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             The speeches of the Lord Digby in the High Court of Parliament, concerning grievances, and the trienniall Parliament.
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           THE
           SPEECHES
           OF
           THE
           LORD
           DIGBY
           IN
           THE
           HIGH
           Court
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           CONCERNING
           GRIEVANCES
           ,
           and
           the
           Trienniall
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Walkely
             ,
          
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           THE
           LORD
           DIGBYES
           SPEECH
           ,
           
             the
             9th
             of
             Novem.
             1640.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Speaker
               ,
            
          
        
         
           YOU
           have
           received
           now
           a
           solemne
           accompt
           from
           most
           of
           the
           Shires
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           of
           the
           severall
           grievances
           and
           oppressions
           they
           sustaine
           ,
           and
           nothing
           as
           yet
           from
           
             Dorset-shire
             ;
          
           Sir
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           you
           thinke
           that
           I
           serve
           for
           a
           Land
           of
           
             Goshen
             ,
          
           that
           we
           live
           there
           in
           Sunshine
           ,
           whilest
           darknes
           and
           plagues
           overspread
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Land
           :
           As
           little
           would
           I
           have
           you
           thinke
           ,
           that
           being
           under
           the
           same
           sharpe
           measure
           that
           the
           rest
           ,
           we
           are
           either
           insensible
           and
           benummed
           ,
           or
           that
           that
           
           Shire
           wanteth
           a
           servant
           to
           represent
           its
           sufferings
           bouldly
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           Mr.
           
           
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           the
           County
           of
           
             Dorset
          
           hath
           not
           digested
           its
           Complaints
           into
           that
           formall
           way
           of
           Petition
           ,
           which
           others
           (
           I
           see
           )
           have
           done
           ;
           but
           have
           intrusted
           them
           to
           my
           Partners
           and
           my
           delivery
           of
           them
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           unto
           this
           Honourable
           house
           .
           And
           there
           was
           given
           uuto
           us
           in
           the
           County
           Court
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Election
           ,
           a
           short
           memoriall
           of
           the
           heads
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           read
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           the
           Free-holders
           there
           present
           ,
           who
           all
           unanimously
           with
           one
           voyce
           signified
           upon
           each
           particular
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           their
           desire
           that
           we
           should
           represent
           them
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           with
           your
           leave
           ,
           I
           shall
           do
           ,
           And
           these
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           great
           and
           intollerable
           burthen
           of
           Ship-money
           ,
           touching
           the
           legality
           whereof
           they
           are
           unsatisfied
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           many
           great
           abuses
           in
           pressing
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           raysing
           Moneys
           concerning
           the
           Same
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           multitude
           of
           Monopolies
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           new
           Canon
           ,
           and
           the
           Oath
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           Lawyers
           ,
           Divines
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           5.
           
           The
           Oath
           required
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           Church
           Officers
           to
           present
           according
           to
           Articles
           new
           and
           unusuall
           .
        
         
           Besides
           this
           ,
           there
           was
           likewise
           presented
           to
           us
           by
           a
           very
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           Clergie
           of
           that
           County
           a
           note
           of
           remembrance
           containing
           these
           two
           particulars
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           imposition
           of
           a
           new
           Oath
           required
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           all
           Ministers
           and
           others
           ,
           which
           they
           conceive
           to
           be
           illegall
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           they
           cannot
           take
           with
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           requiring
           of
           a
           pretended
           Benevolence
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           a
           Subsidy
           ,
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           Suspension
           ,
           Excommunication
           ,
           and
           Deprivation
           ,
           all
           benefit
           of
           appeale
           excluded
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           all
           we
           had
           particularly
           in
           Charge
           :
           But
           that
           I
           may
           not
           appeare
           a
           remisse
           servant
           of
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           House
           ;
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           adde
           somwhat
           of
           my
           own
           Sense
           .
        
         
           Truly
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           the
           injurious
           sufferings
           of
           some
           worthy
           members
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           since
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           two
           last
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           are
           so
           fresh
           in
           my
           memory
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           resolved
           not
           to
           open
           my
           Mouth
           ,
           in
           any
           businesse
           wherein
           freedome
           and
           plaine
           dealing
           were
           requisite
           ,
           untill
           such
           time
           ,
           as
           the
           breach
           of
           our
           priviledges
           were
           vindicated
           ,
           and
           the
           safety
           of
           speech
           setled
           .
        
