The case of the old secured, secluded, and now excluded Members, briefly and truly stated; for their own vindication, and their electors and the kingdoms satisfaction. / By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne Esq; one of those Members.
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             The case of the old secured, secluded, and now excluded Members, briefly and truly stated; for their own vindication, and their electors and the kingdoms satisfaction. / By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne Esq; one of those Members.
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           THE
           CASE
           Of
           the
           old
           Secured
           ,
           Secluded
           ,
           and
           now
           EXCLUDED
           MEMBERS
           ,
           Briefly
           and
           truly
           Stated
           ;
           For
           their
           own
           Vindication
           ,
           and
           their
           Electors
           and
           the
           Kingdoms
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           By
           William
           Prynne
           of
           Lincolns
           Inne
           
             Esq
          
           one
           of
           those
           Members
           .
        
         
           
             JVly
          
           28.
           1648.
           upon
           the
           earnest
           Petitions
           of
           the
           Aldermen
           ,
           Common
           Council
           ,
           &
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           most
           Counties
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           miserably
           oppressed
           ,
           impoverished
           ,
           distracted
           ,
           and
           well
           nigh
           ruined
           ,
           by
           above
           6.
           years
           intestine
           Wars
           ,
           between
           the
           late
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           the
           House
           of
           
             Commons
          
           (
           when
           full
           and
           free
           )
           voted
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Treaty
             should
             be
             had
             in
             the
          
           Isle
           of
           Wight
           ,
           
             with
             the
             King
             in
             Person
             ,
             by
             a
             Committee
             appointed
             by
             both
             Houses
             ,
             upon
             the
             Propositions
             formerly
             agreed
             on
             ,
             and
             presented
             to
             him
             at
             Hampton
             Court
             ;
          
           which
           the
           Lords
           House
           unanimously
           assented
           to
           :
           Whereupon
           Commissioners
           were
           nominated
           ,
           and
           sent
           accordingly
           ,
           to
           treat
           upon
           these
           Propositions
           with
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           a
           special
           Order
           ,
           made
           and
           published
           by
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           
             September
          
           5.
           for
           the
           respective
           Sheriffs
           of
           each
           County
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           personally
           to
           summon
           all
           absent
           
             Members
             ,
             to
             meet
             in
             the
             House
             Septemb.
          
           26.
           
             under
             the
             penalty
             of
          
           20.
           
             l.
             for
             not
             appearing
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             great
             importance
             of
             this
             Treaty
             ,
             for
             quieting
             the
             distempers
             ,
             and
             setling
             
             the
             distracted
             minds
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             and
             because
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             Counsellors
             there
             is
             safety
             .
          
           Hereupon
           all
           the
           Members
           repaired
           to
           discharge
           their
           duty
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           After
           a
           long
           deliberate
           Treaty
           for
           sundry
           weeks
           (
           wherein
           the
           King
           assented
           to
           all
           the
           
             Propositions
             in
             terminis
             ;
          
           except
           3.
           
             *
          
           
             wherein
             he
             so
             far
             complyed
             with
             the
             desires
          
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           that
           the
           differences
           therein
           seemed
           not
           very
           considerable
           )
           The
           Treaty
           being
           fully
           concluded
           ,
           was
           reported
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           
             Decemb.
          
           1.
           upon
           which
           the
           House
           presently
           entred
           into
           the
           debate
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Concessions
             :
          
           Those
           who
           were
           against
           them
           ,
           desiring
           no
           Peace
           nor
           Healing
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           Breaches
           ,
           made
           this
           the
           Question
           ;
           
             Whether
             the
             Kings
             answer
             to
             the
             Propositions
             ,
             were
             satisfactory
             ,
             or
             not
             satisfactory
             ?
          
           but
           those
           who
           desired
           Peace
           and
           settlement
           ,
           made
           this
           the
           only
           state
           of
           the
           Question
           ;
           
             Whether
             the
             Answers
             of
             the
             King
             to
             the
             Propositions
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             were
             a
             ground
             for
             the
             House
             to
             proceed
             upon
             ,
             for
             the
             settlement
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ?
          
           After
           four
           dayes
           and
           one
           whole
           nights
           serious
           debate
           ,
           the
           Question
           being
           put
           as
           last
           stated
           ,
           
             Decemb.
          
           5.
           it
           was
           carried
           in
           the
           Affirmative
           ,
           without
           any
           
             Division
             of
             the
             Hou●e
             ;
          
           when
           there
           were
           244.
           
           Members
           in
           it
           ,
           besides
           60
           more
           declaring
           themselves
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           through
           age
           ,
           cold
           ,
           and
           infirmity
           (
           being
           unable
           to
           fit
           up
           all
           night
           )
           departed
           before
           the
           Question
           put
           ,
           the
           
             Dissenters
          
           being
           not
           the
           third
           part
           of
           the
           Members
           then
           present
           .
           The
           Army
           contrary
           to
           both
           Houses
           Orders
           were
           drawn
           up
           to
           
             Westm.
          
           and
           removed
           the
           ordinary
           Gards
           of
           the
           
             House
             out
             of
             their
             quarters
          
           during
           this
           debate
           ,
           giving
           out
           menaces
           against
           all
           who
           should
           vote
           for
           the
           
             Concessions
             ,
          
           on
           purpose
           to
           interrupt
           and
           prevent
           this
           Vote
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           Confederacy
           with
           some
           of
           the
           
             Dissenting
             Members
             .
          
