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Ex

esUZ‘5"7ieArticles% of the Ceommions‘
ailiemlilecl in Parliament, in main; ; .

’ tenance of-the ziccufation, _
whereby

t  /YM L017) 9;
Arch-Bifh‘op off Canterburyfiandsi‘ ’

charged with high Treafon; ' 7

i Hat -the {aid}!/illi4m'Ldud, Archbi~
~ ; i I {hop of Canteréurj, hath traiteroufl‘

  ‘ labouredto {ubvert the fimdamentaii

Lawes and Government; of the: Kin‘ dome,

by ‘éivinghis Ma eflie advice private ', and _
at

ouncell Tab e, High Commiflion, and
in other Iacesfaid, that he would have them
oveme by Civi1lLaw_cs, :an.d fi11:_therfaid,i
jeeyvould make the proudefli fubjeél: in’ the
Kingdome togive way to him 5‘ and bein L
roll it was againil Law,‘ «he replied he ‘W<_)‘u1
mak \it.Lavv, and  the King mifght at his
owne E>1ea{'u're‘ take away without A _aw,__;ind
make ft-vvarrantable by Gods ‘Law.  -'
if   13. go, " - II.‘ His

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a “II. ‘
I-I"i_s_ ccuntenxncihg of Bodkshflz t11eitAi1a5~
thbufs fofthe maintenance of his unlimited

-;n‘d,_a,bfolute power, " wherein the power of

' t~he’Pi1r11amerit is denied, and the Biihops

0‘ power pf gPrefacie {ct up;

That he t7r:}1ite1-Oufly went about to inter-
rupt the Judges by his threatnings,' and other

,. meanes, to :confl:ras'ne- them to give falfe

Judgetizentein the cafe of Ship~mpney,gs_.m'1l
apjscaré both by .w.rit1'ngs, and ms hand , b '
tefkimony of divers perfons of good wortg;
and quality.

  ~ IV. 0 [>
u'.’Th3.t he hath taken bribes, and fold Ju«

W¢¢*ifl' the high ~C0mmiIT.on Court, as-

Ihrchbihop, and hath not O[1Cl)I—.CQ1‘IjLl“__Cd
-Judge! there; but hatfi‘g1I‘o'1b1d]u5x
Qusptacestobeoorruptedz ‘    T
That he huh endeavoured the encr_oach—-
mat of jurifcliétion and in-{tituti0n;Q£‘f‘(:g..
aonsm \!'51ich”ate_- nét finely, untawfull, bu;
peejutiibigll to the fubjéfi ; and that he hath-
cxercifed his authority very cruelly, both as.
a Chzncellatr, 'Co:nrni4Iioner,fg1Tni‘}L1.{ge_.: 
That he haih fflitefottfly affimed 31 C;1pT-
&1tt1poi.ver o_ver_ his Mezjefiiesi fubjeéts, deny-
- mg;

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ing his‘ p3.~ver of Prelacy as_fI:OfI1.t11_$=, King.
 That by falfé erronious dofirines, and o-
ther-finiflscrwayhes and mamas, hewént about

. _to;fub'vertfReIi9,ion eihbliflmad in this King-

dotnz, and to Fat up_I}a_p_1{try an:lT{‘up:r"iH‘toi‘4‘

h on _in the Church.  -' ~

- ’Th1t‘Byx'undue rne1_n”cs an1'pr1&ig:cs lice

oI’1~2thgottc_r‘1 ‘into h‘is‘h€.1n'i/s?fliefp§.ver of ho:

ttzinatitxg of 'Minifl:e'i-‘9't'o ?p‘iéit:i‘i'IIf p:oti1o_-
tions, ancl hath prefe1'_ve_d‘-  hhé fc_ar_1'd;4
lous Mfinifkrs —th<3;reu’ntof, ma h;.t11bp;fcfcr-_
red corrupt. (3hapl;z’i'ns‘ to h.is‘M1jC;Qy. 4

:j ~ 'f’X."‘.  ‘
“F ThaiI:'fr'isho*5vné: Mitiifl:e\rs¢‘as ?{eygo‘oal, 
field; amdoth:ré,5 are notoriQL1(1,§[_CljiI?-aiféaicd
no-Reiiagiofif.-~-"5 "L    ~ . ’ 
That hehath; 'endeavourccI to reconcile us
to thé Church of ~Rom:,and to that end h,3.tl1
emptoyied '* 2 ‘§_Ie'fi'fit"e" and a. .P;1pift', o and  héth
moaght'with t1x‘ePop:s .Agcnt_ in iév"eral_l'
points-;~ " A .   o’ ' %

 90- fupp'rcG'c‘ ptcathihg, 'hhé‘I1*9.thhf1‘-'

 i1‘£snded'divers good men, and bath u{C<111n-

wfi1[;[7m'_;Qe5, by Letters, ‘and ot'hc;\:Nif¢,
tdosfivet-af¥Bffl<1bpsitof'upprcfl'e‘fhem.’ _ ‘
+;.?r?v->“‘:." " ‘ "” , A3 XI I, That _4

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— T’ e_ ‘X I I. . R
 That hee hath traiteroufly endeavoured
to Iupprefie the‘ French Religion here a-

’, rmon It us, which is theefame that we are of;

andt 1e Dutch’ Church, and to fet’ divifion

between them_ and us.

 XIIL.

That he hath traiteroufly endeavoured to H
a fist divifion betweene the King, and the {ub-

feéts, andhath. gone abouteto brin in Inno-
vations into theChurch,; and; hat induced
the King to warre with the Scots, and ma-
ny upon their death beds to. give towards
the tnaintenaglce, of the vvarre; ‘and bath cau-
fed the Clergy to give freely towards the
fame. And hath brought in many {uperIh°ti-
ons and innovations into the,Chu1-ch. of
 3. And that he procured, the King to
brealée the pacification, whereby to cauie-_a
bloody warre betweene the two Kingdomes.
. ~ X IV.‘ . ‘ . ‘ . .
That to prcferve himfelfe £rQn_1~bei_ng que-F
flioned for tlieffe and '_other ’-his traiterousfde-r
fignes ,‘ from the'firfl:yeare of his Majefties
reigne ‘till now, he hath laboured t.o~fub-
vert the rites of Parlia mentary proceedings,
and to incenfe his Majefly, againft Parlia-
ments. ‘ ~ 1 ‘r

Aétions, hce hath traiterOufly'labou_red to
'. -' ””  ‘ alienate

By an which wads; :Cou1icels;'an§{:  

an!

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alienate‘ the hearts of the Kings liege people a
from his Majeftyi, to Tet’ divifion betweene

them 5 and to mine and deftroy his Majeflzies
Kingdornes, ‘for’ which they impeach him of
High Treafon againitour" Soveraigne Lord
the King,» his Crowne and Dignity.

And the: {aid Commons by Proteiiatb
onsfaving to themfelves the liberty of exhi—

biting at any time hereafter , any other accus! ~ '

fation or impeachment‘ againft thefaid Willi-
am Laud Archbiihop of Canterbury, and alfo

of replying to the anfwers that he the {aid «

Archbifhop {hall make unto the {aid Arti-

cles, or to any of-them and of offering  
es,

proofesalfo of the premi orany of them“,
or any other impeachment or accufatione

that ihallbe‘exhibi'ted bythem, as the caufe .. .
ihalhaccording to the courfe of Parliaments  
require, doe pray that heethe {aid Wifliam \

Laud, ~Ar‘chbi{lao of C-‘arzteréury may bee

put fpeedily to an wet for all and every the -

Premifl‘es,that‘ fuch ‘proceedings, Examina-

tions, Trials and judgements, may _be upon -
everyof them had and ufed, asrise agreeable to « ,~

Law and Juftice. 4'

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