         
         
           But
           since
           such
           excellent
           Members
           of
           our
           House
           thought
           fit
           the
           other
           day
           to
           lay
           aside
           that
           Caution
           ,
           and
           to
           discharge
           their
           soules
           so
           freely
           in
           the
           way
           of
           zeale
           to
           his
           Majesties
           service
           ,
           and
           their
           Countries
           good
           :
           I
           shall
           interpret
           that
           confidence
           of
           theirs
           for
           a
           lucky
           Omen
           to
           this
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           with
           your
           permission
           licence
           my
           thoughts
           too
           ,
           a
           little
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           under
           those
           heads
           which
           I
           proposed
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           grievances
           of
           
             Dorset-shire
             ,
          
           I
           suppose
           are
           comprised
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           mischiefs
           which
           have
           of
           late
           yeers
           layed
           battery
           either
           to
           our
           Estates
           ,
           or
           Consciences
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           conceive
           this
           the
           fit
           season
           to
           search
           and
           ventilate
           particulars
           ,
           yet
           I
           professe
           I
           cannot
           forbeare
           to
           adde
           somwhat
           ,
           to
           what
           was
           said
           the
           last
           day
           by
           a
           learned
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           long
           Robe
           ,
           concerning
           the
           acts
           of
           that
           reverend
           new
           
             Synod
             ,
          
           made
           of
           an
           old
           Convocation
           .
           Doth
           not
           every
           
             Parliament
          
           mans
           heart
           rise
           to
           see
           the
           Prelats
           thus
           usurpe
           to
           themselves
           the
           Grand
           Preeminence
           of
           
             Parliament
             ?
          
           The
           granting
           of
           Subsidies
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           so
           preposterous
           a
           name
           as
           of
           a
           
             Benevolence
             ,
          
           for
           that
           which
           is
           a
           
             Malevolence
          
           indeed
           ;
           A
           
             Malevolence
          
           I
           am
           confident
           in
           those
           that
           granted
           it
           ,
           against
           
             Parliaments
             :
          
           and
           a
           
             Malevolence
          
           surely
           in
           those
           that
           refuse
           it
           ,
           against
           those
           that
           granted
           it
           :
           for
           how
           can
           
           it
           incite
           lesse
           ?
           when
           they
           see
           wrested
           from
           them
           what
           they
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           ,
           under
           no
           lesse
           a
           penalty
           then
           the
           losse
           both
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           :
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           by
           Excommunication
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Earth
           by
           Deprivation
           ;
           and
           this
           without
           Redemption
           by
           appeale
           .
           What
           good
           Christian
           can
           think
           with
           patience
           on
           such
           an
           insnaring
           Oath
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           is
           by
           the
           new
           Canons
           enjoyned
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           all
           Ministers
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           Graduates
           in
           the
           Universities
           ?
           where
           ,
           besides
           the
           swearing
           such
           an
           impertinence
           ,
           as
           that
           things
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           are
           contained
           in
           Discipline
           ;
           besides
           the
           swearing
           those
           to
           be
           of
           Divine
           right
           ,
           which
           amongst
           the
           learned
           ,
           never
           pretended
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Arch
           things
           in
           our
           Hierarchy
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           swearing
           not
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           change
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           State
           may
           upon
           great
           reason
           think
           fit
           to
           alter
           ;
           Besides
           the
           bottomlesse
           perjury
           of
           an
           
             &c.
             
          
           Besides
           all
           this
           Mr.
           
           
             
          
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           men
           must
           sweare
           that
           they
           sweare
           freely
           and
           voluntarily
           what
           they
           are
           compelled
           unto
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           that
           they
           sweare
           that
           Oath
           in
           the
           literall
           sence
           ,
           wherof
           no
           two
           of
           the
           makers
           themselves
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           ,
           could
           ever
           agree
           in
           the
           understanding
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             
          
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           to
           tell
           you
           my
           opinion
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Covenant
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           Bishops
           and
           the
           Hierarchie
           ;
           as
           
           the
           Scottish
           Covenants
           is
           against
           them
           ,
           only
           so
           much
           worse
           then
           the
           Scottish
           ,
           as
           they
           admit
           not
           of
           the
           Supremacy
           in
           Ecclesiasticall
           Affaires
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           sworne
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           for
           those
           particular
           heads
           of
           grievances
           whereby
           our
           estates
           and
           properties
           are
           so
           radically
           invaded
           ;
           I
           suppose
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           that
           it
           is
           no
           season
           now
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           strict
           discussion
           of
           them
           ;
           only
           thus
           much
           I
           shall
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           application
           to
           the
           Countrey
           for
           which
           I
           serve
           ,
           that
           none
           can
           more
           justly
           complaine
           ,
           since
           none
           can
           more
           justly
           challenge
           exemption
           from
           such
           burthens
           then
           
             Dorset-shire
             ;
          
           whether
           you
           consider
           it
           is
           a
           Countrey
           subsisting
           much
           by
           Trade
           ;
           or
           as
           none
           of
           the
           most
           populous
           ;
           or
           as
           exposed
           as
           much
           as
           any
           to
           forraigne
           Invasion
           .
        
         
           But
           alasse
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           particular
           lamentations
           are
           hardly
           distinguishable
           in
           universall
           groanes
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           it
           hath
           bin
           a
           Metaphor
           frequent
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           if
           my
           memory
           faile
           me
           not
           ,
           was
           made
           use
           of
           in
           the
           Lord
           Keepers
           Speech
           at
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           last
           ,
           that
           what
           money
           Kings
           raised
           from
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           they
           were
           but
           as
           vapours
           drawne
           up
           from
           the
           Earth
           by
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           to
           be
           distilled
           upon
           it
           
           againe
           in
           fructifying
           showers
           :
           The
           Comparison
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           hath
           held
           of
           late
           yeares
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           too
           unluckily
           :
           what
           hath
           bin
           raysed
           from
           the
           Subject
           by
           those
           violent
           attractions
           ,
           hath
           bin
           formed
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           into
           Clouds
           ,
           but
           how
           ?
           to
           darken
           the
           Sunnes
           own
           lustre
           ,
           and
           hath
           fallen
           againe
           upon
           the
           Land
           only
           in
           Haylstones
           and
           Milldews
           ,
           to
           batter
           and
           prostrate
           still
           more
           and
           more
           our
           liberties
           ,
           to
           blast
           and
           wither
           our
           affections
           ;
           had
           not
           the
           later
           of
           these
           bin
           still
           kept
           alive
           by
           our
           Kings
           owne
           personall
           vertues
           ,
           which
           will
           ever
           preserve
           him
           in
           spight
           of
           ill
           Counsellors
           ,
           a
           sacred
           object
           ,
           both
           of
           our
           admiration
           and
           loves
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           It
           hath
           bin
           often
           said
           in
           this
           House
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           can
           never
           be
           too
           often
           repeated
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             can
             doe
             no
             wrong
             ;
          
           but
           though
           they
           could
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           yet
           Princes
           have
           no
           part
           in
           the
           ill
           of
           those
           actions
           which
           their
           Judges
           assure
           them
           to
           be
           Just
           ,
           their
           Counsellors
           that
           they
           are
           Prudent
           ,
           and
           their
           Divines
           that
           they
           are
           Conscientious
           .
        
         
           This
           Consideration
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           leadeth
           me
           to
           that
           which
           is
           more
           necessary
           farre
           ,
           at
           this
           season
           ,
           then
           any
           farther
           laying
           open
           of
           our
           miseries
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           way
           to
           the
           remedy
           ,
           
           by
           seeking
           to
           remove
           from
           our
           Soveraigne
           ,
           such
           unjust
           Judges
           ,
           such
           pernitious
           Counsellours
           ,
           and
           such
           disconscient
           Divines
           ,
           as
           have
           of
           late
           yeares
           ,
           by
           their
           wicked
           practises
           ,
           provoked
           aspersions
           upon
           the
           government
           of
           the
           gratiousest
           and
           best
           of
           Kings
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           let
           me
           not
           be
           misunderstood
           ,
           I
           levell
           at
           no
           man
           with
           a
           forelayd
           designe
           ▪
           let
           the
           faults
           and
           those
           well
           proved
           lead
           us
           to
           the
           men
           :
           It
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Parliamentary
           method
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           fit
           one
           to
           incline
           our
           Soveraigne
           .
           For
           it
           can
           no
           more
           consist
           with
           a
           gracious
           and
           righteous
           Prince
           to
           expose
           his
           servants
           upon
           irregular
           prejudices
           ;
           then
           with
           a
           wise
           Prince
           to
           withhold
           
             Malefactors
          
           how
           great
           soever
           from
           the
           Course
           of
           orderly
           Justice
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           acquaint
           you
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           with
           an
           Aphorisme
           in
           
             Hippocrates
             ,
          
           no
           lesse
           Authentick
           (
           I
           think
           )
           in
           the
           Body
           politike
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           naturall
           .
           This
           it
           is
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           Bodyes
           to
           be
           throughly
           and
           effectually
           purged
           must
           have
           their
           humours
           first
           made
           fluid
           and
           moveaable
           .
        
         
           The
           Humours
           that
           I
           understand
           to
           have
           caused
           all
           the
           desperate
           maladies
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           are
           the
           ill
           Ministers
           .
           To
           purge
           them
           away
           cleerly
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           first
           loosened
           ,
           unsetled
           ,
           and
           extenuated
           ,
           which
           can
           no
           way
           be
           
           effected
           with
           a
           gracious
           Master
           ,
           but
           by
           truly
           representing
           them
           unworthy
           of
           his
           protection
           .
           And
           this
           leadeth
           me
           to
           my
           motion
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           select
           Comittee
           may
           be
           appointed
           to
           draw
           out
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           bin
           here
           represented
           ,
           such
           a
           Remonstrance
           as
           may
           be
           a
           faithfull
           and
           lively
           representation
           unto
           his
           Majestie
           of
           the
           deplorable
           estate
           of
           this
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           may
           happily
           point
           out
           unto
           his
           cleere
           and
           excellent
           judgement
           ,
           the
           pernitious
           Authors
           of
           it
           .
           And
           that
           this
           Remonstrance
           being
           drawn
           ,
           we
           may
           with
           all
           speed
           repayre
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           desire
           them
           to
           joyn
           with
           us
           in
           it
           ;
           And
           this
           is
           my
           humble
           motion
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           THE
           LORD
           DIGBYES
           SPEECH
           IN
           THE
           HOVSE
           OF
           Commons
           ,
           to
           the
           Bill
           for
           trienniall
           PARLIAMENTS
           .
           
             Jan.
             19.
             1640.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Speaker
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Rise
           not
           now
           with
           an
           intent
           to
           speake
           to
           the
           frame
           and
           structure
           of
           this
           Bill
           ,
           nor
           much
           by
           way
           of
           answer
           to
           objections
           that
           may
           be
           made
           ;
           I
           hope
           there
           will
           bee
           no
           occasion
           of
           that
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           shall
           concurre
           all
           unanimously
           in
           what
           concerneth
           all
           so
           universally
           .
        
         
           Only
           Sir
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           preparation
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           we
           may
           not
           be
           discouraged
           in
           this
           great
           
           worke
           by
           difficulties
           that
           may
           appeare
           in
           the
           way
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           deliver
           unto
           you
           my
           apprehensions
           in
           generall
           of
           the
           vast
           importance
           and
           necessity
           that
           wee
           should
           goe
           thorow
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Result
           of
           my
           sence
           is
           in
           short
           this
           .
           That
           unlesse
           for
           the
           frequent
           convening
           of
           
             Parliaments
          
           there
           be
           some
           such
           Course
           setled
           ,
           as
           may
           not
           be
           eluded
           ;
           neither
           the
           people
           can
           be
           prosperous
           and
           secure
           ,
           nor
           the
           King
           himselfe
           solidly
           happy
           .
           I
           take
           this
           to
           be
           the
           
             Vnum
             necessarium
             :
          
           Let
           us
           procure
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           other
           desires
           will
           effect
           themselves
           :
           if
           this
           Bill
           miscarry
           ,
           I
           shall
           have
           left
           me
           no
           publique
           hopes
           ,
           and
           once
           past
           ,
           I
           shall
           bee
           freed
           of
           all
           publique
           feares
           .
        
         
           The
           Essentialnes
           Sir
           of
           frequent
           
             Parliaments
          
           to
           the
           happinesse
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           might
           be
           inferr'd
           unto
           you
           ,
           by
           the
           reason
           of
           contraries
           ,
           from
           the
           wofull
           experience
           which
           former
           times
           have
           had
           of
           the
           mischievous
           effects
           of
           any
           long
           intermission
           of
           them
           ?
        
         
           But
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           why
           should
           we
           clime
           higher
           then
           the
           levell
           wee
           are
           on
           ,
           or
           thinke
           further
           then
           our
           owne
           Horizon
           ,
           or
           have
           recourse
           for
           examples
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           to
           any
           other
           promptuary
           then
           our
           owne
           memories
           ;
           nay
           then
           the
           experience
           almost
           of
           the
           youngest
           heere
           ?
        
         
         
           The
           reflection
           backward
           on
           the
           distractions
           of
           former
           times
           upon
           intermission
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           the
           consideration
           forward
           of
           the
           mischiefes
           likely
           still
           to
           grow
           from
           the
           same
           cause
           if
           not
           removed
           ,
           doubtlesly
           gave
           first
           life
           and
           being
           to
           those
           two
           dormant
           Statutes
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           
             3d
             ,
          
           for
           the
           yearly
           holding
           of
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           And
           shall
           not
           the
           fresh
           and
           bleeding
           experience
           in
           the
           present
           age
           of
           miseries
           from
           the
           same
           spring
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           paralleld
           in
           any
           other
           ,
           obtaine
           a
           wakening
           ,
           resurrection
           for
           them
           ?
        
         
           The
           Intestine
           distempers
           Sir
           ,
           of
           former
           ages
           upon
           the
           want
           of
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           may
           appeare
           to
           have
           had
           some
           other
           cooperative
           causes
           ,
           as
           somtimes
           ,
           unsuccessefull
           Warres
           abroad
           ;
           somtimes
           ,
           the
           absence
           of
           the
           Prince
           ;
           somtimes
           ,
           Competitions
           of
           Titles
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           somtimes
           ,
           perhaps
           the
           vices
           of
           the
           King
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           but
           consider
           the
           posture
           ,
           the
           aspect
           of
           this
           state
           ,
           both
           toward
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           person
           of
           our
           Soveraigne
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           of
           our
           sufferings
           ▪
           since
           the
           third
           of
           his
           Reigne
           .
           And
           there
           can
           be
           no
           cause
           colourably
           inventable
           ,
           wherunto
           to
           attribute
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           intermission
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           the
           undue
           frustration
           of
           
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           by
           the
           unlucky
           use
           ,
           if
           not
           abuse
           of
           Prerogative
           in
           the
           dissolving
           them
           .
        
         
           Take
           into
           your
           view
           Gentlemen
           ,
           a
           State
           in
           a
           state
           of
           the
           greatest
           quiet
           and
           security
           that
           can
           be
           fancyed
           ,
           not
           only
           injoying
           the
           calmest
           peace
           it selfe
           ,
           but
           to
           improve
           and
           secure
           its
           happy
           condition
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           Tempest
           ,
           in
           Combustions
           ,
           in
           uncomposable
           Warres
           .
        
         
           Take
           into
           your
           view
           Sir
           ,
           a
           King
           Soveraigne
           to
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           by
           a
           Concentring
           of
           all
           the
           Royall
           lynes
           in
           his
           Person
           ,
           as
           undisputably
           as
           any
           Mathematicall
           ones
           in
           
             Euclide
             .
          
           A
           King
           firme
           and
           knowing
           in
           his
           Religion
           ,
           eminent
           in
           vertue
           ;
           A
           King
           that
           had
           in
           his
           own
           time
           given
           all
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           his
           Subjects
           a
           more
           cleare
           and
           ample
           confirmation
           freely
           and
           gratiously
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           (
           when
           the
           people
           had
           them
           at
           advantage
           )
           extortedly
           ,
           I
           mean
           in
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           one
           Mappe
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           A
           man
           Sir
           ,
           that
           should
           present
           unto
           you
           now
           ,
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           groaning
           under
           that
           supreme
           Law
           ,
           which
           
             Salus
             populi
             periclitata
          
           would
           enact
           .
           The
           liberty
           ,
           the
           property
           of
           the
           Subject
           fundamentally
           subverted
           ,
           ravisht
           away
           
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           a
           pretended
           necessity
           ;
           a
           triple
           Crown
           shaking
           with
           distempers
           ;
           men
           of
           the
           best
           Conscience
           ready
           to
           fly
           into
           the
           wildernesse
           for
           Religion
           .
           Would
           not
           one
           sweare
           that
           this
           were
           the
           Antipodes
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           yet
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           
             Mr.
             
             Speaker
             ,
          
           this
           is
           a
           Mappe
           of
           
             England
          
           too
           ,
           and
           both
           at
           the
           same
           time
           true
           .
        
         
           As
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           that
           since
           the
           Conquest
           there
           hath
           not
           bin
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           a
           fuller
           concurrence
           of
           all
           circumstances
           in
           the
           former
           Caracter
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           a
           Kingdome
           happy
           ,
           then
           for
           these
           12
           yeares
           last
           past
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           most
           certaine
           ,
           that
           there
           hath
           not
           bin
           in
           all
           that
           deduction
           of
           ages
           ,
           such
           a
           Conspiracie
           ,
           if
           one
           may
           so
           say
           of
           all
           the
           Elements
           of
           mischiefe
           in
           the
           second
           Caracter
           ,
           to
           bring
           a
           flourishing
           Kingdome
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           to
           swift
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           and
           I
           thanke
           
             God
             ,
          
           we
           have
           so
           good
           a
           King
           ,
           under
           whom
           we
           may
           speak
           boldly
           of
           the
           abuse
           of
           his
           power
           by
           ill
           Ministers
           ,
           without
           reflexion
           upon
           his
           person
           .
        
         
           That
           an
           Accumulation
           of
           all
           the
           publique
           Grievances
           since
           
             Magna
             Carta
             ,
          
           one
           upon
           
           another
           ,
           unto
           that
           houre
           in
           which
           the
           
             Petition
          
           of
           
             Right
          
           past
           into
           an
           Act
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           would
           not
           amount
           to
           so
           oppressive
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           not
           to
           so
           destructive
           a
           height
           and
           magnitude
           to
           the
           rights
           and
           property
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           as
           one
           branch
           of
           our
           beslaving
           since
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             .
          
        
         
           The
           branch
           I
           meane
           is
           the
           judgement
           concerning
           Ship-money
           .
           This
           being
           a
           true
           representation
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           both
           aspects
           .
        
         
           Let
           him
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           that
           for
           the
           unmatcht
           oppression
           and
           enthralling
           of
           free
           Subjects
           in
           a
           time
           of
           the
           best
           Kings
           raigne
           ,
           and
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           best
           Laws
           enacting
           in
           favour
           of
           Subjects
           liberty
           ,
           can
           find
           a
           truer
           Cause
           then
           the
           ruptures
           and
           intermission
           of
           
             Parliaments
             .
          
           Let
           him
           ,
           and
           him
           alone
           be
           against
           the
           setling
           of
           this
           inevitable
           way
           for
           the
           frequent
           holding
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           Sir
           ,
           wicked
           Ministers
           have
           bin
           the
           proximate
           causes
           of
           our
           miseries
           ,
           but
           the
           want
           of
           
             Parliaments
          
           the
           primary
           ,
           the
           efficient
           Cause
           .
        
         
           Ill
           Ministers
           have
           made
           ill
           times
           ,
           but
           that
           Sir
           ,
           hath
           made
           ill
           Ministers
           .
        
         
         
           I
           have
           read
           among
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Athenians
           ,
           a
           forme
           of
           recourse
           in
           their
           Oaths
           and
           vows
           of
           greatest
           and
           most
           publique
           concernment
           to
           a
           three-fold
           Deity
           ,
           
             Supplicum
             Exauditori
             ,
             Purgatori
             ,
             Malorum
             depulsori
             .
          
        
         
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           we
           here
           assembled
           for
           the
           Common-wealth
           in
           this
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           shall
           meet
           with
           all
           these
           Attributes
           in
           our
           Soveraigne
           .
        
         
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           gratiously
           heare
           our
           Supplications
           .
           Purge
           away
           our
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           expell
           Malefactors
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           remove
           ill
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           put
           good
           in
           their
           places
           .
        
         
           No
           lesse
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           his
           wisdome
           and
           goodnesse
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           if
           we
           partake
           not
           of
           one
           Attribute
           more
           in
           him
           ;
           if
           we
           addresse
           not
           our selves
           unto
           that
           ,
           I
           meane
           
             Bonorum
             Conservatori
             ;
          
           we
           can
           have
           no
           solid
           ,
           no
           durable
           Comfort
           in
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Let
           his
           Majesty
           heare
           our
           Complaint
           never
           so
           Compassionatly
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           him
           purge
           away
           our
           Grievances
           never
           so
           efficaciously
           .
        
         
           Let
           him
           punish
           and
           dispell
           ill
           Ministers
           never
           so
           exemplarily
           .
        
         
           Let
           him
           make
           choyce
           of
           good
           ones
           never
           so
           exactly
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           be
           not
           a
           way
           settled
           to
           preserve
           and
           keep
           them
           good
           ;
           the
           mischiefes
           and
           they
           will
           all
           grow
           againe
           like
           
             Sampsons
          
           Locks
           ,
           and
           pull
           down
           the
           House
           upon
           our
           heads
           .
           Beleeve
           it
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           they
           will
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           bin
           a
           Maxime
           among
           the
           wisest
           Legislators
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           meanes
           to
           settle
           good
           Laws
           ,
           must
           proceed
           in
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           sinister
           opinion
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           suppose
           that
           whosoever
           is
           not
           wicked
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           want
           only
           of
           the
           opportunity
           .
           It
           is
           that
           opportunity
           of
           being
           ill
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           that
           we
           must
           take
           away
           ,
           if
           ever
           we
           meane
           to
           be
           happy
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           frequencie
           of
           
             Parliaments
             .
          
        
         
           No
           State
           can
           wisely
           be
           confident
           of
           any
           publique
           Ministers
           continuing
           good
           ,
           longer
           then
           the
           Rod
           is
           over
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           me
           appeale
           to
           all
           those
           that
           were
           present
           in
           this
           House
           at
           the
           agitation
           of
           the
           
             Petition
          
           of
           
             Right
             .
          
           And
           let
           them
           tell
           themselves
           truly
           ,
           of
           whose
           promotion
           to
           the
           management
           of
           affaires
           doe
           they
           think
           the
           generality
           would
           at
           that
           time
           have
           had
           better
           hopes
           then
           of
           Mr.
           
             Noy
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Wentworth
             ,
          
           both
           having
           bin
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           businesse
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           most
           keen
           and
           active
           Patriots
           ,
           and
           the
           later
           of
           them
           to
           the
           eternall
           aggravation
           of
           his
           Infamous
           treachery
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           be
           it
           spoken
           ,
           the
           first
           mover
           ,
           and
           insiister
           to
           have
           this
           clause
           added
           to
           the
           
             Petition
          
           of
           
             Right
             ,
          
           that
           for
           the
           comfort
           and
           safety
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           his
           Majestie
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           declare
           his
           will
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Ministers
           should
           serve
           him
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Realme
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           now
           can
           all
           the
           inundations
           upon
           our
           liberties
           under
           pretence
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           late
           shipwrack
           at
           once
           of
           all
           our
           propertie
           ,
           be
           attributed
           more
           then
           to
           
             Noy
             ,
          
           and
           those
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           mischiefes
           whereby
           this
           Monarchy
           hath
           bin
           brought
           almost
           to
           the
           brinke
           of
           destruction
           ,
           so
           much
           to
           any
           as
           to
           that
           Grand
           Apostate
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           the
           now
           Lievtenant
           of
           
             Ireland
             ?
          
        
         
         
           The
           first
           I
           hope
           
             God
          
           hath
           forgiven
           in
           the
           other
           world
           ;
           and
           the
           later
           must
           not
           hope
           to
           be
           pardoned
           it
           in
           this
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           dispatcht
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Let
           every
           man
           but
           consider
           those
           men
           as
           once
           they
           were
           .
        
         
           The
           excellent
           Law
           for
           the
           security
           of
           the
           Subject
           enacted
           immediatly
           before
           their
           coming
           to
           imployment
           ,
           in
           the
           contriving
           wherof
           themselves
           were
           principall
           Actors
           .
        
         
           The
           goodnesse
           and
           vertue
           of
           the
           King
           they
           served
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           high
           and
           publique
           oppressions
           that
           in
           his
           time
           they
           have
           wrought
           .
           And
           surely
           there
           is
           no
           man
           but
           will
           conclude
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           deficience
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           hath
           bin
           the
           
             Causa
             Causarum
          
           of
           all
           the
           mischiefes
           and
           distempers
           of
           the
           present
           times
           :
           so
           the
           frequencie
           of
           them
           is
           the
           sole
           Catholique
           Antidote
           that
           can
           preserve
           and
           secure
           the
           future
           from
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           let
           me
           yet
           draw
           my
           Discourse
           a
           little
           nearer
           to
           his
           Majesty
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           frequencie
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           is
           most
           essentially
           necessary
           to
           the
           power
           ,
           the
           security
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           King
           .
        
         
         
           There
           are
           two
           wayes
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           of
           powerfull
           Rule
           ,
           either
           by
           Feare
           ,
           or
           Love
           ,
           but
           one
           of
           happy
           and
           safe
           Rule
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           Love
           ,
           that
           
             firmissimum
             Imperium
             quo
             obedientes
             gaudent
             .
          
        
         
           To
           which
           
             Camillus
          
           advised
           the
           Romans
           .
           Let
           a
           Prince
           consider
           what
           it
           is
           that
           moves
           a
           people
           principally
           to
           affection
           ,
           and
           dearnesse
           ,
           towards
           their
           Soveraigne
           ,
           He
           shall
           see
           that
           there
           needs
           no
           other
           Artifice
           in
           it
           ,
           then
           to
           let
           them
           injoy
           unmolestedly
           ,
           what
           belongs
           unto
           them
           of
           right
           ;
           If
           that
           have
           bin
           invaded
           and
           violated
           in
           any
           kind
           ,
           whereby
           affections
           are
           alienated
           ,
           the
           next
           consideration
           for
           a
           wise
           Prince
           that
           would
           be
           happy
           ,
           is
           how
           to
           regaine
           them
           ,
           to
           which
           three
           things
           are
           equally
           necessary
           .
        
         
           Renistating
           them
           in
           their
           former
           liberty
           .
        
         
           Revenging
           them
           of
           the
           Authors
           of
           those
           violations
           .
        
         
           And
           secureing
           them
           from
           Apprehensions
           of
           the
           like
           againe
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           
             God
          
           be
           thanked
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           a
           good
           way
           of
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           in
           warme
           pursuit
           of
           .
        
         
         
           But
           the
           third
           as
           essentiall
           as
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           till
           we
           be
           certaine
           of
           trienniall
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           at
           the
           least
           ;
           I
           professe
           I
           can
           have
           but
           cold
           hopes
           of
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           then
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           since
           that
           security
           for
           the
           future
           is
           so
           necessary
           to
           that
           blessed
           union
           of
           affections
           ,
           and
           this
           Bill
           so
           necessary
           to
           that
           security
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           not
           be
           so
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           ;
           let
           us
           not
           be
           so
           wanting
           to
           our
           Soveraigne
           ,
           as
           to
           forbeare
           to
           offer
           unto
           him
           ,
           this
           powerfull
           ,
           this
           everlasting
           Philter
           to
           Charme
           unto
           him
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           whose
           vertue
           can
           never
           evaporate
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           man
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           so
           secure
           of
           anothers
           friendship
           ,
           but
           will
           thinke
           frequent
           intercourse
           and
           accesse
           very
           requisite
           to
           the
           support
           ,
           to
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           it
           :
           Especially
           if
           ill
           offices
           have
           bin
           done
           between
           them
           ;
           if
           the
           raysing
           of
           jealousies
           hath
           bin
           attempted
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           Friend
           but
           would
           be
           impatient
           to
           be
           debarred
           from
           giving
           his
           Friend
           succour
           and
           reliefe
           in
           his
           necessities
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           permit
           me
           the
           comparison
           of
           great
           things
           with
           little
           ,
           what
           friendship
           ,
           what
           union
           can
           there
           be
           so
           comfortable
           ,
           so
           happy
           ,
           as
           between
           a
           gracious
           Soveraigne
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           what
           greater
           misfortune
           can
           there
           be
           to
           both
           ,
           then
           for
           them
           to
           be
           kept
           from
           intercourse
           ,
           from
           the
           meanes
           of
           clearing
           misunderstandings
           from
           interchange
           of
           mutuall
           benefits
           .
        
         
           The
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           Sir
           ,
           cannot
           open
           their
           Eares
           ,
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           their
           Mouthes
           ,
           nor
           their
           Purses
           ,
           to
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           We
           can
           neither
           heare
           him
           ,
           nor
           complain
           ,
           nor
           acknowledge
           ,
           nor
           give
           ,
           but
           there
           .
        
         
           This
           Bill
           Sir
           ,
           is
           the
           sole
           Key
           that
           can
           open
           the
           way
           to
           a
           frequencie
           of
           those
           reciprocall
           endeerments
           ,
           which
           must
           make
           and
           perpetuate
           the
           happinesse
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Let
           no
           man
           object
           any
           derogation
           from
           the
           Kings
           Prerogative
           by
           it
           .
           We
           doe
           but
           present
           the
           Bill
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Law
           by
           
           him
           ,
           his
           honour
           ,
           his
           power
           ,
           will
           be
           as
           conspicuous
           ,
           in
           commanding
           at
           once
           that
           
             Parliament
          
           shall
           assemble
           every
           third
           yeare
           ,
           as
           in
           commanding
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           be
           called
           this
           or
           that
           yeare
           :
           there
           is
           more
           of
           Majestie
           in
           ordaining
           primary
           and
           universall
           Causes
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           actuating
           particularly
           of
           subordinate
           effects
           .
        
         
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           that
           glorious
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           ,
           when
           he
           made
           those
           Laws
           for
           the
           yearly
           Calling
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           did
           it
           with
           a
           right
           sence
           of
           his
           dignity
           ,
           and
           honour
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           Sir
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           never
           in
           their
           glory
           ,
           in
           their
           splendor
           ,
           in
           their
           Majestique
           Soveraignty
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Parliaments
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           is
           the
           power
           of
           imposing
           Taxes
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           power
           of
           restoring
           from
           incapacites
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           legislative
           Authority
           ?
           Marry
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             .
          
           But
           how
           ?
           in
           the
           King
           circled
           in
           ,
           fortified
           and
           evirtuated
           by
           his
           
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           The
           King
           out
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           hath
           a
           limitted
           ,
           a
           circumscribed
           Jurisdiction
           .
           But
           wayted
           on
           by
           his
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           no
           Monarch
           of
           the
           East
           is
           so
           absolute
           in
           dispelling
           Grievances
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           in
           chasing
           ill
           Ministers
           ,
           we
           doe
           but
           dissipate
           Clouds
           that
           may
           gather
           againe
           ,
           but
           in
           voting
           this
           Bill
           ,
           we
           shall
           contribute
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lyes
           to
           the
           perpetuating
           our
           Sun
           ,
           our
           Soveraigne
           ,
           in
           his
           vesticall
           in
           his
           noon
           day
           lustre
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .