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             To the Right Honourable, the Lords spiritual and temporal, in Parliament assembled, the hvmble petition and address of Edward, Earl of Clarendon
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           Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Sources.
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           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           :
           THE
           HVMBLE
           PETITION
           AND
           ADDRESS
           OF
           Edward
           Earl
           of
           CLARENDON
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordships
             :
          
        
         
           I
           Cannot
           express
           the
           insupportable
           trouble
           and
           grief
           of
           mind
           I
           sustain
           under
           the
           apprehension
           of
           being
           mis-represented
           to
           your
           Lordships
           .
           And
           when
           I
           hear
           how
           much
           of
           your
           Lordships
           time
           hath
           been
           spent
           upon
           the
           mention
           of
           Me
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           attended
           with
           more
           publ●ck
           consequence
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           difference
           in
           opinion
           ,
           which
           have
           already
           ,
           or
           may
           probably
           arise
           ,
           betwixt
           your
           Lordships
           and
           the
           honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           whereby
           the
           great
           and
           weighty
           affairs
           of
           the
           K●ngdom
           may
           be
           obstructed
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           so
           general
           dissatisfaction
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           unfortunate
           to
           find
           my self
           to
           suffer
           so
           much
           under
           two
           very
           disadvantagious
           Reflections
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           no
           degree
           applicable
           to
           Me.
           
        
         
           
             The
             first
             ,
          
           From
           the
           greatness
           of
           my
           Estate
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           collected
           and
           made
           in
           so
           few
           years
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           be
           proportionable
           to
           what
           is
           reported
           ,
           may
           gide
           reasonable
           cause
           for
           my
           Integrity
           to
           be
           suspected
           .
        
         
           
             The
             second
             ,
          
           That
           I
           have
           been
           the
           sole
           Manager
           and
           chief
           Minister
           of
           all
           the
           Transactions
           of
           State
           since
           the
           Kings
           Return
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           
             August
          
           last
           ;
           and
           therefore
           that
           all
           Miscarriages
           and
           Misfortunes
           ought
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           me
           and
           to
           my
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           my
           Estate
           ,
           your
           Lordships
           will
           not
           believe
           that
           after
           Malice
           and
           Envy
           hath
           been
           so
           inquisitive
           ,
           so
           sharp-sighted
           ,
           I
           will
           offer
           any
           thing
           to
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           exactly
           true
           :
           And
           I
           do
           assure
           your
           Lordships
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           That
           (
           excepting
           the
           Kings
           Bounty
           )
           I
           have
           never
           received
           or
           taken
           one
           penny
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           generally
           understood
           to
           be
           the
           just
           and
           lawful
           perquisits
           of
           my
           Office
           ,
           by
           the
           constant
           practise
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Times
           ;
           which
           I
           do
           (
           in
           my
           own
           Judgement
           )
           conceive
           to
           be
           that
           of
           my
           Lord
           
             Coventry
             ,
          
           and
           my
           Lord
           
             Ethesmere
             ,
          
           the
           Practice
           of
           which
           I
           constantly
           observed
           ;
           although
           the
           Office
           in
           both
           their
           times
           was
           lawfully
           worth
           double
           to
           what
           it
           was
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           believe
           now
           is
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           the
           Curtesies
           and
           Favours
           which
           I
           have
           been
           able
           to
           obtain
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           other
           Persons
           ,
           in
           Church
           ,
           State
           ,
           or
           
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
          
           have
           never
           been
           worth
           me
           five
           pounds
           ;
           so
           that
           your
           Lordships
           may
           be
           confident
           I
           am
           as
           innocent
           from
           Corruption
           ,
           as
           from
           any
           disloyal
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           after
           near
           thirty
           years
           service
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           in
           some
           difficulties
           and
           distress
           ,
           I
           did
           never
           suspect
           would
           have
           been
           objected
           to
           me
           in
           mine
           Age.
           And
           I
           do
           assure
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           it
           very
           manifest
           ,
           that
           the
           several
           sums
           of
           Money
           ,
           and
           some
           parcels
           of
           Land
           ,
           which
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           bountifully
           bestowed
           upon
           me
           since
           His
           Return
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           worth
           more
           then
           all
           I
           have
           amounts
           unto
           ;
           so
           far
           I
           am
           from
           advancing
           my
           Estate
           by
           any
           indirect
           means
           .
           And
           though
           this
           Bounty
           of
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           very
           far
           exceeded
           my
           Merits
           ,
           or
           my
           Expectations
           ;
           yet
           some
           others
           have
           been
           as
           fortunate
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           the
           same
           Bounty
           ,
           who
           had
           as
           small
           pretences
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           gre●●
           reason
           to
           envy
           my
           Condition
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           other
           imputation
           of
           the
           Credit
           and
           Power
           of
           being
           chief
           Minister
           ,
           and
           so
           causing
           all
           to
           be
           done
           that
           I
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           do
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           more
           to
           say
           than
           ,
           That
           I
           had
           the
           good
           fortune
           to
           serve
           a
           Master
           of
           very
           great
           Iudgment
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           always
           joyned
           with
           〈…〉
           Ability
           and
           Experience
           ;
           without
           whose
           〈…〉
           never
           any
           thing
           hath
           been
           done
           .
        
         
           Before
           his
           Majesties
           coming
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           he
           was
           constantly
           attended
           by
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             Ormond
             ,
          
           the
           late
           Lord
           
             Culpepper
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           Secretary
           
             Nicholas
             ,
          
           who
           were
           equally
           trusted
           with
           my self
           ,
           and
           without
           whose
           joynt
           Advice
           and
           Concurrence
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           all
           present
           ,
           (
           as
           some
           of
           them
           always
           were
           )
           I
           never
           gave
           any
           Counsel
           .
        
         
           Assoone
           as
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           bring
           
             his
          
           ,
           Majesty
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           
             he
          
           established
           his
           Privy-Councel
           ,
           and
           shortly
           out
           of
           them
           a
           number
           of
           Honourable
           Persons
           of
           great
           Reputation
           (
           who
           for
           the
           most
           part
           are
           alive
           still
           )
           as
           a
           Committee
           for
           forreign
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           consideration
           of
           such
           things
           ▪
           as
           the
           nature
           of
           them
           require
           much
           secrecy
           :
           And
           with
           these
           persons
           he
           vouchsafed
           to
           joyn
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           Committee
           never
           transacted
           any
           thing
           of
           moment
           (
           his
           Majesty
           being
           always
           present
           )
           without
           presenting
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Councel-Board
           :
           And
           I
           must
           appeal
           to
           them
           concerning
           my
           carriage
           ,
           and
           whether
           we
           were
           not
           all
           of
           one
           mind
           in
           all
           matters
           of
           Importance
           :
           For
           more
           than
           two
           years
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           difference
           in
           the
           Councels
           ,
           or
           that
           there
           were
           any
           complaints
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           which
           I
           wholly
           impute
           to
           his
           Majesties
           great
           Wisdom
           ;
           and
           the
           intire
           concurrance
           of
           his
           Councel
           ;
           without
           the
           vanity
           of
           assuming
           any
           thing
           to
           my self
           :
           
             And
             therefore
             ,
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             singly
             charged
             with
             any
             thing
             that
             hath
             since
             fallen
             out
             Amiss
             .
          
        
         
           But
           from
           the
           time
           that
           Mr.
           Secretary
           
             Nicholas
          
           was
           removed
           from
           his
           place
           ,
           there
           were
           great
           alterations
           ;
           and
           whosoever
           knew
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Court
           or
           Councel
           ,
           knew
           well
           how
           much
           my
           credit
           since
           that
           time
           hath
           been
           diminished
           ,
           (
           though
           his
           Majesty
           graciously
           vouchsafed
           still
           to
           have
           my
           Advice
           in
           most
           of
           his
           Affairs
           )
           Nor
           hath
           there
           been
           from
           that
           time
           to
           this
           ,
           above
           one
           or
           two
           persons
           brought
           into
           the
           Councel
           ,
           or
           preferred
           to
           any
           considerable
           Office
           in
           the
           Court
           ;
           who
           have
           been
           of
           my
           intimate
           acquaintance
           ,
           or
           suspected
           to
           have
           any
           kindness
           for
           me
           ;
           but
           most
           of
           them
           known
           to
           have
           been
           very
           long
           my
           enemies
           ,
           and
           of
           different
           Judgment
           and
           Principles
           from
           me
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           and
           who
           have
           taken
           all
           opportunities
           to
           have
           lessened
           my
           credit
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           with
           all
           other
           Persons
           by
           mis-representing
           ,
           and
           mis-reporting
           all
           that
           I
           said
           or
           did
           :
           and
           
             perswading
          
           men
           that
           I
           had
           done
           them
           some
           prejudice
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           cross
           them
           in
           some
           of
           their
           pretences
           ,
           though
           his
           Majesties
           Goodness
           and
           Justice
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           made
           little
           Impression
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           my
           humble
           opinion
           ,
           the
           great
           misfortunes
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           have
           proceeded
           from
           the
           War
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           was
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           always
           most
           averse
           ;
           and
           may
           without
           vanity
           say
           ,
           I
           did
           no●
           only
           foresee
           ,
           but
           I
           did
           declare
           the
           mischiefs
           we
           should
           run
           into
           ,
           by
           entring
           into
           War
           before
           any
           Alliance
           with
           the
           Neighbour
           Princes
           :
           And
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           imputed
           to
           his
           Majesties
           want
           of
           care
           ;
           or
           the
           negligence
           of
           his
           Councellors
           ,
           that
           no
           such
           Alliances
           were
           entered
           into
           ▪
           I
           must
           take
           the
           boldness
           to
           s●y
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           left
           nothing
           unattempted
           in
           order
           thereunto
           :
           And
           knowing
           very
           well
           that
           
             France
          
           resolved
           to
           begin
           War
           upon
           
             Spain
          
           assoon
           as
           his
           Catholick
           Majesty
           should
           depart
           this
           World
           ;
           which
           being
           much
           sooner
           expected
           by
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           two
           Winters
           before
           been
           a
           great
           charge
           〈…〉
           providing
           plentiful
           Magazines
           of
           all
           provision
           ,
           upon
           the
           Frontier
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           ●●●
           for
           the
           War
           :
           his
           Majesty
           used
           all
           possible
           means
           ,
           to
           prepare
           and
           dispose
           the
           
             Spaniards
          
           with
           that
           apprehension
           ,
           offering
           his
           friendship
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           for
           the
           secu●ity
           and
           benefit
           of
           both
           Crowns
           :
           But
           
             Spain
          
           flattering
           it self
           that
           
             France
          
           would
           not
           break
           with
           them
           ;
           at
           least
           that
           they
           would
           not
           give
           them
           any
           cause
           ,
           by
           administring
           matter
           of
           Jealousie
           to
           them
           :
           never
           made
           any
           real
           approach
           towards
           Friendship
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           both
           by
           their
           Ambassadors
           here
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Ambassadors
           at
           
             Madrid
             ,
          
           always
           insisted
           as
           Preluminaries
           ,
           upon
           the
           giving
           up
           of
           
             Dunkirk
             ▪
             Tangier
             ,
          
           &
           
             Iamaica
             .
          
        
         
           But
           
             France
          
           had
           an
           Ambassador
           here
           ,
           to
           whom
           a
           
             Projecto
          
           for
           a
           Treaty
           was
           offered
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Hollis
          
           his
           Majesties
           Ambassador
           at
           
             Paris
          
           used
           all
           endeavours
           to
           promote
           and
           prosecute
           the
           said
           Treaty
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           quickly
           discerned
           that
           the
           principal
           design
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           was
           to
           draw
           his
           Majesty
           into
           such
           a
           neerer
           Alliance
           ,
           as
           might
           advance
           the
           design
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           mind
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Treaty
           proposed
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           was
           the
           sta●e
           of
           Aff●irs
           ,
           when
           the
           War
           was
           entered
           into
           with
           the
           
             Dutch
             ;
          
           from
           which
           time
           ,
           neither
           concerned
           themselves
           with
           the
           making
           of
           Alliance
           with
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           As
           I
           did
           from
           my
           Soul
           abhor
           the
           entering
           into
           this
           War
           ,
           so
           I
           never
           presumed
           to
           give
           any
           Advice
           or
           Counsel
           for
           the
           way
           of
           mana●ging
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           opposing
           any
           Propositions
           which
           seemed
           to
           
             the
          
           late
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           and
           my self
           ,
           to
           be
           unreasonable
           ;
           as
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           Sea-men
           with
           Tickets
           ;
           and
           many
           other
           particulars
           which
           added
           to
           the
           expence
           .
        
         
           My
           enemies
           took
           all
           occasions
           to
           inveigh
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           making
           Friendship
           with
           others
           out
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           more
           Licentious
           Principles
           ,
           as
           who
           knew
           well
           enough
           how
           much
           I
           disliked
           and
           complained
           of
           the
           Liberty
           they
           took
           to
           themselves
           of
           reviling
           all
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           Councellors
           ,
           and
           turning
           all
           things
           serious
           and
           secret
           into
           
             Redicule
             :
          
           They
           took
           all
           ways
           imaginable
           to
           re●der
           me
           ungrateful
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           men
           (
           whom
           I
           shall
           be
           compelled
           to
           name
           in
           my
           own
           defence
           )
           perswading
           those
           that
           miscarried
           in
           any
           of
           their
           designs
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Chancellors
           doing
           ;
           whereof
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           thing
           .
        
         
           However
           they
           could
           not
           withdraw
           the
           Kings
           Favour
           from
           me
           ;
           who
           was
           sti●l
           pleased
           to
           use
           my
           service
           with
           others
           ;
           nor
           was
           there
           ever
           any
           thing
           done
           but
           upon
           the
           joynt
           advice
           of
           at
           least
           the
           major
           part
           of
           those
           that
           were
           concerned
           .
           And
           as
           his
           Majesty
           commanded
           my
           service
           in
           the
           late
           Treaties
           ,
           so
           I
           never
           gave
           the
           l●ast
           advice
           in
           private
           ,
           nor
           wrote
           one
           Letter
           to
           any
           person
           in
           any
           of
           those
           Negotiations
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           advice
           of
           the
           Councel
           ;
           and
           after
           it
           was
           read
           in
           Councel
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           by
           the
           King
           himsel●
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           .
           And
           if
           I
           prepared
           any
           Instructions
           or
           Memorials
           ,
           it
           was
           by
           the
           Kings
           command
           ,
           and
           the
           request
           of
           the
           Secretaries
           ▪
           who
           desired
           my
           assistance
           :
           Nor
           was
           it
           any
           wish
           of
           mine
           own
           ,
           that
           any
           Ambassador
           should
           give
           me
           accompt
           of
           the
           Transactions
           ;
           but
           to
           the
           Secretaries
           ▪
           with
           whom
           I
           was
           always
           ready
           to
           advise
           :
           Nor
           am
           I
           conscious
           〈…〉
           given
           advice
           that
           hath
           〈…〉
           to
           his
           Majesty
           :
           and
           I
           have
           been
           so
           far
           〈…〉
           being
           the
           sole
           Manager
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           in
           the
           whole
           last
           year
           ,
           〈◊〉
           above
           twice
           with
           his
           Majesty
           in
           any
           Roome
           alone
           ;
           and
           seldome
           in
           the
           two
           or
           thr●e
           years
           preceding
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           the
           Parliament
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           it
           hath
           been
           very
           visible
           that
           my
           credit
           hath
           been
           very
           little
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           few
           things
           have
           been
           hearkened
           unto
           ;
           which
           have
           been
           proposed
           by
           me
           ,
           but
           contradicted
           ,
           
             eo
             nocem
             ,
          
           because
           proposed
           by
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           most
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Lordships
           to
           remember
           the
           Office
           and
           Trust
           I
           had
           for
           seven
           years
           ;
           in
           which
           ,
           in
           discharge
           of
           my
           Duty
           ,
           I
           was
           obliged
           to
           stop
           and
           obstruct
           many
           mens
           pretences
           ,
           and
           to
           refuse
           to
           set
           the
           Seals
           to
           many
           mens
           Pardons
           ,
           and
           other
           Grants
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           been
           profitable
           to
           them
           which
           procured
           them
           ;
           and
           many
           whereof
           ,
           upon
           my
           representation
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           were
           for
           ever
           stopped
           :
           Which
           naturally
           have
           raised
           many
           Enemies
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           my
           frequent
           concurring
           with
           the
           late
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           have
           a
           long
           and
           a
           fast
           friendship
           to
           his
           death
           ,
           in
           presenting
           several
           Excesses
           and
           Exorbitances
           ,
           (
           the
           yearly
           issue
           so
           far
           exceeding
           the
           Revenue
           )
           provoked
           many
           persons
           concerned
           ,
           of
           great
           power
           and
           credit
           ,
           to
           do
           me
           all
           the
           ill-Offices
           they
           could
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           may
           faithfully
           say
           ,
           That
           I
           never
           medled
           with
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           or
           the
           Administrations
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           when
           I
           was
           desired
           by
           the
           late
           Lord
           Treasurer
           to
           give
           him
           my
           assistance
           and
           advice
           (
           having
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           serve
           the
           Crown
           as
           
             Chancellour
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             )
          
           which
           was
           for
           the
           most
           part
           in
           His
           
             Majesties
          
           presence
           .
        
         
           Nor
           have
           I
           ever
           been
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           concerned
           in
           point
           of
           profit
           ,
           in
           the
           letting
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Revenue
           ;
           nor
           have
           ever
           treated
           or
           debated
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           Majesties
           presence
           ;
           in
           which
           my
           opinion
           onely
           concurred
           always
           with
           the
           major
           pa●t
           of
           the
           
             Counsellours
          
           who
           were
           present
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           ,
           upon
           Examination
           will
           be
           made
           manifest
           to
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           my
           Integrity
           is
           
             blasted
          
           by
           the
           malice
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           do
           not
           believe
           themselves
           .
           Nor
           have
           I
           in
           my
           Life
           ,
           upon
           all
           the
           Treaties
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           received
           to
           the
           value
           of
           one
           shilling
           from
           all
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           except
           the
           Books
           of
           the
           
             Louvre
          
           Print
           ,
           sent
           me
           by
           the
           Chancellour
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           by
           that
           Kings
           direction
           )
           but
           from
           my
           own
           Master
           ;
           to
           whose
           intire
           service
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           good
           and
           welfare
           of
           my
           Country
           ,
           no
           mans
           heart
           was
           ever
           more
           devoted
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           my
           present
           Condition
           ,
           I
           do
           most
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Lordships
           to
           retain
           a
           favourable
           Opinion
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           believe
           me
           to
           be
           innocent
           from
           those
           foul
           Aspersions
           ,
           until
           the
           contrary
           shall
           be
           proved
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           can
           never
           be
           ,
           by
           any
           Men
           worthy
           to
           be
           believed
           .
           And
           since
           the
           distemper
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           Two
           Houses
           in
           the
           present
           Debate
           ,
           with
           the
           Power
           and
           Malice
           of
           my
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           give
           out
           ,
           That
           they
           shall
           prevail
           with
           his
           Majesty
           to
           
             Prorogue
          
           or
           Dissolve
           this
           Parliament
           in
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           threaten
           to
           expose
           me
           to
           the
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           may
           make
           me
           looked
           upon
           as
           the
           Cause
           which
           obstructs
           the
           Kings
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           Vnity
           and
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           I
           must
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Lordships
           ;
           that
           I
           may
           not
           forfeit
           your
           Lordships
           ▪
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           ,
           by
           withdrawing
           my self
           from
           so
           powerful
           a
           Persecution
           ;
           in
           hopes
           I
           may
           be
           able
           by
           such
           withdrawing
           ,
           hereafter
           to
           appear
           ,
           and
           make
           my
           Defe●ce
           :
           When
           his
           Majesties
           Iustice
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           shall
           always
           submit
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           obstructed
           nor
           controuled
           by
           the
           Power
           and
           Malice
           of
           those
           who
           have
           sworn
           my
           Destruction
           .