and
           interrupted
           the
           
             settlement
             ,
             peace
             ,
             liberty
             ,
             ease
          
           from
           
             taxes
             ,
             excises
             ,
          
           and
           good
           
             Government
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             by
             a
             happy
             close
             with
             the
             late
             King
             ,
          
           upon
           more
           safe
           and
           honourable
           terms
           of
           Freedom
           and
           happiness
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           and
           our
           Parliaments
           ,
           than
           ever
           we
           can
           hope
           for
           from
           our
           New
           
             Governours
          
           or
           
             Sword-men
             ;
          
           to
           usurp
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           perpetuate
           our
           
             Wars
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
          
           Excises
           ,
           Armies
           ,
           and
           Military
           Government
           upon
           us
           ,
           from
           generation
           to
           generation
           ,
           as
           experience
           now
           manifests
           beyond
           contradiction
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           peoples
           safety
           ,
           ease
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           tranquillity
           ,
           as
           they
           then
           pretended
           :
           which
           
             people
          
           though
           they
           then
           cried
           up
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             *
             January
             1648.
             
          
           
             voted
             for
             the
             only
             Supreme
             Authority
             ;
             their
             free
             elections
          
           for
           the
           only
           Basis
           of
           all
           
             lawfull
             Magistracy
             ,
             Power
             ,
             in
             and
             over
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             safety
          
           as
           the
           
             Supreme
             Law
             ;
          
           yet
           now
           they
           imperiously
           trample
           upon
           as
           their
           
             conquered
             slaves
             ,
          
           and
           both
           by
           their
           
             publike
             speeches
             ,
          
           actions
           ,
           proclaim
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           
             They
             now
             no
             more
             value
             them
             than
             they
             doe
             the
             very
             Acorns
             of
             the
             Swine
             ,
             or
             dust
             of
             their
             feet
             ,
          
           no
           further
           than
           they
           are
           subservient
           to
           their
           own
           aspiring
           designs
           ,
           and
           selfish
           ends
           .
        
         
           For
           those
           few
           remaining
           Abuses
           in
           our
           Laws
           execution
           yet
           unredressed
           by
           former
           Laws
           ,
           as
           they
           no
           waies
           concern
           the
           
             army
             ,
          
           or
           
             army-Officers
          
           as
           
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           being
           out
           of
           their
           calling
           ,
           Commission
           ,
           and
           fit
           only
           for
           
             Iudges
             ,
          
           or
           
             Parliaments
          
           in
           their
           defaults
           ,
           to
           redresse
           :
           So
           they
           concern
           not
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           People
           (
           many
           thousands
           of
           them
           having
           no
           sute
           at
           Law
           in
           all
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           of
           them
           very
           rarely
           )
           but
           for
           the
           most
           part
           only
           some
           Litigious
           ,
           contentious
           persons
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           their
           pride
           and
           animosity
           ,
           occasion
           these
           abuses
           ,
           and
           prolongatio●s
           of
           sutes
           in
           Law
           ,
           which
           they
           
           and
           others
           complain
           against
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           justly
           punished
           and
           rewarded
           by
           them
           ;
           the
           expensivenesse
           and
           tediousnesse
           of
           their
           Law
           sutes
           ,
           being
           the
           best
           means
           to
           correct
           ,
           cure
           their
           contentious
           malicious
           spirits
           :
           other
           sutes
           between
           peaceable
           persons
           being
           soon
           determined
           without
           any
           great
           expence
           ,
           or
           length
           of
           time
           ,
           if
           diligently
           prosecuted
           by
           honest
           Lawyers
           ,
           Attorneys
           ,
           and
           Sollicitors
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Grievances
           these
           
             Martial
             Reformers
             of
          
           our
           
             Laws
          
           have
           introduced
           ,
           under
           pretext
           of
           reforming
           some
           petty
           Abuses
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Law
           and
           Lawyers
           ,
           are
           of
           a
           far
           more
           grievous
           ,
           generall
           ,
           and
           transcendent
           nature
           ,
           subverting
           the
           very
           Fnndamental
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           burthening
           them
           with
           two
           or
           three
           Millions
           of
           extraordinary
           Taxes
           ,
           Expences
           every
           year
           ,
           whereas
           all
           the
           abuses
           in
           the
           Law
           if
           rectified
           ,
           amount
           not
           to
           above
           5
           or
           6
           thousand
           pounds
           a
           year
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           and
           those
           volunt●rily
           expended
           by
           litigious
           persons
           ,
           not
           exacted
           from
           ,
           or
           imposed
           upon
           any
           against
           their
           Wills
           ,
           as
           Taxes
           ,
           Excises
           ,
           Imposts
           ,
           Tunnage
           and
           Poundage
           now
           are
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           without
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           against
           our
           Laws
           .
           Which
           if
           redressed
           by
           the
           
             Swordmen
          
           now
           ,
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           affection
           towards
           ,
           or
           design
           to
           ease
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           spleen
           to
           the
           Profession
           and
           Professors
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           increase
           the
           Peoples
           monthly
           Taxes
           to
           the
           
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           and
           maintenance
           of
           their
           new
           war
           ,
           to
           tenfold
           the
           value
           every
           year
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           what
           they
           now
           expend
           in
           Law-sutes
           by
           reason
           of
           these
           
             abuses
          
           they
           would
           now
           redresse
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           nothing
           so
           grievous
           ,
           expensive
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           those
           alterations
           they
           intend
           to
           make
           in
           our
           Laws
           and
           legal
           conveyances
           ,
           which
           will
           but
           multiply
           Sutes
           ,
           and
           draw
           all
           mens
           estates
           into
           future
           sequestration
           in
           few
           years
           space
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           four
           things
           specially
           provided
           for
           by
           our
           Fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           original
           constitution
           of
           
           our
           Government
           ,
           which
           principally
           concern
           all
           the
           Freemen
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           General
           ,
           above
           all
           things
           else
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Privileges
             and
             Fredome
             of
             their
             Parliaments
             and
             their
             Members
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             safety
             and
             liberty
             of
             their
             Persons
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             propriety
             of
             their
             Estates
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Free
             course
             of
             Common
             Law
             ,
             Right
             ,
             Justice
             .
          
        
         
           All
           which
           our
           
             Army
             Reformers
          
           have
           lately
           violated
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Presidents
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           former
           ages
           ,
           against
           all
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Land
           ,
           their
           own
           Commissions
           ,
           Trusts
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Vowes
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Engagements
           ,
           without
           any
           colour
           of
           lawful
           Authority
           ;
           to
           the
           whole
           Nations
           intollerable
           Grievance
           ,
           Injury
           ,
           Oppression
           ,
           Impoverishing
           ,
           enslaving
           ,
           and
           yet
           would
           be
           reputed
           the
           only
           
             just
             ,
             upright
             ,
             faithful
             ,
             righteous
             ,
             conscientious
             Protectors
             ,
             Reformers
             of
             our
             Laws
             ,
             Grievances
             ,
             government
             ,
             and
             Gods
             most
             precious
             Saints
             ;
          
           and
           all
           others
           meer
           
             Malignants
          
           or
           
             Disaffected
             persons
             to
             Liberty
          
           and
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           who
           oppose
           or
           dislike
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           secluding
           them
           out
           of
           their
           New
           Parliaments
           as
           such
           ,
           when
           elected
           most
           freely
           by
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           Privileges
           ,
           Freedom
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           their
           Members
           ,
           formerly
           held
           
             most
             sacred
             and
             inviolable
             ,
          
           
             c
          
           
             c
             See
             the
             Epistle
             and
             Appendix
             to
             my
             Speech
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             History
             of
             Independency
             .
          
           They
           have
           in
           their
           
             own
          
           and
           the
           
             Armies
          
           name
           ,
           impeached
           ,
           imprisoned
           ,
           suspended
           from
           sitting
           ,
           many
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           ;
           marched
           up
           professedly
           against
           them
           ;
           contrary
           to
           their
           Trusts
           ,
           Commands
           ,
           and
           the
           expresse
           
             Statutes
          
           of
           5
           R.
           2.
           c.
           4.
           5.
           H.
           4.
           c.
           6.
           8
           H.
           6.
           c.
           1.
           4
           H.
           8.
           c.
           8.
           forced
           them
           to
           retract
           their
           own
           Orders
           ,
           Votes
           ,
           Ordinances
           ;
           eject
           ,
           imprison
           their
           own
           Members
           ,
           and
           Vote
           what
           they
           prescribed
           them
           .
           Since
           which
           they
           imprisoned
           ,
           close
           imprisoned
           my self
           ,
           with
           sundry
           other
           Members
           ,
           in
           remote
           Castles
           ,
           sundry
           years
           ,
           without
           any
           cause
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           or
           recompence
           
           for
           this
           transcendent
           injustice
           ;
           And
           not
           content
           herewith
           ,
           they
           contrary
           to
           both
           Houses
           Votes
           seised
           ,
           impeached
           ,
           abused
           ,
           condemned
           ,
           beheaded
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           
             d
          
           
             d
             Cook
             4
             Instit.
             c.
             1.
             &
             modus
             Teneadi
             Parliam
             .
          
           
             The
             head
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ;
          
           suppressed
           ,
           abolished
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           the
           antientest
           ,
           chiefest
           Members
           of
           it
           ;
           secured
           ,
           secluded
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ;
           and
           forcibly
           dissolved
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           without
           any
           writ
           ,
           contrary
           to
           an
           expresse
           act
           of
           Parliament
           .
           And
           how
           they
           have
           disturbed
           ,
           secluded
           ,
           abused
           ,
           dissipated
           ,
           dishoused
           their
           own
           mock-Parliament
           ,
           and
           their
           Members
           even
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           ;
           How
           they
           and
           their
           new
           Instruments
           have
           New-modelled
           that
           they
           now
           call
           our
           Parliaments
           ;
           how
           they
           have
           deprived
           many
           antient
           
             Burroughs
             ,
             Cities
             ,
          
           of
           their
           right
           of
           electing
           Burgesses
           ,
           or
           of
           so
           many
           Burgesses
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Charters
           ,
           and
           the
           expresse
           Statutes
           of
           5
           R.
           2.
           c.
           4.
           1
           
           H
           5.
           c.
           1.
           32
           H.
           6.
           c.
           15.
           9
           H.
           8.
           c.
           18
           ;
           disabled
           many
           thousands
           of
           their
           Votes
           in
           Elections
           ,
           who
           have
           Voices
           ,
           and
           enabled
           others
           to
           be
           Electors
           who
           have
           no
           Votes
           by
           our
           Laws
           ;
           incorporated
           
             Scotish
             ,
          
           and
           
             Irish
          
           Knights
           ,
           Burgesses
           as
           Members
           into
           their
           late
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           interrupted
           the
           Freedom
           of
           Elections
           ,
           by
           Letters
           ,
           Menaces
           ,
           armed
           Troops
           ,
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           other
           indirect
           means
           ,
           against
           the
           Statute
           of
           3
           E.
           1.
           c.
           5.
           the
           great
           Charter
           ,
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Privileges
           of
           our
           Parliaments
           ;
           (
           to
           make
           what
           Persons
           and
           Number
           of
           their
           own
           creatures
           they
           please
           ,
           a
           
             pretended
             Parliament
             ,
          
           to
           bind
           our
           three
           
             Nations
          
           (
           by
           colour
           of
           a
           void
           ,
           
             illegal
             Instrument
             ,
          
           made
           sodenly
           by
           a
           few
           
             Privadoes
          
           of
           their
           own
           in
           a
           corner
           ;
           having
           no
           more
           legal
           force
           to
           bind
           our
           three
           Nations
           or
           Parliaments
           ,
           than
           a
           
             Fiddle-string
             ,
          
           or
           the
           new
           
             Cords
          
           wherewith
           the
           
             uncircumcised
          
           Philistines
           by
           their
           
             treacherous
             Dalilah
          
           bound
           
             Sampson
          
           of
           old
           ;
           
             which
             he
             brake
             from
             off
             his
             arms
             like
             a
             threed
             ,
          
           Judg.
           16.
           12.
           )
           All
           which
           is
           so
           well
           known
           
             to
             themselves
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           insist
           any
           further
           
           thereon
           .
           And
           are
           not
           all
           and
           every
           of
           these
           far
           greater
           abuses
           ,
           &
           of
           more
           general
           important
           concernment
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           than
           any
           they
           would
           now
           reform
           ,
           or
           declaim
           against
           in
           our
           Laws
           ,
           or
           Lawyers
           ?
           fit
           now
           to
           be
           redressed
           ?
           being
           adjudged
           no
           lesse
           than
           High
           Treason
           in
           others
           ;
           not
           only
           by
           the
           
             *
          
           
             *
             See
             the
             Epistle
             to
             my
             Speech
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             p.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Parliaments
          
           of
           4
           E.
           3.
           n.
           1.
           21
           R.
           2.
           cap.
           12.
           1
           H.
           4.
           rot
           .
           Parl.
           n.
           21
           ,
           22.
           31
           H.
           6.
           c.
           1.
           3
           Jac.
           c.
           1
           ,
           2.
           and
           in
           
             Chaloners
          
           and
           
             Tomkins
          
           case
           June
           14.
           1647.
           in
           the
           last
           Parliament
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           A
           
             Collection
             of
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           p.
           200.
           to
           206.
           but
           likewise
           by
           the
           
             Army
             Officers
          
           
             e
          
           
             e
             Their
             Remonstrance
             and
             Representation
             ,
             Aug.
             2.
             
             &
             18.
             1
             
             &
             7
             Decem.
             1647.
             
             Their
             Charge
             ,
             June
             14.
             1647.
             
          
           
             themselves
             ;
          
           yea
           the
           very
           ground-work
           of
           all
           the
           
             uncapabilities
             ,
             penalties
             ,
             sequestrations
             ,
             decimations
             ,
             forfeitures
             ,
          
           they
           have
           imposed
           on
           others
           
             for
             levying
             warre
             ,
             and
             adhering
             unto
             the
             late
             King
             against
             the
             Parliament
             ;
          
           which
           they
           but
           mediately
           and
           indirectly
           opposed
           and
           warred
           against
           ,
           but
           themselves
           
             immediately
             ,
             actually
             ,
             directly
             warred
             upon
             ,
             seised
             ,
             secured
             ,
             dissolved
             ,
             destroyed
             ,
          
           against
           their
           
             Trusts
             ,
             Commissions
          
           to
           defend
           both
           the
           Parliament
           and
           the
           Members
           of
           it
           from
           force
           and
           violence
           :
           and
           therefore
           are
           the
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Their
             Instrument
             of
             Government
             ,
             art
             .
             14.
             16.
             
          
           
             far
             greater
             Delinquents
             ,
          
           and
           
             uncapable
          
           to
           give
           any
           
             voice
             to
             elect
             any
             Members
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             elected
             or
             sit
             in
             the
             three
             next
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           by
           their
           own
           
             self-condemning
             Censures
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
          
           
             f
          
           
             f
             Article
             14.
             16.
             
          
           
             New
             instruments
             ,
          
           and
           Verdicts
           passed
           against
           others
           ;
           and
           by
           St
           
             Pauls
          
           own
           Verdict
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           are
           
             inexcusable
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             escape
             the
             judgement
             of
             God
             :
          
           though
           they
           escape
           the
           sentence
           of
           all
           humane
           Tribunals
           ,
           for
           their
           offences
           of
           this
           nature
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           the
           safety
           and
           liberty
           of
           their
           Persons
           ,
           these
           
             Army-Reformers
          
           have
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Charter
             ,
          
           all
           other
           
             Fundamental
             Laws
             ,
          
           Statutes
           ,
           the
           Petition
           of
           
             Right
          
           it self
           ,
           and
           premised
           Votes
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           3
           
             Caroli
             ,
          
           in
           
             New-created
             Military
             Courts
             of
             Iustice
             ,
          
           impeached
           ,
           condemned
           ,
           executed
           not
           only
           the
           late
           
             King
          
           and
           sundry
           
             Nobles
             ,
          
           but
           likewise
           
           
             Knights
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Freemen
           of
           all
           rancks
           ,
           callings
           ,
           without
           any
           lawfull
           Inditement
           or
           
             Tryal
             by
             their
             Peers
             ,
          
           for
           offences
           not
           capital
           by
           our
           known
           Laws
           ;
           Forcibly
           apprehended
           by
           armed
           Troopers
           ,
           the
           Persons
           of
           Parliament-men
           ,
           Noblemen
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           all
           sorts
           ;
           imprisoned
           ,
           close-imprisoned
           them
           in
           remote
           Castles
           ,
           under
           armed
           Guards
           ,
           and
           translated
           them
           from
           one
           Castle
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           my self
           amongst
           others
           ,
           without
           any
           legall
           examination
           ,
           accusation
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           or
           cause
           expressed
           ;
           banished
           some
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           others
           ,
           (
           yea
           some
           of
           their
           own
           
             Military-Officers
             ,
          
           and
           greatest
           Friends
           )
           in
           those
           forein
           
             Isles
             ,
             Castles
             ,
          
           (
           whither
           the
           Prelates
           and
           Old
           
             Council-Table
             Lords
             ,
          
           banished
           me
           and
           my
           fellow-brethren
           heretofore
           )
           without
           any
           legal
           Sentence
           ;
           imprisoned
           ,
           close
           imprisoned
           thousands
           at
           a
           time
           upon
           sudden
           carnal
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           (
           unbeseeming
           Saints
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           or
           men
           professing
           so
           much
           faith
           ,
           confidence
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           such
           signal
           
             ownings
          
           both
           of
           
             their
             Persons
             and
             present
             Powers
          
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           in
           publick
           or
           private
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           and
           having
           an
           whole
           Army
           to
           guard
           them
           )
           and
           dragging
           them
           out
           of
           their
           Houses
           ,
           beds
           ,
           in
           the
           night
           by
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           shutting
           them
           up
           in
           inconvenient
           places
           ;
           banished
           multitudes
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           from
           
             London
          
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           for
           sundry
           months
           together
           ;
           confined
           others
           to
           certain
           places
           ;
           impressed
           thousands
           for
           Land
           and
           Sea-services
           ,
           and
           forein
           imployment
           (
           as
           well
           Apprentices
           as
           others
           )
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           and
           carried
           them
           away
           perforce
           to
           ,
           and
           others
           from
           forein
           Plantations
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Indies
             ,
          
           where
           they
           have
           lost
           their
           limbs
           ,
           lives
           ,
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           their
           families
           and
           Masters
           .
           Degraded
           all
           our
           Nobles
           without
           any
           lawfull
           cause
           or
           hearing
           ,
           of
           all
           their
           personal
           ,
           hereditary
           Powers
           ,
           Trusts
           ,
           Commands
           :
           Disfranchised
           ,
           disofficed
           Judges
           ,
           Justices
           ,
           Recorders
           ,
           Maiors
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           Common-council-men
           ,
           Freemen
           ,
           Servants
           ,
           and
           many
           such
           very
           lately
           even
           by
           
             Major
             Generals
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             Deputies
          
           
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           taking
           far
           more
           Authority
           upon
           them
           now
           in
           all
           places
           in
           this
           and
           other
           kinds
           ,
           than
           ever
           any
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           did
           ,
           in
           late
           or
           former
           ages
           .
           And
           that
           which
           transcends
           all
           Presidents
           ,
           imprisoning
           Lawyers
           themselves
           ,
           as
           
             grand
             Traytors
             ,
          
           and
           
             Delinquents
          
           in
           the
           
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
          
           only
           for
           arguing
           their
           
             Clients
             Cases
             ,
             according
          
           to
           their
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Duties
             ,
          
           in
           defence
           of
           their
           
             Common
             Fundamental
             personal
             Liberty
             and
             property
             ,
          
           when
           illegally
           committed
           for
           refusing
           
             to
             pay
             unjust
             Excises
             and
             Imposts
             ,
             without
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           in
           the
           late
           case
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Cony
             ,
          
           and
           threatning
           to
           imprison
           others
           for
           prosecuting
           lawfull
           sutes
           :
           when
           as
           the
           late
           King
           they
           beheaded
           for
           a
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           freely
           permitted
           my self
           ,
           and
           other
           Lawyers
           ,
           to
           argue
           the
           cases
           of
           
             Knighthood
             ,
             Loans
             ,
             Shipmony
             ,
             Imposts
             ,
             Tonnage
             and
             Poundage
             ,
          
           which
           so
           ●uch
           concerned
           him
           ,
           without
           imprisonment
           or
           restraint
           .
           And
           are
           not
           these
           ,
           with
           the
           denying
           
             Habeas
             Corporaes
          
           to
           some
           ,
           stoping
           the
           returning
           ,
           or
           benefit
           of
           them
           when
           returned
           ,
           to
           others
           ,
           far
           greater
           Grievances
           ,
           Abuses
           (
           which
           concern
           every
           Subject
           alike
           ,
           and
           strike
           at
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           our
           Liberties
           )
           than
           any
           these
           
             Sword-men
          
           dislike
           or
           declame
           against
           in
           our
           Laws
           or
           Lawyers
           ?
           fit
           now
           to
           be
           redressed
           .
           If
           any
           private
           person
           injure
           any
           Freeman
           in
           any
           of
           these
           kinds
           forementioned
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           remedied
           and
           recover
           dammages
           by
           an
           
             Action
             of
             the
             Case
             ,
             Trespass
             ,
          
           or
           
             false
             Imprisonment
             ;
          
           but
           being
           thus
           injured
           by
           our
           New
           
             Whitehall
             Grandees
             ,
             Swordmen
             ,
          
           Souldiers
           ,
           
             Committees
             ,
             Excise-men
             ,
             Major-Generals
             ,
          
           their
           
             Deputies
             ,
          
           or
           
             Deputy
             Deputies
             ,
          
           who
           all
           imprison
           ,
           dissranchise
           ,
           oppresse
           men
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           (
           which
           
             f
          
           
             f
             Fortescue
             c.
             8.
             1
             H.
             7.
             46.
             16
             H.
             6.
             
             Fitz.
             Monstran
             .
             d'
             Faits
             182.
             
          
           
             none
             of
             our
             Kings
             could
             do
             )
          
           he
           is
           now
           left
           destitute
           of
           all
           relief
           or
           recompence
           by
           Law
           ,
           or
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           by
           
             Committees
             of
             Indemnity
             ,
          
           if
           he
           sue
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           desist
           ,
           or
           release
           his
           action
           ,
           having
           no
           
             Lawyer
          
           who
           durst
           to
           plead
           his
           cause
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           imprifonment
           ,
           nor
           Judge
           to
           release
           him
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           displacing
           ;
           such
           is
           our
           present
           ,
           
           worse
           than
           
             Turkish
          
           Thraldom
           ,
           under
           these
           
             Grand
             Reformers
          
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           New-found
           
             Guardians
          
           of
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           crying
           out
           aloud
           to
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           for
           present
           redresse
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           For
           the
           Propriety
           of
           their
           Estates
           ;
           so
           fenced
           ,
           vindicated
           ,
           secured
           by
           the
           forecited
           Parliamentary
           Votes
           ,
           Acts
           ,
           and
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ;
           alas
           !
           what
           is
           become
           of
           it
           ?
           Have
           not
           these
           Sword-Reformers
           forcibly
           disseised
           ,
           dis-inherited
           not
           only
           our
           Kings
           ,
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           of
           their
           Hereditary
           Honors
           ,
           Dignities
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           Franchises
           ,
           but
           likewise
           them
           ,
           and
           thousands
           more
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           ,
           Successors
           ,
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           Kinred
           ,
           of
           their
           Palaces
           ,
           Mannors
           ,
           Houses
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Possessions
           ,
           Rents
           ,
           Revenues
           ,
           real
           and
           personal
           Estates
           ,
           without
           any
           
             other
             Law
             or
             Title
          
           but
           (
           that
           of
           Theeves
           and
           Pirates
           ,
           
             Turks
          
           and
           
             *
          
           
             *
             See
             Purch
             .
             ●
             Pilgrinage
             Bo.
             6.
             c.
             6.
             
             &
             H●ylyns
             Microcosm
             .
          
           
             Mamalukes
             )
             the
             longest
             Sword
             ?
          
           Against
           not
           only
           all
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           
             eighth
             and
             tenth
             Moral
             Commandements
             of
             God
             himself
             ,
          
           now
           practically
           quite
           expunged
           out
           of
           their
           Decalogue
           ?
           And
           do
           not
           all
           else
           hold
           their
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           as
           Tenants
           at
           will
           ,
           to
           these
           supream
           new
           Land-Lords
           ,
           who
           upon
           any
           
             New
             coined
             Delinquency
             ,
          
           or
           
             pretended
             plots
             ,
          
           really
           sequester
           ,
           or
           confiscate
           them
           at
           their
           pleasures
           by
           the
           self-same
           Law
           and
           Title
           ?
           Yea
           where
           as
           all
           our
           Kings
           in
           former
           ages
           took
           
             Aids
             and
             Subsidies
          
           from
           our
           Ancestors
           only
           as
           
             1
          
           
             1
             Sec
             Bastals
             Tenths
             and
             taxes
             &
             all
             the
             the
             Acts
             for
             Subsidies
             ,
             Tunage
             and
             Poundage
             .
          
           
             as
             their
             free
             Gifts
             and
             Grants
             in
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           moderate
           proportions
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             one
             Fifteen
             ,
             Tenth
             or
             Subsidy
             ,
          
           and
           no
           more
           in
           antient
           times
           ,
           and
           but
           
             two
             or
             three
             Subsidies
             an●
             Fiftoens
             of
             later
             daies
             ,
             payable
             at
             sundry
             times
             ,
             in
             divers
             years
             ,
          
           for
           which
           our
           Kings
           returned
           them
           
             hearty
             thanks
             in
             their
             Answers
             to
             those
             Grants
             ,
             and
             granted
             them
             New
          
           
             2
          
           
             2
             Magna
             ●●arta
             c.
             37
             &
             52
             H.
             3.
             
             ●
             .
             5.
             25
             
             ●
             .
             3.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             c.
             28
             H.
             8.
             c.
             1.
             
             M●●
             .
             Paris
             Hist.
             Angliaep
             .
             311.
             355.
             367.
             421.
             576.
             624
             688.
             838.
             833.
             338.
             940
             ,
             941.
             960.
             
          
           
             Confirmations
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             the
             Great
             Charter
             ,
          
           when
           violated
           ,
           together
           with
           
             beneficial
             General
             Pardons
             in
             recompence
             of
             these
             their
             Aids
             and
             Subsidies
          
           (
           though
           for
           
             publick
             uses
          
           and
           
             defence
             )
          
           which
           they
           never
           claimed
           nor
           imposed
           in
           the
           
             Clergy
          
           or
           
             Laity
             ,
          
           but
           by
           their
           
             several
             free
             Grants
          
           
           in
           
             full
             and
             free
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             Convocations
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             (
             as
             all
             our
             Parliament
             Rolls
             ,
          
           our
           imprinted
           
             Acts
             ,
             Histories
             ,
          
           and
           
             3
          
           
             3
             4
             Institut●s
             c.
             1.
             p.
             10
             25●0
             35.
             
          
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cook
          
           at
           large
           inform
           us
           )
           Do
           not
           these
           our
           New
           
             Military
             Reforming
             Soveraigns
          
           (
           as
           if
           they
           were
           more
           than
           
             Kings
             )
          
           without
           any
           
             free
             gift
             ,
             grant
             ,
             or
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           in
           
             a
             full
             and
             free
             Parliamentary
             Assembly
             ,
          
           by
           their
           own
           New
           usurped
           Power
           ,
           (
           without
           any
           thanks
           at
           all
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           confirmation
           of
           their
           violated
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Privilges
           ,
           or
           general
           Pardons
           )
           against
           all
           former
           Acts
           ,
           and
           Parliamentary
           Votes
           ,
           impose
           both
           on
           the
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           ,
           against
           their
           Wills
           ,
           (
           beyond
           all
           Presidents
           of
           former
           ages
           )
           what
           excessive
           heavy
           monthly
           Taxe
           ,
           s
           Excises
           ,
           imposts
           ,
           tunnage
           ,
           poundage
           ,
           and
           other
           payments
           they
           please
           upon
           the
           w●ole
           Nation
           ,
           without
           intermission
           (
           which
           their
           new
           comodelled
           Parliaments
           themselves
           must
           ,
           nor
           alter
           nor
           controll
           by
           the
           27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29
           
             Articles
             of
             their
             Instrument
             )
          
           and
           levy
           them
           by
           armed
           Souldiers
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           imprisonments
           ,
           quartering
           ,
           and
           other
           great
           penalties
           ,
           fines
           inflicted
           on
           the
           Refusers
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           dispose
           of
           them
           at
           their
           pleasures
           when
           levied
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           account
           thereof
           to
           the
           Nation
           ?
           yea
           force
           them
           to
           pay
           their
           contributions
           some
           months
           before
           they
           grow
           due
           ;
           when
           no
           Land-lord
           can
           receive
           his
           Rents
           ,
           nor
           Creditor
           his
           debts
           to
           pay
           these
           Taxes
           ,
           till
           at
           ,
           or
           after
           the
           time
           they
           become
           due
           ?
           And
           all
           to
           enslave
           ,
           impoverish
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           new
           Wars
           ,
           without
           consent
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           gain
           new
           Conquests
           abroad
           ,
           whiles
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           our
           Merchants
           are
           robbed
           ,
           undone
           ,
           our
           trading
           decayed
           by
           these
           taxes
           ,
           wars
           ,
           and
           forwant
           of
           well-guarding
           the
           Seas
           at
           home
           .
           And
           not
           content
           with
           these
           ordinary
           Monthly
           contributions
           ,
           excises
           ,
           imposts
           ,
           have
           not
           these
           Refarmers
           ,
           without
           any
           legal
           Trial
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           conviction
           of
           
             New
             Delinquency
          
           
             g
          
           
             g
             See
             my
             Gospel
             plea
             for
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             (
             oft
             endeavouring
          
           to
           take
           away
           all
           Ministers
           
             Tithes
             ,
          
           though
           due
           unto
           them
           
             Jure
             divino
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           )
           exacted
           the
           
             Tithes
             of
             all
             formerly
             sequestred
             persons
             ,
             their
             heirs
             and
             Widows
          
           
           
             estates
             ,
          
           improved
           according
           to
           the
           best
           improved
           valu
           ,
           by
           a
           late
           
             Decimation
             ,
          
           (
           for
           which
           there
           is
           no
           divine
           nor
           human
           Law
           or
           Right
           )
           notwithstanding
           all
           
             former
             compositions
             ,
             Pardons
             under
             Seal
             ,
             Articles
             of
             War
             ,
             their
             own
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
             ,
             their
             late
             instrument
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             oath
             for
             its
             observance
             ;
          
           besides
           all
           our
           
             antient
             Laws
             ,
          
           exempting
           them
           there
           from
           ,
           yea
           notwithstanding
           this
           sacred
           Canon
           
             Ezech.
             18.
             20.
             
             The
             Son
             shall
             not
             bear
             the
             iniquity
             of
             the
             Father
             ;
          
           with
           this
           Maxim
           in
           our
           Law
           ,
           
             Transgressio
             personalis
             moritur
             cum
             personâ
             ;
          
           when
           as
           yet
           many
           
             Sons
             ,
             yea
             some
             Infants
          
           are
           merely
           
             decimated
          
           for
           their
           
             Fathers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Wives
             Jointures
             ,
             Dowe●s
          
           charged
           for
           their
           
             Husbands
             delinquencies
             ;
          
           Nay
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           
             barbarous
             ,
          
           illegal
           ,
           hundreds
           of
           Orthodox
           ,
           able
           ,
           godly
           ,
           learned
           ,
           Protestant
           Ministers
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           without
           any
           hearing
           or
           crime
           at
           all
           ,
           for
           their
           former
           expiated
           pardoned
           mistake
           ,
           in
           being
           addicted
           to
           the
           late
           Kings
           party
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           turned
           out
           of
           all
           their
           livings
           ,
           lectures
           ,
           fellowships
           ,
           schools
           at
           once
           ;
           but
           likewise
           prohibited
           to
           preach
           ,
           teach
           School
           ,
           in
           publike
           or
           private
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           entertained
           as
           Chaplains
           in
           private
           Houses
           ,
           to
           support
           themselves
           ,
           wives
           ,
           children
           ;
           or
           to
           administer
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           or
           mary
           any
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           
             imprisonment
             ,
             banishment
             :
          
           And
           may
           not
           all
           our
           other
           Protestant
           Orthodox
           Ministers
           ,
           School-Masters
           ,
           Scholars
           be
           thus
           smi●ten
           down
           ,
           and
           suppressed
           at
           once
           ,
           by
           the
           like
           club-law
           and
           justice
           ,
           of
           which
           this
           President
           is
           a
           very
           sad
           presage
           ?
           Moreover
           do
           not
           these
           Reformers
           seise
           mens
           Horses
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           Swords
           ,
           fouling
           ,
           birding
           pieces
           ,
           (
           yea
           the
           very
           Armorets
           ,
           Chand●rrs
           ,
           Arms
           and
           Ammuntion
           ,
           though
           their
           stock
           ,
           wa●es
           ,
           trade
           ,
           livelihood
           )
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           upon
           every
           pretended
           plot
           ,
           fear
           ,
           jealousie
           ?
           Yea
           do
           not
           Souldiers
           ,
           Excise-men
           and
           their
           agents
           break
           open
           ,
           search
           ,
           ransack
           mens
           Houses
           Studies
           ,
           Trunks
           ,
           Chests
           ,
           both
           by
           day
           and
           night
           ,
           and
           '
           take
           away
           their
           Goods
           ,
           Chattels
           ,
           yea
           their
           Writings
           '
           Records
           ,
           Papers
           (
           as
           
             they
          
           
             h
          
           
             h
             See
             my
             New
             Discovey
             of
             Free-state
             Ty●a●n●
             .
          
           
             did
             mine
             ,
             )
          
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ;
           against
           all
           Law
           ,
           and
           many
           late
           Parliament
           
           Votes
           ,
           Nay
           have
           not
           they
           forced
           thousands
           of
           all
           sorts
           to
           enter
           into
           
             great
             penal
             Bonds
             of
             late
             ,
             with
             sureties
             ,
             both
             for
             themselves
             and
             all
             their
             Servants
             ,
             containing
             strange
             ,
             unheard-of
          
           
             i
          
           
             i
             Adjudged
             illegal
             1
             E.
             3.
             c.
             15.
             and
             1
             E.
             3.
             rot
             .
             2
             ,
             3
             4.
             
          
           
             illegall
             Conditions
             ,
          
           and
           forced
           them
           to
           pay
           ,
           some
           10
           
             s.
          
           others
           5
           
             s.
          
           others
           2
           
             s.
          
           6
           
             d.
          
           for
           every
           Bond
           ,
           (
           an
           unparalleld
           oppression
           )
           though
           many
           of
           them
           not
           worth
           so
           much
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           Imprisonment
           ,
           sequestration
           ,
           and
           banishment
           in
           case
           of
           refusal
           :
           to
           omit
           all
           other
           extorted
           fees
           by
           Marshals
           ,
           Lieutenants
           ,
           Officers
           of
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           from
           
             Prisoners
             ;
          
           by
           Souldiers
           for
           levying
           pretended
           
             arrears
             of
             Taxes
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             Excise-men
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Instruments
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           these
           more
           grievous
           abuses
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           redressed
           ,
           than
           any
           coruptions
           ,
           excesses
           ,
           fees
           in
           Lawyers
           ,
           or
           our
           Laws
           ?
           No
           private
           Person
           or
           Lawyers
           can
           take
           one
           farthing
           from
           another
           against
           his
           will
           ,
           nor
           do
           the
           least
           prejudice
           to
           his
           reall
           or
           personal
           estate
           against
           Law
           ,
           but
           he
           may
           have
           present
           remedy
           for
           it
           .
           But
           these
           New
           Reformers
           ,
           by
           Excises
           ,
           Imposts
           ,
           Contributions
           ,
           Decimations
           ,
           Sequestrations
           ,
           and
           new-invented
           forfeitures
           ,
           can
           forcibly
           extort
           ,
           and
           levy
           some
           Millions
           of
           pounds
           from
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           every
           year
           ,
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           all
           our
           Laws
           ,
           yea
           strip
           whole
           families
           of
           their
           Inheritances
           ,
           without
           any
           remedy
           by
           Law
           or
           otherwise
           :
           yet
           this
           must
           be
           no
           grievance
           or
           injustice
           at
           all
           in
           them
           ,
           though
           the
           
             Highest
             Treason
             ,
          
           and
           unpardonable
           crying
           offences
           ,
           in
           
             Strafford
             ,
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           the
           old
           
             Council-Table
             ,
          
           and
           beheaded
           
             King
             ;
          
           but
           a
           most
           righteous
           proceeding
           ,
           necessary
           to
           be
           still
           pursued
           if
           not
           now
           established
           by
           a
           New
           Law
           ,
           inabling
           them
           still
           to
           tax
           and
           poll
           us
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           without
           any
           future
           Parliaments
           or
           redresse
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           the
           free
           course
           of
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           Right
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           c.
           29.
           
           
             We
             will
             deny
             ,
             nor
             deferre
             to
             no
             man
             Iustice
             or
             Right
             .
          
           It
           was
           never
           so
           much
           obstructed
           in
           any
           age
           by
           any
           persons
           ,
           as
           by
           these
           new
           
             Reform
             does
          
           of
           our
           Laws
           .
           Witness
           their
           unparalleld
           late
           
             Whitehall
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           touching
           their
           illegal
           Excises
           :
           which
           not
           only
           
             indempnifie
             
             all
             Excisemen
             ,
             and
             their
             Assistants
             against
             all
             actions
          
           
           
             (
             k
             )
             4
             Decemb.
             &
             17
             March
             ,
             1653.
             
             May
             4.
             1654
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             to
             be
             brought
             against
             them
             ,
             or
             other
             molestations
             by
             all
             parties
             grieved
             ;
             but
             expresly
             requiring
             ,
             injoyning
             all
             Courts
             of
             Iustice
             of
             this
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             all
             Judges
             and
             Iustices
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             Sheriffs
             ,
             Counsellors
             ,
             Attornies
             ,
             Sollicitors
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             persons
             to
             conform
             themselves
             accordingly
             ,
             Without
             any
             opposition
             or
             dispute
             whatsoever
             ;
          
           So
           that
           now
           no
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           or
           Judge
           must
           or
           can
           right
           ;
           nor
           any
           
             Lawyer
             ,
             Attorney
             ,
             Sollicitor
             ,
          
           or
           other
           person
           ,
           plead
           ,
           argue
           or
           prosecute
           any
           sute
           at
           Law
           against
           any
           illegal
           Excise
           ,
           Tax
           or
           Imposition
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           unjust
           and
           oppressive
           ;
           nor
           against
           any
           Levier
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           imprisoner
           of
           refusers
           of
           them
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           being
           
             dis-Iudged
             ,
          
           (
           like
           
             Thorp
             ,
             Nudigate
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rolls
          
           of
           late
           )
           or
           being
           committed
           to
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           as
           Mr.
           
             Maynard
             ,
             Twisden
             ,
          
           and
           
             Wadham
             Windham
          
           were
           ,
           for
           arguing
           
             Coni●s
          
           case
           against
           these
           
             Whitehall
             Ordinances
             .
          
           A
           slavery
           worse
           than
           that
           of
           the
           
             l
          
           
             l
             See
             my
             second
             Demurrer
             to
             the
             Jews
             Remitter
             into
             England
             .
          
           
             English
             Iews
          
           of
           old
           ;
           To
           omit
           all
           former
           inforcements
           of
           well
           affected
           plundered
           persons
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           release
           their
           Actions
           ,
           Judgements
           ,
           Executions
           against
           
             Cavaliers
             ,
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           pay
           
             them
             dammages
             ,
          
           and
           
             costs
             of
             ●ute
          
           besides
           ,
           to
           their
           undoings
           ,
           by
           their
           
             Councils
             of
             War
             ,
          
           and
           
             Committees
             of
             Indemnity
             ,
          
           of
           which
           there
           are
           hundreds
           of
           sad
           Presidents
           ;
           I
           shall
           only
           touch
           their
           new
           
             Major
             Generals
             ,
             Captains
             ,
             Lieutenants
             ,
          
           and
           others
           late
           Abuses
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           in
           sending
           for
           
             Lawyers
             ,
             Attornies
             ,
             Sollicitors
             ,
             Parties
             ,
             by
             Souldiers
             and
             other
             Messengers
             ,
          
           and
           forcing
           them
           by
           menaces
           ,
           terror
           ,
           and
           threatned
           imprisonments
           to
           release
           their
           
             Actions
             ,
             Iudgements
             ,
             Executions
             ,
          
           and
           to
           referre
           all
           sutes
           depending
           in
           
             Courts
             of
             Equity
             or
             Iustice
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             hearing
             and
             determination
             .
          
           Their
           examining
           ,
           
             controlling
             ,
             reversing
             Orders
             ,
             Iudgements
             ,
             Decrees
             ,
             made
          
           not
           only
           by
           
             Iudges
             ,
             Iustices
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           
             Courts
             of
             Law
             and
             Equity
             ,
          
           but
           even
           by
           
             Committees
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Commons
             House
             it self
             :
          
           their
           sending
           for
           some
           persons
           in
           Custody
           who
           refused
           to
           attend
           them
           ,
           upon
           references
           ,
           and
           others
           sundry
           miles
           ,
           and
           making
           them
           dance
           
           attendance
           on
           them
           from
           day
           to
           day
           upon
           bare
           Petitions
           and
           false
           suggestious
           of
           clamorous
           persons
           ,
           after
           several
           
             Iudgements
             ,
             Decrees
             in
             Courts
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             Equity
             ,
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             former
             references
             by
             the
             late
             King
             ,
          
           seconded
           
             with
             many
             years
             quiet
             enjoyment
             ,
          
           for
           lands
           recovered
           against
           them
           ,
           to
           their
           intollerable
           expence
           and
           vexation
           .
           A
           preparative
           to
           ingrosse
           all
           Law
           and
           Iustice
           for
           the
           future
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           alone
           ,
           and
           suppresse
           all
           Courts
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           Iudges
           ,
           as
           
             dull
             and
             uselesse
             tools
             ,
          
           as
           some
           of
           late
           have
           stiled
           them
           .
           And
           are
           not
           these
           far
           heavier
           ,
           sadder
           Grievances
           ,
           abuses
           worthy
           redresse
           ,
           than
           any
           these
           Reformers
           complain
           of
           in
           our
           Laws
           or
           Lawyers
           ?
        
         
           If
           our
           
             Sword-men
          
           imagin
           ,
           their
           
             Victorious
             Successes
          
           will
           still
           bear
           them
           out
           in
           all
           these
           their
           
             illegal
             extravagances
             ,
          
           against
           all
           Laws
           ,
           Tribunals
           both
           of
           God
           and
           Men
           ;
           let
           them
           remember
           ,
           that
           
             *
          
           
             *
             T●og●s
             Pom●etus
             ,
             &
             Justin
             .
             Hist.
             l.
             1.
             
             Hero●io●us
             ,
             l.
             1.
             
             ●
             .
             Diodorus
             Siculus
             ,
             lib
             2.
             
          
           
             Cyrus
          
           King
           of
           
             Persia
             ,
          
           after
           his
           victorious
           
             conquests
          
           of
           
             Astyages
             ,
             Croesus
             ,
          
           all
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           with
           a
           great
           
             part
             of
             Scythia
             ,
          
           and
           30
           
             years
             reign
             ,
             with
             continual
             and
             admirable
             Successe
             ;
          
           was
           at
           last
           (
           after
           a
           great
           victory
           over
           the
           
             Scythians
             )
          
           sodenly
           
             surprised
             and
             slain
          
           by
           
             Thomyris
          
           Queen
           of
           
             Scythia
             ,
          
           and
           
             his
             whole
             old
             victorious
             Army
             of
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             Persians
             put
             every
             man
             to
             the
             sword
             ,
             not
             one
             of
             them
             escaping
             to
             bring
             back
             tydings
             of
             this
             their
             admirable
             universal
             overthrow
             and
             slaughter
             .
          
           After
           which
           his
           head
           was
           cut
           off
           
             by
             the
             Queens
             command
             ,
             and
             thrown
             into
             a
             Vessel
             filled
             with
             mans
             bloud
             ,
             with
             this
             exprobation
             of
             his
             cruelty
             ,
          
           Satia
           te
           sanguine
           quem
           sitisti
           ,
           cujusque
           insatiabilis
           temper
           fuisti
           .
           That
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Paterculus
             Hist.
             l.
             2.
             
             &
             3.
             
             Plutarch
             .
             in
             his
             Life
             .
          
           
             Pompey
             the
             Great
             ,
          
           that
           glorious
           and
           famous
           Roman
           ,
           after
           his
           
             Conquests
             of
             ,
             and
             3.
             publike
             Triumphs
             (
             decreed
             him
             by
             the
             Roman
             Senate
             )
          
           over
           
             Europe
             ,
             Asia
          
           and
           
             Africa
             ,
          
           (
           the
           whole
           known
           World
           in
           that
           age
           )
           
             which
             he
             had
             subdued
             ,
          
           was
           yet
           at
           last
           conquered
           by
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           his
           Corrival
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           fly
           into
           
             Egypt
             ;
             there
             taken
             and
             beheaded
             by
             a
             slave
             ,
             and
             his
             carkass
             lef
             unburied
             on
             the
             sands
             ,
             as
             a
             prey
             to
             the
             birds
             and
             beasts
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             who
             formerly
             wanted
             earth
          
           for
           him
           to
           conquer
           ,
           
             now
             wanted
             earth
             to
             
             bury
             him
             ;
             such
             was
             the
             vicissitude
             of
             his
             fortune
          
           (
           as
           
             Paterculus
          
           observes
           .
           )
           And
           not
           long
           after
           this
           Great
           Conquerour
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Suetonius
             ,
             Plutarch
             ,
             Futropius
             ,
             G●rimston
             ,
             and
             o●hers
             in
             his
             L●fe
             .
          
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           was
           sodenly
           
             stabbed
             to
             death
             in
             the
             Senate
             House
             by
             his
             own
             Friends
             in
             whom
             he
             most
             confided
             ,
             for
             his
             ambitious
             Tyrannical
             usurpations
             over
             the
             Senate
             and
             people
             ;
          
           Enough
           to
           make
           all
           other
           
             usurping
             oppressing
             Swordmen
          
           tremble
           (
           not
           half
           so
           
             great
             Conquerors
          
           as
           either
           of
           these
           three
           )
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           former
           successes
           ;
           which
           should
           rather
           
             humble
          
           and
           make
           them
           more
           
             just
             ,
             righteous
          
           towards
           the
           people
           ,
           for
           whose
           
             Lawes
             and
             Liberties
          
           they
           pretended
           they
           only
           fought
           against
           
             arbitrary
             Tyranny
             ,
             Impositions
             and
             Rapine
             ,
          
           than
           more
           arbitrary
           ,
           insolent
           ,
           exorbitant
           ,
           oppressive
           than
           those
           they
           fought
           against
           ,
           and
           suppressed
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           2
           Chron.
           cap.
           10.
           2
           
           Kings
           14.
           8.
           to
           15.
           
           Mich.
           2.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           Ierem.
           34.
           8.
           to
           22.
           and
           Rom.
           11.
           17.
           to
           22.
           which
           I
           desire
           them
           seriously
           to
           peruse
           and
           meditate
           upon
           at
           their
           leisures
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           forenamed
           4.
           
           Generals
           ,
           I
           might
           add
           their
           New
           Voluminous
           
             Whitehall
             folio
             Edicts
             ,
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           repealing
           ,
           altering
           our
           former
           
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Statutes
          
           in
           many
           particulars
           ,
           imposing
           new
           Taxes
           ,
           payments
           ,
           forfeitures
           ,
           imprisonments
           ,
           fines
           ,
           penalties
           on
           the
           people
           ,
           aad
           such
           as
           shall
           infringe
           them
           ;
           Their
           converting
           all
           
             Prizes
          
           taken
           by
           their
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           to
           private
           Vses
           ,
           and
           their
           publike
           Treasury
           ,
           without
           repairing
           or
           satisfying
           our
           Merchants
           Losses
           by
           Pyracies
           and
           Wars
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           by
           whose
           Customs
           and
           for
           whose
           Safety
           they
           are
           principally
           maintained
           ,
           and
           whose
           damages
           should
           be
           therefore
           in
           justice
           ,
           conscience
           ,
           first
           repaired
           ;
           Major
           Generals
           and
           their
           Deputies
           suppressing
           of
           Innes
           ,
           Taverns
           ,
           Alehouses
           (
           like
           absolute
           Justices
           )
           without
           any
           legal
           Authority
           ,
           and
           then
           setting
           them
           up
           again
           soon
           after
           ,
           through
           the
           mediation
           of
           Friends
           or
           mony
           :
           Their
           riding
           in
           circuit
           with
           those
           who
           are
           their
           Iudges
           to
           overawe
           and
           controll
           them
           ;
           their
           open
           abetting
           and
           countenancing
           of
           causes
           ;
           their
           great
           destruction
           of
           the
           timber
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           against
           sundry
           
           Statutes
           ,
           their
           building
           of
           new
           stately
           Houses
           ,
           Gardens
           ,
           &c.
           upon
           the
           peoples
           and
           the
           publick
           stock
           ;
           the
           sharing
           of
           the
           publike
           Lands
           and
           Revenues
           of
           the
           kingdom
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           which
           should
           defray
           publike
           expences
           ,
           now
           fit
           to
           be
           
             reformed
             ,
          
           as
           in
           former
           ages
           ;
           Their
           making
           
             Sectaries
          
           and
           illiterate
           Sword-men
           ,
           and
           other
           persons
           of
           mean
           quality
           ,
           who
           understand
           neither
           Law
           nor
           Iustice
           ,
           their
           
             Iustices
             of
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           
             Committee
             men
          
           in
           sundry
           places
           ,
           against
           former
           
             Statutes
             :
          
           Their
           imposing
           ,
           administring
           Oaths
           to
           men
           without
           any
           Legal
           
             Commission
          
           or
           Law
           (
           as
           every
           
             Sword-man
          
           now
           presumes
           )
           a
           
             Praemunire
          
           and
           grand
           Offence
           in
           former
           ages
           :
           With
           sundry
           more
           generals
           ,
           which
           I
           pretermit
           ,
           the
           particulars
           whereof
           would
           amount
           to
           many
           
             Baronian
             Tomes
             ,
          
           if
           at
           large
           recorded
           ,
           being
           worthy
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           approaching
           
             Assembly
             ,
          
           if
           not
           of
           
             reformation
             .
          
           Which
           Assembly
           being
           purposely
           called
           ,
           as
           these
           
             Army
             Officers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Major
             Generals
          
           report
           ,
           and
           some
           
             Whitehall
             Letters
          
           import
           ,
           for
           the
           reformation
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           for
           
             the
             healing
             and
             closing
             up
             of
             the
             wounds
             ,
             breache●
             of
             our
             distracted
             ,
             discontented
             Nations
             ;
          
           which
           my
           skill
           in
           
             Chirurgery
          
           and
           
             Politicks
             ,
          
           and
           the
           method
           of
           all
           former
           Parliaments
           assures
           me
           can
           never
           perfectly
           be
           healed
           and
           closed
           up
           ,
           without
           danger
           of
           r●lapse
           &
           breaking
           out
           again
           with
           greater
           ,
           pain
           ,
           danger
           ,
           violence
           ,
           unless
           they
           be
           first
           
             searched
             ,
             lanced
             ,
             and
             laid
             open
             to
             the
             bottom
             ,
          
           &
           then
           perfectly
           cleansed
           ,
           and
           incarnated
           ,
           without
           leaving
           any
           
             core
          
           or
           
             Corruption
             underneath
             .
          
           I
           have
           thereupon
           (
           to
           gratifie
           Mr.
           
           
             Shepheard
             ,
          
           and
           discharge
           my
           bounden
           duty
           to
           my
           Profession
           and
           Country
           )
           thus
           briefly
           anatomized
           and
           laid
           them
           open
           to
           publike
           view
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           (
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           receive
           a
           speedy
           ,
           sound
           and
           perfect
           ,
           not
           
             superficial
             palliative
             Cure
             ,
          
           without
           any
           other
           sinister
           design
           .
           Now
           the
           grand
           Physician
           both
           of
           Souls
           and
           States
           give
           so
           effectual
           a
           blessing
           and
           successe
           to
           these
           few
           
             leaves
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           prove
           like
           the
           
             leaves
             of
             the
             tree
             of
             life
             ,
          
           Rev.
           22.
           ●2
           .
           
             for
             the
             healing
             of
             the
             Nations
             ;
          
           That
           God
           may
           not
           now
           say
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           he
           did
           once
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             Jer.
             30.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             Thy
             bruise
             is
             incurable
             ,
             and
             thy
             wound
             is
             grievous
             ,
             There
             is
             none
             to
             plead
             thy
             cause
             that
             thou
             maist
             be
             bound
             up
             :
             thou
             hast
             no
             healing
             medicins
             :
             All
             thy
             lovers
             have
             forgotten
             thee
             ;
             they
             seek
             thee
             not
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             wounded
             thee
             with
             the
             wound
             of
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             with
             the
             chastisement
             of
             a
             cruel
             one
             ,
             for
             the
             multitude
             of
             thine
             iniquities
             ,
             because
             thy
             sins
             are
             encreased
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91291e-390
           
             *
             Reformatio
             semper
             debet
             incipere
             in
             capite
             ,
             et
             sic
             de-Gradu
             gradatim
             ad
             imuns
             .
          
           
             *
             At
             the
             end
             of
             the
             solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             printed
             by
             both
             Houses
             orders
             by
             it self
             ,
             and
             sent
             into
             all
             Counties
             :
             and
             in
             A
             Collection
             of
             Ordinances
             ,
             p.
             426
             ,
             427
             ,
             128.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             the
             Commons
             Remonstrance
             15
             Decemb.
             1641.
             
             Exact
             Collection
             p.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A91291e-1610
           
             a
             2
             April
             1628.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             the
             great
             Charter
             of
             King
             John
             .
             Mat.
             Paris
             p.
             248.
             
             Magna
             Charta
             .
             9
             H.
             3.
             c.
             29.
             5
             E.
             3.
             c.
             9.
             25
             E.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             28
             E.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             37
             E.
             3.
             c.
             18.
             42
             
             F.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             2
             H.
             4.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             60.
             69.
             
             The
             Petition
             of
             Right
             .
             3
             Caroli
             .
          
           
             b
             4
             April
             1628.
             
          
           
             *
             Mag.
             Charta
             ,
             9
             H.
             3.
             c.
             29.
             35
             Eliz.
             c.
             2.
             3
             Jac.
             c.
             5.
             
             Dal●ons
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             ,
             c.
             45.
             9
             H.
             5.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             c
             7
             May
             ,
             1628.
             9
             H.
             3.
             c.
             29.
             5
             E.
             3.
             c.
             9.
             25
             E.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             28
             
               E.
            
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
               t
               5
               E.
            
             3.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             1
             H.
             4.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             43.
             44
             ,
             &c.
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             3
             Caroli
             .
             See
             My
             Discovery
             of
             Free-state
             Tyranny
             ,
             p.
             39
             40
             ,
             41.
             
          
           
             †
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             3
             Caroli
             .
          
           
             d
             4
             April
             ,
             1628.
             
          
           
             *
             Mag
             :
             Charta
             ,
             c.
             30.
             25
             E.
             1.
             c.
             5
             ,
             6.
             34
             
             E
             1.
             
             D●
             Tallagio
             non
             concedendo
             ,
             c.
             1.
             14
             E.
             3.
             stat
             .
             1.
             c.
             21.
             stat
             .
             2.
             c.
             1.
             15
             E.
             3.
             stat
             .
             3.
             c.
             5.
             27
             
             E
             3.
             stat
             .
             2.
             c.
             2.
             38
             
               E.
            
             3.
             c.
             2.
             1
             R.
             3.
             c.
             2.
             21
             
               E.
            
             3.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             16.
             25
             E.
             3.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             16.
             36
             E.
             3.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             26.
             45
             E.
             3.
             rot
             Parl.
             n.
             26.
             1
             H.
             4.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             32.
             43.
             11
             H.
             4.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             50.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             rot
             .
             Par.
             17
             Iohannis
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             dors
             .
             Mat.
             Paris
             p.
             243
             to
             255.
             305
             to
             312.
             838
             ,
             839.
             878.
             890
             ,
             892.
             938
             ,
             940
             ,
             941
             ,
             960.
             
             &
             25
             E.
             1.
             c.
             1.
             &c.
             28
             E.
             1.
             c.
             1.
             
             &
             Claus.
             28
             E.
             1.
             m.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             Exact
             .
             Collect.
             p.
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             309.
             326.
             
          
           
             e
             25
             Iune
             ,
             1628.
             
          
           
             *
             Mag.
             Charta
             ,
             9
             H.
             3.
             c.
             20.
             25
             E.
             1.
             c.
             1.
             6.
             34
             E.
             1.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             14
             
             E
             3.
             stat
             .
             1.
             c.
             21
             stat
             .
             2.
             c.
             1.
             35
             E.
             3
             stat
             .
             2.
             c.
             1.
             15
             E.
             3.
             stat
             .
             3.
             c.
             5.
             1
             R.
             3.
             c.
             2.
             2●
             E.
             3.
             rot
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             16.
             36
             E.
             3.
             ro●
             .
             Parl.
             n.
             26.
             
             Exact
             Coll.
             p.
             382
             ,
             383
             ,
             884
             ,
             857
             ,
             858.
             
          
           
             f
             Exact
             Collection
             ,
             p.
             789
             ,
             790
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             g
             11
             ,
             15
             ,
             19
             Iune
             1628.
             
          
           
             h
             Exact
             Collection
             p.
             885.
             6.
             
             Mr.
             O
             :
             St.
             Iohns
             speech
             and
             Declaration
             concerning
             receiving
             ship-mony
             p.
             13.
             15.
             16
             ,
             19.
             
             See
             my
             Declaration
             and
             Protestation
             against
             the
             int●lerable
             extortion
             of
             Excise
             .
          
           
             *
             1
             E.
             3.
             stat
             .
             2.
             c.
             5.
             4
             H.
             4.
             c.
             13
             ,
             25
             E.
             3
             c.
             8.
             
             Exact
             Collection
             ,
             p.
             877
             ,
             878
             ,
             879
             ,
             880.
             
          
           
             i
             Exact
             Col●ction
             ,
             p.
             389
             ,
             390
             ,
             &c
             ,
             435
             ,
             436
             ,
             877
             ,
             878
             ,
             879
             ,
             &c.
             
             387.
             
          
           
             19
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28
             May
             1628.
             
          
           
             *
             Exact
             Collect
             ,
             p.
             885.
             
          
           
             *
             Articuli
             super
             Chartas
             ,
             cap.
             4
             20
             ,
          
           
             k
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25
             March
             ,
             1628.
             and
             sund●y
             daies
             after
             .
          
           
             *
             52
             H.
             3.
             c.
             5.
             25
             
             F.
             1.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             28
             E.
             1.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             1
             E.
             3.
             Stat.
             2.
             c.
             1.
             9.
             2
             E.
             3.
             
             ●
             .
             1.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             10
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             25
             ,
             28
             ,
             31.
             36.
             37.
             38
             ,
             42.
             45
             E.
             3.
             c.
             1.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             12
             15
             ●
             .
             2.
             c.
             1.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             4
             7
             ,
             9.
             13
             H.
             4.
             c.
             1
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             9
             H.
             5.
             c.
             1.
             2
             H.
             6.
             c.
             1.
             11
             H.
             7.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             l
             21
             Junii
             ,
             &
             9
             April
             1628.
             
          
           
             a
             ●9
             Martii
             1627.
             
          
           
             b
             6
             H.
             4.
             n.
             8.
             3
             H.
             4.
             n.
             8
             &c
             ,
             9
             H.
             4.
             n.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             &c.
             11
             H.
             4.
             1.
             10
             ,
             11
             13
             H.
             4
             ,
             ●
             .
             10.
             11.
             
             Cook
             4.
             Instit.
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             c
             29
             Martii
             1628.
             
          
           
             d
             See
             my
             Plea
             for
             the
             Lords
             ,
             p.
             50
             ,
             51
             ,
             52.
             
             &
             8
             H.
             6.
             n.
             57.
             
             William
             Mildreds
             case
             ,
             Burgess
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             e
             3
             &
             5
             Maii
             16
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             My
             Pleasor
             the
             Lords
             ,
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             f
             Exact
             Coll
             ction
             p.
             34.
             to
             57.
             66
             ,
             67.
             &c.
             
          
           
             g
             Jan.
             1648.
             
             See
             the
             History
             of
             Independency
             .
          
           
             h
             〈…〉
             Lord
             〈…〉
             &c.
             
          
           
             i
             Mat.
             Paris
             Hist.
             Angliae
             ,
             p.
             247.
             
             See
             My
             Plea
             for
             the
             Lords
             ,
             p.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Exact
             Collecton
             ,
             p.
             655
             ,
             657
             ,
             723
             ,
             724
             ,
             726
             ,
             727.
             
          
           
             l
             Exact
             collection
             p.
             724.
             
          
           
             *
             Artic.
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             n
             12
             ,
             13
             May
             1628.
             
          
           
             28
             May
             1628.
             
          
           
             S●e
             Cooks
             2
             Institutes
             p
             198
             ,
             169.
             
          
           
             *
             Walsingham
             ,
             Hist.
             Angliae
             ,
             p.
             414.
             
             Sir
             Edw.
             Cooks
             2
             Institut
             .
             s
             c.
             1
             :
             p.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             7
             H.
             4.
             c.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             29.
             
             &
             3●
             .
             Maii
             ,
             1628.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Cooks
             11.
             
             Report
             ,
             f.
             84
             ,
             85
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             my
             humble
             Remonstrance
             against
             Ship
             mo●●y
             .
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             24
             &
             28
             Martii
             .
             2
             &
             Ap●il
             .
             10
             Mai●
             &c.
             1628.
             
          
           
             o
             Hovenden
             Annal
             :
             pars
             posterior
             p
             700
             to
             736.
             
             Nubrigensis
             Hist.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             14
             to
             19.
             
             Godwin
             in
             his
             life
             p.
             247
             to
             271.
             
             My
             new
             Discovery
             of
             Preesta●e
             Tyranny
             p.
             77.
             &c.
             
          
           
             p
             See
             Tur●e
             〈◊〉
             Status
             &
             descriptio
             ●ugduni
             .
             1634.
             
          
           
             q
             (
             q
             )
             See
             the
             Declaration
             of
             March
             17.
             1648.
             
             ●ith
             the
             sentence
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             And
             now
             in
             more
             places
             the
             Souldiers
             have
             wholly
             withdrawn
             them
             both
             from
             our
             Churches
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             See
             Mr.
             
             Edwards
             Gangr●na
             .
          
           
             *
             And
             are
             they
             not
             much
             more
             so
             now
             ?
          
           
             *
             Are
             they
             not
             now
             so
             more
             than
             ever
             ?
          
           
             *
             Are
             not
             many
             Souldiers
             now
             secretly
             such
             ,
             &
             openly
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
             Sectaries
             ,
             revilers
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             Ministers
             ?
             And
             are
             not
             some
             of
             their
             Commanders
             likewise
             such
             ?