New-Babels confusion. Or, Severall votes of the Commons assembled in Parliament; against certain papers, entituled, The agreement of the people for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right. Delivered to them in the name of all the freeborn people of England. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that these votes be forthwith printed and published. H. Elsynge, Cler' Parl' D. Com'. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A91225 of text R203355 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E540_19). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A91225 Wing P4014 Thomason E540_19 ESTC R203355 99863329 99863329 115521 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A91225) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 115521) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 84:E540[19]) New-Babels confusion. Or, Severall votes of the Commons assembled in Parliament; against certain papers, entituled, The agreement of the people for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right. Delivered to them in the name of all the freeborn people of England. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that these votes be forthwith printed and published. H. Elsynge, Cler' Parl' D. Com'. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 8 p. Printed for Edward Husband, printer to the Honourable House of Commons, 1647; and re-printed for Michael Spark at the blue-Bible in Green-arbor, London : 1649. Compiler's introduction signed: William Prynne. Excerpts from the proceedings of the Commons, Nov.-Dec. 1647. First published in 1647, without Prynne's note, as: Several votes of the Commons assembled in Parliament, against certain papers delivered in to them in the name of all the freeborn people of England. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 30. 1648.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Agreement of the people for a firme and present peace, upon grounds of common-right and freedome. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A91225 R203355 (Thomason E540_19). civilwar no New-Babels confusion. Or, Severall votes of the Commons assembled in Parliament; against certain papers, entituled, The agreement of the peo England and Wales. Parliament. 1649 1039 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 C The rate of 19 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-04 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-04 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion New-Babels CONFUSION . OR , Severall Votes of the Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT ; Against certain PAPERS , ENTITULED , The Agreement of the PEOPLE for a firm and present Peace upon grounds of Common Right . Delivered to them in the Name of all the Freeborn People of ENGLAND . ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That these VOTES be forthwith Printed and Published . H. Elsynge , Cler' Parl ' D. Com' . London , Printed for Edward Husband , Printer to the Honourable House of Commons ▪ 1647 ; And re-Printed for Michael Spark at the blue-Bible in Green-arbor , 1649. Reader , PEruse the ensuing Votes , and then subscribe the new intended Representative , or Agreement of the People , without perjury and breach of Covenant , if thou canst ; being thrice by the House of Commons , and once by both Houses adjudged and declared to be destructive to the being of Parliaments , and to the fundamentall Government of the Kingdom , which thou both by the Protestation , and Solemn League and Covenant art obliged inviolably to maintain : and no lesse then High Treason , as was adjudged this very Parliament by both Houses , in the Cases of Strafford and Canterbury , who lost both their Heads for endeavouring to subvert the Liberties and Freedom of Parliaments , and the fundamentall Government of the Kingdom : of whose Treasons these must certainly be more deeply guilty , who shall promote and set up this Agreement , after these Votes of both Houses against it . William Prynne . Die Martis , 9 Novemb. 1647. A Paper directed , To the supreme Authority of the Nation , the Commons in Parliament assembled , and styled , The just and earnest Petition of those whose Names are subscribed , in behalf of themselves and all the Free born People of England ; Together with a printed Paper annexed , entituled , An Agreement of the People for a firm and present Peace , upon Grounds of Common Right , were read . Resolved , &c. That the matters contained in these Papers , are DESTRUCTIVE TO THE BEING OF PARLIAMENTS , and TO THE FUNDAMENTALL GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM . Resolved , &c. That a Letter be sent to the Generall , and these Papers inclosed , together with the Vote of this House upon them : And that he be desired to examine the proceeding of this business in the Army , and return an accompt hereof to this House . Die Martis , 23 Novemb. 1647. A Petition directed , to the Supreme authority of England , the Commons in Parliament assembled , and entituled , The humble Petition of many Free born People of England , sent in a Letter directed to Mr. Speaker , and opened by a Committee thereunto appointed was read the first and second time . Resolved upon the Question , That this Petition is a Seditious and Contemptuous avowing and prosecution of a former Petition and Paper , annexed , styled , An agreement of the People , formerly adjudged by this House , TO BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE BEING OF PARLIAMENTS , and FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM . Resolved , &c. That Thomas Prince Cheesemonger , and Samuel Chidley , be forthwith committed prisoners to the Prison of the Gatehouse , there to remain prisoners during the pleasure of this House , for a Seditious and Contemptuous avowing and prosecution of a former Petition and Paper annexed , stiled , An agreement of the People , formerly adjudged by this House , TO BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE BEING OF PARLIAMENTS , and FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM . Resolved , &c. That Jeremy Ives , Thomas Taylor ▪ and William Larner , be forthwith committed to the Prison of Newgate , there to remain prisoners during the pleasure of this House , for a seditious and contemptuous avowing and prosecution of a former Petition and Paper annexed , styled , An Agreement of the People , formerly adjudged by this House TO BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE BEING OF PARLIAMENTS , and FUNDAMENTALL GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM . Resolved , &c. That a Letter be prepared and sent to the Generall , taking notice of his proceedings in the execution , according to the Rules of Warre ( of a mutinous person ) at the Rendezvouz near Ware , and to give him thanks for it ; and to desire him to prosecute the Examinations of that business to the bottom , and to bring such guilty persons as he shall think fit , to condign and exemplary punishment . Resolved , &c. That the Votes upon the former Petition and Agreement annexed , and likewise the Votes and Proceedings upon this Petition be forthwith printed and published . H. Elsynge , Cler' Parl ' D. Com' . AFter this both Houses of Parliament by an Ordinance of Decemb. 17. 1647. concerning the choosing of Common-Councel-men and other Officers of the City of London , Ordained , That no person whatsoever who hath continued , abetted , or perswaded or entred into that Engagement , entituled , The Agreement of the people , declared TO BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE BEING OF PARLIAMENT , and FUNDAMENTALL GOERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM ; shall for the space of one whole year , to be accompted from the 15 of December , 1647. be elected , chosen , or , put into the Office or place of Lord Major of the City of London , or of Alderman , Sheriff , Deputy of a Ward , or Common-Councel-man of the said City , nor shall have voice in the election of any such Officers . These Votes and Ordinances were passed whiles the eleven Members , and most of the Presbyterians were secluded and absent from the House , by Lievtenant General Crumwel , Ireton , and the Independent-party , who now endevour to set up that very Agreement , which they then thus deemed and censured . William Prynne . FINIS .