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           Part
           of
           the
           Famous
           Speech
           OF
           WILLIAM
           PRYNN
           
             Esq
          
           
             Decemb.
          
           48.
           
           Touching
           K.
           
             Charles
          
           I.
           
        
         
           THe
           next
           thing
           proposed
           by
           them
           for
           a
           speedy
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           is
           the
           bringing
           of
           the
           King
           to
           speedy
           Justice
           for
           all
           his
           Treasons
           and
           Blood-shed
           in
           the
           late
           Wars
           ,
           and
           to
           Depose
           and
           Execute
           him
           as
           the
           greatest
           capital
           Malefactor
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           :
        
         
           This
           certainly
           is
           a
           very
           dangerous
           and
           unlikely
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           .
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           
             The
             smiting
             of
             the
             Shepherd
             ,
             is
             the
             way
             to
             scatter
             ,
             not
             unite
             the
             Sheep
             .
          
           The
           slaying
           of
           the
           King
           or
           General
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           
             Scatters
             and
             Dissolves
             the
             Army
             ,
             not
             secures
             them
             :
          
           To
           cut
           off
           a
           King'dhead
           ,
           is
           the
           next
           way
           to
           destroy
           ,
           not
           cure
           a
           diseas'd
           Body
           :
           Such
           kind
           of
           State
           Policy
           may
           destroy
           ,
           or
           disturb
           ,
           but
           never
           Settle
           us
           in
           perfect
           Peace
           :
           The
           Prince
           his
           next
           Heir
           ,
           the
           Queen
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             York
             ,
          
           all
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           Allies
           both
           at
           Home
           and
           Abroad
           ,
           will
           certainly
           meditate
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           all
           Kings
           in
           Christendom
           will
           assist
           them
           ,
           even
           for
           their
           own
           Interest
           and
           Safety
           ,
           least
           it
           should
           become
           a
           President
           for
           themselves
           .
           And
           will
           this
           then
           secure
           ,
           or
           be
           a
           likely
           way
           to
           Peace
           or
           Settlement
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Members
           in
           both
           Houses
           ,
           the
           Lords
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           whole
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           (
           who
           have
           as
           great
           an
           Interest
           in
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           being
           their
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           ,
           and
           are
           obliged
           by
           Allegiance
           and
           Covenant
           to
           protect
           his
           Person
           and
           Crown
           from
           violence
           )
           will
           unanimously
           ,
           as
           one
           man
           oppose
           and
           protest
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           force
           of
           Arms
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           those
           to
           Execution
           who
           shall
           presume
           to
           advise
           ,
           or
           attempt
           to
           depose
           or
           destroy
           the
           King
           in
           any
           kind
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Allegiance
           and
           solemn
           Covenant
           :
           Yea
           ,
           all
           Protestant
           Realms
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           States
           in
           Foreign
           parts
           ,
           will
           abhor
           both
           the
           fact
           ,
           and
           adjudge
           it
           contrary
           to
           their
           Principles
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           may
           irritate
           Popish
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Princes
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           
           to
           ruine
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           fall
           into
           the
           like
           practises
           .
           And
           can
           this
           then
           be
           a
           safe
           or
           speedy
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           especially
           when
           we
           know
           not
           what
           Government
           shall
           succeed
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           can
           expect
           nothing
           but
           bloody
           consequences
           from
           such
           a
           bloody
           advice
           .
        
         
           
             3dly
             .
          
           I
           never
           read
           of
           any
           Peace
           or
           Settlement
           in
           any
           Kingdom
           ,
           where
           
             King-killing
          
           was
           practised
           or
           approved
           .
           When
           the
           
             Roman
             Armies
          
           began
           once
           to
           Kill
           their
           Emperors
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           their
           Heads
           ,
           
             They
             were
             scarce
             ever
             free
             from
             Civil-wars
             .
             One
             Army
             set
             up
             one
             Emperor
             ,
             another
             Army
             another
             ,
             the
             Senate
             a
             third
             ,
             who
             always
          
           Warred
           
             till
             they
             had
             cut
             off
             one
             anothers
             Heads
             .
             Most
             of
             those
             Emperors
             had
             very
             short
             reigns
             ,
             few
             of
             them
             above
             a
             year
             or
             two
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             scarce
             two
             Months
             ,
             but
             most
             of
             them
             untimely
             Deaths
             .
          
           In
           
             Sclavonia
          
           and
           
             Norway
          
           where
           they
           had
           a
           Law
           ,
           
             that
             he
             that
             slew
             a
             Tyrant
             King
             ,
             should
             succeed
             him
             in
             the
             Throne
             :
          
           They
           had
           almost
           every
           
             year
             a
             new
             King
             ,
             perpetual
             wars
             and
             discords
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             of
             all
             their
             Kings
             for
             above
             one
             hundred
             years
             together
             ,
             ever
             came
             to
             a
             natural
             Death
             ,
          
           but
           was
           murthered
           as
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           succeeded
           by
           a
           worse
           and
           greater
           Tyrant
           ,
           as
           
             Saxogramaticus
             and
             Nubrigensis
          
           testify
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           sacred
           Story
           it self
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           
             That
             after
             ten
             Tribes
             revolted
             from
          
           Rehoboam
           ,
           
             though
             by
             Gods
             Justice
             and
             approbation
             for
          
           Solomons
           
             sins
             ;
             they
             had
             never
             any
             Peace
             or
             Settlement
             ,
             but
             perpetual
             Wars
             with
             one
             Kingdom
             or
             another
             ,
             or
             between
             themselves
             :
             Their
             Kings
             ,
             or
             most
             of
             them
             were
             all
             Tyrants
             and
             Idolators
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             just
             Hand
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             tumultuously
             slain
             and
             murthered
             one
             of
             and
             by
             another
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             them
             :
             He
             that
             murthered
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             being
             usually
             slain
             by
             his
             Successor
             ,
             or
             his
             Predecessors
             Sons
             ,
             Servants
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             in
             a
             tumultuous
             way
             :
          
           In
           the
           2
           
             Kings
          
           15.
           
           We
           
             read
             in
             that
             one
             Chapter
             ,
             of
             no
             less
             then
             four
             of
             those
             Kings
             slain
             ,
             one
             by
             another
             :
          
           and
           as
           for
           the
           
             People
             under
             these
             Kings
             ,
             they
             had
             never
             any
             rest
             ,
             peace
             ,
             settlement
             ,
             or
             freedom
             ,
             but
             lived
             under
             the
             greatest
             misery
             and
             oppression
             that
             ever
             any
          
           Subjects
           under
           Heaven
           did
           ,
           as
           the
           sacred
           History
           records
           .
           This
           King-killing
           certainly
           can
           be
           then
           no
           probable
           way
           at
           all
           to
           Peace
           ,
           Safety
           ,
           Settlement
           ,
           or
           Freedom
           ,
           but
           the
           Policy
           to
           deprive
           us
           eternally
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Religion
           to
           boot
           ;
           as
           it
           did
           the
           ten
           
             Tribes
          
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           
             4thly
             .
          
           This
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           is
           directly
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           former
           Ingagements
           ,
           Oathes
           ,
           and
           several
           Petitions
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Remonstrances
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           and
           Professions
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           :
           To
           the
           King
           ,
           kingdom
           ,
           People
           ,
           wherein
           we
           have
           alwayes
           protested
           and
           held
           forth
           unto
           them
           both
           before
           and
           since
           the
           Wars
           .
           
             That
             we
             will
             preserve
             and
             protect
             the
             Kings
             Person
             from
             danger
             ,
             support
             his
             royal
             Estate
             with
             Honour
             and
             Plenty
             at
             Home
             ,
             with
             Power
             and
             reputation
             Abroad
             ,
             and
             by
             our
             Loyal
             Affections
             ,
             Actions
             and
             Advice
             ,
             lay
             a
             sure
             and
             lasting
             foundation
             of
             the
             Greatness
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             his
             royal
             Posterity
             in
             future
             times
             .
             That
             we
             are
             still
             resolved
             to
             keep
             our selves
             
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             Faithfulness
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             his
             sacred
             Person
             and
             Crown
             .
             That
             we
             will
             with
             our
             Lives
             ,
             Fortunes
             ,
             Estates
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             last
             drop
             of
             our
             Blood
             endeavour
             to
             support
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             his
             just
             Soveraignty
             and
             Power
             over
             Us
             ;
             and
             to
             prevent
             all
             dangers
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             we
             took
             up
             Arms
             as
             well
             for
             a
             Defence
             of
             His
             Majesty
             to
             Protect
             his
             Person
             ,
             as
             the
             Kingdom
             and
             Parliament
             ;
             without
             any
             intent
             to
             hurt
             or
             injure
             His
             Majesties
             Person
             or
             Power
             :
             Professing
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             That
             we
             would
             receive
             him
             with
             all
             Honour
             ,
             yeild
             Him
             all
             due
             Obedience
             and
             Subjection
             ,
             and
             Faithfully
             endeavour
             to
             secure
             His
             Person
             and
             Estate
             from
             all
             danger
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             our
             Power
             to
             procure
             and
             establish
             to
             Him
             and
             His
             People
             ,
             all
             the
             Blessings
             of
             a
             Glorious
             and
             Happy
             raign
             ;
          
           which
           both
           Houses
           several
           times
           profest
           and
           remonstrated
           to
           the
           World
           .
           TO
           MURDER
           and
           DEPOSE
           THE
           KING
           ,
           was
           
             such
             a
             scandal
             ,
             as
             any
             that
             profess'd
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             could
             not
             have
             so
             little
             Charity
             as
             to
             raise
             it
             ;
             especially
             when
             they
             must
             needs
             know
             ,
             the
             Protestation
             taken
             by
             every
             Member
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             whereby
             they
             Promise
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             to
             defend
             His
             Majesties
             Person
             ;
             and
             all
             their
             Addresses
             and
             Petitions
             to
             Him
             expressing
             the
             contrary
             :
             That
             they
             never
             suffered
             it
             to
             enter
             into
             their
             Thoughts
             to
             Depose
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             abhorring
             the
             very
             Thought
             of
             it
             ,
             much
             more
             the
             Intent
             .
          
           That
           they
           never
           suffered
           the
           word
           DEPOSING
           the
           King
           ,
           
             To
             go
             out
             of
             their
             Mouthes
             ,
             nor
             the
             thing
             to
             enter
             into
             their
             Thoughts
             .
             That
             they
             rest
             assured
             ,
             both
             God
             and
             Man
             will
             abominate
             that
             Monstrous
             and
             most
             Injurious
             Charge
             laid
             upon
             the
             Representative
             Body
             of
             this
             whole
             Kingdom
             by
             the
             Malignant
             Party
             ,
             against
             the
          
           King
           ,
           as
           Designing
           
             not
             only
             the
             ruine
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Person
             ,
             but
             of
             Monarchy
             it self
             :
             The
             Authors
             of
             which
             malicious
             horrid
             scandal
             ,
             they
             profess
             to
             make
             the
             Instances
             of
             their
             exemplary
             Justi●e
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             they
             shall
             be
             discovered
             .
          
           Now
           for
           Us
           after
           all
           these
           multiplyed
           reiterated
           Protestations
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           Engagements
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Remonstrances
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Differences
           and
           Wars
           till
           now
           ,
           to
           think
           or
           talk
           of
           Deposing
           and
           Destroying
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           altering
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           safe
           and
           speedy
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Army-Remonstrants
          
           prescribe
           ;
           would
           be
           such
           a
           most
           detestable
           breach
           of
           publick
           Faith
           ;
           such
           a
           most
           Perfidious
           ,
           Treacherous
           ,
           Unrighteous
           wicked
           Act
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           Gods
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           and
           good
           Men
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           worst
           of
           Turks
           and
           Devils
           would
           abhor
           :
           And
           therefore
           its
           a
           Miracle
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           these
           
             pretious
             SAINTS
          
           should
           thus
           impudently
           ,
           before
           all
           the
           World
           propose
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           force
           you
           to
           pursue
           it
           ,
           to
           stain
           your
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           execrable
           to
           God
           and
           Men
           .
        
         
           
             5thly
             .
          
           The
           very
           Oath
           of
           
             Allegiance
             ,
          
           which
           every
           one
           of
           us
           hath
           taken
           ,
           upon
           our
           first
           admission
           to
           be
           Members
           ,
           engageth
           us
           in
           positive
           terms
           ,
           
             Not
             to
             offer
             any
             hurt
             or
             violence
             to
             His
             Majesties
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             
             State
             or
             Government
             ;
             to
             bear
             Faith
             and
             true
             Allegiance
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             His
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ;
             and
             Him
             and
             Them
             to
             defend
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             Our
             power
             ,
             against
             all
             Conspiracies
             and
             Attempts
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             made
             against
             His
             or
             Their
             Persons
             ,
             Crown
             ,
             or
             Dignity
             :
             And
             from
             our
             hearts
             to
             abhor
             ,
             detest
             ,
             and
             abjure
             as
             Impious
             and
             Heretical
             ,
          
           this
           Heathnish
           and
           Turkish
           Doctrine
           :
           
             That
             Princes
             Excommunicated
             ,
             or
             deprived
             by
             the
             People
             ,
          
           (
           as
           it
           seems
           
             the
             King
             is
             now
          
           for
           extirpating
           Episcopacy
           ,
           Popery
           ,
           Mass
           ,
           and
           Prelacy
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           by
           his
           present
           Concessions
           ,
           without
           any
           possibility
           or
           hopes
           of
           replanting
           )
           may
           
             be
             Deposed
             or
             Murthered
             by
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             whatsoever
             .
          
           Which
           Hellish
           contrivance
           and
           practice
           ,
           as
           our
           whole
           
             State
             and
             Parliament
             ,
          
           in
           the
           State
           of
           3
           
             Jac.
             cap.
          
           1
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           35
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           1.
           and
           other
           Acts
           resolve
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           unsettle
           ,
           ruine
           and
           subvert
           ,
           not
           to
           settle
           and
           establish
           the
           Peace
           and
           Government
           of
           our
           Realm
           .
           And
           both
           Houses
           since
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           by
           a
           
             solemn
             Protestation
             ,
          
           first
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           
             solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
          
           since
           ,
           with
           
             Hands
             lifted
             up
             to
             the
             most
             high
             God
             ,
          
           engaged
           both
           themselves
           and
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           by
           a
           most
           sacred
           and
           serious
           Vow
           and
           Protestation
           (
           purposely
           made
           and
           prescribed
           by
           them
           ,
           
             For
             the
             Honour
             and
             Happiness
             of
             the
             King
             and
             His
             Posterity
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             publick
             Liberty
             ,
             Safety
             and
             Peace
             of
             the
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Title
           and
           Preface
           declare
           )
           
             Sincerely
             ,
             Really
             ,
             and
             Constantly
             to
             endeavour
             with
             their
             Estates
             and
             Lives
             ,
          
           TO
           PRESERVE
           AND
           DEFEND
           THE
           KINGS
           MAJESTIES
           PERSON
           AND
           AUTHORITY
           ,
           
             in
             the
             preservation
             and
             defence
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           (
           which
           he
           hath
           now
           fully
           and
           actually
           performed
           by
           his
           Concessions
           in
           this
           Treaty
           )
           
             That
             the
             World
             may
             bear
             witness
             with
             our
             Consciences
          
           OF
           OUR
           LOYALTY
           ;
           and
           that
           WE
           HAVE
           NO
           THOUGHTS
           OR
           INTENTIONS
           TO
           DIMINISH
           HIS
           MAJESTIES
           JUST
           POWER
           AND
           GREATNESS
           .
           
             And
             shall
             also
             with
             all
             Faithfulness
             endeavour
             the
             discovery
             of
             all
             such
             as
             shall
             be
             Incendiaries
             ,
             or
             evil
             Instruments
             ,
             by
          
           DIVIDING
           THE
           KING
           FROM
           HIS
           PEOPLE
           ;
           That
           
             they
             may
             be
             brought
             to
             speedy
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             receive
             condign
             Punishment
             .
             And
             shall
             not
             suffer
             themselves
             directly
             ,
             or
             indirectly
             ,
             by
             whatsoever
             combination
             or
             terror
             ,
             to
             be
             withdrawn
             or
             make
             defection
             from
             this
             Covenant
             ;
             but
             shall
             all
             the
             days
             of
             their
             Lives
             really
             and
             constantly
             continue
             therein
             against
             all
             Opposition
             ,
             and
             promote
             the
             same
             against
             all
             lets
             impediments
             whatsoever
             .
             And
          
           this
           Covenant
           
             we
             all
             made
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             the
             searcher
             of
             all
             Hearts
             ;
          
           WITH
           A
           REAL
           INTENTION
           TO
           PERFORM
           THE
           SAME
           ,
           
             as
             we
             shall
             answer
             at
             that
             great
             day
             ,
             when
             the
             secrets
             of
             all
             hearts
             shall
             be
             disclosed
             .
          
        
         
         
           Now
           how
           we
           who
           are
           
             Members
             of
             this
             House
             ,
          
           or
           any
           who
           are
           Subjects
           of
           our
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           or
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           who
           have
           taken
           this
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             Protestation
             ,
             League
             or
             Covenant
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           some
           of
           them
           have
           done
           ,
           all
           or
           two
           of
           them
           at
           least
           ,
           sundry
           times
           over
           )
           can
           ,
           without
           the
           highest
           Perjury
           to
           God
           ,
           Treachery
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           Perfidiousness
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           Infamy
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           Scandal
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           dishonour
           to
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Themselves
           ,
           Athiestically
           break
           through
           or
           elude
           all
           those
           most
           
             Sacred
             aod
             Religious
             tyes
             upon
             our
             Souls
             ,
             by
             a
             speedy
             publick
             Dethroning
             and
             Decolling
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Dis-inheriting
             His
             Posterity
             ;
          
           (
           as
           the
           Army
           Remonstants
           advise
           )
           and
           that
           in
           the
           open
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           that
           
             All-seeing
             God
          
           to
           whom
           we
           have
           thus
           Appealed
           and
           Sworn
           ,
           by
           any
           
             Equivocations
          
           or
           
             Distinctions
             ,
          
           (
           of
           which
           the
           
             Armies
             Remonstrance
          
           is
           full
           )
           or
           Professions
           of
           our
           damnable
           Hypocrisie
           in
           the
           breaking
           of
           them
           ,
           transcends
           my
           understanding
           .
           And
           for
           those
           who
           Style
           themselves
           SAINTS
           ,
           and
           charge
           this
           as
           one
           of
           the
           
             Highest
             Crimes
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           His
           
             frequent
             breach
             of
             Oaths
             and
             Promises
             ,
          
           to
           transcend
           him
           and
           
             Traytors
          
           in
           this
           very
           sin
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Monster
           of
           Impiety
           ,
           as
           I
           concelve
           could
           never
           have
           entred
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           
             Infidels
             ,
          
           or
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           or
           Devils
           .
           And
           to
           act
           this
           under
           a
           pretext
           to
           Preserve
           and
           Settle
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Solecism
           ,
           as
           militates
           point-blank
           against
           the
           very
           words
           and
           scope
           both
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           
             which
             crosseth
             not
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Supremacy
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
             but
             more
             strongly
             engageth
             Men
             to
             preserve
             and
             defend
             the
             Kings
             Person
             and
             Autohority
             ,
             in
             the
             Preservation
             and
             Defence
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
          
           as
           the
           
             Assembly
          
           of
           Divines
           ,
           and
           both
           Houses
           affirm
           in
           their
           
             Exbortation
             to
             take
             the
             Covenant
             ,
          
           which
           prescribes
           this
           as
           the
           only
           means
           of
           securing
           and
           preserving
           Peace
           in
           all
           the
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ;
           to
           preserve
           the
           
             Person
             and
             Honour
             of
             the
             King
             ,
          
           His
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           from
           any
           such
           Violence
           and
           Invasion
           as
           is
           now
           suggested
           by
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           all
           three
           of
           them
           ingage
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           with
           our
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           really
           and
           constantly
           to
           oppose
           ,
           against
           all
           Lets
           and
           Impediments
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           and
           to
           bring
           those
           to
           condign
           punishment
           as
           Incendiaries
           and
           evil
           Instruments
           who
           suggest
           it
           .
           So
           as
           if
           the
           Army
           will
           proceed
           in
           this
           Diabolical
           destructive
           way
           ,
           of
           Treason
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           We
           ,
           and
           all
           Three
           Kingdoms
           are
           solemnly
           engaged
           with
           our
           Estates
           and
           Lives
           unanimously
           to
           oppose
           and
           bring
           them
           to
           Justice
           .
           And
           is
           this
           then
           the
           way
           to
           publick
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           to
           raise
           another
           new
           War
           to
           murder
           one
           another
           in
           this
           new
           Quarrel
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Army
           and
           their
           adherents
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           sole
           Malignants
           and
           Enemies
           we
           must
           Fight
           with
           ,
           
             &
             c
             ?
          
           No
           verily
           ,
           but
           the
           high-way
           to
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           Armies
           ruine
           ,
           whose
           Commissions
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           revoke
           ;
           whose
           Contributions
           we
           must
           
           in
           Conscience
           withdraw
           ;
           and
           whose
           Power
           we
           must
           with
           our
           own
           lives
           resist
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           be
           Perjured
           ,
           and
           guilty
           of
           breach
           of
           
             Covenant
          
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           if
           they
           persist
           in
           these
           
             Anti-Covenant
          
           Demands
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           King
           having
           granting
           us
           whatever
           we
           have
           ,
           or
           can
           demand
           for
           the
           safety
           and
           preservation
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ;
           and
           both
           Houses
           engaged
           themselves
           by
           Vote
           in
           answer
           to
           the
           Kings
           Propositions
           ,
           
             to
             restore
             him
             to
             a
             condition
             of
             Freedom
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Safety
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
          
           (
           which
           was
           the
           Armies
           own
           Proposals
           in
           his
           behalf
           in
           
             August
          
           1647.
           )
           We
           can
           neither
           in
           Honesty
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Justice
           nor
           Conscience
           (
           were
           He
           ten
           thousand
           times
           worse
           than
           the
           Army
           would
           render
           Him
           )
           Depose
           and
           bring
           Him
           to
           Execution
           .
           It
           being
           against
           all
           the
           rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Honour
           between
           two
           professed
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           relations
           one
           to
           another
           ;
           much
           more
           between
           King
           and
           Subjects
           in
           a
           Civil
           War
           ,
           a
           thing
           without
           President
           in
           any
           Ages
           .
           To
           this
           the
           
             Army
             Remonstrance
          
           answers
           ,
           That
           
             this
             would
             be
             thought
             an
             unreasonable
             and
             unbeseeming
             demand
             in
             a
             Personal
             Treaty
             ,
             between
             Persons
             standing
             both
             free
             ,
             and
             in
             equal
             ballance
             of
             Power
             ;
             but
             not
             when
             one
             Party
             is
             wholly
             subdued
             ,
             captivated
             ,
             imprisoned
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             others
             Power
             .
          
           But
           this
           certainly
           is
           a
           difference
           spun
           with
           an
           
             Athiestical
          
           thred
           ;
           For
           to
           Treat
           with
           any
           King
           in
           our
           Power
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           on
           Articles
           of
           Peace
           ,
           upon
           these
           terms
           ;
           That
           if
           He
           consent
           to
           them
           ,
           We
           will
           restore
           Him
           to
           the
           Throne
           with
           Honour
           ,
           Freedom
           ,
           Safety
           ;
           and
           when
           He
           hath
           yielded
           us
           our
           Demands
           ,
           then
           to
           Depose
           and
           cut
           of
           His
           Head
           ;
           is
           the
           highest
           breach
           of
           Faith
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           imagined
           :
           and
           those
           who
           dare
           justifie
           such
           Perfidious
           and
           Unchristian
           dealing
           ,
           deserve
           rather
           the
           Style
           of
           
             Turks
          
           and
           
             Athiests
             ,
          
           than
           
             Pious
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           8.
           
           There
           is
           no
           president
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           the
           General
           Assembly
           ,
           or
           Sanhedrin
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           or
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           did
           ever
           Judically
           Imprison
           ,
           Depose
           ,
           or
           Execute
           any
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Judah
          
           or
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           tho'
           many
           of
           them
           were
           the
           grossest
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           wickedst
           Princes
           under
           Heaven
           ;
           who
           shed
           much
           innocent
           blood
           ,
           and
           oppressed
           the
           People
           sundry
           ways
           .
           We
           know
           that
           
             David
          
           himself
           committed
           
             Adultery
          
           with
           
             Uriah
          
           his
           Wife
           ,
           a
           faithful
           Servant
           and
           Souldier
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           with
           his
           General
           
             Joab
          
           in
           the
           Field
           :
           And
           then
           afterwards
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           Treacherously
           slain
           .
           Yet
           neither
           the
           Assembly
           the
           Elders
           ,
           nor
           
             Joab
          
           and
           the
           
             Army
          
           under
           him
           ,
           did
           impeach
           or
           crave
           Justice
           against
           him
           for
           these
           sins
           ,
           tho'
           he
           lived
           impenitently
           in
           them
           .
           And
           when
           he
           numbered
           the
           People
           afterwards
           ,
           for
           which
           sin
           seventy
           thousand
           of
           his
           Subjects
           lost
           their
           lives
           ;
           yet
           was
           he
           not
           
             Arraigned
          
           nor
           
             Deposed
          
           for
           it
           :
           and
           God
           who
           is
           Sovereignly
           just
           ,
           tho'
           
             David
          
           was
           the
           principal
           Malefactor
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           sole
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           ,
           
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             Angel
             that
             
             smote
             the
             People
             ,
          
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Lo
             ,
             I
             have
             sinned
             and
             done
             wickedly
             ;
             but
             these
             Sheep
             ,
             what
             have
             they
             done
             ?
             Let
             thy
             hand
             be
             against
             me
             and
             my
             Fathers
             House
             :
          
           Yet
           God
           spared
           him
           and
           his
           Houshold
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Principals
           ,
           and
           punished
           the
           People
           only
           with
           death
           ,
           for
           this
           sin
           of
           his
           .
           After
           him
           
             Solomon
          
           his
           Son
           ,
           a
           Man
           Eminent
           for
           Wisdom
           and
           Piety
           at
           first
           ,
           
             Apostatiz'd
          
           to
           most
           gross
           
             Idolatry
          
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           to
           please
           his
           
             Idolatrous
          
           Wives
           ,
           and
           became
           a
           great
           oppressor
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           making
           their
           burdens
           very
           heavy
           ,
           yet
           the
           Subjects
           or
           Souldiers
           did
           neither
           Impeach
           nor
           Depose
           him
           for
           it
           :
           and
           tho'
           he
           were
           the
           principal
           Offendor
           ,
           yet
           God
           spared
           him
           for
           
             Davids
          
           sake
           ,
           in
           not
           taking
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           from
           him
           for
           these
           sins
           ,
           during
           his
           life
           ;
           though
           he
           rent
           them
           from
           his
           Son
           
             Rehoboam
             ,
          
           who
           was
           at
           most
           but
           accessary
           ,
           for
           his
           Fathers
           sins
           ,
           not
           his
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           
             Idolatrous
             Kings
          
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           by
           the
           just
           avenging
           Hand
           of
           God
           ,
           were
           slain
           by
           private
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           popular
           Tumults
           ,
           in
           an
           Illegal
           way
           :
           but
           not
           Deposed
           nor
           Arraigned
           by
           their
           Sanhedrins
           ,
           or
           General
           Congregations
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           slew
           them
           ,
           
             were
             sometimes
          
           slain
           by
           others
           
             who
             aspired
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             Children
             who
             Succeded
             them
             ;
          
           and
           came
           to
           untimely
           Tragical
           ends
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Tho
           there
           be
           some
           presidents
           of
           
             Popisb
          
           States
           and
           Parliaments
           Deposing
           their
           Popish
           Kings
           and
           Emperours
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           in
           Foreign
           parts
           ,
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           way
           ,
           by
           power
           of
           an
           armed
           Party
           :
           Yet
           there
           is
           no
           president
           of
           any
           one
           
             Protestant
          
           Kingdom
           or
           State
           ,
           that
           did
           ever
           yet
           Judically
           Depose
           or
           bring
           to
           Execution
           ,
           any
           of
           their
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           bad
           ,
           whether
           
             Protestants
          
           or
           
             Papists
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             Protestants
          
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           though
           some
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           invested
           them
           in
           their
           Thrones
           ,
           became
           
             Apostates
          
           to
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           and
           Persecutors
           of
           Their
           People
           ;
           albeit
           they
           resisted
           them
           by
           force
           of
           arms
           in
           the
           Field
           to
           preserve
           their
           lives
           ;
           did
           never
           once
           attempt
           to
           pull
           Them
           from
           Their
           Thrones
           ,
           or
           bring
           Their
           Persons
           unto
           Justice
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           our
           
             Protestant
             Parliament
          
           will
           never
           make
           the
           first
           president
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           nor
           stain
           Their
           Honour
           or
           Religion
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           a
           
             Protestant
          
           King
           ,
           against
           so
           many
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
          
           and
           
             Remonstrances
          
           made
           and
           published
           by
           Them
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           For
           the
           presidents
           of
           
             Eeward
          
           II.
           and
           
             Richard
          
           II.
           in
           times
           of
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           they
           were
           rather
           forcible
           resignations
           by
           Power
           of
           an
           
             Army
             ,
          
           then
           judical
           deprivations
           ,
           neither
           of
           them
           being
           ever
           legally
           arraigned
           and
           brought
           to
           Tryal
           in
           
             Parliament
             .
          
           And
           
             Mortimer
          
           who
           had
           the
           chief
           hand
           in
           Deposing
           King
           
             Edward
          
           II.
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           1
           
             E.
          
           3.
           was
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           4
           
             E.
          
           3.
           
           Impeached
           ,
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           Executed
           as
           a
           
             Traytor
             ,
          
           and
           guilty
           of
           
             High
             Treason
             ,
          
           for
           Murdering
           
             Edw.
          
           II.
           after
           he
           was
           Deposed
           ,
           at
           
             Berkley-Castle
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Simon
             Bereford
             ,
          
           (
           together
           with
           
             Thomas
             Gurney
          
           and
           
             Will.
             Ocle
             )
          
           were
           adjudged
           
             Traytors
          
           for
           assisting
           him
           therein
           ;
           one
           of
           them
           Executed
           ,
           and
           great
           Rewards
           promised
           
           to
           the
           apprehenders
           of
           the
           other
           two
           .
           And
           as
           for
           
             Richard
          
           II.
           though
           he
           was
           Deposed
           after
           
             Henry
          
           IV.
           was
           Crowned
           by
           pretence
           in
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           yet
           this
           Deposition
           was
           after
           his
           resignation
           only
           ,
           not
           before
           it
           :
           and
           without
           any
           Formal
           
             tryal
          
           or
           
             arraignment
             ,
          
           or
           any
           Capital
           
             Judgment
          
           of
           Death
           against
           him
           ;
           for
           which
           I
           find
           no
           president
           in
           any
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
             ,
          
           nor
           yet
           in
           
             Denmark
          
           it self
           ,
           though
           an
           Elective
           Kingdom
           ;
           who
           ,
           though
           They
           justly
           Deposed
           
             Christiern
          
           II.
           for
           his
           most
           abominable
           
             Tyranies
          
           and
           
             Cruelties
             ;
          
           yet
           they
           never
           adjudged
           or
           put
           him
           to
           Death
           ,
           but
           only
           restrained
           him
           as
           a
           Prisoner
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           this
           ,
           That
           though
           the
           Elective
           Kindoms
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
             Bohemia
             ,
             Poland
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sweden
             ,
          
           have
           in
           their
           
             Parliaments
          
           and
           
             Diets
          
           Deposed
           sundry
           of
           their
           Kings
           for
           their
           Wickednesses
           and
           Tyrany
           ;
           yet
           they
           never
           judically
           
             condemned
             any
             one
             of
             them
             to
             death
             ,
          
           though
           
             Papists
             .
          
           And
           for
           a
           
             Protestant
             Parliament
          
           (
           to
           please
           an
           army
           only
           ,
           acted
           by
           
             Traytors
          
           in
           this
           particular
           ;
           to
           render
           both
           
             Parliament
             ,
             army
             ,
          
           and
           our
           Religion
           too
           ,
           for
           ever
           execrable
           throughout
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           set
           all
           Mens
           Pens
           and
           Hands
           against
           them
           to
           their
           ruine
           ,
           to
           begin
           such
           a
           bloody
           president
           as
           this
           ,
           upon
           a
           most
           false
           pretext
           ,
           of
           settling
           Peace
           ;
           contrary
           to
           the
           express
           Command
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           who
           Commands
           Christians
           ,
           
             To
             Pray
             for
             Kings
             ,
             and
             all
             in
             authority
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             live
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             life
             under
             them
             in
             all
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
             ,
          
           (
           not
           to
           Depose
           or
           cut
           off
           their
           Heads
           )
           as
           the
           only
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           ;
           will
           not
           only
           be
           Scandalous
           but
           Monstrous
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .