The instruments of a king: or, A short discourse of the svvord. The scepter. The crowne. ...
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             The instruments of a king: or, A short discourse of the svvord. The scepter. The crowne. ...
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
           [4], 11, [1] p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             Printed in the yeare, 1648.
          
           
             Signed at end: Jam. Howell.
             The words "The svvord. .. The crowne." are bracketed together on the title page.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Sept ye 18th".
             Also issued as part of "Some of Mr. Howell's minor works" (Wing 3115) on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 715:8.
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             THE
          
           INSTRVMENTS
           OF
           A
           KING
           :
           
             OR
             ,
          
           A
           SHORT
           DISCOVRSE
           OF
           
             
               The
               
                 SVVORD
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               
                 SCEPTER
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               
                 CROWNE
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Satis
               habet
               Rex
               ad
               poenam
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Quod
               Deum
               expectet
               Ultorem
               .
            
          
           
             'T
             is
             punishment
             enough
             for
             th'
             King
             ,
          
           
             That
             God
             will
             Him
             to
             judgment
             bring
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             .
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeare
           ,
           1648.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           Author's
           Apology
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           no
           Lawyer
           otherwise
           then
           what
           nature
           hath
           made
           me
           ,
           so
           every
           man
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           born
           the
           child
           of
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Lawyer
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Logitian
          
           also
           who
           was
           the
           first
           kind
           of
           Lawyer
           :
           This
           discoursive
           
             faculty
          
           of
           Reason
           comes
           with
           us
           into
           the
           world
           accompanied
           with
           certaine
           generall
           notions
           and
           principles
           to
           distinguish
           Right
           from
           Wrong
           ,
           and
           Falshood
           from
           Truth
           :
           But
           touching
           this
           following
           
             Discourse
             ,
          
           because
           it
           relates
           something
           to
           
             Law
             ,
          
           the
           Authour
           would
           not
           have
           adventured
           to
           have
           exposed
           it
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           ,
           besides
           those
           common
           innate
           
             notions
          
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           some
           private
           
             Notes
          
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           
           he
           had
           not
           inform'd
           &
           ascertain'd
           his
           judgment
           by
           conference
           with
           some
           professed
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           those
           the
           Eminentest
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           touching
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           it
           Treats
           of
           ;
           therefore
           he
           dares
           humbly
           aver
           that
           it
           containes
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           consonant
           to
           the
           fundamentall
           and
           fixed
           Constitutions
           ,
           to
           the
           knowne
           clear
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           J.
           ●
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           INSTRUMENTS
           OF
           A
           KING
           .
        
         
           IN
           a
           Successive
           hereditary
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           ENGLAND
           is
           known
           and
           
             acknowledged
          
           to
           be
           by
           all
           Parties
           now
           in
           opposition
           ,
           There
           are
           3
           things
           which
           are
           inalienable
           from
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           KING
           :
           they
           are
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               
                 Crowne
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               
                 Scepter
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               
                 Sword
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           one
           ,
           He
           is
           to
           carry
           on
           His
           Head
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           His
           Hand
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           at
           His
           Side
           ;
           and
           they
           may
           be
           tearmed
           all
           three
           the
           ensignes
           or
           peculiar
           instruments
           of
           a
           KING
           :
           by
           the
           first
           ,
           He
           
             Reignes
             ,
          
           by
           the
           second
           He
           makes
           
             Lawes
             ,
          
           by
           the
           third
           He
           maintaines
           them
           :
           and
           the
           two
           first
           are
           but
           bables
           without
           the
           last
           .
        
         
         
           
           1.
           
           Touching
           the
           
             Crowne
          
           or
           royall
           Diadem
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           whether
           
             Presbyterian
             ,
             Independent
             ,
             Protestant
             ,
          
           or
           others
           now
           in
           action
           ,
           but
           confesse
           that
           it
           descends
           by
           a
           right
           hereditary
           Line
           ,
           (
           though
           through
           divers
           Races
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           Conquerours
           )
           upon
           the
           Head
           of
           CHARLES
           
             the
             first
          
           now
           Regnant
           :
           't
           is
           His
           owne
           by
           inherent
           birthright
           and
           nature
           ,
           by
           Gods
           law
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           these
           Parliament-men
           at
           their
           first
           sitting
           did
           agnize
           subjection
           unto
           Him
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           recognize
           Him
           for
           their
           Soveraigne
           liege
           Lord
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           denies
           not
           this
           ,
           for
           though
           there
           were
           
             Bulls
          
           sent
           to
           dispense
           with
           the
           English
           Subjects
           for
           their
           allegiance
           to
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           Pope
           did
           this
           against
           Her
           as
           he
           took
           Her
           for
           a
           
             Heretique
             ,
          
           not
           an
           
             Usurpresse
             ,
          
           though
           he
           knew
           well
           enough
           that
           She
           had
           been
           declared
           Illegitimate
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           an
           English
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           This
           Imperiall
           Crowne
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           adorned
           and
           deck'd
           with
           many
           faire
           Flowers
           ,
           which
           are
           called
           ,
           
             royall
             Prerogatives
             ;
          
           and
           they
           are
           of
           such
           a
           transcendent
           nature
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           unforfeitable
           ,
           individuall
           ,
           and
           untransferable
           to
           any
           other
           :
           The
           KING
           can
           only
           summon
           and
           dissolve
           Parliaments
           :
           The
           KING
           can
           onely
           Pardon
           (
           for
           when
           He
           is
           Crowned
           ,
           He
           is
           sworn
           to
           rule
           in
           
             mercy
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           
             justice
             :
          
           )
           The
           KING
           can
           onely
           Coyn
           Money
           ,
           and
           enhance
           or
           decry
           the
           value
           of
           it
           :
           The
           power
           of
           electing
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           of
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Assise
           is
           in
           the
           KING
           ;
           He
           can
           only
           grant
           soveraign
           Commissions
           :
           The
           KING
           can
           only
           wage
           War
           ,
           and
           make
           Out-landish
           Leagues
           :
           The
           KING
           may
           make
           all
           the
           Courts
           of
           justice
           ambulatory
           with
           His
           Person
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           used
           of
           old
           ;
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
          
           must
           be
           sedentary
           in
           some
           certain
           place
           for
           such
           a
           time
           ;
           but
           that
           expired
           ,
           't
           is
           removeable
           at
           His
           pleasure
           :
           
           The
           KING
           can
           only
           employ
           Ambassadours
           and
           Treat
           with
           forain
           States
           ,
           &c.
           
           These
           ,
           with
           other
           royal
           Prerogatives
           which
           I
           shall
           touch
           hereafter
           ,
           are
           those
           rare
           and
           wholsome
           flowers
           wherewith
           the
           Crowne
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           embellished
           ,
           nor
           can
           they
           stick
           anywhere
           else
           but
           in
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           all
           confesse
           the
           Crowne
           is
           as
           much
           the
           KING's
           ,
           as
           any
           private
           man's
           Cap
           is
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           regall
           Instrument
           is
           the
           
             Scepter
             ,
          
           which
           may
           be
           called
           
             an
             inseparable
             companion
             ,
          
           or
           
             a
             necessary
             appendix
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ;
          
           this
           invests
           the
           KING
           with
           the
           sole
           Authority
           of
           making
           Lawes
           ,
           for
           before
           His
           confirmation
           all
           results
           and
           determinations
           of
           Parliament
           are
           but
           Bills
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           abortive
           things
           ,
           and
           meer
           Embryos
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           life
           at
           all
           in
           them
           till
           the
           KING
           puts
           breath
           and
           vigour
           into
           them
           :
           and
           the
           antient
           custome
           was
           for
           the
           KING
           to
           touch
           them
           with
           His
           
             Scepter
             ,
          
           then
           they
           are
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           virtue
           in
           them
           to
           impose
           an
           obligation
           of
           universall
           obedience
           upon
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           It
           being
           an
           undeniable
           maxime
           ,
           That
           
             nothing
             can
             be
             generally
             binding
             without
             the
             King's
             royall
             assent
             ,
          
           nor
           doth
           the
           Law
           of
           
             England
          
           take
           notice
           of
           any
           thing
           without
           it
           :
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           they
           are
           ever
           after
           stil'd
           
             the
             King's
             Lawes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Judges
           are
           said
           to
           deliver
           the
           King's
           judgments
           ,
           which
           agrees
           with
           the
           holy
           Text
           ,
           
             The
             King
             by
             judgment
             shall
             stablish
             the
             Land
             :
          
           nay
           ,
           the
           Law
           presumes
           the
           
             King
          
           to
           be
           alwaies
           the
           sole
           Judge
           Paramount
           ,
           and
           Lord
           chief
           Justice
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           he
           whom
           He
           pleaseth
           to
           depute
           for
           His
           chiefest
           Justice
           ,
           is
           but
           stil'd
           
             Lord
             chief
             Justice
             of
             the
             King's
             Bench
             ,
          
           not
           Lord
           chief
           Justice
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           title
           is
           peculiar
           to
           the
           KING
           Himself
           ,
           and
           observable
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           whereas
           He
           grants
           Commissions
           and
           Parents
           to
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           (
           who
           is
           no
           other
           then
           
             Keeper
             of
             His
             Conscience
          
           )
           
           and
           to
           all
           other
           Judges
           ,
           He
           names
           the
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           His
           own
           Bench
           by
           a
           short
           Writ
           only
           containing
           two
           or
           three
           lines
           :
           Now
           ,
           though
           the
           
             King
          
           be
           liable
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           is
           contented
           to
           be
           within
           their
           verge
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           chiefly
           His
           owne
           productions
           ,
           yet
           He
           is
           still
           their
           Protector
           ,
           Moderator
           ,
           and
           Soveraigne
           ,
           which
           attributes
           are
           incommunicable
           to
           any
           other
           conjunctly
           or
           separately
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           KING
           with
           His
           
             Scepter
             ,
          
           and
           by
           the
           mature
           advice
           of
           His
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parl.
           which
           are
           His
           highest
           Councel
           &
           Court
           ,
           hath
           the
           sole
           power
           of
           making
           Laws
           ;
           other
           Courts
           of
           judicature
           doe
           but
           expound
           them
           and
           distribute
           them
           by
           His
           appointment
           ,
           they
           have
           but
           
             Juris
             dati
             dictionem
          
           or
           
             declarationem
             ,
          
           and
           herein
           ,
           I
           meane
           for
           the
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Lawes
           
             the
             twelve
             Judges
          
           are
           to
           be
           
             believed
             before
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             besides
             .
          
           They
           are
           as
           the
           Areopagites
           in
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           the
           chief
           Presidents
           in
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Spaine
          
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           
             Junta
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Cape-Syndiques
          
           in
           the
           
             Rota's
          
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Republique
           of
           
             Venice
          
           whose
           judgments
           in
           point
           of
           interpreting
           Lawes
           are
           incontroulable
           ,
           and
           preferred
           before
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           whole
           Senate
           whence
           they
           received
           their
           being
           ;
           and
           who
           hath
           still
           power
           to
           repeal
           them
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           expound
           them
           .
           In
           
             France
          
           they
           have
           a
           Law-maxime
           ,
           
             Arrest
             donné
             en
             Robbe
             rouge
             est
             irrevocable
             ,
          
           which
           is
           ,
           
             a
             Scarlet
             Sentence
             is
             irrevocable
             ,
          
           meaning
           when
           all
           the
           Judges
           are
           met
           in
           their
           Robes
           ,
           and
           the
           Client
           against
           whom
           the
           Cause
           goes
           ,
           may
           chafe
           and
           chomp
           upon
           the
           bit
           ,
           and
           say
           what
           he
           will
           for
           the
           space
           of
           24
           howers
           against
           his
           Judges
           ,
           but
           if
           ever
           after
           he
           traduces
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           punishable
           :
           It
           is
           no
           otherwise
           here
           where
           every
           ignorant
           peevish
           Client
           ,
           every
           puny
           Barister
           ,
           specially
           if
           he
           become
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           House
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           arraign
           and
           vie
           knowledge
           with
           all
           the
           reverend
           Judges
           in
           the
           
           Land
           ,
           whose
           judgement
           in
           points
           of
           Law
           shold
           be
           only
           tripodicall
           and
           sterling
           :
           so
           that
           he
           may
           be
           truly
           call'd
           a
           just
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           rule
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           who
           rules
           according
           to
           the
           opinion
           of
           his
           Judges
           ;
           therfore
           ,
           under
           favor
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           his
           Majestie
           for
           his
           part
           could
           be
           call'd
           injust
           when
           he
           leavied
           the
           Ship-money
           ,
           considering
           he
           had
           the
           judges
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
           I
           now
           take
           the
           
             Sword
          
           in
           hand
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           third
           Instrument
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           (
           and
           which
           this
           short
           discours
           chiefly
           
             points
          
           at
           )
           it
           is
           aswell
           as
           the
           two
           first
           ,
           incommunicable
           and
           inalienable
           from
           his
           Person
           ;
           nothing
           concernes
           his
           honor
           more
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ;
           the
           
             Crown
          
           and
           the
           Scepter
           are
           but
           unweildy
           and
           impotent
           naked
           indefensible
           things
           without
           it
           .
           There
           's
           none
           so
           simple
           as
           to
           think
           there's
           meant
           hereby
           an
           ordinary
           single
           sword
           ,
           such
           as
           ev'ry
           one
           carrieth
           by
           his
           side
           ,
           or
           som
           imaginary
           thing
           or
           chymera
           of
           a
           sword
           ;
           No
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           polemical
           publique
           sword
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           aggregative
           compound
           sword
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           moulded
           of
           bell-metall
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           made
           up
           of
           all
           the
           ammunition
           and
           armes
           small
           and
           great
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           military
           strengths
           both
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Forts
           ,
           Castles
           and
           tenable
           places
           within
           and
           round
           about
           the
           whole
           I
           le
           :
           The
           Kings
           of
           England
           have
           had
           this
           sword
           by
           vertue
           of
           their
           royall
           signory
           from
           all
           times
           ,
           the
           Laws
           have
           girded
           it
           to
           their
           sides
           ,
           they
           have
           employed
           it
           for
           repelling
           all
           forren
           force
           ,
           for
           revenging
           all
           forren
           wrongs
           or
           affronts
           ,
           for
           quelling
           all
           intestine
           tumults
           ,
           and
           for
           protecting
           the
           weal
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           politike
           at
           home
           :
           The
           peeple
           were
           never
           capable
           of
           this
           sword
           ,
           the
           fundamentall
           constitutions
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           deny
           it
           them
           ;
           't
           is
           all
           one
           to
           put
           the
           sword
           in
           a
           mad
           mans
           hand
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           peeples
           ;
           or
           for
           them
           to
           have
           a
           disposing
           
           power
           in
           whose
           hands
           it
           shall
           be
           .
           Such
           was
           the
           case
           once
           of
           the
           French
           sword
           ,
           in
           that
           notorious
           insurrection
           call'd
           to
           this
           day
           
             La
             Jaqueris
             de
             Beauvoisin
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Pesants
           and
           Mechanics
           had
           a
           design
           to
           wrest
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           hand
           ,
           and
           to
           depresse
           all
           the
           Peers
           &
           Gentry
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           &
           the
           busines
           had
           gone
           very
           far
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           
             Prelats
          
           stuck
           close
           to
           the
           Nobility
           ;
           But
           afterwards
           poor
           hare-brain'd
           things
           they
           desire
           the
           King
           upon
           bended
           knees
           to
           take
           it
           againe
           ;
           Such
           popular
           puffs
           have
           blowen
           often
           in
           
             Poland
             ,
             Naples
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           where
           while
           they
           sought
           and
           fought
           for
           liberty
           by
           retrenching
           the
           regall
           power
           ,
           they
           fool'd
           themselfs
           into
           a
           slavery
           unawares
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           rule
           right
           ,
           that
           
             excess
             of
             freedom
             turns
             to
             thraldom
             ,
          
           and
           ushers
           in
           all
           confusions
           .
           If
           one
           shold
           go
           back
           to
           the
           nonage
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           when
           Governers
           and
           Rulers
           began
           first
           ,
           one
           will
           find
           the
           peeple
           desir'd
           to
           live
           under
           Kings
           for
           their
           own
           advantage
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           restrain'd
           from
           wild
           exorbitant
           liberty
           ,
           and
           kept
           in
           unity
           ;
           Now
           
             unity
          
           is
           as
           requisit
           for
           the
           welbeing
           of
           all
           naturall
           things
           ,
           as
           
             entity
          
           is
           for
           their
           being
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           receiv'd
           maxim
           in
           policy
           ,
           that
           nothing
           preserves
           Unity
           more
           exactly
           then
           Royall
           Government
           :
           besides
           't
           is
           known
           to
           be
           the
           noblest
           sort
           of
           sway
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           if
           Subjects
           of
           equall
           degrees
           ,
           and
           under
           differing
           Princes
           shold
           meet
           ,
           the
           Subjects
           of
           a
           King
           shold
           take
           predency
           of
           those
           under
           any
           Republique
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           a
           
             successif
          
           Kingdom
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           are
           under
           an
           Electif
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           take
           up
           the
           
             Sword
          
           again
           .
           I
           say
           that
           the
           
             Sword
          
           of
           public
           power
           &
           authoritie
           is
           fit
           only
           to
           hang
           at
           the
           Kings
           side
           ,
           &
           so
           indeed
           shold
           the
           
             great
             Seal
          
           hang
           only
           at
           his
           girdle
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           the
           Key
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           which
           makes
           me
           think
           of
           what
           I
           read
           of
           
             Charlemain
             ,
          
           how
           he
           had
           the
           imperiall
           Seal
           emboss'd
           alwaies
           upon
           the
           pommell
           of
           his
           
           sword
           ,
           and
           his
           reason
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           maintain
           whatsoever
           he
           signed
           ,
           and
           sealed
           .
        
         
           The
           Civilians
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           in
           all
           points
           so
           great
           friends
           to
           Monarchy
           as
           the
           Common
           Law
           of
           England
           is
           ,
           say
           ,
           there
           are
           six
           
             lura
             Regalia
             ,
          
           six
           Regall
           Rights
           ,
           
             viz.
             1.
             
             Potestas
             Iudicatoria
             ,
             2.
             
             Potestas
             vitae
             &
             necis
             ,
             3.
             
             Armamenta
             ,
             4.
             
             Bona
             adespota
             ,
             5.
             
             Census
             ,
             6.
             
             Monetarum
             valor
             :
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Power
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             power
             of
             life
             and
             death
             ,
             all
             kind
             of
             arming
             ,
             masterlesse
             goods
             ,
             Sessements
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             value
             of
             money
             .
          
        
         
           Among
           these
           
             Regalias
             ,
          
           we
           find
           that
           
             Arming
             ,
          
           which
           in
           effect
           is
           nought
           else
           but
           the
           Kings
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           is
           among
           the
           chiefest
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           as
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           his
           person
           ,
           as
           either
           Crown
           or
           Scepter
           .
           By
           these
           two
           he
           drawes
           a
           loose
           voluntary
           love
           and
           opinion
           onely
           from
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           
             Sword
          
           he
           drawes
           reverence
           and
           awe
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           chiefest
           ingredients
           of
           allegiance
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           maxime
           ,
           
             That
             the
             best
             mixture
             of
             government
             is
             made
             of
             feare
             and
             love
             .
          
           With
           this
           sword
           he
           conferrs
           honor
           ,
           he
           dubbs
           Knights
           ,
           he
           creates
           magistrats
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Deputy
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           of
           London
           with
           all
           other
           Corporations
           have
           their
           swords
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           entreth
           any
           place
           corporat
           ,
           we
           know
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           is
           presented
           him
           is
           the
           
             Sword
             :
          
           With
           this
           Sword
           he
           shields
           and
           preserves
           all
           his
           peeple
           that
           ev'ry
           one
           may
           sit
           quietly
           under
           his
           own
           Vine
           ,
           sleep
           securely
           in
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           sweetly
           the
           fruits
           of
           his
           labours
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           the
           point
           of
           this
           sword
           reach
           only
           to
           ev'ry
           corner
           of
           his
           own
           dominions
           ,
           but
           it
           extends
           beyond
           the
           seas
           to
           gard
           his
           Subjects
           from
           oppression
           ,
           and
           denial
           of
           justice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           vindicate
           the
           publike
           wrongs
           ,
           make
           good
           the
           interests
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           to
           assist
           his
           confederates
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           sword
           that
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           tied
           the
           
           
             Flower
             deluces
          
           unto
           (
           which
           stick
           still
           unto
           it
           ,
           )
           when
           having
           sent
           to
           France
           to
           demand
           that
           Crown
           by
           maternall
           right
           ,
           the
           Counsell
           there
           sent
           him
           word
           that
           the
           
             Crown
             of
             France
             was
             not
             tied
             to
             a
             d●staff
             ,
          
           to
           which
           
             scoffing
          
           answer
           he
           replied
           
             that
             then
             he
             wold
             tie
             it
             to
             his
             sword
             ,
          
           and
           he
           was
           as
           good
           as
           his
           word
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           publike
           sword
           concredited
           or
           intrusted
           by
           the
           
             peeple
          
           in
           a
           fiduciary
           conditionall
           way
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           properly
           and
           peculiarly
           belonging
           unto
           him
           ,
           as
           an
           inseparable
           concomitant
           ,
           perpetuall
           Usher
           and
           attendant
           to
           his
           Crowne
           .
           The
           King
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           useth
           to
           maintain
           all
           garrisons
           upon
           his
           own
           charge
           ,
           not
           the
           peeples
           ;
           he
           fortifies
           upon
           his
           own
           charge
           ,
           not
           the
           peeples
           :
           And
           though
           I
           will
           not
           averr
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           may
           impresse
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           upon
           an
           actuall
           invasion
           by
           Sea
           ,
           or
           a
           sudden
           irruption
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           by
           Land
           ,
           as
           the
           Scots
           have
           often
           don
           ,
           yet
           at
           any
           time
           the
           King
           may
           raise
           Volunteers
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           have
           received
           his
           money
           ,
           the
           Law
           makes
           it
           
             felony
             ,
          
           if
           they
           forsake
           his
           service
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           there
           's
           nothing
           that
           conduceth
           more
           to
           the
           glory
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           very
           essence
           of
           a
           King
           then
           the
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           Armes
           and
           military
           strength
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           ;
           wherfore
           under
           favor
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           greater
           point
           of
           dishonor
           to
           a
           King
           then
           to
           be
           disarmed
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           his
           Sword
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           dispos'd
           of
           and
           intrusted
           to
           any
           but
           those
           whom
           he
           shall
           appoint
           ;
           for
           as
           
             à
             minori
             ad
             majus
          
           the
           Argument
           often
           holds
           ,
           if
           a
           privat
           Gentleman
           chance
           to
           be
           disarm'd
           upon
           a
           quarrell
           ,
           't
           is
           held
           the
           utmost
           of
           disgraces
           ,
           much
           greater
           and
           more
           public
           is
           the
           dishonor
           that
           falls
           upon
           a
           King
           ,
           if
           after
           some
           traverses
           of
           difference
           'twixt
           him
           and
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           they
           shold
           offer
           to
           disarme
           him
           ,
           or
           demand
           his
           sword
           of
           him
           :
           when
           the
           Eagle
           parted
           with
           his
           talons
           ,
           and
           the
           Lion
           with
           his
           teeth
           and
           ongles
           ,
           the
           Apolog
           tells
           us
           how
           
           contemptible
           afterwards
           the
           one
           grew
           to
           be
           among
           Birds
           ,
           the
           other
           among
           Beasts
           .
           For
           a
           King
           to
           part
           with
           the
           Sword
           politic
           is
           to
           render
           himself
           such
           a
           ridiculous
           King
           ,
           as
           that
           logg
           of
           wood
           was
           which
           
             Jupiter
          
           let
           down
           among
           the
           froggs
           for
           their
           King
           at
           the
           importunity
           of
           their
           croaking
           ;
           't
           is
           to
           make
           him
           a
           King
           of
           clouts
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Spaniard
           hath
           it
           ,
           
             Rey
             de
             Havas
             ,
          
           a
           Bean-King
           ,
           such
           as
           we
           use
           to
           choose
           in
           sport
           at
           Twelf-night
           .
        
         
           But
           my
           hopes
           are
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           present
           Houses
           of
           Parlement
           (
           for
           now
           they
           may
           be
           call'd
           so
           ,
           because
           they
           begin
           to
           
             parley
          
           with
           their
           King
           ,
           )
           wil
           be
           more
           tender
           of
           the
           honor
           of
           their
           Soverain
           Liege
           Lord
           ,
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           his
           Rights
           and
           Dignities
           ,
           by
           severall
           solemn
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           own
           binding
           instruments
           of
           
             Protestation
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           (
           not
           yet
           revok'd
           )
           they
           are
           sworn
           to
           maintain
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           demand
           nothing
           of
           him
           which
           may
           savour
           of
           
             Aspertè
          
           or
           force
           ,
           but
           what
           may
           hold
           water
           hereafter
           :
           But
           now
           ,
           touching
           the
           
             Militia
          
           or
           Sword
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           under
           favor
           ,
           the
           King
           cannot
           transfer
           it
           to
           any
           other
           ;
           for
           that
           were
           to
           desert
           the
           protection
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           which
           is
           point-blank
           against
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           and
           his
           Office
           :
           What
           forren
           Prince
           or
           State
           will
           send
           either
           
             Ambassador
             ,
             Resident
          
           or
           
             Agent
          
           to
           him
           ,
           when
           they
           understand
           his
           Sword
           is
           taken
           from
           him
           ?
           What
           reformed
           forren
           Church
           wil
           acknowledg
           Him
           
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
          
           when
           they
           hear
           of
           this
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           they
           who
           wish
           England
           no
           good
           will
           ,
           will
           go
           neer
           to
           paint
           him
           out
           ,
           as
           not
           long
           since
           another
           King
           was
           ,
           with
           a
           fair
           velvet
           Scabbard
           ,
           a
           specious
           golden
           hilt
           and
           chape
           ,
           but
           the
           blade
           within
           was
           of
           wood
           .
           I
           hope
           that
           they
           who
           sway
           now
           ,
           will
           make
           better
           use
           of
           their
           successes
           :
           Many
           of
           them
           know
           't
           is
           as
           
             difficult
             a
             thing
             to
             use
             a
             victory
             well
             ,
             as
             to
             get
             one
             ;
          
           there
           is
           as
           much
           prudence
           requir'd
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           as
           prowesse
           in
           the
           other
           ;
           
           they
           wil
           be
           wiser
           sure
           then
           turn
           it
           to
           the
           dishonor
           of
           their
           King
           :
           it
           being
           a
           certaine
           rule
           ,
           that
           the
           glory
           of
           a
           Nation
           all
           the
           world
           over
           depends
           upon
           the
           glory
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           be
           any
           way
           obscur'd
           ,
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           is
           under
           an
           eclipse
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           observed
           ,
           that
           among
           other
           characters
           of
           gallantry
           ,
           which
           forren
           Writers
           appropriat
           to
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           use
           to
           be
           most
           zealous
           to
           preserve
           the
           Honor
           of
           their
           King
           ;
           I
           trust
           that
           they
           who
           are
           now
           upp
           will
           return
           to
           the
           steps
           of
           their
           Progenitors
           ,
           both
           in
           this
           particular
           and
           divers
           other
           ;
           that
           their
           successes
           may
           serve
           to
           sweeten
           and
           moderat
           things
           ,
           and
           suppresse
           the
           popular
           Sword
           which
           still
           rages
           ;
           And
           it
           had
           been
           heartily
           wished
           that
           a
           suspension
           of
           Arms
           had
           preceded
           this
           Treaty
           ,
           which
           useth
           to
           be
           the
           ordinary
           fore-runner
           ,
           and
           a
           necessarie
           antecedent
           to
           all
           Treaties
           ;
           for
           while
           acts
           of
           hostility
           continue
           ,
           som
           ill
           favour'd
           newes
           may
           intervene
           which
           may
           imbitter
           and
           disturb
           all
           :
           nor
           can
           it
           be
           expected
           that
           the
           proceedings
           will
           goe
           on
           with
           that
           candor
           and
           confidence
           ,
           while
           the
           old
           rancor
           is
           still
           in
           action
           ;
           't
           is
           impossible
           a
           sore
           shold
           heale
           till
           the
           inflamation
           be
           taken
           away
           ;
           To
           cast
           
             water
          
           into
           a
           wound
           instead
           of
           
             oyle
          
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           cure
           it
           :
           or
           to
           cast
           
             oyle
          
           upon
           a
           fire
           instead
           of
           
             water
          
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           quench
           it
           ;
           poor
           England
           hath
           had
           a
           consuming
           fire
           within
           her
           bowells
           many
           yeeres
           ,
           she
           is
           also
           mortally
           wounded
           in
           all
           her
           members
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           still
           in
           a
           high
           Fever
           ,
           which
           hath
           made
           her
           rave
           and
           speak
           idle
           a
           long
           time
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           like
           to
           turn
           to
           a
           
             Hectic
          
           if
           not
           timely
           prevented
           .
           I
           p●ay
           God
           she
           may
           have
           no
           occasion
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           same
           complaint
           as
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           great
           made
           when
           he
           was
           expiring
           his
           last
           ,
           
             Perii
             turba
             Medicorum
             :
             too
             many
             Physitians
             have
             undon
             me
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           there
           is
           but
           one
           only
           way
           ,
           under
           
           favor
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           period
           to
           all
           these
           fearfull
           confusions
           ;
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           great
           Master-wheele
           in
           order
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           due
           place
           again
           ,
           and
           then
           all
           the
           inferior
           wheels
           will
           move
           regularly
           ;
           let
           the
           King
           be
           restor'd
           ,
           and
           ev'ry
           one
           will
           com
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           all
           interests
           will
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           all
           things
           quickly
           rectified
           ;
           till
           this
           be
           done
           ,
           't
           is
           as
           absurd
           to
           attempt
           the
           setling
           of
           peace
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           shold
           go
           about
           to
           set
           a
           Watch
           by
           the
           gnomon
           of
           an
           horizontall
           Diall
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           in
           a
           cloud
           .
        
         
           
             Dolor
             Capitis
             est
             Caput
             Doloris
             .
          
        
         
           
             Jam.
             Howell
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             Septemb.
             1648.