           Yet
           such
           was
           the
           courage
           ,
           constancy
           ,
           and
           sincerity
           of
           the
           faithfull
           
             Members
             ,
          
           that
           maugre
           all
           Oppositions
           and
           Difficulties
           ,
           they
           put
           and
           carried
           the
           Vote
           upon
           such
           grounds
           of
           
             Reason
             ,
             Truth
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Honesty
             and
             publick
             Interest
             ,
          
           as
           all
           their
           Opposites
           were
           unable
           to
           contradict
           or
           refute
           .
        
         
           The
           Vote
           being
           passed
           ,
           the
           House
           appointed
           Mr.
           
             Pierpoint
             ,
          
           and
           six
           other
           Members
           
             to
             repair
             that
             Afternoon
             to
             the
             head
             quarters
             ,
             to
             confer
             with
             the
             General
             and
             his
             Officers
             ,
             to
             keep
             a
             right
             understanding
             and
             good
             correspondency
             between
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             the
             General
             and
             Army
             ;
          
           and
           then
           adjourned
           till
           the
           next
           morning
           .
           The
           Commissioners
           repairing
           to
           the
           head
           quarters
           that
           Afternoon
           were
           so
           rudely
           treated
           ,
           
             that
             one
             or
             two
             of
             them
             were
             secured
             by
             some
             Army-Officers
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             put
             off
             and
             slighted
             without
             any
             conferrence
             .
             Decem.
          
           6.
           the
           Army-Officers
           sent
           sundry
           Regiments
           of
           horse
           and
           foot
           early
           in
           the
           morning
           to
           
             Westminster
          
           in
           a
           warlike
           manner
           ,
           who
           placed
           themselves
           in
           the
           Pallace-yards
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           Requests
           ,
           Hall
           ,
           Court
           of
           Wards
           ,
           stairs
           ,
           Lobby
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           all
           approaches
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           secure
           and
           seclude
           those
           Members
           who
           assented
           to
           this
           Vote
           ;
           Collonel
           
             Pride
          
           &
           other
           Officers
           who
           commanded
           the
           gard●
           having
           a
           List
           in
           their
           hands
           of
           the
           Members
           names
           to
           be
           
             secured
          
           and
           
             secluded
             ,
          
           given
           them
           ,
           as
           was
           reported
           by
           
             Cornelius
             Holland
             ,
          
           and
           other
           dissenting
           Members
           ,
           That
           morning
           they
           forcibly
           secluded
           above
           100.
           
           Members
           ,
           keeping
           them
           out
           of
           the
           House
           perforce
           as
           they
           came
           to
           the
           Lobby
           ,
           and
           seised
           41.
           
           
           Members
           in
           the
           Stairs
           and
           
             Lobby
             ,
          
           pulling
           two
           more
           out
           of
           the
           House
           it self
           into
           which
           they
           got
           before
           the
           Officers
           espyed
           them
           :
           These
           43.
           
           Members
           they
           secured
           all
           day
           in
           the
           
             Queens
             Court
             ,
          
           refusing
           to
           obey
           the
           Orders
           of
           those
           then
           sitting
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           who
           being
           acquainted
           with
           their
           seisure
           ,
           sent
           the
           Serjeant
           twice
           
             to
             command
             their
             attendance
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             without
             any
             obedience
             or
             success
             :
          
           At
           night
           all
           the
           secured
           Members
           but
           4
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           caried
           to
           
             Wallingford
             House
          
           to
           treat
           with
           the
           
             General
          
           and
           
             Officers
             ,
          
           as
           was
           promised
           ,
           were
           unexpectedly
           thrust
           into
           a
           place
           called
           
             Hell
          
           in
           
             Westm
             :
          
           &
           there
           kept
           Prisoners
           on
           the
           bare
           boards
           all
           the
           night
           ,
           though
           extreme
           cold
           .
           The
           next
           morning
           3.
           more
           Members
           were
           seised
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           secluded
           ,
           affronted
           coming
           to
           the
           House
           .
           Those
           in
           
             Hell
          
           about
           9.
           of
           the
           clock
           were
           carried
           fasting
           to
           
             Whitehall
             ,
          
           to
           confer
           with
           the
           General
           and
           
             Army-Officers
             ,
          
           who
           imperiously
           made
           them
           dance
           attendance
           on
           them
           in
           a
           very
           cold
           room
           without
           fire
           (
           for
           sundry
           hours
           )
           or
           meat
           or
           drink
           (
           but
           some
           burnt
           Wine
           and
           Biskets
           they
           sent
           for
           thither
           )
           til
           7
           a
           clock
           at
           night
           ,
           not
           vouchsafing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           see
           or
           confer
           with
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           promised
           ;
           and
           then
           sent
           them
           Prisoners
           to
           the
           
             Kings
             Head
          
           and
           
             Swan
             ,
          
           through
           the
           snow
           and
           dirt
           ,
           garded
           with
           3
           Musquetiers
           apiece
           and
           Gards
           of
           Horse
           besides
           ,
           like
           the
           vilest
           Rogues
           and
           
             Traytors
             ;
          
           and
           there
           detained
           most
           of
           them
           Prisoners
           sundry
           weeks
           ,
           sending
           some
           of
           them
           close
           Prisoners
           to
           St.
           
             James
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           to
           
             Windsor
          
           Castle
           divers
           months
           space
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           particular
           accusation
           ,
           impeachment
           ,
           hearing
           or
           tryal
           .
           The
           only
           cause
           of
           this
           their
           Imprisonment
           and
           
             Seclusion
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Officers
           confess
           in
           their
           
             Answer
             to
             the
             House
             ,
          
           touching
           the
           grounds
           of
           our
           securing
           ,
           
             Jan.
          
           3.
           was
           our
           Vote
           of
           
             Decemb.
          
           5.
           which
           the
           General
           and
           General
           Council
           of
           Officers
           thus
           particularly
           expressed
           the
           very
           next
           day
           ,
           
             Decemb.
          
           6.
           1648.
           
           (
           the
           day
           they
           secured
           and
           secluded
           us
           )
           in
           their
           Proposals
           and
           desires
           to
           the
           
             Commons
          
           in
           Parliament
           :
           wherein
           they
           desire
           ,
           that
           some
           Members
           by
           name
           
             may
             be
             secured
             ,
             and
             brought
             to
             justice
             .
          
           And
           that
           those
           
             Members
             that
             were
             guilty
             in
             the
             Votes
             for
             the
             Treaty
             ,
          
           July
           28.
           
           &
           Decemb.
           5.
           
             declaring
             the
             Kings
             past
             Concessions
             to
             be
             a
             ground
             ●or
             the
             House
             to
             proceed
             upon
             ,
             for
             the
             settlement
             of
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             have
             deserted
             ,
             ●etrayed
             ,
             and
             justly
             forfeited
             their
             Trusts
             for
             the
             Publick
          
           And
           therefore
           most
           earnestly
           desired
           ,
           
             That
             all
             such
             faithfull
             M●mbers
             who
             were
             innocent
             therein
             ,
             would
             immediately
             by
             Protestation
             and
             publick
             Declaration
             )
             acquit
             themselves
             from
             any
             guilt
             or
             concurrence
             in
             those
             Votes
             ,
             as
             corrupt
             and
             destructive
             :
             That
             so
             the
             Kingdom
             may
             know
             who
             they
             are
             that
             have
             kept
             their
             Trust
             ,
          
           and
           distinguish
           them
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           
             that
             have
             falsified
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             such
             as
             cannot
             ,
             or
             shall
             not
             acquit
             themselves
             Particularly
             ,
             
               may
               be
               immediately
               excluded
               or
               suspended
               the
               House
               ,
               and
               not
               readmitted
               ,
               untill
               they
               have
               given
               clear
               satisfaction
               therein
               to
               the
               Iudgement
               of
               those
               who
               now
               so
               acquit
               themselves
               and
               the
               grounds
               of
               such
               satisfaction
               be
               published
               to
               the
               Kingdom
            
          
           In
           obedience
           to
           these
           imperious
           desires
           of
           the
           General
           
             Army-Council
          
           (
           the
           Supream
           Legislators
           ,
           over-ruling
           both
           the
           House
           and
           General
           Council
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           about
           45
           or
           50
           Members
           (
           wherof
           some
           were
           Army-Officers
           ,
           Authors
           of
           
           those
           Proposals
           ,
           )
           sitting
           under
           the
           visible
           over-awing
           Gards
           of
           the
           
             Army-Officers
             ,
          
           from
           
             December
          
           6.
           till
           after
           all
           
             Votes
          
           and
           
             Orders
          
           passed
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           produced
           for
           our
           suspension
           or
           seclusion
           ,
           
             Dec.
          
           12
           ,
           &
           13.
           rerepealed
           the
           Votes
           of
           
             July
             .
          
           28.
           for
           the
           
             Treaty
             ,
          
           and
           
             Decemb.
          
           5.
           touching
           the
           
             Kings
             concessions
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Armie
           Officers
           Proposals
           ,
           as
           
             highly
             dishonourable
          
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             destructive
             to
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             tending
             to
             the
             breach
             of
             the
             publick
             faith
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             :
          
           publishing
           .
           
             A
             Declaration
          
           Jan.
           15.
           expressing
           their
           
             Reasons
          
           for
           
             annulling
          
           and
           
             repealing
             these
             Votes
             .
          
           And
           Dec.
           18.
           
           &
           20.
           passed
           2.
           
           Orders
           ,
           
             that
             none
             should
             sit
             or
             act
             as
             Members
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             made
             and
             subscribed
             their
             particular
             Protestation
             against
             this
             Vote
             .
          
           In
           pursute
           whereof
           Decemb.
           20.
           34
           
           Members
           (
           whereof
           15.
           are
           now
           sitting
           ,
           the
           rest
           dead
           or
           absent
           )
           entred
           their
           
             dissents
             and
             protests
             against
             this
             Vote
             .
          
           Decemb.
           21.
           3.
           more
           ,
           now
           sitting
           ,
           entred
           theirs
           :
           Decemb.
           25.
           6.
           more
           (
           5.
           now
           sitting
           )
           entred
           their
           dissents
           ,
           yet
           they
           sat
           as
           an
           House
           4.
           daies
           ,
           before
           40
           of
           them
           had
           entred
           their
           protests
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           admitted
           others
           to
           sit
           ,
           without
           entring
           any
           Protestation
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Order
           .
           By
           colour
           of
           which
           Orders
           alone
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Vote
           ,
           Jan.
           11.
           upon
           the
           Armie
           Officers
           Answer
           ,
           
             That
             the
             House
             doth
             approve
             of
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Answer
             of
             the
             General
             Council
             of
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             the
             demands
             of
             this
             House
             touching
             the
             securing
             and
             secluding
             of
             some
             Members
             thereof
             :
             And
             doth
             appoint
             a
             Committee
          
           (
           of
           24
           )
           
             to
             consider
             what
             is
             further
             to
             be
             done
             upon
             the
             said
             Answer
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           of
           another
           Order
           in
           pursute
           of
           these
           February
           2.
           (
           three
           dayes
           after
           the
           Kings
           beheading
           )
           they
           have
           without
           any
           particular
           accusation
           ,
           cause
           ,
           summons
           or
           hearing
           at
           all
           ,
           by
           their
           
             *
          
           Vote
           of
           Jan.
           5.
           1659.
           
             adjudged
             and
             declared
             ;
             That
             the
             Members
             who
             stand
             discharged
          
           (
           in
           manner
           aforesaid
           )
           
             from
             voting
             or
             sitting
             as
             Members
             of
             this
             House
             ,
             in
             the
             years
          
           1648.
           
           
             &
          
           1649.
           
             doe
             stand
             duly
             discharged
             by
             Judgement
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             from
             sitting
             as
             Members
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             during
             this
             Parliament
             :
          
           (
           without
           so
           much
           as
           naming
           any
           one
           of
           them
           particularly
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           former
           
             Votes
          
           or
           
             Orders
          
           by
           which
           they
           exclude
           them
           )
           
             And
             it
             is
             ordered
             ;
             That
             Writs
             do
             issue
             forth
             for
             electing
             N●w
             Members
             in
             their
             places
             .
          
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           true
           State
           of
           the
           secured
           ,
           secluded
           ,
           and
           excluded
           Members
           case
           ,
           in
           1648.
           
           &
           1649.
           to
           which
           the
           Vote
           of
           Jan.
           5.
           and
           their
           forcible
           seclusion
           by
           their
           own
           Order
           ,
           both
           out
           of
           the
           
             House
          
           and
           
             Lobby
          
           Decemb.
           27.
           1659.
           relates
           :
           the
           Questions
           in
           Law
           arising
           thereupon
           ,
           are
           briefly
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           3.
           parts
           of
           4.
           and
           above
           200
           Members
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           only
           for
           passing
           the
           premised
           Vote
           Dec.
           5.
           1648.
           
             in
             order
             to
             the
             publike
             peace
             and
             setlement
             of
             the
             kingdom
             ,
          
           without
           any
           sinister
           respect
           ,
           after
           4
           daies
           &
           a
           whole
           nights
           debate
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           
             Judgements
             ,
             Consciences
             ,
             Trusts
             ,
             Duties
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestation
             ,
             Vow
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
          
           the
           general
           Petitions
           ,
           Desires
           of
           their
           Electors
           ,
           and
           our
           3.
           distracted
           kingdoms
           ;
           contrary
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           
             Minor
             part
          
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           
             General
             Council
             of
             Army-Officers
             ,
          
           (
           who
           were
           but
           their
           Servants
           ,
           obliged
           to
           obey
           their
           just
           Votes
           ,
           and
           Commands
           ,
           and
           no
           Members
           ,
           Judges
           ,
           to
           controll
           them
           )
           may
           be
           justly
           or
           legally
           secured
           secluded
           ,
           and
           thus
           ●nworthily
           Treated
           by
           the
           Army-Officers
           ,
           
           by
           meer
           armed
           power
           ;
           and
           whiles
           thus
           secured
           and
           secluded
           the
           House
           ,
           be
           ejected
           ,
           dismembred
           ,
           by
           the
           Votes
           of
           40.
           or
           50.
           of
           their
           fellow
           Members
           ,
           only
           upon
           the
           Army-Officers
           imperious
           desires
           ,
           whiles
           sitting
           under
           their
           horrid
           visible
           force
           ;
           which
           by
           their
           own
           and
           
             Both
             Houses
             Declaration
          
           August
           20.
           1647.
           
           (
           in
           case
           of
           a
           contemptible
           force
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           ,
           when
           no
           Members
           at
           all
           were
           secluded
           )
           
             nulls
             all
             their
             Votes
             ,
             Orders
             and
             Ordinances
             ,
             at
             and
             from
             the
             very
             time
             they
             are
             made
             and
             passed
             ?
          
           and
           that
           without
           any
           impeachment
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           or
           trial
           whatsoever
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           
             *
          
           Laws
           ,
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Presidents
           and
           Proceedings
           in
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           other
           Courts
           ,
           in
           former
           times
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           every
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           by
           the
           Custom
           and
           Usage
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           be
           not
           obliged
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           mind
           and
           conscience
           ,
           freely
           to
           give
           his
           
             Ay
             ,
          
           and
           
             No
             ,
          
           to
           every
           
             Question
          
           propounded
           in
           the
           House
           whiles
           he
           is
           present
           ,
           and
           finable
           if
           he
           refuse
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           
             blame
             ,
          
           censure
           ,
           or
           pretence
           of
           breach
           of
           trust
           ?
           And
           whether
           the
           
             Freedom
          
           of
           the
           Members
           
             debates
          
           and
           Votes
           in
           the
           
             House
          
           in
           matters
           there
           propounded
           ,
           be
           not
           the
           very
           principal
           ,
           
             essential
             ,
             fundamental
             Privilege
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           demanded
           by
           every
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           and
           granted
           by
           every
           King
           to
           the
           Members
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           every
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           denominating
           Parliaments
           themselves
           (
           derived
           from
           
             *
          
           
             parler
             le
             ment
             )
          
           which
           if
           once
           denied
           ,
           or
           made
           criminal
           (
           as
           now
           )
           &
           that
           to
           the
           major
           part
           ,
           will
           utterly
           subvert
           the
           very
           name
           ,
           essence
           ,
           and
           being
           of
           all
           future
           Parliaments
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Whether
           the
           Army-Officers
           and
           
             Council
          
           out
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           being
           Servants
           only
           ,
           commissioned
           and
           paid
           to
           guard
           the
           Members
           Privileges
           ,
           and
           obey
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           House
           ;
           and
           neither
           
             Electors
             ,
          
           nor
           impowrers
           of
           the
           Members
           secluded
           ;
           be
           sit
           Judges
           of
           the
           Majority
           of
           the
           Members
           Votes
           and
           Debates
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           heard
           of
           ,
           nor
           were
           present
           at
           ,
           but
           by
           misreports
           or
           relations
           from
           others
           ?
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           (
           as
           these
           Secluders
           then
           and
           now
           admit
           them
           :
           )
           Whether
           this
           will
           not
           subject
           those
           now
           sitting
           ,
           and
           secluding
           us
           ,
           with
           all
           Members
           of
           subsequent
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Votes
           ,
           to
           the
           Judicature
           of
           their
           Gards
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           number
           of
           Factious
           people
           without
           doors
           ?
           yea
           justifie
           their
           own
           forcible
           Exclusions
           and
           dissolutions
           by
           
             Cromwell
             ,
             Apr.
          
           20.
           1653.
           and
           since
           by
           
             Lambert
          
           and
           
             Hewson
             ,
             Octob.
          
           13.
           1659.
           for
           Votes
           and
           Proceedings
           more
           unjust
           and
           unreasonable
           than
           ours
           of
           
             Dec.
          
           5.
           1648.
           is
           supposed
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           subvert
           all
           the
           Rights
           ,
           Privileges
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Authority
           and
           Honor
           of
           English
           Parliaments
           for
           ever
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           a
           far
           greater
           breach
           of
           Privilege
           ,
           Treason
           ,
           and
           levying
           War
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           the
           Army-Officers
           ,
           and
           sitting
           Members
           at
           their
           request
           ,
           thus
           forcibly
           to
           secure
           ,
           seclude
           and
           eject
           above
           200
           Members
           ,
           3.
           or
           4.
           times
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           only
           for
           voting
           freely
           according
           to
           their
           mindes
           ,
           consciences
           ;
           and
           refusing
           to
           retract
           and
           protest
           against
           their
           own
           and
           Majorities
           Votes
           ;
           than
           for
           
             Cromwel
             ,
             Lambert
             ,
          
           &
           others
           ,
           to
           exclude
           but
           50.
           60.
           or
           70.
           of
           them
           ,
           sitting
           as
           an
           
             House
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           being
           encouraged
           and
           justified
           by
           their
           own
           votes
           ,
           presidents
           and
           Commands
           to
           seclude
           and
           exclude
           the
           Majority
           of
           their
           
             fellow
             Members
             ,
          
           for
           voting
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Army
             Officers
             desires
             and
             designs
             ,
          
           who
           excluded
           them
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           ?
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           Parliamental
           ,
           Rational
           ,
           Just
           Equitable
           (
           admitting
           the
           Common
           ,
           House
           have
           power
           in
           themselves
           alone
           ,
           to
           vote
           out
           any
           Member
           for
           misdemeanours
           or
           breach
           of
           Trust
           ,
           without
           the
           
             Lords
             ,
          
           which
           some
           deny
           ,
           upon
           very
           good
           
             *
          
           Presidents
           and
           grounds
           )
           that
           the
           far
           lesser
           part
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           may
           forcibly
           seclude
           and
           vote
           out
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           fellow
           Members
           ,
           only
           for
           over-voting
           ,
           &
           dissenting
           from
           them
           in
           their
           Judgements
           ?
           And
           not
           more
           just
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           that
           the
           Major
           part
           ,
           being
           the
           House
           it self
           in
           Law
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           should
           judge
           &
           vote
           out
           this
           Minor
           part
           ,
           for
           their
           Antiparliamentary
           Protestation
           ,
           &
           such
           an
           unjust
           forcible
           seclusion
           &
           ejection
           ,
           as
           ours
           by
           the
           premises
           now
           appears
           to
           be
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           being
           the
           highest
           breach
           both
           of
           their
           Trust
           ,
           the
           Privileges
           &
           Rights
           of
           Parl.
           
           &
           Peoples
           Liberties
           that
           ever
           any
           Members
           were
           guilty
           of
           since
           Parliaments
           began
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Whether
           their
           secluding
           ,
           and
           
             *
          
           voting
           out
           all
           the
           secluded
           Members
           ,
           in
           the
           grosse
           1648.
           1649.
           and
           
             Jan.
          
           5.
           1659.
           without
           impeachment
           ,
           summonning
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           or
           nominating
           any
           one
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           in
           their
           Votes
           or
           O●ders
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           most
           unjust
           ,
           unpresidented
           ,
           unparliamentary
           Judgement
           and
           Proceeding
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           rules
           of
           Justice
           in
           all
           other
           cases
           and
           Judicatures
           whatsoever
           ,
           &
           in
           this
           and
           former
           Parliaments
           ;
           yea
           meerly
           null
           and
           void
           to
           all
           intents
           for
           its
           
             Generality
          
           and
           
             Incertainty
             ;
          
           it
           being
           the
           Privilege
           of
           every
           Member
           ,
           to
           be
           first
           ,
           accused
           ;
           2ly
           .
           summoned
           to
           answer
           his
           accusation
           if
           absent
           ;
           3ly
           .
           re-summoned
           upon
           default
           of
           appearance
           ;
           4ly
           .
           To
           hear
           his
           charge
           ,
           and
           make
           his
           defence
           ,
           before
           he
           be
           secluded
           or
           suspended
           ;
           5ly
           .
           To
           sit
           and
           vote
           in
           the
           House
           till
           suspended
           or
           secluded
           ,
           by
           special
           order
           and
           Judgement
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           to
           be
           
             *
          
           particularly
           named
           ;
           All
           which
           circumstances
           ,
           were
           punctually
           observed
           by
           themselves
           ,
           
             in
             Sir
             Henry
             Vanes
             case
             Jan.
          
           9.
           1659.
           before
           they
           ejected
           him
           ,
           since
           their
           vote
           against
           the
           secluded
           Members
           ;
           which
           deserved
           as
           much
           right
           and
           Justice
           as
           he
           ,
           if
           not
           far
           more
           ,
           who
           joynd
           with
           those
           mutinous
           
             Army-Officers
          
           who
           excluded
           them
           ;
           6ly
           .
           If
           many
           be
           joyntly
           or
           severally
           accused
           ,
           by
           name
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           make
           their
           joynt
           or
           several
           answers
           and
           defences
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           their
           particular
           joynt
           or
           several
           censures
           ,
           pronounced
           by
           the
           Speaker
           in
           their
           hearing
           at
           the
           
             Barre
             ;
          
           as
           in
           Sr.
           
             H.
             Vanes
          
           late
           case
           ;
           All
           which
           particulars
           fai●ing
           ,
           in
           this
           general
           vote
           against
           them
           all
           ;
           the
           meanest
           of
           their
           Electors
           ,
           &
           of
           those
           for
           whom
           they
           serve
           (
           more
           injured
           by
           this
           vote
           then
           themselves
           )
           and
           all
           Judges
           ,
           Lawyers
           now
           sitting
           with
           them
           ,
           will
           pronounce
           their
           Vote
           most
           absurd
           and
           void
           to
           all
           intents
           ,
           unworthy
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Gravity
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           stile
           themselves
           ,
           
             The
             Parliament
             ?
          
        
         
           6.
           
           Whether
           the
           Ordinance
           published
           
             Dec.
          
           15.
           1648.
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           against
           A
           Protestation
           
             Dec.
          
           11.
           1648.
           printed
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           
             all
             the
             secluded
             and
             secured
             Members
             ,
          
           (
           though
           not
           subscribed
           nor
           owned
           publickly
           by
           them
           ,
           nor
           proved
           to
           be
           published
           by
           their
           order
           or
           privity
           )
           
             disabling
             all
             the
             secured
             &
             secluded
             Members
             to
             sit
             any
             mo●e
             ,
             during
             this
             Parl.
          
           (
           which
           some
           pretend
           the
           chief
           ground
           of
           their
           ejection
           now
           ,
           though
           never
           mentioned
           nor
           insisted
           on
           before
           )
           without
           naming
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           or
           disabling
           any
           of
           those
           Members
           in
           particular
           ,
           or
           adjudging
           
           them
           ,
           the
           Authors
           of
           that
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           be
           not
           meerly
           
             void
          
           &
           
             null
          
           to
           all
           intents
           ,
           being
           so
           general
           and
           indefinite
           ,
           made
           only
           by
           3.
           or
           4.
           
           Lords
           ,
           and
           50.
           
           Commoners
           at
           most
           ,
           fitting
           under
           that
           very
           force
           ,
           which
           then
           secluded
           ,
           imprisoned
           the
           major
           part
           both
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           House
           ,
           and
           so
           declared
           
             nul
          
           and
           void
           by
           the
           Speakers
           Letter
           ,
           
             July
          
           29.
           and
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           
             August
          
           20.
           1647
           ?
           Whether
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Commons
           and
           Lords
           House
           then
           forcibly
           secluded
           ,
           might
           not
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           Ordinance
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Speaker
           
             Lenthal
          
           by
           his
           Letter
           ,
           and
           both
           Houses
           by
           that
           Ordinance
           ,
           declare
           all
           Proceedings
           ,
           Votes
           and
           Ordinances
           in
           the
           respective
           Houses
           ,
           whereof
           they
           were
           Members
           ,
           void
           and
           nul
           to
           all
           intents
           ,
           during
           their
           forcible
           seclusion
           ,
           and
           the
           force
           then
           put
           upon
           the
           Houses
           ,
           without
           any
           offence
           or
           crime
           at
           all
           deserving
           seclusion
           ;
           and
           were
           not
           bound
           by
           their
           
             Protestation
             ,
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           to
           preserve
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           Houses
           privileges
           ,
           being
           the
           far
           greater
           number
           of
           Members
           ,
           5.
           times
           more
           than
           those
           who
           voted
           them
           out
           ?
           It
           differing
           much
           from
           the
           
             Protestation
          
           of
           
             some
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
          
           committed
           to
           the
           
             Power
          
           for
           their
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           Dec.
           1641.
           1.
           
           Because
           they
           were
           not
           forcibly
           secluded
           ,
           as
           we
           .
           2ly
           .
           Not
           the
           majority
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           the
           Lords
           House
           ,
           as
           we
           .
           3ly
           .
           They
           protested
           against
           all
           Proceedings
           whatsoever
           in
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           during
           their
           absence
           (
           not
           seclusion
           )
           from
           the
           House
           ,
           as
           void
           and
           null
           ,
           til
           their
           restitution
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           Lords
           House
           alone
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           chief
           ,
           if
           not
           only
           exception
           against
           their
           Protestat
           .
           though
           there
           was
           then
           no
           force
           upon
           the
           Lords
           or
           Commons
           ;
           But
           the
           Protest
           .
           in
           the
           secluded
           Members
           names
           protested
           only
           against
           the
           proceedings
           in
           the
           Com.
           
           House
           ,
           during
           their
           forcible
           securing
           and
           secluding
           ,
           and
           the
           force
           upon
           those
           that
           sat
           .
           4ly
           .
           They
           were
           heard
           in
           the
           Lords
           House
           concerning
           it
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           committed
           :
           but
           none
           of
           the
           secluded
           Members
           were
           ever
           yet
           heard
           before
           their
           seclusion
           or
           securing
           .
           5ly
           .
           They
           were
           only
           imprisoned
           for
           their
           Protestation
           during
           the
           Lords
           House
           pleasure
           ,
           not
           excluded
           &
           voted
           out
           of
           the
           House
           during
           the
           Parliament
           .
           Upon
           all
           which
           Considerations
           ,
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Lords
           House
           against
           them
           ,
           do
           no
           way
           warrant
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           
             minority
             of
             the
             Com
             :
             House
             and
             Lords
             ,
          
           against
           the
           majority
           of
           the
           
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           then
           under
           a
           force
           and
           secluded
           ,
           and
           the
           majority
           of
           the
           Lords
           House
           ,
           together
           with
           them
           .
           All
           which
           the
           secluded
           
             Members
          
           presume
           will
           fully
           satisfie
           those
           for
           whom
           they
           serve
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           English
           Nation
           ,
           World
           ,
           and
           their
           ●ecluders
           too
           ,
           of
           the
           Injustice
           of
           their
           former
           and
           late
           forcible
           Seclusions
           ,
           and
           Ejections
           by
           their
           premised
           
             Orders
             ,
             Votes
             ,
          
           &
           vindicate
           the
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           til
           they
           can
           meet
           together
           in
           safety
           ,
           to
           draw
           up
           a
           larger
           
             Decl
             :
          
           of
           their
           
             Case
          
           &
           
             unjust
             antiparliamentary
             exclusion
             ,
          
           without
           the
           danger
           of
           a
           new
           
             securing
             ,
          
           being
           all
           ordered
           to
           be
           seised
           on
           at
           Mr.
           
             Ansleys
          
           House
           in
           
             Drury-lane
          
           the
           9th
           .
           of
           this
           
             January
          
           by
           a
           party
           of
           40.
           
           
             Musquitiers
             ,
          
           and
           Captain
           commanding
           them
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           one
           of
           the
           Serjeants
           men
           ,
           who
           beset
           and
           searched
           the
           House
           to
           apprehend
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           all
           departed
           thence
           before
           they
           came
           thither
           ,
           and
           
           so
           escaped
           their
           hands
           ;
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           Brief
           publication
           .
        
         
           The
           secluded
           Members
           repute
           it
           very
           hard
           ,
           and
           injurious
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           thus
           frequently
           ,
           and
           long
           secluded
           by
           force
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           
             *
          
           imprisoned
           divers
           years
           ,
           and
           publickly
           excluded
           and
           slandered
           by
           their
           Fellow-Members
           Votes
           behind
           their
           backs
           without
           hearing
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           admission
           to
           vindicate
           their
           Innocency
           and
           the
           justice
           of
           the
           Vote
           for
           which
           they
           are
           secluded
           ,
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           and
           yet
           be
           searched
           after
           and
           
             re-imprisoned
          
           and
           secured
           by
           armed
           Gards
           by
           Order
           of
           their
           
             Secluders
             ,
          
           for
           endeavouring
           to
           vindicate
           their
           own
           Innocency
           ,
           Parliamentary
           Rights
           ,
           Privileges
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberties
           of
           those
           many
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           and
           Boroughs
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           serve
           ,
           without
           Doors
           ,
           when
           as
           they
           cannot
           be
           admitted
           to
           it
           in
           the
           House
           it self
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           will
           first
           
             eat
          
           and
           
             retract
          
           their
           former
           Votes
           ,
           against
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           Privileges
           ,
           and
           abjure
           their
           former
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           by
           taking
           a
           new
           inforced
           Ingagement
           :
           Whereupon
           they
           desire
           their
           few
           Secluders
           to
           consider
           the
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           14
           ,
           &c.
           
             For
             the
             Body
             is
             not
             one
             Member
             but
             many
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             now
             God
             hath
             set
             the
             Members
             
               every
               one
               of
               them
               in
               the
               Body
               ,
               as
               it
               hath
               pleased
               him
               .
            
             And
             if
             they
             were
             all
             one
             Member
             ,
             where
             were
             the
             Body
             ?
             But
             now
             are
             they
             
               many
            
          
           (
           not
           few
           )
           
             Members
             ,
             
               yet
               but
               one
               Body
               .
               And
               the
               eye
               cannot
               say
               to
               the
               hand
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               thee
               ;
               nor
               again
               the
               head
               to
               the
               feet
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               them
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               much
               more
               those
               Members
               that
               seem
               to
               be
               more
               feeble
               are
               necessary
               ,
               &c.
               
               That
               there
            
             should
             be
             no
             division
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Members
             should
             have
             the
             same
             care
             one
             for
             another
             .
             
               And
               whether
               one
               Member
            
          
           (
           much
           more
           when
           most
           of
           them
           )
           
             suffer
             ,
             all
             the
             Members
             suffer
             with
             it
             ;
             or
             one
             Member
             be
             honoured
             ,
             all
             the
             Members
             rejoyce
             with
             it
             .
          
           Which
           Consideration
           ,
           with
           that
           of
           
             Mat.
          
           7
           12.
           
           
             Therefore
             whatsoever
             ye
             would
             that
             men
             should
             do
             unto
          
           
             *
          
           
             you
             ,
             do
             you
             even
             so
             to
             them
             ,
             for
             
               this
               is
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
            
          
           1
           Thes.
           4.
           6.
           
           
             Let
             no
             man
             over-reach
             ,
             oppress
             ,
             or
             defraud
             his
             Brother
          
           (
           much
           lesse
           so
           many
           Brethren
           of
           eminency
           )
           
             in
             any
             matter
             .
          
           (
           especially
           in
           their
           publick
           Parliamentary
           Trusts
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Privileges
           ,
           )
           
             because
             the
             Lord
             is
             the
             Avenger
             of
             all
             such
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             forewarned
             and
             testified
          
           (
           and
           their
           own
           double
           forcible
           Seclusion
           hath
           fully
           exemplyfied
           ,
           )
           might
           now
           at
           last
           convince
           them
           of
           ,
           and
           convert
           them
           from
           their
           former
           
             Injustice
          
           and
           
             Violence
             ,
          
           and
           make
           them
           more
           just
           and
           tender
           towards
           us
           than
           hitherto
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           either
           as
           Christians
           or
           Englishmen
           ,
           who
           are
           Members
           of
           one
           and
           the
           self-same
           Church
           ,
           Kingdom
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           House
           ,
           formerly
           united-together
           in
           strictest
           Bonds
           of
           Unity
           and
           Amity
           ,
           though
           now
           sadly
           divided
           by
           their
           
             force
          
           and
           
             fury
             ,
          
           to
           the
           ruine
           both
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Kingdom
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           House
           it self
           whereof
           they
           were
           Fellow-Member
           ,
           and
           intollerable
           discontent
           &
           oppression
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           those
           for
           whom
           they
           served
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             ,
             and
             are
             to
             be
             sold
             by
          
           Edward
           Thomas
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Adam
           
             and
          
           Eve
           
             in
          
           Little
           Britain
           ,
           1660.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91157e-30
           
             *
             
               See
            
             Mr.
             Prynnes
             Speech
             Dec.
             4.
             1648.
             and
             a
             Vindication
             of
             the
             secured
             and
             secluded
             Members
             .
          
           
             *
             without
             any
             Declaration
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             Counties
             Cities
             ,
             Boroughs
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             served
             ,
             or
             us
             ,
             of
             the
             reasons
             ,
             justice
             ,
             grounds
             of
             this
             their
             new
             and
             former
             Votes
             which
             was
             expected
             and
             will
             be
             demanded
             .
             f●om
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
             c.
             29.
             5
             E.
             3
             c.
             9.
             25
             E.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             28
             E.
             3.
             c.
             3
             42
             E.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             3
             Caroli
             .
          
           
             *
             Cooks
             4.
             Instit.
             ch.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             my
             Plea
             for
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Registers
             of
             Parliamentary
             Writs
             .
          
           
             *
             These
             secluders
             think
             their
             Votes
             omnipotent
             ,
             who
             can
             blow
             up
             the
             Majority
             of
             their
             fellow
             Members
             &
             whole
             House
             of
             Lords
             with
             the
             breath
             of
             their
             mouths
             ,
             like
             chaff
             ,
             without
             any
             reason
             expressed
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             old
             Gunpowder
             Traytors
             could
             not
             blow
             them
             up
             ,
             but
             with
             almost
             as
             many
             barrels
             of
             Gunpowder
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             then
             and
             now
             Members
             .
          
           
             *
             Cooks
             3
             Instit
             ●
             101.
             4
             Instit.
             p.
             ●5
             .
             to
             25
             ,
             38
             ,
             39
             ,
          
           
             *
             Major
             Gen.
             
               Brown
               .
            
             imp●isoned
             and
             close
             imprisoned
             5.
             years
             and
             2.
             months
             .
             Mr.
             
               Prynne
            
             close
             imprisoned
             in
             
               D●nste
               ,
               Taunton
               .
            
             and
             
               Pendennis
            
             castle
             2.
             years
             &
             8.
             months
             .
             Sir
             
               Will
               Waller
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Lewis
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               John
               Clotworthy
               ,
            
             Commissary
             
               Copley
               ,
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Walker
               ,
            
             two
             years
             or
             more
             ,
             without
             hearing
             or
             cause
             expressed
             .
          
           
             *
             In
             the
             case
             of
             their
             own
             seclusion
             ,
             which
             they
             so
             much
             condemned
             in
             
               Cromwell
            
             and
             
               Lambert
               .