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 The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 I 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 mention of a great Prince, vpho ivas iwnt to fay. He 
 was an old experienced King, and to him belonged 
 the Calling, Sitting, and Diffohing of Parliaments • 
 andhe publtcklyfaid (I fpea^tn his oivnphrafe) That 
 he had broke the neck of Three Parhaments , jet 
 at lajl he did comply ivith his lafl Parliament • and 
 faid , He faw he Ihould be in love with Parliaments, 
 having underftood many things by them, which 
 otherwife he fliould never have known. 
 
 Moreover here You ivillhavein viewafucceeding 
 Prince, ivho alfo hrol^e Three Parliaments, one after 
 another , and Imi? fatal that tvas to him fucceeding 
 times have abundantly declared. T^he Obfervation 
 is not mine, but of much more ancient date,thofe Princes 
 mdI'jo did mof confult ivith their Teople in Parliament, 
 Qthat being the Common Council of the Nation) 
 have mo/l projpercd in their courfes, there being both 
 Safety and Love gained from fuch CounTollors 
 and Councils. And Parliaments in the nature of 
 them, are good Thyfcl^ to cure andredrefs theDij- 
 eafes and T>ijlempers of the Body Politick , yahich 
 mojlly gro)]? and overfloyp in the Intervals of them ^ 
 yet many thinh^ Parliaments are hut an ill conftant 
 T>yet , ivhich certainly moved Queen Elizabeth, of 
 famous Memory , who was well acquainted with the 
 Conllitution of the ^ody of chi^ Nation, to call 
 Parliaments frequently , but to continue none very 
 long, ^y this means JJje wrought her f elf into the good 
 opinion of her People, and by becoming the Mijirefs 
 of- their Affections , Jhe alfo became infomefort the 
 Mijirefs of their l?urfcs, which were always opened 
 unto her upon the juft and urgent occafions of the Nati- 
 on ^ but the Help and Aid which comes from the l^eople 
 byjlrains, contrary to the Laws of the Nation, and 
 
 Liberties 
 
 AK'-int
 
 The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 A 
 
 Liberties of the People , being drawn from them 
 through fear y -wants the perfume of a muing Hearty 
 and has no longer continuance then vphtlfl the imfrefsi- 
 on of that fear lap. "But few -words are he/l to Princes • 
 vouch fafe four Highnefs Tar don to him "who thus pre ^ 
 fumes to mal^efo mean an Oblation at fo high an Al- 
 tar ; To«r good Acceptation mil he thegreateji Honor 
 to it J and to 
 
 Your Highnefs 
 humbleH and mojl 
 Obedient Servant 
 
 John Rushworth. ^ 
 
 THE 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ^ XJf^ "^ ■ ■■■■'
 
 ¥ H E 
 
 PR E F A C E. 
 
 Y Bufinefs in this eiifuing 
 Work, is to render a 
 faithful account of feve> 
 ral Traverfes of State, 
 and of the moft impor- 
 tant Parages in debate , 
 between the refpecl:ive 
 Advocates for Preroga- 
 tive and Liberty : the 
 Difpute was ominous and fatal, as being thelntro- 
 dudion, and that which gave the Alarm to a Ctvtl 
 IFar ^ a War, fierce, unnatural, and full of won- 
 derful coincidences, both intheCaufes and Con- 
 fequences of it, Humanum eH humanis "cifihm inge- 
 d; mijcere. Therefore if I ftudied to pleafe my felf, 
 and gratifie the inclination of my own temper and 
 affection, you might peradventure hear from me, 
 of the Courage, Exploits, and Succefs ot my) 
 Countrey-men in Forein Expeditions, but not. of 
 their Animofities in Domeftick Encounters : Yet 
 certainly of fome ufe it may be to us, and of con- 
 cernment alfo to thofe that may come after us, In^ 
 fandum renovare dolor em^ to confider indifferently 
 how we came to fall out among our felves, and fo 
 to learn the true caufes, the rifes and growths of our 
 late Miferies, the Arange Alterations and Revo- 
 lutions • with the CharaBers of divers eminent Per- 
 fons, the Mutability of Councils^ the Remarkable- 
 
 nefs
 
 THE T%EFACE, 
 
 nefs of JBions ^ the Subtilty of pretentions, the 
 Drifts of Tnterejls^ the Secrets of State^ and (which 
 are the words of an Ad: of Tarliamcnt ) the de- 
 portment of a Prince;> wifely difsimulating mth hvs 
 Teofle. From fuch premifles, the bed Dedudtion 
 which can be made, is, to look up to, and acknow- 
 ledge God^ who onely is unchangeable, and to 
 admire his Wifdom and Providence even in Hu- 
 mane Mifcarriages : For Empires^ and Kingdom s^ 
 and Commonvpealths every where in the World have 
 their Periods , but the Hifiories thereof remain 
 and live, for the Inftrudion of Men, and Glory 
 of Gad. 
 
 I finde an Exprefsion in Sir JValter ^leighs 
 Preface to his Hifiory of the JVorld^ which feems 
 to fuit well with thefe CoUeBwns. I fhall make fo 
 far bold with that Memorable Perfon, whofe death 
 bears a fad part in this Story, as to borrow his own 
 words. 
 
 It is not the leaf debt (faith he) which we ow unto 
 History , that it hath made us acquainted with our 
 dead Anceflors , and delivered m their Aiemory and 
 Fame : "Befdes^ we gather out of it a Tolicj no lefs^ 
 wife then Eternal^ by the Comparifon and Jpi?Jication 
 of other Mens fore^paffed MtJ^ries, with our own^ 
 li/{e Errors and ill-dejervtngs • hut it is neither of 
 Examples the mof lively InfruHions, nor the JVords 
 of the wifeU Men^ nor the Terror of future Tor^ 
 ments, that hath jet fo wrought in our blinde andjlu^ 
 fifed Mindcs, as to make us remember , That the 
 infinite Eye andJVifdom of God doth fo fierce through 
 all our fretcnces, astoma^e us remember. That the 
 fuflice of God doth require no other accufer then our 
 own Confciences. 
 
 A?id 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 THE T%EFACE. 
 
 B 
 
 And though it hath f leafed (jodto referve the art 
 of reading mens thoughts to himfelf-^ yet as the Fruit 
 tells the name of the Tree^ fo do the out)y^ard J^or/^ 
 of men, fo far as their Cogitations are ailed, give us 
 ivhercof to ghefs at the refl : .?v(^ man can long con- 
 tinue mafqued in a counterfeit behaviour • The things 
 that are forced for pretences, having no ground of truth 
 cannot long dijfemhle their ovpn natures. 
 
 And although 'l^ligion (^ faith he} and the truth 
 thereof be in every mans mouthy what is it other then 
 an umverfal difsimulation { Wefrofefs that ive l^now 
 Gody hut by vpork^ we deny him : Beatitudo noii eft 
 
 D 
 
 divinorum cognitio, fed vita diviiia. There is no^ 
 thing more to be admired, nothing more to be lamented ^ 
 then the private contention, the pafsionate difpute, the 
 perfonal hatred, (^c. about %eligion amongfh Chrifli^ 
 ans, infomuch as it hath well near driven thepraBice 
 thereof out of the world : So that we are in cjfeB (faith 
 he ) become Comedians in ^^ligion • For, Chm'ity, 
 Juftice, ^^^ Truth, have but their being in Terms 
 amongsl us. 
 
 In the clofe of his Preface, he advifeth the 
 Reader to take heed how he follows Truth too 
 clofe at the heels, led it ftrike out his teeth. I hope 
 this Story begins with a diftance of time, not fo far 
 off, as the footftcps of Truth are wo me out^- nor 
 yet fo near, as the heels of it need to be feared. But 
 this I am fure. That had I not gone fo far back as 
 I do, 1 had not reached the Fundamentals to the 
 Hiflory of thefe Timef. It hath been obferved by 
 fome, That moft Hiftorians fpeak too much, and 
 j fay too little : I doubt others will think, 1 ipeak too 
 Uttle;,and Jay too much. So it will be difficult to 
 pleafe all. 
 
 ' h I
 
 THE T%EFACE. 
 
 I know very well, the ColleBions which I publifh 
 will receive no advantage nor commendation from 
 the ColleUor : And that it may likewife receive no 
 prejudice, I am as ready to confefs, as any man in 
 the world is to objedt, my wants and inabilities ; 
 which indeed to men of fober difcourfc;, may render 
 me unfit to be entertained in the Council, but not 
 unqualified to be impanelled of the Jury : For I 
 began early to take in CharaBers^ Speeches and Paf- 
 fages at Conferences in Parliament, and from the 
 Kings own mouth , when he fpake to both the 
 Houfes; and have been upon the Stage continually, 
 and an Eye and Ear-witneis of the greateft Tranf- 
 acT:ions • imployed as an Agent in , and intruded 
 with Affairs of weightiefl: concernment • Privy alfo 
 both to the Debates in Parliament,and to the moft 
 fecret Refults of Councils of War, in times of 
 Acftion. Which I mention without oftentation; 
 only to qualifie me to report to Pofterity, what will 
 rather be their wonder at firft, then their belief: It 
 is pity they fliould altogether be deprived of the 
 Advantages which they may reap from our Mif- 
 fortunes. Hereafter they will hear, that every man 
 almofl: m this Generation durft %hc for what either 
 
 was, or pretended, to Ue Trvitll I They fhould alfo 
 
 know that fome durft write the Truth ^ whilft other 
 mens Fancies were more bufie then their hands, 
 forging Relations, building and battering Caftles 
 in the Air ; publiiliing Speeches as fpoken in Par- 
 liament, which were never fpoken there • printing 
 Declarations, which were never paffed • relating 
 Battels Vv^iich were never fought, and Vidtories 
 whi^h were never obtained • difperfing Letters , 
 which were never writ by the Authors ^ together 
 
 with 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 THE T%EFACE. | 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 with many fuch Contrivances, to abet a Paity or 
 Interell. Tudet hac opfrohria. Such prad:ices, and 
 the experience I had thereof, and the impofsibility 
 for any man in After-ages to ground a true Hill:ory, 
 by relying on the printed Pamphlets m our days, 
 which palTed the Prefs whilll: it was without control, 
 obliged me to all the pains and charge I have been 
 at for many years together, to make a Great CoL 
 leBion- and whilll: things were freili in memory, 
 to feparate Truth from Falfhood, things real from 
 things fictitious or imaginary. Whereof I fliall 
 not at all repent , if I may but prove an ordi- 
 nary Inftrument to undeceive thofe that come 
 after us. 
 
 If you demand why my ColleBions commence fo 
 early, and dart at fuch a diftance of time fo remote, 
 I muft anfwer. That it was at firil in mypurpofe 
 to begin with the Parliament which met J\(ov. 3. 
 16^0. But after I had perufed, ordered, and com- 
 pared my Printed and Manufcript-Relations of the 
 Firft Year of that Parliament, I found they pointed 
 at, and were bottomed upon fome Adions of the 
 late King,in diflolving four preceding Parliaments : 
 And thereupon, the zeal I had to clear the truth of 
 the Differences between the King and Parliament, 
 forced me to a longer Adventure • efpecially feeing 
 the Effay had been very imperfed:, and but a meer 
 fragment, if I had only writ the Death, and not the 
 Life of a Prince, who, in the firft Speech that ever 
 he made in his firftParliament,did refled upon fome 
 pailages in a former Parliament, that advifed his 
 Father to break off the two Treaties with Spain , 
 touching a Marriage, and Reftitution of the l^ala^ 
 tinate ; and fo engaged the Father in a War, which 
 i b z the
 
 THE T%EFACE, 
 
 the Soil was by him left to profecute. And this 
 Confideration put me upon a further enquuy con-* 
 cerning the aforefaid Treaties , the caufes and 
 grounds of the War in the Palatinate, and how 
 far the fame concerned England, and theoppreiTed 
 Proteitants in Germany : And finding thole pro- 
 ceedings to have their rife in the Year i<5i8. (in 
 which Year the ^laj^ingStar appeared) I refolved 
 that very Inllrant fhould be the JA(V phj ultra of 
 my Retro fpecT:. 
 
 I allow and accept it as a good Memento, which 
 I meet with in a late Author • That mojl Writers 
 now ad ays appear in T^ublique, not crool^hacl^d, ( as 
 It is reported of the^ni^x) hut crook^jided^vparped, 
 and ho'wed to the right , or to the left. For I have 
 heartily lludied to declare my felt unbialled, and 
 to give an inllance, That it is pofsible for an Inge-. 
 nuousmaiitobe oi.^ Tarty, and yet not partial. 
 If any one engaged on\ht.K^ngs fide, come fonli 
 in Print with the like moderation, fairnefs and iii- 
 ditferencie, without heat and perfonai i efledlions, 
 our Pofterity may be confident of a full diicovery 
 of Truth, which is every honefl: mans defire and 
 expectation. And bcfides, the Vcrcues and Rea- 
 fons of men concerned, maylhine and give fatiC 
 faction even to thofe who are not of the fame judg^ 
 ment. 
 
 I preteiidonely in this Work to a bare Nar- 
 rative of matter of Fadt, di^refted in order of time.-, 
 not interpoHng my own Opinion, or interpretation 
 of Actions. :1 infuie neither vinegar nor gall iiuo 
 my Ink : If I mention a Cliarge or Impeachment,' 
 it relates alfo to the Defence that was made by the 
 Accufed. And though in tliefe latter times. Titles 
 
 Names, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 THE T%EFACE. 
 
 B 
 
 
 D 
 
 Names and Dignities are altered, yet I ufe the Lan- 
 guage of that Time of which I write, fpeaJdng as 
 the then Parhaments fpake, and not robbing any 
 man of the Honor or Epithite which they tlien 
 pleafed to 2^iyQ him. If 1 fpeak of any tranfadlions 
 which I my felf did not fee or hear, 1 do fo with all 
 the caution imaginable, having firft confulted Re^ 
 cords, conferred with Pcrfons of unqueftionable 
 efteem, interelTed in the very aclions, or perufed 
 their known hand-writings of thofe times • and 
 where I make mention of any Letters or Palfages 
 fcattered in print, I fiiil: wejl weighed the fame,and 
 outof whofe Clofets they came^ and found many 
 of them concredited before I inferted them. 
 
 And laftly, where I doubted,! perfected niy Intel- 
 ligence by Forein correfpondencies, fetching my 
 fatisfacT:ion m divers particulars, out of Germany ^ 
 Spain, 3.nd Italy. 
 
 Here you will have an intermixture of Secrets of 
 State ufeful for Statesrmen, and pf matters of Law, 
 which may be of fome ufe,not only to the Profellors 
 of it, but to every Engliflimat) • for though few 
 profefs the Law, yet all live by it ^ for it hedges in, 
 and upholds the Rights, Liberties, and Properties ; 
 The matters of Law arc not all Lovm^k:! up m one 
 bundle, but you will finde them difperfed in inter- 
 locutory Speeches and Difcourfes • fome of them 
 in HiAorical Narrations ^ and laftly, in Polemical 
 Debates and Arguments, taken by a Gentleman, 
 then a young Student of the Law, which you will 
 finde in an Appendix placed at the end of the 
 Book • and I hope ;the Reader will not think his 
 minutes ill beftowed in reading of them though out 
 of place. 
 
 A
 
 THE T%EFACE. 
 
 A great nait of the Work is filled up with re- 
 markable Tranfadions in Parliament, and the 
 Courfe and Proceedings thereof, wherein you will 
 finde,' not onely great wit and wifdom, but choice 
 Eloquence, and excellent Orators, T>iggs, Went- 
 'worth, Thillifs, Elliot:, (jlanvile, and others not 
 much inferior to the Roman T)emagogue, 1 durft 
 not prefume to contracl them to an Epitomie or 
 Abridgement, left by elTaying that, I might trefpafs 
 too much upon the Soil of otlier niens Inventions 
 and Judgements, or prejudice Truth, or the Per- 
 fons, whofe natural Off-fprings they are. Here 
 you have Debates, Siftings, and Confultations of 
 each Houfe apart ^ and alio by Conferences each 
 with other (^Altcrtmfic Altera fofcit of em Domus (jr 
 confultat amice) and Refolutions of Parliaments, 
 and fome Laws which were the ultimate produdti- 
 ons of thefe Councels and Debates. 
 
 I have but a word to fay to my good and wor- 
 thy Friends of the Army, and it muft be by way 
 of Apology, that this Treatife contains not what 
 may be expected by them from me, the Relation 
 of the Motions, Actions , and Atchievements 
 of the Army, which I acknowledge was the 
 firft thing in my ilivjui^lits and intentions : But 
 upon further confideration I thought it neceftary 
 to look fomewhat backwards, that we may the 
 better underftand thsCaufes and Grounds which 
 brought the late War upon us, before we fet forth 
 the Actions of the War. In the former we may 
 fee the vigilancy and care of our Anceftors tofecure 
 and uphold our Liberties and Properties, and to 
 tranfmit the fame,in as much purity as might be, to 
 their Pofterity,in the latter, which are the Actions of 
 
 the 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 I 
 
 D
 
 THE T%EFACE. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 the War, you (hall fee their Courage and Magna- 
 ninlity, fetting a higher value upon the Rights and 
 Liberties of the Nation, then upon their own Lives. 
 
 Whom therefore, when I come in order of time 
 to.nention, and ihall alfo ha\^e occafion to magnifie 
 fo" their perfeverance in maintaining and defend- 
 irg thofe Laws and Liberties (fo redeemed with 
 tie price of their blood) againft Arbitrary wayes 
 aid courfes ^ how joyfull fhall I be to employ my 
 Jen to Chronicle fuch of their Names to Poilerity, 
 vho juftly merit that Chara<5ler,as worthy of T>ou- 
 He Honor, 
 
 In the fecond Part of my Collections (which 
 s to follow, according to the entertainment which 
 his findes abroad) I Ihall write with the more con- 
 idence, becaufe I did perfonally attend and ob- 
 erve all Occurrences of moment during the Eleven 
 years Interval of Parliament, in the StarXhamber^ 
 Court of Honor, and ExchequerXh amber ^ when all 
 the Judges of England met there upon extraordina- 
 ry Cafes ^- at the Council Table,when great Caufes 
 w^re heard before the King and Council : And 
 Wien matters were agitated at a greater diftance, I 
 vas there alfo, an^ went on purpofe out of a curio- 
 fty to fee and obferve the paflligev; at the Camp at 
 '^envic/^ at the Fight at J\(evpborn, at the Treaty at 
 %ifon^ at the great Council at %r^, and at the 
 meeting of the Long Parliament. The Obfervati- 
 ons I made during all the faid time, fhall be further 
 known, if 1 be encouraged to proceed, and that this 
 mr Forlorn be not repelled and defeated. 
 
 Thus have I (good ''Reader') acquainted thee 
 in plain Englifh, with the Lines and rude Draughts 
 of what hath been, and what is like to bc;, multorum 
 
 annorum \
 
 riiE T%EFJCE. 
 
 annorum ofm ; in which, as I never did approve, 
 fo neither could I perfwade my felf to tread in their 
 Steps, who intermingle their Pafsion with tlieir 
 ftories, and are not content to write of, unlefs ihey 
 wa-ite alfo for a Party, or to fervc an Intereft^ an^ fo 
 declare themfelves far better Advocates then Hifliri-^ 
 ans : I profefs, that in finglenefs of heart, 1 am 
 at truths which to me has alwayes feemed hu^- 
 ly amiable, even without the tires and advantages 
 of Wit and Eloquence : And therefore, in ord(r 
 to my greatcft purpofe, 1 have efteemed the mal; 
 unaffe Aed and familiar Stile the beil • Ahum alii r- 
 neant. And fo irrefiftible is the force of Truth, anl 
 the Divine Providence fo great, that howfoever ai 
 pofsible diligence may have been ufed to carr^ 
 things in fecret, and to ad by colourable Pretence 
 (men often ading like Tumblers that are fquint- 
 eyed, looking one way, and aiming another) Y^ 
 hath God in thefe our dayes brought to light fuel 
 Secrets of State, fuch private Confultations, fuel 
 ftrange Contrivances (difcovered by Letters, Pa- 
 pers, and Cabinet-memorials feifed on in timeof 
 the War) as otherwife probably, neither we mr 
 our Pofterity (hould have ever known. 1 conclude 
 
 with the l<=»ornp<^ Spaniar<^s Opinion .* Satis ell Htlii- 
 
 ria, fifit vera- qu^e ut reliqua haheat omnia, ft vtru 
 tatem non habet, ohtinere nomenfuum nonfoteji. 
 
 J. RUSHWORTK^. 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 To ^ujuTO-yf^ ■v:t^s tdj Tu^vla. 
 T>P£Tlaywy TO S'i>ig.ioL Aiyu^ Fla^a re, voovlf, 
 
 eiviti //.if "TTZ^^Aoii) Qq\ Si kg b <^%oteoi, 
 (h.e.) 
 
 Anglorum leges, Smdam^ confulta Senatm, 
 aufac^ue, cunBa loqmr, tempore qmeque fuo. 
 ^ Excipis adverfo fi peHore , (^ ore mdigno, 
 pluribm invideas Zoile , nemo tibi. 
 
 Tl 
 
 le
 
 The Printer to the Reader. 
 
 BEing obliged to get this ^ook^fnijhed againjl 
 the enfuing Term, I i^as confiramed to ma\e 
 more hafle then ordinary ^ fo that pofsibly 
 fome Faults have efcap'd, Mphich I requejl the Cour^ 
 teous ^R^ader to Tardon and Amend as they [hall he 
 met mth, 
 
 Va l e. 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 1 6 ^aeobn 
 
 D, 
 
 Hiftorical Colledions. 
 
 He grand bufinefs of State in the 
 latter times of King ^ames^ was the 
 Spanill'i Match, which had the Kings 
 heart in it, over-ruled all his Coun- 
 fels , and had a mighty influence 
 upon the Univerfal State of chri- 
 (lendom : This King affecting the 
 name of a King of Peace, and Peace- 
 maker, as his chief glory, had de- 
 figned , what in him lay, the fet- 
 ling of a general Peace in Europe^ 
 and the reconciling of all Parties-, 
 and profeffed, that if the Papifls 
 would leave their Kmg-killing^ and 
 fome other groffer Errors , he was willing to meet them half way •, 
 moreover,he was ever zealous for the honor and height of regal Majefty, 
 and to maintain the glory of it in his SuccefTors 5 'twas his "chief defire 
 and care to match his Son with fomePrincefs ofmofthigh defcent,though 
 of a different Religion. 
 
 TherehadbeenaTreaty of Marriage between the late VnxMZt Hcnr'j 
 and a Daughter of 5'/»dw, which on the Spaniards part was found ameer 
 Complement, carried on by the accuflomed gravity and formality of 
 that Nation. For Cecil Earl of Salisbury^ the great States-man of that 
 time, purfued and drove the matter to that point, that the Duke of 
 Lerma^ finding no evafion, difclaimcd the being of a Marriage Treaty. 
 Neverthelefs the Spanifli AmbafTador, to acquit him felf to this State, 
 and to clear hrs own honelfy, at a fiill Council produced his Commiflion, 
 together with his Letters of Inflrudion given under the Duke's hand : 
 Such manner of dealing might have been fuflicient Caufe of jufl Indigna- 
 tion againft any future motion of this Alliance. 
 
 After death of Prince Henry , the King fet his thoughts upon 
 a Daughter of Henry the Fourth, fue Kmg of France, as^the fitteft 
 Match for Prince C/Wfj', and by Sir Thomas Edmonds his Legier Am- 
 bafTador, endeavored to know the minde of that State, but could not 
 difcern their affedions, and was nor willing to difcover his own : At 
 length taking occalion to fend the Lord Hayes Extraordinary Ambafla- 
 dor to the French King, to Congratulate his Marriage with Anne the 
 Infanta of 5/'rf/«, herefolvedtomake a thorow Trial : The matter was 
 put forth, and in appearance well taken, but proved of no effeft. For the 
 Duke of 54roy was before-hand, and prevailed for his Son the Prince 
 of Piedmont. 
 
 During this Negotiation of Alliance with France^ the Duke of Lerma. 
 frequently intimated unto Sir ^■ohn Digby AmbafTador, Refident in Spam, 
 an extraordinary defire in the King his Maffer, not onely to maintain 
 Peaceand Amity with the King of great Britain, but to lay hold onall 
 means tlut might be offered for the nearer uniting of their Majefties, and 
 
 B their 
 
 King Jama 
 much rfefired 
 to march his 
 Son Henry 
 with a daugh- 
 ter of Spain. 
 
 After Prince 
 Henrys death 
 the King 
 propounded 
 a match with 
 France. 
 
 jln this interim 
 tlic Spaniard 
 
 [gives the over- 
 ture of 1 
 match.
 
 Hijiorical ColkBions, 
 
 An. 
 
 Sir "John Dig- 
 by i. a.lvirc ro 
 the King in 
 chat maccer. 
 
 g.o their Crowns •, as alfo a difpofition in this regard, to match his fecond 
 ' Daughter to the Prince of Wales : The AmbafTador replyed, that His 
 Majeftyhad little reafon to give ear to this overture, having not long 
 fince, in the Treaty for the late Prince, received fuch an unexpeded An- 
 Iwer, and Demands fo improper and unworthy 5 and that there needed 
 more then ordinary alTurance, to induce him to believe that there was 
 now fo great a change, and the match defired in good earneft, and not 
 propounded meerly to divert the match with France : wherefore he ex- 
 peded the propofal of fuch terms of advantage and certainty, as might 
 gain a belief of their Cncere Intentions : Lerma promifed a further Con- 
 ference. Bet by reafon of aftrong report that the Match with France 
 was abfolutely concluded, and within few day es to bepublifhed, thebu- 
 iinefs lay alleep, until Sir ^ohn Dighy, going for England^ was defired 
 by the Duke to give him notice of the ftate of this Affair : From hence 
 I)i?by gives him to underftand, that there was no caufe of difpair concern- 
 ing this new overture, unlefs the difficulty of the Conditions lliould make 
 it defperate •, bat if the Demands in point of Religion were no more then 
 what would fatisfie another Catholick Prince, and to which his Majelty 
 might yeild with Honor, he knows that divers perfons, not of the 
 meaneff power, were well inclined, and ready to give their helping hand : 
 He faid further, that it were much better not to revive this motion, 
 then by impoflible and unfitting Propofitions from either fide, to 
 give diftafte, and lefTen the Friendlliip between the two Crowns. 
 The Duke returned anfwer, that all affurance and fatisfadlion fliall be 
 given concerning this Alliance : And after Sir ^ohn Dighfs arrival at 
 the Court of Spain, he protefted to him folemnly, that the King defired 
 it, and fwore for himfelf, that he defired nothing more : Hereupon Digl/y 
 debated with him. That the remembrance of their former Demands was 
 yet unpleafing in England; the difference of Religion, the Opinions 
 of Divines, and the Cafes of Confcience were ftill the fame; infomuch, 
 that hi? Majefty and his Servants had juft caufe to ceafe for ever from all 
 thoughts this way. Neverthelefs, they did not flight nor difrelilh an 
 Alliance with Spain •, for many of the greateft eminency in England 
 judge it equally valuable with any- other of Chriftendom, though it be 
 efteemed a matter of infinite dilficuky. Here the fubtil Spaniard might 
 perceive our forwardnefs, though our AmbafTador feemed tofpeaka- 
 loof off, and with refervation. The debate had this refult, that the 
 difficulties fliould be digefted into certain Heads , and feled: Per- 
 fons appointed for Conference •, but the Intent thereof was , that 
 the Kings on either fide (hould not be intereffed , nor their names 
 therein uTed, till by the clearing of particulars, there fliould be great ap- 
 pearances that the bufinefs would take effedf : Now becaufe the diffe- 
 rence of Religion, was fuppofed the onely difficulty of moment, it was 
 thought fit to break the matter to the Cardinal of Toledo, and the Kings 
 Confeflor, and one Father Frederick a learned Jefuite, having the repute 
 of a Moderate man. 
 
 Upon the review of thefe proceedings. Sir ^ohn Digbj advifed the 
 King not to fuffer his other refolutions to be interrupted by this Over- 
 ture, which might be fet on foot as a meet device to ftagger the French 
 Treaty, and to keep his Majefty from declaring himfelf oppofite to 
 Spain in the bufinefs of Cleves and ^idiers, which dill remained uncom- 
 pounded-, neverthelefs, hemight bepleafed for awhile to fufpend the 
 conclufion of the Match with Fr*nce, and entertain this motion ; and to 
 
 this
 
 Htftorical ColleBions. 
 
 3 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 this end he defired horn him not a formal Commiffioh to treat, but onely ' 
 a private Inftrudtion tor hi s Diredion and Warrant. , i 
 
 Such remote Conferences made way for that folemii flow-paced 
 Treaty of the many years following, wherein the advantage lay on the 
 Spaniards fide, who were indeed very formal and fpecious in it, but no 
 vvav vehement and vigorous, if we might fuppofe them in any fort real : 
 But the King of Fnglind\r3.vix\g^ prevalent inclination this way, when 
 he was once drawn m and elevated with hope, was fo fet upon it, that he 
 would grant all thm^s poffible, rather then break it off, and was impati- 
 ent of diflembling his own eagernefs : The bufinefs was mainly 
 carried on by Conde Gondomar ^ who was exquifitely framed for it, 
 and by facetious wayes, taking the King in his own humor, prevail- 
 ed mightily. • 
 
 The King removes all blocks that lie in the way of this Darling 
 Defign, and ftudies all the wayes of rendring himfelf acceptable to 
 Spain. 
 
 The Wall of this Ifland the Engl ifli Navy, once the ftrongeft of all 
 Chriftendome, now lyes at road unarmed, and fit for ruine : Condomar 
 |[as was the common voice] bearitlg the King in hand, that the furnifli- 
 ing of it would breed fufpition in the King his Mafter , and avert his 
 minde from this alliance : Moreover the Town of fl»lhmg, the Caftle of 
 Ramakins in Zealand, and Brill in Holland , which were held by way of 
 caution from the united Provinces, to infure their dependency upon Eng- 
 land, the King rcfolved to render up, as being meerly cautionary, and 
 none of his Propriety ; He rid his hands of thofe places to prevent re- 
 quefts and Propofitions from the King of Spain^ who claimed the pro- 
 priety in them, and Condomar put hard for them, being accounted the 
 Keys of the Low Countries : Such was the Kings care and contrivance 
 to keep faith with thofe Confederates, and not offend Spain: And to 
 render this a politick aftion, it was urged that the advantage of thofe 
 Holds was countervailed by the vaft expcnce in keeping them. Hovv- 
 beit the power of the Engliih Interefl in that State was by this means 
 cut off, and taken away -, and the alienation between King ^ames and 
 the United Provinces, which appeared in latter times, and was nouriflied 
 by Bernevelt the licad of the Arminian Fadion, and a Penfioner oi' Spain, 
 is now increafed by thedifcovery and obfervation of thefc late Spauidi 
 compliances. 
 
 But the King of Spain and his Minifters had given but flendcr proof 
 of any great alFedion , yea or of lincere intention and upright deal- 
 ing in this great affair. Von'Si: ^ohn Dtgbf received certain Articles 
 in matter of Religion after a Confultatian had with their Divines, which 
 appeared very unworthy, and were utterly rejedled by him : Yet 
 afterwards upon a private Conference between him , and fome o- 
 thers to whom the caufe had been committed, a Qualification was there- 
 in conceived, though not delivered as a matter there approved. And 
 the fame Speeches after his return into England , proceeded between 
 him and Condomar, and were brought to that llUie, that the King thought 
 fit to acquamt a feled number of his Council therewith, who having 
 heard the report of the former proceeding, delivered their opinion, That 
 they found very probable ground for him to enter into a publike Trea- 
 ty, with as much affurance of good fuccefs as in fuchacafe might be 
 expected ^ whereupon Sh'^ohnDighy by Commiffion under the Great 
 Seal, was authorized to treat and conclude the Marriage -, and bccaufe 
 B 2 the 
 
 16 
 
 ^■acobi. 
 
 Goiidorrar 
 mannages t!i£ 
 Ticary on tlie 
 Spaniattls 
 pah. 
 
 The Eoglifli 
 Navie neg- 
 kfted. 
 
 The '"autio- 
 nary Towns 
 rendred to 
 the Hollan- 
 der. 
 
 Tlie Spaniard 
 proceeds nor 
 finctrfly in 
 the Treaty.
 
 4- 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions . 
 
 A/i.-iOl"^. 
 
 Articles of 
 Religion a- 
 greed upon 
 between the 
 Kings of Eng 
 land and 
 Sjain. 
 
 The- people of 
 England avcrfe 
 from the . I 
 match : The I 
 Catholicksde-, 
 tirous of it. 
 
 the matter of Religion was in chief debate, thofe qualified Articles that 
 were brought out of Sfain were Cent back figned with the Kings hand, 
 who added fomething to them by way of clearer explanation : Tliey 
 were to this effed : 
 
 THat t^je Popes Difpefffatio» he firft chained by the meer AB of the 
 King of Spain. 
 
 That the Children of this Marriage be not cenfirained in matter of Re- 
 ligion, nor their Title prejudiced in caje they pro've Catholikes. 
 
 That the Infanta's Familj being Strangers /nay be Catholikes, andjjhall 
 have A decent place appointed for all Divine Service according to the ufe 
 of the church <>/Rome-, and the Ecclefiafiicks and Religious perjons may 
 wear their proper Habits. 
 
 That the Marriage Jl)dll he celebrated in Spain bj a Procurator ficcord- 
 in^tothe ln(lru£iions of the Council of Trent ^ and afterthelnhnt^s ar- 
 rival in'B.n'glzvid.^ fuch a [olemniz^ation jlhillbe nfed, as may make the Mar- 
 riage valid, according to the Laws of this Kingdpme. 
 
 That l})e f})all have a competent number of chaplains, and aConfefJor, be- 
 ing Strangers, one whereof pall have power to govern the family in Religions 
 matters. 
 
 In the allowing of thefe Articles, the King thus expreft himfelf : " Se- 
 ''iogthis Marriage is to be with a Lady of a different Religion from 
 
 us, it becometh us to be tender, as on the one part to give 
 
 fo on the other to admit nothing 
 
 " them all fatisfa(51:ion convenient -, 
 
 " that may blemidi our Confcience, or detrad from the Religion here 
 
 'Jeftabliflied. 
 
 The People of England having yet in memory the intended Cruelty 
 of 88. and hating the Popifli Religion, generally loathed this Match, 
 and would have bought it off at the dearefl, rate, and what they durft, 
 oppofed it by fpeeches, counfels, wifhes, prayers ^ but if any one fpake 
 lowder then his fellows, he was foon put to filence, difgrac'd, and 
 crofs'd in Court-preferments ; when as in Spain and Flanders, Books 
 were penned, and Pidures printed to difgrace the King and State: For 
 
 which the 
 
 Englifli 
 
 Ambaffadors fought fatisfadion , but in vain 
 
 Gondomar con- 
 trives the 
 death of Sir 
 Walter Raw- { 
 leigh an ene- 
 my to Spain. 
 
 The Roman Catholicksdefired the Match above meafure, hoping for a 
 moderation of Fines and Laws, perhaps a Toleration, yea, a total Re- 
 ftauration of their Religion •, for they gained more and more Indulgence 
 by the long-ipun Treaty i The Articles of Religion werc long hammered 
 upon the Spanilli Anvil, inlarged and multiplied by new Demands with- 
 out end. 
 
 The Conde Gondomar, an adive fubtil Inftrument to ferve his Mafteis 
 ends, negleded no occalion tending thereunto,which he mainly fliewed in 
 the particular of Sir Walter Rawlngh, wherein he put forth all his 
 Strength to deftroy him, being one of the lafl Sea-Commanders then 
 living, bred under Queen Eliz.abeth, and by her flefli'd in Spaniih blood 
 and ruin. He did firft under-work his Voyage to Cuienna, which Teemed 
 to tlireaten lofs and danger to the fpreading power of Spain in the Weft- 
 Jndies, and after his return with misfortune, he purfued him to death. In 
 the beginning of the Kings Reign, this Gentleman, with others, was 
 arraigned and condemned for Treafon ; 'twas a dark kinde of 
 Treafon, and the vail is ftill upon it. The King had ground enough to 
 (hew mercy jwhlch fome of that condemned party obtained. After many 
 years
 
 HtUorical CoHeFiions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 y ears [mpnConmenty S\: Walter Hawleigh, defirous onibeity and adion, i6 ^acohi. 
 propounded Q.xi American voyageupon the aflurance of gaining a Mine of 
 Gold in Gi'Jenna. The King hearkned to him, and gave him power to fee 
 foitli Ships and Men for that Service, but commanded him upon his 
 Allegiance, to give under his hand, the number of his Men,, the burden 
 and ftrength of his Ships, together, witH the Country and River which 
 he was to enter. All this was done, and came fo timely to Gondomars 
 knowledge, that Advertifement was fent to Spain, and theuce to the 
 Indies, before this Englifh Fleet departed out of the Thames. The Adion 
 proved unfortunate, and the Mine was inaccelTibie 5 the Spaniards at 
 St. Jhomtts oppofed their paiTage up the River, and this engaged them to 
 aflault the Town, which they took, facked and burnt. Gondomar hereat 
 incenfed, with a violent importunity demanded the reparation of this 
 wrong: And the Sfanifh I action urged, that this irruption might make 
 a breach both of the Match and Peace with Spain, The Kings' fears 
 kindled his wrath • he difavowed the A(5lion, and to prevent the like 
 for the future, put forth a fevere Proclamation. Hereupon theftormof 
 Paflion ceafed, and iJW^ir^/^ knowing nothing but that hs might appear 
 in England wizh fafety, put in at Plimouth, and was no fooncr landed, but 
 by fecret intimation, underftanding his danger, fought to efcape beyond 
 Sea , but was taken in the attempt, brought to London, and recommitted 
 to the Tower -, and atlength his life was offered up a Sacrifice for Spaint 
 but not upon fuch grounds as the Ambaffador had defigned 5 for he de- 
 fired a Judgment upon the pretended breach of Peace , that by this 
 occafion he might fli.ly gain from t'hc £«^////> an acknowledgment of his 
 Mafters right in thofc places, and hereafter both ftop their mouths, and 
 quench their heat and valor. But the late voyage was not brought in 
 qucftion, onely his formec Condemnation was revived • his Araignment 
 at frm/7f/?fr many years before was now laid open, and he at the Kings 
 Bench demanded, why Execution fliould not be done upon him according 
 to the Sentence therein pronounced, JRawleigh anfwered, " That the 
 " Kings late CommifTion gave him a new life and vigor •• For he that 
 " hath power over the lives of others, ought to be Mafter of his own. 
 This Plea was not accepted, but the former Judgment took place, and 
 accordingly he loft his Kf4(a? upon a Scaffold ereded in the old Pa/Iace at 
 Weftminfler. 
 
 Whilcft Spain and England were thus clofing, the fire brake out in j A war be- 
 Cermany between the States and Princes Troteitant, and the Houfe of g'nsinCf?-- 
 Attsiria : Thefe commocions involved and drew along the affairs of moft '"""^ 
 Chriftian Princes, efpecially of the two Potent Kings now in Treaty. 
 The Catholick Caufe, and the Lot of the Houfe of AtiHria, engaged the 
 King of S^ain who was the ftrongeft Branch of that Stock. King ^ames 
 muft needs be drawn in, both by common and paKticular Intereft • the 
 Religion which he profeffed, and the State of his Son in Law the Eledor 
 Palatine, who became the principal part in thofe Wars, and the moft un- 
 I fortunate. It was an high bufinefs to the whole Chriftian World , and 
 ' the iffue of it had main dependence upon the King of England, being 
 the Mighttefl Prince of the Proteftant Profcffion : But this Kings pro- 
 ceedings were wholly governed by the unhappy Spanijh Treaty, 
 
 The clouds gather thick in the German skie ^ jealoufies and difcon- 
 tents arife between the Cathelicks, and the Evangelicks, ov Lutherans oiucks^gvow 
 the Conff ffion of Ambttrge. Both parties draw into Confederacies, and 1 ''^^'""^' *"!* 
 hold Aftcmblies •, the one feeking by the advantage of power to incroach jo Uaguc' ' 
 
 and 
 
 Both parties, 
 Protcflanc 
 and Ca tho- 
 
 rn-
 
 Hijlorical ColIcBions. 
 
 A}1. 1618, 
 
 rlie F.'nperoi- 
 Mnnbi.n A- 
 itoprs li'sCou- 
 fin-Geimm 
 Ferdinand. 
 
 For jny cf this 
 A'loption, the 
 Catholicks 
 keep a ] iihilec 
 and the I'ro- 
 tcftants an- 
 other in me- 
 mory of i«- 
 thei. 
 
 An Artlnihly 
 •f the I'rote- 
 (lants and 
 States of Bo/;f- 
 mia at Prague. 
 
 The f rft ccca- 
 (lon of the 
 troiililes c«f 
 
 Bobcirtiei. 
 
 and get ground, the other toftand their ground, and hold their own. 
 The'potency of the Houfe of AuHria, a Houfe devoted to the Periecu- 
 tionof the Reformed Religion, became formidable. The old Emperor 
 Matthi.ts declared his Coufin German the Archduke Ferdinand to be his 
 adopted Son and Succellor, and caufcd him to be chofen and crowned 
 King of Bohemia and Hungary, yet referving to himfelf the fole exercife 
 of Kingly power during his life. 
 
 Tht^efiiits triumph in their hopes of King Ferdinand; the Pofe 
 cxiiorted the Catholicks to keep a day of Jubilee, and to implore aid of 
 God for the Churches high occafions. To anfwer thisFeftival, the 
 Elcdor of Saxonj called to minde, that it was »hen the Hundrech year 
 compleat fince Martin Luther oppofed the Popes Indulgences, which was 
 the i4rft beginning of Proteftant Reformation. Whereupon he ordained 
 a Solemn Feasto't three days for Thankfgiving, and for Prayer to God, 
 to maintain in peace tl>e purity of the Word, and the right adminiftra- 
 tionofthe Sacraments. TheProfcflbrs of the Univerfitics o^ Ltpfjck B 
 and Wittemherg, the Imperial Towns of Framkford, Worms, and Norem^ 
 hiirg, yea, the Cahini(ls alio obferved the fame days of Jubilee againft 
 the Romiih Church •, and much Gold and Silver was caft abroad in memo- 
 ry of Luther, whom they called Bkffed. 
 
 In thefe times the Emperor wrote Letters, both to the Eleftor Fala- 
 t^ne, and to the Proteftant Provinces, and States of the Empire then 
 aflembled at Hilbran, adviling them to acquiefce in what was done touch- 
 ing the defignation of his adopted Son to the Empire, to obferve the 
 Golden Bull, (the Magna charta of the Empire) and the matter of it con- 
 cerning the Electoral Bonds, and to dilTolve their League. The Prote- 
 ftants in their AnAver acknowledged the good will of the Emperor their 
 Cheif, and fhewed that the Catholicks had opprefled them contrary to 
 t\\c Pacification ^ and having Ibught Redrefsin vain,they were compelled 
 to ufe means of preferving Publick Tranquillity according to the Laws, 
 That their League and Union confifting onely of Proteftant Germans, was 
 a known pradice in the Empire, and not againft the Golden Ball, and D 
 tended not to a feparation from his Imperial Majeftie ^ but the Catholicks 
 made their League with ftrangers , and declared a ftranger cheif over 
 them. 
 
 The Count of Thurne, and other Defenders Evangelick, with the 
 Eftates of Bohemia, alTembled at Prague to advife of puhiick fafety, and 
 confervation of^ priviledges. The Emperor required his Council held at 
 the Caftle of Prague, to oppofe and hinder this Aftembly, which he 
 faid was called toraife Sedition, and to plot againft hisperfon and Go- 
 vernment. Nevcrthelefs in all their publick worfliip the Evangelicks 
 prayed to God to confound the Emperors enemies, and to grant him long 
 to live and reign over them in Peace and Juftice. 
 
 The Bohemian troubles took their firft rife from the breach of the 
 Ediiflof Peace concerning Religion, and the Accord made by the Em- 
 peror Rodolph, whereby the Proteftants retained the free exerciie of their 
 Religion, enjoyed their Temples, CoUedges, Tithes, Patronages, places 
 of Burial, and the Uke , and had liberty to build new Temples, and 
 power to chufe Defenders to fecure thofe Rights, and toregivlate what 
 Ihould be of fervice in their Churches. Now the ftop of building certain 
 Churches on Lands within the Lordfliips of theCatholick Clergy, (in 
 which places the Evangelicks conceived a Right to build) was the fpecial 
 grievance and caufe of Breach. 
 
 On
 
 HtHortcal CoUeBtons. 
 
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 7 
 
 1 6 J-acobi, 
 
 A Ryot corr,. 
 mitccd'uythc 
 
 I'raiue. 
 
 On the Twenty third of Ma), the cheif of the Evangelicks went 
 armed into the Caftle of Prague, entred the Council Chamber, and 
 opened their Grievances, but inraged by oppofition, threw SUhta the 
 Cheif Juftice , afld Smcfanfim one of the Council , and Fabritms the 'prorcrtmrs 
 Secretary, from an high Window into the Caftle Ditch ; others of the ''^ecafiicof 
 Council temporifing in this Tumult, andfeemingto accord with their 
 demands, were peaceably conduded to their own Iioufes. Hereupon the 
 AfiTcmbly took advice to fettle the Towns and Caftle of Prague with new 
 Guards 5 likewife to appeafe the people, and to take an Oath of Fidelity. 
 They chofe Dire^ors, Governors and Counfellors Provincial to govern 
 affairs of State, and to confult of raifing forces againft the enemies of 
 God, and the King, and the EdiAs of his Imperial Majefty. They baniili- 
 ed the ^efifits throughout all Bohemia: Moreoverto defend their owit 
 caufe, and to giv^e an accompt of their late proceedings, andprefent 
 pofture, a Declaration was drawn up and fent with Letters to the Eftates 
 oi Moravta, Silefia, &nd Lufatia, and to all the Princes and States, their 
 Allies, throughout the Empire, with rcqueft of aid in cafe of need. They 
 declare to this cffed. 
 
 T^jat t\)tp OaDenDureti in&m'te Infuri'ejsanti^Sfaiftions;, bpccc^ The Proce- 
 rain£)f6cci;s, €crteQaaic&an!)€it)i{, anDljpt|jc2fcfuir,^aboUe if'T^D,, 
 all othtts;, toUo fought to l^tng t\)m\ unDct tfe psSe of #opci*j», 'mion! '' '" 
 reijileu t\)tm tottij t\)tnamtsf of Hereticks, Oeatjetj tljcm out of places 
 of S^ignttp, p?oDofecD t\)t ^astaratcjs to purfue tDem toltl) Xrtre a?0 
 @too?D: COattDctri3^imOcr0i3jereljamC[)eD, antj tijcic (SOacge^st^ 
 tien to Roman CatlJoUcfeiS!. Clje Scnato?0 of Prague, Woo toerc€ban^ 
 Sdtcfe0, tocre cbiMntrcateD, anD Dtt)cr;S pcifoiijK perferuteD fo? l^e- 
 Itgion, unDcc pretence of (BiUl ©ffcnrc0» 3(InD to^ccca^ in cafe of 
 Difference toucliins t^c 9g?ocment anti (2EDi(tof f^eacc, t&e€C!ate)Sof 
 boti) parties toere to bear anD juDge 5 tljeir €nemte;s piocureD €onv 
 manDs from tl;c €mpero? to beat* ttiem Djtjon bcfo?e aDueOcacing: 
 dJeir latDful SSfrtinag; to atsbife anD f orfe reD?ef55, ijjei-c DeclareD to bt 
 manifeO ©cDitionanuil^cUeUiom anD tlJemfelbeiSt'g^eatneD iwiti^lofjis 
 of taatesanDlibejef. 
 
 I 
 
 This Dedaratioft they fent likewife to the Emperor, with a fubmiflive 
 Letter, afferting their own l-iddity, and praying for the removal of thofe 
 evil Counfellors that threaten fo much danger to his Majefty, and his 
 Kingdoms. The Emperor herewith was no way pacified, but charged 
 them with an evil defign, required them to lay down Arms, and to make 
 no more Levies, but to live in peace as becometh fliithful Subjects: Up- 
 on which terms, he promifed to disband his own Soldiers, to forgive 
 what was paft, and to protesft all that will obey him. 
 
 This prevailed nothing, but the breach grows wider. The Emperor 
 publiflied a JV/4w/<'/?o in Anfwer to the Apology of the Bohemian States 
 and wrote Letters to the Ele(ftors, Princes, and States of the Empire, 
 witli high Aggravations of the violence offered at Prague to his principal 
 Officers, againft Divine and Humane Rights, the Conftitutionsof the 
 Kingdom, and theCuftoms of all Nations, without hearing, without 
 fummoning, without any form of Proces, yea, without giving a moment 
 of time to Repent, or make ConfefTion, or receive the Sacrament, which 
 is never denied to the worft offenders. 
 
 Forth- 
 
 The Emperor 
 difgiiftei) 
 with the De- 
 claration. 
 
 He publiftics a 
 Manifefto. ; 

 
 8 
 
 HiBorical ColieFiions, 
 
 Eoth Parties 
 Arm. 
 
 
 A Comet ap- 
 pear! 
 
 I time. 
 
 at this 
 
 J» 1618 ! Forthwith a pernicious War, and all confufion breaks out. The 
 ' \^ryj I Emperor raifed forces under the conduct of divers Commanders , of 
 whom the cheif were Count de Buquap and Count iie Jmfiere. The 
 Evan^elicks raifed two Armies under Count dcThurne, and Count Mahs- 
 /elt. Meravia, Sile fia, znd Lnjatta, with all the Eftates Proteftant, Ger- 
 'rnans and Neighbors of Bohemia> (very few excepted) aflift the Evange- 
 licks with Counfel, Men, and Money : Likewife the Prince of Orange, 
 and the States of the United Provinces promifed to aid them with their 
 forces. The Eletftors and Princes Proteftant favoring the Bohemians, 
 whofe Countrey the Impcrialifts deftioy with Tire and Sword, perfwade 
 the Emperor to ftop the rage of Civil War •, the fuccefs whereof is 
 doubtful , and the end ever miferable. The Emperor propounded an 
 Arbitration of thefe^iifferences by the Eledor of Mcntz, and the Duke 
 of Bavaria, Princes Catholicks , and by the Eledors Palatine , and of 
 Saxony, Princes Proteftants, and Pilfcn Ihould be the place of Treaty : 
 The Evangelicksconfent to the Arbitration, but diflike the pl.ice, where 
 the people were wholly Catholicks , and followed the Emperors party •, 
 befides the Direffors had defigned the befieging of it. New Anions of 
 War made the overtures of peace more difficuft : Several Armies were 
 now.raifing throughout Bohemia, and the Neighboring Provinces : As 
 yet the Eledor of Saxony ftood Neutral ; the Duke of Bavaria caft in his 
 lot with the Emperor, whofe eftate was'then every where imbroiled. 
 
 At this time there appeared a Comet which gave occafion of much 
 difcourfe to all forts of men •, among others a Learned Knight, our Coun- 
 treyman confidently and boldly affirmed, [_That ftichperfons were hut 
 ahitfers^ and did but flatter greatnef , who gave their verdtB , that that Comet 
 rviu effectual, m fome would have it, or ftgnal, m others judge it, onelj to 
 Africa •, whurehj they laid it far enough from England : When this Knight 
 out of the confideration of the (pace of the Zodiack which this Comet mea- 
 [ured, the inclination of his Sword and Blade, and to what place hoth the bead 
 and tail became Vertical , together with other fecrets. 3 Said , That not 
 ortely all Europe, to the elevation of Fifty two degrees, was liable to its threat- 
 nings, hut England e(]>ecially •, yea, That peafoa befides, in whofe fortune 
 we are all no lef imbarkcd, then the Pafjenger with the Ship is in the Pilot that 
 guideth the fame; the truth whereof, {aid he, a few years willmanifeflte all 
 men. 
 
 And it was obferved by Dr. Bainbridge, a famous Aftronomer, that 
 toward the Declination of it, the Elerenth of December it paft over Zo«- 
 ^<j« in the mormng, and fo haftcd more Northwards, evepas far as the 
 Orcades. 
 \{\n%jamei I Amidft thefe diftradions, theHoufe of AuHria made nofmall im- 
 ingagcs not in [ provement of their intereft in the King of Great Brittain, who in the hot 
 ''"'" "■ "■■'~''" purfuit of the Spanijh Match, was earneft to oblige them. And the Spa- 
 niards made flicw, that on their part nothing under Heaven was more de- 
 fircd then this Alliance-, and in their Difcourfes magnified the King, 
 Queen, and Prince of England. For the ftate of their Affairs did prefs 
 them hard, if not to clofe really, yet at Icaft to fain a prcffing towards 
 It. For the French admlniftred cauife of difcontent •, the Truce with the 
 United Provinces was near expiring -, but abeve all they toqk to heart the 
 Bohemian War, and refolved to fet the main ftock upon it : Wherefore 
 the King of Spain g'avc commandment , that his Treafure fliould be ga- 
 thered together for the Infanta.' ^ vaft portion, being no lefs then Two 
 Millions, and gave hopes of the payment of half a Million beforehand, 
 
 as 
 
 thcfe troubles 
 ttatteringliim 
 felf wirh the 
 Spaniards 
 fecmin;; for- 
 wardnefs to 
 cffat the 
 Match.
 
 Htslorical Collections. 
 
 \ as was dcfired, and with himfelf all Difpatches feemed to pafs freely. 
 
 I But his Minifters gave not the fame {iuisfaiftion, and proceeded lb flackly 
 
 i ! in-thebufincfs, that they were fufpcifled either nat to intend k at all, or 
 
 1 not fo fo«n as was pretended : Befidcs, the wifer here obferved and re- 
 
 j pined, that all difficulties, hazards, and odious pafTages, muftreftonthe 
 
 L£»^////; fide, which Spain did little value. That King ^ames did that to 
 
 jgratifie the ^/rf/iMr^, which rendred him difgufted by hisSubjeds-, but 
 
 A ' it Favoj: were granted to any Sub jed of his by the King of Spain, it was 
 
 not w'ithout defign to engage him in his own Servi-ce. Which refcncments 
 
 may be collefled from a Letter written by a great Minifter of State, to 
 
 Mr. Cottington, his Majeftics then Agent in Spain ; which for clearer 
 
 fuisfadltoa you have here at large. 
 
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 Good 3/r. Cottington, / doubt not bat that before theje come toyotiy hands, 
 yoit will have heard of the Receipt of all your former Letters : Thefe are 
 in anfiver of your lafi of the Eighth of Odiober, wherein you ddvertife of the 
 arrival of the Conde Gondom.ir, at Lcrma, and of his entertainment, by that 
 Duke. It feemeth unto m here in England, that he hath gone but very (lowly 
 in his journey •, and divers (feeing how long time he hath (pent in the rvay) do 
 make conjeBurc, That it proceedeth from the [mail affection that he judgcth to 
 be there, towards the effecting of the main bufinef? 5 f'^yi'^gj if the Ambiffa- 
 dor were affured that his Ma(ler did fo reallj dcftre the fpeedy cffeBin^ thereof, 
 as is pretended, he would have made more hafle homeward -^ and that it hath 
 not been fincerely intended, but meerly u(ed by that State m an amusement to 
 entertain and bu fie his Maje(iy withal, and for the gaining of time for their 
 own ends ■• And this is muttered here by very many, bin I hop: we flnil ere 
 lon^ receive (uch an account from thence of their proceedin'^s , as will ^ive 
 fuffcient (atisfaclion. For my own part, I muftconfcf? I am yet well perfwaded 
 of their intentions •, for if there be either Honor, Religion, or Moral honefty 
 iathem, the Proteflations and Prof cf ions which I have fo often heard^ them 
 make, and you likewife daily advert ife hither, are fufficient to perfwade a man 
 that will not judge them worfe then Infidels, to expect finccre dealing in the 
 bufinef'^ and when foever I (lull perceive that they go about to dootherwife, I 
 mufl confe(smy (elf to have been deceived, as I jhall ever be on the like terms, 
 while I deal with inmo(l care \ hut withal, T jhall jud^e them the mofl unwor- 
 thy and perfidioui people of the World, and the more, for that his Alajefly hath 
 given them (0 many testimonies of his ftnccre Bitcntions toward them, which 
 he daily continueth, as now of Luc,^by the caufing Sir Walter Rawleigh to be 
 put to death, cheifly tor the giving them fatisfaaion -, whereef his Majeny 
 commanded me to adverti(e you, and concerning whom, you (luU by the next re- 
 ceive aY)tc\2xxi\otx.^ finwtngthe Motives which induced his Ma je fly torecal 
 his mercy, through which he had lived thefe many years a condemned man. In 
 the mean time, I think it ft., that to the Duke of Lenma, the Confc(Jor, and 
 the Secretary of State, youdoreprefent his Maje flies real manner of proceed- 
 ing with that King and State -, and how for the advancing of the ^reat bufwef?, 
 he hath endeavored to fit is fie them in all things, letting them fee how in many 
 actions of late of that naturi:, his Majesty hath jlrained upon the afecticns of 
 his people, and efpccially inthis lafl concerning i'/V Walter Rawleigh, who 
 died with a great deal of courage and conftancy -, and at his death moved the 
 common fort of people to muchrcmorfc, who all attributed /;// death to the 
 dcfirc his Maje sly had to fat is fie Spain. 
 
 Further, yett may let them know how able a man .S/r Walter Rawleigh 
 was to have done hit Maje ftjfervice, if he jhodd have beenpleafedtoimploy 
 . _ C htm 5 
 
 16 ^acohi. 
 
 A Lectf r from 
 a great Mini- 
 fter of State 
 to W.t. Cotting- 
 ton.
 
 10 
 
 Hijhrical ColieBions. 
 
 Nov. 17. 
 Qiicen Anne 
 dicch. 
 
 J;}, 1618. j him •, yet to give them content, he hath not fpared him , ivhcft by pre- 
 fervi»g him, he mi^ht havegiveft ^^reat fatisfa^io/t to his Sithjccfs, and had 
 .It command-, upon all occaftons as iifefid a man as ferved any Prince m chri(lai- 
 dom ; and oh th: contrary, the King of Spain is not pleafcd to do any thing 
 which may he fo incon-vcnient unto him, as to leffen the affections of his people, 
 or to procure fo much as murmuring or diffractions amongfl them •' And there- ^ 
 fore it is to be expected, that on his part, they an fiver his Majesty at leafl with 
 ftncere and real proceeding, fince that is all they are put to, the difficulties and 
 hazards hein^ indeed on his Majeflies fide. And truly, I (Imdd think it fit, th.tt 
 not by rvay of commi nation, but as it were out of zeal to the Peace and Arnil'/ 
 betwixt thefc two Crowns , you did intimate to the Duke and the other Miniflers, 
 how impofible you held it to have peace long continued betwixt their Majeflies •, 
 if intbis bufme^ wherein fo m'.ich hath been prefeffed, there jhould be found 
 any indirect ncj?. But herein you muft be cautioM and temperate -, for as on th: 
 one fide, you and I well know, that this flile most perfwades with them, fo on the 
 other fide, the decency 4;?^/ buen termine that is to be observed betwixt gneat 
 Princes, will hardly admit of Threats or Revenge for a Wooing Language -, 
 hut this I knowfilleth into [0 dtfcreet a hand, that I little fear the handfome 
 carriage of it. And I hope, that before the fe Letters arive with you, we fhall 
 hear from you, infuchaftile, that this advice of mine (hall be of no ufe. I 
 pray you be very earnest with the Conde Gondomar, that he will not forget to 
 negotiate the liberty of j\/r. Mole, for whom I hope (now my Lord Rofs is 
 dead) for that which you and I know , it will not b? fo difficult to prevail. Ton- 
 may put him in minde how when Father Baldwills liberty was granted unto 
 him, although he could not abfolutely promife Mr. Moles releafe, yet he then 
 faithfully protcfled he would ufe the mediation of the Duke ofLe^nn^andofthe 
 Kings Confeffor-, and of that King if need were ^ and tha t he would try the befl 
 friends he had for the procurement of his enLtrgement, wherein you may de fire him 
 to deal effectually, for that there is great expectance that he fhould proceed honor- 
 ably and really therein. I my felf likewife will ufe all the means I can for his 
 relief-^ for it is a thing which is very much de fired here, and would give a 
 great deal of fat is faction. 
 
 As touching Ofulivare, it is very fit that you let them know, that the re- 
 port of the honor they did him, hath csme unto his Majeflies ears, and that al- 
 though they willallcage, that in the time of Hofiility betwixt England and 
 Spain, it may be he did them many fervices, and may then have defervedwell 
 at their hands 5 for which they have jufl caufe to reward him : Tet ftnce by his 
 Majeflies happy coming to thefe Crowns, thofe differences have h.idan end, and 
 that there is a perfect League and Amity betwixt them, his Maje fly cannot 
 chufe but diflike thxr they fhould bellow upon him any tidG or dignliy^ which 
 onely or Properly belon^eth unto him towards his own SubjeBs •, that therefore 
 he would be ^l ad that they would forbear to confer any fuch titulary Honors upon 
 any of hisSubje^s without his Privity. This you jhall do well to infifl upon, 
 fo that they may underhand that his M^jefly is very fenftble, that they flwuld 
 endeavor to make the Irifli have any kinde of dependence on that State. 
 
 A 
 
 Queen Anne died this year at Hampton Court , and was thence 
 brought to her Palace at Denmark-\\oviiti in the Strand -. The common 
 people who were great Admirers of Princes , were of opinion , that 
 the Blazing-Star rather be-tokencd the Death of that Queen, then 
 that Cruel and Bloody War which fliortly after hapned in Bohemia, and 
 other parts of Germany, 
 
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 B 
 
 D
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 II 
 
 I 
 
 N rhe beginning of the year One thoufand fix hundred and n'ntteen, 
 
 the Emperor -Wjf^^w/ died ^ but immediately before his death, to 
 
 ! engage Perfons of Honor in the Service of the Empire , lie in- 
 
 j flituted Knights of feveral Orders for the defence of the CathoHck 
 
 I ReHgion •, who were bound by Oath to be faithful to the Apoftohck Sea, 
 
 I and to acknowledge the Pope their cheif Proteftor, The Count PaU- 
 
 . tine of Rhine, who in ihc interregnum is cheif Vicar of the Empire, pub- 
 
 liflied his right by the Golden Bull, to govern in cheif till a new Emperor 
 
 I bechofen, and by Advice afl'umcd the Power, requiring the people to 
 
 demean themfelvcs peaceably under his Government. 
 
 King Ferdinand in his broken Eftate , propounded a CefTation of 
 Arms, and offered fair terms of peace, but was not anfwered, for the 
 breach would not be made up. The Bohemians declared thae their King- 
 dom was Eledive not Hereditary, that the States- General ought to have 
 B the free Eletffion of their King, who always ought to be one of the Royal 
 Houfe of Bohemia : That Ferdinand took the Government upon him by 
 vertue of his Coronation in the Emperors life time , and had thereby 
 made the Kmgdom a Donative. The Evangelicks in the Upper Au(lria 
 demanded equal Priviledges with the Catholicks, and refolved to make 
 union with the Bohemians. The Proteftant Stares of Moravia, SilefiA, 
 and Hiingarta, banilli the jefuites. The Bohemians profpered in thefe 
 beginnings, but the Austrian party received vigor by fupplies out oi Hun- 
 gary and Flanders, and were able to ftand their ground j and the Emperor 
 capitulated with the Duke of Bavaria to levy forces to his ufe -, for the 
 expence of which fervice, he engaged part ot his Country to him. 
 
 The War grows to a great height, and the King of England inter- 
 pofed in thefe differences, and fent the Vifcount Boncasier Extraordinary 
 Ambadlidor to mediate a Reconciliation. Hisconftant love of Peace, 
 and his prefent fear of the fad ifTue of thefe Com.motions , and the re- 
 queflof the King of Spain, moved him to take this part in hand. It 
 was the Spaniards policy to make him a Reconciler, and by that means to 
 place him in a ftate of Neutrality, and (o fruftrate the hopes of that fup- 
 porr, which the Princes of the Union might exped: from him by the In- 
 tereft of the Count Palatine : For which caufc the King of Spain fpeaks 
 out large promifes, Thathe rtiould be the fole and grand Arbiter of this 
 Caufe of Chriftcndom. "Neverthelefs his Mediaaon was flighted by 
 the Catholick Confederates, and his AmbafTador flruflcd out of the bufi- 
 nefs: And at the fame lime, Mi\ Cottmgton being very fenfibleof their 
 unworthy dealings in the Court of 5'/'4/«, profeded. That his moft ufe- 
 ful fervice and befl complying with his own Confcience, would be to dif- 
 engage the King his Mafter. 
 
 Tlie ArchbiChop of Merits, the Reprefenters of the Duke o{ Saxony, 
 and the other Eledors , Brandenburgh , CuUen , and Tryers , met at 
 Franckfordto chufc the Emperor. 
 
 Upon the Eighth day of AuguH, Ferdrnand was chofen King of the 
 Romans •, and upon the Nineteenth of September had the Imperial Crown 
 It't upon his Head. Ambafladois from the Eledor Palatine came to op- 
 pofe Ferdinand, but were denied entrance at Franckford : The Bohemians 
 difclaimed thefaid Eledlion, and being afl'embled for that purpofe, with 
 the confent of their Confederates, clcvfted for their King, Count Frede- 
 rick Palatine of Rhine. 
 
 At chat tiaie Bethkm Gabor, Prince of Tran[jlv.wta, made knovvn to 
 C 2 the 
 
 17 ^acohi, 
 
 ■.Mitthim tl;c 
 I Emiicror 
 dies. 
 
 D 
 
 A CcfHirion cf 1 
 Arms propo- j 
 fed by Ferdi- 
 nand ')% re- 
 fufcd. 
 
 King James] 
 inrerpofes by 
 his AmbalTi- 
 dor the Vif- 
 count Donca- 
 jhr. 
 
 The Elcftor 
 falatine kndi 
 an Ambaifa- 
 ilcr to oppcfc 
 the Elcrtion 
 ot Fndwjnd. 
 The Bohemi- 
 ans chufe the 
 PaUtrne for 
 tlicif King.
 
 II 
 
 Hrjloncal CoUeBtons. 
 
 An, 
 
 1619.1 
 
 pethlem Gabor 
 makes a iinior 
 wirh the Pro- 
 tefiants. 
 
 The Ta'/jrine 
 craves the ad- 
 vice of King 
 Jamesj touch- 
 ing his accept- 
 ing the 
 Crown. 
 
 Before anfwcr 
 came he had 
 accepted it. 
 
 the Direftors Evangelick, his great lenfe of their condition fince thofe 
 troablesbei^an, defired union with them, and offered to come in with an 
 Army, hoping for the Great Turks confent to peace, during the time ot 
 that Service. The Directors return their thanks, accept the offer, and 
 Prince Bcthlcm immediately entred Hungary, to the Emperors great vexa- 
 tion, danger, and detriment -, marching with an Army even to the Walls 
 ot Vienna. 
 
 The Count Palatine Elefted King of Bohemia, craved advice of his 
 rather in Law, the Kin^ of Great Brtttain, touching the acceptation of 
 that Royal Dii^nity: When this important bufinefs was debated in the 
 Kiniis Council, Archbilliop Abbot, vvhofe infirmities would not fuffer 
 him tobeprefent at the Confultation, wrote his minde and heart to Sir 
 Robert Nanton, the Kings Secretary. 
 
 That God had fet up this Prince, hk Majejlies Son in Law, as a Mark of 
 Honor throughout all Christendom, to frof agate the Gofpel, and to proteB the 
 oppreffed. That for his own fart, he dares not but give advice to follow where 
 God leads -, apprehending the work of God in this, and that of Hungary : That 
 bypeeceandpeece, the Kings of the Earth that gave their power to the Beaft, 
 flull leave the Whore, andmake her de folate. That hewasfatisfedinConfci- 
 ence, that the Bohemhns had jufl caufe to rejeB that proud and bloody man, 
 who had taken a courfe to make that Kingdom not Eleciive, in taking it by the 
 Donation of another. The (lighting of the Vifcotmt Doncafter in his Jm- 
 ba(Iage, ^ave caufe ef juft difpleafure and indignation : Therefore let not a 
 Noble Son be for fikcn for their fakes who regard nothing but their own ends, 
 our flrtking-in will comfort the Bohemians, honor the Palfgrave, flrengthen 
 the Princes of the Union, draw on the United Provinces, /?/> up the King of 
 Denmark, and the Palatines two Uncles, the Prince of Orange, and the 
 Duke of Bouillon, together with Trcmouille, a rich Prince in France, to 
 caflintheir fhares. The Parliament is the old and honorable way forraiftng of 
 Money, md all that may be fpared is to be turned this way. And perhaps 
 God provided the jewels which were laid up in the Tower ^)i the Mother, for 
 the prefervatiOH of the Daughter , who like a Noble Pnncef hath profejfed 
 that fhe will not leave her (elf one ^ewel, rather then net maintain fo religi- 
 ons and rightco'A^ aCaufe. Certainly if countenance he given to this Allien, 
 many brave Spirits will offer themselves : Therefore let all our Spirits he ga- 
 thered up to animate this bu fine f, that the ^orld may take notice that we are 
 awake when God calls. 
 
 The Life and Zeal of thcfe Expreffions firom a Pcrfon of fuch Emi- 
 nency, may difcover the Judgment and Affedion of the Anti-Spanifh 
 party in the Court of England. But the King was engaged in thofe ways, 
 out of which he could not eafily turn himlelf. Befides, it did not pleafe 
 him, that his Son Ihould faatch a Crown out of the Fire: And he was 
 ufed to fay, That the Bohemians made ufc of him as the Fox did of the Cats 
 fodt,t0 pull the Apple out of the Fire for his own eating. In the mean while be- 
 fore the King could anfwer,thc Palfgrave defiring advice in that behalf,the 
 Bohemians had wrought and prevailed with him to accept of their Eledi- 
 on •, whereof he fent Advertifement into England, excufing the fudden- 
 nefsof the Adion ; for that the urgency of the caufe would admit of no 
 deliberation. King ^ames difavowed the Ad, and would never grace 
 his Son in Law with the ftilc of his new Dignity. But Sir Richard 
 We si on and Sir Edward Conway were fent Ambaffadors into Bohemia , 
 to
 
 Historical CoUeUions. 
 
 13 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 King James 
 dilavows the 
 Aft,and deals 
 himlclf of ic 
 to rhe King of 
 Slain. 
 
 to clofe op the breach between the Emperor , and the Eledlor Pala- ■ 1 7 ^acoh/ 
 tme. 
 
 The King being not a little troubled and jealous, i\\zti\\Q Palatines 
 nearnefs to him might give caufe of fufpition to his Brother of S^ain, 
 that this Eledion had been made by his procurement or correfpondence 
 with the GerniAn Proteftants , commands his Agent Cottinpon to give 
 that King plenary Information of all proceedings •, As, That his Am- 
 balTador being fent to compound the differences , and to reduce the 
 Bohemians to the quiet obedience of the Emperor , inftead of finding 
 the Emperor fo prepared , and fuch a way made for his Mediation as 
 was promifed and cxpeded , received anfwer, That the bufinefs was al- 
 ready referred to four of the Eledlors, infomach, that noplace was left 
 for his Authority to interpofe. 
 
 Of this exclufive anfwer, as he had juft caufe to be fenfible, con- 
 fidering that he had entred into that Treaty meerly at the inftance of the 
 King of 5/'4/'«, andhisMiniftersj fo there followed a furtha: inconve- 
 nience, Tintxh^ Bohemians having long expelled the fruit andiffueof 
 this Mediation, and finding little hope by this means, did inftantly, as 
 out of defperation, Eled the Count Palatine for their King : Wherefore 
 being tender of his own honor and reputation, efpecially in the opinion 
 of the King of Sfain , he would not have it blemifhedby theleaft mif- 
 underftanding. And for that end, he tendred to his view, fuch Letters 
 as from time to time he had written to the Princes of the Union, and 
 to the Palatine himfelf, whereby he might plainly fee his diflike of the 
 Bohemians engaging againfl: their King , and his induftry to contain thofe 
 Princes in peace and quietnefs, and to make a fair Accord between the 
 difagreeing parties. 
 
 Reply was made , as touching the anfwer given to the Vifcount 
 Doncafter , That he was admitted a Compounder in fuch form as was 
 poflible , the Arbitration having been committed by the late Emperor 
 into the hands of three of the Ele6tors,and the Duke of Bavaria -, that 
 neverthelefs he might have proceeded in the Negotiation , and by his 
 Maflers Authority have over-ruled any difficulty vvhich might have 
 hapned on the Emperors fide (on whofe behalf the reference was made) 
 if he had reduced the Bohemians to the accepfance of any rcafonable 
 conditions : But he prefently, to the Emperors great di(fervice, labor- 
 ed to fufpend tlie Eledlion of the King of the Romans, till the Bohe- 
 mian Controverfie were firft compounded, which was abfolutely to de- 
 feat King Ferdinand of that Crown, and to diflurb and put in danger 
 his Eledtion to the Empire, This was the more confirmed by his defire 
 to make Bonfires in Liege, when the Count Palatine was made King of 
 Bohemia. As touching the Kings integrity in the whole bufinefs, the 
 fatisfaftion tendred was received with great applaufe ^ and it was further 
 faid, That it would gain the more authorisy andertimation if hefiiould 
 continue to difclaim that which had been done fo contrary to his opi- 
 nion , and againft his Friends and Allies, as are all the Princes of the 
 Houfe of Austria. 
 
 But the Lot was caft in German), and for the Palf^ravc tliere was no 
 going back ; forces pour in a main on both fides. The King of Poland 
 aided the Emperor in Hungary, to bound and check the incurfionsof 
 Prince Bethlcm; ileDakeoi Saxony did not brook his Fellow Elefturs 
 advancement to Regal Majefty, and condemned his joyning with Bethlem 
 Gahor •, Who, (aiih h'e, came in with the Turks confent to make a defola- 
 4ido in the Empire. ._.. King 
 
 The King of 
 Spain tcllifies 
 his refenr- 
 mencot Vif- 
 count Don- 
 CLijhrs pro- 
 rcciiiiigs in 
 Germany. 
 
 The Kitii^ of 
 /'o/.i/iii'aiiis 
 the Emperor.
 
 '4- 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1620. 
 
 ferdinnnit 
 ptiblifhis a 
 rrolcripnon 
 iigainft the 
 r.ihitwe. 
 
 Vrince Art- 
 biiit Oer.crjlif- 
 fitm of tlic 
 B'^hamans. 
 
 hiich .com- 
 matids the 
 forces of tlic 
 Princes of the 
 Union. 
 
 King James 
 will not en- 
 fiage in the 
 War, fends 
 Sir Walter 
 Afion Ambaf- 
 lid or into 
 Sf.iin to ne- 
 gotiate the 
 Match, and 
 Gondom.iy re- 
 turns. 
 
 Great immu- 
 nitifs piomi- 
 fcd by King 
 Jni:;es to the 
 Catholicks. 
 
 1 8 ^acob. 
 
 1620, 
 
 A great Army 
 levied in l-'litii-- 
 dcrs under the 
 command of 
 Spir.olti. 
 A Regiment 
 under the 
 cf-mmand of 
 5ir Horait' 
 I'eie fent from 
 lEn^liind. ' 
 
 King Frederick vifited the feveral pavts of his Kingdom to confirm 
 the people ro him, :indtoieceivc the Oath of Fidelity. And the Em- 
 peror piibhllied a Profcription againft him , wherein he proclaims him 
 g.iilty of High Treifon, excludes him out of the publick peace, and 
 declares his relblution to profecute him as the publick Enemy of the Em- 
 piie, and a contemner of his Imperial Majefty, andabfolvcs allhisSub- 
 jeds from their Oaths and Duties to him, and commands all perfons 
 whatfoever to abandon him and his adherents. Chrijlian, Prince of 
 AnhJt, was appointed Gcneralifirm of the Bohemian Forces, and govern- 
 ed all afflurs, which was fome eclipfe and difcontent to Thitrne and Mans- 
 fet, who had hitherto ftood the iJiock Of the Imperial Armies. The 
 Princes of the Union raifed forces for the defence of the Pri/.^f/w/i^f, and 
 their own intcrcft, under the Marquefs Ansbach. The Evangelicks 
 wereputtotheworft by General ^«(/«0)i in feveral encounters, and were 
 much terrified by the Duke of Bavaria, who marched with an Army of 
 Fifteen thouGmd Horfe and Foot, and a Train of Artillery proportion- 
 able •, and they were weakned by a Ceffation of Arms in Bimgary, be- 
 tween the Emperor and the Prince of Tranfyhania. 
 
 In S^atn they make all poflfible preparations for this War •, onely the 
 
 King of Englmd will not take the Alarm, 
 
 abhorring War in general, 
 
 and diftafting the Palfgraves caufc , as an ill prefident againft Monarchy, 
 and ied with hopes of compofing all differences by the fuccefs of the 
 Spanijli Treaty. For which purpofe Six Walter Alien was then fent Am- 
 bafl'ador into Sfai/}^ and Gondomar returned into England, there to abide 
 till the long debated Match be fully cffeded. The Articles of Religion 
 for fecuring Liberty of Conference to the /w/^t^M and her Family, were 
 greatly inlarged by the Commiffioners defigned for the Treaty, and were 
 allowed by the King of £«^/4W; but without a difpenfation from iJcwf , 
 the trandidions between the two Kings were but Nullities. And for this 
 caufe it was expeded , that our King fliould propound fuch conditions 
 for the increafe and great advantage of \};\t Roman Catholick Religion, 
 that the Pope may deliberate whether they be of that nature a: may per- 
 fwade and merit tire difpenfation : To this demand the King made anfwer 
 in his Letter to the King c£ Spain, That he had done as much in favor 
 of the Catholicks as the times would bear , and promifed in the word of 
 a King, ThatnoiJpw^wPrieft or other Catholick fliould thenceforth be 
 condemned upon any capital Law. And although he could not at pre- 
 fent refcind the Laws, infiicfiing onely pecuniary mulds ; yet he would 
 fo mitigate them as to oblige his Catholick Subje(5ts to him. And if 
 the Marriage took effedf, his Daughter in Law Qiould finde him ready to 
 indulge all favors which flie fliould requeft for thofe of her Religion. 
 Herein the Spanidi Council acknowledged great fatisfadlion given, and a 
 Paper was conceived and drawn up by a ^itnto of Canonifls, Lawyers, 
 and Divines, to perfwade the Pope to adl his part. 
 
 IN the mean while an Array of Thirty thoudind was levying in J"/^;;- 
 ders, under the command of Marquefs Spinola. The King of England 
 fent to know the caufe of fo great preparations. The Marquefs gave an- 
 fwer, That he received his Commiflion fealcd up with a charge not to 
 open it till his Army werccomplcated, and brought together to a Rcn- 
 dtvouz: But the King had proof enough to afTure him, that this Army 
 wasintcnded for the Palatinate, Yet no more then one Regiment under 
 the Command of Sir Horatio Tfrf could be obtained from him, though 
 
 two 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HiUorical CollcUtons. 
 
 15 
 
 B 
 
 two more were promifed: When SpinoU had his Rendevouz where. he ,18 
 muftered Six and twenty thoufaJKJ Foot, and Four thouHmd Horfe, he 
 opened his CoinmilTIon, which required him to make War againft all 
 thofe which (liould be confederate with the Bohemian B^th^h -^ and he 
 communicated the i'ame to the AmbafTador ot Great Brittain. At the 
 fame time the Englilh began their march •, as brave a Regiment as hath 
 appeared in any age, confifting moft of Gentlemen under a moft worthy 
 Leader, who was accompanied with the Earls of oxford and E(fexy per- 
 fons innoblcd as well by their own vertues , as by their Progenitors. 
 Other Commanders in this Regiment were Sit Edward Sackvile, S\x Ge- 
 rard Herbert , Sir Robert Knolles , Captain Stafford, Captain Wilmot , 
 Czx^tzmWilliam Fairfax, Svi ^ohn Bnrlacf, Qx^. Burroughs, ^Cd.'^. Robert 
 Knightlj, crc 
 
 This handful of men reached x.h& Palatinate with fome difficulty, by 
 the aid and conduit of Hem'^ Prince of Naffau, 
 
 The Imperial forces became exceeding numerous by large fupplies 
 from federal Countrevs and Provinces. The States Proteftant of the 
 
 ^acobi. 
 
 The Prote- 
 
 of AHJln.i re- 
 nounce die 
 confciteracy of 
 ihe Bohemians. 
 
 D 
 
 The ElerSor 
 of Saxony ai- 
 iifts the Em- 
 pcror,ancl ex- 
 ecutes rhe 
 Ban againft 
 the falatine. 
 
 F 
 
 Upper and Lower Atiltria, upon the approach of the Bavarian Army, '^Jnc States 
 feeing nothing but manifeft ruine, renounce their Confederacy with the 
 Bohemians ,^ni fubmit to the Emperor, faving to themfelves their Rights 
 and Priviledi-'es in Religion: Whereupon the 5(?/'i7»/.i;?/ and their King 
 being but Twenty thoufand ftrong, belides an addition of Tenthnufand 
 Httngartans from Bethlem Gabor, and fearing leaft Bavaria and Buqaoy joyn- 
 ing their forces, (hould fall into Bohemia, thought it beft to fortifie the 
 Frontiers,and to defend their Country, which thev conceived they might 
 well do, if the Eleftor of Saxonj would continue in his Neutrality. The 
 Emperor fent to the faid Eledor to execute his Bin or Declaration of 
 Treafon againft the Count Palatine, and the Bohemian Rebels. The 
 Bohemians by their Ambafl'adors requefted him, if he would not own 
 their Caufe, yet at leaft to remain Neutral. The Duke of i'^.vij^y re- 
 plied to King Frederick, Tiiat he had often reprefented to him what ruine 
 was like to follow him by taking an others Crown • and for his own part, 
 being called upon by the Emperor, to execute his Ban, and chaftife the 
 Rebels, he could notdifobey that juft command : The Proteftant Prin- 
 ces fent to him again, and gave him notice of Spinola's advance to fubdue 
 tht Palatinate, but this did nothing move him. He entred /^»/^f^/rf with 
 fome forces, and quickly reduced a part of that Province. 
 
 In the Palatinate, SpinoU having got the ftart of the Englilh , by 
 means of a far (hotter march, had no fooner arived, but he took in di- 
 vers Towns, and prevailed greatly over a fpiiitlefs people 5 yet he warily 
 declined tlie hazard of Battel with the Princes of the Union: Neither 
 was the Marquefs Jnsbach very forward to engage, or to feek or take ad- 
 vantages. The Dutch llownefs was not excufable, howbeit the great 
 accefs of ftrength to the Emperors party, and this flender aid from the 
 King of Great Brittain, to preferve his Childrens Patrimony, muft needs 
 difhearten the Crrw4» Princes, and help to dilTolve the Union. After a 
 while, the feafon of tlie year drew them into their Winter Quarters ; 
 the Princes retired into tlieir feveral Countreys , and the Englifli 
 Regiment was difpoied into three principal Garifons : Sir Horatio Vere 
 commanded in Afrf»/»f/»j, Sir Gerard Herbert inHeidelborongh, and Cap- 
 tain Burroughs in Frankendale , having onely power to preferve them- 
 felves within thofe Walls , whileft the enemy ranged round about 
 them. 
 
 A 
 
 Spinila pre- 
 vails much in 
 tlic Palati- 
 nate. 
 
 The Armies 
 take up their 
 Winttr Quar- 
 ters.
 
 \6 
 
 Hijlorical Collections, 
 
 An. 162c, 
 
 A LetrcT of 
 'rheDu'teof 
 ■ Buckjnghtms 
 to Gondomar 
 couching King 
 James his 
 'bent to the 
 German War. 
 
 OcJoh. Z"). 
 
 A Letter written from the Marquefs of Buckingham to Cende Gondomar, 
 difcoveied the bent of the Kings minde apdwill touching the German War, 
 That he was refolved to continue Neuter for Conicience, Honor, and Ex- 
 amples fake. In regard of Cenfcience, judging it unlawful to inthrone and 
 dethrone Kings for Religions fake -, having a quarrel againft the Jefuites 
 for holding that opinion : Befides he faw the World inclined to make this 
 a War of Religion,which he would never do. In point o'i Honor •, for that 
 when he fent his Amballador into German) to treat of Peace, in the interim i A 
 his Son in Law had taken t!ie Crown upon him. And for Example fake -, 
 holding it a dangerous prefident againft all Chriftian Princes to allow a 
 I'uddcn tranflation of Crowns by the Peoples Authority. Neverthelefs he 
 could not lit ftill, and fee his Children dirpofTeired of their Hereditary 
 Rights, anl hopes his Son in Law will make Overtures of Peace, which 
 if flighted by the Emperor, he will not lofe the feafon to prepare for the 
 defence of the PaUtinate. But if his Son will not hearken to his advice, 
 he fliall be inforced to leave him to his proper Counfels. 
 
 Notwithftanding this open, wary and tender proceeding with all care 
 ! and patience to obferve the Spanidi humors, our State Minifters that 
 I were moft addided to S^ain, difcerned their trifling with us, which they 
 i did not fpare to cenfure, and refolved to ufe a freer Language j yet ftill 
 idifcoveredavvillingnefsto wait their further leifurc, for the Engliili Pa- 
 tience fecmed invincible. In the mean time the Privy Council having an 
 eye to the fupport of the Palatinate, began the raifing of Moneys by 
 way of free gift, and diredled Letters of the tenor following, to. divers 
 Earls, Vifcounts, Biflwps, and Barons, the fame Letter being fent to 
 each refpedively. 
 
 You may formerly have heard horv the Palatinate being the ancient Herit- 
 age of the Count Palatine, his Majcflies SoninLaw, andtodi(cendtohis 
 Majesties Grand-children, is now invaded hy a Foreign Enemy •, many principal 
 Towns are furprifed, a great part of the Count rey in the pojjefion of grangers, 
 and the inhabitants forced to take an Oath against their Natural Prince. Where- 
 upon his Majesty out of confiderations of Nature, Honor, and State, hath de- 
 clared himfelf in the courfe of an Auxiliary V^zx for the defence and recovery 
 of the fame •, the occafion being fo weighty andprefing, hath moved his Majefly 
 by the general advice of us his Council, to think of \om: courfe for provision of 
 that nature, as may ferve as well to the maintenance and preferring of the 
 pre fent fuccors already fent, as for the reinforcing them out of thofe Countries, 
 as the occafion of the War fl)a!f require ■• And for that the fwtftnef of the occa- 
 fion would not permit a (upply by other means for the pre fent, fo readily as was 
 needful, we have all concurred to begin with our felves, in offer of a voluntary 
 I gift unto his Majefly, for the advancement of the pre fent occapon nothing 
 doubting, but that your Lor-^fhip bein^ a Peer of the Kingdom, will chearfully 
 and readily follow the example of us begun. And if there were much alacrity and 
 readinef found in the Nobility, and others, to contribute at the motion of his 
 Majcfltes Sons Ambaffador, at what time the 'Pa.hnmte was not invaded, nei- 
 ther had his Majefly declared himfelf, you will much more and in a better pro- 
 portion do it now thefe two weighty Motives do concur ; andfo nothing doubting 
 of your Lordfhips readinefs herein, we bid, &c. 
 
 , SiV/rfr^Kf/o/ Winchefter, ^Earl of Darby, 
 ^^ ^"'^ ? Earl of Cumberland, ( Earl of Northumberland, &c. 
 Alfo a Letter of the fame form was written to the Lord Major of 
 London. 
 
 But
 
 Hijlorical CoUeHions, 
 
 But the fliort Reign of King Fredirick was near its period : The 
 Imperial Forces under Bitvaria, Bttquoy, and D.Balthazay, advance towards 
 Pragtte-^ and the Bohemians quit their Garrifons, to make their Army 
 the more compleat : Yet neither Count Mansfeldnox the Englidi Forces 
 were there. On the Eighth day oi November, being the Lords day, both 
 Armies met for the fital dccifion of the great Controverfie. The Bohe- 
 mians flood upon the advantage-ground betwixt the Imperialifts and 
 /^Prague: But the Enemy breaking through, fcattered and ruined their 
 'whole Army, and purfued the ViiSory. The King and ^een furprifed 
 with this Difcomfiture, among a wavering people in a City not very de- 
 fenfible, were conftrained to flie the next morning. 
 
 Diminution of Honor was added to the Calamity of this Prince ; 
 becaufe he fuffered his Soldiers to mutiny for Pay, when he had a raafs 
 of Money by liim, wh'ch was left behind to augment the Enemies Con- 
 queft. Neither was Anhalt the General a fit perfon for the high truft re- 
 g pofed in him •, who not long after the Defeat, fought and obtained the 
 Emperors favor, and was made one of his Generals to debel theProte-, 
 ftant caufe and party. But Count Mansfield, whom Anhalt flighted and ' 
 clofed not with him to bring him up to this Fight, made good his fidelity, 
 and with his Flying Army became a continual vexation to the Emperor 
 harafing his Countries and forcing Contribution. 
 
 King ^-amcs, upon the news of the Palfgrave's overthrow, and upon 
 a Narration of the ftaie of Aflfiirs in thofe parts made unto HisMajefty 
 by the Earls oi oxford and E([ex newly returned from the Palatinate, was 
 pleafed to call a full Council together to confider of this great and 
 weighty affair. The Order enfuing relates the particulars. 
 
 At the Court at Whitehall, fan. i:^. i6io. 
 
 D 
 
 Prefent, 
 
 Lord Jrchbijhop of Canterbury 
 
 Lord chancellor 
 
 Lord Treasurer 
 
 Lord Pri-vy Seal 
 
 Lord Steward 
 
 Lor I M. Hamiltort 
 
 Lord chamberlain 
 
 Earl of Arundel 
 
 Earl of Kelly 
 
 Lord V, Doncafler 
 
 Lord V. Falkland 
 
 Lord Care^w 
 
 Lord Digby 
 
 Mr. Treafiirer 
 
 Mr. Seer, Naunton 
 
 Mr. Seer. Calvert 
 
 Mr. Chanc. of the Exchequer 
 
 Mafler of the Rolls 
 
 Majler of the Wards. 
 
 Hl?^^ajcf!p t)cinc(rcfoli)cl3toma^cfGmc iaopal p.'cparatf'onij fo? 
 t\)t Eecobcrp anD ^D^orcaton of rUe Palatinate, being tt)t antjcnt 
 3|nl)cruanrc of t)i^ ^aieRicfi! ^on inlato, anD (15?ani}c!)iID?eij, DfD in 
 t'J5 tftgO toifDcin tfjmb miTt toappomt fomc peifone; of fenotwlcDgc anD 
 c^pcrjentc tn t\)c tdlats to confiDci* of, an!) gtUe tbrii* ^DUttc in fucD 
 P?opoation0 asi Ojall be maDc unto tbem i^}) t'oc OSoarD, f02 r(jc better 
 erpcDtting of tOat fei:i)ife. €o tobfcD puruofe tbe €acl of Oxford 
 ant) t\)c earl of EfTex , tfic €arl of Leicefter , tDc lovD SJtfrount 
 
 Wilmot, tbelo^D D4nvcrs, tbC Lo?l3 Calfield, <Sil* Edward Cecyl, 
 Sit Richard Harrifon IftmgijtSi , ant) Captain Danbingham H)ere 
 
 D catteD 
 
 '7 
 
 i8 
 
 ^acobi. 
 
 Fredcrkl^s 
 I Forces torally 
 routed in the 
 Rattcl at 
 i'rague. 
 
 His calamity 
 joineil with 
 lofs of Honor. 
 
 An Order 
 the Council 
 Table for re- 
 (covering the 
 Palatiriate, 
 
 at
 
 i8 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An.i6zo. taUcD tottieCaMe. anDmaUcacriuainteDtxnt&lfcijs^afeOjreiplfafure, 
 Cl^at i\^t% 0? anp iFibc o^ mm of tOcm,togcrljei- twitD ^ix Horace Vere, 
 anD %\i Edvv. Conway JKnigDt^ (if tbcp retmn mm England toljile thi^ 
 dommtttce OotD continue ) ft all unDcrtafee xW terbtrc, anD Ijabe tUcir 
 mettingisanD affcmblie^ in tl)c tnljolc Council chamber Ocrc tn White- 
 hall toucliing rt;c affairs abobementicncO: ^nD tbat fo? tljetr better 
 af0iGance tljep call unto tbem fucbotbets of ejcpcritnce, tobofe aDbice 
 anicoinion tbcp QjalltDinl^ Bt to mafeeufe of m tbeit febtral Coiiful- 
 tatioii^, upon fucb tbinge a^ Cfjall be Co refcrreD unto tbem from tbe 
 OSoarD, CiiUbicb tbep are to picfecute tuit^cut inter mffeiono^ Dclaj'. 
 gnti tbep 0;aU maJ^c iSlepo?t of ttieir ©pinions, tubicb us to fce Done m 
 to?iting unDer IFitie of tbeir banDjs at leaff. 
 
 The Particulars offered to their Confideration, are thefe -, 
 J"/ri?, what fr Of art ion or number of men^ asrvell fJorfe as Foot, with 
 
 Munition , Victuals , Shifting , md Trcafure , mil be fitfficient ftr that 
 
 Enterprife. 
 
 And feconMy, Bj rvhat time it rvill be meet that their Forces be in readi- 
 
 «f/?5 And where the Arms, Munition, and ViiJuals may be (I be fro'vided-^ 
 I with fnch other Gircumflances as are incident to any of thefe Heads. 
 
 For the better direction herein, Mr. Secretaries wilt acquaint them with 
 
 fuch Intelligences as they have received touching the (Irength of the Enemies 
 
 Ferces now in the Palatinate. 
 
 Moreover, The King to encourage the Princes of the Union, and 
 to keep them in Arms, fent them Thirty thoufand pounds-, yet withall 
 refolved to treat for Peace, and difpatched Sir Edward fillers into Silefta 
 to fetch the Palfgraves Submiflion to the Emperor, upon Conditions 
 to be conceived according to equity and conveniencie. 
 
 Never did the Spaniards more flatter King ^ames, then after the 
 Defeat at Prague. They affirm that he lliall ordain according to his plea- 
 fure in the Palfgrave's Reflitution, and be obeyed ^ That the Infanta's 
 Portion was preparing , and that the Pope was obliged to grant the Dif- 
 penlation, from whom they refolve to take no denial. Cotttngton the 
 Agent in Spain now attefted the Honefty of Gondomars Difpatches 
 hither, and cryed him up for a Cordial man, and well deferving His 
 Majeflies favor. 
 
 This notable Spanifli Engine had fo wrought himfelf into the Kings 
 affedions, that he gained the accels of a Favorite rather then ot an Am- 
 bafjador from a Foreign Prince. 
 
 Some in the Englilli Court were then fufpedled to be Penfioners to 
 Spain ^ as may be gathered from the Spanilli AmbafTadors Inftrudions 
 
 A 
 
 T^ie Spaniards 
 flatter the 
 King- 
 
 Private In- 
 firucSions to 
 the Spanifh 
 AmbaiTador 
 into England. 
 
 B 
 
 received from the King his Mafter. 
 
 " T3 Efides that which I enjoin you in your General Inflru<aions given 
 '^ ji-Jyou hr England.^ whither I fend you torefide, I thought good to 
 '^advertife you apart by themfelves of the chiefeft things of Importance 
 "which you fliall there negotiate, a^id endeavor to further and ad- 
 " vance. 
 
 '' It is well known, that I have defired and endeavored to favor the 
 " Caufe of the CnthoUcks of that Kingdom, and to further it to their beft 
 " advantage, as well in the time of the Queen deceafed who did fo much 
 " prolecuteand opprefs them,as fince the time that the prefent King hath 
 "iiicceeded; yet that calamity ftillcontinuesupon them,byreafonofthe 
 
 ■ill 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 D, 
 
 Hiflorical Colidiions, 
 
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 ''ill offices done unto them by the Puritans and Preteflants (of whom' i8 ^acohi, 
 " the greater part oF that Kings Council doth confift : ) Howbcit be- 1 ^^ v^-^ 
 
 " caufe 
 
 It IS a thing that I 
 
 could 
 
 not well urge or 
 
 prels, without 
 '"' breeding jealoufies , and lb caufe thereby a greater harm to the 
 '' Catholicks, I have proceeded on my part with that warinsTs and di^- 
 ^'ftmuUtien is is fit. 
 
 ' "D./^.lliall inform you of what hathpafTed in this matter, as alfo 
 " in what eftate things are at this prefent , and how you iliall govern 
 '' your felf for the time to come, according to the orders given unto him^ 
 " whofe example we widi .you to follow. And of tliis take fpecial heed ; 
 " That although it be believed that we may be very confident of the 
 " truftinefs of thofe Catholicks by whoie means the bufinefs of the reft 
 " is undertaken, that they will be fecret -, notwithftandmg left any Here- 
 " tick flaall come in the name or (liew of a Catholick only to make fome 
 " difcovery •, It lliall be fit, that in all fpeeches you lliall have with them 
 -' concerning that which iliall touch the Catholicks, that you tell them 
 '' how much I defire to fee them freed from thofe preflures under which 
 '' Queen Elizabeth put them, and that God would inipire tlie Kings heart 
 " that he may reduce hirafelt to the obedience of the i?*?^^;? Catholick 
 " Church : And advife them to endeavor to win the King unto them, 
 " by fliewing themfelves good and loyal and obedient Subjedis, in tem- 
 " poral duties, and not to meddle any thing againft his State -, that by 
 " their deeds he may fee what fecuiity may be expected from them, and 
 "may alfo bind himfelf to fivor them ^ thefe being things that do no 
 " way contradid the obferving the Catholick Religion, and are due from 
 " them to the dignity of their King and Natural Lord: And for the fame 
 ''reafon they ought to abftain from all ill pradlices, or unfitting fpeech 
 ''oradions againft. his Perfon, as is faid fome heretofore have ufed-, 
 '' efpecially feeing no good hath, or can come thereof, and thereby they 
 '' fhall juftly provoke him againft themfelves -, and by holding this courfe 
 '■ they Iliall win the Kings good will, and the Peace Iliall be preferved, 
 "and by the Peace by little and little be won and attained tiiat which 
 " is defired. By this manner ot proceeding it is certain there can come no 
 " inconvenience : But in cafe that this your manner of dealing iliall come 
 *' to the Kings knowledge ( as poffibly it may ) it will breed a great ob- 
 " ligation of brotherhood . and friendlhip between us, when he ftiall fee 
 " that I carry my felf in this fort in his atfliirs, and confequently will be 
 "the more confident of our amity, and will thereby be induced the 
 " better to fuhdue all malice in them that iliall endeavor to pcrfwade the 
 " contrary. And therefore you lluU have a Q)ecial care to do this deKte- 
 "rioufly, indue time and feafon •, and to inform your felf very particu- 
 "larlyfrom the faid D.A. concerning thofe with whom you may deal 
 "confidently, and howflir you may truft the iVe^o^Mw^/ for the Catho- 
 " licks •, though you fliall do well alway to proceed with the aforefaid 
 " caution and warincfs. 
 
 " YouOiall undeiftand from the faid D.A. what Penftdm are allotted 
 ^' to certain Mimflcrs of that King , and to other perfons: It will be ne- 
 " ceftary to infoum your felf throughly of all that concerns this point, 
 " and that you know both the Per[om and Penftom to ferve your felf 
 •''otthem, and to make the beft ufe of them in all occafions that ftiall 
 " be moft behoveful for your better diredion in the Bufinefles given you 
 " in charge, and all others that may be offered of confequence, feeing 
 " the fiid Penfions wcreuppointed to that end. 
 D a What-
 
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 HiHorical CoUeBions. 
 
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 I The King calif 
 I a Parliamenc. 
 
 I " Whatfoever of the faid Penfions you fliall find unpaid for the time 
 j " paft, D. A. is to difcharge, and you (liall undertake for the time to 
 " come •, telling every one what his Penfion is, to the end they may be 
 •' deceived of no part thereof by the Third perfon who conveys it unto 
 " them •, and let it be pun(flually paid at the days, that their good pay- 
 " ment may bind them to perfevcre and do their fervice punduaily j for 
 " the which you fliall be furniflied with all that fliall be neceflary. And 
 " have a fpecial care to advertife me how fuch perfons employ them- 
 " felves in the things that fliall occur, difguifing their names in fuch man- 
 " ner as D.A. doth. 
 
 '' Above all, You muft take great care to dive into the eftate of the 
 " affairs of that King : What his Treafure is •, In what Eftimation he is 
 " with his Subjeds, and what Correfpondcneie and good meaning there 
 " is betwixt them ^ How the Bngltj\h Scotch and Irifh ftand affefted among 
 " themfelves and one towards another, and towards their Neighbors, and 
 " how they are bent againft me and my Common Eftates, or any of my 
 " particular Kingdoms •, whence they draw their Intelligences, and par- 
 " ticularly what amity and correfpondcneie that King entertaineth with 
 " France, and with the Neutrals of Holland and Zealand, and with the 
 " Venetians, and upon what caufes it is founded, what matters they treat 
 " of, what defigns they have in hand. All which is very neceflary to be 
 " known -, for the attaining of which D.A. will open unto you fome ways 
 " which you mufl: follow, befides thofe which your felf fliall difcover : 
 " And you fliall advertife me of whatfoever you fliall underftand and learn, 
 " governing your felf in all occurrents with that warinefs and difcrction, 
 " as your zeal to my fervice doth aflure me of. 
 
 Thefe were the Arts of Spain, to corrupt divers in the Court of 
 England. 
 
 Buckingham and his Dependants followed the Kings inclinations: 
 TheDukeofXf«(?v, Marquis Krfwi/f<;«, and William Earl of Pembroke 
 difliking the Kings courfe, did not contefl: with him, but only intimated 
 their diflent. 
 
 It was faid o^Gondomar, That when he returned into Spain, he gave 
 in his Account of Disburfments for Penfions given in England, (amongfl: 
 others ) To Sir Robert Cotton looo/, a perfon of great Integrity, and one 
 who was ever averfe to the Houfe of Aufiria. Which Sir Robert getting 
 notice of by the Englifli Agent then in 5;>4/»,deraanded reparation, which 
 was obtained, but witli a falvo to the Ambafladors honor, the error being 
 faid to be committed by a Dependent upon the Ambaflador, and not 
 by him felf. 
 
 The King being jealous of uncomptrolled Soveraignty, and impati- 
 ent of his Peoples intcrmedling with the Myfl:eries of State, had fallen in- 
 to a great diflike of Parliaments, and for many years before had given 
 way to Projeds and Monopolies : And many of his Minifters perhaps * 
 fearing an enquiry into their own adions, might fuggeft to him, that he 
 might better furnifli himfelf by thofe ways, and the Match now in treaty, 
 then by Subfidies, ufually accompanied with the redrefs of Grievances. 
 Neverthelefs, he was now minded \o call a Parliament, conceiving it 
 might be of fpecial ufe : For he obferved the affedions of the People to 
 be raifed for the Recovery of the Palatinate -, and then concluded, that 
 thofe affedions would open their purfes to the fupply of his wants •, and 
 the Treaty with Spam would effedl the bufinefs without the expence and 
 
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 troubles of War, and the good accord between him and his people would 
 quicken the Sfaniard to conclude the Match. And accordingly Writs 
 were ifTucd forth to affemble them the 30. of January. ■ In the callin^^ of 
 this Parliament he recommended to his Subjects the choice of fuch Mem- 
 bers as were of the wifeft, graveft, andibeft affe(fled people, neither 
 ruperftitious,nor tarbulent, but obedient Children to this their Mother- 
 Church, 
 
 In the mean while in German-j^ the Proteftant Union continually de- 
 clined by the gradual falling away of the feveral partakers. The Eledor 
 of Saxony reduced the remainder of Lttfatia. The Province of Mo- 
 ravia, upon the approach of Btfcjuoy, feeing the Count de Latiere came 
 not in to their fuccor, prayed that they might enjoy their Pnviledges in 
 matter of Religion, and be received into the Emperors grace and favor: 
 wliich fubmifTion was well received at Vienna. Likewife the States of 
 Stlefta failing of afliftance from the Eledor Palatine, were conftrained 
 to make their peace. 
 
 Then the Palatine propounded to the Ele<ftor of Saxony an Overture 
 of Peace, declaring, That he took the Crown upon him to preferve the 
 Proteflants in the free exercife of their Religion. The Saxon replied. 
 That he had no way to make his Peace, but to renounce the Kingdom of 
 Bohemia, and the Provinces Incorporate, and to beg the Emperors pardon. 
 Afterwards the Eledtor Palatine goeth to Brandenburghy and then to Se- 
 genbiirgh^ where there was an Afl'embly of Princes and States Proteftant 
 to oppofe the exploits of Spinola. In the mean while Count Aansfield 
 ftirs in Bohemia^ pillages feveral Towns, and the Goods of all thofe that 
 cryed, God fave King Ferdinand ! 
 
 The relation oi England to thefe affairs of Foreign States, had caufed 
 a general liberty of difcourfe concerning matters of State ; which King 
 ^ames could not bear, but by Proclamation commanded all from the 
 highefttothelovveft, not to intermeddle by Pen or Speech with State- 
 concernments and fecrets of Empire, either at home or abroad •, which 
 were no fit Themes or Subjeds for Vulgar perfons , or Common 
 meetings. 
 
 On the Thirtieth day of January the Parliament began to fit, and 
 the King came in perfon and made this Speech. 
 
 MY Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and you the Commons ! 
 Cui mHhilo(jino non dee(l pcccatum. In the laft Parliament I made 
 long difcourfes, efpecially to them of the Lower Houfe : I did open the 
 true thoughts of my heart ^ but I may fay with our Saviour, / have 
 fifed to you, and you have not danced-^ 7 have mourned, and you have not 
 lamented. Yet as no mans adlions can be free, fo in me God found fome 
 fpices of vanity, and foall my fayings turned to me again without any 
 fuccefs. And now to tell the reafons of your calling, and this meeting, 
 apply it to your felves, and fpend not the time in long Speeches. Con- 
 fider that the Parliament is a thing compofed of a Head and a Body, 
 The Monarch and the Two Eftates •, It was fir ft a Monarchy, then after 
 a Parliament. There are no Parliaments but in Monarchical Govern- 
 ments •, For in Venice, the Netherlands., and other Free Governments 
 there are none. The Head is to call' the Body together: And for the 
 Clergy, the Bifliops are chief-, for Shires, their Knights-, and for 
 Towns and Cities, their Burgeffesand Citizens. Thefe are to treat of 
 difficult matters, and to counfel their King with their beft advice to 
 
 '' make 
 
 Tlie Prote- 
 ftant Knion 
 declines in 
 German V. 
 
 The Palatine 
 propounds a 
 Peace to the 
 Ekaor of 
 Saxony. 
 
 TheKingputs 
 forth a Pro- 
 clamation for- 
 bidding dif- 
 courfe of 
 State-affairs. 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech to the 
 Parliament.
 
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 <' make Laws for the Commonweal. And the Lower Houfe is alio to 
 '' petition their King, and acquaint hira with their Grievances, and not to 
 " meddle with their Kings Pmogati-ve. They are to offer fupply tor his 
 '' Neceffity,and he to diftribute inrecompence thereof J ufticc and Mercy. 
 " As in all Parliaments it is thciKings office to make good Laws, (whofe 
 " fiindamcntal caufe is the Peoples ill manners ) fo at this time, that we 
 *' may meet with the new Abiifes and the incroaching Craft of the times : 
 " Particulars lliall be read hereafter. 
 
 " As toucliing Reli^io»,La.\vs enough are made already. It ftands in 
 " two points, Perfwafion and Compulfion : Men may perfwadejbut God 
 " muft give the blefling. ^cfuitcs, Pnefls, Puritans and SeBarics, errmg 
 " both on the right hand and left hand,are forward to perfvvade unto their 
 " own ends •, and fo ought you the BijhpsM your example and preaching : 
 " But Compulfion to obey, is to bind the Confcience. 
 
 " There is talk of the Match with Spaifj : But if it fliall not prove a 
 " Furtherance to Religion, I am not worthy to "be your King : I will never 
 '* proceed but to the glory of God, and content of my Subjeds. 
 
 '' For a Supply to my NecelHtics : I have reigned Eighteen years, in 
 "which time you have had Peace, and I have received far lefs fupply than 
 " hath been given to any King fince the Conquelt : The laft Queen of 
 " famous memory, had one year with anotlier above a Hundred thouiand 
 " pounds/fr annum in Subfidies •, And in ail my time I have had but Four 
 Subfi^ies and Six Fifteens. It is Ten years fince I had a Sublidy ^ in all j 
 which time I have been fparing to trouble you : I have turned my felf 
 as nearly to fave expences as I may -, I hare abated much in my Houfe- 
 " hold expences, in my Navies, in the charge of my Munition-, I made 
 " not choice of an old beaten Soldier for my Admiral, but rather chofe a 
 '' '^ Young man, whofe honefty and integrity I knew, whofe care hath 
 " been to appoint under him fufficient men, to leflen my Charges, which 
 '' he hath done. 
 
 " Touching the miferable diffentions in Chriftendom, I was not the 
 '' caufe thereof^ For the appeafing whereof I fent my Lord oiBoncafler, 
 " whofe journey coft me Three thoufand five hundred pounds. My Son 
 '* in law fent to me for Advice, but within three days after accepted of 
 " the Crown ^ which I did never approve of, for three Reafons. 
 
 " Firfl: for Religion's fake, as not holding with the Jefuites difpofing 
 " of Kingdoms -, rather learning of our Saviour to uphold, not to over- 
 " throw them. 
 
 " Secondly, I was no ludge between them, neither acquainted with 
 '' the Laws oi Bohemia, j^is me ^udicem fecit f" 
 
 " Thirdly, I have treated a Peace,and therefore will not be a Party •, 
 '' Yet I left not to preferve my Childrens Patrimony : For I had a Con- 
 " tribution of my Lords and Subjedts, which amounted to a great fum •, 
 "I borrowed of my Brother oi Denmark Seven thoufand five hundred 
 " pounds to help him, and fent as much to him as made it up Ten thou- 
 " fand •, and Thirty thoufand I fent to the Princes of the Union,to hearten 
 " them. I have loft no time : Had the Princes of the Llnion done their 
 " parts, that handful of men I fent had done theirs. I intend to fend by 
 " way of Perfwafion, which in this Age will little avail unlefs a ftrong 
 " handaffift: Wherefore I purpofe to provide an Army the next Sum- 
 "mer, and defire you to confiderof my Necelfitics, as you have done 
 *' to my PredeceffDis. ^i ciio dat, bis dat, I will engage my Crorpn, my 
 " Blood, and my Soul in that Recovery. 
 
 "You 
 
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 " You may be informed of me in things in courfe of juftice-, but 1 never 
 " fen: to any of my ludges to give fentence contrary to Law. Confider 
 " the Trade,for the making thereof better •, and ihew me the reafon why 
 " my Mint for t-hcfe eight or nine years hath not gone. I confefs I have 
 " been liberal in my Grants -, but if I be informed, I will amend all hurtful 
 " Grievances: But who iha^aften after Grievances, and delire to make 
 " himfelf popular, he hath tne fpirit of Satan : If I may know my Errors, 
 " I will reform them. I was in ray iirft Parliament a Novice -, and in my 
 " laft there was a kind of beafts called Undertakers, a dozen of whom un- 
 " dertook to govern the lafl Parliament, and they led me. I fliall thank 
 "you for your good office, and defire that the World may fay well of 
 "our agreement. 
 
 In this Parliament the Commons prefented Sir Jho. Richardlon 
 for their Speaker. 
 
 The King minded his former engagements, and in the beginning of 
 B the Parliament fends Sir ^ohn Digbj^wow made Lord Digif, into Flanders 
 to the Archduke Albert m^ to gain a prefent CefTaiion from War, and to 
 make way for a Treaty of Peace wit!i the Emperor. And alfo about the 
 fame time he fent Mx. George Gage to Rome-, to join with Padre Maeftre the 
 Spanifli Agent in negotiating the Popes t)ifpenfation. The Archduke 
 at Brttxels afTented to a Reconciliation in favor of our King, and obtained 
 from Marquis SpnoLt a fufpenfion of all hoftility againft the Country 
 and Subjeds of the Elector Palatine, which continued till theiieath of 
 Archduke ^/^^rf, who died ly^'^tf/;/ following. So the Lordfinf^)' re- 
 turned into England, bringing the Cefl'ation of Arms, aboupcne fame 
 time that Sir Edward Fillers brought the Palfgraves Submifllon. But the 
 Twelve years Peace between Sfain and the United Provinces at this tiine 
 expiring , Spinola returned into Flanders, and left the Palatinate to the 
 Imperial Forces. 
 
 After the Alfembly at Segenbttrgh, the Palatine and his Princefs took 
 
 their journey into Holland, where they found a refuge and noble cater- 
 
 Di tainment with the Prince oi Orange, who gave a high teftimony of honor 
 
 to the Eledfrefs at her firft arrival , for her magnanimous carriage in 
 
 Bohemia. 
 
 The Ambaflage of Wejlen and Comvay prevailed little. The Emperor 
 went on in a fevere Reformation, and frequent Executions among that 
 vanquillied people: He deftroyedmoft of their antient Laws, and made 
 new Ordmances •, declaring a foveraignty over them, not as an Eleded 
 King , but as a Lord by right of Conqueft. 
 
 More Princes of the Union reconcile themfeives to the Emperor • 
 The Imperial Proteftant Towns, Strasburgh, Worms, and Nurembur^h, 
 fubfcribe to Conditions of Peace. The reconciled Princes and States in- 
 tercede for the Elector Palatine -, but their motion difpleafed the Em- 
 peror, who alleadged, that the Palatine did not acknowledge his faults 
 nor fue for Pardon, but made Levies in //i?//<i»d? and elfwh&re, to renew 
 the War in the Empire. For the King oi Denmark, the United Provinces, 
 and divers German Princes did adhere to the Palfgrave's caufe, and ftic-kle 
 for him. But the Princes Confederates being already fcattered, and the 
 heart of the Union broken, Thofecounfelsand enterprifes of War on 
 his behalf , in ftead of rcpreffing the progrefs of the Auflrian party, 
 did minifter occafion of their more ablblute and plenary Conqueft. 
 
 But to return to the Parliament in England. They petition the King 
 for the due execution of Laws againfl jefuites, Seminary Priefts and 
 
 ^8 ^acobi 
 
 The Lo.D/^o>' 
 fent Amballk- 
 (lor into Flan- 
 ders, and Mr. 
 Gage to Rome, 
 
 The Palatine 
 and his Prin- 
 cefs go into 
 Holland. 
 
 The Emperor 
 proceeds fe- 
 vercly witli 
 the Bohemians. 
 
 Imperial Pro 
 tcftant Towns 
 reconcile 
 themfeives to 
 the Emperor, 
 and intercede 
 for the Pala- 
 tine, but in 
 vain.
 
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 Variiamcnc. 
 
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 The Kings 
 Speech to 
 the Lords. 
 
 Popifh Recufants. Likewife they take in hand to redrefs the Peoples 
 Grievances by illegal Patents and Projedls, and diiefly that of Inns and 
 Alehoufes, for which there was a great Fine, and an Annual Revenue 
 throughout the Kingdom-, and the Monopoly of Gold and Silver-thread, 
 whereby the People were abufed with bafe and counterfeit Wares. . But 
 the examination of thefe Abufes was acconipanied with the grant of Two 
 Subfidies, which was very acceptable to tfiS King. Sir Giles Mompcffon 
 was conventcd before the Houfe of Commons for many heinous offences 
 and mifdemeanors in this kind, to the intolerable grievance of the Subjedl, 
 the great diflionor of the King, and the fcandal of his Government. This 
 Delinquent was committed to prifon, but he efcaped thence and got 
 beyond fea, and was purfued by the Kings Proclamation. 
 
 The Commons at a Conference with the Lords offered to prove, 
 That the Patents of Gold and Silver-Thread, of Inns and Alehoufes, 
 and of power to Compound for obfolete Laws, of the Price of Horfe- 
 meat,Starch,Cords, Tobacco-pipes, Salt, Train-oil, and the reft, were 
 all illegal : Howbeit they touch'd not the tender point of Prerogative ^ 
 but in^reftoring the Subjeds liberty, were careful to preferve the Kings 
 honor. The Lords refolvec^to admit no other bulinefs, till this were 
 ended. * 
 
 Hereupon the King came to the Houfe of Lordsj and there made 
 a Speech. 
 
 " \ MP'h Lords, The laft time I came hither, my errand was to inform 
 " IVfyou ( as well as my memory could ferve me of things fo long paft ) 
 '^ of the verity of my oroceedings, and the caution ufed by me in pafTing 
 '' thofe Letters-Patents which are now in queflion before you, to the 
 *' effedthat they might not be abufed in the execution. And this I did 
 " by way of Declaration. But now I am come ( underftanding the time 
 " of your Cenfure at hand ) to exprels my readinefs to put in Execution 
 " ( which is the life of the Law ) thofe things which ye are to fentence ^ 
 " ( For even the Law.it felf is a dead letter without Execution) For which 
 '< office God hath appointed me in thefe Kingdoms. And though I aflure 
 '' my felf, that my former behaviour in al! the courfe of my life hath made 
 '( me well known for a juft King •, yet in this fpecial cafe. I thought fit to 
 '' exprefs my own intentions out of my own mouth, for punilliment of 
 '' things complained of: The firft proof whereof I have given by the dili- 
 '' gent fearch I caufed to be made after the perfon of Sir Giles Mompcffon^ 
 '' who though he were fled, yet my Proclamation purfued him inftantly : 
 '' And as I was earneft in that, fo will I be to fee your Sentence againft 
 " him put in execution. 
 
 "'Tworeafonsmoveme to beearnefl in the execution of what ye 
 "are to fentence at this time. 
 
 " Firft, That duty I owe to God who hath made me a King , and 
 " tied me to the care of Government by that Politique Marriage betwixt 
 " me and my People : For I do afl'ure you in the heart of an honcft man, 
 " and by the faith of a Chriftian King , ( which both ye and all the world 
 " know me to be ) had thefe things been complained of to me before tlie 
 " Parliament, I would have done the olfice of a juft King , and out of 
 " Parliament have puni(hed them as feverely, and peradventure more, 
 '' then ye now intend to do. But now that they are difcovered to me in 
 " Parliament, I Ihall be as ready in this way, as I fliould have been in the 
 *'.other : For I confefs I am alliamed ( thefe things proving fo as they are 
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 "generally reported to be) that it was not ray good fortune to be the 
 "onely Author of the Reformation, and punillimenc of them byfome 
 "Ordinary Courts of Juftice. Neverthelefs, fince thefe things are 
 " new difcovered hy Parliament , which before I knew notof^ nor could 
 " fo well have difcovered otherwife , in regard of that Reprefentative 
 " Body of the Kingdom which comes from all parts of the Countrey, I 
 " will be never a whit the flower to do my part for the execution : For 
 " (as many of you that are here, have heard me often fay, and fo I will 
 " (fill fay) fo pretious unto me is the Publick Good, that no private per- 
 " fon whatfoever, (were he never fo dear unto me) fliall be refpeiftedby 
 " me, by many degrees , as the Publick Good 5 not onely of the whole 
 "Commonwealth, bat even of a particular Corporation thatisaMem- 
 " ber of it. And I hope that ye, my Lords, will do me that right topub- 
 " lifli to my people this my Heart and purpofe. 
 
 " The fecond Reafon is. That I intend not to derogate or infringe 
 " any of the Liberties or Pnviledges of this Houfe, but rather to fortifie 
 "and ftrengthen them: Fornever any King hath done fo much for the 
 "Nobility of England, as I have done, and will ever be ready to do. 
 " And whatibever I iliall fay, and deliver unto you as my thought •, yet 
 " when I have faid what I think, I will afterwards freely leave the ludg- 
 "ment wholly to your Houfe. I know yoa will do nothing but what 
 "the like hath been done before: And I pray you be not jealous that I 
 "will abridge you of any thing that hath been ufed •, For whatfoever 
 " the Precedents (in times of good Government) can warrant, I will al- 
 "lovv ; For I acknowledge this to be the Supream Court of Juftice, 
 "wherein I am everprefent by Reprelentation. And in this ye may be 
 " the better fatisfied by my own prefence coming divers times among 
 " you. Neither can I give you any greater AfTurance, or better Pledge 
 " of this my purpofe, then that I have done you the honor to fet my 
 " onely Son among you •, and hope that ye with him fliall have the means 
 " to make this the happieft Parliament that ever was in England. 
 
 " This I Profefs, and take comfort in , That the Hou[e of Commons 
 " at this time, have fliewed greater love, and ufed me with more refped 
 "in all their proceedings, then ever any Hou[e of Commons have hitherto 
 " done to me, or I think to any of my Predeceffors. As for this Houfe 
 " of yours, I have always found itrefpe^tive to me, and accordingly do 
 " I, and ever did favor you, as you well deferved. And I hope it will be 
 " accounted a happinefs for you,that my Son dothnowfit among you,who 
 "when it fliall plcale God to fet him In my place, will then remember 
 " that he was once a Member of your Houfe, and fo be bound to maintain 
 "all your lawful Priviledges , and like the better of you all the days of 
 " his life. But becaufe the World at this time talks fo much of Brihes, 
 " I have juftcaufe to fear the whole Body of this Houfe hath bribed him 
 "tobeagoodlnftrunient for you upon all occafions : He doth fo good 
 "Offices in all his Reports tome, both for the Houfe in general, and 
 "every one of you in particular. And the like I may fay of one that 
 " fits there, Buckingham, he hath been ib ready upon all occaflons of 
 "good Offices, both for the Houfe in general, and every Member in 
 "particular. One proof thereof, I hope my Lord of ^r»Wf/ hath al- 
 " ready witnefled unto you, in his Report made unto you of my Anfwer 
 " touching the Pnviledges of the Nobility, how earncftly he fpake unto 
 " me of that matter. 
 
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 " Now, my Lords, the time draws near of your Recef-^ whither for- 
 ^'mality will leave you time tor proceeding now to Sentence againft all, 
 " or any of the perfons now in queftion, I know not ^ but for my parr, 
 " fince both Houfes have dealt fo lovingly and freely with me, in giving 
 " me a free gift, Two Subfidies, in a more loving manner than hath been 
 " given to any King before, and lb accepted by me : And fince I cannot 
 " yet retribute by a General Pardon (which liath by Form ufually been re- 
 " ferved to the end of a Parliament) the leaft I can do, (which I can 
 " forbear no longer) is to do fomething in prefent, for the eafe and good 
 " of my people. Three Patents at this time have been complained of, and 
 " thought great Grievances. 
 
 1. That of the Inns and Ho(lcries. 
 
 2. That of Ale-heufes . 
 
 ■3 . That of Geld and Silver Thred. 
 " My purpofe is to ftrike them all dead 5 and that time may not be 
 "loft, 1 will have it done prefently : That concerning Ale-houfes I 
 " would liave to be left to the Managing of Juftices of the Peace as be- 
 " fore. That of Gold and Silver Thred was moft vilely executed, both 
 " for wrong done to mens perfons, as alfo for abufe in the Stuff; fofit 
 " was a kinde of falfe Coyn. I have already freed the perfons that were 
 "inprifon, I will now alfo damn the Patent , and this may feeminftead 
 " of a Pardon. All thefe three I will have recalled by Proclamation,and 
 " wifli you to advife of the fitteft Form to that purpofe, 
 
 "■ I hear alfo there is another Bill among you againft Informers. I 
 defire you, my Lords, that as you tender my Honor,and the good of my 
 People, ye will put that Bill to an end asfoonasyoucan; and at your 
 next meeting to make it one of your firft works. For I have already 
 iliewed my diflikeof that kinde of people openly in Star-Chamber 5 and 
 " it will be the greateft eafe to me, and all thofe that are near about me at 
 " Court, that may be: For I remember that fince the beginning of this 
 "Parliament, Buckingham hath told me, he never found fuch quiet and 
 " reft, as in this time of Parliament , from Projedors and Informers, 
 " who at other times miferably vexed him at all hours. 
 
 " And now I confefs , that when I looked before upon the face of 
 " the Government, I thought (as every man would have done) that the 
 " people were never io happy as in my time : For even as at divers times 
 " I have looked upon many of my Coppices, riding about them,and they 
 " appeared on the outfide very thick and well-grown, unto me 5 but when 
 " I turned into the midft of them, I found them all bitten within, and full 
 <' of Plains, and bare fpots ^ like an Apple or Pear, fair and fmooth with- 
 " out , but when ye cleave it afunder, you finde it rotten at the Heart. 
 " Even fo this Kingdom, the External Government being as good as ever 
 "it was, andlamfure as Learned Judges as ever it had, and I hope as 
 " honeft Adminiftring Juftice within it • and for Peace, both at home 
 " ami abroad, I may truly fay, more letled and longer lafting then ever 
 "anybe^re-, together with as great plenty as ever. So as it was to be 
 " thought that every man might fit infafety under his own Vine and Fig- 
 " Tree : Yet I am alhamed (and it makes my hair ftand upright) to con- 
 "fider, How in this time my people have been vexed and polled by the 
 " vile execution of Piojeds, Patents, Bills of Conformity ,and fuch like-, 
 "which befides the trouble of my people, have more exhaufted their 
 " Purfcs,then Subfidies would have done. 
 
 " Now, my Lords, before I go hence, fince God hath made me the 
 
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 <■' Cre.it ^nd7j of this Land under him, and thatlmuft anfwerfor the 
 " Juftice of the iiime : I will therefore according to my place, remember 
 " you of fome things , though I would not teach you ^ For no mans 
 " Knowlcdgecan be fo good, but their Memories will be the better tobe 
 "refreflied. And now becaufe you are coming to give Judgment, (all 
 *' which moves froni the King) that you may the better proceed, take lu- 
 " to your care two things, i.Todo Bonum. 2. lodoit Bene. 
 
 " I call Sontim, when all is well proved whereupon ye Judge -, fop then 
 "yebuildupon a fare Foundation. And by Befie, I underftand, that ye 
 f proceed with all Formality and Legality, wherein you have fit occafion 
 " to advife with the Judges , who are to affift you with their Opinions in 
 " cafes of that nature •, and wo be to them, if they advife you not well. 
 " So the ground being good, and the form orderly, it will prove a courfe 
 " fitting this High Court of Parliament. 
 
 " In Sentence ye are to obferve two parts : Firft, To rccolle(a that 
 " which IS worthy of judging and cenfuring • and fecondly. To proceed 
 " againft thefe as againft fuch-like crimes properly. We doubt there will 
 " be many matters before you •, fome complained of out of Paffion, and 
 " fome out of juft caufe of Grievance : Weigh both, but be not carried 
 "away with the impertinent difcourfesof them that name as well Inno- 
 " cent men as guilty. Proceed judicially, and fpare none where ye finde 
 " juft caufe to puntlli : But let your proceedings be according to Law, and 
 "remember that Laws have not their Eyes io their Necks, but in their 
 " Foreheads. For the Moral Reafon for the punifhment of Vices in all 
 " Kingdoms and Commonwealths, is, becaufe of the Breach of Laws 
 " (landing in force : For none can be punilhed for Breach of Laws by Pre- 
 " deftination, before they be made. 
 
 " There is yet one particular that I am to remember you of, I hear 
 " that Sir Henry Telverton (who is now in the Tower upon a Sentence 
 " given in the Star-Chamber againft him, for deceiving my truft) is touch- 
 "cd concerning a Warrant Dormant vvhtch he made while he was my 
 " Attorney. I proteft I never heard of this Warrant Dormant before 5 
 " and I hold it as odious a matter, as any is before y@u. And if for refpcd 
 " to me ye have forborne to meddle with him in Examination, becaufe he 
 " is my Prifoner, I do here freely remit him unto you, and put him into 
 "your hands. 
 
 " And this is all I have to fay unto you at this time, wifhing you to 
 " proceed juftly and nobly, according to the Orders of your Houfe ; and 
 " I pray God to blefs you, and you may afliire your felves of my affiflance. 
 " Wiilimg that what I havefaid this dviy among you, may be entred into 
 " the Records of this Houfe. 
 
 The Lords pronounced Sentence upon Sir Giles Mompefferj, who was 
 fled beyond Sea, 
 
 I. Tp//^/ he [hail be de^^radcd of the Order of Knighthood, tvith refervation 
 A of the Digntty of his Wife and children. 
 
 2 . That he [hall (land perpetually in the degree of his perferr, Otttlarved 
 for Mi [demeanor and Tref^aji. 
 
 3 . That his teflimony be received m no Court, nor he to he of an^ Inqtti- 
 fition or ^nry, 
 
 4. That he {lull be excepted out of all General Pardons to be hereafter 
 granted, 
 
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 accufedand 
 convi(f^cd of 
 Bribery. 
 
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 And Sir fr.tn- 
 lii M'lcbelhh 
 torn partner 
 in I'tojcfls. 
 
 5 . 7h/tt he jhall be impj[oned durinf^ life. 
 
 6. That he Jhj/I KOt afpoachwiihin Twelve miles of the Court, or Prince, 
 WOT of the Kings High Court ufnaliy held at Weftminfter. 
 
 7. yind that the Kings Majejiy jhali have the profit of his Lands for life, 
 und all his Goods and Chattels fo forfeited -, and that he jhall undergo Ftnc and 
 Kanfome, which rvas fet at Ten thoufand pounds. 
 
 8. Di fabled to hold or receive any offfce under the King, or for the Com- 
 wonwealth. 
 
 p. That hepa/l be ever held an infaniom perfon. 
 I o. Jnd his Majcfly added thereunto perpetual BAnifJment. 
 
 Sir Francis Michel, a Projedor, and Nompeffons Compaitner , was 
 fined One thoufand pound, degraded and impnlbned in the lame place in 
 Finsbury Fields, which he had prepared for others ; For the Tower was 
 thought £00 honorable for fuch a perfon. Herodelikevvife h-om Weft- 
 minfter into London with his face to the Horfe-taii. Likewife the King 
 revoked his Letter Patents, Commiflions, and Proclamations concern- 
 ing Inns and Ale-houfes , and the Manufadures of Gold and Silver 
 Thred. 
 
 To thefe Reformations the King gave encouragement by his Third 
 Speech in Parliament, wherein he declared much aaainll Corruption and 
 Bribery in Judicatures ^ profeffing, That no perfon lliould be preferred 
 before the publick good, and that no offender ihould go unpuniflied. In 
 the fame Speech he gave them thanks for the Subfidies given in the begin- 
 ning of the Parliament, and for the Title of the Grant, and proceeded 
 to open his prefent ftate in relation to his Son in Law, the Prince Eledor 
 Palatine •, how the fnras granted by the Ad of Subfidy were taken up be- 
 forehand for the defence of the Palatinate, and the maintenance of his 
 Children expelled out of their Countrey, and for the raifingof an Army 
 for that recovery : That he had procured a (hort Truce^ and did hop€ to 
 obtain a general peace. But the charges of fending Ambafladors over 
 Chriftendora, or an Array into the Palatinate, incal'e a peace Were not 
 fetled, could not be borne, butby the Grant of more Subfi-dies. More- 
 over he protefted betore God, That he would not difl'olve the Parliament 
 till the matters in agitation were finiihed. 
 
 Soon after the Lord Chancellor JS4f<);? was proceeded againft, and a 
 Conference of both Houfes was held concerning him : Where, firft, the 
 Commons obferved his incomparable good parts, which they highly 
 commended •, fecondly. They magnified the place he held, from whence 
 Bounty, Jufticc, and Mercy, were to be diftributed to the Subjefts ^ whi- 
 
 , and trom whence there was no Appeal, 
 done, fave to the Parliament. Thndly, 
 He was accufed of great Bribery and Corruption in this eminent place, 
 and the particulars were laid open : Then they concluded that this mattq: 
 which concerned a perfon offo great eminency, might not depend long 
 before their Lordiliips •, but that the Examination of Proofs be expedited, 
 that as helhallbe found upon tryal, either he or his accufers might be 
 punifiied. 
 
 After this the Marquefs of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, declared 
 to the Houfeof Lords, That he had received a Letter from the Chancel- 
 lor, exprelfing, tliat he was indifpofed in health, but whither he lived 
 or died, he would be glad to preferve his Honor and Fame as far as he 
 was worthy, definng to be maintained in their good opinions without 
 prejudice. 
 
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 prejudice, till his caufe was heard - that he fliould not trick up Innocency 
 with caviibtion, but plainly and ingenuoufly declare what lie knew or 
 remembred - being happy, that he had fuch Noble Peers, and Reverend 
 Prelates to difcern of his Caufe : That he defired no priviledge of great- 
 ncfs for fubterfuge of guilcinefs, but meaned to deal fairly and plainly 
 with their Lord(hips , and to put himfelf upon their Honors and 
 Favors. 
 
 But the Charge came home upon him, infomuch, that he abandoned 
 all defence, and onely implored a favorable judgment in this humble Sub- 
 miflion and Supplication to the Houfe of Lords, 
 
 Maj it flca[e 'jOur Loriifhips, 
 
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 ISha/l humbly crave At your hands a heni^n inteypetnt'ion of that which J 
 (hall norv write : For words that come from wa(led(prits, and opprcffed 
 mindes, are more fafe in being depofited to a noble conflruBion, then being 
 circled with any referved Caution, 
 
 This being moved (and as 1 hope obtained of your L ordfhips) as a proteBi- 
 on to all that ifltallfay, 1 Jhall go on ; but with a very ftrange entrante, as may 
 fetm to your Lordfhips at frfl : For in the mid fief a flate of as great affliciion 
 as I think a mortal man can endure ^Honor being above Life) ipallbegin with 
 the profffin^ of gladnef in fome things. 
 
 The fir ft is. That hereafter thegreatnefof a ^udge or MagiFtrate, fhallbe 
 no fan^uary or protection to him against guiltinef, which is the beginning of a 
 Golden Work. 
 
 The next. That after this example, it is like that fudges will ftie from 
 any thing in the Itkenef of Corruption (though it were at a great di fiance j as 
 from a Serpent •, which tends to the purging of the Courts of justice, and re- 
 ducing them to their true honor andfplendor. Andinthefe two points (Cod is 
 mywitnef?) though it be my fortune to be the Anvile upon which thefe two 
 effects are broken and wrought) / take no [mall comfort. But to paf from the 
 motions of ?ny heart, (whereof God is my ^udge) to the merits of tny Caufe, 
 w hereof your Lordfhips are fudges, under God, and his Lieutenant •, / do un- 
 der ft and there hath been heretofore expeBed from me fome jufliftcation-, and 
 therefore I have chofcn one onely juftification, inftead of all others, out of the 
 jufli feat ion of Job. For after the clear fubmifion and confefiion which ifhall 
 now make unto your Lordfhips, i hope I may fay and juflifie with Job in thefe 
 words, I have not hid my fin as did Adam, nor concealed my faults in my 
 bofome. This is the onely juflifcation which I will ufe. 
 
 It re fteth therefore, That without Fig-leaves J do ingenuoufly confef and\ 
 acknowledge, that having underftoodthe particulars of the Charge, not formally 
 from the Uoufe , but enough to inform my confcience and memory : i finde 
 matter ft'-fficient and full, both to move me to dafert my Defence, and to move 
 your I ordjlips to condemn andcenfureme. Neither will I trouble your Lord- 
 Jliips by fingling thefe particulars whjch i think might fill of. Quid te exem- 
 pta juvat fpinis de pluribus uva :" Neither will I prompt your Lordfhips to oh- 
 ferveupon the proofs where they come not. home, or the fcruple touching the 
 credits of the IVitneffcs. Neither rvill I reprefent to your Lord/hips, how far a 
 Defence might in divers things extenuate the offence, in refpeSt of the time 
 and manner of the guilt , or the like circumflances •, but onely leave thefe 
 things to [pring out of your more noble thoughts, and obfervatiofis of the evi- 
 aence, and examinations themfelves, and charitably to winde about theparti- 
 
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 culars of the charge, here .wd there, .tsGodjhillfuttntoyoHrmsndc, and [9 
 fubrfiit mj {elf ivhoHy to your Pielj and Grace, 
 
 And now I have fpoken to your Lordflnps as fudges-, I fj}allfjy aferv words 
 tfnto yoit as Peers and Prelates, hfimbly commending mj Caiife to your noble 
 mtndes, and ma<rnammot^<s affections. 
 
 7 our Lord^nfs are not fimfly ^ttdgesr bttt Parliamentary fudges •, yoii' 
 have a further extent of Arbitrary power then other Courts 5 and if you be n&t 
 iyed by ordinary courfe of Courts, or Precedents, in foints of (InBnef and 
 fcverity, much lef in points of Mercy and Mitigation ■■ And yet tf any thing 
 which I jhall move, might be contrary to your honorable and worthy End {the 
 introducing a Reformation ) iflwuldnotfeekit. But herein I befeech your 
 Lordjlips to give me leave to tell you a (lory. 
 
 Titus Manlius took his Sons life for giving battel again fl the Prohibi- 
 tion of his General : Not many years after the like feverity was purfued by 
 Papirius Ciirfor, the Dilator, 4^/i/>y? Quimus Maximus •, who being upon 
 the paint to be fentenced, w.ts by the mtercefion of (ome particular perfons of 
 the Senate [pared: Whereupon Livie maketh this grave andgratiot^s obfer- 
 vation, Neque minus firmata eft Difciplince Milicaiis periculo j^uinti 
 Maximi, quam miferabili fupplicio Titi Uanlii. The Difcifline of War 
 was no lef e(lablifl)cd by the queftioning of Quintus Maximus, then by the 
 punijhmcnt of Titus Manlius ^ and the fame reafon is in the Reformation of 
 ^uflice. Forthequcfltoningof men in eminent places, hath the fame terror^ 
 though net the fame rigor with the punifhment. But my Caufe (lays not the-re •, 
 for my humble defire is , That his Maje(ly would take the Seal into his hands, 
 which is a great downfal, and may ferve I hope m it [elf for an expiation of my 
 faults. 
 
 Therefore if MtrCy arid Mitigation be in your Lordjhips power, and no way 
 croj? your ends. Why jhould I not hope of your favor and commiferation ? Tour 
 Lordfhtps will be plca[ed to behold your cheii pattern, the King our Soveraign, 
 a King of incomparable Clemency, and whofe heart is inJlruBable for Wifdom 
 and Goodnef'j And your Lord(hips will remember there fate not thefe Hundred 
 years before, a Prince in your Hou[e, and neverfuch a Prince, whofe prefence 
 defervcth to be made memorable by Records , and ABs mixt of Mercy and 
 ^uflice. Tour jelves are either Nobles (and compaf^ion ever bcateth in the 
 Feins of Noble Blood) or Reverend Prelates, who are the Servants of him 
 that would not break the bruifed Reed, or quench the fmoaking Flax. Tou all 
 fit upon a high fl age, and therefore cannot but be fenftble of the change of hu- 
 mane conditions, and of the fall of any from high place. 
 
 Neither will jour Lordfhtps forget, that there are Vitia tempori-s, as well 
 /*f Vitia hominis •, and the beginning of Reformation hath the contrary power 
 to the Pool of JiethMi -J for that had (Irength to cure him onely that was firfl 
 caft in, and this hathflrength to hurt htm onely that is firfl caft m j and for my 
 fart J wifJj it may flay there, andgo no further. 
 
 Lafll), I affuremy felf, your Lordflnps have a noble feeling of me, as a 
 member of your own Body, and one that in this very Se(Sion had fome taflecf 
 your fovm^ affefiiens , which I hope was not a lightning before the death of 
 them, but rather a (park of that grace which now tn the concluf on will more 
 appear : And therefore my humble fuit to your Lordflnps, is. That my penitent 
 Submifionmay be my Sentence, the lofi of my Seal my puniihment, and that 
 your Lordfhtps would recommend me to his Maje flies Grace and Pardon for all 
 that ispafl. Gods holy Spirit be among you. 
 
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 require the Chancellor either toconfefs the particulars of the Charge, 
 or they would defcend to proot agamft iiim. Hereupon hecametoan 
 exprefs and plain Acknowledgment, even to contefs his Servants receipt 
 of a dozen oF Buttons, as a gift in aCaufe depending before him-, and 
 put himfelf upon their Lordfhips Mercy. And he lurther faid, " That he 
 " was never noted for an avaritious man •, and the Apoftle (luth, Cove- 
 '^ teoafnefis the root of all evil -, and hoped their Lordfliips did finde him 
 " in a ftate of Grace , for, that in all particular charges againft him, 
 " there were few or none that w'erc not almoft two years old : Whereas 
 "thofe that have the habit of corruption, do commonly waxworleand 
 " vvorfe ; and for his eftate it was fo mean and poor,That his care was now 
 " cheifly to fatisfie his Debts. The Lords afterwards pronounced him 
 guilty of the Chai-ge exhibited againft him, and in the ptefence of the 
 Commons gave Sentence , That he jhould undergo Fine and Ranfome, and 
 be made incafable to bear office, &c. 
 B This Learned Peer, eminent over the Chriftian World for his many 
 
 Writings extant in Print, was known to be no admirer of Money, yet 
 had the unhappinefs to be defiled therev/ith: He trealured up nothing 
 either for himfelf or his family, for he both lived and died in debt •, he 
 was over indulgent to his Servants, and connived at their takings, and 
 their ways betrayed him to that error- they wereprofufe and expenfive. 
 and had at command what ever he was mafter of. The gifts taken were 
 fox the moft part for interlocutory Orders •, his Decrees were generally 
 made w^ith fo much Equity, that though gifts rendred him fufpe>fled for 
 injuftice, yet never any Decree made by him was reverfed as unjuft, as it 
 hath beenobferved by fome knowing in our Laws. 
 
 About the fame time Sir Hem'^ leherton was accufed by the Com- 
 mons •, who by charging him, rendred him the lefs oS^ender -, and he 
 thereby had the opportunity to fpeak that at the Bar, which he durft not 
 fay in the Tower , where he was yet a prifoner upon a late Sentence in tlie 
 Star-chamber, for pafling fome Claufes in the City Charter, when he was 
 D Attorney General, not agreeable to His Majefties Warrant. The matter 
 charged againft him by the Commons, was for committing divers per- 
 fons for not entring into Bonds to reftrain their own Trades : That he 
 4lgned Dormant Warrants, having no Authority for the fime : That he 
 advifed the Patents of Gold and Silver Thred, to be refumed into the 
 Kings hands, conceiving the fame to be a Monopoly, and advifed the 
 Patentees to proceed by Contra^ with the King : That Four thoufmd 
 ^(0 Warranto s were granted by him touching the Patents of Inns, and 
 but two to come to trial : " That he commenced divers Suits in the Ex- 
 chequer, touching the Gold and Silver Thred, but did notprofecuce the 
 fame. 
 
 Which Charge being read unto him, he faid. He thought himfelf 
 happy in the midft of His Majefties disfavor, that His Majefty was pica- 
 fed to caff the Grace upon him, as to fend him to this Honoi»able Houfe 5 
 That Innocence hath her prefent Anfwer, but Wifdom requires time, 
 Therefore he made it his liumble luit,for time to give his further Anfwer •, 
 adding withal. That the cheif Complaint againft him was concerning the 
 two Patents of Gold and Silver Thred, Inns and Ofteries. He faid, 
 That if he deferved well of His Majefty, ix was in that matter ; That the 
 King and Subjeds were more abufed by that Patent, tjien by any other ^ 
 and that he fuffered at that day for oppofing tliat Patent as he 
 took it. 
 
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 Htjlorical CoUeclions, 
 
 Tlie King being informed of this' paffage in his Speech, came in 
 perfon to the Houfe of Peers, took notice thereof, faying. It fecmed 
 ftrange unto him, that Sir Henry teherton fliould be queftioned here upon 
 any thins, fave the Patent of Gold and Silver Thred : For His Majefty 
 did not conceive that any matter was complained of againft him touch- 
 ing the Inns and Ofteries, whereof he was alfo examined : Touching 
 which Patent Momfe([on had made complaint to His Majefty, that 7eher- 
 ton refufed to fend any Proccs of ^o Warranto againfta multitude of 
 Innkeepers ^ and His Majefty accepted Tehcrtens modeft Anfwer, That 
 he mifliked thofe proceedings againft his Suhjcds. His Majefty to clear 
 himfelf, did lay open the many former juft millikes which he had againft 
 Sir Henry, and his gentle proceedings againft him for the fame. And 
 when His Majefty intended toqueftion him, Buckingham, Lord Admiral, 
 befoughthim not to think of any private wrongs done to his Lordlhip •, 
 His Majefty added. That in the Examination of the bufinefs touching 
 the Charter of London, Teherton had firft juftified himfelf by His Ma- 
 jeftics Warrant ; and that by that Warrant, he might have given away 
 all London from him -, yet at length he made a good Submiflion in the 
 beginning, but in the end he faid he had not wronged His Majefty in his 
 Prerogative. And fith that now reherton doth tax His Majefty, that 
 he fuftered for his good fervice done. His Majefty requires the Lords who 
 are able to io him Juftice, topunillr Telverton for his flander. 
 
 Sir Henry Telverton coming fliortly after before the Lords, gave his 
 particular Anfwer to each particular charge infene temforis, and fpake 
 m.oreover as foUoweth, 
 
 '' T Cannotbutprefent my felf thisday before Your HIghnefs, and my 
 " J-Lords, with much tear, with more grief ^ for I am-compalTed with fo 
 "many terrors from His Majefty, as I might well hide my head with 
 ^^ Adam. His Lordfhips difpleafure (meaning Buckingham) wounds me 
 " more, then the confcience of any thefe fads ^ yet had I rather die, then 
 " the Commonwealth fhould fo much as receive a fcratch from rae. I 
 "that in none of my actions feared that great man, on whom they (yiz, 
 " Sir Edward Fillers and Sir Giles Mompejfon) did depend, much lefs would 
 " I fear them who were but his ihadow. But my moft Noble Lords,know. 
 " ing that my Lord of Buckingham was ever at His Majefties hand, ready 
 " upon every occafion to hew me down, out of the honeft fear of a Ser- 
 " vant not to offend fo gracious aMafter as His Majefty hath ever been 
 " to me, I did commit them {,'videlicet ) the Silkmen. 
 
 And fpeaking concerning the Patent of Inns, he faid, *' I cannot 
 "herein but bemoan my unhappinefs, that in the laft caufe laboring by 
 '' all lawful means to advance the honeft profit of His Majefty • and in 
 " this (with the fight almoftof my own ruine) to preferve His Majefties 
 "honor, and the quiet of the people, I am yet drawn in queftion, as if I 
 " had equally diihonored His Majefty in both. 
 
 " When Sir Giles faw I would not be wooed to offend His Majefty in 
 " his direction, I received a Meftage by Mr. Emmerfon, fent me from Sir 
 " Giles, That I would run my felf upon the Rocks, and that I (hould not 
 " hold my place long, if I did thus withftand the Patent of Inns, or to 
 "tins efteft. Soon after came Sir G//^^ himfelf, and like an Heiauldat 
 " Arms, told me to this effed. He had a Meflagc to tell me from the 
 " Lord of Buckingham , that I fliould not hold my place a moneth, if I 
 "did not conform my felf in better meafui-c to the Patent of Icns;; for 
 
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 " my Lord had obtained it by his Favor, and would maintain it by his 
 " Power : How could I but ftartlc at this MeflTage , for I law here was a 
 " great affuming of power to hirafelf, to place, and difplace an Officer- I 
 " iaw my felf caft upon two main Rocks, either treacherouHy to forfake 
 " the (landing His Majcfty had fet me in, or elfe to indanger my felf by 
 " a by blow, and fo hazard my Fortune. 
 
 *' I humbly befeech your Lordfliips : Nature will ftruggle when Ihe 
 " fees her place and means of living thus alTaulted ; for now it was come 
 " to this, Whither I would obey His Majcfty, or my Lord, if Sir Gilei 
 " fpake true. Yet 1 refolved in this to be as ftubborn as Mordecai, not to 
 " ftoop or pafs thofe gracious Bounds His Majefty had prefcribed 
 " me. 
 
 " Soon after I found the Melfage in part made good-, for all the pro- 
 " fitsalmoftof my place were diverted from me, and turned into an un- 
 " ufual Channel, to one of my Lords Worthies, That I retained little 
 " more then the name of Attorney. It became fo fatal and fo penal, that 
 " it beame almoft the lofs of a Suit to come to me. My place was but as 
 " the feat of Winds and Tempefts. 
 
 " Howbeit, I dare fay if my Lord of BHchingham had but read the 
 " Articles exhibited in this place againft Hugh Spencer, and had known 
 "the danger of placing and difplacing Officers about a King, he would 
 " not have purfued me with fuch bitternefs. But my oppofing my Lord 
 " in this Patent of Inns , in the Patent of Ale-houfes , in the Iridi 
 " Cuftoms,and in Sir Roheri Nantons Deputation of his place in the Court 
 '' of Wards:Thefe have bin my overthrow,and for thefe I fuffer at this day 
 " in my Eftate and Fortune (not meaning to fay, I take it, but as I know) 
 " and for my humble oppofitions to his Lordftiip)above Twenty thoufand 
 " pounds. 
 
 The King hearing of this Speech, commanded the Lord Treafurer to 
 acquaint the Houfe of Lords , That heunderftood tho^iTelverton being 
 called before them the other day as a Delinquent , anfwered not as a De- 
 linquent, but as a Judge, or accufer of a Member of that Houfe the 
 Lord of Euckinghamt, faying, He fuffered for the Patent of Inns, or to 
 that effe(5t : That he was fo far from excufing or extenuating of his Of- 
 fence the laft day here , that he hath aggravated the fame. Wherefore 
 HisMajefties pleafure is, That himfelf will be judge of what concerns 
 His Majefty -, for that which concerns the Lord of Buckingham^ his Lord- 
 (hip hath befought His Majefty that that might be left to the Houfe , and 
 fo His Majefty leaves that wholly to their Loidfhips. 
 
 The Lords made an humble Return to His Majefty, That forafmuch 
 as he was once pleafed to make their Houfe Judge of thofe words former- 
 ly fpoken by Sir ^/fwry rf/^'fr^^;7, which touched His Ma jefties Honor, 
 that His Majefty will be pleafed not to refume the fame out of their hands, 
 but fo far to tender the Priviledges of their Houfe, as to continue his firft 
 refolution, which afterwards the King condefcended unto. 
 
 The Lords firft examining Emer[on (who varied in the matter he 
 was examined about) proceeded to Sentence Sir Henrf relverton,noi upon 
 the Charge exhibited againft him by the Commons, but for the words 
 fpokenby the by -, and declared. That the faid Sir Henrf Tehertm for his 
 Speeches uttered here in the Court, which do touch the Kings Majefty his 
 Honor, ftiall be fined to the King in Ten thoufand Marks, beimprifoned 
 during the Kings pleafure, and make a Submiffion unto His Majefty. And 
 
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 Hijiorical CoUeBtons. 
 
 An. 1621. 
 
 Oondomar re- 
 viled and af- 
 laulred in Lon- 
 don fheets. 
 
 Sir Rob. Man- 
 [el fenc inro 
 the Mcditerra- 
 ne,tn Sea. 
 
 The Emperor 
 calls in quefti- 
 on the Au- | 
 thoi s of rhe 
 Commotions 
 in E^iemitt. 
 
 I 
 
 for the fcandal committed in thefe words of his againft the Lord Marqaefs 
 of Btickinghdm, That he lliould pay him Five thouiand Marks, and make 
 hisSubmiflfion. 
 
 As foon as the Judgment was pronounced againft hmi, the Lord Mar- 
 qucfs of Buckingham ftood up , and did freely remit him the faid Five 
 thoufand marks •, for which Sir Henry humbly tlianked his Lordlliip, and 
 the Houfe of Peers agreed to move His Majefty to mitigate Sir Henry 
 ydvertons Fine, and tlie Prince his Highnefs offered to move His Majefty 
 therein-, which accordingly was done, and Sh Henry was fet at liberty, 
 the Duke reconciled to him ^ he afterwards preferred to be a Judge, and 
 was efteemed a man Falde eruditm in Lege. 
 
 But the Treaties with the Emperor and the King of Spiin were much 
 difrelilhed ^ Gondomar h^adraxied. the peoples fury, and was reviled and 
 aflaulted in London ftreets : Whereupon the day followmg the Privy 
 Council commanded the Recorder oi London to be careful in the ftrift 
 Examination of an Infolent and Barbarous affront offered to the Spanifh 
 Ambafliidor, and his people, for which the Kmg would have exemplary 
 Juftice done. And foiafmuch as His Majefty was informed that there was 
 a fellow already apprehended, though not for caftmg ftones or threatning 
 the Ambaffadors perfon, as fomc are faid to have done-, yetforufing 
 railing fpeeches againft him, calling him Divcl, or words to that purpofe, 
 it was His Majefties pleafure that that fellow without any further delay, 
 on the morrow in the forenoon, be publickly and ihirply whiptthorow 
 I London, beginning at Algate, and lb through tlie ftreets, along by the 
 I place where the affront was offered, towards Fleetftrect, andfotoTem- 
 pIc-Bar, without any manner of favor. 
 
 The people were enraged at cWi?/vz,tr, through a perfwafion that he 
 abufed the King and State to advance thedefigns of Spam. 
 
 By means of his power with the King, he had transported Ordinance 
 and other warli ke Proviiians to furniih the Span, ill Arfenals ^ and it was be- 
 lieved that heunderhand wrought thefending of Sir Roh.Manfel into theMe- 
 ditcrranean Sea, to fall upon the Pirates of Algier. The Merchants of this 
 Kingdom by them much infefted, being alfo induced to move tor this Ex- 
 pedition, wherein the Englilh ffeet performed gallantly, and advancing 
 within the reach of Cannon and fmall fli j)t, which from the Land Hiowred 
 like Hail upon them, fired the Pirates Ihips within their own Harbor. 
 Nevcrthelefs hereby our Strength was diverted, our Treafureexhaufted, 
 and the Spanilh fleet and Mer hanrs fecured from thofc Robbers, and 
 Sfain left at liberty to alfift in fubduing the Palatinate. 
 
 In the mean while our Kings Affairs in Germany, notwithftanding the 
 many Complaints, grew more and more defperate. 
 
 In Bohemia the Emperor ha\ring well nigh fubdued and fetled the 
 Country, proceeded to the Tryal and Execution of the Authors of the 
 late Commotions -, fome were condemned to perpetual imprifonment, 
 and others to death ■ and the Heads of many eminent perfons were (ixt 
 on the Towers in Prague, ani their bodies quartered. After this the Em- 
 peror began both in Auflria and Httngaria to imprifon divers that aflifted 
 tlie Bohemians, and caufed Proces to be made againft them. The Marquefs 
 of ^agerndorfe who ftirred in the County of Glatsburgh, and raifed forces- 
 byCommilhon from t\\t^\t(kox Palatine, publilhed Letters againft the 
 Executions in Bohemia, zs cruel and barbarous. 
 
 I The Emperor put forth an Anfwer, and faid. That the Marquefs pub- 
 ilirtied thoie things maliciouQy -, forafmuch zsm Bohemia wastheOrigi- 
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 Hijlorical CoUeHions. 
 
 35 
 
 nal fedition, and the head that infedcd the members : That fome few 
 perfons. Authors of the troubles, not in hatred of their Religion, but for 
 their Rebcllionj have been punirtied by the hand of Juftice. And he de- 
 clared further. That the like exemplary Juftice Qiould not be done in 
 other places, but that the Articles of the Peace ihould be obferved. 
 
 By this time the Parliament having fate about four moneths. King 
 ^ames was defirous to give them a time of vacancie. The Lord Trea- 
 furer by the Kings command declared unto the Houfes, That his Majefty 
 by the advice of his Privy Council thought fit to adjourn the Parliament 
 left the feafon of the year, by the continual concourfe of people, ihould 
 caufe Infe(5l:ion. Alfo, that the Lieutenans and [uftices might be in the 
 Country -, And the Adjournment keeping the Parliament ftill in being , 
 was better then Proroguing. That his Majefty had already redrelTed cor- 
 ruption in Courts of Juftice,and by his Proclamation called in the Patents 
 of Inns, ofOfteries, and of Gold and Silver-Thread, and cherillicd the 
 Bill againft Informers and Monopolies. 
 
 The Commons were troubled at this MelTage, and defired a Con- 
 ference with the Lords, and moved them to petition the King to forbear 
 the Adjournment. The King takes notice of it •, and the Treafurer ac- 
 quainted the Lords, that a Petition of this nature could not be pleafing to 
 his Majefty, it feeming to derogate from his Prerogative, who alone hath 
 power to call, adjourn, and determine Parliaments. The Commons, at 
 a further Conference, declared their hearty forrow and pallionate orief 
 at the Kings refolution -, which they faid cut off the performance of what 
 they had confulted, and promifed for the Publique weal. 
 
 The Lords fitting in their Robes, the King came and made a Speech, 
 takes notice of his Meftage to both Houfes, and gave their Lordfiiips 
 thanks for obeying the fame, and acknowledging his power to call, ad- 
 journ, and diflblve Parliaments, and for refufing to join with the Com- 
 mons in the Petition for Non-adjournment. And whereas fome had 
 given out, that no good had been done this Parliament 5 He put them 
 in mind, that the two Patents grievous to the Commonwealth were called 
 in, and that the Parliament had cenfuied the Offenders for an example to 
 all ages. And if they defired it, he offered them eight or ten days longer 
 fitting to expedite Bills -, but faid, that at the requcft of the Commons^he 
 would not grant it. The Lords had a Conference with the Commons •, 
 after which they moved the King to continue their fitting for fourteen 
 days, which was granted, and the Commons were fatisfied with the re- 
 folution of Adjournment. 
 
 A Committee of both Houfes afterwards attending the Kin», he 
 told them how ill he tookit,that the Commons fiiould difpute his reafons 
 of Adjournment •, all power being in him alone to call, adjourn, pro- 
 rogue, and diflfolve Parliaments. And on J'um 4. he declared for an Ad- 
 journment till November following • And that he will in the mean time 
 of his own authority redrefs Grievances. And his Majefty as General 
 Biiliop of the Land,did offer his prayers to God for both the Houfes •, and 
 admoniflied them. That when they go into the Country, they give his 
 people a good accompt and fatisfadlion both as to the Proceedings, and 
 to the Adjournment of the Parliament. 
 
 The Houle of Commons immediately before their recefs, takinc^ to 
 eart the niiferies of the PaUtin/itc, refolved that tlie drawing back in fo 
 ood a Caufe lliould not be charged on their flacknels-. And thereupon 
 rew up tliis following Declaration with an univerfal confent. 
 
 ip ^acohi. 
 
 The King in- 
 tends to ad- 
 journ the 
 Parliamenr. 
 
 The Com- 
 mons take it 
 (IOC well. 
 
 The King re- 
 fents ir.
 
 3<5 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeHions, 
 
 rhe Ccm- 
 mons Declara- 
 tion touching 
 the Palatinate. 
 
 The King by 
 Proclamation 
 reforms the 
 lategrievances 
 handled in 
 Parliament. 
 
 
 Puts forth an- 
 other Procla- 
 mation againft 
 Talking of 
 Statc-aifairs. 
 
 The King is 
 follicitcdfrom 
 Sf'iin to en- 
 large his fa- 
 vors towards 
 Catholicks. 
 
 T\^t Common)? acremMcti tn parliament tafeing into mo8ffnou0 
 conaDcration ttic p?efcnt Gate of tOc IHmgs CiiilDjcn ab?oaD, anD 
 tOe gcnevaUp atfticteli caate of ttje true f:)?ofcCfo?.s of ttie fame C[;?taian 
 Eeligion p?ofetreD bp ttje Cfjurcl) of England, tn jFo^eign partes -, ^nD 
 being toutbeD toitb a true fenfe anD feHoi^'falins of tbeir Diareffe^, 80 
 $lRember0 of tbe fame XoDp, Do toitbunantmou0tonfentintbenamc 
 of tbemfelbeg, anD tbe tubole boDp of tbe !KtngDom C U)t)om tbep rep?e' 
 fent ) Declare unto \)i& mott ejctellent ^ajeap, anD to tbe Woole OIIoilD, 
 tbeir bcartp grief anD fo?rotD fo? tbe fame •, anD Do not onip jom tottb 
 tbem m tbeir bumble anD DeUout p^iper^ unto 3llmigbf p ©oQ to protect 
 W true Cburcbj anD to abect tbe Dangers notu tb^eatneD, but alf o twitb 
 one beart anDbotceDo folemnlp p?oten, Cbatif ^i^ ^aieatee pioue 
 enDeat)o?0 bpCreatp, to procure tbeir peace anD fafetp, Ojallnot tabe 
 tbat «cdD eefea tobicb iisDefireD in Creatp, (OiHberefo?e tbep bumblp 
 befeecb i>t0 ^ajeOp not to fuffer anp longer Delap ) Cbat tben upon 
 figniecatton of ?)!0 ^ateaic0 pleafure m parliament, tbep ff-all be 
 reaDp to tbe utmofl of tbeir poia)er0, botb toitb tbcir Itbes anD fo?tune0 
 toatfifl bunfo, 80 tbat bp tbe iDtbine belp of ^Imtgbtp (S5oD (tcbicb 
 t0nel)ertoantingunto tbofe tJ3!)o in \)i<& fear fljall unDertafee tbe 2?C' 
 fence of bt0 otjjnCaufe) ^t map be able to Do tbat tsjitb W ftoo^D, 
 tobtcb ^V a peaceable courfe l|)all not be effeaeD, 
 
 After the recefs of Parliament, the King by Proclamation declared 
 his Grace to his Subjedls in matters of Publique Grievance : And taking 
 notice that rsany great affairs debated in Parliament could not be bronghc 
 to perfeftion in fo fliort a time, And that the Commons thought it con- 
 venient to continue the fame Seflion in courfe of Adjournment ^ And 
 withall obferving that divers of thofe Particulars required a fpeedy deter- 
 mination and fettlement for his peoples good, and that they are of that 
 condition and quality, as that he neeokth not the afTiftance of Parliament 
 to reform the fame, and would have reformed them before the Parlia- 
 ment, if the true ftate of his Subjeds Grievances had been made known 
 unto him •, He hath determined, and doth declare an immediate redrefs 
 therein by his own Regal authority, as in the bufinefs of Informer?, of 
 Mifcarriages of Minifters in Chancery, of the Patents for Gold and 
 Silver-Thread, for Licenfing Pedlers and Petty-Chapmen, for the fole 
 Drefling of Arms, for the Exportation of Lifts and Shreds, and for 
 the fole making of Tobacco-pipes, Cards, and the like. And befides the 
 redrefs ofthefe Grievances, he will enlarge his grace unto other kindes 
 for the Subjeds eafe •, And that both his own, and the ears of his Privy- 
 Council fliall be open to his Peoples modcft and juft Complaints. 
 
 Moreover, a fecond Proclamation was ifliied forth againft Excefs of 
 Licentious fpeech touching State-affairs : For notwithftanding the ftrid- 
 nefs of the Kings former Command, the Peoples inordinate liberty of 
 unreverend fpeech increafed daily. Wherefore the King threatned fe- 
 vcrity as well againft the Concealers of fuch Difcourfes, as againft the 
 boldnefs of Audacious Tongues and Pens, 
 
 On the Tenth of^«/y, ^ehn Williams Doclor of Divinity, and Dean 
 oiWeflminsier, was fworne Keeper of the Great Seal oi England. 
 
 The King was plyed from Sfain^.nd Rome^ to enlarge his favors to 
 Popifli Recufants -. For, reports were then brought to RemCy That tlie 
 Catholicks of England, Scotland^ and Ireland were cruelly ufed. And be- ' 
 
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 fides this there went a rumor, that King ^nmes in a Speech in Parliament 
 had declared. That notwithftanding the Marriage with S^dn^ the Englifti 
 Catholicks fliould not be one jot in better condition. But the King did 
 no more then this, " That if any of that party did grow infolent, let his 
 " People count him unworthy to reign, if he gave not extraordinary pu- 
 "nifhmcnt. Thus was the King entangled in the ways which he had 
 chofen : For it was not poflible for him at once to pleafe his People, and 
 to fatisfie his Foreign Inrerefls. 
 
 About the fame time the Lord Bighf^ who was fent Ambaflador to 
 the Emperor, had Audience at Vienna, The principal heads of his Em- 
 baflie were thefc. Tlnit the Elector Palatine, and the Children of the King 
 of Great Britain his Ma(hr, might be rccei'ued into the Emferors favor, and 
 rtflored to all their Hereditary Goods, and the Prince Elector himfelf to the 
 Title which he enjoyed before the troubles of Bohemia : 7 hat the Ban Imperial 
 fublifhed againji him fhould be revoked, and the execution thereof fu(pendcd •, 
 tvhich being done, the King e/ Great Britain mil undertake that the Palatine 
 fljall render due obedience to his imperial Majefly, and fubmit to Conditions 
 meet and ho>uB. 
 
 To thefe Demands he received Anfwer, '' That the Emperor had a 
 " very good will to gratifie the King of Great Britain, and thofe other 
 " Kings and Princes that had made the fame requeft for the Palatine : Bqc 
 " heeould not grant it, becaufe the Palatine to this hour ufeth the Coun- 
 " fels of many of the Eledors and Princes, in oppofition to the Emperor ^ 
 *' And when the Emperor had agreed to a Ceffation of Arms, according 
 " to the defires of the King of Great Britain, and b'di ordered the fufpend- 
 " ing of all Hoftility in the Lower Palatinate, at the fame t\me the Pdatine 
 " gave Commiflion to raife Forces and do ads of Hoftihty, which was 
 "put in execution by Count Mansfeld and Marquis ^agerndorf, to begin 
 " new troubles in Bohemia, Silefia, and Moravia. Neverthelefs the Empe- 
 " ror having appointed an AiTembly to meet at Ratisbone, will there make 
 '*^ known the defires of the King of Great Britain, who rtiall know what 
 " Refolution is there taken concerning the Palatine. 
 
 Albert Archduke of Flanders , at the requeft of King J-ames, had 
 made interceflion for the Palsgrave, After his deceafe, the Archduchefs 
 his wife continued the fame mediation by Letters to the Emperor. And 
 withall, the Kings Ambalfador further propofed thefe Conditions for a 
 Cedationof Arms, and a Surpenfion of the Ban Imperial ; That Manf- 
 feld and ^agerndorf lliall obferve the Agreement, otherwife the Prince 
 Palatine Hiall revoke their Comraiflions, and declare them his Enemies 
 and that their Garrifons in Bohemia lliall be rendred to the Emperor. 
 
 The Emperor anfwered the Archduchefs, That the Archduke her 
 husband in his life-time had exceedingly recommended the Interpofition 
 of the King of Great Britain, and the great prudence of that King in not 
 approving the Adions of the Palatine : Which Recommendation,as to a 
 TreatyandCeifationof Arms, he fliall entertain, and confuk thereupon 
 with the Deputies of the Elediors and Princes of the Empire. 
 
 The Englifli Ambafl'ador departed from Vienna to the Duke of Ba- 
 varia , who had then entred the Upper Palatinate, and had publi(hed 
 the Emperors Declauation againft Mmsfeld and his Adherents, and ex- 
 horted the States and Princes there to execute the lame ^ and the rather, 
 for that he had not heard of any King, Eleftor, Prince or State, no not 
 fo much as the King of Great Britain, that had approved the fedicious 
 Revolt oi the Bohemians, except fome few States and Princes who for 
 intereft 
 
 19 ^acobi. 
 
 The chief 
 heads of the 
 Lord Vigbfs 
 Embairie to 
 the Emperor. 
 
 The Empe- 
 rors Reply 
 to thofe De- 
 mands. 
 
 The L.ftigby's 
 fecond I'ro- 
 pofal to the 
 Emperor. 
 
 The Empe- 
 rors Anfwer. 
 
 The Engliai 
 Ambalfador 
 ?oes to the 
 Duke of Ba-
 
 58 
 
 Hi^orical ColleBions. 
 
 An, 1621J 
 
 The Empe- 
 rors Letter 
 to Don Balta- 
 ^rtc de Zuniga 
 
 intereft did countenance the fame. The Ambaffador found the Bavarian 
 ading hoftility and committing great fpoils in the Country, and refolving 
 to rejeft all Propofitions of Peace or Ceffation. Nor could the Emperor 
 agree upon any Truce without the Duke of Bavaria: Firft in refped of 
 his agreement neither to make War or Peace without the confenr of the 
 faid Duke ^ which happened, becaufe upon the former Truce made with 
 the Archduke, the Soldiers that werein the Lower Palatinate^ and wanted 
 employment, came up into the Higher Palatinate to Count Mansfcld, and 
 much infefted the Duke of Bavaria. Secondly, in regard the Duke of 
 Bavaria had a great part oiAtijlria in pledge for his fatistadion. Thirdly, 
 becaufe the Emperor was barred from all other paffages but x\\xo\i2^\\Bava- 
 ria, by Bethlem Gahr,^agerni^0rf,md Budiani, And the Duke,upon receipt 
 of the Emperors Letter touching the Truce, fent the Lord Dighy a de- 
 riding Anfwer 5 That there rvus no need to labor for a. Truce, for the Wars 
 were at an end, in that he agreed with Count Mansfeld •, nor did he doubt of 
 keeping both Palatinates in peace, till the Emperor and Palfgrave were agreed. 
 So the King received but a {lender return of the Lord Digbjs Embaflie 
 to the Emperor for the reftoring of the Eledor Palatine. But the Em- 
 perors full meaning in the bufinefs naay be found at large in his own Letter 
 to Don Baltazar de Zuniga^ a prime Councellor of State in Spain^ to be 
 by him reprefented to the King his Matter, to this eflfect. 
 
 Tfiat beholding the admirable providence of God over him, he is botmd to 
 ufe that me ft notable yicftry to the honor ofCod^ and the extirpation of 
 all Seditions and TaBions, which are noun^cd chiefly among the Calvinifts •, 
 left that judgment which the Prophet threat ned the King of Ifrael (hould faff 
 upon him-, Becaufe thou haft difmiffed a man worthy of death, thy foul 
 mall be for his foul. T/^f Palatine keeps new in Holland, not only exiled 
 from the Kingdom which he rafhly attempted, but de(poiled almolt of all his 
 own Territories, expeBing tis it were the la ft calf of Fortune : whom if by an 
 impiotis kind of commiferation,and his fubtile petitioning, he ft)all be perfwaded 
 to reftore, and nourijh in his bofom as a trodden half-living fnake, what can 
 he expeEl left hen a deadly ft mg from him, who in regard of his guilt can 
 never be faithful^ but will alway gape for eccafions to free himfelf from his 
 fears, andthegenim of whofe feB will make him an Enemy, or an unfound 
 Friend, to the Houfe of Auftria, and all other Catholick Princes. 
 
 wherefore ftrmly casting in his mindc, that f^f Palatine cannot be rc- 
 pred, He hath freely offered the Eleftorate to the Duke of Bavaria, amojl 
 eager Defender of the Catholick caufe ; by which means the Empire will always 
 remain in the handofCatholicks, andfo by cenfecfuence in the Houfe <7/^ Auftria : 
 And in fo doing he (hall take away all hope from the Palatine, and thofe that 
 follicite (o importunately for his reftitution -, And it is to be. hoped that the 
 Lutheran Princes, efpecially the Duke of Saxony, will not fo far difa/low 
 this tranflation as to take up Arms , feeing Charls the Fifth upon a far 
 lighter caufe deprived John Frederick D«^tf 0/ Saxony of the Eledorare, 
 and conferred tt on Maurice this Dukes great Uncle ■• Be fides, no lefis the 
 Lutherans hatred of the Calvinifts, then of the Catholicks, 
 
 Such were the effeds which tlie Kings Treating had wrought with 
 the Emperor. 
 
 The Parliament that was to meet November the Fourteenth, the 
 
 King by Proclamation adjourned to the Eighth oi February, and exprefted 
 
 the caufe to be the unfeafonablenefs of the time of the year. But this 
 
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 Hifiorical ColleHwns. 
 
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 long jjff(?/ was (hortned, and, the King declared. That upon Important ip J-acobi. 
 Reafons he had altered his former Refoliitions , and did adjourn it for ' 
 no longer time then from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth ot this 
 inftant November. 
 
 Upon which day it ReafTembled, and the King being abfent by rea- 
 fonof his indifpoficion in health, commanded a Meflage to be delivered 
 to both Houfes , by the Lord Keeper, the Lord Digb^, and the Lord 
 Trealurer. 
 
 In the firft place he acquainted the Two Houfes with His Majefties 
 indifpofition of health , which was the occafion of his abfence at the 
 opening of the Parliament , yet he could not fay he was ablent, fo long 
 as he was reprefented by a Son, who was as dear to the Kingdom as to 
 His Majefty. As to the occafion of calling the Parliament by way of 
 Antjcedeat , he took notice of fcveral effefts of His Majefties gracious 
 care over the Nation , fince the laft Recef of the Parliament in His 
 Majefties anfwering feveral Petitions concerning Trade, Importation 
 of Bullion , Confervation of Coyn in the Land , and prohibiting the 
 Tranfportation of Iron Ordinance^ and that His Mijefty by His Pro- 
 clamation reformed Thirty fix or thirty feven feveral matters com- 
 plained of as Publick Grievances , all of them without the leaft Truck- 
 ing or Merchandifing with the People, a thing ufual m former times. 
 He further faid, That His Majefty did principally fix the occafion of 
 the calling a Parliament upon the Declaration Recorded, and divulged 
 far and near by the Reprefentative Communalty of this Kingdom, to 
 affift His Majefty to carry on the War to recover the PitLtttnate ^ yet 
 withal his Lordlliip gave an account how His Majefty was fince the laft 
 Parliament , encouraged to travel a little longer m his pious endeavors 
 to procure a peace by way of Treaty, and that the Lord Digby was fent 
 Ambaflador upon that occafion, and fince returned, but not with fiich iiic- 
 cefs as was to be hoped for. He minded both Houfes of one Heroical 
 Ad of His Majefties fince the laft ParUament, in the advancement of 
 Forty thoufand pounds to keep together a Body of an Army in the 
 Lower Palatinate , which otherwife had been diflolved before this Par- 
 liament could be aftembled : And that unlefs the Parliament take fur- 
 ther refolution , and imitate rather Ancient then Modern principles, 
 and be expeditious in what they do , the Army in the Palatinate will 
 fall to the ground. And laftly. Told them that His Majefty did re- 
 folve that this Parliament iliould continue till fevcn or eiglit days before 
 the Feftivals, and to be renewed again the eighth of February, to con- 
 tinue for the Enacting ot Laws and Perioding of things of Reforma- 
 tion,as long as the neceflity of the State iliall require the fame. 
 
 After the Lord Keeper had done, the Lord Digby (having received a 
 Command horn His Majefty to that purpofe) gave a brief account of his 
 Negotiation with the Archduke about the Treaty of Peace 5 how the 
 Archduke confented thereunto, and writ accordingly to the Emperor and 
 the King of Spain of his proceedings^ who alfo writ to SpinoUtovS. 
 Ceftation of Arms, the Archduke having the Command of the Spanilh 
 forces in Germany ■, but the Duke of Bavaria would not confent thereun- 
 to ; and the Lord D/^^y informed the two Houfes, that by the carriage of 
 theDnkeoi Bavaria, and by other circumftances, he did evidently dif- 
 , cover, That from the beginning that Duke aft'eded to get unto himfelf 
 I the Palatinate, and the* Title of Eledor. He further declared. That if 
 1 Count 
 
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 The Parlia- 
 ment begins 
 again, Nov. 
 20. 
 
 
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 The Suhftancc 
 of the Lord 
 Keepeis 
 Speech. 
 
 Lord T>igb/% 
 Sptcc!].
 
 4.0 I 
 
 An. i62i. 
 
 Lord Treafu- 
 ter's Speech. 
 
 The Commons 
 Petifcion and 
 Rcinonfh-ance 
 to the King. 
 
 Htjlorical CoUeUions, 
 
 CouQtiki4«;/f/^wasnotfpeedily fupplied, he could not keep his Army 
 tcether. Then he gave an account, how bravely Sir Horatio Fere had be- 
 haved himfelf in the PaUtinate, and that by his wifdom and valor, there 
 was kept from the enemy, Heiddburg, Mainheim, and Frartkendale •, the 
 laft of which places had then endured a moneths fiege. Healfofpoke 
 Honorably of d'pt.Barroughs, and concluded,That the fitted Redrefs was 
 to furnidi and keep up the Army already there-,which muft be done by fup- 
 plies of Money , and more Forces rauft be prepared againft the next 
 Spring, that we may have there an Army of our own for the flrengthning 
 of thePaUtimtc^ind encouragement of the Princes of the Union. 
 
 Then the Lord Treafitrer (^Ae, and acquainted both Houfes •, how 
 empty the Kings Coffers were, and how he had afliited the Palatine, and 
 Princes of the Union, with great fums which had exhaufted his Treafure, 
 and that His Majefty was much in debt. 
 
 Neverthelefs, though the King declared for War, he purfued Peace, 
 and refolved to dofe with Spain, hoping to heal the Breach by that Al- 
 liance. The Houfe of Commons before they Granted Subfides , re- 
 folved to try the Kings Spirit by this Petitiori and Remonfirance, which 
 laid open the diftempcrs of thofe times, with their caufes and cures, 
 
 Mofl Gratious and Dread Soveraign;, 
 
 w 
 
 ^arltamcnt, »jIjotep?eCenttUe Conimong of ^our i^ealm. 
 
 full of Ijcartp fo?i'o^) to be Dep^ibeD of tbe doiiifo^u of ^our liopal 
 ^?cfcnce, i\)t latbcr f o? tbat it p?otccDj3 from tl^c tuant of ^our bcaltl) -, 
 totierein tjje all unfcigncDlp Do fuffcc^ 3[n all Dumblc manner calling to 
 minoe ^our ^raciouiS! 3(InftDcr to our former petition concermngJSle' 
 ligion, ttitiic!) notloitbSanDing ^m\. ^aicCic/s ^iouss ant) 0^incclj> 
 inrcntionie;, batb not p^oDutcD tDat gooD cefcct, tui^itcl) tDe Danger of tl)cfe 
 timc0 Dotb fa-m to m to require : 3lnD finDmg Dotu ill ^cur pa|e5ie0 
 gootinef0 batb botn requiteD bp JPjintt^ of Different lieligion , toDo 
 eben i\K time of Creatp babe tafeen oppo?tunitp to aDbante tbeiroton 
 enD0, tcnDingtotljefubbcrQonof K,eligion, anDDifaDbantagcof ^our 
 aiffair^, anD tOe €Oate of ^our (Ji:bilD?en : Xp reafon toDcreof, ^out- 
 ill affeaeD Subjects at borne, tbe Poptd) Eerufantis;, babe tafeentoo 
 mucb cncouraaemmt. and are Dangcrouap inereafeD in tbeir number, 
 anD m tlieu- infolencics* Mt cannot but be f enable tDereof , anD tr;rre- 
 fo?e bumblp rep?efent tnbat toe conceibe to be tbe caufes of fo great anD 
 grotoing ^ifcbeifs, anD tobat be tbe EemeDtes. 
 
 I. Ctie tligilanrp anD Ambition of tlje pope of Rome , anD W 
 Dearea Son, tbe one aiming at as large a^emuo^al ^onarcbp. as 
 t^e otber at a Spiritual Sup^ematp. 
 
 II. ^I)e BebilliQj Fofitions anD l^octrtnes, tobereon poperp i^ 
 built anD taugbt tuitb 3iutbo?itp to tljeir jfoUottiers, fo? aDDanccmcnt 
 of tbeir€empo?alenDs* 
 
 III. COe DiOreffeD anD miferable effate of tbep^ofetfoisof a-ue 
 Eeligion in jFo?eign parts* 
 
 IV. C&e 53ifatIerous acciDents to J^our ^ajeStes CbtlD?en a- 
 b?oaD , ejcp^etfeD boitb rejopcitig , anD eben toitb contempt of tljeir 
 perfons* 
 
 V. Cbe
 
 HtHorical CoUeHions. 
 
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 V. Cfje Orange ConfeUeracj) of tl)ep?tncc0 of t0ci3opta)i2leltgt' 19 ^^ 
 on, atmmg mamlp at t&e aDbanccment of t\)tit0, annfubocrtingof ~ 
 our0, anti tafeing ttJe aDDantages conDucmg totl?atcnDuponaHocca' 
 aon0. 
 
 VI. COe gvrat anD manp ^rmie0 raifcD, anDmamtaincDatt&e 
 charge of tljcl^ing of Spain, tIjecUeif of tDat league. 
 
 V I I. €^e eipeaatton of t\)t ^apm Eeciifanrfi; of t&c ^^atclj tout) 
 Spain, anD firDuig rljemfelt)e0 toitfi great Ijopcg of tUe confequence;^ 
 tijcreot 
 
 VIII. ClJe tnterpoGng of JFo?em pinceisanD tOeir ^grnr,0, tn 
 tlje belialf of ^opiC[j l'^etufant0 , fo? connivance anD fabo? unto 
 t^em. 
 
 IX. Ci^eir open anD ufual refo?t to tlje \j?o\xtesi; anDtoljiclJ t> 
 too?fe, totbedljappet^of 5Fo?eign ^mbaOfaDo?^. 
 
 X. Cbeir mm tDcn ufual concourfe to t^e Cttp^anD tbeir frequent 
 B Conbf mtcleg anD Conferences tOeve. 
 
 X I. Ct)e eDucatton of ttieir €t)tiD?en in man? feberal ©emina' 
 titis anD ll^oufes of tOetr JKeligton m jFo?etn part0, app^Jop^iateD to ttje 
 €nglt0i jFugttibejj. 
 
 X I I. €tie <S^rant5« of ttjeir jutt f o?fetture0 tntenDeD hv ^our 
 ^ajeflj) an a EetoarDof ©erbice to ttie<$rantee.0-, DutbeponD^our 
 ^mUm intention , trangferceD 0? compounDeO fo? , at fuel) mean 
 rates, as toill amount to Itttle lefs tben a '^oleratirn. 
 
 XIII. Cbe licenttou;3 ^?nunig anD mfpcrfing of PopiO; anD 
 SeDitinus Xcohs, eben intbe tune of parliament, 
 
 XIV. "EDe ftoarms of ^?teas anD 3IefuitS5 tbe Common 3[n= 
 cenDiaues of ail Cl;?iOenDom , DtfperfeD in all parts of pour tung- 
 Dom- 
 
 ^nD from tbefe caufes as bitter Ecots, toe bumblp offer to^our 
 ^ajeap, 'Ebat toe fo^efceanD fear tbere totllneceffanlpfollotobcrp 
 Dangerous ma<s, botb to Cburcb anD ®tatc. j?o?, 
 D I. €f;e IPopiO; EcUgton is incompatible toitUours, incefpectof 
 tbeir Pc&tiDns* 
 
 I I. 3[t D?atoetb Wtl) it an unaboiDablc DepenDencp on JFo?ein 
 P^ince». 
 
 III. 3It openetb tco toiDe a gap fo? ^dopularitp, toanptoboOjall 
 D?atottDgrcatapartp* 
 
 I V. 3lt batb a reOlefs fpirit, anD toill nvihe h^ tbcCc <©raDations •, 
 if It once get but a tonnibancp, tt toiUp^efsfo? a toleration •, if tbat 
 CjjoulDbeobraineD, tbe? muO babe an equalitp •, from tbence tbeptoiU 
 afpircto©upcrto?itp3 anD toll neber red tiUtbcp geta€>ubberQonof 
 tbetrueEeligion, 
 
 '2:be EemeDies againd tbefe grotoing aBbils,tobicb in all ll)umilitp 
 toe offer unto .»our mo8 excellent ^ajeap, are tbefe. 
 
 I. '^batforingtbis mebirable neccfsitp is fain upon ^our^aieQi', 
 tobicb no CDOiftiom 0? p^obiDcnce of a peaceable anD pious feing can 
 aboiD, ^our ^aieOp tooulD not omit tbis ju3 occaQon, fpepDilp anD 
 effeaualip to tafic i^our ®too?D into l^cur banD» 
 
 I I. €bat once imDertal^en upon fo bono?ablc anD juO grounDs, ^our 
 ^aieaptooulorrfolbetopuvfue, anDmo?e pubUchlp aboto ibe aiDing 
 cf tbofe of our Ecligion m lFo?ein parts, tobicb Doubtlefs tooulDrC' 
 unite tbe pnntes anD ©tates of t\)c linion, bp tbefe DifaScrs DitlJeart' 
 neDanDDifebanDeD. 1 
 
 G III. Cbat \
 
 ^% 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBiom. 
 
 An. 
 
 J 6, 1 I III. Ctjat ^out ^ajeap WoulD p?opoCc to ^oui; %t\i to manage 
 
 ' tDi^Ciaai* Wii tl^e bet! aDbantasc bp aDifaevQon o? otbertotfe, asm 
 
 ^om'Offp jut)gment QjaU be fount) fittea, anD not torcfluponaKIau 
 
 mtbcfepart^onclr, tjjbtcbtwiU confumc ^out Cceafure, ant) Diftoii- 
 
 tagc i^ouc people. 
 
 I V. COat tbe bent of x^^ ©Har, anD point of ^out @too?i3, map 
 beagamatbat prince (tobatfoeber opcnJon of porenrp be batb) tobofe 
 gcmie0 anb '^vcaCuresi babe fii'll DibcireiJ , anD fmce maintaineD tbe 
 
 CaJarmtbe Palatinate. 
 
 V. 'S:batfo?fecuringof eur^eace at borne, ^our^^aieap twiUbc 
 pleafeD ta tcbiebj tbe part0 of our petition fo?merlp De!tbej;eD unto 
 i^our i^aicay, anb bereunto annejceD, anD to put tn cjrecution bj) tbe care 
 S cbotce aroninnCsioncrs! to be tbereunto cfpectallp appotnteD , tbe 
 )Lab05ialreaop, anDbereafter tobemaDc fo? p?ebenting of Dangers; bp 
 i^opiflj iaecufant0, anD tbeir tuonteD ebaQon^* 
 
 V I . Cbat to fruarate tDeir bopeiS fo? a future age, our moCt i)3oble 
 ip^incc map be timelp anD bappilp marrieD to one of our oton iSle 
 ligion. 
 
 V I I. Cbat tbe CbtlDjen of t\)Z iI3obtlttp anD 6entrp of tbi0 )King= 
 bom, anDof otbers^iUaffeaeD anDfufperteDtntbeirEcUgion, notobe^ 
 ponD tbe Sea^, map be fo?tbt»itb caUeD bome bp pour mean^, anD at 
 tbe cbarge of tbeir parents o? <Soberno?0. 
 
 VIII. Cbat tbe (IbilD?en of poptib Eecufant.e, o? fucbtobofe 
 CKHibejs are popiCfj Eccufant^, be b^ougbt up During tbeir ^mo?itp 
 tattbP^oteflant©cbcolmaaer;s anD Ceacberje^, tnbomap fotuin tbeir 
 tenDer pear0 tbe ^etDs of true Religion. 
 
 I X. Cbat ^our ^aieap iDiU be pleafeD fpteDitp to rebofee all fo?= 
 mer Licences fo? fucb €bilD?en anD i^outb to trabel beponD tb^®ta0, 
 anD not grant anp fucb Licence ^reafter. 
 
 X. Cbat ^our ^aieOfieiS ILearneD £ouncil map rcteibe €om= 
 manbment from .^our 5)igbncfe, carefullp to Icofe into former (grants 
 of Eccufant0 lanD0, anD to aboiD tbem, if lip JLatu tbepcan^ anD 
 tbat ^our ^ajeffp tuill aap ^our S)anli from paf^ing anp fucb <5rant0 
 bcreaftcr. 
 
 Cbisf 10 tbe fum anD effect of our bumble Declaration, tobicbtoe 
 (no tuap0 intenDmg to p^ef0 upon .^our ^<©a]caie0 unDoubteD anb Eegal 
 Prerogative) Do boitb tbe fulnefs of our ^)utpanD©bcmence,bumblp 
 fubmit to ^oiir moa p^mcclp conQDcranon : Cbe glo2p of t5i5oD tobofc 
 caufe It 10 -, tbe jeal of our true Eeligion, m uMjicb boe babe been bo?n, 
 anD boberein (lip (5oD0 grace) tte are ref olbeD to Die •, t\)t fafetp of ^our 
 ^afeaie0 perfcn, tubo i0 tbe berp life of ^our people -, tbebappinef0 
 of ^our CTbilO.'cn anD poQeritp ■-, tbe bono? anD gcoD of tbe dburcbanD 
 ©tate Dearer unto U0 tben our oiun libe0, babmg fei'nDIeD tbefe affectt 
 Dn0 trulp DeboteD to ^our ^ajeap. 
 
 ^nD feting out of our Dutp to ,^our ^aleftp ')s^z babe alreaDp re-- 
 ColbeDtogibeattbeenD of tbi^ ©ei0ion, one intire Sub&Dp, fo? tbe 
 p^efent relief of tbe Palatinate onelp, to bepaiD intbeenDof February 
 nejrtj babicb cannot tuell be efifeaeD but bp paf0ing a TSiH in a parlia^ 
 mentarp courfc before Chriftmas -, GUe moa bumblp befrrtb .^our ^a- 
 St^V (a0our aCfureD bope !0) tbat^ouboill tben alfoboutbfafetogibe 
 life bp £^.our Eopal JPffentto fucb TSiUiS 80 before tbat timeflfjall be 
 p^epareD fo? f^our S©alenie0 bono?, anD tbe gem^ral gooD of l^.our 
 people; 5nD tbat fucb 15ill0 mar be alfoaccompanieD (a0batbbcen 
 accuOomeD) 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions, 
 
 4-3 
 
 B 
 
 I afcuffomcD) tuit^ ^ouc ^ajeate^ ©tacioufi^ ^arDon, (toljtclj p^oteeD 
 ins from ^ouc o^" mefr($rare, mapbp ^our !l>isOnefe Diccttiontie 
 D?aton to rtat LatrruDf , atiD Cjctcnt , a^ map l)?a fo?t tou& ^out 
 #aictfic0 bountp anD gcoDnef^. 3nD tfjat not oncip jfclon^ anD Ci'i^ 
 minal €)eFcnDer0 map tafee bencBt thereof, but tf)at<»oiirgaiO©ub 
 jett0 map receive eafc tbevebp. inO if it Efjall fo flano Wtl> ^our gcoD 
 plcafurf, Cljat it map ejctenti to t(je relief of tbeoIDDetit'atandBU' 
 tie0 to tbeCrotxjn before t\)t IFirdpear of ^oia\^aicOic0iS,etsn, to 
 t5e Difcl)arge of 3ilicnattonsf toittiout licence, anD miftiDng of libe^ 
 rieis, anD Ouftre le Maine Moit t\}c 6r[f Summonfi! of tbi^ parlta^ 
 ment, apD of concealeD aSiHarO(l)ip0 , anD tjot filing of liberieie;, anD 
 Ouftre le Maines t)efo?e t\)t CtoelftD pear of ^jur ^aicfli^0 Eeign. 
 Ci(Ui)itf)grattou0Fat)o? tooulD muclj CDmfo^t<^ourgaiD Subjects, anD 
 eafe tbem from tejcation, ttiitb little lof^ o? pgcjuDice to^ourotnn 
 p?o6t» 
 
 3InD toe bp our tiailp anD Deljout p^aper^ to tbe 3(ilmigbtp, tbe 
 <Sreat Cttng of iaing^, Ojall contenD foi a blefising upon our enDcaboj^ -, 
 anDfo? ^out ^ajemc0 long anD bappp i^cign olicru^j anDfo?^our 
 CbilD|en0 jCbilDgen after ^ou fo? manp anD manp <Seneratton0* 
 
 The Houfe had fufficienc caufe to fet forth the danger of true Re- 
 ligion , and the Miferies of the Profeflbrs thereof in Foreign parts ; 
 when befides the great wound made in Germany, and the cruelties of the 
 prevailing Houfe of Aitlfria , the Proteftants in France were almoft ruined 
 by Lewis the Thirteenth, being befieged at once infeveral places, as in 
 Montaitban by the King, and in Rochel by Count Soyfons, and the Duke 
 of Guife : And for their relief, the King of England prevailed nothing 
 by fending of Sir Edward Herbert, fince Baron of Cherburj, and after him 
 the Vifcount Doncafter, AmbafTador for Mediation. 
 
 The Kmg having Intelligence of the former Remonftrmce, wrote this 
 Letter to the Speaker, 
 
 ToOurTrufty and Welbeloved Sir Thomas 
 ^chardfon Knight, Speaker of the Houfe of 
 Commons. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, 
 
 WE have heard by divers Re forts, to our ^r eat grief , That our di (lance 
 from the Honfes of Parliament, caufed by oitrindifpofition of health, 
 hath irnholdned the fiery and popular Spirits of fome of the Houfe 
 of Commons, to argue and debate publickly of the matters far above their reach 
 \ and capacity, tending to our high dijhonor, and breach of Prerogative Royal, 
 I Thefe are therefore to command you to make known in our Name unto the Houfe, 
 ■ That none therein jhall pre fume henceforth to meddle with any thing concerning 
 ** 1 our Government, or deep matters of State, and namely not to deal with our dear- 
 ' <■/? Sons Match with the Daughter c/ Spain, nor to touch the honor of that 
 King, or any other our Friends and Confederates : Andalfo not to meddle with 
 my mans particulars, which have their due motion in our ordinary Courts of 
 ^uHice. And whereas.wc hear they have fent a Mefjage to Sir Edwin Sandis, 
 to know the reafons of his late reflraint, youjhalltn our Name refohe them, 
 
 C 2 That 
 
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 19 ^acobi. 
 
 At this rime 
 the Fntcfiants 
 are ill treated 
 in France. 
 
 The Kings 
 Letter to Sir 
 Tho. Richard- 
 fon.
 
 H 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions, 
 
 Jff. 1 621, 
 
 The Commons 
 fend the 
 Remonftrttnce 
 accompanied 
 with another 
 Petition. 
 
 That it tvtti not for atty mifdemeanor of his in Parliament ; bttt to fut them out 
 of doubt of any que (iitn of that nature that may arife among them hereafter, 
 joufhall refolve them in our Name, That rve think our (elf very free and able 
 toPunifljanymansmifdemeanors in Parliament, as well during their fitting lis 
 after •• Which we mean not to [pare hereafter, upon any occafton of any mans in- 
 \olent behavior there that [ball be miniflred unto us : And if they have already 
 touched any of thefe points, which we have forbidden, in any Petition of theirs 
 which is to befent unto us, it is ourfleafure that yeu jhall tell them. That except 
 they reform it before it come to oitr hands, we will not deign the hearing nor an- 
 [wering of it. 
 
 ■ D4f(?^<i? New-Marker, 3 Dec. 1621. 
 
 Hereupon they drew up another Petitionj which they fcnt accom- 
 panied with the former Remonflrance. 
 
 Moft Dread and Gratious Soveraign, 
 
 W^ pour moS Ijumble anD loj'al ©uljjctt«, tl^e ^mi^i&, (Siti= 
 ^enjs, anD XurgcfTe^, SCfcmWeD in t!?c Commons |)oufc of 
 #ai1tamcnt, full of grief, at\o unfpeafeable fo^roto, tD^eugl) 
 tlje true fence of pour ^atcQiej? Difpleafuce, c]rp?etred bp pour Letter 
 latelpfent to our Speaker, antibpt)im relateD anD reaD unto U0: ^et 
 comfo^teD again tuttljtljeacrurante of pour gf ace anDg(XiDnef0, anD of 
 tlje Qncerttp of our oton uitcntione anD p^occcDntgiS , to^ereon toitO 
 confiDence toe can relic, 3ln allijumblenef^ tefetcD pour moQ Cjccellent 
 Saieap, tOat tljc lopaltp anD Dutifulnefs; of ajs faithful anD lotjing 
 ©ubjea)3a0eberferl)eD, 0? lit)cD unDer a gcattoue 'Sotcratg!!, map 
 not unDeferbeDlp CuGfer bp t^e mif info?mation of partial anD uncertain 
 jaepo?t0, tubicb are elierunfaitfjful Sfntelligencer^: TSut t(jat pour 
 ^a]eapixioulDint&eclearncf0of pour otunJuDgment, ftrs tJoucbfafe 
 toiinDerOtanD from ourfelbf^, anD not from otlpei*0, tubat our bumble 
 Declaration anD Petition (refolbeD Upon bp tbe S^initjcrfai boice of t\)t 
 l|?oufe, anD p?opofeD )»itb pour gratioujs IFatJo? to be pjcfenteD unto 
 pour ©acreD ^ajeQp) Dotb contain. SJpon tnbat occaQon toe entreD into 
 conQDeration of tbofe tbing«3 toJ;icb are tberetn contameD, toitb t»bat 
 Dutiful refpect to pour ^aieftp, anD pour ferbice, tue DiD conQDer tberc- 
 of, anD tobattoas our true intention tberebp* ^SnD tbat toben pour ^a^ 
 leap m\\ tberebp trulpDifcrrn our Dutiful a5'ection,e(, pouttJiIlmpour 
 Eopal3iuDgment free U0 from tbofe beabpcbarge^toberetoitb fomeof 
 our ^cmbrr0 are burtbeneD, anD tobereintbc tobole \^mit 10 tnbolbeD. 
 SnDtwebumblp befcecb pour ^aieQp, tbatpou tJJiH not bereafter 
 gibe creDtt to p^ibate Eepo?t;6(, againa alio? anp of tbe ^ember^ of our 
 |)oufc, ixibomtbetubole babe not cenfurcDj until pour t^ajeCp babe 
 bcrn trulp info?meD tbereof from our felbe^; ^nDtbat in tbe mean 
 I time, anD eber, toe map aanD up^igbt tn pour ^aieCtie^ grace anD gcoD 
 opini on,tban u^bicb^no tno?lDlp conQDeration i^jO? can be Dearer unto 110, 
 ! CObcn pour S^ajcflp baO Lie aCfembleD U0 m parliament bp pour 
 IS-opal CommanDment, fooner tben t»ec]CpecteD, anD DiD boucbfafebp 
 ! tbe moutb)e<of tb?£r bono^able IL02D.?!, to impart unto u^ tbetoeigbtp or 
 \ caQons> niobing pour ^aienp tbercunto j anD from tbem ttie DtD unDcr- 
 QanDtbcfeparticularsf* 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F'
 
 HiHoricai CoUe&ions, 
 
 I ¥ 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 C(jat nottoitljaanDuig pouc l^^mcelp anDpiou0enOeat)o?,«top?o= 
 cure peace, tl;c time 10 noto come tDat Janus CempJe mutt be openeD. 
 
 Cljat ii)ti)oiu of Bellona mud be (jearD, anDnot tbeboiceof tbe 
 Cuvtle. 
 
 -ElJat t&fretra^ no |)cipeDf peace, noganptmcetobeobtaineD, no 
 notfo?afetoDap0, 
 
 Cbat pcur ^aieop muQ eitbec abanDon puc oton €Wti?en, o?en= 
 gage pour Cc If in a CBUar, ixjbtrein conQDerattoni^ to be baD, tobat iFcot, 
 tobat 5)D?fe, tobat ^oncp tuill be fuffictent. 
 
 -^bat tbe Lctoec Palatinate tDa0 fetfeD upon bptbeSrmpof tbe 
 fiting of Spain, a0€]cccuto? of tbe Ban tbere tn qua!up of ^ufeeof 
 
 Burgnndy, 80 tbe Oppec Palatinate tuajS li]P tbe 2?Ufee of Bavaria. 
 
 igDbat i^t &mg of Spain atbisiotoncbarge, baUnotoatleattatje 
 S[rmie0onfcor. 
 
 'm^sit tbep?ince^ of tbe Union toeteDi^banDeb, but tbe (2ratbolic{% 
 league rematneO firm* iwbetebp tbo(e^?ince0foDitret)ereD, tbere in 
 Sanger one bp one to be ruineb. 
 
 C bat tbe eaate of tbofe of tbe iReligton in lFo?eign partja; toa^ mtfe= 
 table •, anb, tbat cut of tbefe confiDerattong toetoerecalleD toaGOar 
 anD fonfctDitb to abtife f o? a fuppip f 02 feorpmg t\)t fo?ce0 tn t\)e Palati- 
 nate from Di;6bant)ing, anD to fo^rffr tbe meang fo? ratQng anD maintain^ 
 tng tbe XoD? of an ^vmp fo? tbe SHar againfl t\)t ©p^tng. Me tbere^ 
 fo^e out of our s^eal to pour ^aieop anD pour ^ofleritp, toitb moae ala= 
 critp anD celeritp tban eber toa^ p^eQDenteDin ^^arliamenc , Df'D 3DDref0 
 our felbe0 to tbe Cert)ice commcnDeD unto u0. «lInD altbougb t»e cannot 
 conceibe, Cbat tbe bono? anD fafetp of pour ^aieOp anD pour poReritp, 
 tbe jpatrimonp of pour €bilD?en int)aDcD,anD poCfetreD l)^^ tbcir enemie^j 
 tbe toelfare of jaelision,auD ©tate of pour feingDom,are matters at anp 
 time un&t fo? out DetpcQ conQDeration m time of parliaments 3InD 
 tbougb before tbi0 time toe toere in Come of tbcfe points filcnt, pet ht' 
 ing noto inbiteD tberc unto, anD IcD on bp fo iutt an occaGon, tue tbougbt 
 it our Duties to p:8i)iDe fo?tbep?efcnt fuppip tbereof, anDnotonelpto 
 turn our epe0 onaCKUarab^oaD, buttotafeecare fo? tbe fecurmg of our 
 peace at bome, tnbicb tbe Dangerous increafe anD infolencp of popiib 
 iRccufantg; appatcntlp, biQblp, anD fenGblp, Dt'o leaD U0umo. €be 
 conQDf ration txibereof DID nececrarilp D?a\u m trulp to rep^efentunto 
 pour ^aieap , tobat toe conceibe to be tbe caufe^, tobat toe feareD 
 tooulobetbeefifcct^j anDtobattoebopcDmtgbtbctberemebic^of tbefe 
 g?otoing €t)il0s among tobicb, assinciDent anDimaboiDable, toe fell 
 upoti fome tbmge tobicb form to toutb upon tbe King of Spain, a0 tbep 
 babe relation to pLipiCbEccufantiS at bome, to tbe22iar0bpbnnmain= 
 taineD in tbe Palatinate againd pour >^aicaie0 dbilD^en, anD to bt0 ff- 
 beral ^rmic0 noto on feet, pet a^toe conceibeD toitbout toucb of Dif' 
 bono? to tbat fcing, 0? anp otber ^?ince pour ^aieaies ConfeDe-- 
 rate. 
 
 3in tbe 5©ifcourre tobereof, toe DiDnotaOfumctoour felbe^ anp 
 potoer to Determine of anp part tbereof, no? tntenD toincroacbo?m' 
 tiiiDeuptin tbe ©atreD13ounD0 of ^our Eopal !9utbo?itp, to tobom, 
 anD to tobom one Ip, toe acl^notoleDge it Dotb belong to refolbe of pcare, 
 anDCaar, anD of tbe Carriage of tbe moajRoble^?incepour®onj 
 TBut ax^ your moa lopal anD bumble <Subiett0 anD ©crbant0, rep?C' 
 fenting tbe tobole Commonc; of pour i^ingDom (tobobabcalargejfn' 
 tcrea m tbe bappp anD p2ofperou0 eaate of pour @«)t-ap, anD pour 
 
 ^ i^opal 
 
 IP ^acobi.
 
 ^6 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 i^"! liaoMiP'OSemp, anDof tljeaounOjingeaateof out€l)urcl;an&€om^ 
 " nioWaltD) WDvcColbe out of our €avc0anDJ?eac0, milpanU plain- i 
 iv toDemonaratc t&efe t\)m^ to ?our ^ajcOfp, tu&ic^ toe tuere not af' 
 fuceU couVo otticrtoifc come Co full? anD cleavlp to pouc fenotoleDge 5 anD 
 tbatbeingDcnc tolaptije femeOotjjn at pour ^ajeOtt^ fort, tuitljout 
 etDtctation of any otUcr Snftocc of pour #aicap touct)ina tljtfe Ijigtiet 
 potnt0, tOentoljatatpourgcoDpleaCure, anD m pour oton timeOJoulD 
 
 Clpi*« l3cins tlje effect of ttjat toe ^aD fo?mfrtp rcfotbcD upon, anD 
 
 tbefe tl^e ©ctaQon^ ant) Eeafons; inDuctns tDe fame, ©ur OumWe fuit 
 
 t to pour mitav anf confiDcnce 10, CJjat pour ^ateap totU ht sratiouflp 
 
 ^pleafeD torereitje att&efjanc^ of tt)efe our ^effenger)3(, ourfo?met 
 
 i bumble Dechnition anD Petition, anD t)oud)faf e to reaD anD fat»o?aDlp to 
 
 interpret tlje fame •, anD tljat to fo mucl) thereof 30 contamctO our ljum= 
 
 ble Petition conrermng 3[efuitg(, Pm^fs, anD popiOj EecufantjSf, tU 
 
 paffage of T5tn05 anD <Svantmg pour ISlopaiparDon, pou toiUt)oucfj= 
 
 fafean^nftoeruntousf, , . ^ 
 
 ^^nDto^ereajspour^ajeCfp lip tte general too?D^ of pout letter, 
 fttmett) to rentatn m from mtermeDlmg toitO ^atterjs of 0o\)etr\' 
 ment, o?pavticular0toIjicO l)at)e tijetr motion in t&eCourtg! of 3luflice, 
 tt)eoeneralttpof Wtl> too?D!K intlje largenef^ of t^e ejcteni tt)ereof, 
 (30 "toe Ijopc leponD pour ^aieflteg; intention) mtg^t tnt)olt)e ttJofe 
 tlJingis tolJtc^ are t^e proper Subjects of #arltamentarp otcaGon^anO 
 
 Difcourfe* . ^, ^ , ^ , ^ . 
 
 3lnDtof]erea0pDur^aieOpDotl)fftm toabiiDge 110 of ttje jntient 
 
 libf rtp of parliament fo? frtrDom of @ptecb> 3luriTDtaion, anD 3fua 
 denfureof tDeJ|)eufc, anDot&er p^ocfeDmgs t&ere (toberein toetrutt 
 in ®oD toe m^ n^lJf t tranfgre f^ tbe bounD^ of lopal anD Dutiful 
 'Sub'ett^) a Libcrtp tobicb toe affure our feltjeg;, foGnife antifoSfud 
 aSitng toill not mfringe, tbe fame being ourantientanDunDoubteD 
 iRigbt , anD an Jnberttance retetbeD from our 9nceao?0 5 toitbout 
 tobitb toe cannot frcrlp Debate, no? tlearlp Dtfcern of tbingjs in queOion 
 befo?e 110, no? trulp info?m pour ^ajefl p : 3in tobicb toe babe been con= 
 evmcD Iv PP"J^ ^aiefltcs mod gratiDU0 fo?mer ^poftbe^ anD ^cf0^ 
 amis, 9:<Hearetberefo?e noto again info?teD in allbumblenef^ top?ap 
 pour $gaic0p !o aUoto tbe fame, anD tbf rebp to ta&e atoap tbe 3^oubt0 
 anD ©cruple0 pour ^ateaic0 late JLetter to our Speaker batbto?ougbt 
 upon u0» 
 
 ©0 0)all toe pour lopal anD lobing ©ubiects eber acfenotoleDge pour 
 ^ateOfiee 3!u(!tf e, ©rate, anD (S5xDnef0, anDbereaDp topcrfo?m tbat 
 fcrbite to pour ^aieflp, tobicb m tbe true affection of our beart0 toe 
 p?ofef0, anD pour out ourDailp anDDebout ^?aper0totbe3Ilmigbtp 
 fo?pcur ^aicQice long life, bappp anD religious iSleign, anDp?ofper' 
 OU0 €Sate, anD fo? pour Eopal ^oaeritp after pou fo? et>er. 
 
 The King having rejefted the fiift Petition, gave to the later this 
 Anfwer following. 
 
 The Kings 
 Aniwer to the 
 laKr Petition. 
 
 WE mud here begin in the (lime fa{hion that we would have 
 done, if the firft Petition had come to our hands before we 
 had made a ftay thereof, vVhich is to repeat the firfl: words 
 " of the late Queen of famous memory, ufed by her, in anfwer to an In- 
 
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 " folent Piopofition made by a PolonUn Amballcidoi- unto her -, that is, 
 " Legatum cxpeciitbamt^, Heraldtim accipimm. For we had great reafon to 
 "expeA that the firfl: MefTage from your Houfe (liould have been a 
 "Melfage of Thankfgiving for our continued gratious behavior to- 
 '' wards our people, fince your Lift Recefs-, not onelyby our Prodania- 
 " tion of Grace, wherein were contained Six or feven and thirty Arti- 
 "cles, all of ieveral points of Grace to the people-, but alfo by the 
 " labor we took for the fatisfadion of both Houfes in thofe three Articles 
 " recommended unto us in both their names, by the Right Reverend Fa- 
 " ther in God," the Archbilhop O): Canterhury , and likewife for the good 
 " Government of Ireland, we are now in hand with, at your requeft-, but 
 " not onely have we heard no news of all this, but contrary, great com- 
 " plaints of the danger of Religion within this Kingdom, tacicelyim- 
 " plying our ill Government in this point. And we leave you to judge, 
 " whether it be your duties that are the Reprelentative Body of our peo- 
 "ple, lb to diftafte them with our Government •, whereas by thecon- 
 " trary it is your duty, with all your endeavors, to kindle more and more 
 " a dutitul and thankful love in the peoples hearts towards us, for our juft 
 "and gratious Government. 
 
 " Now whereas in the very beginning of this your Apology you tax 
 " us in fur terms of trufting uncertain Reports, and partial Informations 
 " concerning your proceedings, we wifh you to remember that we are an 
 old and experienced King, needing no fuch LeiTons, being in our Con- 
 fcience freeft of any King alive from hearing or trufting idle Reports, 
 which fo many of your Houfe as areneareftus, can bear witnefs unto 
 " you, if you would give as good ear to them, as you do to fome Tribu- 
 " nitial Orators among you : And for proof in this particular, we have 
 " made your own Meftengers confer your other Petitions fent by you, 
 " with the Copy thereof, which was fent us before ; Between which, there 
 " is no difference at all •, but that fince our receiving the firft Copy, you 
 "addedaconclufionuntoit, which could not come to our hands, till it 
 " was done by you, and your Meftengers fent, which was all at one time. 
 " And if we had had no Copy of it before-hand, we muft have received 
 " your firft Petition to our great dilhonor, before we had known what it 
 " contained, which would have enforced us to return you a fir worfe An- 
 " fwer, tiien now we do -, tor then your Meftengers had returned with 
 "nothing, but that we have judged your Petition unlawful, and unwor- 
 " thy of an Anfwer : For as to your conclufion thereof, it is nothing but 
 " Proteftatio contrariafacio •, for in the Body of your Petition, you ufurpe 
 "upon our Prerogative Royal, arid meddle with things far above your 
 " reach, and then in the conclufion you proteft the contrary •, As if a 
 " Robber would take a mans purfe , and then protefT he meant not to rob 
 " him. For firft you prefume to give us your advice concerning the 
 " Match of our deareft Son with fome Proteftant (we cannot fay Prin- 
 " cefs, for we know none of thefe fit for him) and dift wade us from his 
 
 to a prefent War with that King -, and 
 
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 Match with Spain, urging us 
 
 "yet in the conclufion, forfooth, ye proteft ye intend not to prefs upon 
 F "our moft undoubted and Regal Prerogative 5 as if the Petitioning of 
 " us in matters that your felves confefs ye ought not to meddle with, were 
 , " not a meddling with them. 
 
 " And whereas ye pretend, That ye were invited to this courfe by 
 " the Speeches of Three honorable Lords •, yet by fo mucii as your felveS 
 " repeat of the Speeches , nothing can be concluded , but that we 
 
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 Hifiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1621. 
 
 '' were refolved by War to regain the Palatimte, if otherwife we could 
 " not attain unto it. And you were invited to adi^ife forthwitii upon a 
 " Suuply for keeping the forces in the Palatinate from disbanding, and to 
 " forelee the means for theraifing, and mainrtenance of the Body of an 
 "■' Army for that War againft the Spring. Now what inference can be 
 '■ made upon this, that therefore we muft prefently denounce War againft 
 " the Kin^^ of Spam , break our deareft Sons match, and match him to 
 "one of our Rehgion , let the World judge : The difference is no 
 " cireater, than if we would tell a Merchant that we had great need to 
 '• borrow Money from him for raifing an Army ^ that thereupon it fliould 
 " follow that we were bound to follow his advice in the dire(5lion of the 
 " War and all things ekpending thereupon : But yet not contenting your 
 " felves with this excufe of yours, which indeed cannot hold water, ye 
 " come after to a direcfl contradidtion to the condufton of your former 
 " Petition faying. That the honor and fafety of us and our Pofterity, 
 " and the PatiTmony of Our Children invaded and pofTefTed by their ene- 
 " mies, the Welfare of Religion, and State of our Kingdom, are matters 
 " at any time not unfit for your deepcft confiderations m Parliament. To 
 " this generality, we anfwer with the Logicians, That where all things 
 " are contained, nothing is omitted. So as this Plenipotency of yours, 
 " inverts you in all power upon Earth, lacking nothing but the Popes to 
 " have the Keys alfo both of Heaven and Purgatory : And to this vaft 
 "generality of yours, we can give no other anfwer •, for it will trouble 
 " all the beft Lawyers in the Houfe to make a good Commentary upon it : 
 " For fo did the Puritan Mi ifters in Scotland bring all kinde of caufes 
 " within the compafs of their jurifdidion,faying,That it wjs the Churches 
 " office to judge of flandcr •, and there could no kinie of crime or fault be 
 " committed, but there was a fla-nder in it, either againft God, the King, 
 "or their Neighbor, and by this means they hooked into them felves 
 " the cognifiEice of all caufes : Or like Bellarmines diftinflion of the 
 "Popes power over Kings, in Ordtne ad Sfirttualia, whereby he gives 
 " them all Temporal Jurifdi^ion over them. 
 
 " But to give you a dired Anfwer to the matter of War, for which 
 " you are fo earneft. We confcfs we rather expe»5lcd you iliould have 
 " given us thanks for the fo long maintaining a fetled Peace in all our 
 " Dominions, when as all our Neighbors about are in miferable com- 
 "buftiooof War-, but duke helium inexpert U. And we indeed finde by 
 " experience, that a number of our Subjeds are fo pampered with Peace, 
 " as they are dedrousof change, though they knew not what. 
 
 *' It is true, that we have ever profefled (and in that minde with Gods 
 
 "grace we will live an! die) that we will lal?or by all means poflible, 
 
 "either by Treaty or by force, to reftore our Children to their ancient 
 
 ! " Dignity and Inheritance : And whatfoever Chriftian Princes or Poten- 
 
 j " tates will fet themfelves againft it, we will not fpare any lawful means 
 
 ' " to bring our fo juft and honorable purpofe to a good end ^ neither llull 
 
 " the match of our Son, or any other worldly refped be preferred to this 
 
 " our reiblution. For by our credit and intervention with the King of 
 
 ^^ Spain, and the Arch-Dutches, and her Husband now with God, we 
 
 *' preferved the Lower Palatinate one whole year from any further con- 
 
 " quering in it, which in eight days fpace, in that time might have eafily 
 
 " been fwallowed up by Spinolas Army without any refiftance. And in 
 
 ; " no better cafe was it now at our Ambaffador the Lord Dt^hies coming 
 
 " through Heidelhurgh, if he had not extraordinarily fuccoreo it. 
 
 "But
 
 B 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
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 But becaufe we conceive that ye couple this War of the Palati- 
 nate with the Caufe of Religion , we muft a little unfold your eyes 
 '' herein. 
 
 " The beginning of this miferable War, which hath fet all Chri- 
 "ftendom on fire, was not for Religion, but only cau fed by our Son- 
 " in-law hishafty and harib refolution, following evil Counlel, to take 
 '' to himfelf the Crown of Bohemia, 
 
 " And that this is true , himfelf wrote Letters unto us at that 
 ''time, defiring to give affurance both to the French King and State 
 '' of Venice , th;.t his accepting of the Crown of Bohemia had no re- 
 "ference to the Caufe of Religion, but only by reafon of his right 
 " of Eledlion ( as he called it. ) And we would be forry that that 
 '' afperfion fhould come upon our Religion , as to make it a "ood 
 ' pretext for dethroning of Kings , and ufurping • their Crowns 5 
 ''And we would be loth that our people here ihould be tauc^hc 
 
 the Jefuites . 
 
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 " that ftran^e dodtrine : No , let us not fo far 
 
 wrons 
 
 '' as to rob them of their fwect Poficions and practice in that very 
 " point. 
 
 '' And upon the other part , We aflfure our felf fo far of your 
 " charitable thoughts of us, that we would never have conftantly de- 
 "nied our Son in law both the Title and afliftance in that point, if we 
 " had been well perfwaded of the juftice of his quarrel. But to con- 
 *' dude ; This unjuft ufurpation of the Crowns of Bohemia and Hnn- 
 ^'^garia fronri the Emperor, hath given the Pope and all that party too 
 " fair a ground , and opened them too wide a gate for curbing and 
 '' opprefling of many thoufands of our Religion in divers parts of Chri- 
 ''ftendom. 
 
 " And whereas you excufe your touching upon the King of 5/»^;», 
 " upon occafion of the incidents by you repeated in that place , and 
 "yet affirm that it is without any toueh to his honor; We cannot 
 " wonder enough that ye are fo forgetful both of your words and writs : 
 " For in your former Petition ye plainly affirm, That he affedls the 
 " Temporal Monarchy of the whole Earth -, then which there can be 
 "no raore malice uttered againfl: any great King, to make all other 
 "Princes and Potentates both envy and hate him: Bur if yeliff, it may 
 " eafily be tryed whether that ipcech touched him in honor, or not, if 
 "ye fhallaskhim the queftion whether he means to afTume to himfelf 
 "that title, orno: For every King can befl judge of his own honor. 
 "We omit the particular ejaculations of fome foul-mouthed Ora- 
 " tors in your Houfe , againfl the Honor of that Kings Crown and 
 " State. 
 
 "And touching your excufe of not determining any thing concern- 
 " sng the Match of our deareft Son, bus only to tell your Opinion, and 
 '' lay it down at our feet : Firfl we defire to know how you could 
 "have prefumed to determine in that point, without committing of 
 " High Trcafon i And next you cannot deny but your talking of his 
 '' his Match after that manner, was a dired: breach of our command- 
 *'mentand declaration out of our own mouth at the firft fitting down 
 "of this Parliament, where we plainly profeffed that we were in 
 '^^ Treaty of this Match with Spain ; and wifhcJ you to have that 
 "confidence in our Religion and Wifdom, that we would fo ma- 
 
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 "And 
 
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 fliould receive no prejudice by it : 
 now repeat unto you , profeffing that we 
 
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 Hiftorical CoUeBions. 
 
 far engaged in that Match, as we cannot in honor go 
 
 except the King ot Spam perform not fuch things as we ex- 
 
 his hands. And therefore we are forry that ye flicukl (hew 
 
 have fo great diftrufl in us , as to conceive that we fiiould be 
 
 " cold in our Ueligion •, Otherwife we cannot imagine how our for- 
 
 mei- publique Declaration iliould not have ftopt your mouths in this 
 
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 pouit. 
 " And 
 
 as to your requefl , That we would now receive your 
 " former Petition ; We wonder what could make you prefume that 
 " we would 
 
 *■ clare-d th _ . 
 
 ''that fait of yours: For what have you leh unattempted inthehiglieft 
 *' points of Soveraignty, in that Petition of yours, except the ftriking 
 " of Coin •! For it contains the violation of Leagues, the particular way 
 " how to govern a War, and the Marriage of our deart-ft Son, both 
 " Negative with Spain, nay with any other, Popilh Prmcefs, and alfo 
 "Affirmatively as to the matching vnth one of our Religion-, which 
 '- we confefs is a ftrain beyond any providence or wifdom God hath given 
 
 receive it , whereas in our former Letter we plainly de- 
 le contrary unto you. And therefore we have juftly rejected 
 
 « 
 
 as things now ftand. 
 
 .." can be imagined 
 " theintermedling in 
 
 us, 
 '' Thefe are unht things to be handled in Parliament, except your 
 " King (hould require it of you : For who can have wifdom to judge of 
 "things of that nature, but fuch as are daily acquainted with theparti- 
 <' culars of Treaties, and of the variable and fixed connexion of affairs 
 " of State, together with the knowledge of the fecret w»ys, ends and 
 " intentions of Princes in their feveral Negotiations c" otherwife a fmall 
 " miftaking of matters of this nature, may produce more effeds then 
 And therefore Ne Sitter ultra crepidam. And befides. 
 Parliament with matters of Peace or War, and 
 " Marriage of our deareft Son, would be fuch a Diminution to us and 
 " to our Crown in Foreign Countries, as would make any Prince negled 
 " to treat with us either in matters of Peace or Marriage, except they 
 " might be affured by the affent of Parliament. And lo it proved long 
 " ago with a King of France, who upon a Trick procuring his States 
 " to diffcnt from fome Treaty which before he had made, w as 'after re- 
 ''fufed Treating with any other Princes to his great reproach, unlefs 
 " he would firft procure the aflent of his Eftates to their Prcpofition. 
 "And will you caft your eyes upon the late times, you (ball hnd that 
 " thelatt Queen of famous memory was humbly petitioned by a Par- 
 " liament to be pleafed to marry : But her Anfwer was, That Hie liked 
 " their Petition well, becaufe it was fimple, not limiting her to place or 
 "perfon, as not befitting her liking to their fancies ^ And if they had 
 '' done otherwife, (lie would have thought it a high preemption in them. 
 "Judge then what we may do in fuch a cafe, having made our publique 
 *' declaration already ( as we faid before ) diredly contrary to that which 
 " you have now petitioned. 
 
 " Now to the points in your Petition whereof you defire an Anfwer, 
 " as properly belonging to the Parliament-,The firft and the greateft point 
 " is, that of Religion : Concerning which at this time we can give you 
 "no other Anfwer thenm the general ^ which is, That you may reft 
 "fecure that vie will never be weary to do all we can for the propa- 
 " gation of our Religion , and rcpreffing of Popery : Kut the manner 
 '< and form you muft remit to our care and providence, who can beft 
 '' confider of times and feafons , not by undertaking a Publique War 
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 Hijlorkal Collections. 
 
 " of Religion 
 
 through all the World at once, (which how hard and 
 
 "dangerous a task it may prove, you may judge.) But this puts us 
 
 " in mind , how all the World complained the laft year of" plenty of 
 
 "Corn-, and Cod fent us a Cooling-card rhis year for that heat: 
 
 '■ Ani fo we pray God, that this defiie among you of kindling 
 
 " Wars ( fliewing your wearinefs of peace and plenty ) may not make 
 
 '' God permit us to fall into the miferies of both. But as we already faid, 
 
 "our care of Religion muft be fuch, as on the one part we muft not by 
 
 " the hot perfecution of our Recufants at home irritate Foreign Princes 
 
 " of contrary Religion, and teach them the way to plague the Proteftants 
 
 "in their Dominions, with whom we daily intercede, and at this time 
 
 "piincipally, for eafe to them of our profelfion that live under them ^ 
 
 '' Yet upon the other parr, we never mean to ipare from due and fevere 
 
 " punilhment any Papift that will grow infolent for living under oiir fo 
 
 " mild Government. And you may alfo be aflured, we will leave no 
 
 "care untaken, as well for the good Education of the Youth at home, 
 
 " efpecially the children of Papiffs, as alfo for preferving at all times 
 
 *' hereafter the Youth that are or (lull be abroad, from being bred in 
 
 '' dangerous places, and fo poifoned in Popiili Seminaries. And as in this 
 
 " point, namely the good education of Popiih youtji ae home, we have 
 
 " already given fome good proofs both in rhis Kingdom and m Ireland, 
 
 " fo will we be well pleafed to pafs any good Laws that fhall be made 
 
 " either now, or at any time hereafter to this purpofe. 
 
 " And as to your requeft of making this a Seffion, and granting a 
 •^General Paidon-, It fliall be in your defaults, if we make nor this a 
 " Sefsion before Chriflmas. 
 
 " But for the Pardon, ye crave fuch particulars in it, aswemuftbe 
 " well advifed upon, left otherwife we give you back the double or treble 
 "of that we are to receive by your entire Subfidy, without Fifteens. 
 ""But the ordinary courfe we hold fitteft tobeufedftill in this cafe is, 
 " That we fhould of our free grace fend you down a Pardon from the 
 "Higher Houfe, containing fuch points as u^eQiall think fitteft, wherein 
 " we hope ye ftiall receive good fatisfa(5tion. 
 
 " But we cannot omit to Ihew you how ftrange wc think it, that ye 
 " fliould make fo bad and unjuft a Comracntary upon fome words of our 
 " former Letter, as if we meant to reftrain you thereby of your anticnt 
 " priviledges and liberties in Parliament. Truly, a Scliolar would be a- 
 " fham'd fo to mifplace and misjudge any fentences in another mans book; 
 " For whereas, in the end of our former Letter, we difchargc you to med- 
 " die with matters of Government, and Myfteries of State, namely mat- 
 " ters of War or Peace, or our deareft Son's Match with Spain ; by which 
 "particular denominations we interpret and reftrain our former words ^ 
 " And tlien after wc forbid you to meddle with luch things as have tlieir 
 "ordinary courfe in Courts of Juftice: Ye couple together thofe two 
 "diftinft Icntences, and plainly leave out thefe words, of Myfteries tf 
 " States, fo as ye erre a bene divifis ad male conjuriBit •• For of the former 
 '' part concerning Myfteries of State, we plainly reftrain our meaning to 
 " the particulars that were after mentioned •, And in the latter, we con- 
 " fefs we meant it by Sir Edward Cook's foolilh bufinefs. And therefore 
 "it had well became him, efpecially being our Servant, and one of our 
 " Council, to have complained unto us, which he never did, though 
 "he was ordinarily at Court fince, and never had acccfs refufed unfo 
 "him. 
 
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 Ari.iCzi. 
 
 Tlie Lord 
 Keepers judg- 
 ment touch- 
 ing the Kings 
 fharp Anfwer. 
 
 The Lo- Dighy 
 to the Tcert. 
 
 Hijloncal ColIcBions. 
 
 " And although we cannot allow of the ftilc, calling it Tour antient 
 " and mtdotiked Right and Inheritance ^ but could rather have wiflied that 
 " ye had faid, That your Priviledges were derived from the grace and 
 " permifTion of our Anceftors and Us, ( For moft of them grow from 
 « Precedents, which fliews rather a Toleration then Inheritance : ) Yet 
 " we are pleafed to give you our Royal affurancc , that as long as you 
 " contain your fclves within the limits of your duty, wc will be as care- 
 " ful to maintain and preferve your lawful Liberties and Priviledges, as 
 " ever any of our Predeceflbrs were, nay as to preferve our own Royal 
 *' Prerogative. So as your Houfe fliall only have need to beware to trench 
 
 " upon the Prerogative of the Crown 5 which would enforce us, or any 
 " juft Kms; , to retrench them of their Priviledges , that would pare his 
 " Prerogative, and Flowers of the Crown : But of this we hope there 
 " Hiall be never caufc given. Dated at Newmarket the Eleventh day 
 " o{ December^ i6ii. 
 
 B 
 
 The Lord Keeper Williams advifed,That the harftmefs of this Anfwer 
 fliould be mitigated with a Letter from his Majefty to the Houfes. For 
 (faid he) his Majefty rightly inferrs, That their F»riviledges which they 
 claim to be their Natural birthrights, are but the favors of former Kings : 
 Now the Kings aflertion and their Claim may eafily be reconciled, if 
 men were peaceably difpofed , and affeifled the difpatch of Common 
 bufinefs. 
 
 Thcfe Priviledges were originally the favor of Princes 5 neither doth 
 his Majefty go about to impair or diminifli them. Therefore if his Majefty 
 would be pleafed to qualifie the paftage with feme mild and noble ex- 
 preflion, and require them ftriftly to prepare things for a Selfion, and to 
 leave thofe needlefs difputes, He fliall make it appear to all wife and juft 
 men, that thofe perfons are oppofite to thofe Common ends, whereof 
 they vaunt themfelves the onely Patrons. Will the King be pleafed to 
 add in this Letter, That if they will not prepare Bills for a Seifion, he 
 will break up the Parliament without any longer Prorogation, acquaint- D 
 ing the Kingdom with their undutifulnefs and obftinacie, and fupply the 
 prelent wants by fome other means : Or elfe will he adjourn the prefent 
 Aftembly to the appointed Eight oi February. This latter courfe is fitter 
 for further Advice ; but the former,to exprefs a juft indignation. 
 
 The Lord Btgby minded the Peers, That this SefTion was called for 
 the prefent fupport of the Palatinate, as was declared by the Meflage 
 from his Majefty to both Houfes m the beginning thereoh He reported 
 alfo. That he had received many great Advertifements of that Countries 
 prefent diftrefs and danger, by the Duke of Bavaria -, and that the Army 
 ot Mans f eld who came in for defence, if he be not fpeedily fupplied with 
 monies, is in a poflibiliiy of deferring thefervice: For he hath fair offers 
 of making his Peace -, but nothing will take with him, being in hopes of 
 relief from England, 
 
 But the Parliament thought it their duty as well to advife his Ma- 
 jefty, as to fupply his wants. 
 
 December 19. The Prince delivered to the Clerk the Commiffion F 
 for an Adjournment to the Eight of February ■ Which difcontented the 
 Commons and good people of England^ torefeeing a Diflblution by 
 Goudemars means. 
 
 Before the Adjournment, in vindication of theii- Parliamentary rights 
 and Priviledges, the Commons made and entred this Proteftacion fol- 
 lowing^ '^^t
 
 Hijhrical Collections, 
 
 53 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 T^t Commons nnto a(reml)Ict)tnpaiUamcnt,l3eing fuQl^ occaGcuci) 
 tf;? tcunto cGHCtrning funD?]|) Liljcvtico , lrancl)ifc0 ano p^ibi^ 
 lei)gc!3 of #arit anient amonga ctiicrjs Ucre ir.cnticncD, Dd mafec rt)i)S 
 p^off aation f oUoMng. €l;at tl;c libcrtioo', iFrantljifc^, ptbilctscsi 
 anD 3iurifDmion0 of parliament ,atc tl;e autient anDunDoubtcs3'Bu'tU= 
 nglit anD 3Inlici"itance of tljc Subjects of England •, i^nij tDat t\)Z m 
 Duou0antiuvsent affatr^ tontcvnmg tOe Eing, State, anO ^Defence of 
 tbe Ecaim, anD of tl;c CUuvcl) of England, anD tlje maintenance anl3 
 malung of Latn^, anD rets^efc; of mtfctiicf^ ant) gvseDantes tubicl) 
 i)aUp happen toityin xW 5S.calm, ate proper tubjeais anD mattei* of 
 (Countel anD Debate in parliament -, SnD tfjat in ttie banDlmg anD p?o 
 tfrDing of tliofebufmeCe^, eUerp Member of tbe ll^ouCc of parliament 
 i;atb5 anD of rigbt ougbt to babe fueeDom of fptrtUj to p?opounD, treat, 
 reafon anD b^ina to contUi&on tbe fame 5 SnD tbat tbe Commoniss m 
 ^arltameni babe Ufee libertp anD frerDom to treat of tbefe matterjs in 
 fucb o?Der 30 tn tbeir juDgmentg fljall feem ettca -, ^nD tbat eberj' 
 Member of tbe faiD 53oufe batb lifee frecDom from all 3[mpcatbment, 
 3Imp?tfonmcnt anD meleOation (otber tben bpCenfure of tbe ^ciife 
 it felf ) fo? oj conternmg anp (pealung, reafoning, o? Declarmg of anp 
 matter 0? matters toucbmg tbe parliament, 0? parliament buQnef;Ci •, 
 ^nD tbat if anpof tbe faiD^embcrjs be complaineD of anD qucffioneD 
 fo^ anp tbing Done c? faiD in parliament, tbe fame i& to be QjetoeD to 
 tbe Bmg bp tbe aDfaice anD affent of all tbe Commons acrembleD 
 in parliament, befo?e tbe filing gai)e creDencc to anp p^ibate iw 
 formation. 
 
 Bat how the King was moved by the Pioteftation of the Houfe of 
 Commons, will appear by this Memorial. 
 
 Whitehall^ T)ccemh,:^o, \6z] 
 
 19 ^-acobi. 
 
 The Com- 
 mons Vroce- 
 fiaticn. 
 
 H3f-g moa ejcccUcnt ^aieQj) coming tbiis Dap to tbe OTountil , 
 tbe prince W ^igbner0, anD all tbe iLo?D0 anD otbers of Jl)i,6 
 ^ajeaies "^liXif dcuncil Otting about bim , anD all tbe HIuDgee 
 tbenin London, tobtcbtwerc Ojr in number, tbcreattenDingtipon.ll)i0 
 ^ajedp -, tbe Clerb of tbe Commons i])oufe of parliament loas calleD 
 eJ Co?, anDrommanDeDtop?oDucebi03Iournalbcob, tob^rein toag; ncteD, 
 anD entries maDe of moO pacfage^tbattoere m tbe Commons ^oufe 
 of Parliament •, anD amonga otbcr tbmge tbe re tjja^ to^itten Dolun 
 tbe fc?mof aProtcftation concerning funD?p liberties, p^ibileDge^, 
 anD3Francbife0off)arliament-; \oitbt)Jbubfo?m of Pioteftation f^i& 
 Saieap D3a0 juRlp offeiiDeD* JQebertbelef^ ^ig ^aieflp in a moa 
 gracious manner tberc ejrp^effeD, Cbat be nfber meant to DeiiP tbat 
 |)oufe of Command anplatjjfuip^il)ileDge}j tbat eber tbep baDenjcp- 
 eD •, but tobatfoeber p?il)ileDge0 0? liberties tbep baD b? anp i a\n 0? 
 ©tatiite,tbe fame OjoulD be inbfolablp p^eferbeD unto tbem •, anD tobat 
 focber p^ibileDgcs tbep enjopeD bp (Eunom,o? uncontrolleD anD labjful 
 p?eaDcnt, IJJic^^ajcOptjjoulD be careful to Pe'eferbe, Xut tbi0 Pio- 
 teftation of tbe (ZTommoivc; J|)oufe fo contribeD anD carrieD as it iwao, 
 I|)i0 ^ajenp tbougbt fit to be ra^eD out of all ^emo^ials, anD utterlp 
 __^^^^ to
 
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 HMorical CoUeFiions. 
 
 Am. i6z\. 
 
 The King 
 takes the jKco, 
 tfjlation out of 
 the journal- 
 book with his 
 own ha ml. 
 
 In tlie mean 
 time the King 
 diffolvesthem. 
 
 to lie nnntijilatcri,l)otlj in itfprrt of t\)e manner bp W)it\) it toas gained 
 anD tljc tnatrcu tOcvcin rontamcD. jFe? tht manner cf getting it, jFiia m 
 vefpectof tl;etiuie: 5Fo? after fucU tmie a^ I|)i5j; ^aieOp out of t)i0 
 ^?tnrcip grace, anDtDta{{eat)LiapaUmifiaMng0, IjaDDtreaeD ^fiS let' 
 ters; to^erretavp Calvert DateD at Royfton 16 Decembris, anD tijerein 
 iiaD fa ejiplatneD OimCelf m tOe potnt of mamtauung t!,ie p^ibtleDgeg 
 of tl)e ^cufe of Common^;, 30 tijat moa of tOe faiD l])oufe reOeD fuUp 
 fatt06et!,anD freet) from anp fcruple of t)aiDing tljeir liberties trnpear^^ 
 eD •, 3nD after tbat tp il)i0 ®aieme0 •iLetter0 DirctteD to ttie ©pea^er 
 Cateb 1 8 December, beuig CuefDap, ii)i0 ^aieap at tOe IjumWe fmt of 
 ti^e ^oufe ef £Dmmon0, c onDefcenDeD to mafee t6t0 Meeting a ©ef0ion 
 before ar6?iQnia0, anOfo?iOatpuvpcfe OaDacrigneD ©aturDap foUotu^ 
 ing, iSotJ) upon ttJi0i)erpCuef Dap, anD to^ilcttJe^9eiieng£r0 from 
 tbe fiJoufe cf €cmmon0 Uierc toit!) S?t0 i?ajeap at Theobalds to return 
 t^an{50 unto fl?i<s> ^ajeOp, anU tOeretoi^t) an ejccufe froai tOem not to 
 mafee it a ©cffton inrefpectof t'&e Qrait of time to&ereunto tDep teere 
 D^iDen •, \xt\)it\) Deferment |1>10 s^ajettp aDmitteD of at ttieir DeQre0, anD 
 tljevcupcn gabc o|Der fo?t6eaDjournment of tl;e parliament until tlje 
 Cigljt of February uejct, tuljitij 10)30 tije btQ Uap fo^merlp appointeD 
 bp ^10 ^ajeOp f 0? tbe mtrting together of ttie parliament : ^nD tul;iia 
 tbeir mctfenger0 tuere tnt tt) !|)i0 ^ajeOp, anD f aD receibeD a sracicu0 
 Snituer to return unto tbcir 4>oufe -, eben tftat afternctin, a Committee 
 tca0 p^otureD to be maDe fo? tailing tbeir libertie0 into tonODeration: 
 ^^nD tl:ii0 afternoon aProteftation t»a0maDe (totobom appear0nct) 
 'concerning tDeir!Libertte0; anlat&jca clocfeatnigUt, bp canDleligbt; 
 tl;e fame Proteftation 10)30 b?ougbt into tbe 5>oufe bp tbe Committee, 
 anD at tf at time of nigbt it t)3a0 calleD upon to be put to tbe ^ueaion, 
 tbere not being tbe tbirD part of tbe l|)oufe tben p^efent -, toberea0 in all 
 matter0of toeigbt, tbeir ufual cuaom i& to putnotbmgof importance 
 to tbe ^ueaimi, till tbe l^oufc be full -, 3nD at tbi0 time manp of tbem 
 tbat tocre p^efewt ejrpeaeD tbe dEluefiion tooulD babe been teferreDto an^ 
 otber Dap, anD a fuller IjJoufe, anD fome tben p?efent acoD up to batse 
 fpofeen to it, but coulD not be feen no? bearD in tbat Darfenef0 anD con^ 
 fuQom iSotu fo? tbe matter of tbe Proteftation, it 10 penneD in fucb 
 ambtguDU0 anD general too?D0, a0 map fertie fo? future Ctnie0 to in' 
 bate moa of iaigbt0 anD p?crogattbe0 annejceD to tbe Imperial 
 Ciottin •, tbe claim of Come p?ibileDge0 being grounDcD upon tbe U!O?D0 
 of tbe milt f 0? affemblmg tbe parliament, toberein fome too?D0, viz. 
 jrilttis Rcg^ni, are tunuinglp menticneD •, but tbe 10)0?D quibufdam, t»bicb 
 rctframetb tbe general! tp to fucb particular Cafe0 80 ^10 ^ajeOp 
 pleafetb to ccntult mitb tbem upon, i0 purpofelp omitteD. 
 
 ^befe tbing0 conQDereD, JJ)i0 ®aieOp DiD tbi0 p^efent Dap in full 
 atfemblp of bi0 Council, anDm tbe p?f fence of tbe 3fuDge0, Declare tbe 
 fuiD Proteftation tobe tnbaliD, annullcD, boiD anD of no effect ; ^nD DiD 
 
 furtber manu [ua propria tafec tbcffilD Proteftation out Of tbC Journal' 
 
 bccfe of tbe Clerfe of tbe Common0 l|)oufe of parliament, anD commanD' 
 eij an ^iaof Council to be maDe tbereupon, anD tbi0 ^ct to be entrcD in 
 tbe i^^egifter of Council caufe0. 
 
 On the Sixth o( January the King by Proclamation diflblved the 
 Parliament -, fliewing that the affembling, continuing , and diftblving of 
 Parliaments doth fo peculiarly belong Bnto him, that he needs not give 
 an accompt thereof unto any : Yet he thought fit to declare. That in this 
 
 Diftb- 
 
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 Hiftorical ColleBions, 
 
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 DifTolution he had the advice and uniforra confenc of his whole Council. ; 
 And that fome particular Members of the Houfe of Commons took in- 1 
 ordinate liberty not only to treat of his high Prerogatives, and fundry 
 things not fitting to be argued in Parliament, but alfo to fpcak with Icis 
 refped to Foreign Princes : That they fpent the time in difputing Pri.vi- 
 ledges, defcanting upon the words and fyllables of his Letters and MefTa- 
 ges: And that thefe Evil-tempered fpirits fowed tares among the corn, 
 A I and by their cunning cfevices have impofed upon him anecelfity of dif- 
 continuing this prefent Parliament, without putting unto it the name or 
 period of a SelTion. And laftly he declared, That though the Parliament 
 be broken off, yet he intended to govern well, and Ihall be glad to lay 
 hold on the firft occafion to call a Parliament again at convenient 
 time. 
 
 The King was highly difpleafed with fome of the Commons Houfe, 
 whom he called lll-temfered [pirits. Sir Edward Coek, Sir RcUrt Philips 
 B were committed to the Tower-, Mx.Selden, Mr. Pynt, M:.Mallery to 
 other Prifons and Confinements, Order was given for the feaUng up the 
 locks and doors of Sir Edward Coeks Chambers in London and in the 
 Temple, for the feifing of his Papers •, and the Council debating about 
 the General Pardon that fliould have pafTed this laft Parliament, had 
 confuked about the ways of excluding him from that benefit, either by 
 preferring a Bill againft him before the publication of the Pardon, or by 
 exempting him by name, whereof they faid they had prefidents. 
 
 Likewife Sir Dudley Diggs, Sir Tho. Crew, Sir Nathaniel Rich, and 
 Sir ^ames Perrot for punidiment were fent into Ireland, joined in Com- 
 miffion with others under the Great Seal of £«^/<iW, for the enquiry of 
 fundry matters concerning his Majefties fervice, as well in the Govern- 
 ment Ecclefiaftical and Civil, as in point of his Revenue and otherwife, 
 within that Kingdom, 
 
 Proclamations had formerly ifTued out againft the Peoples too liberal 
 fpeaking of matters above their reach : Which at this time occafioned 
 D Letters from the Council to the Judges of the next Aflifes, taking notice 
 of licentious and undutiful fpeeches touching State and Government, 
 notwithftanding feveral Proclamations prohibiting the fame, which the 
 King was refplved no longer to let pafs without fevereft puniihment -, and 
 thereupon required the Judges to give this in Charge in their feveral 
 Circuits, and to do exemplary Juftice where they find any fuch Of- 
 fenders. 
 
 The King ftill walked in his beaten path of Sollicitationsand Treaties, 
 after the conftant bad fuccefs of his former Mediations : For at the very 
 time when he treated of Peace, his Son in law was defpoiled of his Here- 
 ditary patrimony by the Emperors commandment • who after the fuipen- 
 fionof the Ban or Profcription, commanded the taking up of Arms again 
 in r.\\& Lower Palatinate,i\\QUpper PaUtinateh€\ng-3\x&:>Ay fubdued. Which 
 mifery King ^ames acknowledged to be the fruit of his own patience, 
 delays, and doubtfulnefs. Neverthelefs he ceafeth ndt to purfue the favor 
 of an implacable Enemy : He wrote to the Emperor Ferdinand, declaring 
 his earneft endeavors to appeafe the Boliemian War, and his ardent zeal 
 for Peace from the beginning -, and exprefled the Terms which he had 
 prefcribed to his Son in law : As, That he rtiall for himfclf and his Son 
 renounce all prctence'of Right and Claim to the Crown of Bohemia ^ 
 That he (hall from henceforth yield all conftant due devotion, to the Im- 
 perial Majefty, as do other obedient Princes Eledors of the Empire •, 
 
 That 
 
 19 ^- AC obi' 
 
 Some Emi- 
 nenc Members 
 of the Parlia- 
 ment iirpri- 
 fonefl. 
 
 Others fent 
 for punifh- 
 ment into Ire- 
 land. 
 
 The Council 
 write to 
 Judges con- 
 cerning fuch 
 as fpeak of 
 State Affairs. 
 
 The Palatine 
 fpoiled of his 
 hereditary 
 dominions. 
 
 The terms 
 which King 
 Jitmes dcfircs 
 chc tnipcrer 
 ro accept in 
 bdialfof the 
 Palatine,
 
 16 
 
 An. i6zi. 
 
 Tile Emperors 
 Anfwtr to 
 King J.imiS, 
 Jan.iiX.i62i. 
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions. 
 
 ~~\ 
 
 That he (liall crave pardon of the Imperial Majefty •, That he fliall not 
 hereafter any manner of way demean himfelf unittingly toward the Im- 
 perial Majefty, nor difturb his Kingdoms and Countries ^ And that he 
 Ihallupon reafonable Conditions reconcile himfclf to other Princes and 
 States of the Empire, and hold all good correfpondence with them -, And 
 he (liall really do whatfoever like things fhall be judged reafonable and 
 necelTary. 
 
 King ^dmes requefted of the Emperor the acceptance of thefe Con- 
 ditions as a notable teftimony of his Imperial Majcfties goodnels and 
 grace, which he faid ifiould be by " 
 
 himfelf acknowledged 
 
 in all willin<? 
 
 fervice and unfeigned friendfhip to the Emperor himfelf, and the moft 
 renowned Houfe of Aufiria. But if thcie his juft Demands and well- 
 willed Prefentations Hiall not find acceptance, or be (lightly waved by 
 fome new tergiverfation, or a pretence ol: that long and tedious way of 
 Confultation with the Princes of the Empire, he is refolved to try his 
 utmoft power for his Childrens relief, judging it a foul ftain to his Honor, 
 if he (hall leave them and their Partizans without counfel, aid and pro- 
 te(5iion. 
 
 The Emperor replied and confelTed, That in this exulcerate bufinefs, 
 fo much moderation and refpedl of juftice and equity hath ihined forth 
 in the Kmg of Great Britain, that there is not any thing that he (hould 
 refufe to render thereunto, relerving hisCefarean authority,and the Laws 
 of the Empire: Yet that Perfon whom it moft concerns, hath given no 
 occafion by the leaft fign of repentance to a condefcenfion to this Treaty 
 of Pacification : For he is ftill fo obftinate, as by continual machinations 
 hy ^agerndorf znd. Mansfeld, and other cruel difturbers of the publique 
 peace, to call up Hell rather then to acquiefce in better counfels, and 
 defift from the ufurped Title of a Kingdom. Howbeit, in favor of the 
 King 0^ Great Britain he (hall confeutto a Treaty to be \\dd^x.Bruxels, 
 wherein he would devolve his power upon the Illuftrious Elizabetha Clara. 
 Bugenialnimti ot Spain. 
 
 The appointment of the Treaty at Bruxels was accepted by King 
 ^ames, whither he lent his Ambaftador Sir Richard Wefion Chancellor 
 of the Exchequer. In the mean while misfortune and mifery over-ran 
 tht Palatinate : The Enemy having prevailed in feveral grand encounters, 
 proceeded to fubdue the Country, without regard to the Treaty of Peace 
 at Bruxels. W hich was more eafily effe(5led,the Commotions in Hitngaria, 
 Bohemia, Silefta, Moravia being now ended in a Treaty of Peace between 
 the Emperor and Bethleem Gabor, the Emperor having made ufe of the 
 Palfgrave's fubmiifion, and relignation of the Crown of Bohemia, to ac- 
 celerate this Treaty. 
 
 About this time Philip the Third, King of Spain, departed this life 5 
 and the Lord Djghy was fent Extraordinary Ambaffador into Spain, as 
 well to condole his death, as to advance the Match, and by all means 
 polTible to bring it to a final conclufion. To which end he was accom- 
 panied with Letters from his Majefty, and the Prince, to that King, as 
 alfo a private Letter to Don Baltazar de Zaniga. 
 
 Moji 
 
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 HiHorical CoUeBiom, 
 
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 B 
 
 D 
 
 MOft Serene and Potent Prince, Kinfman, and dearly beloved Friend, 
 when rve heard of the Death of your Majefties Father, Philip M^ 
 Third, with rvhom rve had great Amity, andby our Amitf, managed 
 verf important Matters, which he being dead, could not bat of necefity be in- 
 terrupted : It wxs no lefq^rief to tu, then if he had been our own natural and 
 mo(l intimate Brother : Which grief we have certified both to your Majefly by 
 our Letters, as was fitting, and intimated to our people mafolemn and due 
 manner. And thu-sfar we havejatisfied our f elves •, but in the next place we 
 mufl alfo give Cuflom its due. For which end we [end unto your Majefty our 
 Publick Atnba(fador and Me^jenger of this our Grief , the Baron ]o\\XiY)\^hy^ 
 our Counlellor andVice-Chamberlain, adjoyntng unto therefl of his InflruBi- 
 ons, this our wiJJ), That your Serenity may rule your Fathers Kingdoms, which 
 you have received under a mofl profperotts Star, with his and your Ancejlors 
 Prudence, and that we may really pnde that love, which alway paffed between 
 your Father ofmofl happy memory and m , propagated with the fame candor 
 unto you his Sncce([or, the which we alfo hope, 
 
 Given at our Pallace of 
 Theobalds, Mar. 14. 
 1621. 
 
 Jacobus, ^c. Serenifimo & Poten- 
 tifimo Principi ac Domtne Phi- 
 lippo ^arto, &c. 
 
 SEreniflimc & Potentiflime P. 
 Frater,Confanguinee&Amice 
 Chai-ifl[ime:Quum aliquot ab- 
 hincannis (proaffinitate noftra ar- 
 <Sioii, totiufque orbis Chriftiaini 
 bono) delibeiatio fufcepta fuerit de 
 Matrimonio inter ClianlTitnum fili- 
 um noftium Carolum P. WalUx & 
 IlluftrifiTunam Int-antem Dominam 
 Mariam (Scrcnitatis vcftrae foiorem 
 natu minorem) contraliendo •, quod 
 fuperftite adhuc R. Philippe Tertio, 
 (feliciflima: memorix) Patre veftro, 
 eo per gradus devedum erat, ut 
 ille fi non expuafTet, hoc multo 
 antehac confummatuin iri fpeseffet, 
 nunc denuo , Serenit>item veftram 
 interpellandam duximus , jam tan- 
 dem ut velit operi bene inchoato 
 faftigium imponere ^ & expeftato 
 deliberationcs prxteritas exitu co- 
 ronare. Matura jam filii cetas, filii 
 Unici, rerumque & temporum ratio 
 conjugem videntur effligitare ^ no- 
 bifque ui ienedutis limine confti- 
 
 tutis 
 
 Your Majefties 
 
 moft Loving Brother 
 
 f-K 
 
 J^ames,^c. To the moft Serene and 
 moft Potent Prince and Lord , 
 Philip the Fourth, ^c. 
 
 Mofl Sehne and Potent Prince, 
 Kinfman, and Wcl-beloved 
 ■ Friend ^ Forafmuch as fome 
 years ago (for our nearer Alliance, and 
 the good of the whole Chriflian World) 
 we had refolved to make a Marriage 
 between our IVel- beloved Son Charls, 
 Prince of Wales, and the mofl illu- 
 ftrious Infanta, the Lady Mary, your 
 Serenities yongeft Sifter, which in the 
 lifetime of^ your Father, King Philip 
 the Third , of moft happy memory , 
 w.ts fofar advanced , That if he had 
 not died, it had been brought to per- 
 fection long ere now:We have therefore 
 thought good to Treat now again with 
 your Serenity, that at length you would 
 put a period to a work fo well begun, 
 and crown our by-paft Deliberations 
 with an expected iffue. The age of 
 our Son arived now to maturity, and 
 he our onely Son (be fides the condition 
 of the times and our affairs) doth re- 
 quire him to marry. And we being at 
 the brink of old age, it would rejoyce 
 [ us 
 
 19 ^acobi. 
 
 King Jame: te 
 Fhilip the 
 Foiii th of 
 Spain. 
 
 King James 
 his Letter to 
 the King of 
 Spain.
 
 58 
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1)52 1. 
 
 fts to feet he daj wherein our Pofierities 
 Friendjhip fhould he botttid up in this 
 ma(i de fired Bend of jjfinitj. JVe 
 ! have therefore (on unto pur Serenity 
 ottr Extraordinayy Amba(fddor , the 
 Ri^ht Honorable the Lord Digby , 
 Baron of Sherborne, our Counfellor, 
 and Vicc-chamberlMny ivho has for- 
 merly deferred iv:!l of this Alliance, 
 and the honor of the Houfc <?/ Auftria •, 
 nnto whom, together with our Ordinary 
 Ambaffador , we have intrufled the 
 remainder of this bufinef, to be treat- 
 ed, tranlacfed,andfni(hed, andfh.ill 
 he ready to ratifie and approve here, 
 what ever they jlhill agree upon. We 
 wifli likewise-, that your Serenity out 
 of your goodne^ would eafe our other 
 care, touching the Palatinate, which 
 concerns our Daughter and Son in 
 Law, and'their innocent Children, 
 banijhed from their Anceftors Inheri- 
 tance, How gladly would we ow this 
 good turnfolcly to your Serenity, who 
 have already done m fo many friendly 
 offices in that buftnef I No oblivion 
 fhall ever blot out of our minde, the 
 acknowledgment of fo great a favor, 
 and we will endeavor to tranfmit to our 
 \Po(ierity , that Hereditary good will 
 wherewith we have ever affected your 
 Serenity , and your Royal Father of 
 mo(l worthy memory , and fhall ever 
 affect you. One thing remains. That 
 if this our Ambaffador fl^all propofe 
 any other matter touching what buji- 
 neffoeven, your Serenity will be plea- 
 fed to give him Credence , as if we 
 our fclf were pre fent. The mo ^ Gra- 
 cious and great God ever preferve 
 your Serenity in fafety. 
 
 Your Serenities 
 moft Loving Brother 
 
 J. R. 
 
 Given at our Pallace of 
 Theobalds, 14 March. 
 1621, 
 
 tutiSjfelicifllmus illuceret dies, quo 
 cernere licevct pofterorum ctiam 
 amicitiam optato hoc affinitatis 
 foedere conftridam, Mifimusita- 
 que ad Serenitatem veftram Lega- 
 tum noftrurn Extraordinarium , 
 Prarnobilem viru;n ^-ohanncm Dig- 
 heum, Baronem de Shcrbone, Conli- 
 liarium & Vice-Camerarium no- 
 ftrurn, jam ohm de hac nffinitace 
 & Domus Ausiriacx honore bene 
 meritum, cui una cum Legato no- 
 ftro Ordinirio quicquid rehquum 
 eft hujus Negotii, tradandum,tran- 
 figendum , abfolvendumque Com- 
 mifitnus. Quicquid illis illicridc- 
 bitur, ratum hic habicuri. Utinam 
 etiam veftre Serenicatis bonitate le- 
 varetur aliquando altera illa.noftra 
 de Palatinatu SoUicicudo, de filia 
 & genero & inibntihus eorum li- 
 beris ex avito jam extorribus Pa- 
 trimonio. Quam vellemus veftra; 
 Potiflimum Serenitati beneficium 
 hoc in folidum debere, cujus tot 
 modo experti fumus ea in re Ami- 
 ciflima Official Non nos unquam 
 capiet tantx benevolencix oblivio, 
 Pofterifque H.Treditarium ftudebi- 
 rans relmquereamorem ilium, quo 
 veftram Serenitatem & memoria: 
 optima Patrem Temper fumus am- 
 plejf^j. . Temper amplexuri. Unum 
 ho« fupercft ut fi quid aliudin re 
 quacunque propofuerit Legatus 
 hic nofter, earn ei fidem adhibere , 
 ac fi nos pr^eientes eflemus, di^ne- 
 tur Serenitas veftra : Quam Deus 
 Optimus Maximus perpetuo inco- 
 lumem confervet. 
 
 Serenitatis veflrx 
 Frater Amantif^imus 
 
 Jacobus R. 
 
 Dae. eRcgia noflra 
 Theobald, 14 Die 
 Martii, An, Dom. 
 l';2i. 
 
 Prince 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F
 
 Hijlorical ColleUions. 
 
 59 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Prince Charh to the King of Sj)am. 
 
 Mo/? Serene and Potent Prince, and ml-beloved Kinfman, fome years 
 a^o our moft Serene Parents he^nn to treat about a Match between us 
 nndthemofl Serene, our dearly beloved Princef? , the Lady Mary, 
 your Majeftiesmefl honored Sijfcr. The condition and fucce/ of rvhich affair 
 and treaty, our moft Serene and Honored Lord and Father, out of his Fatherly 
 affection towards tis, was pleafed tipon all occafions, (o much the more willindy 
 to impart unto m, by. how much greater propenfion and apparent fi^ns of true 
 affeBion he di[covered in us thereunto •, For which caufe the Baron Digby, his 
 Majefties Vtce-Chamberlain and Extraordinary Amlfa(jador, and one of our 
 Privy chamber, being now bound for Spam, with moft ample I?i(lructions to 
 bring unto an happy i(fue, that which w.is profperoufly begun, advanced be- 
 fore your mo^gracmts Father our Uncle of happy memory departed this life : 
 V^c thought it no Unbecoming us, by thcfe our Letters, mo(l affeBionatcly to 
 falute your Majefly -^ who, if youflhillperftvadeyour [elf, that we highly efleem 
 of your affeBion ai we ought to do, and that by a mofl near bond of affinity, 
 we de fire to have it inlarged and confirmed towards us, that very perfwafton 
 will net a little adde tothemeafure of our love. It remains, thatwe intreat 
 your Majc fly to give full credit to fuch further Propofals as the Baron'D'ighy , 
 (hall make in our name. In the mean time we will hope for fuch a fuccefof the 
 principal bufmef, tts may give us occafion to nfe a more familiar pile hereafter 
 in our Letters, as an argument of a nearer relation •, which if it fijall happen, 
 this will alfo follow, That we flhtll mofl readily embrace all occafions, whereby to 
 evidence unto your Majefly the progref and increafe of our affeBion, as well 
 towards your felf, as your mofl Serene Sifler. 
 
 The moH great and good God preferve your Majefly long in fafety. 
 
 Given at Our Palace 
 of Saint James , 
 1^ Mart it, 1621, 
 
 Tour Maje flies mofl loving Kinfman, 
 
 C. P. 
 
 To tlie Right Honorable the Lord ^altha^ar 
 of Zunicfa. 
 
 o 
 
 Right Honorable and Wel-beloved Friend, 
 
 BEcaufe we have divers times been informed by your Friends of your fin- 
 gular propenfion and zeal towards our Affairs, we neither will, nor ought 
 to leave you unfaluted at this time, you have [0 weildefervedof m : 
 But it will be no fmallacccfion of your good will^ if you continue as you have 
 begun, to promote by your afiflance, our concernments with his Majefly ourlVel' 
 beloved Brother -, which by what way it may befl be done, our Ambaffador the 
 Baron ]d\\nV>\o{)y will be able todireByou, to whom we hdve intrufled the 
 refidue of that matter. Andif daring his refidence there, he may make nfe of 
 yourfinguLir Humanity md Favor with the King in his Negotiation, it will be 
 mofl acceptable to m, and render us , who were by your defervings already 
 _^__^__ ^ ^ forward 
 
 19 Jaeobi. 
 
 Prince Chtirls 
 to the King of 
 Spain. 
 
 King James 
 his Letter to 
 the Lord Bal- 
 thaT^tir of Zu- 
 nigii.
 
 6o 
 
 Htjlorical CoUeBiom. 
 
 The Privy 
 Council by 
 the Kings 
 command 
 ifliie out an 
 Order for rai- 
 fing Money 
 for the de- 
 ft nee of the 
 Talatir.aS^ 
 
 forrvardto oblige ■jou, me(l forrvard for the future te deserve well of you ; which 
 we (hall meft willingly tc(life , as occafion offers , not onely in word but in 
 deed. 
 
 Given at our Palace of 
 Theobalds, March 14. 
 1621. 
 
 JR. 
 
 Sir Walter Jston, the Lciger AmbafTador, had managed that Treaty 
 bydiredlions received from Dtgby, zviA now Digby remained at large in 
 it, and had communication oi- the Paflages from him. The Spaniards 
 proceed in the Match with a very formal appearance •, for at this very 
 time the Emperors AmbafTador in Spain had difcourfedof a Marriage 
 between his Mafters Son and the Infanta •, but was prefently anfvvered. 
 That the Kings hands were tied by a Treaty on foot with the King of 
 Great hrittaw, and in this particular they feemcd (as faid the Englifh 
 Agent) to deal above board. 
 
 In the mean time the Privy Council by the Kings Commandment 
 confulted about the raifing of Moneys to defend the Palatinate. They 
 appointed the Keeper of the Records '\nt\\&Tower , tofearch forallfuch 
 writings as concerned the Levies of Men at the Pablick charge of the 
 Countrey , from the time of King Edward the Third, until this pre- 
 fcnt, 
 
 Likewile they direded Letters of the tenor following to the Juftices 
 of the Courts at Wejlminfter, and to the Barons of the Exchequer. 
 
 \T\1 Hat endeavors his Majejly hath ufed by Treaty, and by all fair and 
 V V aifiiable ways to recover the patrimony of his Children in Germany, 
 now for the rnojl part withheldenfrom them by force, is not unknown unto all his 
 loving ' ubje^s, fmce his Majejly was pleafed to communicate to them tn Par- 
 liament his whole proceedings in that bufmef : of which Treaty , being of Lite 
 fruflrate , he was in^erced to take other refolutions -^ namely, t-o recover that 
 by the Sword, which by other means he [aw no likelihood to com^af. For which 
 purpofe it was expeiled by hi; Majejly, that his people in Parliament would 
 (in a caufe jo nearly concerning his and his childrens tntereft) have chearfully 
 contributed thereunto. But the fame unfortunately f Ailing, his Majejly is coit- 
 ft rained in a cafe of fo great necefity , to try the dutiful afe^ions of his loving 
 Subje&s in another way, ashis Predeccffors have dene in former times, by pro- 
 pounding unto them a voluntary contribution. And therefore as your felves 
 have already given a liberal and worthy example f which his Majefly doth take 
 in very ^ratious part) fo his pleafureis, and we do accordingly hereby autho- 
 rife and require your Lordjhips, as well to countenance andaftfl the fervice by 
 your heft means in your next Circuits, in the feveral Counties where you hdd 
 General A fiz,es -^ as alfo now prefently with all convenient expedition, to call 
 before you all the off cers and Attorneys belonging to any his Majefties Courts 
 of rfujiice •, and alfo all fuch others of the Heufes and Societies of Court, or 
 that ot he rwife have dependence upon the Law, as are meet to be treated withal 
 in thiskinde, and have not already contributed •, and to move them to \oyn wil- 
 lingly in this contribution in fomc good mcafure, anfwerable to that your [elves 
 and others have done before m, according to their means and fortunes : Where- 
 in his Majefly douhteth net, but befide theintereft of his Children, and his 
 own Crown and Dignity, the Religion profe[fed by his Majefly and happily 
 flounping under him, within this Kingdom, {having a great part in the fuc- 
 
 cef
 
 Hiilorical Collections. 
 
 B 
 
 ID 
 
 cef of this hiifmef) will be a [pecial motive to incite and fer [wade them there- 
 nnto. NevertheLef, if anj fer[ons jhdll out of oh [i mac j ord/[,iffc^2on, re- 
 fitfc to contribute herein, proportionahly to thetr Eflatcs and Means, you are to 
 certtfie their names unto this Board, 
 
 And fo recommending this fervice to your heft care and endeavor, and 
 fraying you to return unto m^ Notes of the names of fuch as flull contribute, and 
 of the jams offered by them , We bid, &c. 
 
 Letters to the Tame effed were diredied to the High Sheriffs and 
 Juftices of Peaceof thefeveral Counties ^ and to the Majors and Bailiifs 
 of every City and Town-Corporate within the Kingdom, requiring 
 them tofummon all of known AbiUties within their JurifdKflions, and 
 to move them to a chearful contribution according to their Means and 
 Fortunes in fome good meafure, anfwerable to what others weli-affeded 
 had done before them. And to make choice of meet CoUedors of the 
 Moneys, and to return a Schedule of the names of fuch as fliall contri- 
 bute, andthefums that are offered by them ^ that his Majefty may take 
 notice of the good inclinations of his Subjedfs to acaufeof fuch import- 
 ance ?• aslikewife of fuch others, if any fuch be, as out of obftinacyor 
 difaffcdion fliall refufe to contribute. 
 
 About tfiis time (7for^e Abbot, Archbidiop oi Canterbury, began to 
 fall into difgrace at Court •, his enemies taking the advantage of a late 
 fad misfortune, for (hooting at a Deer with a Crofs-bow in Bramzil Park, 
 hecafually killed the Keeper. Upon this unhappy accident, itwasfug- 
 gefted to the King, who already difgufled him for oppofing the Match 
 mth Spain, That in regard of his eminent rank in the Church, it might 
 adminifter matter of Scandal ; which was aggravated by fuch as afpired 
 unto his place and dignity. The Bifliop of Lincoln, then Lord Keeper, 
 informed the Marquefs oi Buckingham , That by the Common Law of 
 England, the Archbilhops whole eftate was forfeited to the King • and 
 by the Common Law , which is I'tiU in force , he is made irregular if[o 
 faElo, and fo fufpended from all Ecclefiaftical Fundion, until he be re- 
 ftored by his Superior, which was the Kings Majefly, in this rank and 
 order of Ecclefiaftical Jurifdidion. " To adde afflidion to the afflided 
 " {{aid he) will be againft his Majefties nature •, yet to leave a man of 
 " Blood, Primate, and Patriark of all his Churches, is a thina that 
 " founds very harfl] in the Old Councils and Cannons, andthePapifts 
 " will not fpare to cenfure it. 
 
 The King made choice of the Lord Keeper, the Bifliops of London, 
 Winton, Rochefter, St. Davids, and Exeter , Sir Henry Hobart , Juftice 
 Boderidge, Six Henry Martin, and Dodor Stuart, to inform him of the 
 nature of this caufe, and the fcandal that might arife thereupon -, and to 
 certifie what the fime may amount unto , whither to an irregularity, or 
 otherwife ; and what means may be found for redrefs. However this 
 confultation was managed, the Archbilliop was not deprived •, but a Plant 
 was growing up that over-toppeJ him whilft he lived, and after his de- 
 ceale obtained the Primacy, 
 
 DodloriWwho was firft chofcn to the Bidioprickof St, Z).twW/, 
 by the Mediation of the Lord Keeper Williams, and was confecrated hy 
 the Bifhopsof Z.<7W<JW, WorceBer, ChicheFtcr, Ely, Landaf, and Oxon -^ 
 the Archbilhop in the mean time was not thought irregular for the Cafual 
 Homicide. 
 
 This Biiliop, Dodor Laud, was looked upon in thofe times as an 
 
 Jrminian, 
 
 61 
 
 19 ^acobi. 
 
 Archbifhop 
 Abbot not re- 
 lifhci at 
 Craurt ; an 
 advantage 
 taken againft 
 him.
 
 6^ 
 
 Hi^orical CoUe&ions. 
 
 An. i6z2. 
 
 Bifhop Laud 
 fufpeifted to 
 incline toPo- 
 pifh Tcncnts 
 while he was 
 of Oxford, as 
 appears by a 
 notable pafs- 
 age. 
 
 The Armini- 
 ans begin to 
 be favored by 
 the King, by 
 means of Bi- 
 fhop Laud. 
 
 Favors fhewed 
 roReciifants 
 by the Kings 
 Order. 
 
 ^acobi 20. 
 1622. 
 
 w,«v/..,, to be 
 tliat this courfe 
 
 B 
 
 Arminian, and a fierce oppofer oi Puritans -., and while he lived inox- 
 ford, fufpefted to incline to Popidi Tenents, as may appear by his Letter 
 of Complaint fent to his Patron, Doiflor Ned, then Bilhop of Lincoln, 
 asainft a Sermon preached by Robert Abbot, Dodor of the Chair in Ox- 
 ford-, in which Letter heindofed this (am.ongft other Paflages) of the 
 Doftors Sermon, viz-. 
 
 " That men under pretence of Truth and Preaching againft the Puri- 
 " tans, ftrike at the heart and root of Faith and Religion now eftablillied p^ 
 " among us. That this Preaching againft the Puritans was but thepradtice 
 '■^o'i Parfons and Campions counfel, when they came u.uo England to 
 "feduce yong Students: And when many of them were afraid tolofe 
 " their places, if they (liould profefledly be thus, the counfel they then 
 " cave them was, That they fliould fpeak freely againft the Puritans, and 
 " that fhould fuffice. And they cannot intend that they are accounted 
 " Papifts, becaufe they fpeak againft the Puritans. But becaufc they in- 
 " deed are Papifts, they fpeak nothing againft them. If they do at any 
 " time fpeak againft the Papifts, they dobeat ahttleupon theBufti, and 
 " that foftly too, for fear of troubling or diiquieting the Birds that are 
 " in it. 
 
 I Came time enough (faith Mr. Laud j to be at the rehcarfal of this Sermon^ 
 upon much perfrvafion, where I was fain to fit patiently, and hear my felf 
 abufed almofl an hour together, being pointed at as I fate. For this pre fent abuje, 
 J would have taken no notice of it, hut that the whole Univerfity apfly it to me^ 
 and my own Friends tell me I fhall fink my eredit if I anfrver not Dr. Abbot 
 in his own. Nevcrthelef in a bufinefof this kinde, I mil not be fwayed from a 
 patient courfe •, onely I deftre your Lordflnp to vouch fafe me fome direciion what 
 to do, &c. 
 
 The Arminian SeB oppofed by King ^amcs, and by his fpecial con- 
 currence lately broken in the Netherlands, by the beheading of Barnevalt 
 the cheif of them, began in his latter times to fpring up in England, and 
 was countenanced by the Hiid Prelate, who had newly obtained the opi- 
 nion and fivor of the Marquefs of Buckingham : The Kings main defign 
 then not fuffering the fupprelTmg of that way which in common judg- 
 ment was inclined to Popery •, or he thought to recover all his lofTes, 
 and to filve all misfortunes by the Spanifli March. And for this caufe 
 he releafed multitudes of Piiefts and Popifli Recufants thenimprifoned, 
 which the Spaniards protefted to be a great demonftration of the Kings 
 fincere aifection, to confirm the correfpondence and amity between the 
 Crowns. And that this enlargement might be the more expedite and lefs 
 chargeable, the King gave directions to the Lord Keeper Williams, Billiop 
 of Lincoln. 
 
 THat whereas he had formerly given order for the releafe of RecCffants 
 by removing them from the feveral Goals of this Kingdom 
 bailed before the Juftices of his Bench : And findi 
 will be troublefome to the poorer fort of them, he doth now require that 
 Writs be directed to the Juftices of Aftizes, enabling and requiring them 
 to enlarge fuch Recufants as they fliall finde in their feveral Goals, up- 
 on fuch conditions and fecurities as were required by the Judges of his 
 Bench. Accordingly tlie Writs were iffued forth under the Great Seal, 
 and the Lord Keeper wrote to the Judges on this manner. ' | 
 
 \ That 
 
 D
 
 Hijlorical Coiie&ions. 
 
 ^l 
 
 A 
 
 20 
 
 D 
 
 THdt the King having upon deep Reafons of State, and in expectation ef 
 the like correfpondence from Forein Princes to the Profe(furs of our Re- 
 ligion , refolved to grant fome Grace to the imprifoned Papifls, had com- 
 manded him to paf (ome Writs tmder the Broad Seal for that purpefe ■■ 
 Wherefore it is his Majeftics pleafure, that they make no nicenef or difficulty 
 to extend his Princely favor to all jnch as they jljall fnde prisoners m the 
 Gaels of their Circuits for any Church Recufancy , or refufin^r the Oath of 
 Supremacy , or dif^crfing of Popifl} Books , or any other point of Recu fancy 
 that (lull concern Religion onely , and not matters of State. 
 
 ^acobi. 
 
 But a general offence was taken at this Indulgence ta Papifts, and 
 I j the Lord Keepers Letter to the Judges , which, how the Keeper en- 
 I devored to renounce, maybeleen in his Letter written to a Peribn of 
 ' B Honor. 
 
 • 
 
 AS the Sun in the Firmament appears unto as no higg-er then a Platter, 
 and the Stars arc but as [0 many Nails in the Pummel of a Saddle, be- 
 caufe of the enlargement and difproportion bcttveen our eye and the object : 
 So is there fuch an unmeajurable diflancc betiveen the deep refolution of a 
 Prince , and the (lullorv apprehenfions of common and ordinary people •, 
 That as they mill ever be judging and cen[uring, fotheymu[i needs be obnoxi- 
 om to error and miflaking : The King is norv a rnoft T^alem Intercefior 
 for fome eafe andrcfre(J}ment to all the Proteflants /V? Europe, which were un- 
 reafonable, if he did norv execute the rigor of his Laws againfl the Roman 
 Catholicks. 
 
 Our Viperous Countrymen, the Englifl) ^'cfttites in France, had many 
 moneths before this favor granted, invited the French Kin^, by writing a 
 malicious Book , to put all the Statutes in execution againfl the Proteflants 
 in thofe parts , which were Enacted m England againfl the Papifls , and 
 ( Of they falfly informed ) feverely executed. Be fides , the(e Papifts are 
 no otherwise out of prifon, then with their fluckles about their heels, fuffi- 
 cient Sureties , and good Recognizances to prefent themfehes at the next 
 ylfizes -, and their own demeanor, and the fuccef of his Mai e sties Negotia- 
 tions must determine whether they //j.i// continue in this Grace. 
 
 But to conclude from the favor done to the En^lifh Papifls , that the 
 King favors the Romifh Religion , is a compofirion of Folly and Malice , 
 little deferved by a gratioia Prince , who by Word , Writing , Exercife 
 of Religion , and Acts ef Parliament , ' hath demonstrated himfelf fo re- 
 solved a Proteflant. 
 
 As for his own Letter to the fudges, he f aid it recited onely four kindes 
 of Recufancy capable of the Kings clemency , not fo much to include them, as 
 to exclude many other Crimes bearing the name of Recufancy , as, nftn'r 
 the Function of a Rornifl) Priest , fcducing the Kings Leige-people from 
 the eUablilhcd Religion, afperftng the King, Church, or State, or the prefent 
 Government. 
 
 All which offences , being outward practices ,' and no fecret motions 
 of the Confciencc , are adjudged by the Laws 0'' Eng.hnd to be meerly Civil 
 and Political , and are excluded by the Letter from the benefit of thofe 
 Writs, 
 
 F 
 
 But 
 
 The Lord 
 Keepers Let- 
 ter excufmg 
 the Kings f.i- 
 vor towards 
 Papifis.
 
 64r 
 
 Htjlorkal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1622. 
 
 Direftions 
 concerning i 
 k'ltachcrs. 
 
 The Kings 
 Letter to the 
 Archbifhop 
 for regulating 
 the Clergy. 
 
 But becaufe the peoples mouths were open, and fome Preachers were 
 toobufie, and the P«rzY4;j party increafed, the King gave diredtions for 
 the regulation of the Miniftry, in his Letters to the Lord Archbi(hop of 
 Canterburj. 
 
 MO (I Reverend Father in God, Right trufl-j andi»tirely Moved Coun- 
 fellor, rve ^rect yottrvell. Forafmuch astheabufes and extravagancies 
 of Preachers in the Pulpit, have been in all times fuppreffed in this Realm by 
 \ font? Aci of Council, or State, with the Advice and Rejolution of grave and 
 \ learned Prelates, infomuch that the very Licencing of Preachers had begin- 
 ning by an Order of Star-Chamber,the Eighth day of July, in the Nineteenth 
 year of the Reign of KingWtnxy the Eighth, our Noble Predeceffor : And 
 Tphereas at this prcfent divers yong Students by reading of late Writers, and 
 ungrounded Divines, do broach many times unprofitable, un found, feditious, 
 and dangerous Do^rines, to the fcandal of the Church, and dtfquiet of the 
 State and prefent Government, We upon humble Reprefentations unto us of 
 thefe Inconveniencies by four f elf, and [undrj other grave and reverend Pre- 
 lates of this church, as alfo of our Princely care andz.eal for the extirpation 
 of Schifm and Diffcntiongromng from thefe Seeds, and for the fettling of a 
 religioiis and peaceable Government, both in Church and Commonwealth, Do 
 by thefe our (fecial Letters, Jiraitly charge and command you to ufe allpof^tble 
 care and diligence, that thefe Limitations and Cautions herewith fent unto yott, 
 concerning Preachers, be duly and (Iricfly from henceforth put in praBice, and 
 ebfervedby the feveral Bifhops within your ^urifdiiiton. And to this end our 
 pie a fur e is, that 'you fend them forthwith Copies of thefe Directions, to be by 
 them (peedily fent and communicated unto every Pardon , Vicar , Curate , 
 Le£iurcr, and Minifler in every Cathedral or Parifh Church within their feve- 
 ral Dioceffes -^ and that you carneftly require them toetnploy their utmofl en- 
 deavors in the performance of this fo important a bufmef? 5 letting them know. 
 That rve have a f^ecial eye unto their proceedings, andexpeit a flri^ accompt 
 thereof, both from you and every of them. And thefe our Letters fl)allbeyeur 
 [uffcient Warrant and Difcharge in that behalf. 
 
 Given under our Signet at our Caftle of Windfor, c^c, 
 
 T>irecHons concerning preachers fent vp'tth the 
 
 Letter, 
 
 I. 
 
 cc 
 
 THat no Preacher under the Degree and Calling of a Bifhop or 
 Dean of a Cathedral, or Collegiat Church (and they upon 
 the Kings days, and fet Feftivals) do take occafion by the ex- 
 pounding of any Text of Scripture whatfoever, to faliintoany fet dif- 
 courfe or common place, otherwife then by opening the Coherence 
 and Divifion of the Text •, which (hall not be comprehended and war- 
 ranted in Eflcnce, Subftance, Effedt, or Natural inference, within fome 
 one of the Articles of Religion fet forth One thoufand five hundred 
 fixty and two •, or in fome of the Homilies fet forth by Authority of 
 the Church of £»f/W.- Notonely forahelpfor theNoa-Preaching, 
 but withal for a pattern and boundary (as it were) for the Preaching 
 Minifters. And for their further Inftrudions for the performance here- 
 of, that they forthwith read over and perufe diligently the faid Book 
 of Articles, and the two Books of Homilies, 
 
 II. "That 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HtHorical ColleBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 II. " That no Perfon, Vicar, Curate, or Le(5ldrer,fliall Preach any 
 " Sermon or Collation hereafter , upon Sundays and Holidays io the 
 "afternoon, in any Cathedral orParilli Church throughout the King- 
 " dom • but upon fome part of thcCatechifm, or forae Text taken out of 
 "the Creed, Tea Commandments, or the Lords Prayer, (Funeral Ser- 
 " mons onely exc-epted.) And that thofe Preachers be moft encouraged, 
 " and approved of, who fpend the Afternoons Exercife in the Examina- 
 " tion of Children in their Catechifm, which is the moll anticnt and 
 " laudable cuftom of Teaching in the Church of England. 
 
 III. " That no Preacher of what Title foevcr under the degree of 
 "aBilliop or Dean attheleaft, do from henceforth prefume to Preach 
 " in any Popular Auditory, the deep points of Prcdeftmation, Eledion, 
 "Reprobation, or of the Univerfality , Efficacy, Refiftibility, or Ir- 
 " refiftibility of Gods Grace , but leave thofc Themes rather to be 
 " handled by the Learned Mea , and that Moderately and Modeftly 
 *' by way of life and Application, rather then by way of Pofitive 
 " Dodrines , being fitter for the Schools , then for fimple Audi- 
 " tories. 
 
 1 V. " That no Preacher of what Title or Denomination foever, 
 "ftom henceforth (hallprefume in any Auditory wi^thin this Kingdom, 
 "to declare, limit, or bound out, by way of Pofitive Dodrine in any 
 "Ledure, or Sermon, the Power, Prerogative, and Jurifdidion, Au- 
 " thority or Duty of Sovereign Princes , or otherwife meddle with 
 "matters of State, and the differences between Princes and thepeo- 
 " pie , then as they are inftruded and prefidcnted in the HomiHes of 
 " Obedience , and the reft of the Homilies and Articles of Religion ' 
 "fet forth (as before is mentioned) by Publick Aothoiity, but ra- 
 "ther confine themfelves wholly to thofe two heads of Faith and 
 " good Life , which sire all the Subjed of the Antient Sermons and 
 " Homilies. 
 
 V, " That no Preacher of what Title or Denomination foever , 
 " rtiall prefume caufclefly, or ( without invitation frorn the Text ) to 
 "fall into bitter Invedives and undecent railing Speeches againft the 
 " perfons of either Papifts or Puritahs, but modeftly and gravely, when 
 " they are occaftoned thereunto by the Text of Scripture, free both the 
 " Dodrine and the Difcipline of the Church of England from theafper- 
 " fions of either Adverfary, efpecially v^-here the Auditory is fufpeded 
 " to be tainted with the one or the other infedion. 
 
 VI. Laftly, " That the Archbifhops and Billiopsof the Kingdom 
 " (whom his Majefty hath good caufc to blame for their former remifs- 
 " nefs) be more wary and choice in their Licencing of Preachers, and 
 " revoke all Grants made to any Chancellor, Official, or CommifTiry, 
 " to pafs Licences in this kinde : And that all the Ledurers throughout 
 " the Kingdom of EngUnd ( a new body fevered from the Antient 
 " Clergy, as being neither Parfons.; Vicars, nor Curates) be Licenced 
 " hence-torward in the Court of Faculties, by Recommendation of the 
 " party, from the Bifiiop of the Diocefs under his Hand and Seal, with a 
 "i^/dffrom the Lord Archbifliop oi C*r}terbiirp a Confirmation un?.er 
 " the Great Seal of England. And that fachasdotranfgrefsanyone of 
 " thefe Diredions, be fufpended by the Biihop of the Diocefs, Or in hi5 
 ^J Default by the Archbidiop of the Province, Abofjicio&be:ieficio, for 
 " a year and a day, until his Majefty by the Advice of the next Convo- 
 cation Ihall prefcribe fomc further punilhment. 
 . K ■ Thefe 
 
 (c 
 
 "^5' 
 
 20 
 
 \
 
 66 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. i6iz. 
 
 The new K. 
 
 of Spain^ Phi- 
 ///the Fourth, 
 procures tke 
 Popes alTent 
 to the Match. 
 
 The Infanta 
 cools in t'le 
 P/ilfgraves 
 bufmefs. 
 
 The pretend- 
 ed Obfiaclcs 
 of the Troaty 
 removed. 
 
 Heiiclburgh 
 bcfieged. 
 
 New Condi- 
 tions ckmand.' 
 edofthe King 
 before the 
 Pope gives a 
 Diipcnfatiou. 
 
 Thefe Diredions were warily communicated by the Archbifhop of 
 Canterhm) to the Bifliops within his Province. 
 
 The King loft no time in purfuing the Match with Spain •, but the 
 Difpenfationtrom iJ(?wf , which was the Key of thebufinefs, had long 
 lain in a kinde of Dead-Pal fie, till the new King of Sfam had by a Letter 
 quickned the Pope -, whereupon there enfued a Congregation of Cardi- 
 nals to determine the matter , and afterwards the Popes afTent : And 
 then the Court of Spain declared fuch an intire Agreement for the Alli- 
 ance with £«^/W, that \{\n%^ames was fatisfied, an^ could exped no 
 further difficulty. 
 
 But his intelligence from 5r«.vf/^, and all other parts of the World, 
 did quickly cool,%md almoft quench his hopes. Sir Richard Wefion was a 
 man approved by Gondomar, who commended the Kmgs wifdom in the 
 Eledion of fo fit aMinifter for the Treaty ztBruxels ^ yet the man fo 
 well difpofed and fuited to the Kings defigns, wrote delperate Letters 
 of the infantAS cold and unworthy manner of Treating in that important 
 bufinefs of reftoring the Palfgrave. 
 
 WhilefttheKingof £;«^/Wi proceedings were fojufl and clear, ihe 
 Count Palatine was retired to Sedan , and there fojourned with his 
 Uncle the Duke of Bouillon , and his Partizans , Duke Chriftian of 
 Bmnfmck, :indCo\int Mansfield , the pretended obftacles of the Treaty, 
 were removed, and had taken another courfe. Mansfield went for Hol- 
 land, where the States intended to ufehim for theraifing of thefiege 
 of Bergen, by cutting off the Convoys between Antwerp and theSpanifh 
 Leagure : And King ^a?Kes had lately offered, That in cafe the forces of 
 Mansfield and Bnmftvick would not reft, but ftill perturb the Treaty, he 
 would joyn with the Emperor, and the Arch- Dutchefs, to quiet them : 
 And the Englifh Companies in the Palatinate being penned up in Garri- 
 fons, could not caufedifturbance. 
 
 In the mean while, that miferable Countrey was burnt and facked 
 in the fight of the Englidi Ambaffador. And now the Imperial and Ba- 
 varian forces fall to the befieging of HeideWnrgh. 
 
 When the Ambaffador at Bruxels complained of thefe proceedings, 
 he received frivolous Anfwers mixed with Recriminations. All that 
 We^on obtained , was , onely Letters of intreaty from the Infanta to 
 the Emperors Generals to proceed no further, though ftie load before ac- 
 knowledged a full power from the Emperor to conclude the defired Cef- 
 fation : But they pretended that they would reftore all, when all was 
 taken. 
 
 For this caufe Sir Richard Wefion acquainted the Marquefs of 
 Buckingham, that he could not difcern how the weak Hopes given him at 
 Bruxels, could agree with thofe ftrong Aflurances given by the Lox^Dighj 
 from the Court of Spam. 
 
 Moreover to protracl the Palfgraves bufinefs, the Emperor takes 
 occafion to appoint a Dyet at Ratisbone, contrary to his own promife, as 
 himfelf acknowledged. 
 
 Mr. Grf^e returned from^owt', with no better fruit of his Agency ^ 
 for the DifpenHition cannot pafs, till the King give fatisfi^flion to a num- 
 ber of new Conditions, which before were never dreamed of, and had 
 this mifchief in them to bring the King in jealoufie with the greateft part 
 of his Subjeds. A peece of Juggling was obierve J in this Negotiation: 
 Tor feme points of larger Indulgence whereunto King ^ames had yielded^ 
 were concealed from the Pope by the Minifters of the King of Spain, 
 
 The
 
 Hijlorical CoUeHions. 
 
 67 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 K 2 
 
 Right 
 
 I The Court then devifed to put a good face upon an ill Game, and ,20 
 ' good Sawce to an unfavoiy Difh : For all the World expefling that 
 Gage (liould bring the Difpenfation at his firft arival , they made 
 him give out, That it was pafled irt Rome , and fent from thence to 
 Spain. 
 
 But the King made a clofe purfuit, andrefolved theyfhould not 
 efcape him. The Popes Demands fuperadded to the Articles of Mar- 
 'riage were taken in hand, and Refolutions were given upon them in 
 manner following. 
 
 To the Demand of a Publick Church in Z,W<?«,befides a Domeftick 
 Chappel , afligned to the Infanta and Iier Family , the King made 
 
 Reply , j> 
 
 . That it was more then was afTumed by himrelt , or his Son the 
 Prince , That the Chappel allowed was not a private Oratory, but in 
 efifed a Church, where the World might take notice of the Religion 
 which the Infanta profefled in publick manner. 
 
 To another Demand , That the Superior Minifter having Ecclefia- 
 ftical Authority, be in Ordine Epifcopali ^ be anfwered, Tiiat he would 
 leave it to the King of Spain to appoint as he fliuU judge expedient. 
 
 But whereas the Pope required, ThattheEcclefiafticksbe fubje<ftto 
 no Laws but of their own Ecclefiaftical Superiors ^ his anfwer was. That 
 exemption feemed ftrange, as not allowed in all States and Countreys that 
 were of the Roman Religion. 
 
 As for the Education of the Children under the Mothers govern- 
 ment -, Let the King of Spain judge indifferently (faid the King) how 
 unfit it. were for us to declare to the World, That wc engaged our felf to 
 permit our Grand-children to be brought up unto years of Marriage, in 
 a Religion which we profefs not, and which is not publickly profeffed in 
 our Kingdom. And further then we have already aflented in general, 
 to leave the Children under the Mothers tuition for a longer or Hiorter 
 time, according to their conftitution and health, (which may poflibly 
 reach unto the time required by the Pope) We can by no means con- 
 difcend, unlcfs the King of Spain think it fit to limit the time to a cer- 
 tainty. 
 
 And whereas the Pope expeded fome larger offers for the general 
 good of the Roman Church -, the Kmg (liewed , That the Articles of 
 Religion agreed upon between himfelf, and the late King of Spain, were 
 accounted fo faiisfadory in the judgment of the Learnedft , and great- 
 eft Clergy of Spain , That they declared their opinion, that upon the 
 offer of fuch Conditions , the Pope ought not to withhold the Difpen- 
 fation. 
 
 And he faid further. That the Pope was fatisfied, that he of his own 
 Authority could not grant a general Liberty of exercifing the Roman Re- 
 ligion-, And what is it that they would have ■:' For fetting that afide, 
 he had in a manner done already all that was defired, as all the Roman 
 Catholicks have found, out of his gratious Clemency towards them, and 
 will no doubt acknowledge, 
 
 ThisRefolution the King fent into 5;'4/» (for he would not feem to 
 Treat with Rome) and therewith this Letter to the Lord Dtghy, aow made 
 Earl of BrtHol. 
 
 ^acohi. 
 
 The Kings 
 Anfwer to the 
 raid Demands.
 
 6^ 
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1622. 
 
 The King 
 fends his Re- 
 folution to 
 D/i''vin Sraiii, 
 now made 
 E3ilo{ Brijiol. 
 
 Right Trully and Welbeloved, 
 
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 Ur pleafure is, that immediately yoit crave Audience of that King, 
 and rcprcfent unto him the merit that ire maj juflly chalengeto our 
 felf, for our (inccre proceedings rvith the Emperor and him : Netitith- 
 
 fianding the many Invitations and Temptations, we have hnd to engage our 
 [elf 0^ our Son in Laws part. That rve have both from the Emperor, and from 
 him, hopes given us from time to time of extraordinary refpe^, /'htnvfoever 
 our Son in Law had deferved) which jve have attended and expected, even to 
 the la(l rvith much patience, andindefpight as itwere of alloppofition , which 
 mi'^ht f]}ake our Refolutien in that behalf : if now, when all impediments are 
 removed, and the way is fo prepared, as that the Emperor may give an end 
 unto the War, and make fome prejent Demonftration of his re[pe£t towards us, 
 m leaving us the honor of holding ihofe poor places which -^et remain quietly, 
 and peaceably, until the general A£Commodation, the fame fhall neverthelef^be 
 violently taken from us r, What can we look for, if the whole fhall be in his 
 hands and pofjefion ? who amuzing us with a Treaty of Gelation, and pro- 
 tracting it induftricufly (as we have reafon to belic've) doth in the mean time 
 feize htmfelf of the whole Countrey. Which being done, our Ambaffador fl)a/l 
 return with (corn, and we remain in difhenor ■• And therefore as we have here- 
 tofore ftindry times promifed in teflimony of the fincerity ef our proceedings, 
 and of our great de fire to preferve the Amity inviolable between us, and the 
 whole Houfe t;/ Auftria ; that in cafe our Son in Lkw would not be governed 
 by us, that then we would not »nely forfake him, but take part and joynour 
 forces with the Emperors again fl him. So you may fairly reprefent unto that 
 King, That in like manner we have reafon to expect the fame meafure from 
 him: That upon the Emperors avcrfnef^toa Ce(]ation, and Accommodation, 
 he will likewife actually afifl us for therecovery of the Palatinate, and Electo- 
 ral Dignity to our Son m Law, as it hath been often times intimated from 
 Spain. Tetour meaning is to carry allthings fair with that King, and not to 
 give him any cau\e of diflrufl orjealoufie, if yeu perceive that they intend to 
 go really and roundly on with the Match : Wherein neverthelef we mufl tell 
 you. That we have no great caufe tab-: well-pleafed with the diligencies ufedon 
 that part, when we obferve that after fo long an expectance of the Difpenfa- 
 tion, upon which the whole bufmef, as they will have it, depends, there is 
 nothing yet returned but ^eres and objections. 
 
 We have thought jit to let you know, how far we are pleafed to enlarge our 
 felf concerning thofe points demanded by the Pope : And further then that, 
 fincc we cannot go without much prejudice, inconvenience, and dijhonor to our 
 felf, and eur Son-^ we hope and expect that the King of Spam willbrin^ it 
 inftantly to an iffue without further delay, which you areto prej? with all dili- 
 gence and earnejlncf : But if refpite of time be earnestly demanded, and that 
 you perceive it net pofiblefor them to refolve until an anfwer come from Rome, 
 We then think it fit, that yeu give them two moneths time after your Audience, 
 that we may underjland that Kings final Refolutions before Chriftmas next at 
 thefurthefl. 
 
 Likewife the Conde Gondomar who was lately called home, is roufed 
 by a Letter from England, on this manner. 
 
 B 
 
 (C 
 
 Here 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical Collections. 
 
 69 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F 
 
 " TjEie is a King, and a Prince, 
 " 1~~/ Buckingham, 
 
 and a faithful Friend and Servant 
 bcfides a number of other Friends, to whom every 
 " day feems a year, till the Match beaccompliilied - all things arcpre- 
 " pared on our parts, Priefts and Recufants arc at liberty, and the Prifons 
 " are filled with zealous Minifters : Orders arepublifhed ior the Univer- 
 '"fities and Pulpits, that none Ikill hereafter be medling, bucthatall 
 " Preach Chrifl crucified. 
 
 " His Majefty never looked to the rifing or falling hopes of his Son 
 " in Laws fortunes, but kept in the fame courfe chat feems moft agree- 
 " able to Honor and Juftice, and the Peace of Chriftendom. And Gmdo- 
 " mar did befeech the King to fuffer himfelf once to be deceived by Spain, 
 " and promifed when the Match was firft moved , and the King per- 
 " fwaded to break with /"rrfwre. That he fhould be preft to nothing, but 
 "what might ftand with Confcience and Honor, and the love "of his 
 "people. 
 
 " And whereas the Pope would know what Bonum Pifhlicum will be 
 " granted , We remit it to your Confcience, whither the favors daily 
 " granted to Catholicks, which the King refolves to continue, if not to 
 " increafe, be not a real publick good, confidering if the Match break 
 "off, his Majfcfty will be importunately urged by his people, to whofe 
 " afliftance he muft needs have recourfe 
 " Penal Laws, now hanging over the heads of Catholicks. 
 
 to give life and execution to all 
 
 According to the Kings diredion, the Earl of Brifhl prefcnted a 
 Memorial to the King of Spain, and horn him aad his Miniflers received 
 this return. 
 
 " That for the accomplidiing of the Match on their part, there iliould 
 " not one day be loft •, for the difpatch thcrcot imported them no l^fs then 
 " the King of Great Britain ■• And for the Palaiinate, they will leek his in- 
 " tire fatisfa<5iion •, and they refer it to liis own juft judgment, whether 
 " their forces were called out of the Palatinate, with an evil intention, or 
 "meerly for the defence of Flanders , whi-chotherwife had been put in 
 "great hazard by Qonnz Mansfield : That thebefieging of Htidelburgh 
 "was no way by their con Cent, or knowledge, but was generally difap- 
 " proved by them. And if it Ihould be taken, and the Emperor refufe to 
 "reftorcit, or to condifccnd to fuch Accommodation as Ihou'd be ad- 
 " judged reafonable, the King of Great Britain (hall be infallibly affifted 
 " with the Arms of Spain for the reftoring of the Palatine, 
 
 And as concerning the Match, Bristol feemed fo confident as to de- 
 clare to the King his Mafter, " Tiiat he ihould not willingly give his Ma- 
 " jefty hope upon uncertain grounds -, fo he would not conceal what the 
 " Spanifli Court profeffed, which was to give his Majefty both real and 
 " Ipeedy fatisfadion. And he affirmed. If they intended it not, they were 
 "falfer then all the Devils in Hell, for deeper Oaths and Proteftations of 
 " Sincerity could not be made. 
 
 But in the mean while, the Town and Caftle of Heidclbttrgh were 
 taken, and theEngliih Companies put to tlie Sword, and Sir Edward 
 Herbert the Governor was (lain,after he had broken four Pikes in charging 
 the Enemy. The befieging of Manheim, and the blocking of Franken- 
 dale, followed the lofs of Heidelbtirgh. 
 
 King ^ames provoked by the continual progrefs of thefe Indignities, 
 was impatient of ftaying for a Reply from Spain to his former Letters, 
 
 but 
 
 20 
 
 ^acobi. 
 
 Likewife a 
 Letrcr was 
 fentroConiVo- 
 mar^ newlv 
 recalled into 
 Sp4in. 
 
 The Anfwer 
 to che Memo- 
 rial prelented 
 by the Earl of 
 Briflol to the 
 Spani/h King. 
 
 Brijiol gives 
 the King hope 
 of the Match. 
 
 HeJdelburgb 
 taken. 
 
 The King pro- 
 voked, fends 
 his former Re- 
 folutions with 
 anewdifpa-tch 
 into Spain.
 
 yo 
 
 Hi^orical ColIeBms. 
 
 An. j6z2. 
 
 In the mean 
 time Manhe'im 
 is taken. 
 
 The Emperors 
 Intentions to 
 King James 
 not good, 
 
 but feconded thole Refolutions with a vehement new difpatch, the Third 
 o^ October, in a peremptory ftile, as it well became him ^ Commanding 
 the Earl of Bristol, to let that King underitand how fenfible he was of the 
 Emperors proceedings towards him ^ and withal, not a little troubled to 
 fee that the Infanta aiBruxels, having an abfolute CommiflTion from the 
 Emperor, to conclude a Cefl'ation andSufpenfionof Arms, (liould now 
 at laft, when all Objeftions were anfwered, and the former folely pre- 
 tended Obftacles removed , not onely delay the Conclufion of the Trea- 
 ty, but refufe to lay her Commands upon the Emperors Generals for 
 abftaining from the Garifons, during the Treaty, upon a pretext of want 
 1 of Authority : So as for the avoiding of further diflionor, he hath been 
 forced to recal both his AmbafTadors, as well the Chancellor of his Ex- 
 chequer from Bruxels, as alfo the Lord Chkheffer, whom he intended to 
 have fent unto the Emperor to the Dyet at Ratishne. 
 
 He further enjoyned his Ambafl-idor,That having deUvered his fenfe 
 of things, he Hiould demand of the King o1 Spain a promife under his 
 Hand and Seal, that the Town and Caftle of Heidclhur^h ihz\[ be deliver- 
 ed to the Palatine within feventy days after the Audience, and the like 
 for Manheim and Frankendale, if they be taken. That within the (liid 
 term of feventy days a Sufpenfion of Arms in the Palatinate be concluded 
 upon the Conditions laft propounded by Sk Richard We ftonzi Bruxels -^ 
 and that a general Treaty fliall be again fet on foot upon fuch honorable 
 terms as were tendered to the Emperor in November laft. But if thefe 
 particulars be refufed or delayed by the Emperor, that the King of 5/'4;'» 
 Ihall joyn forces with the King of Great Britain, for the recovery of his 
 Childrens Honors and Patrimony. And if he cannot give afliftance, that 
 he will at leaft allow him a free and friendly paftcige through his Terri- 
 tories for the forces to be employed in that fervice. 
 
 Of thefe points diftindlly, if the Ambaft-idor fhould not receive a 
 dired aflurance, he was to take his leave of that King, and to return into 
 his Maftcrs prefence. But the King annexed this private Inftru^tion, 
 That in cafe a Rupture happened, it might be managed to the beft advant- 
 age. Wherefore he (liould not inftantly come away, but fend him fecret 
 intelligence, and in publick give out the contrary. 
 
 Immediately upon thefe Demands, an Order was fent from 5/'4;» to 
 Bruxels, for the relief of Manheim, but it came too late ^ for before the 
 arival thereof, tlie Town was yielded into the hands of Tilly : But had it 
 come in feafon, the efFecft thereof might be gueffed by TiUjs Reafons 
 prefented to the Arch-Dutchefs againft raifing the fiege of Manheim, 
 and the reftoring of Heidelburgh, to this purpofe. 
 
 That he could not do it witliout the Emperors exprefs confent , 
 and that the winning of Manheim was to be haftned to prevent the ma- 
 chinations of evil Neighbors, who were plotting new Commotions in 
 favor of the Count Palatine , and efpecially to obviate the dciigns of 
 Count Mansfield. 
 
 And laftiy. That the Emperor and the Catholick League, having 
 fctled all Germany , might give the Law to their Oppofites, and fettle 
 a peace upon their own terms. 
 
 How little the Emperor attributed to the Kings Humanity, and up- 
 right dealing, which he applauded in fhew, might be difccrned by fure 
 Advertifements of his purpofe, to propound in the Dyet at Ratifbone, his 
 promife of tranflating the Palatine Eledoratc to the Duke of Bavaria, as 
 a thing irrevocable. 
 
 More- 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HiBorical CoUeHions, 
 
 ji 
 
 A 
 
 Moreover, the King o1 Spain, the Fifth o^ November , 1622. in 
 tlie height of thofe Profeirions made to the Englifli Ambaflador, touch- 
 ing the Marriage, wrote on this manner to his Grand Favorite, the 
 Cofide olivAres, 
 
 20 
 
 ^acohi 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 THe King my Father declared at his De,ith, That his intent never was to Nor the King 
 w.rrry my Sifter, the Infanta Donna Maria mththe Prince of Wales", i^f •y;''/«^,wic- 
 whichyour Uncle Don Balthazar understood, and fo treated this Match cocon'^e oii^^ 
 ever with intention to delay it 5 nottvith [landing it is now fofar adzianced, that vares. 
 confidering all the averfnef^unto it of the Infanta , it is time tofeek fame means 
 to divert the Treaty, which I rvotild have you fnde out, and I will make it good 
 whatfoevent be. But in all other things pocure the fat is fact ion of the King of 
 Gr^4; Britain (who hath deferved much) and it pak content me, fe that it be 
 not in the Match. 
 
 olivares wrote a Letter deliberative, tfie Eighth of November, 1622, 
 and propounded an Expedient to the King of Spain^ in thefe words. 
 
 SIR, Confidering in what eft ate we flnde the Treaty ef Marriage between olivares An- 
 Spain/jW England, and knowing certainly how the Minifters did under- ^'^^'^ 
 ffandthis biifineji that Treated it in the time of Vh\\\^ the Third, that is in _ 
 Heaven, that their meaning wa4 never to effe£i it, but by enlarging the Treaties 
 and Points of the faid Marriage, to make ufe of the Friendjbip of the King of 
 C7rf4f Britam, oi well in matters of Germany, as thofe of Flanders: And 
 imagining likewife that your Majefly is of the fame opinion (though the Demon- 
 (trations do not fhctvfo) joyning to thefe Sufpofnions ^ that it is certain the In- 
 fanta Donna Maria is refelvcdto put her felf into a Monaflery the fame day 
 that your Majefly fJiall prej? her to this Marriage : I have thought ft to reprefent 
 unto your Majefly, that which my good zeal hath offered me in this occafion, 
 thinking it a goodtime to ac^juaint your Majefly withal , to the end you may re- 
 folve of that which you fhall flnde mo ft convenient, with the advice of thofe 
 Minifters you fhall think ft to make choice of. 
 
 The King of Great Britain dothfnde himfelf at this time equally engaged 
 in two bufineffes ^ the one is this Marriage, to which he is moved by the conveni- 
 encies he findes in your Ma>\eflies fricndfhip, by making an Agreement with thofe 
 Catholicks that he thinks are fecretly in his Kingdom •, andhy this to a(fure htm- 
 felfof them, eis likewife to marry his Son to one of the Houfe of Auftt ia, know- 
 ing, that f^^ Infanta Donna Maria is the heft born Lady in the World. The 
 other bufmefi is, the rejlitution of the Palatinate, in which he is more engaged •, 
 for be fide that his Reputation is at flake, there is added the love and interejl of 
 \ his Grand-children, Sons of his onely Daughter ■' So that both by the Law of 
 \ Nature and Reafon of State, he ought to put that forward, whatever inconve- 
 j niencies might follow by diffembling what they fuffcr, 
 
 I I do net dif}utc whither the King of Great VAki'm be (governed in this 
 bnftnefiof the Palatinate by AB or Friendjhip -, / think a man might fay he 
 u fed both, but as athing not prectfely neceffary to this Difcourfe, J omit it. / 
 hold It for a Maxim, that thefe two Engagements in which he f tides himfelf, 
 are infcparable •, for although the Marriage bs made, we mu ft fail of that which 
 in my way of under fJanding is mefl necefjary, the reftitution of the Palatinate. 
 I This being fuppofcd. Having made this Marriage- in that form as it is 
 • Treated, your Majefly (lull fnde your felf, together with the King of Great Bri- 
 tain, engaged maWar agamfl the Emperor and the Catholick League: A 
 thing which to hear, will offend your godly ears, or declaring your felf for the 
 Emperor,
 
 7^ I 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBiom, 
 
 An i6t2. 'SmproTy andthe Catholick League, as certainly "jour Maie^y will do, then f on 
 ' will fnde jiiir ^elf engaged in aWar againft the King of Enghnd^ and your 
 Si(ler married tvith his Son ^ with the which, all whatfocvcr reafons of Conve- 
 niency that were thought upon in this Marriage, do ceafe. Jf jour Maje(Iy fbaH 
 j])ew your [elf Neutral, as it way he [omc will propound -^ Th.it, frjl, will cauje 
 very great jcandal, and with jujireafon, fmce in matters of lef oppofition, then 
 of Calhclicks again [I Hereticks, the Arms ef this Crown have taken the god- 
 ly part, again fi the contrary party •, and at this time the Frenchmen fomenting 
 the Hollanders again(l your Majejlj/, your Ptety hath been fuch, that fou have 
 fent your Arms againjl the Rebels of that Crown, leaving all the great conftdera- 
 tions of State, onely becaufe thefe men are Enemies to the Faith, and the Church. 
 
 It will oblige your Maje(ly , and give occafton to thofe of the League to 
 make ufe of the King of Fiance, and of other Catholuh Princes tll-affeBedto 
 this Crown •, for it will be a thing neceffary for them todofo : Ar:'d thofe even 
 again (I their own Religion, will foment and afifl the Hereticks for hatred to m. 
 Without doubt they will follow the other party, onely to leave your Majefty with 
 that blemijh, which never hath he fain any King of thefe Dominions. The King 
 ef En^hnd will remain offended and enraged, feeing that neither interefl, nor 
 helps do follow the Alliance with this Crown, oi likewife with Pretext of par- 
 ticular refentment , for having (uffered his Daughter and Grand-children to he 
 mined (or reffeB of the f aid Alliance, 
 
 The Emperor though he beweli-afeBcd and obliged to us in making the 
 Tran(htion at this time, as bufineffes now (lands, (the Duke of Bavaria being 
 poffefjed of all the Dominions) although he would di(fofe all according to our 
 Conveniencies, it will not be in his power to do it, as your iiajefly and every 
 body may judge -, and the Memorial that the Emperors Amhaffador gave your 
 Majesiy yefterday, makes it certain ; (ince in the Lili of the Soldiers, that every 
 one of our League is to pay, hejlnweth your Majefiy, tjjat Bavana for himfelf 
 alone, will pay more then all the reft joyned together , the which doth fhew his 
 power and intention, which is not to accommodate matters, but to keep to himfdf 
 the Superiority of all in this broken time, the Emperor is now in the Dyett and 
 the Tran(latton is to be made in it. 
 
 The Propofition in this eftate, is by confidering the means for a Conference, 
 which your Majefties Mmifters will do with their <- apacities,Zeal, and IVifdom •, 
 and It IS certain they will herein have eneiiz,htodo. For the diffeulty confifts to 
 finde a way to make ^je pre fent eftate of affairs ftraight again, which with lin- 
 gring, as it is (aid. Both the power and time will be loft, ifuppofe the Emperor, 
 as your Majesty knoweth by his Ambaffador, deftres tt marry his Daughter with 
 the King of Englands Son. I do not dcubt hut he will be likewife glad to marry 
 his Second Daughter with theVz\:ii\r\ts Son: Then I propound that thefe two 
 Marriages be made, and that they be fet onfeotprefently, gi'ving t-heKing of 
 Enghnd full fatisfaBion in all his Propofttions for the more ftncT Union and 
 Correfpofidency, that he may agree to it. J hold for certain, that all the Conve- 
 niences that would have followed the Alliance with us, will be as full m this ; 
 andthe Conveniencies in the great Engagement are more by this -^ for it doth 
 accommodate the matter of the Palatinate, and Succefion of his Grand-c'nldrcn 
 with Honor, and without drawing a Sword, and wafting Treafitre. With this In- 
 terefl, the Emferor with the Conveniencies of the King <?/ England and the 
 Palatinate, the onely means in my way of understanding to hinder thefe great 
 dangers that do threaten, may accommodate the bufinef, and not fever himfelf 
 Jrom the Conveniencies and Engagements c/ Bavaria ^ and after I weald reduce 
 the Prince EleBor, that was an enemy, to the obedience of the Church, by breed- 
 ing his Sens in the Emperors Court with Catholick Doctrine, 
 
 The
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 73 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 The Bufinef is ^rut , the Difficiilties greater perchance th;n have been 20 ^acobi. 
 
 in an) other cafe. 7 have found mj felf obliged to' prefent this unto 
 
 jour Majefly , and (hall fyerv , if you command mc , what / think fit for 
 
 the dt^ofin^ of the things y and of the great Miniflers which your Majefiy 
 
 hath. I hope , with the particular Notes of the(e things , and ail bein^ 
 
 helped with the good zeal of the Conde Gondomar , it may be , God 
 
 will open a way to it , a. thing fo nrnch for his , and your Maj cities 
 
 fervice. 
 
 Sach Confukations had theCatholick King in his Cabinet-Council, 
 whilfl he pretended fo much zeal to a Clofure with England .• Info- 
 much that King ^ames profefled to have taken great contentment in 
 the Difpatches of the Earl oiBriftol, as full and fatisfa(5i:ory. And thou^^h 
 the Order fent to the Archduchefs for the Relief of Jnheim arrived too 
 late, yet he acknowledged it to be an argument of that Kings fincere 
 intentions. 
 
 But the Kings hopes were ftlll deferred, and thefe Delays were palli- 
 ated by theftopof theDifpenfition, till the Pope were further fatisfied 
 in the time of the Childrens education under the Mothers government, 
 and the exemption of Ecclefiaftical perfons from all Secular jurifdidtion. 
 And the Spaniards did not fpare to ftretch the Kings dudile fpirit : For 
 he was willing to ftand obliged by a private Letter, that the Children 
 fliould be kept under the Mothers wing till the age of Nine years 5 but 
 he defired for Honors fake, that no more then Seven might be expreft in 
 the Publique Articles. 
 
 But this Enlargement would not fatisfie-. He muft come up to 
 the allowance of Ten years, which was the loweft of all to be ex- j 
 peded ; and fo he was brought at length to wave his Honor , and 
 to infure this Conceffion by a Publique Ratification. And for the 
 Exemption of Ecclefiafticks from the Secular power ; thus far he 
 yielded , That the Ecclcfiaftical Superior do take notice of the of- 
 fence that (hall be committed, and according to the merit tliereof, 
 either by Degradation deliver him to Secular Juftice , or banilh him 
 the Kingdom. 
 
 Briftol's importunate Negotiation procured this Anfwer from the 
 King of Spain. Firft, touching the Marriage, being defirous to over- 
 come all difficulties that might hinder this union, he had endeavoured 
 to conform hmifelf with the Refolutions given by the King of Great 
 Britain to the Popes Propofitions, and had difpatched a Poft to Rome -, 
 that his Holinefs judging what hath been here concluded , and held 
 fufficient , might giant the Difpenfation, which he engageth to pro- 
 cure within three or four moneths at the fartheft : And in the in- 
 terim, that no time be loft, the remaining Temporal Articles fhall be 
 treated and concluded. 
 
 As touching the Palatinate, by his late Difpatches into Flanders, 
 due tourfeis taken to fettle all things as may be defired : But until it 
 be known what effcds the fame hath wrought, and what the Emperor 
 will reply, no Anf vor can be given in writing to the Particulars con- 
 tained in the Ambaflfadors Memorial. 
 
 Moreover, the Popes Demands to which King ^ames took ex 
 ceptions, being now accommodated by the King of Spain, were fent 
 into England, and prefently figned by the King and Prince, without 
 the change of a word . 
 
 Br'iftols An- 
 fwer from the 
 Kingof ^jirtin. 
 
 The Popes 
 D«mands 
 figned by tlw 
 King and 
 Prince. 
 
 Klngl
 
 7f^ 
 
 Hijlorical CoUcBions, 
 
 An. 1622. 
 
 Fritnheniak 
 block M up by 
 rafenheim. 
 
 ^he King 
 WTircs to 
 Br'tjiol. 
 
 The fkSoraie 
 conferred up- 
 on the Duke 
 oi Bavaria in 
 the Diet at 
 Ratkbane. 
 
 The Prote- 
 flanc Princes 
 pleail for the 
 Palatine's re- 
 ftitution. 
 
 /.. 
 
 King ^ames having ftrongafTurance that the Difpenfation muft needs 
 be granted fpeedily, appointed his Agent Ga^/, who was now again at 
 Mome, to piefent to the Pope and certain Cardinals thofe Letters which 
 lay in his hand to be delivered at a fit feafon. The Kings Letter to the 
 Pope, gave him the ftile of Moft Holy Father. Likewil'e he direded the 
 Earl of Briffol to proceed to the Temporal Articles, and to confummate 
 the whole bufincls. 
 
 But while tb.c King had fo much zeal and confidence in his Appli- 
 cations to Spain and Rome, the Palatinate is left at random, upon the 
 Spaniards loofe and general promifes : For , Colonel Papenheim had 
 block'd up Frankendale, the onely Hold whereby the Falfgrave kept a 
 footing in his ruined Country. The Imperialifts laughed to think that 
 the Englirti Garrifon fliould expeft Relief by the Orders fent from Spain 
 to Brttxels ■• And when the King had made an offer to fequefter the Town 
 of Frankendale into the Infanta's hands, upon the fame alfurance from 
 her which herfelf had offered before the lofs of Manheim, ( which was 
 to reftore the place, whether a peace with the Emperor, or a rupture 
 followed ) fl'ie was fillen away from that propofition, and would accept 
 the fequeftration only upon a fimple truft to render it again at the expi- 
 ration of eighteen rooneths. 
 
 In this ff ate of affliirs, the King wrote thus to his AmbafTador in the 
 Spanitli Court. Concerning the ifnfertitnatc knotty affair of the Palatinate, 
 to fay the truth, as things now fland, jve cannot tell rvhat you could have 
 done more then yon have already done. Moreover he fhewed. That the 
 reafon of his late peremptory Inftrudtions concerning a dired Pro- 
 mife of Reffitution , was the grofs delay at Brnxels while Heidelburgh 
 was taken, and Manhcim beleaguered : As alfo Gages comuig from Rome, 
 and in ftead of the Difpenfation, prefenting him with new demands to 
 engage him in a Difpute or Treaty with the Pope, which he faid he 
 never intended. Wherefore at the inftance and perfwafion of his 
 Council, he was naoved to urge the matter fo, as to bring it to a fudden 
 period : Not but that the piecifeft of them were always of opinion, That 
 if the Match were once concluded, the other bufinefs would be accom- 
 modated to his fatisfadion. Then was the AmbafTador required to ftir 
 up that King to ufe all effedual means f®r diverting the Tranflation of 
 the Eledorate in the prefent Diet : Likewife to make him an offer of 
 Frankendale by way of fequeftration, upon condition of reftoriag it in 
 the cafe as now it ffands, whether the Peace fucceed or not. 
 
 But in the Diet held at Ratisbone, the Emperor declared the Palatine 
 to be the Caufe and groundwork of all thofe Wars and miferies •, and 
 that the Eledorate of this profcribed Enemy being devolved into his 
 hands, he had conferred it upon the Duke of Bavaria, who in this Caufe 
 and fervice had ipent his Treafure, and hazarded his blood againft his 
 own Nephew the Palfgrave, 
 
 The Proteffant Princes defired the Emperor to confider. That 
 in fo high a Caufe as the difpofing of an Electorate, and fo principal 
 a Perfon in the Colledge of Electors, who uncited, unheard, and with- 
 out all knowledge of the Caufe hath been condemned , and againft 
 all Equity oppreffed by the Publication of the Ban •, His Imperial 
 Majefty iliould not have proceeded fo rigoroufly without the advice 
 and confent of the other Eledors , as was agreed upon in the 
 Capitulation Royal, and Fundamental Law of the Empire. And 
 fince the Diet was called for reftoring the Peace of the Empire , it 
 ' were 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions. 
 
 V 
 
 were nccefTary in the firft place ro remove the Obftacles, thofe extreme 
 Executions in Bohemia, which may make that people defperate, and which 
 the Lutheran States following the Auguftane Conteflion have their eyes 
 upon. And though it be given out, that the feverity there exercifed is 
 merely for private Juftice, yet it is fo linked wich the Publique Caufe,thac 
 unlefs it be fpeedily ended j'and the two Churches in Prague again opened, 
 and the free exercife of Religion permitted, they can fee no fure Peace,but 
 defolation and ruine like to follow. And for the Prince Palatine, feeing 
 he is already fufficiently puniflied, it were commendable in his Imperial 
 Majefty to reftore him, upon fubmiiTion, to his Lands and Dignities 5 
 otherwife there is no likelihood of reftoring Peace. And in transferring 
 the Electorate, if it muft be fo, this main thing were to be confidered. 
 Whether the exclufion of the PalfgrAve's perfon doth exclude his 
 Children, who by the providence of their Anceftors, before this a(5l 
 of their Father, had an hereditary right thereunto: Or whether that 
 
 B Prince's Brother, or other of the Kindred who have no way offended, 
 fliould be in this cafe negleded •: This will be ill refented by the other 
 Eledors and Princes allied to the Palatine., who have been quiet hitherto 
 upon confidence of the Emperors clemencie 5 But perceiving all hopes 
 of recovering the Eledloral Dignity to their Family taken away, maft 
 needs have recourfe to Arms. They further added. That the Palatine 
 was youHg, and abufed by evil Counfels, and no way the Author of the 
 ftirrs in Bohemia. Wherefore they give their adviee. That his reftoring 
 will quiet the otherwife endlefs troubles of the Empire, and for ever 
 engage him and all his Allies, and the whole Electoral CoUedge to his 
 Imperial Majefty. 
 
 The Catholick Princes anfwered. That the Palatinate being de- 
 volved upon the Emperor, he may beftow it according to his own plea- 
 fure •, And that he cannot fafely hold any terms of Amity with the 
 Palatine: That the impunity of fo great an Offender, will encourage 
 others to offend : And as for by-pafl fufferings, there hath been little 
 
 D, difference between his and the Emperors, though the Caufe were far 
 different : And that Mans f eld his General is yet in the Field, and profe- 
 cutes his Caufe by force of Arms. 
 
 The other Party replied. That the fecurity of the Imperial Dignity 
 and the fafety of the Empire confifted in the Concord between the Em- 
 peror and the Princes Eledors-, And if his Imperial Majefty Ihall ufe 
 this rigor, the Princes of Lower Saxony are of opinion that there can 
 be DO Peace eftabliOied : But this defired Reconciliation will give the 
 Emperor a quiet polfeffion of the Provinces recovered by the aid of 
 theEle(5tors and Princes-, otherwife there is a fair pretenfion left for 
 the renewing of the War, for that the Palatines Sons and Brother are 
 paffed by in the tranllition of the Elecftorate -, and the King of Great 
 Britain cannot but take it ill, to fee his endeavors produce no better 
 effed, but that his onely Daughter and her Children are left in 
 Exile. 
 
 The Emperor takes up the debate, and fheweth, That before the 
 Ban waspubliQied, he defired nothing more then that a Diet might be 
 convoked -, which being impeded by the profecution of the War, he 
 could do no lefs then publifh this Profcription to reprefs the Palatine 5 
 which fomc that now dilpute it,did then declare to be legal and ncceffary : 
 And this profcribed Eneray he will not reftore to the Eletiloral Dignity, 
 nor yet defer to compleat the number of Eletftors. 
 • L 2 Thus 
 
 20 
 
 ^acobi" 
 
 The Catholick 
 Princes reply. 
 
 The Protc- 
 ftants re- 
 alTume the 
 argument. 
 
 The Emperor 
 takes up the 
 debate.
 
 76 
 
 Hijiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1622.1 
 
 Sir Dudley 
 Carlton Rcfi- 
 rtcnt at rlic 
 Hague, fends 
 this judgment 
 of rlic matter 
 to the Marquis 
 of Buckjng- 
 kitni. 
 
 The! Prince 
 'and theMar- 
 .quis oiBuck: 
 
 iiigham go to 
 
 Si'ain. 
 
 Buckingham 
 viCts Olivaies, 
 and by liiiij is 
 conduced to 
 the King. 
 
 Orders' for the 
 Prince's en- 
 tertainment- 
 
 Thus have we good words from Sfain, and miferable ufage from 
 all tlie reft of the Houfe of Aufiria. Sir Dudley Carlton Ambaflador 
 Refident at the Hague, affured the Marquis of Buckingham, That though 
 the Spaiiilh Amballador D' Ognat in publique, oppofed the Emperor m 
 transferring the Eledorate, yet the judgment generally made upon it 
 was this, That it was a mecr Patelinage with a fecrct underftanding to 
 abufe King ^ames his goodnefs. Likewife the Emperor not content to 
 have chafed the Palfgrave out oi' Germany^ in the Propofitions of the for- 
 mer Diet, made this an Article to make War upon the United Provinces, 
 becaufe (among other quarrels) they gave refuge to theexpulfed Pala- 
 tine. Neverthelefs King ^ames refolved to wait upon the Match with 
 Spain , as the onely means to confolidate thefe publique fraftures in 
 Chriflendom. 
 
 And now behold a ftrange Adventure and Enterprife ! The Prince 
 and the Marquis of Buckingham, accompanied with Cottington and En- 
 dimion Porter, Poft in Difguife to Spain to accelerate the Marriage. The 
 I'j.oi February they went privately from Court, and the next day came 
 to Dover, where they imbarqued for holoign, and from thence rode Poft 
 to Paris, where they made fome ftop. The Prince,niadowed under a bufliy 
 Peruque, beheld the fplendor of that Court, and had a full view of the 
 Princefs Henrietta Maria, who was afterwards his Royal Confort. For 
 befides the great privacie of the Journey, they had fo laid the Englilih 
 Ports, that none fliould follow or give the leaft advcrtifement, until they 
 had gotten tlie ftart of Intelligencers, and paflei the bounds of France. 
 Howbeit they efcaped narrowly, and a fwift Intelligence fent to the King 
 oi Spain from Don Carlos Coloma was even at their heels before they arrived 
 at Madrid. 
 
 The Prince and Buckingham being in the Territories of Spain, to 
 make but little noife, rode Poft before their Company. The 7, of March 
 they arrived at Madrid the Royal refidence, and were conveyed with much 
 fecrecieinto the Earl of Bnftols houfe. The next morning the Earl ac- 
 quainted Gondomar with the arrival of the Marquis ol Buckingham : oli- 
 -vares fends immediately to defire leave to vifit the Marquis, which was 
 by no means permitted; but in the evening the Marquis went privately 
 accompaniea v...a the Earl oiBnflol, Sir Walter Aflon, and Coride Gondo- 
 mar, and miet this great Conde in a place near the Pahde, and after fome 
 Converfe was led by a back-way into the Kings quarter, and had private 
 Audience of the King •, who received him with extraordinary courtefies, 
 and expreflions of fo great joy, that might fignifie he was not ignorant of 
 the Princes arrival alfo : Infomuch that the Conde olivares having pro- 
 cured the Kings leave, went back with the Marquis of Buckingham and 
 kiifed the l^rinccs hands. 
 
 After this, the King and State devife how to give his Highnefs the 
 moft honorable reception. Inftantly they decree, That upon all occafions 
 of meeting he ftiall have the precedencie of the King 5 That he fliall 
 make his entrance into the Royal Palace in that form of State which is 
 ufed by the Kings oi Spain on the day of their Coronation, and that one 
 of the chief quarters in the Kings houfe lliall be prepared for his Lodgings-, 
 Tiiat an Hundred of the Guard attend him, and all the Council obey him 
 as the Kings own perfon. 
 
 The Common fort did magnifie this brave Adventure, and exprefs 
 his Welcom by fliouts and acclamations of joy, and prefently they marry 
 him to the infanta as it were by publique voice. And the King, to pleafe 
 ___^__ him 
 
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 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical ColleUions, 
 
 11 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 him nith a light of his Miftrefs, went abroad to vifit a Monaftery, with 
 the Queen, the Infanta, and his Brothers Don Carles and the Infant- i 
 Cardinal: So that his Highnefs had the happinels of a full View in leve- ' 
 ral places. 
 
 The King in perfon gave him feveral Vifics, and forced him to take 
 the hand and place of him. Divers Grandees and prime Officers of State 
 came to pretent their fervice, and as yet none did vifit liim but by the 
 Kiflgs fpecial order. A General Pardon was publilhed^ the Prifons were 
 opened, and hundreds of Offenders were fet at Uberty -, And a late Pro - 
 clamation againft Excefs in Apparel was revoked. Neitlier may we for- 
 get the Kings ftrain of Complement in the Advancement of Gondomar, 
 to whom he afcribed his great contentment and honor received by his 
 Highnefs's prefence 5 That he had made the Conde (whom he was pleafed 
 to term an En^li[h-man) one of his Council of State, to the end that his 
 Highnefs might be confident of their Proceedings, and privy to all their 
 Palfages. 
 
 The Prince, on the day of Publique Entrance, was attended in the 
 morning by the Conde Gondmiar, and divers Councellors of State, to 
 ^.^eromsiAoniiitxy^ the place whence the Kings of 5/'4/>? are wont to 
 make tiieir folemn entrance into Madrid on the day of their Coronation : 
 There the Prince was feafted, and ferved by divers great Officers of State 
 waiting bare-headed. Atter dinner, the King came to condudi his High- 
 nefs through the Town to the Royal Palace, having prepared all things 
 for the Solemnity in the greateft magnificence and fplendor. 
 
 The Kin;i letting the Prince on his right hand, they rode in great 
 glory under a Canopy of State fupported by the Kegidors of the Town, 
 who.were arrayed in Cloth of Tifiiie: The Nobility and Grandees of 
 S^ain attended by their feveral Liveries, all very rich and coftly, went 
 before -, And after came the Marquis of Buckingham, and the Conde oli- 
 njarcs, executing their places of Mafters of the Horfe 5 After them follow- 
 ed the Earl of Bn^ol and Sir Walter Jfton , accompanied with divers 
 Councellors of State, and Gentlemen of the Kings Chamber, 
 
 And being alighted at the Palace-gate, the King led the Prince to 
 the Queens quarters, where having entred her chamber, he was met and 
 received by her with great refped, in manner becoming the ftate of great 
 Princes-, three Royal feats were placed, the Queen fate in the middle, 
 the Prince on her riglit hand, and the King on the left. His Highnefs was 
 thence conduded by the King to the Lodgings prepared for him -, where 
 after they had converfed a while, the King left him. 
 
 Atter a little paule, the Queen by her Alajor-domo gave him a further 
 and very noble Welcom with fundry rich Prefents, as Perfumes and coftly 
 Wearing-Linen. The King fent him two Golden Keys, which would 
 open all his Privy- lodgings and his Bed-chamber, giving him to under- 
 ftand that he had free accefs unto him at all hours. 
 
 The Councellors of State prcfented themfelves to let him know, 
 That by the Kings exprefs command they were to obey his Highnefs as 
 exacHy as the King himfelf. He was conft antly attended and ferved with 
 Grandees indTituladees, and was entertained with many Shews and Tri- 
 umphs, and feveral daily Paflimes. And one day running at the Ring in 
 company of divers of the Nobility, his Higncfs was the onely Perfon that 
 bore the Ring away,and that in prefence of the /w/wf^ his Miftrefs,which 
 was interpreted a good Omen at the beginning of his Atchievement. 
 In fine, there wanted nothing which the wit of man could devife for the 
 height 
 
 20 ^acohi. 
 
 The Prince 
 fees the In- 
 fanta, 
 
 Is entertained 
 honorably by 
 the King. 
 
 Makes his en- 
 trance pub- 
 liqucly into 
 
 Madrid. 
 
 The King 
 fends the 
 Prince two 
 Golden Keys. 
 
 The Grandees 
 
 are coiniiiand- 
 ed to attend 
 his Highnefs.
 
 7S 
 
 Hijiorical CoUeFiions. 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 The Marquis 
 
 oi Bud'jngham 
 made Duke. 
 
 The people 
 ralk, that the 
 Prince is come 
 to change his 
 Religion. 
 
 height of outward glory : The Governors of the Town prefented the 
 Marquis of Buckingham with the rich Cloth of State which was borne 
 over the King and Prince in the great Solemnity, as a Fee belonging to 
 the Place which he then executed. 
 
 From the Court of England many Lords and Gentlemen went after 
 the Prince, that bva fplendid Train and Retinue of his own People he 
 might appear as the Prince of England. And the Marquis of Buckingham 
 was then made a Duke, by a Patent fenc from England. 
 
 This magnificent Entertainment, and the univerfal Joy in Sfain, was 
 grounded on the hope of the Prince's turning Catholick : For the voice 
 of the people went. That he was come to be a Chriftian : Add the Conde 
 olwares, when he gave him the firftVifit, did congratulate his Arrival 
 with thefe expreffions •, " That the Match iliould be made prefently, and 
 '' that the Kings of Spain and England llwuld divide the World between 
 " them •, For that he did not queftion, but he came thither to be of their 
 "Rehgion. Whereunto the Prince anfwered. That he came not thither 
 '' for Religion, but for a Wife. 
 
 But there wanted no endeavors to reconcile the Prince, and by him 
 the BntiilT Dominions to the Sea of 7?o?«f. Gregory the Fifteenth, then 
 Pope, "* exhorted the Billiop of C^«cAf;? Inquifitor-General of Spain, to 
 improve the opportunity : And he fought to charm the Prince^by writing 
 a very fmooth Letter to him : Yea,he condefcended to write to Bucking- 
 ham his Guide and Familiar , to incline him to the Romidi religion. 
 And the Pope alfo wrote a Letter to the Prince, the tenor whereof 
 followeth. 
 
 digerc fuavher 
 
 conetur fub Romandi Ecdeji£ ditionetn, cut vetoes Magnu Britannia Domini, coronatum capt, fy imperii fafces 
 
 (Ccelo plaudente) fiibmiferunt. 
 
 Quare te mdnemut-, ut tid Catholicum Regem religiofusConfiliariKf accedas, eafiue rationes defpicias quibus in- 
 figne aliquod bencficium Briiannjs Regnis fy Romans Ecclejia in pr^fenti rerum opfortuniturc comfavctur. Res 
 jpfa magna Atque gravijfima ejl ; quare eum verbis amflificare Mndebemm '■, Regnum Coflorum Britannis Principi 
 fatefacere, Rcgnum Britannia fcdi Apoftolic£ rcflituere incipiet^ qui Regii ijiius Adolofcentif animum Catholics 
 Religionif Jludio inflamavcrit, atque hdreticA imfietatit odio imfleverit,((^c. 
 
 Endeavors to 
 make the 
 Prince change 
 his Religion. 
 
 *Quare Apofto- 
 li.U literk hor- 
 tamurCatholi- 
 cam Ma'jefta- 
 tem, ut cum 
 Piincifem re- 
 
 B 
 
 The Pope's 
 Letftt to the 
 Prince of 
 Wales. 
 
 MO/? Noble Prince , We rvifh you the health and light of Gods grace. 
 Forafmuch as Great Britain hath always been fruitful in vertues, and 
 inmcnof great worth, having filed the one and the other World with the glory 
 of her renown. She doth alfo very often draw the thoughts of the Holy Afoflo- 
 lical chair to the confideralion of her fraifes.^ And indeed^ the Church was hut 
 then in her infancie, when the King of Kings didchoofe her for his inheritance, 
 and fo affeifionately, that 'ti^ believed the'^omzn'EoLgX&s were hardly there 
 before the Banner of the Crofs. Beftdesthat, many of her Kings inflrufled 
 in the knowledge of the true falvation, have preferred the Croji before the Royal 
 Scepter, and the Difcipline of Religion before Covetoufnef, leaving examples 
 of piety to other Nations, and to the Ages yet to come : So that having merited 
 the Principalities and fr(l places ofbleffednef in Heaven, they have obtained 
 on Earth the triumphant ornaments of HolineJ?. And although now the flate 
 of the Engli(l) Church is altered^ We fee neverthelcf tJje Court <?/Great Britain 
 adorned and furnifhed with Moral 'vertues which might ferve te fttpport the 
 charity we bear unto her, and be an ornament to the name of Christianity, if 
 wit hall (he could have for her defence andprote^ion the Orthodox and Catholick 
 truth. Therefore by h»w much the more the glory of your moft Noble Father, 
 and the apprehenjion of your Royal inclination delights ut, with fo much more 
 z,eal we difire that the gates of the Kingdom of Heaven might be opened unto 
 you, and that you might pur chafe to your [elf the love of the Univerfal Church. 
 
 Moreover, 
 
 D
 
 Htflorkal CulleBions. 
 
 79 
 
 Moreover, it being certain that Gregory the Great of mofi hle(fed memory ' 20 ^acobi. 
 hath introduced to the people of Ens.\md, and taught to their Kings the larv 
 of the Gofpel, and the reffecf of Apopolical authority - fVe, as inferior to htm 
 in holinefs and'vertue^ but etjual in name and degree of dgnitj, think it very 
 reafan.iblc, that rve following hi.< bleffedfootfteps, jhoidd endeavor the falvation 
 ofthofc Provi//ccs, efpecia/ly at thii time when your dcfign (mofi Noble Prince) 
 elevates tu to the hope of an extraordinary advantage. Therefore as you have 
 directed your journey to Spain towards the Catholick King, with de fire to ally 
 yottrfelfto the Houfe of Anfivh^ We do commend your deft^n, and indeed do 
 tcftijie openly in this prefcntbufinef, that you are he that takes principal care 
 of our Prelacy : For feeing that you deftre to take in.marriage the Dau?;hter of 
 Spain, from thence we may eafily conjecture, that the antient feeds ofchriflian 
 piety which have fo happily flour i (bed in the hearts of the Kings of Great 
 Britain, may (God profpering them) revive again in your foul. And indeed 
 it is not to be believed, that the fame man fhould love fuch an Alliance, that 
 
 B hates the Catholick Religion, and fhould take delight to oppref the Holy chair. 
 To that purpofe wc have commanded that mojl humble prayers be made conti- 
 nually to the Father of light s,i hat he would be p leafed to put you as a fair Flower 
 ofchriflendom, and the onely Hope of Great Britain, in po(fe(sion of that rnoft 
 noble Heritage which your Anceflors purchafed for you, to defend the authority 
 (yf the S over aign H/gh-PrteJl, and to fght aga''n[l the Monflers of Here fie, 
 Remember the days of old, encjuire of your Fathers, and they will tell you the 
 may that leads to Heaven, and what way the Temporal Princes have taken to 
 attain to the evr.rLifling Kingdom. Behold the gates of Heaven opened I The 
 mo(l holy Kings of England, who came from England to Komt accompanied 
 with Angels, didcome to honor and do homage to the Lord of Lords, and to the 
 Prince of the A po files in the Apoflolical Chair -, their action': and their 
 examples being as fo many voices of God , fpeaking and exhorting you to 
 follow the courfe of the lives of thofe , to whole Empire you fhall one day 
 Attain. 
 
 Is it pof^ible that you can fuffer that the Hereticks fhould hold them for 
 
 D, impious, and condemn thofe whom the faith of the Church teflifies to reign in 
 the Heavens with Refits Chrifl, and have command and authority over aU 
 Principalities and Empires of the Earth ? Behold how they tender you the 
 hand of this truly happy Inheritance, to conduB you fafe and found to the Court 
 of the Catholick King, and who deftre to bring you back again into the lap of 
 the Roman Church ^ befeeching with unfpeakable fighs and groans the God of 
 all mercy for your falvation, and do fir etch out to you the arms of the Apoflolical 
 charity to embrace you with all Chnflian affeBion, even you that are her de- 
 fired Son, in fhewing you the happy hope of the Kingdom of Heaven. And 
 indeed, you cannot give a greater confolation to all the people of the Chriflian 
 world, then to put the Prince of the Apoflles infofjefiou of your most noble 
 Iflan ', whofe authority hath been held fo long in the Kingdom ^/"Britain for 
 the defence of Kingdoms, and for a Divine Oracle, The which will eafily come 
 to paf, and that without difficulty, if you open your heart to the Lord that 
 knocks ■ upon which depends all the happinefs of that Kingdom. It is from 
 this our great charity, thatwe cherifl) the praifes of the Royal Name, and that 
 
 F which makes us defire that you and your Royal Father may be filled with the 
 names of Deliverers and Reflorers of the antient and paternal Religion of 
 Great Britain. 
 
 This is it we hope for, iru fling in the goodnef of God, in whofe hands are 
 the hearts of Kings., and who caujeth the people of the earth to receive healing, 
 to whom we will always ■labour with all our power to render you gracious and 
 _____ ^ favorable.
 
 8o 
 
 HiUorical ColleHions. 
 
 ~j)t^j 62.3 . ' favorable. In the tnterim take notice hj thefe Letters of the care of our charity, 
 \,^</''^i^, tvhich IS none other then to procure your happinef: And it will never grieve U4 
 I to h^ve written them, if the reading of them (iir but the lejfl (park of the Ca- 
 tholick faith in the heart of fo great a Prince •, nhom m rvifJi to be filed with 
 long continuance 0' joy, and floariflnngin the glory of all FertHCs. 
 
 Given at Rome in the Falace <>/ S.Peter, the 20. of April, 1625. 
 in the Third -year of our Popedom. 
 
 (fregorim 'P. T. XV. 
 Duci ^ucl^nghamia. 
 
 NObilis Vir, Salutem & lumen 
 Divins gratix. Authoritas 
 qua Nobilitatem tuam in Bricanni 
 Resia florere accepimus, non modo 
 ttieritorum premium, fed virtutis 
 patrocinium habetur. Egregium 
 plane decus , atque adeo dignum, 
 cui populi illi addi cupiant diuturni- 
 tarem. Verum vix dici poteft quan- 
 tus ci cumulus gloria: in orbe terra- 
 rum accederet,fi (Deofavente) foret 
 Catholics religionis pra?fidium • 
 facukatera certe nancifceris, qua te 
 eorum Principum conciliis inlerere 
 potes, qui nominis immortalitatem 
 adepti ad coclcftia regna pervene- 
 runt. Hanc tibi a Deo tributam, & 
 a Pontifice RomanD commendatam 
 occa{ionem,ne eiabi patiare,Nobilis 
 vir. Non te prxi;erit,regalium con- 
 filiotum confcium, quo in loco Bri- 
 tanna res hac xixit fit, quibufque 
 Spiritus fansfli loquentis vocibus, 
 Principum tuorum aures quotidie 
 pcrfonent.QucE gloria eflet nominis 
 fi te horiatore ac i'uafore, Anglicani 
 Regescoeleftem illius gloria* liaere- 
 ditatem rccuperarentquam Majores 
 eorum amplilTimam in iis regnis re- 
 liquerunt, divini cultus incrementa 
 curando, & Pontificix authontatis 
 ditione,non folum tuenda, fed etiam 
 propaganda! Multi iu^runt, atque 
 trunt in pofterum , quos benevo- 
 lentia Regum perituns divitiis lo- 
 cupletavit,& invidiofis titulis auxit •, 
 atque ut id Nobilitas tua confequa- 
 tur, non ideo fempiternis laudibus 
 nomen tuum memor pofteritas co- 
 let j at enim ii confilia tua potentilTi- 
 
 raos 
 
 Pope (^regory to the 
 D. o^^ucl^ngham. 
 
 RIgh' honor able yive rvifh you health 
 andthcli?hto Cods grace. The 
 authority rvhichrve under (land yott have 
 in the Court or England, is accounted 
 not only the reward of merit, but the 
 patronage ofvertuc. A remarkable ho- 
 nor indeed, ando' fuch worth, that the 
 people there ought to pray far its con- 
 tinuance ■• But it can \carce be exprefl 
 what an ace e^ of glory it would receive 
 in the world, if by the grace of God it 
 fhould become the fafegttard of the Ca- 
 tholick Religion. Tou have the means 
 to ingraft your felf into the a(fembly of 
 thofe Princes, who having obtained an 
 immortal name , have purchased the 
 heavenly inheritance. Suffer notjHono- 
 norable fir, this ocafion to (lip out of your 
 hands, afforded you by God,and recom- 
 mended to you by the Pope of Rome. 
 Tou are not ignorant. as intimate in the 
 Kings couniels, in what condition the 
 affairs o/"England are in this our Age, 
 and with what voices of the Holy Ghofl 
 (peaking— the ears of your Princes daily 
 tingle . How greatly would you be re- 
 nown d,if by your perfwafion and admo- 
 nition the King 0/ England (Jwuld ob- 
 tain the heavenly inheritance of that 
 glory which their Ance(lors left them 
 moft ample in tho(e kingdoms, by taking 
 care of the increa(e of Gods wer(hip,and 
 not only defending , but propagating 
 the dominions of the Pope's authority ! 
 There have been , and will be many 
 hereafter, whom the favor of Kings 
 hath much enriched with wealth that 
 fadeth away, and honored with envious 
 titles : And if your Honor attrtin this, 
 Po(lerity will therefore adore jour me- 
 mory
 
 Hijlorical ColleUions, 
 
 81 
 
 — t 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I 
 
 mor-j wiih evcrUftifig praijes ■• Birt if 
 yoter advice jloiild reduce Potent Kin^s 
 and NMiop.s to the Lap of the Church, 
 "fsur name rveuld he written in the 
 Book of the Lii'ing, whom the pangs 
 of death a(fault not, and the Records 
 of Historians would number yoa a- 
 mong thofe Sages in whoje light and 
 conduct Kings have walked. And 
 with what comfort of the present Ifc, 
 and reward of the fiture , that God 
 who IS rich in mercy would rtcompence 
 you, they eafily fore fee who are acquain- 
 ted with the skill and violence by which 
 the Kingdom of Heaven is conquered : 
 That we wi/J) you to be partaker of fo 
 great happinefi , not onely our Papal 
 charity moves m (to whofe care the 
 falvatton of mankinde belongeth) but 
 alfe the Piety of your Mother , who 
 having briught you forth to the 
 World, de fires to bring you forth a^ain 
 to the church o/Rome, whom (he 
 acknowledges for her Mother. There- 
 fore Didacus dc la Tucntc our beloved 
 Son , a Fryer , who hath prudently 
 managed the mo(l important affairs ef 
 your Princes here in Rome, being to 
 go to Spain, we have commanded him 
 to wait upon your Honor, and to deliver 
 you thofe Jpoflolical Letters to evi- 
 dence the great/ief of our Papal Cha- 
 nty, and our dcftre of yourfalvation. 
 reu may be pleafed to hearken to him, 
 as the interpreter of our minde, and 
 one adorned with thofe vertues, which 
 have been able to purchafe the love of 
 Foreign Nations to a Catholick and a 
 Regular Prie ft. Truly he hath fpokcn 
 fitch things of you in this Country of 
 the World, that he is worthy whom you 
 fhould cherijh with a fingular affection, 
 and protect with your Authority, as one 
 (ludioiu of the glory and fafety of t he 
 King and People of Great Britain. We 
 wilt pray the Father of Mercies, that 
 he would open the doors of the Kingdom 
 of Heaven to your Honor, and afford 
 you frequent evidences of his tie 
 mer>cy. 
 
 Given at Rome apud fanftairvMariam 
 Majorem fiih Anniilo rifcatoris, 
 19 Mali, \6ii. being theFirftyedr 
 of our Ruign 
 
 mos Reges populotque ad Ecclefi.T 21 ^acobi 
 
 gremium redacerenc ^ {"criberetur 1 
 
 nomen tuuin in libro viventium 
 
 quos non tangtc toi mentum raoicis 
 
 ac te Hiftoiiaium Monumenta in 
 
 eos fapientes referrent in quorum 
 
 rplendore Regcs ambulaverunr. 
 
 Quibus autc;m te prc-efentis vitre 
 
 foJatiis & tutmce pra?miis remune- 
 
 raretur Deus ille , qui dives eft in 
 
 milewcordia , omnes facile previ- 
 
 denc quibus nota eft ars , & vis , 
 
 qua RegnumCoelorum expugnatar' 
 
 Tantar te felicitatis compotem fieri 
 
 uc cupiamus efficit non folum Pon- 
 
 tificia Chantas, ad cujus curas toti- 
 
 us humani generis {-ilus pertinet, 
 
 fed eriam gcnetricis mx pietas, 
 
 qua? cum te mundo peperic ko- 
 
 manA ctiam ecclefix quam ipfa ma- 
 
 trem luam agnovit iterum parcre 
 
 cupit: Proin cum in ^/^/^.w/W pro- 
 
 fedionem paret diledius Filius re- 
 
 ligiofus vir Didacus dc la Fuente, 
 
 qui gravifTima principum tuorum 
 
 negotia in urbe fapienter Admini- 
 
 ftravit, ci mandaviraus ut Nobili- 
 
 tatem tuam adeat atque has A- 
 
 poftolicas literas deferac quibus 
 
 Pontificix Charitatis magnitude 
 
 & falutis tua: cupido declaretur. 
 
 Cum ergo audire poteris iententia? 
 
 noftra? interpretem, atque iis vir- 
 
 tutibus inftrudum qua? exterarum 
 
 Nationum amoiem Catholico eti- 
 
 am & Rcligiofo Saccrdoti conci'iarc 
 
 potuerunt. Ille quidem ea detein 
 
 hac oibis Patria prardicavit, ut di^- 
 
 nus fit quem finguhri affeiitu com- 
 
 pledtans & Authoritate tua Munias 
 
 Britannorum Regum populorumque 
 
 faluti & gloried inlervientcm nos 
 
 quidem I'atrem Mifericordiarum 
 
 Orabnnus at Nobilitati tux cceleiHs 
 
 Regni fores patefaciat & frequentia 
 
 pra-beac Cleraentix fure docu- 
 
 menta. 
 
 Datum Roma: afudfixallnm 
 Mariam M,t)wem fub An- 
 vulo Fifcatoru , die 19 
 Mail. 1^23, Fmificatui 
 iwjiri Tenia. 
 
 M The
 
 8z 
 
 Htflor'ical CoUeBions. 
 
 An i6i3. The Prince o^ Wales returned this following Anfwer to the Popes 
 
 Letter ( according to a Copy preferved by fome then in Spam at the 
 Treaty.) 
 
 There is an 
 other Copy of 
 the Princes 
 Letter to the 
 Popf, publifh- 
 cd by feveral 
 hands, fome- 
 what different 
 from this. 
 
 CJ-'ROLVS Prmceps 
 Gregorio P.P. XV. 
 
 Sancltfime Pater, 
 
 BEatitudinis - veftra? Litteras 
 non minore gratitudine & 
 obfervantia accepimus, quam 
 exigat ea qua novimus exaratas in- 
 fignis benevolentia, &pietatisaf- 
 fedus. Atque illud imprimis gra- 
 tum fuit, nunquam fatis laudata Ma- 
 jorum exempla infpicienda Nobis a 
 veftra SandHtate atque imitanda 
 fuiiTe propofita: Qui licet multoties 
 omnium fortunarum & vita: ipfius 
 difcrimen adiverint, quo fidem 
 Chriftianam latius propagarcnt , 
 haud tamen alacriori animo in in- 
 feftiflimos Chrifti hoftes, Crucis 
 Chriftivexillaintulerunt, quam nos 
 omnem opem & operam adhibebi- 
 mus ut qu.r tarn diu exaltavit pax 
 & unitas, in Chriftianam Rempub- 
 licam poftliminio reducatur. Cum 
 enim Difcordiarum Patrls malitia 
 inter illos ipfos qui Chriftianam 
 profitentur Religionem tam infeli- 
 cia feminaritdiflidia, hocvelmaxi- 
 me necefTarium ducimusad Sacro- 
 fandtam . Dei & Salvatoris Chrifti 
 gloriam felicius promovendam. Et 
 minori nobis honori futurum exifti- 
 mabimus, tritam Majorum No- 
 ftrorum veftigiis infiftentes viam, 
 in piis ac Religiofis fufceptis illo- 
 rum ctmulos atque imitatores ex- 
 titifte, quam genus noftrum ab illis 
 atque originem duxifle. Atque 
 ad idem nos iftud plurimum in- 
 flammat perfpedla nobis Domini 
 Regis ac Patris noftri voluntas, & 
 quo flagrat defiderium ad tam San- 
 ftum opus porrigendi manum auxi- 
 liatricem , turn qui Regium pciTtus 
 exedit dolor, cum perpendit quam 
 
 quam de- 
 ploranda: 
 
 {xvx exoriantur ftrages, 
 
 Prince Charles to Pope 
 Gregory XV. 
 
 Moft Holy Father, 
 
 WB have received pur Let- 
 ter rvith no l-ef thankffilnef 
 and refpecf, then is due to 
 the fwgttUr goodwill and godly aff cati- 
 on wherewith we know it was written. 
 It was moft acceptable unto us, that the 
 never enough Renowned Ex-amples of 
 our Anceftors were propofed to its hy 
 your Hoitnef for our infpe^ion and 
 imitation •■, who though they often 
 hazarded their lives and fortunes to 
 propagate the Chriflian Faith , yet did 
 they never more chcarfully dtfplaf the 
 Banners of the Cro/of Chrijf againfl 
 his moft bitter enemies, then we will 
 endeavor to the utmoft, that the Peace 
 and Union which fo long triumphed^ 
 may he reduced into the Chrtftian 
 World, after a ktndc of Elimination 
 or Exile. For fmce the malice of the 
 Father ofDifcords hath (owed fuch un- 
 happy Divifions amongji thofe who 
 profef? the Chriftian Reiigton, We ac- 
 
 \ count this moft necefjary thereby to pro- 
 mote with better fuccef, the glory ef 
 
 I GodandChrift our Saviour -^ nor fhj/l 
 ivecfteem it le^ honor to tread m their 
 footfteps,and to have been their Rivals 
 
 I and Imitators in holy undertakings, 
 then to have been dtfc ended of them. 
 
 j And we are very much encouraged te 
 
 ' this, as well by the known inclination 
 of our Lord and Father, and his ar- 
 dent defire to lend a helping hand tofo 
 pious a work, as by the anguifl) that 
 
 gnaws his Royal bresl. when he con- 
 fiders what cruel dcftrucltons , what 
 deplorable calamities arife out of the 
 dtftcntions ef Chriftian Princes. Tour 
 Holinef? conjeBure of our deft re to con- 
 trail an Alliance and Marriage with a 
 Catholick Family and Prince f , is 
 agree' 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HiUor'tcal CoUeBions. 
 
 8? 
 
 I 
 
 agreeible both to yoi*r Wifdem and 
 Chrity •, for tve would never deftre fo 
 'vehemently to he joyned in a (IriB and 
 indtffoluhle Bond with any Mortal 
 tvhatfoever, rvhofe Religion rve hated. 
 Therefore your Helinef^may be ajfitred. 
 That rve are, and always TPiU be of that 
 Moderation, m to ahfiain from fuch 
 aSiions which may tejlifie our hatred 
 a^ainji the Roman Catholtck Religi- 
 on •, we will rather embrace all eccaftons 
 whereby through a gentle and fair 
 procedure all fmifter [uffitions may 
 be taken away ^ That as we all con- 
 fef one Individual Trinity, and one 
 Chrifl Crucified , we may unani- 
 mouflygrow up into one Faith. Which 
 that we may compaf , we little 
 value all Labor and Watchings, yea, 
 the very hazard of our lives. It re- 
 mains, that we render thanks to your 
 Holinef for your Letter, which we 
 esieem as a ftngnlar frefent , and 
 wijh your Boltnef all frtfperity and 
 eternal haffinef. 
 
 Dated at Madrid. 
 20^unii,i6z^, 
 
 plorandx cilamitates ex principum 
 Chriftianorum difTenfionibus. Ju- 
 dicium vero quod Sandtitas veftra 
 tulit de noftro cum domo ac Prin- 
 cipe Catholico Affinitatem &Nu- 
 ptias contrahendi defiderio, & Cha- 
 ritati veftrcT eft confentaneum, nee 
 a fapientia invenietur alienum.Nua- 
 quam tanto quo ferimur ftudio , 
 nunquam tam zxGto & tarn indifTo- 
 lubili vinculo uUi Mortalium con- 
 >ungi cuperemus, cujus odio Reli- 
 gioaem profequeremur. Quare San- 
 dlitas veftra illud in animum indu- 
 cat, «a niodo nos efle fempcrque fu- 
 turos moderatione, Ut quam longif- 
 fime abfuturi fimus ab omni opere 
 quod odium teftaripofllt uUamad- 
 vcrfus Religionem Catholicam Ro- 
 manara: Omnes potius captabimus 
 occafiones quo leni benignoque re- 
 rum curfu finiftrx omnes fufpiciones 
 e medio penitustoUantur, Ut ficut 
 omnes unam individuam Trmita- 
 tem, & unum Chriftum Crucifixum 
 confitemur , in unam fidem unani- 
 miter coalefcamus : Quod ut a(Tc- 
 quamur, labores omnes atque vigi - 
 lias , Regnorum etiam atque viix 
 periculaparvipendimus. Reliquum 
 eft ut quas pofTumus maximas, pro 
 Uteris quas infignis muneris loco 
 duciraus, gratias agentes, Sandlitati 
 veftra? omnia profpera & felicita- 
 tem jeternam comprecamur, 
 
 Datum Matriti, 
 20 ^unii. 
 1625, 
 
 Orations, Proceffions, and pompous fliews were made in Spain, to 
 allure the Prince to Popery •, PopilTi Books were dedicated, ana Popifli 
 Pidhires prefented to him. They carried him to the moft Religious pla- 
 ces, and to perfons famous for pretended Miracles. And they lliew him 
 of what importance his Converfion is, to the gaining of a large catpance 
 into the Infantas affedtion, and a fmooth path to this Catholick Marri- 
 age. And in cafe a Rebellion in England {hould follow his change of Re- 
 ligion , they offer an Army to fubdue the Rebels. 
 
 But the Prince remained ftedfaft in his Religian 3 neither did he ex- 
 prefs any lliew oi change) 
 
 But as to the interior carriage of Affairs, notwithftanding his fplen- 
 did entertainment to the height of Princely State, yet in the main bufi- 
 
 M 2 nefs 
 
 ^acobi 2i' 
 
 Allurements 
 to make the 
 Prince change 
 hisReh'gion, 
 
 The Prince 
 'dedfart in his 
 Religion,
 
 H 
 
 Hijlor'tcal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 Is not well 
 dealt with in 
 his Addrefs to 
 the Infanta- 
 The Difpenfa- 
 tion is at laft 
 procured. 
 
 The Difpenfa- 
 tion comes 
 clogged. 
 
 Olivtns pro- 
 pofes ways of 
 Accommoda- 
 tion. 
 
 The King of 
 Spain proffers 
 ro engage 
 himfelf on 
 the behalf of 
 the King of 
 England and 
 I the Prince. 
 
 His Ghoftly 
 Fathers ap- 
 prove liis in- 
 tentions. 
 
 ncfs he was meanly dealt with, and in his Addrefles to the infant a, un- 
 worthily reftrained and undervalued. 
 
 The Difpenfation flicks long in the Birth, but after a tedious Tra- 
 vel it was brought forth : Mr. George Gage advertifed the King from 
 Komc, That the Cardinals made mention of him in mod: honorable Lan- 
 guage, and had a firm opinion, that the former Rigor towards Catho- 
 licks hath rilen from others, but the Graces vouchfifed to them from 
 himfelf-, and they were now confident that fuch potent interceffions 
 havinc been made with him, and all civil jealoufies removed, he will not 
 onely command a real performance of what is promifed, but according to 
 his own Loyal heart, will enlarge thc.benefit. 
 
 Furthermore, heaffured the King, That fuch difficulties as were al- 
 ready fpent, and were yet to come, have been laid hold on oy the Car- 
 dinals ', neither to fruftrate, nor prolong this Treaty, but out of an opi- 
 nion, that otherwife they could not lecure their Confciences, proceed 
 upon a jufl and valuable ground, and fatisfie the judgments of fuch dif- 
 creet perfons, as may in times to come, underltand the Palfages of this 
 
 great Bufinefs. 
 
 So the long folicited Difpenfation came from Pope Gregor'j the Fif- 
 teenth, to the Court of S^Ain. But whereas it was expefted tuiland ab- 
 folute, it came with a Clog, a Claufc thruft in of purpofe to retard the 
 proceedings. 
 
 That whereas there were certain Articles condifcended unto by the 
 King of England, in favor of the Reman Catholicks in his Dominions, 
 Caution fbould be given for the performance of thofe Conceflions. 
 The King anfwered. That he could give no other Caution, then his 
 own and the Princes Oath, exemplified under the Great Seal of Eng- 
 land. But this would not fatisfie , unlefs fome Sovereign Cathohck 
 Prince would ftand engaged for them. Hereupon the frame of things was 
 like to fall a funder, and a rumor went, that the Prince intended to get 
 away covertly. 
 
 Amidft the heats of this difpute, oli'vares (whither ia a humor or 
 good earneft) propounded three ways ot accommodation : The firft 
 was. That Prince Charts iTiould become Cathohck. The fecond, That 
 the Infanta lliould be delivered to him upon the former fecurity, without 
 further condition. Thethird was, tobindehim asfaftas theycould, and 
 nor truft him with any thing. And of thefc three ways, he laid. The 
 two former were good, but the laft was a bad one. 
 
 At length the King of Spain proffered to engage himfelf by Oath on 
 thebehalf of theKing and Prince for the peiformance of the Articles. 
 Provided, That he firft confult with his Ghoftly Fathers, whither he 
 might do it with a fafe Confcience. This was a fair contrivance, whereby 
 that King might not onely obUge our King and Prince,but lay the ground- 
 plot of a fair pretence of War againft England, if the Roman Catholicks 
 received not fatisfaifion in the enjoyment of the Freedom promifed, Be- 
 fides he would form a party in thefe Dominions to a Dependance u^on his 
 Proteiftion. 
 
 A ^unSlooi Divines were called to determine upon the Cafe, and 
 they go very gravely and tedionfly to work, and protradt the time almoft 
 beyond the bounds of the Princes patience ^ but they conclude at laft 
 Affirmatively. And in cafe the King of England fail to execute what 
 was ftipulated, the King of Spain was to vindicate his Oath, and right 
 himfelf by the Sword. 
 
 Then
 
 Hi^orical ColIeBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ^1 
 
 Then was the Match declared publickly, and the Prince had frequent 
 accefs to the 7;j/4wM, yet always in a publick manner, and in the Kings 
 prefence. 
 
 Whileft thefe things were forging in Spain , there were not 
 wanting fuch as warned the King , and tendred fafer Counfels. The 
 Archbilliop of Canterbury was bold to prefs him clofe m this ferious 
 Letter. 
 
 May It pleafe Your Majefly, 
 
 THa've been too long filent, and am afraid hj wj filence I have negtccfed 
 the duty of the place it hath plea fed God to call me unto, and your Majefly to 
 place me in ■• But now I humbly crave leave, I may difcharge my Confctence 
 towards Cod, and my duty to your Majefly ^ and therefore f befeech you freely 
 to give me leave to deliver my (elf , and then let your Majefly dowith me rvhat 
 you pie ale. torn Majefly hath propounded a Toleration of Religion, I befeech 
 you take into your confideration rvhat your Act is, rvhat the confequence rfiny be. 
 By your AByou labor to jet up the moft Damnable and Heretical Doftrine of the 
 church of Kome^ the Whore of h^hylon: How hateful it tPiS be to God, and 
 grtevous to your good Subje^s, the Profeffors of the Gofpel, That your Majefly 
 who hath often difputed, and learnedly written again ft thofe Her e fie s, fhould 
 now fl)eivyour felf a Patron of thofe wicked DoBrines which your Pen hath told 
 the World, and your Confcience tells your felf, are Super flitiow, idolatrous, 
 and deteflable. And hereunto I adde what you have done in [ending the Prince 
 into Spain without confent of your Council, the Privity and Approbation of 
 your People: And alt hough you have a Charge and Interefl inthe Prince, as 
 Son of your flefh •, yet have the people a greater, ai Son of the Kingdom, upon 
 whom next after your Majefly are their Eyes fixed and welfare depends 5 and 
 fo tenderly is his going apprehended, /u (believe it) however his return may be 
 fafe ; yet the drawers of him into this j£iion, fo dangerous to himfelf, fo 
 defperate to the Kingdom, will not paf away unqueflioned, unpunijhed. Be- 
 fides, this Toleration which you endeavor to fet up by your Proclamation, can- 
 net be dene without a Parliament, unlef your Majefly will let yeur Subjeffs fee 
 that you will take unto your felf ability to throw down the Laws of your Land at 
 your pleafure. What dread confequence thefe things may draw afterward, J be- 
 feech your Majefly to conftder, and above all, left by this Toleration and dif- 
 countenMcing of the true Prof ef ion of the Gofpel, wherewith God hath bleffed 
 us, and this Kingdom hath (0 long fiourifhed under it, your Majefly do not draw 
 upon this Kingdom in general, and your felf in particular, Gods heavy wrath 
 and indignation. 
 
 Thm in difcharge of my duty towards God, to your Majesty, and the place 
 $f my Calling, I have taken humble leave to deliver my Confctence, Now Sir, 
 do what you pleafe with me. 
 
 The King would not admit any Motion of drawing back, but in go- 
 ing forward, he would yield to all demands, and was accordingly fcrued 
 up to the greateft height. 
 
 Soatlaftthe Difficulties in Rome and Spain were all furmounted •, 
 I and then thefe following Articles [Stiled by the Cardinals, Propof.tions 
 1 for the right Augmentation and Weal of the Roman Caiholick Rdtgi-on 3 
 were fwom unto by the Kmg, Prince and Privy Council, 
 
 "1, That 
 
 21 J-iicobi. 
 
 The Match is 
 'iedareii pub- 
 lickly. 
 
 The Ai-ch- 
 bifhops Letter 
 to the King 
 againft Tole- 
 ration of 
 Popery.
 
 S6 
 
 HiBoricai Colle&ions. 
 
 An. 162^. 
 
 fArticIcsfworn 
 ro by the 
 King, Prince,' 
 and Privy 
 Council. 
 
 I. " npHat the Marriage be made by Difpenfadon of the Pope, but 
 " L that to be procured by the endeavor of the King of Spain. 
 
 I I. " That the Marriage be once onely celebrated in Spain, and rati- 
 " fied in England, in form following. In the Morning after the moft Gra- 
 " tious Infanta hath ended her Devotions in the Chappel , ihe and the 
 " moft Excellent Prince charts, fhall meet in the Kings Chappel, or ia 
 "fome other Room of the Palace, where it (hall feem moft expedient -, 
 " and there (hall be read all the Procurations , by vertue whereof the 
 " Marriage was celebrated in Sfain ^ and as well the moft Excellent 
 " Prince, as the moft Excellent Infanta , iball ratifie the faid Marriage 
 " celebrated in Spain, with all folemnity necellary for fuch an Aft ; fo as 
 "no Ceremony or other thing intervene, which fliall be contrary to the 
 " Roman Catholick Apoftolick Religion. 
 
 III. "That the moft Gratious Infanta, (liall take with herfuch 
 " Servants and Family as are convenient for her fervice •, which Family, 
 " and all perfons to her belonging, ftiall be chofen and nominated by the 
 " Catholick King : So as he nominate no Servant which is Vafl'al to the 
 " King of Great Britain, without his will and confent, 
 
 I V. " That as well the moft Gratious Infanta, as all her Servants 
 " and Family , ftiall have free ufe and publick Exercife of the Roman 
 " Catholick Religion, in manner and form as is beneath capitulated, 
 
 v. " That fhe fliall have an Oratory and Decent Chappel in her 
 " Palace 5 where, at the pleafurc of the moft Gratious Infanta, Mafles 
 " may be celebrated 5 and in like manner flie fliall have in London, or 
 " wherefoever flie fliall make her abode, a Publick and Capacious Church 
 *' near her Palace, wherein all Duties may be folemnly celebrated , and 
 "all other things neceftaryfor the Publick Preaching of Gods Word, 
 " the Celebration and Adminiftration of all the Sacraments of the Ca- 
 " tholick Roman Church , and for burial of the Dead, and Baptizing of 
 " Children. That the faid Oratory,Chappel,and Church,fliall be adorned 
 " with fuch decency as fliall feem. convenient to the moft Gratious Infanta. 
 
 V I. " That the Men-fervants and Maid-fervants of the moft Gra- 
 " tious Infanta, and their Servants, Children, and Defcendents, and all 
 '■' their Families of what fort foever ferving her Highnefs, may be freely 
 " and publickly Catholicks. 
 
 VII. "That the moft Gratious 7»/4wf4, her Servants and Family, 
 " may live as Catholicks in form following. That the moft Gratious /«- 
 ^^ fanta fliall have in her Palace, her Oratory and Chappel fo fpatious, that 
 " her faid Servants and Family may enter and ftay therein ^ in which there 
 " fliall be an ordinary and publick door for them,and another inward door, 
 " by which the infanta may have a paflage into the faid Chappel, where 
 " flie and other as abovefaid may be prefent at Divine Offices. 
 
 VIII. " That the Chappel, Church, and Oratory, may be beauti- 
 " fied with decent Ornaments of Altars, and other things neceflary for 
 *' Divine Service, which is to be celebrated in them accordmg to the 
 '• cuftom of the Holy Roman Church •, and that it fliall be lawful for the 
 "faid Servants and others, to go to the faid Chappel and Church at all 
 " hours, as to them fliall feem expedient. 
 
 X. " That the care and cuftody of the faid Chappel and Church fliall 
 " be committed to fuch as the Lady infanta fliall appoint, to whom it fliall 
 " be lawful to appoint Keepers, that no bady may enter into them to do 
 " any undecent thing. 
 
 X I. " That i 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Historical Colleciions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 X I; " That to the Adminiftration of the Sacraments, and to ferve 
 "in Chappel and Church aforefaid, there lliall be Four and twenty 
 "Prieftsand Alljftants, whoOiall ferve weekly or monethly, as to the 
 " Infanta, fliall fcem fir, and the Eledion of them Ihall belong to the 
 " Lady infanta, and the Catholick King. Provided, That they be none 
 "of the Vafliilsof theKingof Great Britain, and if they be, his will 
 "and confent is to be firfl obtained. 
 
 X"I I. " That there be one Superior Minifter or Biiliop, with necef- 
 "fary Authority upon all occafions which ihall happen belonging to Re- 
 " ligion ^ and for want of a Bilhop, that his Vicar may have his Authority 
 " and JurifditRion. 
 
 XIII. "That this Billiop or Superior Minifter, may Corred and 
 "Chaftife all Roman Catholicks who Ihall offend, and fliall exercile upon 
 " them all Jurifdidion Ecclefiaftical : And moreover alfo the Lady in- 
 '■•fanta fliall have power to put them out of her fervice,whenfoever it Ihall 
 " fecra expedient to her, 
 
 XIV. "That it may be lawful for the Lady Infanta and herSer- 
 " vants, to procure from Home, Difpenfations, ^Indulgences, Jubilees, 
 " and all Graces, as Hiall feem fit to their Religion, and Confciences, 
 " and to get and make ufe of any manner of Catholick Books what- 
 "foever. 
 
 X V. " That the Servants and Family of the Lady Infanta, who 
 " fhall come into England, fhall take the Oath of Allegiance to the King 
 " of Great Britain: Provided, That there be no claufe therein which 
 " fhall be contrary to their Confciences, and the Roman Catholick Re- 
 " ligion 5 and if they happen to be Vaflals to the King of Great Britain, 
 " they (liall take the fame Oath that the Spaniards do. 
 
 XVI. " That the Laws which are or /hall be in England againft Re- 
 " ligion fliall not take hold of the faid Servants 5 and onely theforefaid 
 " Superior Ecclefiaftical Catholick may proceed againfl Ecclefiaftical 
 "perfons, as hath been accuftomed by Catholicks: And if any Secular 
 " Judge lliall apprehend any Ecclefiaftical perfon for any offence, he fhall 
 '•forthwith caufe him to be delivered to the aforefaid Superior Eccle- 
 "fiaftick, who Hiall proceed againfl him according to the Canon 
 " Law. 
 
 XVII. "That the Laws made againft Catholicks m England, or 
 " in any other Kingdom of the King of Great Britain, fhall not extend to 
 " the Children of this Marriage -, and though they be Catholicks, they 
 "fliall not lofe the right of Succellion to the Kingdom and Dominions 
 "of Great Britain. 
 
 XVIII. " That the Nurfes which fliall give fuck to the Children 
 " of the Lady Infanta, (whither they be of the Kin^om of Great Bri- 
 *' tain, or of any otiier Naiion whatfoever) Ihall be chofen by the Lady 
 ^'^ Infanta, asflie pleafeth, and fliall be accounted of her Family, anden- 
 '■ joy the privilcdges thereof. 
 
 XIX. "That the Bifliop, Ecclcfiafti-cal and Religious perfons of 
 " the Family of the Lady Infanta, ihall wear the Veftmcnt and Habit of 
 " their Dignity, Profeffion, and Religion, after the Cuflom of Rome. 
 
 XX. "For fecurity that the faid Matrimony benotdiffolved for 
 " any caufe whatfoever : The King and Prince are equally to pafs the 
 " Word and Honor of a King •, and moreover, that they will perform 
 '' whatfoever lliall be propounded by the Catholick King for further con- 
 
 20 
 
 " finnation, if it may be done decently and fitly. 
 
 XXL "That 
 
 87 
 
 ^acobi.
 
 88 
 
 Hiftorical ColleBms^ 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 The Oath. 
 
 XXI. "That the Sons and Daughters which (hall be born of this 
 " Marriage, fliall be brought up in the company of the moit Excellent 
 ^'^ Infanta, attheleaft, until the age of Ten years, and fliall freely enjoy 
 '* the right of SuccefTions to the Kingdoms as aforefaid. 
 
 XXri. " That whenfoever any place of either Man-fervant , or 
 " Maid- fer van t, which the Lady /«/4»^;tlhall bring with her (nominated 
 " by the Catholick. Kmg her Brother) lliall iiappen to be void, whether 
 "by death or by other caufe or accident, all the faid Servants ot her 
 " Family are to be fupplied by the Catholick King as aforefaid. 
 
 X X 1 1 1. " For fecurity that whatfoever is capitulated , may be 
 "fulfilled, The King of Great Britain , and Prince charts are to be 
 "bound by Oath; and all the Kings Council (hall confirm the faid 
 " Treaty under their hands : Moreover the faid King and Prince are to 
 '•eive their Faiths in the Word of a King, to endeavor, if polTible, 
 " That whatfoever is capitulated, may be eftabli(hed by Parliament. 
 
 XXIV. " That conformable to this Treaty, all thefe things pro- 
 pofed, are to be allowed and approved of by the Pope, that he may give 
 an ApoftoUcal Benediction, and a Difpenfation neceflary to effcd the 
 
 " Matnage. 
 
 The Oath takea by the King and Prince, was as followeth, 
 
 W€ Jaarifping anD confirming tKje afo?efatd Crcatp, an5 all q 
 anD etjcrp Capitulation tontainct), anD fpccificD m x\)t fame. 
 Do app^oDe, applauD, confirm, an&rattfie of our certain fenoui^ 
 IcDgc, all anD et)er|» of ttiefe ttttngg in 80 muclJ ajettOcp concern our 
 ©elDejef, our IpeiriS, 0? our ®uccc(ro?0 : 3nD toe p?omjfe bp ttiefe 
 p?efent0in tbciwo^Dofa femg, tofecpp, fulfil, anD oUfertiettje fame; 
 anDtocaufctbemtobcfecpt, fulfilleD anD obferteD uitJiolablp, firmlp, 
 toellanDfaitljfuHp, effcauallp, Bona fide, toitDout aU ejccepnon, anD 
 contraoiftion. ^nD me confirm ttje fame toitO an ^atlJ. upon tbe Holy I j) 
 Evangehfts, in tbe p^efencc of tbcSIUuarwuisanD iSobleJohnde Mcn- 
 doza, Charls de Colona , 9ml)affaDo?j3 of t[)e mott <Sranou0 datbo-- 
 licfe - ing, reODtng in our Court. 
 
 3fn Crflimonp cinD 2Bitnef0 of all anD eber^ tbe p?emiCe0, toe bate 
 caufcD cur (Srcat Seal ro be put to tbofe SCrticlej? fubfcnbcD bp our 
 lJ)anDj5 tbere, in x\^z p?efence of t\)t moQ jEelierenD IFatber mCb^iOf, 
 George ^rcbblOjop Of Canterbury, p^miateof all England , anD tbe 
 l'iet>crenDfarberm(2i:b?tO, John XtCljop of Lincoln, Lp?o ll^rrper of 
 tbe (Sreat ©cal of England, Lionel Cranfield, Cbeif Creafurcr of 
 
 England, Henry BlfCOUnt Mandevil, ^^efiDent of DUr Ccuntll , Ed- 
 ward ^arl of Worcfefter, fiiocper of tbe ^?ibp ©cal, Lewis J)\xlt of 
 Richmond, anD Lenox lo?D ©tetoarD of OUr IJJOUftolD, James ^ar- 
 quef0 Hamilton, James (Earl of Carlifle, Thomas Carl of Kelly, Oli- 
 ver iLltfcDUnt Grandefon,&c. anD George Calvert^fenigbt, one of OUr 
 
 Cbeif Secretaries of State, antiallof our ^ribp Council. 
 
 <5ll)e.n at our l^alacc of Weftminfter, &c. 
 
 JACOBUS Rex. 
 
 Aker this the King did fwear to certain private Articles, in favor of 
 Papifts, and for tlft advancement of the lotoman Religion. 
 
 JAMES,
 
 Htftorical ColieBions, 
 
 8p 
 
 JAMES bp t^e grace of <S5oQ of Great Britain C^ing,DefcnDer of t&e 
 IFaitlJj^r. €o all to iQjIjuin tOi^ p?cfcnt touting tijall rome,gi:ating. 
 3|nafnu:ci^ 80 amortg tnanp otijer tOmgs )yi\)it\) arc contatneD toitliin 
 tlJcCrcatp of Marriage tcttocrn our mod Dfar'SciU Charls 0^inceof 
 Wales, anD tfte moCt renotuneD laDp Donna Maria Siaer of ttie nioc 
 rcnotoncD prince ani) our txtclIjclobcD'B?ot&cr Philip tlje IFouvtf) filing 
 of Spain, 3[t t0 ag?Df D, €Oat m bp our ^at& Q;all app^ot)c t(je %*ttcle0 
 unDer'CrP?cffeD to a IM02D : 
 
 1 . That particular Laws made againfi Roman Catholkks, under rvhich other 
 Faffals of our Realms arc not comprehendcd^and to whofe ohfervation all generally 
 are not obliged -^ as likewife general Laws under which all are Ctjitally comprifed, 
 jffo^e they are fitch rvhich are repugnant to the Roinif}^ religion, (hall not at any 
 time hereafter by any means or chance whatfoever dire^lj or indirectly be com- 
 mandedto he put in execution azainfl the faidRomanCatholicks-^and we ivilcau-fe 
 
 B that our Council j])all take the fame Oath as far as it pertains to them,and belongs 
 to the execution which by the hands of f hem & their Miniflers Is to be exercifed. 
 
 2 . That no other Laws (hall hereafter be made anew againjl the (aid Roman 
 Catholicks, but that there jhallbe <) perpetual Toleration of the Roman Cathelick 
 Religion within private houfes throughout all our Realms and Dominions, which 
 we will have to be under flood as well of our Kingdoms o ' Scotland and Ireland 
 as in England •, which P)allbe granted to them in manner and form as is capi- 
 tulated, decreed (^ granted in the jirticle'ofthe Treaty concerning the Marriage. 
 
 3 . That neither by m,nor by any other interpofedperfon whatfocverjdire^ly 
 or indire&ly, privately or publikely-, will we treat (or attempt) any thin^ with 
 the moft renowned Lady Infanta Domri Maria, which Jhall be repugnant to the 
 Romifh Catholick religion -, Neither will we by any means perfwade her that fhe 
 jhould ever renounce or reliijiqutfh the fame in fub fiance or form, or that (he fhould 
 do any thing repugnant or contrary to thole things which are contained in the 
 Treaty of Matrimony, - 
 
 4. That We and the Prince of Wales will interpofe our authority, and 
 D rvill do as much as in m (hall lie , that the Parliament [hall approve, con- 
 firm and ratifie all and fingular Articles in favor of the Roman Catholicks, 
 capitulated between the mofl renowned Kings by reafon of this Marriage ^ And 
 that the faid Parliament (haH revoke and abrogate particular Laws made a^ainfl 
 tne (aid Roman Catholicks, to whe[e obfervance alio the re(l of our SubjeSls and 
 Va(fals are not obliged ^ M likewife the general Laws under which all are eqiuUy 
 comprehended, to wit as to the Roman Catholicks, if they be fuch as is afore faid, 
 which are repugnant to the Roman Catholick Religion -, And that hereafter we 
 will not con (cut that the faid Parliament jhould ever at any time enaSt or write 
 any other new Laws against Roman Catholicks, 
 
 M ©prober 31 Chads ^^incc of Wales engage mpfclf (ant) p^omiCe 
 tljat t&c moQ illluartous lining of Great Britain, mj^mofl Bono^eD 
 lo?D anD lFat&cr,Qjall 00 tlje fame bott) bp too^D aifS to^iting ) ^l;at all 
 ttJofc tljuig0 tDbicu uvc f ontameD m t!)e fo?cgotng ^rttcle0, anD concern 
 30 tocll tfje fufpcnfion a0 tije abrogation of all lau)0 maDc agamn t(je 
 Roman aEatbolicfv"?^ tjall toitbuub^cr pca^^ mfalliblp tafee effect, anD 
 fooner if it be pofuble, tnbfcb toe tutll babe to lie upon our (Jonfcience 
 anD Eopal bono?, €liat 31 UitTl uucrccDe toitb tbe moot illuffriou0 filing 
 of G.Britain mp fatbcr,tbat tbe ten pear^ of tbe eDuration of tbc cbilD?en 
 tolntbtballbe bo?n of fbi0 marriage, ttitbtbe moff illuariou0laDp In- 
 fanta tbnr motber,acco^DeD m tbe 23 Art.(b3bicb term x\)t ^ope of Rome 
 DeQre0 to babe p?orogueD tp ttoelbe pear0)map be lengtbeneD to tbe faiD 
 -- ^___^ N * term: 
 
 ^acobi 
 
 21 
 
 Private Arti- 
 cles fworne to 
 by the King 
 in favor of 
 Roman Catho- 
 licks-
 
 po 
 
 HiBorical ColieBions. 
 
 \An. 152.3. 
 
 A difficulty 
 cnnccrnitig 
 the Popes title 
 on the Kings 
 parr. 
 
 'Another on 
 the Ambaf&- 
 ilorsparc con 
 ccrning pray- 
 ers in the 
 Kings Chap- 
 pel. 
 
 A tituUr Ei- 
 fhop of Cal- 
 cedjii fent into' 
 England. 
 
 Preparations 
 i for condnrt- 
 
 ing the In- 
 I fama into 
 I England. 
 
 term : 3nD 31 p?omtfc frerlp atiD of mp oton acco^D, anD ftoear, frOat if 
 it foljappcn tUat tlje tntirc potocr of Difpoang of tDtjs matter be Uit)Ol' 
 t)eD to me, 31 toiU alfo pant anD app?ot)e tlje faiD term* 
 
 3Fuvr(jermo?e 31 P^mce of Wales oblige mp felf upon mpfaitbto 
 tbe (Jatboltcii King, Cbat 30 often 30 tl;e moa Uluariou0 laop Infanta 
 Cjjall require tbat 31 QjoulD gibe ear to2?ibine0 o? otber0 tofcm ber ptQ^ 
 nef0 ctjall be pleafeD to emplop m matter of tbe Eoman Catljofitfe re= 
 ligton, 3f toiH bcarfecn to tbem UiiUinglp toitbout allbiffirultp, anil lap 
 mg a&De all ejccufe. SnD fo? furtbrr caution m point of tbe frar ejiercifc 
 of tbe CatboUtl? religion, anD tbe fufpention of tbe la\»abobe nameOj 
 3f Charls ^2ince of Wales p^omife and tafeeuponmeintbet»o?Dof a 
 E^mg, tbat t\)t tbinge abobe p?omifeD anD treated concerning tbcfe mat- 
 ter0, djall taht ma anD be put in execution 30 toell m tbe l^tngDotti0 of 
 
 Scotland anD Ireland, 30 of England. 
 
 The Privy-Councellors Oath was this : 
 
 IA.B. Do ftocar, C!;at 3 tuill trulp anD fullp obferbe, 30 mucb 30 Ip 
 longetbto me, all anD eberp of tbe 9rticle0 tobtcb arecontaineD in 
 tbeCreatpof ^srriagc bctteern tbe troffgractou0 chads ^^tnteof 
 
 Wales,anD tbe mo3 gracioU0 ILaDp Donna Maria Infanta of Spain.Xihe= 
 
 toife3} ftxiear,tbat3f t»ill neitber commit to e)tecutton,no? caufe to be ejce^ 
 cutcD eitber bp mp felf; o? bp anp mferio? ©fScer ferbmg me,anp iL3t»0 
 maDeag3in0 3npEomanOfbo!tf^t»batfoeb£r, no? toill ejt-ccute3np 
 punitijment inflttteD bp anp of toofe latn^, but in all tbing0 tobitb be^ 
 long to me toill faitbfullp obftrbe bi0 ^aieaie0 tuo^D gibcn in tbat 
 bebalf* 
 
 But in the taking of the folemn Publick Ojth, it is faid there arofe a 
 difficulty between the King and the Spanifh AmbafTadors concerning the 
 Popes title, Mofi holy •, which the King reiufed to pronounce openly in the 
 Chappel it Whitehall, alleadging that it was repugnant to his Religion, 
 and might be an impeachment to his honor : But the Ambafl'adors would 
 proceed no further, till the King had yielded to give him that Title. 
 
 There was another rub, which the King foon removed. The Ambaf- 
 fadors had heard.that in the Kings Chappel when they fhould come to fee 
 the fwearing of the Articles, thev ifhould be prefent at fuch Prayers and 
 Singing as were ufed in the Protectant Church 5 whereunto they declared 
 that they could not yield, fince the end of their coming thither was to 
 maintain and warrant the Catholick, Apoftolical, and Roman Church. 
 Whereupon the King commanded, that nothing fliould then be fung,but 
 what was chanted when the Conftable of Cajlile did fwear the Peace be- 
 tween the two Crowns, which was a Hymn of Joy in nraife of Peace. 
 
 At that time EngUnd had fwarmsof Priefts and Jefuites, who were 
 bufie in drawing thtj^eople from the Proteftant religion : And a titular 
 Bifliop of Calcedon privately came to London, to exercife Epifcopal jurif- 
 didion over the Catholicks ofthis Kingdom. 
 
 'Tis faid that King ^amcs had now fo much confidence of the Match, 
 as to fay openly in the Court, That now all the Devils in hell could not 
 break it. In Sfain the Infanta was ftiled the Princef of England, and was 
 kept no longer in her Virgin-retirements. In England a Chappel was 
 building for her at S. James, and Den Carlos de Colona laid the firft ftone : 
 Her Pidure was every-where to be feen, and a Fleet was prepared for her 
 pafTage: And the greateft Enemies to this Alliance fubmitted to the Kings 
 will. But in all this Capitulation between the two Crowns, hitherto the 
 
 Refti-
 
 Htftorical ColleBions. 
 
 9^ 
 
 ' Reftitution of the Palatinate was laid afide •, the King conceiving that \ ^acobi 2 1 
 the Confummation of the Match would overrule and fettle that affair to ' -^"v"" ^ 
 
 , . . r ■ r CL- No meution 
 
 his entire iatistadaon. ^3,,^ j„ ^i,^. 
 
 In the height of the Spaniih Treaty, there was a notable Letter writ i Capitulations 
 from Mi-.Alnred to the Duke, perfwading him not only to endeavor the i°h/p^°^'"^ 
 breaking off the Match with Spain, but alfo the preventing of any Matcl 
 with a Princefs of a different Religion, 
 
 I the Palatine. ' 
 
 A 
 
 6 
 
 D 
 
 THe Parable in the Cv^el (faid he) tells of a great King that married 
 his Son, and bade many thereunto •, yea, upon the excufal offorne, and 
 refufal of others, all of ivhaffocver condition, as well out of the hi^h- 
 rvays (as the h'gh-places) were called and invited. As ever) true Chriflian 
 hath an inter eft in the Marriage of that Kings Son of Heaven, fo every good 
 Stthjeii, Of well as every great Siib\e5f, hath an inters/} in the Marriage and 
 welfare of the Kings Son here on Earth. Which occdftons fo many (and me the 
 meaneft ofthefe many) to wijh that it may bring with it glory to Him on hi^h, 
 goodwill and ^e ace to thofe on earth. Which is much doubted cannot be from 
 Spain, fince the motioning of that M.lX.c\x makes a general fear, that it can 
 neither be fife for the Kings perfon , nor good for his Church and Commonwealth, 
 because that thereby there may he an inlet to the Romiih Locufts, who like the 
 Cankerrvorm may in an tnflant [mite our Gomd^under ivhofejliadow we (it fafe. 
 To addref this poor difcourfe to your Lordfliips more particular : Kings 
 have almoft ever u(ed to have their Favorites : Alexander had long fince 
 his Epheftion, and Henry the Third of France of late his Efpernon, and 
 Philip of Spain had fince his Lermas. Tea, the beft Princes have net wanted 
 them: For after the reckoning of D3.vid's great officers, Hulhai the Archyte 
 is called the Kings Friend, and\xz the ^aritc is fet down to have been Qhixti. 
 about David. Which flands to Reafon, and agrees with Nature : For every 
 private man is left to affe^ as he likes ; neither can AffeBion be forced. Now 
 to di fallow or confine that in a King, which is left at liberty in the meaneft Sub- 
 ject, were prepofterou-s and injur iom : For though they command Nations as 
 they are Kings, yet they are (ubjeB to their Pa f ions as they are men. And if 
 I may alleadge it without miftnterpretation of others, as I am free from ill 
 meaning my felf, who knows but Chrift, the rather to fl^w himfclfa Natural 
 man, expre([ed fo much che more his Pafion in his often weeping, and his Af- 
 fe^ien to divers particulars, but efpecially to 5. John, if I may not jay his Fa- 
 vorite, certainly the Difciplc whom Refits loved more then any of the reft. It 
 is Gods blefing, and your happinef, if you account it fo, to be the Kin^s Favo- 
 rite,- As Peter therefore not pre fuming to ask Clmfl who it was he fpake of, 
 beckoned to the Difciple whom ^^eft^s loved, on ivhofe breafl he leaned, to ask 
 for him ; fo fince mofl men neither may, or ought to 'be fo bold to ask or advife 
 the King in this bufmef fo much f^oken of, yet they point at you, who the higher 
 \ you Are in the Kin^s favor, the more you are m the Peoples eye andobfervation, 
 [ and they expeB you will net be wanting in the duty ofteSubjeB, a Cottncellor, 
 i and a Favorite. We do not redd of any fervant almofl better refpeSfed of his Lord 
 andMafler, then Elie/.ar <?/"Damafcus,iv/^flw Abraham had meant, had he died 
 childUf,to have made his heir •, and we read not of any fervice he did Abraham 
 ; more-, at le a fl greater, then in choice of a Wife for his fonKxxc. Among the Ser- 
 vants of our Patriarch, the Defender of our Faith, we obferve none better re- 
 ' jpcBed then your felf :, For the King hath manifeflcd, he loves not your 
 1 perfon only, but takes care for your foul, and labors to make you as good as great, 
 1 and as happy in another y'verld, as high in this : Tct we know not wherein you 
 can do him better fervice, then with Eliezar to help to choofe a Rebeccah 
 for our hopeful Prince. N 2 We 
 
 Mr. AUured\m 
 Letter ;o tlic 
 Duke.
 
 9^ 
 
 HMorical ColleBions. 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 We have net heard (faidhe) ef any Proteftant King that ever married\ 
 with a contrary Religion, favethelafi Henry 0/ N'var with the I aft Mai - 
 garet ^/France : which Marriage fo unfortunate to the parties (having never 
 I(f»e), and being afterwards divorced, was alfo fo fatal to our Religion, that 
 there was more Blood (pilt at thofe Nuptials, then Wine (pent : For while ths 
 Proteftants dreamed of the glory and (ecurity they fhould havt hy the Match, 
 they were moft miferahly malfacred. And who doubts but what the French 
 Papifls committed in their own Country upon that colour and occafi^n, the 
 SpaniflT Pj/*//?^ would be glad to fee done in this Kingdom upon the like ? 
 For without breach of charity we may doubt of their fincere meaning , though 
 there be a Treaty of a Match : fince in Eighty Eight, even while there was 
 4 Treaty of Peace, their Armado came upon w. 
 
 Again, we (l)aU find it was forbidden in the best people in the world., to 
 marry with a differing Religion. The injunBion, the reafon, andtheeffe£i 
 are laid down in Deuteronomy to the Jews. 
 
 And if we defcen i to our own Books and Chronicles, we fhall find that God 
 hath crojfed (if not curjed) our alliance and affociation particularly with the 
 Spanifh Nation •, the pofttion of that Country, and the difpofition of that People 
 being as it were fo malignant and ill-agreeing with m. The Prince of the 
 greatefl performance that ever this Kingdom or Chriftendom had, was 
 the Black Prince : Tet our chronicle records , that going into Spain to 
 fettle Don Pedro in that Kingdom, beftdcs the monftroui ingratitude and 
 peafdioufnef of the Spaniard, who failed m the performance of thofe Condi- 
 tions he had promifed, which caafed the miferable Revolt in France to the 
 lof of our inheritance , the Prince was fo poifoned in that Country, that he 
 never had his health after. 
 
 Moreover he befeechcdhis Lordfhip to ebferve, that all the Marriages which 
 the Heirs and Princes of this Crown have made in England for thefe lafl fix- 
 fcore years, except the feveral fecond Matches of Henry the Eight, have been 
 onely and no-where elfe but with Spain ^ which how little God hath blefl, the 
 fucccf f]}ews. Prince Arthur married the Spanifh Kings daughter •• We know 
 God took him away [uddenly within a very fmall time, and without any iffue. 
 In a Politick re(f>ec7, we would yet make a fecond Match ; fo Prince Henry 
 (afterwards King) married the fame daughter: But doubt lefi God was lef 
 plea fed with that Match, which was leji lawful ; and therefore God took away 
 all the male-children of it, and left only a daughter, in whofe fhort Reign was 
 fl^dmore blood for the true Religion in fix years, then for the falfe in thefe 
 fucceeding fixty years. We made then a third Adventure and Marriage with 
 Spain, :pueen Mary with King Philip : which was fo difcontenting to the 
 People., that it caufed Wyais Rebellion ■, fo difcomfortable to the Queen,that it 
 brake her heart, being left and ncgleitedof her Husband 5 and fo dijhonorabte 
 and prejudicial to the Kingdom, that merely for the Spaniards fake, we having 
 no difference at all with France, wc loft Calis tn fix days, which had been above 
 two hundred years in our pcffef^ion. 
 
 He added laftly, Though I have not [0 much judgment, nor fo little wit 
 as to pre fume ts advife where to match ^ yet / affume fo much^ as to think, a 
 Match at home cannot be held any ways inconvenient. We find the fir ft and the 
 lafl of our Kings that ever matched with their Sub\eBs,were Ed. 4. and Hen. 8. 
 From which two Matches, God (asitweretofhiw,thelefs we rely upon others 
 abroad, the more he will help m himfclf at home) gtwt two daughters, two ¥J\- 
 zabcths, iivi^ fuch Queens, then which there were never two more bleffed Infiru- 
 ments of Gods glory and this Kingdoms good^ by eflablijhing Peace'in the Land, 
 and Religion in the Church, until his Majejlies happy coming who brought both 
 with him. The
 
 Hijlorical CoUeHions. 
 
 95 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 The French were very jealous of the Conjundion between Sfain and 
 EngUndy and thought it the fafeft way to make peace at home, and im- 
 ploy their ftrength to bound the Incroachments of Spain and the Houfe 
 oi Jiifiria: By which means a bitter Perfecution ceafed in that Kincr- 
 dom •, The Proteftants of France were permitted to call home their ba- 
 nifhed Mmifters, to baild their ruined Temples, and to enjoy their liberty 
 in Religion. This benefit did the Kings clofing with Spain procure to a 
 people almoft ruined. 
 
 But after all the Kings concelTions, the Spaniards contrived new de- 
 lays, and propofed harder terras. The Pope had obliged theCatholick 
 King to fee the Conditions performed, and to protracffthe Marriage, till 
 matters in England were in perfed: execution. Whereupon the Divines 
 advife that King, that the Promifes of Marriage be made prefently, but 
 the CoR.fummation thereof and the delivering of the Infanta be deferred 
 till May the year following. And the death of Pope Gregory did ftrengthen 
 this contrivance : For the Spanifli Minifters pretended, that in regard 
 there was no Contra6l,but a Treaty only on foot, the Difpenfation which 
 lay in the Nuncio's hands was by the Popes death fufpended, and a Rati- 
 fication from the new Pope was requifice before any further progrefs 
 could be made. 
 
 Cardinal Barberine was chofen SuccefTor to Gregory the Fifteenth, and 
 took the name oiUrhan the Eight. Soon after his ele(ftion,he wrote thefe 
 enfuing Letters, the one to King ^ames, the other to Prince Charts. 
 
 21 ^acobi. 
 
 The French 
 jealous of this 
 conjunftion. 
 
 F 
 
 Seremfsimo fJCO^O 
 
 Ma^n<e Brttanni£ Regi Illufiri, 
 URBANUS P.P. Fill, 
 
 SEreniflime Rex, falutem & lu- 
 men Divinx gratia?. Scotia? re- 
 gnum quod inclytos terris Reges , 
 fandiflimofque coelo cives peperit, 
 cum ad Cardinalatus noftri patro- 
 ciniam pertinuerit, lictiticc fimul ac 
 moeroris uberem nobis materiam 
 afferebat. Exukabamus gaudio, co- 
 gitantes in ea Regione, quam Ro- 
 manorum arma expugnare omnino 
 non potuerunt, RomaucT Ecclefia: 
 fidem feliciter triumphafre,Scotum- 
 que Regem nullum haftenus exti- 
 ti{re,qui Pontificia: authoritatis ho- 
 ftis obierit. At enim vertebatur in 
 ludum cythara noftra, cum ad pra?- 
 fentium temporum miferias, oculos 
 lachrymis manantes converreremus: 
 Videmini enim, laborante difcordi- 
 arum patre, obliti efTe eum qui nu- 
 trivit vos, & conrriftati nutricem 
 veftram Hierufalem. Quare Apo- 
 ftolica fedes,qa.T populos iftos jam- 
 pridem Chrifto genuit , moerore 
 conficitur, dum tam pfcccladam hx- 
 
 reditatem 
 
 To the moft Illuftrious 
 
 Prince ^ AMES King of 
 Great Britain. 
 
 \J[ Osl ferene King , We tvijh you 
 -^^^ health , and the light of Gods 
 grace. When the Kingdom o/Scotland 
 which hath brought forth famous Kings 
 to earth, and moft holy Citi'^ns to hea- 
 V en, IV as under ottr proteBion whtlft rve 
 mere yet Cardinal,it affordedm plenti- 
 ful matter of joy and for row. We were 
 exceeding joyful when we confidered, 
 that the faith of the Roman Church 
 hath happily triumphed m that Comtry 
 which the Roman Armies could never 
 conquer -, and that there was never yet 
 King of Scotland, who died an Enemy 
 to the Popes autharity. But our harp 
 w.is turned into mourning , when we 
 cast our eyes flowing with tears upon 
 the miferies of the prefent times •, For 
 you feem (while the Father of di [cords 
 is active) to have forgotten him who 
 nourifhed you, and to have made fad 
 your nurfe ^erufalem. Where fsre the 
 Apoflles feat which brought forth that 
 people to Chrifl, is pierced with forrow, 
 while it beholds [o famous an inheri- 
 tance 
 
 Pope Vyban 
 to V>.. James. 

 
 P4- 
 
 Hijlorical ColIeHions. 
 
 An. 1625. 'reditatem verti videt ad extraneos, 
 '■ damniquc fui magnitudinera Britan- 
 'norumRegum laudibus iftammque 
 Piovinciarum gloria metitur. Id 
 vero praner canera dolendam orbi 
 Chriftiano videtur, Jacobom regem 
 Catholicorum regum prolem , & 
 fandifTima: Parentis filmm, a Pon- 
 tifice Maximo atque a Majoribus 
 fuis in Religionis cultn diflentire. 
 Si enim fublirae iftud ingenium, 
 quod literarum ftudiis & prudentix 
 artibus Rex cdeberrimus excoluifti; 
 affulgcnti Patri luminum allentire- 
 tur, facile conjicit Chriftiana Ref- 
 publica quanto publicK concordiac 
 bono faftum efl'et, ut Nationes iftas 
 Infulafque, auc montium clauftris, 
 aut Oceani gurgitibus diflitas, Sco- 
 ticus rex iraperio conjangeres. Vi- 
 detur enim Majeftas tua ob earn rem 
 fatSa efle tot Provinciarum domina, 
 ut ab eo, cui parent, tacilius celeri- 
 ufque Regna jfta medelam ac falu- 
 tcm acciperent. Quare afliduis pre- 
 cibus jam turn earn venerabamur, 
 quidatlulutemRegibus, uttosDi- 
 vincB dementia? beneficia, quibus in 
 confpedu Potentium admirabilis es, 
 ad Britannia: incolumitatem & Ec- 
 clefix gaudium conferret. Affiiliit 
 auteni nobis non ita pridem beata 
 fpes oriens ex alto,cura te Auftriacas 
 affinitatis cupidum cognovimus, ex 
 Catholica matre progigni exoptan- 
 tem eos, qui tuam ha^reditatem a- 
 dire, populofque iftos ditione tenere 
 debent. Proin vix dici poteft, quod 
 nobis Iblatium obtulit fan(ftiflima: 
 recordationis Pontifex Gregorius 
 XV.Prasdeccflor nofter,dum nos'in 
 coium Cardinalium coetum afcivit 
 quos Anglicani matrimonii caufam 
 cognofcere voluit, Enituit in nobis 
 tantum negotium ciirerentibus fin- 
 [gularisquxdam propenfio inMajc- 
 Sftatem tuani, cujus cumfaveremus 
 laiulibus, felicitati etiam confulcum 
 cupiebainus. Nunc autem cum per 
 Apoftolici fenatus luffragia ad lianc 
 ftationcm pervenimus, ubi pro om- 
 nibus terrarum regibus excubandum 
 eft, non fatis expUcare pollumus 
 ' quanta 
 
 B 
 
 \ 
 
 rit^ce to be given away to grangers, 
 and meafure the f^reatnej? of its lo(^ by 
 the praifes of the Britijh Kings, and 
 the glor^i of thofe Dominions. But this 
 above all ought mojl to be lamented by 
 the Chn(lian world, that- King James, 
 the offering of Catholic k K trigs, and 
 the Son of a mofl holy Mother, fJmild 
 diffentfrom the Pope of Rome, and 
 from his own Anceflors in point of Re- 
 ligions w or (In p. For if thofe eminent 
 parts which yon a mofl famoui Prince 
 have poliflicd with Learning and Arts 
 of Prudence, would a^ent to the Father 
 of lights illuminating the Chriftian 
 world. We eaftly apprehend horv much 
 it would conduce tofhe Puhltck peace, 
 that being King 0' Scotland, yi)» (hould 
 join in one Kingdom th»\e Nations and 
 Iflands divided either by the bars of 
 the Mountains, or by th: depths of-' the 
 Ocean. For your Majefty feems for that 
 very reafon to be made Lord affo many 
 Provinces, that they might more eaftly 
 and quickly receive healing and (al- 
 V at ion from him whom they obey. 
 Wherefore we even then befought God 
 by continual prayerSy who gives falva- 
 tion to Kings, that fo many blefings by 
 his grace conferred upon you, by which 
 you are admirable in the fight of Poten- 
 tates, might bring fafety to Britain, D 
 and joy to the church. A blcfed hope 
 from above not long ago jlnned upon 
 us, when we underflood that you were 
 defiroiis of a Catholick Alliance, and 
 that the l(J'ue which (liould fucceed in 
 the inheritance and government of 
 thofe Nations might be begotten of a 
 Catholick mother. Wecanfcarcelyex- 
 prefi how much joy Gregory the Fif- 
 teenth of blcffed memory, our Predecef- 
 for, brought its, when he made m one 
 of the Congregation of thofe Cardinals 
 whom he would have to take cognifance 
 of the Englifh Match : While we dif- 
 c our fed of a matter of (0 great import- 
 ance,we expreffed a fingular profenfion 
 of mind towards your Maje(ly,and were 
 both tender ofyourpraifes, anddefirous 
 te provide for your happmef. And now 
 being by the confent of the ApefioUcal 
 Senate advanced to this flat ion, where 
 
 we
 
 Hiftorical CoUeHions, 
 
 P5 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 quanta nobis cura & defideiium fie 
 Magnas Biitanni.r, ac tanci Regis 
 dignitas. Divinitus vero accidifle 
 videtur, ut prima? liters qu2e nobis 
 in B.Pctri fede regnantibas redde- 
 rentur, ex faerint quas Prxdeceflbri 
 noftro NobilifTimus Carolu5 Wal- 
 lix Princeps fcripferac, teftes fua* 
 in Romanos Pontifices voluntatis. 
 Nunc autem cum venerabile illud 
 Conjugium, benedicente Domino, 
 perfici cupiamus, alloqui te decre- 
 vimus, nuUis Majeftatis tux Uteris 
 expedatis, Cluritas enim Ponti- 
 ficii Imperii dccus eft^ & quamvis in 
 fedehac potentiflimorum regumob- 
 fequiis culti commoremur, magnifi- 
 cum tamen nobis exiftimamus, Tua- 
 dente charitate, ad humiles ctiam 
 preces defcendere,dum animasChri- 
 fto lucremur : Primum ergo credere 
 omnino te volumus nullum effe in 
 orbe Chriftiano Principem, a quo 
 plura expedlare pofTis paternas bene- 
 volentix documenta, quam a Pon- 
 tifice Maximo, qui te defideratifli- 
 mum filium Apoftolicx charitatis 
 brachiis compledi cupio. Scimus 
 quibus te Uteris nuper ad tantum 
 decus adipifccndum excitavit Gre- 
 gorius XV. Cum in ejus locum ve- 
 nerimus, ejus in te propenfionem 
 non imitabimur folum, fed etiam fu- 
 perabimus . Speramus enim Nunti- 
 os e Britannia propeaiem allatum 
 iri, quiMajeftatem tuam reiCatho- 
 licx tavere teftentur, Catholicofque 
 ifthic commorantes, quos Pater mi- 
 fericordiarum afferuit inlibertatem 
 filiorum. Dei, poenarum formidine 
 liberatos, Regali tandem patrocinio 
 perfrui. Remunerabitur ille qui di- 
 ves eft in mifericordia, ejufdmodi 
 confiUum, illuftri aliqua felicitate: 
 Turn nomini Majeftatis tux plaa- 
 dent regna terrarum, & militabunt 
 acies cocleftis exercitus : Frendant 
 licet dentibus fuis peccatores, mine- 
 tur feditione potens impietas, fpe- 
 rat Europa fe vifuram Jacobum 
 Regem in Romana ecclefia trium- 
 phantem , & Majorum" fuorum e- 
 xempla novis pietatis operibus au- 
 
 t •»■ 
 
 gcntem. 
 
 m are to tvateh and ward for all earth- 
 ly Monarchs, m cannot fufficiemly de- 
 clare what a care and dc fire rve have of 
 Great Britain, and thz ho^nr of lo 
 great a King. It feems to have heen a 
 /pecial providence of God, that the fir (I 
 Letters which we received reignin'r in 
 the {eat of 5. Peter, were thofe which 
 the moft noble QhixhPrince of Waks 
 wrote to onr Predece(for, as a te^imon-^ 
 of his affcBion to the Popes o/Roine, 
 ^nl fince we now defire that this 've- 
 nerable Marriage flwuldby the bkfSing 
 of God be perfeBed, we refolvcd to 
 write unto yon, without expeElinfr Let- 
 ters frfl from you -, for Charity is the 
 honor of the Papal Empire -, and al- 
 though mo(l powerful Kings do homage 
 to m in this feat, jct we account it glo- 
 rious (charity fo perfwading ) to defcend 
 to humble prayers, fo that we may gain 
 fouls to Chrifl. Fir(l therefore we de- 
 fire ydu to perfwade your fclf, that there 
 is no Prince in the Chriflian world, 
 frorri whom you can expert more evi- 
 dence of fatherly affeBion then from 
 the Pope, who de fires to embrace you a 
 mojlde fired Son with the arms ofApo- 
 flolical charity. We know with what a 
 Letter Gregory the Fifteenth excited 
 you to obtain fo great aglory. And fine e 
 we have {ncc ceded him, we will not only 
 imitate his inclinations towards you, 
 but will exceed them. We hope we 
 [liall (hortly have news out of England, 
 that your Majefiy is favorable to the 
 Catholick interefl -, and that the Ca- 
 tholicks who live there, whom the Fa- 
 ther of mercies hath vindicated into 
 the liberty of the fons of God, beino- 
 freed from the fear of punipment, en- 
 joy your Royal proteBion. He who is 
 rich in mercy, will reward fuch a pur- 
 pose with fome fignal happinef : The 
 Kingdoms of the Earth will applaud 
 your Majefiy, and the Moft of Heaven 
 will wage war for you : Thowrh ftnners 
 gnafh their teeth, and impiety powerful 
 to raife [edition threaten, yet Europe 
 hopes fl)C f)}all fee King James tri- 
 umphin<^ in the Roman Church, and 
 increaftng the example of his Anceflors 
 by new works of Piety, We do not 
 
 diftritfl 
 
 \ ^acobi 
 
 21.
 
 96_ 
 
 An 1(52-*. 'S^"^^"^' NondiffidimusadefTejam 
 tempus Divini beneplaciti, quo illi 
 qui Britannica: religionis laudes mo- 
 numentis confignant , non femper 
 alterius feculi tada loquentur , fed 
 pr^efentis etiam Piincipatus decora 
 confequentibus anatibus proponere 
 poterunt ad imitandum. Majores 
 illi tui te vocanc , qui tibi tanttE 
 claritudinis & potentiar h.^redita- 
 tem reliqueiunt, qui coeleftis legni 
 fores Pontificiis clavibus generi hu- 
 mano patefien aediderunt. Certe 
 fieri non poteft , ut Majertas tua 
 tot fjcculorum fidem , & Regum 
 de te prseclare meritorum, judici- 
 um auc contemnere audeat , aut 
 condemnare. Nonne vides feftten- 
 tia Majeftatis tUc-e iis omnino coe- 
 lum eripi, qui tibi Regnum reli- 
 querunt, cum cos in Religionis 
 cultu aberralTe contendis •: Ita fi- 
 eret, ut quos univerfa Ecclefia cives 
 coeli & cohceredes Chnfti in ster- 
 na patria dominari credit , tu ex 
 ipforum fanguine prognatus tuo 
 fuffragio c coelo detraheres, atque 
 in errorum abyffum , & pocnarum 
 carcerem detruderes. Non (entis 
 tanti cogitatione facinoris ingrati 
 rnimi tui vifcera perhorrefcere ^ 
 Nonne ejufmodi coniiliis Regalis 
 ingenii indoles reclamitat c* quam 
 tamen tot Europe Nationes, dum 
 ab Apoftolica iede diffentit, repre- 
 hendere coguntur. AUiciat oculos 
 tuos tantJE glorice fplendor , qua: 
 tibi c coelo caput oftentat, & ma- 
 num porrigit, in Sanduarium Dei 
 Britannos Reges per te redu(5lura, 
 coniitantibus Angelis, hommibuf- 
 que plaudentibus. Jacebat olim in 
 orbe terraram deformata serumnis 
 Chriftiana religio tyrannorum mi- 
 nas expavefcens. Eam vero non 
 folum c latibulis eduxit, fed ad 
 imperium eciam vocavit Impera- 
 tor ille, quem Magna? Britannia: 
 debemus, Conftantinus Magnus, 
 Pontificia: authoritatis Propugna- 
 tor, & Romance fidei aflertor : 
 Hie aptum Majeftatis tux Regalis 
 limitationis exemplar, non Reges 
 V illi 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBwns, 
 
 di^ruft th/tt the time of Gods good 
 plcafare is now at hand , when they 
 I who recommend to Hiftorj the pratfes 
 of the Britifh Religion, [hall not al- 
 ways f^eak of the deeds of another 
 Age , hut ma'j be able to fropofe the 
 frefent Government 4s a pattern of 
 imitation to the Ages following. Tour 
 Ance(lors call upon you, who have left 
 you fo powerful and fo famous an in- 
 heritance ; who believed that the gates 
 of the kingdom of Heaven were open- 
 ed to mankind with the Topes keyes. 
 Certainly it cannot be, that your Ma- 
 jefly jhould dare either to contemn or 
 condemn the belief of fo many Ages, 
 and the judgment of fo many Kings ^ 
 who have dejerved well of you. Do you 
 not fee, that by your Majefties opinion 
 they are deprived of Heaven , who 
 left you a Kingdom, while you contend 
 that they erred in the worfhip of their 
 Religion ? By this means tt would be, 
 that whom the Univerfal Church be- 
 lieves to be Citizens of Heaven, and 
 to reign as Coheirs with C'hrtft in that 
 everlaflin^ Country, you who are de- 
 fcendedof them (hodd f natch them out 
 of Heaven, and thrujl them into the 
 bottomlep pit of Error, andthe prifon 
 of hellifl) torments. Do you not per- 
 ceive your bowels yearn at the thought 
 of fo ungrateful an offence ? Are not 
 fuch deliberations repugnant to your 
 Royal temper ? which neverthele^ fo 
 many Nations of Europe are forced to 
 reprehend, while it diffents from the 
 Seat of the Apoftles. L€t the fplendor 
 of fo great glory allure your eyes, which 
 looks out of Heaven upon you , and 
 reaches you out a hand ready to reduce 
 by your means the Kingdom of Britain 
 into the SanBuary of God, with the 
 conduct of Angels and acclamations 
 of men. A long time ago, Christian re- 
 ligion lay all along in the world fqualid 
 and deformed with anguifh, affrighted 
 with the threats of Tyrants : But that 
 Emperor whom we ewe to Great Bri- 
 tain, Conftantine the Great, the De- 
 I fender of the Popes authority, and the 
 j Avoucher of the Roman Faith, did not 
 ■ only bring her out of her lurking places, 
 
 but
 
 Hi^ioncai ColieBions, 
 
 97 
 
 but called her to an Empire . He is 
 
 a fit pattern of imitation for -jOHr Ma- 
 
 jefly-., net thofe Kings rvho have tranf- 
 
 grefjed and dtfipated the Everlafting 
 
 Covenant. Wecallfou, O mo[t rvijl)- 
 
 ed for Son, from this Watch-Totper 
 
 of the World, into the Society of his 
 
 Glory •• j4dde one day te your pafl years, 
 
 which all poflerity may celebrate with 
 
 a grateful memory . Piit a Mitre of 
 
 Eternal Glory upon your head , that 
 
 in the time of your Reign , ive may 
 
 fay with the Holy Jpoftle , / have 
 
 feen a new Heaven in Britain, and 
 
 a new City defcending from Heaven, 
 
 B and a guard of Angels upon her 
 Walls, if that (hould come to paf, 
 we fbali make reckoning , that our 
 Reign hath been happy to manktnde. 
 This our Sellicitude we believe will be 
 fo grateful untoyou, That we verily 
 hope upon the receipt of oiir Letter , 
 you will forthwith increafe the advant- 
 age of the Catholicks which live there : 
 which ifyouP)all do, you wiU exceed- 
 ingly obltgeus, audwe jhaU conftgnto 
 you the King of Kings debtor offogriat 
 benefit , who jo long as hejhall pre- 
 ferve your Royal Family in eminent 
 Happinef , fhall fecond the wifhes of 
 the Roman Church, and bring joy to 
 
 D the holy Prelates . 
 
 Dated at Rome at 
 St. Peters, fub 
 annulo Pifcator^, 
 15 Odloh.idz^. 
 The firft year of 
 our ReigHi 
 
 illi qui func- ttanfgrefii diflTipantes 
 foedus fempitcrnum : In ejus glo- 
 ricE Societatem nos ex hac terra- 
 rum fpecula te vocaraus , exop- 
 tiflime Fill. Impone pr^teritis 
 annis dieiii unum, grata totius 
 pofteritatis memoria celebrandum. 
 Impone Mitram capiti tuo hono- 
 ris xterni , ut te rerum potiente 
 dicere cum Sando Apoftolo pof- 
 firaus ;, Vidi in Britannia Coelum 
 novum & Civitatem novam de- 
 fcendentem decoelo, &fuperraa- 
 ros ejus Angelorum cuftbdiam. 
 Id a contingec, Pontificatus noftri 
 tempora generi humano fehcia 
 aiFulfilTe arbitrabimur. Coeterum 
 tibi Sollicitudinem banc noftram 
 adeo gratam fore exiftimamus, it 
 omnino fperemus te his literisac- 
 ceptis ftatim Catholicorum ifthic 
 degentium commoda audurura. 
 Qucxl fi prxftitcris , & nos tibi 
 miram in modum devinxeris, & 
 Majeftati mx tanti beneficii debi- 
 torem delegabimus ipfam Regem 
 Regum • qui dum Regalem iftam 
 Domum illuftri aliqua felicitate 
 fofpitabit, Romans Ecclcfia; votis 
 annuct , & Sacrorana Antiftimm 
 gaudio confulec. 
 
 21 
 
 DatumRomx apud 
 Sanctum Petrum 
 [ub annulo Pi [ca- 
 ter is, dte XV o£i^ 
 MDCXXIII, 
 Pont i f Cat Hs i"; 
 
 0. 
 
 Nobilifimo 
 
 ^acobi.
 
 p8 
 
 Htslorical Colleclions. 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 Pope Vrlar.s 
 Letter to 
 fnnccCharU 
 
 J\[obi!ifsimo Viro Carolo 
 
 Trincifi Wallise, 
 Urbanus ^afa OHavus. 
 
 *- ^ t! 
 
 Obiliflime Princeps, falu- 
 tem & lumen Divinx gra- 
 loe. Prima: litera: , qux 
 Nobis ad Apoftolatus folium elatis 
 redditiE funt , illcT fuerunt quas ad 
 San<5tiflima! memorise Gregorium 
 Decimum-qumtum Prxdeceflbrem 
 noftrum ex Hiffania mififti. Manus 
 ad coelum fuftulimus, & Patri mife- 
 ricordiarum gratias egimus , cum 
 in iplo noftn Regirainis exordio 
 Pontificem Romanum eo Officii ge- 
 nere colere Britarmus Princeps inci- 
 peret.Singulari noftn quadam animi 
 propenfione rei Anglicanx jamdiu 
 tavemus, quo fadum eft, ut in hoc 
 Antiftitum Conventu , & Natio- 
 num Patria, Scoti tui, dum Cardina- 
 lem ageremas, fe innoftram ponf- 
 fimum Fidem ac clientelam con- 
 tulerint. Patrocin^um autem tarn 
 fplendid* Provinciae fufcipientes , 
 identidem majorum tuorum res 
 geftas , & Britannic arum Infularum 
 laodes contemplabamur. Eos autem 
 quo illuftriores orbi terraium ante- 
 ad« a'tates oftentabant, eo nos 
 impenfius cupiebamus confmnlibus 
 Chriftianar p;etatis triumphis ha:c 
 tempora illic infigniri. Cum autem 
 Magna- Britannia Rex, Pater tuus, 
 non niinortm ex ti'iiciplinarum fa- 
 ma , quam ex potcntix vi gloriam 
 concupierit, optavm.us femper, 
 fupra quam dici poteft, ei divini tus 
 iniignem aliquam offerri occafio- 
 nem generis humanidemerendi, & 
 coeleftis hxreditatis adipifcenda?. 
 Nunc autem advenifTe tempus cre- 
 dimusquo votis noftris frui liceat, 
 cum ad tantum decus potentilTimo 
 parenti aditum patefacere in pra*- 
 fens videaris , Filius in maxima: um 
 rerum fpem gcnitus. In ea enim 
 fententia fumus ut arbitremur, tan- 
 tum 
 
 To tlie moft Noble 
 
 Prince Charley, 
 Pope Vrhan the Eight. 
 
 Mo/? T<leble Prince, tve mj}) ycu 
 health and the light of Gods 
 Grace, The fir ft Letters which 
 were delivered to us after we were 
 preferred to the Throne of the Apojite- 
 [hip, were thofe which you fent out of 
 Spain to Gregory the fifteenth of 
 fatnotts memory, tur Predt: effor. We 
 lifted u^ our hands to Heaven, and 
 gave thanks to the Father Mercies, 
 when in the verj entry our Beign, 
 a Brit I fh Py in ce began to perform this 
 kmde of obeisance to the Pope of 
 Rome. We have been a long time fa- 
 vorable rtf England by a natural bent 
 and inclination , whence it Came to 
 paf thdtyeu' Srottl^men recommend- 
 ed them (elves te otir cfpccial T'ttfl and 
 Patronage in this AjJcMbly »f Pre- 
 lates , and Country of all Nations , 
 while we were yet Cardinal. When 
 we undertook the prote^ion of fo fa- 
 mous a Kingdom , we did ten con- 
 template the Exploits of your Jnce- 
 ftors, and the Elogtes of the Bntifh 
 I (lands •, and by how much former ages 
 dtdreprefent them more glorious to the 
 Vf^orld, by fo much did we more ear- 
 n((tly dcfire that thefe times might 
 there he made remarkable with the 
 like triumphs of Chri[iian Piey: 
 And (ecmgthe King of Great Britain, 
 your Father, loveth no lef? theghry of 
 Learning , then that of Might and 
 Power •, we have alwa^.s heartily wijl- 
 ed above what we arc able to exprejs, 
 that God would be plca(''d to put into 
 his hand fome eminent occa(ien, where- 1 
 by to oblige mankinde, and obtain an \ 
 eternal Inheritance. And now we be- I 
 lieve the time is come to enjoy our 
 wrfhes , fmce you feem at pre(ent to 
 open the way for {o great a fame to your 
 mo ft Noble Father, a Son begotten un- 
 to the hope of the greatefi concern- 
 ments • 
 
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 HiUorical ColleBiom, 
 
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 cernmems s for voe are of opinion , 
 that your fo vehement defire of a Ca- 
 tholtck marriage, is a, certain voice of 
 God catling yo» , and difpofing all 
 things fweetly. For it is not neceffary 
 that the Omnipotent fhottld always 
 thunder with the voice of his great- 
 nef ; hca/tfe fecret counfels them- 
 fclves, dtre^ing men into the way of 
 Salvation , are words by which the 
 Eternal Wifdem fpeaks and declares 
 the command of a Deity, Wherefore 
 we have ever endeavored to the tttmofl 
 of our power, that this Honorable Mar- 
 riage, by the bleftng of God, might 
 be fnifhed. From hence you may per- 
 ceive, that none could have b»en ad- 
 vanced to this heighth of humane 
 Affairs , from whom you may expeif 
 more exprefsions of good will orfrnits 
 of bounty. For your Ancestors which 
 tamed Heretical Impieties , and not 
 onely revered, but vindicated the 
 Roman Hierarchy , do recommend 
 you a mofl Noble Prince to the Papal 
 charity : For when Mongers of new 
 Opinions broke into the Bulwarks of 
 the Northern ocean, they bridled the 
 endeavors of the wicked with whole- 
 Jome arms , and did not change the 
 truth of God into a lye. And tf you, 
 af you write, (hall in good earnelt glory 
 more in the imitation of your An- 
 ccftors, then that you are defcended of 
 Kings , we eafily forefee how great 
 joy to the church of Rome and how 
 great felicity to the Britifh Kingdoms 
 thefe words do promife, which deferve 
 to be written in the Book of Life. Such 
 good turns, O mofl dc fired Son , the 
 venerable A[jembly of the Scotilli 
 Kings exacts and expeBs from you •, 
 whoje anions ivithout doubt he con-i 
 dcmns^ who revolts front their Re- 
 ligion. The Catholick Kings of all 
 liurope require this of you ; for how 
 can their Concord be the Vow of your 
 care, as long as you dtfjent from them 
 in a matter of the greate(i import- 
 ance , that is , in the veneration of 
 holy Rites ? The Roman Church 
 which England reverenced long ago, 
 as the Ml fire fs of Truth^ whofe belief 
 
 yon 
 
 turn quoflAgras, Catholici con- '21 ^acohi. 
 jugii defiderium , qiiandam Dei te 
 vocantis, & fuavicer omnia difpo- 
 nentis, vocem efTe. Nam opus 
 Omnipotenti non eft tonare fem- 
 per voce magnvtudinis (nx , quia 
 ipfa arcana confilia dirigentia mor- 
 lales in viam falutis , verba funt 
 quibus sterna fapientia loquitur, 
 & jubentis Numinis mandata de- 
 clarat. Quare omni Temper ftudio 
 elaboravimus , ut conjugium hoc 
 honorabile, benedicente Domino, 
 perficeretur. Hinc conjicere po- 
 tes, non potuilTe alium ad facrum 
 hoc rerum humanarum f;iftigium 
 provehi, a quo plura fperare pofTis 
 documenta benevolentix & bene- 
 ficenti^ frudus. Teenim Princi- 
 pem NobilifTimum Pontificise cha- 
 ritati commendant majores tui, 
 HxreticiB Impietatis domitores , 
 & Roman£ Hierarchise non cul- 
 toresmodo, fed vindices. li enim 
 cum dogmatum novorum porten- 
 ta in ea Septentrionalis Oceani 
 propugnacula irrumperent, impi- 
 orum conatus falutanbus armis 
 compefcuerunt , nee commutave- 
 runtveruatem Dei in mendacium. 
 Quod fi , ut fcribis , reipfa magis 
 gloriaberis de avitae imitatione Re- 
 hgionis, quam de Regii fanguinis 
 H^rcditate , facile profpicimus 
 quantam ejufmodi verba, in libro 
 viventium exaraflda, Romans Ec- 
 clefia.' la?titiara, & Britannicis Reg- 
 nis txlicitatem poUiceantur. Hxc 
 a te bcneficia dtfideiatifTime Fili , 
 exigic atquc expeitat venerandum 
 illud Regum Scotorum Concilium , 
 quorum t\6td. abfquc dubio con- 
 demnat qui ab illorum Religione 
 defcifcit. Hoc a te Catholici to- 
 tius Europe Rcges flagitant -, quo- 
 modo enim eorum concordia po- 
 teft votura efle iblicitudinis tua:, 
 donee ab eis in maxima re, id eft, 
 in Sacrorum culcudiftentias^ Ro- 
 mana Ecdefia, quam Magiftram 
 veritatis Anilia tarn diu coluit. 
 cujus fidem tifbi noa invifam efte 
 fatens , cupit tibi coeleftis Regni 
 O % fores
 
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 Hisiorical Collections, 
 
 An i<523.| fo'CS quam piimum pacetacere, & 
 
 te in Majorum tuorum poffeffi- 
 
 onem reducere. Cogica tc nunc 
 
 in H/jpania Regia I'pedaculum effc 
 
 fadum Deo & hominibus, fem- 
 
 perque fore defiderium & ciu-ain 
 
 pontificatus noftri. Cave nc confilia 
 
 eorum^qui terrenas rationes coelefti- 
 
 bus antefciunt, obduicnt cor tuum, 
 
 nobilifTime Princeps Ixtifica tandem 
 
 Militiam Coeleftis exercitus, in tuis 
 
 caftris dcmicaturam, ac faventibus 
 
 Angelis , hominibufque plaudenti- 
 
 bus, redi, Fill exoptatilTime, ad Ec- 
 
 clcfise te cupientis amplexus J ut in 
 
 Matrimonio tuo geftientes saudio 
 
 canere poffiraus , Dominus regna- 
 
 vit , & decorem indutus eft. 
 
 Omnino qui Catholicje Virginis 
 
 nuptias concupifcis , Coeleftem 
 
 etiam illam fponfam tibi affumere 
 
 debes, cujus forma fe captum fuifle 
 
 Solomon ille Regum lapientiffimus 
 
 gloriatur. Hxc enim fapientia eft, 
 
 per quam Reges regnant , cujus 
 
 dos eft fplendor glorix, & Pnnci- 
 
 patus fempiternus. Earn vero a 
 
 terrarum contagione fecretam, at- 
 
 que in finu Dei recubantem , in 
 
 Rommx Ecclefix Sanduario Ma- 
 
 jores tui qua?fiverunt. Qui tibi 
 
 has hortationes confcribimus , & 
 
 benevolentiam Pontifrciam tefta- 
 
 mur, cupiraus perpetuis Hiftoria- 
 
 rum Monumentis nomcn tuum 
 
 commendari 5 atque in eos Princi- 
 
 pes referri, qui pr^claje merentes 
 
 in terra de Regno Coelefti, fiunt 
 
 pofteritati virtutis exemplai- & 
 
 votorum mcnfura. Oramus Pa- 
 
 trem luminum, Qt beata hxcfpes, 
 
 qua nobis tanti Principis reditura , 
 
 deducente Spiritu Sandto, polli- 
 
 cetur, quam primum ferat frudus 
 
 fuos, & Magnx Britannix. falu- 
 
 tem, totiqueorbiChriftiano pariat 
 
 Ixtitiam. 
 
 Baitm Roma.' apud 
 Sdnclum Peirum 
 fub anntilo Ptfcate- 
 ris, Die 15 O^ob. 
 1625. Ponttpcattts 
 f)o(irt Amo Primo. 
 
 ion confc^ '^o» hate net, de fires forth- 
 rvith to open unto yon the Gates of the 
 Heavenly Kingdom, Andtohrin^yoa 
 back into the fofjefion ofjo/trAncepors. 
 Think that now in Spain you are become 
 a [pelade toGod and Men>and that yoif 
 (ball aUviiys be the defirc and care of our 
 Eeign. Take heed mo fl Noble Prince, 
 that the Counfcls of thofe who prefer 
 worldly intercfis before heavenly, do 
 not obdure jour heart. Make gUd the 
 Hoft of Heaven which will fight in 
 your Camps • and ret urn, O mo (I wt(hed 
 for Son , tnto the embraces of the 
 church nhich de fires you with the ap- 
 plaujc and favor of Men and Angels 5 
 thatfo rejoycing in your Marriage, tve 
 may fmg with joy , The Lord hath 
 reigned and ^ut on comelinef. Cer- 
 tainly you who defire the Marriage of a 
 Catholick Virgin, ought to efpeufe the 
 heavenly Bride, with whofe beauty So- 
 lomon the wife (I of Kings, boafls htm- 
 felf to have been enamored. For this 
 is the Wifdom by which Kings reign, 
 whofe Dowry is the fplendor of Glory, 
 and an eternal Principality, and your 
 Anccflors fought her in the Sanctuary 
 ef the Roman Cbnrch, fevered from 
 the contagion of the World,and repofwg 
 in the Wifdom of God. We who write 
 to you this Exhortation, and teflifie our 
 Papal charity, defire to have your name 
 renowned intheHiflories ef all Ages, 
 and that you may he rec$rded among ft 
 thofe Princes, rvhodefervingwellon 
 Earth of the Kingdom of HcAven,are 
 become the example of Vertue to p»- 
 flcrity , and the meafure of wijhcs. We 
 befeech the Father of Lights, that this 
 bleffed hope by which he promtfeth us 
 the return of fo great a Prince, by the 
 conduct of the Holy '^-hofl, may 'forth- 
 with fru^ife and bring Salv.<tten te 
 Great Britain, and joy to all the chri- 
 ftian World. 
 
 Dated at Rtrme at St. Peters 
 fub annulo Pifcatoris , die 
 15 Odob. 1625. in the 
 Firftyearot" our Reign. 
 
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 Notvvithftanding this great bufinefs of State began to look with an 
 ill afpeft, by the concurrence of varieus Paflages tending to a Rupture 
 of the Treaty. In EngUnd the Spanifh AmbafTadors demands grew 
 iiigh and peremptory ; yet the King to give them content, dirededthe 
 Lord Keeper and other Commiilioners to draw up a Pardon of all Offen- 
 ces paft, with a DifpenCition for thofe to come , to be granted to all 
 Ro>runCnho\\cks obnoxious to any Lawsagainfl: Recufants -, and then to 
 iffue forth two Genernl Commands under the Great Seal oi En^Lmd: 
 The one to all Judges and Juftices of Peace; and the other to all Bifhops, 
 Chartcellors , and Coramiffaries , not to execute any Statute agamft 
 them. 
 
 The General Pardon was pafled in as full and ample manner as them- 
 felves could defire, or pen it : But to that vaft Prohibition to the Judges 
 and Birtiops, fome flop was made by the Advice of the Lord Keeper, for 
 thefeReafons. 
 
 Firft, Becaufe the publilhing of this General Indulgence at one pufli, 
 beget a General Difcontent, if not a Mutiny •, but the inftilling 
 thereof into the peoples knowledge by little and little, by the favors 
 done to particular Catholicks, might indeed loofen the Tongues of a few 
 particular perfons , who might bear of their Neighbo-rs Pardon , and 
 
 might 
 
 Win^ vented their diflikes, would afterwards cool 
 
 again 
 
 and fo his 
 
 J-aceh 
 
 I 21, 
 
 The Ticary 
 begins to tend 
 to a rupture. 
 
 The Prohibi- 
 tion to the 
 Jiiilges and 
 Bifhops, in 
 behalf of the 
 Catholicks 
 fufptnded. 
 
 Majefty might with more conveniency by degrees inlarge his favors. 
 
 Secondly, Becaufe to forbid the Judges againft their Oaths, and the 
 Juftices of Peace, who are likewife fworn to execute the Law of the 
 Land, is a thing unprefidented in this Kingdom, and would be a harfh 
 and bitter Pill to be digefted without fome preparative. 
 
 The two AmbalTadors with much ado confented. That the matter 
 lliould reft till the end of Six Moneths, ov the Tfifarit as arival-, yet they 
 did it with a fticw of difcontent, as if the King performed nothing. The 
 eiifaffedlionof thefcMinifters vvasfuppofed to be one rub in the way 6f 
 this Alliance. And on the other fide, fome of the Princes followers in 
 Spain, being zealous of the Proteftant Religion , difliked the Match, 
 and (hewed their averfnefs to it. Sir Edmund Vermj ftruck an Englifli 
 man, a Sorbon Dodor, a blow under the Ear, for vifiting and laboring to 
 pervert one of the Princes Pages, who was fick of a mortal Feaver. Di- 
 vers derided thePopifli Ceremonies, and Spanidi Garb, and flighted the 
 Country , and fome committed irreverent adions in the Kings own 
 Chappel, Hereupon they began to difguft theEngliHi, and to rail at 
 Gtndomar for informing the King and State, That the Prince might be 
 made a Catholick, Moreover thofe many Iiifli that fubfifted by Penfions 
 from the Crown of S^ain, did no good offices •, and the Trench and Vene- 
 tian Ambailixdors in tiiat Court , were conceived not to be idle : But 
 there were greater things then thefe. The Duke of Buckingham, the 
 Princes Companion and Guardian, was much difrelillied by the Court of 
 Spain. His French garb, the height of his fpiiit, and his over-great fa- 
 miliarity with the Prince, were things oppofite to the way, and temper 
 of that grave, fober, and wary people. And the Council of Spain took 
 exceptions, that he (liould come with fuch a fupcrintendent power in that 
 great affair, among fo many grave Statefmen, to the prejudice of foable 
 a Minifter as the Earl of Briflel, who had laid the firft ftone in that build- 
 ing: Whereuponhispower was called inqueftion, and found imperfedt, 
 in regard it was not confii-med by the Council of England : Moreover, 
 the Duke lay open to fome affront, which inraged him fore againft the 
 
 Some of the 
 Englifh in 
 Spain, d'\[\\ke 
 the Match and 
 Religion. 
 
 The Duke dif- 
 guflcd in 
 Spain. 
 
 
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 An. 162$. 
 
 Buckingham 
 and Bnpl 
 run different 
 ways. 
 
 The Palatine 
 by his Secre- 
 tary labors to 
 engage the 
 Prince againd 
 the Marriage. 
 
 The Spaniard 
 continiKs 
 new delays. 
 
 The Englifh 
 I'apirts per- 
 plexed. 
 
 Conde olivares ^ and things grew to that extremity between the Duke and 
 that Kings Minifteis , that they did not ftick to fay, That they would 
 rather put the Infanta headlong into a Well, then into his hands. Never- 
 thelefs, in the Prince himfelf they obferved an extraordinary well (laid 
 temper and grave comportment. 
 
 In the prefent adlion, Buckingham and 5?-//?^/ ran different ways with 
 great animofity .• Briftol had the advantage in Spain, yea, in the Court of 
 England he had gained a great efteem and powerful party , and had 
 wrought himfelf into the Kings opinion by his ftrenuous Negotiation 
 and pleafing Services. As concerning the Dukes demeanor, the opini- 
 ons in England were very different : By the people in general who loathed 
 the Match, he was favored for his care of his King, Prince, and Coun- 
 try -, but by the Court he was much maligned and cenfared, as the occa- 
 fion of thofe delays , by diverting and changing the ways wherein they 
 began to treat : But the King himfelf was very referved , either ftill 
 loving the Duke , or over-awed by his intimacy and power with the 
 Prince. For in all occurrences the Prince clofed with him, and feemed to 
 give him a large room in his heart. Now the Dukes friends at Court 
 preffed him to return fpeedily,andby all means with the Prince,andaffured 
 him, That the longer he flayed there, the ftronger he made his enemies, 
 and himfelf the weaker. 
 
 And Buckingham well obferved, that he had little obligation to Spain, 
 and had reafon to feek fome furer props to uphold his greatnefs. And to 
 draw him farther off, the Secretary of the Prince Palatine coming to Ma- 
 drid, under pretence of praying the Duke to be God-father to one of his 
 Mafters Children, labored to engage him againfl the Marriage : For the 
 Palatine could not relie on the new overture of Marriage between his 
 EldeflSon, and the Emperors yongcft Daughter, it being a labyrinth 
 out of which no Thred would guide him, were the Propofals already 
 granted : For being an a6t of fo many various parts, as the Pope, the 
 Emperor, the King of Spain, the D\ike o( Bavaria, and divers others , 
 it muft needs b.e full of tedious intricacies. What Money or other condi- 
 tions could be offered, that were like to fatisfie the honor, humor, and 
 huge expence of the Bavarian, for quitting his conqueft to an irrecon- 
 cileable Neighbor 'f What Forein Alliance is able to perfwade the Em- 
 peror, who hath changed all Tenures of Election into Succeflioa, and 
 lliaken the antient Freedom of the German Princes , that he fhould re- 
 vive his Enemies dead forces to the prejudice of all that he enjoys, or 
 afpires unto •: Would the Pope be won to fuffer Heidelbiirgh, which he 
 accounted the moft dangerous Neft of Hereticks after Geneva, to return 
 to her former ftrength •: Befides the Education ot the Palfgraves Son 
 in the Emperors Court, and the Sequeftration of his Country, during 
 his Sons Nonage , would be required as neeeffary to that Con- 
 jundion. 
 
 By this time the King muft needs be full of jealoufies, and the Prin- 
 ces patience well nigh fpent hy ihQ Spaniards intricate proceedings 5 for 
 the Divines infifted ftifly, That the Confummation of the Marriage, and j 
 the delivering of the Infanta, fhould be deferred to the next year -, which 
 feemed a rigorous Propofal. Howbeit, that Kingpromifed to abate the 
 rigor, and engaged himftjf to accomplifli the Marriage at C/»r////w^ fol- 
 lowing, it the Prince would continue there fo long. But the refolution 
 touching the delivering of the Infanta, was unalterable. 
 
 The Englifli Papifts apprehending that a Rupture was like to follow, 
 
 were
 
 HiHorical CoUeBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 were much perplexed : A great Stickler, Sir 7ohy Matthews by name, did 
 prefs his Catholick Majefty to give the Prince fome foot of ground, upon 
 which he might be able to ftand with honor, in complying with that 
 extraordiaary affedion which he beareth to the Infanta. Moreover he 
 protefted to him , That if the Catholicks of thefe Dominions Ihould 
 grow liable to perfecution or afflidion by the occafion of th:s breach , 
 through the difguft of the King and his Council, or through the power 
 which the Puritans aflembled in Parliament will infallibly Iiave with him, 
 that blood or mifery may be partly required at their hands who have ad- 
 vifed his Majefty not to accept thofe large Conditions which the King 
 and Prince had condefcended unto , and that more then Moral fecurity 
 which they had offered for the performance thereof. 
 
 Now the Prince is thinking to leave the Court of Spain, and they 
 fay he wrote to his Father a Letter of high Defpair, wherein was this 
 palTage, Ton mufi norv Sir took upon my Sifter and her Children, never think- 
 ing more of me, and forgetting that ever you had fuch a Son : Whereupon 
 King ^ames fent fwitt difpatches to haften his return. The King and 
 Council of Spain leemed to be ftartled at thefe Refolutions, and his Ma- 
 jefty importuned the Prince, That having ftaid fo many years for a wife, 
 he would ftay fome few moneths longer : And if he pleafed to give way 
 that the Infantas journey might be put off till the following Spring, he 
 would give him a Blank to write his own Conditions touching the fur- 
 render of the Palatinate. But when his Highnefs urged Reafonsfor his 
 departure, they took the matter in debate afrelli, and confented upon 
 Gath firft given, as well by his Catholick Majefty, as by the Prince, to 
 accomplifh the Marriage , and' to make tiie Efpoufals within ten days 
 after the Ratification fliould come from Rome: To which purpofe the 
 Prince made a Procuration to the King of Spain, and Don Carlos his Bro- 
 ther, to make the Efpoufals in his Name, and left it in the Earl of Bri- 
 ffols hands. Neverthelefs he left in the hand of one of the Dukes Crea- 
 tures, a private Inftrument, with Inftrudions to be delivered to the Earl 
 of Bristol, to ftay the delivery of the Proxies, till further d-:redion from 
 liim, pretending. That the 7;i(/^z»^;t might retire into aCloifter, and de- 
 fraud him of a Wife. But thefe Inftrudions were to be concealed from 
 the Earl till the Ratification came from Rome. 
 
 The Duke not regarding a Ceremonious Farewel at Court, departed 
 haftily a little before the Prince, pretending to prepare the Englilh Navy 
 that lay at the Port of St. Andrew for the Princes tranfportation. oUvares 
 and he had but a liarlh parting ^ for he told oUvares , That he was obli- 
 ged to the King, Queen, and //?/4«?4, in an eternal tye of gratitude; aod 
 that he would be an eveilafting Servant to them, and endeavor to do the 
 beft Offices for concluding the Match, and ftrengthning the Amity be- 
 tween the Crowns : But as for himfelf, he had fo far difobliged him, that 
 he could not without flattery make the leaft profeflion of friendlliip 
 to him. The Cende replied lliort , That he accepted of what he had 
 fpoken. The Duke departing with fo little fatisfadion, the Spaniards 
 concluded, that he would endeavor by all means poflible to hinder the 
 Marriage. 
 
 But the Prince for his part had gained an univerfal love, and was re- 
 ported by all, to be a truly Noble, difcreet, and well-deferving Prince -, 
 his gra\^e comportment fuitedwith the very ^^t-;?//^ of that Nation, and 
 he carried it from the firft to thelaft with the greateft affability, gravity, 
 I and conftancy •, and at his farewel , with unparallel'd bounty •, and he 
 
 left 
 
 lo: 
 
 J'acobi 
 
 2 1.. 
 
 The Prince 
 rearly to de- 
 part from the 
 Court of 
 Spain, leaves 
 a Proxy with 
 the Earl of 
 Brijiit. 
 
 The Duke and 
 OUvares pare 
 not Friends. 
 
 The Prince 
 
 univerfaily 
 
 ftccmed.
 
 10^ 
 
 Hiflorical CoiieBions, 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 His departure 
 lolcmn. 
 
 The Prince 
 feafteil the 
 Dons aboard 
 his Ship, and 
 bringing tbcm 
 back again to 
 thefhore, a 
 florm fur- 
 prifcs them. 
 
 ExprefJions 
 of )oy for the 
 Princes fafe 
 return into 
 England, 
 
 Private Tn- 
 rtniftions de- 
 livered to 
 Brijhl, con- 
 trary to the 
 I'roxy. 
 
 leftbelunde him Gems of ineftimable value for the Infanta and feverd 
 
 Grandees. 
 
 His departure from Madrid,htin% the 1! wtMtho't Seftemher, was very 
 folemn the Queen and the Infanta were prepared m great magnificence 
 with a Train of Grandees, and Ladies, to receive his farewel : And 
 among other pafTages, this one was taken to be an Argument of the In- 
 fantas real love to the Prince, That flie caufed many divine duties to be 
 performed for the fofety of his return into England. The King brought 
 him on his way to the Efcurial, and there feafted him, and at the Minute 
 of parting, declared the Obligation which the Prince had put upon him 
 by putting himfelf into his hands, a thing not ufual with Princes ^ and 
 he proteftcd. That he earneftly defired a nearer Conjundtion of Brotherly 
 affedion, for the more intire unity betwixt them. The Prince replying 
 to him, magnified the high favors which he found during his abode in his 
 Court and prefence, which had begotten fuch an eftimation of his worth, 
 that he knew not how to value it •, but he would leave a Mediatrix to fup- 
 ply his own defers, if he would make him fo happy as to continue him 
 in the good opinion of her his moft fair, and moft dear Miftrefs. 
 
 From thence he was attended with a Train of Spanirti Courtiers to 
 the Englilli Navy, where he feafted the Dons aboard his own Ship -, and 
 when he was bringing them back to (hore, there arofe a furious ftorm 
 wherewith the Barge was fo driven, that it could neither fetch the Land, 
 nor make to the Ships again. The night came on, and the tempeft and 
 darknefs meeting, made their condition defperate •, till at length efpying 
 alight from a Ship, near which the winds had driven them, they made 
 towards it, and then with extream hazard were reimbarqued. 
 
 It was obferved , That the firft words his Highnefs fpake after 
 he was embarqued, were , That it was a great vveaknefs and folly in 
 the Spaniard, after they had ufed him fo ill, to grant him a free depar- 
 ture. 
 
 The Prince arived at Pert[mouth, October the Fifth, and no fooner was 
 he landed, but it appeare^?!, that he was the Kingdoms darling, the peo- 
 ples hearts did burn to fee him, and unanimoufly praifed God without any 
 PubhckEdi<aof Thank(^iving. Publick Societies and private Families 
 every where abounded in all exprefTions, both of Religious and Civil re- 
 joycing. When he entred Londony the Bonfires which the peoples uni- 
 verfal Joy had kmdled, feemed to turn the City into one flame. 
 
 Immediately after the Princes departure from the Court of ^/'47;;, 
 a rumor was fpread that the Ratification was come from j;<?«»f, and that 
 it came plenary and abfolute. By which means the Princes private In 
 ftrudions were anticipated by the Earl of Brifhl-^ for the -pun^o pre- 
 tended full Warrant to proceed, and fummoned the Earl of Brishl to at- 
 tend them, and earneftly prcfled him. That the Articles might fpeedily 
 beingrodcd and figned. Hereupon the party in whofe hands the Pro- 
 hibition left by the Prince, lay dormant, either conceiving the Ratifica- 
 tion to be come indeed, or apprehending that it was the Princes meaning 
 to prevent the fudden concluding of matters, delivered to Brifhl that 
 Letter of private Inftrudions, the very day that the Prince arived at 
 Sr. Amdero. In reading it, the Earl was troubled exceedingly, and faid to 
 the other. That it muft tor a time be concealed, left the Spaniards coming 
 to the knowledge of it, fliould give order to ftay the Prince. 
 
 It vexed Brijlol, that his building of fo many years ihould at once be 
 pulled in funder. He refolves to wave this private Order, and if the 
 
 Ratification
 
 HiUorica! CoUe&ms. 
 
 105 
 
 Ratification c.ime, to deliver the Proxies, and to fupporc himfelf by his 21 ^^coli 
 
 PuWick Wai rant under die Great Seal of En^Lind. Now tlie Prince ~^' v^^ 
 
 and Duke leing jealous that BrtHol would counter-work them, left Sir 
 
 Walter Aflon joyned in Coramilfion with him, and acquainted A[lon, that' 
 
 the l^rinces meaning was never to Match there, without the reftitution 
 
 of the PAiitinatc , and the confervation of his Honor in all refpects 
 
 intire. 
 
 Immediately the Ea.rl of Erisfol fent diipatches into England, labor- 1 BriflrA in a 
 ing to fatisfie t!ie King and Prince in all thin'::s touching the Marriage : ':"^'^,''e'^" 
 And (]iew:ng, that he had exactly fet down the Cafe, how a V/oman be- g^'^^^^ 'ilctovnt 
 frothed, may before theconfummation ot Marriage, betake her felf to a ot" the bxni- 
 Religious life, and all the forts of Security for theprevepiting of fuch al"^''" 
 courie-, and that the King of 5'//47«, his Sifter, and all his Mmifters do) 
 offer all fecarity that may ftand with decency and honor, tor the per- 
 formance of the whole agreement. And though the point of portion 
 B were a tough and knotty peece , yet when by the original Papers and 
 Confultos of the laft King, tlie ^uncio found it tobe nolefs tb.en Two 
 Millions , they refolved to make it good 5 notwithftanding they al- 
 leadged that tliis fum u-as four times as much as ever was given in Money 
 with any Daughter of Spain. Moreover he did woo the Prince by argu- 
 ment. That as the King his Father, fo himfelf had thought this to be 
 the fitteft Match in all the World : And though the Spaniards had com- 
 mitted many Errors, yet he had already palled them by, and overcome 
 the main difficulties : That by his Journey he had fatisfied himfelf of the 
 Infantas perfon, who for her birth and portion, was no where to be 
 matched-, and for her vertue andfetled affection to his HighnefTes per- 
 fon, defeived him better then any Woman in the World: That the 
 Match was fure, the Portion and Temporal Articles nowfetled, but the 
 delay of the Dcfponfories will grieve the Princefs, and bring a cloud of dif- 
 truft and jealoulie upon the whole bufinefs. The perfonal diftaftes of 
 Minifters indiCcreet and paflionate carriages (hoald not hazard that 
 D which hath been brought to the prefent State with fo much coft, and 
 pains, and patience •, and which being well accompldhed, will procure fo 
 much good to the Chriftian World , and contrariwile fo much trouble 
 and mifcheif , if it fliould mifcarry, and break to peeces. Now upon 
 thefe Grounds and Motives hemadeintreaty, Tiiat with all fpeed a Poft 
 miglit be ftnt unto him, bringing Authority to deliver the Powers upon 
 the arival of the Difpenfation. 
 
 But the Prince 2n<i Bitckin'^h.nn madeiiafte to ensia^ethe Kine, and 
 making a plaufible Narration of their own proc-eeaings, the Spa>iiards 
 delays, and Brtflols mifcarriagcs, drew him to alter the whole ftate of , 
 the Treaty. Hereupon the King fenJs an exprefs command to Bri/lol, | ^^'■"; 'l"-"' 
 .to deliver his thanks to the King of Spain for the high entertainment, 'nimtiono'ffhc' 
 perfonal ki.ndnefs, refped, and favor, received by iii§ Son the Prince, who 
 was returned fo well fatisfied, as that he was notable tomagnifieit fuffi- 
 cicntly. And further to let him know, That to make a firm and indif- 
 folublc union between their Families, Nations, and Crowns, and withal 
 not to abandon his own Honor,nor at the fame time to give joy to his only 
 Son, and to give his onely Daughter her Portion in Tears , he had by 
 the advice of that Kings Ambail'adors entred into a Treaty for the Refti- 
 tution of the Palatinate-^ that he always underftood and exptded thiac 
 I upon the effeding of this Marriage, he ihould obta'n the reftoring of his 
 I Son-in-law, both tohisCountrey and Dignity-, and that the Emperor, 
 
 P either 
 
 
 iKing Jtimes 
 'falls cff, and 
 j'fiiraCondiri- 
 on of rlic Ma- 
 
 Palatiiiajs.
 
 io6 
 
 Hisiorical CoIleBions, 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 Erifiol an(l 
 AJhti demur 
 upon the new 
 Inftiudions. 
 
 either by finding out fome great Title, or by increafing the number of 
 the Eledoral Sides, might {atisfie the Duke of Bavaria. And for thefe 
 Reafons the King commanded Eriftel inftantly to procure from that 
 King, a punctual Anfwer touching the courfe he refolves to take, for the 
 reftitu^ioiVof the rdatinatc, and Eledorate, and what aflurance fl-iaU be 
 givejf'for^is contentment, if the Emperor or Duke oi Bavaria lliould 
 oppo'eany part of the expected reftitution. Moreover, he gave dire«ff i- 
 on, andfignified his fpecial defire, that the Efpoufals ihould be made in 
 one of the ChriflmM Holidays, becaufe that holy and joyful time would 
 bed become an adion fo notable and blefled. 
 
 The Earl of Brifiol, with the Concurrence of S\i Walter A(ton, took 
 boldnefs to demur upon thefe new Inftrudions-, and yet again torepre- 
 fent to his Majefty the ftate of thefe affairs, thty inform him, that by de- 
 ferring the Epoufals till Chri(imits, the powers were made altogether ufe- 
 lefs and invalid , there being a Claufe in the body of them. That they 
 fliall remain in force till chrifimas, and no longer. And the fufpending of 
 the execution of the powers, till the validity of them be expired, is an 
 effedual revoking of them : Befides, the pretexts of this delay are no 
 new, but old matters, which were often under debate, but never infifted 
 on to retard the main bufinefs. And it will be thought, that they Hiould 
 rather have hindered the Grant of thefe powers , then the execution of 
 them being granted. Surely, a ftaggcring in the former refolutions will 
 be fufpected, and the clearing thereof between Spain and England will 
 coft much time. As concerning the Prince Palatine ^ it w'as the care of the 
 Spaniili Minifters, that that buiinefs might be well compounded before 
 the Infanta s coming into England: For they' fay, that otherwife they 
 might give a Daughter, and a War prefeatly follow. Befides, theln- 
 flru<5f ions given under hisMajefties hand, were indeed to infift upon the 
 reftoring of the Prince Palatine, yet not fo to annex it to the Treaty, as 
 thereby to hazard the Match : For he feemed to be confident, that the 
 one would never grow to a conclufion, without a fetled refolution to ef- 
 feift the other : And the Prince and Duke during their being in Spaifj, 
 obferved the fame courfe. Moreover the Palatinate affairs have relation 
 to many great Princes intereffed therein, and cannot be ended but by a 
 formal Treaty, which will require a great length of time •, and if the con- 
 clufion of the Match fliould depend thereon , the Prince may be long 
 enough unmarried, for the advancement of their intereft who defire he 
 fliould fo continue, or not match with Sj^ain. 
 
 The preparations for the Marriage goon chearfully, the Popes Dif- 
 penfation is hourly expected, with an intention to demand the powers im- 
 mediately, and upon what pretext fliall they be detained ^ Shall we al- 
 ledge his Majefties pleafure, that the folemnity be performed in the 
 ChriftmasHolidays <: But that is impoflible, for the powers are then ex- 
 pired. Shall we urge the reftoring of the Palatine ? This was not made 
 a condition, but was treated as a bufinefs a part. The delay of the De- 
 fponfario's will put a fcorn upon the Infanta, and upon the King of Spain, 
 who hath called himfelf the Infanta's Defponfado. And this cannot ftand 
 with that exad and honorable dealing which his Majefty hath hitherto 
 ufed. Now upon thefe Inducements, in the refult and clofe of all, the Am- 
 baffador humbly advifed the King to return to the former ftate of the 
 Treaty, and to nominate a day for the delivery of the Proxies, and re- ' 
 folved fomewhat to protraft the time for the receiving of his Majefties 
 further direftion. 
 
 Thus
 
 Hi^orica! CoUeBions, 
 
 ioy 
 
 Thus did the Earl of 5r/T/o/ endeavor toreftorethe bufmefs-, and 
 the better to bring it on, Sir Walter AHon labored to reconcile the Duke 
 to Spain by this manner of Infinuation : He believed that his Grace was 
 infinitely provoked to bean enemy to this Match, and might have many 
 Reafons fuggefted, how much it concerned him to break it with all the 
 force he hath i yet he could not believe that the Error of one Man, can 
 make him an enemy to that which carries in it fo much content to the 
 King and Prince , nor that his judgment can be led by thefe Arguments, 
 which under colour of fafety, would bring him into a dangerous labyrinth. 
 For the moft profoerous War hath misfortune enough to make the 
 Author of it unhappy-, and how innocent foever his Grace might be, 
 yettheoccafions which have been given him, will make him liable to 
 iuch an afperfion. But if the Match proceed, and takeefifedt, hewull 
 have the lionor thereof, and the Infanta being duly informed, muft needs 
 acknowledge him to be the perfon unto whom, in that behalf, (he is moft 
 B obliged. 
 
 But thefe Motions incenfed Buckingham : And now having the Prince 
 linked to him, he could over-rule the King, and bear down all his Ad- 
 verfarics. The Prince and the Duke began to take a popular way, and 
 to clofe with thofe of the Privy Council and the Nobility that were op- 
 ^oCne to Spam, and beft liked of by the Puritan party : They projeded 
 alfo the calling of a Parliament .to confult the Nation, and to clear the 
 Kings integrity, and to gain to themfelves agreatefteem in the hearts 
 of the people. 
 
 And fome there were that fuggefted to the King," that the Dukes de- 
 fign was to prevent the Princes Marriage, notonely with i'/'4/«, but any 
 where elfe, that his own greatnefs might ftiU be abfolute. For, fay they, 
 were it love to hisCountrey that led him to a breach andWdtwiih Spain, 
 there was as much reafon for a breach of the Match and Peace, when the 
 Parliament urged it, as now there is. And they faid. That the approach- 
 ing Parliament was to marry ihe Duke to the Commonwealth, that he 
 might ftand not onely by tire King, but by the people and popular humor, 
 which of late he hath courted earneftly •, and fo they warned the King to 
 have more fpecial care of his own prefervation. 
 
 But the Earl of Bristol was ftraightly commanded to follow the new 
 Inftru^ions •, namely, before-he deliver the Powers, or move to the Con- 
 trait, to procure from the King of Spain, either by Publick Act, or by 
 Anfwcr, under his Hand and Seal, adired Engagement for theReftitu- 
 tion of the Palatinate, and the Ele«5loral Dignity •, by Mediation, or by 
 the afliftance of Arms, if Mediation fail , together with a limitation of 
 the time, when the way of Mediation lliall determine, and theaflfiftance 
 of Arms begin. And the King declared. That he had reafon infinitely to 
 think it requifite to deal plainly and clearly with his Brother of Spain, be- 
 caufe the Bcrkjlrot in the Palaiinttc, the prime flower of his Son-in-laws 
 Revenue, was taken by the Arms of Spaitr, and put into the pofteflion of 
 a Spani/liGarifon, or under their command •, and theCouncrey -or Re- 
 venue thereof, was contrary to the Contrad witji the Infanta at Srttxds ; 
 and upon an old pretence, freflily delivered into the hands of the Bilhop of 
 Mcntz., being none of thofe to whom Intereft or Mediation iiad been 
 formerly ufed, or thought of 5 who were onely the Emperor, the King 
 of Spain, and the Duke of Bavaria,. 
 
 And concerning the Marriage Portion, he abfolutely re)e<5lcd both 
 Jewels and yearly Revenue, as contrary to the firft Agreement, and ex- 
 
 P 2 pe(5ied 
 
 21 
 
 D 
 
 ^acobi. 
 
 Sir Walter 
 Aflon etiilca- 
 vois to recon- 
 cile the Duke 
 to Sfain. 
 
 Advice to the 
 King touching 
 the Dujje, 
 
 The Earl of 
 Briftol'M com- 
 inanded by 
 the-King to 
 follow the 
 new Inftrufti- 
 ons.
 
 io8 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 King James 
 puts the Fata- 
 me in hope, 
 by Propofal of 
 new te; ms. 
 
 Tlie Palatines 
 Anfwer to 
 thofe Terms 
 propofcd by 
 the King. 
 
 pc<5led the Total fum in fpeck , at reafonable times of paymenr. As 
 touching the Efpoufals , he commanded the Sufpenfion of the Powers 
 left, and fent the Powers renewed by the Prince, for a larger time, that 
 no blame might light on him, or his Son, in cafe that King could not 
 give fatisfadion in fo fliort a time, as that where in the former powers 
 would become invalid. In the mean while he faid he was ready to pro- 
 pound good ways to fitisfie the Duke of Bavaria in point of Title and 
 Honor, and to continue the Negotiation for Matching the Palatines EI- 
 deft Son with the Emperors Daughter. 
 
 The Earl of BriFfol had a difficult part to a(fl in Spain, and in England 
 the Duke fee all his ftrength to crufh him. The Surrender of the Pala- 
 tinate to the Kings contentment was not probable, after it was ranfacked 
 and alienated , and as a common Booty (liared in parcels to feveral 
 Princes. 
 
 Neverthelefsas yet the King hoped by Treaty to compofe the whole 
 bufinefs, and to fatisfie the feveral Interefts. And having by his con- 
 tinued patience and induftry reduced Matters to a Circle of leflier extent 
 then the former generalities , tendered to the Palatine thefe terms of 
 hope. In the firft place, That he make a due fubmifTion to the Emperor 
 under convenient Limitations, which Ihall firft be granted in Conformity 
 to that which is Noble, with Affurance requifite for the free and fafe go- 
 ing and return of his Perfon and Train. And that this being done, a 
 Prefent and full Reftitution of all the Palatinate fliall be made to the 
 perfon of his Son, and that he himfelf (liall be his Ailminiftrator during 
 life •, and that after the death of the Duke of Bavaria, his Son fliall be 
 eftabliflied in the Electoral Dignity. Moreover, if the Marriage between 
 his eldeft Son, and one of the Emperors Daughters lliould take effed, 
 it would enfure the enjoyment of all according to the prefent Contrad, 
 and make way for the bettering of the Conditions to his own perfon. 
 In Contemplation of which Mariage, the other party hare approached a 
 degree nearer, to wit. That the Eledorate iball return to his own perfon 
 after the death of the Duke of Bavaria. And as touching the many 
 difficulties in the Treaty of this Mariage , to wit, The Education of his 
 Son, he had devifed a way for the fatisfadion of parties, which was, 
 That hefhouldbebiioughtup, neither at th^Ha^ue, nor in the Emperors 
 Court, but with his'own Son, the Prince of pJ^'^/e/ , and in the prefence 
 of the Infanta of Spain, after her arival in England. Upon thefe Over- 
 tures the Kingadvifeth his Son-in-law to have recourfe to his own Wif- 
 dom, and after mature deliberation , to make a choice agreeable to the 
 lionor and fafety of his eftates. And he delivered his own opinion, That 
 a ready entrance into the pofTeifion of his own eftate, with a kinde of pre- 
 fent liberty, and an aflurance in time torecsver more, wastobechofeq 
 rather then his prefent bare condition and hazardous expedation upon 
 other' uncertain means. 
 
 Upon the tender of thefe Propofals, Letters of Confultation vveie 
 fent to the King from his Son-in-law, and from Sir Dudley Carlton to the 
 Duke of Buckingham •, who, for the greatnefs of his power, was to be 
 courted and made a friend in all tranfadions. 
 
 To the fubmifTion in the firft place required, reply was made, That 
 in natural order , the Reftitution which was material and fubftantial , 
 ought to precede the fame, which was but a point of Ceremony, or at 
 leaft, it is neceffary that all things berefolved, and fetled is fuch affu- 
 rances as fhall be held convenient , otherwife a fubmiffion might be 
 yielded,
 
 HiHorical ColieBions. 
 
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 B 
 
 D 
 
 !F 
 
 yielded, and the Reftitutien never follow. Befides, if the Emperors 
 intentions be fincere, and real, and without any aims to take advantage 
 upon the Palfgravcs perfon (as the Emperor, Charls the Fifth, did upon 
 the Landgrave of H((fcn , under the fubtjle diftindiion of a fyllable in the 
 fafe condud) the SubmilTion might as well be made by a Deputy • by 
 which means he might be freed from thofe apprehenfions, which the 
 Executions at Prague, and other cruelties ufed by the Imperialifts, might 
 nnprefs in his minde. Moreover, a SubmiHion under the fpecified Con- 
 dition ot yielding the Eledorate to the Duke of Bavaria , will pre- 
 judice his caufe for ever: For the Electors oi Saxon) and Brandenbtirgh, 
 who have always protefted againft the Tranflation, and the other Princes 
 oi Germany who have like-feeling, willdifavow their own Proteftations 
 in regard of him who fliall abandon his own pretenfions ; and inftead of 
 favoring him, may be made his enemies. The experience ot things may 
 (liew what iffue is like to follow a confeat to the like Conditions ; for the 
 Emperor had manifeftly abufed him in two Overtures already. 
 
 Firft, The Inftrument fignedfor the Conditional Refignation of the 
 Crown of Bohemia, in tlie year One thoufand fix hundred twenty and one, 
 fcrued the Emperor to accelerate the Treaty then on foot with Bethlcm 
 Gaber. Secondly , The Ratification of the Sufpenfion of Arms the laft 
 Summer,/ ferved to intimidate the Electors of Brandenbtirgh and Saxony, 
 that they may not undertake any thing againft the Emperor. For both 
 the one, and the other, were for thefe very ends divulged bytheEsnpe- 
 ror before anything was therein concluded: And fo will the Emperor 
 make his advantage of the prefent Propofition, both to hinder thePro- 
 grefs of <S4^fr, and to continue the intimidation of the Princes of Ger- 
 many. Furthermore, in this Submiflion.it were necefiary to take care 
 that his undue Profcription and Banilhment , being to the prejudice of 
 the Conftitutions of the Empire, and held by the Eleiftors of Saxdny and 
 Brandenbttrgh of no validity , may not be approved, and a mark of In- 
 famy fet upon the Palatine and his pofterity. And hftly, fhame and dif- 
 grace will be the end of this Submilfion, there being affurance of no bet- 
 ter dealing then was ufed to the depofed Houfe of Saxeny by charls the 
 Fifth, an Emperor not worfe then this •, the heir of which Houfe, being 
 one of the worthicft Princes in Germany, is now in hard conditions before 
 the eyes of the exiled Palatine. 
 
 Unto the fecond point, theexclufion of the Palfgraves perfon, and 
 the fetling upon his Son, it was thus replied, Thit Spain had always gi- 
 ven hope, and the Earl of Bri^ol great affurance, even when the Marriage 
 was not fo far advanced as now it is : That in cafe of the Emperors refufal, 
 they would aflTift his Majefty, and compel the Emperor to an intire Refti- 
 tution. Befides, there is little ground of hope from thefe Treaties as 
 they are managed, and wire-drawn by the Houfe of AuBria, from whom 
 we have ever new Overtures in Winter, and new Ruptures in Summer : 
 For the Emperor wanteth bat two or three years leifure, which he will 
 eafily gain by a Treaty of Marriage, to eftablilh in Germany the Tranfla- 
 tion of the Elefforate and Palatinate without any hope of Recovery : 
 Therefore fufficicnt Afiurances ihould ever precede the Treaties: For 
 the prelent Sealbn did offer a very fair opportunity of recovering the E- 
 ftateand Dignity. 
 
 The Palatines pretentions were not prejudiced by a long interpofition 
 of time, the memory of the undue proceedings in the Ban, and the Tranf- 
 jlation, and the feifure of his Inheritance are frefli inthemindesof the 
 Princes, 
 
 21 
 
 ^cobi.
 
 no 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 -f 
 
 AfJ. 1623. 1 Princes, whoby their own Interefts are moved to a greater compaffion. 
 As tor the hope of Reftitution from the Match with Spain, there is little 
 reafon to put a difference between the Sfamards and the Iinperialifts, who 
 have with joynt confent confpired the ruine of the Falatimte, with the 
 fame Forces, Counfels, ani Defigns : And whileft things have been fome 
 times upon terms, and always in talk of an Accommodation, the Electo- 
 rate is given to iheDakeoi' Bavaria, and avowed by a Congratulatory 
 MefTage from the Arch-Dutchefs ; the Upper-Pj/^r/w^/fis fetled in the 
 ^4i'4rw«^po{rcirion, and a Portion allowed the Duke of Netvhurgh for 
 his contentment. A principal part of the Lower Palatinate is given to 
 theEledoiof Mentz-, by the confent of thofe at £r«xf/j, and thereftis 
 promifed to be parcelled among other Princes. 
 
 Now tor the hopes of a furer way to regain an happy fettlement, by 
 the Concurrence of the King, his Allies and Confederates, and the whole 
 Protcftant party in Etirepe •, let thefe Matters be weighed in the Ballance 
 of Common Judgment. The Electors of Saxony and Brandenburgh, and 
 all the Princes fave thofe of the Catholick League, have declared, That 
 the Peace of Germany depends upon the reilonng of the Palatine •■ Be- 
 tides, the Levies which they made in the beginning of the laft Summer, 
 though by the unfortunate accident of DnktChriftian oi Erjtnfivick, they 
 were foon difmilTed, do tcftifie the fame affections tlill remaining in them , 
 and the fame Refolutions to embrace any good occafiofi for recovering 
 the liberty of Germany. The number of thofe that have this conjoyned 
 Intere-fi, is great and mighty, yea, the greater part of the people, both 
 Horfc and Foot, which marched under the Catholick Banner, were of a 
 contrary Religion and AflfeCtion, and more inclined totheruifie, then 
 prefervation of the Catholick League. All that is wanting is the concur- 
 rence andcondudt of fome great Prince that may fupport them againtl 
 the Houfe of Ati(lria : The King of Denmark being a Priflce full of cir- 
 cumfpeCtion , and being unwilling to enter into play alone, made anfwer 
 to all inftances. That as other Princes have their eyes on him , fo he hath 
 his eyes on the King of Great Britain. Wherefore, although for thefe two 
 or three years patl Affairs on this tide have gone in a continual decadence, 
 and a final ruine be now thrcatned, unlefs it be withttood by fome Princely 
 refolution, n©t of petty but of great Princes ^ yet there is no fuch defpon- 
 dency in the good party, but fufficient vigor yet remaining not onely to 
 fubfitl, but to rife, and tlouridi again. And one of thofe Kingdoms which 
 are in his Majefties pollelTion having wrought great effeds in the affairs of 
 Eurepe, even when counter-ballanced by the other two, doth demontlrate 
 what may be done by the joynt forces of all three together, efpecially 
 when the peoples alfedions are raifed to the enterprile. Thus did the 
 Palfgraves Counfels ditlent from our Kings Propofals. 
 
 And there were not wanting, both of the Kings Counfel at home, 
 
 and of his Agents in Foreign parts, fuch as frequently warned him of the 
 
 difappointment and ditlionor that would follow thofe ways of Treating 
 
 with implacable,though flattering Enemies •, and (hewed him the fure and 
 
 j honorable way of reeftablilhing his Children in their Patrimony-, not 
 
 j by their Enemies curtetie, but by the united (trength of the Proteihnt 
 
 1 Anns in all parts of Chriftendom, of which party, the King might have 
 
 The Nether- niade himfelf the Head and great Commander. 
 
 UnJi appear j In the languilliing, and almotl expiring Condition of the Spaniih 
 brace rhVan- ' Treaty, the United Provinces in the Netherlands, appeared ready to em- 
 ticnr Union 1 bracc the opportunity of renewing the antient Union with England, in 
 
 with Engliind. \ -U
 
 Hi^oricat CoUeBions, 
 
 III 
 
 ail mutual confidence, and ftrong affurance. And the King was moved 
 to return to thole old Confederates, the fureft fupports of his Crowns 
 and Family : For it hspned that in latter times, a diftruft and ftrangenefs 
 had grown betwixt them. Bcrnevclt and the Armhnan Fadion had drawn 
 the States to new Alliances, and commonly procured Anfwerstobe 
 given to King J-amcs, and his Miniftevs, in a harfli and peremptory ftile. 
 In like manner the King did not care to own them fully, efteeming them 
 an evil example for a Monarch to cherilli. Neverthelefs, he did them 
 many good turns worthy of acknowledgment, and particularly in oppo- 
 iing the Fa^ftion of Arminms and VorsiiM-, and the reft of that fort, who 
 caufed great diftraiflions in the Belgick Church and St.ite: Nay, he was 
 thought to have done more then requifite, in rendring the Cautionary 
 Towns, and in conniving with too much patience at theinfolenciesand 
 mifdemeanors of their Mariners. But the Prince of Orange expreCfcd 
 good will to an intire friendfliip with England, and afiured the Engliih 
 
 B Refident at the Hague, That whcnfoever the King would be to thofc Pro- 
 vinces, z%QmfinEliz,.ibeth was in her time, they would be the fame to 
 him, as they had been to Queen Eliz^abeth : But as yet they keepthem- 
 felvesreferved, becaufc theyfufpeit that the IncroduiStions, and Tenta- 
 tives to a Union with them, have been to no other end, but to indear the 
 Engliih Merchandize , and to inhaunce its price to the Kin^oi Spain: 
 For they conclude, that Spain will never Match with England, but for 
 hope^ or fear ^ hope of reducing thofe Provinces by the Match , or 
 fear, if the Match proceed not, that the King will joyn with the Pro- 
 vinces in oppofition to Spain 5 and in either of thefe cafes they hold the 
 Match as made: As for themfelves, they reprefenc this alTuranceof a 
 firm ConjunAion^ for that jnftead of giving an ear to Overtures and 
 ConcelTions, which from day today were prefented to them, they have 
 put themfelves to the Offenfive, by preparing a ftrong Fleet, which is 
 ready to fet fail to the TVc ft- Indies , to the end they.may at leaft inter- 
 rupt the peaceable Annual return of the Gold and Silver of thofe parts, 
 
 D by which the Houfe of Au(lria do continually advance their greatnefs. 
 And this preparation, together with their Voyages into the Ea(l-Indies, 
 will make them irreconcileable to Spain. 
 
 Thefe enterprifes werecommended to the King, as approved by all 
 good men, to be a principal means to caft down the fearful power o[ 
 Spain: Onely it was too vafte adefign for that little Countrey ; but if 
 the King were pleafed thoroughly toclofe with them, their Affedions 
 and con/tant intereft would (o bindethem to him, that he might abfo- 
 lutelydifpofeof them, and by their forces by Sea and Land, conjoyned 
 with his own, be able to give the Law to Europe. And the preffnt ftate 
 of the Provinces might incite the King to this Con'jnnftion. For the 
 hft Summer, if the Imperialifts had joyned with t!ie Spaniards, they had 
 undoubtedly made an irruption into the borders of that State ^ and they 
 are like to break in this next year, except fome notable Turn (hall inter- 
 vene -, and then our beft Link for a Bond of FricndQiip is broken, and 
 thofe Provinces of a ftrong Staff will become a broken Reed. Such 
 Rcprefentations were made to the Court of England; hut the Counlels 
 then prevailing were not propenfe to tliisConjuntftion , and Intereft, 
 although we were then breaking with Spain, and the Houfe ot Auflria. 
 
 About the beginning of December, when the Ratification came from 
 the new Pope, Bonfires vVere made t 
 Ordnance thundred out reports of joy: And 
 
 iroughout all SMtn, and tl 
 
 le great 
 
 '^■acebi 
 
 21. 
 
 L 
 
 that King to Qtisfie his 
 
 Oath 
 
 TiicRatifica- 
 ticacicn come 
 Aom the new 
 Pope ■■, and 
 when all is 
 ready for t.'ic 
 EfpoiilJls, , 
 then is the 
 Matcli rtaHic 
 Sy oriicr froiu
 
 uz 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 An. 
 
 
 BHj}ol fends 
 his /Apology 
 ro K. James 
 (or having de- 
 murred Hpon 
 tlie new In- 
 ftrufSions. 
 
 Oath made to the Prince of Wales, prepared for the Efpoufals, and a day 
 was prefixed, and all things appointed for the Solemnity, according to 
 the Magnificence of that Court. The /«/4;3/^i's Family was fetled, her 
 Ofilcers diftinguillied, and tiie beginning of March was the time for her 
 journey into England. From the Prinees departure, (lie had applied her- 
 lelf to the learning of the Englilh Tongue. The Englilh AmSalfadors 
 carried themfclves like Subjcifls towards her , as being their Mafters 
 Wife, or Spoufe. Many rich prefents had ilie prepared for her future 
 Lord and Husband. And the Earl of Bristol had provided many coftly 
 Liveries for his Attendants in the Solemnity of the Efpoufals. But all 
 things were inftantlydifcompofed by the opening of the new commands 
 from England to the Earl , which were to procure an intire furrendcr of 
 tlieP4/j////.<^eandEledorate, before he move one ftep further towards 
 the Contrad:. 
 
 In the Court o^ Spain there was great refentment of thefe new de- 
 lays, and they difcerned a breach towards: The Infanta gave over the 
 ftudyof Englifli, and was no more ftiled the Princefsof England; but 
 to the Demands from England, the King of Spain replied. That if a 
 Treaty be fet on foot, and the Emperor, a.nd Dakeoi Bavaria, willnot 
 come to Terms of Conformity, he will joyn Arms with England, to re- 
 cover the Palatinate : The Spaniards confefling the Demand juft, but un- 
 feafonable , profefled , the Dcfpenforio's part, the infanta on her knees 
 fhouldhave been a Suiter to the King to reftore the Palatinate , making 
 It thereby her a(5b, and drawing the Obligation wholly to her. Thefe 
 offers did not facisfie , Bri(lol was called laomc, and all was daflied to 
 peeces. 
 
 It was an amazement to the Chviftian World, that when the Match 
 was brought to fuch perfection , the motion fliould be rejedcd by that 
 fide which purfued it with fo much eagernefs, and patience, as being the 
 mafter-peece of all their defigns. 
 
 In the latter part of this long tedious a(fl, the Spamardappeired real , 
 but in the former part their reality was queftionable : For our parts, the 
 bufinefs (hall remain as we finde it, a dark Riddle and Myftery, 
 
 The Earl of Sriftol having demurred upon the new Inftrudions, to 
 prevent (as he defired) the embroiling of the whole Treaty , was to 
 make his Apology to the King his Matter, and for himfelf he thus ipic^d- 
 ed. That he underftood the Infanta was his yong Mafters wife, or Spoufe 
 at leaft, and that both the King and Prince infinitely defired the Match. 
 The powers were drawn by the intervention of both parties, the King of 
 Spain accepting them, and the Prince legally delivering them, and they 
 were depofited with him in truft , as the Ambafl'ador of the King of 
 Great Britain, withaPublick Declaration, how and when he was to de- 
 liver them ^ and this was drawn into an Inftrument by tl\e Secretary of 
 State: According to this ftate of things, lie appeals to any Cenfure 
 which were the more prudent, honeft, and dutiful way •, whether to put a 
 dilgrace upon fo great and worthy a Princefs, who was to be his Mafters 
 Wife, and a fcorn upon the King of Spain, by nominating a day for the 
 Marriage, when the powers would be expired, and not at all to infift up- 
 on making good the Publick Truft repofed in him by two fo great Mo- 
 narchs, to the hazard and overthrow of fo great and important a bufinefs •, 
 or contrariwife toreprefent to hisMajefty the ftate of things in Truth 
 and Sincerity, with his humble opinion of the wrong and difgrace to the 
 Infanta, by deferring tire Marriage, and of the indignity offered to the 
 
 King 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hislorical CoIIeBions. 
 
 1^3 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 King of Spam, and the danger of the whole Treaty, by the detention of 
 the Powers without the pretence of fome emergent caufe : And after all 
 this, when his Majefty had declared his pleafarc, there was ready an exad 
 obedience. Wherefore in the confidence of his own innocencie, lie pro- 
 feiTeth as great a confidence of his Majefties accuftomed grace and favor. 
 Eriflol being called home, acquainted the Conde olivarcs with the 
 Letters of Revocation, and defired withall to have a day afTigned h:m to 
 take his leave of the King, olivares anfwered, That he had much to fay 
 to him by his Majefties order 5 and fpake to this effedl iu the prefence of 
 Sir Walter Afion, and the Conde Govdomar : That the King had received 
 large advertifements with what malice and rancor his Enemies did pro- 
 fecute him, and how powerful they are in England •, And in regard that 
 the Envy which was drawn upon him proceeded from his earneft endea- 
 vors to accomplidi the Match, and that the particular fault laid to his 
 charge was in point of delivering the Proxies depofited in his hands, that 
 his Majefty takes it to heart, and judgeth himfelf touched in his honor, 
 ii for this caufe his Enemies fliall prevail fo far as to work his ruine or 
 difgrace-. And therefore he will write to i\\QYi\ti^oi Great Britain, zni 
 fend a particular Ambaftador, if it be needful, to mediate for him •, for 
 that he had ferved his Mafter with that exadnefs and fidelity, which de- 
 ferved not only to be affifted by all good offices, but to be rewarded and 
 publllhed : And his Majefty, for the example of his own Subje(5ls, and 
 for the encouragement of all fuch as fliould ferve their Princes with the 
 like loyalty, had fent him a Blank figned by himfelf, wherein he might 
 fet down his own Conditions both in point of Title and Fortune, And 
 this he did in no wife to oblige another Princes Subjed, but only to give 
 encouragement to honeft and faithful proceedings: And therefore he 
 w©uld not make thefe offers in private, but open and juftifiable to all the 
 world ; and would accompany all that he ftiould d© with a Declaration 
 or Patent, That what he had done for the Earl of 5ri/?(>/, was for the fi- 
 delity wherewith he had ferved his own Mafter. 
 
 Hereunto the Earl made anfwer. That he was forry and much affli(5led 
 to hear fuch language ; And defired that they ftiould underftand, that 
 neither this King nor Spain were beholding to him •, For whatfoever he 
 had done, he thought the fame to be fitteft for his Mafters fervice and his 
 own honor, having no relation to Spain ; and that he ferved a Mafter, 
 from whom he was aftiired both of juftice and due reward -, And nothing 
 doubted but his own Innocencie would prevail againft the wrong intended 
 by his powerful Adverfaries : And were he fure to run into imminent 
 danger, he had rather go home aud caft himfelf at his Mafters feet and 
 mercy, and therein comply with the duty and honor of a faithful Subjed, 
 though it fhould coft him his head, then be Duke or Infantado of Spam ■• 
 And that with this refolution he would imploy theutmoftof his power 
 to maintain the Amity between the two Kings and their Crowns, and to 
 ferve hisCatholick Majefty. 
 
 After he had taken his leave and was ready to come away, he had an- 
 other Profer made unto him in private of Ten thoufand Crowns to take 
 with him in his purfe, to make his way and go through with his troubles, 
 if haply his own monies might be feifed upon: And it was told him, 
 no body (liould know it. Yes, faid he^ one would know it, who he was 
 afllired would reveal it to his Majefty, njiz. the Earl o^Brijlol himfelf, and 
 it would make him not fo clear in his cnvo heart as now he was 5 and lb he 
 rcfufed the offer. 
 
 CL The 
 
 Olivares cffers 
 Bnjiol large 
 Prefeiments 
 in the Kings 
 name, wlicn 
 he was to take 
 his leave. 
 
 Erijiols An- 
 fwer to thofc 
 Prefers-
 
 IL 
 
 HtUorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 Tlic Sfunianh 
 prepare for a 
 V^'ar with 
 Enghnd. 
 
 The I.. Ken 
 fingtm fcnt 
 AnibanTiulcr 
 mxo France to 
 feel the puhe 
 of that Court 
 toiie-iiing a 
 Match, ren- 
 ders an ac- 
 count of "his 
 acceptance. 
 
 The Match was now truly broken, but as yet the breach v/as not de- 1 
 clared, nor the Treaty quite fallen to the ground, but continued after a 
 lansuilhing manner in the hands of Sir Walter Afton, The SfAniards by all 
 Advertifements horn England were advifed to exped a War, and accord- 
 ingly they went ferioufly to work,and prepared themfclves.for what might 
 happeh •, And A(ton being there upon the place, conceived it high time 
 that King Jumes lliould refolve upon fome courfe to allay the Itorm a- 
 rifing, or to go hand m hand with them in equal preparations. All that 
 was teft alive'of the Marriage-bufinefs, was no more, then that thofe 
 f ewels which the Prince had left at his Farewel were not yet returned : 
 But if the Letter then expefted from England brought no better Anfwer 
 to their laft Offer concerning the Pa! at in ate, then, fuchas they had hitherto 
 received, they will return the Jewels, and declare the Marriage broken. 
 For by this time they had received intelligence of the Princes treating a 
 Marriage with a Daughter o[' France, the Lady Henrietta Maria. And fo 
 it was, that King ^ames had lately fent the Lord Kenfington, afterwards 
 Earl of Holland, to enquire covertly whether the Match were feafible, be- 
 fore he would enter into a Publick Treaty. 
 
 The Lord Kcnfmgton returned tliis Accompt of his Negotiation: 
 That there appeared in the face of that Court an extraordinary fvveetnels, 
 fmoothnefs and clearnefs towards an Alliance with £»^/.fW 5 ThePrin- 
 cefs herfclf was obferved feldom to liave put on a more cheerful counte- 
 nance, then llie had done the firft night of his appearance in that Court •, 
 The Queen, though a Daughter of 5/?/z/w, wifliedthis Match morethea 
 that intended with her own Sifter ^ And the Queen-mother who will 
 have the chief ftroke in the bufinefs, expreffed her good will and favor, 
 as much as might ftand with her Daughters honor. For the French ob- 
 ferve theafpiring of the King o^ Spain to the Monarchy of Chriftendom, 
 and his approaches to the Kingdom oi France, and his encompafTmg it on 
 all fides-. And theydifcern that an Alliance with England is the fureft 
 way to oppofc the mightinefs of that King : And upon the fame accompt 
 they promifed brave affiftance to the United Provinces, gave great en- 
 couragement to Count Mansf eld and Duke Chriftian oi' Brunfwick -^ A 
 Gentlemanof the Religion was fent to Liege to offer them the Kings pro- 
 teftion, if that Town will feek it. Neverthelefs they have not diredly 
 embraced this Overture of Marriage, becaule we have not as yet wholly 
 abandoned the Treaty with Spain ^ left they fliould lofe the Friendfliip 
 of a Brother- in-lav^-, to gain another which may poffibly £iil them. But 
 they fay that their hearts are not capable of more content, then to fee this 
 Motion upon a Publick CommilTion, and all that may touch upon the 
 way of Spain diffolved. Neither are tliey like to ftrain us to unrea- 
 fonable Conditions in favor of the Roman Catholicks m his Majefties 
 Dominions : For in that matter their Pulle beats fo temperately, as to 
 promifea good Crifis therein : And in cafe his Majefty be drawn to banifh 
 thePriefts an^l Jelbites, and to quicken the Laws againft other Catho- 
 licks, to keep a good Intelligence with his Parliament, yet they fay, 
 they hope he will not tie his hands from fome moderate favor to flow 
 hereafter from the mediation of that State, which is all they pretend unto 
 for the faving of their honor, who otherwife would hardly be reputed 
 Catholicks. 
 
 Thus the Lord Kenfmgton having rendred an accompt of his diligence, 
 advifed to go on roundly with the Match, left otherwife, though never 
 fo well affeded, they be altered with the Arts of Spain .• For ( faith he ) 
 
 un-
 
 Htftorical Coiie&ions. 
 
 "5 
 
 B 
 
 The King ad- 
 vifed to call a 
 Parliametir. 
 
 undoubtedly the King oiS^ahi will refolve, iKpolTible, to oblige one fide •, ^-acohi 2 r 
 And as the French do think he may pleafe England with the reftitution oF 
 the PdUtwate, (o we may think he will pleafe the French with rencring of 
 the raltoline. But without the alfiftance of Parliament, and compliance 
 with the people^the King could not go through with thofe weighty works 
 which he was now to take in hand. Now the things which troubled the 
 People,were fet forth to the King in three particulars : As^That for the Siib- 
 fidics granted in the two lajl Parliaments, they received no retributions by B'ls of 
 Grace : That fome of their Burgc(fes rvcre proceeded agamfl after the Parliament 
 rvits diffohed: And that when thej have (atisficd the Kings demands,he mllne- 
 verthele f proceed to the conclitfionofthe Spanijh Match. Hereupon feme of his 
 neareftCouncil perfwaded him to begin the work by removing the peoples 
 Jealoudes •, and to caji aivayfome crums of his Crown amongst ihem,and thofe 
 criims would work miracles and fat is fie many thoiiftnds. Ana whereas the aim 
 of the fcrmerTreaties was the fetiing of an univerfal peace in Chnlf endom, 
 and fince the malice of deceitl:ul men hath croft thole fair ways, abufing his 
 Majeftics truft & goodnefs, he muft caft about and fail by another point of 
 the Compafs,whereby he might fecurely and eafily attain to his noble and 
 pious ends.The means whereunto were thefe: Firft,thac his Enemies know 
 the Lyon hath teeth & claws; Nexc,that he imbrace and invite a ftri(5t affo- 
 ciation and friendship with thofe, whom neighborhood,alliance,and com- 
 mon Intereft of State and Religion had joined to him. i^'^^.ip.the Parlia- 
 ment began at Wefiminfler: The King being fet in the Throne,fpake thus. 
 
 " f Have afTembled you at this time, to impart to you a fecret and 
 *^ A of great importance as can be to my State, and the State of my 
 
 D 
 
 matter 
 my Chil- 
 " dren •, wherein I crave your beft and fafeft advice and counfel, according 
 "as the Writ whereby you were alfembled imports, That the King would 
 " advife with you in matters concerning his Eflate and Dignity. And as I have 
 " ever endeavored by this & the like ways to procure and cherilTi the love 
 " of my people towards me,fo do I hope,and my hope is exceeded by faith; 
 " for I fully now believe,that never any King was more beloved of his peo- 
 " pie : whom as you my Lords and Gentlemen do here ieprefent,fo would 
 " I have you truly to reprefent their loves all tome-, that in you as in a true 
 " Mirror or glafs I may pertedly behold it, and not as in a Falfe glafs that 
 "reprefents it not at all,or otlierwife then it is indeed. Give me your free 
 " and faithful counfels in the matter I propofe, of which you have often 
 " heard, the Match o[ my Son: wherein,as yoa may know,I have fpent much 
 " time,with great coft, in long Treaties, delinng always therein ( and not 
 " without reafon hoping to have eftecled my deiires) the advancement of 
 "ray State and Children,and the general Peace of Chriftendom,whereinI 
 " have always conftantly labored,dcpending upon fair hopes and promifes. 
 " Attheearneft inftanceofmy Son, I was contented (although it was of 
 " an extraordinary nature)to fend him to profecute hisdefires in Spatn,<inA 
 " for his more fafety fent Bucktngham(}a whom I ever repofed moft truft of 
 " my perfon)with him,with this commmd.continitally to be pre fent with him, 
 " and never to leave him till he returned again ftfely unto me. Which he per- 
 " form'd,though not with that effect in the bufines that I expe6led,yet not 
 " altogether without profit ■■, For it taught me this point of wlfdom, 59r« 
 " verfatur in generalibi^,[i ealily deceived, and that Generality brings no- 
 " thing to good iffue -, but that before any matter can be fully finidicd, ic 
 " muft be brought to particulars:For when as I thought the affair had been 
 " betore their going, produced to a narrow point, relying upon their gene- 
 " ral propofitions, I found when they came there the matter proved to be 
 
 CLz fo 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech to the 
 Parliament.
 
 u6 
 
 Hiflorical ColIeBiom. 
 
 raw, as if it had never been treated of-, the generals giving them 
 eafie way to evade, and affording them means to avoid the effeding 
 " of any thing. 
 
 " The particulars that pafled in the Treaty, I mean not now to difco- 
 " ver to you,the time being too (hort-, I refer you to Charts & Buckingham, 
 " and the Secretaries Reports,who fhall relate unto you all the particulars. 
 " And after thit^ fitper tot am materiam, I defire your beft afliftance to ad- 
 '' vife me what is beft and fitteft for me to do for the good of the Com- 
 " monwealth, and the advancement of Religion, and the good of my Son 
 " and my Grandchildren of the Falatine. And of our eftate I know you 
 " cannot but be fenfible, confideriijg that your vvelfare confifts in ours, 
 " and you (liall be fure to have your (hare in what mifery Ihall befall us : 
 " And therefore I need to urge no other Argument to you in this behalf, 
 " in offering me your wifeft and fureft Counfel and Furtherance. And 
 " I afTure you in the faith of a Chriftian King, that it is res integra pre- 
 " Tented unto you, and that I ftand not bound nor either way engaged, but 
 " remain free to follow what Ihall be beft advifed. 
 
 " To plant is not fufficient, unlels like good Gardiners you pluck up 
 '' the weeds that will choak your labors : And the greateft weeds among 
 " you, are Jealoufies ; root shem out. For my Adions, I dare avow them 
 " before God •, but Jealoufies are of a ftrange depth. I am the Husband, 
 " and you the Wife, and it is fubjed to the Wife to be jealous of her Huf- 
 " band : Let this be far from you 1 I can truly fay, and will avouch it 
 " before the feat of God and Angels, that never King governed with a 
 "purer, fincerer, and more uncorrupt heart then I have done, far 
 " from all will and meaning of the leaft error or imperfe*flion in my 
 " Reign, 
 
 " It hath been talked of my remifnefs in maintenance of Religion, 
 ''and fufpition of a Toleration: But as God fhall judge me, I never 
 " thought nor meant, nor ever in word exprefTed any thing that favored 
 " of it. It is true,that at times,for reafons beft known to ray felf, I did not 
 " fo tuUy put thofe Laws in execution, but did wink and connive at fome 
 "things which might have hindred more weighty affairs •, But I nevef 
 " in all my Treaties ever agreed to any thing to the overthrow and dif- 
 " agreeing of thofe Laws, but had in all a chief prefervation of that Truth 
 " which I have ever profefled : And as in that refpedt I have a charitable 
 '' conceit of you, I would have you have the like of me alfo. In which 
 " I did not tranfgrefs : For it is a good Horfe-mans part, not always to 
 " ufehis fpurs and keep ftrak the rein,but fomeciraes to ufe the fpurs and 
 " fuffer the reins more remifs •, fo it is the part of a wife King ,. and my 
 " age and experience in Government hath informed me fometimes to 
 "quicken the Laws with ftrait executions, and at other times upon juft 
 " occafion to be more remifs. And I would alfo remove from your 
 "thoughts all jealoufies, that I might, or ever did queftion or infringe 
 " any of your lawful Liberies or Priviledges •, but I proteft before God^I 
 " ever intended you fliould enjoy the fulnefs of all thofe that former 
 " Times give good warrant and teftimony of; which, if need be, I will en- 
 " large and amplifie. 
 
 " Therefore 1 would have you, as I have in this place heretofore told 
 "yon, as S.Paul did Timothy, avoid Genealogies and curious Queftions, 
 " and nice Querksand Jerks of Law, and idle Innovations ^ And if you 
 " minifter me no juft occafion,! never yet was,nor never fliall be curious or 
 " captious to quarrel with you ; But I defire you to avoid all doubts and 
 
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 hinderances, and to compofe your felves fpeedily and quietly to this 
 " weighty affair I have propofed •, for that I have tound already,' delayes 
 " have proved dangerous, and have bred diftradion of this bufinefs ■ and 
 " I would not have you by other occafions to negled or protra<a it 
 ■'■Go^ is my ^ndge, I fpeakitas a Chriftian King, Never any waifarin^ 
 ■' man that was in the Defarts of Arabia, and in danger of death for want 
 
 of water to quench his thirft,more defired water, then I thirft and defire 
 " the good and comfortable fuccefs of this Parliament, and bleffing Dpon 
 " yourCounfels, that the good iffue of this may expiate and acquit the 
 " fruitlefs ifTue of the former. And I pray God your Counfels may ad- 
 '* vance Religion and the Publick weal, and the good of me and my 
 " Children. 
 
 Feh.zi, TheComraons prefented Sir Thomas Crew for their Speaker, 
 who prayed an Excafc •, which being denied, he made this Speech. 
 
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 made this 
 Speech. 
 
 Ince I cannot bring an Olive-branch in my mouth, as a fign of my ^^^ '''°? ^P' 
 peace,and that God (in whofe hands are the hearts of Kings) with- v^^crew for 
 out whofe providence a fparrow doth not fell to the ground, j Speaker, who 
 "whom no man can refift, hath inclined your Majefty tocaft your eye 
 '• of grace on me, and to confirm me in this place 5 I am taught in the 
 " beft School, that obedience is better then Sacrifice • And will only fay 
 " with a learned Father, Da. Domine qitodjubes, ^ jube quod vts . Other- 
 " wife I have great caufe to be afraid of fuch a Charge, x.q be executed 
 " before fo great a Majefty, and in fo great aa Aflembly, but that I hope 
 *' your Majefty will extend your Scepter of grace, as Ahajhuertes did, to 
 " fuftain me in my fainting. 
 
 " Your Majefty is Princefs Uiereditarim, defcendcd from both the 
 " Rofes, and hath united both the Kingdoms : At your firft entrance you 
 " wrought a wonder in the Tumult of our Cares, and Cloud of our Fears 
 " happening upon the death of the late Queen, by the bright beams of 
 " your Sunftiine j which a Poet elegantly exprelfed, Mira cano,fol occubuit, 
 " nox nulla fecuta e[i. There was a David in Hehrin, and no ifhbojheth to 
 " difturb your peaceable entrance, but the Acclamations of all your Sub- 
 " jeds and Commons concurring to exprefs their great contentment. 
 *' This was no fuddcn flafti of joy, but a conftant blefling by the continu- 
 " anceof the Gofpel and true Religion, maugre the raa.'ice and hellifli in. 
 " vention of thofe who would have blown up all at ence^ but God laughed 
 " them to fcorn, and they fell into their own trap. Thefe things I leave 
 "to your Majefties Royal remembrance as a duty to be pradlifed, and to 
 " be exprefl'cd by our thankfulnefs to our holy God 5 for it is a good 
 " thing to be thanktuU : Non cji digntis dandis , qui non agit gratias 
 " po datis. 
 
 " Since my defignment to this place, I called to mind thefe Statutes 
 "of late times, and find twoofefpecial note: The firft of 32 H. 8. which 
 " was called Parlamentum doffuw, tor the many good Laws made for the 
 " fetling of Pofteftions : The other 39 Eliz,. which by a reverend Divine 
 " was called Parlamenttiru pum, becaufe the Subjeds thereby were en- 
 "abled to found Hofpitals without Licence of Mortmain, or Ad quod 
 " damnum •, And other charitable Laws which I oinit,being not perpetual. 
 " And I likewife called to mind many glorious offers made by your Ma- 
 " jefty, and other goodProvifions at the two laft Meetings. Now your 
 " Majefty hath ftretch'd forth your Scepter to call us to you again, and 
 
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 1622.1 "h'lth made a Declaration, that all jealoufies and diftradions might be re- 
 *' moved, and the memory of Parliament-Nullities might be buried. And 
 " my defire is, that your Majefties influence may diftill upon us, and you 
 " proceed in fuch a fweet harmony and con)un6lion, that Rigkeoufmf and 
 " Peace maj kif each other, and that Mercy and Truth may meet z, and the 
 " World may Hiy, £cce qttam bonum ^ qajw jucptndum Regem ^ PopuUm 
 
 " comjenire in unum ! 
 
 " And for perfecting of this work, the good Bills againft Monopo- 
 " lies, Informers and Concealers may now pafs, and receive ftrcngth with 
 " a general, liberal, and Royal Pardon, according to the bounty of the 
 ." late Queen : That fo this Parliament may be called Felix, DoHum, & 
 " Pium -, which will be good to your Subjeds, and no diminution to your 
 " Revenue, or derogation to your Prerogative, which in your Majefties 
 '• hands is as a Scepter of gold,but in others hands is a Rod of iron. I need 
 "not fpeak in the praife of the Fundamental Common-Laws : Veritas 
 '■'■temforis filia, Time hath fufficiently joftified them. Monarchy is the 
 " beft Government ^ and of Monarchies,thofe which are hereditary. The 
 '• beft fupply of your Majefties wants is in Parliament, where the Subject 
 " is bound by his own confent -, other courfes of Benevolence come heavi- 
 " ly. The Subjeds enjoy the Gofpel freely by your protection, and your 
 '' Majefty may be fafe in their Loyalty : Other fafeties are but as Ajax 
 " his Shield, a weight lather then a defence. Their defire is,that the good 
 " Laws for Religion may be confirmed ; and that the generation of Lo- 
 " cufts, the Jeluites and Seminary-Priefts, which were wont to creep in 
 " corners, and do now come abroad, may be by the execution of thefe 
 " good Laws, as with an Eaft-wind, blown over the Sea. Our late Queen 
 " Elizabeth lived and died in peace ^ the Pope curfed her,but God blefled 
 " her : And fo fliall your Majefty, having God to your Friend, find fafety 
 " in the Ark of true Religion, and when you are old and full ot days, land 
 " you in Heaven •, And then our hopeful Prince which fprang out of your 
 " own loins, fhall fway that Scepter, which you muft leave, to enjoy a 
 " Crown celeftial : And God in his due time will reftore the diftrefled 
 " Princefs, her Husband and Royal Ifl'ue, to that Inheritance which is now 
 " poflefTed by the ufurping fword of their Enemies. Whereof we are the 
 " more confident,becaufe that Country was heretofore a Sandiuary in our 
 " diftrefs, when Religion was here perfecnted. Cato was wont to fay. Hoc 
 ''fentio, cf Carthage deftruenda efi : But I fay, Hoc [entio, & Patatinatus re- 
 " c up e ran dm e(l, 
 
 "The queftion was put to a Lacedemonian, Why their City wanted 
 " Walls :" Who anfwered, Concord was their Walls. Your Majefty under 
 " God is a fole and entire Monarch, whofe Walls are the Ocean without, 
 " and fortified within with a Wall of Brafs, the bond of Unity and Religi- 
 " on : And happy is that place, of which it may be faid as of ^erttfalem, 
 " It is a City at unity within it [elf. Neither is your Government confined 
 " within the limits of this Kingdom, but extends it felf to Ireland, where 
 " your Majefties care and pains in our late Imploiment gave divas provi- 
 " dent Diredlions for the letting forth of Religion , the reforming of 
 " Courts of Juftice, and infltcJling punifliment on the Difturbers of the 
 "Publick peace: And I was ocularis tefiis, that you have made thefe 
 " ample Endowments of Churches out of your own Excheated Revenue, 
 " as will be to your honor in all pofterity. But my defire is, as well in the 
 " beginning , as in all other our proceedings , our words may be vera, 
 "pauca, (^ ponderofa. 
 
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 " Therefore with yoar Gratious Favor, according to antient Prefi- 
 dents, we are humble Suitors, That you would be pleated to allow our 
 " antient Priviledges. And that for pur better Attendanxe, our Perfons 
 " Goods, and necellliry Attendants may be free from Arrefts ■, and that 
 " we may have liberty of free Speech, not doubting but we ih.iU confine 
 " our felves within the limits of Duty. And becaufe this great bunnefs 
 " may give ns occafion often to refort to your Majefty , That upon our 
 " Publick Suit you will be pleafed to give us your own fit time of accefs : 
 '' And that all our ai^ions may have a benign interpretation, and a good 
 "acceptation and opinion, 
 
 " Laftly, That I may not onely be a Speaker, but an iiumble Suitor, 
 '• protefting by the great God, by whom Kings do reign, Thatwlutfo- 
 " ever I have (aid, hach proceeded from a Loyal He.irt , I therefore de- 
 " fire that may be covered with the vail of your Gratious Conflrudion, 
 " or acquitted by your Gratious Pardon. 
 
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 The King having referred the whole bufinefs of the SpaniOi Match 
 to the Advice of Parliament, the Duke of Buckinghdm made to both ' 
 Houfes in the Pallace at Whitehd, a long Narration of all the Trani'- 
 adions in Spain, which was accompained with the Princes Atttfta- 
 tion. 
 
 In the Narration it [elf his Grace ohjervcd Six difiinB and feverd 
 parts. The firft rv.is, the Motives of ihe Prince his journey ro Spain. 
 Thefecond, the Treaty of the Marringe [eton foot in S^im^ feverallj 
 andhy its felf. The third, the Treaty of the Marriage and Rcffituti- 
 on, united together hy a Reciprocal Subordination. The fourth, the 
 Prince his Highnef return from Spain. The fifth, his Majefiies [uh- 
 fequent proceedings in both the Treaties, fincetherctnrn. The lafi 
 was, the jlating of the ^eflion, fuper totam materiam, wherein 
 both the Houfes were to offer unto his Majefly their humble Advice 
 and Counfel. of theje parts his Grace [pake very diflincJly a;':d 
 orderly. 
 
 I. The Motives to tlie Princes ^onvn^Y to Spain. 
 
 THe Negotiation of Mafter Chancellor of the "Exchequer wit'i the 
 Arch-Dutchefs, which miniftrcd unto his Majtftv the fii ft occa- 
 fion of, Jealoufie, andmadeakindeof diicQVer.ybf the S^;ujn:ls 
 indired dealing with this State : Then was read the afprementioned Let- 
 ter of the Third of O^e^cr, 1^22, from the King te^^ke Earl df i7/7ii'^/, 
 wherein BriHol was required to let the King of Spain know, liow fcnfible 
 King ^^.iwf J was of the Eniperors proceedings towards him •, and drat he 
 fliould dem.ind of the King of Spain ,a promife under Hand and Seal, 
 that Heidelbiirgh Hiould be delivered within Seventy days after Audience, 
 and the like for iV/<jA?/;<?/>» and Frankcndale, if they be taken ^ and if this 
 be denied, to prefs to have leave to march through the King ot Spains 
 Territories with an Army, for the recovery of his Childrens Patrimony •, 
 and that the King of Spain (liould aflifl: us with iris Forces. 
 
 The Dukedefired the Houfes to take for tru:b wlut ever he lliould 
 fay, granted and attefted by the Princes prefence • and declared, That 
 
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 An 1623. thisLetterwasnot puthome to the uttermoft by 5r//if('/. Hereupon a 
 Difpatch was fent away to my Lord of BriHol, cxprefly commanding 
 liim to prefe his Diredlions more home then yet he had done, and in cafe 
 he (hould be denied or delayed by the King of Sp.ii/i, then to take his 
 leave, and come away : This was^not fo fully exafted by ray Lord of 
 Brislel. 
 
 Porter that carried thefe Letters was commanded not to (tay above 
 Ten days, who after he had been there fome Four or five days, and faw 
 nothing towards a Difpatch, went himfelf to the Co»Je olivarcs (having 
 been his Creature) and defired him that he would fpeed his Difpatch •, 
 olivares asked him what he would have •: who replied, No more then 
 what had been formerly promifed •, that in cafe the Emperor fliould deny 
 the Reftitution of the Pabtinate , the King of Sfam fhould affift our 
 King by Arms to recover it, or elfe give way to our Forces to March thi- 
 ther, through his Countrey. oHi'ares replied^ That thiswasaprepofle- 
 rous demand ; What to affift with Arms againft the Kings Uncle, and 
 the Catholick League •; Porter fpeaking to him of the Marriage of our 
 Prince with the Infanta of Spain, he told him, That he under ftood not a 
 word of it. 
 
 Porter acquainting BriFiol herewith, he faid. He would call olivares 
 to an account, if he held this Language with him, and would make him 
 undcrffanrl. That zti^zx\ oi England, was as good a man zszConde of 
 Spain. But fend mg for P^^r^fr the next morning, he changed his reColu- 
 tion,, and concluded to carry the bufinefs more calmly, and faid the Conde 
 was fo referved, becaufe he was flie and dainty to report thofe Myfteries 
 with that freedom to him, who was not qualified as a Publick Minifter. 
 TheC(9Wewas zn^xymih. Porter for communicating what he faid to ^r/- 
 (lol. Mr. Porter returned with a Difpatch fraught with Generalities,with- 
 out any one particular or certainty at all made in relation to the Prince's 
 Highnefs •, who thereupon took his refolution to go in perfon to Spain, 
 and gave himfelf thefe Reafons for the enterprife. 
 
 He faw his Fathers Negotiation plainly deluded. Matters of Religi- 
 on gained upon,and extorted 5 his Sifters caufe more and more defpei aj;e •, 
 and that this was the way to put things off or on- and that in this parti- 
 cular, delay was worfe then a denial •, and that according to the ufual 
 Proverb, A defperate difeafe, mitfi have a defperate remedy. 
 
 Hereupon the King commanded the Duke to accompany his High- 
 nefs in his Journey. 
 
 II. The Treaty of the Marriage fevered, and 
 by it felf. 
 
 T 7 T 7 Hen the Prince had arived at Madrid, the Conde gave him a vifit, 
 V V magnified exceedingly the Princes journey, amplified the Ob- 
 ligations his Highnefs had put upon that King -, and faid, That now with- 
 I outallperadventure itmuftbea Match, and we muft part and divide the 
 whole World between us. 
 
 Thenextday tlie CeWf taking the Duke into his Coach, and Mr. 
 Porter, for his Interpreter, falling into difcourfe of the Match, he faid 
 unto the Duke, Let us difpatch this Match out of hand, and ftrikc it up 
 without the Pope : The Duke anfwered, He liked the manner very well, 
 
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 but clefired to undeiftand the Menns. The Means, quoth the Conde, is 
 very eafie •, it is but the Conveifion of the Prince -, which we cannot con- 
 ceive but his Highnefs intended upon his Refolution for this Journey. 
 
 The Duke anfwered forthwith. That with freedom they came thi- 
 ther, and with freedom they would return again -, they were no Juglers 
 neither came tliey to S^ain to make new bargains : That the Prince was 
 fetled in his Rehgion-, his Confcience was troubled with no fcruples in 
 that kinde : It they ftrnck any more upon that ftring, they would mar all 
 the harmony. Then faid the Conde, there is no way but to fend to Rome 
 to haften the Difpenfation ^ to which the Duke affented. Hereupon the 
 Condi wrote his Letter to the Cardinal io^(?w/«4, the Popes Nephew 5 
 which being lliewed to the Duke, fcemed to him to be very heavy • the 
 Duke therefore dcfired to quicken it with thisPoftfcript, That now the 
 Prince being drived, must not be font hack withoat a. Wife •, that delay to a 
 Suitor, is a kinde of refnfal ; that Clogging ln(lru£iions would amount to a 
 denial, and new Conditions to an abfolutc breach. The Conde fell into Choller 
 faid direifily it could not be done. This the Prince affirmed to be aded in 
 his prefence : But the Earl of Bristol made a more benign conftrudlSn 
 thereof, the Duke a right-down conclufion, That this people never in- 
 tended either Match or Reftitution -, and fo wiflied his Highnefs fairly at 
 home again : However the MefiTenger was difpatched to Rome. 
 
 Four or five days after his Highnefs was placed to fee his Miftrefsin 
 her pafTage through the ftreets, as flie made her vifits from Church to 
 Church: But prelfingfor accefs, he was delayed, but at laft obtained a 
 vifit : But a very ftrange one ! He was not fuffered to fpeak unto her, 
 but as they had fet it down in words and fyllablcs in writing, faying, 
 They were no Aftrologers, and could not forefee the event of this Mar- 
 riage 5 and therefore they refolved to admit him as a Prince onely, and 
 not as a Suitor. But the Conde falved this up with a Complement, That 
 if the Difpenfation were once returned, he fliould lie with her even that 
 very night •, nay, have her he (hould upon any terms. If he could not be 
 quahfied to enjoy her as a Wife, yet he fliould have her as a Miftrefs. 
 
 Soon after riding in a Coach, it was urged by the CW^ ., That the 
 Infanta was of a tender Confcience, and if ftie fliould come into England, 
 and finde the Prince an enemy to her Religion, it would quite dilhearten 
 her. His Highnefs confented to hear her upon thisfubjedl, becaufe he 
 was as like to convert her, as Ihe was to pervert him. A Conference with 
 Divines was preffed upon his Highnefs, wliich hcrefufed, and laid, If 
 after Difputation with them, they fliould not prevail againfla yong man, 
 they would remain much difgufte J and ill-affeCled to the wliole Negotia- 
 tion. This kinde of importunity was ftill ufed toward the Prince, till 
 the return of the Difpenfation. 
 
 Six weeks after the Princes arival came the Difpenfation •, but his 
 Highnefs underfliood from TJtfWf hyMwCage, that the Difpenfation was 
 returned much clogged in Matter and Manner, efpecially with the annex- 
 ed new Condition. The King of Sfatn before the receiving of the Dif- 
 penfation, was to take an Oath to fee all the Articles performed , where- 
 upon Faculty was iflued, really performed, or^elfetomake War in cafe 
 of any failer upon the King of England. 
 
 His Highnefs fignified his Refolution unto them, that he neither could 
 nor would adde or alter any thing of the firft Articles fent to England. 
 
 A ^un^o of Divines are appointed to meet and confider , whether 
 the King might fafely take the Oath. By this time the Prince had gone 
 
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 throughall the Articles , fitting in perfon with the Committee •, onely 
 leaving three undifcufTed, That of the Church, that of the Nurfe, and 
 that of the Education of the Children* which his Highnefs refervedtill 
 he lliould fpeak with the King. Then faid the cWf, Now the bufinefs is 
 in a better way then ever it was, a Match, and without more ado fhe was 
 his Wife. 
 
 But the next day came Gondomar and fpake unto the Prince of the fame 
 Match, as of a new thing, and told him plainly, That unlefs his Highnefs 
 came to all the Conditions of the Difpenfation as tliey were fent from 
 Rome, clearly and entirely, nothing would be done^ tor they had no 
 power to remove or alter a word of falfe Zrff/;?f. Whereupon his High- 
 nefs was jufHy diftafted, and offered to break. Then they prclTed the 
 Prince, that he would be pleafed to ftay twenty days, until the King of 
 Sfain might receive an Anfwer from England. The Prince refolved to 
 ftay, upon condition that Sir Francis Cottington might be difpatched a- 
 way within two days, and fome Meflengcr that might overtake him with 
 the Articles that iliould be fent after, as foon as ever they could be made 
 rADdy : But the two days of their hammering fpun out to twenty ^ at the 
 end thereof they brought them with new Additions. 
 
 The Articles being at laft fent to England, the J-uncto of Divines 
 delivered their opinions, that the Infanta could not be fent over before 
 the Spring •, at which his Highnefs was offended, but the Conde prevailed 
 with him to flay until their Arabaffadors fliould certifie out of England, 
 that the Articles were affen ted unto by King ^4ww, and put in executi- 
 on, and then the Lady fliould go with the Prince, 
 
 The Bifhop ®f Segovia\vz.% pleafed to fay to the Duke, That he had 
 heard fomething of the State of our Kingdom, and had received it from 
 good hands •, That our King could not make a Toleration without a Re- 
 bellion, and eafily believed it ; becaufe the King of S^ain is not able in 
 his Dominions to effedl the like enterprife, without incurring the like 
 danger-, therefore he concluded, it wasunfafe to fend the Lady thither 
 at this time, becaufe we having granted as much in effe<5l: as a Toleration, 
 it was very probable flie iliould be welcomed with a rifing and rebellion. 
 To which the Duke replied , That if the favors which the King his 
 Mafter had exhibited to his Catholicks at the Mediation of that King, 
 and the Advice of that very Committee, of which that Billiop was one,be 
 of fo dangerous a confequence •, it feems their Lordfliips, who gave the 
 Advice for that Article, though they pretended Religion, intended plain 
 and open Rebellion, But you muft know quoth, the Duke, if his High- 
 nefs had been of my Lord Bifliops opinion. That thefe Conferences had 
 amounted to a Toleration, he had never accepted of thefe Articles to 
 have gained any allowance : For what was agreed unto, was but a Tem- 
 porary Sufpenfion of Penal Laws, but no Toleration •, for that could 
 not be done, but by confent of Parliament, Then Gondomar hereupon 
 faid. That for his part, he did not hold it fit to fend the Infanta thither, 
 before the Articles be pcrfedly put in execution. And Gondomar private- 
 ly infufed to the Prince his Highnefs, being incenfed againft the Duke, 
 That the Duke was in heart, (as he faid all his Kinred were) a Vioman 
 Cacholick •, and he faid to a Jefuite of great account and zeal in thofe 
 parts , That the Duke was a moft obftinate, perverfe, and refradtory 
 Puritan, , 
 
 About this time it was reported that the Prince intended to ffeal a- 
 way, whereupon they laid in wait to intercept him : Hereupon the Duke 
 
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 was fentto tell them, That although they had ftoln thither out of love, zi sfaco^i 
 they would never fteal thence out ot fear. ' i - 
 
 About this time the Prince fent a MefTage to his Father, That if he 
 fhould receive any Advertifement, that he was detained by that State as a 
 Prifoner, he would be pleafed for his fake, never to think upon him any 
 longer as a Son , bat refletS upon the good of his Sifter, and the fafety 
 of his own Kingdoms. 
 
 III. The Treaty of the Match and Reflituti- 
 on, reciprocally fubordinated. 
 
 IT is fit to obferve this pafTage , which is the thing whereupon all his 
 Highnefs fubfequent Adions are turned and moved. He had never 
 ftaid a fevcnnight longer m Sfain -, he had never left any Proxy with' 
 Bri(iol-^ he had never taken any Oath at the Efcurial •, or ever fo muctt as 
 written a Letter of Complement to the Lady ; but that he had ftill before 
 his eyes, as his Cynofure, the Promife made by the Conde , for the Refti- 
 tution of the PuLitimte. 
 
 To haften the Delivery of the Lady, the Duke prefented unto the 
 Conde, how his Mafter was now in years, the Prince his onely Son -, and 
 he would fuffer in Honor and Reputation, to return home without his 
 Wife. The Conde confented hereunto, and defired the Prince would 
 name a day for his departure. 
 
 This news came to the Infanta, whofeemed to be Apprehenfive of 
 the Princes going away , and prevailed with his Highnefs to return this 
 Complement unto her, That rather then he would give her Alteza any 
 difguft, he would ftay for her feven years. 
 
 By this time Sir Francis Cettingten is arived with all things perfeded 
 by the King, and Letters from the AmbaiTadors of full fatisfa(5lon, and a 
 command from the King to his Highnefs, to make his return within one 
 moneth. 
 
 Now began the Conde to enter into the Treaty for the Reftitution of 
 the Palatinate, faying. The Lady (hould by no means go to England, be- 
 fore that bufinefs was accommodated. And it was projedcd , That there 
 fliould bea Reftitution of the Land to the Prince Palatine, upon a Con- 
 dition of Marriage with the Emperors Daughter, and that he fliould be 
 bred in the Emperors Court. The Prince demanding of the Conde, 
 whether in cafe the Emperor proved refradory, the King his Mafter 
 would aflift him with Arms to reduce him to reafonable terras c" The 
 Conde anfwered Negatively , becaufe they had a Maxim of State, that 
 the Kmg of Spain muft never fight againft the Emperor •, for they would 
 not employ their forces againft the Houfe of Aufiria. 
 
 Hereupon his Highnefs made his Proteftation to the CWf -, Look to 
 it Sir, for if you hold your felf to that, there is an end of all 5 for rvitheut this 
 yiit mofj net relie upon, either Marriage or Friendjhip. 
 
 By this time the Prince is grown cheap and vulgar in the Court of 
 Spain, fo that they will fcarce beftow a vifit upon him, and the Conde 
 came very fcldom to him : And two Letters came to the Dukes hands, 
 which iliewed, that all that the Conde did, was nothing butflafhesand 
 lightning ^ notwithftanding he feemed at this time to be in a good humor, 
 and told the Duke, That now certainly it muft be a Match, and the' Devil 
 
 R 2 could
 
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 Hiflorkal CoUeBionu 
 
 An. 
 
 1^23. could not break it: The Duke replied, He thought fo, and the Match 
 had need be very firm and ftrong, it had been feven years in Soadering. 
 The Conie denied, and faid plainly, it had not been really intended feven 
 moneths ^ and faid, I will fetch that out of my Desk, that (hall aflure you 
 thereof-, and fo produced two Letters, the firft was written with the 
 Yi\n%oi Sfains own hand, Dated the Fifth of November, 1622. And 
 the other from the Conde oUvares of the Eighth ot November j 1622. 
 Both which Letters are mentioned before. 
 
 I V. The Princes return from Spain. 
 
 ANd now the Prince returning for England, being engaged to leave 
 his Proxy, did depofite the fame in the hands of the Earl of Bri(iol, 
 who was to keep it, andufe it as his Procurator •, that is, Ashefliould 
 receive his Highnefs Diredion from time to time : His words for the pre- 
 fent were (faid the Duke) That if the Confirmation came from Rome 
 clear and intire, (which it did not) then within fo many days he (hould 
 deliver it to the King of Spain. 
 
 The fecond Diredlion fent to him, was by a Letter which his High- 
 nefs fent him, between his departure from the Efcurial, and coming to the 
 Sea fide, to this effed. That for fear a Monaftery (hould rob him of his 
 Wife, he (hould flay the delivery of the Powers until the doubts were 
 cleared ^ and that his Highnefs would fend him in the Premiffes fome fur- 
 ther Direftions ■:• Here becaufe my Lord of Sriftol in his Letter of the 
 Firft of November, 1623. doth prefs fo vehemently the Prince his High- 
 nefs concerning this Proxy, and the Prince vowed openly before both 
 Houfes, that he had never by Oath or Honor engaged himfelf not to 
 revoke the Powers, more then by the claufe De nen revocando Procurators 
 inferted in the Inftrumentitfelf, and that he conceived the claufe to be 
 matter of Form ; and although EfTentially of no binding power, yet 
 ufually thruft into every fuch Inftrument ^ and that the Civilians do hold. 
 That it is lawful by the Civil and Canon Law, for any man to revoke 
 his Proxy of Marriage, notwithftanding it hath the claufe Denon revo- 
 cando Procuratere inferted in it. Therefore as to this point the Duke con- 
 cluded. That the Earl of Bristol in charging this matter fo highly on the 
 Prince, had much forgot himfelf. 
 
 V. The Subfequent proceedings of his Majefty 
 in both the Treaties, fince the return of his 
 Highnefs. 
 
 THe Prince by the Mercy of God came to Royfion, and made his Re- 
 lation to the King of all that had pafTed. His Majefty was glad, and 
 told him. That he had a(fled well the part of a Son -, and now the part of 
 a Father muft come upon the Stage, which was to provide with all cir- 
 cumfpedion. That his onely Son ihould not be married with a Portion of 
 Tears to his onely Daughter. And therefore his Majefty commanded by 
 an exprefs difpatch, theftayof the Proxy in the Earl of Brislols hands, 
 until he had fome better aifurance of the Reftitution of the Palatinate. 
 I Thenwasread his Majefties Letter to the Earl of Briftol, dated the 
 . Eighth
 
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 D 
 
 Eighth of Ocioher, 
 the King, 
 
 1623. wherein the Earl of 5r//?o/ was pofitively requi- 
 red by the King , That before he deliver the Powers, or move to the 
 Contrad, to procure from the King of Sptin a direvil Reftitution of the 
 Palatinate, and the Eledloral Dignity, or to aflfift with Arms within a 
 time limited. 
 
 You would perceive that by this Difpatch, Briflol would lay hold on 
 all hints and emergent oceafions to put off the Defponferios without this 
 required Aflurance by Arms firft obtained •, but the truth is, he did 
 not fo. 
 
 For firft, the Confirmation came from Rome clogged and mangled ; 
 and inftead of challenging thereupon, he labors with no fmall ftrength 
 of wit to hide and palliate the fame. 
 
 Secondly, In the Temporal Articles, the Portion was altered. Six 
 hundred thoufand pounds in ready caili, to fome Eighty thoufand pounds 
 in money, and a few Jewels, and a Penfion of Two thoufands pounds 
 fer Annum. Inftead of quarrelling this main alteration, hefeems to ap- 
 prove and applaud the payment. 
 
 Thirdly, For the AfTurance of Reftitution of the Palatinate t the 
 main Foundation both of Match and FriendlTiip, he is fo far from pro- 
 viding for it before (which was the Method prefcribed him by the King) 
 that he leaves it to be mediated by the Infanta after the Marriage. 
 
 Laftly, Inftead of putting off the Contrad, as any man in the world 
 (upon the Difpatch from Royftgn) would have done, he comes to prefix a 
 precife day for the Deffenfortos. 
 
 Now from this rafti fixing of the day for the Defpon furies in Spain, 
 which was controlled again by an Exprefs, from hence ilTued an unnecef- 
 fary difcourtefie put upon the King, and in a manner upon the Infanta 
 by the Earl of Brifiel : From that proceeded a greater affront put upon 
 the Prince, the taking away the title La Princefa from the Infanta, and 
 the debarring of our AmbafTadors from any further Accefs to her 
 perfon. 
 
 Then was produced an Anfwer of the King of Spain to the Memori- 
 al of the Ambaffador, implying aRefufal toaffift by Anns for the re- 
 covery of the Palatinate, in cafe the Emperor conftnt not to a Reftituci' 
 on, which we have inferted injeries of time; 
 
 VI. The Stating of theQueftion Super tot am 
 Alateriam. 
 
 THis Queftion the Duke ftated on this manner. Whether this being 
 the full effed and produd of all the Negotiation, which I Iiave open- 
 ed unto you, be fufficient, Sitpertotam Materiam, forhisMajcfty torelie 
 upon with any fafety -, as well for the Marriage of his onely Son, as for 
 the relief of his onely Daughter : Or, that thefe Treaties fetafiJe, his 
 Majefty were beft to truft in his own ftrength, and to ftand upon his own 
 feet:' So che Duke ended with this Conclufioa, That if the bringing us 
 from darknefs to light, did deferve any thanks, we ow it and muft wholly 
 aftribe it to the Prince his Highnefs. 
 
 The Prince was pr^fent at this NvUration, and aflifted the Duke of 
 \ Buckingham theidn, and certified many particulars thereof-, and it being > 
 ' reported \
 
 iz6 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 Both Houfes 
 of Parliament 
 ' juftlfte the 
 Duke in his 
 Narrative. 
 
 reported the fame day to the Houfe , his Highnefs approved- thereof 
 there alfOc 
 
 The Spanifli Ambaflfador took great offence at the Dukes Relation, 
 asrefle(fling upon his Matters Honor, and demanded his Head for fatis- 
 fadiion. 
 
 The Houfe of Lords by a general Vote acquitted the Duke from the 
 Accufation of the Spanilli Ambadador, andjuftified his Relation, and 
 intended to (ignifie asmuchtohisMajefty by a Committee of the whole 
 Houfe, That the Duke may be encourage^i to proceed in his faithful fer- 
 vice to the State : Unto which, the Commons fo directly and fully an- 
 fwered, as if the two Houfes had been Twins •, and what one had faid, 
 thought, and done, the other had thought, faid, and done the fame. And 
 the Commons defired tojoyn with the Lords, in fignifying this to his 
 Majefty, which was done by the enfuing Addrefs. 
 
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 YOur Majefties moft Loyal Subjeflis, the Lords, Knights, Citi- 
 2ens,and BurgeffeSjAffembled at this time in both Houfesof Par- 
 liament, being informed of a Complaint made unto your moft 
 Excellent Majefty againft the Duke of Buckiigham, That in the Nar- 
 "rative, which by your Majefties command, he made unto both Houfes, 
 " the Four and twentieth of February laft, heftiould let fallfome paftages, 
 " grievous to the Honor of the King of SpMn, and inferred to be of fo 
 " high a nature , as if the fame had been delivered by any SubjeA of that 
 " King againft your Majefty, it could not have been otherwife expiated 
 " then with the lofs of his Head that fpoke it : Taking this into their 
 " mature deliberation, and conceiving that this Accufation doth in an 
 " oblique manner faften an Afperfion upon themfelves alfo 5 do in all 
 '' fubmiflion and humility make unto your Majefty a Threefold Repre- 
 " fentation : Firft, Concerning that great King -, fecondly. Concerning 
 " that eminent Lord 5 thirdly, Concerning themfelves. 
 
 " Firft, Concerning that King, they do with an unanimous Vote of 
 " both Houfes, abfolutely acquit, and clear the Lord Duke from letting 
 " fall any words at all derogatory to the Honor of that King. 
 
 " For the fecond. That concerns my Lord, they do in the like hu- 
 '•' mility atteft unto your moft Sacred Majefty, That if my Lord the Duke 
 " had omitted any matter reprefented unto them that day, he had for fo 
 "much failed in the performance of that duty and fidelity which he oweth 
 " unto your Majefty, and to the bufinefs, and unto both Houfes. 
 
 " For the laft, which concerneth themfelves, they make bold in 
 " like humility to reprefent unto your Majefty, That they do much honor 
 " my Lord the Duke for that Narration, and do render unto him all pof- 
 "fible thanks, for that fidelity andinduftry exprelTed therein ^ and fo 
 " without your further trouble. Do humbly befeech your moft Excellent 
 '' Majefty , to interpret fair of this their Reprefentation , which they 
 " held themfelves bound to offer unto your Majefty, for the clearing of 
 " fo eminent a perfon, who as they verily believe, hath in this Negotia- 
 " tion, well deferved of your Majefty and the Commonwealth : So they 
 " heartily pray unto God to preferve your moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 To which Reprefentation his Majefty returned this Anfwer. 
 
 "My
 
 Hiflorical ColleUtons. 
 
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 MY Lords and Gentlemen all , 1 might have reafon to fpeak no- 
 thing in regard of the perfon whereof you fpake •, but in rceard 
 of your Motion, it were not civil : For if I be filent, I fliall 
 " wrong neither my felf, nor that Nobleman which you now fpake of 
 " becaufe he is well known to be fuch a one, as (lands in no need of a 
 ''Prolocutor, ox: Fidejuljor, to undertake for his fidelity, or well carry- 
 " ing of the bufinefs : And indeed to fend a man upon fo great an Errand, 
 " whom I was not refolved to truft for the carriage thereof, were a fault 
 " in my difcretion fcarce compatible to the love and truft I bear 'lim. It 
 " is an old and true faying, That he is a happy man that ferves a good Mafler ^ 
 "and it is no lefs truth, That he u a happy Majler that enjoys a faithful 
 " Servant. 
 
 " The greateft fault (if it be a fault) or at Icaftwife thegreateft error, 
 " I hope he fhall ever commit againft me, was his defiring this Juftifica- 
 " tion from you ^ as if he fhould have need of any Juftificatiun from 
 " others towards me, and that for thefe Reafons. 
 
 " Fnft, Becaufe he being my Difciple andScholbr, hemaybcaflTu- 
 " red I will truft his own Relation. 
 
 " Secondly, Becaufe he made the fame Relation unto me, which he 
 '•' did afterward unto both Houfes •, fo as I was formerly acquainted both 
 " w-ith the matter and manner thereof : And if I (hould not truft him in 
 "the carnage, I was altogether unworthy of fuch a Servant. He hath 
 " no interefl of his own in the bufinefs -, he had ill thoughts at home for 
 "his going thither with my Son, although it was my command, as I 
 "told youbefore. And now he hath as little thanks for his Relation on 
 " the other part : Yet he that fcrveth God and a good Mafter, cannot 
 " mifcarry for all this. 
 
 " I nave notei in his Negotiation thefe three remarkable things, 
 "Faith, Diligence, and Difcretion, whereof my Son hath borne record 
 "unto me-, yet I cannot deny, butas he thought to do good fe.rvice to 
 " his Mafter, he hath given ill example to Ambafl'adors in time to come , 
 "becaufe he went this long journey upon his own charges. This would 
 " prove an ill example, if many of my Ambaftadors (liould take it for a 
 " Prefidcnt. He run his head into the yoke with the people here, for un- 
 " dertaking the journey -, and when he there fpent above Forty or fifty 
 " thoufand pounds, never offered his accompt, nor made any demand for 
 " the fame, or ever will. I hope other Ambaftadors will do fo no more, 
 "lam a good Mafter, that never doubted of him-, for I know him to 
 " be fo good a SchoUar of mine, that I fay without van'ty, he will not 
 " exceed his Mafters Didates : And I truft the Report not the worfe he 
 " made, becaufe it is approved by you all -, yet I believe an honeft man, 
 " as much as all the World, and the rathet^ becaule he was a Difciple 
 "of mine. And I am glad he hath fo well fiuisfied you, and thank you 
 " heartily for taking it in fo good part, as I finde you have done. 
 
 The Lords having debated thofe high Matters of State, which the 
 King put into their hands, delivered their opinions. That his Majefty 
 cannot with honor and lafety, and with the conveniency of State and 
 Religion, proceed any further m the Treaty of the Princes Marriage, 
 nor relie any longer upon the Treaty for the recovery of the Palatinate -, 
 in which Vote, the Commons concurred witli them.. 
 
 And in this manner both Houfes Addreded themfelves to the King. 
 
 May 
 
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 His Ma \\\.:% 
 Anfwei to 
 thar jullifica- 
 tion.
 
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 HMorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1625, 
 
 Both Houfes 
 of Parliament 
 concur, that 
 the King may 
 not honcraMy 
 proceed in tl el 
 Treaty of tht 
 Princc's Mar-, 
 riagc, and the 
 Valaunate. 
 
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 May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majeily, 
 
 WE are come unto you, imployed from your moft faithful Sub- 
 je6ts and Servants, the Lords and Commons alTembled in 
 thisprcfent Parliament. 
 " And firft, They and we do give moft humble and hearty thanks 
 "■ unto Almighty God, that out of his gracious goodnefs he hath been 
 " pleafed now at laft to dilpel the Clouds and Mifts which for fo many 
 " years have dimmed the eyes of a great part of Chnftendora, in the bufi- 
 '' nefs whereof we do now confult. 
 
 " And fecondly. We acknowledge our felves moft bound unto your 
 " Majefty, that yon have been pleafed to require the humble Advice of 
 " us your obedient Subjeds in a Cafe fo important as this is,which hither- 
 " to dependeth between your Majefty and the King oi Spain. Which we 
 " jointly offer from both Houfes, »o one per [on there diflentrng or dtfagree- 
 "■ jng from the rc(i. And it is upon mature confideration, and weighing 
 " many particulars of fundry natures, that finding fo much want of Sin- 
 " cerity in all their Proceedings, We fuper totam materiam prefent this 
 " our humble Addrefs unto your Majefty ^ That the Treaties both for 
 '' the Marriage and the Palatinate may not any longer be continued with 
 " the honor of your Majefty , the fafety of your People, the welfare 
 "of your Children and Poflerity, as alio the afliirance of your antient 
 " Allies and Confederates. 
 
 Reafons were alfo prefented, to fortifie this Vote. 
 
 " Whereas the Propofitions of the Match were at the firft no more 
 " then Libertj of Confcience to the Infanta and her Family, which the 
 "King might in honor grant; The Spaniards taking advantage of the 
 " Prince's being in Spain, importuned a General Connivence of Religion, 
 " to the diminution of the Kings Soveraignty, and againft the ufage of 
 " other CathoUck Princes in the like Treaties, and to the difcourage- 
 " ment of all his well-affedted Subjeds. And this they have labored with 
 " the Pope, being of mifchievous confequence. During this Treaty, the 
 Popiili Fadion hath mightily increafed : And whereas heretofore they 
 " were wont to be divided, fome taking part with the Secular Priefls, and 
 " fome with the ^•e\nites^i\\ey are united ^ which is a matter of great con- 
 " fequence, conlidermg they do as well depend on Spain for Temporal 
 " matters, as on Rome for Spiritual : And they cannot be fupprefTed, as 
 " long as the Treaty holds. 
 
 " They have by thisTr^ty devoured our Allies, and the Proteftant 
 " party in Germany and elfwhere, to the decay of true Religion, and to the 
 " jealoufie of our Friends beyond the Seas. During this Treaty of Love^ 
 " they liave fpoiled his Majefties Son-in-law of his Lands and Honors-, 
 " and notvvithftanding promifts of Reftitution, ftill invaded his Rights, 
 "and at length turned pretended Difficulties into apparent ImpofTibili- 
 " ties. They have deluded our King , and offered indignity to our Prince, 
 "by importuning him again and attain to a Converfion, contrary to the 
 " Law of Hofpitality, and the Pnviledge of Princes. 
 
 " Thelnlincerity of their Proceedings is to be feen by that former 
 *' Overture of Marriage for the late Prince Henry , which after many 
 / fpecious 
 
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 " fpecious Motions, was followed with a difavowing of their own Am- 
 " baflhdor, and a fcornful Propofition made to the King , of the Prince's j 
 "altering his Religion, As alfo by the Treaty of Brtixels, where the' 
 " Lord Weftoft found nothing but Delays, and Deceit ; and after divers 
 "peremptory Commands from Spain for his Majefties fatisfadion, it 
 "wrought no other effed then the Befieging and taking of Heidel- 
 ^^ burgh -^ infomuch that the Ambaffador was forced to poteft y and 
 " return. 
 
 " To thefe things were added, the Tranflation of the EleBerate to 
 " the Duke of Bavaria , and the Letter of the King of Spain to Conde 
 " oUvarcs^ with the Conde's Anfwer, which imported that the Match 
 "was never intended. As alfo after the Prince had taken a hazardous 
 "Journey, they devifed afliiftby a ^««f?o of Divines, to let him come 
 " home without the Lady, 
 
 Thefe Reafons were prefented to the King by the univerfal confent 
 of the Houfe of Commons. Hereupon the King came to Parliament, 
 and made a Speech deliberative, enquiring into the Condition of the 
 War which they advifed, and the means to uphold and carry it on. 
 
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 My Lords and Gentlemen all. 
 
 " I Have caufe firfl: to thank God with my heart and all the faculties 
 " I of my mind, that my Speech which I delivered in Parliament hath 
 " * taken fo good effedb amongft you, as that with an unanimous con- 
 " fent you have freely and fpeedily given me your Advice in this great 
 " Bafinefs, for which I alfo thank you all as heartily as I can. 
 
 " I alfo give my particular thanks to the Gentlemen of the Lower 
 " Houfe, for that I heard when fome would have caft Jealoulies and 
 " Doubts between me and my people, they prefently quelled thofe moti- 
 " ons, which otherwife might indeed have hindred the happy Agreement 
 " I hope to find in this Parliament. You give me your Advice to break 
 " ofFbotli the Treaties, as well concerning the Match, as the Palatinate: 
 "■ And now give me leave, as an old King, to propound my Doubts, and 
 " hereafter to give you my Anfwer. 
 
 " Firft it is true, that I who have been all the days of my life a peace- 
 " able King, and have had the honor in my Titles and Impreffes to be 
 '■'■ Med Kex Pacifcm, fliould be loth without necelTity to imbroil my felf 
 " with War^ far from my Nature, and from my Honor which I have had 
 " at home and abroad, in endeavouring to avoid the effufion of Chriftian 
 " blood, of which too much hathbeenllied, and fo rauchagainft my heart. 
 " I fay,that unlcfs it be upon fuch a Neceffuy,ttiat I may call ir,as fome fay 
 " merrily of Women, Malum necefjarium, I ihould be loth to enter into it. 
 "■ And 1 inuft likewife acquaint you, that I have had no fmall hope given 
 " me of obtaining better Conditions for tiie Reftitution of the Palatinate, 
 "and that even fince the fitting down of the Parliament: But b- not 
 " jealous, or think me luch a King that would under pretence of asking 
 " your Advice, put a fcorn upon you.by difdaining and rejcding-it : For 
 " you remember, that in my fiift Speech unto you, for proof of my love 
 " to my People, I craved your Advice in this great and weighty aflfiir ; 
 "But in a matter of this weight, I rauft firft confider how this Courfe 
 " may agree with my Confciencc and Honor ^ and next according to the 
 
 S '• Paiable 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech to the 
 Parliament 
 perfwading 
 him to break 
 off the two 
 Treaties of 
 the JHatch and 
 of the ralati- 
 nate.
 
 1^0 
 
 Hijiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 " Parable uttered by our Saviour, after I have refolved of the Neceffity 
 "and juftnefsoftheCaufe, toconfiderhow I (hall be enabled to raife 
 " Forces for this purpofe. 
 
 " As concerning the Cm^e ofmj Children, I am now old •, and as Mo{es 
 " faw the Land of Promife from an high mountain, though he had not 
 " leave to fet his foot in it, fo it would be a great comfort to me, that 
 " God would but fo long prolong my days, as if 1 might not fee the 
 "Reftitution, yet at leaft I might be afTured that it would be-. That 
 " then 1 might with old Simeon fay, Nmc dimittis Servum tmm, Domine, 
 " &c. Otherwife it would be a great grief unto me, and I (hould die 
 " with a heavy and difcomforted heart. I have often faid, and particu- 
 " larly in the laft Parliament, and I fliall ever be of that mind. That 
 " as I am not ambitious of any other mens Goods or Lands, fo I defire 
 " not to enjoy a Furrow of Land in England, SeotLtnd or Ireland, wlth- 
 "out Reftitution of the Palatinate: And in this mind I will live and 
 " die. 
 
 " But let me acquaint you a little with the Difficulties of this Caufe. 
 " He is an unhappy man, that fhall advife a King to War; and it is an 
 " unhappy thing to feek that by Blood, which may be had by Peace. 
 
 "Befides, I think your intentions are not to engage me in War, 
 
 but withal you will confider how many things are requifite there- 
 " unto. 
 
 " I omit to fpeak of my own Neceffities, ( they are too well 
 " known : ) Sure I am, I have had the leaft help in Parliament of any 
 " King that ever reigned over you thefe many years. I muft let you 
 "know that my Disabilities are increafed by the Charge of my Son's 
 " journey into Spain, which I was at, for his honor, and the honor of this 
 " Nation: By fending of Ambaftadors, by maintaining of my Children, 
 " and by aflifting of the Palatinate, I have incurred a great Debt to the 
 " King of Denmark, which 1 am not able yet to pay. 
 
 " The Low-Countries, who in regard of their nearnefs are fitteft to 
 " help for the Recovery of the Palatinate, are at fo low an ebb, that if 
 " I aflift them not, they arc fcarce able to fubfift. The Princes of Ger- 
 " many that ftiould do me any good, are all poor, weak and diflieartned, 
 " and do exped affiftance from hence. For Ireland, I leave it to you, 
 " whether that be not a back-door to be fecured. For the Navy, I thank 
 " God, it is in a better cafe then ever it was, yet more muft be done -, 
 " and before it can be prepared as it ought to be , it will require a 
 " new Charge as well for its own ftrength, as for the fecuring of the 
 "Coafts. 
 
 " My Children, / vow to God, eat no bread but by my means -, I maft 
 " maintain them and not fee them want. In the mean time, my Cujlomsave 
 " the beft part of my Revenues, and in effedl the fubftance of all I have 
 " to live on ; All which are farmed out upon that condition. That if there 
 " be War, thofe Bargains are to be difannulled, which will enforce a great 
 "defalcation. 
 
 *-'■ Sub(idies ask a great time to bring them in: Nov/ if you afllft 
 " me that way, I muft take them up beforehand upon credit , which 
 " will eat up a great part of them. This being my Cafe, To enter 
 " into War without fufficient means to fupport it , were to (hew my 
 " teeth, and do no more. In the mean time I heartily thank you for 
 " your Advice, and will ferioufly think upon it, as I pray you to confider 
 " of thole other parts. 
 
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 " My Treafftrer, to whofe Office it appertains, fliall more at latere in- 
 " form you of thofe things that concern my Eftate. Thus freely do I open 
 " my heart unto you : And having your hearts, I cannot want your kips • 
 " for it is the heart that openech the furfe, not the purfe the heart. I will 
 " deal frankly with you: Shew me the Means how I may do what you 
 " would have me, and if I take a Refolution by your Advice to enter into 
 " a War, then your felves by your own Deputies fliall have the difpoiins' 
 "of the Money ^ I will not meddle with it, but you (hall appoint your 
 " own Treafurers. I fay not this with a purpofe to invite you to open your 
 " Purfes, and then to flight you fo much as not to follow your Counfel 
 " nor engage you before I be engaged my felf. Give me what you will for 
 " my own means ; but I proteft, none of the Monies which you fhall give 
 " ibr thofe ufes, ihall be ififued but for thofe ends, and by men eleded by 
 " your felves. If upon your offer I (liall find the means to make the 
 " War honorable and fafe, and that I rcfolve to embrace your Advice 
 " then I promife you in the word of a King, That although War and 
 " Peace be the peculiar Prerogatives of Kings, yet as I have advifed 
 " with you in the Treaties on which War may enfue , fo I will not 
 " treat nor accept of a Peace, without firft acquainting you with it 
 " and hearing your advice 5 and therein 20 the proper way of Par- 
 "liament, in conferring and confulting with you: And happily, 
 "the Conditions of Peace will be the better, when we be prepa- 
 " red for War •, according to the old Proverb, That Weafom bode 
 " Peace. 
 
 *■' Your kind carriage gives me ranch content-. And that comforts 
 " me, which my Lord of Canterbury faid. That there was not a Contrary 
 " 'voice amott^fi you all ^ like the Seventy Interpreters, who were led 
 " by the breath ot God. I am fo defirous to forget all rents in former 
 "Parliaments, that it fliall not be in my default, if I am not in love 
 " with Parliaments, and call them often, and defire to end my life in 
 " that entercourfe between me and my people, for the making of good 
 " Laws , reforming of fuch Abufes as I cannot be well informed of 
 " but in Parliament , and maintaining the good Government of the 
 "Commonwealth. Therefore go on cheerfully, and advifc of thefe 
 " Points, and my Refolution (hall then be declared. 
 
 Hereupon the Houfe of Commons immediately took into confi- 
 deration the matter of Supply : And Sir Edmrd Sackvile, afterwards 
 Earl of Dorjet, fpake thus to that Subjed. 
 
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 Since Supply unto his Majefty is now in queftion, of which I hope 
 there will be no queftion, I humbly ask leave of this Honorable 
 Aflembly to fpeak my Opinion-, afluring you. That when a 
 '' Treaty of Grievances fliall be on foot, it fliall appear I will not fit filent, 
 " if I find my felf able to fliy any thing that may lend a hand to unload 
 " my Country of that heavy burthen it now groans under by reafon of 
 '' the innuinerable number of Monopolies, which like fo many Incubuffes 
 '■'^ and Succubiiffes exhauft the Vital fpirits, and fo prefsdown thofe Parts 
 " which ought to enjoy free refpiration, as without foiiie fpeedy remc- 
 '■'^dy is like to run to extreme hazard. But this I refer to its proper 
 " time, and referve my -felf for it, and now proceed to the matter in 
 « hand. 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
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 Sure,I do think there are very few that ferve in this Houfe (if there 
 " be any ) who do not confidently believe, that the chief Motive which 
 " induced his Majefty at this time to aflemble this Parliament, was a 
 " meer Neceflity to be by us enabled for the Recovery of the Patrimony 
 " belonging to the King of Bohemia, now almoft traverfed from' him, and 
 " in the poffeflion of a powerful Enemy. If there be any who doubt of 
 " this truth, I hope he may eafily reft fatisfied, when I (hall afTure him 
 "( out ofmy own knowledge) that many days before this Seflion, his 
 '"■ Majefty commanded a fele6l number of Noblemen and Gentlemen, 
 " the raoft part whereof have been Commanders in the Wars, and fomc 
 " yet are, to confult together of what Number of men an Army ought to 
 «' be compofed, which might be able to recover the Palatimte^zad proted 
 " it from a fecond Invafion. Thefc according to his Majefties good plea- 
 '•fure divers days met together at one appointed place, and there con- 
 " tributed their beft endeavors : At leaft they have finiihed their task • 
 "advifed the King ofthe Number of Soldiers^ they have eftimated the 
 ^'prefent Charge his Majefty muft be at for the Relieving, Arminc^, 
 "Clothing, Munition and Habiliments of War 5 Thefe have likcwiie 
 " calculated the Annual Expence for the maintenance of them. 
 
 " The firft I will now inform you -, And for the laft Point, becaufe 
 " of a greater Charge and Confequence, I will allow more time of Con- 
 " fideration. Twenty five thoufand Foot, and Five thoufand Horfe, is 
 " the portion they all agree on 5 and lefs they could not confider to be 
 " fent,confidering they were to combat with an Enemy fo far from hence, 
 " already in pofleflion of a great part of the Country, well fortified in 
 " many places, Mafter of an Army compofed with Twenty thoufiind 
 " Foot and Four thoufand Herfe, raoft Veterane Soldiers, commanded 
 " by the beft Captains now known in the Chriftian world, except the 
 '' Prince of orange -, after whom to be efteemed fecond, is the higheft 
 " praife : I fay, ail thefe refpefts duly weighed, there could not in their 
 *' judgments be abated of this proportion : And this Army was framed 
 '' on that mould which the Secretaries of State gave them of the Ene- 
 '' mies ftrength. 
 
 " The iffue of Battels is in the hands of God : The eyes of Hu- 
 " mane providence cannot fee beyond its horizon; It cannot afcertain 
 '' future Contingents, it can only judge of what feems fit to be done, 
 guided by theRules of Probability and Reafon. Events happen often 
 contrary, and never more contrary then in matters of Warfare : Yet 
 "admitafiniftei- fuccefs to happen, a Counfel wifely taken ought not 
 *' therefore to lofe the due commendations. 
 
 " Sirs, I have told you the Number ^ You now exped to know the 
 " prefent Charge, in which I ftiall deal moft truly with you. Believe me, 
 " His Majefty muft disburfe Thirty thoufand pounds for provifion of 
 " NcccfTicies to furnifti fuch an Army to be fent-. The moft part of the 
 Provifions muft be made beyond the Seas , for there Arms are beft, 
 and beft cheap : This Army muft ( if fuch an Army) go by the end 
 " of April. 
 
 " It was God that faid. Let there be light , and, it rvas fo : Kings 
 " ( though they be ftiled Gods ) enjoy no fuch power, incommunicable 
 '' to any Kings. Wiiatever their ends or defires are, they muft allow time 
 "totheconfummation of them: TheybeSoveraignsoverus, but fub- 
 " jed nnto Time. But what need I add fpurs to a forward horfe c' In my 
 *' confcience, there are few Members in this Houf?, that to that iJoly War 
 
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 "(as I may iuftly ftile it) would not as willingly and as heartily coiWri- 
 ^'bute the fervice of their perfons, as theafliftance of their puiies. I 
 " know I fpeak the Language of all your Hearts, let us lliew our Faith by 
 "our works: Time was to have done much better then now we can; 
 " timeis thatwemaydowell-, but if we attend fomewhat longer, time 
 " willbepaft : So as all we do then will be fo out of feafon, asiccanpro- 
 " duce neither any great, nor any good efFed, But ftay, methinks I hear 
 A I " fome fay. Why his Majefty told us, that by way of Treaty he hoped 
 " fo to prevail, as the Palatifiate fliould be reftored. I conftfs I heard fo 
 "tO; and Heaven be pleafed to crown hisadions withfuccefs, as the 
 " pioufnefs of his intentions deferves. But 1 muft be excufed, if 1 doubt 
 " it, if I fear it,if I defpair of it : Far it is no article of my Faith to believ^e 
 in Miracles. But fuppofe this might be brought to pafs, what then, (hall 
 this gift of ours be loft, or caft away -f No fure, it will be well beftow- 
 ed, if as a Sacrifice of our thankfulnefs we offer it unto his Majifty, by 
 B " whofe Wifdom that is regained ^ which certainly by any other courfe, 
 " muft neeis liave expofed our perfons to great danger, and our purfes to 
 " much more expeuce. And in this we fliall do as he that rcceiveth a rich 
 "prefeiu, and returns a fmall reward. Perhaps this way may not qua- 
 " drate with every mans conceipt •, if not, then let this which his Majefty 
 •■' demands to make provifion for a Foreign Army, be employed in rear- 
 " ing a Migazin here at home, fince fo great is the want of Munition, as 
 "Iwonierwe all cry out for want of Money, and never think how to 
 " be ftored of that, which of the two, is more neceflary : Seeing by the 
 "one, we are onely enabled to live moreplenteoafly and fumptuouflyi 
 
 *' and by the other, our lives arepreferved free fromraifery andflavery. 
 " In matters of moment, I know it is as laudable to ufe Deliberation be- 
 "fore a Refolution, as after that once taken. Celerity in execution. 
 
 " Council is the Compafs by which all great Actions ought to be guided -, 
 " it is the S tear by which wife men do iliape their courfes. I allow it, I 
 
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 commend it, I advife it 5 yet to be fo flow, fo difcuflive, fo long in re- 
 "folving, all we then can do, will be no more worth then a Phyfitian 
 "alter death Sorefuch adulnefs, muft needs accufeusof muchweak- 
 "nefs, 
 
 if it admit of no worfe conftruition, {bif dat qui cito dat) freenefs 
 in giving graceth the gift •, dimidmmfaBi qui bene cceptt habet. We have 
 " a long journey to go, and to fet forward is half the way. How prefting 
 " the occaficn is, my Tongue iaincs to tell, {Vox faitctbm hxret) The Foxes 
 " have Holes, and the Birds of the Atr hive Nefls •, but the Daug liter of our 
 " King and Kingdom fcarce knows where to lay her head, or if ihe do, not 
 " where in fafety. 
 
 "Laftly, When we had no other objcdl in our Contemplations, but 
 "thememoryof her vertue (which remaineth in durable Charadc^rs in 
 " the heart ot every honeft man) what a forvvardnefs and ferventnefs did 
 " weexprefs inthefe our voluntary contributions, notwithftanding that 
 "fomebafe, fordid, andavaritiousmen who adored their Mammon, de- 
 terred mta from that noble and pious work. They were then but Panick 
 terrors, clouds caft before the Sun which now Ihines out fo bright, as | 
 p " all thofe mifts are vaniflied. His Majefty calls to us for aid, he invites 
 "us to it, and he that was born to Command, now vouchfafes to en- 
 1" treat us: Now if ever, now is the time to do our Country good. Do 
 "wedtfire to fwecp all Grievances out of this Land c" Dowedefircto 
 "extinguilh the care ot" them, that they may never more germinate in 
 *' this Commonwealth < Do we defire to defttoy thofe Spiders that fpin 
 
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 HiBorical CoUeBions, 
 
 ■^n. 1623. 
 
 The Parlia- 
 ments Anfwer 
 to the Kings 
 Speech. 
 
 " this Net i Now if ever, now is the time to effed it. And to arive at 
 " this blelTing, methinks I difcover a plain and eafie way ^ let us pleafe 
 "the King firft, and I fpeak it with Faith, He will begratioufly pleafed 
 " to reward us : Prove rich Merchants, and make a brave return. Great 
 " and generous fpirits are then moft apt to make requefts , when firft they 
 " have obtained their own. In the Region ot Kings, the way to conquer is 
 " to fubmit •, and nothing more obligeth an honeft heart to perform what 
 " is expeded, then to believe and truft in him. 
 
 " This is the way to make his Majefty not onely love, but fall in love 
 " with Parliaments : This is the way to recal them home from exile, and 
 " again render them frequent amongft us : This is the way to fix this, un- 
 " til we iiave purchafed prefent eafe , and future happinefs to our Coun- 
 " try. Let his Majefty have hearts eafe amongft us, and we fliall receive 
 " from his Royal Hand that DiBamum which muft expel thefe Arrows 
 " that hang in the fides of the Commonwealth. 
 
 "Thus have I delivered my opinion, which if it be not the famfe 
 " with every one here prefent , I lliall beg that favorable cenfure which 
 " Charity commands me to afford to all. Let him believe, I have fpoken 
 " my Confcience, as I fhallof him, though he happen to diffent from 
 " my opinion : For from what Circumference foever the Lines be drawn, 
 " the Center is the fame , which is our Conntreys good •, at which, the 
 " defire of every man ought to aim, and the duty of every man ought to 
 " defire. 
 
 " He that would take another courfe, and have Grievances firft pre- 
 " ferred ^ if he wiflied that out of a good to his Countrey , as unwilling 
 ■ " to innovate antient proceedings 5 of this man I will onely fay, of time 
 " [entit Cato, fed nocet interdum Reifublic<e ; But if there be any other 
 " who out of a corrupt and impofthumate heart , looking to falfe and 
 " foreign ends, would endeavor to put a Partition- Wall between the 
 " King and his people , this ^man 1 dare pronounce neither good Subjeft, 
 "nor good Englifhman, nor good Chriftian^ but the Agen-t of bafe 
 " and beggerly Promoters, needy and greedy Proje<5lors, and a friend 
 "tothofeMonfters, which I hope have no Generation 5 who not born 
 " to any Fortune, nor having Vertue, nor Induftry, by which they might 
 " hope to obtain any , yet like Harpies greedy to devour other mens 
 "Pofteflions, care not what way they take to become mafters of them, 
 
 (leighting the latter day of Judgment , fo they may reft fecured from 
 
 yielding any account in this World. 
 " 1 have no more to fay, but that God would be pleafed to incline 
 "our hearts to do that which may be moft for his glory , next for the 
 " Kings fervice, then for the Countreys happinefs. 
 
 To the Doubts which the King propounded, the Parliament gave 
 Solution by a Committee of both Houfes, in the Declaration following, 
 delivered by the Archbifhop of Canterbury, with this Introdu^ilion. 
 
 May it pleafe your Sacred Majefty, 
 
 W€ are come to pou again, from pour mod Jraitljful ©iibjectje; 
 anD Lopal @ert)ant0, t^c iLo^D)^ anD CLommon)? aCfemllcD in 
 t^i0 prefent parliament- 
 ^nU Bra , mt (jumMp let pour ^ajeOp fenoto, |)ot» muclJ tjetJolD 
 
 our 
 
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 HtUorkal CoUeBions, 
 
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 outfeltjr^bounDcn unto aimig^tp 6oD, ttjat Oe(jat& fentafetngto 21 stacohi 
 
 rule ano reign ot)cc uis ; toDo t0 tileafeD in t&e greatett anD tyefgtjticlf 
 
 raufe0, tofpeafe anD totiefpofeen to in ^ailmmcnt bp OiegccD anD 
 
 loting people, tutJit^) taufetO tlje fetngtounDerOanD t^em, ot)er totiom 
 
 tJe Ijcaret^ rule, anD tficm again to unDcrffanti titm : 3(nD iie^ a true 'Bono 
 
 tW ttetlJ tDe Dcart of tOe ©otcreign to tlje Subject, anD of ttic ©ubiett 
 
 rectp^otallp tott!cirletgelo?DanD©ol)ereign» SCnDne^t, Uierejopre 
 
 tbat pour ^ajeCp UattJ iletoeD pour felf tenable of tbe inQnteritp of tbe 
 
 IKtng of Spain, ijjitb tobom of late pou babe baD a Double '^reatp 5 anD 
 
 of tbe inDignitie0 offcrcD bp tbem unto pour 15le(reD ©on, tbc prince, 
 
 anD to pour Eopal 5Baugbter, ainD tbat pour Cxtnglp beart 10 elleD 
 
 toitbanearneaUe&re totnafee Eeparation to ber noble £onfo?t, anD 
 
 ber felf, of tbe Palatinate tbeir patrimonial po(rcf0ion, twbicb ijs agra^ 
 
 able to 3Iu0ite, anD to all iLatb0 of (55oD anD ^an. 
 
 jfo? t\)e effeaing tubereof, to certifie toitb tDbatalacritp,tuttb tubat 
 cjrpeDitenef0 anD unifo?mitp of beart,botb pour l^mitis of parliament, 
 in tbe name of pour tobole ihingDom, babe bojne tbe mfelbe0 unto pour 
 ^ajcQp, toitb offer to gibe tbcir Eopal af0taance , tuc babe DtgeOeD it 
 into to?iting 5 lefl bp tbc bcrbal 0? bocal Deliberp of anp perfon, ft 
 map mtfcarrp -, 0^ tbe e]cp?ef0ion of our ?eal, be toeafencD 0? DiminiOjeD. 
 mUt\)W tjumblp p?ap pour ^aleOp to gibe leabe to be reaD unto pou. 
 
 Moft Gratious Sovereign, 
 
 \7 \7 ^ pour ^ajeaie0 mofl (jumble anD lopal ®ubje«t0,tbe lo^D0 
 V V anD €ommon0 in tbi0 p?efent parliament acrembleD, bo 
 6r(irenDer to pour ©acreD ^aieQp ourmoQ Dutiful tbanl?0, fo?tbat 
 to our unfpeafeable comfo?t, poubabe boucbfafeD to ejtp?ef0 pour felf fo 
 tocll fati06cD bditb our late Declaration maDe unto pour ^ajeap, of our 
 general Eefolution, in purfuit of our bumble 3lDt)ice to af0itt pour 
 ^ajeap in a pavliamenrarp toap 'mitl) our perfon0 anD abilitie0* 
 D ; %D boberea0 pour ^ajeap m pcur great esiif Dom anD 3iuDgmcnr, 
 
 ' fo?eforing tbat it toill mafee a Deeper 3!mp?ef0ton botb in t\)t €nenue0 
 of tbatCaufe, anDinpour5FrienD0 anD^llie0, if tbep Ojall not cnclp 
 bear of tbectitai'ful€)ffer0, but alfo fee tbe real perfD?manre of pour 
 'Subjea0 totoarD0 fo great a oao?fe. P.our ^ajcQp tx)a0 plcafeD to Dc- 
 fcenD to a particular p^opoQtion fo? tbe 3lDbancing of tbi0 gteat buft- 
 ner0, Qlletbei*efo?cinallbumblcnef0, moareaDp anD boilltng to gibe 
 pour ^^ajrflp anD tbe tobole ©Ho?lD, an ample Ceffimonp of our Oncere 
 anD Dutiful 3!nten&cn0 berem, ilipon mature ^Dbice anu £)eliberatton, 
 astoellof tbebueigbt anD tmpo?tance of tbi0 great Affair, 30 of tbe 
 p?efent €Oate of x^is pcur IKingDcm (tbe fBHealanD ©afetp tobereof 10 
 m our 3fuDgment0, apparentlp tb?eatncD, if pour ®aieOie0 liefolution 
 
 ; fonbe DiCTcilbmg of tbc Cveatic0 noto inqucntcn, be longer DcferreD •, 
 
 ; anD tbat p^obioon fo? Defence of pour Eealm, anD aio of pour ifrienD0 
 anD 9ll(c0, be not fcafonablp maDe) babe tuitb a tbcarful confcnt of all 
 tbe (2i;ommon0 (no one 2:)i(rcntmg) anD boitb a full anD cbcarful Content 
 of tbe lo?D0, refolbcD, Cbat upon pour ^^^aicQiee publicfe I^eclanv 
 
 ! tion, fo? tbe Ditrolutton anD utter 2Difcbarge of botb tl)c faiD €reatie0 
 of tbc Carriage, anD of tbc Palatinate, in purfuit of our a'Dbice tbere- 
 in, anD tobDarD0 tl;e fuppo?t of tbattKIlartoDitbisliljelptoenfue, anD 
 mo?c particularlp fo? tbofe JFour point0 p?opDfeD \}]p pour^aieOps 
 namelp, f 0? tbe ST^efcnce of tbi0 pour Ecalm •, tlje fectiring of Ireland ■; 
 
 tbe 
 
 The Parlia- 
 ment cfFers 
 hisMajefty 
 Three Subfi- 
 dies and Three 
 Fifteens, if lie 
 break oflT both 
 Treaties.
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1623. 
 
 His Ma 
 Reply. 
 
 jefties 
 
 tlje af^tflance of pour iQcigfjbo?^ ; t\)z States nftt)c United Provinces, 
 anDotljeryoiir$0aicaie;e( jFi'icnt)j3 anD3lUc0, anDfoittieCettmgfojrIj 
 of putEopalJQatjp, JKHctoiU grant fo?ti)ep?efcnt the greateft Aid 
 which ever was given in Parliament : CO^t 10 tO (ap, W^lk mitt @ub^ 
 
 fiDtciK, anD tl)?fe Jriftetn^, to be all paiD twitbin i\)z compafsf of one 
 tobole pear, after pour ^^aiecfp Ojall be pleafei] to wsilt t\)t fatD Decla- 
 ration, tbe^oneptobepaiDintotbebanD)3anOe):penl3eD bp tbc liircai' 
 on of futb Committees 0? Comnufsioners, asi|)ereaftcr (Sail be a2?£PD 
 upon at tbi0 p?efent ^efsion of l^arliament- 
 
 ^nD toe mod bumblp befDtcb pour Cl^ateCp to accept of tbefeard^ 
 frutt0 of our beartp Oblation, DeDicateD to tbat txio?fe tnljirb toe in6uite= 
 Ip DeQre, map p?ofper anO be abbanceD* ^nb fo? t(je future to re3 con^ 
 fi'jemlpaffureD, Cbat toe pour lopal anb lobing ©ubietts tnill neber 
 fail m a iBarltamentarp toap to afsia pour ^aieffp in fo Eopal a DeQgn, 
 tDberein pour otun bono?, anb tbe bono? of pour mod 5i^oblc ©on, tbe 
 #?tnce, tbeantientrcnotonof tbi0 illation , tbe Welfare antiberpfub^ 
 a0ence of pour ii^oble anb onelp Daugbtcr , anb ber ConCojt , anb 
 tbeir ^^Dfleritp, tbe fafetp of pour ouist £itng:Dom> anb ^zm\z, anb tbe 
 p?ofperitp of pour Beigbbo?,? anb Allies, ace fo btrplp ensageDt 
 
 Hcrunto his Majefty replied. 
 
 A4y Lords and Gentlemen all. 
 
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 Have nothing to fay to the Preamble of my Lord o^Canterhttry, but 
 that he intimated fomething in it which I cannot allow of: For 
 whereas hefaidlhave (hewed my felf fenfibleof theinfincerity of 
 " thofe with whom I had lately to deal, and of the indignity offered to 
 "my Children: In this you mufl give me leave to tell you, that I have 
 " notexpreffed my felf to be either fenfible or infenfible of the good or 
 " bad dealing. It was Bnckinghams Relation to you which touched upon it 5 
 " by it you muft not bar me, nor make Jupiter fpeak that which Jupiter 
 " fpeaks not : For when I fpeak any fuch thing, I will fpeak it witli than 
 " reafon, and back it with that power which becomes a Kijg. As for the 
 *' matter of the Declaration unto my Demands, which you have couched 
 " in that Paper, which I now heard read unto me, /confefs it is without 
 example that any King hath had fuch an offer. And with your favor / 
 need fear nothing in this World, having fo much the hearts of my peo- 
 ple. For the large offer of afTiftance, / hold it to be more then Millions 
 " of Subfidies 5 and indeed it is an ample reward for the truft and freedom 
 " which / have ufed with you 
 
 " But my Lords and Gentlemen, you muft give me leave on the one 
 " fide, to confider the poflibility of the adion : For in this cafe / muft 
 " do as a man that maketh a Fortification , which muft have Out-works 
 " and Jnworks •, fo / muft not deal onely with mine own people, but with 
 " my Neighbors advice to aflift me in fo great a bufinefs for recovery of 
 " the Palatinate. And in this cafe it is not fufficient to have the hearts of 
 " my Spbjeifts, without the help of my Neighbors and Allies ; on the 
 "other fide,unlefs particular means be fet down,it will neither be a Bridle 
 " to our Enemies, nor a comfort to my Friends, who (ball joyn with me. 
 "General words will not carry it, therefore / muft relbrt to particular 
 ^ means, and follow the Counfel of our Saviour Chrift in the Gofpel, 
 
 " before 
 
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 " before / begin a War, to fee how / can maintain it. God knows it is 
 " a longfome work, yet / defire withj\/^/f/, as / faid before, but to fee 
 " the Land of Promife, though / live not till it be resovered. But unlefs 
 " particular means be difcovered, it is little to the point : Therefore fince 
 " you give me fuch fair general promifes, / will deal freely with you, / 
 "will tell you in particular, the way / will propofe, either by way of 
 " Subfidies or otherwife ^ which being done in Parliament,is a Parliaraien- 
 " tary way. / would require you to be pleafed to beftow upon me Five 
 " Subfidies and Two Fifteens to every Subfidy for the War : And for 
 " mine own neceflities, my crying debts are fo heavy , that no man can 
 " bear them with a greater grief of heart, and fting of Confcience, then / 
 " have done and do. And / now growing old, would be glad to fee a means 
 " for the fatisfying of my debts, before / go out of the World. And for 
 " this end, I defire you would give me one Subfidy and two Fifteens year- 
 "ly, until my debts be paid. 
 
 Here the Prince his Highnefs taking notice of an Obje(5lion made, 
 that this might feem contradi(ftory to that which his Highnefs had told 
 the Committee of both Houfes, That the Kings Majefty v/ould ask no- 
 thing for his own particular,till the Wars were provided for : 
 
 The Prince faid. That the Duke of Buckingham in his abfence hath 
 moved this doubt unto the King. 
 
 Whereupon the Duke affirmed. That fpeaking with the King about 
 it, his Majefly was pleafed to fay, If we would adde one Subfidy and two 
 Fifteens to make it up Six Subfidies and Twelve Fifteens for the War, 
 he was well content to quit that which he hath asked for his own necef- 
 fities. 
 
 The King proceeded. "If this may be done, or that I may fee a 
 " fair way for it, I will follow your Advice •, for I would never have asked 
 '* your Advice to rejed it, or to put a fcorn upon you : For the levying 
 " of thefc Subfidies and Fifteens, I would have you confider how to 
 " clear thefe two difficulties. If you levy them too faddenly, it may be 
 " heavy for the people •, if you ftay too long, it will not ferve the turn. 
 " But this I leave to your confideration : And fince I leave it to your felves 
 "to receive the Money, and expend it by your own Committees of both 
 " Houfes, you may be the more fecure. And yet I would not have you 
 " to be too haTty in the levying of it, that no extremity be ihewed to my 
 " people by impofing too heavy a burthen upon them, which God forbid. 
 " On the other fide, the bufinefs will not fuffer too long lingring about 
 " it. I told you before, 1 had in this great bufinefs, to look to my Con- 
 " fcience and Honor, as well as to the Means. For the Means, I mufl 
 " have it from you •, my Confcience and Honor is mine own, of which 
 " I have thought, and do think daily. And how I fliall be able to dif- 
 " charge them as a King ought to do, yet not without taking help of your 
 "Advice, whichi would never have moved, unlefs I had meant tofol- 
 " low it. 
 
 Here again the Prince, faid he, had fpoken with his Father, to know 
 of him whether he were fatisfied in Honor and Confcieace, that he might 
 in this cafe undertake a War ^ and that his Majefly anlwered. He was al- 
 ready fatisfied and refolved therein 5 but for the manner of publifhing it, 
 he would take your Advice. 
 
 Then the Duke of Bttekingham faid, the reafon why his Majefty ufed 
 thefe words, was. That -having formerly fpoken of his Honor and Con- 
 fcience, if he fiiould now have left them out, it might have been thought 
 
 T • that 1 
 
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 '38 
 
 An. 1624. 
 
 The King de- 
 clares his Re- 
 folution ro 
 diiTolve the 
 Treaties. 
 
 The King ac- 
 cepts the aid 
 prctfercd him. 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions. 
 
 that money onely had drawn him to it : Bat the King faid. He was already 
 iatisfictii, and r.efolved, yet would have your Advice tor the manner of de- 
 claring of it. 
 
 The King again proceeded. " I told you before, that this was the 
 " way to make me in love with Parliaments, and to (liew mine inclination 
 " to continue them ftill. My Refolution is to make this a Seflibn for the 
 " pafling of as many good Laws, as in convenient time may be prepared 5 
 " and at Michaclmtn, or witliin a few days after to have a new Seflion, and 
 "another at the Spring. And in the mean time, you may go down and 
 " acquaint your felves with the grievances of my people -, and you iliall 
 " fee my care to make good Laws, and to reform abufes •, that fo my Sub- 
 " jeds may finde the good fruits of Parliaments, and rejoyce in them. And 
 " I proteft, as I have asked your Advice in thefe Points, which I needed 
 " not to have done 5 fo I will never enter any Agreement or Treaty of 
 " Compofition for Peace, which is the end of War (elfe it is unjuft and 
 " unchriftian) without your Advice •, and I will help you my felf, if we 
 " enter into a War, to make it allowable to the World, and Honorable 
 " for me. 
 
 So the King refolved and declared his Refolution to difToIve theTrea- 
 ties. Hereupon Bonfires were made in London, and the Bells rung for joy. 
 
 Then the Parliament made hafte to pafs the Ad for the grant of three 
 Subfidies, and three Fifteens, to be employed for the ufe aforefaid -, and 
 by the fame Ad, Treafurers were appointed to receive and disburfe the 
 Moneys, and a Council of War to manage the Defign. 
 
 The King made the enfuing Declaration to both Houfes of Parlia- 
 
 ment. 
 
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 Y Nobles and Gentlemen, the laft time I fpake toyouanentthis 
 great bufinefs, I told you what in my opinion was necefTarily re- 
 *' quired to the beginning of it. The Reafons whereof you have truly fee 
 " down out ot my laft Speech, wherein I ilievved you what good it would 
 " do, and what harm it might free us from -, to exprefs particular Aids at 
 ' ■ this time, as well as general Promifes. It is true, I muft confefs that how 
 " far you declare your felves, is fufficient for the prefent entrance into the 
 " bufinefs, though a great deal fliort of what I told you it would require, 
 "But as God bears me Record, and / think the hearts oPall my loving 
 " Subjeds will teftifie for me, / never did ftick for Money , but onely de- 
 " fired you to clear your felves by particulars, that / may fee how I may 
 " be able to go through fo great a matter, at leaft to make a good begin- 
 " ning of the War •, tor what the end will be, God knows. 
 
 " So on the other part, / gave you thanks for your general offer, by 
 "which you did engage your felves in your Lives and Eftates, which is 
 " more then Forty Subfidies, if you had named them, and more worth 
 " then a Kingdom ; for the ftrength of a King, next under the protedion 
 " of God, ftands in the hearts of his people. And / muft needs fay in this 
 " particular, it is without example, that ever any Parliament for a begin- 
 " ning, gave to a King fo great a fupply to be levied in (0 fiiort a time : 
 " This may well ferve for a preparation. And for my part, firft, con- 
 "fidering your general offer, (which is ten, times more to me then all 
 " Subfidies) and next confidering that thefe particulars coming from you, 
 " be as much as at once you are able to pay in fo ihort a time, being with- 
 " in a year, and as much as may be well expeded : Therefore with as 
 "much love, and as great thanks, as a loving an d kinde King can give 
 
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 ' to fo loving and dutiful a people, J thamk you for your offer. 
 
 5 ^-'~^-i:~-t: ....-^«„ .-. j^-. ^^„^ij and do :£accbi 
 
 "accept it. '-^ 
 
 "I told you before, that I would never have craved your Advice co 
 " rejetft it, and fo to put a fcorn upon you : Tliink me not the Man. 
 
 "It is true, I think no wife King can undertake fo great a bargain, 
 "but he muft well be-thinkhimfelf before-hand: And I account it bet- 
 "ter that a King advife well before he take a Refolution, thenadvif^ 
 'M'aflily, and after repent. Therefore, my Lords and Gentlemen, Ide- 
 " dare unto you, That as I am willing to follow your Advice in the an- 
 " nulling and breach of the two Treaties, both of the Match, and of the 
 '■'■ PaUtiriAte: fo on the other part, I afluremyfelf, you will make good 
 " what you have faid. That what you advife me unto, you will afllft me 
 " with yourWifdom, and Council, and Forces, if need require. 
 
 " I pray you have a charitable opinion of me, as you are to have of a 
 " King who hath fo long ruled and governed over you, (and I may vaunt 
 " my felf thus far to have done it with Juftice and Peace.) But, as I told 
 " you before, all my forbearance hath been for fparing the eifufion of 
 " Chriftian Blood, and as the moft eafic and probable way for rccoverin^f 
 " the Palatinate for my Children. It is true, I have been fo long delayed 
 " and paid with generals, that I dare not truft longer unto that which 
 "mademeerre. The Duke oi Bttckingham made a particular relation 
 " unto you, of all tfiatbufinefs •, and I am fure fuch an accompt was never 
 " before given in Parliament , that thereby you may know what to truft 
 •'to. I could in this cafe haverefolved my felf, but I thought it could 
 " not but be both a ftrength and honor to me to have the Advice of my 
 "people. 
 
 " My Lords, in the late Parliament I then declared it onto you, that 
 " I was refolved without refpeft of Frienddiip, or Match, or whatfoever, 
 " to have the Palatinate one way or other : I hope you remember it. 
 
 " God is my Judge and Saviour, I never had any other end, and it 
 " is pitty I (hould live to have any other end ; and for my part, except by 
 "fuch means as God may put into my hands, I may recover the P^/rf^/- 
 " nate^ I could wilh never to have been born. I am old, but mineonely 
 "Son is yong, and I will promife for my felf and him both, that no 
 " means Oiall be unufed for the recovery of it ^ and this / dare fay, as old 
 " as / am, if it might do good to the bufinefs, / would go in mine own 
 " perfon, and think my labor anil travel well beftowed, though / (hould 
 " end ray days there. For if / lliGuld fpare any means pofTible for the 
 " recovery of it , then let me not be thought worthy to Reign over 
 " you •, and in good faith, / never refolved to live with other minde -, 
 "and / will fay more, there was never any Enemy of my Son-in-law, 
 " with whom /talked on of the bufinefs, or any that /ever fpakewith 
 " of the fame •, which did not fay, and confefs / had reafon to have the 
 " Palatinate, one way or other : And when they fay that it is good reafon, 
 " and themfelves allow it, it is a good fpur tome to think on it. 
 
 " My Lords and Gentlemen, thus far afiure your felves, /will go 
 " chearfully about ir, to prepare all things pofiible for it -, and as you 
 " have given the means, fo will / employ them toward it. 
 
 " In the next degree, I hope you will think of me, but that I leave 
 " to your own Counfel and Confideration. But Iprotejl to God, a penny 
 " of this Money (liall not be beftowed but upon this Work, and by your 
 "own Committees •, apd I afliire my felf, you will think of me for a 
 " double Reafon. My Cuftoms are likely to fall, by occafion of the 
 T2 « War, 
 
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 Hifiorical ColleBions, 
 
 " War , and my Charges increafe •, but undertaking the War , I muft 
 " go through with it one way or other , though I fell my Jewels and 
 
 "all. 
 
 " In the next Seffion you will confider how this hath been husbanded •, 
 " and according to that, think what is next to be done -, and it will fpur 
 " you the more to enable me for the reft , whereof I fpake to you 
 
 "before. 
 
 His Majefty further fald, " I will clear you in fome things ; for I will 
 " not deal with you in any thing, but fairly and clearly as a Kmg : Though 
 " I have broken the Necks of three Parliaments, oneafter another, I hope 
 " that in this Parliament you fliall be fo refolved of the fincerity of my 
 " heart , and of your duties and affcdtions , that this lliall be a happy 
 " Parliament, and make me greater and happier then any King of E?t^- 
 " lauil ever was. 
 
 " In my laft Speech I promifed you, that if I accepted your offer, I 
 " would follow your Advice, and would not after hearken to any Treaty 
 " of Peace, without firft acquainting you, and requiring your Advice •, 
 " and I like^vlfe promifed nothing fliould be fpent of your Moneys, but 
 " by your own Committees. But I defire you to underftand, That I 
 "muft have a faithful fecret Counfel ot War, that muft not be ordered 
 " by a multitude, for fo my defigns may be difcovered before hand -, and 
 " ©ne penny of this Money fhall not be beftowed, but in fight of your 
 "own Committees. But whether I ftiall fend Twenty thoufand pounds, 
 " or Ten thoufand pounds 5 whether by Sea or Land, Eaft or Weft, by 
 " Diverfion, or otherwife by Invafion upon the Bavarian or Emperor, you 
 " muft leave that to your King. 
 
 " Aftureyour felves, my delay hitherto was upon hope to have gotten 
 "it without a War. I held it by a hair, hoping to have gotten it by a 
 " Treaty 5 but fince I fee no certainty that way, I hope that God who 
 " hath put it into your hearts tlius to advife me, and into my heart to fol* 
 " low your Advice , will fo blefs it, that I fliall clear my Reputation from 
 " obliquy •, and in defpight of the Devil, and all his Inftruments, ftiew 
 " that I never had but an honeft heart. And I de/ire, that God would blefs 
 " our labors for the happy Reftitution of my Children 5 and whofoever did 
 " the wrong, I defer ved better at their hands. 
 
 After this, the King purpofing to fignifie to the King of Spain, That 
 his Parliament had advifed hira to break off the Treaties , and to re- 
 cover the Palatmate by War : The notice of a flilrp Petition agakift 
 Popifli Recufants framed bytheHoufeof Commons, and fent up to the 
 Lords for their Concurrence, did a little ftagger his Refolution, asap- 
 ,pcareth by the following Letter written with his own hand to Secretary 
 Conwaj, 
 
 King James 
 his Letter to 
 Secretary 
 Conw.ty.,toi\c\\- 
 ing al'ecition 
 againft the 
 fapifts. 
 
 I Doubt not hut yoti have heard what a (iinpng Petition againfi the 
 Papifts, the Lower Houfe have [ent to the Higher Houfc this day, that 
 they might joyntly frefent tt unto me. Te knorv my firm refolution not to 
 make this a War of Religion 5 and feeing I would he loth to he Coney- catch- 
 ^'^ hy my people , I pray you flay the Pofl that is going to Spun, till I meet with 
 f^y Son, who will he here tomorrow morning : Do it upon pretext of fome more 
 Letters ye are to {end by him •, and if hefbould begone, ha^en after him to 
 (lay him upon fome fuch pretext •, and let none living know of this, as you love 
 
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 me. And before two in the afternoon Po morrow, you (hall mthoutfail hear | 22 tfacobi. 
 from me. Farewell. ^ 
 
 ames R, 
 
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 The Petition which the King called a flinging one, was intended to 
 be prefented to his Majefty from both Houfes in term as foUoiveth. 
 
 May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, 
 
 W€ pout ^miim mod Ijumblc anD Lopal ©utjjectsf, t|)e The petiBion. 
 Lo?t)0anD CQmmon0 m tf)i0 p^efent Parliament affembleD, 
 Ijabins to our fingular Comfort rertitjcD pour #?infclj> JS-cfoUirion up' 
 on our Ijumble petition, to OiOfolbe tbe tt»o '3:reatte0 of tb^ Match, 
 anD of tbe Palatinate -, auD bating on our part0 twtfb all alacritp anD 
 reaDinefjs bumblp ofifered our affiffance to pour ^ajeQp, to maintain 
 tbe ©liar tobicb niap enfue tbcreupon : ^et toitbal fcnQblp 6nDtng 
 tobat ©eDuiou0 anD 'Craiterou0 poGtion^ tbofe 3IntenDiarie0 of 
 Rome, anD p?ofe(reD^nsine0 of Spain, tbe ^?tefl0auD3fcfuite0, in- 
 fufe into pcoir natural bo?n ®ubjcct0-, tjobat numbers tbep babe feDuteD, 
 anDDoDailpfeDuce, tomafee tbeir Depcnoance on tbe iBope of Rome 
 anDIfting of Spain, tontrarp to tbeir Allegiance to pour #aieffp tbeir 
 Uiege lo?D •, CEbat Dailp refo?t of 1^?ieQ0 anD 3!efuite0 into pour 
 SiiogDom0 5 tobat Concourfe of popiiftEecufant^, mutb mo?e tben 
 ufual, i0 notD in anD abont tbe cCttp of London-, toijat bolDncf^, pea, 
 txibat infolcncp tbep babe DifcobereD out of tbe opinion tonceibeD of 
 tbeir foreign patronage •, tobat public^ refo?t to ^atte^, anH otber 
 Cjrercif e0 of tbe #opiGj l5,eUgion, in tbe boufe^ of fo?etgn Hlmbaffa^ 
 Do?0 tbere 10 Dailp, to tbe great grief anD offence of pour gooD "Sub-- 
 jea0-, ttibat2icatp?eparation0aremaDcm Spain, 6tfo?an 3Inba6on, 
 tbe bent tobereof 10 30 probable to be upon Come part of pour ^a^ 
 )enic0 Dominion0, a0 upon anp otber place 5 tobat encouragement 
 tbat map be to pour (2nemie0, anD tbe ^nemie0 of pour Croton, to 
 babe a partp, 0? but tbe opinion of a partp \iiix\)m pour ll^ingDam0 , 
 tobo Do Dailp increafe anD combine tbemrelbc0 togetber fo| tbiU pur- 
 pofe •, tobat Didjeartening of pour gcoD anD lobing ®ubiett0, toben 
 tbep Qjall fee mn^e caufe of fear from tbcir falfe-bearteD dountrep^ 
 men at borne, tben from tbeir p?ofcO"eD3Dberfarie0ab?oaD •, tobat ap= 
 parent Danaer0 bp 6OD0 p?obiDence, anD pour ^3Jeaie0 totfDom anD 
 gDoDnei0 tbep babeberplatelpefcapeD, tobicb tbe longer contmunnce 
 upon tbofe ^reatif 0, upon fucb unfitting CTonDittcne, fomentcD bp 
 pour oton tllaffecteD @ubje£t0, toDulD Curelp babe D?aton upon pour 
 ^aieap, anD pour State •, Do in all bumblenef0 offer unto pour fatreD 
 ^ajeQp tbefe tbcir bumble petit! on0 fnllotoing. 
 
 I. €batalUleCuitc0anD©eminarpP^tca0, anDallotber0, babing 
 tafeen 0?Der0 bp anp 3utbo?itp DenbeDfrom tbe @ea of Rome, map 
 bp pour .^afetiieg proclamation be commanDeD fo?tbtoitb to Depart 
 cut of tb!0 iSlealm, anD all otber pour ll)igbnef0's Dominions ^ anD 
 neitbertbep, no? anp otber to return 0? comcbitber again, upon peril 
 of tbefeUereft pcnaltpof tbe lato0 noto m fo?ce agamff tbenn anD 
 1 tbatall pour ?0ajeQie0©ubjett0 map berebp alfa be aDmomdJcD not 
 1 to
 
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 HiBorical ColleHions. 
 
 An. 1^25. 
 
 torecetDe, entertain, comfo?t 0? conceal anpof tijat t)tperou0 t3?oot)J 
 upon pcnaltteg anD fo?feitute0tt)t»cl) bp ttje \.mt& map be impofeD 
 upontbcm* 
 
 II. CDatpour^ajeflptooulDbepleafeDtosibe aret'sbt anDfpeeDp 
 charge to tbc 3!uaice!e! of ^eace in all parts; of xW Jl^ingDom, tbat 
 (according to tIjeJLatosintfjatbebalf maDe, anDtlje ©?ner0 tafeenbp 
 pour ^aieaieiK ^?i'op Ccunccl ljcretofo|c fo? poltcp of ^tatr) rtiep 
 Dotafee fromallpopiQ; Eecufant^ IcgaUp conbiaeti, 0? junip fufpctt- 
 eD -, all fuclJ Srmo?, ©unpotoUcr, anD Munition of anp femDe, 80 
 anp of tbemfjabe either in tijeir oton ?janD0, o? in tOe banDsf of anp 
 ctbcr fo? tbcm, anD to fee tl)c fame fafclp feept, anD tifpofeD arco?- 
 Dingto t(jelatu, leabmg fo? t^e neceffarp Defence of tOeir ^oufe anD 
 perfon0, fo mucD a0 bp tlje la\» 10 p?efcriDeD» 
 
 III. ClJat pour^aieOp toill pleafetocommanD all Popid) Eecu^ 
 fant0, anD all otOer tnt)o Dp anp lato o? Statute are p?o};iDiteD to 
 come to tDe King0 Court, foitDtuitDunDerpamof pour beatp Difplea- 
 fure anD febere Crecution of pour lat»0 againfl tDem , to retire tDem^ 
 fclt)e0, tDctr ttitt)e0 anD families from 0? about London, to tbeir fe= 
 beral Dtoclling0, o? places Dp pour Lams appointeD, anD tDcre 
 to remam confincD toitDm fibe miles of tDeir DtnelUng places, 
 acco^Dmg to tDe latoes of tDis pour Hiealm ; SnD fo^ tDat purpofe 
 to DifcDarge all OSp^pafl licences granteD unto tDem fo? tNr repair 
 bitber -, SnD tbat tbep p?efume not anp time bereafter to repair to 
 London o?tuitbtnten miles of London, 0| to tb^ filings Court, 0? 
 totbe0?inces Court, tDberefoeber, 
 
 IV. tJTbat pour ^afeOp tuoulD fo?btD anD reOraintbe great refo?t 
 anD concourfe of pour oton ©ubjetts, fo? tbe bearing of ^aCTe, 0? 
 otber Cjcercifes of tbe UliomiCfj Eeligion, to tbe boufes of foreign 
 9mba(raDo?s, 0? Agents, reGDingbete fo?t|je ferbice of tbetr feberal 
 p^mccs u? ©rates. 
 
 V. 'Cbat bJbere of late in feberal Countie0 in tbi0 Realm fome 
 babe been truffeD in tbe. places of JLo^Dlieutenants, S^eputp JLfeutC' 
 nants, Commiffioners of ©per anD Cermmer, SuOices of peace, 
 anD Captains of tbeir Countries, tobicb are eitber ^opilb iUccu^ 
 fants, 0? jQon-Connnunicant0bp tbe fpace of a pear nob) laa paff, 
 0? X(iUt\) t>o not ufuallp refo?t to tbe Cburcb to Dibine ferbice, anD 
 can b?ing no gooD Certificate tbereof ■■, tbat pour ^aj eap bJoulD be 
 pleafcD to Difcbarge tbcm from tbefe places of trua, bp b)bicb t\)t^ 
 babe tbat potoer m tbe Countreptobere tbep libe, as is not fit to be put 
 into tbe banDs of perfons fo affetteD. 
 
 VI. Cbat pour ^ajeap tooulD be pleafeD generallp to put tbe 
 LabjesinDue (lEjcecution, bJbtcbaremaDe, anDflanD m fo?ce agama 
 ^opiQ) Eecufants -, %D tbat all pour SfuDges, 3[u0ites, anD ^mi- 
 aers of 3iuOtce, to b3bofe care tbefe tbmgs are committeD, 
 map bp pour ^aietlie0 |D?oclamation be commanDeD to Do tbfir 
 Dutp tberein. 
 
 VII. Cbat feeing toe are tbus bappilp DtlibereD from tbat Dan- 
 ger bjbicb tbefe Cieaties nob) D;aolbeD, anD tbat ufe tobicb pour ill- 
 aefearD ©ubiects maDe tbereof, tooulD certainlp babe D?aton upon us •, 
 anD tanaot but fo?efee anD fear lead tbe Itfee map bereafter bappen, 
 anD unebitablp b?ing fucb peril to pour ^m^m IRtngDoms : Mt 
 are moa bumble @uito?s to pour giaciou0 ^aieOp, to fecure t\^t 
 
 bearts
 
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 \}tm% of pourgcoD ^ibtcct0 bp tf)e engagement of pour 3S,opalijjo?D 
 unto mm •, tbat upon no oc caGon of Carnage o? "Creatp, o? orljci* ic^ 
 qued m tUat beUalf from anp foreign ^juir c o? ^tatejo uitiatfocber, 
 youtoill tafeeoff, o? QacfeentUe €]cecution of pour latujSJ agama x\}t 
 ^opiOj iR.ecufant0, 
 
 '^0 tubtcD our Ijumble perittonsf, p^otcemng from our moff lopal 
 anD Dunfull affetticng totoarD pour ^aienp , our rare of cur doun^ 
 iXi(Si gooD, anD cur ron&Dent pcrfijoaQon tDat t&i0 tuiH tnucl; aDbance 
 tbc gIo?p of WmigUtp tKoD, ttie ebcrlaamg Dono? of pnur ^^ateap, 
 tbefafctp of pour £luigt)om, anD tDc enrouragemcnt of aUpour gooD 
 ©ubieas: OHeDomoa Ijumtlp befcecb pour ^aicUp to l)oucf3fafe a 
 gracicu0 2(!nftjjer. 
 
 This Petition, after a Conference between both Houfes, was redu- 
 ced to another form, and fo prefented to the King. 
 To which his Majefty returned this Anfwer. 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen of both Houfes, 
 
 " F Cannot but commend your zeal in offering this Petition to me, yet 
 '*^ Aon the other fide, I cannot but hold my felt unfortunate, that /iliould 
 " be thought to need a fpur to do that which my Confctence and duty 
 "bindesme unto. What Religion Jam of, my Books do declare, my 
 " profeffion and behavior doth (hew •, and / hope in God I fliall never hve 
 " to be thought otherwife-, furely I (hall never dcferve it^and for my parr, 
 "/wilhit may be written in ikf<ir^/f, and remain toPofterity as a mark 
 " upon me,wh.en /(liall fwerve from my Religion ; for he that doth difjem- 
 ''^ ble with<je^, ii not to he trujled with men. 
 
 "My Lords, for my part, jproteft hti'ove Cod, that my heart hath 
 "bled when / have heard of the increafe oi Foj>ery ■., Cod is my ^tidge it 
 " hath been fuch a great grief to me, that it hath been as Thorns in my 
 " Eyes, and Pricks in my Sides •, and fo far / have been, and flixll be from 
 " turning another way. And my Lords and Gentlemen, you fliall be my 
 " Confe(]ors, that one way or other it hath been my delire to hinder the 
 "growth of Popery ■■, and / could not be an honefl man if / Ihould have 
 "done otherwife. And this / may fay further, that if /be not a. Martyr, 
 *•' /am fure / am a Confeffor •, and in fome fence / may be called a Martyr, 
 "as in the Scripture //44c was perfccuted by Ijlmaelby mocking words: 
 for never King fuff ered more ill Tongues then / have doncj and / am fure 
 "fornocaufcj yet /have been far from perfecution-, for / have ever 
 " thought that no way more encreafed any Religion then perfecution, ac- 
 " cording to tliat frying. Sanguis Martyrum e(l Semen Ecclefu, 
 
 " Now my Lords and Gentlemen, for your Petition, / will not 
 "onely grant the fubft.mce of what yea crave, but add fomewliat more 
 " of iny own • for the two Treaties being already annulled (js / have 
 " declared them to be) it necefl'arily follows of it fclf, that whicli you 
 " defire, and therefore it needs no more •, But that / do declare by 
 " ProcUmation ("which / am ready to do) that all ^efmtcs and Prie(ls do 
 "depart by a day-, but it cannot be as you dcfire by our Proclamation 
 "to be out of all my Dominions •, for a Proclamation here extends but 
 "ro this Kingdom. 
 
 " This /will do and more,/ will Command all my fudges when they go 
 
 their 
 
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 ^acobi. 
 
 His Majeflics 
 Anfwer to the 
 Petition.
 
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 ''their Circuits, to keep the fame courfes, for putting all the Laws in' 
 " Execution againft Recufants, as they were, wont to do before thefe 
 " Treaties-, for the Laws are ftill in force, and were never dt[fenccd with 
 " by me : God is nay ^t*dge they were never fo intended by me ; but as / 
 " told you in the beginning of the Parliament, you muft give me leave 1 
 " as a good horfeman, fometimes to ufe the Reins^ and not alwayes 
 " to ufc the 5p«n : So now there seeds nothing but my Declaration for 
 '"'■ the di farming oi them, that is ready done by the Laws, and fhall be 
 " done as you defired : and more, / will take order for the {bamefuU dif- 
 " order of tbereforting of my Subjeds to all foreign AmbafTadors •, for 
 " this / will advife with my Councel how it may be beft reformed . It is 
 " true, that the houfes of AmbafTadors are priviledged places ^ and Major 
 " though they cannot take them out of their houfes, yet the Lord 
 "and Mr Recorder oi London^ may take fome of them as they come 
 " from thence, and make them examples •, another point / will add con- 
 "cerningthe education of their children, of which 7 have had a prin- 
 " cipal care, as the Lord of Canterbury^ and the Bidiop of Winche^er^ 
 "and other Lords of my C©uncel can bear me witnefs, with whom I 
 " have advifcd about this bufinefs -, for in good faith it is a fliame their 
 " Children fhould be bred here, as if they were at Rome. So / do grant 
 " not onely your ^efire, but more. I am forry / was not the firfl 
 " mover of it to you, but had you not done it, / would have done it 
 " my felf. 
 
 " Now for the fecond part of your Petition-, you have here given me 
 " the beft advice in the world •, for it is againft the rule of wifdom that a 
 
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 '' intercefion of other Pnnces : and therefore afTure your fclves that (by 
 " the Grace of God) I will be carefull that no fuch conditions be foifled 
 "in upon any other Treaty whatfoeverj for it is fit my Subjeds fhould 
 " ft and or fall to their own Laws. 
 
 This Petition was furthered by the Duke of tucJtingham^ who ftill 
 retained the memory of his ill-ufage in Spain, and the Spaaifh Ambaffa- 
 dor being netled thereat, accufed him to the King, not without fome 
 reflciftion upon the Prince himfelf? with fome difficulty they procured 
 a fecret entercourfe with the King, and fuggefted unto him matters of 
 near and high concernment to his Royal dignity and perfon. They tell 
 him, that being befieged, and clofed up by the Dukes Servants and Vaf- 
 fals, he was no more a freeman : That he was to be confined to his 
 Countrey-houfeandPaftimes, the Prince having years aad parts anfwer- 
 able for publick Government. That the Duke had reconciled himfelf 
 to all popular men, fuch as Oxford, Southampton^ Ejfex, Saj^ and others, 
 and fought to raife an opinion of his own greatnefs, and to make the 
 King grow lefs 5 and that all looked towards the rifing Sun. Hereupon 
 they advife the King to free himfelf from this Captivity, and eminent 
 Danger, and to cut off fo ungratefuU an affeder of Popularity, and great- 
 nefs, and fo he fhould ftiew himfelf to be as he was reputed, the eldefi and 
 wifejl King in Europe. 
 
 Thefe fecrets were quickly blown abroad, and brought to the Dukes 
 Ear. But whatfoever impreffion the King received from them, the 
 thing whereupon he infifted openly, was, the demand of particular 
 proofs. But all their Anfwers confifted of Arguments againft declaring 
 the naines of the Confpirators 5 whereupon the Kings Privy-Coun- 
 
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 fellors, and other principal Subjefts were examined upon oaths, and In- 
 terrogatories moft pertinent to the Accufation were propounded to them-, 
 
 but this examination difcovered nothing. The 
 
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 the AmbalTadors with new inftances to make a clear difcovery, but they 
 ftill refolved to conceal the Authors. 
 
 And it was ailed ged by their Partakers, and intimated to the Kino', 
 that the things were fueh as could not be evidenced by Legal proofs, be- 
 caufe the perfons by whofe teftimony they may be confirmed, do for fear 
 of a moft potent Adverfary withdraw themselves, and the Ambaflfa- 
 dors never had the freedom perfonally to fpea^to his Majefty in the ab- 
 fence of the Duke of Buckingham ; an example (fay they) unufual with 
 other Kings, and never to be taken well, except when the King is weak 
 in judgement, and wants experience, and a man wife and circumfped fup- 
 plies his place. But here ffaidthe Ambaflador,) is zfrudent King, and a 
 Favoriteyonn^y rafli, and heady, whofe continual prefence did argue guile 
 and fear •, and his Majefties moft faithful! Servants dare not fo much as dif- 
 clofe their minds.Moreover they fuggeft that the bufinefs of the PaUtinate 
 was by him taken out of the hands of the Kings Council, and referred to 
 the Parliament •, that he did arrogate to himfelf the thanks of all things 
 acceptable, and was ftiled the Redeemer of his Country ; and he would 
 hax^e it believed, that he hatha dominion over the Kings and Princes 
 will. And things ftanding thus, though many may be found that will 
 fpeak againft the King, yet none will appear to fpeak againft the Duke : 
 For which caufes thefe clofc Informers befought his Majefty to free his 
 Vaflals from fear and diffidence, who otherwife will dare difcover no- 
 thing for his prefervation. 
 
 But thefe dark Intelligences had no other ifiTue, then the moving of 
 King ^ames to reprefcnt to the King of Spain the mifcarriages of his 
 Ambailadors, remitting the caufe unto him, with a demand of Juftice 
 and reparation, for that the Information was fufficient to put impreffions 
 in him of perpetual jealoufies of the Duke. Hereupon when the Am- 
 bafTadors were returned home, they fuffered a few dayes confinement 
 but were afterwards rather rewarded and further imployed: For in the 
 Court of S/14/;;, 5«f/{r/'»^/'4Wj name was odious, and the Princes honor of 
 little value, and the Kings reputation at a low ebb: d'vers particular 
 Enmities were already begun between the Subje(5lsof both Crowns, the 
 Englilh Merchants were opprefted in the Spanidi Ports. 
 
 Notwithftanding the Dukes vaft power and popularity, the Earl of 
 Briftol refufed to bow before him. The Earl, though his charge were 
 heavy, and his Caufe ftrongly prejudiced, did not abandon his own de- 
 fence, but protefted againft the Dukes Narration of the SpaniOi Alfairs 
 and was committed to the Torver^ being not admitted into the Kind's pre- 
 fence, nor to plead his Caufe before him. He was to the Duke a ftout 
 and dangerous Enemy •, inforauch, that he was faid to violate the rules of 
 the prudent Mariner^ who in a Storm and foul weather, is accuftomed 
 rather to pull down,then to hoife up Sailes. 
 
 Saturday the 29 of May^ the King being come to the Houfe of Peers, 
 and his Majefty and the Lords in their Robes , Sir T/jomas Crexv 
 Speaker, beuig come to the Bar, and the Commons prefent, he made 
 this Speech. 
 
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 "" Hat God to his own great glory had brought this SefTion of the 
 Parliament fo happily begun,to lb happy an end,that both Houfes 
 and every particular Member thereof had given their willing 
 " afTent even with one voice , unto the Advice which his Majefty 
 " was pleafed fo low to defcend as to demand of them. As there was 
 " not an hammer heard in the building of the Hou[e of God, fo in this 
 "great Bufinefs thtx^wzsnoiz Negative voice, nor any jarring among 
 '• them : But their time \y2s wholly fpcnt in thebufinefs of Parliament, 
 " in which they had prepared many Bills profitable for the Common- 
 " wealth, and fliewed the feveral natures of thofe Bills: fome for the 
 " fervice of God, and reftraint of Recufmts •, fome to redrefs the Enor- 
 mities of the Commonwealth:, others of his Majefties grace and bounty 
 to his people 5 and fome concerning the Prince's Highnefs touching 
 "his own Lands, and others to fettle ftrife in particular Eftates-, all 
 " which do wait for and humbly defire his Majefties Royal alfent. 
 
 " He n^ewed alfo what great joy they all received for the Diflblution 
 '' of the two Treaties with Sfnin •, and that Commiflioners are required 
 " to fee the Edidis performed againft Recu[ants and ^^efttites, the Locufts 
 "of yjtfwf, wherein will confift his Majefties chiefeft fafety. And they do 
 " render him humble ciianks tor their antientPr/'t^i/f^fj, which they fully 
 ■■' enjoyed this Parliamenr,and their fo often accefs unto his Majefties pre- 
 " fence ; and more efpecially for his Majefties general, large, liberal and 
 " free Pardon, fliewing the benefit thereof, and reciting the particulars. 
 " He alio prefented the Bill of Three entire Subftdies, and Three Fifteens 
 '' and Tenths granted this Sefion, and declared the cheerfulnefs of the 
 " grant thereof : And making his earneft prayers unto Almighty God 
 " to diredl his Majefties heart to make his own Sivord his Sher/f to put 
 " his Son-in-law in poffeflion of his Palatinate, the antient Inheritance of 
 " his Royal Grandchildren, he ended, humbly craving pardon for himfelf 
 " and his own errors committed this Seflion. 
 
 "Unto which his Majefty prefently made anfwer , beginning with 
 t'thelaft o( the Speakers Speech touching their Freedom, which he pro- 
 ' mifed to continue unto them in as large a manner as ever they enjoyed 
 tl e lame. And lor the Rtftitution ot his Son-in-law, protefted his con- 
 tinual care thereof, and his great grief if he fliould not fee an aftured 
 '' hope before he died •, and vowed that all the Subftdies, for which he 
 ''heartily thanked them, though it had not been fo tied and limited, 
 '' fliould have been beftowed that way. His Majefty lemembred them, 
 ' that nothing was given to relieve his own wants 5 which he expedeth 
 "at the next Sefion the begmning of Winter. He acknowledged the 
 " obedience and good refped of the Commons in all things this Parliament, 
 " for which ( as he was pleafed to fay ) he thanks them heartily and with- 
 " out complement •, and if they pleafe to continue the fame at their next 
 " meeting, it will make this the happicft Parliament that ever was. 
 
 " His Majefty fpake alfo of the Grievances prefented unto him yefter- 
 " day by the Commons at Whitehall, promifing them a full Anfwer at their 
 " next meeting ; Tiiat he had looked over them, and was glad they were 
 " of no greater importance. His Majefty remembied the Houfe to handle 
 " Grievances at their next meeting, and to hunt after none,nor to prefent 
 " any but thofe oi' importance .He promifed to go over them all,and to give 
 " a free anfwer, fuch as (hould be good for his People, not refpeding any 
 
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 " Creature whatfoever,and 
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 " vances 5 firft, that they grieve at the Reformation of Building aoout 
 " London with Bricic , which he incendeth onely for the Beauty ani 
 " more fafety of the City , therefore he will go through with it • and 
 " if the Commiflioners offend hereittj let the party aggrieved complain, 
 " and he v;ill redrefs it •, that the form of proceedings ufed by the Coin- 
 "mons in this Parliament isalfoa grievance unto hisMijefty, for that 
 " they did not call the Commiflioners, whom they compl :ined of, be- 
 " fore them, touching their complaint againft Dodor A) un •, his Ma- 
 " jcfty faid their oath of Supremacy forbids them to meddle with Chuich 
 "matters: befides they complain againft him, and never heard him 
 '' Touching their complaint againft the Apothecaries^ his Majefty pro- 
 '' tefted his care therein to be onely for his peoples health •, it is dangerous 
 " for every one to meddle with Apothecaries ware, and the Grocers have 
 " a Trade befide. 
 
 '' His fourth grievance is, that Seditious Books are fo frequently 
 " printed, which he will be carefull to prevent hereafter. 
 
 " Fifthly, for calling in fo many Patents, appointing che Patentees 
 " to wait fo many days with their Council,and never to hear them- where- 
 " fore his Majefty warned them to call for no more hereafter, unlefs they 
 " firft knew them to be grievous to the people ^ and fo his Majefty con- 
 " eluded with thanks for the Commons good carriage towards him and 
 *' his Lords this Seffion. 
 
 Then the Lord Keeper fpake to the particulars of the Speakers 
 Speech, and by his Majefties command approved them all, alluding the 
 general confent of both Houfes to the Seftuagint direcfled by the Holy 
 Ghoft •, and touching the Speakers defire for the Kings aftent to the Bills 
 paft both Houfes, he faid the royal aflent is proper to the Lawgiver 5 and 
 ftiewed, that it is beft for the people-, that this is in his Majefties power, 
 and not in themfelves ; for the King knoweth what is beft to be granted 
 unto his people, as may appear by the Petition that Bathflnba nu fe to 
 King Solomon, to gvvt nnto Adonijah Ahi(hag to wife, which had Solomon 
 granted, he had given Adonijah mems to ufurp the Kingdom, conaary 
 toBathp)el/asmem[ng', and fuch is his Majefties intent this day for fuch 
 Bills which he will not pafs. That his Majefty had given his confent to 
 all the Bills of Grace, and to the Bill of the continuance of fome Sta- 
 tutes, and repeal of others, fo neceifary, and for the good of the peo- 
 ple. That his Majefty accepteth in good part their th:in ;<.s for his general 
 Pardon which he hath fo freely granted unto his Subject" •, but his fpecial 
 command is that thofe that are in Office, do look fti icftly to the executi- 
 on of Laws againft Recufants 5 the Subfidies his Mijfties gracioufly 
 accepteth, and therefore imitates not the Stoiy u\ Macroh f^ ot one who 
 had all his debts paid, and inftead of thanks anfvvered, miht nihil •, though 
 this be given to the PalatinateM^ Majefty interpreteth it as given to hun- 
 felf, and rendreth to you all hearty thanks for the fimei 
 
 The Lord- Keeper having ended his Speech, the Clerk of the Crown 
 ftood up,and read the title of th? Bills pafled both Houfes •, and the Clerk 
 ofthe Parliament read his Majefties Anfwerto each Bill,which being done, 
 his Majefty remembred the breaking up of three Parliaments together, 
 and the happy conclufion of this Seffion, and puts the Commons again in 
 minde, that at their next meeting they do fo carry themfelves that this 
 Parliament may be as happily continued to the end. 
 
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 151 
 
 Hiftorkal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1624, 
 
 At the Parliament holden at JVeflminJler by Pro- 
 rogation, the Nineteenth day o^ February ^ 
 Anno ^gisfacohi Anglia^Francia (s^ HthernU 
 vicejtmofrimo^ ^ Scotia quinquagefimo feftimo, 
 Thefe A(5ts were paffed. 
 
 ■A 
 
 N Ad for making perpetual an Ad made Anno 39 Eliz. En- 
 liculed. An A^ for the Ending of Ho\^itds and, Werkhoufes for 
 the Poor. 
 
 2. An Ad tor the quiet of the Subjed agamft Concealments, 
 
 3. An Ad concerning Monopolies , and Difpenfations with 
 Penal Laws. 
 
 4. An Ad for eafe of the Subjeds concerning Informations upon 
 Penal Statutes. 
 
 5. An Ad, That Sheriffs, their Heirs &c. having a Quietus eft, 
 (hall be difcharged of their Accompts, with the Judges opinion therein, 
 
 6. An Ad concerning Women convideei of fmall Felonies. 
 
 7. An Ad to reprefs Drunkennefs , and to reftrain the haunting 
 of Inns, &c. 
 
 8. An Ad to punifli Abufes in procuring Superfedeas of the Peace 
 out of the Courts at Weflminfier, and to prevent the Abufes in procuring 
 Writs of Certiordri out of the faid Courts, &c. 
 
 9. An Ad for the Free Trade of Wellh Clothes, &c. in England 
 and Wales. 
 
 ID. An Ad to repeal a Branch of the Statute An.'^OfH.^. Entituled 
 An AB for certain Ordinances in the Kings Dominions , and Principality 
 of Wale. 
 
 11. An Ad for Confirmation of a Judgment given for his Majcfty 
 in a Scire facias againft Henry Heron , and for Declaration of the Letters 
 Patents therein mentioned to be void. 
 
 12. An Ad to make perpetual the Ad for eafe in pleading againft 
 troublefom Suits profecuted againft J uftices ©f the Peace, Mayors, &c, 
 
 13. An Ad for the further reformation of Jeofails. 
 
 14. An Ad to admit the Subjed to plead the General IlTue in In- 
 formations oflntrufton brought on the Kings behalf, and to retain hisPof- 
 feflion till Trial. 
 
 1 5. An Ad to enable Judges and Juftices to give reftitution of Pof- 
 feffion in certain cafes, 
 
 16. An Ad for Limitation of Adions, and for avoiding of Suits 
 in Law. 
 
 17. An Ad againft Ufury. 
 
 18. An Ad for the Continuance of a former Statute made 4" ^ac. 
 Entituled, An ACifor the true making of Woollen Clothes. 
 
 19. An Ad for the further Defcriptioa of a Bankrupt, and relief of 
 Creditors againft fuch as fhall become Bankrupts, and for infUdiog of 
 Corporal puniQiment upon them in fome Cafes. 
 
 20. An Ad to prevent Swearing and Curfing, 
 
 21. An Ad concerning Hoftlers and Inholders, 
 
 22. An
 
 Hiflorical CoUeUions, 
 
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 2 2. An Ad explaining a Statute ^;;. 3, 4, & 5 M. 6, concerning the ' ^acobi 2 2 
 Traders of Butter and Cheefe. 
 
 23. An A(ft' 60 avoid Delaies by removing of A(5lions out of Infe- 
 rior Courts. 
 
 24. An A(5l for relief of Creditors againfl: fuch as die in Execution, 
 
 25. An Aifl for relief of Patentees, Tenants and Farmers of Crown- 
 Lands and Duchy-Lands. 
 
 26. An A<3: againft fuch as fliall levy any Fine, fuffer any Reco- 
 very, knowledge any Statute, Recognifance, Bail or Judgment in the 
 name of any perfon not privy thereunto. 
 
 27. An Ad to prevent the murthering of Baftard-children, 
 
 28. An Ad to continue divers Statutes, and repeal others, 
 
 29. An Ad to enable Prince charls to make Leafes of Lands parcel 
 of the Duchy of Cornwal, or annexed to the fame. 
 
 30. An Ad to afl'ure Tork-Hoxxk and other Lands to the King , and 
 to affure the Manors of Brighton, Santon, and other Lands to the Arch- 
 
 B bifliop of York, &c. 
 
 3 1 . An Ad for the good Government of the Makers of Knives in 
 HAllam-flnre in the County of Tork. 
 
 32. An Ad to make the Thames Navigable from Bercot to Oxon. 
 SS' An Ad for the Subfidies of the Clergy. 
 
 34. An Ad for Three Subfidies, Three Fifteens and Tenths granted 
 by the Temporalty, with the Judges opinions. 
 
 35. An Ad for the Kings General Pardon. 
 
 Private A^s. 
 
 36. An Ad for the Confirmation of WaSam-Colkdge in oxouj 
 and the PofTeflions thereof. 
 
 37. An Ad for the Naturalizing of PhiUp Barlemncchi. 
 
 38. An Ad for the Naturalizing of Giles Fandeput. 
 3:?. An Ad to enable William Earl of Hereford, and Sir Francis 
 
 Sejmor Knight, to fell Lands for the paiments of Debts, and eftabliihing 
 D other Lands. 
 
 40. An Ad for the Naturalizing of Sir Robert An(lrother, Sir Ceerge 
 Ahercromy Knights, and ^ohn Cragge Dodor of Phyfick. 
 
 41 . An Ad to confirm the Copiholders Eftates of Stepney and Hack- 
 ney, according to a Decree in Chancery between the Lord of the Manor 
 and the faid Copiholders. 
 
 42. An Ad to confirm an afliirance of Lands fold hy S'\x Thomas 
 Beaumont Knight and his wife, to Sir Thomas Cheek Knight, 
 ■ .. 43. An Ad to ercd a Free-fchool and Alms-houfe, and Houfeof 
 Corredionin Lincolnjlnre, 
 
 44. An Ad to enable Martin Cahhorp to fell Lands for preferment of 
 younger Children, and paiment of Debts. 
 
 45 . An Ad for fetling the Manor of Goodnelton and other Lands of 
 Sir Edward Ingram Knight. 
 
 46. An Ad to enable Dame Alice Dudley wife of Sir Jlohert Dudley 
 Knigiu, to affure the Manor of Killtngworth arW other Lands to Prince 
 Ch^ls, 
 
 47. An Ad to confirm an Exchange of Lands between PrinceCW/^ 
 and Sir Lmis Wat[on Knight and Baronet. 
 
 48. An Ad for the fetling of the Lands of Anthony Vicoant Mon- 
 tague, for paiment of his Debts and raifing of Portions, 
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 49. An hGt to enable Sir Richard Lumley Knight to fell Lands for 
 the paiment of his Debts and preferment of Children. 
 
 50. AnA<5t to confirm a Decree in Chancery made bytheconfent 
 of the Lord of Pamfwick in Com. Glouc. and his Cuftomary Tenants 
 
 there. , . , 
 
 51. An Ad for the Naturalization of Sir Francis Steward Km^t, 
 
 Walter Steward, ^ames Maxwell, William Car, and ^ames Levingfton, 
 
 Efouires. • 
 
 52. An Adtfor the Naturalization of ^ohn romg Doi^or of Di- 
 vinity. 
 
 53. An A6t for the Naturalizing of ^ane Murrey Widow, and Wil- 
 liam Murrey B(qnite. 
 
 54. An Ad to make good a Conveyance of Little Munden made 
 from Sir Peter Vanlore Knight, and Sir CharU Csfar Knight, unto Bdmond 
 Woodhad Efquire and his heirs. 
 
 55. An Ad to enable Vincent Low to fell Lands for paiment of his 1 
 
 Debits. 
 
 55, An Ad to enable 7ohy Palyvicine to fell Lands for the paiment 
 of Debts and preferment of Children. 
 
 57. An Ad for Naturalizing of Sir Robert Car Knight. 
 
 58. An Ad to confirm the Manor of JSlew-Langfort and Seavans, 
 and other Lands late being the Inheritance of Sir Henry ^ames Knight 
 in a Premunire convided, unto Martin Lumley Lord Mayor of London, 
 Alice Woodrif w idow, and Edward Cropley, Sec. 
 
 59. An Ad for N aturalizing of Sir Stephen Ltifure. 
 
 60. An Ad for Naturalizing of ^ames Marquis oi Hamilton. 
 
 61. An Ad for Naturalizing of Sir William Anftrtther Knight, 
 Dodor BalcanquaU and Patrick Aber^romy. 
 
 62. An Ad to confirm the Sale of Lands made by Sir Edward Heron 
 Knight unto Bevel Moulfworth Efquire, and to enable the faid Sir Edward 
 to fell other Lands for paiment of Debts, and to fettle other Lands upon 
 Robert and Edward Heron. 
 
 63 . An Ad for the Naturalizing of Abigal Little, and William Little 
 her fon. 
 
 64. An Ad for the eftabliftiing of Lands upon ^ohn Mohun Efquire 
 fon of Sir Rowland Mohun Knight and Baronet, according to the Agree- 
 ments made between them. 
 
 65. An Ad to enable Edward Alceck to fell the Manor of Ramp on 
 and other Lands. 
 
 66. An Ad to explain a Statute made Anno 1 3 Eliz. for afTuring of 
 Eighty two pounds ten (hillings fer annum to the Bifhop of Coventry and 
 Lichfield for ever, out of Manors and Lands thereby alTured to Edmund 
 rijber and his heirs. 
 
 6j. An Ad for the eftablifliing of Three Ledures in Divinity, ac- 
 cording to the Will of Thomas Wetttnhall Efquire. 
 
 68. An Ad for the repairing of the River running to Colchelier, and 
 paving of the Town there. 
 
 69. An Ad to enable Francis clerk Knight to fell Lands for the 
 paiment of Debts and raifing of Portions. 
 
 70. An Ad for altering of Gavelkind-Lands, being late the Lands 
 of Thomas Potter Efquire, Sir George Rivers Knighc, and Sir ^ohn Rivers 
 Bironet, and to fettle the Inheritance of them upon Sir ^ohn Rivors and 
 
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 71 . An Aft to make the Lands of" Thom^ts JEarl of MiMeJlxinojscl Jacthiii 
 to the paiment of his Debts. , _/^-.v "^^ 
 
 72. An Adt for the Sale of the Manor of Abbot s-Hdll, late the Pof- ! 
 fe/Tionsof S\x ^ames Point z.decQ^itd^ that the Monies thereby niifed may i 
 be diftributed amongft his Creditors according to his Laft Will. j 
 
 73. An Ad for the Naturalizing of Elizabeth Fere md Mary Fere^ 
 the Daughters ot Sir Horatio Fere Knight. 
 
 This Summer, Four Regiments of Foot were raifed for the fervice 
 of the United Provinces, tobeimploycd againft the Emperor, under the 
 Command of four Noble Colonels , the Earls of oxfordy Ejfex, and 
 Southamf'ten, and the Lord Willeugby. 
 
 The Town of Frankendd havmg been fcqueftrei into the hands of 
 the Arciiduchefs jfabe/ia Clara Eugenia Infanta of Spain, for the term of 
 Eighteen moneths, and that time now growing to an end, being to ex- 
 pire about the middle of October next ^ The King commanded thofe 
 B Lords and others that were CommiiTioners in that Treaty between his 
 Majcfty and the Archduchefs, to aflemble and deliberate what was fit to 
 be done concerning the remanding , receiving , and ordering of rhat 
 Town. The Commiflioners unanimouily were of opinion, That it was 
 fit for hisMajefty both in Honor and Intereft to remand it, and according 
 to the Capitulation to place therein a Garrifon of Fifteen hundred Foot 
 and Two hundred Horfe, with fufticicnt Visuals for fix moneths, and a 
 fufficient quantity of all Munition : The Infanta: having accorded in 
 the Treaty to give them a paflage through the King of Spain s Low- 
 Countries ^ The King approved and refolved to follow the Advice, and 
 gave Order to the Council of War to confider and difcufs the manner of 
 demanding the Town, and the way and means of raifing the men, and 
 conduding them thither, and of maintaining and fupplying the Garrifon 
 with Munition and all things neceflary. 
 
 On the day that Frankendal was to be redelivered, Spinola with his 
 Forces marcheth out of the Town •, and finding none of the King o>: Great 
 D Britains Forces ready to enter it, inftantly re-enters and takes poflellion, 
 pulls down the King of England's Arms, and fets up the King oi Spain's. 
 Y et did the "Hohlc Spaniard leave ftandmg the Monument of two Bro- 
 thers, fighting and ftout Enemies of theirs 1, in oppofition of whofe valor 
 the Spaniard had gained much honor, but overcame them at lafl. The 
 Monument is ftanding in the Dutch Church in Frankendal upon a fair 
 Tomb, with this Infcriprion, 
 
 In bcatifsiniam mcmoriam T)om.Gcncrofi Guliclmi 
 Fairfax A?iglo-^ritanni, Honor atil stmt Domini 
 Thomae Fairfax de T>cnton in Com . Ehor.Equiti^ 
 Auratijilii^Cohortts Anglicani T>ucis infgms ^ Qui 
 annis natm circitcr XXVI. pofi animi flunma 
 edit a tcjlimonia inviclifsimi , una cum Joanne 
 fratrc jm juniorc^ in obfdionc Francovalcnti, hie 
 facta eruftione arrcptus-, illc iBu bombards pcr^ 
 culfiis^occubuere. Jnno Ad.DC.XXI. 
 
 This 
 
 spinola mar- 
 ches out of 
 the Town,and 
 immediately 
 Re-enters.
 
 IJ<J 
 
 I "— ■ - - - . ■ ■ ■ 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBtons, 
 
 An. 1^24* 
 
 King James 
 very defirous 
 of a Match 
 with France. 
 
 The Match 
 with France 
 concluded. 
 
 - 
 
 Count Manf- 
 field i\xy\\c% 
 in England; 
 12000 Foot 
 and seohorfe 
 raifcd ro go 
 under his 
 command. 
 
 This Monument was ereded by the Town of Frankendal, in memory of 
 thofe two Brothers, who were Uncles to that Valiant, Victorious, and 
 Self-denying General, THOMAS Lord FAIRFAX, late Com- 
 mander in Chief of the Parliaments Armies in England. 
 
 In France, the Marriage-Treaty was not fo fair, fmooth and plaufible 
 in the progrefs, as in the entrance. King ^^ames, admiring the Alliance 
 of mighty Kings, though of a Contrary Religion, as alfo fearing the dif- 
 gracc of another Breach, defired the Match unmeafurably ; which the 
 French well perceived, and abated of their forwardnefs, and enlarged their 
 Demands in favor of Papifts (as the Spaniards had done before them) and 
 {trained the King to the Conceflion of fuch Immunities, as he had promi- 
 fed to his Parliament, that he would never grant upon the mediation of 
 Forein Princes. 
 
 The Cardinal Richliett being in the infoncie of his favor, and ap- 
 pointed to the managing of the Treaty, aflured the Catholicks oi Great 
 Britain, that the moft Chriftian King remembring that lie was born and 
 raifed up no Icfs for the propagation of the Catholick Caufe, then for 
 the enlarging of his own Dominions, was refolved to obtain honorable 
 Terms for Religion, or never to conclude the Match ; And for his own 
 part, fuch was his compaflion towards them, that if he might work their 
 deliverance, or better their condition, not only with Counfel, intereft and 
 authority, but with his life and blood, he would gladly do it. 
 
 However, this Treaty held fewer moneths, then tiie years that were 
 fpent in that o^ Spain. Indeed, the Motion from England had a braver ex- 
 preflion,feeing a Wife was here confidered as the only objeft of the Trea- 
 ty 5 whereas that oi Spain was accompanied with a further expectation, to 
 wit, the rendring of the Palatinate to King ^ames his children. In A/tgtisf 
 the Match was concluded,and in November the Articles were fworne unto 
 by King ^ames. Prince Charls, and the French King, The Articles con- 
 cerning Religion were not much (hort of thofe for the SpaniQi Match,The 
 Conclufion of the Treaty was feconded in France with many outward ex- 
 prelTions of Joy, as Bonfires and the like : Whereupon the Privy-Council 
 fent to the Lord Mayor of London, requiring the like to be done here. 
 
 This year Count Mansfield arrived in England, whofe reception was 
 fplendid and honorable : He was entertained in the Prince his Houfe in 
 S.^ames's, and ferved in great ftateby fomeof the Kings Officers. A 
 Prefs went through the Kmgdora for the raifing of Twelve thoufand 
 Foot, with two Troops of Horfe, to go under his Command for the 
 Recovery of the Palatinate. Thefe Forces were intended to pafs through 
 France into Germany, the French having promifed as well an Addition of 
 Strength, as a free paflage. 
 
 In the mean while there were thofe that fecretly foUicited the King 
 to return into the way o^ Spain, and raifed fufpitions of Mansfields Enter- 
 prife, faying he was the Pal[gravis Scout and Spy •, And if the Puritans 
 defired a Kingdom , they did not wifii it to the moft illuftrious Prince 
 Charls, his Majefties beft and true Heir, but to the Palatine. That it was 
 the Dukes Plot, and the Parliaments Fury, to begin a War with Spain 5 
 but it will be the glory of his Majefties blefted Reign, that after many 
 moft happy years," that Motto of his (Blejfedhe the Peace-makers) might 
 ever, to rhelaft be verified of him in the letter, and be propounded for 
 imitation to the moft illuftrious Prince, and that the experience' of his 
 happy Government iliould carry the Prince in a connatural motion to the 
 fame Counfels of Peace. And 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical ColieBions. 
 
 157 
 
 ■, the more circumfpeft party in the Spanifli 'a^acoh "^ 
 ue the ftate ot things in a pofTibility of an Ac- "O— v-nI 
 
 And at the fame time 
 Court, held it fit to continue cue itateot tnmgs in a poiUDiiity 
 commodation with the King of Great Britain, and Ci'W^Jw.frwascomin" 
 again for England to procure a Peace ^ notwithftan^ling the Duke of Ba- 
 varia ufed all diligence, to combine himfelf with that Crown, offering to 
 depend wholly thereon , fo that he may be thereby protefted in his new 
 acquired Dignity. But in thefe Motions the Ele^or of Saxony with many 
 Reafons, advifed the Emperor to apply himfelf to the fetling of a Peace 
 in Germany, and with much inftance befought him not to deftroy that an- 
 tient Houfe of the Palatinate. 
 
 Count Mansfield was at this time in England, and the Forces raifed 
 in the feveral parts of the Kingdom for the recovery of the Palatinate, 
 were put under his Command ^ and Marching to their Rendezvous at 
 Dover, committed great Spoils and Rapines m their paflage through the 
 Counties. At that Rendezvous the Colonels and Captains were aitigned 
 _ ' to receive their feveral Regiments and Companies from the Conductors 
 employed by thofe feveral Counties where the Men were raifed. 
 
 A Lift of fome of the Re2;iments of Foot de- 
 
 figned for that Expedition. 
 
 D 
 
 I. 
 
 EArl of Lincoln, Colonel. 
 Lieut. Col. Affen. 
 Serjeant M^'^'^ Bonithon. 
 Sir Edward Fleetwood, 
 Captain Wirley, 
 Capr. Reynolds. 
 Capt. Babhmgton. 
 Sir Matthew Carey. 
 Capt. Sarlee. 
 Capt. Crofffwel. 
 
 II. 
 
 Vifcount Doncafter, Colonel. 
 
 Sir ^ames Bamfcj, Lieut. Colonel. 
 
 Alexander Hamilton, Serjeant Major 
 
 Capt, Archibald DiigLts. 
 
 Capt. Zouch. 
 
 Capt. ^ohn DagUs, 
 
 Capt. Pell. 
 
 Capt. William Duglof. 
 
 Capt. George Kcllwood. 
 
 Capt. Andrew Heatly. 
 
 III. 
 
 Lord Cromwel, Colonel. 
 Lieut. Col. DuttoH. 
 Serjeant Major G/^/()». 
 Capt. Baffet. 
 
 Capt. Lane. 
 Capt, Vincent Wright. 
 Capt. ^enner. 
 Capt. Fattghan. 
 Capt. Oivfeley. 
 Capt, Crane. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sir Charles Rich, Colonel, 
 
 Lieut. Col. Hopton. 
 
 Serjeant Major Killegretv. 
 
 Sir Warham St. Leiger. 
 
 Sir W. Waller. 
 
 Capt. Burton. 
 
 Capt. Francis Hammond, 
 
 Capt. Winter. 
 
 Capt. Goring. 
 
 Capt. Fowler. 
 
 V. 
 
 Sir Andrew Grey, Colonel, 
 Lieut. Col. Boftvel. 
 Serjeant Major Coburne. 
 Capt. David Murray. 
 Capt. Murray. 
 Capt. Forbois. 
 (.^apt. Carew. 
 Capt. Ram fey. 
 Capt. Williams, 
 Capt. Beaton, 
 
 X VLSir
 
 158 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1624. 
 
 Scarce the 
 third part of 
 C oiint Muns- 
 fields Army 
 came fafe to 
 Land. 
 
 Kkhard Smith 
 made Bifhop 
 of Calccdon, 
 and fent into 
 Eiiglandv/ith 
 Epifropal Ju- 
 rildid/on. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Sir ^ohn Borrou^h, Colonel, 
 Lreut. Col. Bret. 
 Ser j eant Major Wi/Ioughhj. 
 Capt. William Lake. 
 
 Qz^i, Roberts, 
 
 Capt. Webb, 
 
 Capt. Skifmth. 
 
 Capt. Thomas WoMoi*[e. 
 
 Capt. George. 
 
 Capt. Mosiian. 
 
 The Duke oi Buckingham, Lord Admiral, was recfQired to employ 
 thofe Ships that were now in the Narrow Seas, or in the Havens ready 
 bound for any Voyage, for the Tranfporting this Army from Dover. 
 
 Count Mansfield received his Commiflion from King ^ames, bore 
 date the Seventh of November, One thoufand fix hundred twenty and 
 four, and was to this effedl, That his Majefty at the Requeft of the Prince 
 Eledor Palatine, and the Kings Sifter his Wife, doth impower Count 
 Mansfield to raife an Army for the recovering of the Eftate and Dignity 
 of the Prince Ele(5tor, and appoints that the Forces fo raifed fliould be 
 under the Government of the faid Count Mans f eld , for the end afore- 
 faid. And his Majefty further declares, byway of Negative, That he 
 doth not intend that the faid Count fliall commit any fpoil upon the G'oun- 
 treys or Dominions of any of his Majefties Friends and Allies ^ and more 
 particularly, He doth require the faid Count not to make any invafion, 
 or do any a>S of War againft the Countrey or Dominion, which of right 
 appertain and are in truth, the juft and lawful pofleflion of the King 
 ot Sfiain, or the Lady Infanta Isabella: And in cafe any fuch Hoftility 
 ftiall be aded contrary to this his Majefties intention, all fuch CommilTi- 
 ons which (liall be granted to that purpofe by the (aid Count Mansfield, 
 his Majefty doth declare to be void ^ and that all payments fliall ccafe : 
 That on the contrary, if Obedience be given hereunto, the King wiiheth 
 the Count all good fuccefi for the recovery of the Palatinate, and reefta- 
 blifliment of the Peace in Germany againft the Duke of Bavaria, and 
 thofe that are the troublers of the Peace. 
 
 And for the performance hereof, the King caufed Count Mansfield to 
 take an Oath, That he would conform according to the Contents of the 
 faid Commiflion and Declaration of his Majefty ; which Oath was almoft 
 in I'crminis of what is before exprefted. 
 
 This Army coniiftmg of Twelve Regiments, was intended to Land 
 in France -, but being ready for Tranfport , the French notwithftanding 
 their Promife, and the Treaty of Marriage, demurred (yet not plainly 
 denied) their paflage. Neverthelefs, the whole Army was rtiipped, and 
 put over to Calice •, and after a tedious ftay in hope yet to land and pafs 
 through the Countrey, they were forced to fet fail for ZeaUnd. Neither 
 were they fuffered to land there, coming fo unexpedledly upon the States , 
 and in a hard Seafon for Provifionof Vi<ftuals. 
 
 Thus they were long pent up in the Ships, and fuffered the want of 
 all Neceftaries , by which means a Pestilence came among them , and 
 raged extreamly •, fo that they were thrown into the Sea by Multitudes •, 
 inlomuch , that fcarce a Third part of the men were landed, the which 
 alfo afterward raouldred away, and the Defign came to nothing. 
 
 The Papift formerly danted by the Breach of the Spanifli Match, 
 was now again revived by the Marriage-Treaty with France. And at this 
 time upon the Death of Jf/Z^ww, Titular Bifliop of C4/ffio», moft of the 
 Englilh Secular Priefis did Petition the Pope, that another Bifljop might 
 be fent over into England, there to ordain Priefis, give Confirmation, 
 
 and 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Historical Collc&ions. 
 
 rx 
 
 >9 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 and exercife ^.pifcopal ^urifdiBion. Among others, Matthew Kelii[o» and 
 Richard Smith were prefented. 
 
 And though the Regulars were oppofite to the Seculars in this matter, 
 yet thofe of the Order oi St. Benedict joyned with the Seculars, and 
 Rudefin Barlo Prefident of the Engliih Bcneditlines at Dowaj, wrote a 
 Letter in their behalf to the Congregation ztRome, named of the Propa- 
 gation of the Faith. Dated the Twelfth of December, One thoufand fix 
 hundred twenty and four. 
 
 In which Letter was this paffage , That there were above Sixt-^ Bene- 
 di^ine Monks in England ; and that it is not to be doubted (faid he) [ For 
 that it is already feeii the good fuccef under: the Fir (I Bijlwv.'] That an- 
 other Bifliop being Conftituted , there would he moxe joyful fruits with- 
 in one two years in the Engli(h Mi f ion, then hitherto hath been for Sixty 
 years now elapfed. 
 
 But not long after, the Epifcopal partf prevailing , Pope Urhan the 
 Eight created Richard Smith Bilhop of Calcedon, and fent him into Eng- 
 land wkh Epifcopal Authority over the Priefts within the Englifli Domi- 
 nions. 
 
 King ^ames after he had been troubled with a Tertian Fcvor four 
 Weeks, finding himfelf near the end of his days, called unto him Charles 
 Prince of Wales, his onely Son, to whom he recommended the Protedli- 
 onof the Church of England, advifed him to love his Wife, but not 
 her Religion •, and exhorted him to take fpecial care of his Grand-Chil- 
 dren, the Children of the Ele(5tor Palatine, by his Daughter 5 and to 
 employ the power he left him, to reeftablifii them in the Eftate and D^- 
 nities of their Father : And laftly, he recommended to him his Officers 
 who had faithfully ferved him, and on the Seven and twentieth of March 
 gave up the ghoft. 
 
 And (liortly after Bifhop Laud delivered to the hands of the Duke of 
 Buckingham, brief Annotations or Memorables of the Life and Death of 
 King^^wf/, (viz,,) 
 
 L T ~\ E was a King almoflfrom his Birth. 
 
 I I IL His great Clemency that be jhould Reign f9 long, and fomo- 
 deratelj, that knew nothing elfe bat to Rei^n. 
 
 111. The Htfficult times in Scotland, during his Minority, as much per- 
 plexed with church as State Faff ions. 
 
 I V. ffis admirable Patience in thofe yonger times, and his Wifdom to go 
 by thofe many and great difficulties) till God opened him the ways to hiijufi 
 Inheritance of this Crown. 
 
 V. His peaceable Entry into this Kingdom , contrary to the fears at home, 
 and the hopes abroad, not without Gods great blefing both on him and its. 
 
 V I. His Ability as (Irong in Grace as Nature, to forgive fome Occur- 
 rences . 
 
 VII. The continuance of full Two and twenty years reign all in Peace, 
 without War, from Foreign Enemy, or Rebellion at home, 
 
 VIII. The infinite advantage, which people of all forts might have 
 brought to themjclves, and the enriching of the State, if they would have ufed 
 [uch a Government with anfwerable care , and not made the worft ufe of 
 peace. 
 
 I X. Gods great mercy over him in ?nany deliverances from private Con- 
 (pirators, and above the re(l^ that which would have blown up his Poflerity 
 and the State by Gun-powder. 
 
 X 2 X. That 
 
 ;
 
 I 
 
 60 
 
 Hiflorical ColieBions. 
 
 An. 
 
 162'). 
 
 X. That in all this time of his Reign of England, he took away the life of 
 no one Nobleman, hut rcflored many. 
 
 X I. That the fiveetnef of his nature rvas fcarce to be faralleU by any 
 
 other. 
 
 XII. ft is little lef then a Miracle, that fo much (rveetnef fJwulJ be found 
 in {0 great a heart, as be fides other things, fickncf and death it felf flierved to be 
 
 in htm. 
 
 XIII. clemency, Mercy, ^uflice, and holding the State in Peace, have 
 ever been accounted the great Vertues of Kings, and they were all eminent in 
 
 him. 
 
 XIV. K<: ^i^ not onely a preferver of Peace at home -but the great Peace- 
 maker abroad -^ to fettle Chrijlendom a^ainlf the common enemy the Turk, which 
 mi?ht have been a, glorious work, if others had been its true to him, as he was 
 to the common good. 
 
 XV. He was in private to his Servants, the be (I Mafler that ever was, 
 and the moft free. 
 
 XVI. He rv.ts thejujieft Man that could fit between farties, andasfa- 
 tient to hear. 
 
 XVII. He was bountiful to the highefl pitch of a King. 
 
 XVIII. He was the greatcft Patron to the Church which hath been in 
 many Ages. 
 
 XIX. The mo(l Learned Prince that his Kingdom hath ever known for 
 matters of Religion. 
 
 XX. His integrity and founJnef in Religion, to write and fpeak, believe 
 and do, live and die one and the fame, and all Orthodox. 
 
 XXI. His tender love to the King his Son, our mo(l gratiens Soverai^n 
 that now is, and his conflant Reverence in performance of all duties to his 
 Father > the greateft Blefing and greatejl Example of this , and many 
 Ages. 
 
 XXII. The Education of his Ma]e(ly whom we now enjoy (and I hope 
 and pray we may long and in happinef enjoy ) to bean able King as Chriflen- 
 dom hath any, the very firjl day of his Reign ^ the benefit whereof is ours, and 
 the Honor his. 
 
 XXIII. His ficknef at the beginning more grievous then it feemed, a 
 flarp melancholy humor fet on fire, though ujhered tn by an ordinary Tertian 
 Ague. 
 
 XXIV. He w 06 from the beginning of his fuknef fcarce out of an opi- 
 nion that he (hould die ; and therefore did not fiifer the great Affairs of Chri- 
 flendom to move him more then was fit, for he thought of his end. 
 
 XXV. His devout receiving of the Ble(fed Sacrament. 
 
 X X V I. His Regal Cenfure of the Moderate Reformation of the Church 
 of England, and particularly for the care of retaining of Abfolution, the com- 
 fort of dijlrefjed Souls. 
 
 X X V 1 1. His continual calling for Prayers, with an affured confidence 
 in Chrifi-. 
 
 X X V 1 1 1. His death asfuti. of patience as could be found info flrong 
 a death. 
 
 XXIX. His Refl, no qucflion is in Abrahams Bofome, and his Crown 
 changed into a Crown of Clory. 
 
 Another writes thus of that King in the Book entituled the Reign 
 of King Charles. 
 
 In 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Ht^iorical CoUeBiom, 
 
 t6i 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 IN the ftile of the Court he went for Crcr.t Britains SoIotKen-^ nor is it 
 anyExcurfion beyond thePrecindls of Verity to fay, That neither 
 Britain nor any other Kingdom whatfoever, could ever fince Solomons 
 days glory in a King (lor recondite Learning and abftrufe Knowledge) fo 
 near a Match to Solomon, as he. And though he was an Univerfal Schollar, 
 yet did he make other Sciences ( their moft proper employment ) but 
 Drudges and Serviteurs to Divinity, wherein he became fo tranfcendent- 
 ly eminent, as he notorioufly foiled the greatefl: Clerks of the Roman 
 See. Nor did his Theological Abilities more advantage the Caufe of 
 Religion abroad then at home, they keeping the new-fangled Clergy a- 
 loof, and at diftance, as not daring to infufe into fo folid a Judgment their 
 upftart and erroneous Fancies, nonordifquiet the Churches peace with 
 Heterodox Opinions. A ftout Adverfary he was to the ArmintMs and 
 Semipelagians > whom he called as Projpcr before him , The Enemies of 
 Geds Grace. And as (lender a Friend to the Presbytery, of whofe Tyranni- 
 cal and Antimonarchical Principles, he had from his Cradle fmart experi- 
 ence. He was an excellent Speaker, the Scheme of his Oratory being 
 more (lately then pedjntick, and the Expreflions argued him both a King 
 and a Schollar. In his Apparel and Civil Garb, he feemed naturally to 
 affed a Majeftick carelefnefs , which was fo Heiflick, fo Habitual in him, 
 as even in Religious Exercifes, where the Extern Demeanor is a grand 
 part of that Sacred Homage, he was fomewhat too incurious and irreve- 
 rent. He was indulgent a little to his Palate, and had a fmack of the Epi- 
 cure •, in Pecuniary Difpenfations to his Favorites,he was exceflive liberal ; 
 yea though the exigence of his own wants pleaded Retenfion. Studious 
 he was of Peace, fomewhat overmuch for a King, which many imputed 
 to pufillanimity •, and for certain^ the thought of War was very terrible 
 unto him 5 whereof there needs no further demonftration, then his man- 
 agement of the Caufe of the Palatinate : For had he had the leaft fcintilh' 
 tion of Animofity or Majeftick Indignation , would he have fo long en- 
 dured his Son-in-Law exterminated from his Patrimony, while the Aaftri- 
 4»Fa(5tion (to his great dilhonor) cajoled and kept himindel-uforyChat 
 with fpecious fallacies:' would he in thofe feveral Negotiations of Car- 
 lifle, BftUol, Bclfafl, and Wefton, have trifled away fo vaft fums, the Moity 
 whereof, had they been difpofed in Military Levies, would have Modelled 
 an Army able (when Hcidelburgh, Manhetm, and Frankendak defended 
 themfelves) to have totally dilTipated all the Forces of the Ufurpers, to 
 have maftered the Imperious Eagle, enforcing her to forego her Quarry, 
 and reeftated the Palfgrave ? would he fo Ihamefcilly have Courted the 
 Alliance of Spain, to the very great regret of his Subjedls whom his Pre- 
 decefifors had fo often baffled , and whom England ever fourtd a worfc 
 Friend then Enemy < What ftronger evidence can be given in of a won- 
 derful defeft of Courage < As this lipothymie, this faint-heartednefs, 
 loft him the reputation and refpedls of his people •, fo his heavy preflfures 
 upon them, and undue Levies by Privy Seals, and the like, alienated 
 their Affeftion?, cfpccially confidering how thofe Moneys were mif-em- 
 ployed , indeed rather thrown away •, partly in the two diflionorable 
 Treaties of Spain and German), and the Confequential Enteitainments ; 
 and partly in Largeft'ts upon his Minion Buckingham. Between this dif- 
 affedion and contempt in his people, there was generated a general dif- 
 pofltion to turbulent and boifterous Darings and Expoftulations, even 
 againft liis Darling Prerogative : And though thofe difmal calamities 
 
 which 
 
 23 ^acchi.
 
 i6i 
 
 Htsiorical CoIIeBions. 
 
 An. 162'). 
 
 which befel his Son , were doubtlefs ampliated by a fupeitetation of 
 Caufes •, yet was their firft and main exiftency derivative from thofe femi- 
 nalities. Let Court- Pens extol the calmnefs of his Halqonian Reign with 
 all artifice of Rhetorick, yet can they never deny but that admired Sere- 
 nity had its fet in a Cloud •, and that he left to his Succeffor , both an 
 empty Purfc and a Crown of Thorns. 
 
 Sir fr4«c/V 54«» when King 5f4;»f5 was living, gave this Chara(aer 
 of him. 
 
 WHerefore reprefenting Your Majefty many times unto my 
 minde, and beholding you not with the eye of Prefumption to 
 difcover that which the Scripture tells me, is infcrutable -, but 
 with the obfervant eye of Duty and Admiration, leaving afide the other 
 parts of your Virtue and Fortune , I have been touched, ye3,and pofleffed 
 with an extream wonder at thefe your Virtues and Faculties which the 
 Philofophers call Intellediuals , |^ The largenefs of your Capacity , the 
 faithtulnefs of your Memory, the fwiftnefs of your Apprehenfion, the 
 penetration of your Judgment , and the facility and order of your Elo- 
 cution. ] And I have then thought, that ot all the perfons living that I 
 have known. Your Majefty were the beft inftance to make a man of Pla- 
 to's opinion , That all Knowledge is but Remembrance , and that the Minde of 
 Man b"j Nature knetveth all things, and hath but her own Native and original 
 Notions ( which by the (Irangenef and darknefs of the Tabernacles of the 
 Body, are fequeftred) again revived and re flared. -Such a Light of Nature 
 I have obferved in your Majefty, andfuch areadinefs to take flame and 
 blaze fram the leaft occafion prefented ^ or the leaft fpark of anothers 
 Knowledge delivered. And as the Scripture faith of the wifeft King, 
 That his heart was as the Sand of the Sea , which though it be one of the 
 largeft Bodies, yet it confifteth of the fmalleft and fineft Portions : So 
 hath God given your Majefty a compofition of Underftanding admira- 
 ble, being able to compafs and comprehend the greateft Matters, and 
 neverthelefs to touch and apprehend the leaft 5 wherein it lliould feem an 
 impoflibility in Nature for the fame luftrument to make it felf fit for 
 great and fmall Works. And for your gift of Speech, I call to minde 
 what comeliws Tacit its faith of Auguflti'S C^f'ar, Augu(lo p-oflucns & 
 qux Principem decerct Eloquentiafuit : For if we mark it well. Speech that 
 is uttered with labor and difficulty •, or Speech that favoreth of theaf- 
 fedation of Arts and Precepts •, or Speech that is framed after the imita- 
 tion of fome pattern of Eloquence, though never fo excellent-, all this 
 hath fomewhat fervile and holding of the Subject. But your Majefties 
 manner of Speech is indeed Prince-Uke , flowing as from a Fountain, 
 and yet ftreaming and branching it felf into Natures order, full of Faci- 
 ciHty and Felicity, imitating none, andinimitable by any, crc. And there 
 feeraeth to be nohttle contention between the excellency of your Ma- 
 jefties gifts of Nature, and theuniverfalityand perfedionof your Learn- 
 ing •, for 1 am well aflured of this, that what I fluU fay is no amplifica- 
 tion at all, but a pofitive and meafured truth, which is, That there hath 
 not been fince Christ s time, any King or Temporal Monarcfj, which hath been 
 fo learned m all Literature and Erudition, Divine and Humane •■ For let a 
 man ferioufly and diligently revolve and perufe the Succeffion of the 
 Emperors ot Rome, of which dtlar the Didator, who lived fome years 
 
 before
 
 HiUoricai ColleBionL 
 
 i6^ 
 
 before Chrift, and Uircm Amoniui^ were the beft learned; andfodc- 
 fcend to the Emperors of Gracia, or of the Weft, and then to the Lines 
 oi France, Sfatn, England, Scotland, and the reft, and he lliall finde 
 this Judgment truly made : For it feemeth much in a King, if by the 
 compendious extradions of other Mens Wits and Learning, he can take 
 hold of any fuperficial Ornaments and Hiews of Learning 5 or if he 
 countenance or prefer Learning and Learned Men. But to drink indeed 
 of the true Fountain of Learning, nay, to have fuch a Fountain of Learn- 
 ing in himfelf, in a King, and in a King born, is ahnoft a miracle 5 and 
 the more, becaufe there is met in your Majefty arareconjundion as well 
 of Divine and Sacred Literature, as of Prophane and Humane. So as 
 your Majefty ftands mvefted of that Triplicity which in great veneration 
 was afcribed to the Antient Hermes, The Power and Fortune of a King, 
 the Knowledge and Illummation of a Prieft, and the Learning and Uni- 
 verfality of aPhilofopher. This Propriety inherent and individual Attri- 
 g bute in your Majefty, deferveth to beexprefted notonelyintheFame 
 and Admiration of the prefent time, nor in the Hiftory or Tradition of 
 the Ages fucceeding, butalfoin fomefolid Work, fixed Memorial, and 
 Immortal Monument, bearing aCharader or Signature, both of the 
 'Power of a King, and the Difference and Perfedion of ftich a King. 
 
 MemortA ^u/li cum laudibHs, c^ impiorttm nomen fatrefcit. 
 
 He that hath lately writ the Hiftory of Great Britain, thus exprefTeth 
 himfelf concerning King ^ames. 
 
 HE was a King in underftanding, and was content to have his Sub- 
 jeds ignorant in many things 5 as in Curing the Kings Evil, which 
 he knew a device to ingrandize the vertue of Kings when Miracles 
 were in faOiion •, but he let the World believe it, though he fmiledatit 
 in his own Reafon , finding the ftrcngth of imagination a more powerful 
 agent in the Cure, then the Plaifters his Surgeons prefcribed for theS®re. 
 It was a hard queftion, whither his Wifdom arid Knowledge exceeded 
 his Choler and Fear -, certainly the laft couple drew him with moft vio- 
 lence, becaufe they were not acqtiifitious, but natural 5 if he had not had 
 that allay, his high towering and maftering Reafon had been of a rare 
 and fublimed excellency ; but thefe Earthly dregs kept it down, making 
 his Paflions extend him as far as Prophanenefs (that I may not Hiy Blaf- 
 phemy) and Policy fuperintendent of all his Adions, which will not laft 
 long, (like the violence of that humor) for it often makes thofe that 
 know well, to do ill, and not be able to prevent it, 
 I He had pure Notions in Conception, but could bring few of them 
 I into adion, though they tended to his own prefervation ^ for this was 
 ^ one of his Apothegms which he made no timely ufe of, \_Let that Prince 
 that would beware of Conffiracies, be rather jealetfs of [uchrvhom his extra- 
 ordinary favors have advanced, then of thofe whom his di [plea fure hath dtf- 
 contented. Thefe want means to execute their pleafurcs, but they have means 
 atfleafftre to execute their de fires .'] Ambition to rule is more vehement 
 then Malice to revenge: Though the laft part of this Aphorifm he was 
 thought to pradife too foon, where there were no caufes for prevention 
 and negled too late when time was full ripe to produce the Effed, 
 
 Some paralleld him to Tiberius for Dirfimulation , yet Peace was 
 
 maintained 
 
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 23 ^acobi.
 
 I 
 
 6^ 
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions. 
 
 An. 1624. 
 
 maintained by him, asinthetime oi Augu^tts, and Peace begot Plenty, 
 and Plenty begot Eafe and Wantonnefs, and Eafe and Wantonnefs be- 
 got Poetry, and Poetry fvvelled to that bulk in his time, that it begot 
 ftrange monftrons Satyrs againft the Kings own perfon, that hanted both 
 Court and Countrey^ which expreffed, would be too bitter to leave a 
 fweet perfume behinde him. And though bitter ingredients are good to 
 imbalm and preferve dead Bodies, yet thefe were fuch as might endanger 
 to kill a living Name, if MaUce be not brought in with an Antidote. 
 And the Tongues at thofe times more fluent then my Pen, made every 
 little raifcarriage (being notable to difcover their true operations, hke 
 fmall Seeds hid in Earthy darknefs) grow up andfpred iTito fuch exube- 
 rant Branches, that evil report did often pearch upon them. So danger- 
 ous it is for Princes by a remifs comportment, to give growth to the leaft 
 Error • for it often proves as fruitful as Malice can mike it. 
 
 Butalafs good King ! Here was an end of his Earthly Empire, and 
 little did he imagine that the lafl: period to Great Britaim Monarchy,niould 
 not much exceed the time of his own Reign, and in the true extent come 
 (hortofit. 
 
 There is a Book faid to be writ by a Knighe of Kent, and intituled 
 King ^ames Court, which renders a further Charader of that King-, we 
 forbear to particularize any thing thereof (no name being put to the Book) 
 but leave the Reader to his freedom. 
 
 The Bifliopof Lincoln, then Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Eng- 
 land, in his Sermon at King ^ames Funeral, fpeaking of Solomon and 
 King ^ames, (his Text being i Kings 11.41,42,45. ) hath thefe Ex- 
 preflions. 
 
 I Dare prefume to fay, you never read in your lives, of two Kings 
 more fully parallel'd amongft thcmfelves,and better diftinguillied from :D 
 all other Kinss befides themfelves. Kin% Solomon \s faid to beUni- 
 genitm coram Mtttrc [ha, the oncly Son of his Mother, Prov. 4.3. So was 
 King ^amcs. Solomon was of Complexion white and ruddy. Cant. 5.10. 
 So was King ^4«z<?j. Solomon was an Intant-King, puerparvitlM, a little 
 Childe, I Chron. 22.5. So was King ^ames a King at the Age of Thir- 
 teen Moneths. Solomon began his Reign in the life of his PredeceiTor, 
 I Kings 1.32. So, by the force and compulfion of that State, did our 
 late Sovereign King ^ames. Solomon was twice crowned and anointed a 
 King, I Chro.zp. 22. So was King ^ames. Solomons Minority was rough 
 through tlie quarrels of the former Soveraign -, fo was that of King 
 ^ames. Solomon was learned above all the Princes of the Eaft, i Kings 4. 
 30. So was King ^ames above all Princes in the Univerfal World. Solo- 
 mon was a Writer in Profe and Verfe, i Kings 4. 32. So in a very pure 
 and exquiiite manner was our fweet Soveraign King ^ames, Solomon was 
 the greateft Patron we ever read of to Church and Churchmen ^ and yet 
 no greater {let the Houfe of Aaron now confef) then King ^ames. Solomon 
 was honored with Amballadors from all the Kings of the Earth, i Kings 
 /\.ult. And fo you know was King ^amcs, Solomon was a main improver 
 ot his home Commodities, as you may fee in his trading with Kiram, 
 I Kings 5.5?, And God knows it was the daily ftudy of Yiing^ames. 
 Solomon was a great maintainer of Shipping and Navigation,! King.io.iiSf. 
 
 A
 
 Hijhrical CoFteBions. 
 
 »<J5 
 
 A mod proper Attribute to King ^ames. Solomon beautified very much ; ^acobi 2 ? 
 
 his Capital City with Buildings and Water-works, i Kings 9. 15. So' " 
 
 did King ^ames. Every man lived in peace under his Vine and his F><^- 
 
 Tree, in the days oi Solomon, i Kings /\, 25. And lb they did in the 
 
 bleded days of King ^awcs. And yet towards his end. King Solomon 
 
 had fecret enemies, Kazan, Hadad, and ^fcroboam, and prepared for a War 
 
 upon his going to his Grave, as you may fee in the Verfe before my Text. 
 
 So had, and fo did King ^amcs. Laftly, Before any Holtile Ad v>'e read of 
 
 in the Hiftory, King Solomon died in peace, when he had lived about Sixty 
 
 years, as Ljra and 'Toslatm are of opinion ; and fo you know did King 
 
 ^ames. 
 
 And as for Ws words and eloquence, you know it well enough-, it 
 was rare and excellent in the higheft degree. Solomon fpeaking of his 
 own faculty inrhiskinde, divides it into two feveral heads'-, a ready i»- 
 'vention,ind an eafie Difcharge and Exprcfton of the lame. God hathgrant- 
 B edme to [peak as I would-, and to conceive as is meet, for the things fpokcn of, 
 Wifd.j.i^. And this waseminent in our late Soveraign. His Invention 
 was as quick as his firft ; houghts, and his Words as ready as his Inventi- 
 on. GodhAdgivcn him to conceive -^ the Greek word in that place is cj'>- 
 //^.^vrof, that is, to make an Enthymem oralliortSyllogifm 5 and that 
 was his manner. He would firfl: winde up the whole fubftance of his dif- 
 courfe into one folid and malTie Conception -., and then fpred it and dilate 
 it to w!ut compafs he pleafed •, Profluenti (^ qtu Princtfem deceret eloquen- 
 tia (as Tacitm faid of Jugiift/i-s) in a flowing and a Princely kinde of Elo- 
 cution. ^ Thofe Speeches of his in the Parliament, Star- Chamber, Coun- 
 cil Table, and other Publick Audiences of the State (of which, as of 
 Tullies Orations,- £a femper optima, qu£ maxima, tlie longed ftill was 
 held the beft) do prove him to be the moft powerful Speaker that ever 
 fwayed the Scepter of this Kingdom. In his Stile you may obferve the 
 Ecclefiafles, in his Figures the Canticles, in his Sentences the Proverbs, 
 and in his whole Difcourfe Reliquam verborum Sohmonis , all the reft 
 D that was admirable in the Eloquence of Solomon. 
 
 How powerluUy did he charge the Prince with the care of Religion 
 and Juftice , the two Pillars (as he termed them) of iiis future Throne C 
 How did he recommend unto his love, the Nobility, the Clergy, and the 
 Communalty in the general 1 How did he thruft, as it were, into his in- 
 ward bofom, liis Bjlliops, his Judges, his near Servants, and that '^ Difci- 
 ple ot his whom he fo loved in particular C and concluded with that Hea- 
 venly Advice to his Son , concerning that great a(5l of his future Marri- 
 age, To marry like hri»f:lf, and marry where he would: But if he did marry 
 the Daughter of that King, he lliould marry her Perfon, but he lliould 
 not many her Religion. 
 
 Having in our Collections met with the Tranfcript of a Letter from 
 King ^ames to Pope Clement, Ancd Anno 1^99, We have thought fit 
 (though it be not placed in order of time) to conclude his Reign with it, 
 and with the Inftru(^ions given to Mr. Drnmmond wiio was fent with the 
 fame to Rome. 
 
 ^acohtu 
 
 ^ The Duke 
 of Bncl(in- 
 ghcim.
 
 i66 
 
 Hijhrical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. iSz-). 
 
 facohm Rex, dementi 
 Papx. 
 
 BEatiffime Pater, cum variis ad 
 nos perlatum fiiiflet rumori- 
 bus, quam diligenter noftrar 
 fortis xmuli fepius egiflenc , utau- 
 choritatls veftia? acies in nos diftrin- 
 geretur , quaque conftantia id pro 
 vcftra prudencia hadenus fueric 
 recuHitum : Committere noluimus 
 quin accepti memores beneficii gra- 
 tias ageremus , opportunam nadi 
 OGcafionem, cum later prcefentium, 
 natione noftras, vefter afcriptitius, 
 in fines ditionis veftra: reverteretur •, 
 quern pro fua indole veftris orna- 
 turn beneficiis veftrse Sanditati 
 Commendamus, ut eum in iisquse 
 noftro nomine habet impartienda, 
 audire placide non dedignetur : Et 
 quia adverfus malevolorum calum- 
 nias, qui noftras in Catholicos in- 
 jurias commemorand© , nobis in- 
 vidiam, & ipfis gratiam conciliant, 
 nullum tutius remedium agnofci- 
 mus, quam ut e noftratibusaliqui, 
 veritatis ftudiofi, quantumvisaRe- 
 ligione quam nos a prima haufi- 
 mus Infantia , abhorrentes , ho- 
 neftam in curia Romana demorandi 
 occafionem femper haberent , ex 
 quibus veftra Sanditas certo pofllr, 
 in quo ftatu res noftrx fint, edifce- 
 re ^ Iioc nomine Epifcopum Fa.zio- 
 ncn[em vobis commendamus , qui 
 ut Ibriis fuir qualecunque incremen- 
 tum veftrc^ Sanditati duntaxat re- 
 fert acceptum, ita Cardinalatus ho- 
 norem pnonbus beneficiis, noftra 
 pr^efertim gratia, adjici obnixe ro- 
 gamus. Sic Inimicorum celTabunt 
 Calumnis", prsfentibus qui rerum 
 geftorum veritatem polfint adftru- 
 I ere. Nee adlionum noftrarum ul- 
 1am a:quos rerum a:ftimatores cu- 
 pimus latere, qui in ca Religionis, 
 quam profitemur, puritate cnutriti, 
 fie femper ftatuimus nihil melius 
 tutiufque quam cjtra fucum in iis 
 ^ pro- 
 
 Kjng James Letter to 
 
 Tofe Clement. 
 ». 
 
 Moft Holy Father J having 
 under flood by (everal Reports 
 horv diligent the Rivals of 
 our Condition have been, that the 
 Sword of your Authority fhoald be un- 
 fheathed agatnfi m , and with what 
 conflamy jour Prudence hath hitherto 
 refufed it -, we could do no lef then re- 
 turn thanks for fuch a gtod turn recei- 
 ved 5 efpecially upon fofair an occafton, 
 when the Bearer of thefe, a. Scotchman 
 by Nation, but a Roman by Adoption, 
 was returning unto your Dominions •, 
 we recommend him to your Holinef 
 (to whom for his good farts you have 
 already been beneficial) that you would 
 attentively hear him in thofe things 
 which he fhall deliver in our Name : 
 And becaufe we know there is no better 
 remsdy againfl the Calumnies of ill 
 Wilier s, (who by commemorating our 
 injuries done to Catholicks procure en- 
 vy to us, and thank to themfelvcs) 
 then that fome of our Coantrcymen 
 ^aleus of the Truth, though differing 
 from the Religion which we have [uck- 
 ek from our Infancy, fhould have an 
 honorable occafton of making their 
 abode in the Court of Rome, from 
 whom your Hclinef? may be certainly 
 informed of the flate ef our Affairs. 
 In this regard we recommend unto you 
 the Bijhep of Vazion , who as he doth 
 impute whatfocvcr increafe of his con- 
 dition to your Holinef alone ■ fo we 
 are earnejl Suitors , that for our fake 
 efpecia/Iy , the honor of a Cardinals 
 Cap may be added to his former ad- 
 vantages. By this means the C.dffm- 
 nies of our Enemies will ccjfe, when 
 juchare prefent with you, who may be 
 able to affert the truth of our doings. 
 We do not dcfire any of our actions 
 jhould be concealed fromjufl Arbitra- 
 tors •, for though we have been bred up 
 in the truth of that Religion which 
 we now profef, yet we have always 
 
 determined
 
 HiUorical ColleUtons. 
 
 X67 
 
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 determined that there is nothing better 
 and fafer f then proiijly and rvithout 
 (I cat at ion, to endeavor the promoting 
 of thofc things which really hclong to 
 the glory of Gods Name, and laying 
 afide thegoards of Envy, and apply- 
 ing the warmth and fomentation of 
 charity , diligently to con fide r what 
 I helongeth not to the empty name of Re- 
 ligion, but t9 the holy Symbol of true 
 Piety. Bift hccaufe we have difcoarfed 
 mare at large of thefe things with the 
 hearer hereof, a man not unlearned, 
 and indifferently tvell converfant in 
 our Affairs , we have thought befl to 
 be no more tediom by a long Letter. 
 
 Tour Holinef 
 mofl dutiful Son 
 
 From Holy Rood, 
 24 Sept. I5P9. 
 
 J.R. 
 
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 THis Letter was conveyed by Ed- 
 ward Drummond the Lawyer , 
 whom the King le?H to the Pope, the 
 Duke of Tufcany , the Duke of Sa- 
 voy , and other Princes and Cardi- 
 nals, 
 
 Firfl , Too, (hall mofl refpeciively 
 Salute tn our Name the Pope , and 
 thofe other Princes and Cardinals •, 
 and having delivered our Letters of 
 Credence, jliall fignife. 
 
 That we exceedingly defire tore- 
 ferve with them the meafure of Love, 
 and good Will , which ts fit ting to re- 
 move not onely all fufpition, but any 
 thing that may be the caufc of Sufpi- 
 tion. 
 
 That although we perftfl in the Re- 
 ligion which we fuck'd in from our In- 
 fancy, yet we are not fo void of cha- 
 rity-, but to think well of allChnflians 
 if fo be they continue in their duty, 
 jfirfl towards Cod , and then towards 
 the Magiflrate , whojc Subjefls they 
 arc. 
 
 That we never exercifed any cruelty 
 again fl the Catholicks , for Religion 
 fake. 
 
 And 
 
 promovcndis, qua? Divini Numi- 23 ^acobi. 
 nisgloriam ferio fpe-flanr, pie con- 
 tendere, & remotis invidia; ftimu- 
 lis, non tarn quid Religionis inane 
 nomen, quamvera? pietatis Sacro- 
 fanda teflera requirat, charitatis 
 Temper adhibito fomento , diligen- 
 ter confiderare. Sed quia de his 
 copiolius cum latore prarfentium , 
 viro non inerudito, & in rebus no- 
 ftris mediocriter verCito, diflfe- 
 ruimus, longioris Epiftola; txdio 
 cenfuimus abftinendum. 
 
 Beatudinis veftra? obfe- 
 quentiflimus Filius 
 
 E Sanda Cruce, 
 
 24 Sept, 
 
 1599. 
 
 ^.R. 
 
 SUmma mandatorum -ErfwWi ' mfiruaions to 
 Drummond Jurifconfulti, quem ^'cDrummond. 
 ad Pontificem Maximum, Ducem 
 Etriirix, Ducem Sabaudi/e, cxtcrof- 
 que Principes & Cardinales able- 
 gamus. 
 
 Salucabis imprimis noftro nomi- 
 ne qudm potesofficiofiflimc, Pon- 
 tificiem Maximum,ca:terofque Prin- 
 cipes & Cardinales -, datifquc noftris 
 Uteris fiduciariis fignificabis, 
 
 Capere nos vehemeater eum, 
 Quem decet, amoris & benevolen- 
 •iiX modum cum lis confervare, 
 omnemque removcre non fufpici- 
 onem modo, fed & fufpicionis le- 
 vtflimam quamcunque occafionem. 
 
 Quod quamvis in ea perfiftuniis 
 Religione, quam a teneris hauli- 
 mus annis , non tamcn ita efl'e 
 Charitatis expertes, quin de Chri- 
 ftianis omnibus bene fentiamus-, 
 modo in officio primum erga Dcum 
 Optimum Maximum, dtinde erga 
 Magiftratus, quotum lubiunt impe- 
 rio, permanl'erinr. 
 
 NuUam nos unquam f^vitiam 
 contra quofcunque Catholicos Re- 
 ligionis ergo exercuille. 
 
 Y 2 Ec
 
 ] i68 
 
 Hijloncal ColieBions. 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 Et^uia plurimum intereft noftra 
 ut p?-i tliligentia qua malevoli men- 
 tluntur, nos per atnicos & fubditos 
 veiliatem pofTimus adllrucre •, id- 
 ckco innkeris in hoc totis viiibus uc 
 PontiFe>: Maximus tarn vogatu no- 
 ftro quam precibus Illuftrifrimoium 
 Principum, quos perliteras noftias 
 ad hoc rogavimus , ad hoc induct 
 pofific ut Epilcopus Vazionenfis in 
 Cardinalium Collegium adlcifca- 
 tur •, in quo fi profeceris, ut de eo 
 reddici fuerimus certiores , ulterius 
 progredicmur. Cavebis ne in hoc 
 negotio ad Pontificem Maximum, 
 aurilluftdinmosCardinales,ulcerius 
 progrediaris, nifi prius fubiic certa 
 ipesoptatieventus. 
 
 And becaufe it doth njcn much cm' 
 am US, that rve -may be able to affert 
 the truth by our Friends andSubjecfs, 
 with the fame diligence that flande- 
 rers lie -^ therefore you fha/l endeavor 
 totheiitfnoft toperfrvade the Pope, ai 
 well at our entreaty, as for thedeftre 
 of the\e mofl Illuflnoits Princes, whom 
 in our Letters rve have [ollicited in our 
 belialf, to make the Bifhop of Vazion 
 Cardinal, wherein if you be (ucce/fiil, 
 as foon as we (hall be certified thereof, 
 we will proceed further. Joumuftbe 
 cautelom not to proceed any further in 
 this bufinef, either with the Pope or 
 the mofl llluslrious Cardinals, unlef 
 there be a. certain hope of our wijJud 
 event. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hiftorical
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hiftorical Colledlions. 
 
 Trimo CA%PLL 
 
 N the fame day when King ^ames 
 departed this life at Theobalds^ the 
 Lord Prefident of the Council, and 
 the Lord Marflial of England^ were 
 immediately fent by the Body of 
 the Council to Prince Charles^ who 
 was then retired to his Chamber, 
 to give him notice of his Fathers 
 deceafe, and that they were all there 
 ready to prefent themfelves unto 
 him, if his pleafure were to admit 
 them •, but he being in fadnefs, wifh- 
 
 ed them to forbear their coming till 
 
 the next morning. In the mean time, 
 the Privy- Counfellors aflembled themfelves , drew up the form of a 
 Proclamation to proclaim King Charles, which was forthwith publifhed 
 at the Court-Gate at Theobalds ; which being done, the King fignified his 
 pleafure, that the Lord Keeper, the Lord Trcafurer, the Lord Prefident, 
 the Lord Chamberlain, the Treafurer of the Houfe, and the Comptroller 
 (liould attend him •, they all came and rendred up their Offices and Places 
 to him, which his Majefty prefently reftored to them again. The Privy- 
 Counfellors gave notice to the Lord Major of London, that he and all the 
 Aldermen (hould that day appear in their Robes at Ludgate^ whither the 
 Lords and others would repair, to proclaim King Charles : Accordingly, 
 the Lords went from Theobalds to the Palace of Whitehall^ where the No- 
 bility then about Londott were gathered together. 
 
 At Whitehall-Gate the King was proclaimed by found of Trumpet, all 
 the Nobility, Privy-Counfellors and Gentry being on Horfe-back, 
 went thence, and proclaimed the King at charing- Crofs^ Denmark -houfe, 
 Temple-Bar, at the great Conduit in /"/ff//?;-^*:;, and thence they rode up 
 to Ludgate, where the Lord Major and Aldermen were on Horfe-back, 
 f xpeding within the Gates, and the Lords and others entered and pro- 
 claimed him there,and then they rode all to C heap fide-Crofs,\\here they pro- 
 claimed the King again •, and the Lords returning thence, left order with 
 the Lord Major to go on with the Proclamation in other parts of the City. 
 The fame day King Charles removed from Theobalds, and came to 
 St James's in the Evening, and the Corps of the deceafed King remained 
 at Theobalds, attended by all the Servants in Ordinary, 
 
 The day following, the Privy-Counfellors to the late King, witliall 
 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal then oboni London, were in tlze Coun- 
 cil Chamber at Whitehall by Eight of the Clock in the morning, ready to 
 go together, and prefent themfelves to his Majefty -, but there came 
 in the mean a Commandment from the King , by the Lord Contvay 
 and Sir Albertm Morton, Principal Secretaries of State to the 
 
 Z deceafed 
 
 i6^ 
 
 I Caroii. 
 
 The Privy- 
 Coiinfellors 
 prefent them- 
 ftlves to King 
 Charles. 
 
 King Charles 
 proclaimed at 
 Theobalds. 
 
 k 
 
 At Whitehall. 
 
 In London. 
 
 The oM 
 Privy-Council 
 new fworn.
 
 lyo 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions. 
 
 The Councils 
 advice to the 
 King. 
 
 Proclamation 
 concerning 
 Pcrfons in 
 Office, Sec. 
 
 deceafei King •, that the Lord Keeper of the Great-Seal fliould be , 
 fworn of his Majefties Privy-Council, and that he (liould give the Oath 
 to the Lord Prefident, by whom all the reft of the late Kings Council 
 fliould be fworn Counfellors to his prefent Majefty : The Lord Keeper 
 of the great Seal, the Lord Prefident, the Lord Arch-biniop of Canter- 
 hurj^ theLord Treafurerof£»^/W, the Lord Privy-Seal, the Duke of 
 Buckingham Lord Admiral of England, the Earl ot Pemhook Lord 
 Chamberlain, the Earl oi Montgomery, the Earl of KeHye, the Earl of 
 Arundel Earl Marflial of England, the Lord Vifeount Grandifon, the 
 Lord Conmy, the Lord Brook, Mr Treafurer, Mr Comptroller, the 
 Mafter of the Wards, Mr Secretary Morton, Mr Chancellor of the 
 Exchequer, and the Mafter of the Rolls, were this day fworn accor- 
 dingly •, the Lord Kcfipcr did take an Oath apart, as Lord Keeper 
 of the Great Seal •, the Lord Treafurer, as Lord Treafurer of Eng- 
 land -, the Lord Prefident, as Lord Prefident of the Kings Privy- 
 Counci!, and the Lord Conmy, and Sir Alberttts Norton, as principal 
 Secretaries of State •, the Lords which were not of his Majefties Privy- 
 Council repaired by themfelves to Si harness, andprefented themfelves 
 to the King, and kifled his hand. 
 
 The Council fat immediately, andadvifed of the moft important and 
 prefling matters to be offered to the King for his prefent fervice, and re- 
 lolved upon thefe particulars. 
 
 ThataCommiffion be granted to authorize the Great-Seal, Privy- 
 Seal, and Signer, till new ones be prepared ^ alfo CommiflTions for 
 authorizng of Judges, Juftices of Peace, Sheriffs, and other fuch 
 officers for Government •, that there be a general Proclamation for 
 continuation of Proceedings, prefervation of Peace, and adminiftra- 
 tion of Juftice ; that Letters be prepared for the Ambaftadors with 
 foreign Princes, to authorize their fervices to the King •, that fpe- 
 cial Meflengers be fent unto foreign Princes 5 that the like Pro- 
 clamations to thofe of England, be fent into Scotland -, that 
 Commiffions be renewed into Ireland^ to the Deputy and Offi- 
 cers there 5 that the Mint for Coyning of money go on, and all 
 things be mannaged by the Officers as then they flood, till the 
 Kings pleafure be further known ; that a Parliament be fummoned 
 when the King fliall appoint 5 that the Kings pleafure be known 
 concerning the time of his Fathers Funeral, and where the Corps 
 (hall reft in the mean time, as alfo the time of his Majefties Co- 
 ronation. 
 
 This being done, the whole Council attended the King at St ^amtss^ 
 
 where the Lord Keeper, in the name of all the reft, prefented their 
 
 humble thanks, that it had pleafed his Majefty to have affiance in 
 
 thofe that had been Counfellors to his Father, to receive them all 
 
 to be of his Privy-Council -, the Lord Prefident reprefented to the 
 
 King the matters before mentioned, which the Kmg allowed, and 
 
 gave order, that thofe of them which required fpeed fhould be put in 
 
 execution, and moft of the powers he figned prefently : And firft, 
 
 becaufebythe death of the late King, the Authorities and powers of 
 
 the greateft number of Offices and places of Government did ceafe 
 
 and fail, by the failing of the Sovera<gn Perfon from whom the 
 
 fame were derived -, a Proclamation iftiied forth, fignifying his Majefties 
 
 pleafure, that all perfons whatfoever, who at the deceafe of the late King 
 
 were invefted in any Office or Place of Government Civil or Martial 
 
 within
 
 Hijlorkal CoUeUiom. 
 
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 D 
 
 within the Realms of England and Ireland, and namely, Prefidents, 
 Lieutenants, Vice-Prefidents, Judges, Juftices Sheriffs, Deputy Lieu- 
 tenants, Commiflaries of Mufters, Juftices of Peace fliall continue in 
 their feveval Offices, till his Majefties pieafure were further known. In 
 another Proclamation of the fame date, the King took notice of his 
 Fathers death, and that he being his onely Son, and undoubted Heir 
 is inverted and eftablifhed in the Crown Imperial of this Realm, and all 
 other his Majefties Realms, Dominions and Countries, wich all the 
 Royalties, Preeminencies, Stiles, Names, Titles and Dignities to the 
 fame belonging ; and he declared. That as he fortis part ihall by Gods 
 grace Hiew himfelf a moft benign and gracious Soveraign Lord to 
 all his good Subjefls, in all their lawfuU Suits and Caufcs •, fo he 
 miftrufteth not, but that they on their pigs will Ihew themfelves un- 
 to him their natural Liege Lord, moft loving, faithfull, and obedient 
 Subjeds. 
 
 The Council refolved to move the King, that his Fathers Funeral 
 might be folemnized within five weeks, and within a few dayes after 
 the Ceremonial Nuptials in France^ and before the Parliament be- 
 gan in England ■ Thefe Refolves the Lord Prefident reprefented 
 unto the King, who accepted of the advices, and faid, he would fol- 
 low them. Moreover, he fummoned a Parliament to begin the fe- 
 venteenth of May 5 but by the advice of his Privy- Council, Proro- 
 gued it to the one and thirtieth of May^ afterwards to the thirteenth 
 of ^ane^ and then to the eighteenth of the fame moneth -, which Pro- 
 rogations were occafioned by the Kings going to Dover to receive 
 the Queen. 
 
 April 2^. The Body and Herfe of King ^ames was brought 
 from Theobalds to London^ being conduded by the Officers of the Guard 
 of the Body, all in Mourning, every one having a Torch, and attend- 
 ed by all the Lords of the Court, and great numbers of other perfons of 
 quality, and was placed in Denmark-Houk in the Hall of the deceafed 
 Queen Anne. 
 
 The feventh of ^4y was the day of Burial, the Body and Herfe were 
 taken from the faid Hall of State, and brought in great Pompe and So- 
 lemnity to Weftminfler, where the Kings of England ufe to be interred : 
 The new King, to fliew his Piety towards his deceafed Father, was con- 
 tent to difpence with Majefty •, he followed in the Rear, having at his 
 right hand the Earl of Arundel^ ae his left the Earl of Pembrook^ both 
 Knights of the Garter-, his Train was born up by twelve Peers of the 
 Realm : So King J-ames^ who lived in Peace, and ailumed the 
 title of Peace-maker^ was peaceably laid in his Grave in the Abby at 
 Weftminfler. 
 
 King Charles in his Fathers life time was linked to the Duke of Buck- 
 ingham., and now continued to receive him into an admired intimacy and 
 dearnefs , making him Partaker of all his Counfels and Cares, and 
 Chief Condudor of his Affairs-, an Example rare in this Nation, to be 
 the Favorite of two fucceding Princes. 
 
 The Publick State of Religion, and the fteering of Church-matters, 
 had an early infpettioa and confultation in the Cabinet Council. Billiop 
 Laud., who, in King fame's life time iiad delivered to the Duke a 
 little book about Doftrinal Prmtanifm, now alfo delivered to the Duke a" 
 Schedule, wherein the naincs of Eccleiiaftical perfons were written under 
 the letters and P, o ftanding for Orthodox, and P for Puritans ; for the 
 
 Z 2 Duke 
 
 [71 
 
 i Caroli 
 
 Proclamation 
 tf GoverH- 
 menc. 
 
 Refolution 
 taken by the 
 King concern- 
 ing King 
 JamesFnne- 
 ral,an(i his 
 own Marri- 
 age. 
 
 A Parlamenc 
 rummoned. 
 
 King Jamei 
 Funcrsl. 
 
 DiikeofB«ci^- 
 ingham conti- 
 nues Favorite 
 to King 
 Charles. 
 
 Religion con- 
 Hdered- 
 
 .-^
 
 x-jz I 
 
 Htflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 A general 
 Mufter. 
 
 Souldiers le- 
 vied for the 
 I'alacinate. 
 
 Proclamation 
 againftilifcr- 
 ders commit- 
 ted by Soul- 
 diers- 
 
 Articles of the 
 marriage 
 with France., 
 fignedbytiie 
 King. 
 
 Duke commanded that he (liould thus digeft the names of eminent per- 
 fons t0 be prefenced unto the King under that Partition. 
 
 King Charles in the entrance of his Reisn proceeds with preparati- 
 ons for a War, begun in his fathers time j the Militia of the Kingdom, 
 through the long continued Peace was much decayed, and the Mufters 
 of the Trained-bands were flight and feldom taken, and few of the 
 Commons were expert in the ufe of Arms 5 wherefore the Lords Lieute- 
 nants were com.manded, by order of the Council, to make a general 
 Mufter of the Trained Horfe and Foot in their feveral Counties, and to 
 fee to the fufliciency of the Men, Horfe, and Arms, and that all be corn- 
 pleat according to the beft modern form, and be in readinefs for all occa- 
 iions, and efpecially now the affairs of Chriflendom (land upon fuch un- 
 certain Terms 5 and more particularly, that the Maricine ToAns be well 
 manned, and their men duely exercifed 5 and the King declared his will 
 and pleafure, that the Lord Lieutenants of the feveral Shires, fliould 
 have the nomination of their Deputy Lieutenants, 
 
 In the beginning of Ma) Warrants were i{fued forth for a Leavy 
 of ^ouldiers, to be irnployed in the fervice of his Majefties Brother 
 and Sifter, the Prince and Princefs Palatine^ whereof eight thoufand were 
 pointed to Rendezvous at Plymouth by the five and twenty of this 
 Moneth, and the charge of Coat and Condud was ordered to be dif- 
 burfed by the Country, and the Country to be repaid out of the 
 Kings Exchequer, after the Prefident of former times 5 in like man- 
 ner, two thoufand men were appointed to Rendezvous at the Port of 
 /^«//, to be tranfported into the Netherlands for the fervice of the 
 United-Provinces, and two thoufand were to be returned thenc-e in- 
 to England for his Majefties prefent fervice 5 the mingling of a good 
 proportion of oldSouldiers and Officers, with the new raited Compa- 
 nies, was the ground of this exchange. 
 
 The remembrance of the late violence committed by Count Manf- 
 field's Army in their paffage to Dover, occafioned a Proclamation to re- 
 prefs and prevent the like attempts of Soldiers,as they now pafTed through 
 the Counties to the places of their Rendezvous, threatning the Offendors 
 with the ftridteft proceedings againft them for an Example of Terror, 
 and ftraitly commanding the Officers wiio have the charge of the 
 Condudl, for tlie removing of all occafions and pretences of diforders, 
 to fee their Companies duely paid, and provided of all neceffaries, and to 
 be alwayes prefent with them,and carefully to condud them from place to 
 place •, in like manner to prevent their Outrages when they fliould come 
 to Plymouth^ or the parts adjoyhing, a Commilfion was fent, impowering 
 perfons of truft, upon any robbery, fellony, mutiny , or other mifde- 
 meanors ( punifliable with death by Martial Law) committed by the 
 Souldiers, or other diflblute perfons joyned with them, to proceed 
 to the trial and condemnation of all fuch Delinquents, in fuch 
 Summary courfe and order, as is ufed in Armies in time of War, 
 according to the Law Martial 5 and to caufe Execution to be 
 done in open view, that others may take warning and be kept in 
 due obedience. 
 
 The confummation of King Charles his Marriage with Henrietta 
 Maria ^ Daughter of France, was near at hand. The Treaty had 
 proceeded far in his Fathers life time, but was not in all points 
 concluded -, the Articles were figned the year before by King 
 ^ames on the eleventh of May , and by the French 
 
 on the 
 Fourteenth 
 
 King
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBtons. 
 
 73 
 
 Fourteenth of Auguft. On the Thirteenth of March this prefenc year, 
 (the Earls oicarltfe and UolUndhdng then Ambafllidors and Cammifli- 
 oners in Frame tor this Marriage) King Ckirls figned the Articles. 
 
 Befides the general, there were other private Articles agreed upon 
 in favor of the Papifts of this Kingdom. " That the Catholicks, as well 
 " Ecdefiafticks as Temporal , imprifoned fince the laft Proclamation 
 " which followed the Breach with Sfain, Hiould all be fet at liberty. 
 
 " That the Englidi Catholicks (liould be no more fearched afc«r nor 
 ^' molefted for their Religion. 
 
 "That the Goods of the Catholicks as well Ecclefiiftical as Tem- 
 " poral,that were feifed on fince the forementioned Proclamation, fliould 
 ",be reftored to them. 
 
 And on the Tenth of A/4jf, as the firft fruits of this promifed Indul- 
 gence and favor, the King granted unto Tiventy Roman Priefts a fpecial 
 Pardon of all Offences committed againft the Laws then in force againft 
 •D Papifts, 
 
 The Difpenfation being come from Rome about the beginning of iV/^y, 
 the Efpoufals were made in ^4^^$ by Cardinal if/V/W/V^.- The Ambafla- 
 Gors having firft prefented to the King the Contrad: of Marriage, wh'ich 
 was read openly by the Chancellor, and his Majefty of Frunce agreed 
 thereunto; The Dukeof C/^fi/frfw.v likewife fhewed his Procuration of 
 power which the King of England had given him concerning the faid 
 Marriage. ' 
 
 The Archbifliop of Paris pretended that it belonged to him toper- 
 form this Solemnity ; but the Cardinal carried it, as well for the emi- 
 nencie of his Dignity, as for that he was chief Almoner and prime Curate 
 of the Court. 
 
 Sunday following , the day appointed for thefe Nuptials, the Bride 
 went from the Lsuure about Nine in the morning , to be drefted in the 
 Archbifliops houfe •, and afterwards the King, Queen, and PrincefTes, 
 and all the Court in rich Attire, parted likewife from the Loiture, and 
 J) came to the faid houfc of the Archbifliop , and thence conduced the 
 Bride to a Theatre erefted on purpofe before the Frontifpiece of Nojlre- 
 Dame: The Duke olChevereux had Black habit, lined with Cloth of 
 Gold, and befet with Diamonds •, The Earls of Carlifle andffo/Ltnd, Am- 
 bafTadors, were both clad in Beaten-Silver, and went on each fide of the 
 Duke of Chevcreux : A Canopy being placed upon the Scaffold, the 
 King of France and Monfieur his Brother configned the Queen oi Great 
 Britain their Sifter into the hands of the Duke of Chevcreiix, and the 
 Marriage was folemnized according to the ordinary Ceremonies of that 
 Church. 
 
 Which being performed, they went in the fame order and folemnity 
 to No(lrc-Damc, the Duke of Chcvereux going before the King. When 
 they came to the door of the Quire, they made great Reverence to the 
 King and Queen; and then the Ambailfadors retired into the BiOiops 
 houfe, while Mafs was faid in the Church. 
 
 The Mafs being ended, the Duke oicheverettx and the Ambaffadors 
 came again to the door of the Quire to take their places, and the fame 
 Order was obferved in returning as in going •, And fo they came from 
 the Church into the Hall of the Archbilhops houfe, where the Feaft 
 Royal was made in as great magnificence as can be exprefled. The King 
 fate under aCanopyatthemiddleof the Table, and the Queen of Great 
 Britain at his left hand, and the Qiieen-Mother at his right ; the Duke 
 
 of 
 
 I Caroli' 
 
 Private Arti- 
 I cles in favor 
 i of the Catho- 
 licks. 
 
 The Marriage 
 folemnized in 
 Frame.
 
 7+ 
 
 Hifiorical ColleSiions, 
 
 An. 1625.' 
 
 The Duke fent 
 into France 
 for the Sliicen. 
 
 A R oval Navy 
 fent to Bol.ign 
 to tranfport 
 the Uueen. 
 
 The Marjiagc 
 confiiiTiTnattd 
 at Canterbury 
 
 The Trained 
 panHs. of Kent 
 commanded 
 to attend the 
 Huten. 
 
 The King and 
 Q^ctn come | 
 ro London. 
 
 of Chevereux fate next the Queen of England, and the Earls of Carlifle 
 and Holland next to the Duke. 
 
 To the intent that all forts of perfons might partake of the Publick 
 Joy, Prifoners for Debts were fet at liberty, and Pardon was granted to 
 feveral Criminals,as an earneft of the Kings refpeft and love to his Sifter, 
 after this new Alliance. 
 
 The Duke oi Buckingham was fent into France to his Chriftian Ma- 
 jefty, to fend away the Wife to xhtKmgoi Great Britain, and to be her 
 Convoy. He arrived at Paris the 24, oiMaj, with the Eitloi Montgomery 
 and other Englifli Lords, and was lodged in the Palace of the Duke of 
 chevereux, who with his Lady was to condud the Queen into England, 
 there to render her to the King her Husband. During the feven days 
 ftay which the Duke made at Paris, the Feaftings and Rejoicings were 
 renewed and multiplied, Bonfires fhining and Canons playing 5 but none 
 did equalize the Feaft that was made by the Cardinal oiRicheUen. 
 
 The Second of ^une was the time appointed for our Queens de- 
 parture : The King of France fent to the Towns in her way, to render 
 her Majefty all due honors, as if it were to himfelf. 
 
 The King of England having notice that the Queen was gone from 
 Jmiens, fent a Royal Navy to Boloign to tranfport her -, the Fleet faluted 
 the Town with a hundred peeCe of Canon. Among other great Ladies, 
 the Duchefs of Buckingham was fent to kifs the Queens hands as from 
 the King her Husband, dcfiring her to take her own time of coming over 
 with moft convenience to her own perfon. 
 
 The 2 2 . of ^une ( New Stile ) the Queen imbarqued at Boloign, and 
 within Twenty four hours arrived at Dover: And as the King was pre- 
 paring to receive her, ihe fent to his Majefty to defire him not to come 
 till the morrow, becaufe (he had been fomewhat indifpofed at Sea. She 
 pafTed that ni^ht at Dover, and the next day about Ten of the clock the 
 King was there with the Flower of the Nobility, and after fome Com- 
 plements paft, caufcd every-body to retire, and they were half an honr 
 together in the Clofet. 
 
 Thence his Majefty conducted the Queen to Canterhry, and the fame 
 evening the Marriage was there confnmmated. 
 
 Then the Queen, in teftimony of her refped and love to the King 
 her Husband, made it her firft fuit, (as afterwards the King made known ) 
 That he would not be angry with her for her faults of Ignorance, before 
 he had firft inftruded her to efchew them 5 For that ftie being young, 
 and coming into a ftrange Country, both by her years, and ignorance of 
 the Cuftoms of the Nation, might commit many Errors : And (he defired 
 him in fuch cafes to ufe no Third perfon, but by himfelf to inform her, 
 when he found (lie did ought amifs. The King granted her requeft, and 
 thanked her for it, defiring her to ufe him even as (he had defired him to 
 ufe her -, which ihe willingly promifed. 
 
 The Knights and Gentlemen of Kent, together with the Trained 
 Bands, were by Order of the Council commanded to attend and receive 
 the Queen at the moft convenient places as (he palTed, in fuch folemn 
 manner and equipage as befeemed the dignity of his Majefty, and the 
 quality of her perfon. Likewifc the Magiftrates of the Cities and Towns 
 were commanded to attend at her paflage, in fuch Formalities as are ufed 
 in principal and extraordinary Solemnities. 
 
 On the Sixteenth of ^u^ne, the King and Queen came both to 
 
 London •• Great preparations were made and intended for her Majefties 
 
 reception •,
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijlmcal CoUeHions. 
 
 175 
 
 reception s but the Plague then increafing , thofe Ceremonies were 
 laid afide. 
 
 A Chappel at Somerfet-hmfe was built for the Qgeen and her Family 
 with Conveniencies thereunto adjoining for Capuchtn-Fners, who were 
 therein placed , and had permiiHon to walk abroad in their Religious 
 habits. Thence-forward greater multitudes of Seminar^-Priefis and ^efu- 
 ites repaired into England outof Forein pans. 
 
 This Summer, the Peftilence raged in London. At the entrance of 
 I the late King there was a great Plague in the City, but this was far greater 
 ' and the greateft that ever was known in the Nation : For which caufe a 
 great part of Trinity-Term was adjourned from the Firft Return to the 
 Fourth , by the advice of the Privy- Council and the Juftices of the 
 Courts at Wefimin(ler ; and fome few days in the beginning and ending 
 thereof were holden for the better expediting and continuing of Cauies 
 and Suits, and the returning andiuingout ot Procefles, and fuch like 
 bufinefs as might be done in the abfence of the Parties by their At- 
 tornies. 
 
 On the Eighteentli day of ^une , the Parliament began at We(l- 
 minFter. The King being placed in his Royal Throne , the Lords 
 fitting in their Robes, the Commons alfo being prefent, his Majefty 
 fpake thus. 
 
 cc 
 
 I 
 
 Thank God, that the Bufinefs to be treated on at this time is of 
 fuch a nature, that it needs no Eloquence to fet it forth ; For I am 
 neither able to doit, neither doth it ftand with my Nature to fpend 
 " much time in words. It is no new bufinefs, being already happily be'^un 
 " by my Father of blefTed memory,who is with God; therefore it needeth 
 " no Narrative : I hope in God you will go on to maintain it, as freely as 
 " you advifed my Father to it. It is true. He may feem to fome to have 
 " been flack to begin fo juft and fo glorious a work •, but it was his wif- 
 " dom that made him loth to begin a work, until he might find a means 
 " to maintain it ; But after that he faw how much he was abufed in the 
 " confidence he had with other States, and was confirmed by your Advice 
 " to run the Courle we are in, with your Engagement to maintain it, I 
 "need not prefs to prove how willingly he took your Advice 5 for, the 
 " Preparations that are made are better able to declare it, then I to fpeak 
 " it. The afliftance of thofe in Gcrmanp the Fleet that is ready for adion, 
 " with the reft of the I^reparations which I have only followed my Father 
 " in, do fufficiently prove that he entred into this Action. 
 
 " My Lords and Gentlemen, I hope that you do remember that you 
 " were pleafed to imploy me to advife my Father to break off thofe two 
 " Treaties that were on foot -, fo that I cannot fay, that I came liither 
 " a free unengaged man. It's true, I came into this bufinefs willingly and 
 " freely like a Young man, and confequently rafhiy ^ but it was by your 
 " intereft, your engagement : So that though it were done like a Young 
 '■^ man, yet 1 cannot repent me of it, and I think none can blame me for it, 
 ''knowing the love and fidelity you have borne to your King, having 
 " my felf likewife fome little experience of your affedions. I pray you 
 " remember, that tkis being my firft Adion, and begun by your Advice 
 '* and in treaty, what a great Dillionor it were to you and me, if this 
 " Adion fo begun (houldfail for that Afliftance you are able to give me. 
 " Yet knowing the conftancie of your love both to me and this Bufinefs, 
 
 "I 
 
 I Caroli. 
 
 A Chappel 
 built uXSomcr- 
 \fet-houfe for 
 the Queen. 
 
 A great 
 Plague in 
 
 London. 
 
 The Parlia- 
 ment opened. 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech in 
 Parliament.
 
 ['■j6 
 
 1625. 
 
 The Lord 
 Keepers 
 Speech in 
 ParliameBt. 
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions, 
 
 " I needed not to have faid this, but only to (hew what caie and fenfe I 
 " have of your Honors and mine own. I muft intreat you likcwife to 
 " confider of the Times we are in, how that I muft adventure your lives 
 '' ( which I lliould be loth to do ) (hould I continue you here long • and 
 " you muft venture the Bufineis , if you be flow in your refolutions. 
 " Wherefore I hope you will take fuch grave Counfel,. as you will expe- 
 " dite what you have in hand to do : Which will do me and your felves 
 " an infinite deal of honor ; You, in (hewing your love to me ; and 
 
 •me, that 
 
 Sir Tht.Crevf: 
 Speaker. 
 
 I may perfed that work which my Father hath fo happily 
 " begun, 
 
 " Laft of all, Becaufe fome malicious men may, and as I hear, ha^'e 
 " given out, that I am not fo true a Keeper and Maintainer of the true 
 " true Rehgion that I profefs •, I allure you that I may with S.Paul fay, 
 " that I have been trained up at Gamaliels feet •, And although I (hall be 
 " never fo arrogant as to alTume unto my felf the reft , I (lull fo far 
 " (hew the end of it, that all the World may fee, that none hath been, 
 " nor ever (hall be more dcfirous to maintain the Religion I profefs, then 
 " I fliall be. 
 
 " Now becaufe I am unfit for much fpeaking , I mean to bring up the 
 "fa(hion of my Prcdeceflbrs, to have ray Lord Keeper fpeak for me in 
 " raoft things: Therefore I have commanded him to fpeak fomethjng 
 " unto you at this time, which is more for formality, then any great mat- 
 " ter he hath to fay unto you. 
 
 Then the Lord Keeper Coventry declared, " That the Kings main 
 " reafon of calling the Parliament, befides the beholding of his Subjects 
 "faces, was to mind them of the great Engagements for the Recovery 
 ^^oithe Palatimte, impofed on hisMajefty by the late King his Father, 
 " and by themfelves who brake off the two Treaties with Spai». Alfo 
 " to let them underftand. That the fucceeding Treaties and Alliances, 
 " the Armies fent into the Lotp- Countries, the repairing of the Forts, and 
 " the Fortifymg of /r?/W, do all meet in one Centre, The Palatinate -^ 
 " And that the Subfidies granted the laft Parliament, are herein already 
 " fpenr, whereof the Accompt is ready, together with as much more of 
 " the Kings own Revenue. His Lord(hip further commended three Cir- 
 " cumftances: 
 
 *' Firft, The Time •, All Europe being at this day as the Pool of Se- 
 " thefda, the firft ftirring of the waters muft be laid hold on : Where- 
 " fore his Majefty defires them to beftow this Meeting on him, or rather 
 " on their Adions •, and the next (hall be theirs, asfoon, and as long as 
 " they pleafe, for Domeftick bufincfs. 
 
 " Secondly, Supply : If Subfidies be thought too long and backward, 
 " his Majefty defires to hear, and not to propound the way. 
 
 " Thirdly, The J([ue of J^ion •, which being the firft, doth highly 
 " concern his Majefties Honor and Reputation, for which he relies upon 
 " their Loves with the greateft confidence that ever King had in his Sub- 
 " jeds 5 witnefs his Royal Pocfie, Jmor Civium Regis Munijnentum : 
 " And he doubts not but as foon as he (hall be known in Europe to be 
 " their King, fo foon (hall they be known to be a loving and loyal Na- 
 " tion to him. 
 
 ^une 2 1 . The Commons prefented Sir Thomas Crew Knight and 
 Serjeant at Law for their Speaker, ( who was alfo Speaker in the laft 
 Parliament of King ^ames^ and his Majefty approved the Choice. 
 
 After 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijlorical Collecliofis, 
 
 '77 
 
 After the Houfe of Commons had fetled their General Committees 
 there were various Debates araongft them : Some indfted upon the Grie- 
 vances mentioned, but not redrefled by King ^ames in the laft Parlia- 
 ment •, others prefled for an accompt of the laft Subfidies granted for reco- 
 very of the Palatinate -, others for the putting of Laws In execution aeainft 
 Priefts and Jefuits,. and fuch as reforted to Ambafl-idors Houfes, an"d the 
 queftioningof Mr. Richard Montague, for his Book intituled An Appeal 
 toCs(ar-^ which (as they faid) was contrived andpubliflied toputajea- 
 loufie between the King and his well-aflfeded Su'ojeils, and contained 
 many things contrary to the Articles of Religion eftablillied by Parlia- 
 ment; and that the whole fiame thereof was an encouragement to 
 Popery. 
 
 Others again declared, how the King no fooner came to the Crown, 
 but hedefired to meet his people in Parliament, it being the fureil way 
 topreferve aright underftanding betvveenhim and them-, thatfincehe 
 began to reign, the Grievances are {t\v or none •, and when he was Prince 
 he was obferved to be very inftrumental in procuring things for the Sub- 
 jedls benefit. Wherefore it will be thewifdom of this Houfe to take a 
 courfe to fweeten all things between King and People, and to exprefs 
 their duty to the King by giving Supply, and therewith to offer nothing 
 but a Petition for Religion, that ReUgion and Subfidies may go hand in 
 hand. And whatfoever they did, it was needful to do it quickly, con- 
 fidering how greatly the Plague increafed, and the Bell was tolling every 
 minute while they were fpeaking. 
 
 The Commons moved the Lords tojoyn in a Petition to the King 
 for a Publick Faft, whereunto their Lorddiips readily concurred ^ and 
 the King confencing, a Proclamation was ilTued forth for a Faft through- 
 out the Kingdom. 
 
 Several particular Committees were appointed. One to enquire of 
 the Subfidies given the laft Parliament, another to confider of Tonnage 
 and Poundage. The Impofition on Wmes was Voted upon the Merchants 
 Petition, to be prefented as a Grievance. 
 
 Sir Edward Cook went to the Houfe of Peers with a Meftage from the 
 Commons, defiring their concurrence in a Petition conceriicng Religion, 
 and againft Recufants -, which being agreed unto and prefented to tht: 
 King, his Majefty anfwered , That he was glad that the Parliament was 
 fo forward in Religion, and afllired them they Hiould finde him as for- 
 ward ; that the Petition being long, could not be prefencly anmered, 
 
 Mr. Richard Montague was brought to the Bar of the Commons 
 Houfe for his fore-named Book. Tiiis Caufe began in the One and 
 twentieth of King ^ames, when he had publilhed a former Book which 
 he named A New Ga^gfor an old Goofe, in anfwer to a Popifli Book, entitu- 
 led A Gaggforthe New Gofpel. The bufinefs was thenqueftioned in Par- 
 liament, and committed to the Archbifliop oi Canterbury, and eildtdin 
 an Admonition given to Montague. 
 
 Attervvards the Billiops ot the ArminianPavty^ confulting the Pro- 
 pagation of che Five Articles condemned m the Synod of Dort, concluded 
 that Mr. Montague being already engaged in the quarrel, (hould pnblilli 
 this latter Book at firft attefted by their Joynt- Authorities, wliich after- 
 wards they withdrew by fubtilty, having procured the Subfcription of 
 Dodor Francis White, whom they leh to appear alone in the Teftimo.ny 
 ashimfelf ofttimt's complained publickly. The Avchbillicp dilallowdc 
 
 I Caroli, 
 
 v-^ V - 
 Debates in rhc 
 Houfe of Com- 
 mons. 
 
 A Faft. 
 
 Committees 
 chofen. 
 
 Meffage to the 
 Kini;,couching 
 B>.ligi. n and 
 ins Anfwer. 
 
 
 Mr. Montague 
 hroughc to 
 riie Jjar. 
 
 the Book, and 
 
 fought to fuppiefs It 
 
 neverchelefs, it 
 
 A a 
 
 ;dd 
 was Printed and 1 
 Dedicated 
 
 The Arminiun 
 parry ailcit 
 his caufc.
 
 78 
 
 Hisiorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 The King 
 takes Monta- 
 gues bufinefs 
 into hh own 
 hand. 
 
 TwoSubfidics 
 prefented to 
 the King. 
 
 The King ac- 
 cepts them, 
 and defires 
 more. 
 
 A ftiort An- 
 fwer to the 
 Petition 
 toiichmg Re- 
 ligion. 
 
 The Parlia- 
 ment adjour- 
 ned to Ox/bri/. 
 
 TheF.xche- 
 qucr removed 
 to Richmond. 
 
 ThcVantguard 
 and fcvcn o- 
 ther Ships 
 employed a- 
 gi\a{\Rochel. 
 
 Dedicated unto King Charles, whereby that party did endeavor to engage 
 him in the beginning ot" his Reign. The Houfe appointed a Committee 
 to examine the Errors therein, and gave the Archbifhop thanks for the 
 admonition given to the Author, whofe Books they Voted to be contrary 
 to the Articles eftabliftied by the Parliament, to tend to the Kings dif- 
 honor, and difturbance of Church and State, and took Bond forhisap- 
 pearance. 
 
 Hereupon the King intimated to the Houfe, that the things deter- 
 mined concerning Meuntague without his Privity did not pleafc him 5 for 
 th.?.t he was his Servant and Chaplain in Ordinary, and he had taken the 
 bufinefs into his own hands, whereat the Commons feemed to be much 
 difpleafed. 
 
 Howbeir, to take away all occafion of difguft from the King at the 
 entrance of his Reign, both Houfes did humbly prefent two Subfidies 
 granted to his Majefty as the firft-fruits of their love, whereof they cra- 
 ved acceptance. 
 
 The Lord Conway, Secretary of State, fignified to the Houfe of Lords 
 (the Commons being prefent) the Kmgs gracious acceptance of the Bill 
 of Two'Subfidies -, Yet that the neceflities of the prefent Affairs were 
 not therein fatisfied, but required their further Counfels : He reminded 
 them, that the late King was provoked beyond his nature to undertakes 
 War for the recovery of his Childrens Antient Patrimony : The charges 
 of this War appeared by Computation to amount unto Seven hundred 
 thoufand pounds a year to fupport the Netherlands, and to prevent the 
 Emperors defign of concluding with the Princes of Germany, (utterly to 
 exclude the Palfgrave) he levied an Army under Count Mansfield. The 
 Kings of Denmark and Sweden , and the Princes of Germany levied an- 
 other •, France, Savoy, and Venice, joyned together for a War of Di- 
 verfion ; and to uphold the Netherlands, the charges o^Mansfeldind Den- 
 marks Army muft yet continue; 
 
 After this the Lord Keeper delivered a (liort Meflage from the King 
 to both Houfes, That to the Petition of the Lords and Commons touch- 
 ing Religion, his Majefty was pleafed at the firft to anfwer Gratioufly -, 
 but now he hath fent them a fuller Anfwer, even an aflfurance of his real 
 performance in every particular. 
 
 The Houfes were preparing feveral Ads, as againft giving and taking 
 of Bribes for places of Judicature ^ about prefling of Soldiers, and Ton- 
 nage and Poundage,e^i;. But by reafon of the great increafe of the Plague, 
 as appeared that week by the Bill of Mortality, the King being moved 
 by the Houfes to grant a (hort Recefs,adjourned the Parliament to Oxford, 
 to reaffemble the firft of AuguU following. 
 
 And for the fame reafon, the receipt of the Kings Exchequer was re- 
 moved from Weflminsicr to Richmond, and all Fairs within Fifty miles of 
 London were prohibited to prevent a more general contagion. 
 
 In the time of this Recefs, the Vantguard , a principal Ship of the 
 Royal Navy, with feven Merchant Ships of great burden and ftrength, 
 were lent to the French King, and employed againft Rochcl , which was 
 thus brought about. King ^amcs in his lite time, being in Treaty for a 
 Marriage between his Son, and the now Queen •, and entring into a War 
 againft the King of ^/'rf/w, and his Allies in Italy and the Valtoline, had 
 parted fome Proixiife for the procuring or lending of fhips to the French 
 King, upon reaConable Conditions ^ but in no wife intending they iTiould 
 ferve againft Rochcl, or any of our Religion in France : For the French 
 
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 HiBorical ColleBions. 
 
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 Minifters pretended, that the Ships (liould be employed onely againft 
 Genoa 5 but afterwards the Proteftants in France intimating their fufpiti- 
 on , that the delign for Italy was a meer pretence to make up an Army to 
 h\\n^oi\t\\t Roche Uers and others of the ReUgion , Kxn^^ames wiHing 
 to perform his promife, and yet to fecure the Proteftants , diredled, that 
 the greater number of thofethat ferved in the Ships (liould be EngUfli, 
 whereby he might keep the power in his own hands. 
 
 For the performance of this Engagement, the forenamed Ships were 
 at this time commanded to the Coafts of France: Nevertheleis there 
 wanted a fufficient care to prevent the abufing and inflaving them to the 
 defigns of the French King. Captain ^ohn ?enningtoni the Admiral of 
 this Fleet, was much aniatisfied, and prefented to the Duke of Buckin- 
 gham, Lord High Admiral, his Exceptions to the Contradt between his 
 Majefty and that King, and cheifly for that the Companies were bound 
 tofiglit at the French Kings Command, againft any Nation except their 
 
 ]3 own ; and that the French might put aboard them as many ol' their own 
 people as they pleafed. TheVantguard arived at Deep, but the reft lin- 
 gred behinde -, for, the Companies under ftanding that the French defign 
 was to furprife the Ships and to block up the Harbor of Rochd, refolved 
 to fink rather, then go againft thofe of their own Religion. Captain 
 Pennington received Letters from the Duke, and a Warrant from Secre- 
 tary Conrvay in the Kings Name, to command him to deliver up the Ships 
 to tlie hands of fuch Frenchmen as his Chriftian Majefty lliall appoint , 
 but withal direding him not to diftert his charge , by which latter paflage 
 he was willing tounderftand, that it was not the Dukes intention that 
 he fliould difpoflefs himfelf and his Companies of them 5 for he fap- 
 pofed his Grace had no fuch unjuft thought as to continue him there 
 alone. 
 
 Thefe Orders were delivered unto him by the hands of the French 
 Ambaftador , together with a Letter from the French King, which will- 
 ed him to receive his Soldiers, and his Admiral, the Duke of Montmo- 
 
 jy ranee ^ and joyn with his Fleet againft his Rebellious Subjeds. Where- 
 upon the Ambaflador urged the Surrender of the Ship , and nothing 
 would fatisfie hira, but a prefent pofteflion, and a difcharge of the Englilh 
 Soldiers, favc a very few, in cafe they were willing to be entertained 
 in the fervice. Pennington after much difpute, although he were promifed 
 an ample reward in Money to be given him at the Surrender, and of a 
 Royal Penfion during his life, came to this refoluteAnfwer- That with- 
 out an exprefs and clear Warrant he would not furrender nor diftharge a 
 man of his Company. Whereupon the French Ambaffadors Secretary 
 came two feveral times to the Ship toproteft againft the Captain, as a 
 Rebel to his King and Countrey •, but at the making of the laft Proteft, 
 wliich was accompanied with threatning Speeches, the Soldiers and 
 Mariners grew into fuch a fury and tumult , that they got up their 
 Anchors and fet fail for England, faying. They would rather be hanged 
 at home, then furrender the Ship or be Slaves to the French, and fight 
 againft their own Religion. 
 
 All which Captain Pennington did not gainfay nor oppofe •, but when 
 they came to Anchor in t\\Q Downs, he advertifed the Duke of all that 
 had hapned, and craved further diredion, but complained of the Bond- 
 age of this Engagement, afturing him. That the Mariners would rather 
 be hanged, tlien return again into France : So in all the reft of the Ships, 
 the Captains and Companies utterly refufed the Service, andprotc'fted 
 
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 HiBorical ColieBions. 
 
 The Parlia- 
 ment meets 
 again at Ox- 
 ford. 
 
 Grievances. 
 
 Mr. Mintague 
 Summontd to 
 appear. 
 
 His Caufe re- 
 commended 
 by the Eiftops 
 to the Duke. 
 
 agaiiilt it, though they were tempted with Chains of Gold, and other . 
 Rewards. ' 
 
 All this while the Body of the Council were ignorant of any other 
 defign then that of Cerjoa •, then divers perfons came over from the Duke 
 oi Rohm , and the Proteftants of France, to foUicit the King and Council 
 againit lending of the Ships, and received fair Anfwers from them both. 
 But the King fent an exprefs and ftri>5l Order to Pennm^ton, requiring him 
 without delay to put his former Command in Execution, for the con- 
 jfigning of the Ship called the r^»/;^«W, with all her furniture, into the 
 hands of the Marquefs D' Effat, alluring the Officers of the Ships, that 
 he would provide for their Indempnity •, and further commanding him 
 to require the Seven Merchants Ships in his name, to put themfelves into 
 the Service of the French King , and in cafe of backward nefs or re- 
 fufal , to ufe all means to compel them thereunto , even to their 
 finking. 
 
 Upon tliis Pennington went back to Beef, and put the Vantgttard 
 into the abfolute Power and Command of the French King to be em- 
 ployed in his Service at pleafure, and commanded the reft of the Fleet to 
 the like Surrender. Atthefiift, the Captains, Mafters, and owners re- 
 fufed to yield, weighed Anchor, and were making away •, but when Pen- 
 nington iliot, they came in again, but Sir FerdtnAndo Gergc came away 
 with the Ship called the Neptune : The Companies unanimoufly declined 
 the Service^ and quitted the Ships, all but one Man, who was a Gunner 5 
 znd Pennington h^ihd to Oxford where the Parliament was Reaflembled, 
 but as was voiced , was there concealed till the Parliament was dif- 
 folved. 
 
 On the Firft of Auguft the Parliament Reaflembled at Oxford, whe- 
 ther the news of the Ships lent to the French againft the befieged i?o- 
 chellers, did quickly flie, and exafperate the fpirit of that great AfTembly 
 againft the Duke of Buckingham. 
 
 The Grievances infifted upon, were the mif-fpending of the Publick 
 Treafure, the negled of guardins the Seas, infomuch that the Turks 
 had leifure to land in the Weftern parts and carry away the Subjeds 
 Captives. The Commons appointed a Committee to confider of fecret 
 Aftairs, and to examine the Disburfements of the Three Subfidies and 
 the 1 hree Fifteens given to King J-ames, for the Recovery of the Pala- 
 tinate, and they prepared to aflauk the Duke, Alfo Mr. Richard i»^^»- 
 frf^«e was fummoned to appear according to the Condition of his Bond, 
 and a Committee was appointed to proceed in the further Examination of 
 that bufinefs. 
 
 Mr. M<mtagues Caufe was recommended to the Duke by the Billiops 
 of Rechcjier, Oxford, and St. Davids , as the Caufe of the Church of 
 England. They ihew that fome of the Opinions which offended many, 
 were no other then therefolved Dodlrine of this Church, and fome of 
 them are curious Points difputed in the Schools , and to be left to the 
 liberty of Learned Men to abound in their own fenfe, it being the great 
 fault of the Council of Trf»^ to require a Subfcription to School Opini- 
 ons, and the approved Moderation of the Church of England, to refufe 
 the apparent Dangers and Errors of the Church of Rome •, but not to be 
 over-bufie witli Scholaftical Niceties. Moreover in the prefent c^k, 
 they alleage, that in the time of Henry the Eighth when the Clergy fub- 
 mitted to the Kings Supremacy, the Submiffion was fo rcfolved, That in 
 cafe of any difference in the Church, the King and the Biiliops were to 
 
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 determine the Matter in a National Symd-, and if any other Judge in Mat- 
 ters of Dodrine be now allowed , we depart from the Ordinance of 
 Chrift, and the continual pradice of the Church, Hercvvithal they in- 
 timated, That if the Church be once brought down below her felf, even 
 Majefty it felf will foon be impeached. They fay further. That Kin'? 
 ^ames in his rare wifdom and judgment approved all the Opinions in this 
 Book i and that moftof the contrary Opinions were debated at Lambeth, 
 and ready to be publi (lied, but were fupprefled by Qaeen Elizabeth, and 
 fo continued, till of late they received countenance at the Synod of Dort, 
 which was a Synod of another Nation •, and to us no ways binding, till 
 received by Publick Authority. And they affirm boldly, That they can- 
 not conceive what ufe there can be oi Civil Government in the Common- 
 wealth, or of External Miniftry in the Church, if fuch fatal Opinions as 
 fome are, which are oppofite to thofe delivered by Mr. Montague, be pub- 
 lickly taught and maintained. 
 
 Such was the Opinion of thefe forenamed Bidiops 5 but others of 
 Eminent Learning were of a different Judgment. 
 
 At Oxford in a late Divinity Difputation held upon this Queftion, 
 Whether a Regenerate Man may -totally and finally fall from Grace';' The 
 Opponent urging the Appeal to C<efar, the Dodor of the Chair handled 
 the Appellator very roughly, faying, He was a meer (7r4iW2»4r/4», a Man 
 that ftudied Plirafes more then Matter -, That he underftood neither Ar- 
 ticles nor Homilies, or at leaft perverted both 5 That he attributed he 
 kne.v not what vertue to the fign of the Crofs, Dignm Crucequi afferit •, 
 and concluded with an Admonition to the Juniors, That they ihouid be 
 wary of reading that and the like Books. 
 
 On the Fourth of Attgufl, the Lords and Commons were commanded 
 to attend his Majefty in Chrifts-Church Hall in oxford, where he fpake 
 unto them in manner following. 
 
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 MY Lords, and you of the Commons, We all remember that 
 from your Defires and Advice , my Father now with Cod, 
 brake off thofe two Treaties with S^ain that were then in 
 hand : Well you then forefaw, that as well for regaining my difpoffefs- 
 ed Brothers Inheritance, as home defence, a War was likely to fucceed -, 
 and that as your Councils had led my Father into it, fo your afTiftance 
 in a Parliamentary-way to purfue it, fliould not be wanting. That aid 
 you gave him by Advice, was for fuccor of his Allies, the guarding of 
 Ireland, and the home part, fupply of Munition, preparing and fetting 
 forth of liis Navy. A Council you thought of, and appointed for the 
 War, and Treafurcrs for ifTuing of the Moneys : And to begin this 
 Work of your Advice, you gave Three Subfidies, and as many Fifteens, j 
 which with fpeed were levied , and by diredton of that Council of 
 War (in which the preparation of this Navy was not the leaft) dif- 
 burfed, 
 
 " It pleafed God at the entrance of this Preparation (by your Advice 
 begun) to call my Father to his Mercy, whereby I entred as well to 
 the care of your Defign, as his Crown. I did not then as Princes do of 
 Cuftom and Formality Reaflemble you, butthatby your further Ad- 
 vice and Aid, I might be able to proceed in that which byyourCoun- 
 icls my Father was engaged in. Your love to me, and forwardnefs 
 to further thofe Affairs, you exprefled by a Grant of Two Subfidies' 
 yet ungathered •, although I muft affure you, by my felf and others, 
 
 Caroli. 
 
 The Appeal 
 to C^far dif- 
 puted. 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech in 
 Chrifl-churcb. 
 
 upon
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 Lord Cmveay 
 and Secretary 
 Cook.., by the 
 Kings Com- 
 mand, declare 
 tlie prefenc 
 (late of Affairs. 
 
 " upon credit taken up and aforehand disburfcd, and far fliort as yet 10 fet ' 
 " forth that Navy now preparing -, as I have lately the eftimate of thofe 
 " of care, and who are ftill employed about it, whofe particular of all ex- 
 " pences about this preparation Ihall be given you, when you pleafe to 
 " take an accorapt of it. 
 
 His Majefty having ended his Speech, commanded the Lord Conway, 
 andSn-fohnCoek, more particularly to declare theprefent ftateof Af- 
 f-iirs •, which was done to this effed. 
 
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 Hat our Soveraign Lord Kmg^ames of Famous Memory, at 
 
 the Suit of both Houfes of Parliament, and by the powerful 
 
 operation of his Majefty that now is, gave confent to break off 
 
 " the Two Treaties with Spain, touching the Match and the Palatinate, 
 
 *' and to vindicate the many wrongs and fcorns done unto his Majefty and 
 
 " his Royal Children : Beiides, if the King of Spain were fuffered to pro- 
 
 "ceed in his Conquefts under pretence of the Catholick Caufe, he 
 
 " would become the Catholick Monarch which he fo much affeds, and 
 
 " afpires unto. Alfo amidft thefe Neceflities, our late King confidered, 
 
 " That he might run a hazard with his people , who being fo long inured 
 
 " to Peace, were unapt to War •, that the uniting with other Provinces 
 
 " in this underraking, was a Matter of exceeding Difficulty. This drew 
 
 " him to new Treaties for regaining his Childrens right, which were ex- 
 
 "pulfed by the Friends and Agents oH Spain- and wherein his Majefty 
 
 " proceeded as far as the wifeft Prince could go, and fuffered himfelf to 
 
 " be won unto that which otherwife was impoffible for his Royal Nature 
 
 " to endure. He confidered alfo the many Difficulties abroad, the Duke 
 
 " of Bavaria by Force and Contrad had the Palatinate ia his owh poffef- 
 
 '*fion, moft of the Eledors and Princes of Germany were joyned with 
 
 " him. The Eftates of the other Princes moft likely to joyn in a War ot 
 
 " Recovery, were feized and fecmed, and all by a Conquering Army : 
 
 " Befides, the 3mperor had called a Diet, in which he would take away 
 
 " all poffibility of recovering the Honor an^Unheritance of the Palatinate •, 
 
 " thus it ftood in Germany. And in France the King there chofe to flieath 
 
 "his Sword in the Bowels of his own Subjedts, rather then to declare 
 
 "againft the Catholick Caufe. In the Lotv-Cettntreys the Seft of the 
 
 " Armintans prevailed much, who inclined to the Papifis rather then to 
 
 ' " their own fafety , notwithftanding that the Enemy had a great and 
 
 " powerful Army near them •, fo that his Majefty was inforced to Proted 
 
 " and Countenance them with an Army of Six thoufand from hence, 
 
 " with a Caution of the like Supply from thence,if required. Moreover he 
 
 " fought Alliance with France,hy a Match for his Royal Majefty that now 
 
 " is,thereby to have Intereft in that King, and to make him a Party. Ths 
 
 " laft confideration was his Majefties own Honor, who had labored with 
 
 " the two Kings of Denmark and Sweden, and the German Princes, from 
 
 " whom Iw received but cold Anfwers ^ they refufing to joyn, unlefs 
 
 " they firftlfaw his Majefty in the Field. But of this he was very tender, 
 
 " unlefs th| League were broken, or he firft warred upon. The Forces of 
 
 **■ an Army were confidered, and the way of proceeding, whether by in- 
 
 '''■ vafion or Divcrfion : The Charges thereof appeared in Parliament to 
 
 " be Seven hundred thoufand pounds a year -, befides, Ireland was to be 
 
 '• fortified, the Forts here repaired, and a Navy prepared ; he thought it 
 
 " feafible to enter into a League with the French King, and the Duke of 
 
 " Saroy and Fefiice. ^'Here-^ 
 
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 Hislorical ColieBwm, 
 
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 " Hereupon an Army was committed to Count Mansfield, the charge 
 " whereof came to Seventy thoufand pounds a Moneth for his Majefties 
 " part ; aho he commanded the preparing of this gre;;t Fleet : All which 
 " fo heartned the Princes of Germany, that they fent Ambafladors to the 
 " Kings of Denmark and Sweden-^ and thofe two Kings offered a greater 
 " Army both of Horfe and Foot, to which his Majefty was to pay a pro- 
 " portion. Count Mansfields hrmy (though difaftrous) produced the fe 
 "happy effeds; Firft, It prevented the Diet intended by the Emperor^ 
 " Secondly, The German Princes gained new courage to defend them- 
 " felvej, and oppofe their Enemies. Thirdly, The King of Denmark hath 
 " raifed an Army, with which he is marched in perfon as far as Minden. 
 " Moreover, the Confederates of France and Italy have profecuted a War 
 " in Milan, and Peace is now made by the French King with his own 
 " Subjeds •, fo that by this means breath is given to our Affairs. 
 
 '"• This Parliament is not called in meer Formality upon his Majefties 
 " firft coming to the Crown, but upon thefe RealOccafions to confult 
 "with the Lords and Commons^ Two Subfidies are already given, and 
 " gratioufly accepted •, but the Moneys thereof, and much more are al- 
 " ready disburfed. A Fleet is now at S«a and haftning to their Rendez- 
 " vous, the Army is ready at Plimotith, expeding their Commanders. 
 " His Majefties Honor, Religion, and theKingdomes fafety, is here en- 
 " gaged^befides,he is certainly adviled of Defigns to infeft his Domini- 
 " ons in Ireland, and upon our own Coafts, and of the Enemies increafe of 
 "■' Shipping in all parts. Thefe things have called the Parliament hither, 
 " and the prefent Charge of all amounts to above Four hundred thoafand 
 " pounds •, the further profecution whereof, the King being unable to 
 " bear, hath left it to their Confultations. His Majefty is verily perfwa- 
 "ded. That there is no King that loves his Subjedts, Religion, and the 
 " Laws of the Land, better then himfelf t, and likewife that there is no 
 "people that better loves their King, which he will cherifh to the utter- 
 " moft. It was thought that this place had been fafe for |his Aflembly, yet 
 " fince the Sicknefs hath l|jgpght fome fear thereof, his Majefty wiUeth 
 " the Lords and Commons to put into the Ballance with the fear of the 
 " Sicknefs, his and their great and weighty occafions. 
 
 Then the Lord Treafurer added, " That the late King when he died, 
 " was indebted to the City of XoWw 1 20000 1. befides Intereft, and in 
 ''debted for Denmark and the Palatinate 150000 1. and indebted for hi 
 " Wardrobe 40000 I. That thefe debts lie upon his Majefty that now is, 
 " who is indebted upon London 70000 1. That he hath laid out for his Navy 
 " 20000 1. and 20000 1. for Count Mansfield. And for Mourning and 
 " Funeral expences for his Father 42000 1. For expences concerning the 
 " Queen 40000. The Navy will require to fet it forth in that Equipage 
 "asisrequifit for the great Defign his Majefty hath in hand, and to pay 
 " them for the time intended for this Expedition,3 00000 1, 
 
 After this Conference, the Commons fell into high Debates, alleag- 
 ing, That the Treafury was mif-employed; that evil Cou^cels guided 
 the Kings Defigns-, that our NecelTuies arofe through Improvidence-, 
 that they had need to Petition the King for a ftrait liand and better Coun- 
 fel to Manage his Affairs : And though a former Parliament did engage 
 the King in a War, yet (if things were managed by contrary De/igns, 
 and the Treafure mifemployed) This Parliament is not bound by another 
 Parliament, to be carried blindfold in Defigns not guided by found Coun- 
 
 fel-. 
 
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 Lord Trea- 
 furer proceeds 
 in chat fub- 
 jcft. 
 
 Dclj.itcs in the 
 HcuicofCi m- 
 mons, toucli- 
 ing tlie pre- 
 fciit rtateof. 
 AtTairs.
 
 184. 
 
 HiBorical CoHe&ions. 
 
 An 161% ' fel*, and that it is was notufual to grant Subfidies upon Subfidies in one 
 \.J^'jr\>J Parliament, and no Grievances redrefled. There were many Refiedions 
 upon the Dukes naifcarriages -, likewife they reafTumed the Debate con- 
 cerning Montague •, and they refolved, That ReUgion fhould have the firft 
 place in their Debates •, andnextuntoit, the Kingdoms Safety, and then \ 
 Supplies. Other particulars were likewife infifted on , That the King be 
 defired to Anfwer in full Parliament to the Petition concerning Religion, 
 and that his Anfwer be Inrolled with the force of an Adl of Parliament: 
 AUo that the Houfe confider of the new prepared Fleet and Army, and 
 whither intended, no Enemy being yet declared-. That great Sums of 
 Money were given for places, to the value of an Hundred and forty thou- 
 fand pounds at leaft 5 that the King fliould contribute to help the FaUti- 
 nates Caufe with his own Eftate-, that the time of the year was too far fpent 
 for the Fleet to go forth in Service ^ that inquiry be made, whether the 
 Duke brake not the Match with Spain, out of Spleen and Malice to Conde 
 Olivares s whether he made not the Match with France upon harder terms •, 
 and whether the Ships lent againft /Jor/'c/ were not maintained with the 
 Subfidies given for the relief of the Palatinate •, that an Advifed Counfel 
 for the Government of the prefent Affairs, and to look into the Kings 
 Eflate, is necefTary •, that hisMajeflybedefired to give his Anfwer con- 
 cerning the Impofition on Wines •, and Seleft Committees draw out thefc 
 Heads at large to be prefented to the King : The doing whereof, they 
 faid w?.s no ^Capitulation with his Majefty, but an ordinary Parliamentary 
 courfe : Without which,the Commonwealth could never fupply the King, 
 nor indeed fubfift. 
 
 Soon after the Commons had a Conference with the Lords, defiring 
 
 Complaints a- 
 gainft Papids 
 favored, not- 
 withftandiog 
 the Kings An^ 
 fwer to the 
 Petition a- 
 gainftthem. 
 
 their Concurrence in prefenting to the King , thefe Matters following. 
 
 That notwithflanding the Lords and Commons at their laft Meeting 
 this SefTion, did Petition his Majefly for the advancing of Gods true 
 Religion, and the fuppreffing of Popery t, unto which his Majefty vouch- 
 fafed as well from his own Mouth, as by the Lord Keeper, to return fuch 
 Anfwer asaffured them of his Royal performance 5 yet at this Meeting 
 they finde, That on the 1 2 of ^w/y lafl his Majefly granted a Pardon nn- 
 10 Alexander Baker ^]t^\xix.^y and unto Ten other Papifts, which (as the 
 Commons have been informed) was gotten by the importunity of fome 
 Foreign Ambaflador, and pafTed by immediate Warrant, and was recom- 
 mended by the Principal Secretary of State, without the payment of the 
 ordinary Fees. And further. That divers Copies of Letters and other 
 Papers being found in the honk oi one Mar f Efimonds in Dorfetfhirehy two 
 Juflicesof Peace, who thereupon tendred her theOathof Alleagiance, 
 and upon her refufal committed her to the Conflable, from whom fhe 
 made an efcape, and complained to the King. The Principal Secretary did 
 write to thofe two Juflices in favor of her. 
 
 Upon thefe Paflages the Commons made Obfervations ^ firfl, upon 
 the date of the Pardon, which was the next day after his Majefties An- 
 fwer by the Lord Keeper to their Petition concerning Religion •, fecond- 
 ly. That the Pardon difpenced with feveral Laws, as of the 21 and 27 of 
 Qiieen Eltzaheth, and of the Third of King ^antes^ provided to keep 
 the Subjedls in due obedience -, thirdly,That the Pardon was figned by the 
 Principal Secretary of State ^ and therefore the Commons declared, that 
 thefe adings tended to the prejudice of true Religion, his Ma jeflies difhonor, 
 the difcountenancing of the Minifters of Juflice,the grief of the good peo- 
 ple, the animating of the Popifli party, who by fuch examples grew more 
 
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 proud and infolenc, and to the difcouragement of the High Court of Par- | i Caroli: 
 liament : All which they humbly defire his Majefty to take into due con- 
 fideration,and to give effe^ual and fpeedy Redrefs therein. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 The Lord Comvdj principal Secretary of State, 
 
 being called 
 
 to 2ive 
 
 an Accompt of this bufinefs, anfwered, That he ever hated thePopifli 
 Religion •, That the Pardon was granted before the King anfwered their 
 Petition, though it bore not date till afterwards •, That the King com- 
 manded the doing thereof,and that no Fees (hould be taken •, Tliat he was 
 commanded by the King to write a Letter in favor of the Woman in 
 Dor[et-jhire, and what he did therein was to take off all fcandal from the 
 King, though it lighted upon himfelf. 
 
 This Conference no fooner ended, but both Houfes were ordered to 
 meet at chri(l-Church, to receive an Anfwer to their Petition concerning 
 Religion-, To every Claufe whereof his- Majefty anfwered in a Parlia- 
 mentary way. The Petition, Remedies, and the Kings Anfwer we give 
 you intermixt, for the better undeiftanding the Anfwer to every refpe- 
 ftive Claufe diftinftly. 
 
 To the Kings mojl Excellent Majejly, 
 
 Moft Gracious Soveraign, 
 
 1C being mfalliljlp true, tW notOtng can mo?c eOfaMi'Rj tl)c CU^one, 
 anD aCTtirc ttie p?acc ant) p?ofpentp of tbc people, tben tUe unit? anO 
 Qnceritp of Ecligion •, Wit pour mott Ounilile anD lopal "Subjertsf, 
 tbe iLo?D0 spiritual anO €;enipD?aT, anD Commons of tW p?efent 
 parliament affcmbleD, bolD our felbes; bounD tn tonfcience anD Dutp to 
 rep?cfent tbe fame to pour SacreD s^ajeOp, togetber tuitb tbe Danger- 
 OU0 Confequentejaf of tbetncrcafe of ^operpin tbiisdanD, anD twbat 
 toe tonteibe to be tbe p?mcipal Caufe^ tbereof, anD tobat map be tbe 
 EemeDie^. 
 
 The Dangers appear in thefe farticalars. 
 
 I. 3[n tbeir Defpcrate enb-?, being botb tbe fiibberQon of Cburcb 
 anD ©tate •, anD tbe rettlefnef^ of tbcir fpirit^ to attain tbefe enD^, tbe 
 55octrineoftbeirCeacber0anDleaDev0 perftoaDtng tbem tbat tberein 
 t\)t^ Do (5oD gcoD fcrbtce. 
 
 II. Cbetr cbiDent anD aritt DepenDentie upon fucb iFoiein 1d?ince0 
 ajs no toap afifect tbe gcoD of pour ^aieOp anD tW ©tate. 
 
 III. Cbe opening a toap of iDopularitp to tbe Ambition of anp 
 tobo cpall aDbenture to mafee bimfelf IJJeaD of fo great a partp. 
 
 The principal Caufe of the Incrcafe of Papifls. 
 
 I, Cbe toant of tbe Due epetution of lato5< agafnf? 3fefutte)Si, 
 ©eminarp JD^iea^, anD popiCfj lS,erufantS( •, occafioneD paitlp bp tbe 
 tonnibencie of tbe ©rate, parrlp bp Defects m tbe Latojs tbemfelbejJ^janD 
 partlp bp tbe manifolD acufc of ©f6cer5(* 
 
 II, ^be interpoQng of JFo^etgn ^?ince0 bp tbeir 9mba(raDo?0 anD 
 agenrc^, m fabo? of tbem. 
 
 III, Cbeir great doncourfe to tbe €ttp; anD frequent Conferences 
 anDConbenticlestbere* 
 
 Bb IV ^be 
 
 The Petition 
 concerning 
 Religion, to- 
 gether with 
 his Majefties 
 Anfwer.
 
 i8d 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. i62<). 
 
 IV. %\)t oprn anD ufual xtton to t\)t punks; anD dtJappcte of 
 
 V. Cbc €Ducation of tfjetr CljtlD^en tn ^ttnimxm anD ?)oufe0 
 of tDetc iSeltston m IFo^ctgn parts', tntjict) of late Ijatie botn greatlp mtil- 
 tiplicDanDcnlarget) fo? cntcrtatnmg of tfjcEngliQi. 
 
 VI. Cbat m fome places of poucEcahiij pouc people lenot fuf' 
 ficientlp tnQructeD tn tlje fenotoleDse of true Eeltgton, 
 
 VII. €lje Ittentioii0 pimttng anD DifperGng of ^opiG) anD ©e^ 
 Dttious Xoofefif. 
 
 VIII. CtJe implopment of men illaffetteD in Eeltgton tn plateg 
 of ©oijernment , tojjo Do , CbaU , o? map countenance ttje #opil?j 
 partp* 
 
 The Remedies againH this eutragiota and dmgerom difeafe, We conceive 
 to he thtfe enfuing. 
 
 I. '^W tbe ^out^ of xW Eealm be tarefullp eDucateD Ijp able 
 anti Eeligtou)8 ©cboolmaQer^, anD tbep to be enjotneD to €atec5ife anD 
 tnarutt tbeir ©tbolarjs in tbe grounDjs anD principles of trueEeltgion. 
 ^nD tobcrea© bp manp Complaint;? from DtbVr0 parte of tbe Cting^ 
 Dom tt Dotb platnlp appear, Cbat funD?p popiQ) ScbolareDicrembltng 
 tbeir Eeligton, babe trafttlp crept in anD obtameD tbe places of Ceacb^ 
 ing m Di'bere Counties , anD tberebp infetteD anD perberteD tbeir 
 ©cbolars, anD fo etteD tbem to be tranfpo^tcD to tbe ^opiCfjSemina' 
 rif beponD tbe Seas •, Cbat tberefo?e tbcre be great care in Cboice 
 anD aDmitttng ©cbcolmaaers, anD tbat tbe O^Dmartes mafee Diligent 
 encjuiries of tbeir Demeanors, anD p^occrD to tbe remobing of fucb as 
 CDall be faultp o^ jualp fufpcaeD* 
 
 His Majejlies Anfwer, 
 
 "This is well allowed of-. And for the better performance of what 
 "isdefired, Lettei-s (hall be written to the two ArchbiOiops, and from 
 " them Letters to go to all the Ordinaries of their feveral Provinces to 
 " fee this done •, the feveral Ordinaries to give accompt of their doings 
 " herein to the Archbifliops refpedively, and they to give accompt to 
 ** his Majefty of their proceedings herein. 
 
 II. Cbat tbe antient jDifcipline of tbe cantberGtt'es be reOogeb, be.- 
 ing tbe famous JQurferies of Literature anD (Hertue. 
 
 Anfw, " This is approved by his Majefty -, and the Chancellor of 
 " each Univerfity fliall be required to caufe due execution of it. 
 
 III. Cbat (petial care be tafeen to enlarge tbe ©Ho^D of (SoD 
 tb?ougbout all tbe parts of pour ^ajethes dominions > as be- 
 ing tbe mod powerful means fo? planting of true Eeligion , anD 
 rcoting out of tbe contrarp: Cotobicb enD, among otber tbmgs, 
 let it pleafe pour ^ajeOp to aDbife pour 05il5ops , bp JFatberlp 
 intrcatp anD tenDer ufage to reDuce to tbe peaceable anD oiDerlp 
 fcrbircof tbe Cburcb, fucb able ^iniflers as babe ba?nfo?mer' 
 Ip tilenceD , tbat tbcre map be a p?o6table ufe of tbeir ^iniffrp 
 
 in
 
 Hijlorical ColleUions. 
 
 B " 
 
 in tl)cfc nccbful miD Dangerous timr^-, 9nD tfWt Nom-efidencie, Plu- 
 ralities aiiD Commendams map l3c moIicratcD. ffiHDprc IDC cannctfoaliear 
 moff Inmibfp to rljanb pour -^iiicfip fo? Dtitiintaing tf;e number of pcur 
 otjon ^l)ap!a:niS ^ not Doubtuog of tlje lil^e p^mcelp care fo? t^c tofn= 
 tcaatjjms of rOe red of pourBene6cc0,botO to tDe drimfo^'t of Hot people, 
 anD xU encouragement of tUc aimtjecDne^f, berns full nf grat)e anO aWe 
 ®uwCfer/5 uiifuunilfjei) of Libmgi?. 
 
 jin[w. " This his Majefty likes well , fo as it be applied to fuch 
 " Minifters as are peaceable, orderly, and conformable to the Church- 
 " Government. For Pluralities and iSIonrefidencies,they are now fo mo- 
 " derated, that the Archbilliops affirm, there be now no Difpenfacions 
 " for Pluralities granted 5 nor no man now is allowed above two Bene- 
 '■ fices, and thofe not above thirty miles din ant: And for avoiding Non- 
 refidence, the Canon in that cafe provided lliall be duly put in executi- 
 on. For Commendams, they fliall be fparingly granted, only in fuch caie 
 " where the exility and fmalnefs of the Biilioprick requireth. Alfo his 
 " Majefty will caute that the Benefices belonging to him (liallbe well be- 
 " flowed. And for the better propagating of Rehgion, his Majefty re- 
 " commendeth to the Houle of Parliament, that care may be taken and 
 " provifion made, That every Parifli (hall allow a competent maintenance 
 " for an able Miniftcr •, And that the Owners of Parfonages Impropriate 
 " would allow to the Vicars, Curates and Minifters in Villages and places 
 " belonging to their Parfonage , fufficient Stipend and Allowance for 
 " Preaching Minifters. 
 
 IV. '2Dbat tljere map be arttt p^obiQon agatnOf tianfpo^ting of 
 CngltO) crbilD^en to tlje ©emtnartejs beponD tbe ©ea0 , anD fo? tbe 
 recalling of tbcni tobo are alreatip tbere plateD, anD f 0? tbe pum0;ment 
 of fucb pour Sublette as are ^atntainers of tbofe ©emmaries, 0? of 
 tbe^cbolars-, conftDermg, tbat beQDes tbe feDucing of pour people, 
 *^ great fumsef monep are pearlpejcpcnDeD upon tbem, totbeivnpolierili)= 
 ing of fm BingDom* 
 
 An[n\ *' The Law in this cafe (hall be put in execution : And further, 
 there (liall be Letters written to the Lord Treafurer , and alfo to the 
 Lord Admiral, That all the Ports of this Realm, and the Creeks and 
 Members thereof be ftridly kept, and ftrait Searches made to this end : 
 A Proclamation fliall be to recall both the Children of Noblemen, and 
 the Children of any other men, and they to return by a day x, Alfo 
 Maintainers of Seminaries or Scholars there, fliall be puniflied accord- 
 ing to Law. 
 
 V. -STbat no popifl; Eecufant be permi'tteD to come toftbm tbe 
 €curt,unlef0 pour ^aieOp be pleafeD to m\\ bim upon fpcccal orcaQon, 
 agreeable to tbe Statute of 3 Jac ^nD wbereas pour ^ateCfp fc? tbe 
 p^ebentingof apparent mifcbiefis botbto pour ^ajeCfp anD tbe Srare, 
 batb \n pour ^^mcclptKifDonitalJcn o?Der, tbatnoneof pour nariral 
 bojn -Subjeas not p?ofefang tbe true Eeligion, anD bp LaU) eaablul):D, 
 beaDmitteO into tbe ferbice of pour Eopal €;onfo?t tbe €lueen. mt gibe 
 pour ^^ateC[p moO bumble tWM, anD DeOre tbat pour ^?Dec berein 
 map be obfertjeD. 
 
 Bb 2 Anftv. 
 
 187 
 
 I Carcli. 
 
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 i88 
 
 Hiflorkal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1625, 
 
 Anftv. " If his Majefty (hall find or be informed of any Concourfe 
 " of Recufants to the Court, the Law (hall be ftridly followed : And 
 " his Majefty is pleafed, that by Proclamation the British and the Irijh 
 " Subjeds (liall be put in the fome cafe. And as his Majefly hath pro- 
 " vided in his Treaty with France, fo his purpofe is to keep it, That none 
 " of his Subjefts (hall be admitted into his fervice, or into the fervice of 
 " his Royal Confort the Queen, that are Popilh Recufants. 
 
 VI. Ct>at all tOe Lato0 noto OanDing in fo?tc againti 3Icfuitc0, 
 @eminai*p#?teQ0, anD etljcrsi ^at)ingtafeen£)?i)er0bp3!uttJo?itpDe' 
 I'ibct) from rte @ca of Rome, be put in Due e]cecution« ^nD to tbe tn^ 
 tent tbep map not n^etenD to be fucp^ifeD, Cbata fpcEDp anD certain 
 ibap be p?e&)ceD bp pour ^ajeCfie^ proclamation fo| tbeir Departure 
 out of tbi0 iS,calm, anD all otbcr pour 2:)ommion)3, anD not to return 
 upon tbe febcreG penalties of tbe 'jlatu noto in fo?cc againff tbcm? 
 ^iiD tbat all pour ^m^m ©ubjectis map b^ tberebp aOmoniO^eD not to 
 rccetbe, comfo?t, entertain, 0? conceal anp of tbem, upon tbe ^enaltieie; 
 tobtcb mapbelattifullptnfliaeD: SnDtbatall fucbpapiajs, Muiteief, 
 anDEecufant0, txiboareanDC!)allbeimp?tfoneDfo?Eecufancie o? anp 
 otber caufe, map be fo flrittlp reCranneD, 30 tbat none Qjall bat)e confe' 
 rente t»ttb tbem, tberebp to aboiD tbe contagion of tbeir corrupt Eelt^ 
 gion : ^nD tbat no man tnbo OjaU be fufpetteD of ^iqjerp, be fuffereD to 
 be aKaper of anp of pouc^a)ea(e0^|ifon0, 
 
 Anfw. " The Law in this cafe fhall be put in execution, and a Pro- 
 " clamation (hall be to the effcdl defired 5 And fuch Reftraint (hall be 
 ''made, as is defired-. And no man that is juftly fiifpeded of Popery, 
 " ftiall be fuffered to be Keeper of any his Majeflies Prifons. 
 
 VII. "Stbat pour $©ajeQp be pleafeD to talse fucb €^?Der a0 to pour 
 p?incclp txnfDnm Qjall be cjcpeDient, 'STbat no namral bo^n ©ubjec, 
 0? (iranac 'BiQ)op0, no? anp otber bp autbo?itp from tbe ©ea of Rome, 
 confer anp CccleOaQtcal £)?Der0 to ejcercife anp^ccleliaaicalfunmon 
 tnbatfoeber, tctoarD 0? upon pour ^ajeflie0 natural ©ubjea0 toitbin 
 pour iDomimon0. 
 
 An{w. " This is fit to be ordered according as is provided, And it 
 " (hall be fo publifhed by Proclamation. 
 
 VIII. Cbat pour ^aieaie0 LeameD Council map receibe D^Xtx. 
 anD commanOmentto conQDer of all former (S?ant0 of lS<ecufant0 lanD0, 
 tbat futb of tbem map be aboiDeD a0 are maDe to tbe Ectufant0 ufe 
 0? intereO, out of tubicb tbeEecufant receibeib anp benefit, tobicb are 
 citber t)otD, 0? boiDable bp tbe late. 
 
 Anfrv. " The King will give order to his Learned Council to con- 
 " fider of the Grants, and will do according as is defired, 
 
 IX. Cbat pour^ajeCp toill be lifeetoife pleafeD flrittlp totom^ 
 mant) all rour iiuD2e0 anD ® imCer0 of 3!uaite,erclcfiaairal anD Cem= 
 poral, to' fa tbe lato0 of tbi0 Eealm agama pcpitb Eetufant0 to be 
 Dulp ejcecuteD; %D namelp, tbat tbe Cenfure of ejrcommunwation 
 
 be
 
 Hi^oricai Collections. 
 
 i%9 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 be DcclawD ant) ctrtiSeD agama tOem •, anD that t^ep be notabfoltjeD but i c^tro/;. 
 uponpublicfefatisfaaionbpyiclDtnstojConfoimitp* \ 
 
 Jnftv. " His Majefty leaves the Lawes to their Courfe, and will order 
 " in the point of Excommunication as is defired. 
 
 X. Cbatpout^ajeaptsjiU bcpleafet) to remobe from pfare^ of 
 ^utboittp anti ©obcrnment all fucb pecfons 30 are eitber ^opifl; Eecii= 
 fants^, oi atcoiOing to Direction of foimec ^a^of ©tate, to be juO!|) 
 fufpctteD. 
 
 AnfvD. " This his Majefty thinks fit, and will give order for It. 
 
 XI. COatp?crent o?t)er be tafeen fo? DiTarmmg: all J^cptQ) Eccu- 
 fantfif, legally conbtaeD, o? jutllp fufpeaeD, accojDmg to tbe latojs 
 m tbat bebalf:anD tbe ©|Der0 tafeen b? bi0 late ^aieflie^ P^ib|) Coun- 
 til upon reafon of State* 
 
 Anftv. " The Laws and Adls in this Cafe fliall be followed, and put 
 "in due execution, 
 
 XII. ^bat jiour^afeOpbe alfo pleafeD intrefpertof tbe great re^ 
 fo?tof I'Jecufant?, to anb about London, to conimanD fo^tbtoitb upon 
 pain of j?our inDignatton anD febere ejcecuttcn of tbe Lat»0, tbat 
 tbep retire tbemfclbeg to tbeir feberal Countries, tbere to remain con^ 
 eneD toitbm JFibe milee of tbeir platen, 
 
 An^rv. " For this the Laws in force fliall be forthwith executed, 
 
 XIII. 3nD tBberea^ pour ^aieOp batb Grictlp commanbeb anb ta^ 
 feen o?Der, tbat none of tbe natural bo?n @ubjett0 repair to tbe bearing 
 of ^a(re0, o? otber @uperOitiou0 ©ertJtt e at tbe Cbappel0 o? I|?oufe0 
 of foreign 3l!.r(bacrabo?0, o? m anp otber plafe0 twbatfoeber •, toe 
 gibe pour ^jeQp moa bumble tbanfe0, anD DcQre, tbat pour C>^Der 
 anD CommanDincnt tbereui map be contmueD anD obferbeD, anD tbat 
 tbe iDffenDer0 berem map be puniQjeD acco?Ding to tbe lLatD0, 
 
 An[rv. " The King gives aflent thereto, and will fee that obferved 
 " which herein hath been commanded by him. 
 
 XIV. €bat all fucb 3fnfolencte0, a^ anp tbat are ^opiOjlp aefecteD 
 babe latelp committeD, o? Cfjall bereafter commit to tbe Difjcno? of our 
 Ecltgion, o? to tbetogong of tbe true I3?ofe(ro?0 tbereof, beejrempla^ 
 lilp puniQjeo* 
 
 An{T0, "■ This Hiall be done as is defired. 
 
 XV. €bat tbe Statute of i Eliz. fo? tbe papment of ta:toclb^ 
 pence eberp SunDap bp fucb a0 fljall be abfcnt from Dibme ferbite m 
 tbe Cburcbtoitbout a latofuUejrcufe, map be putinDueerrtutibn, i\)t 
 ratbcr fo? tbat tbe penaltp bp lat» 10 giben to tbe poo^, anD tbercfo?e 
 not to be DifpcnceD baitbaU 
 
 • . Arffiv.
 
 ipo 
 
 Hijlorical CoUe&ions. 
 
 An 1625 J -^nlto. " It is fit that this Statute be executed, and the Penalties 
 " fhall not be difpenced withal, 
 
 XVI. JLaOlp, CUat poui* ^ajeOp tooulD be plcafcD to cjctenDpoiic 
 ^rintelp care alfo obec t&c li^iiigDom of Ireland, tbat x\)z Iifee tourfe^ 
 map l)etIjetetalicnfo?ttjei-eao^tnsanO eOabU0;mgof true EcUgion. 
 
 An[w. " His Majefties cares are, ani fliall be extended over the 
 " Kingdom of /re/W •, and he will do all that a Religious Kingfhould 
 " do for thereftoring and eflablidiing of true Religion there. 
 
 gnD tljus (mnct gracious ©oticraign) atto?t)mg to our Cutp anD 
 ?eal to 60D anD Eeltgion, to pour ^ajcap anD pour fafetp, to ttje 
 COurcD anD Common toealtf), anD tOeir peace anD pjofperitp, toe 
 l(at)e maDe a fattljfull 2:)eclaratiDn of tl;e p?efent CSatc, tije 
 caufeiS anD vemeDies of ttit^ (ncreaong Difeafe of ^operp ^ bumllp 
 offering tbe fame 1 pour #? mcclp care anD toif Donv ^t)e ^nftuer of 
 pour^aicaie^ ifatUer, our late Soberaign of famcu.^. rnemo?p, up-- 
 ontbelilie petition, DiDgtbeus great comfo?t of iclefosmation ; but 
 pour ^ajeaieic! moD graciousi p?omife0 maDc in t&at feinDe, Do gibe 
 U0 con6Dcnce anD arrurance of tbe continual performance tbereof. 
 J\\ toJbicb comfort anD conftDente repoQng our felbejj, toe mo3 
 bumblp p^ap fo? pour ^ajeflie^ long continuance m all #?incelp 
 fclicitp. 
 
 ThePetition and Anfwer being read, it was further intimated to the 
 Commons , That as his Majefty took well their minding him of the 
 care of Religion , fo he would have done and granted the (iime things, 
 though chey had never petitioned him ? neither doth he place his Anfwer 
 to this Petition, as a wheel to draw on other affairs and defigns, but he 
 leaves them to move in their own Sphere ; and what he hath done in 
 this particular comes from thefe two Fountains, Confcience, and Duty 
 to his Father, whoinhislaft Ipeech recommended unto him the Perfon, 
 but not the Religion of his Queen. 
 
 At the fame time the Duke fignified to both Houfes, that by the 
 Kings command, he was to give an account of the Fleet, and the prepa- 
 rations thereof-, and faid, that the firft and laft time he had the happi- 
 nefs to fpeak in that Auditory, it was of the Spanifli Treaty, and then he 
 was fo happy, as to be honored and applauded by both Houfes of Parli- 
 ament ; and he made no queftion, but fpeaking now with the fame heart, 
 he fhould be no Icfs acceptable to them. 
 
 And he made this requeft to the Houfe of Commons, to believe, 
 that if any hath fpoken, or fliall fpeak in difcharge of his confcience, his 
 zeal of Reformation, anything which may feem to reflcd upon fome 
 particular perfons, he fliall be the laft man that will apply this to him- 
 felf, becaufe he is confidently affured of two things : firft, that they are 
 juft not to fall upon him without caufe •, and fccondly, that himfelf fliall 
 do nothing that unbecomes a faitlifuU Englifliman. 
 
 And for the Method of his enfuing Difcourfe, he chofe rather to 
 fpeak by way of Obje<5tion and Anfwer, then in one continued Speech, as 
 afpcedier means to give the Commons fatisfatSion. 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 The Duke 
 renders an 
 account to 
 both Houfes 
 of the Fleet. 
 
 He fpeaks by 
 way of Ob- 
 ieiSion and 
 Aolwer. 
 
 obie^. I.
 
 HiUorical CdUe&ions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Objed. I . By rvhat CoHn[d thoje Defigm and A£iions of War were car- 
 ried and enterprifed ? 
 
 Anfrv. By the Counfel of the Parliament appointed according to 
 the A(5t of both Houfes, the z^,o( March i6z^. bythofe Counfels his 
 Majefty was guided, and applied himfelf accordingly for the defence of 
 the Realm, the fecuring of Ireland, the aflfifting of our Neighbors and 
 others our Friends and Allies, and for the fetting forth the Navy-Royal. 
 His Majefty looking into his purfe, faw enough to do all the former 
 Anions, but not this latter : For when he came to confider of the Navy, 
 there was neither money nor preparations •, yet looking upon the Affairs 
 of Chriflendom^ he found that of moft neceifity : Hereupon his Majefty 
 of famous memory did him {viz. the Duke) the honor, as to write 
 from Newmarket to him at London a Letter to this effed •, That looking 
 into the AfRirs of C^r//?cW«7/», hetbunditneceflary, that a Royal- Fleet 
 (hou d be prepared and fet in readinefs, but that he had no Money •, 
 wherefore himfelf (meaning the Duke) and his Friends muft begin to 
 lay it out, and ho doubt but others would follow ^ and by this means 
 the King might lie the longer concealed and undifcovered in the Enter- 
 prife, as bearing the name of the Subjed onely, and other Princes in 
 hope to draw him on, would fooner come to the bufinefs. 
 
 Upon this Letter, the Duke faid, he leaped into the Ailion with all 
 alacrity, and having received all he had from his Majefty, was moft de- 
 firous, and held it a Ijappinefs to pour it out upon his fervice and occafi- 
 ons, and had laid out of his own purfe Four and forty thoufands pouads •, 
 and the Treafurer of the Navy, at his requeft, had laid out Fifty thou- 
 fand pounds 5 thatheentred not into this bufinefs upon his own head, 
 but fortified with the Advice and Counfel of thofe worthy perfons , the 
 Lord Conway, the Lord Chichefier^ Lord Grandifon, Lord Carew, Sir Ro- 
 bert Manjel, and Sir ^ohn Cook. 
 
 Their laft confultation was of the War, next of the means-, but 
 both one and the other was juftified by more then himfelf- he never did 
 any thing but by them -, he either repairing unto them, or elfe they did 
 him the honor to refort to his Chamber -, afterward the bufinefs, with the 
 Kings leave, was imparted to all the Lords of the Council, and the ac- 
 count was made unto them., and allowed by them, who faid there open- 
 ly, his Majefty being prefent, that if this were put in execution, it would 
 do well, and gave feme Attribute unto it. 
 
 And Sir f^(7^/iC<>o/& juftified the fliewing and the approving of thefc 
 Accounts at the Council Table ^ the Accounts confifted of long particu- 
 lars of Souldiers to be levied, Mariners to be prefted, forwarding of 
 Ships and provifions, and that nothing wanted but Money. 
 
 He proceeded yet further, and ihewed, that he was fo Religious 
 to guide thefe great Affairs by Council, as that at his journey into 
 France, which fell out abodt this time, he dcfired his Majefly to recom- 
 mend the bufinefs to a feled Council, which his Majefty did, who in his 
 abfence took care of the fame. 
 
 Objeft. 2. why did not his Maje^j declare the Enemy prefently upon 
 grmti»gtho{e three Suftdies ? 
 
 Anfrv, His Majefty confidered the State of C^r//?f«,!/i>w at that Sea- 
 fon, and found it full of danger to declare the Ensmy for three Reafons : 
 Firfl:, becaufe the great Enemy would be more prepared ; fecondly, 
 -S/>4/« being the Enemy, our Merchants goods would be imbarged which 
 are now drawing home -, thirdly, our Friends finding us fo long un- 
 
 pre- 
 
 191 
 
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 ipl 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An 1625. prepared after our Declaration, would never believe any reality incur 
 intentions. 
 
 Ob)e(5l. 3. whether a cofifiderahle funt of money he yet required? 
 Anffv. Forty thoufand pounds is yet neceflary, but our Mafter is ex- 
 haufted, his Treafure anticipated,his Lands pawned, his Plate offered to be 
 pawned, but not accepted, and yet his Majefty muft be maintained. 
 
 Objedl, 4. why rv,ts not this rvant of Money fore feen, but now onely thought 
 upon unexpectedly^ and dangerou(ly confidering the ficknefs ? 
 
 Anfiv. It was foicfeen before, but interrupted by unfortunate acci- 
 dents ; the death of the late King 5 the Funeral, which for decency could 
 follow no fooner •, the Journey into France, and the Marriage, which pro- 
 cured more delay then was expeded,but neceflary. 
 
 At the opening of the Parliament his Majefty did declare this Necefli- 
 ty, and told the Houfe plainly, that this fitting muft not be for Counfel, 
 but Refolution •, and when he underftood the grant of two Subfidies, he 
 conceived that money to be a matter of Cuftom to welcom him to the 
 Crown. 
 
 Objed,5. who gave counfel to his Male fly fofuddenly when the ftcknefs rv/ts 
 fo dangerou(ly [fread^to convene this Parliamant ? 
 
 Anfrv. His Majefty commanded him ('the Duke) to fay, that it was 
 the bufinefs it felf that gave this counfel, and the neceflity of it, elfe 
 his Majefty would not have hazarded the two Houfes nor the reft of the 
 Kingdom, if he had been able any way without the Parliaments Supply 
 to fet out the Navy. 
 
 Obje(S. 6. Is not the time of the year too far [pent for the Navy to go 
 forth ? 
 
 Anfv. The King anfwered this formerly, better half the Navy perifti 
 then the going thereof fhould be ftayed ^ it would argue fuch want of 
 Counfel, Courage and Experience in the Defign, fuch beggerlinefs in be- 
 ing not able to go through with it, that it may not be diverted, the feafen 
 of the year fuiting with the Defign, as could be demonftrated, if the De- 
 fign might not be publiilied thereby. 
 
 Objed. 7. Whethey thofe Eight Ships lent to the French King, which 
 were imployed agawjl the Rochellers, were not paid with the Suhfidy-money ? 
 
 ^ Anfw. Thofe Eight Ships were imployed at the charge of the French 
 King: Secondly, it isnotalway fit for Kings to give account of their 
 Counfels •, judge the thing by the event. 
 
 Objed. 8. whether the Duke, having heen our Servant to break the Match 
 with Spain, made not a worfe Match with France , and upon harjher 
 terms ? 
 
 Anfw, I hope the contrary will appear by the Anfwer to your 
 Petition, 
 
 Obje(5l, 9. Bid not the Dukeferve us irt breaking the two Treaties with 
 Spain, out of fpleen and malice to Conde Olivares ^ 
 
 Anfw. There was no caufe to hate olivares, who was the means to 
 make him happy •, for out of his hands came thofe papers by which the 
 Duke gained the love of this Nation, which before thought not fo well 
 of him -, he was not vindicative in his Nature; he can forgive thofe which 
 had no fuch natural refpeft to their Country, as olivares had 5 neither 
 doth the Duke love that any man fliould be an inftrument by ill means to 
 do a good • Adion , as olivares intended to ferve his Mafter and 
 Kingdom by indired means •, and he could make a proof, that he 
 
 was not vindicanve , he can forgive one of our own Nation that 
 
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 D 
 
 con-
 
 Hijlorical Colle&ions. 
 
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 concurred with olivares^ but he was miaded to leave that bufinefs 
 afleep, which if it fliould awake, would prove a Lion to devour him, 
 who (ashofaid) he meant one of our ''^ Nation, who cooperated with 
 olivares. 
 
 Objeift. I o. It mil he objc5ied,That hitherto the Duke fpeaketh ofimmcenfe 
 charges, which the Kingdom is not able to bear ; a^s to ajsiji the King of Den- 
 mark rvith Thirty thou fan J pounds per Moneth, Count Mansfield rvith Twenty 
 thoftfand pounds per Moneth, the Low-Countries rvith Eight thoufand pounds 
 per Monet hy and Two thoufand fix hundred pounds per Monet h for Ireland 1 
 
 Anfw. Make the King Chief of the War by a diverfion, and he will 
 give a greater advantage to all his Allies, then by allowing of them Fifty 
 thoufand pounds, nay, a Hundred thoufand pounds/'fr Moneth. What 
 is it for his Allies to fcratch with t!ie King of Spain^ to take a Town to 
 day, and lofe it to morrow "t for it is almoft impoffible to hope for a Con- 
 «[ueft in this kinde, the King of Spain being fo able by Land ; but let 
 B' the King our Soveraign be Mafter of the Wars elfewhere, and make a 
 Diverfion, and let the Enemy be compelled to fpend his Money and 
 Men in other places, and our Allies in thofe parts will be fuddenly and 
 perceivedly ftrengthened and enabled •, and by this kinde of War you 
 fend no Coyn out of the Land , you ifTue nothing but Beef, Mutton 
 and Powder, and the Kingdom is not impoveriflied, but may make good 
 Returns. 
 
 Obje(ft. II. But where is the Emmy ? 
 
 Anfw. Make the Fleet ready to go out, and the King bids you name 
 the Enemy your felves -, put the Sword into his Majefties hands, and he 
 will improve it to your honor, and the good of Religion 5 as you ifTue 
 nothing that is lofs, fo you will bring home fomething that is gain, and 
 henceforward maintain the War by the perquifites thereof 5 make but 
 once an Entrance, it may afterwards be maintained with profit 5 when 
 the Enemy is declared, you may have Letters of Mart, none iliall be 
 denied : I have not been fo idle, but I fliall make Propofitions of 
 D| advantage, whither your felves may go, and fiiali have the honey of 
 the bufinefs. 
 
 I Carolt. 
 
 '^'The Earl 
 Briflo!. 
 
 of 
 
 Augufi 9. 1625. 
 After theCommons returned from the Houfe of Lords, they made 
 Report of this Bufinefs unto the Houfe, which occafioned variety of Opi- 
 nions : Some were for giving the King prefent Supply, who had made fo 
 gracious an Anfwer to the Petition for Religion, and given diredion that 
 the fame fliould be Lirolled,pre(fing further. That this Supply was not for 
 the Kings own particular Wants, but for the Honor and Defence of the 
 Kingdom,and that it might prove dangerous not to comply with the King 
 in a modefl and juft defire. 
 
 Others were of a contrary minde, and faid. It was requifite to prefent 
 to his Majefly the means how he may live glorious at home, and how he 
 may be feared abroad, by having his Defigns better mannaged, and an 
 Enemy Declared : Then may fpursbeadded to the Sea-horfe, and the 
 Kingof i'/^rfiwinfeflcdataleirercharge, and we better fecured from Pa- 
 pifls at home, whofe hearts are knit with the Spaniard, ami whofe Eflates 
 may liberally contribute to the War-,and the great Sums given for Honors 
 and Offices, would go far in fetting forth a Fleet at Sea, and the Subje*^ 
 not be always importunedfor Supply. But the further Debate of this Bufi- 
 nefs was put off till the n^xt day being Wednesday the Tenth oi Augufi, 
 
 Ce Xfie 
 
 The Dnkes 
 
 Relation ac- 
 cafioncd va- 
 riety of Opi- 
 nions in Par- 
 liament.
 
 m 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBtons. 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 The Kings 
 MefTage to the 
 Commons. 
 
 Debates upon 
 the Kings 
 MefTage. 
 
 The Com- 
 mons Decla- 
 ration. 
 
 
 The next day the King fends a Meflfage to the Commons, wherein he \ 
 takes notice, that the Houfe intended to enter into Confiderationof di- 1 
 vers heads concerning the King and the Common-wealth, that he was 
 pleafed with their good intentions, but defired them to confider his Af- 
 fairs, which require a fpeedy difpatch -, the feafon of the year was far 
 fpent, yet the thne not unfeafonable for the Defign-, that if the Plague 
 ihould happen in the Navy, the Aftion would be loft •, that if any of the 
 Houfe {hould be touched with the (icknefs, much inconvenience would en- 
 fueby an abrupt breaking up-, therefore defires aprefent Anfwer about 
 Supply; if not, he will take more care of the Commons then they will 
 of themfelves, and will make as good a fhift for himfelf, as he can, to go 
 through with this prefent occafion, and offereth that the Parliament Ihtll ' 
 meet again in Winter, at what time they pleafe, upon his Royal word, and 
 hold together till they have perfedted all things tor the good of the 
 Common-wealth and the King, which are now m conception •, and 
 defires them toconfideritwas the fir ft Requeft that ever he made unto 
 
 them. 
 
 Hereupon fome earneftly preffed the giving of two Subfidies,and two 
 Fifteens, his Majefties honor, and the NecefTity of his Aftairs requiring it, 
 as it appeared oat of Confiderations already frequently reprefented. 
 
 Others replied, that iVec^-Z/Vj is a dangerous Counfellor, and is a con- 
 tinual Argument of Supplies in all Parliaments ; that thofe Counfellors 
 who have put the King and Kingdom into fuch a NecefTity and hazard, 
 ou^^ht to anfwer for it, whofoever they be t, that if the State of things 
 will not admit a Redrefs of Grievances, iurely there is not fo much necef- 
 fity for money; to give Subfidy upon Subfidy in one Parliament is not 
 ufnal ; in the Eighteenth year of Henry the third, there was one puniflied 
 forprefiingofmoreSubfidies, when Subfidies had been granted before 
 in that Parliament. In the end it was propofed, fhata Report be made 
 to the King, that they have regard to his Honor, Neceffity and Safety, 
 and the fatecy of the Kingdom, and that they will afllft his Majefty in any 
 honorable Aftion, grounded upon found Councils -, and that fomething 
 be drawn up in writing to that purpofe -, accordingly the Houfe agreed 
 upon a fliort Declaration, which w^s aflented unto without a Negative. 
 
 We t&c IKnisIjtfi! £itt?cn0 ant) 'ButgeiTeg of tlje Commonjsf 
 Cpcufeof parUament, 'jcingtDtEcp^cfcmatiteboDpof tbe 
 tuliolc (2i:ommon0 of tijijs Elralm, abunDantlp comfo^teD tn 
 Ijt!8 99ajcaie0latcgractou0 3nftocr touching Eeligion, anO Dus^tt- 
 fagc f 0? tt)c rare of cur (jcaltb, Do ©olemnlp p^otcfl anD tioto before ©ot) 
 anD tl}( tno?lD, mt\) one Ijcart anD boitc, tht toe arc all rcfolbeD, anD 
 Doljerebptjetlare, t^at toe txiiUetjrr continue mott lo^al anD obeDicnt 
 ©ubiettj3 to our mod gracioujs @ot)eraign ILo?D IStng Charles ; anD iW 
 txie toill ht reaDp in contjcntent time, anD in a parliamentarp toap free^ 
 IpanDDutifullptoDoourutmoOcnDeat)o?0, toDifcot)cranD refo?m t\)e 
 gijufejs anD (S5?iet)ancefi(of t\)t Eealm anD ©rate, anD tn \iU fo?t to af- 
 fojDallneceffarp^upplptobi^mott €jiceUcnta3ajeQp, upon \)i&m' 
 fent, anD all otijer I)i0 uifi ©craGonjs anD SDefigns •, moa Dumblp be- 
 Ccecbtng our faJD Bear anD jD^eaD Sobcraign m \)i^ ^?incelp toif aom 
 anD gooDnefg, to rctt acfurcD of tbc true anD beartp affections of i)i& 
 ! poo? Commons, anD to ctteem t\)t fame to be (si& tne conce ibe tt is in- 
 1 DeeD) tbc arcatctt too^lDlp reputation anD fecuritp tbat a juQ l^'im can 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeHions; 
 
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 Ijabt^ anil ro accompt all fuel) 30 CanDerer^ of tlje peoples afFtctions.anD 
 Cnemi>0 to t\)t (!!:ommon=iBjcaUD;tt)atl|jall Dare to fa|»tl)e contrarp. 
 
 I CdroU: 
 
 B 
 
 This Declaration was fent to the King by fuch of the Privy.Council 
 as were Members of the Houfe. 
 
 Notwithftanding, the King perceiving the Houfe refolved againft The parii; 
 Supply, without Redrefs of Grievances, and in their Debates to refledl , ^^^^ ''if- 
 upon fome great Perfons near unto him •, the 12th of Ju^ujl fent to the '°'^'^'*" 
 Houfe of Peers a Commiflion, direiled to feveral Lords, for theDiffo- 
 lutionof the Parliaraent •, whereupon the Gendeman-Uflier was com- 
 manded to fignifie to the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, that the 
 Lords had received his MajeftiesCommifTion, which was read unto both 
 Houfes •, whereupon the (^ommons with their Speaker went up prefently 
 to the Lords, heard the CommifTion read, and the Parliament declared to 
 be diflblved. 
 
 At this Parliament begun andholden by Proroga- 
 tion at IFeflminfler the i8th day o£ fune. Anno 
 '^gts Caroli Trimo, i6i^. thefe Adts were pafTed . 
 
 I. A N Aft for the punifhing of divers Abufes committed on the 
 /~\ Lords-Day, commonly called Sunday, 
 
 '*■'*' 2 . An Ad to enable the King to make Leafes of Lands, par- 
 cel of the Dutchy of Comrval. 
 
 3. An Act for the eafe of obtaining Licenfes of Alienation, and in the 
 pleading of Alienations with licence, or of Pardons of Alienations with- 
 out licence in the Court of Exchequer or elfewhere. 
 
 4. An A(fl to reftrain Tiplin^ in Inns and Ale-houfes. 
 
 5. An Aft for the SubfiJy of the Clergy. 
 
 6. An Aft for the two Subfidies of the Temporalty. 
 
 7. An Aft that this Seflion of Parliament fliall not determine by his 
 Majefties adent to this and fome other Afts. 
 
 8. An Aft to confirm an Agreement between the King and the Copy- 
 holders of Macclesfield^ in Com. Ccflr. &c. 
 
 9. An Aft for the fettlement of an Agreement of the Tenants of 
 Chehenham, and jpi^y, dias charkton^ between the King and Sir Giles 
 Grival Knight. « 
 
 The Parliament being diffolved, the King followed his DeHgn of 
 War, and refolved that the tleetfliould fpeedily put out to Sea ^ heal- 
 fo entered into a League with the United-Provinces^ againft the Emperor 
 and King o\ Spain^ for reftoring the Liberties of Germany •, the States by 
 their Ambaffadors fought this Union, and the Duke of Buckingham^ with 
 the Earl oi Holland were fent to the Hague to conclude the fame, as alfo to 
 comfort the Kings diftreflfed Sifter with hopes of a Reftitution. 
 
 Soon after his Majefty iflfued forth a Proclamation, whereby he 
 commanded the return, within limicted lime, of all fuch children of 
 Noblemen, and others his natural Subjefts , who were now breeding up 
 in Schools and Seminaries, and other houfes of the PopilTi Religion be- 
 yond the Seas : That tlieir Parents, Tutors, and Governors take pre- 
 
 Cfnr rwApr tc\ rpnl rli(3i-n 1i^myii=> inri tr\ r<\T\\T\ic that ''■"^^' i'«riii-i-i Ui» 
 
 fent order to recal them home 
 
 and to provii! 
 Cc 2 
 
 they 
 
 return by 
 the 
 
 The King fol- 
 lows his De- 
 fign of War. 
 
 The Kings 
 Proclamati- 
 on to rcral 
 iiome chil- 
 dren of Re- 
 cufants.
 
 ip6 
 
 An. iSi"). 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBtons, 
 
 The Kings 
 Letter to the 
 Lieutenants 
 for the Loan 
 of Money up- 
 on Privy- 
 Seals. 
 
 the day prefixt, attheutmoft feverity of his Majefties Juftice-, and he 
 cemmanded farther, That no Bilhop, Prieft, or any other perfen having 
 taken Orders under any Authority derived from the Sea of Rome^ do pre- 
 fume to confer Ecclefiaftical Orders, or exercife Ecclefiaftical Fun>5ti- 
 on or Jurifdiftion towards any of his natural Subjeds in any of 
 his Dominions -, and that all Statutes in force be put in due execution 
 againft Jefuites, Seminaries, and others in Popifli Orders, prefixing a day 
 for their departure out of his Dominions, not to return again upon the 
 fevered penalties of the Law. 
 
 In the time of the late King, very many of the natural Subjeds of 
 thefe Dominions had by publick permiflion betaken themfelves to 
 the fervice of the Emperor, the King of Sfain^ and Archdutchefs of 
 the Lerv-Coimtries , and by this means they fought againtt others of 
 their Country-men that were imployed by the States of the United-Pro- 
 vinces^ and on the behalf of the exiled Palatine : But now the King 
 forefeeing how improper and unnatural it were, that his own natural 
 Subjects Hiould upon any occafion or accident draw their fwords one 
 againft the other, or any of them againft their own Soveraign, did by 
 advice of his Privy-Council ftraitly ' command all thofe his Subje(5ts 
 who were under the pay of the Emperor, the King oS Spain or Arch- 
 dutchefs, fpeedily to return to their Native Countries, where chey ftiould 
 be received and imployed, as occafion ferved, accordmgto their feveral 
 qualities. 
 
 The diflblution of the Parliament preventing the Adl of Subfidies, 
 the King drew Supplies from the people by borrowing of perfons able to 
 lend, fuch competent fums of money as might difcharge the prefent oc- 
 cafions-, accordingly he diredfed Letters of the foUovvmg Tenor to the 
 Lords-Lieutenants of the Counties. 
 
 B 
 
 Right Trufty and Welbeloved, (See. 
 
 I 
 
 T hath been \o ufual a thing for K trigs and Princes of this Realm to make 
 ufc of their Stib\eBs good affeBions, by borrowing [ome fuch competent 
 Sums of Money of Perfons able to lend, as might fupply thofe prejcnt oc- 
 cafions for Publick Service, which cannot attend that length of time wherein 
 it canbcraifcd bj contribution by the generality of our SujeBs : As we have 
 not oncly prefent occafion to make the like Trial, by borrowing from fome pri- 
 Xiate Gentlemen and others, but alfo of your fincerity and endeavors m further- 
 ance of thefervtce -, that is to fay, in taking fome courfe either out of your own 
 knowledg and experience, or by any other Means or Inflruments which you like 
 heft, to make CoUcBion of as many Perfons Names within the County wherei » 
 you are Lieutenant, as may be of ability tofurni(b tu with feveral Sums at this 
 time •, and therefore to return in a Book, both the Names of the Perfons, their 
 Dwellings, and what Sums you think they may fpare i, that we may thereupon 
 dircB our Privy-Seals unto them, according to the form of this inclofed. 
 
 And foryour further infiruction in this Cafe, onwhofe Trufl we dofo much 
 repofe,wc wijh you to advije herein with your Deputy Litutenant, as thofe from 
 whom we have fpecial catife to promifeourjelves all good offices of duty and 
 affc£lion : To which we mufi add thus much further. That we do not in- 
 tend at this time to deal with any Nobleman ; neither are you to deal with 
 any of the Clergy •, becaufe we have referved that DirtSfion to the Me- 
 tropolitans of the feveral Provinces , to proceed oncly with fome fpecial 
 Perfons 
 
 D
 
 Hislorical CoileBions. 
 
 1^7 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Privy-Seals 
 iffued forth 
 to certain 
 Perfons. 
 
 persons th.it are known to he men of wealth andahility, and not nieerly [tthftfi- i Caroli. 
 in<r u^on thofe Livings, which in mosi places are far inferior to that Main- 
 tenance we could wifh them. By which cottrfe and con fi deration of ours, though 
 you may perceive how much we defire to procure this Loan without inconveni- 
 ence to any, which i-s only intended for the fervice of the Publique, yet ma (I we 
 a(Jure you^ that we had no greater caufe at any time then now to make ufe of yotir 
 integrity and induflry in refpecJ of yoitr eleff ion of the Lenders, and of your 
 coriflant demonflration both of diligence and affection to the fcrvice. Havin^^ 
 now delivered unto you as much as for the prejent can be expected from us. We 
 will refer you for any further direBion unto our Privy-Council, as hereafter oc- 
 cafion [hall require : To whom our pleafure is, you do return your Certificates 
 in manner and form as is aforcfaid, at the mo ft within Twenty days after the 
 Receipt of thefc our Lctte^^ Given at, q-c. 
 
 The Comptroller of the Kings Houfliold, by the Councils Order, 
 iflued forth Letters in the Kings name under the Privy-Seal to the fevcral 
 perfons returned for the Loan of Money, in form as foUoweth. 
 
 Tvu^Y and Wclbeloved, 6cc. 
 
 HAving obferved in the Prefidents and Cufloms ef former Times, that 
 all the Kings and Queens of this Realm upon extraordinary occaftons 
 have ufed either to re fort to thofe Contributions which arife from the 
 generality ofSubjeBs, or to the private helps effome well-afe£tedin particular 
 by way of Loan : In the former of which courfes, as we have no doubt of the 
 love and affection of our People when they flull again affemble in Parliament, 
 [o for the prefent we are enforced to proceed in the latter courfe, for (upply of 
 fame portions ofTreafure for divers Publick fervices, which without manifold 
 inconveniences to m and our Kingdoms cannot be deferred. And therefore this 
 being the frft time that we have required any thing in this kind, we doubt not 
 hut we (hall receive fuch a teflimony of your good affection from you (amon'^fl 
 other of our SubjeBs) and that with fuch alacrity and readinef, oi may make 
 the fame fo much the more acceptable., elpecia/ly feeing we require but that Sum 
 which few men would deny a friend, and have a mind re\olved to expofe all 
 our Earthly fortune for prefervation of the General. The Sum which we require 
 of you by thefe Prefents, is — Which we do promife in the name of 
 
 Us, cur Heirs and Succeffors^ to repay to you or your Ajsigns within Ei^rhteen 
 moncths after the paimcnt thereof unto the Colle^or. The perfon whom we 
 have appointed to collect it, is To whofe hands we do require 
 
 you to (end it within Twelve days after you have received this Privy-Seal 5 
 which together with the ColleSiors Acquittance fl)all bs fufficient Warrant 
 unto the officers of our Receipt for the repaiment thereof at the time limited. 
 Given at, ^r. 
 
 The Colleilors of this Loan were appointed to pay into the Ex- 
 chequer the Sums received, and to return the Names of luch as dif- 
 Govered a difpofition to delay or excufe the paiment of the Sums im- 
 pofed. 
 
 Amidft the preparations for War with Spain, the Privy-Council iflu- 
 ed out Warrants for thedifarmmg of Popiih Recutants, grounding their 
 Order upon the Petition of the late Parliament. 
 
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 ip8 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeHions, 
 
 An. 1^2 J. 
 
 warranrs for 
 difarming Re- 
 ciiUncs. 
 
 Letters dired- 
 ed to Lords 
 Recufants. 
 
 Concourfc of 
 Papifts pre- 
 vented. 
 
 Vifcount Wm- 
 bknn Com- 
 mander in 
 Chief in the 
 Voyage to 
 
 H%& ^atcap ant! toe of lji0 Council fjabtng receibet) tnfo?matton 
 from fonianji federal partis, of tDe bolD anD iniput)cnt fpcrct)C)5 
 ufcD bp nianj) Eom;Q) Catljolicfeis of tlji0 Ecalm, Declaring t>oUJ 
 muclj tticp are offenDeD twitlj ttie gracious fadsfaction gibcn bp ti0 
 .f^aieCfp to rOe lo?l)g; anD Ccmmons in parliament m iDc pointjs 
 concerning tt)c Ccnferijation of true ll^cligion, as it \& at ttji0 Dap bp 
 Sutbo^itp p?eacUeD in cbe (SUurcb of England ^ ^hd Ijabing juo cauCc 
 toDcu'ot, fbat man? Violent ?5apiff0, tlj^ougbtUe intligation efilefu- 
 iteD ^B^ieQs, map be mclincD to tafee part tjjitb fucb as trie tuell unDer^ 
 OanD at tbi0 tjme p?attife toitb tbe IKings ©ubiccts toraife airs anD 
 tumults, tobicbtbep Do not onlp foment bp perftxtaiions anD inOigati' 
 ons, but tuttb p?omiXe of afaaance anD feconDing tbem Uiitb 9rms, 
 tbeir p?etevt being Sleligtcn , but ibeir enDs dTonQueO, puRjeD tbereunto 
 bp an unlimiteD ^mbttu n to a ©cneral ^onarcbp, of tobicO toe bate 
 tCD large anD tleax p?CDf : 9nD altbougb tt»e Do not misjuDge anD cciv 
 Demn all bis s^aieflies ©ubietts EomiOi Catliolicf^s, but beliebe tbat 
 manp of tOem toill implop tbcir 9rms anD liUes m \^\^ ferbice^ ^et 
 bccaufe toe are net able to DinmguiCf) bctiooitn tbe ttell anD tuo?fe^ 
 arctteD, caie Datie CeccnDeD toitlj one HlDbice bis ^aieaies ^^incelp 
 inclination, foUoUiing tbe example of bis tnife 4d?eDeceCfo?s cf bappp 
 memo?p anD go\3ernment, to tafec out of tbe poffeffion of alliaomi^ 
 Eccufants ccnlJiaeD c? jufilp fufpeaeD, acto?Ding to tbe 3fas of State 
 bcrefofo?e ejrp?e£rcD, all futb partial ^ammunitions, 9rms anD QHea^ 
 pons as Ojall be founb in tbeir boufes, o? DifcobcreD to be m tbe boufes 
 of anp otber perfons belonging bp rigbt to anp of tbe faiD KomiQ) Ee- 
 cufants •, Xut fo tbat tbe faiD ?[;rms be enlp talien to be fafelp feept, 
 anD tbe P^opertp to be referoeD to tbe €)tBners, acco^Ding to tbe former 
 ^^eaDcnts m lil^e Cafes* 
 
 This Defign proceeded, and the Council direded their Letters to 
 thefe Lords Recufants, viz. The Marquis o'i Wmchcfler and the Lord 
 St.^ohn his fon, Lord Vifcount Mountague, Lord Vifcount Colchefier, 
 Lord Peter, the Earl of Caftlehaven, Lord MorUy, Lord Faux, Lord Eures, 
 Lord Arundel of Warder, Lord Tenham, Lord Herbert, Lord fVindfor •, 
 requiring them to render their Arms and Furniture thereunto belong- 
 ing , together with all their Habiliments of War, to be removed into 
 places convenient , and to remain there till the King (hall determine 
 othcrwife. 
 
 Moreover the Privy-Council having received information from the 
 Lords- Lieutenants in divers parts of the Kingdom, That there was great 
 and unaccuftomed Refort to the houfes of Papifts, and that other Courfes 
 juftly to be fufpeAed were held among them, Authorifed the Lords- 
 Lieutenants to examine the truth and reafon of fuch Aflemblies and En- 
 tertainment, and of the conveyance and intercourfe of Letters -, as alfo 
 to enquire and fearch if there were any preparation of Men or Arm?, or 
 Pradice of Arras, or endeavors of Alteration among perfons difcontented 
 with the prefent Government. 
 
 - In the mean time the Fleet was ready, and Ten brave Regiments were 
 defigned for this Expedition. The Duke not going in perfon. Sir Edmrd 
 Cecil was created Lord Vifcount Wimbleton, and made Commander in 
 Chief. 
 
 In
 
 HiBorica! CoUeBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 In tlve Choice of the Officers for this fervice, Sir Rohert Man [el 
 an experienced Sea-Commander was negleded, which much difgufted 
 the Mariners. 
 
 Tiie Common Cenfure that pad'ed both upon the Duke and this 
 Enterprife, may be known by the Lord Cromwcls free language to the 
 Duke in this Letter. 
 
 1 Caroli. 
 
 T 
 
 7/fy ojfer to lay wagers, the Fleet goes not this year •, Afid that of' ne- ^"""'^ ^'''""- 
 cefity (hortly a Parliament mtifl he, which when it comes, fare it will J^die^Ouk'^ 
 
 tiie 
 
 much dt [content you. It is wondred atx that [ince the King did give fuch touching 
 great Gifts to the Duchef of Chevereux, and thofe that then went ^ how now \ ^^^"■ 
 a [mall Sum in the Parliament jhotild be called for at fuch an unfeafonable time • 
 y^nd let the Parliament fit when it will , begin they will where they ended. 
 They fay, the Lords of the Council knew nothing of Count Mansfield's journey, 
 or this Fleet •, which difcontents even the heft fort, if not all. They [ay, it is a 
 very great burden your Grace takes upon you, ftnce none knows any thin^^ hut 
 yeu : It is conceivedfthatnot letting others bear part of the burden yon now bear, 
 it may ruine you, (which Heaven forbid.) Much difcourfe there is of your 
 Lordflnp here and there, us i faffed home and back ; And nothin'r is more 
 wondred at, then that one Grave man is not known to have your car, except my 
 ^oodand Noble Lord Conway. JH men fay, if you go not with the Fleet, you 
 will fufer in it : becaufe if it Profper, it will be thought no aB of yours • and 
 if it {ucceedill, they fay it might have been better, had not you guided the King. 
 They fay, your undertakings in the Kingdom will much prejudice your GrAce : 
 And if God blef you not with goodnef as to accept kindly what in duty and love 
 I here offer, queflionlef my freedom in letting you know the difcourfe of the 
 world, may much prejudice me. But if I mufl lofe your favor, I had rather lofe 
 it for ftriving to do you good in letting yeu know the talk of the wicked world, 
 then for any thing elfe •, (o mnch I heartily deftre your profperity, and to fee you 
 trample the ignorant multitude under foot. All I have [aid is the Difourfe of 
 the World -^ and when I am able to judge of Actions, I will freely tell your Lord- 
 Jhip my mind: Which when it (hall not always incline to ferve yon, may all 
 Noble thoughts forfake me. 
 
 But whilft the Englifh Fleet was preparing for this Voyage, great Re- 
 ports were given out,that the Spaniard would land Forces upon the Coaft 
 of Effex. Wherefore the Earl of Warwick was commanded with Three 
 thoufand of the Trained Bands of Efjex to fecure the Port o{ Harwich, and 
 Langer-Point i which fervice he performed with much readinefs : But 
 upon the Blocking up of Dunkirk with Ships belonging to the EngltfJ) 
 and to the States of the United Provinces^ his Lordfliip was ordered to dif- 
 mifs his men. 
 
 Prefently after, Advertifementscame to the Council, That both the 
 Englidi and Dutch Ships defigned to block up Dunkirk, whilft our Fleet 
 was gone to Spain, vvere difperi'ed by a fudden ftorm •, and that Two and 
 twenty Ships of Dunkirk, Men of War, having Four thoufand Land- 
 ! foldiers,were at liberty to rove up and down and do mifchief at Sea. Here- 
 upon the Council by their Letters to the Lords Lieutenants of the Coun- 
 ties upon the Seacoafts, required that .the Trained- Bands be in readinefs 
 with compleat Armor and other Furniture, to march upon all Alarms to 
 what place foever the neceflary defence thereof Iball require. Alfo upon 
 intelligence, thatthefe f wo and twenty I>«»^//'^fri intended to land their 
 Four thouUnd men in Ireland, in cale their defign failed as to England; 
 
 Letters 
 
 The Earl of 
 Wmwicli fe- 
 cures Langer- 
 Po'tnt ill E^tx. 
 
 Englift and 
 Dutch Fleet 
 before Dun- 
 (^'Vt'iirpcrfcd 
 by aftoiiB.
 
 200 
 
 An. 162'), 
 
 The General 
 
 examined 
 before the 
 Council. 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions» 
 
 Letters were expedited to the Lord Deputy of Ireland to guard thofe Sea- 
 coafts -, for that it were alike mifchievous, if they fliould land in either 
 Kingdom. 
 
 In the beginning of oBober, the Fleet confifting of Eighty Ships 
 great and fmall, the Jnne-Royal a Ship of Twelve hundred Tun being 
 Admiral, put forth from Plimotith for the Coafts of Sfairi, with thefe 
 Regiments aboard the Fleet, according as we find it mentioned in an old 
 Lift, viz,. 
 
 The Soldiers 
 commanded 
 not to difband 
 
 The Duke of Buckingham's, 
 
 The Lord Wimhletons, 
 
 Sir William St.Legers (Serjeant- 
 Major-General) and 
 
 Colonel Btinottgh's Regiments 
 were (hipped in the Admirals 
 Squadron, which carried 2093 
 Seamen , and 4032 Land- 
 foldiers. 
 
 The Lord Valentias Regiment, 
 
 TheEarlof ^jJ'fArV, and 
 
 Colonel Harmod's • 
 
 — \Vere fliipped in the Vice- 
 Admirals Squadrcji, carrying 
 1765 Seamen , and 3008 
 Land-fold iers. The Earl of 
 E(fex was Vice- Admiral, and 
 commanded this Squadron. 
 S'iicharls Rich his Regiment, 
 Sir Edward Conrvafs, and 
 Colonel Regiments 
 
 were fhipped in the Rear- 
 Admirals Squadron, carrying 
 1833 Mariners,25>98 Soldiers^ 
 
 B 
 
 The Fleet, after four days fail, was encountred with a furious ftorm, 
 which fo diflipated the Ships, that of Fourfcore no lefs then Fifty were 
 miffing for feven days. Afterwards they all came together upon the 
 Coafts of 5'/>^;«,where they found a Conqueft ready, the Spani(h Shipping 
 in the Bay of Cadez, the taking whereof was granted feafible and eafie, 
 and would have fatisfied the Voyage both' in point of honor and profit: 
 This was either neglected, or attempted prepofteroufly. Then the Army 
 landed, and Siv ^ohn Burroughs took a Fort from the Spaniard -, but the 
 Soldiers finding good ftore of Spanifh Wines, abufed themfelves, and 
 hazarded the ruine of all, ( had the Enemy known in what condition they 
 were) notwithftanding all Commands to the contrary. So they were 
 prefently ftiipp'd again ^ and the General putting to Sea, intended to wait 
 about Twenty days for the Plate- Fldct, which was daily expefted from 
 the Weft- Indies : But the evil condition of his Men,by reafon of a general 
 Contagion, enforced him to abandon the hopes of this great Prize. So 
 the Englifli -having effe(Sled nothing , returned home with diflionor in 
 November following. 
 
 It gave no fmall occafion of clamor. That a Fleet fo well provided 
 and manned fhould land their men in an Enemies Country, and return 
 without fome honorable AiSion. But where the fault lay," hath not been 
 yet adjudged ^ neither was any ever punifhed for failing in that duty. The 
 General for fome time was not admitted into the Kings prcfence, and 
 fome of the Colonels of his Army accufed him, and fome Seamen ag- 
 gravated the Accufation : The General was examined before the Council, 
 and laid the fault on others in the Fleet, who let the King oi Spain's Ships 
 pafs without fighting them according to Order ; They on the other hand 
 faid,they had no Order from their General to fight. Thus was there fend- 
 ing and proving, which contributed little to falve the diflionor which the 
 Nation fuftamed by this unprofitable and ill-managed Defign. 
 
 Upon the Fleets return to Plimouth in December, and Confideration 
 of the prefent ufe of the Soldiers therein imployed, a Proclamation iffued 
 
 forth 
 
 D
 
 Hijlorical CoileHions. 
 
 101 
 
 B 
 
 forth to command that no Soldiers of the Fleet fliould depart from their 
 Colours, or be difcharged of their Service, till the King lliall fignifie his 
 pleafure, how and when he will ufe their further Service. So the Forces 
 that returned from Cades were kept on foot, and difperfed mto feveral 
 parts of the Kingdom. 
 
 There was alfo a ftrid Commandment , That no Subje(5l of this 
 Realm of England fliall have intercourfe of Trade with any of the Domi- 
 nions of the King of 5/'4/», or the Arch-Dutches of /'/W^w, upon pain 
 of Confifcation both of Ships and Goads that fliall be found upon Voy- 
 age of Trade into any of the faid Dominions. Moreover, in regard of 
 tJie Subjeds apparent danger, and the encouragement of tlie Enemies of 
 this State, by putting Ships to Sea , being weakly manned and ill furnilh- 
 ed, the King ordained that none fliould fet forth any Ship or Pinnace of 
 the burthen of Threefcore Tuns or upwards, unlefs they furnifli the fame 
 with ferviceable Muskets and Bandaliers, fufficient for the arming of half 
 the number of perfons that fail therein , together with a quantity of 
 Ammunition anfwerable to the length of their intended Voyage. 
 
 Furthermore , fer the inftruding and exercifing of the Trained- 
 Bands, as well Officers as Soldiers, by men experienced in Military Exer- 
 cifes, The King gave Commandment, that divers Low-Countrey Soldi- 
 ers fliould be aifigned to the fevenl Counties, and that the Trained-Bands 
 fliould be ready at the times appointed,for their Direftion in their Poftures 
 and ufe of Arms, 
 
 The Plague ftill continumg in London and IViflminftert and the places 
 near adjoyning , the King to prevent a general infe<5lion, had adjourned 
 a part of Michaelmas Term from the Utas thereof, to the Fourth Return, 
 and afterwards to the Fifth , and then the relidue ©f the Term from the 
 City of We[lmin(lcr-^ as alfo the Receipt of the Revenue from Richmond 
 to the Town of Reading in Berkjinre. In which Term, a CommilTion 
 iflued forth under the Great Seal, for executing the Laws againft Recu- 
 fants, according to the Petition of the late Parliament, which was read 
 in all the Courts of Judicature 2,1 Reading: Which Commilfion, toge- 
 ther with Pricking of Sir Edward Cock, and certain other Gentlemen, 
 Sheriffs, who had appeared the laft Parliament againft the Duke, and 
 being Sheriffs, could not be chofen Parliament-men, gave occafion of 
 difcourfe, and hopes of a new Parliament. 
 
 At Ham f ton Court \\\ December ^o\\o\Y'\n^y this 
 enfuing Order was made. 
 
 Wl^ma^ f our 3ivtirtc0 rcincernmg tljc^atbufctJtobctalien 
 bp tOe l)igD@Ipcriff0 of Counties, tocre tlji0 Dap p^cfcntcD 
 unto t(JC OSoarD , unto tUlllitU Klrtltlc0 %k Edward Cook 
 iL>nig(jr, at tIji-5 p^efcnt ^iglj SDcnff of tbc Count? of Bucks, DiD up^ 
 on tenDcc of tlje ©atO unto Ijun, tafec Cjcteptions, anD Cent D10 €p 
 rcptinn0 nnDt(?c iSlcaf one t^ci'cof tn to?itmg to ©r.Attorny General, 
 IjjUo l)p Divcaion of tUe 'BoaiD, DiD attcnD all tbc 3Iui)8cj3 of England, 
 to ccreiUc tljcir aUDbicc tljctcupon ^ ant) tbc fatD SuDgcs t;atiing aDDifcD 
 tljerrof, OiD toitlj one unanimous conCcntEefolUc anD fo IlXepo?t totOc 
 Lord Keeper, cUat tticp founO no caufe to alter tlje fain ©atD, but 
 onrlp m one of tlJcfatD3i«tclc0t)crraftcrmcntioncD» 3Itistl;cmip3n 
 ____„ ^'^ tbis 
 
 t CaroU- 
 
 Trade pto- 
 hibited with 
 Spam. 
 
 Trained Bands 
 exercifed. 
 
 Part of Mi- 
 
 chachnasTeim 
 adjourned. 
 
 The Term ar 
 R-Cading. 
 
 Hopes of a 
 I'arliamenr. 
 
 Sir Edward 
 Coot High 
 Sheriff, his ex- 
 ceptions ro 
 rhe Sheriffs 
 Oath.
 
 20X 
 
 Hi^Orical Collecltons, 
 
 An. 1625;. 1 
 
 The Seal 
 taken from 
 Bifhoplf;//- 
 ams, feque- 
 llred former- 
 ly, and given 
 to Sir Thomas 
 Coventry. 
 
 A Parliament 
 Summoned. 
 
 Rccufants to 
 be Excom- 
 municattd. 
 
 The King rc- 
 folved to leave 
 Mr. Montague 
 to the Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 tljtsiDap ©?DcrcD bp ttjeir lo?D(|jip0, acco?Dtngtorfjeimantmoa)C!3D' 
 t)tte of all xit 3[uDge0 of England, anD W v^aicQic^ picafurc Qgni&eD 
 tIDerem, Ctiat tUc jFirS Article p^opounDcD , viz. [You ihall do all 
 your pain and diligence to deftroy and make to ceafe, all manner of Here- 
 fies and Errors, commonly called Lollaries, within in your Bayliwick from 
 time to time, to all your power, and alTift and be helping to all Ordinaries 
 and CommifTioners of the Holy Church, and favor and maintain them as 
 oftentimes as you (hall be required] Ojall bclcft Ollt in t\)Z ©at^tol)? 
 
 giben to @ir Edward Cook, anD fljall cbc r Ijereaftrr be left out m all 
 2Dati)0tobeg;tt)en totDe i^igb ©benfffit of Counties berrafter. 9nD 
 tfjeic to?i)tl)tpfii Do lifeettiife ©?Der, acto?titng totbe unanimous 3D 
 bice of all tbe 3IuDge0 of England , Cbat tbe otbcc tb^fc articles 
 DoubteD of, Q)all QanD m tbe faiDSDatb tobeminiOreDfotbefaiD^ic 
 Edward Cook, anD to all otbec 11?igb Sberisrs, as beretofo?e batb bnrn 
 accuaomeD-, anD tbat tbe Lord Keeper Do sibeo?DertofucbC>f&cers 
 anD ^lerfes m tbe Court of Chancery, totobom it apptrtaineD, to 
 mafee cut tbe ©atb fo? tbe time to come acco^Dina to p^efent 
 SDiDcr. 
 
 Theexpe(5tationof aParliament, gave encourcigement to the Bifliop 
 of Lincoln (who'yetretaine:! the name of Lord Keeper, notwithftj.nding 
 his Sequeftration feveral moneths before from the prelence of the King, 
 the Council Table, and the cuftody of the Seal) to make an Addrefs to 
 his Majefty for a favorable interpretation of his ailions : But his carriage 
 towards the Duke at the Parliament at oxford was frefli in memory, 
 where the Bilhop told the Duke in chrift-Chitrch, upon the Dukes re- 
 buking him, for fiding againft him, That he was engaged with William 
 Earl of Pembroke, to labor the Redrefs of the Peoples Grievances, and 
 w^as refolved to ftand upon his own Legs. If that be your refolution (faid 
 the Duke) Look you ftand faft, and (0 they parted 5 and fhortly after that 
 he was fequeftred, though the Seal was not difpofed from him till the 
 Thirtieth of October 5 at which time it was given to Sir Thomai Coventry 
 ziH am fton-Qomi, who was that day fworn of the Privy Council, and 
 fate there and fealed forae Writs, and afterwards came to the Terra at 
 Reading, and fate there as Lord Keeper and heard Caufes. 
 
 The King being prefTcd with his own Neceflities, and the Cry of 
 the Nation againft the Fruitlefs Voyage of Cadi\, fummoned a Parlia- 
 ment to meet in Fehntaty -, and before the time ot meeting, his Majefty 
 enjoyned the Archbifhops and Bidiops in both Provinces, to proceed 
 againft Popilli Recufants by Excommunication , and other Cenfures of 
 I theChurch, and not to omit any lawful meansof bringing them to Pub- 
 lick Juftice; efpecially he recommended to their vigilant care, the un- 
 masking and repiefling of thofe who were not profefted Papifts, yet dif- 
 affeded to the true Religion, and kept clofe their evil and dangerous af- 
 fedion, and by fecret means and flights, did encourage and advance the 
 growth of Popery. 
 
 This Command was feconded by a Proclamation, requiring. That 
 allConvided Papifts fliould according to the Laws of this Realm, re- 
 main confined to their dwelling places, or within five miles thereof, un- 
 lefs upon fpecial Licences firft obtained in Cafes neceflary. 
 
 Immediately before the Parliament, Bifbop XdOis/ procured the Duke 
 of Buckingham to found the King concerning the Caufe , Books, and 
 Tenets of Mr. Richard Montague -, and underftanding by what the Duke 
 
 colle ded, 
 
 - - — -— . ■ - I i — -— -■' — ■-■ t \ I ■■■■!■! hm*a i^m arf — -m " — • ■>-^^— A-
 
 HMorical CoUeBions, 
 
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 D 
 
 colkaed. That the King had determined within himfelf to leave him to 
 a Tryal in Parliament, he faid, /feemtefecaCloud anfiffg Andthreatning 
 the church of England, Cedfor his Mercy dif/patc it. 
 
 About the fame time, the King declared his purpofe to celebrate the 
 Solemnity of his Coronation on Candlcm^-diy at the Palace of vvelt- 
 mt»(ier y and required all perfons, who by reafon of their Offices and 
 Tenures, were bound to perform any Duties at the Solemnitie, to give 
 their attendance , and to be furniflied in all refpecfls anfwerable to an 
 adion of fo high State according to their places and dignities. Where- 
 fore by aCommiffion under the Great Seal of £^1^/4/;^, Sir Thomas Co- 
 ventry Lord Keeper ot the Great Seal, ^4mes Lord Say High Treafurer 
 of England, Edtvard Earl of Worcester Keeper of the Pnvy Seal, Thomai 
 Earl of Artmdel and Surrc'j Earl Marflial of England, Willutm Earl of 
 Pfw^rfli'tf Lord High Chamberlain, Edtvard Eix\oi Dorfet, andSirJ?4»- 
 del Cretv Cheif Juftice of the Common Picas, were auchonled to leceive 
 and determine the Claims exhibited by any Perfon concerning Services 
 to be performed at the approaching Coronation. 
 
 And the more to credit the Solemnity, the King refolving to make 
 certain of his servants and other Subjeds, in regard ot their Birth, good 
 Service, and other Qualities, Knights of the Bath, AurhorifeJ Thomai 
 Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and Earl Marflial ot England, William Earl 
 of Pembroke Lord Chamberlain, to perform in his Majefties Name and 
 behalf, all the Rites and Ceremonies belonging thereto. 
 
 At the fame time Writs were direded to all Sheriffs in the Realm of 
 England, and Dominions of Wales, commandmg them to make Procla- 
 mation, That all fuch as had Forty pounds a year or more, of Lands or 
 Revenues in their own hands, or the hands of Feoffees, for their ufe for 
 thefpaceof Three years, and are not yet Knights, do at their perils pre- 
 pare to prefent themfelves in his Majeflies Prefence by the One and thir- 
 tieth of January, to receive the Order of Knighthood. 
 
 Llpon the afl'waging of the great Peff ilence, through the Mercy and 
 Goodnefs of God in withdrawing and almofl removing the Scourge, 
 the King by His Royal Authority , ordained a Publick and General 
 Thankfgiving to be celebrated upon the Nine and twentieth of January, 
 being the Lords day, in the Cities of London :ind Wesiminlfer, and the 
 places adjacent -, and on the Nineteenth oi^ February in all other places 
 of the Kingdom ; the manner and form whereof, was prefcribed by a 
 Book compofed by the Billiops according to his Majeflies fpecial Di- 
 redion. 
 
 The Contagion ceafing, the reflraint enjoyned to the Citizens of 
 London from reforting to Fairs for a time, was taken cff. 
 
 The number of thofe that died this year within and without the 
 Walls of the City of London , and in the Liberties and Nine out 
 Pariflies, from the Sixteenth of December 24. to thf Fifteenth of 
 December 25. Was in Total Fifty four thoufand two hundred fixty 
 and five, whereof of the Plague Thirty five thoufand four hundred and 
 feventeen. 
 
 On Candlcmas-da.y King charls was Crowned 5 Bitliop Laud had the 
 cheif hand in compiling the Form of the Coronation, and had the honor 
 to perform this Solemnity, inflead of the late Lord Keeper Williams, who 
 (through the Kings disfavor) was fequeflred from this Service, which be- 
 longed to his place as he was Dean of Weflminfter, Mr. ^-ohn Cofens (as 
 Mafter of the Ecclefiaftical Ceremonies ) kneeled behinde the Bitliop 
 
 Dd i . when 
 
 I Careli. 
 
 Frfparntions 
 for rlie Kings 
 Coronacion. 
 
 AProdimati- 
 onfor all that 
 have Forty 
 pound per an- 
 num to come 
 and receive 
 the Order of 
 Knighthood. 
 
 A Thankfgi- 
 ving for the 
 Plagues 
 ceafing. 
 
 Number of 
 thofe who 
 Jicd of tlic 
 Plague. 
 
 The Ccrcmo- ■ 
 nics at the 
 Kings Coro- 
 nation.
 
 zo^. 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1625. when the Prayers were read, and diredled the Quire whea to anfwer. The 
 Ceremony in going to, and all the Coronation, was briefly thus. 
 
 THe King went that day from Weflminfter-Hall to the Abbey Church, 
 attended by the Aldermen of London, Eighty Knights of the Bath 
 in their Robes, the Kings Serjeants at Law, Solicitor and Attorney Gene- 
 rals, the Judges, Barons, Birtiops, Vifcounts, and fach of the Earls (who 
 bore no particular Office that day) in their Parliament Robes, going two 
 by two before the King all uncovered 5 and after them followed his Officers 
 of State (being Eight Earls and one Marquefs) thofe perfons according to 
 their refpedive places and offices carried the Swords, the Globe,the Scep- 
 ter, the Crown -, and the Lord Major oi London cirrie<i the (hort Scepter ^ 
 two Bifliops carried, the one the Golden Cup, and the other the Plate for 
 the Communion. Next before his Majefty went the Earl of Arundel as 
 Earl-Mar(hal of England, and the Duke of Buckingham as Lord High- 
 Conftableof £«^/Wforthatday. The King bemgcloathed in White 
 Sattin, went under a rich Canopy, fupported by the Barons of the Cinque 
 Ports, the King having on each hand a Bidwp, and his Train of Purple- 
 Velvet was carried up by the Mafter of the Robes, and the Mafter of the 
 Wardrobe. At the entring into the Church, Biffiop Lattd delivered into 
 the Kings hands the Staff of King Edward the Confeflbr, with which the 
 King walked up to the Throne-, then the Archbi(hop oi Canterhnry p^c- 
 fented his Majefty to the Lords and Commons there prefent, Eaft, Weft, 
 North, and South, who gave their confent to his Coronation, as their 
 lawful Soveraign. After Sermon was done, the King went to the Altar 
 (where the old Crucifix amongft other Regalia ftood ; as alfo the Oint- 
 ment confecrated by a Bifhop) to take the Coronation Oath, which (as is 
 faid) was performed iin this manner, viz. 
 
 Archbifh.P.P. 
 
 The Kings 
 Anfwer. 
 
 S3f ^ (Cap0 tf)t ^nW^ov) \):iii[ ^ou grant anD feecp, ant) bp ^ouc 
 C»atd confirm to t\)t people of England, tlje JLato0 anD CuDomjs 
 to tDcm granteO bp ttie fitings of England, jaour Latijful anD Ee- 
 Itgtoiiis p^cDete(ro?0, anD namelp t\)( lat)t))a!,€uComs,anD IFrancOife)ei, 
 gtantcD to tbe dlergp bp t\)c glo?tou0 feingSt. Edward ^outp^cDC' 
 ccffo?, arco?Dmg to tbe latujs of ©oD, t\)t true ^?ofef0ion of tb? ©ofpel 
 cOabltftcD in t\)i!S l^tngDom , ag?erable to tbe p^ecogatibe of t\)t HMnQH 
 tbercof, anDtbegnticntduOom^of tbeEcalm t 
 
 I grant and promife to keep them. 
 
 %it, toiU^oufeetp peace anD (5oDlp3Bg?ctment (acco?Dtngto.»our 
 ^otoer) botb to (SoD, tbe l^olp Ctjurcb, tbe Clergp anD t\)t people t 
 
 I will keep it. 
 
 feic, toiH^ou (to^ourpotoer) caufe latu, Jufltce, anD5©:fcre' 
 tion to ^ci'cp anD 'Crutbj to be cjcecuteD to ^ouc 3fuDgmcnt c 
 
 I will. . 
 
 ©ir, t»iU ^m grant to bolD anD feoep tbe Lmm anD jEltgbtful 
 Cuaom^ tubtcb tbe Communaltp of tbijs ^our laingDom babe •, anD 
 toiU ^ou DefcnD anD upbolD tbcm to tbe bono^ of (SoD, fo mucb a0 in pou 
 Ipetb i 
 
 I grant and promife fo to do. 
 
 Then one of the Biffiops read this PafTage to the King.' 
 Our Lord and King, rt>e befeech You to Pardon,a»dto Grant,andto Preferve 
 unto w, andto the churches committed to Tour Charge, aU Canonical Privi- 
 ledges.
 
 Hifioricai CoUeBions. 
 
 Zb5 
 
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 D 
 
 ledges, and do Law and ^uftice -^ and that ToamitldProteff and Defend tu^ % Cdreti 
 as ever J good King to His Kingdoms ought to be Protector and Defender of the 
 Bijhops, and the Churches under their Government. 
 
 The King anfvvereth. 
 
 With a willing and devout Heart I promife, and grant my Pardon ; 
 and that I will preferve and maintain foyoa, and the Churches commit- 
 ted to. your Charge, all Canonical Priviledges, and due Law and Juftice 5 
 and that I will be your Protestor and Defender to my Power, by the 
 afliftance of God, as every good King in his Kingdom in right ought to 
 proted and defend the Bilhops and Churches under their Government, 
 
 Then the King arofe and was lead to the Communion Table,where 
 he takes a Solemn Oath in fight of all the People, to obferve all 
 thePremiffes, and laying his hand upon the Bible, faid, 
 
 The things which I have here promifed, I {hall perform and keep. 
 So help me God, andthe^ Contents of this Book. 
 
 After the Oath, the King was placed in the Chair of Coronation, 
 and was Anointed by the Archbifliop withacoftlyOmtraent, and the 
 Antient Robes of King £<ia'4^df the Confeflfor was put upon him, and the 
 Crown of King Edward was put upon his Head, and his Sword girt about 
 him 5 and he offered the fame, and two Swords more, together with 
 Gold and Silver at the Communion Table. He was afterwards conduc- 
 ed by the Nobility to the Throne, where this PafTage was read to his 
 Majefty. 
 
 [^Stand and hold fa(i from henceforth the place, to which Yon have been 
 Heir by the Succef^ion of Tour Forefathers, being now delivered to 7ou by the 
 Authority of Almighty God, and by the hinds ef tu, and all the Bifhops artd 
 Servants of God : And as Tou fee the Clergy to come nearer to the Altar then 
 others, fo remember that (in all places convenient) 7oti give them greater 
 honor, that the Mediator of God and Man may eflablijh Tou in the Kingiy 
 Throne, to be a Mediator betwixt the Clergy and the Laity •, and that Tou may 
 Raign for ever with ^ejus chriji , the King ef Kings , and Lord of 
 Lords. ^ 
 
 Afterwards the Nobility were fworn to be Homagers to the King, 
 and fome other Ceremonies were performed - vvliich being done, the 
 Lord Keeper by the Kings command read a writing unto them, which 
 declared the Kings free Pardon to all his Subjects who would take the 
 fame under the Great Seal. 
 
 The Ceremonies of the Coronation being ended, the Regalia were 
 offered at the Altar by Bifhop Laud in the Kings Name, and then re- 
 pofited. 
 
 The Bifliop of Lincoln fain into difgrace by the difpleafure of the 
 Duke of Buckingham, had not received his Writ of Summons which 
 he reprefcnted to the King with SubmilTion to his Majefties pleafure 
 (denied as he faid, tonoPrifoners or condemned Peers in his Father? 
 Reign) to enable liim to make his Proxy, if his Perfonal attendance be 
 not permitted. Likewife he befought his Majefty, That he would be 
 pleafed to mitigate the Dukes cauflefs anger towards him , who was fo 
 little fatisfied with anything he could do or fuffer, that he had no mean:? 
 left to appeafe him, but his Prayers to God and his Sacred Majefty ; 
 
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 An. 162'). 
 
 A Second 
 Parliament 
 meets. 
 
 The Lord 
 
 Keepers 
 
 Sptccb. 
 
 Alfo, that in his abfence in this Parliament, no ufe mig-ht be made of his 
 Ma jefties Sacred Name to wound the Reputation of a poor BiOiop, who 
 befides his Religion and Duty to that Divine Charader which his Ma- 
 jeftybeareth, hath affedlionately honored his very perfon above all Ob- 
 jeds in this World, as he defired the Salvation of the World to come : 
 And he craveth no Protedion againft any other Accufer or Accufation 
 whatfoever. 
 
 On Monday the Sixth oi Febfitary, began the Second Parliament of 
 the Kings Reign. 
 
 The King being placed in his Royal Throne, the Lords inthei# 
 Robes, and the Commons below the Bar, it pleafed his Majefty to refer 
 them to the Lord Keeper for what he had to fay. 
 
 The Lord Keepers Speech, 
 
 My Lordst 
 
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 and BurgefTes 
 
 A Nd you the Knights, Citizens, 
 Commons , you are here aflemblcd by his Majefties Writs and 
 Royal Authority to hold a new Parliament, the general Ancient 
 " and Powerful Councel of this Renowned Kingdom -, whereof if we 
 " confider aright, and think of that incomparable diftance between the 
 " Supream height and majefty of a Mighty Monarch, aadthc fubmiflive 
 " aw and lowlinefsof a Loyal Subjed, We cannot but receive exceeding 
 " comfort and contentment in the frame and conftitution of this Higheft 
 " Court 5 wherein not onely the Prelates, Nobles, and Grandees, but 
 "the Commons of all degrees have their part, and wherein that high 
 "Majefty doth defcend to admit or rather to invite the humbleft of his 
 " Subjeds to Conference and Council with hun, of the great, weighty, 
 " and difficult Affairs of the King and Kingdom ; A benefit and favor 
 " whereof we cannot be too fenfible and thankful •, for fure 1 am, that all 
 "good hearts would be both fenfible andforrowful, if we did want it. 
 " And therefore it bchooveth all, with united hearts and mmdes free from 
 *' diftradtion and diveifion, to fix their thoughts upon Counfels and Con- 
 " fukations worthy of fnch an AlTembly, remembring, That in it is pre- 
 " fented the Majeffy and Greatnefs, the Authority and Power, the Wif- 
 "dom and Knowledge of this great and famous Nation^ and it be- 
 " hooveth us to magnifie and blefs God, that hath put the power of 
 " AfTembling Parliaments in the hands of him, the vertue of wnofe per- 
 *' fon doth ftrive with the greatnefs of his Princely Lineage and Defcent ; 
 " whether he Ihould be accounted Majer 01 Melior, a greater King, or a 
 " better Man •, and of whom you have had fo much tryal and experience, 
 "That he doth as affectionately love , as he doth exadly know and un- 
 *' derftand the true ufe of Parliaments •, witnefs his daily and unwearied 
 "Accefs to this Houfe, before his Accefs to the Crown-, hisgratious 
 "readinefs to all Conferences of Importance 5 his frequent and effedlual 
 " Interccffion to his Blefl'ed Father of never dying Memory , for the 
 " good of the Kingdom, with fo happy fuccefs, That both this and fu- 
 " ture generations (hall feel it, andhavecaufe torejoyce at the fuccefs of 
 " his Majefties IntercefTion. And when the Royal Diadem defcended 
 " upon himfelf, prefently in the midft of his Tears and Sighs for the de- 
 " partureof his moft Dear and Royal Father, in the very firft Confulta- 
 
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 " tion with his Privy Council, was refolved to meet his People in Parlia- 
 " ment : And no fooner did the heavy hand of that Deftroying Angel 
 " forbear thole deadly ftrskes, which for fome time did make this place 
 " inacceflible , but his Majefty prefently refolved to recal Ir, and hath 
 " now brought you together, and in a happy time, I tiuft, to tieat and 
 " confult with uniform Dcfires and united Affedions, of thofe things 
 " that concern the general good. 
 
 " And now being thus AfTembled, his Majefty hath commanded me 
 '' to let you know that his Love and Affe*5tfon to the Publick, moved him 
 «' to call this Parliament •, and looking into the danger and the fpreading 
 '' of that late Mortality, and weighing the multitude of his Majefties 
 '' prefling occafions and urging affairs of State, both at home and abroad^ 
 '' much importing the fafety and ftate of this Kmgdom -, the fame affe<5ti- 
 " on that moved him to call it, doth forbid him to prolong the fitting of 
 " this Parliament : And therefore his Majefty refolving to confine this 
 « meeting to a (hort time, hath confined me to a lliort Errand •, and that 
 " is. That as a thing moft agreeable to the Kingly Office, to the example 
 " of the beft times, and to the frame of Modern Affairs? his Majefty hath 
 "called you together to confult and to advife of provident and good 
 " Laws, profitable for the Publick, and fitting for the prefent times and 
 <' adions ^ for upon fuch depends the affurance of Religion and of 
 " Juftice, which are the fureft Pillars and ButtrefTes of all good Govern- 
 '' ment in a Kingdom: For his Majefty doth confider, that the Royal 
 " Throne on which God out of his Mercy to us hath fet him, is the 
 " Fountain of all Juftice, and that good Laws are the Streams and Quits, 
 <' by which the benefit and ufe of this Fountain is difperfed to his people. 
 " And it is his Majefties care and ftudy, that his people may fee with 
 " comfort and joy of heart, that this Fountain is not dry, but they and 
 " their Pofterity may reft aflured and confident in his time, to receive as 
 "ample benefit from this Fountain, by his Majefties Mercy and Juftice, 
 " as ever Subjeds did in the time of the moft eminent Princes amongft 
 " his Noble Progenitors -, wherein, as his Majefty fliews himfeif moft 
 « fenfible of the good of the Publick, fo were it an injury to this great 
 " and honorable Alfembly, if it fliould be but doubted, that they ftiall 
 " not be as fenfible of any thing that may adde to his Majefties honor ; 
 "which cannot but receive a high degree of Love and Affedion, if his 
 " Majefty fucceeding fo many Religious, Wife, and Renowned Princes, 
 " fliould begin his Reign with fome Additions unto thofe good Laws 
 " which their happy and glorious times have afforded. And this his Ma- 
 " jefty hath caufcd me to defire at this time, efpecially above others ; 
 "for his Majefty having at his Royal Coronation, lately folemniied the 
 " Sacred Rites of that Bleffed Marriage between his people ani him •, 
 " and therein by a moft holy Oath, vowed the Proteftion of the Laws, 
 " and Maintenance of Peace both to Church and People, no time can 
 " be fo fit for his Majefty to advife and confult at large with his people, 
 " as this prefent time, wherein fo lately his Majefty hath vowed Protedli- 
 " on to his People, and they have protefted their AUeagiance and Service 
 " to him, 
 
 " This is the fum of that charge which I have received from his 
 " Majefty to deliver unto you, wherein you fee his Majefties intent to 
 " the Publick ; And therefore his defire is. That according to that con- 
 " venjency of time which hts Affairs may afford,you will apply your fclves 
 " to difpatch the bufinefs of this Parliament. 
 
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 An. 1625. 
 
 Sir Hennitge 
 Finch chofen 
 Speaker. 
 
 His Speech. 
 
 HMorical CoUeBions. 
 
 The Wednefday following the Commons prefented Sir Hemage Finch 
 Knight, Serjeant at Law and Recorder of London, for their Speaker •, 
 who having made the accuftomed ExcufeSj and acknowledged hisMa- 
 jefties Approbation, made this Speech. 
 
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 Ince it hath pleafed your Majefty not to admit my hiirable Excufe, 
 but by your Royal Approbation to crown this Eledion ; after my 
 heart and hands firft lifted up to God, that hath thus inclined 
 " your Royal Heart,! do render my humbleft thanks to your Majefty,wbo 
 " are pleafed to caft fo gratious an eye upon fo mean a Subjeft, and to de- 
 " fcend fo low as in a fervice of this Importance , to take me into your 
 "Princely Thoughts. And fince we all (land for Hundreds andThou- 
 " fands, for Figures and Cyphers, as your Majefty, the Supream and So- 
 " veraign Auditor, (liall pleafe to place and value us , and like Goyn to 
 "pafs, are made currant by your Royal Stamp and Impreflion-, onely I 
 " fhall neither difable nor under-valuc my felf, but with a faithful and 
 " chearful heart, apply my felf with the beft of my ftrength and abilities, 
 " to the performance of this weighty and publick Charge, wherein as I 
 " do and iliall to the end, moft humbly defire your gratious acceptance 
 " of my good intentions and endeavors : So I could not but gather fome 
 " confidence to my felf, that youj: Majefty will look favorably upon the 
 " works of your own hands. And in truth, befides this particular, thefe 
 " publick things which are obvious to every Underftanding, are fo many 
 " Arguments of Comfort and Encouragement , where I contemplate 
 "andtakeariewof thofe great and ineftimable bleffings, which by the 
 " goodncfs of God, we do enjoy under your Majefties moft pious and 
 ** prudent Government. 
 
 " If we behold the frame and the face of the Government in general, 
 ** we live under a Monarchy, the beft of Governments, the neareft re- 
 " femblance unto the Divine Majefly which the Earth affords, the moft 
 "agreeable to Nature, and that in which other States and Republicks 
 "doeafilyfall andreverfe into the Ocean, and are naturally diffblved as 
 " into their Primam Muteriam. The Laws by which we are governed, are 
 " above any value my words can (ti upon them ^ time hath refined and 
 *' approved them; they are equal at leaft to any Laws Humane, and fo 
 " curioufly framed and fitted, that as we live under a temperate climate , 
 "fo the Laws are temperate, yielding a due obfervance to the Preroga- 
 " tive Royal, and yet preferving the Right and Liberty of the Subjedt •, 
 " That which Tacit m faith of two of the beft Emperors, Res olim infocia- 
 " hilcs mfcaentnt, imftrium ^ libertoi , and fo far is this from the leaft 
 " diminution of Soveraigns, that in this your Majefty is truly ftiled ?attr 
 " Patri^, and the greateft King in the World, that is King of fuch and 
 " fo many Free-born Subjeds , whofe perfons you have not onely power 
 " over, but, which is above the greateft of Kings , to command their 
 time or corruption of manners breed any Mifts or 
 or difcover any defe(5ls in the Law, they are foon re- 
 " formed by Parliament, the greateft Court of Juftice, and -the 
 " greateft Council of the Kingdom , to which all other Courts and 
 " Councils are fubordinatc. Here your Royal Perfon fits inthroned in 
 " the Seat of Majefty, attended by a Reverend and Learned Prelacy 
 
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 " fome of a greater, fome of a leiTer mtgnitude, full of light aad beauty, ! 
 "and acknowledging to whom they owe their luftre^ and by a choife \ 
 •^* number of worthy Knights and Gentlemen that reprefent the whole 
 " body of your Commons. But to leave generals •, We live not under a 
 " Monarchy only the beft of Goverments, and under a Government the 
 " befl of Monarchies,but under a King the beft of Monarchs. Your Royal j 
 " Perfon, and thofe eminent graces and vertues which are inherent in your 
 " Perfon, ( in whom Greatnefs and Goodnefs contend for fuperiority ) it 
 " were prcfumption in me to touch,though with never fo good a meaning-, 
 *' they will not be bounded within the narrow compafs of my difcourfe: 
 " And fuch Pidures of fuch a King are not to be made in Limning , but 
 " for Publick things and adlions which the leaft eye may fee and difcern, 
 " and in them obliquely and by reflexion cheerfully and with comfort be- 
 " hold your Perfon.What Age (hall not record and eternife your Princely 
 " magnanimities in that Heroick aiflion or venturous Journey into Spain, 
 *' or hazarding your Perfon to preferve the Kingdom < Fathers will tell it 
 " to their children in fucceflion ; After-ages will then think it a Fable. 
 '' Your piety to the Memory of your dear Father, in following and bedew- 
 " ing his Herfe with your tears,is full in every mans memory. The Publick 
 " Hftmiliation when Gods hand lay heavy upon us, and the late Publick 
 ^^ Thankfgiving to Almighty God for removing his hand, both com- 
 " manded and performed m perfon by your Majefty,is a work in piety not 
 " to be forgotten, and I truft the Lord will remeraber them and reward 
 *' them with mercy and blefTmg to your Majefty and the whole Kingdom. 
 " Your love to Juftice,and your care in the adminiftration of Juftice,we all 
 " behold with comfort and rejoice to fee it; Thegreat Courts of Juftice 
 " from the higheft to the loweft furnifhed with Judges of that wifdom and 
 " gravity, learning and integrity : The Thrones of Kings are eftablilhed 
 " by Juftice •, and may it eftablifli, and I doubt not but it will eftabliih the 
 " Throne of your Majefty in your Perfon and in your Royal Line, to the 
 " end of time. But above all,and indeed it is above all as fir as Heaven is 
 " diftant from Earth, your care and zeal tor the advancement of Gods true 
 " Religion and Worfliip, are clecrly and fully expreft and do appear both 
 " in your Perfon, and by your many Publick A(5ls and Edifts. It is true 
 " that is faid of Princes, ^odfaciunt, pracipiunt : Of your Majefty both 
 " are true,and a Propoficion made convertible. We have received a moft 
 " gracious Anfwer from your Majefty to all our late Petitions concerning 
 "Religion, feconded with a Publick Declaration under the Great Seal, 
 " and InroUed in all the Courts of Juftice, for your Royal pleafure and 
 " direction to awaken and put life into thefe Laws by a careful Execution, 
 " with provifion that the Penalties be not converted to your Private Cof- 
 " fers, ;, and yet the Coffers of Kings are not Private Coffers ) but by 
 '* your exprefs direction fet apart to Publick ufes, fuch as concern the 
 " immediate Defence of the Kingdom, wherein we all have our fli-ire and 
 " interefl. Your Royal Proclamation hath commanded thofe Romilli 
 " Priefts and Jefuites to Banifhment, thofe Incendiaries that infedl the 
 " State of this Church ana Commonwealth, Their very entrance into 
 " this Kingdom, is by a juft and provident Law made Treafon ; their aims 
 "being in truth (how fpecious foever their pretences be) nothing elfe 
 " but to plot and contrive Treafon againft the State, and to feduce your 
 " Natural born Subjefts from their true obedience, nourifhing in their 
 " pofterities Fadlions and Seditions : Witnefs thofe miny Treafons 
 '•and Confpiracies againft the perfon of that glorious Lady, whole 
 
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 " memory will never die-, and that horrible matchlefs Conlpiracie,thel 
 " Porvder-7rea(on, the Mafter-pie'ce oFthe Devil. But God that greferved 
 " her and your Royal Father againft all their treacherous Confpiracies, 
 " and hath given you a heart to honor him, will honor and prcferve you : 
 " Religion will more truly keep your Kingdoms, then the Seas do com- 
 " pafs'them : It is the joy of heart to your Majeftiesloyal and well-affeiled 
 "Subjeds, and will ever be the honor ot your Regal Diadem, and the 
 " Crown ot your Crown. The Spaniih Invaiion in Eighty Eight I hope 
 " will ever be remembred in EngLtnd, with thankful acknowledgment to 
 " God for fo great a deliverance : And I aiTure my felf it is remembred 
 " in Spairiy but with another mind, a mind of Revenge ; they are too con- 
 "ftant to their Counfels, to acquit their Refolutions and Purpofes that 
 " drew on that Attempt. It was long before difcovered , and fince 
 " printed not without their liking, That they affeft an Univerfal Mo- 
 " narchy. Videormihividere (faith Z,//)/?^ of their State) Solent orientcm 
 " ab occtdente ; a Monfter in Nature. And one of their own, fpcaking of 
 " the two great Lights which God hath placed in the Firmament, makes 
 "the Pope Ltimifiaremajti-s pcfidensnrhi &orbi-^ and the King of 5/'4;>7, 
 " Luminare minus ttt (ubdatiir itrbi & domimttir per totum orbem : A great 
 " flattery, and a bold and impudent elufion. But I truft, as God hath put 
 " it into the heart of your blefled Father, by that matchlefs Book of his 
 " written to all Chriftian Monarchs and Princes, ( a Work by which he 
 " raifed a Monument to himfelf more lading then Marble ) to denounce 
 " War to that Adverfary of God and Kings, the Pope ; fo he hath fet 
 " your facrcd Majefty upon the Throne of your Father, to do as many 
 " things worthy to be written, as he had written things worthy to be read : 
 "amongft them,to reftrain that unlimited pride and boundlefs ambition of 
 " Spain,to reduce it to their proper current & channel^ who under the title 
 " of Catholick King, makes his pretence to more Countries and Kingdoms 
 " then his own •, and by color of difguifed Treaties he invades the Pak- 
 " tinate, and difpoflefleth that Incomparable Lady your Royal Sifter, and 
 " the Children of this Kingdom, of their right and their antient Patri- 
 " mony and Inheritance, to the difcomfort and diihonor of this great 
 "and glorious Nation. God in his mercy foon repair this breach by your 
 "Royal head; and I affure my felf, the hearts, the hands, andthepurfes 
 '' of all good Subjeds will foy Awen. 
 
 " But I may weary your Majefty, and lofe my felf, and forget for 
 " whom I am a Speaker. Cuftom gives me the priviledge as an humble 
 " Suitor on the behalf of the Houfe, to prefent their few Petitions unto 
 " your Majefty. 
 
 T. " The firft. That for onr better attending this Publick and im- 
 *' portant fervice, our felves and our neceflary Attendants may with your 
 " Majefties tender allowance be free both in our perfons and goods from 
 " Arrefts and troubles, according to our antient Priviledges. 
 
 z. " The next •, That fince for the preparing and drawing to con- 
 " clufion fuch Propofitions as lliall be handled in the Houfe, Debate and 
 " Difpute willbe necefrary,and by variety of opinions Truth is oftentimes 
 " beft difcerned,your Majefty will likewife according to your antient ufage 
 " and priviledge vouchfate us liberty and freedom of fpeech, from which 
 " I alTure my felf duty and loyalty to your Majefty will never be fevered. 
 3. "That when occafions of moment ihall require, your Majefty 
 " upon our humble fuit, and at fuch times as may beft fort with your oc- 
 " cafions, will vouchfafe us accefs to your Royal perfon. 
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 4. " That the Proceedings of the Houfe may receive a favorable 
 Interpretation at your gracious hands , and be free from mifcon- 
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 The Houfes began their work with rendring thanks to the King for 
 his gracious Anfwer to their late Petition foi^Rchgion. 
 
 An Ad was tendred and !ead,Toadminifteran Oath for tlie rendrin^* 
 a true Accompt of all General and Publick Taxes,Ratesand Collections. 
 Another againft Scandalous Mmilfers. It was moved, fome Provifion 
 might be made againft Scandalous Livings, as well as againft Scandalous 
 Minifters. 
 
 The Commons further fell into Examination of the Publick Grieve- 
 ances, and the Carriage, or rather Mifcarriage of the Fleet to Cadiz • 
 The Evil Counfellors about the King •, Mifgovernment and Mifimploy- 
 ment of the Kings Revenue ; An Accompt of the Subfidies and Three 
 Fifteens granted 21 ^acebi-^ And refolved of a Committee for fecret 
 Affairs, and another for Grievances, to fit every Friday and (Vcdnefday 
 during the Parliament. And Mr. Whitbf was commanded to the chair 
 for the Committee for Grievances 5 whera were delivered thefe cn- 
 fuing Confultations, 
 
 I. {The State of the King in the Cenftant Revenue of the CroivnJ} 
 
 1. What it was, and how for the Intreitm and Ex it us they are 
 ordered. 
 
 2 . What now it is, either in deer, or by Lands, by Cuftoms and Im- 
 pofitions, or by Cafualties. 
 
 3. The means how it is abated. By gifts of Lands ex mero motn, and 
 no valuable confideration, and this may be revoked. 
 
 By grants of Penfions, now 120000/, before but 80000/, Good 
 Times have refumed them, or contraded them upon Neceflity. 
 
 By increafe of Houftiold from 45000/. to 80000/. the Purveyors 
 more, and the Tables lefs furnilhed then tormerly. 
 
 By fruitlefs Ambaftadors, with larger allowance then formerly : To 
 reduce them to the Ordinary of the late Queen, 
 
 By treble increafe of the Privy-Purfe. 
 
 By double increafe of the Treafury of the Chamber and Great 
 Wardrobe. 
 
 In all by not ufing the beft courfe of Aftignments, whereby the Cre- 
 ditors are delayed in the paiment, and the King furcharged in the price ; 
 the Exchequer-man making his profit from the Kings wants. 
 
 ll. \The Condition of the Suhje^in his Freedom.'} 
 
 1 . Formerly in Taxes by Parliaments, as by Subfidies and Fifteens, 
 fpent onely on Defence of the State, or Aid of our Allies -, by Tonage 
 and Poundage, imployed in Guard of the Seas •, Loans rarely, and thofe 
 imployed intirely for the Publick •■> Impofition by Prerogative of old 
 Cuftoms, rated eafily by the Book of Rates, if any, either limited to 
 time or meafure. 
 
 2. New Impofitions and Monopolies multiplied, and fettled to con- 
 tinue by Grants, Cuftoms Inhannced by the new Book of Rates. 
 
 Tonage and Poundage levied , though no Ad of Parliament, 
 nor Seas guarded •, the Times, the Wayes, and the Perfons that induce 
 thefe. 
 
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 3, The Iraploiment orWafte of the Treafurc : What Sums have' 
 been granted for the Defence of the State, the laft Three years ^ How in 
 particular fpent, and where •, By what Advice, as by the direftion of the 
 Council of War appointed by Parliament, by full Order of the Council, 
 by any other then thofe, and by whom. 
 
 Firft, Publick Treafury is to be examined. 
 Secondly, The Kings Subjeds, how many, and when tranfported 
 and imployed as to the PaUtimte, Count Mansfields Land-foldiers in the 
 laft Fleet : The Defigns where they were fent ; the Council that direded 
 it •, the fuccefs of the Adion 5 and the Return of the perfons in number, 
 and the Lofs. 
 
 Thirdly, In^hipsand Munition our own. The Number and Quan- 
 tity imployed feverally^ the Number imbarqued in thofe Ships-, and 
 what prejudice and difcouragement of Trade • the Council that direAed 
 fuch Imploiraents •, the feveral fuccefs, as at Algier and Cadiz,. Strangers, 
 and thofe Ships either of Allies or Enemies : Allies hired by Contta<ft to 
 ferve, and howufed, or taken as Prize ^ if fo, how then delivered and 
 dealt withal in the courfe of Juftice •, what fuccefs hath followed upon In- 
 juftic-e done them, as the Arreft of our Goods in France and Germany, 
 wliereby our Merchants are at a ftand - The number and true value of the 
 Goods, the Accompt thereof made to his Ma jefty or his Officers ^ the dif- 
 milTmi and difcharging any of them, or the Goods, viz. by whom, the 
 Diredions, the Pretence, the Value of the Goods, the Place whither 
 they went. 
 
 Honor of the King 5 which, as in all other things, confifts in what for- 
 merly hath been done : How formerly we ftood a Nation feared, renown- 
 ed, vidorious : We made the Netherlands a State, when they were none 5 
 Recovered Henry the Fourth of France his Kingdom, when he had no- 
 thing left but the Town of Diep -, Conquered the Invincible Navy of 
 Spatn^ inJnnoi^SS. Took Towns in P<)rrtf^<j/ the Year following , and 
 marched One hundred miles upon the Firm ground •, Fired or brought 
 away the Spaniih Navy before Cadiz , and fack'd the Town , took the 
 Spanifli Hiips daily, and fpoiled the Port-Towns of the Wefi-Indies, never 
 lofing but one (hip during the Spanifli War ; reducing the Condition of 
 that King from a Fifth Monarchy to fo low an Ebb, that in one Year he 
 paid Two thoufand five hundred Millions of Duckets for Intereft 5 fo 
 as after he was enforced to beg Treaties of Peace and low Terms at the 
 laft Queen-Regents hands, 
 
 III. C T^^ Caufe of the good Succefs then.'} 
 A Carriage and readinefs to alTift their Soveraign in purfe and perfon ; 
 A Wifdom and Gravity of Council, who ordered nothing but by publick 
 Debate, and then alTiftcd with the Military Profeflbr* either by Land 
 or Sea of the beft repute, and fuch only imployed. 
 
 IV. \_In what Condition rvc now ftand."} 
 By the lofs of Reputation , by the ill fuccefs in the Voyage for Jl- 
 gicr , in the Palatinate , in the Expedition with Mansfield, in the laft 
 to Cadiz, 
 
 The Reafons are, 
 The uncheertulnefs we have either to adventure ourpurfes or perfons, 
 occafioned by a diftruft we have of the fuccefs, the want of the like 
 1 Courfes and Councils that were formerly ufed. 
 
 It 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 \
 
 HiHorical ColieBiom, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 It was wiflied, that for every of the Four Heads there were a particular i CaroU. 
 Committee to examine and prepare a Report for the Houfes •, and the 
 Houle upon every Report to put it felf irtto a Committee of the whole 
 Alfembly, and after a full and deliberate Debate, to order a Model or 
 Form for a Conference with the Lords, and fo together humbly to pre- 
 fent to his Majefty a Remonftrance of their Labor •, offering withall a 
 fecond Confultation and Debate amongft themfelves for finding out the 
 fitteft means both for the defence of the State and our Allies, Reforma- 
 tion of the Errors, and a conftant way to raife fuch Supplies as may enable 
 his Majcfly to proceed cheerfully, and as they hoped affuredly in this his 
 glorious Adion, not only for himfelf and State, but all thatprofefs the 
 fame Religion^ and are like to be overwhelmed in the Ambition of the 
 Spanifh Monarciiy. 
 
 Alfo a Committee was named concerning Religion, and the Growth 
 of Popery ; and Montague's [^Appeal to C^ftr^ was again brought in 
 queftion. 
 
 This Book the Commons referred to the Committee for Religion, 
 from whom Mr. Pym Reported to the Houfe the feveral Erroneous Opi- 
 nions therein contained •, and the Houfe pafTed their Voces thereupon. 
 That Mr.i*/*;*/^*?^/*^ endeavored to reconcile EKgla»d to Rome, and to ali- 
 enate the Kings affections from his well-affefted Subjeds. 
 
 The Articles exhibited againft him were thefe. 
 
 Articles exhibited by the Commons againft 
 ^Richard Montague Clerk. 
 
 THat he thefaid Richard Montague^ in or about the ii. year of the 
 Reign of our late Soveraign Lord King fames of famous memo- 
 ry, hath caufed to be Printed, and m his name to be Publifhed, one Book 
 called. An An\wertothe late Gaggof Proteftants •, and in or about Anno 22, 
 of the fanae King, he caufed to be Printed and Publifhei one other 
 Book, Entituled, A Treatife of the Invocations of Saints •, and likewife 
 in the Firfl year of his Majeflies Reign that now is, he procured to be 
 Printed, and in his name to be Publiflied another Book, Entituled, An 
 Appeal to C^ far: In every of which Books he hath maintained and con- 
 firmed Ibme Dodrine contrary or repugnmt to the Articles agreed by 
 the Archbifliops and Bifliopsof both Provinces, and the whole Clergy, 
 holden in the Convocation at London, Anno Domini 1 562. according to 
 the computation of the Church of England, for avoiding Diverfity of 
 Opinions, and for eftablifhing Confent touching true Religion : All 
 which appears in the places hereafter mentioned-, and in divers other places 
 andpaflagesof the fame Books 5 And by hisfo doing hath broken the 
 Laws and Statutes of this Realm in that Cafe provided, and very much 
 diflurbedboth the Peace of Church and Commonwealth. 
 
 I, Whereas in the Five and thirtieth Article of the Articles afore- 
 mentioned, it is declared, That the Second Book of Homilies doth 
 contain a Godly and wholefom Dodrine-, in the fixteenth Homily of 
 which Book, it is determined, That theChurch oi Rome, asitisatpre- 
 fent, and hath been for the fpace of Nine hundred years and odd, is fo 
 far wide from the nature of a True Church, that nothing can be more : 
 He, xheizidi Richard Montague, in feveral places of his faidBook, called, 
 
 The 
 
 Articles a- 
 gainfl Mr 
 
 Mont/igue.
 
 Htflorical ColIeBions. 
 
 jfj 1 6 2 5 , 1 7"^^ jifsftver to the Cagg^ and in his other Book, called, The Jppeal^ doth 
 advifedly maintain and affirm. That the Church of Home is and ever was 
 a True Church fmce it was a Church. 
 
 II. Whereas in the fame Homily it is likewife declared. That the 
 Church of Rome is not built upon the Foundation of the Prophets and 
 Apoftles -, and in the Eight and twentieth Article of the faid Articles, 
 That Tranfubftantiation overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament; and 
 in the Five and twentieth of the fame Article, That five other reputed Sa- 
 craments of the Church oi' Rome, zrenot to be accounted Sacraments •, yet 
 contrary and repugnant hereunto, he, the faid Richard Montague, doth 
 maintain and affirm in his Book aforefaid, called. The Anfmr to the Ca'^g, 
 That the Church of Rome hath ever remained firm upon the fame Foun- 
 dation of Sacraments and Dodrine inftituted by God. 
 
 III. In the nineteenth of the fame Article, it is further determined, 
 That the Church of Rome huh ened^ notonely in their living and mat- 
 ters of Ceremony 5 but alfo in matters of Faith. He the faid Richard Mort- 
 tague, fpeaking of thofe Points which belong to Faith and good man- 
 ners, Hope and Charity, doth in the faid Book, called, TheGagg, affirm 
 and maintain. That none of thefe arc controverted in their Points, mean- 
 ing the Proteftants and Papifts 5 and notwithftanding that in the One 
 and thirtieth Article, it is refolved. That the Sacrifice of Maffes, in 
 which, ask is commonly faid, the Prieft did offer Chrift for the Quick 
 and the Dead, to have remiflion of Pain and Guilt too, is a Blafphemous 
 Fable, and dangerous Deceit, this being one of the Points controverted 
 between the Church of England and the Church of Rome. The faid 
 Richard Montague in his Book, called The Gagg, doth affirm and main- 
 tain, That the controverted Points are of a lefler aari inferior nature, of 
 which a man may be ignorant without any danger of his Soul at all, a 
 man may refolve to oppofc this or that without peril of perifliing for 
 ever. 1 
 
 IV. Whereas in the fecond Homily,Entituled,yf^4;»/? Peril of Idolatry, 
 contained in the aforefaid Book of HomiUes, approved by tire Seven 
 and thirtieth mrtide aforementioned ; It is declared. That Images teach 
 no good LefTon, neither of God nor Godlinefs, but all Error and Wick 
 edntfs : He the faid Richard Montague, in the Book of Gagg aforefaidj 
 dotli affirm and maintain. That Images may be ufed for the inftrudiion of 
 the Ignorant, and excitation of Devotion. 
 
 V. That in the fame Homily it is plainly exprefled. That the attri 
 buting the defence of certain Countries to Saints, is a fpoiling God of his 
 honor, and that fuch Saints are but Dii tutclares of the Gentiles Idolators : 
 The faid Richard Montague hath notwithftanding in his faid Book, Entitu- 
 led, A Treatife concerning the Invocation of Saints, zf^tmed and maintain;d. 
 That Saints have not onely a Memory, but a more peculiar Charge of 
 their Friends ; and that it may be admitted, That fome Saints have a 
 peculiar Patronage, Cuftody, Protedion and Power, as Angels alfo 
 have, over certain Perfonsand Countries by fpecial deputation -, and that 
 it is no impiety fo to believe: Whereas in the feventeenth of the faid 
 Articles, it is refolved. That God hath certianly Decreed by his Counfel 
 fecrettous, to deliver from Curfe and Damnation thofe whom he hath 
 
 chofen
 
 HiUorical CoUeUions, 
 
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 D 
 
 cliofen in Chrift out of mankinde, and to bring them by Chrift toeyei*" i. Garolii 
 lafting Salvation -, wherefore they which l^e endued with fo excellent 
 a benefit of God, be called according to Gods purpofe, working in dug 
 feafon, they through Grace obey the Calling, they be juftified fi,-eely, 
 walk Religioufly in good works, and at length by Gods mercy atcain;to 
 everlafting felicity: He, the iixd Richard Montagne, in, the faid 5ook, 
 called The Appeal, doth maintain and aflirm, That men juftified may fall 
 
 A I away, and depart from the ftate which once they had 5 they may arife 
 I Again, and become new men polTibly, but not certainly nor neceflarily, 
 and the better to countenance this his opinion, he Iiath in the fame Bpok 
 wilfully added, talfified and charged divers words of the fixteenth of the 
 Articles before mentioned, and divers other words, both in the Book of 
 Homilies, and in the Book of Common- Prayer, and fo mifrecited, and 
 changed the faid places he doth alleadge in the faid Book, called, The 
 ylppealj endeavouring thereby to lay a raoft wicked and malicious 
 
 B fcandalupon theChnrchof £»^/4W, as if he did herein differ from the 
 Reformed Churches of England, and from the Reformed Churches be- 
 yond the Seas, and did confenc to thofe pernicious Errors, which are 
 commonly called Arminianilm, and whicli the late famous (^een Eli- 
 zabeth, ixndKn\2^^ames of happy memory, didfopioufLy and diligently 
 labour to fupptefs. 
 
 That the faid Richard Montague, contrary to his Duty and Allegiance 
 hath endeavored to raife great Fadlions ancl Divifions in this Common- 
 wealth, by cafting the odious and fcandalous name of Puritans upon fuch 
 his Majefties loving Subjedls as conform themfelvesto the Dodrine and 
 Ceremony of the Church of England, under that name laying npon 
 them divers fa! fe and malicious Imputations, fo to bring them intojea- 
 loufieand difpleafure with his moft Excellent Majefly, and into repioach 
 and ignominy with the reflof the people, to the great danger of Sedition 
 and Difturbance in the State, if it be not timely prevented. 
 
 That the Scope and end of the faid Richard Montague in the Books 
 before mentioned, is to give encouragement to Popery, and to withdraw 
 his Majefties Subjeds from the true Religion eftabliilred, to the Roman 
 Superftition, and confequently to be reconciled to the Sea of Rome t, All 
 which he laboreth by fubtileand cunning ways, whereby Gods True Reli- 
 gion hath been much fcandalized, thofe Mifchiefs introduced which the 
 wifdom of many Laws hath endeavored to prevent, the Devices and 
 Pradices of his M.ijefties Enemies have been furthered and advanced, to 
 the great peril and hazard of our Soveraign Lord the King, and of all his 
 Dominions and loving Suhje<fts. 
 
 That the faid Richard Montague hath inferred into the faid Book, cal- 
 led The A^feal, divers paflages dillionorable to the late King, his Ma- 
 jefties Father of famous memory, full ofbitternefs, railing and Injurious 
 Speeches to other per fons, difgracefuU and contemptible to many worthy 
 Divines both of this Kingdom, and of other Reformed Churches beyond 
 the Seas, impious and profane in fcofling at preaching, meditating and 
 conferring. Pulpits, Lectures, Bible, andallfliewof Religion-, all which 
 do aggravate his former Offences, having proceeded from malicious and 
 envenomed heat againft the Peace of the Church, and the fincerity of 
 the Reformed Religion publickly profefled, and by Law eftablifhed 
 in this Kingdom. AH which Offences, being to tiie diflionor of God, 
 and of moft mifchievous effedand confequence againft the good of this 
 Church and Commonwealth of England, and of other his Majefties 
 
 Realms
 
 zi6 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBtom, 
 
 An. i6i'). 
 
 People pro- 
 hibited for 
 going to Mafs 
 at AmbafTa- 
 dors Houfes. 
 
 The Attur- 
 ney's Letter 
 to the Judges 
 concerning 
 Recufants. 
 
 Realms and Dominions. The Commons aflembled in Parliament, do 
 hereby pray, Tint the did Richard Montague maybe puniftied according 
 to his Demerits, in fuch exemplary manner, as may deter others from 
 attempting foprefnmptuoufly to difturb the Peace of Church and State, 
 and that the Book aforefaid, may -be fuppreffed and Burnt. 
 
 Whether an Anfwer was made to thcfe Articles by Mr Montague^ we 
 cannot tell , for upon fearch we can finde none. 
 
 About the fame time his Majefty being informed that there was great 
 liberty taken by divers of his Sub,je<5ls to refort to the hearmg of Mafle 
 at Durham-hotije in the Lodgings of a Foraign AmbafTodor •, the Privy 
 Council taking noti«« thereof, and accounting it fcandalous to this 
 Church, and of ill example to be fuffered at any time, but much more 
 in this time of Parliament, required the Bilhop of Durham to apprehend 
 fuch of his Majefties Subjeds as fliould be prefent at the MafTc, and to 
 commit them to Prifon.- 
 
 There was alfo a Letter fent from the Attorney-General to the 
 Judges of the Circuits, to diredl their Proceedings againft Recufants, 
 to this effcift. 
 
 THat their Lord(hifs will not omit to fubli(h the Kings Graciom and Re- 
 ligious Determination, to go on really and con (lantly tn this way, and that 
 out of his bounty and goodnefs he hath fublijhed his Refolution under the Great 
 iJf^/c/ England, That whatfoever Revenue or Benefit fha/l arife hereby^ from 
 Furfes of Popi(h Recufants, (hall be fet apart from his own Treafure, and be 
 wholly imployedfor the Service of the Commonwealth^ andjhall not be di{pen\ed 
 with to any of what degree foever, nor diverted by any the Suits of his 
 Servants or Sub'\ells. 
 
 2. That their Lordjhips will be plea fed at their firfl coming into every 
 County within their Circuit, to command the Clerk of Afife, and Clerk of the 
 Peace^ to be carefullfor the IndtEiment of Popiij) Recufants, without refpe^ 
 of Perfons, of what Degree of Honor or Office foever •, and that they neither 
 make, nor fufer to be made any omijsion, ormiflakingintheir Indi£iment, or 
 other proceedings-^ and that the next Term, within ten dayes of the beginning 
 of the Term they give or [end to him (viz. the Attorney) a note in writing, 
 who fiand indited of new, andthat they fail not to certife the Recufants con- 
 victed into the Exchequer by that time. 
 
 That at their Lordfhips frft coming into the County they call the ^u- 
 flicesof Peace then prefent, and the Grand- fury men to give their Lordfhtps 
 true Information of the Recufants of any Note or Name in that Country.andthat 
 thereupon their Lordfhips will be pleafed to take care that the Grand-J-ury men, 
 either by Evidence, or their own Knowledge indtB them which are not already 
 indiBed, before the end of the A fifes •, and that their Lordf\nfs admit no Tra- 
 verfe, unlefs the Perfons conviBed have firjl yeilded their bodies into the cuflo- 
 dy of the Sheriff, as their Lordfhips know well all the fudges with one voice 
 refolved the Law to be, 
 
 5, That there be [fecial care taken of Scheolmaflers and Teachers of any 
 kinde, who are Popifh, that they be prefent ed and proceeded agamfl. 
 
 4. That their Lordjhips give knowledge to the Counties where they fit, that 
 the married Women, who are Popif]) Recufants, conviBed by the Law ought to be 
 committed to the Common-Goal without hail,unlefs their husbands redeem their 
 liberty by the confiant payment of 10 1, a moneth,and that it muft be executed. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Inner-Temple, 
 
 Mar. 7. 1625. 
 
 Your Lordfhips ready to be commanded, 
 
 ROB. HEATH. 
 
 The
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 iij 
 
 The Commons proceeded in the Examination of Grievances, and 
 had a Report made unto them, That the reafon wherefore our Mer- 
 chants Ships and Goods were feifed in France^ was by reafon of Sir 
 ^ames Ba^^^ Vice-Admiral for Cornwall and other mens dealings to- 
 wards the French in feifing upon their goods in feveral Ports in 
 En^Und^ and particularly the feifing of the Ship called the Peter of 
 New-haven , and brought into Plymouth by order from the Lord 
 Duke, after the King and Council had ordered this Ship to be re- 
 ftored upon a juft Claim , and that the Court of Admiralty had 
 alfo releafed her ; That till this adion the French did not be- 
 gin to feife any Engliih Goods or Ships 5 That twenty and 
 three bags of filver, and eight bags of gold were by Sir Frau- 
 cis 5ffn>W delivered to the Lord Duke; the Duke having notice 
 hereof, faid, he would juftifie the ftay of the Ship by order from 
 the King. 
 
 B The Council of War appointed to manage the bufinefs for 
 
 the relief of the PaUtiftate, were called into the Houfe of Com- 
 mons, and this Queftion was propounded unto them ^ Whether 
 their Advice was followed which they gave for the four Ends men- 
 tioned in the Ad of Parliament 21 ^acohi , for which the mo- 
 neys given by that Adi were to ifliie i Lord Carey Earl of Totnes^ and 
 Lord Brook defired to be excufed from anfwering ^ the Lord Fere 
 faid, He had been much abfent in the Low-Countries, and could fay little •, 
 the Lord Grandifon faid, that fince ^tdy laft they had feldom met •, 
 Sir Robert Manfel, and Sir ^ohrt Oyle defired a Copy of the Que- 
 ftion, and that they might all confer together before they gave 
 Anfwer to a Queftion of this Concernment : Afterwards the lame 
 perfons (except the Lord Fire) were called in again, who gave 
 unfatisfadory anfwers, when they were prefted to deal clearly and 
 fully in the bufinefs 5 It was anfwered by fome of them , That 
 they conceived by the Ad of Parliament they were bound to make 
 
 D no other Anfwer then what they had done : Others deCned before 
 they anfwered, that they might have the Kings confent firft • That 
 obtained, and a fpecial Order of the Houfe requiring an Anfwer, 
 Sir Rohert Ma»[el declared his readinefs to give a deer and full 
 Account. 
 
 While matters were thus debated, Mr Secretary Cook delivered a 
 MefHige from the King to the Commons, declaring his Majefties 
 occafion for Supply. 
 
 This Meftage was ftrengthened by a Conference which the 
 Lords, defired with the Commons ; where William Earl of Pembrook 
 reprefented the Aflfiirs of Chri/lendomy how they ftood before the 
 breach of the Treaties with Spain, and how at that prefent ; fliewing, 
 That the condition of the Palatinate was nothing bettered -, That Count 
 Mansfiels Army was raifed for the diverfion of the League Catholick in 
 German) , That the King of Denmark had thereupon engaged himfelf to 
 ftand or fall in this Quarrel, in cafe of Supplies •, That the Swedes were 
 forward ; and laftly. That his Majefty had made a ftncft Alliance with 
 tiie Hollander upon thefe terms. That they fliall bear a fourth part 
 of the cxpence of our Navy , and onely have a fourth part of the 
 fpoils; the Lands and Cities conquered to be the Kings: Thefruitsof 
 all rich advantages will be loft, if a fpeedy AiTiftance be not refol- 
 ved on, 
 
 Ff The 
 
 I Caroli. 
 
 The Council 
 of War for 
 the Palati- 
 nate^ qiiefiion- 
 ed in the 
 Houfe of Com- 
 mons. 
 
 The Earl of 
 Pembrol^e at 
 a Conference 
 prelTeth Sap. 
 plj.
 
 2l8 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1625. 
 
 Reports from 
 the Commit- 
 tee concern- 
 ing Evils and 
 Remedies. 
 
 A Committee 
 of the Lords 
 Houfe, to con- 
 fiikr of tlie 
 fafety of the 
 King'lomi 
 
 comunicated 
 to the Com- 
 mons. 
 
 Not well re- 
 fcntcd. 
 
 The Kings 
 Letter to the 
 .Speaker. 
 
 The Commons not thinking fit to take into confideration the mat- 
 ter of Supply at prefenc, call for a Report from the Committee appoint- 
 ed to conlider of theCaufesand Remedies of Evils, which being made 
 by My Wandes ford ', itwasrefolved, That the Diminution of the King- 
 dom in ftrength and honor, is a general Evil which we fuffer under •, 
 a fecond, the'incrcafe and countenancing of Papiftsj a third, the not 
 guiriing of the narrow Seas 5 a fourth. Plurality of Offices in one 
 hand; a fifth, fales of Honors and places of Judicature •, a fixth, deli- 
 very up of Ships to the French •, a Seventh, mifimployment of three 
 Subiidies and three fifteens, e^c. And they further ordered, That the 
 Duke whom thefe Mifdemenorsefpecially refledledon, have notice that 
 the Commons Houfe intend fuddenly to refume the debate of thefe 
 things, and Mr clement Cook (zid openly, That it were better to die by /in 
 Enem), then to fuffer at home. 
 
 The Lords at that time, more readily complying with the Kings de- 
 fires, appointed a Committee to confider of the fafety and defence of 
 the Kingdom in general, and particularly of the fafeguard of the Seas, 
 the ftore of Ammunition and Arms, and all things incident thereunto, 
 and of ftrengthening the Forts ; for this the King gave them thanks, 
 and defired them to proceed with alacrity. 
 
 The Committee of Lords made hafte and reported their advice to 
 the Houfe, That one Fleet be prefently fet to Sea againft the King 
 of Spain to annoy him, and to prevent the Invafion of this King- 
 dom : That another be fet out to defend our own Coafts, and the Mer- 
 chants from Pirats-, and that confideration be had of maintaining the 
 Armies under the King of Denmark and Count Mansfield 5 but the Houfe 
 would give no opinion thereupon, till they had Conference with the 
 Houfe of Commons, which was defired upon this occafion. 
 
 To which Meifage the Commons onely returned this Anfwer, That 
 theydefire to have a good correfpondency with their Lordfhips, and will 
 be ever carefuU of the fafety and defence of the Kingdom, and maintain 
 their own priviledges, as is fitting, and immediately proceed with the de- 
 bate concerning the Duke, which was a little interrupted, as well by a 
 Letter of the Kings to the Speaker, as by a Meflage delivered by Sir 
 RichardWe(lonio\xc\\\n2^ Supply. 
 
 King Charles to the Speaker. 
 
 Trufty and Welbeloved, &c. 
 
 HAving affemhled the Parliament early in the beginning of the year^ 
 for the more timely help and advice of eur People in oitr great and im- 
 portant Affairs -, andliaving of late, not onely by Mejjage, but alfo 
 ef our [elf, put our Houfe of Commons in minde of our prefing occaftons, and 
 of the frefent Eflate of Chriftendom, rvherein they have equal intereft with 
 fts, M well in refpe^ of their own former engagements, its of the common 
 Caufe -, wejhall not need to tell them withwhat care and patience we have in the 
 midJeft ef our Nccefities attendedtheir Refolutions; but becaufe their unfea- 
 fonable flownefs may produce at home as ill effects as a Denial, and hazard 
 the whole Eflate of things abroad; we have thought fit by you the Speaker, to 
 let them know, that without more lofs of time, we look for a fuH and pcrfeB 
 Anfwer of what they will give for our Supply, according to ottr expectation 
 
 and 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hisiorical CoUeFiwns. 
 
 ^ 
 
 D 
 
 lip 
 
 andtharpromifes -^ rvhcrein^ as rve prefs for nothing beyond the prefe/jt ffate 
 and condition of eur SubjeBs , fo rve accept no lefs then is proportionable 
 to th: grcatncfs and goodncf of the Catife ^ neither do we prcfs them to a 
 prefent Rcfoliition in this, with a purpose to precipitate their Cotmfels^ much 
 lefs to enter upon their Pnviledges, but to fherv, that it is nnft to depend ^ 
 any longer upon uncertainties •, whereby the whole weight of the Affairs of 
 Chriftendom may break in upon us upon the fudden, to our dijhnor and the 
 (lume of this Nation : And for the brifine(s at home, we command you to pro- 
 mi je them in our Name, that after they have fatisfied us in this our reafona- 
 hle Demand, wefhallnot onely continue them together at this timefo loni^ as 
 th feafon will permit, but call them f})ortly again to perfeci thofe nece(fary 
 hufinc(fes which jhall be new left undone -, and now we (lull willingly apply ft 
 andfeafonable remedies to fuchjufl Grievances which they fljall prefent unto us 
 hit if all and mannerly way, without throwing an ill odor upcn our pre- 
 
 in A a 
 
 fent Government^ or upon the Government of our late blc(fed Father ; and 
 if there be yet who defire to fnde faulty we flull think him the wifeji reprchen- 
 dor of errors paft, who witho:tt refle^in^ backward^ can q^ive us counfel how 
 to fettle the prefent ejlate of things, and to provide for the future fafety and 
 honor of the Kingdom . 
 
 The Heads of Sir Richard We(lons MefTage for drawing a more fpeedy 
 refoludon from the Houfe, befides that formerly underftood concerning 
 the King of Denmark^ Count Mansfield and his Majefties Army in the 
 Low-Countries^ were thefe. 
 
 I. nr ll^at W ^a|efttc0 Jrl«t being rcturncD, anD t(je t)irtual0 fpcnt, 
 I tljc men mua of nccefeitp be DifcbargeD, jsnD tOeii; toagejc; paiD, 
 0? elfe an affureD mutwp toiU foUoto, tufjicl) \m^ be man? toape0 Dan- 
 gerous at tbt0 time. 
 
 II. 'QDbat bis ^aieflp batb matje reat)p about fo?tp tfjips to be fet 
 fo?tb on a fecouD l)o?ase to DtnDer tbe €nemp, tobicb toant onclp t)imi- 
 aljaiantjfomcmen, tj^bicbtoitbout prefent fupplj) of monep cannot be 
 fet fo?tb anD fecpt togetber* 
 
 III. ^battbe ^rmp tobicb isappointeD incbetp doaff mutt pje^ 
 fentlpbeDtsbanOeD, if tbepbenot Pf'cfentlpfuppUeDtuttbtjirtualsanD 
 
 tlotbcs* 
 
 IV. €bat if tbe Companies of Ireland (atelp fent tbttbetbenot 
 p?ol)iDcD fo.', inHeaD of DefenDmg tbat Countri), tbep toiU p^obe tbe 
 ^utbo?s of Rebellion. 
 
 V. -^battbe feafon of p^obiDing bealtbfull birtuafe toillbc pad 
 if tbis^onetbbe neglecteD. 
 
 ^nD tbcrefo?e bis ^ajeap commanDeDme to tell pen, tbat beDe- 
 ! fireDtofeito\Mtoitboutfutbcr Dclaptng of time, tubat fuppl]) i>ou UuU 
 ' gibe bim fo? tbefe bis prefent occafions,tbat be maj> acco?Dingl|> frame 
 bis courfe anD counfel. 
 
 Which Meflage produced this Anfwer from the Commons. 
 
 Sir Richard 
 Weflons Xef- 
 
 Moft
 
 ^^Q 
 
 An. 162'). 
 
 The Com- 
 mons Anfwcr 
 to the' Kings 
 MeffagebySir 
 Richard 
 Wefion. 
 
 The Kings 
 Reply. 
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 Moil gracious Soveraign, 
 
 Y 
 
 Our Majefties Dutiful! and Loyal Subjeds the Commons now 
 aflembled in Parliament, in all humility prefent unto your Royal 
 wifdom this their Loyal Anfwer to the Meflage which your Ma- 
 
 " iefty was pleated by the Chancellor of your Exchequer to fend unto 
 " them,defiring to know without any further deferring of time,what Sup- 
 " ply they would give to your Majefty for your prefent and extraordi- 
 " nary occafions, that you might accordingly frame your Courfes and 
 "Counfels: Firft of all, they moft humbly befeech your Majefty to 
 "know and reft allured, That no King was ever dearer to his peo- 
 " pie, then your Majefty •, no people more zealous to maintain and 
 " advance the Honor and Greatnefs of their King, then they •, which, 
 "as upon all occafions they (hall be ready to exprefs, fo efpecially in the 
 '' Support of that Caufe wherein your Majefty and your Allies are now 
 "juftly engaged. Andbecaufe they cannot doubt but your Majefty in 
 " your great wifdom, even out of Juftice, and according to the Example 
 " of your moftfam.ous Predeceftbrs, will be pleafed gracioufly to accept 
 '■' the faithfull and neceftary Information and Advice of your Parliament, 
 " which can have no end but the fervice of your Majefty, and fafety of 
 " your Realm, in difcovering the Caufes, and propofing the Remedies 
 <^of thefe great Evils which have occafioned your Majefties Wants and 
 " your Peoples Grief : 
 
 " They therefore, in confidence and full afturance of Redrefs therein, 
 " do with one confent propofe (though in former time fuch Courfe hath 
 ''beenunufed) that they really intend toafltft and fupply your Majefty 
 '• in fuch a way, and in fo ample a meafure, as may make you fafe at 
 '' home, and feared abroad •, for the difpatch whereof they will ufe 
 " fuch diligence, as your Majefties prefling and prefent occafions ihall 
 " require. 
 
 His Majefty makes this Reply to the Commons Anfwer, 
 
 Mr Speaker, 
 
 " r'l 1 He Anfwer of the Commons delivered by you, I like well of. 
 
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 and do take it for a full and fatisfadory Anfwer, and I thank 
 them for it, and I hope you will with all Expedition take a 
 Courfe for performance thereof, the which will turn to your own good 
 "as well as mine ; but for your Claufe therein of prefenting of Grie- 
 " vances, I take that but for a Parenthefis in your Speech, and not 
 "a Condition-, and yet, for anfwer to that part, I will tell you, I will be 
 "as willing to hear your Grievances, as my Predeccflors have been, fo 
 " that you will apply your felves to redrefs Grievances, and not to emj/tire 
 " after Grievances. I muft let you know, that I will not allow any of my 
 " Servants to be queftioned amongft you •, much lefs fuch as are of emi- 
 " nent place, and neer unto me : The old qqeftion was. What f]ull be 
 '■^ done to the wan whom the King will honor "^ but now it hath been the 
 '' labor of fome, to feek what may be done againft him whom the King 
 " thinks fit to honor. I fee you ipecially aim at the Duke of Bftckinf- 
 '•^ham-, I wonder what hath fo altered your affediions towards him ^ I 
 " do well remember that in the laft Parliament in my Fathers time, when 
 
 "he
 
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 " he was an Inftrument to break the Treaties, all of you (and yet I can- 
 '• not fay all, for I know fome of you are changed, but yet theHoufeof 
 "Commons is alwayes the fame) did fo much honor and refped him, 
 "that all the honor conferred on him was too little • and what he hath 
 " done fince to alter or change your mindes, I wot not •, but can aflure 
 " you, he hath not medled, or done any thing concerning the Publick or 
 " Commonwealth, but by fpecial diredions and appointment, and as 
 «' my Servant, and isfo far from gaining or improving his Eftate thereby, 
 " that I venly think he hath rather impaired the fame. I would you 
 " would haflcn for my Supply, or clfe it will be worfe for your felves ; 
 ." For if any ill happen, I think I fhall be the laft ihall feel it. 
 
 Afterwards the Commons fell upon the Duke, as the chief Caufe of 
 all Publick Mifcarriages. Dodor Turner a Phyfitian propounded in the 
 Houfe thefe Queftions, which were then commonly called j^eries againft 
 the Duke oi Buckingham, and were grounded upon Publick Fame. 
 
 1. whether the Duke being Admiral, he not the Caufe of the lofs of the 
 Kings Royalty in the Narrorv-Seas ? 
 
 2 . whether the unreafonahle, exorbitant and immenfe Gifts of Money and 
 Lands be flowed on the Duke and his Kindred, be not the Caufe of impairing; 
 the Kings Revenue, and impoverifliing of the Crown ? 
 
 3 . whether the Multiplicity of offices conferred upon the Duke and others 
 depending upon him, (whereof they were not capable) be not the Caufe of the 
 Evil Government of this Kingdom ? 
 
 4. whether Recufants in general, by a kindofConnivencie, be not borne 
 out andincreafed by reafon pf the Dukes Mother and Father-in- law, being 
 known Papifls. 
 
 5. whether the Sale of H(fnors, offices, and Places of judicature and 
 Ecclefiaftical Livings and Promotions, (a fcandal and hurt to the Kingdom) 
 be not through the Duke ? 
 
 6. whether the Dukes flaying at home, being Admiral and General in 
 the Fleet of the Sea, and Land- Army, were not the Caufe of the bad fuccef 
 and overthrow ef that A^ion % And whether he did give good dire ff ion for 
 that Defign ? ( All thefe are famed to be (0.) 
 
 Hereupon two Queftions were moved in Parliament. 
 
 I. whether the Six Heads delivered by Do^or Turner to be the Caufe 
 of the Evils that were grounded upon Common Fame, be to be debated m Par- 
 liament ? 
 
 2 . whether an Accufation upon Common Fame by a Member of this Houfe, 
 be a Parliamentary way ? 
 
 It was declared by Sir Tho.Wentworth, Mr. Noy, and other Lawyers in 
 the Debate, That there was a difference between Common Fame and 
 Rumor : For the General voice ( Fox populi) is Common Fame : And 
 it Common Fame might not be admitted as an Accufer, Great men 
 would be the onely fafe men -, for no Private perfon dare adventure 
 to enquire into their Adions ; But the Houfe of Commons is a Houfe 
 of Information and Prefentment , but not a Houfe of Definitive 
 Judgment. 
 
 So the Houfe came to this Refolution •, That Common Fame is agood 
 ground of Proceeding for. this Hou(e, either by Entjuiry, orprefentrng the Com- 
 plaint {if the Houfe finds caufe ) to the King or Lords. 
 
 The 
 
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 Qiicrics againft 
 the Duke.
 
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 Hillorkal CoUeBtons. 
 
 Another Mtf- 
 fage from the 
 King by Sir 
 Richard 
 
 An. 1625. The Commons the next day proceeding in that Debate, Sit Richard 
 ' \weftotf delivered to the Houfe this Meflage trom his Majefty. 
 
 " f I t Hat his Majefty had taken notice of a feditious Speech uttered 
 " I in the Houfe by Mi. Clement Cook • The words are faid to be to 
 " ■*- this effed •, That it were better to die hy an Enemy, then to fuffer at [ 
 " home. Yet his Majefty in his wifdom hath forborne to take any courfe | 
 «< therein, or to fend to the Houfe about it, not doubting but the Houfe 
 « would in due time correct fuch an Infolence, But his Majefty hath found 
 " that his patience hath wrought to an ill effcift, and hath imboldened one 
 " fince to do a ftrange ad, in a ftrange way and unufual •, that is, Dodor^ 
 " Turner •, who on Saturday laft, without any ground of knowledge in 
 " himfelf, or Proof tendred to the Houfe, made an Enquiry of fundry 
 "Articles againft the Duke of 5«d'/«^i64w, as he preteaded, but indeed 
 " againft the Honor and Government of the King and his late Father. 
 " This his Majefty faith is fuch an Example, that he can by no means 
 " fufFer, though it were to make Enquiry of the meaneft of kis Servants, 
 "much lefs againft one fo neerunto himfelf-, and doth wonder at the 
 " foolilli impudencie of any man tiiat can think he ftiould be drawn out 
 " of any end to offer fuch a Sacrifice, much unworthy the greatnefs of a 
 *' King, and Mafter of fuch a Servant. And therefore his Majefty can no 
 " longer ufe his wonted patience, but defireth the Juftice of the Houfe 
 " agamft the Delinquents •, not doubting but fuch courfe wUl be taken^ 
 " that he ihall not be conftrained to ufe his Regal authority to right him- 
 " felf asainft thefe two Perfons. 
 
 Dr. Turners 
 Explanation. 
 
 Dr. Turners 
 Letter to the 
 Speaker. 
 
 Upon this Meffage, Dodor Turner made a fhort Explanation of him- 
 felf defiring to know wherewith he was charged : What he faid, he faid 
 the Houfe can witnefs •, and what he faid, he fpake for the general good 
 of tlie Commonwealth, and not upon the leaft refledion of any in par- 
 ticular. This he thought a Parliamentary way warranted by antient Pre- 
 fidents. To accufe upon Common Fame, he finds warranted firft by the 
 Imperial Roman Laws and the Canons of the Church, which allowed 
 Common Fame fufficient to accufe any man. And tfiey that are learned 
 amongft them,give two reafons : Firft,for Greatnefs •, Next,for Cunning. 
 Our Anceftors within thefe walls have done the like, and that to a Duke, 
 the Duke oi Suffolk in the time of King /f.6.who was accufed upon Fame. 
 And laftly(he faid)Mr.Chancellor himfelf did prefent the Common Under- 
 takers upon Particular Fame 5 and why he fliould not have as ample pri- 
 viled2;e in this place, he knew no reafon to the contrary. 
 
 The Commons having appointed another day for the Debate of this 
 Bufinefs, in the mean time came this Letter from Dodor Turner to the 
 Speaker. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 THefe Lines fir(i Petition jou to ft,^nifie to the Honorable Houfe of 
 Commons, That my defircs areflill the fame to have made my perfonal 
 appearance before you, but my ability and flrength to perform it are 
 not the fame -^ And therefore that I humbly defire them to excufe me on that 
 part, and to accept of this my Anfrver unto the matter I fhall (peak to. I do con- 
 \fef, that on Saturday lafl inthe afternoon I did deliver m certain Accufations 
 !<>/ Common Fame into the Houfe of Parliament againft my Lord Admiral-, and 
 that out offo many {all bearing the ftgnititre of Vox populi ) / chofe out fame 
 
 ferv.
 
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 fen', not becaufe tky were greater, or more known Grievances, but hecaufe they 
 did feem to direct us to find out the Criever, or the fir ft Cattfe : For I did think 
 it was then full time to agree the Agent and the Anions, and that it was time 
 alfo to leave conftdering Grievances in Arbitration. I do now alfo agree unto 
 you that which hath been reported unto you by Afr.Wandesford ^ and by that, 
 if you fhall think fit, will fut my (elf unto your Cenfure : hoping and ajfuring 
 my (elf, that you will find my dcfign to include nothing elfe within it but duty 
 and publick fervice to my Country -, and alfo that my addrefing thofe Accu- 
 fations unto the Houfe of Parliament, Jhall by you be found to be done by a man- 
 nerly and Parliamentary way. But howfoever it becomes me tofubmit my Caufe 
 to your Wifdoms and equal judgments •, which I do heartily -, and what foevcr 
 you jlull pleafe to a^foint me , I fhall dutifully fatisfie, when God fhall be flcafed 
 toreftore me able to attend your fervice. I doubt not but to give you anhoneft 
 accomft of all my Anions herein -, And if I fhall firfl to my grave, I defire, if 
 you find me deer, the reputation of an Honefl man and an Englifh-man may 
 attend me thereunto. Thus I refi 
 
 Tour dutiful and humble Servant, 
 
 To die Honorable Sir Menage Fined., 
 Speaker of the Houle ofComiiions. 
 
 SAMUEL TURNER. 
 
 The Monday following, Sir W.Walter (if the Name be not mifwritten 
 in our Colledlions ) reprefented to the Houfe, That the Caufe of all the 
 Grievances was, for that (according as it was faid of Lewis the Eleventh 
 King of France) All the Kings Council rides upon one horfe. And there- 
 fore the Parliament was to advife his Majefty, as ^ethro did Mofes, to take 
 unto him AlTiftants with thefe qualities. 
 
 1. Noble from among all the People j not Upftarts, and of a 
 Nights growth. 
 
 2. Men oi Courage '^ fuch as will execute their own Places, and not 
 commit them to bafe and undeferving Deputies. 
 
 3. Fearing God ; who halt not betwixt two opinions, or incline to 
 Falfe worfliip in refped ot a Mother, Wife or Father. 
 
 4. Dealing truly -, for Courtihip, Flattery and Pretence become not 
 Kings Councellors, but they muft be fuch as the King and Kingdom 
 may truft. 
 
 5. Hating Covetoufnef?-^ No Bribers nor Sellers of Places in Church 
 or Commonwealth, much lefs Honors and Places about the King, and 
 leaft of all fuch as hve upon other mens ruines. 
 
 6. They Ihould be many, fet over Thoufands, Hundreds, Fifties 
 and Tens, (one Man not ingrofling all.) Where there is abundance of 
 Counfel, there is Peace and Safety. 
 
 7. They mud \\idge o^ fmaS matters', the greater muft go to the King 
 
 himfelf, not all to the Council, much lefs any one Counfellor muft alone 
 manage the whole weight , but Royal adions muft be done only by 
 
 King. 
 
 the 
 
 8. Laftly, Mofes chofe them Elders, not Young men. Solomon by 
 miracle and revelation was wife being young 5 but neither his Son nor 
 his young Counfellors had that priviledge : No more is it expe(5led 
 in any of our Counfellors, until by age and experience they have at- 
 tained it. 
 
 Sir -^ohn Elliot continued the Debate, and thus fpake. 
 
 We 
 
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 Sir W. Walters 
 opinion of the 
 Caufe of 
 Grievances.
 
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 An. 1625. 
 
 Sir John Eliot 
 purlues the 
 Argument 
 againft the 
 Duke. 
 
 HMorical CoUeBions, 
 
 « T Y 7 E h^ve Iiad (fays he) a reprefentation of great fear, but I hope 
 « \A/ that fliall not darken our underftandings. There are but two 
 « ▼ » things confiderable in this bufinefs : Firft, the Occafion of 
 " our Meeting -, and fecondly, the prefent State of our own Country. 
 " The firft of thefe we all know, and it hath at large been made known 
 «' unto us, and therefore needeth no difpute. The latter of thefe we ought 
 '« to make known, and draw and (hew it as in a Perfpedive in this Houfe : 
 " For our wills and affections were never more clear, more ready 
 " as to his Majefty, but perhaps bauk'd and check'd in our forward- 
 " nefs by thofe the King intrufts with the affairs of the Kingdom, 
 "The laft Aftion, was the Kings firft Adtion-, and the firft A(5bions 
 " and Defigns of Kmgs are of great obfervance in the eye of the World 5 
 " for therein much dependeth the efteem, or difefteem of their future pro- 
 " ccedings : And in this Adtion the King and Kingdom have fuffered 
 "much difhonor •, We are weakned in our ftrength and fafety, and many 
 "of our men and (hips are loft. This great Defign was fixed on the 
 " perfon of the Lord General, who had the whole Command both by 
 " Sea and Land : And can this great General think it fufficient to put in 
 " his Deputy, and ftay at home -f Count Mansfield's Adions were fo mi- 
 " ferable, and the going out of thofe men fo ill managed, as we are fcarce 
 " able to fay they went out. That handful of men fent to the Palatinate, 
 " and not feconded, what a lofs was it to all Germany ? We know well 
 
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 who had then the Kings ear. I could fpeak of the A(ftion of Algier, 
 "but I will not look fo far backward. Are not Honors now fold, and 
 " made defpicable <: Are not Judicial Places fold <: and do not they then 
 " fell Juftice again t Vender e \me fotefly emerat ilk pim. TuUy in an Ora- 
 *' tion againft Verres notes. That the Nations were Suitors to the Senate 
 " of Rome, that the Law Depecmiis reptundis might be recalled : Which 
 " feems ftrange, that thofe that were Suitors for the Law,fliould feek again 
 " to repeal it •, but the reafon was, it was perverted to their ill. So it is 
 " now with us -, befides inferior and fubordinate perfons that muft have 
 " Gratuities, they rauft now feed their great Patrons. 
 
 " I Ihall to our prefent Cafe cite two Prefidents. The firft is 16 ^.3. 
 
 " The Treafure was then much exhaufted, many Diforders complained 
 
 " on, the King wronged by fome Minifters -, many Subfidies were then 
 
 " demanded in Parliament, but they were denied : And then the Lords 
 
 " and Commons joined to defire the King to reaffume the Lands which 
 
 " were improvidently granted, and to examine his great Officers, and the 
 
 " Caufes of thofe Evils which the People then fuffered. This was yielded 
 
 " unto by the King , and Hugo de Burgo was found faulty and was dif- 
 
 " placed, and then the Commons in the fame Parliament gave Supply. 
 
 " The fecond Prefident was in the Tenth year of Richard the Second : 
 
 " Then the Times were fuch, and Places fo changeable, that any great 
 
 " Officer could hardly fit to be warmed in his Place : Then alfo Monies 
 
 " had been formerly given, and Supply was at that Parliament required ; 
 
 I " but the Commons denied Supply, and complained that their Monies 
 
 I" weremifimployed. That the Earl oi Suffolk then overruled all-, and 
 
 I " fo their Anfwer was. They could not gfve : And they petitioned the 
 
 " King, that a Commiffion might be granted, and that the Earl oi Suffolk 
 
 " might be examined. A CommifTion at their requeft was awarded, and 
 
 " that Commi(fion recites all the Evil then complained of-, and that the 
 
 " King upon the Petition of the Lords and Commons had granted that 
 
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 Hijloricai CoUeHions. 
 
 '' Examination fliould be taken of the Crown-Lands which were folJ of 
 " the Ordering of his Houfliold,and the Difpofition of the Jewtls of his 
 " Grandfather,and Father.I hear nothing faid in this Houfe oi our Jewels 
 " nor will I fpeak of them, but I could wifli they were within thefe walls. 
 "We are now m the fame cafe with thofe former Times 5 we fuffer 
 " alike, or worfe : And therefore unlefs we feek redrefs of thefe great 
 "Evils, we fliall find difability in the wills of the People to grant. 
 "I wilh therefore that we may hold a dutiful purfuance in preparin" 
 "and prefenting our Grievances. Tor the Three Subfidies and Three 
 "Fifteens which are propofed, I hold the proportion will not fuit with 
 " what we would give •, but yet I know it is all we are able to do or can 
 " give ; and yet this is not to be the flint of our afFeilions, but to come 
 again to give more upon jufl occafions. 
 
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 In the heat of thefe Agitations, the Commons notwithffanding re- 
 membre-i the Kings Necefiities, and took the matrer of Supply into 
 confideration, and Voted Three Sobfidies and Three Fifteens to be paid 
 the lafl day of ^u;!e, and the lafl of oBober next foUowmg •, and that 
 the Asfl be brought in as foon as Grievances areprefenced to, and an- 
 fwered by the King! And the Commons the fame day relumed th 
 Debate again concerning the Duke, and Mifgovernment and Mif- 
 imployment of the Revenue, &c. Ordered the Duke to have notice 
 again thereof. 
 
 The next day the King fent a Meffage to the Houfe of Commons, 
 That they do to morrow at Nine of the clock attend his Majefly in the 
 Hall at Whitehall, ( and in the mean time all Proceedings in the Houle 
 and Committeeto ceafe.) Where his Majefty made this enfuing Speech. 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 I Have called you hither to day, I mean both Houfes of Parliament ■> 
 but it is for fcveral and diflind reafons ; Mf Lords, you of the Upper 
 Houfe, to give you thanks for the Care of the State of the Kingdom 
 now •, and not only for tlie Care of your own Proceedings, but for in- 
 citing your Fellow-Houfe of the Commons to take that into their con- 
 fideration. Therefore (my Lords) I mufl not only give you thanks, but 
 I mufl alfo avow, that if this Parliament do not redound to the good of 
 this Kingdom, (which I pray God it may) iris not your faults. And 
 you Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, I am lorry that I may not 
 juftly give the fame thanks to you •, but that I mufl tell you, that I am 
 come here to fliew you your errors,and as I may call it,Unparliamentary 
 proceedings in this Parliament. But I do not defpair, becaufe you Hiall 
 fee your laults fo cleerly by the Lord Keeper, that you may fo amend 
 your Proceeding , that this Parliament fhall end comfortably and hap- 
 pily, thougli at the beginning it hath had fome rubs. 
 
 Then the Loid Keeper, by the Kings command, fpake nexr. 
 
 " \Jt Y Lords, and you the Knights, Citizens and BurgefTes of the 
 "xVlHoufe of Commons : You are here aflembled by iiis Majeflies 
 " commandment, to receive a Declaration of his Royal pleafui e •, wliich 
 <« although it be intended only to the Houfe ofCommons,yet his Majefty 
 " hath thought meet, the matter being of great weight and importance, 
 
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 dies and Three 
 Fifteens, Vo- 
 ted. 
 
 Debate con- 
 cerning the 
 Duke, re- 
 lumed. 
 
 The Kings 
 
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 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
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 it fhould be delivered in the prefence of both Houfes , and both 
 " Houfes make one General Council : And his Majefty is willing that 
 "the Lords fhould be Witneffes of the Honor and Juftice of his Re- 
 '• folutions. And therefore the Errand which by his Majefties diredion 
 " I muft deliver , hath relation to the Houfe of Commons. I mull 
 " addrefs my felf therefore to you Mr. Speaker , and the reft of that 
 " Houfe. 
 
 " And firft his Majefty would have you to underftand, That there 
 " was never any King more loving to his People, or better affedioned 
 " to the right ufe of Parliaments, then his Majefty hath approved him- 
 "' felf to be, not only by his long patience fince the fitting down of this 
 " Parliament, but by thofe mild and calm Diredions which from time 
 " to time that Houfe hath received by Meftage, and Letter, and from his 
 " Royal mouth •, when 'the irregular humors of fome particular perfons 
 " wrought divcrfions and diftradtions there, to the difturbance of thofe 
 '^ great and weighty AffairsAvhich the Neceflity of the Times, the honor 
 " and fafety of the King and Kingdom, called upon. And therefore his 
 "Majefty doth afture you, that when thefe great Affairs are fetled, and 
 *' that his Majefty hath received fatisfadion of his reafonable Demands,' 
 " he will as a juft King hear and anfwer your juft Grievances, which 
 " in a dutiful way fhall be prefented unto him 5 and this his Majefty 
 " doth avow. 
 
 '' Next his Majefty would have you know of a furety, That as 
 " never any King was more loving to his People, nor better affedlioned 
 " to the right ufe of Parliaments 5 fo never King more jealous of his 
 " Honor, nor more fenfible of the negled and contempt of his Royal 
 " Rights, which his Majefty will by no means fuffer to be violated by 
 "any pretended colour of Parliamentary Liberty-, wherein his Majefty 
 " doth not forget that the Parliament is his Council, and therefore ought 
 "to have the liberty of a Council 5 but his Majefty underftands the dif- 
 "ference betwixt Council and Controlling, and between Liberty and 
 " the Abufe of Liberty. 
 
 " This being fet down in general, his Majefty hath commanded me 
 ".to relate forae particular pafTages and proceedings whereat he finds 
 "him felf agrieved. 
 
 *' Firft, Whereas a feditious fpeech was uttered amongft you by 
 "Mr.C<)0)t, the Houfe did not, as they ought to do, cenfure and corre(5t 
 " him. And when his Majefty underftanding it, did by a Meflage by 
 " Mr.Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered to the Houfe, require Juftice 
 " of you, his Majefty hath fince found nothing but protradling and de- 
 " laies. This his Majefty holds not agreeable to the wifdom and the duty 
 " which he expeded from the Houfe of Commons. 
 
 " Secondly, Whereas Doftor 7ttrner in a ftrange Unparliamentary 
 " way, without any ground of knowledge in himfelf, or offering any par- 
 " ticular proof to the Houfe, did take upon him to advife the Houfe 
 " to enquire upon fundry Articles againft the Duke of Buckingham, as 
 " he pretended , but in trurh to wound the Honor and Government 
 <^ of his Majefty, and of his renowned Father •, And his Majefty firft 
 " by a MelTage, and after by his own Royal mouth did declare, That 
 " that Courfe of Enquiry was an Example which by no way he could 
 " fuffer, though it w'ere againft his meaneft Servant, much lefs againft 
 " one fo neer him ^ and that his Majefty did much wonder at the foolilh 
 " infolencie of any man that can think that his Majefty fhould be drawn 
 
 out 
 
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 HiUor'ical ColleUions, 
 
 out of any end to 
 
 offer fuch a Sacrifice fo unworthy of a King , 
 " or a good Mafter : Yet for all this , you have been fo far from 
 " correding the Infolencie of Turner , that ever fince that time your 
 "Committees have walked in the fteps of Turner , and proceeded 
 "in an Unparliamentary Inquifition, running upon generals, and re- 
 " peating that whereof you have made Fame the groundwork. Here 
 " his Majefty hath caufe to be exxeeding fenfible , that upon every 
 "particular he finds the Honor of his Father ftainedandblemilhed, and 
 " his own no lefs •, and withal you have manifefted a great forwardnefs 
 "rather to pluck out of his bofom thofe who are neer about him, and 
 " whom his Majefty hath caufe to affcd, then to truft his Majefty with 
 " the future reformation of thefe things which you fcem to aim at : And 
 " yet you cannot deny but his Majefty hath wrought a greater Reforma- 
 
 " tion in matters of Religion, Execution of the Laws, and concerning 
 "things of great importance, thenthefhortnefsof his Reign m which 
 " he hath been hindred partly through ficknefs , and the diftradion 
 "of things which we could have wiflied had been othervvife) could 
 " produce. 
 
 "Concerning the Duke o( Buckingham, his Majefty hath command. 
 "ed me to tell you. That himfelf doth better know then any man living 
 "the fincerity of the Dukes proceedings •, with what cautions of weight 
 " and difcrction he hath been guided in his publick Imployments from his 
 "Majefty and his blefl'ed Father 5 what Enemies he hath procured at 
 " home and abroad •, what peril of his perfon and hazard of his eftate 
 " lie ran into for the fervice of his Majeily, and his ever blefTed Father, 
 " and how forward he hath been in the fervice of this Houfe many times 
 " fince his return from Spain. And therefore his Majefty cannot believe 
 *' that the aim is at the Duke of Buckinghant^ but findeth that thefe Pro- 
 " ceedings do direiflly wound the Honor and Judgment of himfelf, and 
 " of his Father. It is therefore his Majefties exprcfs and final command- 
 " ment, That you yield obedience unto thofe Dired:ions which you have 
 " formerly received, and ceafe this Unparliamentary Inquifition,and cora- 
 " mit unto his Majefties care, andwifdom, and juftice, the future refor- 
 "mationof thefe things which you fuppofe to be othcrwife then they 
 " fhould be : And his Majefty is refolved, that before the end of this 
 "Scffion, he will fet fuch a Courfe both for the amending of any 
 "thing that may be found amifs, and for the feeling of his own E- 
 " ftate , as he doubteth not but will give you ample fatisfadion and 
 " comfort. 
 
 " Next to this his Majefty taketh notice, That you have fuffered 
 "the greateft Council of State to be cenfured and traduced in the 
 
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 "depth : That Forein bufinefTes have been entertained 
 
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 to the hinderance and 
 
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 in the Houfe, 
 difadvantage of his Majefties Negotiations : 
 "That the fame Year, yea the firftDay of his Majefties Inauguration, 
 " you fuffered his Council, Government, and Servants, to be parallcl'd 
 " with the Times of mofl Exception : That your Committees have 
 '■prefumed to examine the Letters of Secretaries of State, nay his 
 "own, and fent a general Warrant to his Signet-Ofiice, and com- 
 "nvanded his Officers not only to produce and (hew the Records, 
 " but their Books and private Notes, which they made for his Maje- 
 " fties fervice. This his Majefty holds as unfufftrable, as it was in for- 
 '• mer times unufual. 
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 " Next I am to fpeak concerning your Supply of Three Subfidies 
 and Three Fifteens, which you have agreed to tender to his Majefty. 
 " You have been made acquainted with the greatnefs of his affairs both 
 " at home and abroad, with the ftrong Preparation of the Enemy, with 
 "the Importance of upholding his Allies, ftrengthening and fecuring 
 " both England and Ireland, bcfides the encountring and annoying the 
 " Enemy by a powerful Fleet at Sea-, and the Charge of all : This having 
 " been calculated unto you, you have profefled unto his Majefty by the 
 " mouth of your Speaker, your carefulnefs to fupport the Caufe wherein 
 " his Majefty and his Allies are juftly engaged 5 your unanimous confent 
 " and real intention to fupply his Majefty in fuch a meafurc, as fliould 
 " make him fafe at home, and feared abroad -, And that in the difpatch 
 " hereof you would ufe fuch diligence , as his Majefties preffing and 
 prefent occafions did require. 
 
 " And now his Majefty having eredled a proceeding fuitable to this 
 engagement, he doth obferve that in two days onely of twelve , this 
 " buiinefs was thought of, and not began till his Majefty by a Meflage put 
 " you in minde of it, whileft your Inquifition againft his Majefties diredi- 
 " on proceeded day by day. 
 
 *' And for the meafure of this fupply , his Majefty findcth it fofar 
 **from making himfelf fafe at home and feared abroad, as contrariwife it 
 *' expofeth him both to danger and difefteem ^ for his Majefty cannot ex- 
 " ped without better help, but that his Allies muft prcfently disband, and 
 *' leave him alone to bear the fury of a provoked and powerful Enemy : 
 " So as both he and you fliall be unfafe at home, and afhamed and defpifed 
 " abroad. And for the manner of the Supply, it is in it felf very diftio- 
 " nourable, and full of diftruft ; For although you have avoided the lite- 
 " ral word of a Condition , whereof his Majefty himfelf did warn you 
 " when he told you of your Parenthefis, yet you have put t© it the ef- 
 <* fed of a Coadition, fince the Bill is not to come into your houfe until 
 " your Grievances be b|,oth preferred and anfwered. No fuch thing was In 
 " that exprefllon and engagement delivered by your Speaker, from which 
 *' his Majefty holdcth that you have receded both in matter and manner 
 "to his great difadvantage and diilionour. And therefore his Majefty 
 " commandeth that you go together, and by Saturday next return your 
 *' final Anfwer, what further Supply you will add to this you have alrea- 
 " dy agreed on, and that to be without condition, either diredtly or in- 
 " dircdtly for the fupply of thefe great and important Affairs of his Ma- 
 " jefty, which for the reafons formerly made known unto you, can en- 
 " dure no longer delay 5 and if you fhall not by that time refolve oa a 
 " more ample Supply, his Majefty cannot exped a Supply this way, nor 
 *' pro mife you to fit longer together; otherwife, if you do it, his Ma - 
 *' jefty is well content, that you (hall fit fo long as the feafon of the year 
 will permit •, and doth afliire you, that the prefent addition to your 
 fupply to fet forward the work, fhall be no hinderance to yourfpeedy 
 '■' accefs again. 
 
 *' His Majefty hath commanded me to add this, That therein he 
 " doth expecfl your chearfuU obedience, which will put a happy ilTue to 
 " this Meeting, and will enable his Majefty, not onely to a Defenfive 
 " War, but to imploy his Subjeds in Foreign Adlions, whereby will be 
 " added to them both experience, fafety, and honor. 
 
 '' Laftof all, his Majefty hath commanded me in explanation of 
 « the gracious goodnefs of his Royal intention, to fay unto you, tiiat he 
 
 " doth 
 
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 " doth well know, that there are amongft you many wife and well tem- 
 " pered men, wellaffeded to the Publick and to his Majefties fervice, 
 "and that thofe that arc willmgly faulty, are not many ; and for the 
 '' reft his Mijefty doubteth nor, but after his gracious Admonition, they 
 " will in due time obferve and follow the better fort 5 which, if they Ihall 
 '' do, his Majefty is moft ready to forget whatfoever is paft. 
 
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 " I muft withall put you in minde a little of times paft ; you may re- 
 remember, that in the time of my blefled Father, you did with your 
 counfelandperfwafion perfwade both my Father and me to break off 
 the Treaties 5 I confefs I was your Inftrument, for two reafons 5 one 
 was, thefitnefs of the time; the other, becaufe I was fecondedby fo 
 great and worthy a body, as the whole body of Parliament •, then there 
 was no body in fo great favor with you as this man whom you feem 
 now to touch, but indeed, my Fathers Government and mine. Now 
 that you have all things according to your wiflies, and that I amfofar 
 ingaged, that you think there is no retreat 5 now you begin to fet the 
 Dice, and make your own Game 5 but I pray you be not deceived, it 
 is not a Parliamentary way, nor it is not a way t© deal with a King. 
 
 " Mr Cook told you. It was better to be eaten uf by a Foreign Enemy, 
 then to be Jeftrojedat home ; Indeed, I think 'tis more honor for a King 
 to be invaded, and almoft deftroyed by a Foreign Enemy, then to be 
 defpifed by his own Subjeds. 
 
 '' Remember that Parliaments are altogether in my power for their 
 Calling, Sitting, and Diftblution ; therefore, as I finde the fruits of 
 them good or evil, they are to continue or not to be 5 And re- 
 member , that if in this time, inftead of mending your Errors, by 
 delay you perfift in your Errors, you make them greater and irrecon- 
 cileable : Whereas, on the other fide, if you do goon cheerfully to 
 mend them, and look to the diftrefted State of Chriftendom, and the 
 Affairs of the Kingdom as it lieth now by this great Engagement 5 
 you will do your felves honor, you fliall encourage me to go on 
 with Parliaments ; and I hope all Chriftendem fliall feel the. good 
 of it. 
 
 The Commons upon the Debate of what fell from his Majefty and 
 the Lord Keeper, turned the Houfe into a Grand Committee, ordered 
 the doors to be locked, and no Member to go forth-, and that all Pro- 
 ceedings in all other Committees fhall ceafe till the Houfe come to a Re- 
 folution in this bufinefs. 
 
 His Majefty being informed that fome things in his own Speeches 
 and the Lord Keepers Declaration were fubjed to mifunderftanding -, 
 commanded the Duke to explain them at a conference of both Houles 
 in the Painted-Chamber, held for th^t purpofe. 
 
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 Hereas it is objedted by fome who wifti good Corre- 
 fpondency betwixt the King and People, that to prefix 
 a day to give, or to break, was an unufual thing, 'and 
 " might exprefs an inclination in the King to break -, to remove this, 
 " as his Majefty was free from fuch thoughts he hath dcfcended to make 
 *' this Explanation. 
 
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 An. 1626. "That as his Majefty would not have you condition with htm di- 
 " leAly or indiiedlly, fo he will not lye to a day, for giving further 
 '' Supply •, but It was the prefling occafion of chrijlendomihsx made him 
 " to pitch upon a day. 
 
 " His Majefty hath here a Servant of the King of Denmark^ and 
 '' another from the Duke of Wejmcr^ and yefterday received a Letter 
 " from his Sifter the Queen of Bohemia -, who fignified, that the King 
 ''of Pf«w4;j(rhathfentan Ambaflador with Power to perfcdl the Con- 
 " tratft which was made at the Hague-, foit was not the King, but time 
 and the things themfelves that prefl'ed a time. 
 
 '' Therefore his Majefty is pleafed to give longer time, hoping you 
 " will not give him canfe to put you in minde of it again, fo that you 
 " have a greater Latitude,if the bufinefs require to think further of it. 
 
 " I am commanded further to tell you,that if his Majefty fliould accept 
 "of a lefsfum thenwillfuffice, it will deceive your expedations, difap- 
 ''pointhis Allies, and confume theTreafuie of the Kingdom: whereas 
 " if you give largly now, the bufinefs being at the Crifi?,it comes fo feafo- 
 " nably, it may givea Tiirn to the Affairs of Chrifiendom. 
 
 ''But while we delay andfuffer the time to pafs, others abroad will 
 " take advantage of it, as the King of Sfain hsvh done by concluding a 
 " Peace, as 'tis though, in Italy for the Vatoline, whereby our work is 
 "become the greater, because there can be no diverfion that way. 
 
 " As it was a good Rule to fear all things and nothing, and to be Li- 
 " beral was fometimes to be Thrifty ^fo in this particular,if you give largly, 
 *' you ftiall carry the War to the Enemies door, and keep that Peace at 
 " home that hath been : Whereas, onthe contrary, if you draw the War 
 " home, it brings with it nothing but difturbance and fear, all Courfes of 
 Jufticeftopt, and each mans Revenues leflened, and nothing that can 
 be profitable. 
 
 "Another Explanation I am. commanded to make touching the 
 
 grievances, wherein his Majefty means no way to interrupt yourPro- 
 
 " ceedings, but hopes you will proceed in the antient wayes of your 
 
 '' Predeceffors ; and not fo much feek faults j as the means to redrcfs 
 
 " them. 
 
 ''lam further commanded to tell you. That his Majefty intends to 
 " eletfl a Committee of both HouCes, whom he will truft to take the view 
 " of his Eftate, the Defcds whereof are not fo fit for the Eyes of a 
 " Multitude ^ and this Committee will be for your eafe, and may fatisfie 
 " you without cafting any ill odour on his Government,or laying open any 
 '' weaknefs that may bring fhame upon us abroad. That which is pro- 
 " poled is fo little, that when the payment comes, it will bring him to 
 *' a worfe eftate then now he is in 5 therefore wifties you to enlarge 
 " it, but leaves the augmentation to your felves 5 but is forry , and 
 '' toucii'd in Confcience, that the burthen fliould lie on the pooreft, 
 '' who want too much already ^ yet he will not prefcribe, but wilh, that 
 " you who were the Abettors and Counfellors of this War, would take a 
 " greater part of the Burthen to your felves •, and any man that can finde 
 ," out that way, fliall iTiew himfelf beft afFe(5led, and do the beft fervice 
 " to the King and State. 
 
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 My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 YOu were all witnefles yefterday how good and gracious a Mafter 
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 thankful a heart I have. 
 
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 account of bis 
 1 Negotiarion 
 
 "Andlproceft 1 have a heart as full of zeal to ferve my Mafter, as , in the Low- 
 any man ; and it hath been my ftudy to keep a good correfpondency c°""freys. 
 "betwixt the King and his people: And whatever thought hath been 
 " entertained of me, t (liall not alien my heart from that intention, but 
 " fhall adde fpurs to my endeavors and adions, to vindicate my felf from 
 " ill opinion. 
 
 " And however I lye under th e burthen of the fame, it lies in your 
 " hands to make me happy, or not •, and for ray pare, I vvifti my heart and 
 " adions were known to you all ; then I aflure my felf, you would refume 
 " me to your good opinions. 
 
 " When I had with fome hazard waited on my Mafter into Spain, 
 " it is well known what Teftimony I gave of my Religion •, and no man 
 '' tliat comes to a true and near view of my action, can juftly charge me. 
 " Let me be excufed, if I give accompt of this particular when I (hould 
 " fpeak of the general ^ for this goes near my heart, and to diflemble 
 " with my Confcience, no ends of Fortunes in the World can make me 
 " do it : For if I had any ill inclination, I had fuch offers made to me in 
 *' Spain, as might have tenapted me. 
 
 " If I would have been converted my felf, I might have had the la- 
 "fa»ta to put in my Matters Bed ; and if ray difcontent ftiould have 
 "rifenhere, I might have had an Army to have come with me: But I 
 " thought the offer fooliih , ridiculous, and fcornful, in that point of 
 "Religion. 
 
 " I will now take the boldnefs to fpeak a little in the general bufi- 
 " nefs -, and I call it boldnefs to fpeak after one who did fo well the other 
 •^^ day : But I had rather fuffer in my own particular, then not refrelh your 
 " Memories wicli that which is materially needful. 
 
 " I (hall not need to refkd fo far back as to the beginning of thofe 
 " Counfels which engaged my Mafter into the War , they are well 
 " known ; onely I will fo far touch it, as to fay. That the laft years prepa- 
 " rations were not Voluntary, or out of Wantonnefs, but out of Ne- 
 " cefTity. 
 
 " My Mafter had good intelligence that the King of Spains eye 
 " was malitioufly bent this way, which had been purfued accordingly, if 
 " the employment of the Low-Countrymen to the Bay of To^os los San- 
 " tos had not diverted it. 
 
 " Now for the Counfel which was ufed for fending out the Fleets, I 
 " will refer you to the Relation of the Lord Comvay, who as well in this 
 "as other Refolucions, can tell you, That nothing was carried with fin- 
 " gle Councils : And for my felf, I know that in all thofe actions no 
 man can ftand up againft me, to fay that I ever did go with fingle Coun- 
 cils, or made breach of any - but have been an obedient Servant and 
 " Minifter unto their Refolutions : The proof whereof will appear in a 
 *' Journal thereof wliicii my Lord Comvaj keeps. 
 
 " I confefs all Councils were not ever as your felves would, nor have 
 "wifhed they fliould •, if you had known tliem as my Mafter did, 
 
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 " in whom the former Affairs of State had bred fuch affe6lions, that the 
 " bufinefs bemg altered, they were not to be trufted with the Change. 
 
 " I will now give you an accompt of all my Negotiations, fince my 
 " being at oxford, both at home and abroad •, and becaufe there it was 
 " charged, that thofe things were carried with fingle Counfels, I was 
 " more careful to adyife the King to have his Counfel with him in the 
 " Country, being to enter into War with an Adive King. 
 
 " And for my part I did diligently wait on the Council, left all Re- 
 " creations, all perfonal occafions, ftudying to ferve my Mafter, and to 
 '= gain the good opinion of both Houfes. The Council of Woodftock ge- 
 " nerally advifed the going out of the Fleet. And though it were ob- 
 " jet5ted that the Seafon were not fit, yet the adion fliewed the contrary, 
 '' for they all arived in fafety. And for what was alfo objeded, that the 
 " Provifion was not good, experience tells you the contrary -, for the pre- 
 " parations were all good in quality and proportion. 
 
 " And if theSuccefs were not fuch as any honeft man could widi, I 
 " hope I fhall not be blamed, being not there in perfon, though I made 
 " the greateft fuit for it to my Mafter, that ever I did for any thing : But 
 " his Majefty thought my Service more uleful in the Low-Countreys, to 
 " comfort his Sifter, aud to treat with the Kings of Denmark, Srvsden, 
 " and the States. 
 
 " And though the Succefs (as I faid) of the Fleet were not anfwer- 
 " able to the defires of honeft men •, yet it had thefe good effects, firft, 
 " It put our Enemy to great charge in fortifying his Coafts •, fecondly, 
 '' They took fo many Ships as caufed many of his Merchants to break, 
 " whereby the Army in Flanders fuffered much •, And laftly, They could 
 " carry no Treafure out to pay their Forces in FUnders. 
 
 " And for OmifTions of what more might have been done, I leave 
 " that to its proper place and time, and let every man bear his own 
 *' burden. 
 
 " From o.v/J'r^ the Council went to Soifthampttut, where the States 
 " Ambnffadors did wait often on the King and Council, and a League 
 " Offcnfive and Defenfive betwixt us and them was thought fit to be 
 " refolved on •, whereof fome Reafons I will exprefs, but not all. Firft, 
 " They are of our own Religion •, fecondly. They are our near Neigh- 
 " bors, for fituation fo ufeful , as when they are in diftrefs, it is policy 
 
 therefore the King thought fit to do it in fuch 
 
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 manner, as might lay an Obligation on them -, which if it had not 
 " been done, they had been preiled with a long War, and fuch a Fadion 
 *' among themfelves, as if the King hud not joyned , and in a manner ap- 
 ^'peared their Protedor, they had broke among themfelves. And in 
 " this the Kings care was not onely of them, but of all Chriftendom, and 
 " of his own particular, 
 
 "For as before he onely affifted them, hisMajefties care now ufed 
 
 Arguments to draw them to Contribution ; fo that they bear the 
 " fourth part of the charge of the War at Sea, according to fuch Condi- 
 " tions as by the Lord Chamberlain you have heard. 
 
 "This League being perfeded betwixt the States and us, hisMa- 
 " jefty by Advice of his Council thought fit to fend me to get fuch a 
 " Leagu.: with the other Princes as I could : The Rendezvous was in the 
 "Low-Countreys, being in a manner the Centre for repair {o'c England, 
 " Franccmi. Germany ^ I had Latitude of Commiflion to make the League 
 " with mort advantage I could. 
 
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 " Now I had difcovered from Monfieur B. the French Ambafl'ador 
 ■' here, that a League Offenfive and Defenfive would be refufed ; and 
 " I found the King of Deww^r/r (lite, and loth to enter into fuch a League 
 "againft the King of Spaiu-^ and fo partly out of Neceflicy, and partly 
 " out of Reafon of State, I was forced to conclude the League in general 
 " Terms , for the reftoring of the Liberty of Germany, without naming 
 " the King of Spain, or the Emperor, that other Princes might come in ^ 
 " and this to continue till every one had fatisfaftion, and nothing to be 
 " treated of, debated, or concluded on, but by confent of all parties. It 
 "did appear, that the Charge was fo great, that the Kingdom could not 
 "endure it-, and therefore I endeavored in the Low-Countreys tolefifen 
 " it, and fo the Sea charge was helped, and the Land afliftance given unto 
 " them, is to ceafe Six moneths hence, which the Lord Conway faid was 
 " to end in September next. 
 
 "Alio by this Treaty it is conditioned with the K.mgoi Denmark, 
 " That when my Mafter fhall by Diverfion equal to this Contribution 
 " with his own Subjeds, enter into an Adlion, then this Charge to ceafe : 
 *' Or if the Kmg of France maybe drawn in, of which there is great hope 
 " (though he hath now made peace in Italy) for that the policy of France 
 " may not give way unto the greatnefs of the Houfe of Jitfiria, and am- 
 " bicion of Spam , whofe Dominions do grafp him in on every fide. 
 '*Andif the bufinefs be well carried, bis Engagement to the King of 
 " Denmark may draw him in •, fo there is great poflibility of eafing our 
 " C harge. 
 
 " But all is in the difcreet taking of the time ; for if not, we may 
 *' think the King of Denmark will take hold of thofe fair Conditions 
 " which are each day offered him -, and then the Enemies Army will fall 
 " upon the River of Blve^ and (the Lord Convs>a)iMtd) upon Eafi-Friez- 
 " Und, from whence they would make fuch progrefs, as (in my poor ex- 
 " pcrience) would ruine the Low-Countreys. 
 
 "And thus I think I have fatisfied all of you, or at leaft given an 
 "account of my Negotiation in the Low-Countreys, with the King of 
 " Denmark, Sweden, and the reft. 
 
 "Idiould be glad before I end, to fay fomewhat of myfelf, but I 
 " fliall requeft your favorable conftrudion , for I have been too long al- 
 " ready ^ but I fear I ftiall offend, and therefore I will reftrain my felf to 
 "generals. 
 
 "If in any of thefe employments, my Errors may belliewed me, I 
 " fhall take him for my beft friend that will manifeft them in particular 5 I 
 " have bent all my thoughts on nothing but my Matters Honor, the Ser- 
 " vice of the State, and fafety of them both. I never had any end of 
 "mine own, and that may be perceived and proved by theexpenceof 
 " mine own eftate. I am afhamed to fpeak it, and it would become an- 
 " other mans tongue better then mine own. 
 
 " My Journey into Spain, was all at mihe own charge ; my Journey 
 " into France, was at my Mafters charge 5 my Journey into the Low- 
 " Countreys, was all at mine own charge. 
 
 " I am accufed by common Fame, to be the caufe of the lofs of the 
 " Narrow Seas, and the damage there fuftained. That I can fay, is this, 
 " Since the War begun with Spain, I Iftve always had Twelve Ships on 
 " the Coafts, and allowance but for Four, the reft my own care fupplied. 
 " And for the Office of Admiral, when I came firft to if, I found the 
 " Navy weak, not negledled by my Noble PredecelTor (for I cannot fpeak 
 
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 "of him, but with honor •, and I (hall defire to go to my Grave with the 
 '' honor he carried hence) but by the not paying of moneys in time, 
 <' there were fuch defers his care could not prevent •, that if the War 
 <' had then broken out, there would have been found few Ships, and 
 « thofe unferviceable. I was firft perfwaded to take this Office by per- 
 <■< fwaCionoi Sir: Robert MunfeU, and though I objeded I was yong, and 
 ''unexperienced, yet he faid that by myfavorwithmy Mafter, I might 
 <f do more good in procuring payment for that charge. And becaule I 
 'Mvasyong and unexperienced, I took advice, as I do in all things, and 
 <' am not artiamed of it. I defired my Mafter to grant a Commiffion as it 
 "were over me. I have found a great Debt, the Ships defedive, and 
 « few in number, the yearly charge of Fifty four thoufand pounds, which 
 " was brought to Thirty thoufand pounds per annum-^ we built every year 
 " two Ships, and when fo many were built as were requifite, we brought it 
 " to Two and twenty thoufand pounds />fr annum j which comes not to my 
 " hands, but goes into its proper ftreams, and iffues from the Officers to 
 " that purpofe deputed. 
 
 " Now if any can fliew me a Project, how to maintain War againft. 
 « Sfain, FUnderSy and the Turkilh Pirates, with lefs charge, he fhall do 
 " a great work and good fervice : I have had fometimes Twenty, fome- 
 " times Thirty Ships, though fometimedifaftred by Tempeft, which dif- 
 « perft the Hollanders Ships, and caufed them t© cut their Mafts, and for- 
 « fake their Anchors. 
 
 " There are now Twelve Ships viftualled for two Moneths 5 and 
 " though many Reports have been , that they do not do their duty, yet 
 '' I have advertifed them thereof from time to time, and finde no fuch 
 "fault in them. 
 
 " There are Thirty Ships more at P//wtf»/^,vi<5lualIed for fix Moneths, 
 " and Ten more ready, fo foon as they may be vidualled : I have been 
 " fo frugal of making ufe of the old remain, that there is no need of Am- 
 " munition, or other neceffaries. 
 
 " Befides all thefe, there are Twenty Ships to come from the Low- 
 " Countreys •, fo you have Twelve, Twenty, Thirty, and Ten more, 
 *' which I think you have not heard of. 
 
 "And therefore if any have blamed me, I do not blame him, but 
 " think he hath done well •, but when you know the truth, and when ail 
 <' this fliall appear, I hope I Qiall ftand right in your opinions. 
 
 " Gentlemen, It is no time to pick quarrels one with another 5 we 
 "have enemies enough already, and therefore more neceflary to be well 
 "united at home. 
 
 " Follow not examples, atleaft not ill examples oi Cendomar and 
 " Tnojofa, who would have had my head, when you thought me worthy. 
 " of a falute. Now though I conkfs there may be fome Errors, I will 
 "notjuftifiemy felf; yet they are not fuch grofs defeds, as the World 
 " would make them appear. I defire they may be admitted Cum Nota. 
 
 " They are no Errors of Wilfulnefs, nor of Corruption, nor oppref- 
 "fing of the People, norlnjuftice, but the contrary-, and then may I 
 " fay, for what good done by me, do I fuffisr < 
 
 " And now I might Anfwer more particulars, but I have been long, 
 " and fo will forbear •, and will c#nclude, if your Supply anfwer not your 
 '' Promifes and Engagements to my Mailer - you will make this place 
 " which hath been in Peace when others were in War , the Seat of War 
 " when others are in Peace. 
 
 '• Now
 
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 " Now Gentlemen, You chat were Antient Parliament-men when 
 " this Council was firft given, ftrive to make good your own Engage- 
 " ment, iov the Honor ot" your King, and your own fafety. Let Religion, 
 " in which I would be glad to be more watchful and induftrious then any, 
 " unite your hearts both at home and abroad-, and you that are yong men, 
 "may inthefe active times gain honor and reputation, which is almoft 
 " funk, and gain the Antient Glory of your Predeceflbrs : And remem- 
 " ber it is for'i-eftoring to her Inheritance, the moft virtuous Lady I think 
 " in tfie World. 
 
 " I have nothing more, but to intreat your charitable opinion of me 
 " and my anions. 
 
 i Caroli, 
 
 For the further vindicating of the Duke, the Lord Co/imy ftood up 
 and faid, 
 
 cc 
 
 ) 
 
 THat whereas divers jealoufies have been raifed in the Houfe, that 
 the Moneys have been expended unufefully and without Coun- 
 cil-, himfelf who was the onely Secretary, and had the hand in 
 "guiding the bufinefs, could beftgiveanaccompt of it. 
 
 " When King ^ames of glorious Memory, at the Requeft of both 
 " Houfes, had broken both the Treaties, he confidered how to maintain 
 " the War •, for he faw that the King of Spain was awaked, and that the 
 " Palatinate muft be got by the Sword, and that Spain would oppofe it 
 " with all the power they could •, and computing the charges, found the 
 *' Subfidies granted too (hort 5 for that it could not be done without an • 
 *' Army of Five and twenty thoufand Foot, and Five thoufand Horfe, 
 " which would amount to Six hundred thoufand pounds for the Armies 
 ^ yearly, and Three hundred thoufand pounds for the Navy •, but finding 
 " all his means lliort, and as the Proverb is. Net knowing of what Wood to 
 " make his Arrows to hit the Mark withal, Count Mansfield ftirrcd up by his 
 *' own judgment came over and made overture, That for Twenty thou- 
 " fand pounds a moneth he would raife an Army of Thirty thoufand men , 
 "and draw in the French King, Denmark, Sweden, Venice, Savoy, the 
 " Cantons of the 5iv/Vz,erj perhaps, and fome other <jerw.«;? Princes, and 
 " raife a War in Alfatia, of great confequence to make a Diverfion. 
 
 " Now about this time the Council oi Auflria refolved to call a Dyet, 
 " and exclude the Count Palatine, znd put in a Popifh Eleftor •, and for that 
 '' en J offered a general Peace in Germany, and fo left not a crevice to look 
 " into for afliftance •, but if any of them fhould aid the Cowni Palatine, 
 " he lliould be out of the Peace. 
 
 ''The King accepts Mansfields offer, conditionally that he draw in 
 " the French King ; So Mansfield went over into France, and the King 
 " by Advice of his Council fent AmbalTadors into France, Denmark, Ve- 
 " nice, S.noy, and Cantons of the Sivitzers, from whom he received cold 
 " Anfwers •, for King ^-ames had ftood fo long on terms of Peace, as they 
 " doubted he would not be brought to enter into War. But Count Mans- 
 " field procured the King of France to Contrad to receive our Troops, 
 " with promife to enter into the War, upon condition k might be regu- 
 " lated by the Council of the French King and England. This favor to 
 " Count Mansfield, That France agreed that his Armies Ihould joyn with 
 " the Kings Troops, wrought the Princes of Germany to believe, that the 
 King would enter into a War. Thereupon the Imperullfts lefttheiv 
 
 Hh 2 '-Dyet, 
 
 The Lord 
 
 Con»4>' vindi- 
 cates die 
 Duke. 
 
 cc
 
 1^6 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. \6i6. 
 
 A Lift of 
 Moneys dif- 
 burfed for the 
 war. 
 
 Dyet, and fent T/Z/y to Friezland, and to take up the River of Emh- 
 " de» •, which if he had obtained, they would have trampled the Low- 
 " Countreys under foot , and would have become Governors of the 
 
 " Sea. 
 
 " Upon this the King of Detimark fent to onr King, and offered to 
 " raife an Army of Thirty thoufand men, if our King would allow Thirty 
 " thoufand pounds a Moneth, and faid, He would admit no time of re- 
 " fpite •, for if Tilly had not been prefcntly met and headed , all had 
 " been loft. Whereupon our King called a Counfel , and appointed 
 "CommilTionersj and from that time all the Warrants for the ifliiing 
 "of the Moneys, were all under the Kings ownhand to the Council of 
 " War, and from them to the Treafurers •, and the Warrants were from 
 " the Lords of the Council for the Levying of Men, and for Coats and 
 " Condud-Money. A Lift whereof is hereunder fpecified. 
 
 Thereupon the Duke asked the Queftion , Whether any thing was 
 done by (ingle Council. 
 
 To which the Lord Conrvay anfwered , " No. For the Treaty of 
 ■^ Denmark, Projed of Count Mansfield, Treaties with France, and the 
 • bufinefs of the Navy, were done all by the King himfelf ^ and who 
 can fay it was done by fingle Council, when King ^ames commanded 
 it , whofe Council every man ought to reverence, efpecially in matters 
 of War, whereunto that King was not hafty tf 
 
 The Total of Moneys paid by Warrants of 
 the Treafurers of the Subfidy Money. 
 
 T N Toto for the Four Regiments of the Low- 7 
 I Countries,fromtheThirtieth of 5P«Wji624.V 99878 1, 00s. o^d, 
 J till the One and twentieth of ^uly , 1624. 3 
 For the Navy, from the Thirteenth oi^uly, 1624. ? . ^ , 
 
 till the Three and twentieth of Df^w^fr. <3753 • • 4 • 
 
 For the Office of the Ordinance and Forts in 7 
 
 England, from the Twentieth of 5^«/y, 1624.V47126 1. 05 s. 05 d. 
 
 till the Fifteenth of ^une,\6z 5. j 
 
 To defray Charges for Forts in Ireland, about],2205l 18 s. 04 d 
 
 O^ober, 1624. J 
 
 For the Service under Count j»f4»j^c/<^5 for Pro--) 
 
 vifions of Arms •, tranfportmg of Soldiers, Gj^^^j j-5 ^^ 
 
 from the Fourth ofO(f7o^fr,i624.till the Tenth V^ • :> • *t • 
 
 of December, 1^24. 
 
 Sum Total 2784971. 04 s. ii d. 
 
 '■'■\MEmerandum, That oyer and above the feveral Services before 
 '* IVi fpecified, and the feveral Sums iflued, and to be iflued by our 
 '' Warrants for the fame, We did long fince refolve and order according- 
 '' ly, that out of the Moneys of the Second and third Subfidies, thefe fur- 
 *' ther Services fhould be performed , and Moneys ilTued accordingly, 
 
 " In full of the Supply of all the Forts and Caftles before-mention- 
 ed (Surveyed per Sir i?;fW<^ ii/m/o», S'lv^ohn Ogle, Sir -^ohn Kaf, in 
 
 September, 
 
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 cc 
 
 D 

 
 Hijlorical CoUeUions, 
 
 ^37 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 '■'•September^ 1613.) with all forts of MuQitions according to feveral 
 " Proportions and Warrants tor the fame • ^py^ 1^ 
 
 " In full for the Reparations of all the faid Forts and Caftles accord- 
 " ing to the faid Survey ^ — 10650 1. 06s. o8d. 
 
 '' But the fud Subfidies being not like to afford means to perform 
 " thefe (o neceffary Works, We humbly commend the fupply of what 
 " fliall be wanting for the fame unto your Majefties Princely confidera- 
 " tion. 
 
 Whileft the Commons were inquiring into Publick Grievances, the 
 Lords reprefented to the King a Grievance to their own Order in this fol- 
 lowing Petition. 
 
 To the I\Jngs mojl Excellent MajeUy. 
 
 The Petition of your ever Loyal Subjed;s, the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal now in Parlia- 
 ment Aftembled. 
 
 In all humility (hcweth, 
 
 f-w^^\^^i tobcrca;? ttie ^r0 anD iSobilitp of tW £^our fetnsDom of 
 I England,t)at)c ^ecctofo^c uiCttiUtp pctlDeD as to aranger;^ ^it' 
 X ceDencp, accoiDuifl to tijcir federal Degror^, unto fuctj ^oble0 of 
 Scotland ant) Ireland, a0 being in Cities abobe tbem, batje refoiteD 
 l^ttbcr. Jl3Dto Diberjs of tbe natural bo?n Subjects of tbofe Ktngtioniiei 
 reOOent bete toitb tbeit FamiUe/5,ani) babing tbcic cbeif ^Qatce among 
 U0, Dobpreafonof fomelatecicateb DigmtieiS intbofefiimgDomg of 
 Scotland anb Ireland, claim p^cceDcncp of tbe Pac0 of tbi0Eealinj 
 tobicb tenD0 botb to tbe Ditretbitc of ^ouc ^ajeop, anD tbefe ilealnis, 
 anD to rbc great bifpacagcment of tbe OEngliCf) l^obiUtp, 30 bp tbefe 
 Eeafon0 map appear. 
 
 I. at t0 a nobeltp toitbout p^eQDent,tbat men flijouID inbertt i^ono^0 
 tjob^re tiDcp poa^£:f0 notbtng clfe, 
 
 II. 31ti0iniuriou0 toibofe €ountre)?0 from tobence tbeir €itle0 
 areberibeD, tbattbeplSoulD babe a 5Jote in parliament, toberetbep 
 babenotafcotof lanD. 
 
 III. 3Iti0agriebance to tbe dountrp tobere tbep inbabite, tbat 
 menpofrcfemgberp large fo^tune0 anDCOate0, a;oulo bp reafonof 
 jFo^eign Cttle0,be ejcempteb from tbofe ®erbite0 of CrudanD Cbarge, ' 
 tobtrb tb?ougb tbctr Default become greater p?ea'ure0 upon otber0 bobo 
 bear tbe burtben. 
 
 IV. 3fti0aO;ame to l^obilitp, tbat^erfon^ DignifieD battb tbe 
 Cities of Barons, vifcounts, &c. c^oulD be obno]ciou0 anD erpofeD to at' 
 ren, tbep being ui tbe bteto of tbe lato no mo?e tben mccr ^lebetan0. 
 
 2iae tbcrcfo?e bumblp beftrcb pour ^9)aieap, 'Cbatpou \uill be plea^ 
 fcD at co?Ding to tbe e)iample0 of tbe bcil p?mce0 anD tinie0, upon cou' 
 aoerationof tbefe mconbentencis rep?efenteDto^our^ajeap, bptbe 
 nearefl OSoDp of i^ono? to J^our S^ajeQp^ tbat fome courfe map be tafecn, 
 anD an o^Drr rimelp fctleD tbcrctn bp ^our #?UKtlp CBifDom, fo as tbe 
 inconbenience to.^our ^ateflp map bep?ebenteD, anD tbe p?emDiceanD 
 Difparagemcnt of tbe ^crrs anD il^obilitp of tbi0 IftingDom be reD?cercD. 
 
 To 
 
 2 CaroU- 
 
 The Lords 
 Peticion 
 touching Pre- 
 cedency, cha- 
 lenged by 
 Scots and Irilh 
 Nobles.
 
 2;8 
 
 ■i 
 
 Historical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 The Lord 
 Ccmvays Let- 
 ter to the Earl 
 Of Briftcl. 
 
 1 
 
 -I 
 
 To this Petition the King gave Anfwer, That he would take order 
 therein. 
 
 The Earl of Brtflol who continued under Reftrainr, and was debarred 
 Accefsto hisMajeily ever fince his return out of Spain, had been exa- 
 mined touching his Negotiation there, by a Committee of Lords ap- 
 pointed by the King. Certain Propofitions were tcndred unto him in 
 order to his Releafe, and compofing of that Affair, concerning which 
 he had written to the Lord Conrvay, and about this time received the en- 
 fuing Letter from him. 
 
 The Lord Comvay to the Earl of Bristol. 
 
 I Received a Letter from your Lordf})if, dated the Fourth of this Montth, 
 rvrttten ia Anfwertoa former Letter rvhtch I direlled to your Lordfhip hj 
 his Majefties Commandment. This lafl Letter according to my duty I have 
 flyewed unto his Majeftj, mho hathperufedit, and hath commanded me to write 
 back to you again, That he findcs himfelf nothing fatisficd therewith. The 
 ^neftion propounded to pur LordfJjtp from his Majc(ly, was plain and clear, 
 whether you did rather chufe to fit fli/l without being queftioned for any Er- 
 rors paft in your Negotiation in Spain, and enjoy the benefit of the late gra- 
 tioti'S Pardon granted in Parliament, whereof you may have the benefit : Or 
 whether for the clearing of your Innocency (whereof yourfelf and your friends 
 and followers are [0 confident) you will be content to wave the advantage of 
 that Pardon, and put your fclf into a legal way of Examination for the Tryal 
 thereof? His Majeflies purpoje thereby, is not topnventyouof any favors the 
 Law hath given you 1, but if your Affurance be fuch as your words and Letters 
 import, he conceives it Jlands not with that Publick and refolute Prof ef ion of 
 your Integrity to decline your Tryal. His MajeBy leaves the choice to your 
 felf, and requires from you a dtre£i Anfwer without circumlocution or bar- 
 gaining with him for future Favors beforehand ^ but if you have a defire to 
 make u(e of that Pardon which cannot be denied you , nor is anyway de fired to 
 be taken from yeu, his Majesty expeBs you fhould at the leafl forbear temag- 
 ni fie your Service , and out of an opinion of your Innocency , caflanafper- 
 fion upon his MajeBies Justice, in not affording you that f re fent fulnef of 
 Liberty and Favor which cannot be drawn from him, but in his good time 
 and according to his good pleafure. 
 
 Thui much I have in Commandment to wrift to your Lordflnp, and to 
 require your Anfwer clearly and plainly by this Meffenger fent on pur f of e for it, 
 andfo /remain 
 
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 Whitehal, z/^ March. 
 162^. 
 
 \ 
 
 Tour Lordjhips humble Servant 
 
 Edw. Conway. 
 
 D 
 
 The Earl of 
 Briftols Letter 
 to the Lord 
 
 Conn-ay. 
 
 I 
 
 My Lord , 
 
 Have received yeur Letter of the Four and twentieth of March, the Twen- 
 ty eighth ; and I am infinitely grieved to under fiand that my former Anfwer 
 to yours of the Fourth of March, hath not fatisfied His Majefly , which I 
 
 will
 
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 ni 
 
 ,,. II endeavor to do hphU, to the be(t of mj under (landing. a»d to that end 
 fha/lag fiver to the particular foints ofjourprefent Letter, rvith the great eft clear- 
 nef I am able, 
 
 Firft, Where.fi jott [ay in your Letter, that the ^ejiion propounded to me 
 noas plain, and dear , viz. 
 
 whether I would chufe to fit ftill without being queflioned for any Er- 
 rors pafl in my Negotiation in Spain , and enjoy the benefit of the late gra- 
 tio/fs Pardon, whereof I may take the benefit i' Or whether being contented to 
 wave the advantage of that Pardon, I fJwuld put myfelf into a legal way of 
 Examination for the Tryal thereof? c^c* 
 
 Firft, If our Lordlhip may be ^leafed to remember, that your lafl Prepofi- 
 tionw/u, whether I dcfiredtoreflinthe Security I wa4 in , which you now ex- 
 pref, whether I will chufe to fit flill ? 
 
 Secondly, Tour Prepofition wot. Whether I would acknowledge the gra- 
 tious Favor of his Majefly that now is, who had been pleafed not to quefiion 
 my aElions •, when tt is befl known to your Lordjhip, That by a Commifion of 
 the Lords , I was queflioned upon Twenty Articles , divers involving Fe- 
 lony and Treafon. Although it be true, Tkttwhen Ihadfo anfwered (as I 
 am confident their Lord^nps would have cleared me) I was fo unhappy as 
 their Lordfi)ips never met more about that bufmefs. ' 
 
 But now your Propofition is, Whether I will now chufe to fit ftill without 
 being further queflioned for Errors pa ft, whereas before it was required I fhould 
 acknowledge that I had not been queflioned at all , which is a different 
 thing? But conferring both your Letters together, and gathering the fenfe 
 and meaning by making the latter %an Explanation of the former, which I 
 could have wifhed your Lordfhip would have mere clearly explained, I return 
 unto your Lordflnp this plain and direct Anfwer. 
 
 That under fianding by the Security I am in, and fitting flill, and not be- 
 ing further queflioned, I am reftored to the bare Freedom and Liberty of a 
 Subject and Peer (For a man being called in queftien by his Majefty , if 
 after his Majefly flull be pleafed out of his goodnefs , that he reft; quiet and 
 fecure, and that he fball not be further queftioned, I conceive that it is not 
 apparent that his liberty naturally revolveth unto him, when by his Majc flies 
 Grace he is fie a fed to declare, he fhall not be further queflioned, but may live in 
 further Security.^ So that under flanding your Letter in this fort {fornodireB 
 Anfwer can be made, until the fenfe of the ^eftion be truly ftaftd) I do 
 mofi humbly acknowledge and accept his Majeflies Grace and Favor , and 
 [hall not wave any thing that f])all come to me by the Pardon of the 2 1 Jac. 
 Regis, nor by the Pardon of his Maje flies Coronation-^ and am fo far from 
 bargaining, as you are pleafedto expref it for future favor (though I hopemy 
 humble and fubmifive courfes of Petitioning his Majefty, neither hath nor 
 f])all defervefo hard an exprefion ) that I flull not pre fume fo much as to 
 pref for any favor , until my dutiful and loyal Behavior may move his 
 Majeflies Royal and Gratious Heart thereunto , but receive with all humble- 
 nef this my Freedom and Liberty ; the which I fJjall oncly make jtfe of 
 in fuchjort , as I Jhall judge may be mofl agreeable ta his Majeflies plea- 
 fure. 
 
 Ai for the fecond part of your Letter , wherein you fay, That if I de fire 
 to make ufe of that Pardon, his Majefty experts that I (hould at leaft forbear 
 to magnife my Services -, or out of an opinion of my own Innocency caft an 
 afpcrfton upon his Majesties ^uBtce. To this point I anfwer. That as I hope 
 I fhall never err c in that jort of immodefty of valuing my Services, which I 
 
 acknowledge 
 
 2 Caroli,
 
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 Hislorical ColIeHions. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 The Earl of 
 Briftol petiti- 
 ons the Houfe 
 of Lords. 
 
 . 
 
 The Petition 
 referred to the 
 Committee of 
 Pnvikdgcs. 
 
 acknowledge to Inwe hecn accompanied with infmte rveakne^es und difabilities •, 
 fo I tra(i It fha/l not d/fpleafe, that / make nfe to mine own comfort, and the 
 honor of my Pofteritj, of thofe many Written Teflimonies rvhich m) late mo ft 
 BlcjfedMaftcr hath left me, of his gratioua Acceptance of my Services for the 
 fpace of Twenty years. So likervife I hope themodeft avowing of mine Inno- 
 cency will not be thought to caft any afferfion t^fon his Majefties Honor or ^ufltce. 
 I mo ft freely confc(s unto your Lord ftip, I ammnch affticiod to (ee Inferences 
 of this nature made, iothinyoitr Lerdftjips haft Letter, and in this. Fo'if it 
 (hall be inferred as a thing reflecting upon the Kings Honor, that a man (jttefti- 
 oned, ftjall not endeavor to defend his own Innocency, before he be convtU , it 
 will be impoftble for any man tobcfafe-^ for the Honor of his Ma^'eliy is too 
 Sacred a thing for any Su-bje^, how innocent foever, to contelt against. So like- 
 wife, God forbid that it ftiould be brought into Confeqttences, (as in your former 
 Letier) <*f a Tax upon the Government and ^tiftice of his late Majefty, and 
 Majefty that now is , that iftwuldhave (uffered jo longtime, not being gitilty. 
 For as I never have been heard fo much as t-o repine of Injtiftice intheir 
 Majefties in all my fitfferings , folivell know. That the long continuance of 
 yny troubles may well be attributed unto other Caufes'^ as to my own Errors of 
 Pajiion, or other Accidents : For your Lord(hip may well remember. That my 
 Affairs were almost two years ftnce upon the point of a happy Accommodation, 
 had It not been interrupted by the unfortunate miftaking of the Speeches I ufed 
 to Mr. Chrk. 
 
 I jhall conclude by entreating your Lordft)ips favor. That I may under ftand 
 from yoUf as l hope for my comfort, that this Letter hath given his Majejly 
 fatis faction % or if there [hould yet remain any fcruple. That I may have a clear 
 and plain figniftcation of the Kings pleafure , rvhich I jhall obey with all 
 Humility, 
 
 Tour Lordft>ips humble Servant j 
 
 Br 
 
 I S T O L. 
 
 The Earl of Briftol petitions the Houfe of Lords , {hewing , That 
 hebeingi»a Peer of this Realm, had not received a Summons to Parlia- 
 ment, and defires their Lordrtiips to mediate with his Majefty, that he 
 may enjoy the Liberty of a Subjed, and the Priviledge of his Peerage, 
 after almoft two years reftraint, without being brought to a Tryal. And 
 if any Charge be brought in againft hira, he prayeth that he may be tryed 
 by Parliament. 
 
 The bufinefs is referred to the Committee of Priviledges, and the 
 Earl of Hartford reported from that Committee, That it is neceffary that 
 their Lordlliips humbly befeech his Majefty, that a Writ of Summons 
 may be fent to the Earl of Briftol •, as alfo to fuch other Lords whofe 
 Writs are ftopped, except fuch as are made uncapable to fit in Parlia- 
 ment, by Judgment of Parliament, or fome other Legal Judgment. 
 
 Hereupon the Duke fignified to the Houfe, That upon the Earl of 
 Briflols Petition to the King, His Majefty had fent him his Writ of 
 Summons : And withal, he Ihewed to the Lords the Copy of a Letter 
 written from the King unto the faid Earl, being as followeth. 
 
 We 
 
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 D
 
 Hi^orical ColkBions. 
 
 24.1 
 
 \\r J ^ have reccivedfoiir Letter addrefjed unto us by Buckingham, 
 \/'i/ and cannot btit wonder^ that yen fhouU through forgetfitlnefs make 
 rcqticfltoHs of favour, as if you (load evenly capable of it, when 
 jou knojv what your behaviour in Spain defcrved of us, which you are to examine 
 by the obfcrvations ne made, and knew you well remember -^ how at our firsl 
 coming into Sp^in, taking upon jcutobe fo wife ivs to forefee our intention to 
 change our Religion ^ you were fo far from diffwadingus^ that you offered your 
 advice and fecrefie to concmre in it ^ and in many ether Conferences prcfing 
 to fhcw how convenient it w.ts to be a Reman Catholick -^ it being impofible in 
 your opinion to do any great action otherwife : And how much wrong, difadvan- 
 t age, and differvice you did to tfie Treaty, and to the Right and Inter e ft efeur dear 
 Brother and Sifler, and their Children ^ what dijadvanta^e, inconvenience 
 and hazard you mt angled us in by your Artifices^ putting off and delaying our 
 return home \ tfje gr£at eflimationyou made of that State^ and the low f rice 
 you fet this Kingdom at ^ jit II maintaining, that we under colour df friendfhip 
 /tf Spain, did what w^s in our fewer again fl them, which you (aid they very 
 well knew : And lafl of all^ your approving of thofe Conditions, that oar 
 Nephew fhould be brought up in the Emperors Court ^ to which Sir Walter 
 Athzon then fiid, that he dnrfl not give his confent^ for fear of his head -^ you 
 replying unto him^ that withmit fome fuch great A^ion^ neither Marriage nor 
 Peace could be had. 
 
 Upon the receipt of the Writ, Briflol again Petitions the Houfe of 
 Lords, and annexes to his Petition the Lord Keepers Letter, and his own 
 Anfwer thereto, and defires to be heard in accufation of the Duke, 
 
 The humble Petition offohn Earl of^rifloL 
 
 Humbly fliewing unto your Lordfliips, 
 
 Trpatt)cDat^{atHptcceil30D^i^QHrit of parliament, fo?toI)tcI) 
 \)t veturnctf; unto pour Lo^DCfjipj^ mod fjumlilc ttjanl?^;, but 
 ioiPntlptoitU tt a Letter from mp lo?D IHcepcr, commanDing 
 liim in tii;5 ^a)cQic0 name to forbear (jigpcrConal attendance 5 anD 
 altIjoug;DDeO;an eter obep tbe*lea« intimation of \)i!S ^ajenie^ plea^ 
 furc, pet be moa bumblp cfferetb unto pour lLo?D0jip)3 twife conQDcrati' 
 on^y, a<3toobisba point fo? btm, boto fartbi^map trencb upon tbe 
 Libertp anD ©afetp of tbe^eer0, anD tbe 9utbo?ttp of tbeir ILetter^ 
 patents, to be in thiis fo^t DifcbargeD bp a letter mif^ilje of anp 
 Subjeatoitbout tbc i\m<s banD: ^nD fo? pour JLo?DO;ip0 Due mfo?^ 
 mation, bebatbanncjceDaCoppof tbe faiDloiDCteeperis Letter, anD 
 bt)5 i^ntix^er tbeveunto. 
 
 ?)c furtber bumblp IDetitionetb pour Lo?DC|)ip0, ^bat babing 
 been fo? tbe fpace of fmo pear^ bigblp tD?ongeD m pomt of \)i0 Libertp, 
 anD of bi0 IJ)ono?, bp manp OniCer afperaon0 UJbttb babe been cafl 
 upon bun, toitbout bemg permttteD to anftoer fo? bimfelf -, tobttb 
 batb been Done bp tbe potuer anD mDufirp of tbe 5©ufee of Buckingham, 
 to tecp Uim from tbe p?efence of \)i0 #aje0p anD t\)e parliament, 
 lea be ftoulD Difcober manp crimen concerning tbe faiD Duhe. 
 
 ^ctberefo?c moa bumblp bcfeecbeib, 'SCbat be map be bearD botb in 
 li t\)t 
 
 2 Caroli. 
 
 The Kings 
 Letter to the 
 
 EarlofB)7/fo/. 
 
 The Earl of 
 Br;y?o/ Petiti- 
 ons the Lords 
 upon receipt 
 of his Writ.
 
 ZA.Z I Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 Art i6i6M\it point of W Ki2ong, anti of W 3IIccufation of tijc faiD Dufee: 
 " ~^^- uiticrem Ije totU mafec ir appear t)otjj mfinitelp x\)t faiD J^u'dc Oatb botti 
 abuCeO tljctc ^airntcjj, tUe ©rate, anD bot^ tbc Ipoufc0 of parha^ 
 menr. 31!nD tbiis be 10 moQ tenSDent txiill not be DenteD, Qnte tbe Court 
 of parUamentncUerrefufetb to bear tbe poo?eft ^ubica fcektngfo? 
 ret)?ef)S of C£1rong0, no? tbe 3Ictufation agamtt anp, be be nebrrfo 
 poDJccfuU : Snti beretn be befeecbetb pour lLo?t)(|)tp0 to mcDtate to 
 W ^aieap fo? x\)t 'Suppltant0 coming to tbe l|)oufe in fur b fo?t as pou 
 'OjalUbinfe fitting-, acfuring bi0 ^m^h Cbat allbctftallfapOiallnot 
 onclp tenD to t\)z Sorbite of bi0 ^aicffp ano tbe State, but bigblp 
 to tbe l^ono? of bi0 ^aieflic0 Eopal ^erfon, ano of bf0 ^iintflp 
 t)ertue0 : ^nO pour Suppliant Cfiall eber p^ap fo? pcuc lo?ljct»p0 
 p^ofperifp. 
 
 The Lord Keeper to the Earl of "Bnftol^ 
 March y, 1616, 
 
 My very good Lord, 
 
 BY his Majeflies commandment I herewith [end unto pur Lordjhip your 
 Writ of fummons for the Parliament -^ hut withal fi^nifie his Majeflies 
 pleafure herein further ^that howfoever he gives way to the awarding of the 
 Writ 5 yet his meaning is thereby^ not to difcharge any former direBions for 
 reftraint of your Lordfhtps coming hither, hut that you continue under the fame 
 reflri£iionas you did before •, fo as your Lordfhifs perfonal attendance is to be 
 forborn^ and therein I doubt not but your Lord(hip will readily give his Ma- 
 jefly fatisf action s And (o I commend myfervice very heartily unto your Lord- 
 fl)ip^ and remain 
 
 Tour LordJJiips afjured Friend and Servant, 
 
 Dorfet-Courr, March jj. 
 
 1626. 
 
 THO. COVENTRY, C.S. 
 
 His Anfwer to the Lord Keeper. 
 
 May it pleafe your Lordfliip, 
 
 Iffave received your Lordfhifs Letter of the 31 0/ March, and with it 
 his Majeflies Writ of Summons for the Parliament : In the one his Maje-' 
 fly commandeth me^ that all excufes fct afide^ upon my Faith and Allegiance 
 I fail not to come to attend his Majefly : And this under the Great Seal of 
 England. In the other-, as in a Letter rnifive^ his Majeflies pleafure is inti- 
 mated by your Lord(hip^ that my ferfonal attendance fheuld beforbom •, / mufl 
 crave leave ingenuoufly to confefs unto your Lordfbip^ that I want judgement 
 rightly to direB my felfin this Cafc-^ as likewife that I am ignorant how far this 
 may trench upon the Priviledges of the Peers of this Land^ and upon mine 
 andtheir fafcty hereafter : For if the Writ be not obeyed^ the Law calleth it a 
 Mifprifiion^ and highly ftneable, whereof we have had late examples ; and 
 a mifitve Letter betn^ avowed or not^ is to be doubted would net be ad- 
 judged a fufficient difcharge againjl the Great-Seal of England .• On the 
 
 other
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 other ftd'e^ if the Letter be not oheyed^ a Peer may Deftdo hccsmmtitedup' 
 on a Contempt^ in the interim^ and the ^e(lton cleared^ aftcrnunds ; fo th^t in 
 this cafe it is above mine abilities, I can onely an fiver your Lordjhip^ that I 
 will mofi exa^ly obey • and to the end I may under si and which obedience will he 
 inallktndes most ftiitable to my duty, I will prefently repair to my private 
 Lod'^in? at hondon.and there remain, until in this and other Caiifes I fball have 
 petitioned his Majcfly, and underjland his further pleafure. For the fccond part 
 of your Lordfhips Letter, where your Lordfbip ftiih, That his M;ijetties mean- 
 ing is not thereby to difchargeany formei- diredioas for reftraituoF your 
 Lordfliips coming hither, but that you continue under the f.ime reftridti- 
 on as before, fo that your Lorddiips perfonal attendance here is to be for- 
 borne .• / conceive yeur Lordfhip intendeththis touching my coming to Parlia- 
 ment onely % for as touching my comning to London, / never had at any time 
 one word of prohibition, or colourable pretence of r:(lraint •, but on the contrary, 
 havin<^ his late Maje(lies exprefs leave to come to London to follow my affairs, 
 out of my refpccl to his Majefly then Prince, and to the Duke of Buckini^ham, 
 I forbore to come until I might know whethe*- my corninc^ would not be dtfagree- 
 ablc unto thcm\ whcrcunto his Majefly wm pic a fed to answer both under the 
 hand of the Duke, and of Mr Secretary Conway, That he took my refpeB unto 
 himhereinin very good part, and would wifh me to make ufe of the leave the 
 Kinghadgivenme ■• fince which time I never received any Letter or Me ff age 
 of rejlraint -^ onely his Majefly by his Letter bearing date ]m\t the la(l, com- 
 mandeth me to remain as I was in the time of the King his Father, which wai 
 with liberty to come to London to follow mine own affairs as I plea fed, as will 
 appear unto your Lordfhip, if you will afford me fo much favor as to perttfe them. 
 I have writ this much unto your Lordihip, becaafc I would not through mifun- 
 derflanding fall into difpleafure by my coming up, and to intreat your Lordfhip 
 to inform his Majefly thereof: And that my Lord Conway, by whofe Warrant 
 Iwas onely reflrainedin the late Kings time of famous memory, may produce 
 any one word, that may have fo much as any colourable pretence of debarring 
 my coming up to London. / befeech your Lordf])ip to pardon my defire to 
 have things clearly under flood^ for the want of that formerly hath caufed all 
 my troubles ^ and when any thing is mi fm formed concerning me, I have little 
 or no means to clear it •, fo that my chief labor is to avoid mifunderflanding. 
 I f]>all conclude with beseeching your Lordflip to do me this favor, to let his Ma- 
 jefly under fland that my coming up is onely rightly to under fland his pleafure, 
 whereunto I fhall in all things mofl dutifully and humbly conform my felf ■• And 
 fo with my humble fervice to your Lordfhip, I recommend you to Gods holy Pro- 
 tection, and remain. 
 
 Shcrliorn, April 12. 
 1626- 
 
 Tour Lordfhips mofl humble Servant. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Hereupon the Lord Keeper delivered this MefTage from the Kin£> 
 to the Houfe of Lords. 
 
 " T^Hat his Majcfty hath heard of a Petition preferred unto this Houfe 
 " I- by the Harl of Brtflof fo void of duty and rcfpeds to his Majefty, 
 " that he hath great caufe to punilh him •, That he hath alfo heard with 
 " what duty and refpe(ftrulners to his Majcfty their Lorddiips have pro- 
 " cceded therein, which his Majefty conceiveth to have been upon the 
 
 I i 2 " know- 
 
 £4|_ 
 
 2 Carol/, 
 
 A McfTagc 
 from the King 
 to the Houfe 
 of Lords.
 
 H4- 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An, 1626. 
 
 (C 
 
 The Mar/hal 
 of Middlefex'i 
 Petition 
 touching 
 Priefts. 
 
 knowledge they have, that he hath been reftrained for matters of State •, 
 " and his Majefty, doth therefore give their Lordfliips thanks for the 
 " fame, and is refolved to put the Caufe upon the honor and juftice of 
 " their Lordfhips and this Houfe. And therefore his Majefty command- 
 '' ed him (the Lord Keeper) to fignifie to their Lordihips his Royal 
 " pleafure. That the Earl of Bnftolhe fent for as a Delinque-nt to anfwer 
 " in this Houfe his Offences, committed in his Negotiations before his 
 ' Majefties being in Spain, and his Offences fince his Mijefties coming 
 " from Spain, and his fcandalizing the Duke of Buckintrham immediate- 
 "ly, and his Majefty by refledion, with whofe privity and by who^e 
 " diredions the Duke did guide hisAdtions, and without which he did 
 '' nothing. All which his Majefty will caufe to be charged againft huti 
 " before "their Lordftiips in this Houfe. 
 
 The Lords appointed a Committee to attend the King, and to prefent 
 their humble thanks to his Majefty for thetruftand confidence he had 
 placed in the honor and juftice of their Houfe. 
 
 About this time the lAzx{^ii\oi Middlefex petitioned to the Com- 
 mittee of the Houfe of Commons, touching his refiftance infeifing of 
 Priefts goods. 
 
 A Warrant was made by Mr Attorney General to ^ohn Tendring 
 Marflial of Middkfex, and other therein named, to fearch the Pri- 
 fon of the Clink, and to feife all Popifh and Superftitious matters there 
 found. 
 
 A Letter alfo was dire<fled to Sir George Paul a Juftice of Peace in 
 Surrey^ to pray him to take forae care and pains to expedite that fervice. 
 On Good Friday, April 7. Sir George Paul was ready by fix a clock in the 
 morning , five or fix Conftables being charged, and about an hundred 
 perfoHS to aid and affift them. The Marflial being attended with the per- 
 fons named in the Warrant, and divers others of his own fervants, and 
 the Aid being provided by Sir George Paul, came to the Clink, and find- 
 ing a door open without any Porter or Door-keeper at all, entred without 
 refiftance at the firft appearing : But immediately upon difcovery of his 
 purpofe, the Concourfe of people without, and his unexpected entrance 
 giving occafion thereto, the Porter fteps up, ibuts the door, and keeps 
 the Marflial and fome few that entred together with hiin, within, and 
 his Aid without, refifting them that would enter, their Warrant being 
 fliewed notwithftanding, until by force another door was broken open, 
 by which the other perfons named in the Warrant, the Marlhils men 
 with the Conftables, and others appointed for their affiftancewithHal- 
 berts did enter alfo, leaving fuflicient company without to guard the three 
 fevcral doors belonging to the Houfe. 
 
 Being within, the Marflial gave diredion to his followers todifperfe 
 themfelves into feveral parts of the Houfe, to the end, that vvhilcft he 
 did fearch in one part, the other parts and places might be fafely guarded, 
 and fo he proceeded in his fearch ; in the profecution whereof he found 
 four feveral Priefts in the houfe ; viz. Prefion, Cannon, Warrington, Prater. 
 Preflon was committed to the Clink about 1 6 years fince, and difcharged of 
 his imprifonment about 7 years ago, yet remained there in the Prifon ftill, 
 attended with two women fervaots,and one man fervant,who,as it was fuf- 
 pe(fled,had continued with him ever fince the Gunpowder Treafon,i^o5. 
 
 The
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 H 5_ 
 
 The keeping there byhimfelf apart from the Keeper of the Prifon, and j Careli. 
 had for his Lodging three or four feveral Chambers, part of the Bilhop, 
 ot WificheftersHoak^ into which there was a palTage made through the 
 Prifon yard, no other entrance in or out of the fame being difcovered 5 
 and he affirmed, That he had a Warrant or Licence from the Lord 
 Arch-BiHiopot Cwr^r^r^ for his refidence there, with liberty freely for 
 himfelf and all Company that would refort to him thither. 
 
 There was found in his Chamber five or fix Cart-loads of Books fet 
 up with Shelves, as in a Library or Book-fellers (hop, fuppofed to be 
 worth Two thoufand pounds at leaft •, befides which, it was affirmed by 
 the Keeper of the Prifon, that he had a far greater Library abroad ; for 
 which the Keepers Examination was taken before Sir Edm. Bower and Sir 
 George Paul Knights, Juftices of Surrey-^ wherein it was faid, that Prefton 
 is either licenced, warranted, or proteded by the Bilhop of Canterburiy 
 Durham or Winchefter, to that effedt. There were alfo found two Altars 
 ready turnifhed for MaiTe, one more pubhck in an upper Chamber, the 
 other more private in a Study 5 maay rich Copes, Surplices, Wax- 
 candles, CrofTes, Crucifixes very rich. Beads, Jewels, Chains, Chalices 
 of Silver and of Gold, five or fix Bags of money which were not opened, 
 and loofe money to the quantity of 100 /. lay thrown up and down in his 
 Desk-, abundance of ManufcriptSj and a Packetof Letters bound up to- 
 gether with a thread. 
 
 In Cannons Chamber was found an Altar ready furnifiied with many 
 Plates, Jewels, Church- ftufF, and many rich Pictures, divers Letters and 
 Manuscripts, Wax-candles, and other fuch Popifh materials; a great 
 deal of his Chamber being (helved about, and full of Books; in one of 
 his Studies alfo there were Books fet in order upon (helves, as in Prefton s 
 Chamber, to a great value, and a private Altar furnifhed for Mafs, his 
 Hallowed bread ready fitted, and his Holy water, which Cannc-t himfelf 
 caft out into the chimney. In another Study of Cannon's were found 
 great ftore of curious Tools and Engines to work withal, three Swords 
 or Rapiers, one Piftol and a Fowling-peece : Amongft other things were 
 found Piftures of Queen £//«.4kf/', Kin% ^ames, Ojieen Jnne, and King 
 charts -J the taking whereof, being fet apart with other ftutfto be re- 
 moved, did exceedingly move the Prieft to impatience. Of whom alfo 
 it is to be noted, that he had in his cuftody all the Keepers Warrants for 
 Commitment of his Prifoneis, which were found in his Chamber, to- 
 gether with fome (lore of Plate, which he faid was by him kept for the 
 Keepers wife. 
 
 In Warrington's Chamber were found Books, Beads, Boxes of Oil for 
 Extreme Unftion, and fuch like tra(h -, but the wall thereof was broken 
 down into another houfe adjoining to the Prifon, through which it is 
 conceived that all the reft of Warrington's Provifion was conveyed away, 
 in the interim of the fearch made in the two former Chambers. 
 
 The fourth Prieft named Prator, was firft committed to cloucefter- 
 Goal,being fufpeded to be the Archbifliop of thofe parts,and lay there till 
 Xf«r-A(rizeslaft drew on^ but for fear of the feveiity of the Laws (as Da- 
 vjfon ind the Keeper did affini:i)a Warrant was procured by the Papiftsfor 
 his remove from Cloucefter to the Clink, where he was found a Prifoner. 
 It was informed by the Keeper, that this Prator brought up from Cloucefter 
 a Gentlewoman who lies in a Chamber next adjoining to his Lodgmg, 
 and that he paid Two iVullings fix pence a week for her Chamber, and 
 maintained a Maid-fervant to attend her : It is fuppofed that this Prifon 
 
 is
 
 1^6 
 
 Hiflorical ColleHms. 
 
 An. 1616.1 
 
 is her protcdion from the lawful proceedings that might be had againft 1 
 her in the Country for Recufancie. 
 
 In the Porters Chamber were found feven or eight Popilli Books. 
 In the Keepers Lodging was found a Clofet or Study ,wherein {lore of 
 Writings, Letters, and long Catalogues of Books were found, with their 
 feveral prices, one rich Pidture or Crucifix, a Pidlure oi M.iry Magdalen\ 
 of which two the Keeper affirmed, that one of themcoft thirty pounds-, 
 and alfo many other rich Pidures, amongft which one was a Pidure of 
 an old Prieft named Collington , of whom Cannon affirmed in fcoffing 
 manner, that that mans beard had done King ^ames more hurt then an 
 Army of ten thoufand men could have done. Prejlons fervants being 
 one man, two maids, the Gentlewoman that came from Glouce(ier, and her 
 fervant, and the Keeper himfelf, and Hobert Davt(on his man , were all 
 examined before the faid Juftices, During the Marfhals 
 
 tarrying in the Clink^ it was obferved, that both PreHon and Cannon ufcd 
 all the means they could to have notice of the matter then in hand given 
 to the Lord of Canterhnry, and were very penfive until they perceived he 
 had notice of it. Whereupon they exprelVed much joy, being afTured, as 
 they faid, that then there fhould be nothing removed out of the houfe. 
 And it came to pafs accordingly : For whileft the MarQial and his fervants 
 were in the fearch of the third Chamber, and had locked up divers o- 
 ther Chambers, wherein as it was informed there was (lore of Wealth, 
 Church-ftuffe, Books, and other matters, which would have been found 
 if the fearch had been profecuted ^ A countermand was brought from 
 the Archbifliop, and Mafter Attorney, whereby the proceeding of that 
 bufinefs was ftaid , and the Marflial was forbidden to remove or take a- 
 way any thing fo much as a paper. 
 
 The Keceper and his wife, and the Pricfts did grievoufly threaten the 
 Marfhal, andallhis Affiftants with very high tearms, efpecially with Ar- 
 refts and Imprifonments for their attempt in this fervice; one of them 
 faying, that they (hould be imprifoned, as once one Hanifon a Meflenger, 
 who for performing the like fervice in the Clmli, was committed to the 
 MarJJulfey, and kept there three years, -antil in the end he was difcharged 
 by an Order in the Parliament,as is credibly reported. Purthcrmore it is 
 alfo humbly informed by the faid Marfhal, That upon the twenty fecond 
 of March laft by a like Warrant from the Lord Conrvay^ he did fearch the 
 Bidiops Prifon, called the New Prifon in Maiden-\:iTit in London, where he 
 found fix feveral PrieftsPrifoners in feveral Chambers, an Altar with all 
 Furniture thereto belonging •, with Church-Books and fluff, which were 
 as much as three Porters could carry away , and it is now in the hands of 
 the Lord Conway ; of which fervice if this Honourable Houfe will call 
 for a mors particular Accompt, the Marfhal is ready to give further fatis- 
 fadioD. 
 
 He humbly prayeth the Honourable favour of this Houfe for 
 his encouragement and further abilities to the like fer- 
 vices. 
 
 iArch-
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBtons. 
 
 H7 
 
 2 CaroU. 
 
 B 
 
 Archbidiop of Canterbury^ Letter in behalf of 
 the Prieits in the Clinf^^ directed to Mailer 
 Atrorney-General . 
 
 Good Mr.Attorney, 
 
 I Thank joit for acquainting me rvh.it rvasJone yefterday at the Clink: But 
 I am of opinion, that if you had cttrioujly enquired apn the Gentleman rvho 
 
 gave the Information, youjhould have found him to be a Difciple of the 
 ^efuites •, for they do nothing but put tricks on thefe poor men, rvho do live 
 more miferable lives then if they were in the Inquifition in many parts beyond 
 the Se/ts. By taking the Oath of Allegiance, and writing in defence of it, and 
 opening fome points of high confeqitence^ they have fo dijpleafed the Pope , that 
 if by any cunning they could catch them, they are fure to be burnt or flrangled 
 for it. And once there was aplot to have taken Prefton oi hep,i(fedthe Thames, 
 and to have jhipt him into a bigger Ve(fel, and fo to have tranfportcd him into 
 Flanders, there to have made a Martyr of him. In refpe£i of thefe things. King 
 James always gave his prote£iion to Prefton and Warrington, as may be 
 eaftly fl)ewed. Cannon is an old man voe II- affected to the Caufe, but medleth 
 not with any Factions or Seditions, m far its i can learn. They complain their 
 Books were taken from them, and a Crucifix of Gold., with fome other things, 
 which I hope are not carried out of the houfe, but may be reftored again unto 
 them ; For it is in vain to think that Priefts will be without their Beads, or 
 Figures, Models of their Saints -, and it is not improbable that before a Crucifix 
 they do often fay their prayers. 
 
 I leave the things to your be (I conftderation •-, and hope that this Deed of 
 yours, together with my Word, wiUrefirain them for giving offence hereafter, 
 if fo be that lately they did give any. I heartily commend me unto you, and 
 fo refl 
 
 Tour very loving Friend, 
 
 G. Canterbury. 
 
 By this time the Commons had prepared an Humble Remonftrance 
 to the King , in Anfwer to his Majeftie's and the Lord Keeper's 
 Speech. 
 
 Moft Gracious Soveraign, 
 
 W\pmm your ^afea? Iwtb bcrn pleafcCi of late at fiint)?p timc0 "^^ll^o^ZZ 
 anO bp fcucral meaive to impart unto U0 pour liiopalplcafiiic '" "'- 
 touctiing Come pafl'age0 anD pjocerDmgg m xW p?cfcnt 
 parliament ^ i©e ijo 6r0 toitlj unfpeaRable fop auD comfD?t acfenoiu- 
 letige pour ^aieaicjs grace anD fabo?, in tl;at it W^ plcafcD pen to 
 caufe It to lie DelibcreD unto 110 bp tlje lo^D Bcrpcr of pour ®?eat Seal 
 I in pour ott>n Eopal p^efence, anD Mqiz tiotO Tpoufeis of parliament, 
 j-Ctiat neber King tnajs mo?e lotting to fjic; people, no^ better affecteD 
 I to tl3c rigbt ufe of ^arltament0 •, tuittial p^ofrCfmg pour moQ gracious 
 refo?ution to Ijear anD rcD^cfs cur juS e^icUante^. gnD lyitlj like com- 
 I ^ , fo?t 
 
 to the King in 
 Anfwer to his 
 Majcftics, and 
 the Lord 
 Keepers 
 Speech.
 
 24-8 
 
 Hijiorical CoUeBiotis. 
 
 Art. 1626. 
 
 fD?t toe acfenotDlcDge pout ^aicnic^ gcotincfs flaming at t\)t betp cii' 
 trance of pouv aio?tou0Ecign, in conimant)tng ttie Cjcftimon of 
 tt)c !Lato0 cnablin;cD to p?efcit)c ttic trueEeliston of ^ilmiflljtp <J5dD, 
 in t»i^ofc ftrUice conaactl; tijc fjappincfs of all IStng^ anO IKmg- 
 
 Domj?. 
 
 ^tt let it not tiifpleafe pcur^aicOp, tljat toe alfo e]cp?efs( fome 
 fenfe of juG i55?ief nitermtjceo touD tijat great lop, to itc tie careful 
 p?occrDing0 of our Oncere 3lntention0 fo mifrepo?teD , a^ to l)at)e 
 to?ougtit effects uneppetter', anD toe Ijope unDeferUeD, 
 
 5Fir5,tout0ing t\)t dOarge againo u0 m tfje matter concerning 
 ^t«Cook, mt all fincerelp pioteff, ClJat neither tlje too?D0 mentioneo 
 in pour ^ateflie^ ^effage, no? anp otijer of feDtticu0 effect toere f pollen 
 bp [)im, as tatU Ucrn refolt)eD bp tUe fjjoufe toitl^out one JQegatiUe 
 botcr. I^otofoeter, in a ©pofcl;) cccaaonallp uttereti, Ije let fall fome 
 feto too?D0 \3i\)it\) mtgljt aDmitan \U conQruttion ; tol)ereat tl^e llJcufe 
 being DifpleafcD at tlje Oeliberp of tijem, as toas ejco^eCfcD tp a general 
 ant) inGant dljetfe, \)t fo?tI)toitf) fo ejrplaineD Ijimfelf anD (jie intention, 
 tbat fo? tl)e p?efent toe DiD forbear to tafee tbem into conaocration, 
 tobub once toe babe Done: SnD tDe effert tbereof baO before tbis ap^ 
 peaveD, if bp impo?tant buanetrcs of pour ^aiefliegferbice toe baO 
 not been interrupteb. 
 
 Cbe lil?e interruption tsib alfo befall U0 in tbe dak of J^otto? 
 Turner •, toberein tbe iHueaion being fo?merlp QateD, a JR-efolution toas 
 o^berei) to babe been tal^entbat berp Dap, ontobicb toereceibeO pour 
 ^aieffies commanD to attenD pcu. 
 
 TSut fo? our oton p?ot£tDing0, caiebumblp befcecb pour^aieflp 
 to be trulp info?meD, f?Ebat bef o?e tbat Oberture from "Dom Turner, 
 ( out of our great anD neceffarp care fo? pour bono? anD toelfare of pour 
 JBlealm) OlicbaD taken into fertou0 (SonODeration tbe €bil0 tobicb 
 noto afaict pour people, anDtbe€aufe0 of tbem, tbat toe migbtapplp 
 our felbe0 unto tbe ftttett rcmeDie0 : 3fn tbe purfuit tobereof our Com- 
 mitt0f0 ( tobatfoeber tbep migbt babe Done ) babe in no particular 
 p?oceeDeD otbcrtoifc, tben eirbcr upon grounD of fenotoleDgc in tbem^ 
 felbes, o?p?cof bpejcaminationofcaiitneffes, 0? otber ©biDence* 3fn 
 tobicb cDurfe of ferbice fo? tbe publick gooD, as toe babe not ftoerbeD 
 from tbe parliamentarp toaps of our p?eDeceffo?0, fo toe concctbe 
 tbat tbe Difcoberp anD reforming of €rro?0 10 fo far from lapmg an 
 afperoon upon tbe p?efent Ctme anD (Sobernment, tbat it 10 ratber 
 a great bono? anD bapptmfs to bntb, ptelDing matter to great jp?ince0 
 toberein to ejccrcife anD tlluRrate tbeir noblcG bcrtue0. 
 
 gnD altbougb tl)t grtcbous Complaints of tbe S^ercbant0 from 
 an part0, togetber toitb tbe Common ferbice of tbe @ubtett0 toell^ 
 affettcDtotbofetobo p?ofefs ourEcligion, gabe usoccaQonto bebate 
 fome buOneffcs tbat tocre pavtlp Jro?ein, anD baO relation to affairs of 
 l&tate-, pettoebefeccb pour$9atcaptorea affureD, ittoa0ejrceeDing 
 far from our intention eitber to traDuce pour Counfcllors, o?DifaDban' 
 tage pour jOegottation0» 
 
 ^nD tbougb fome e]t:ample0 of great anD potent ^miOers of 
 P?ince0 beretofo?e queflioneD. in parliament babe been alleaDgeD, 
 pet toa0 It toitbout paralleling pour ^aieCies (Sobernmcnt, 0? 
 Councils to anp Cimes at all , mucb lcf0 to Cime^ of €p 
 ception. 
 
 '^^oucbing
 
 Hijlorical Colk&iom. 
 
 49 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 CcucJ^ing tt)e letter of ^our 89ajeaie0 ©ettetarp, itt»a« 6r/? 
 alkageDbppoiit SDbocate fo? Ui,© otjjn 31uOi6catton, anD afrev upOi* 
 rcction of tl;c (J.ommtttec p?oDucct3 to mafee gcoD D10 Megation. 
 
 ^lni)fo?t&efcarcU at tbe Signet C^ffice, tbeCoppof a Lcttftbe' 
 ing DtbulgeD a0 in pour ^aicQics jQame , luuU p^cfiiianr cau.c uf 
 fufpition, tiotfjmtOe'BoOpant) Direction tDereof to be fuppofittt iou;&, 
 tlje Committee out of DcQre to le tlkvth therein, Dio bp tucir hD^^cr 
 fenDfomeof tljemfelbeis to tlje ©tgnet Office, tofcarcl) loDitOcr t^cre 
 toereanp Ecco^D0 of Letter0 ef tDat nature, tuitbout CSLiariant to tbe 
 Cif ftrcr f 0? anp, muclj lef fo^ a general fearcD. 
 
 15uttouctiinsPit5ftcfeEefo?D0, tue^abe not toiljo^n as often a0 
 our tjufine(re0 UaDe requtreD, to mafee fearcb into tl;cm , toberein vue 
 Uabe Done nettling untBairanteD Ip tbe ILato0 of pour Eealm, anu 
 ttie tonOant ufag^ of parliament0» 3nD if fo? lOe eafe of tbeir La- 
 bo?0, anp of our €omnnttcr0 Dat)e DeQrcD tOe Oclp of tDe £)''6cer0, 
 Eepcrro?ie0, 0? X?etiiat0 of Dircttion , Mlz conceitie it 10 no mo?e 
 t(jcn anp ^ub;ea int)i0 oujn a?fair0 niigljt t)at)e obtained fo? oiOinarp 
 
 BotD foncerntng ^our ^^afeaie0 ®erbant0 , and namelp , tl;e 
 iDubc of Buckingham , mt Dumblp beffftb i^our ^ajeap to be m- 
 fo?meDbpu0pour jFaitbful €ommon0, twbocai^ babe no p^ibate enD 
 but pour ®ajeaie0 ©erbice, anD tbe gcoD of our iCountrep, Cbat it 
 batb lifrn tbe anttent, conCfant, anb unDoubteD JSligbt anD 2:{fage of paD 
 liament0, to queaton anD complain of all perfon0 of tDbat Degree fo 
 eber, founD griet)ou0 to t\)t €ommontoealtb, in abuQng tbe pattier 
 anD ti'ua committeD to tbem Op tbeir ©oberaign* Z courfe app^obeD 
 not onelp bp tbe ejcamplee in pour f atber0 Dap0 of famnu0 memo?p, 
 but bp frequent p^eQDent0 in tbe bea, anD mod glo?tou0 lS,eign0 of 
 pouri9oble^?ogenito?0, appearing botb m Eeco?D0 anDSl^tao^ie05 
 tttitbout tobicb liber tp m parliament, no p?ibate man, no f erbant ta^ 
 Cling, perbap0 no Counfello^ b3itbout ctpofmg bunfelf to tbe bajarD 
 of great enmitp anD p^euiDtce, can be amean0 to call great €)fftcer0 
 into queflionfo? tbeir mifDemeano?0, but tbe (JommontJjealtb migbt 
 languid unDer tbctr p?eCfure0 bjitbout EcD^ef0 : 3nD tobatfoeber bje 
 0;all Co acco?Dinglp m tbt0 parliament , toe Doubt not but it Qjall 
 reOounD to tbe ^oiioi of tbe Croton, anD toelfare of pour @ub- 
 ie{t0» 
 
 lafllp, Wit moO bumblp befeecb I^our 6c^ajeflfp gratiouflp to con- 
 ceibe, tbat tbougb it batb been tbe longCufiotn of ^arl.anent0 to 
 banDle tbe matter of ©upplp toitb tbelafl of tbeir buune£fe0, ptt at 
 tbi0 time out of e)ctrao?Dmarp rcfprct to pour ?derfon, anD care of pour 
 3Iffair0 , Mt babe taken tbe fame into mo?e fpeeop confiDeration, 
 anD met! bappilp on tbe berp Dap of pour ^aieaie0 Jjnaugurar 'or, toitb 
 great alacritp anD unanimou0 confent : ^fter a Ojc^t Debate, toe 
 grcto to tbe Eefolution fo? a p?efent Supplp toell-fenoton to pour 
 ^aieap. 
 
 Co tobtcb» if 9DDttion ttiap be maDe of otber great tlnng0 fo? 
 pour ©crbice, pet in Confultation amongOf 110, toe DJiibt not but it 
 toill appear. Cba*- toe babe not receDcD from tbe €rutb of our ftra 3[n 
 tcntion , fo to fuppb pou a0 map make pou fafc at borne , anD 
 feareD ab?caD , efpecialip if pour sf^aieflp fhall be pleafeD to look up^ 
 on tbe toap intenDeD in our p^omife, a0 toell a0 to tbe meafure of tb^ 
 gift agreeD. 
 
 fit k ' zmh \ 
 
 Ciroli.
 
 Z50 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBiom. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 The Hoiife: 
 ailjourned for 
 a week. 
 
 4 Private advice 
 given to the 
 
 mill) like IjuniiUtp tue Mm\) pour ^afcRp not tagt'be rat to tlje 
 tiSimw repo?r)s of p?it)atc prrfon0 fo? t\)(it oton cnS0, toOirl) hartj 
 ottaooncDfomucblor^of rime, nono iuDgc our p?ofeeDmg0 uiljtlo 
 ti)ep are inagiration, buttobcplcafeUtoejcpect t(je iffue anD tontlu' 
 Don of curlabo?0, txiDtcb toe are con6Dent liuU niamfcff anD iufftfic to 
 pour ^afcOp tDc Qnccritp anD lopaltp cf curl)tart0, toljo m\l cber 
 place in a Ijigb Degree of ljcippinef0 tbe performing of tbat DutpanD 
 ferbice in ^Darlfamcnt, tobtcb map mod tfnDtopour^ajef!ie0j^ono| 
 anD tbe gooD of pour fi^ingDom. 
 
 Unto this Remonftrance the King faid, He could give no prefent an- 
 fwer, but defired the Houfe to adjourn for a week as the Lords had 
 done ^ and they adjourned accordingly. 
 
 In the interim it was intimated in Writing to the Duke, that he 
 fhould procure his Majefty to fignifie to a certain number of Lords, that 
 he hath endeavored to divert the Charge againft the Duke, becaufe his 
 Majefty hath had found knowledge and experience of his fervice and fi- 
 delity. 
 
 That his Majefty may let them know, that he is now pleafed to re- 
 veal fome fecrets and myfteries of State. That the King his Father 
 finding the Palatinate more then in danger to be loft, and his Majefty 
 being In Spai»^ and tliere deluded, and his abode and return both unfafc, 
 it was a neceffity of State to fwceten and content the Spaniard with the 
 hopeof any thing which might fatisfie and redeem thofe Engagements. 
 And that therefore the King willed the Duke to yield difcreetly to what 
 hefhould find they moft defired, and this was chiefly the point of Reli- 
 gion ; So as in this, and all of the like kind , the Duke upon his Maje- 
 liies knowledge was commanded , and but the Inftrument trufted by the 
 ,:King in this Exigent, or if you will fay, Extremity. 
 r*,, " Upon the fame ground, though not in fo high a degree, the fending 
 ofthe Shipstoifof/;f/maybeexcufed. Touching the vaft Creation of 
 Nobility, his Majefty may declare that his Father who was born a King, 
 ^nd had long experience of that Regiment, found that this State inclined 
 much to popularity 5 and therefore thought fit to enlarge the number of 
 his Nobles, that thefe being difperfcd Into feveral Counties, might fhine 
 asLampsof Soveraigntyin proteding their own degrees, and at their 
 own charge inure the people with refpeft and obedience to greatnefs. 
 And the King may proteft that this was a child of his Fathers beft Judg- 
 ment, and the Duke the Inftrument thereof. And if you fay, there was 
 money many times given for thefe Honors 5 nay, if you fay, that money 
 hath been given for places of Clergy and Judicature, take this of me, it 
 is fo in all ©ther Countreys, as in France and Spain^Scc. though I am not 
 fatisfied in this opinion. And if it be faid, the King ihonld have had the 
 money which the Duke took to his own ufe, . I beleeve this laft (may the 
 King lay) is more then any man can prove ; Neither will I deliver what 
 I know therein, oncly this I will fay, I know the Dukes particular fervice, 
 and affedion towards nic, and that he and his will lay down thcmfelves 
 and all they have nt my feet. 
 
 Is it for a King to ufe his Servant and Inftrument as he doth hisHorfes, 
 and being by hard riding in his fervice foundred and lame , to turn them 
 out to Grafs or to the Cart ^ I muft therefore (may the King fay) in 
 right of the King, my Fathers Honor, prote(fb a man f though juftly 
 feeming guilty, yet) in my own knowledge innocent: Will you there- 
 fore
 
 Hiftorical CoUeHiorts. 
 
 251 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 fore deny the King to favor whom he pleafech, which the King never de- 
 nied to yoathat are his Subjeds-f Well, commend me to my Lords 
 and tell them that if any thing hath been formerly done amifs by others 
 I have power and will to redrefs it, and to prevent the like. 
 
 At this time the King commanded all the Bifhops to attend him, and 
 when they were come before him , being fourteen in number, he repre- 
 hended them, tfatat in this time of Parliament they had not made known 
 unto him what might be profitable for the Church , whofe caufe he was 
 ready to promote. And he laid this Charge upon them , that in the 
 Caufe of Brifiol and BHckingh.im^ their Confciences being their Guides 
 they fhould follow onely proofs, and not rumors. 
 
 The Commons fent again to the Duke by Sir ^ohn Epflcy , to let 
 him know that they were pafling Articles againft him, and that they had 
 given the MefTengers leave to take Notes thereof out of the Clerks 
 Book, whereof he might take a Copy if he pleafed-, and that they ex- 
 pefted his Anfwer that day before ten of the Clock, if he pleaied to fend 
 any. 
 
 This the Duke fignified to the Lords, who did not think fit that he 
 fhould anfwer , as appears by the enfuing Report made by Sir ^ohn 
 
 ' " This day his Grace gave us this Anfwer ,(after he had moved the 
 " Lords) that he (hould with great care make all due acknowledgment of 
 " your refpedl and favors in giving -him this notice, which though it do 
 " invite him to render unto you fiich a fatisfadion that he hopes may ac- 
 "quit and reftore him to your good opinion, and might prevent your 
 " proceedings, which otherwife by a Parliamentary courfe are like to tol- 
 "low-, Yet according to his duty, having moved the Lords oi" the Up- 
 " per Houfe, upon your notice given him , they would by no means, as 
 '' things now ftand, give him leave to anfwer, in regard he is not igno- 
 " rant you are prefently to enter into confideration of his Majeffces Mef- 
 " fage-, and that by a delay therein your own purpofes will be in fome 
 " fort difappointed, and the affairs of Chrifteadome much prejudiced ; 
 ''.j)ut for that upon a refolution you have deterred and refpited that fer- 
 ^'^ice until thofe things depending againft him be firft determined, he 
 " out of fear that his neceifary defence would fpin out a great deal of 
 *' time, which is more precious, is the vvillinger to obey their Lordrtiips, 
 " that fo he might haften without obftacle or interruption given unto 
 "him, to keep day with his Majefty; And this he doth as he conceives 
 "to his own infinite prejudice, knowing how grievous it istobetranf- 
 "raitted as a Grievance by the voice of this Houfe: But he doth profefs 
 " he will rather hazard the fafcty of his Fortunes, Reputation, and him- 
 " felt, then to be the leaft occafion of any that may work dif-atfedion or 
 '* mif-underftanding between the King and his People. And it is his 
 " Proteftation, that whatfoever interruption is made by his adions, his 
 " endeavors fliall be as long as he hath any favor with his gracious Ma- 
 " i!er, to take opportunity of doing good offices to this Houfe, and of 
 ''rendringallthathecanbe able for the fafety of the State, and the ge- 
 " neralgoodof the Common-wealth. And this he faith you may the 
 " eafier beleeve, becaufe his Majefty can witnefs, that he hazarded in his 
 " Fathers time the lofs of the beft affcdion of the beft of Mafters to obtain 
 ; Kk 2 «for\ 
 
 2 Caroli, 
 
 The Ei/liops 
 commanded 
 CO attend the 
 King, 
 
 The Dukes 
 anfwer to a 
 MelTage from 
 the Commons 
 reported.
 
 Z5i 
 
 Hifiorical CoUe&ions, 
 
 An. j6i6. 
 
 Glanviles re- 
 port from the 
 Committee. 
 
 The Kings 
 MefTage touch- 
 ing new mat- 
 ter againf\the 
 Duke. 
 
 The Earl of 
 Bripl 
 brought to 
 the bar of 
 the Lords 
 Houfc. 
 
 " foi- them their defire. In this zeal he was defirous to have appeared 
 " unto you ever fince the beginning of this Parliament,and in this zeal he 
 ' doth now prcfent himfelf unto you. But to return to the main point,he, 
 ' left we (hould be miftaken,gave us occafion in plain words to remember 
 you, that it is not he that doth refufe to anfwer, but the Lords com- 
 " manded him not to anfwer, which he the cheerfullier obeyed, in refpeft 
 " of his fidelity to prefer the Univerfal Weal before his own particular. 
 *' And in the mean time he defireth the charitable opinion of this Noble 
 " Houfe, until he be convinced that he (hall appear not worthy of it , 
 '' which his own innocency maketh him confident that he (hall not. 
 
 <c 
 
 (C 
 
 Whilft the Duke flood ready to be impeacht, his Grace propoun- 
 ded to the Lords of the Council to have it moved to the King, that in 
 regard of the important fervices by Sea , the ufual pay to the Sailers 
 might be raifed from Fourteen to Twenty (hillings a Moneth, which was 
 as much as they ordinarily received for Merchants wages : The King 
 being therein moved, was confenting. Neverthelefs multitudes of the 
 prefTed Mariners ran away, leaving his Majefties Ships unfurnKhed , and 
 his Service difappointed. 
 
 There was a great Debate in the Houfe of Commons, Whether the 
 Committee of Twelve ( where Mv.Glanvile had the Chair ) (hall con- 
 fider of any new matter net heretofore propounded in the Houfe againft 
 the Duke ^ And it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
 
 Mt.Glanvile reports from the Committee the Examination concern- 
 ing a Plaifter and a PolTet applied and given to King ^ames in his (icknefs, 
 when the Kings fworne Phyficians had agreed upon other Directions. 
 Hereupon it was refolved. That this (hould be annexed to the Charge 
 againft the Duke, as a tranfccndent Prefumption of dangerous confe- 
 quence. 
 
 Hereupon his Majefty fent this McfTage to the Commons. 
 
 " '■pHat he having given way to Enquiry about the Duke of Sucking- 
 " A hatn, and hearing that there is new matter intended to be brought 
 "againft him, neverthelefs leaveth the Houfe to their own waytopre- 
 " fent thcbufinefs to him, or to the Lords ; withal advifeth them to con- 
 " (ider of the feafon of the year, and to avoid all lofs of time. 
 
 It was Ordered, That thanks (liould be returned to his Majefty for 
 this MefTage. 
 
 On Monday the Firft of May, the Gentleman-U(her brought the 
 Earl of Briflol to the Bar, according to their Lordfhips Order -, and the 
 Lord Keeper acquainted him. That the King had commanded his At- 
 torney General to charge the . Earl of Br//?o/ before their Lordfhips with 
 HighTreafon, and other Offences and Mifdemeanors of a very high 
 nature, that they might proceed in a Legal courfc againft him, according 
 to the Jufticc and ufual proceedings of Parliament. 
 
 I. Offences 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I. Offences done and committed by the Earl of ^n^o\y 
 before Hts Majesiies going into Spain, when he 
 mpos Trince, 
 
 I. '~H "> Hat the faid Earl being trafted and employed by the faid late 
 ■ King as his Ambaffador to Ferdimndo , then and now Emperor 
 -M- of Germany 5 and to Philip the Fourth, then and now King of 
 Sfain, in Amis \6ii. 22. and 23. And having Commiflion, and parti- 
 cular and fpecial Diredion to Treat with the faid Emperor, and the King 
 of Sfaitt, for the plenary reftoring of fuch partsof the Dominions, Ter- 
 ritories, and PofTefllons of the Count Palatine of Rhine, who married 
 with the moft Excellent Lady Eliz,abeth his now Royal Confort, the 
 onely Daughter of the faid late King ^ames r, which were then wrong- 
 fully and in tioftile manner taken, and pofTefled with and by the Armies 
 of the faid Emperor, and Kmg of Spain , or any other - and for pre- 
 ferving, and keeping fuch other parts thereof as were not then loft, but 
 were then in the protection of the faid late King ^ames, and to the ufe 
 of the faid Count Palatine and his Children : And alfo to Treat with the 
 faid King of Spain for a Marriage to be had between the moft High and 
 Excellent Prince Chads, then Prince of Wales, the onely Son and Heir 
 Apparant of the faid King ^ames, and now our moft Soveraign Lord, 
 and the moft Illuftrious Lady Donna Maria the Infanta of Spain, Sifter 
 to the now King of Spain ; Ht the faid Earl contrary to his duty and Al- 
 leagiance, and contrary to the truft and duty of an Ambaftador, at Jtf4- 
 <irrW in the Kingdom oi' Spain, to advance and further the defigns of the 
 faid King of Spain aoamO: our faid Soveraign Lord, his Children, Friends, 
 and Allies-, talfly, willingly, and traiteroufly, and as a Traitor to our 
 faid late Soveraign Lord the King, by fundry Letters and other Meflages 
 fent by the faid Earl from Madrid in the years aforefaid unto King ^ames, 
 and hisMiniftersof Statcof England r, did confidently and refolutely, 
 inform, advife,and aftiire the faid late King, That the faid Emperor, and 
 King of Spain, would really, fully, and effedtually make reftitution and 
 plenary reftauration to the faid Count Palatine, and his Children of the 
 faid Dominions, Territories, and Pofleflions of the faid Count P4/4^/'»f, 
 and of the faid Eledoral Dignity. And that the faid King of Spain did 
 really, fully, and effedlually intend the faid Marriage between the faid 
 Lady his Sifter, and the faid Prince our now Soveraign Lord, according 
 to Articles formerly propounded between the faid Kings : Wliere.;s in 
 truth, the faid Emperor and King oi Spain, oreicher of them, never 
 really intended fuch reftitution as aforefaid. And whereas the faid King 
 of Spun never really intended the Marriage according to thofe Articles 
 propounded, but the faid Emperor and Kiog of Spain, intended onely 
 by thofe Treaties, to gain time to compafs their own ends and purpofes, 
 to the detriment of this Kingdom , (of all which, the faid Earl of Briflol 
 neither was nor could be ignorant.) The faid late King ^ames by enter- 
 taining thofe Treaties, and continuing them upon thofe falfe Afl'urances 
 given unto him by the faid Earl, as aforefaid, was made fecure, and loft 
 the opportunity of time, and thereby the faid Dominions, Territories, 
 and PoflefTions of the faid Count Palatine, and the Electoral Dignity 
 
 be- 
 
 2 Caroli, 
 
 Articles 
 againfi the 
 Earl of Br/Jia
 
 n^ 
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An i6z6.' became utterly loft -, and fome parts thereof were taken out of theaftual I 
 i,^/%J! polkfiion of the faid King -^^wc^, unto whofe protection and fafe keep- 
 in'^ they were put, and committed by the faid Count Palatine •, and the 
 moft Excellent Lady Elizabeth his Wife, and their Children, are now ut- 
 terly difportelTed and bereaved thereof, to the high dilhonor of our faid 
 late Soveraign Lord King ^ames , to the dilherifon of the faid late Kings 
 Children , and their Pofterity , of their Antient Patrimony , and to 
 the difadvantage and difcouragmg of the reft of the Princes of Germany, 
 and other Kings and Princes in Amity and League with his Majefty. 
 
 II. That the faid Earl of Br/i?e/ being Ambaflador for his late Ma- 
 jefty King ^^^wci, asaforefaid, in Annii fufradicfii , and having received 
 perfed, plain, and particular Inftru6lions and Directions from his faid 
 late Majefty, Thatheftiouldput the King of Spain to a fpeedy and pun- 
 ctual Anfwer, touching the Treaties aforcfaid : And the faid Earl well 
 underftanding the effedt of thofe InftruCtions and Directions fo given un- 
 to him, and taking precife knowledge thereof-, and alfo knowing how 
 much it concerned his late Majefty in honor and fafety (as his great Af- 
 fairs then ftood) to put thefe Treaties to a fpeedy eondufion: Yet 
 neverthelefs he the faid Earl, falfly, willingly, and traiteroufly, contrary 
 to his Alleagiance, and contrary to the truft and duty of an Ambaflador, 
 did continue thofe Treaties upon Generalities, without effectual prefling 
 the faid King of Spam unto particular Conclufions , according to his 
 Majefties Directions, asaforefaid •, and fo the faid Earl intended to have 
 continued the faid Treaties upon Generalities , and without reducing 
 them to Certainties, and to direCt Conclufions : To the high di(honor 
 of his faid late Majefty, and to the extream danger and detriment of his 
 Majefties perfon, his Crown, and Dominions, Confederates, and 
 Allies. 
 
 III. That the faid Earl of Briflol being Ambaflador for his faid late 
 Majefty as aforefaid, in the years atorefaid, to the intent to difcourage the 
 faid late King ^ames, for the taking up of Arras, entring into Hoftility 
 with the faid King of Spain, and for refifting him and his Forces, from 
 attempting the Invafion of his faid late Majefties Dominions, and the 
 Dominions of his faid late Majefties Confederates, Friends, and Allies ; 
 the faid King of Spain having long thirfted after an Univerfal Monarchy 
 in thefe Weftern parts of the World , hath many times both by words 
 and Letters to the faid late King and his Minifters, extolled and magni- 
 fied the greatnefs and power of the faid King of Spain, and reprefented 
 unto his faid late Majefty, the fuppofed dangers which would enfue unto 
 him, if a War fhould happen between them -, and affirmed and infinuated 
 unto his faid late Majefty, That if fuch a War fliould enfue, his faid late 
 Majefty , during the reft of his life , muft expeCt neither to Hunt nor 
 Hawk, nor eat his Meat in quiet : Whereby the faid Earl of Erijlol did 
 cunningly and traiteroufly ftrive to retard the Refolutions of the faid late 
 King, to declare himfelf an enemy to the Hiid King of Spain, (who un- 
 der colour of Treaties and Alliances, had fo much abufed him) and to 
 refift his Arms and Forces, to the lofs of opportunity of time, which 
 cannot be recalled or regained, and to the extream danger, diftionor, and 
 detriment of this Kingdom. 
 
 IV. The faid Earl of Briftol upon his difpatch out of this Realm of 
 
 England, in his Ambaflage aforefaid, having communication with divers 
 
 ^evions in London, within this Realm of JE^j^/W, before his going into 
 
 Spain, in and about his Ambaflage concerning the faid Treaty : For the 
 
 Negotiating 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Htslorical ColleHions. 
 
 Negotiating whereof, the faid Earl purpofely was fent -, and he the faid 
 Earl being then told , That there was little probability that thefe Trea- 
 ties would or could have any good fucceis, he the faid Earl acknow- 
 ledged as much ; and yet nevcrthelefs,contrary to his duty and alleagiance, 
 and to the faith and truth of an Ambaflador, he the faid Earl laid and af- 
 firmed, That he cared not what the fuccefs thereof would be 5 for he 
 would take care to have hislnflrudions, and topurfue them punftually •, 
 and howioever the bufinefs went, lie would make his Fortune tliereby, 
 or ufcd words, at that timetofuch effed-, whereby it plainly appeareth, 
 That the faid Earl from the beginning herein, intended not the Service or 
 Honor of his late Majefty, but his own corrupt and finifter ends, and for 
 his own advancement. 
 
 V. That from the beginning of his Negotiation, and throughout the 
 whole managing thereof, by the faid Earl of 5r//?tf/, and during his fiid 
 AmbafTage, He the faid Earl contrary to his faith, andduty to God, the 
 true Religion protefTed by the Church of England, and the Peace ot this 
 Cl.urchand State , did intend and rcfolve, that if the faid Marriage fo 
 treated of as aforefaid, fliould by his Miniftry beeffedled, that thereby 
 the Romilli Religioa and ProfelTors thereof lliould be advanced within 
 this Realm, and other his Majefties Realms and Dominions, and the true 
 Religion and Profeffors thereof difcouraged and difcountenanced : And 
 to that end and purpofe, the faid Earl during the time aforefaid, by Let- 
 ters un'o his late Majtfty, and otherwife, otten counfelled an.l perfwaded 
 his laid late Majefty to let at liberty the Jefuites and Priefts of the Romifli 
 Religion ; which, according to the good Religious and Politick Laws of 
 this Kingdom, wereimprifoned orreftrained, and to grant and to allow 
 unto the Papifts and Profeffors of the Romiih Religion, free Toleration, 
 and filencing of all the Laws made , and ftanding in force 
 them. 
 
 V I. That by the falfe Informations and Intelligence of the faid Earl 
 of Briftol, during the time aforefaid unto his faid late Majefty, and to 
 his M.ijefty that now is, (.being then Prince) concerning the faid Trea- 
 ties-, and by the Afturances aforefaid given by the faid Earl, his faid late 
 Majefty, and the Prince his now Majefty, being put into hopes , and by 
 the faid long delay uied, without producing any effed, their Majefties 
 being put into jealoufies and juft fufpition, that there was no fuch fin- 
 cerity ufed towards them as they expeded , and with fo many Anfwers 
 from the Earl had on their part been undertaken, the faid Prince our 
 now gratious Soveraign, was inforced out of his love to his Countrey, 
 to his Allies, Friends, and Confederates, andtothepeaceof Chriften- 
 e!om, who all fuffered by thofe intolerable delays, inhis o.vnperfon, to 
 undertake his long and dangerous journey into Spain, that thereby he 
 might either fpeedily conclude thofe Treaties, or perfedly difcover ■ that 
 on tiie Emperors and King of S fains part, there was no true and real in- 
 tention to bring the fame to conclufion, upon any fit and honorable 
 terms and conditions, and did abfolutely and fpeedily break them off. By 
 ivhich journey, the perfon of the faid Prince being then Heir- Apparant to 
 the Crown ol this Realm, and in his perfon, the peace and lately of this 
 Kingdom, did undergo fuch apparant, and fuch inevitable dang.er, as at 
 the very remembrance thereof, the hearts of all good Subjects do even' 
 tremble. 
 
 againft 
 
 f 
 
 II. offences 
 
 111 
 
 2 CTtroli.
 
 1^6 
 
 HMorical CoUeBions, 
 
 A». 1626. 
 
 I I. Offences done and committed by the faid 
 Early during the time of the Trinces being in 
 Spain. 
 
 VII. np Hat at the Princes com\a% \nio Spain , during^ the time afore- 
 1 faid, the Earl of Briftol, cuaningly, fallly, and traiteroufly 
 moved and perhvaded the Prince, being then in the power of a foreign 
 King of the Romifli Religion, to change his Religion, which was done 
 in this manner. At the Princes firft coming to the faid Earl, he asked 
 the Prince for what he came thither , the Prince at firft not conceiving 
 the Earls meaning, anfwered. You know as well as I. The Earl replied, 
 Sir, Servants can never ferve their Mafter induftrioufly, although they 
 may do it faithfully, unlefs they know their meanings fully. Give me 
 leave therefore to tell you what they fay in the Town is the qaufe of your 
 coming, That you mean to change your Religion, and to declare it here. 
 And yet cunningly to difguife it, the Earl added further. Sir, I do not 
 Ipeak this, that 1 will perfwade you to do it ^ or that 1 will promife you 
 to follow your example, though you will do it -, but as your faithful Ser- 
 vant, if you will truft me with fo great a fecret, I will endeavor to carry 
 it the difcreeteft way I can. The Prince being moved at this unexpeded 
 motion again, faid unto him, I wonder what you have ever found in me, 
 that you Ihould conceive I would befobafe and unworthy, as for a Wife 
 to change my Religion. The faid Earl replying, defired the Prince to 
 pardon him, if he had offended him, it was but out of his defire to ferve 
 him. Which perfwafions of the faid Earl was the more dangerous, be- 
 caufe the more fubtile^ whereas it had been the duty of a faithful Ser- 
 vant to God , and his Mafter , if he had found the Prince ftaggering 
 in his Religion , to have prevented fo great an error , and to have 
 perfwaded againft it , fo to have avoided the dangerous confequence 
 thereof to the true Religion , and to the State, if fuch a thing Ihould 
 havehapned. 
 
 VIII. That afterwards during the Princes being in 5'/'<i/;;, the faid 
 Earl having conkrence with the faidPrince about the Romilh Religion, 
 he endeavored falfly and traiteroufly to perfwade the Prince to change 
 his Religion, and to become a Romifli Cathohck, and to become obe- 
 dient to the ufurped Authority of the -Pope oi Rome: And to that end 
 andpurpofe, the faid Earl traiteroufly ufed thefe words unto the faid 
 Prince, That the State of Efjgland never did any great thing, but when 
 they were under the obedience of the Pope of Rome, and that it was im- 
 polTiWe they could do any thing of note otherwife, 
 
 IX. That during the time of the Princes being in i'/'^i;?, the Prince 
 I confulting, and advifing with the faid Earl, and others, about anew 
 \ offer made by the Kins,o( Spat fi, touching the Palathates EldeH Son to 
 
 marry with the Emperors Daughter, but then he muft be bred up in 
 the Emperors Courts •, the faid Earl delivered his opinion. That the 
 Propofition was reafonable, whereat when Sir Walter Afton then prefent, 
 falUng into fome paffion, faid. That he durft not foi- his head conkvit to 
 it •, the Earl of Bri(lol replied , That he faw no fuch great inconvenience 
 in it, for that he might be bred up in the Emperors Court in our Religi-. 
 
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 on. Bat when the extream danger, and in a manner the impoflibility 
 thereof, was prefled unto the faid Earl, he faid again, That wichoiic 
 fome great Adion , the Peace of Chnftendom would never be had • 
 which was fo dangerous, and fo defperate a Counfel, that one fo near 
 the Crown of England Hiould be poyfoned in his Religion , and be- 
 come an unfriend to our State, that tlite confequences thereof, both for 
 the prefect and future times, were infinitely dangerous 5 and yet here- 
 unto did his difaffedion to our Religion, theblindnefs in his Judgment 
 mifled by his fmifter refpeds, and the too much regard he had to the 
 Houfe of Ai((lria, lead him, 
 
 III. Offences done and committed by the 
 faid Earl after the Princes coming from 
 Spain. 
 
 X. 'npHat when the Prince had clearly found himfelf and his Father 
 A deluded in thefe Treaties, aad hereupon refolded to return from 
 the Court of Spain ^ yet becaufe it behoved him to part fairly, he left 
 the powers of the Deffonfories with the Earl oi Brijlol, to be delivered 
 upon the return of the Difpenfation from Rome , which the King of 
 Sfain infilled upon 5 and without which, as he pretended, he would not 
 conclude the Marriage. The Prince forefeeing and fearing left after the 
 Deffonfories, the Infanta that (hould then be his Wife, might be put into 
 a Monaftery, wrote a Letter back to the faid Earl from Segovia, 
 thereby commanding him not to make ofe of the faid Powers, until he 
 could give him alTurance that a Monaftery fliould not rob him of his 
 Wife •, which Letter the faid Earl received , and with fpeed returned 
 an Anfwer thereto into £«^/W, perfwading againft this Diredion, yet 
 promifing Obedience thereunto. Shortly after which, the Prince fent 
 another Letter to the faid Earl into Spain, difcharging him of his far- 
 ther command. But his late Majefty by the fame Meftenger fent him a 
 more exprefs diredion, not to difpatch the Defponfories until a full 
 Condufion were had of theother Treaty of the Palatinate, with this 
 of the Marriage -, for his Majefty faid , That he would not have one 
 Daughter to laugh, and leave the other Daughter weeping. In 
 which Difpatch although there were fome miftaking, yet in the next 
 following the fame was correded , and the Earl of Briftol tyed to 
 the fame Reftridlion, which himfelf confefTed in one of his Difpatches 
 afterwards, and promifed to obey pundually the Kings command therein j 
 yet neverthelefs, contrary to his Duty and AUeagiance, in another Let- 
 ter fent immediately after , he declared , That he had fet a day for the 
 Defponfories, without any Afluiance, or fo much as treating of thofe things 
 which were commanded to him as Reftridions ; and that fo iliort a day, 
 that if extraordinary diligence with good fuccefs in the Journey had 
 not concarred, the Princes hands might have been bound up 5 and yet 
 he neither fure of a Wife, nor any afluiance given of the Temporal Ar- 
 ticles. All which in his high prefuraption he adventured to do, being 
 an exprefs breach of his Inftrudions •, and if tiie fame had not been pre- 
 vented by his late Majefties vigilancy, it might have turned to thein- 
 
 I finite diflionor and prejudice of his Majefty. 
 
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 The Earl 
 Briftels cx- 
 prcflions at 
 the time of 
 his Accufa- 
 ticn. 
 
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 XI. Laftly, That he hath offended in a high and contemptuous man- 
 ner in preferring a fcandalous Petition to this honorable houfe, to the 
 diflionor of his Majefly of blefled memory deceafed, and of his Hicred 
 Majefty that now is, which are no way fufferable in a Subje6l towards his 
 Soveraign -, and in one Article of that Petition fpecially, wherein he 
 gives his now Majefty the Lye, in denying, and offering to faififie that 
 Relation which his Majefty affirmed, and thereunto added many things 
 of his own remembrance to both Houfes of Parliament. 
 
 ROBERT HEATH. 
 
 The Earl of Br/fiol upon the Attorney Generals accufing him of high 
 Treafon, thus expreft hirafelf. 
 
 The Earl of 
 Brijlols fptcch 
 at the Bar of 
 the Lords 
 Houfe at the 
 delivery of his 
 Articles a- 
 gainft the 
 Duke. 
 
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 * Hat he had exhibited his Petition to the Houfe Jpril 19, that he 
 might come up and be heard in his Accufation of the Duke of j 
 "Buckingham^ and that thereupon he being a Pt-erof this Realm is now 
 " charged with Treafon. That he had heretorore inlormed the late 
 '' King of the Dukes unfaithfull fervice, and thereupon t ^e Ddke labo- 
 " red that he might be clapt up in the Tower prefently upon his return 
 " out of Spain : That he importuned the late King, that he might be 
 ''heard before him felf, and his Mijefty promifed it ^ I pray God (faid 
 " he) that that promile did him no hurt, for he died lliortly after : And 
 " for the Kings promife he vouched the Lord Chamberlain for a witnefs ^ 
 " and he defiled the Lords to take notice, that their Houfe was poffefTed 
 **^ already of his faid Petition,and of his Accufation of the faid Duke: And 
 " therefore defired firft that they would receive his charge againft the 
 " Duke and the Lord Conrvay^ and not to invalid his 
 
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 Conrvay, and not to mvalid his Teftimony 
 againft them by the Kings Charge againft him ; and that he might 
 not be impeached, till his Charge of fo high a nature be firft 
 " heard. 
 
 "• So he tend red to the Houfe the Articles againft the Duke, which 
 " the Clerk received, and he withdrew, and his Petition exhibited the 
 '■'■ 19 o( Jpril was read •, and the Lords refolved upon the Queftion, 
 " That the faid Earls Charge againft the Duke of Buckingham and the 
 " Lord Conrvaj fhould be prefently read. 
 
 The Eart being fhortly after called in again to the Bar of the Lords 
 Houfe,concerning his Articles againft tiie Duke, m.ade this fpeech. 
 
 Firft, he craved pardon of their Lordfhips for his earneft Speeches 
 the other day, confeffing them to have been in paflion, faying, 
 That unexpeAed accufation of Treafon would warm any honeft 
 heart, but would hereafter amend it. Then he rendred their Lordftiips 
 humble thanks, for their manner of proceeding againft him •, and de- 
 fired to know from Mr Attorney, whether that were his whole Charge 
 or not, Mr Attorney anfwered, TThathe had Commandment to open 
 no more againft him, peradventure upon the opening of the Charge 
 fome particulars might arife, and be urged, but no netv matter 
 fhould. 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeHions. 
 
 " Then the Earl defired to know of Mr Attorney, who was the Re- 
 " lator to his Charge, and that he might underftaod who was his Ac- 
 *' cufer : Ml Atrorney anfwered, That the King himfelf out of his own 
 "mouth had given him diredrions for his own Relation againfl: him, and 
 ''corrected many things that were added: Unto which the Earl anf^ver- 
 "ed, That he would not conteft with the King, neither did it befeem 
 '' him (o to do -, neither efteemed he his life or his fortunes fo much, as to 
 "fave them by contefting with his Soveraign • and therefore would 
 '* make no reply or anfwer, were it not that his Religion and Honor 
 " were joyntlyqueftioned with his life 5 but this being to defcend to his 
 " Pofterity, for their fakes he was an humble Suitor unto his Majefty, 
 " that he would not take indignation at his own juft defence, yet would 
 " he be ready to make any humble fubmiflion to his Mijefty - and hear- 
 " tily defired fome means might be made, that he might make it perfo- 
 "nally to himfelf-, wherein he would fubmit himfelf mod: wil finely to 
 *'fomefuch ad of liumiliation and fubmiflion, (not wronging his inno- 
 "cency) that never Subjed did towards his Soveraign: And alfo. That 
 "hisMajefty would be pleafed to fet himfelf in his Throne of Juftice, 
 "and declare out of his Royal juftice, that he would have the Dakeand 
 '' him upon equal terms, and that neither of their caufes lliould be advan- 
 " ced before others. 
 
 " Thefe were his humble Petitions which he befought their Lord- 
 " (hips to prefent unto his Mijefty, and to take into their confiierati- 
 " ens of how dangerous a confequence it would be, if the King Ihould 
 «'be Acciafer, Judge, Witnefs, andfhould have the Confifcation. As 
 "couching the Charge againfl: him, he fald. He had once anfwered it all, 
 '' except that of his Petition-, and he doubted not but to clear himfelf 
 "before their Lordfhips of every particular of it 5 hefaid, heexped-^d 
 
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 not to have heard of this again, 
 
 having 
 
 once anfwered it : He rather 
 
 " expeded to have been charged with fome pradife with Spain againfl: 
 '• the State -, or the receipt of Ten or Twenty thoufand pounds, for 
 "theperfwading and procuring of the delivery up of fome Town, of 
 " which the Crown was in polTeffion, as might be the Town of Flitfh- 
 "//?f, the Brill, or the like -, or for being the means of lending the 
 "Kings Ships to a Forein Nation, and that againfl: thofe of our 
 "own Religion -, or for revealing his Majeft:ies highefl: Secrets, 
 "which none above two or three dares know -, or for treating the 
 " greateft affairs, as it were by his own Authority, without formal 
 " Inftrudions in the points ; or for having taken Rewards , or 
 
 his 
 cal. 
 and 
 and 
 
 " been Corrupted by 
 "Inftrudions in any 
 
 charged 
 
 a Jboreign Prince -, 
 Ecclefiaftical point 
 committed an overt 
 after feven Ambaffages , 
 
 in 
 '' leth it, to have 
 ''not to be 
 '' Inferences, 
 
 " Then he defired their Lordtliips that he 
 '* of his Charge in writing, and time allowed 
 " and Coanfel afligned him to plead 
 was a great difference between the 
 him ; for the Duke was accufed of 
 and in the Kings favour ^ and he 
 which he had long fincc anfwerei 
 therefore he moved that they 
 tion. 
 
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 or to have bi'oken 
 or , as the Law 
 A(5t of diOoyalty, 
 Difcourfes 
 
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 might 
 
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 might 
 
 have a Copy 
 
 him for his Aii'wer, 
 
 his Caufe •, and faid, there 
 
 Duke of Buckingham and 
 
 Treafon, and yet at large, 
 
 accufed but of that 
 
 was a Prifoner 5 and 
 
 be put in equal condi- 
 
 being 
 
 ind\ 
 
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 2 Caroli
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 He layes open 
 his Cafe to 
 the Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 '' And as touching the Lord Conway, in as much as he had given in 
 '' Articles againft him, hedefired his Lordlliip might not meddle in that 
 ■' particular bufinefs, nor ufe the Kings name againft him ex effict* ^ he 
 '' alio befought their Lorddiips to be Suitors to his Majefty on his be- 
 "half, that all the particular difpatches of his own Ambaflages, and 
 " Sir JValter Jfitofjs might be brought thither, and that he might make 
 " ufe oF them tor his defence, as his Evidence ^ then he deiired their 
 " Lordfhips not to think it tedious for him to proceed and lay open his 
 " Cafe unto them 5 which being granted, he began as foUoweth. 
 
 
 HE faid that he had the honor to ferve the late Kmg his Matter 
 of happy memory, for the fpace o£ twenty years, and a long 
 
 received one 
 
 • whic 
 
 timcasaCounfellor, and in fcven Forein Ambaflages 
 1 time, in point .^f his Negotiation he had never 
 '^ check or rebuke, until the return of the Duke of Biickin^kim out 
 '*of Spain, and therefore from thence he would begin his prelent Nar- 
 
 <■< 
 
 The Lord 
 Cbamberlain 
 atttfts rhe 
 
 ■ ration. 
 
 " The very day that his Majefty departed from Spain, he was pleafed 
 "to tell him. That he hadnowayes offended him, but did him the ho- 
 '' nor to truft him with the cuftody of the powers for his Marriage, and 
 "after his return into England, wrote unto him fome Letters, which 
 **didin nokiadeexprefsany uiftruft or difpleafure againft him. About 
 " the fame time he wrote unto his Majefty feveial Letters^ as in duty he 
 "was bound, not for any earthly refpe(^ whatfoever, to conceal from 
 " him the true ftate of his Affairs 5 in which Letter he fet down truly 
 " and honertly, That he conceived that the diftaftes grown there betwixt 
 " the King of Spam, and his Minifters,and the Duke of /J«t/,7/ii^/'dw, would 
 " diforder and utterly overthrow all his affairs, if his wifdom prevented 
 it not, hinc il/x lacrymx: The Duke of Buckingham got a light and 
 " knoweldge of tlie Letters, and fearing leii the Earl at his return 
 " lliould difcover unto his faid late Majefty his praiSifes and mifdemear 
 '^norsin Spain, herefolved, That his accefs to the King was no wayes 
 " to be admitted, and therefore labored and endeavored that he might be 
 " committed to the Tower prefently upon his arrival ^ and conceiving 
 " That the Lord Maquefs//rfw///o« in regard of his Friendfliip with the 
 " Earl and the Alliance which was then intended between them, might 
 " oppofe this courfe, he earneftly preffed him therein, and moved him 
 " to deal with my Lord Chamberlain to the fame purpofe, vowing. That 
 " there was no hurt intended to the Earl-, butonely, that he feared, that 
 "if he lliould be admitted to the King, he would crofs and difturb the 
 " Courfe of Affairs -, but they were fo honorable, that neither of them 
 '' would condefcend thereunto , and fo that intention of his took 
 *' no effecfl -, and therein the Earl defired my Lord Chamberlain, 
 '' that he would be pleafed upon his Honor to deliver his know- 
 '' ledge. 
 
 " This Defignof the Duke not taking, he fell upon other things, 
 
 " indeed to have frightened the Earl out of his Country and honor, and 
 
 truth of what "thereupon laid fome great and finifter afperfions upon him in both 
 
 tlie Earl 
 faid 
 
 hsdf 
 
 Houfes of Parliament, tliinking therebyto have terrified him that he 
 " fliould not return, faying , That if he kept not himfelf where he was, 
 
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 Hijiorical ColieHions. 
 
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 " and laid hold of thofe great offers which he heard were made unco him 
 " in SpatTi) it would be worfe with him. 
 
 Then the Eail of Brifttl proceeded and faid, 
 " Tiiat the knowledge of thefe afperfions caft upon liim in the Pariia- 
 " menr, came firft unto him at Burdeaux in France, where he was comin£» 
 " home at leifure in the company of his wife an-l tamily, having formerly 
 " fent a Port of purpofe to the Lord Contvaj, to know if his fpeedy return 
 " would be any way ufetul to his Majefties fervice : Who anfwered him 
 " That he might very well return at leifure with his family. And in the 
 " mean time he was fallen upon by the Duke o[ Buckingham in Parliament 
 "infuch fort as your LordHiips well remember; of whofe Declaration 
 " he faid he would boldly affirm unto their Lordihips, that there was 
 " fcarce any one thing concerning him in it, which was not contrary to, 
 " or different from the truth. 
 
 B I " From Burdeaux the Earl took Port, making haftejfor that he hoped 
 " to clear his Honor in Parliament before it fliould break up ^ and bein«y 
 " arrived at Calif, he fent over to have one of the Kings Ships, for which 
 ** there was publick Order given-, but although both wind and weather 
 "were as fair as could be, and the Kings Ships lay at Bolotgn , having 
 "carried over Count 3f«t«jyff/i/, and mightevery day within three hours 
 *' have been with him, yet the Ship came not in eight days expcdtance •, 
 *' fo that the Earl fearing the Parliament would be di{rolved,was enforced 
 " to pafs the Sea in a Boat with fix Oars, as he did, having with him 
 " Thirty or Forty thoufand pounds of the Kings Jewels, 
 
 " Upon his landing at Dover, hoping that if his Arreft ihoold have 
 " been deferred until his coming to London, he might have gotten di- 
 *' redly to the Kings prefence, which the Duke refolved was by no means 
 '' to be admitted •, The Earl was there by a Letter of the Lord Contvajs 
 " delivered unto him by a Servant of his, in his Majefties name, com- 
 " manded to retire himfelf to his Houfe, and not to come to the Court 
 
 D *' or the Kings prefence, until he fliould have anlwered to certain Que- 
 " (lions which his Majefty would appoint fome of the Lords of the 
 " Council to ask him. Hereupon he fent prefently to his Majefty, who 
 " feet him word. That his reftraint was neither for any ill meaning unto 
 " him, nor that it fliould laft long, but was intended for his good, to keep 
 " the Parliament from falling violently upon him. And the fame reafon 
 " the Duke alleadged to fome of his Friends-, and all thofe his troubles 
 " which have followed upon his firft reftraint, have been procured by tlie 
 " Dukes Art under colour of Favor, But the Earl having received his 
 *' Mefliige from the King , became a moft humble Suitor unto his Ma- 
 "'jefty, that he would expofe him to the Parliament 5 for that it he had 
 " not ferved him honeftly in all things, he defervcd no favor, but to be 
 " proceeded againft with all feverity. And in this particular he preffed 
 *' the King as far as could ftand with duty and good manners -, but received 
 "anfwer from his Majefty, That there fJiould but few more days pafs 
 " before he would put an end to his affairs : And about this time the 
 *' Parliametit was diffolvcd. 
 
 "He ftiU continued his follicitation to be admitted to the Kings 
 "prefence-. Who fent him word, and confirmed it by oath, That as 
 " foon as he fhould have anfwered the Queftions which the Commiffi- 
 " oners were to propound to him, he would both fee him, and hear him, 
 " and wondred that he fliould fo m.uch doubt tiiereof. He then foUicited 
 
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 2 Caroli. 
 
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 Hi^orical CoUeUions, 
 
 An. i6i6. 
 
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 ' with all earneftnefs to have the Queftions fent onto him, which was 
 
 promifed fhould be within few days. In the interim his Majefty being 
 
 " defirous that the bufinefs fliould have been accommodated, fent ferretly 
 
 " to him by a Gentleman ( who is ready to depofe it ) this Meflage •, 
 
 " That he jhould mite a, fair Letter to the Duke, and leave the refi to Him, 
 
 " Hereupon the Duke fent a Gentleman (oneMr.C/^r^J with fair Pro- 
 
 " pofitions , offering to procure him whatfoever he could reafonably 
 
 pretend ^ only he muft not be admitted to the Kings prefence for 
 
 " fome time •, and that the Duke would have the difpofing of his vice- 
 
 ^•chamherlairisPhce^ having been therein formerly engaged. The Earl 
 
 " told the Gentleman, That to condefcend to any fuch Courfe, were 
 
 "*' jointly to confefs himfelf faulty in fome kind, which he would not do 
 
 " for any refpeft in the world-, and let him know the great wrong that 
 
 " the Duke had already done him, and therefore it would be more hono- 
 
 " rable for him to procure him fome reparation, then to prefs him further. 
 
 " Moreover, not by way of meffage, but by way of information of the 
 
 " faid Mr. Clark, he let him know, how fit it were for the Duke not to 
 
 " prefs thefe things, who could not but be confcious of his own Faults, 
 
 " and knew his Innocencie •, and withall fliewed him a Paper that he had 
 
 " made ready for the King , containing the Particulars wherein the Duke 
 
 " had difparaged him. 
 
 " Mr. Clark making the Duke acquainted here\vith,the Duke wrote a 
 " Letter the next day to the Earl, bearing date 7 ^«///, telling him, 
 " That he had willingly intended the accommodation of his affairs •, but 
 '' by what he had now faid to Mr. Clark, he was difobliged, unlefs he 
 " fhould be pleafed to relent it. Whereupon the Earl anfwered with that 
 " dire6lnefs he thought befitting him in point of Honor. The Courfe 
 "of Mediation was interrupted, and the Duke fo far incenfed, that he 
 " fwore he would have him queflioned for his life. In the interim, (which 
 " the Earl defired might be known to the Lords ) His late Majefly was 
 " fo far from thinking him a Delinquent, or any way diilionefl, that he 
 " was often heard to fay,and fw£ar. That' he held him an honefl man, and 
 " that he would anfwer for him, that he had neither committed Felony 
 " nor Treafon. And this divers are ready to depofe. The which he well 
 " confirmed, for that he gave general leave to all Gentlemen of the 
 " Court, Privy-Counfellors, and to his Secretary of State to have free 
 ■' accefs unto him •, yea even fo far as to admit of Vifits and tntercourfes 
 " with Spanifli Ambaffadors, and the Padre Maeftrc, as isbefl known to 
 " my Lord Courvaj, by whofe Letter he received his Majefties leave in 
 " that particular. 
 
 • " ■" Then he refumed the ftate of his bufinefs where he left it, which 
 
 " was in the hands of the Commilfioners, and they were to frame Iiiter- 
 
 " rogatories for him ; the which although he had promifed fhould be 
 
 " fent him within a few days, yet fuch art was ufej, that fix or ieven 
 
 " weeks were fpent in the framing of them, to the end that his Majeflies 
 
 " Progrefs beginning , there might be no means for the further clearing 
 
 " of the bufinefs : And fo fuppofing that for the anfwering of the Twenty 
 
 '' Interrogatories of fo high a nature, the Earl would take fome time,they 
 
 " caufed the faid Interrogatories to be delivered unto him within a few 
 
 " days before the beginning of the Progrefs ^ but he ufed fo much dili- 
 
 " gence, that he made ready to anfwer in perfona, though it were in the 
 
 " nature of a Delinquent. Unto which his Majefty anfwered moft graci- 
 
 " oufly. That out of his favor, and for that he would not do him wrong, 
 
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 " he would not admit of it, but that he (hould fend his Anfwer, and he 
 " would inftandy put an end to his bufinelTes ; as will appear by Letters. 
 " Hereupon the Duke was put into a great ftrait how to keep him any 
 " longer from his Majefty, but defired that only a few Qatftions more 
 " might be asked of him ; which the King upon great urging and inftance 
 " condefcendcd unto, fo that the Queftions might be prefently fent him : 
 " But herein were fuch Artifices ufed, that the bringing of any was de- 
 " layed until the Kmg had begun his Progrefs •, and then within a day or 
 " two the Lord Co/itvay fent him word. That he had Order indeed for the 
 " fending of him fome more Queftions, but out of his affediion to him 
 *' he forbore the fending of them , unlefs he (hould prefs for them. 
 " Whereupon the Eirl inftmtly wrote unto him, that they might be fent 
 " unto him. My Lord Conrvay made him anfwer by his Letter, That he 
 " wiflied rather the courfe of Mediation might be purfued, for that would 
 but further exafperate ^ but if he would needs have the Qneftions, they 
 " Ihould be lent to him. Whereupon he fent to foUicit his Lordfhip for 
 
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 " them with all eirneftnefs, infomuch as to petition his lace Majfvly twice 
 " that the faid Queftions might be fent: But when the turn was ferved 
 of keeping him from the Kings prefence, the faid Queftions were never 
 more heard of until this day. 
 " So hkewife the Earl having fent his Anfwer to all the Commi/li- 
 " onerSj who moft of them made not nice to declare that they were fully 
 "fatisfied, and when it was perceived that the ^om'-nilTi mers would 
 " certainly clear him, and that he thereby ftiould be reftoped unto his Ma- 
 "jcfties favor, they were never more permitted to meet : A pioce dmg 
 " which, as he conceived, their Lordfhips would think hardly to be pa- 
 " rallel'd, that a Commiflion ihould be appointed to condemn, it there 
 " had been caufe, but not to clear. 
 
 " After the Progrefs was ended,he began again to folUcit his Majefty, 
 " and wrote particularly unto the Duke of Buckingham. Whereupon the 
 " Duke was pleafed to fend four or five Propofitions, which he defired 
 " he lliould acknowledge 5 the which Propofitions contained nothing 
 *' but what had been already propounded and fatisfied in the former In- 
 " terrogacories •, And if he would make his acknowledgment, he then 
 " piomifed to imploy his force and power with the King and Prince, that 
 " he fliould be admitted to kifs their hands and be received into their 
 " gracious favor •, but otherwife in a menacing fort, That he (hould lay 
 " his hands upon his breaft, and fo that would be the beft for him. And 
 " in the preface of the faid Propofitions he writeth in thefe words which 
 " follow : It u an a(fertion not grmted,that the Earl of Bnftol by his Anfwer 
 '' had fatisfied either the King, the Prince, or me of his Innocencie. Apre- 
 fumptuous commination for any Subjedl, 
 
 "But thefe Propofitions were fo unjuft, that he wrote unto the 
 Duke, that in ftead of an Acknowledgment he had fent him an Anfwer 
 unto them 5 unto which if either himfelf or any man living was aole to 
 reply, he would lubmit himfelf to any thing that (h )uU be demanded. 
 But this no way fatisfied the Duke, although it did his late Majefty, 
 " who in the Dukes prefence fiid, / mere to be accounted a Tyrant, to en- 
 '< join an Innocent man to confefi fiuhs of which he w,u not guilty. And 
 " thereupon fent him word. That he (Iwuld make his Anfwer, but ac- 
 " knowledge nothing he was not faulty in. And although he received 
 " this Meflage from the Kings own mouth, as will be dep )fed, yet the 
 '' Duke at the fame time wrote unto him, That the conclufion of all chat 
 
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 " had been treated with bis Majefty, was, That he (hould make the Ac- 
 " knowledgment in fuch manner as was fet down in this paper. And at 
 " this time Ukewife it was that his Majefty fent him word, That he 
 " would hear him concerning 'the Duke of Buckingham, as well as he 
 " had heard the Duke concerning him. And this was not long before his 
 " Majefties ficknefs : And in the interim, as he had heard by feveral ways, 
 " the King fuffered much, and was infinitely prefled by the Duke con- 
 " cerning the faid Earl and his affairs 5 and this he faid was the fuffering 
 " he had fpoken of to their LordOiips the other day. 
 
 " The Earl craved leave of their Lordihips to fpecifie fome other 
 " particulars, whereby it fliould appear that his Majefty was in no kind 
 " ill opinioned of him till his dying day, viz,. That feveral perfons will 
 " depofe, that they have heard his Majefty fay, that he efteemed him an 
 " honeft man; And that hewaspleafed to accept of Toyes by way of 
 " Prefent from him gracioufly and in good part 5 and at laft was Ukewife 
 " pleafed to give him leave to come to London and to follow his own 
 "affairs, and that his pleafure was fignified unto him by the Duke his 
 " own Letter. Whereupon he determined to come to London, intimated 
 " to the Duke his intention of going to his Lodging in Whitehall; but 
 " the Duke was therewith incenfed again, and faid he miftook the Kings 
 " meaning , which was, that he might privately follow his own bufinefs, 
 " And this he faid was the true State and Condition, when it pleafed God 
 " to take unto his mercy his late moft gracious Majefty. 
 
 "Upon his Majefties coming to the Crown, he faid he wrote a moft 
 "humble Letter unto his Majefty, imploring his grace and goodnefs, 
 "and defiring the Dukes mediation: But he was pleafed to anfwerby 
 " his Letter of 7 Maii 1625. That the refolution was to proceed againft 
 "him, without a plain and diredConfeffion of the Point which he had 
 " formerly required him to acknowledge 5 and in a Courtly manner of 
 " menace telleth him, That he would take thefreedom toadvife hrm to 
 " bethink himfelf in time what will be moft for his good. But in the 
 " interim his Majefty was gracioufly pleafed that his Writ of Parliament 
 " fliould be fent him •, and thereupon he wrote unto the Duke of the re- 
 "ceiptofthe faid Writ, but that helbould do nothing but what he ftiould 
 " underftand to be moft agreeable to his Majefties pleafure. Whereunto 
 " the Duke anfvvered in his Letters of May in this manner : / have ac- 
 " quainted his Majefty with your requefts towards him touching jour Summons 
 " to the Parliament, which he taketh very well, and ivouldhave you rather make 
 " excufefor your abfence notwithftanding your Writ, then to come your [elf in 
 "terfon. Whereupon he fent humbly to defire a Letter of leave under his 
 " Majefties hand for his Warrant 5 but in ftead thereof he received from 
 " the L.Conway an abfolute Prohii3ition,and to reftrain and confine him in 
 " fuch fort as he hath been in the late Kings time: And although he was in- 
 " deed abfolutely fet free, he could never get cleared by the Lord Conw.ij, 
 " though he fent him all the Papers to examine 5 and when he could make 
 " no further reply, he faid he conceived he was under reftraint, and that 
 '' his liberty expired with the late Kings death -, when indeed Reftraint 
 *' may expire, but Liberty is natural. After this he continued for the 
 *' fpace of three quarters of a year in the Country without moving , in 
 " which time he was removed from thofe Places and Offices he held 
 « during his late Majefties life -, and the greateft part of his Eftate being 
 " laid out in their Majefties fervice by their particular appointment, he 
 " could never be admitted fo much as to the clearing of Accompts. Yet 
 
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 " hereof he nevei' made the lead complaint : But againft the time of his 
 " Majefties Cwonation, he thought it fit to lay hold of that occafion, 
 " when Princes do A6ts of grace and favor, to bea moft humble Suitor 
 " to his Majefty for his grace and goodnefs; and addrelledhis Letters 
 " unto the t)\xkeo1 Buckingham, from whom he received a Letter all writ- 
 " ten in his own hand, and therein a Letter inclofed from his Majefty, 
 " fo different from fome gracious MefTage which he had received from his 
 "Majefty fince the faid Earl returned into England, upon the occafion of 
 " a great (kknefs ^ and likewife from his fpeeches feveral times delivered 
 " to his Wife, to wit, That he had never offended him, and that for his 
 " faults, he no ways held them criminal, but to be expiated by any eafie 
 "acknowledgment: That heconfclTed he knew not what judgment to 
 " make of the faid Letter, neither hath prefumed hitherto to make any 
 "Anfwer thereto; although by reducing the occafions of fpeeches, and 
 " circum fiances to his Majeflies memory, he no ways doubteth but he 
 " fluU be able to give unto his Majefty fuch fatisfadion to every par ti- 
 "cular, as his Majefly would not remain witii the leafl fcruple in any 
 " one point. 
 
 " After this he faid,that his Writ of Parliament wis detained 5 where- 
 " upon he addrefled himfelf to the Lord Keeper, that he would be a Suitor 
 '' to his Majefty for him in that behalf: which diligences not taking ef- 
 " fed, by Petition he became a Suitor to their Lordfhips for their Hono- 
 '' rable mediation to his Majefly, and thereupon his Writ of Parliament 
 "was awarded : But the Duke of Buckingham upon that took occafion, 
 " as he had publiihed Copies of the faid Letter over all the Kingdom, to 
 " read it likewife in that Honorable Houfe, as was befl known unto their 
 " Lordlliips, and the Writ was accompanied with a Prohibition from the 
 " Lotd Keeper 5 whereupon he addrefTed himfelf for Juflice to that Ho- 
 " norable Houfe, (being pofTefTed of his Caufe by his Petition ) for both 
 "redrefsof his own wrongs, and likewife of Complaints againft the 
 " Duke for many Crimes : And that Honorable Houfe being pofTefTed 
 " of his Caufe by his Petition, there is preferred againft him a fucceeding 
 '' Complaint amounting as high as Treafon (as it is pretended) although 
 "he for divers years hath not been queftioned 5 yet fince his Complaint 
 " againft the Duke, he hath been fetcht up like a Prifoner, and brought 
 " into that Houfe as a Delinquent •, And the Duke, of whom he hath 
 " complained for his great Crimes, is admitted ftiU to fit in the Houfe 
 "as one of his Judges. The which with all that he hath formerly faid, 
 "together with his Life, Fortunes and Honor, he did with all willing- 
 ''nefs, humility and duty, fubmit to the Juftice and Honor of that 
 "Houfe. 
 
 '' Then the Lords asked him, When he would bring in his Anfwer •: 
 " He promifed to anfwer as foon as might be, but knew not how far he 
 " fliould have occafion to ufe his antient Difpatches. The Lord Keeper 
 " told him, that Mr.Attorney might help him by letting him know it : 
 " The Attorney faid, that his Charge (liould in nothing look further back . 
 " then to the year 1 62 1 . Which he defired might be recorded. 
 
 " Whereupon the Earl thanking their Lordfhips for their patience, 
 " he was carried away by Mr. Maxwell the Gentleman-Uflier, in whofe 
 " houfe and cuftody he remained. 
 
 Then were read the" Earls Articles againft the Duke and the Lord 
 Cenway, viz, 
 
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 The Earl of 
 Eriftols Aiti- 
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 the Duke. 
 
 Articles of the Earl of ^n^o\y wherchyhe chargeth 
 the T>uk^ o^Buckingham, bearingDate the Firjl 
 
 day oflsA^Yy ^^^^' 
 
 I f->g-m^ Hat the Duke of Buckingham did fecretly combine with the 
 I Conde of Condomar AmbalTador for the King of S^ain, before 
 jL his the faid Ambafladors laft return into Sfain, in the Summer 
 An.\6%z. To carry his Majefty ( then Prince ) into Sfain, to the end he 
 miqht be' informed and inftruded in the Roman Religion, and thereby 
 hsve perverted the Prince, and fubverted the true Religion eftabliflied in 
 England: From which mifery this Kingdom ( next under Gods mercy ) 
 hadi by the wife, religious, and conftant carriage of his Majefty been al- 
 moft miraculoufly delivered, confidering the many bold and fubtile at- 
 tempts of the faid Duke in that kind. 
 
 II. That Mr.Per^frwas made acquainted therewith and feat into. 
 Stain \ and fuch Meffages at his return framed , as might ferve for a 
 c^round to fet on foot this Confpiracie -, The which was done accordingly, 
 and thereby the King and Prince highly abufed,and their Confents there- 
 by firft gotten to the faid Journey, that is to fay, after the return of the 
 faid Mx. Porter, whichwasaboutthe endof Dfcfw^^r, or the beginning 
 o{ ^andary 1622. whereas the faid Duke had plotted it many moneths 
 
 before. 
 
 III. That the faid Duke, at his arrival in Spain, nouriihed the Spanifli 
 Minifters not only in the belief of his own being Popillily affeded, but 
 did ( both by abfenting himfelf from all Excrcifes of Religion conftantly 
 ufcd in the Earl of Briftols houfe, and frequented by all other Proteftant 
 Emliih, and by conforming himfelf to pleafe the Spaniards in divers 
 Rites of their Religion,even fo far as to kneel and adore their Sacrament) 
 from time to time give the Spaniards hope of the Prince his Converfion : 
 The which Converfion he endeavored to procure by all means poiTible-, 
 and thereby caufedthe Spanitb Minifters to propound far worfe Condi- 
 tions for Religion, then had been formerly by the Earl of Briftol and Sir 
 Walter A(lon fetled and figned under their Majefties hands, withaClaufe 
 in the King of Spain's Anfwer of Dccemh.12. 1612. That they held the 
 Articles agreed upon fufficient^ and fuch as ought to induce the Pope to 
 the granting of the Difpenfation. 
 
 IV. That the Duke of Buckingham having feveral times in the pre- 
 
 fence of the Earl of Bri(lol moved and preffed his late Majefty, at the in- 
 
 ftance of the Conde of Condomar, to write a Letter unto the Pope, and ' 
 
 to tliat purpofe having once brought a Letter ready drawn, wherewith 
 
 theEailof£n/?tf/ by his Majefty being made acquainted, did fo ftrongly 
 
 oppofe the writing of any fuch Letter, that during the abode of the faid 
 
 Earl of Eriflol in England the faid Duke could not obtain it •, yet not 
 
 lon'7 after the Earl was gone, he procured fuch a Letter to be written 
 
 irom his late Majefty unto the Pope, and to have him ftiled \_ San- 
 
 Bifimc Fater.~S 
 
 V. That the Pope being informed of the Duke of Buckingham's 
 
 inclination and intention in point of Religion, fent unto the faid Duke a 
 
 particular Bull in parchment, for to perfwade and encourage him in the 
 
 perverfion of his Majefty then Prince. 
 
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 VI. That the faid Dukes behaviour in Spain was fuch, that he there- 
 by fo incenfed the King of Spain and his MinifterSj as they would admit 
 o'fnoKConGiliation, nor further dealing with him. Whereupon the faid 
 Duke feeing that the Match would be now to his dididvantage, he ea-f 
 deavored to break it. not for any fervice to the Kingdom, nor diflikc of 
 the Match initfelf, nor for that he found (asfince he hath pretended) 
 that the Spaniards did not really intend the faid Match, but out of his 
 particular ends and his indignation. 
 
 VII. That after he intended to crofs the Marriage, he put in pradtice 
 divers undue courfes •, as namely,makiRg ufe of the Letters of his Majefty 
 ( then Prince ) to his own ends, and not to what they were intended 5 as 
 likewifc concealing divers things of high importance from his late Ma- 
 jefty, and thereby overthrew his Majefties purpofes, and advanced his 
 own ends. 
 
 VIII. That tlie faid Duke, as he had with his skill and artifices for- 
 B mcrly abufed their Majefties, fo to the fame end he afterwards abufed 
 
 both Houfes of Parliament by his finifter Relation of the carriage of Af- 
 fairs, as Oiall be made appear almoft in every particular that he fpakc unto 
 the faid Houfes. 
 
 IX. As for fcandal given by hisperfonal behaviour, asalfo theim- 
 ploying of his power with the King of Spain for the procuring of Favors 
 and Offices, which hebeftowed upon bafe and unworthy perfons for the 
 recompence and hire of his Luft • Thefe things, as neither fit for the 
 Earl of Briflol to fpeak, nor indeed for the Houfe to hear, he leaveth to 
 your Lordfhips wifdom how far you will be pleafed to have them exami- 
 ned 5 It having been indeed a great infamy and diflionor to this Nation, 
 that a Perfon of the Dukes great quality and imployments, a Privy- 
 Counfellor, an Ambaflador,eminent in his Mafters favor,and folely truft- 
 ed with the Perfon of the Prince, ftiould leave behind him in a Forein 
 Court fo much fcandal, as he did by his ill behaviour. 
 
 X. That the Duke hath been m great part the Caufe of the ruine and 
 misfortune of the Prince P-j/rff/wf and hisEftates, in as much as thofe Af- 
 fairs had relation unto this Kingdom. 
 
 XI. That the Duke of Buckingham hath in his Relations to both 
 Houfes of Parliament wronged the Earl of Briftol in point of his Honor 
 by many finifter afperfions which he hath laid upon him, and in point 
 of his Liberty by many undue Courfes through his power and pra- 
 ctices. 
 
 XII. That the Earl of Brifiol did reveal unto his late Majefty both by 
 word and letter, in what fort the faid Duke had dillerved him and abufed 
 histruft: And that the King by feveral ways fent him word, That he 
 ftiould reftaftured he would hear the ftid Earl, but that he ftiould leave 
 it to him to take his own time. And thereupon, few days before his fick- 
 nefs, he fent the Earl word,that he would hear him againft the faid Duke, 
 as well as he had heard the faid Duke againft him. Which the Duke 
 himfelf heard •, And not long after his blefted Majefty fieknt\i and 
 died, having been in the interim much vexed and prefted by the faid 
 Duke. 
 
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 the Lord 
 Conrcaji- 
 
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 Articles of the Earl of Briflol agdnjl the Lord 
 » Conway, bearing Date i Mail \6i6. 
 
 I. ^"T^ Hat the Lord Conrvnj is fo great a Servant of the Duke of Buck- 
 
 I inghams, that he hath not ftuck to fend the Earl of Brifiel plain 
 
 ^ word. That if bufiHefTes could not be accommodated betwixt 
 
 him and the Duke, he muft then adhere and declare himfelf for the faid 
 
 Duke ^ and therefore unfit to be a Judge in any thing that concerneth 
 
 the Duke or the Earl. 
 
 II. That the faid Lord Cenrpay profeiTeth himfelf to be a Secretary 
 of the Duke of Buckingham s creation, and fo acknowledgeth it under his 
 own hand : And although that he be the Kings Secretary of State, and 
 a Privy-Counfellor, he ufually beginneth his Letters to the Duke, \_MoJt 
 gracious Patron.^ 
 
 III. That as a Creature of the faid Dukes, the faid Lord Conrvaj 
 hath been made the Inftrument of keeping the Earl of Brijlel from the 
 Kings prefence, and of imprifoning of him by Warrants only under his 
 own hand -, for which he cannot ( as the Earl conceiveth ) produce any 
 fufficient Warrant. 
 
 IV. That by the fpace of Twelve moneths laft paft, the faid Lord 
 Coaway hath been the Caufe of the Earls reftrainr, only by mifmforraing 
 his Majefty, and procuring a Letter of reftraint upon undue grounds : 
 And when it was made apparent unto him, that the faid Earl was reftored 
 to his liberty freely to follow his own affairs by his late Majefty of blefled 
 memory, he replied. That that liberty given him by his Majefty expired 
 with the Kings death. 
 
 V. That the Earl of 5r/'/?<)/j Mother lying fick upon her death-bed, 
 defired for her comfort to fee her Son, and to give him her laft blefling : 
 Whereupon the Earl wrote to the Lord Conway, to defire him to move 
 the King for his leave ^ which he putting off from day to day, told the 
 perfon imployed, That by reafon of the Dukes ficknefs, he could not 
 find opportunity to get the Dukes leave to move the King •, And having 
 fpoken with the Duke, he made a Negative anfwer in the Kings name. 
 Wherewith the Earl acquainting the King by fome of his Bedchamber, 
 his Majefty was in a very great anger, fwearing the Secretary had never 
 moved lum, and that to deny the faid Earl leave, was a barbarous part •, 
 and thereupon fent him prefently free leave 5 which the Secretary hear- 
 ing of, fent likewife afterwards a Letter of leave, but with divers claufes 
 and limitations di^ering from the leave fent him from the Kings own 
 mouth. 
 
 VI. That having the bufineffes of the Earl of Brifiols in his hands> 
 and the Earl being commanded by the King toaddrefs himfelf in his oc- 
 caficnsunto his Lordlliip, He would never deliver any Meffage from the 
 faid Earl, without acquainting the faid Duke and receiving his diredions, 
 and in a noble manner of freenels ftuck not to fend him word. 
 
 VII. That the Earl of Briftol having received from the Lord Conrvay 
 Twenty Interrogatories in his late Majefties name, drawn up by a Com- 
 milTion of the Lords appointed to fearch into the Proceedings and Im- 
 ploiments of the {lud Earl, in which fearch there was more then two 
 moneths fpent, divers of the faid Interrogatories involving Felony and 
 Treafonj
 
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 Teafon •, And his Majefty having been pleafed to afTare the faid Earl both 
 by Meflage and Letters, that upon fatisfadion given to himfelf, and the 
 CommifTioners by his Anfwers, he would prefently put an end to the 
 Earl of Brijiol's Bufinede : The Earl of BrJflol having fo fully anfwered 
 as would admit of no reply; and that many of the Commiflioners declared 
 themfeves to be fully fatisfied : The faid Lord Cofjway [being the Secretary 
 in the CoraniifTion, to whom it properly belonged to call the Lords to af- 
 femble) perceiving the Earl of Brtftol was like to be cleared, never moved 
 for any further meeting,neithcr have they ever been permitted to meet until 
 this day, whereby the troubles of the Earl oiBriHd have been kept on foot 
 till this prefent, and the did Earls Imprifonment hath been enlarged 
 Twenty moneths -, And by the Artifices of the faid Duke of Buckingham 
 and the faid Lord Cormai (as fhall be made appear) the faid Earl hath been 
 infenfibly involved and ftauked into the troubles he is now in, which he 
 doubteth not but your Lordfhips will judge to be a very confiderable 
 Cafe. 
 
 Vin. That for a colour of keeping the Earl from his lateMajefties 
 prefence, it being pretended after the Anfwer to the twenty Interroga- 
 tories, that there were fome few Queftions more to be added ; whereun- 
 to when he (hould have anfwered, his Majefty fwore folemnly, that 
 without any delay he fhould be admitted to his prefence, and that within 
 two or three dayes he fhould have the faid Queftions fent unto him •, the 
 Lord Conway, notwithftanding he acknowledged under his haad, that he 
 had received his Majefties directions for the fending of the faid Articles, 
 and was often thereunto foUicited on the behalf of the faid Earl, would 
 never fend the faid Queftions 5 and at laft anfwered, That he had no 
 more to do with the Earls bufinefles. 
 
 IX. Thattl)e Earl of 5r//?o/ being fet free by his late Majefty, to 
 come to London to follow his own Affairs as he pleafed, and thereupon ha- 
 ving his Writ of Parliament fent unto him,without any Letter of Prohibi- 
 tion; but the Earl of Br i ft ol ^^OMt oi his great defire to conform all his 
 adions to that which he lliould underftand, would beft pleafe his Ma- 
 jefty, fent to know whether his going or ftay would be moft agreeable 
 unto his Majefty •, who was pleafed to anfwer by a Letter from my Lord 
 Duke of Buckingham^ That he took in very good part the faid Earls re- 
 ^edl unto him •, but widied him to make fome excufe for the prefent: 
 The which accordingly he did, and moved, That he might have a Letter 
 ander the Kings hand to warrant his abfence •, but under cdlour of this 
 Letter of leave, upon the Earl ofBriftol's own motion and defire, the Lord 
 Gmivayknt a Letter from his Majefty abfolutely forbidding his coming 
 ro Parliament •, and therein likewife was inferred a Clauie, That the 
 Earl fliould remain reftrained, as he was in the time of his late Majefty •, 
 and fo thereby a colour of reftraint under his Majefties hand was gotten, 
 which Gould never be procured in his late Majefties time •, whereby the 
 Earl of Briflol hath^ been unduly reftrained ever fince , without being 
 :ible to procure any rcdrefs, or to make the Lord Conway willing to un- 
 derftand his Cafe, although he fent him all the Papers, whereby he 
 might cleatly fee, that the Earl was not under reftraint in his lateM:^- 
 jcfties time •, but never other Anfwer could be procured horn him, but 
 That he judged the faid Earl to be under reftraint, and that his Liberty 
 was expired by the late Kings de?.th, as is aforefaid. 
 
 X. That the Lord Cowrvrfjr, knowing- that the Match for the mar- 
 rying of the King of Bohemias eldeft Son with the Emperors Daugh- 
 
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 \An. 1626. 
 
 A MtlTage 
 from the King 
 to the Lords 
 concerning 
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 cles againfl 
 the Duke. 
 
 ter, and being bred in the Emperors Court, was allowed and propound- 
 ed by his late Majefty : And that his Majefty by his Letters unto his Son- 
 in-law, dedareth. That he thinketh it the faireft and cleareft way for 
 the accommodation of his Affairs, and that he will take fufficient care 
 for his breeding in true Religion. And notwithftanding that the faid 
 Earl received a Copy of the faid Letter by the late Kings order, with 
 other Papers, fetting down all that had been done in the faid bufinefe, 
 and his Majefties aflent thereunto from the Lord Contvay himfelf-, yet 
 hath he fuffered all to be charged, as a crime againft the Earl of Brijlol^ 
 both in the twentieth Interrogatory, and in his Majefties laft Letter, that 
 he lliould confent to the breeding of the young Prince in the Emperors 
 Court. And further in the Interogatory he alledgeth it as an aggravation 
 againft the faid Earl, That the breeding of the faid Prince in the Em- 
 perors Court inferred to the perverfion ot his Religion,when he knew that 
 his faid breedmg was never thought nor fpoken of by the Kin^, nor 
 any other, but with that exprefs Claufe and Condition, Tlwthelhould 
 be bred in his own Religion, and have fuch Tutors and Servants, as his 
 Father Qiould appoint. 
 
 XI. That the hoxdComvay hath been the caufe of all the Earl of 
 BrilfoFs Troubles, by his dubious and intrapping Difpatches, and infer- 
 ring. That the faid Earl hat !i failed in his Directions, when it (hall be 
 made appear, that his Difpatches contained no fuch Diredions as he hath 
 alledged were given. 
 
 The Houfe not being fatisfied to commit the Earl to the Tower, let 
 /lim remain where he was before, with the Gentleman UOier 5 and fur- 
 ther ordered, That the Kings Charge againft the Earl of BriJIol be firft 
 heard, and then the Charge of the faid Earl- againft the Duke 5 yet fo 
 that the Earls Teftimony againft the Duke be not prevented, prejudiced, 
 or impeached. 
 
 The day following the Lord Keeper delivered a Meffage from the 
 
 King to the Houfe of Lords 
 
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 THat his Majefty taketh notice of the Articles exhibited againft 
 the Duke of Buckingham by the Earl of Brifiol 5 and he ob- 
 ferTeththat many of them are fuch, as himfelf is able to fay 
 "more of his own knowledge then, any man for the Dukes fincere car- 
 " riage in them : That one of them, touching the Narrative made in 
 " Parliament in the One and twentieth of Kmg^^wf^, trencheth as far 
 " upon himfelf as the Duke 5 for that his Majefty went as far as the 
 " Duke in that Declaration -, and that all of them have been clofed in 
 " the Earls own breaft now for thefe two years, contrary to his Duty, 
 '' if he had known any crime of that nature by the Duke -, and now he 
 '' vents it by way of recrimination againft the Duke, whom he knows 
 " to be a principal Witnefs to prove his Majefties Charge. 
 
 '' And therefore. That his Majefty gave them thanks, that they gave 
 " no way to the Earl of BrifloFs unreafonable motion, of putting the 
 '' Duke under the fame reftraint that they had put the Earl, thereby 
 " efchewing what the Earl aimeth at, to alter their dutifuU Procedings 
 '' toward his Majefty : That thereby they had made his Majefty confi. 
 " dent, that as they have, fo they will put a difference between his 
 
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 " Majcfties Charge againft one that appeareth as a Delinquent 
 "and the recrimination of the Earl of Brtftol againft his Majefties 
 " Witnefs 5 and they will not equal them by a proceeding Pari 
 
 At this time there was an endeavor to take the Earls Caufe Out 
 of the Houfe, and to proceed by way of Indidment in the Kin^^s-Bench : 
 To which manner of proceeding why the Lords (hould not give way 
 thefe eniliing Reafons were offered to confideration, ' 
 
 I.T T was ordered, That in all Caufes of moment, the Defendants fhall 
 I have Copies of all Depofitions both pro and cmtra after publica- 
 tion, inconvenient time, before hearing, to prepare themfelves- and 
 if the Defendants will demand that. of the Houfe in due time they 
 fball have their learned Council to aflift them in their defence : And 
 their Lordfhips declared. That they did give their aflents thereto - 
 becaufe in all Cafes, as well Civil as Criminal and Capital, they 
 hold, That all lawful! help could not before juft Judges make one that 
 is guilty avoid Juftice 5 and on the other fide, God defend that an Inno- 
 cent ihould be condemned. 
 
 II. The Earl of Brifiol by his Petition to the Houfe complained 
 of his reftraint, defiring to be heard here, as well in points of his 
 wrongs, as in his accufations againft the Duke 5 whereof his Majefty 
 taking confideration, fignified his pleafure by the Lord Keeper April 
 the 20, That his Majefty was refolved to put his Caufe upon the honor 
 and juftice of this Houfe •, and that his pleafure was that the faid Earl 
 fliould be fent for as a Delinquent to anfwer the offences he commit- 
 ted in his Negotiation before his Majefties geing into Spain whileft 
 his Majefty was there, and fince his coming thence 5 and that his 
 Majefty would caufe thefe things to be charged againft him in this 
 Houfe ; fo as the Houfe is fully poffefl'cd of the Caufe, as well by the 1 
 Earls Petition, as by the Kings affent, and the Earl brought up to the 
 Houfe as a Delinquent to anfwer his offences there ^ and Mr Attor- 
 ney hath accordingly delivered the Charge againft him in the Houfe 
 and the Earl alfo his Charge againft the Dake : And now if he be 
 proceeded withal by way of Indidment in the Kings- Bench, ihefe dan- 
 gerous inconveniences will follow j viz, 
 
 1. He can have no Counfel. 
 
 2. He can ufe no Witnefs againft the King, 
 
 3. He cannot know what the Evidences againft him will be in 
 a convenient time to prepare for his Defence 5 and fo the Innocent may 
 be condemned , which may be the Cafe of any Peer. 
 
 4. The Liberties of the Houfe will be thereby infringed, the Honor 
 and Juftice thereof declined, contrary to the Kings pleafure exprefly 
 fignified by the Lord Keeper, 
 
 All thefe things are exprefly againft the Order. 
 
 5. The Earl being indided, it will not be in the power of the 
 Houle to keep him from Arraignment, and fo he may be difabled to make 
 good his Charge againft the Duke. 
 
 Therefore the way to proceed according to the Diredions and 
 
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 true meaning of the Order, arid the Kings pleafure already fignified, 
 and preferve the Liberties of the Houfe, and proted one from in- 
 jury, will be 
 
 Pirft, To have the Charge delivered into the Houfe in writing, and 
 the Earl to fee down his Anfwer to it in writing 5 and that the Witnefles 
 may be examined, and Evidences on both fides heard, by fuch courfe 
 and manner of proceedings as (hall be thought fit by the Houfe •, and 
 if upon full hearing jthe Houfe fliall finde it to be Treafon, then to 
 proceed by way of indictment 5 if doubtfuU in point of Law, to have 
 the opinion of the Judges to clear it 5 if doutfuU in matter of Fad, then 
 to refer it to a regal Fait •, And the rather for that 
 
 1. It appears that the Earl,, in the fpace of two years (till now 
 he complained) hath not been fo much as qucftioned for matter of 
 Treafon, 
 
 2. He hath been examined upon twenty Interrogatories, and the 
 Commiflioners fatisfie that his Anfwer would admit of no Reply. 
 
 5. The Lord Contvay by feveral Letters hath intimated, That there 
 was nothing againft him but what was pardoned by the Parliament. 
 Pardon of 21 ^ac, And fignified his Majefties pleafure. That he might 
 reft in that fecurity he was, and fit ftill. 
 
 His Majefty hath often declared both to the Countefs of Briftol and 
 others,That there was neither Fellony nor Treafon againft himjnor ought 
 elfe, but what a fmall acknowledgment would expiate. 
 
 Some Cafes happened in Parliament i c^ 2 Car&li 5 wherein the 
 Judges opinions were had 5 viz, 
 
 THis Queftion was put to all the Juftices •, Whether a Peer impeached 
 fer Treafon (hall be tried in Parliament ? And the chief Juftice, in 
 the name of all the Juftices, delivered his opinion that the courfe 
 by Law was Indidlment, and this to be fignified in Parliament before the 
 Lord Steward-^ vide 10 Edward i^. 6. or by Bill, and an Ad of Parlia- 
 ment to attaint the Party. An Order was made in the Upper-Houfe 
 of Parliament 21 ^ac. That any Peer (hall have Counfel in cafe Cri- 
 minal or Capital 5 and upon the Acculation of the Earl of Briflol in P arli- 
 amcnt, he made a motion for Counfel 5 'which matter was commended to 
 the King by the Lords, with voucher of the faid former Order : The 
 King returned Anfwer that this was contrary to the Fundamental Laws 
 of the Realm ^ but inafmuch as it was for his Benefit and Prerogative, 
 with which he may difpence -, therefore out of his grace he would allow 
 the Earl of i?r//?(?/ to have his Counfel, with proteftation that he would 
 advife in the general -, and the fame Order was made without his pri- 
 vity, and without hearing the Juftices or his Counfel. And upon the 
 Trial of the Lord Middlefcx^ in a Cafe Criminal and not Capital, 
 afterward, that is to fay Friday after, upon the a(rembly of all the 
 Juftices, the Attorney of the King, by commandment of the King, 
 demanded their opinion ; and they with one voice agreed. That 
 where the Trial is upon Indidment, no Counfel in Fellony or Trea- 
 fon is to be allowed, unlefs a matter of Law happen, or upon the In- 
 didment, or upon Plea of the Defendant, or upon Evidence, and in fuch 
 Cafes the Prifoner may have Counfel, but not otherwife. 
 
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 The Lords by Order referred to the Juftices this Qugftion -, Whtther 
 the King maj betiWitncf in cafe of Treafon ? Secondly, Admit th\^ this 
 be for Treafon done, when he is privy ; whether in this cafe he may he a, 
 Witnef, ornot ? and before the Refolution, this MfilTage and Command 
 came from the King to the Juftices, that in this general Queftion they 
 do not deliver any opinion 5 but if any point come in paiticuhr, they 
 upon mature deliberation may give their advice. And this was declared 
 by the Cheif Juftice in the Upper Houfe of Parliament, and thefaid 
 , Matter furceafed. 
 
 Sitting this Parliament, the Dake ©f Buckingham was deputed Pro- 
 curator by feveral Peers, vvhofe Votes on any occafion, he had power to 
 makeuleof, ws. By the Earls of 5<j^/;, Exeter, Ctimherland, Northum- 
 berland, Lord Teinham, Colchejler, Tunbrtdge, Evers, Parcy, Meynel, Noel, 
 St, ^ohn of Bafing, Mansfield, and Roberts, Whereupon the Houfe of 
 Peers made an Order, That after this Seflion, no Lord of this Houfe 
 iliall be capable of receiving above two Proxies, nor more to be numbred 
 in any Caufe voted. 
 
 About a fortnight after, the Charge was given in againft the Earl of 
 Briftol, the Earl gave in his Anfwer , which we have chofcn to infert 
 here for the Readers more conveniency , though a little out of time. 
 And having the Anfwer in his hand,ready to deliver to their Lordfhips,he 
 did crave leave, that by way of Introdu«iiion he might fpeak a few words, 
 and began thus. 
 
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 Am not infenfible upon v/hat difadvantages I come to tryal in this 
 Caufe : For firft, I am fain mto his Majefties heavy diipleafure, and 
 am to encounter with a potent Adverfary highly in favor, and am 
 " accufed for Treafon ^ for which, all Counfel and Friends abandon me 
 " as a maninfefted with the Plague 5 I am become bound and mider re- 
 " flraint, whereas a man who is to encounter for his life and honor, and 
 " with a ftrong Adverfary, had need to come upon equal terms. 
 
 " But as to the Matter, I finde my felf charged with divers Articles of 
 " High Trealbn •, but looking into them with the eyes of my beft under- 
 "ftancing, with the opinion alfo of my Council lately afligned me, and 
 taking them apart one Article from another, I finde not any thing in 
 tliem like Treafon, or that hath fo much as the fliew or countenance of a 
 '' fault, either in ad or vvoids ; onely by laying all things together, and by 
 " wrefting the wrefts with a ftrained Conftrudion, diredly contrary to 
 " the true fence and meaning of them, and the occafion whereupon they 
 "were fpoken , it is informed, and that by way of inference onely, 
 " That the intent was evil, and the matter to prove the intent to be evil, 
 *■' depends upon twcv props, wz,. Ill affedion to Religion, and too much 
 " affedion to Sfain -, which if I {hall clear, the Inference grounded upon 
 " thefe props, will fall of it felf. 
 
 " Therefore I crave leave of your Lorddiips, before I give my An- 
 "fwer to the Charge, that I may give you an account of thefe two par- 
 " ticulars •, and 1 humbly befeech you, that what I Hiall fpeak in ray 
 " juft defence, may not be conceived to proceed of vain oftentation. 
 
 " And firft for Religion, I was in my Childhood bred in the Pro- 
 " teftant Religion, and rather after the ftrider manner then othtrwife. 
 " When I grew in years fit, I travelled into France, Italy, and Rome it 
 
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 "felf : In all which Travels, I can produce fome that I conforted 
 "withal, who will witnefs with me, that I ever conftantly ufed the Re- 
 " ligion I profelTed, without the leaft prevarication 5 no man being able 
 " to charge me, that fo much as out of curiofity I ever was prefent at 
 " anv of the exercifes belonging to the Romm Religion, or did the leaft 
 " adt of Conformity to any of their Rites or Ceremonies. 
 
 " Secondly, After my return home I was received into the fervice of 
 " his lare Majefty of Blefled Memory, whom I fcrved forae years as a 
 "Gentleman of his Privy Chamber, and Carver-, in which time, none 
 " of his Majefties Servants received the Holy Sacrament, frequented Ser- 
 " mons, and other exercifes of our Religion, more then I. 
 
 " Thirdly, In that time of my youth, not to avoid idlenefs, but 
 " out of affedion to Religion, I tranflated that excellent Book of our 
 " Faith, and great Points of our Religion, Written by Monfieur Mou- 
 " lins •, which his late Majefty having fometimes after feen, approved fo 
 "well, that he would needs have it Printed-, which accordingly was 
 "Printed in the name of Mr. Sampford, my Chaplain, to whom I g-ave 
 " the honor : But it was my own adt, as Mr, Sampford will not deny, 
 " though to this hour I had never before fpoken of it. 
 
 " Fourthly, About Seven or eight and twenty years of my age, I 
 "was erhployed Ambaffador into Spam in that great bufinefs of the 
 " Treaty of the Marriage -, and whereas others before me, carried with 
 " them but one Chaplain, I had two, viz, Mr. Sampford and Mr. Befwel-, 
 " and at my arival at the Court of Sfaitt, I caufed it to be publillied, that 
 " fuch a day (God willing) 1 purpofed to have a Communion, to the end 
 ''that fuchEnglifti aswereintheTown, might refort thither. Whereat 
 " the Duke De Lerma and other the great Miniftcrs oi Spain took offence, 
 " and told me they might well perceive I brought no good affedion to 
 " the bufinefs I came about, that would fo publickly and avowedly in 
 "that Court, where never the like was done, proclaim there a Commu- 
 " nion ; and with high expreflion perfwaded me to decline it. Where- 
 " unto I anfwered, I came to do my Mafter fervice, which I would hearti- 
 " Iv and effeftually endeavor, but would not omit my fervice to God, no 
 " though my Mafter commanded. And at the Communion there were 
 " prefent One hundred perfons, fome of them Brothers, Kinfmen, and 
 " near dependence upon fome of their Lordfhips, whom I fee there in 
 " my eye. This I did in Spatn -, the like I did in Germany in the Empe- 
 " rors Courts in his AmbaiTage thither. 
 
 " Fifthly, I had in my feveral employments into Spain and Germany 
 " above Five hundred perfons of all qualities attending upon me, and 
 " never one perverted in Religion : My Children carefully inftru(5ted and 
 " bred in the fame Religion. I had conftantly every Sabbath a Sermon 
 " m my Houfe, and Sacraments, and other exercifes of our Religion fre- 
 " quented. 
 
 " Sixthly, A foul-mouthed Shimei railed againft our late King and 
 '' Religion in Spain •, how I caufed that to be revenged by a near Kinfman 
 " of my own, is well known. 
 
 " Seventhly, One of the Englifli dying in the Town of Madrid, of 
 " whofe Religion there was fome queftion made -, and the Kings Chap- 
 "lains telling me that they at the day of his death had been with him, 
 " and taken an accompt of his Faith, and that he died a Proteftant : I 
 " caufed him to be brought home to my Houfe, and there buried accord- 
 " ing to our Rites -, whereat much ado was made, and it was threatned, 
 
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 " that the Inquifitors and other Officers would come, and fetch hira our, 2 caroli 
 " and bury lum after their manner : I flood upon it, and that it was the ! ^.y^^r-^l. 
 " King of EngUnds Houfe, and openly protefted, that whofoever Ihould 
 " come thither with fuch intent, I would flioot at him with a Peecc ^ and 
 exhorted all my people, That if fuch an attempt Hiould be, they fliould 
 rather then fuffer fuch a dillionor to our Religion, die with me in that 
 quarrel, and hoped fuch Englilli as were in the Town would do the like. 
 " Eighthly , There having been a Monaftery for Engliili Jefuites, 
 founded and fetled at Madrid before my coming thither, and the Englilh 
 " Arms let up , I labored to fupprefs it, and having written thereof to 
 " the late King, his Majeftyadvifedme not to run my Head againft the 
 " Rock ; for it was an impolTible thing for me to do : Yet I undertook it, 
 " and it pleafed God (0 to blefs my endeavors, That I abfolutely dififolred 
 " and overthrew it. For which, the Bifliop of lVinchc(ler, Moyitague (now 
 •■' witii God) wrote unto me by his Maj^fties diredion, a Letter of his Ma- 
 " jefties gratious acceptance of fo great a Service, telling me, Befides the 
 " fervice I had done to the Church and'Commonwealth, it fliould remain 
 " a Trophy of Honor to me and my Pofterity for ever : And the King 
 "himfelf with his own hand wrote unco me, beginning his Letter, Good 
 " Fortune Digby, your good luck in your Service well deferves that (lile, 
 
 " Ninethly, In all Negotiations in Spain, in point of Religion, I 
 " ever ftraightned my Inftrudlions. 
 
 "^^ Tenthly, The Match with Spain was not moved by me, I ever ad- 
 " vifed a Proteftant Match, and {hewed many Reafons both of Confcience 
 " and State •, but if with aCatholick,then rather with Spain then France, 
 " fo as good Conditions might be made for Religion^ as appears by a 
 " Letter I wrote and delivered to the Prince, at his firft going upon the 
 " employment •, for which I had like then to have been ruined for beint^ a 
 " Puritan, as I am now for being a Papist, ■xn6. all by one and the fame hand. 
 " Eleventhly, And I appeal to the Teftimony of Dr. Mafon and Dr. 
 '■'^Wren, the Kings Chaplains withmf in Spain, and to Mr, Sampford, 
 " Mr. Bofrvel, and Mr. Frewen, my own Chaplains there. And that fuch 
 " Papifts as have been my antient Acquaintance and Friends, being men 
 " of worth, well known to many of their Lordfliips, may be examined 
 " upon Oath , Whether I have not in all places as well in Spain as in Eng- 
 "/dW, and at all times upon fit occafions, avowed my felf a Proteftant, 
 " without the leaft prevarication :" Or whether I did ever any the leaft ad 
 *•' that was not fu; table to the fame ProfefTion < And that M.i:.Frcive», Mr. 
 '■'■Wake, my own Chaplains, may give their Teftimonies, whether in the 
 " time of ftveral dangerous fickneil'es which I had ot late years fala into 
 " I have not in the time of fuch my ficknefles (when no man can be fup- 
 " pofed to dillemble with the World, being ready to leave it) made before 
 *' them a Confeffion of my Faith, and made my Peace with God, refol- 
 "vingtodie as befitted a Proteftant, and good Chriftian. This I tell 
 "your Lordfliips, was my Religion I was bred in, have ever profelfed 
 "and lived in, and was refolved, by Gods Grace to die in ^ and yet was 
 " fo unhappy by reafon of employment, to be diftafteful to many good 
 "men, tl'.atlhave been fufpedted even by them, not well knowing me: 
 " And this hath been the rife the Dake hath now taken againft me. Then 
 '- for my love to Spain, I wonder from whence that opinion fliould grow, 
 " fince 1 was there hated and fliamed, as the man whom of all others 
 they defired to have the leaft to do withal -, having ftood ever ftrider 
 in point of Religion, then by my Inftrudlions I might have done -, as 
 
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 " after the Capitulation concluded on, they underftood by feme intelli- 
 " gence, which caufed their hatred towards me. 
 
 " Sure I am, I fliewed it not by the fervice I did them-, for divers 
 " years together there was not a Letter fent by that King to any other 
 " State, that the King my Mafter had not a Copy of before, or by that 
 " time it came to the place whither it was direded. There was not any 
 " great adiion on foot, whereof I had not the private Inftruclions, and ' 
 " fent them hither ^ not any expedition by Sea or Land, wherein I had 
 " not fome Minifters or Intelligencers, that gave me from time to time 
 " Advertifement of their A<5tions, and moft private Intentions , whereof 
 " I advertifed his Majefty from time to time. I ufed fuch induftry as to 
 "get all the Papers of that Kings private Cabinet into my hands •, took 
 " Copies and Notes of fuch of them as I thought ufeful -, and upon every 
 " of them, fet my private mark before they were conveyed back again, to 
 " the end, that if I ihould have had an occafion to have charged him with 
 " any thing mentioned in the fame Papers, I might have let him fee I 
 *' knew it, by telling him in what Paper it was, and marked with fuch a 
 " mark. 
 
 " There was not a Port in Spain that I had not caufed the depth of it 
 " to be founded, nor a Fort whereof I knew not the flrength, both for the 
 *' Garifon, Munition, and other matters of advantage and difadvantage ^ 
 " infomuch as if it fhould pleafe the King to appoint a Committee of 
 " the Lords to take accompt of me, I fhould by the ftores I gathered 
 " there, and brought with me, make it appear I was as ufeful a Servant to 
 " His Majefly in a War, as in Peace. Whereas at his Majefties coming 
 " out of Spain the powers for the Defponfories were to be dcpofited in 
 " fome mans hands ^ and the Duke upon pretence of doing me hoaor, 
 '' but intending to break my Neck by it, moved, they might be left with 
 " me , and the King of Spain was contented ^ and fo they were put into 
 "my hands, not as an Attorney onely for the Prince: But the King of 
 " Spain having taken the fubflitution of them by his Secretary of State 
 "entred in Legal form; whereby that King was then become interefTed 
 " in them by their occupation, as well as the Prince by granting of them. 
 " And becoming the Infirumentum ftiptdatHm, wherein they were both 
 " interefTed , they were dcpofited in my hands, as an indifferent perfon 
 " trufled between the King of 5p4/« and the Prince, with a Declaration 
 " of the Truff . And now the Duke was returned out of Spain, he plot- 
 " ted my ruine, and put it in execution in this manner. He concealed 
 "that the powers were to expire ztChrijlmas, and procured his Majefty 
 " to write a Letter, (not a diroft Commandment) but expreffing a defire 
 ^^thzt the Defponfories fhould not be till one of the days in Chriflm.ts, in- 
 " tending thereby to draw me into a Dilemma , That if I proceeded in 
 " the Match, this Letter fhould, as now it is, have been inforced a^ainft 
 " me, as a breach of Inflrudions : If I had not proceeded, then I had 
 "broken my truft between the Prince and King of Spain, overthrown 
 "the Marriage fo long fought and labored, it being the mainfcopeof 
 " my Ambaffage, contrary to exprefs Warrant, and that upon a Letter 
 " I muft needs know to be a miflake. And when I had written into Eng- 
 " /4»^ to have a diredl Warrant in the point, the Duke then feeing that 
 '' Plot would not take, he dealt with divers great Lords,as was well known 
 " to fome of their Lordlhips there prefent , to have me upon my arlval 
 " in England, committed to the Tomr, before I fhould ever come tofpeak 
 " with the King ; which the Spanith Ambaflador here in England, having 
 
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 gotten private notice of, gave advertifement thereof to that Kin^ : 
 
 " Who thereupon forefcemg my danger, and confulting with his Counctl 
 
 " and Divines, what were Ht for him in Honor and Confcience to do in 
 
 " that Cafe, they refolved. That feeing my Sufferings grew by beinc an 
 
 '' honeft man, and endeavoring to perform the truft repofed in me by that 
 
 ''King as well as the Prince; Th:ic King was bound both in Honor and 
 
 '■ Confcience, not onely to preferve me" from ruine, but to make me a 
 
 " reparation for any lofs I (hould fuftain by occafion of the Truft ; Wherc- 
 
 " upon at his departure, going to Court to take his leave, the Cendede 
 
 ^' Olivares told me what was plotted againft me in £«^/4W ; andinre- 
 
 " fped of the danger, by reafon of the greatnefs of my Adverfary, par- 
 
 "fwaded me toftay there -, and inhisMafters Name made an offer, not I 
 
 " in fecret, but in the prefence of Sir Wdlter Jflon. \ 
 
 Here he repeated thofe offers of Reward, Honor, and Preferment 
 which we have mentioned before in order of time, and at prefciit pafs it 
 B by ; he then proceeded and faid, 
 
 " Upon what grounds and hope came I to encounter with thofe dan- 
 " gers 1 Not upon hope of my greatnefs in Court,and ftrength of Friends, 
 " there to bolfter out an ill Caufe •, no fure, my ftrength was too weak 
 " and my adverfaries too powerful : But I knew my Confci-ence was clear 
 "and my Caufe was good, andtrufted in God Almighty. And to him 
 "now, and to their Lordlliips judgments, recommended my felf, and my 
 " Caule. 
 
 And then he delivered his Anfwer, defiring their Lordfliips it might 
 be after Recorded in Parchment, that it might remain to pofterity ; which 
 being read by one of his Council, the Lord Keeper asked him, Whether 
 he defired to fay any more then he had done f he anfwered. That he had 
 fomething more to fay, but knew not the order, or whether Mr. Attorney 
 would fpeak firft ; but he being defired tofpeak. He defired their Lord- 
 ftiips he might put them in minde of what he conceived they had already 
 promifed , which was, That the DukewhomheaccufedinthatHoufeof 
 £) far higher offences then any, with which he was charged, might be pro- 
 ceeded with as he was, and that they might be upon equal Conditions. 
 And that fuch heads as he had delivered againft the Duke, being of fuch 
 Matters as he met withal in his Negotiation as an Ambaflador-, and 
 which he had according to his duty acquainted the State withal, might by 
 their Lordftiips care and order be put into Legal form, and profecuted ; 
 for fo was the ufe when he had the honor to fit at the Council Table. He 
 faid. He conceived he had already done his part to inform, and would be 
 ready to make it good, it concerning their Lordftiips to fee it profecuted, 
 it not being to be expefted that he (hould folicit it •, or if he would, he 
 could not, being under reftraint. And he defired likewife, that the Judges 
 might deliver their opinions. Whether the matter charged againft him, 
 were Treafon •, that if it fliould not fo be in their opinions, he might nor 
 lie under fo heavy a burthen. 
 
 He put their Lordlhips in minde, that it was a ftrange manner of pro- 
 ceeding, that upon a difpleafurc, a Peer of the Kingdom complaining of 
 jF thofe that had pradlifed againft him, and had been thecaufers of his Sut- 
 ferings, (hould then, and never but then, be charged with Trealbn. He 
 told them it was not his cafe alone, but it equally concerned them and their 
 Pofterity , and it might be fome others hereafter, more then him now. 
 For he faid he thanked God he had fome experience in the World, and 
 thereby and by thofe things he had kept, was able to make liis innocency 
 
 appear. 
 
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 A 1626 ' appe^fj which perhaps would not be every mans hereafter •, and fo many 
 \jh<jr%J an honeft heart in a good caufe diftrafted with fears, and abandoned of 
 ^ Friends, might penili through the maUce of a potent Adverfary. 
 
 The Lords again asked him whether he had any thing more to fay • 
 he anfwered No, but defired leave onely to explain himfelf m two things ^ 
 one in his Speech now fpoken, and the other when he was firft brought to 
 the Houfe. That in his Speech'this day, was, where he affirmed he had 
 like to have been ruined in his Negotiation : Firft, For being z Puritan, 
 and now for being a Pap(t, and both by one hand ^ he explained it to be 
 by the hand of the Duke of Buckingham. And the other when he firft 
 came to the Houfe,faying there, For Redrefs of former futferings,and meet- 
 ing on the fudden with Treafon charged upon him, he fpake in Pa(rion,ex- 
 prelTing the Wrongs and Injuries done him by the Duke-, and told their 
 Lordiliips, he had ufed means to convey part of his Sufferings to the late 
 King his Matter, who in the Dukes hearing, fware he would (after he 
 had heard the Duke againft him) hear him alio againft the Duke •, for 
 which his Ma jefty fuffered much, or to fome fuch purpofe. Now he un- 
 derftandeth this Speech to refleift upon what was m Agitation in the 
 Lower Houfe •, but hefliid, although he could not well excufe the Dukes 
 iftdifcretion in that point-, yet he fpake it not any ways to corroborate 
 that opinion -, For howfoever the Duke were his enemy, yet he could not 
 think fo diihonorably of him. 
 
 The Jftfwer of the Earl ef Briftol to the Articles of [ever al High Treasons, 
 and other great and enormom Crimes-, offences, and Contempts, fuppofed 
 to he committed h) him againft our late Soveraign Lord King James ef 
 Ble([ed Memory, deccafed, and our Soveraign Lord the Kings Ma jefty that 
 Korv is ; wherewith the {aid Earl is charged hy his Maje flies Attorney- 
 General, on his Majeftics behalf, in the mo(l High and Honorable Court of 
 Parliament , before the King and the Lords there. And not acknowledging 
 anjthefuppofedTreafons, Crimes, offences, and Contempts, wherewith he 
 is charged in, and by the [aid Articles to be true -, and favtng to himfelf all 
 advantages, benefit, and exception, tothe Incertainty and Infufficiency of 
 the [aid Articles, and of thefeveral Charges in them contained : And hum- 
 bly praying, that his Caufe may not fuffer for want of Legal form, jvhereun- 
 to he hath not been ufed, but may be judged according to Inch real and cffeBu- 
 al Grounds and Proofs, as may be accepted from an Ambaffader {the ground 
 of the charge growing thence) and that he may have leave to ex flam him- 
 felf, and his own meaning in any thing that may feem of a doubtful Con > 
 flruciion. Tor Anfwcr, faith asfolloweth. 
 
 His Service to 
 the Palatinate 
 when he was 
 AmbalTador 
 to the Em- 
 peror. 
 
 B 
 
 I. nPHe Firft Article he denieth -, and becaufe the Matters contained in 
 1 the faid Article confift of feveral parts, a//z. Thelofsof thefaid 
 Palatinate, and the Match with the laid Lady of Spain, and of the feveral 
 Employments -, as of one Extraordinary Ambaflage to the Emperor, and 
 I another to the King of 5/>4/;?, in the years 162 1. 22. and 23. He humbly 
 craves leave of this moft Honorable Court to feparate the bufinefTes, and 
 diftinguifh the times. 
 
 And beginning with the Palatinate firft, to give an account of his 
 Ambafllige to the Emperor , and fo to make as brief a Dedudion as he 
 could ol the whole carriage in that bufinefs , from the beginning of his 
 employment to the time he left it in his AmbafTage to the Emperor , he 
 propounded all things faithfully accordmg to his Inftrudions , and the 
 
 Anfvvers 
 
 D
 
 Jiijlorical CollcHions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ^■79 
 
 Anfwers which he returned to his hce Majefty of BlefiTed Memory were 
 the very fame and no other, then fuch as were given by the Emperor un- 
 der his Hand and Imperial Seal -, the which, according to his duty he 
 faithfully fent unto his laid Majefty , and withal did honeftly and r'rulv 
 advertile his faid Majefty what he underftood and thought then upon the 
 place; but was fo far from giving to his Majefty any ill-grounded hopes 
 in that behalf, that he wrote unto the Lords of the Council here in Enq;- 
 land from Fienntt, i6 ^tdp 1 624. in fuch fort as foUowech. 
 
 r Am further to move loitr Lordjhps, That there may be a Difpatch made pre- 
 ^fently into Spiu\ to his Majefties Jmhaffador, and -^/r. Cottinf;'ton that 
 they deal effeBua^lly for the repairing andnpcmag of the bafinefs again 11 mi 
 coming -^ that they ufe fome plain arid direB Language, letting the Mimflers 
 there knorv. That the late Letter fent hj the King of Spain te the Emperor, rv/H 
 colder and more refcrved then his Mafler had reafon to expe^, i (hall conclude 
 rvith telling your Lordf}}ips, That although I dtfpair not of good fuccefs in that 
 knotty bttfinefs, yet I hope hii Majcfly and your Lordfhips, /^y not afide the care 
 of all fitting preparations for a War, in cafe a, Peace cannot be honorably had. 
 And amongjl other things, I mo (I earneflly commend unto your Lordjhtps, by 
 your Lordjhips unto his Maje fly, the continuing yet abroad for fsme fmall time 
 of Sir Robert Manfels fleet upon the Coafls of Spain ; which, in cafe his Ma- 
 jeftyfhouldbe illufed, mllprO've the befl Argument rpecanufefortheReflittt- 
 ttonof /^f Palatinate. 
 
 And this his Advice, he faith, was wholly intended by his Adions by 
 being the c^ufe as he returned homeward out of Germany, to brin^ down 
 Count Mansfield, whereby the Town ot Frankendale was relieved by fup- 
 plying of his Majefties Army then in great diftrefs , with Moneys and 
 Plate, to the value of looool. meerly out of his zeal and affedion to 
 the good of the King and his Children, having no Warrant or Order 
 but that his heart was ever really bent ineffeds more then in fhews t< 
 ferve the Kings Son-in-law and his caufe, as by the difcourfe of this bafi 
 nefs will appear. And how acceptable thefe Services were, will more ap- 
 pear by the Letters of the Queen of Bohemia, in thefe words following. 
 
 My Lord , 
 
 HAving underftood from Heidelburgh, how you have (hervedyour affeBt- 
 on to the King and me in all things, and in the help of Money you have 
 lent our Soldiers-, I cannot let fo great obligation pap, without giving 
 many thanks for it by thefe lines, (ince I have no other means tofbetv my ^rate- 
 fulnejs unto you : Horvfoever abjure your felf that Irvill never be forgetful of 
 the Testimonies you give me of your love, which l intreat you te continue, 
 in doing the King and me, all good offices you canto his Ma\e fly. Touhave 
 been an eye-witnef of the mtferMe cflate our Countreys are in ; i intreat you 
 therefore to folicite his MajesJy for our help, yott having given me an a^nrance 
 of your affection. I intreat you now tojhew it in helping of hs by your g^d en- 
 deavors to his Majesty, and you fhall ever bindeme tocontinue.ts I am al- 
 ready 
 
 Tour very affeCiienate Friend 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 to 
 
 Cif.toli, 
 
 Which \
 
 z8o 
 
 Htfiorical Co!leBion$, 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Which Letters were feconded with others about the fame time, both 
 from the King of Bohemia and Council of Beidelburgh , to the fame 
 effed : And how much fatisfaftion his late Majefty received in that be- 
 half, and touching that bufinefs, will plainly appear feveral ways, and 
 particularly by his Speedi in Parliament. And the faid Earl likewtfe ap- 
 pealeih to both Houfes of Parliament, to whom by his late Majefties Or- 
 der he "^ave a juft and true accompt of that employment, with what 
 true zeafhe proceeded •, and how he prefled, that fingle Treaty and Pro- 
 raifes no longer be relied on, but that a fitting preparation for War 
 mi^ht so alone hand in hand with any Treaty of Accommodation. And 
 fora co'nclufion, among many of his late Majefties approbations of his 
 carriage in this employment, he humbly defireth that a Letter of the 
 Duke of Buchnghams under his own hand, bearing date the Eleventh of 
 O^obcr, 1621. may be produced, being as followeth. 
 
 My Lord , 
 
 IJm exceeding glad that your Lordfhif hath carried your felf fomll inthit 
 emvloymertt, that his Majeffy is infinitely fleaftd for year Ser'vice yoa have 
 done 5 for which he commanded me to give your Lordjhip thanks in his 
 Name, until he fee you himjelf, 7ou of all men have caufe to commend his 
 ALijefiies choice of fuch a man, that unlef your heart had gone with the bufi- 
 vef, yeu could never have brought it to ^0 good a fafs. Amongft other things, 
 his Majefty liheth very well the care of clearing his Honor, whereof he will 
 advife further with your LordfJnp at your next coming over. I hope you will 
 not finde your Negotiation with the Infanta of fuch difficulty as you feem to 
 fear in your Letter , feeing my Brother Edward hath brought with him a 
 Letter from his Makefiles Son in Law , whereby he putteth himfelf folely 
 to his Majefttes advice and pleafure for his Submifsion , as you will per- 
 ceive by the Copy of the Letter it felf, which I here fead your Lordfhip ; 
 wherein thow^h there be many things impertinent, yet of that point you may 
 make ?eod ufe for the accompli (lament of the buftnefs, wherein I have writ- 
 ten to the Spanifh Ambaffador toufe his Means andCrcdit likewife ; which 1 
 a(fure my felf he will effectually do, efpecially feeing the impediments ar: taken 
 away by Count Mansfields Compofttion, and the Conformity of his Majefiies 
 Son in Law to this Submifion. For the Money your Lordfhip hath fo feafonably 
 laid forth, his Maje(ly will fee you jhallfuflatnnolofs, holding it very uncon- 
 fcionable you fhould fufcr by the care of his Servic^; which you have fhewed 
 fo much to his contentment, to the great joy of your Lordfhips faithful Ser- 
 vant. 
 
 Geo. Buckingham. 
 
 His Service to 
 the Palatinate 
 before his 
 Ambaffie to 
 the Emperpr. 
 
 Having given this Accompt of his employment with the Emperor, 
 he humbly craveth leave to make it known in what fort before this his em- 
 ployment he endeavored to ferve the Prince Palatine and his Caufe, which 
 will bell appear by his Majefties ownTeftimony, upon the going of Sir 
 j Francis Netherfole to the Prince Palatine •, at whicli time his Majefty be- 
 I ing out of his Royal and juft heart, defirous to do a faithful Servant 
 right, commanded Sir Francis Netherfole to let the Prince Palatine under- 
 ' ftand how good a Servant, the laid Earl had been unto him, and how 
 I a(5live
 
 Hiiiorical Collections. 
 
 zSj 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 A(5tive in his Affairs, as will b-ft appear by 'a Difpatch of Sir Francis 
 Nct/jer[oh\ written all wi.th his own hand to Sir George Calvert, dated 
 in Prague Jiiguftii. 1620, aad fent by his late^Majefty to the faid 
 Earl for his comfort, being as followeth. 
 
 Right Honorablej 
 
 Hdt you r/ijy be the better ajjttrc^i, that I have neither forgotten nor ne^- 
 leBedthe Commandments received from his Majejlj by your Honor •, you. 
 willbcpleafedto have the patience to hear me report rvhat j faidto this Kin^ 
 upon the delivery of my Lord Deputies Letters to his Majefty •, which was 
 That the King my Mafler^ whofe J'u(lice is jo renowned over the World, didufe 
 to fhew it in nothing more then in vindicating his Servants from wron^fuU 
 Opinions , whereof he knew noble hearts more fen fible then of Injuries done to 
 their Perfons or Fortunes ^ That out of his Royal Difpofition his Maiefly 
 having found my Lord Digby mifiaken by fame of his own people at home 
 byoccafionof his being by him employed in the Affairs with Spain, having 
 thereupon conceived ajealoufie that the fame noble Lord might be alfo mifre- 
 ported, hitherto his Majejlies hands m that refpeB gave me a particular 
 commandment to affure his Majejly, he had not a more truly affe^ionate Ser- 
 vant in England •• And for proof thereof , to let his Majeflj underftand. 
 That whereas the Baron of Doncafter, now his MajeHies Ambaffador for 
 England, had ftnce his coming hither obtained but three great Boons for his 
 Makefiles fervice •, yiz. The Loan of Money from the King of Denmark 
 the Contribution in England of the City and Countries, and the (ending Arn- 
 baffadors to the contrary parties, that my Lord Digby had been the iirft pro- 
 pounder of all thofe to the King my Mafler, before his Majefties Ambaffador, or 
 any other of his fervants in England •, although his Lord(J)ip were contented 
 that others who were but (et on JJiorild carry away the thanks and prayers he- 
 caufe his Lordjhip being known to be the frfl mover therein might pofihly 
 weaken the credit he hath in S'pain, and to render himfelf the more valuable to 
 ferve both his own Mafier and his Majefly •, in which refpeff I humbly prayed 
 his Majefly to keep this to himfelf. 
 
 By which teftimony it may appear, as the faid Earl conceivcth, 
 how he the faid Earl beftowed himfelf before iiis AmbafTage, and in his 
 faid AmbafTage with his faid late Majefties approbation thereof. Now 
 he humbly craveth leave to give your Lorddiips accompt how he proceed- 
 ed after his return from the Emperors Court, 
 
 AfToon as he came into England, he difcovered unto his Majefty 
 and the Lords of the Councel, in what great wants he had left the Forces 
 in the Palatinate, and foUicited theprefent fending away of money ; there- 
 upon Thirty thoufand pound was borrowed of Sir Pcier Vanlore, Sir 
 Baptifl Utcks, 2nd Sir William Cortine, and prefentlyfent unto the Palati- 
 nate, befides the Ten thoufand pounds which he lent for which he paid 
 tlie intereft out of his Puife for fix moncths, having alfo given not 
 long before Tive hundred pounds by way of benevolence to the fervice 
 of the faid Palatinate. 
 
 Now in the interim betwixt his return from the Englifli Coafts,which 
 \v:\s in November 1621, and his going into Spain in May 1622, he firft 
 
 O o gave 
 
 i Cdroli'
 
 28X 
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions. 
 
 His arrival in 
 Sj'<iTn and be- 
 havior there. 
 
 fi £ i c^avc his Accompc as aforefaid ot" his Ambafl'age to both Houfes of Par- 
 ^^lJ^ZL\ I fiament, and moved them as effedually as was poflible for the fupplying 
 ^^^■'^ I of his Majefty, and that the money might wholly be imployed for the 
 Succor of the Palatinate. 
 
 The Parliament being dirtblved, he foUicited with great care and indu- 
 ftry the fetling of fome Coarfe for the fupplying of the Palatinate ^^nd his 
 Majefty was perfwaded to maintain Eight thoufand Foot and Sixteen 
 hundred Horfe under his own Standard, and at his own purfe in the Pa- 
 latinate to eftablifh a certain courfc for due payment of the faid Army : 
 The Lord Chichefter was upon the faid Earls motion fent for out of Ire- 
 land^ and the faid Earl by his Majefties command took order for his 
 Difpatch. In this eftate the faid Earl left his Affairs at his departure to- 
 wards Spain in May 1622, nothing doubting but that all things would 
 have eftedually and conftantly been purfued, according to the order which 
 was fetled and refolved on at his departure. 
 
 At his arrival at the Court of Spain he prefently proceeded accor- 
 ding^ to his Inftrudions, prefling the bufinefs of the Palatinate as effedu- 
 ally as lie could, and faithfully labored and effe(5ted from time to time 
 (as far as to the point of Negotiation) all particulars that were given him 
 in char<^e as it will appear by his late Majefties Letters upon every parti- 
 cular oticifion •, and it by the accidents of War for that Summer, the 
 Marquefs of Baden , the Count Mansfield^ and the Duke of Br^nfmck 
 received each of them an overthrow, (the ordering of whofe Affairs his 
 Majefty fo far complained of to his Son-in-law, as to give order for the 
 withdrawing of his Forces, as will appear by his Majefties Letters on the 
 third of ^une 1622 , and alfo by his Letters unto Sir Horace Vere^ and 
 the Lord of chichefteroi the fame date, if there were not a fpeedy re- 
 drefs) if by any of thofe accidents thofe bufineffes have mifcarried, the 
 faid Earl hopes he (hall not be liable to the blame, it having no relation 
 to him or to his imployment, having fo far and fo honeftly with his beft 
 affedions imployed his care and utmoft fervices in the bufinefles, as his 
 Majefty was pleafed by many feveral Letters upon feveral Ailions to fig- 
 nifie his gracious acceptance of his fcrviee, as in his Letters of November 
 24. 1622. written as foUoweth 5 viz. 
 
 Tour Difpdtehcs are in all points fo full, and in them we receive [0 good 
 fatis faction, as in this we (hak not need to inlarge anf further^ butonel^teU 
 jou,m are mil pleafed rvith this diligent anddifcreet imployment of pur endea- 
 vors, and all that concerneth our (ervice ; (0 are tve likexvife with the whole 
 proceedin'^s of our Atnha([ador Sir Walter Afton. Thus we hid you heartily 
 faretvel. Newmarket, Novcmb. 24. 1522. 
 
 And afterwards his Majefty was likewife pleafed in his Letters of 8 
 January 1622. a little before our gracious Soveraign Lord theKing^ then 
 Prince, his coming into Spain •, Fiz. as foUowcth. 
 
 ' Concerning that knotty and unfortunate Affair of the Palatinate^ to fay the 
 truth, as things (land, J know not what you could have done more then you have 
 done already. 
 
 And whereas it is objefted, the Palatinate ftiould be loft by the hopes he 
 
 the (aid Earl gave by his Letters out oi Spain, it is an OHedlionof impofli- 
 
 1 bility ; for there was nothing left but Mainbeim and Frankendale when his 
 
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 B
 
 Historical Coiieclions. 
 
 283 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 firft Letters out of Spaiti could polfibly come to his hte Majefties hands •, 
 for he did not begin to Negotiate that bufineis untA Ju^itft 1622, and 
 about that time Heidelberg, and all but Mainhtim and Frmkendale was loft-, 
 and Matnheim he had faved by liis induftry, had it not been fo fuddenly 
 delivered, as is by his Majcfty acknowledged by Lettters of 24 November 
 1622. written thus-, Fiz.. 
 
 Jnd howjoever the Order given to the Infantufor the relief of Mainheim 
 arrived too late^ and after the Town was yielded to Tilly •, yet mufl we acknow- 
 ledge It to be a good effeit of pur Negotiation^ and an Argument of that Kin^s 
 fmcere and found intention. ' 
 
 And Frankendale being by the faid Earls means once faved, was again 
 the fecond time favcd meeily by the faid Earls induftry 5 and procuring a 
 Letter from the King o\: Spain, dated the fecond of February 1623. where- 
 upon followed the Treaty of Sequeftration, which hath fince continued. 
 And he the faid Earl was fo far from hindring Succors by any Letter or 
 Counfel of his, that he was the SoUicitor, and in great part the procu- 
 rer of moft ot the Succors that had been fent thither, as is formerly fet 
 down. And when his Royal Majefty that now is, and the Duke of Buck- 
 ingham arrived at the Court of Spain, they found the Bufinefs of the Fa- 
 latimte in fo fair a way, that the Spanilh Klinifters told them, the King 
 fliould give his late Majefty a Blank, in which we might frame our own 
 Conditions -, and the fame he confirmeth unto us now 5 and the like 
 touching this Blank was likewife acknowledged by the Duke of Bucking- 
 ham in his Speech in Parliament, after the return of his Majefty out of 
 Spain. And it will appear by the Teftimony of Sir Walter Aflon, and by 
 his and the faid Earls Difpatches, that the faid Earl wanted not induftry, 
 and zeal in tlie bufinels •, infomuch as the laft Anfwer the faid Earl pro- 
 cured herein froni the King of Spam^ was fuller then he the faid Earl was 
 ordered by his late Majefties lateft Letters to infift upon. So as by that 
 which hath been alledged, the faid Earl hopeth your Lordftiips will be 
 fatisfied, not onely that he wanted neither will nor induftry , but that 
 he hath with all true zeal and affedion, and with his own means faith- 
 fully ferved their Majefties, and the Prince Palatine in this Caufe : And 
 for afturance in that Affair, he had all that could be between Chriftian 
 Princes-, and if in the faid Aflurances there hath been any deceit5asby the 
 faid Article is intimated, which he never knew nor believed, he referred 
 it to God to punifli their wickednefs: For betwixt Princes there can be 
 no greater Tye then their Words, their Hands, and Seals, all which he 
 procured in that behalf-, and both the faid Earl and Sir Walter Aflon 
 were io confident that the bufinefs would be ended to his late Ma- 
 jefties fatisfadion, that in a joynt Difpatch to his late Majefty of 
 2 A November 1623. after his now Majefties return mzo E-ngland, they 
 wrote as foUoweth -, riz,. 
 
 We hope that your Majefly may, according to jour de fire fignified teme 
 the Earl of Briftol by the Letters of October 8, give to pur Majefties 
 Ro)d Daughter this Chriftm/is the comfortable news of the near expiring 
 of her great troubles and jufferings, as unto the Prince )Our Son the congra- 
 tulation of being arrived to a moft excellent Princefs. 
 
 Oo 2 
 
 And 
 
 2 Caroli,
 
 28+ 
 
 Aff^ 1626. 
 
 
 His carriage 
 concerning 
 the Match. 
 
 Means to fliew 
 that the Match 
 was intended 
 by the Spani- 
 ard. 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 And having thus given your Lordiliipsan Accompt of his Proceed- 
 ings touching the tdatimtc^ he will by your Lordlliips good favors 
 proceed to the other part of that Charge concerning the Marriage. 
 
 And firft touching his hopes and aflurances that he is charged to have 
 oiventohislate Majefty and Minifters of State here in England, oi the 
 ^Suniards real proceedings in the faid Match, when he faid he knew they 
 never meant it : He faith, he never gave any hopes of their real proceed- 
 ings, but fuch, and the very fame that were lirft given to him,without ad- 
 din(^ or diminilliing -, neither could he have done othervvife ejther with 
 honefty or fafety. And he further faith, That the hopes he gave were 
 not upon any Intelligence 5 but as well in that of the Mutch, as the 
 other of the Palatinate, his Advertifements were grounded upon all 
 tlie Afliirances both of Words and Writing, that could polTibly parfs 
 between Chriftians •, as will be made evidently appear by his Difpatch 
 of 9 September 'i6z^-^ which he humbly dcfires maybe read, if the length 
 of itmay notdifpleafe. The fubftance being to (liew all the Engage- 
 ments arid Promifes of the King of Spain, that he really intended the- 
 Match. And the caufes why the Conde olivares pretended to the Duke 
 of Buckingham, that the Match was not formerly meant, was onely 
 thereby to free himfelf from Treating any longer with the faid Earl, 
 to the end that he might treat for larger Conditions in point of 
 Religion with the faid Duke : The faid Conde olivares taking advan- 
 tage of having the Perfon of his Majefty, then Prince, in his hands. 
 And with this Difpatch the faid Earl acquainted his Majefty that now is, 
 in Sfain before he fent it. 
 
 And by this Difpatch the Earl doubteth not but that it will appear to 
 this Honorable Court, that whileft the Treating of this bufinefs was in 
 hand, he proceeded in that, not onely with care and induftry, but with 
 fome meafure of vigilancy. And for clearing an Objection that hath been 
 alleadged, that the Match was never meant before the Dukes coming 
 •into Sfain, nor after ; the Earl craveth leave to fet down fome few Rea- 
 fons of many, which caufcd him to believe that the faid Match was, and 
 had been really meant, and that it was fo conceived by both their Maje- 
 fties, and the King of Spain, and their Minifters on both fides. 
 
 For firft, The Duke ot Buckingham certified his late Majefty, that 
 the bufinefs of the Marriage was brought to a happy Conclufion? 
 whereupon his late Majefty was pleafed to give order to the Duke and 
 Earl to proceed in the Bufinefs, which his faid Majefty would not 
 have Treated till tlie faid Marriage was concluded, as will appear by a 
 Letter of his faid late Majefty joyntly to the Duke of Buckingham and 
 the faid Earl, of the 23 5P«/y, 1623. 
 
 Secondly, It will appear by Letters of the faid Lord Conrva-f to the 
 Duke of Buckingham, bearing date September^. 162$. That the faid 
 Duke had good aftiiraace of the Conclufion of the faid Match ^ and 
 upon this confidence were all things put in dvm execution in England, 
 as had been Capitulated -, And the Lord Conivaj and others faithfully 
 agreed, and fetled all the Points of Immunuy and Liberty for the Ro- 
 man Catholicks, for theufe of their Religion, as was fet down in the 
 Declaration, Juguft 9. 1623. hereafter mentioned in the An Iwers to tjie 
 rifth Article of this Charge. 
 
 • Thirdly, the very day his now Majefty and the Duke of Buckingham 
 departed from the Efcurial in Spain towards England, the faid Dake 
 
 folemnlv 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hi^orical ColicBions. 
 
 ^55 
 
 folemtily fwore the Treaty of the faid Marriage, and the furtherance of 
 it all that Hiould be in his power, upon the holy Evangelifts, in the pre- 
 fenceof the laid Earl and Sir Walter Afton. 
 
 Tourthlv, The Treaty of the faid Marriage had been formerly fioned, 
 •fealed, and fokmnly fworne by the King oiSpnm : And when his Majefty 
 and that King took their leaves, he did foleninly in the words of a Kin'' 
 faithfully and punctually proteft to perform all that had been capitulated 
 in the Treaty of Marriage ^ and thereupon imbraced his Majefty at his 
 departure, and fent the very next day a Letter written all with his own 
 hand to his Majefty, vowing and protefting to make all good that he had 
 capitulated or promifed unto his Majefty at his departure the day before. 
 So that if there were no true meaning on the part of S^ain to make the 
 Marriase, as by Mr. Attorney is pretended, yet certainly tlie Earl hath 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ^&^5 
 
 not been fleightly deceived •, neither can it be, as he conceiveth, any fault 
 in him, lince not only his late Majefty, but alfo his Majefty that now is 
 and the Duke of Bttckinghavt being then both upon the place, did con- 
 fidently believe, and that upon other grounds then raifinformations, fug- 
 geftions and perfwafions of the faid Earl, that the Marriage was really 
 intended: And to that effect both his late Majefty of blefTed memory, 
 and his moft Excellent Majefty that now is, after his return into England, 
 wrote unto him the faid Earl feveral Letters, afTuring him that their in- 
 tents and pleafures were to have the faid Match proceeded in, and there- 
 upon the Proxies of his Majefty then Prince were again inrolled and fent 
 unto the faid Earl. So that the faid Earl having fo many, and fo great 
 caufes to be aftbred that the Match was really intended on both fides, he 
 conceiveth it will be hard for Mr. Attorney to make good that part 
 of his Charge, wherein he atfirmeth that the Earl Ihould know the 
 contrary , or the Aflurance to be upon falfe grounds , as in the faid 
 Article is alleadged. 
 
 H. To the Second Article, He diredly denieth all the fuppofed Of- 
 fences wherewith he ftands charged by the laid Article. And for a clear 
 declaration and manifeftation of the truth and manner of his proceedings. 
 He faith, 
 
 Firft, as to the continuing the Treaties upon GeneraUties, That the 
 Temporal Articles were by Agreements on both fides not to be created 
 or fetled, until fuch time as tiie Articles of Religion were fully agreed 
 on ; For that it was held moft proper and honorable for both fides, firft 
 to feeif the Difficultty of Religion might be removed, before they pafted 
 tc-any further Engagements. And the faid Articles of Religion, by reafon 
 of the Popes new Demands fent into England by Mr.G^^^, were not 
 figned nor condefcended unto by his late Majefty, nor his Majefty that 
 no\* is, then Prince, until ^an.'i. 1622. and were then fent away in Poft 
 out of England to the iaid Earl by Mi. Simcn Digl?y, who arrived with 
 them at Madndm Spain about the 25. of the fime moneth. But the Eails 
 care was fuch to have no time fpent in the fetlmg of the Temporal Arti- 
 cles •, that before he would condefcend fo much as de bene ejfe unto the 
 Articles of Religion, that they ftiould be fent back to Rome, f.e procured 
 the King of Spain to promife, Tiiat within the time liniiced for procuring 
 the D((]>onferies, which was by ii^/irt:/; or April following at the furt jeft, 
 all the Tempoial Articles ihould .be fetled and agreed, to the end that 
 the /w/i^f4migkt be delivered at the Spring; a? by the King of ^/>i/» 
 
 was declared to be the Kings intention, An.l ac- 
 cordingly 
 
 his Anfwer in writing, 
 
 2 Car0lL
 
 zSd 
 
 Htjlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Brijiol not the 
 caitfe of the j 
 Delays in | 
 Spain. I 
 
 cordingly Sir Walter Ajlon and the faid Earl did not deal in general, but 
 did moft induftrioufly labor to fettle all in particular, wz. That the 
 Portion fliould be Two Millions, it appearing that it was fo agreed by 
 the late King of Sfain : That the Difpenfation coming , the De'fponferies 
 (hould be within Forty days after ^ And that Don Duarte de Portugal 
 (liould be the man that fhould attend the Infanta in the Journey. And all 
 other Particulars necefTary for the Conclufion of the faid Treaties, were 
 by Sir Walter Aflon and the faid Earl, and the Spanifh Commiffioners, 
 idrawn up into heads in writing, and after many Debates they were con- 
 fulted with that King-, and 2 Martit 1623. ft'lo vet, the Conde Gondomar, 
 and the Secretary Don Andreits de Prada, were appointed to come home 
 to thehoufeof the faid Earl, tofignifie unto Svi Walter A flonznd him- 
 felf, as they did, That the King of Sfain had declared his refolution 
 in all the Particulars , and given them order to come to a fpeedy 
 Condufion with them in all things : And that Kings Anfwer to that 
 Conclufion the Earl faw, and read all written with the King oi Spain s 
 own hand. 
 
 On the feventh day of the faid moneth oi March 1623. the Kings- 
 Majefty, then Prince, and the Dnke of Buckingham arrived at Madrid-^ 
 And then the Spaniards took new laws, and the Negotiation was put into 
 a nev; form. So that whereas it is objeded againft the Earl, that he enter- 
 tained and continued the Treaties fo long upon Generalities ^ He con- 
 ceives it is not meant upon the Spititual Articles, for they were fuch as 
 were fent from Rome into EngLind^ind. trom thence they came to the Earl: 
 And for the Temporal Articles, they were not to be fetled and treated, 
 till the Articles of Religion were concluded. He conceiveth it cannot be 
 alleadged with any colour, that his Majefty was entertained with Gene- 
 ralities, fince the time that the faid Articles of Religion were broaght 
 unto the faid Earl by h^x. Simon Digh) , being about the 2 5. of January. 
 There were but fix weeks until March 7. following, when his Majefty 
 then Prince arrived in Madrid; and in the interim all the above-mentioned 
 Particulars were fetled : And the time that hath been fpent in this Treaty 
 hath not been through his the (liid Earls default in continuing upon Ge- 
 neralities without prefling to Particulars, but hath been caufed as well 
 by Difficulties which the bufinefs brought with it, as alfo with exterior 
 Accidents, viz-. The. Wcixs of Bohemia, the death of two Popes and of 
 the late King ot Spam, without the leaft fault of the faid Earl, as is ac- 
 knowledged by his late Majefty of bleffed memory, in the faid Earl his 
 Inftruftions on the lA.oi March 1621. 
 
 Neither could any delay herein be attributed unto him the faid Earl-, 
 For he was imployed in thofe times into Germany and Flanders, and Sir 
 Walter A(lon and Sir Francis Cottington for the fpace of three or four years- 
 were refident in Spain -, from whence the hopes they gave were upon all 
 the difcreet grounds that Minifters can exped from a State : But the 
 Earl reaflumed this bufinefs fix moneths before his Majefties coming into 
 Spiiin ; and he was fo defirous to fee his Majefty then Prince beftowed, 
 that he preffed nothing fo much both to the King and Prince, as that 
 the Prince might lofe no more time, and rather to break the Match with 
 Spain then fuffer any further delays ^ as will appear by his Difpatches from 
 his firft arrival at the Court of Spain, until his Majefties then Prince his 
 coming. For in his Letters oi^itae 2o.i62 2.being the firft he wrote after 
 his firft Audience, he was fo defirous that no time might be loft, that in 
 them he craveth leave of his Majefty, that in cafe he ftiould find any 
 
 Delays
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Delays in Spain, he might withoHt cxpefting any Order take his leave 
 and come home. 
 
 Upon the xttarnoi Sir: Francis Cottington, in September following, 
 he wrote both to the King , and his Majefty then Prince. To the King 
 as foUoweth. 
 
 1 shall prefume to add to that which Jl/r.Cottington /7w// deliver unto your 
 lylujefty by rvsrd of mouth of the prefent efiate of the Match, what I con- 
 ceive to be the right tvaj to bring it to a fpeedy ijjue : That your Majefty 
 mil be^pleafedpofitiveljto declare what you tvilldo inpointof Reltgion,andthat 
 you will appoint me a certain limited time by which this King fhould procure 
 the Di(penfation, or conclude the Match without it ^ Jnd in cafe there fhall 
 be any further delay therein , that I may then declare your Majefty to he 
 free and di [engaged, tobeftowthe Prince in fuch fort as you fhall judge mo ft 
 convenient. 
 
 And to the Prince at thefame wrote in thefe fubfequent words, viz.. 
 
 ' I ^Hat which will be neceffary for his Majejly prefently to do on his Majefties 
 ■■• fart, is to declare himfelf how far he will be pleafed to yield in point of 
 Religion, as Mr. Cottington will approve unto your Highnef : And that 
 he fet a prefixed time to break or conclude the Match, either with the Di- 
 (penfation, or without the fame. For the reft, it may he left to my Negoti- 
 ation ■• But your Highnef may he pleafed to haflen his Majefties refolution 
 with all poftble (peed. 
 
 And the faid Earl faith. That having received from his faid late 
 Majefty his refolution in poinfof Religion, and a limited time according 
 to his defire, he was fo precife and pundlual therein, that although the 
 making or breaking of the Marriage depended upon it , he would not 
 give one moneths refpite longer time for the procuring of the Difpenfa- 
 tion, until he had firft acquainted his late Majefty therein, and received 
 his Dire6tions under his own hand 5 as will appear by his Majefties Let- 
 ters of o<J?o^.2 5. 1622. asfoUowcth. 
 
 Right Trufty and welbeloved Couftn and CounfeHor, We greet you heartily 
 well, whereas by your la ft Letter written to our Secretary, dated Sept.ip. 
 you are defirous to have our pleafure ftgnified unto you under our own hand, 
 whether we will be content or not to grant a Moneths time longer for the coming 
 of the Difpenfation from Rome, then we have already limited unto you, in 
 cafe they fhall there conclude all things elfe to our contentment, with a Refo- 
 lution to fend the Infanta hither the ne^ct Spring : We do hereby declare unto 
 you, that in that cafe you fhall not break with them for a Moneths longer delay. 
 We alfo wifh you not to trouble yourfelf with the rajhCenfure of other men, 
 in cafe your bufinef fhould not fucceedy refting in that full affurance of our 
 ^u ft ice and Wtfdom, that we will never judge a good and faithful Servant 
 by the cfefi of things fo contingent and variable. And with this affurance we 
 bid you heartily farewell. 
 
 And he further faith, That when he had agreed to the Articles of 
 Religion, and that a certain time was fet for the coming of the Difpen- 
 fation, and a Condufion of the Match, although he would bind himfelf 
 to nothing without his Majefties approbation, yet for that no time might 
 
 be
 
 z88 
 
 Hifiorical ColieBions, 
 
 An. i6i6. 
 
 be loit he agreed to the Propofitions De bene e([e, fent by Mr. Porter 
 Veceml.io, \6^^. to the end the Articles might immediately be fent to 
 Rome, without lofing fo much time as to hear fit ft from BngUnd: And 
 humbly moved, that in cafe his Majefty iliould like of the faid Articles, 
 he would fend his Approbation diredly to Rome for the gaining of time 5 
 which his Majefty was pleafed to do. And at the fime time he wrote 
 both to his faid late Majefty, and his Majefty then Prince, as followech, 
 
 vtz: To his Majefty. 
 
 This iithctrne jlateofthehitfinefasitmtvftandeth. if your Majefty ap- 
 prove of rvhat is dmc, I hope it mil be a happf and a fhort Conclufion •• // jeur 
 Majeslj think h not fit to allow andcondefcendto the (aid Articles, I have done 
 the uttermoft of mj endeavors, and fhall humbly perfrvade your Majefly fjot to 
 lofe a day longer in the Treaty, fo much it importeth your Majefty and your 
 tin'rdoms, that the Prince were beflorved. 
 
 And to the Prince in Letters of the like date in this fort. 
 
 / have frefumed to write to his Majefty, that which I think my duty to 
 fay to your Bighnefi ^ That in cafe you fhall not approve of what is now condi- 
 tionally agreed, you permit not a day more to be loft in this Treaty : For it is of 
 fo great con fequence that your Highnef were be ftowed, that it importeth almofi 
 as much that you were f^ecdily, its fitly matched. But I hope his Majejly and 
 your Hi'rhnef will in fuch Jort approve of this lafi Agreement, as you will 
 fbeedtly bring this long Treaty to a happy conclufton. J am out of 'hope of bring- 
 ing things to any better terms -^therefor el deal clearly with your Htghnefs, and 
 do not only moft humbly p:erfwade, but on my knees beg it of you, that you either 
 refolve to conclude this Match as you may, or (peedily to break it and beftow 
 your felf elfwhere •, for no lef then the happinefi of your Kingdom, and the 
 fecurity of the King your Father and your felf depend upon it. 
 
 All which things being confidered, the Earl moft humbly fubmitteth 
 himfclf to the Judgment of that moft high and honorable Court,whether 
 the Delays which accidents have brought forth in this bufinefs can be 
 attributed to his fault •, fmce on the one fide it will evidently appear to 
 your LordHiips, that he never moved his Majefty and the Prince to admit 
 of delays, but rather to think of fome other courfe •, and it will on the 
 other fide appear by all the Difpatches, that he prefTed things with the 
 Minifters of $pain to as fpeedy a conclufion, as the uttermoft terms of 
 fair Negotiation and good manners would bear. And whereas it is pre- 
 tended that the Spaniards (liould takeoccafion by entertaining the faid 
 Treaties to abufe his faid lace Majefty, ( which he knoweth not) yet he 
 faith he ufed allthevigilancieand induftry that a careful Miniiter could 
 do, and had from the Spaniards all the affurances by oaths, words and 
 writings, which could be expeded from Chriftians •, tlie which, without 
 adding or dimmillimg, he fliithfully prefented unto his faid late Majefty-, 
 and his faid late Majefty was pleafed in thofe times to conceive upon thofe 
 affurarices, that they dealt realty with him: And he conceiveth that his 
 Majefty that now is, then Prince, and the Duke of Buckingham were 
 pleafed to write as much to the late Kings Majefty at their nrft coming 
 into Spain, and that all which the foid Earl had written touching that 
 imploiment was there avowed by the Conde olivarez and Conde Gondotnar 
 to the faid Prince and Duke,at their arrival at Madrid 5 and he hopeth that 
 if that Dilpatch maybeperufed, it will as well appear and'be adjudged 
 that he ferved his Majefty with fome meafure of vigilancie, as well as ful- 
 nefs of fidelity. II. To
 
 HiBorical CoUeBiom, 
 
 iSp 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 III. To the Third Article the faid Earl faith, That he did not 
 either by words or by Letters tohlslateMajefty or hisMiaifters, extol, 
 ormagnifie thegreatnefs and power of the King of Spain, nor repre- 
 fenced to his late Majefty thefuppofed dangers that might enfue unto 
 him, if a War iliould happen between him and the King of Spain, nor 
 affirmed nor infinuated the fame, as in the faid Article is mentioned 5 
 but if he did at any time fpeak or write of the power and greatnefsof the 
 King of Spam, or reprefented any danger to his faid late Majefty that 
 might enlue by entring into Hoftility with the faid King of Spain, it was 
 as a faithful Counfellor and Servant to his Majefly by way of his advice 
 and opinion, which he ever delivered fincerely, faithfully, and truly, 
 according, to the prefent occafion, and in no wife with fuch an intent as 
 in the faid Article is mentioned, nor to any other evil intent and purpofe 
 whatfocver. 
 
 But he hath been fo far from dilTwading his late Majefly to take 
 Arms, that he hath upon all jufl occafions advifed, that all fitting pre- 
 parations for War might be made, as beginning with the year 1621. 
 from which time he is onely charged, will appear by his Speech in Par- 
 liament prefeatly after his return out of (7frw4/»y •, and that he hoped his 
 Majefly would no longer relie upon fingle Treaties, but make all fitting 
 preparations for War^ and that the Parliament would enable his Majefly 
 thereunto ; and by the care he took before his going again upon his Am- 
 baflage into Spain, that the eflablifliment of an Army under his Majeflies 
 own Standard, of Horfe and Foot, and under his own pay, might be 
 fetled and provided for i as likewife his advice to the Lords of the Coun- 
 cil, that his Majefly might have a curb upon the King of Spain upon all 
 occafions, by continuing of Sir Rohert Uansfidds Fleet upon the Coafls 
 of Spain, as will appear by his Letter written from Vienna, zS^ttly, 162 1. 
 mentioned in the Anfwer to the firfl Article. By all which it appeareth. 
 That he labored and endeavored as much as in him lay, that his Majefly 
 might be well prepared for any occafions of War that fhould happen. 
 And he no way remembreth to have difcouraged, or to have fpoken or 
 written any thmg that might have been underflood to have tended to the 
 difcouraging of his faid late Majefly for the taking of Arms, and entring 
 into hoflility with 5'/'4;«, orfor refilling of him and his Forces, from at- 
 tempting the Invafionsof his late Majeflies Dominions, or the Domini- 
 ons of his late Majeflies Confederates , Friends , or Allies , as by the 
 faid Article is charged againfl him ; neither remembreth that he had any 
 caufe fo to do. But if he have in any kinde fpoken or written of Spain, 
 or the power thereof, it may have been to his late Majefly, or his Majefly 
 that now is, by way of difcourfe, fpeaking of the folidnefs of the Spanilh 
 proceedings, of their ferious and deliberate debating of bufinefs before 
 they refolve on them, of the conftant purfuing of them when they are 
 once refolved, wiihing that England and other Nations would therein 
 imitate them : For he fuppofeth the right way to impeach their great- 
 nefs, was to grow as wife as they, and to beat them at their own Wea- 
 pons. But otherwife he is confident never to have been heard to fpeak 
 or write anything that might give any terror or difcouiagement, to his 
 late Majefly or his cheif Miniflers, knowing thu England well-ordered, 
 need to take little terror at the power of Spain, having almofl in all at- 
 tempts and enterprifes won honor upon them. And as tor the preventing 
 of dangers that might enfue upon a War, though he knew not what is 
 
 P p aimed 
 
 2 Cdrolf. 
 
 He never dif- 
 fwaded the 
 King to take 
 Arras.
 
 zpo 
 
 Hijlorical ColieBions, 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 He a;'.vired 
 both King 
 and Prince to 
 a Pioteftant 
 Match. 
 
 aimed at in that particular ^ yet he is moft confident out of the Integrity 
 of his own Confcience , That he neither faid, nor advifed any thing but 
 what befitted a faithful Counfellor and an Ambaflador, which was truly 
 to deliver his opinion as he underftood it upon the prefent occafion : And 
 as for affirming that his Majefties quiet fliould be difturbed, and he not to 
 be permitted to Hawk or to Hunt, he remembreth not what difcourfe he 
 may liave had, or written to any perfon, how fit it might be upon the be- 
 ing broiled in a great War , ferioufly to intend it, and to maije it our 
 whole work. But as he is confident it will appear, that what difcourfe 
 foever it might have been, it wanted not true zeal and affedion which he 
 hath ever borne to the Kings fervice. And he hopeth it will not be found 
 to want due refpedt and reverence on his part, which he ought to fliew to 
 fo gratious a Matter. Neither can it be conceived, that the confi.dera- 
 tions of Hunting and Fowling, iTiould be confiderations worthy fo great 
 and prudent a King, to withhold from a War for thegoodof Chriften- 
 dom, and his Kingdom, if he ihould have been juftly provoked there- 
 unto. 
 
 I V. To the Fourth Article the faid Earl faith. That he did not any 
 thing contrary to his duty and alleagiance, or contrary to the faith and 
 duty of an Ambaflador , as by this Article is alleaged ^ but did intend 
 the fervice and honor of his late Majefty, and no corrupt and finifter ends 
 of his own advancement, as by this Article is alfo alleaged. And as for 
 the Conferences which is pretended hefhould hold concerning the Treaty, 
 That being told there was little probability that the faid Treaties would 
 or could have good fuccefs, he lliould acknowledge as much 5 and yet 
 faid, he cared not what the fuccefs thereof might be, but that he would 
 take care to have his Tnftiudions perfed, and to purfue them pundlually, 
 and would make his Fortune thereby-, or words to that effed ^ he doth 
 not ever remember to have held fuch difcourfe. Though it be true, the 
 time hath been many years fince, when he thought the Match very unUke 
 to beefFeded, m regard unequal Anfwers were given mVnncc Henries 
 days, and of the unUkelihood of accommodating the differences of Re- 
 ligion. And faith further. That the reviving of theTreaty of thefaid 
 Match for his Majefty that now is, was not by his means, for he ever de- 
 clared his opinion clearly, both to his late Majefty and to his Majefty that 
 now is. That in the firft place he wifhed and advifed a Proteftant Match, 
 but in the duty of a Servant underftanding that both their Majefties de- 
 fired the Match really with Spain, he did really and faithfully intend the 
 fervice and honor of their Majefties, and effedually endeavored to pro- 
 cure their ends. And it is very likely he might fay, he would get his In- 
 ftructions perfedt, and purfue them pundually, as he conceiveth was law- 
 ful and fit for him -, but the latter part of this Conference, that he fhould 
 fay he would make his fortune by it, or any other w^ords to that efteA •, 
 he was in Anno 1621. and ever fince of that rank and quaUty, both in 
 regard of his Imployments, Fortunes, and his Majefties favors, that he 
 aflureth himfelf he did not, and dares Anfwer fo far for his difcretion, 
 That it was impoflible for him to hold fo mean and unworthy difcourfe. 
 
 V. To the Fifth Article he faith. That what is therein alleaged, is 
 fo far from being fo, that contrarily upon alloccafions to the utteimofi of 
 his power, he did labor to prevent all the inconveniences in point of Re- 
 ligion that might come by matching with a Princefs of a different Re- 
 ligion,
 
 Htjlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ligion, as well nppeareth by the Paper of his opinion, that his Majefty 
 (hould many with a Lady of his own Religion, hereafter mentioned in 
 hisAnfwer to the Seventh Article. And for further proof thereof, he 
 faith, That in the whole Treaty with Spain he ftood more ftrift in points 
 of Religion, then by his Inftruitions he needed to have done , as will 
 appear by the Testimony of Sir Walter Jfion, and his Difpatches of the 
 Twelfth oi' December, 1621. and other Difpatches, which he defireth 
 may be read. And as for concealing orperfwading tofet at liberty the 
 Priefts or Jefuits, he utterly denieth to have.done any fuch thing, as be- 
 fore he hath anfwered. Although it be true, that the AmbafTage in Spain 
 be far different from the employment in other places, .where there is a 
 Body of our Reformed Religion, and whereby his Majefty hath Kinred 
 and Allies •, whereby his Majefties Minifters may be informed of the 
 neceflary Occurreots of State, without the helps of Priefts or Jefuites. 
 Biitin Spain there being none but iJc»j4;* Catholicks, nor any manner of 
 correfpondency or intelligence but by them, the Ambafladors muft make 
 ufeof all forts of people, efpecially of Jefuites and Priefts, and to that 
 end Ambafladors fent thither have a large and particular Warrant under 
 the Kings hand, to treat, and make ufe of Priefts and Jefuites, and all 
 other forts of men, unlefs it be fuch as are proclaimed Rebels : And di- 
 vers times the Minifters employed in Spain, to gratifie fome whom there 
 they employed for the Kings fervice, have as he believeth, at their parti- 
 ticular Suit moved his Majefty to extend Grace and Favor tofomepar- 
 cular Friend, and Kinfman of his, being a Roman Catholick, and impri- 
 foned in England-^ and that he remembreth to have hapned toothers, 
 but doth not remember himfelf to have written to his late Majefty in that 
 kinde : And as concerning his advice and counfel, to fet at liberty Je- 
 fuites and Priefts, and the granting to the Papifts a Toleration, or the 
 lilencing of the Laws againft them, he faid, that his late Majefty was 
 engaged by the Treaty of Madrid, 161 j. in divers matters concerning 
 Religion 5 likewife by promife to Conde Gondomar, and his Letters to the 
 King oi Spain, 17 April, 1620. wherein he is plcafed to promife fome 
 particulars in favor of Roman Catholicks, as by the faid Letters will ap- 
 pear : And notwithftanding the faid Earl had fufficient Warrant under 
 the Kings own hand, to allure the King of Spain whatfoever was agreed 
 in the faid Article, or in the faid Letters, his Majefty would fincerely per- 
 form ; yet the faid Earl was fo cautious in that point, that when for the 
 conduuonof the Match the other Articles of Religion being allowed, 
 it was preffed by the Spaniili Minifters, that a Claufe of Convenience 
 might be inferred with Proteftation , That the form and way thereof 
 fhould be wholly left to his Majefties wifdom and clemency, and that his 
 Majefties Roman Catholick-Subjeds fliould acknowledge this Grace to 
 have come from the Kings Majefties mercy and goodnefs : Yet the faid 
 Earl would not condefcend hereunto De bene e(fe, as by his Letters to 
 Mafter Secretary C4/T;frf, 8 oSiebcr, 1622. will appear, hereby to give 
 his Majefty time to have recourfe unto his fecond Confultation, and to 
 take it intoconfideration betore he would engage or binde himfelf in this 
 point : But his late Majefty and his Majefty that now is, were pleafed to 
 condifccnd hereunto by figning the faid Articles with their own hands ; 
 and likcvvife by writing their private Letters of the Eight of January, 
 1622. to that effedt to the King of Spain, as by the faid Letters will 
 appear. Neither did the faid Earl by Letters, or otherwife, ever counfel 
 orperfwade his late Majefty, to grant or allow unto the Papifts orPro- 
 _ P p 2 feftbrs 
 
 IPI 
 
 2 Carol; . 
 
 He never 
 moved his 
 Majefty to fee 
 Prieft^at li- 
 berty.
 
 292. 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 A Declaration 
 figned by my 
 Lord Cw»ay 
 in behalf of 
 Rnomn Catho- 
 licks. 
 
 fertbrs of the Roman Religion a free Toleration , and Silencing of the 
 Laws made and ftanding in force againft them, but ever protefted againft 
 any fuch Toleration •, and when any fuch Provifion hath been offered to 
 be made in Sfatn, he ever refufed fo mach as to give ear to it, or to 
 fuffer it to be propounded •, although it be true, that he hatli fince feen 
 a Paper touchmg Pardons , Sufpenfions , and Dlfpenfations for the 
 J?ow4« Catholicks, bearing date the Seventh of ^«^»/?, 1625. figned 
 by the Lord Conrvay, and others, which in effed is little lefs then a 
 Toleration 5 which Paper is that which followerh. 
 
 Salisbury, y JuguB. 161^. 
 
 The Declaration touching the Pardons, Sufpen- 
 fions, and Dlfpenfations of the "Roman Ca- 
 tholicks. 
 
 F©? tbe fatisifactton of tOet'r Crcellencie^ , tt)c ^atqucfjs of 
 Ynojofa , ailD Don Carlos de Colonia , ttie lo?D 3!mbaffaDO?0 
 fo? tlJcCiing of Spain-, anD to t\)t fnD it map appear tuat l)t0 
 ^aieQj) of Great Britain tjjiU p?rfcntl|' anD reallp put in exttutm 
 tt)e ©rare p^omtfeD ant) intenDeD to ttje Roman Catliolicfe^ \)i^ ^a- 
 leaies ©utjject^, anO of Uijs oton ©rate mo?e ttien l)e iis tpeD to bp itje 
 3rticle0of Creatpof Carriage, 
 
 caie Do Declare in (Jt0^ajeaie0^ame, ClJat Ijiis ^ajeflie^ toill 
 anDpleafureijs?, t^at a Legal anD ^utljentital ^arDon djaU U paffeD 
 unDcrtt)e©reat©eal, tutierein Cfjall \jt freelp parDoneD all ttiofe pe-- 
 naltte0, !Fo?feiturr0 , anD 'Seifure0 , 3fnDittment0, €ont)irtmcnt0, 
 anD 3Incutnl)^anrc0 toOatfocbcr , toljereunto tije Roman Ci:att»jlitfe0 
 are lyable 0? Ijatje been p^oceeDeD againtt , 0? mtgbt be , a0 tocll 
 ^?ieO0, 30 Dtljer0, fo?niatter0 of Confcience onelp, anD to tobicb 
 tberef! of l)i0 ^ajeate0 ©ub,iect0 are not liable. 3nDtotbe enD \)i!S 
 ^ajcOp map mafee iJimfelf clearlp unDerQcoD, tobere u Rjall bappcn 
 tbat anp of tbofe iFo?fetture0 anD ^ctuniarp ^ulct0 babe barn giben 
 atuap unDer ))i<s #ajettte0 ©rcat Seal, l)i<& ^ajcffp toill not biDe 
 tbat it t0 not in bi0 potoer fo tomafee t)oiDtborrlLettcr0 ?5arent0, 
 ejcccpt tbep be iJotDable bplato-, anD tben bi0^aje(lpt0 toellplca^ 
 feD tbat all Roman Cafbolicfe0 map in tbefe Cafc0 pleaD in ILatD, if 
 tbep 6nDe it gcoD, anD 0;all babe equal anD legal Crpal. ^ano bi0 
 ^ajeap ijS lifeetoife pleafcD tbat bi0 ©eneral ^arDon tliall remain 
 in being Jfibe pear^ , to t\)t enD , all tbat lojill map in tbat time 
 tafee It out •, anD bi0 ^aieap uiill gibe o?Der fo? tbe comfo?t of 
 tbe pcc?cr fc?t, tbat tbc pavDon Bjall not be coQlp, butfucblifee 
 tcurfc Qiall be taben ac toa0 m a Itbe ortaQon at bi0 ^afeoie0 coming 
 into England -, anD tbat It Ojall be lattiful to put a0 manp a0 can be 
 pof0iblr into one #arDon. 
 
 3lnD toe Do furtber 2)cclare, Cbat bi0 ^ajeSit0 toillanD 
 pleafure i0, to tbe enD tbe Roman €atbolitfe0 bi0 ^aieaie0 Sub' 
 jec0, map babe a p?efcnr anD a fm fruition of 30 mucb a0 10 nv 
 
 tenDeD
 
 Hisiorical CoUeUions, 
 
 ^91 
 
 tcnDeD tDem bp x\)t 9rticlt0 of Crcatp of fl^arriage , to caufe a 2 C4ro/;. 
 p^efent ©ufpcniioii unDer W ^ajefliejs ©eal of all ttiofe penal 
 lLat)O0, €|)arge0 , atnD jFo?fciturc0 , tof ctcunto tlje Roman (2i:ati)o= 
 lic^^^ul)!ect0 of W ^ajefip Oabc 6eretofo?e ban fubjctt, anD to 
 txibicl; tDc red of W ^mtmis. Subjects babe not bfrn Itable^ anij 
 m tbe fame (S5uant anD unDei* t\)t fame ©eal, to gite a Difpenfa 
 tton anD 'Colciation to all t\)z Roman CatboUc60 bt0 ^aieaie^ 
 @ubica0, 30 tocll P|iea0, 30 'iKcmpo?al perron0 anO otber0 , of 
 anD from all tbe pcnalttf0, jFo?fetture0 , 'Ctouble0, anD 3fncum- 
 b^anrc0, tnbttb tbcp babe bepn 0? map be fubiect to, bp reafon of 
 anp Statute 0? JLato bjbatfoeber, to tbe obferbation bJbeceof , tbe 
 rca of bt0 ^aieaic0 @ubjett0 are not bounD» Wit Do Ufeetoife Ue- 
 rlare , €:bat bis Sli^ajeop batb p?omifeD in biss iSlopal 22Io|D , tbat 
 tbe ejcecutton djall be no t»ap0 burtbenfome 0? penal to tbe Roman 
 Cratbolic60, but tbat fo? tbe manner of p?ibileDging, anO freeing 
 
 B tbem from tbat, be muOf confer toitb 'BtCtiop0 anD 3IDbocat$0, 
 into tobtcb be ttiill p?efcntlp enter anD erpeDtte bp all mcan0» 
 3EnO txie Do furtber Declare, Cbat \)ie i^ajcate0 intentfon 10 ^^e- 
 fentlp to purfue W fo?mer Dtreatons (bjbicb bad been befo?e ejce- 
 cuteD, tf tbeir ^]ccellcncie0 baD fo tbougbt gooD) to put unDer W 
 ©cal feberallp tbe faiD parDon, anD Sufpenfion, anD 2:)ifpenfation 
 anD tbat bt0 ^ajeate0 ^tto^nep , anD learneD Council flljall babe 
 referred to tbem tbe cbarge ro pen tbem tbitb all tbofe effeaual 
 toe?D0, claufe0, ejrp?ef0ton0 , anD referbation0, tnbicb map p^e^ 
 fentlp gibe fruition to tbe Roman ja:atboltclk0 W ^ajei}ie0 ©ub^ 
 jett0 , anD mafee tbem tnbiolable m tbe fruition of all tbat 10 in- 
 tenDeD anD p?omifeD \i'^ W ^ajettp in tbe ^rticle0 of Carriage, 
 anD bi)s ^aic0ie0 furtber <^race, 
 
 ^nD tne Do Declare, ^bat W .^ajeOte0 furtber twill anD plea^ 
 fure 10, fo? tbe better fatt0faaion anti DiCcbargc of tbe care anD en« 
 Deabo? of tbeir €]Lcellencie0 t\)z gmbaeraDo?0, tW it ffjall be latU' 
 
 D ful to tbem to acfign a Diftrat perfon to entertain fucb fufecient 
 latoper0 a0 (ball be tbougbt &t totafeecare to tbe arengtb> baliDitp, 
 anD fecuritp of tbe faiD (5rant0 5 anD })\& ^ajeflie0 ^tto?nep (ball 
 babe cbarge to receibe anD aHmit tbe faiD latoper0 to tbe Ogbt 
 anD juDgmcnt of tbe faiD 2:)^ugbt0 , anD iw anp Doubt0 to gibe 
 tbem fati0fattton , 0? to ufe fucb legal , nececfarp , anD pertmcnt 
 U)o?D0 anD pb^afeg , a0 be tbe faiD ILatoper l?)all p?opounD fo? t})z 
 fecuritp of tbe Roman Catbolicfe0, anD fure mafeing of tbe faiD 
 (Srant0« 
 
 3lnD t»e Do furtber Declare, Cbat W >^ajeffie0 pleafure 10, to 
 mafee a IDifpattb into Ireland unto W Deputp tbere, bp tbe banD0 
 of tbe lo?D Creafurcr anD Secretarp of ®tate , "Sir George Cal- 
 vert , fo? tbe p?efent confirming anD fealmg tbe tbtng0 concerning 
 x\^t Roman (J:atbolicfe0 anftoerable to tbe3lrticle0 of Creatp, W 
 iSLopal ^?omife anD ^?ocerDing0 bere, 3nD fo? Scotland , Cbat 
 bi0 ?©ajeap acco?Ding to tbe conSitutton of bi0 9eFair0 tbere , anD 
 regarD to tbe Publicfe gcoD , anD peace of tbat RmgDom , anD a0 
 fctin a0 pof0ible, •fejiU Do all tbat Ojall be conbententfo? tbe accom- 
 pUfljmtnt of bi0 #?omife ih (Srate anD JFabo? of tbe Roman Ca* 
 tbolicfe0 bts ©ubjett0, confo?mable to tbe 3rticle0 of Creatp of 
 Carriage* 
 
 But
 
 ^94 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Hijiorical ColieBions, 
 
 But this Declaration, thefaidEail faith andaffirmeth was the effect 
 of the Duke of Bttckir.ghams Negotiation, and treated and concluded 
 by the Lord Coma) with the SpaniQi AmbafTador here , whilft the 
 Prince was in Sf.tin •, neither was his privity or advice in it : For if he 
 had known it, lie fliould have protefted againft it. All which, together 
 with the difference betwixt the Conditions of Religion agreed at the 
 Tx^nyoi Madrid, \z December, 1622. by the faid Earl, and the faid Sir 
 milter Afton, being by their Lordfhips confidered , the faid Earl doubt- 
 eth not but it will manifeftly appear whofe endeavor it was to ad- 
 vance the Romilli Religion, and the ProfcfTors thereof 5 and judge 
 the faid Earl moft unfortunate to be charged with an Article of this 
 kinde. 
 
 V I. To the Sixth Article the Earl faith, That the Aflurances which 
 he gave his late Majefty, and his Majefty that now is, concerning the 
 Treaties, werefuch. That it had been dilhonefty and breach of his duty 
 and truft, for him to have held them back, being the fame that were 
 given him by the Emperor, and the King of Spain, and their Minifters, 
 upon as great Aflurances as can pafs between Minifters of Princes in the 
 like cafe. And for the Delays of Sfam, they could be never fo ill, and 
 with fo little colour complained of, as at the time of hisMajefties com- 
 ing thither 5 for that a certain time was before then prefixed for the com- 
 ing of the Difpenfation , njiz. in Afril, 1623. at the furtheft, which 
 was the next moneth after the Princes arival at Madrid:, the Defponfories 
 were to be within four days following, and the Infanta to begin her jour- 
 ney into England twenty days after : So as three moneths patience longer 
 would have (hewed the iflue of the bufincfs without putting of the per- 
 fon of the Prince, being Heir- Apparant to the Crown, in fo eminent a 
 hazard for the trying ot an experiment. And it is an argument of great 
 fufpition, becaufe the Spaniards were fufpe(5ted to have dealt falfly, and 
 fo the lefs to be trufted with the perfon of the Prince, to be put into 
 their hands eo try conclufions : But the truth is, though that were made 
 the pretended ground, and the occafion oi the journev, it was neither 
 the Aflurances of the faid Earl, nor the Jealoufies of Spain, but other 
 Motives that were the original caufe of his Majefties faid journey, as 
 fliall be fulficiently made apparent in due time. And the faid Earl having 
 got an inkling of it by fomeihing that was let fall from the Cende Gondo- 
 mar to that purpofe , inftantly difpatched away Mr. Grificj to his late 
 Majefty to have this journey prevented •, who upon the Confines of 
 France, met with his Majefty and the Duke oi Buckingham on his jour- 
 ney towards 5/>4/«, and told them as much. So that although he.con- 
 fefteth what is laid in the Charge to be true , 'vi\. That by the faid 
 journey, the perfon of the Prince, the peace and fafety of the Kingdom 
 did undergo further danger (at the remembrance thereof the hearts of all 
 good Subjefts do tremble ) yet the blame is due to the Authors and 
 Advifers of the fame journey, and not to the faid Earl : And although it 
 pleafed God, to the exceeding great joy and comfort of the faid Earl,, 
 and of all good men, to fend his gratious Majefty home with fafety •, yet 
 never was the perfon of any Prince, upon fuch grounds, expofed to fo 
 great an hazard, and in fuch Cafes 5 not the Succefs but the Counfellors, 
 areconfiderabie. 
 
 ' VII. To the Seventh Article the faid Earl faith. That he did not 
 * move
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Htflorical CoUeBions. 
 
 lick ; and the Condc Gondomar having that very 
 
 morning prefTed the 
 
 Earl not to hinder fo pious a work (as he termed it) of his Majefties Con- 
 verfion, and feeming to be alTured of the Duke of Backinghams a(Iiftance 
 therein, his Majefty being all alone in a withdrawing Room in the faid 
 Earl his Houfe, the faid Earl kneeled unto him, and told him. That he 
 had a bu(inefs to impart unto him, which highly imported his Majefty to 
 know, fo that he might be afl'ured his beldnefs therein might be pardon- 
 ed ; which his Majefty gratioufly promifed. And thereupon the faid 
 Earl told his Majefty, That the general opinion of that Court was, that 
 his Majefties coming into Sfain, was with an intention to be z Roman 
 Catholick, and there to declare it. And he confefteth, That at the fame 
 time in regard of thofe things he had heard,he humbly befought his Majefty 
 to deal freely with him as a Servant, of whofe fidelity he might be con- 
 fident, or words to that effeft : But he was fo far from perfwading his 
 Majefty to be a iJowrfw Catholick, that without refpeding his Majefties 
 Anfwer, he declared himfelf to be a Proteftant, and fo fliould always 
 continue ; yet he faid he ftiould always ferve his Majefty, and labor to 
 advance his and the King his Fathers affairs, with as much fidelity and 
 honefty, as any Catholick whatfoever : And his Majefty was pleafed 
 then to make unto the faid Earl a full and clear Declaration of his Re- 
 ligion, and of his conftant refolution therein^ and feemed to be much 
 difpleafed, that any fhould have fo unworthy an opinion of him, as to 
 think he would for a Wife, or any other Earthly refpedl whatfoever, fo 
 much as waver in his Religion. Whereupon the faid Earl be ("ought his 
 Majefty to pardon his boldnefs, and then intreatcd him not to fuffer his 
 bufinefs to be overthrown by permitting that conceit of hisConverfion 
 any longer to remain in the Spaniards, nor do any thing that might give 
 them hope therein, alleaging, That it was impoflible the Marriage could 
 be without a Difpenfaiion ^ and fo long as the Spaniards, who were to 
 procure the Difpenfanon, (hould have hope of his Majefties Converfion, 
 they would never content themfelves with a part •, to which they were 
 tied by the Articles agreed upon with the faid Earl and Sir f^^altcr A^on, 
 At which time his Majefty was pleafed to approve of his opinion, and 
 faid, he would exped the Difpenfation , and did thereupon afterwards 
 fend Mr. Andrervs to Rome to haften it ; and the next day the faid Earl 
 dealt very roundly with the Conde olivares and Gondomar, telling them 
 it was a difcourteous mannci- of proceeding to prefs his Majefty to further 
 Conditions then were formerly agreed upon in point of Religion, and to 
 make his Conditions the worfe, for the great Obligation he had put upon 
 
 tiaem 
 
 2p5 
 
 move or perfwade his Majefty, then Prince, to change his Religion, nei- 
 ther in the manner in the faid Article mentioned, nor in any other manner 
 whatfoever: Neither doth he conceive, that the charge initfelf asitis 
 laid, will in any reafonable conftru(5iion bear any fuch inference as is made 
 therein 5 fo as he conceiveth heneedeth not make any further or other 
 Anfwer thereunto. Yet that it may appear that the manner he ufed to the 
 faid Prince, was not traiteroufly, falfly, or cunningly, nor without ground, 
 or to any fuch intent as in the faid Article is fuppofed. And to manifcft 
 unto this moft high and honorable Court, how far he was from all fuch 
 intention, he faith. That he doth acknowledge that within few days after 
 his Majefties coming into Spain, whilft he had that great honor to have 
 his Majefty lodged in his Houfe, and to have fo Royal a Gueft , finding 
 by the Spanilh Minifters^ That there was a general opinion, that his Ma- 
 jefties coming thither was with an intention tohecomtd^ Roman Q^xho- 
 
 2 Caroli- 
 
 Heperfwadcd 
 noi rlic 
 Prince to 
 change his 
 Religion.
 
 1^6 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An, i6z6. them by putting himfelf into their hands 5 whereat they took fuch great 
 offence, that theyeftranged themfelves from him tor a long time after. 
 And that the faid Earl did thus proceed with the faid Cendes, and that it 
 was not a new framed Anfwer to fuisfie prefent Objedions •, but that 
 which really, and indeed pafled, will really appear by his Dilpatches unto 
 his late Majefty of Bleffed Memory •, and before his Majefty that now is 
 came out of Sfain, they were there fliewed unto his Majefty, bearing 
 dace the Nineth of Sepember,i6i-^. So that although it be true. That 
 he the faid Earl did not diffwade his Majefty, for that there was no caufe 
 for It •, yet without expeding his Majefties Anfwer, he firft made a clear 
 and true ProfelTion oF his own Religion : And when his Majefty had de- 
 clared to him his zeal and conftancy, he humbly befought him, That the 
 Spaniards might not for any refpe(ft be longer held in hopes of that point. 
 And becaufe point of Religion is that which' all men of honor and 
 honeftyftiould cheifly deiire to dear, efpccially Laving an imputation of 
 that nature laid upon them, as the faid Earl hath in the faid Article, He 
 humbly befeecheth your Lordfhips, that he may not feem to digrefs from 
 his Charge 5 intending your Lordftiips fatisfa(flion in that particular, 
 not by the aforefaid verbal difcourfe onely, which he profeffcth was 
 in much zeal to Religion and dutiful care to the Prince inthatkinde, 
 but by fome written Teftimony of his former Opinion both of the Match 
 and Religion. When he was firft employed mto S fain for the Treaty of 
 this Marriage, 1617. his late Majefty having commanded him to give an 
 accompt thereof unto his Majefty that now is, he at his departure to- 
 wards Sfain, prefumed to give unto his Majefty that now is, his opinion 
 in Writing , figncd with his own hand to be kept as a teftimony of fu- 
 ture Actions, the Copy whereof is this as followeth. 
 
 He aJvifed 
 both King and 
 Piince, if they 
 will Match 
 with a Catho- 
 lick, rather to 
 S}aiii then 
 France^ but 
 cheitly to a 
 I'rotciianc 
 Princtfs. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 rHe opinion which I have ever prefumed humUf to offer unto his Majefiy 
 concerning your Highnef Marriage, hath been, that both in regard of Con- 
 science and[a.tisfaBion unto his Majefties People and Alleys ^ liktrvtfefor the fe- 
 curity and quiet of your Majefties eftates,7our Highnef might take for Wife fome 
 Troteftant Prince f, although (he neither were Daughter to a King, nor had fo 
 ample a Portion as might relieve the Kings prefent Necefities and Wants • 
 for then there might be many ways found to help the Kings wants, either by 
 feme few years providence, and frugality, or by winnin(;[^ theaffeSlions of the 
 people to the fupplying of his Majeffy by way of Subfidies in Parliament ; 
 whereas contrariwife, if the number and power of the Papifts flull be increafed, 
 as undoubtedly they will be by your Highnef matching with any Catholick Prin- 
 ce fs, through the Conccfion which muft he of nece^ity for the exerctfe of her 
 Religion for her felf and Family, within your Highneji Courts , and thereby 
 by degrees thefe two different Religions ftull grow to an equality of power % it 
 will be of great hazard and difquiet to the State, and not to b; redrefjcd without 
 great danger, andcourjesof mere violence, then is ufual for this State to put 
 inpra£iice. But in cafe his Majefly out of his wisdom and conftderation, heft 
 known to himfclf, hold it ftttesi that your Majeftie match with France, or 
 'Spain, or any other Catholick, either for that the prefent time afordeth no 
 Protejlant Princefs, who is for years or Blood [uitable for your Highnef, or 
 that can in any confiderable meafure by the portion, [upply his Majefties prefent 
 wants, I then conceive that the Match by which this State jh:ill (uffcr leaft in- 
 \conveniency and cumbers , and whereby his Majefties necefities fliall by the 
 
 great nef
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBiom, 
 
 2P7 
 
 B 
 
 greatnef of the Portion bi the nio[i relieved, is jr/V^ Spain, if fuch a Mitch i Ca'oli. 
 may be made with fuch Conditions of Religion , oi ether Catholick Princes 
 will contract theTn\ches wilhall. 
 
 Thits much I thought ft humblylto prefent unto your Highnef , for 
 that I fee my Imployment liable to tJ^^ Cenfure of many worthy Perfons , 
 with whom though I concur in my opinion , yet I feem much to differ 
 from them many ways •, For that it 'is more proper to me to be true to 
 my Mafers ends and fervices , then by declaring this to procure their 
 fatisfa^ion : Only to your Highnef I thought fit to make this Decla- 
 ration ; and fball be a Suitor to you for your favor , as you fhall fee me 
 really labor to put this in effect. And if his Majefty Jhall either upon 
 motion of Parliament, or any other Propofition that can be made unto him, 
 think It jit to proceed with a Proteflant Match , as I fhall wifh tts well 
 unto it as any man living , fo I hope in fuch fort to mana'^e the prefent 
 bufnefi that I have in hand , that it fball rather much further , then any 
 way crof or hinder it. But in cafe his Majefly fhall not be drawn to any 
 Propofition for a Proteflant Match, I then conceive that your Hi^hnef 
 both doth , and will approve , that I really and eff equally labor to procure 
 a Match for your HighneJ? in Spain , upon fuch Conditions in point of 
 Religion and Portion, ^ to his Majefly Jhall feem ft. 
 
 Befides which Declaration of his Opinion, He hath all the days 
 of his life, and in all places, lived and allowed himfelf to be a Pro- 
 teftant, never having done any the leaft a<5t that was not fuitable to that 
 Profeffion : And in all his former Imployments for the fpace of Four- 
 teen years , of more then Five hundred perfons of all qualities that 
 attendei^i on him, there was never any perverted in his Religion, favin<' 
 two Irifh Footmen , who in Ireland had been bred Papifts. And he 
 humbly defireth the Teftimony of Dodtor Mafon and Dodor Wren, 
 his Majefties Chaplains, who were with his Majefty in Spaiu, and 
 of Mafter Sampford one of the Prebends of Canterbury , Mafter Bof- 
 j); well Parfon of S.Laurence in London, and Mafter Frewen Divinity- 
 Reader in Magdalen-Qo\\tdi2jt in Oxford, and now one of his Ma- 
 jefties Chapiams , who were his Majefties Chaplams in Spain -^ as 
 well for the frequent ufe of the Sacrament, as conftant profeflion and 
 exercifes of Religion, and the teftimony of fuch Cathohcks as are known 
 to have been his antient Acquaintance and Friends, to examine them 
 upon oath. Whether publickly or privately in Spain, or in England, 
 they had known him in any kind to make Qiew , or fo much as to 
 forbear upon all occafions to declare the Religion he profefleth. And 
 that the faid lAx. Frewen and Mr, Wake may be alfo examined,Whether 
 inextremity of fevcral (icknefles whereinto he hath of late years fallen, 
 he hath not ever fetled his Confcience wichthem towards God, and made 
 a Confeffion of his Faith, rcfolving as bc-fitting a Proteflant or good 
 Chriftian, 
 
 VIII. To the Eighth Article the Earl faith. That he did not at any 
 time or in any place endeavor to periwade the Prince touching his religion 
 to become a Roman Catholick, and to be obedient to the ufurped autho- 
 rity oi Rome ; Neither did the faid Earl to that end and purpofe, or other- 
 wife,ufeunto his Majefty then Prince,the words in the Article mentioned. 
 But the faid Earl acknowledgeth, that upon occafion of a Letter that 
 came to his Majefty then Prince,putting his Majefty in mind of the great 
 Qc^ aftions 
 
 He conflantly 
 proferted the 
 Proteftanc re- 
 ligion.
 
 2^8 
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1626. anions of his Royal Progenitors in the Holy War, that the great Kings 
 .^^/"^ j of thofe times did not only imploy their Forces, but in their perCons went 
 ' into, the Holy Land •, The Earl believeth that byway of difcourfe only, 
 and not otherwife, he may have faid. That in regard of the difference in 
 Religion, it was of more difficulty to undertake fuch great adions now, 
 then in former Ages ^ and it might well be mftanced in the prefent Treaty 
 of the Marriage, wherein the Popes confent was to be obtained. And to 
 this effedl, and upon the like grounds, he is confident there were very 
 many that have, nay few of neernefs about his late Majefty that have not 
 often heard his Majefly fay, That he was the true Martyr, that luffered 
 more for his Religion then all the Princes of Chriffendom befidesj in- 
 ftancing in divers particulars, but efpecially in this. That he could not 
 match his Children with Kings ot his own rank , without the Popes 
 leave. 
 
 But the'faid Earl faith, He never alleaged any fuch thing to any other 
 purpoie, then to (hew that only Confcience and love to Truth, (in which 
 regard Proteflants fuffered much ) not any temporal refpeds, made men 
 conftant and zealous to the protetfion of our Religion. By which difcourfe 
 he ever attributed much to the honor and fecurity of Proteftant religion, 
 but never ufed it as an argument to perfwade to the contrary, as in the 
 Accufation is infinuated. 
 
 Befides, he conceiveth by way of Anfvver thereunto the faid Queftion 
 may be asked, which his Majefly was pleafed to ask of the Earl in the 
 Seventh Article, viz. what the faid Earl faw in his Majefty, that he Ihould 
 think him [0 umvorthy as to change his Religion for a Wife, or any earthly re- 
 (^e£f tvhatfeever ? So why fliould it be thought, that being more fit to 
 undertake great adions in the world ( being a mcer moral and temporal 
 refped ) (hould be an argument to perfwade in confcience fo religious and 
 wife a Prince, and fo welUnftruded as his Majefty is -, as though the foul 
 of a Chriftian Prince was to be wrought upon in poipt of Truth and Be- 
 lief, by temporal and worldly refpeds of Conveniencies and Greatnefs 1 
 It were necefTary for the proving that the faid Earl perfwaded bis Majefty 
 touching Religion, to produce fome arguments that he ufed out of Scd- 
 pture to firtisfie him in point of Confcience in fome Tenents of the Ro- 
 man Church, or that he produced any Conference with Learned men for 
 his fatisfadion in point of Religion : Otherwife the Articles ufed in this 
 againft the faid Earl, do ( as he conceiveth ) caary little ftrength to prove 
 the Charge of perfwading his Majefty, either in regard of it felf, or in re- 
 gard of his Majefties piety, 
 
 IX. To the Ninth Article the faid Earl faith, That there was a Dif- 
 courfe in 5/>4;'« of the way of accommodating the Prince Palatine his af- 
 fairs •, and by way of difcourfe it was moved. That the Marriage of his 
 eldefl Son with a Daughter of the Emperor, and his Son to be bred in 
 the Emperors Court, would be the faireft way for the pacifying of, and 
 accommodating thofe bufinefTes. And the Earl by way of difcourfe, and 
 not otherwife, did fay. That he thought his late Majefty could not be ad- 
 verfe either to the faid Match, or to the breeding of the Prince Palatine 
 his Son with the Emperor -, fo as thereby the whole Patrimonial Eftate 
 of the Prince Palatine, and the Dignity Eledoral might be fully reftored, 
 and that his Son might be bred in his own Religion, and have fuch Pre- i 
 ceptors, and fucli a Family, as his late Majefty and his Father, meaning 1 
 the Prince Palatine, fliould appoint, and they to have free exercife ofj 
 Religion :'
 
 Hi^oncal ColIeBiorts. 
 
 ^'99 
 
 B 
 
 Religion : For fo his late Majefty hath often declared himfelf to the fliid 
 Earl, and wiflied him to lay hold on any occafion for the entertaining of 
 any fuch Propofition. And otherwife then lb, and upon the terms a+ore- 
 faid, and by that way of Conference and difcourfe only, he delivered not 
 any Opinion to his Majefty at his Majefties being in S^atn : For the rai<i 
 Earl is very confident that his Majefty was returned out oi Spain, before 
 any Proppiition was made for the faid Marriage, other then bv way of 
 difcourie, as aforefaid •, The lame, as the faid Earl believeth, being firft 
 moved and debated on by way of Propofition between Mr. Secretary 
 Calvert and the Ambaftador of the King oi Spain, oSfoh.z. 1628. His 
 late Majefty, upon a relation made unto him by a Letter of Mr.Secretary 
 Calvert, approved of the faid Propofition, and declared the fame to be 
 theonelyway, as he conceived, to accommodate with honor thofe great 
 bufineftes : And wrote to that purpofe to his Son-in-law the Pnnce Pa- 
 latine, by his Letters dated 9 Noveml>,i6z7. A Copy of which he, to- 
 gether with Mr.Secretary Calverts Relation, and the Lord Conmty by his 
 late Majefties commandment,fent unto the faid Earl j the Tenor of which 
 tranflated out ot French, is as foUoweth. 
 
 WE have thought good,that rve may provide heft and mo ft foundly for your 
 Affairs, not only to procure, hut alfo to affitre your Peace, were to cut up 
 hy the very roots that Evil which hath hcen fetled in the heart of the Emperor, 
 by the great difpleafure and enmity he hath conceived again ft you. For the re- 
 moving and quite extinguishing of which, it feemeth to pu no better or more 
 powerful means can he ufed, then a good Alliance which may be proposed by us 
 between your eldeft Sen and the Daughter of the faid Emperor •, upon the a(fu- 
 rance we ha ze we ftull not be refufed in this nature, if you on your part will irtve 
 your confent. And for the more furety of the good fucccf thereof, we are de- 
 termined, before any fuch Propofition he made to the Emperor, to intcref the 
 King <?/" Spain with m in the baftnef, who wetrufi will lend us his helpin'r 
 D hand, its wed for the effe Bingo f it and bringing it to agoodconclufion, as in 
 procuring likcwife that the Conditions he duly ohfcrved. Among ft which Con- 
 ditions, if it happen that the Emperor fhould demand that your Son durinf^ his 
 minority fhould be brought up in his Court, We ftiall tell you that we for oar own 
 part fee no reafon why yo» pwuld (lick at it, upon fuch Conditions as he mi^ht 
 be tied unto, to wit, That the young Prince ftwuld have with him fuch Governor 
 as you fhould plea fe to appoint him, Jl hough he be no Roman Catholick • And 
 that neither he, nor any of his jhould he any way forced' in matter of their Con- 
 fcience. And our meaning is fo to order our proceeding in this Treaty, that 
 before your (aid Son be put into the hands of the Emperor, we will have a clear 
 and certain affurance of an honorable, entire, and punBual reftitutien of all 
 whatfoever belonging to you : As alfo we will take cire to provide accordingly 
 as fully and cxaBly forthe Ajfurances requifiteforthe Liberty of Confcicnce 
 for him and his Borne fticks, as they have done here with us touching thofe that 
 have been granted them forthelntmu. And therefore feeing there is no In- 
 convenience at all that may caufe your averfnefs or backwardnef in this btiftnef?, 
 which we for our parts think to be the heft, ftiorteft, and mo ft honorable way that 
 you can take for the comparing of the entire Reftitution, and making your Peace 
 fure with the Emperor, We hope your opinion will concur with us herein, and 
 (hall intreat you by the firft to J end us your Anfwer. 
 
 a CareU- 
 
 King James 
 propoleth a 
 Match ro the 
 Vrince Pala- 
 tinc,bcrw'cen 
 hiselcieft fom 
 an-l the Em- 
 perors daugh- 
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 An 1626,1 By which Letter after his Majefties coming out of Spain, it appeareth 
 uT^'/^J' to your Lordlliips that there was no Propofition of the Marriage betwixt 
 ' the Son of the Prince Palatine and the Emperors Daughter, when that 
 Letter was written-. For therein his Majefty faith, he was determined to 
 interefs the King of Spain in the bufinefs, before any fuch Propofition 
 lliould be made to the Emperor. And it will alfo thereby appear, that 
 his late Majefties opinion was of the Conveniencie thereof •, which the 
 faid Earl hopeth will acquit him, if by way of difcourfe only he declared 
 what his Majefties inclination was, which with honefty he could not have 
 concealed. And the faid Earl faith, he doth not remember what anfwer 
 Sir Walter Aflon made upon that difcourfe which he then delivered, nor 
 what replies the faid Earl made •, but fure he is, whatfoever the faid Earl 
 faid, or what anfwer or reply foever was made, as it was by way of dif- 
 courfe, and not otherwife, fo it was according to that which he truly 
 conceived to be the beft and eaficft way to accommodate the bufinefs, 
 and to be his Majefties pleafure, ( which the faid Sir Walter Alion may 
 be ignorant of, as he is confident that he was) and not out of any dif- 
 affedion to our Religitm, or for any finifter refped or regard to the Houfe 
 of Aujlria, as by the laid Article is intimated : For he did not conceive 
 the breeding of the Prince Palatine's Son with the Emperor, having a 
 Governor appointed by his late Majefty and his Father, and he and his 
 Domefticks to have f.ee ufe of their own Religion, to be a matter of im- 
 poftibility, or fuch dangerous confequence irrpoint of Religion, as to im- 
 ply his Converfion, as by the Article is intimated •, well knowing that 
 in the Emperors Court all Princes there,though his Prilbners,and others 
 his Counfellors and Servants abput hisperfon, and of great Command 
 in his Armies, being avowed Proteftants, have the free ufe of their Reli- 
 gion : And it is not to be fuppofed the Son of the Prince Palatine,Grand- 
 child to the King of Great Britain, fliould be matched, and no care taken 
 to capitulate for the ufe ot his Religion, being ever granted to the mean- 
 eft Prince that is beftowed. And his Majefties fpecial care in this point is 
 fully feen in the faid Letter. 
 
 X. To the Tenth Article he faith. That by comparing of this Ar- 
 ticle of his too much Forwardnefs, with the Second Article, whereby he 
 is charged with continuing the Treaty upon Generalities, without re- 
 ducing them to Certainties and dired Conclufions, Your Lordftiips will 
 perceive how impoftibleit was for him to avoid an Exception. But for 
 dired Anfwer to the p'refent Charge he faith. That he did not prefum- 
 ptuoufly, nor yet to his knowledge,break his Inftrudions,nor fet any day 
 at all for the De(^eriforics •, but was therein meerly paflive,in admitting the 
 day nominated by the King o^ Spain according to the Capitulation be- 
 fore made : Nor did he prefumptuoufly, wilfully,or willingly difobey any 
 Commandment or Diredion of his Majefty that now is, then Prince, 
 which he could underftand not to be countermanded either by prefent or 
 future Inftrudions otherwife explained. 
 
 And for the better manifeftation of the truth of his proceedings in 
 and concerning the fame, he faith. That on the day of the departure of 
 his Majefty then Prince from the Efcurial in Spain, his Highnefs delivered 
 unto him in prefenccol the Commiffioners his Proxies powers, with pub- 
 lick Declaration taken in writing by the Secretary to the King of Spain, 
 , of the Prince his pleafure, and how the faid Earl fiiould ufe then*, viz. 
 That he fhould deliver them to the King of Spain upon the coming of 
 i the
 
 Hifiorical CoilcBions. 
 
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 the DifpenGition cleared from Romc^ according to that which had been 
 agreed, which was to be within ten dayes after the coming of the Dif- 
 penfation. And he further (Iiith, That it is true that the Prince after- 
 wards by his Letters fent by one Mr Clark^ commanded him the fiid Earl 
 not to deliver the faid Proxies till he fliould have received fecurity that 
 the /»/4;?r4 after her being betrothed (liould not enter into any Religious 
 Order, and that before he proceeded he lliould fend to his Majefty, then 
 Prince, fuch fecurities as fliould be offered, that he might judge whether 
 it were fufficicnt or not. 
 
 Whereupon the faid Earl, as became a faithfuU Servant, prefented 
 unto his Majefty that now is, then Prince, fuch Affurances as were offer- 
 ed unto him for fecuring of that point, together with fuch Reafons as 
 he conceived were fit to be offered to their confiderations 5 which gave 
 unto his late Majefty, and his Majefty that now is, then Prince, fuch fi- 
 tisfadion, as they were pleafed to difpatch a Poft prefently unto him, ab 
 folutely difcharging him of that Commandment, as by their feveral Let- 
 ters dated Of7<>^fr 8. 1623. will appear asfolloweth. 
 
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 We have received "ioiir Letters ^y Grifley, and the copy of them to our 
 dear Son -^ and rvc cannot forbear to let foti know how well we efteem theditti- 
 ftill, difcreet and judicial Relation and humble advice to our Son ■• Whereupon^ 
 having ripely deliberated with our f elf , and contmnnicated with our dear Sen, 
 we have rejolved, with the ^ood liking of our Son, tore(l upon that fecurity 
 in point of doubt for the Infanta'^ taking a Religious Order, which you in your 
 judgement fljall think meet. 
 
 And by that other Letter of his Majefty that now is, then Prince, 
 as follovveth ; riz. 
 
 Tour Letters to the King and me concerning that doubt I made after I came 
 from St Laurence, hath ^o (at is fed us both, that wc think it ft no Ioniser to 
 (lick upon it, but leave it to your difcretion to take what fecurity you fl)all 
 think ftting. 
 
 Whereby he was ab folutely freed of that command-, and being fo 
 freed thereof, he then remained under the Order which his Majefty, then 
 Prince, had left with him at his departure, which was to proceed accord- 
 ing to the Capitulations, and his Highnefs Declaration when he deliver- 
 ed the faid Proxies unto him : And fo he intended to have done,tilI by his 
 Highncfs's Letters November 15. 1625. he was diredly commanded 
 the contrary •, which Commandment he moft readily and punctually 
 obeyed. 
 
 And for fuch his intentions, till he was countermanded, he con- 
 ceiveth he had not onelyfufiicient warrant, but had highly offended if he 
 liaddoneothtrwife. For firft, for his proceedings to confummate the 
 Match, he had warrant and inftrudion under his late Majefties hantl. Se- 
 condly,It was the main fcope of his Ambaffage. Thirdly,He was injoyned 
 by the King and Prince his CommifTion under the Great Seal. Fourthly, 
 He had pofitive Order under his Majefties Iiand by Letters fince. 
 Fifthly, It was agreed by Capitulation, that it fliould be within fo many 
 dayes after the coming of the Difpenfation. Sixthly, His late Majefty, 
 and his Majefty that no\y is, then Prince, fignified by their Letters unto 
 him at the fame time when they difcharged him of his Commandment, 
 
 touching 
 
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 2 Caroli. 
 
 The Earls 
 Reafons why 
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 ward tocon- 
 hinimare the 
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 rhc contrary.
 
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 Htflorical CoUeBions, 
 
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 The rcfliruri- 
 on nf theP.t- 
 l(tfhiat.\ pro- 
 mifcil !iy the 
 King of S;i.iii 
 ami Olhfirex^. 
 
 touching the 7/?/"4«f<t's entring into Religion, that they intended to pro- 
 ceed in the Marriage, as by his Majefties Letters Oc7o^fr 8. 1625. will 
 appear. Seventhly, The Proxies were to that end left in his hands, and 
 alter again renewed after his Majefties return into England. Eighthly, He 
 had overthrovvn the Marriage without order : For although Sir Walter 
 A(lon and himfelf ufed all poflible means for the gaining of time, and 
 deferring the Defponfories % yet the King oi Spain caufed it to be protcft- 
 ed, that in cafe he the did Earl (hould infift upon the deferring of the 
 Defponfories, he would free himfelf from the Treaty by the faid Earls in- 
 fringing of the Capitulations : And in truth, although the Kmg of 
 Spain (liould have condefcended to have prolonged the Defponfories until 
 oneof thedayesof Chriftmas, as by the Letter was required-, yet the 
 •Prince's Proxies had been before that time expired, and he durft not 
 without a precife Warrant put fuch a fcorn upon fo noble a Lady, whom 
 he then conceived was likely to have been the Prince his wife, as to no- 
 minate a day of marriage when the Proxies were out of date, and he 
 was himfelf fworn to the Treaty. And laftly, he could not in honor 
 and honefty , but endeavor to perform that publick Truft repofed 
 in him when the Proxies were depofited in his hands, with pii)lick 
 and legal Declaration, with an inftrument by a Secretary of State to the 
 King of Spain, leading and diresfling the ufe of them, and the fame be- 
 ing then inftmmentiim (lipuUtttm, wherein as well the King of Spain was 
 interefl'ed by the acceptation of the fubftitution, as the Prince by grant- 
 ing of the Proxies, he could not in honefty fail the publick Truft with- 
 out clear and undoubted warrant-, which as foon as he had, he obeyed. 
 So as the Cafe ftanding thus, the faid Earl is very confident that the 
 fuppofed Countermands, Directions and Reftridions, when they fliould 
 be perufed and confidered of, will appear to have been very (lender and 
 infufficient warrant againft the aforefaid Orders and Reafons before 
 fpecified : And is alfo as confident. That what is allured out of his the 
 faid Earls Difpatches, will alfo appear to be mifunderftood •, and that if 
 he had proceeded to the execution of the Defponfories before he re- 
 ceived diredt and exprefs commandment to the contrary by the afore- 
 faid Letters Novcmheri$. 1623. which he readily and punftually obeyed, 
 he had not under favor broken his Inftrudions, or defervcd any blame for 
 lack of aiTurance of the reftitution of the Palatinate and Temporal 
 Articles. 
 
 And Rv^o^ the Palatinate, his faid Majefty did not fend to the faid 
 Earl exprefs Direftions not to difpatch the Defponfories until a full con- 
 clufion were had of the other Treaty of the Palatinate, together with 
 that of the Marriage, as by the faid Article is alledged -, onely his late 
 Majefty, by the aforefaid Letters of o^ohe!- 8. required the faid Earl 
 fo to endeavor, that his Majefty might have the joy of both at Chrift- 
 mas. Whereas his Inftru(5l:ions of May 14. 1621. were exprefs, that he 
 ftiould not make the bufinefsof the Palatinate a condition of the Marri- 
 age. And his late Majefties Letters of December 30. 1623. were fully 
 to the fame effed. Yet did the faid Earl, according to what was inti- 
 mated by the fiid Letters of oSfoher 8. fo carefully provide therein, as 
 that before the Proxies were to be executed, he had an abfolute anfvver in 
 the bufinefs of the Palatinate, the fame ftiould be really reftored accor- 
 ding to his hte Majefties defire -, and the Conde oUvarez, both in his Ma- 
 jefties name, and in his own, defired the faid Earl and Sir Walter A(lon 
 that they would aflure his Majefty of the real performance of the fame, 
 
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 and intreated, if need were, they fhould engage their honor and life for 
 it, as by their joynt Difpatches oi Nevtmher i^. 1623. will appear-, 
 and fo much the faid Sir Walter Jfton and the iaid Earl agreed ihould be 
 delivered to them in writing, before they would have delivered their 
 Proxies, and fo the faid Earl declared it •, the which Anfwer in writing 
 iTiould have been the fame which fince was given them of ^am.try 8. 
 1625. AndbothSirIf^4/^fr^/?^«and the faiJ Earl were confident there- 
 in, as they by their faid Letters o'i November z'^. wrote to his late Ma- 
 jefty as followeth •, Viz,. 
 
 Th.tt his Majefty might, according to his de^re figrtified to the [aid Earl 
 by his Letters of Oftober 8, give as well to his Majeftics Daughter that 
 Chriflm^ts the comfortable news of the expiring of her great troubles and 
 [ufferings, as to his Sonthe Frince the Congratitlation of being married to a 
 moft worthy and excellent Princefs, 
 
 By which it will evidently appear, he meant not to leave the bufinefs 
 of the P<i/j^/«4r^ loofe, when he intended to proceed to the Marriage-, 
 but he coniefled that he was ever of opinion, that the bed pawn and affu- 
 rance his late Majefty could have of the real proceedings of the Palatinate 
 was, That they proceeded really to the effeding of the Match •, and of 
 the fame opinion was his late Majefty alfo, and the Lords Commiffio- 
 ners here in £«^/W , as appeareth by his Inftrudions dated March i a, 
 1621. which opinion ftill continued in them, as appeareth by his late 
 Majefties Letters of January-}. 1622. And as for the Temporal Arti- 
 cles, the faid Earl faith, when the Defponfories were formerly appointed 
 to have been, as he remembrethon Friday Aitgufl 29. before the depar- 
 ture of his Majefty, then Prince, out of Spain^ which was onely hm- 
 dred by the not coming of the Difpenfation, the Prince appointed him 
 and Sir Walter Aflon to meet with the Spanifh CommiiTioners and 
 they drew up the heads of the Temporal Articles, wherewith the Prince 
 and the Duke of Buckingham were acquainted 5 and in cafe the Difpenfa- 
 tion had come, and the Defponfories been performed on that day, there 
 had been no other provifion made for them before the Marriage -, but 
 prefently upon tlie Prince his departure, he the faid Earl caufed them to 
 be drawn into form, and fent them to his late Majefty September 27. 
 1625. defiring tounderftandhis Majefties plcafure with all fpeed, efpe- 
 cially if he difapproved any thing in them-, but never received notice of 
 any diflike thereof, until the aforefaid Letters oi November i^. 1623. 
 which put off the Defponfories. So as it appeareth the faid Earl was fo 
 far from breaking his Inftruftions, or from having any intention to have 
 proceeded to the execution of the Defponfories before his Majefty and 
 the Prince were fatisfied of this point of the Infanta entring into Reli- 
 gion, or before convenient afturance as well for the reftitution of the 
 Palatinate^ as performance of the Temporal Articles, that he deferveth, 
 as he conceiveth under favor, no blame, fo much asm intention-, but if 
 he had erred in intention onely (.as he did not) the fame being never re- 
 duced iflto Aifl, the Fault (as he conceiveth) was removed by his obedi- 
 ence before the intention was put into execution : For fo it is in Cafes to- 
 wards God. And as to the matter of aggravation againft him, that heap- 
 pointed fo Ihort a time for the Defponfories, as that without extraordina- 
 ry diligence the Prince had been bound, he thereto faith, as he faid before, 
 that he fet no day at all thereunto, nor could defer it after the Difpenfation 
 
 came 
 
 2 Caroli.
 
 An. 1616. 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 The advan- 
 tjges of the 
 Spaiiifh Match 
 to England. 
 
 came from Home.^ without a dired breach of the Match fo long labored in, 
 and fo much defued •, yet he and Sir Walter Aflen having ufed all poffi- 
 ble induftry to difcover how the motion of deferring the Match would 
 be taken ^ and finding an abfolute refolution in the King of Spain to pro- 
 ceed pundually, and to require the Proxies according to the Capitulati- 
 ons within ten dayes after the commg of the Difpenfation •, and that 
 time alfo getting advertifement from Rome, that the Difpenfation was 
 "ranted, and would prefently be there j he, the faid Earl, to the end in 
 ifo great a Caufehe might have a clear and undoubted underftanding of 
 his late Majeftiespleafure, fent a Difpatch oi November i. with all dili- 
 gence unco his Majefty, letting his Majefly know that it could not be 
 poffible for him to protradt the Marriage above four dayes, unlefs he 
 . Ihould hazard the breaking, for which he had no warrant. 
 
 But that this was no new Refolution, nor the King fo ftraitned in 
 time, as by the faid Article is pretended, will appear by the faid Earls 
 Difpatch of Septemher 2S. 1623. In which upon fcruple that was then 
 made of the infanta's entring into Religion, be wrote to the fame effed ^ 
 Fiz, That if the Difptrtfatien Jhoffld come., he k»exv no means horv to detain 
 the Proxies above tiventy or twenty four dayes. So that although difficulty 
 happened until the middeHoi November 1623. yet it was forefeen that 
 it muft of necefTity happen whenfoever the Difpenfation (liould come; 
 and then was warning of two moneths given thereof^ viz, {1:0m Sep- 
 tember 24. until November 2p. which was the time appointed for the 
 Defponfories. 
 
 So as he moft humbly fubmits himfelf unto your Lordfliips which of 
 the two wayes was the fafer or dutifuller for him to take •, whether upon 
 inferences and conjeftures to have overthrown fo great a bufinefs 5 or 
 ontheocheifide, firfttohaveprefented unto his Majefly the truth and 
 firiceritv as he did, the true eftate of his Affairs, with his humble opi- 
 nion therein, with an intimation, that if his Majefty (hould refolve to 
 break the Match , that for the faid Earl his honefl difcharge of the 
 publick Truft repoied in him when the Proxies were depofited in his 
 hands, and for his fufficient warrant in fo great a caufe, his Majefty 
 would be gracioufly pleafed to give him clear and exprefs order (which 
 he had not) and in the interim, whileft his Majefty might take into con- 
 fideration the sreat inconveniences that might enfue, the faid inconve- 
 niences mi-ghtbe fufpended, and the bufinefs kept upon fair terms, that 
 his Majefty might have his way and choice clear and unfoiled before 
 him. 
 
 And as to the evil Confequences which are pretended would have 
 followed if the faid Earl had proceeded to the confummation of the 
 Match, before he had exprefs order and warrant to the contrary •, he fup- 
 pofet!-! his Majefty fhould fpeedily havefeen the Marriage which he fo 
 lon^ fought to have effcfifled-, that the Prince Chouldhave had a worthy 
 Lady whom beloved •, that the Portion was much greater then ever was 
 fnven in money in Chnftendom •, that the King of Spain had engaged him- 
 felf for reftitution of the Palatinate-., for which the faid Earl conceived 
 a daughter of Spain., and Two Millions had been no ill pawn, befides 
 many^ other additions of advantage to the Crown of England : 
 Whereas on the contrary fide, he forefaw that the Prince would be 
 kept a year longer unmarried, a thing that fo highly concemeth 
 thefe Kingdoms •, he doubteth that the recovery, of the Palatinate jfrom 
 the Emperor and Duke of Bavaria by forcf/tvould prove a great 
 
 difficulty.
 
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 difficulty, and that Chriftendom was like to fall into a general Combufti- 
 on : So that defiring that his IVIj jefty (liould have obtained his ends, and 
 have had the honor and happinefs , not onely to have given peace, plenty,- 
 and increafe unto his own Subjeds and Crowns, but to have compounded 
 the greatefl: differences that had been thefe many years in Chriftendom : 
 And by his Piety and Wifdom, to have prevented the fliedding of fo 
 much Chriftian Blood, as he feared would enfue , if thefe bufinedes 
 weredifordered. Thefe Reafons, he confeffeth, and the zeal unto his 
 Majefties fervice made him fo earneftly delire theeflfeding of thisbufi- 
 nefs, and cannot but thmkhimfelf an unfortunate man (his Majefties af- 
 fairs being fo near fetling to his Majefties content, as he conceived they 
 were, and hoping to have been unto his Majefty not onely a faithful Ser- 
 vant , htfL a fuccefsful Servant) to fee the whole eftate of his affairs 
 turned up-fide down without any the leafl fault of his 5 and yet he the 
 onely Minifter on the Englifh.and Spanifti fide that remained under 
 difgrace. 
 
 X I. To the Eleventh Article the faid Earl faith, That the Article 
 is grounded upon a Petition by hitn preferred to this Honorable Houfe, 
 fuppofed to be fcandalous ^ which your Lordftiips (as he conceiveth) 
 according to the Cuftoms and Priviledges of the Houfe of Peers, 
 would have been pleafed fir ft to have adjudged fo to have been, either 
 for matter appearing in it felf, or upon hearing the faid Earl 5 for if 
 the matter appearing in the Petition it felf, be not to be excepted 
 unto, it cannot as he conceiveth by Collateral accidents be taken for a 
 Scandal, till it be examined and found falfe. For a plain and diredt An- 
 fwer thereunto, he faith. That the faid Petition is fuch as will not war- 
 rant any fuch mfcrence, as by the faid Article is inforced. And that he 
 hopeth to juftifie the Contents of the faid Petition in fuch fort asfhall 
 not difpleafe his Majefty, nor deferve that expreftion which is ufed in 
 the Charge 5 but contrarily what he hath faid, or (hall fay therein in 
 his defence, ftiall in all things tend to the Honor and Service of his 
 Majefty , by reducing into his Memory divers Circumftances , and 
 laying before him the paffages of divers particulars , which by undue 
 pra(Sices have been either concealed from his Majefty or mif-related to 
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 " Having thus offered to this High and Honorable Court, fuch 
 Proofs and Reafons , as he hopeth fliall in your Lordl-hips Wifdom 
 and Jufticc clearly acquit him of any capital Crime or wilful Offence ; 
 if it ftiall appear that out of Errors of Judgment, too much fervent- 
 nefs of zeal to his Majefties fervice, or the ignorance of the Laws of 
 this Realm, (wherewith he hath not been able to be fo well acquainted 
 as he ought, by reafon of Foreign Employments by the (pace of 
 many years) or by any other ways or means he hath fain into 
 the danger of the Laws for any thing pardoned in the General Par- 
 don made in the Parliament holden at We(lmin(ler , Anno Vicefimo 
 primo Regni, Imp. ^acobt AnglU, d'c, of BlefTed Memory, he humbly 
 prayeth allowance of the Pardons, and the benefit thereof (with this 
 Claufe, Tiiac he doth and will aver that he is none of the perfons excep- 
 ted out of the fame) although he is very confident he fliall not need the 
 helpof any pardon, laving received many fignifications as well from 
 his Majefties own mouth , that he had never offended his Majefty, as 
 R_r im:^il5L 
 
 2 Caroli.
 
 -^06 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Hijiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 '• lately by feveral Letters from the Lord Conwa-j, that he might reft in 
 " the fccurity he was in, and fit ftill, and fliould be no further queftioned. 
 " But he hopes your Lordihips will not onely finde him fo far from blame, 
 " but that he hath ferved his late Majefty of Blefled memory, and his 
 " moft gratious Son, the Kings Majefty that now is, with that fidelity, 
 " care, "and induftry, that your Lordfliips will take fuch courfe as you 
 "inyourwifdoms (liall think fit, not onely for the upholding the Honor 
 "anil Reputation of a Peer of this Realm, after fo m.any employments, 
 '"but likewife become humble and earneft Suitors to his Majefty on 
 " his behalf (which he humbly prayeth ) That he may bereftorcd to his 
 " Majefties moft gratious Favor, which above all worldly things he moft 
 "defireth. 
 
 The Eighth of Ma;j, the Commons brought up their Charge againft 
 the Duke, which was delivered at a Conference of both Houfes, and 
 fpun out two days time. It was managed by Eight Members and Sixteen 
 more as Afliftants, The Eight cheif managers were, Sir DudU) Dtggs, 
 Mr. Herbert, Mr. Selden, Mr. cUnvile, Mr. Pym, Mr. Sherland, Mr. 
 Wandesferd, and Sir ^ohn Elliot. 
 
 Sir Dudley D/ggs by way of Prologue, made this Speech. 
 
 - My Lords , 
 
 " '■' I ' Here are fo many things of great importance to be faid in very 
 " I littletime today, that I conceive it will not be unacceptable to 
 " . -*• your Lordfhips , if (fetting by all Rhetorical Affedations) I 
 " onely in plain-Country Language, humbly pray your Lordftiips favor to 
 "include many excufes neceflary to my manifold infirmities in this one 
 " word, I am Commanded by the Knights, Citizens, and BurgefTes of the 
 " Commons Houfe, to prefent to your Lordiliips their moft affedionate 
 "thanks for your ready condefcending to this Conference 5 which 
 
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 of confidence in your great Wifdoms, and approved Juftice, for the 
 
 " fervice of his Majefty, and the welfare ot this Realm, they defired upon 
 
 " this occafion. 
 
 " The Houfe of CommogB by a fatal and univerfal Concurrence of 
 
 "Complaints, from all the ^a-bordering parts of this Kingdom, did 
 
 "finde a great and grievous interruption and ftop of Trade andTraffick: 
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 " The bafe Pirates of Sally ignominioufly infefting our Coafts 
 *'our Ships and Goods, and leading away the Sub je(5ts of this Kingdom 
 " into Barbarous captivity ; while to our lliame and hindrance of Com- 
 *'!merce, our enemies did (as it were) befiege our Ports, and block up our 
 *' beft Rivers mouths. Our friends on flight pretences, madelmbargoes of 
 " our Merchants Goods, and every Nation (upon the leaft occafion) was 
 " ready to contemn and flights us : So great was the apparent diminution 
 " of the antient Honor of this Crown, and once ftrong Reputation of our 
 " Nation. Wherewith the Commons were more troubled, calling to re- 
 "mem.brance, how formerly in France, in Spain, in Holland, and every 
 "whereby Sea and Land, the Valors of this Kingdom had been better 
 "valued, and even in latter times, within remembrance, when we had | 
 *'no Alliance with France, none in Denmark, none in Germany , no Friend | 
 "in Italy. ^ Scotland (to fay no more) ununited, WW not fetled in peace, \ 
 and much lefs fecurity at home •, when Spain was as ambitious as it is | 
 
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 "now under a King (P/;///'/' the Second) they called their Wifeft^ the 
 
 " Houfe of AujlrU as great and potent, and both ftrengthned with a ma- 
 
 " litious League in France , oi perfons ill-afteded , when the Low- 
 
 "Countreys had no Beings yet by conftant Councils, and old Engliili 
 
 "ways, even then that Spanirti pride was cooled, that greatnefs of the 
 
 " Houfe of >^«/?r/rf, fo formidable to us now, was well refifted •, and to 
 
 " the United Provinces of the Low-Countreys fuch abeginning,growth, 
 
 *' and ftrength was given, as gave us honor over all the Chriftian World. 
 
 " The Commons therefore wondring at the Evils which they fuffered, 
 
 " debating of the Caufes of them, found they were many drawn like" 
 
 "one Line to one Circumference of decay of Trade, ajid ftrength of 
 
 " Honor and Reputation in this Kingdom •, which as in one Centre, 
 
 " met in one great Man, the caufe of all, whom I am here to name, The 
 
 " Buke of Buckingham. 
 
 Here Sir Dudley Biggs made a little flop, 
 Preamble to the Charge, viz. 
 
 and afterwards read the 
 
 The Commons Declaration and Impeachment 
 againft the Duke of Buckingham. 
 
 For the (peeJy Redref of great Evils and Mifcheifs , and of the cheif 
 caufe of thefe Evils and Mifcheifs which this Kingdom of England now 
 gricvou/Iy ftiffereth, and of late years hath [ttfered -, and to the htnor and 
 fafety of our Soveraign Lord the King , and of his Crown and Dignity ; 
 and to the good and tvelfare of his people, The Commons in this prefent Par- 
 liamsrrt by the Authority of our faid Soveraign Lord the King affemhled , 
 Do by this their Bill fherv and declare againft Gtox^Q Duke, Marque f and 
 Earl of Buckingham , Earl of Coventry , Fifcount ViUers , Baron of 
 Whaddon, Great Admiral of the Kingdoms of 'En^hnti 4W Ireland, and 
 of the Principality of Wales, and of the Dominions and I (lands ef the fame, 
 of the Town of C3.hls^ and of the Marches of the fame, 4W0/ Normandy, 
 Gafcoigne, and Guienne, General-Governor of the Se.ts and Ships of the 
 faid Kingdom , Lieutcnant-General Admiral, Captain-General and Gover- 
 nor of his Majefties Royal fleet and Army lately [et forth , M after of the 
 Horfe of our Soveraign Lord the King, Lord Warden, Chancellor and Ad- 
 miral of the Cinque Ports, and of the Members thereof, Conflahle of Dover 
 Caftle, ^uftice in Eyre of all the Fore (Is and Chafes on this fide the River 
 Trent , Conjlable of the Caftle of Windfor , Gentleman of his Majc(iies 
 Bed-chamber , one of his Majefties mo ft Honorable Privy Council in his 
 Realms, both in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Knight of the 
 mo ft Honorable Order ef the Garter % The Mifdemeanors, Mifprifions, of- 
 fences. Crimes, and other Matters, compn fed in the Articles following -, and 
 him the (aid Duke do accufe and impeach of the faid Mifdemeanors , Mifprifi- 
 ons, offences, and Crimes. 
 
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 " r ' [ ^ His lofty Title of this Miglity Man, methinks dorh raife my 
 " I fpirits to fpeak with, a P4«/o Majora Cammui -, and let it not 
 " ^ difpleafe your Lordlhips , if for Foundation , I compare the 
 "beautiful ftrudure and fair compofition of this Monarchy wherein we 
 " live, to the great work of God, the World it felf : In wnich, the folid 
 " Body of incorporated Earth and Sea, as 1 conceive, in regard of our 
 " Husbandry , Manufadures , and Commerce by Land and Sea , may 
 " well refemble us the Commons, And as it is incompafled with Air, 
 "and Fue, and Sphears Celeftial, of Planets and a Firmament of fixed 
 " Stars •, all which receive their heat, light, and life, from one great, glo- 
 " rious Sun, even like the King our Soveraign. So that Firmament of 
 " fixed Stars I take to be your Lordfliips -, thofe Planets the great Offi- 
 ''cers of the Kingdom-, that pure Element of Fire, the moft Religious, 
 " Zealous, and Pious Clergy -, and the Reverend Judges, Magiftrates, 
 "and Minifters of Law and Juftice, the Air wherein we breache: All 
 " which encompafs round with cherifliing comfort , this Body of the 
 "Commons, who truly labor for them all-, and though they be the 
 '' Foot ftool,and the loweft, yet may well be faid to be the fetled Centre 
 "of the State. 
 
 " Now (my good Lords) if that glorious Son , by his powerful 
 " Beams of Grace and Favor, fliall draw trom the Bowels of this Earth, 
 "an exhalation that ihall take Fire, and burn and fhine out like a Star, it 
 " needs not be marvelled at, if the poor Commons gaze and wonder at 
 " the Comet 5 and when they feel the effeds, impute all to the incorrup- 
 *' tible matter of it : But if fuch an imperfed mixture appear, like that 
 " in the laft age in the Chair of Capopeia, among the fixed Stars them- 
 " felves, where Artflotle and the old Philofophers conceived there was no 
 "place for fuch corruption , then as the Learned Mathematicians were 
 " troubled to obferve the irregular motions, the prodigious magnitude, 
 and the ominous prognofticks of that Meteor -, fo the Commons when 
 they fee fuch a blazing Srar in courfe fo exorbitant in the Affairs of this 
 " Commonwealth, cannot but look upon it, and for want of Perlpedives, 
 " commend the nearer examination to your Lordibips, who may behold 
 "it at a nearer diftance. Such a prodigious Comet the Commons take 
 " this Duke of Buckingham to be -, againft whom, and his irregular ways, 
 " there are by learned Gentlemen legal Articles of Charge tobe delivered 
 " to your Lordfliips , which I am generally firft commanded to lay 
 open. 
 
 " I. The Offices of this Kingdom, that are the Eyes, the Ears, 
 and the Hands of this Commonwealth, thefe have been ingrofted, 
 bought and fold, and many of the greateft of them holden even in the 
 Dukes own hands -, which feverally gave in former ages,fufficient con- 
 tent to greateft FavQriies,and were work enough for wifeft Counfellors-, 
 by means whereof, what ftrange abules, what infinite negleds have 
 followed ^ The Seas have been unguarded. Trade difturbed, Merchants 
 opprefled, their Ships, and even one of the Royal Navy, by cunning 
 pradice, delivered over into Foreign hands •, and contrary to our good 
 
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 " Friends ot our own ReHgion. ' 
 
 " 2. Next Honors (tliofe moft pretious Jewels of the Crown) a 
 " Treafure ineftimable, wherewith your Noble Anceftors (my Lords) 
 "were well rewarded for eminent an.l publick Service in the Common- 
 " wealth at home-, for brave exploits abroad, when covered all with 
 "■ duft and blood, they fweat in feivice for the honor of this Crown. 
 " What back-ways, what by-ways, have been by this Duke found out- 
 is too well kno»vn to your Lordlhips :" whereas antiently it was the 
 " honor oi England 'as among the Rom.ws) the way to the Temple of Ho- 
 " rior, was through the Temple of Ferine. But I am commanded to prefs 
 " this no farther , then to let your Lordfliips know, one inftance may 
 " (perhaps) be givea of fome one Lord compelled to purchafe Ho- 
 " nor. 
 
 " 5, As divers of the Dukes poor Kinred have been raifed to 
 B " great honors, which have been and are likely to be more chargeable 
 " and burthenfome to the Crown •, fo the Lands and Revenews, and the 
 " Treafuriesof hisMajefty, have been intercepted and exhaufted, by 
 " this Duke and his Friends, and ftrangely raif-employed with ftrangc 
 "confufionof the Accounts, and overthrow of the well eftabliflied an- 
 " tient Orders of his Majefties Exchequer. 
 
 " 4. Thelaftof the Charges which are prepared, will be an injury 
 " offered to the perfon of the late King of Blefled memory, who is with 
 " God, of which (as your Lordlliips may have heard heretofore) you 
 " (hall anon have further information. Now upon this occafion, I am 
 "commanded by the Commons to take care of the honor of the King 
 " our Soveraign that lives, (long may he live to our comfort, and the 
 " good of the Chriftian World) and alfo of his BlefTed Father who is 
 *' dead ^ on whom , to the grief of the Commons , and their great 
 " diftafte, the Lord Duke did (they conceive) unworthily caft fome ill 
 " odor of his ov: n foul ways 5 whereas Servants were antiently wont to 
 J) " bear, as in truth they ought, their Mafters faults, and not caft their own 
 '•onthemundefervedly. Ii is well known the King (who is with God) 
 "had the fame power, and the fame wifdom, before he knew this Duke, 
 " yea, and the fame affedions too 5 through which (as a good and grati- 
 "ousMaftei) he advanced and raifed fome Stars of your Lordilnps Fir- 
 " mament ; in whofe hands this exorbitancy of will, this tranfcendency 
 "of power, fuel) placing and difplacing of Officers, fuch irregular run- 
 " ing into all by-courfes of the Planets, fuch ffele and fingle managing of 
 " the great Affairs of State, was never heard of, 
 
 " And therefore, onely to the Lord Duke, and his procurement, by 
 " mif- informations, thefe faults complained of by the Commons, are to 
 " be imputed. 
 
 " And for our mofl Gratious Soveraign that lives , whofe name 
 "hath been ufed, and may perhaps now be for the Dukes juftifica- 
 " tion , the Commons know well, That among his Majefties moft Royal 
 " Virtues, his Piety unto his Father, hath made him a pious nouri(her of 
 "his Affections ever to the Lord Duke, on w^hom, out of that con- 
 " fideration, his Majefty hath wrougiit a kinde of wonder, making Fa- 
 " vor Hereditary •, but the abufe thereof muft be the Lord Dukes own : 
 " And if there have been any Commands , fuch as were or may be 
 "pretended, his mi f informations have procured them •, whereas the 
 
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 Duke. 
 
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 Plurality of 
 Offices. 
 
 His buying of 
 Offices. 
 
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 "Laws of England teichus^ That Kings cannot command ill or unlaw- 
 " ful things, when ever they fpeak, though by their Letters Patents, or 
 " their Seals, If the things be evil, thefe Letters Patents are void, and 
 " vi^hatfocver ill event fucceeds , the Executioners of fuch Commands 
 '• muft ever anfwer for them, 
 
 "Thus, my Lords, in performance of my duty, myweaknefs hath 
 ". been troublefome unto your Lordfhips-, it is now high time, humbly 
 " to entreat your pardon, 'and give way to a learned Gentleman to begin 
 a more particular charge. 
 
 Then were read the Firft, Second, and Third Articles, viz. 
 
 I. ^T^Hat whereas the great Offices exprefTed ia the faid Dukes Stile 
 J and Title, heretofore have been the fingular Preferments of fe- 
 veral Perfons eminent in Wifdom and Truft, and fully able for the 
 weighty Service, and greateft Employments of the State , whereby the 
 faid offices were both carefully and fufficiently executed by feveral Per- 
 fons of fuch Wifdom, Truft, and Ability : And others alfo that were 
 employed by the Royal Progenitors of our Soveraign Lord the King in 
 places of lefs Dignity, were much encouraged with the hopes of ad- 
 vancement. And whereas divers of the faid places feverally of them- 
 felves, and necefTarily require the whole care, induftry, and attendance 
 of a moft provident, and moft able perfon-. He the laid Duke being 
 ypng and unexperienced, hath of late years with exorbitant Ambition, 
 and for his own profit and advantage, procured and ingrofl'ed into his 
 own hands, thg faid feveral Offices, both to the danger of the State, 
 the prejudice of that Service, which fliould have been performed in them, 
 and to the great difcouragement of others •, who by this his procuring 
 and ingroffing of the faid Offices, are precluded from fuch hopes, as their 
 Vertues, Abilities, and Publick Employments, might otherwife have 
 given them. 
 
 1 1. Whereas by the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom of Eng- 
 land, if any perfon whatibever, give or pay any fum of Money, Fee, or 
 Reward, diredly or indiredly, for any Office or Offices, which in any- 
 wife touch or concern the Adminiftration or Execution of Juftice, or the 
 keeping of any of the Kings Majefties Towns, Caftles, or FortrefTes, be- 
 ing ufed, occupied, or appointed for places of ftrength and defence 5 the 
 fame perfon is immediately upon the fame Fee, Money, or Reward, given 
 or paid, to be adjudged a difabled perfon in the Law, to all intents and 
 purpofes, to have, occupy, or enjoy the faid Office or Offices, for the 
 which he fo giveth or payeth any fum of Money, Fee, or Reward, He 
 the faid Duke did, in or about theMoneth of January in the Sixteenth 
 year of the late King ^amcs of Famous memory , give and pay to the 
 Right Honorable Charles, then Earl of NMtingham, for the O&ce of 
 Great Admiral of England and Ireland, and the Principality of Wales, 
 and for the Office ot General-Governor of the Seas and Ships of the 
 faidKingdoms, and for the Surrender of the faid Offices, then made to 
 the faid King by the faid Earl of Nettingham, being then Great Admiral 
 of the faid kingdoms, and Principality, and General-Governor ot the 
 Seas and Ships, to the intent the faid Duke might obtain the faid Offices 
 tohisownufe, the fum of Three thoufand pounds of lawful Money of 
 
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 England-^ and did alfo about the fame time, procure from the faid King 
 
 a further Reward for the Surrender of the faid Office to the faid Earl, of 
 
 ;in Annuity of One thoufand pounds by the year, for and during the life 
 
 of the faid Earl; and by the procurement of the faid Duke, tliefaid 
 
 late King of Famous memory , did by his Letters Patents dated the 
 
 Seven and twentieth of ^annarj, in the faid year of his Reign, under the 
 
 Great Seal of England, grant to the faid Earl the faid Annuity -, which 
 
 he the faid Earl accordingly had and enjoyed, during his life, and by 
 
 ! reafon of the faid fum of JVloney, fo as aforefaid paid by the faid Duke. 
 
 I And of his the faid Dukes procurement of the faid Annuity, the faid 
 
 ' Earl of Nettingham did in the fame Moneth furrender unto the fud late 
 
 I King, his faid Offices and his Patents jf them •, and thereupon, and by 
 
 i reafon of the premilTes, the faid Offices were obtained by the Duke for 
 
 \ his life, from the fud King of Famous Memory, by Letters Patents made 
 
 ! to the faid Duke, of the fame Offices, under the Great Seal of England, 
 
 dated the Eight and twentieth day of January, in the faid Sixteenth year 
 
 I of the faid late King, And the faid Offices of Great Admiral and Go- 
 
 i vernor as aforefaid, are Offices that highly touch and concern the Ad- 
 
 I miniftration and Execution of Juftice, within the provifion of the faid 
 
 Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom-, which notwithftanding, the faid 
 
 Duke hath unlawfully ever fmce the firft unlawful obtaining of the faid 
 
 Grant of the faid Offices, retained them in his hands, and exercjfed them 
 
 againft the Laws and Statutes aforefaid. 
 
 1 1 1. The faid Duke did likewife in or about the beginning of the 
 Moneth of December, in the Two and twentieth year of the faid late 
 King ^ames of Famous memory, give and pay unto the Right Honor- 
 able Edward late Lord Zouch, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and 
 of the Members thereof, andConftableof the Qz^toi Dover, for the 
 faid Offices, and for the Surrender of the faid Offices of Lord Warden 
 of the Cinque Ports, and Conftable of the faid Caftle of Dover, to be 
 made to the faid late King of Famous memory, the fum of One thoufand 
 pounds of lawful Money of England •, and then alfo granted an Annuity 
 of Five hundred pounds yearly to the faid Lord Zouch, for the life of the 
 faid Lord Zouch z, to the intent that he the faid Duke might thereby ob- 
 tain the faid Offices tohisownufe. And for, and by reafon of the faid 
 fum of Money fo paid by the faid Duke, and of the faid Annuity fo 
 granted to the faid Edward Lord Zouch, he the faid Lord Zouch the Fourth 
 day of December, in the year aforefaid, did furrender his faid Offices, and 
 his Letters Patents of them to the faid late King : And thereupon and 
 by reafon of the premifles, he the faid Duke obtained the faid Offices for 
 his life, from the faid late King, by his Letters Patents under the Great 
 Seal oi England, dated the Sixth day oi December, in the faid Two and 
 twentieth year. And the faid Office of Lord Warden of the Cinque 
 Ports, and of ^he Members thereof, is an Office that doth highly touch 
 and concern Adminiff ration and Execution of juftice •, and the faid Office 
 of Conftable of the Caftle of Dover, is an Office that highly conccrneth 
 the keeping and defence of the Town and Port, and of the faid Caftle 
 of Dover , which is and hath ever been appointed for a moft eminent 
 place of ftrength and defence of this Kingdom •, which notwithftanding, 
 the faid Duke hath unlawfully ever fincc this firft unlawful obtaining of 
 the faid Office, retained.them in his hands, and exercifed them againft the 
 Laws and Statutes aforefaid. 
 
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 His negleft of 
 guarding the 
 Seas. 
 
 Thefe Three Articles were difcourfed upon by Mr. Herbert , and 
 touching Plurality of of^ces, he obferved, That in that vaft power of the 
 Duke (a yong unexperienced man) there is an unfortunate compUcation' 
 of Danger and Mifcheif to the State, as having too much ability, if he 
 be faire,°to do harm, and ruine the Kingdom ; and if he be faithful, and 
 never To induftrious, yet divided amongft fo many great places (whereof 
 every one would employ the induftry of an able and provident man ) 
 there muft needs be in him an iafufficiency of performance, or rather an 
 impoffibility, efpecially confidenng his neceflary attendance likewife up- 
 on his Court places. 
 
 To the Second and Third, napiely. The hying the office of Admiral- 
 ty and Cinque-Ports (both which he comprifed in one) he faid. That to 
 let a price upon the Walls and Gates of the Kingdom, is a Crime which 
 requires rather a fpeedy remedy than an aggravation, andisagainft the 
 exprefs Law of 5 Ediv.6, upon this foundation. That the hitying of fuch 
 places doth neceffarily introduce corrupt andmfifficient officers. And in the 
 Parliament of 1 2 Edrv.^. it is declared by the whole AlTembly, That they 
 who btq thofc places (ihefe are the exprefs words) binde themfehes to be 
 Extortioners and offenders -^ as if they pretended it warrantable, or as if 
 they did lay an Obligation upon themfelves to fell again. And though 
 the buying of fuch places be not againft any particular Law enjoyning a 
 penalty for them (tlie breach whereof is a particular Offence) yet as far 
 as they fubverr the good, and welfare, and fafety of the people 5 fo far 
 they are againft the higheft Law, and alTume the nature of the higheft 
 Offences. 
 
 I V. Whereas the faid Duke by reafon of his faid Offices of Great 
 Admiral of the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, and of the Princi- 
 pality of Wales, and of Admiral of the Cinque Ports, and General Go- 
 vernor of the Seas and Ships of the faid Kingdoms •, and by reafon of 
 the truft thereunto belonging, ought at all times fince the faid Offices 
 obtained, to have fafely guarded, kept, and prefervcd the faid Seas, and 
 the Dominion of them ; and ought alfo whenfoever there wanted cither 
 Men, Ships, Munition, or other ftrength whatfoever that might conduce 
 to the better fafeguard of them -, to have ufed from time to time, his 
 utmort endeavor for the fupply of fuch wants to the Right Honorable, 
 the Lords and others of the Privy Council, andby procuring fuch fup- 
 ply from his Soveraign, or otherwife : He the faid Duke hath ever fince 
 the didblution of the two Treaties mentioned intheA<ilof Subfidiesof 
 the One and twentieth year of the late King ^ames of Famous memory 
 (that IS to fay) thefpaceof Two years laft paft, negle(fled the juft per- 
 formance of his faid office and Duty, and broken the faid Truft there- 
 with committed unto him : And hath not according to his fud Offices, 
 during the time aforefaid, fafely kept the faid Seas, infomuch that by rea- 
 fon of his negledf and default therein, not onely the trade and ftrength of 
 this Kingdom of England hath been during the faid time much decayed , 
 but the fame Seas alfo have been, during the fame time, ignominioully 
 infefted by Pirates and Enemies, to the lofs both of very many Shipsand 
 Goods, and of many of the Subjeds of our Soveraign Lord the King 5 
 and the Dominion of the faid Seas (being the antient and undoubted Pa- 
 trimony of the Kings of England) is thereby alfo in moft eminent danger 
 to be utterly loft. 
 
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 V. Whereas about Mich/iclm^a laft paft, a Ship called the St Peter of 
 Nervhaven, ( wlicreof ^ohrt Mallerow was M after ) laden with divers 
 Goods, Merchandife, Monies, Jewels and Commodities, to the value of 
 Forty thoufand pounds or thereabouts, for the proper accompt of Mon- 
 £\tmdeVtllieurs^ the then Governor ot Newktven^ and otlier Subjects 
 of the French King, being in perfed Amity and League with our Sove- 
 raign Lord the Kmg, was taken at Sea by fome of the Ships of his Ma- 
 jefties late Fleet, fet forth under the command of the faid Duke, as well 
 by direciion from him the faid Duke as great Admiral of England^ as by 
 the Authority of the extraordinary CommifTion which he then had for 
 the command of the (liid Fleet, and was by them, together with her faid 
 goods and lading brought into the Port at Plymouth^ as a prize among 
 many others, upon probabilities that the faid Ship or Goods belonged to 
 the Sujeds of the King of Spain : And that divers parcels of the faid goods 
 and lading were there taken out of the faid Ship of St Petcr;{thit is to fay) 
 Sixtemh:int\s o'iCochcmal, Eight Bags of Gold, Twenty three Bags of 
 Silver, two Boxes of Pearl and Eijieralds, a Chain of Gold, Jewels, 
 ^!Ionies and Commodities to the value of Twenty thouHmd pounds or 
 thereabouts, and by the faid Duke were delivered into the private cufto- 
 dy of one Gabncl Marfl), fervant to the faid Duke 5 and that the faid Ship 
 with the refidue of her goods and lading was from thence fent up into the 
 River of Thames, and there detained ^ whereupon there wasanarreftat 
 Newhaven in the Kingdom of France on the feventh day of December\x&., 
 of two Englifli Merchants Ships trading thither, as was alleadged in cer. 
 tain Petitions exhibited by fome EngliOi Merchants trading into i='r4»f^, 
 to the Lords and others of his Majefties moft honorable Privy-Council 5 
 after which (that is to fay) on the 28 day of the faidmoneth, hisMa- 
 jefty was pleafed to order, with the advice of his Privy-Council, that 
 the faid Ship and Goods belonging to the Subjeds of the French King 
 Ihould be redelivered to fuch as Hiould re-claim them, and according- 
 ly intimation was given unto his Majc-fties Advocate in the chief Court 
 of Admiralty by the right honorable Sir ^0. Cook Knight, one of his 
 Majefties principal Secretaries of State, for the freeing and difeharging of 
 the faid Ship and Goods in the faid Court of Admiralty ; And afterwards, 
 that is to fay, on the Six and twentieth of January laft, it was decreed in 
 the faid Court by the Judge thereof, with che confent of the faid Advo- 
 cate, That the (aid Ship with whatfocver Goods fo feifed or taken in her 
 (Except Three hundred Mexico Hides, Sixteen Sacks of Ginger, one 
 Box of gilded Beads, Five Sacks of Ginger more mentioned in the 
 faid Decree) fliould be clearly releafed from further detention, and deli- 
 vered to the Mafter •, and thereupon under Seal a CommifTion was in that 
 behalf duly fent out of the faid Court to Sir Allen ^ppefly, Sir ^ohn Wor- 
 fienholme and otiiers, for the due execution thereof : The faid Duke,not- 
 withftanding the faid Order, Commiflion and Decree, detained ftill to 
 his own ufe the faid Gold, Silver, Pearls, Emeralds, Jewels, Monies and 
 Commodities lb taken out of the laid Ship as aforefaid : And for his own 
 fingular avail and covetoufnefs, on the fixth day of February Lift, having 
 no information of any new proof, without any legal proceediitg, by co- 
 lour ot his faid Office, unjuftly caufed the faid lliip and goods to be again 
 arrefted and detained, in publick violation and contempt of the Laws 
 and Juftice of this Land, to the great difturbance of Trade, and preju- 
 dice of the Merchaots. 
 
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 Ship caJleil 
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 Hijlorical ColIeBions. 
 
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 1626. 
 
 The fourth 
 Article en- 
 larged by 
 Mr Setden. 
 
 Thefe were enlarged by Mr Sclden^ who faid, That by nature of Iiis 
 Office the Duke as Admiral ought to have guarded the Seas: By his Patent 
 he is made Magnus Admira/lifs AnglU^Hibemix ^ WaUi^, Normmix^ Aqiii- 
 taniA^VilU C ale fij ^^ Marchi arum ejufdem^S" frxfeCius gencralii clafiumMa- 
 riam diftorum regnorum. The Seas ot England and Ireland ave committed to 
 the Admiral, as a prt of the Demefneand PofTefllons of the Crown ®f 
 England •, not as if he Oiould thereby have Jurifdidtion onely, as in cafe of 
 the Admirals in France or Spain. The State o'tGenea^ Catalonia^ and other 
 Maritine parts b{ Spain ^x.\\t Sea-Towns of Almain^Zeland^ Htlland^ Friez- 
 land^ Denmark^ Norway^ and divers other parts of the Empire, (liew, That 
 the Kings of England^by reafon that their faid Realm hath ufed,time out of 
 minde, to be in peaceable polTeflion, are Lords of the Seas o^ England, and 
 of the Iflands belonging to them. And though Crotius that Hollander 
 wrote of purpofe todeftroy all Dominion in the Eaft-Ocean-, yet he 
 fpeaks nothing againft the Dominion of our Englifti Seas, howfoever he 
 hath been mifapprehended •, but exprefly elfewhere faith, Meta Britanicis 
 littora funt oris -, the utmcft limits of the Demefne of the Crown o( Eng- 
 land, are the Shores of the neighbouring Countries 5 the whole Sea, or 
 the Tcrritorium maximum that intervenes, being parcel of the pofTeflion of 
 the Crown : the keeping and fafe-guard of thefe committed to the Lord 
 Admiral by the naine of the Prxfe£im Marium & Admiral/us, hems, but the 
 fame anciently : Before the afe of the word Admiral came in, which was 
 under Edrv. i . the Admirals had the Titles o^Cuflodes Maris. 
 
 And this Pr^/ec?«rd or Cuflodia, or Office of fafe-guarding the Seas, 
 binds him to all care and perpetual obfervance of whatfoever condoceth to 
 that fafe-guard, as in Cuflos figilU-, Cuflos Marchiarum^ Cu/los portium, ^ 
 Cft/los comitatuum, agreeable tothe practice of former times. 
 
 1 , In certifying yearly to the King, and his Council, the many Forces 
 both of the Kings (liips, and (hips of Merchants, the names of the owners, 
 the number of Marriners, Sec. That the King and his Council may always 
 know his force by Sea. 
 
 2. Infliewing wants of (hips &c. for the fafe-guarding of the Seas, 
 with theEflimatesof theSupply,thatfo they might be procured. In perfo- 
 nal attendance upon the fervice of guarding the Seas upon all occafions of 
 weight : In 7 H.4. Nich.Slackhorn^and Rich.Cliderorve one of the Knights of 
 Kent were made Admirals for keeping the Seas, upon confideration had of 
 it in Parliament, and the other Knight being }.'>krt Clifford, it was agreed 
 in Parliament that he iTjould have the voices of both, becaufe the other 
 muft of neceffity be abfent : And they both amongft other things petiti- 
 oned the Council, that if the King in his Perfon fhould come on the Sea, 
 they might havefuch a liberty to wait upon him,as they might make their 
 Lieutenant during the time for the fervice of their places. But the Coun- 
 cil that allowed the reft, or moft of their demands, anfwered to that, Le 
 Councel ne pent f aire. 
 
 Then he eftimated the nature of the offence, by the confequences which 
 follow the not guarding of the Seas. viz. i. The lofTes already fhewed. 
 2 .The prevention of Trade,which gives life to the wealth of the Kingdom. 
 3. The weakning of the Naval ftrength, the Merchants being thereby dif- 
 couraged from building fliips which they cannot ufe. In i Rich.z. the 
 Commons opened the two chief and almoft whole Caufes of the weakning 
 the Kingdom at that time^the negledl of Chivalry and eminent vertuenot 
 regarded nor rewarded •, the decay of Trade fince the Navy was grown 
 
 weak.
 
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 weak, befides all the lofs of quiet pofTefTion of (o large a Territory as the 
 Seas ot E»rUnd and Ireland^ by the free ufe of which the ancient glory and 
 greatnefs of the Crown of £»^/.Whath fo conftantly fubfifted. 
 
 Thenheinftanced in Michael de la Pool^ Lord Chancellor, who in 
 9 Rich. 2 . mif-fpent Subfidies given pro falva cuftodia maris ^ as appears in 
 the Roll, andwasadjugedin Parliament (though for other offences, be- 
 caufe fome other Lords of the Councilhad been trufted with him, and it 
 was not fit to impeach him (ans les companions) they taking it for a crime 
 Without queftion fit to be complained of. 
 
 Secondly, in William Duke of Suffolk, who for the fame fault, being 
 Admiral onely in the right of Henry Earl of Exeter his Ward, was by the 
 King extraordinarily commanded into banidiment. 
 
 Then he brought examples of fuch who had been put to death, and 
 confifcated for notfafe-guarding Towns,andCaftles, and Forts,which are 
 of like nature with not fafe-guardmg the Seas, and with lofing the pof- 
 feflion of the Crown. 
 
 To the Fifth he faid. The flaying of the fhip called the Peter of 
 Nervhaven, and detaining part of the goods, was agamfl the Marine Laws 
 of England, againfl the Common Laws, againft the Laws of Merchants, 
 and confcqucntly the Law of Nations. 
 
 By the Marine Laws agreeable to the Civil Laws, fentence given by 
 any SubjeAorotheragainft the King, may upon new proof be revoked, 
 but not without new proof. He made by his Patent a Judge of all Maritine 
 Caufes, as well as Keeper of the Seas, his Jurifdidion was to beexer- 
 cifed jHxta leges noftras civiles ^ Maritimas, and accordingly to hear all 
 Caufes, and generally to proceed ex officio mere mixto &fromoto [ecundum 
 leges no fir as Civ ties <^ Maritim/ts. 
 
 Againff the Common-Laws, 
 
 All Juflices and all other deputed to do Law or Right, are command- 
 ed by Ad of Parliament to permit the courfe of ordinary Juflice •, and al- 
 though they be commanded to do the contrary, that they do execution 
 aright, and according to juflice as far as in them lies, and fo for any Let- 
 ters of Commandment which may come unto them from us, or from any 
 other, or by any other caufe. 
 
 Againfl the Law of Nations. 
 
 Againfl what is agreed by the Leagues between us and Forain Nati- 
 ons, That the Subjeds of Nations in Amity with us fliall be well ufed, 
 and permitted without Moleftation, for what caufe or occafion foever, ac- 
 cording to the Laws and Cufloms of the places where they iliall be. 
 Laflly,againfl the Laws of Merchants which is to have Celeremjtiflitiam. 
 The Confcqtiences of this offence are -, 
 
 I . Great damage to our Englilh Merchants, that have fuffered by rea- 
 fon of it in Forain Parts, as they alleadge. 2, It is a difcouragement to 
 thofe that are SubjeAs to the Marine Jurifdidlion. 3. An example that 
 may ferve hereafter to juflifieall abfolute Authority in the Admiral, without 
 Law or Legal courfe,over the fljips and good of all Merchants whatfoever, 
 and fo no fecarity to Merchants. Laflly, He inflanceth in the Duke of 
 Suffolk^ who was adjudged in Parliament for Treafon,and among other of- 
 fences it was laid to his charge, that he took to his own ufe goods Pirati- 
 cally taken, and exprefly againfl the Order determined by the LordPro- 
 tedlor and the whole Council,whereunto his hand had been for the reflitu- 
 tion of them. 
 
 Next were read the Sixth, Seventh and Eightli Articles; viz.. 
 
 S f 2 VL Whereas 
 
 Caroli, 
 
 The Fifth Ar- 
 ticles enlarg- 
 ed by Mr Sei- 
 dell.
 
 5i<5 
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An 1626.1 VI. Whereas the honor, wealthy and ftrength of this Realm of 
 ^^^,y-^ £«^/4Wismuchincreafe(iby theTraffick, chiefly of fuch Merclianisas 
 ' imploy and build great warlike Ships , a conlideration that (liould 
 move all Counfellors of State, efpecially the Lord Admiral to cherifh 
 and maintain fuch Merchants, 
 
 The faid Duke abufingthe Lords of the Parliament in the One and 
 twentieth year of the late King ^amesoi famous memory ^ with pretence 
 of ferving the State, did opprefs the Ez{\.-India Merchants and extorted 
 from them Ten thoufand pounds, in the fubtil and unlawfuU manner 
 following. 
 
 About Felrtiary in the year aforefaid, he the faid Duke hearing fome 
 good fucccfs that thofe Merchants had at Ormui^ in the parts beyond the 
 Seas, by his Agents cunningly in or about the moneth aforefaid in the 
 year of the faid late King, endeavored to draw from them fomc great fum 
 of money ,which their poverty, and no gain by tliat fuccefs at Ormas made 
 thofe Merchants abfolutely to deny 5 whereupon he the faid Duke per- 
 ceiving that tlie faid Merchants were thenfetting forth in the courfeof 
 their Trade, four Ships, and two Pinaces laden with goods and merchan- 
 dife of very great value, like to lofe their voyage if they they (hould 
 not fpeedily depart. The faid Duke on the firft of March then followina, 
 in the faid year of the faid late King, did move the Lords then afTembled 
 in the fiid Parliament, whether he (hould makeftay of any Ships which 
 were then in the Ports, (as being high Admiral he might) and namely, 
 thofe fliips prepared for the Ea{l-/W/4 voyage, which were of great bur- 
 then and well furnifhed^ which motion being approved by their Lord- 
 fhips, the Duke did ftiy thofe Ihips accordingly 5 but the fifth of M.nch 
 following, whenthe then Deputy of that Company, with other of thofe 
 Merchants, did makefuit to the faid Duke for the releafe of thofe Ships 
 and Pinaces 5 he the faid Duke, faid he had not been the occafion of their 
 ftaying, but that having heard the motion with much earneftnefs in the 
 Lords Houfe of Parliament, he could do no lefs then give the order they 
 had done -, and therefore he willed them to fct down the reafons of their 
 fuit, which he would acquaint the Houfe withall, yet in the mean time he 
 gave them leave to let their faid fhips and Pinaces fail down as low as Til- 
 bury. And the tenth of March following an unufual joynt adlion was by 
 his procurement entred in the chief Court of Admiralty, in the name of 
 the faid late King and of the Lord Admiral, againft them for Fifteen 
 thoufand pound taken Piratically by fome Captains of the faid Mer- 
 chants niips,and pretended to be in the hands of the Ez^-India Company- 
 and thereupon the Kings Advocate in the name of Advocate for the then 
 King and the faid Lord Admiral, moved and obtained one Attachment, 
 which by the Serjeant of the faid Court of Admiralty was fervedon the 
 faid Merchants in their Court the fixrecnth day of iv/^irf A following 5 
 whereupon the laid Merchants, though there was no caufe for their mo- 
 leffationby the Lord Admiral, yet the next day they were urged in the 
 faid Court of Admiralty to bring in the Fifteen thoufand pounds, or go 
 toprifon: wherefore immediately the Company of the fiiid Merchants 
 did again fend the Deputy aforefaid and fome others to make new fuit un- 
 I to the faid Duke for the re\eafe of the faid Ships and Pinaces ; who un- 
 ! juftly endeavoring to extort money from the faid Merchants, protefted 
 I that the Ships (hould not go except they compounded with him •, and 
 ! when they urged many more reafons for the releafe of the faid Ships and 
 [ Pinaces, the Anfwer of the faid Duke was. That the then Parliament muft 
 <^ firft
 
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 Hijlorical ColIeBions. 
 
 V7 
 
 VII. whereas the Ships of our Soveraign Lord the King , and of 
 his Kingdoms aforefaid, are the principal ftrength and defence of the 
 faid Kingdoms, and ought therefore to be always prefcrved and i'afely 
 kept under the command, and for the fervicc of our Soveraign Lord tke 
 Kmg , no lefs then any the FortrefTes and Caftles of the faid Kingdoms ; 
 And whereas no Subjecfl of this Realm ought ro be difpoflefl'ed of any his 
 Goods or Chattels without order of Juftice, or his own confent firft duly 
 had and obtained:The faid Duke being Great Admiral oiEngla>td,Gover- 
 nor-General and Keeper of the faid Ships and Seas, and thereof ought to 
 have and take a fpecial and continual care and diligence how topreferve 
 the fame •, The faid Duke in or about the end of ^uly laft,in the firft year 
 of our Soveraign Lord the King, did under the colour of the faid Office 
 of Great Admiral of England, and by indirect and fubtile means and pra- 
 ftices, procure one of the principal Ships of his Majefties Navy-Royal 
 called the Vantguard, then under the Command of Captain ^ohn Pen- 
 nington, and fix other Merchants Ships of great burden and value,belong- 
 ing to feveral Perfons inhabiting in Z<?W(?«, the Natural Subjeds of his 
 Majefty, to be conveyed over with all their Ordnance, Munition, Tackle 
 and Apparel, into the parts of the Kmgdom of France, to the end that 
 being there, they might the more eafily be put into the hands of the 
 French King , his Mmifters and Subjeds, and taken into their pofTeifion, 
 command and power •, And accordingly the faid Duke by his Minifters 
 and Agents, with menaces and other ill means and pradices, did there 
 without order of Juftice, ahd without the confent of the faid Mafters and 
 Owners, unduly compel and inforce the fiid Mafters and Owners of the 
 faid fix Merchants Ships,to deliver their faid Ships into the faid pofTeffion, 
 command and power of the faid French King , his Minifters and Subjeds 5 
 and by reafon of his compulfion, and under the pretext of his power as 
 aforefaid,and by his indired pradices as atbrefaid, the faid Ships aforefaid, 
 as well the faid Ship Royal of his Majefty, as the others belonging to the 
 faid Merchants, were there delivered mto the hands and command of the 
 faid French King, his Minifters and Subjeds, without either fufticient fe- 
 curity or afllirance for redelivery, or other neceftary caution in that behalf 
 taken or provided either by the faid Duke himfelf, or otherwife by iiis 
 direction-, contrary to the duty of the faid Offices of Great Admiral, 
 Governor-General, and Keeper of the faid Ships and Seas, and to the 
 faith and truft in that behalf repofed, and contrary to the duty which he 
 oweth to our Soveraign Lord the King in his place of Pnvy-Counfellor, 
 to the apparent weakening of the Naval ftrength of this Kingdom, to the 
 
 firft be moved. The ftid Merchants therefore being in this perplexity ,and ■ 
 in their confultation, the three and twentieth of that moneth, even ready 
 to give over that Trade , yet confidering that they fliould lofe more 
 then was demanded by unlading their fliips, befides their voyage, they 
 refolved to give the (aid Duke Ten thoufand pouads for his anjuft de- 
 mands. And he the faid Duke by the undue means aforefaid, and under 
 colour of his Office, and upon falfe pretence of Rights, unjuftly did exad 
 and extort from the faid Merchants the faid Ten thoufand pounds, and 
 received the fame about the 28. of April following thedifcharge of thofe 
 Ships, which were not releafed by him till they the faid Merchants had 
 yielded to give him the faid Duke the faid Ten thoufand pounds for the 
 faid Releafe, and for thetalfe pretence of Rights made by the faid Duke 
 as aforefaid. 
 
 tCaroli, 
 
 His delivering | 
 Ships inro the 
 hands of the 
 King of 
 France. 
 
 great!
 
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 An. 1 
 
 626, 
 
 Thofe fhips to 
 be ufed to ^I'S 
 knowledge 
 againft/iec/je'- 
 
 Mr. Glanvik 
 enlargeth the 
 Sixth Article. 
 
 Hislorical ColleBions, 
 
 great lofs and prejudice of the faid Merchants, and againft the Hberty of 
 thofe Subje(fls of our Soveraign Lord the King that are under the Jurif- 
 didion of the Admiralty. 
 
 VIII. The faid Duke, contrary to the purpofe of our Soveraign 
 Lord the King , and his Majefties known zeal for the maintenance and 
 advancement of the true ReUgion eftablifhed in the Church of England, 
 knowing that the faid Ships were intended to be imployed by the laid 
 French King againft thofe of the fame Religion at Reghel, and elfwhere 
 in the Kingdom oi France, did procure the laid Ship Royal, and compel 
 as aforefaid the faid fix other Ships to be delivered unto the faid French 
 King , his Minifters and Subjects as aforefaid, to the end the faid Ships 
 might be ufed and imployed by the faid French King in his intended War 
 againft thofe of the faid Religion in the faid Town of Rochcl and elfwhere 
 within the Kingdom of France : And the faid Ships were and have been 
 fince fo ufed and imployed by the faid French King,his Minifters and Sub- 
 jeds, againft them. And this the faid Duke did as aforefaid in great and 
 moft apparent prejudice of the faid ReUgion, contrary to the purpofe 
 and intention of our Soveraign Lord the King, and againft his duty in 
 that behalf, being a fworneCounfellor tohisMajefty, and to the great 
 fcandal and diflionor of this Nation. And notwithftanding the delivery of 
 the faid Ships by his procurement and compulfion as aforefaid, to be 
 imployed as aforefaid, the faid Duke in cunning and cautelous manner 
 to mask his ill intentions, did at the Parliament held at oxford in JuguB |C 
 laft, before the Committee of both Houfes of Parliament, intimate and 
 declare, that the faid Ships were not, nor fliould they be fo ufed and im- 
 ployed againft thofe of the faid Religion as aforefaid, in contempt of our 
 Soveraign Lord the King, and in abufe of the faid Houfes of Parliament, 
 and in violation of that Truth which every man Qiould profefs. 
 
 Thefe three Articles were aggravated by lAx.Clanvile. 
 
 " \A ^ L^''*^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^) ^" '^^^^ great bufinefs of Impeachment againft 
 " i-Vl the Duke of Buckingham, I am commanded by the Commons in 
 " Parliament to bear a part of fome importance. 
 
 " The Articles allotted to my Charge are three, the Sixth, Seventh, 
 " and Eighth 5 which I fliall x)pen with as much brevity and perfpicuity 
 " as I may : The fubftance of feveral Cafes concerning the fame 5 The 
 " Evidence to make them good, together with fuch Obfervations as na- 
 " turally arife out of the matter ; whereby your Lordfliips may the better 
 " difcern wherein the Dukes faults do confift, and what punilhment may 
 " be anfwerable to fuch offences, 
 
 " The Sixth Article is a diftinft Charge different from the other 
 " two^ wherefore I will handle it, with the Incidents thereof, by itfelf. 
 " The Seventh and Eighth Articles being of one nature and fubje(f>, are 
 " indesd feveral parts of one Charge, rather then feveral Charges, and 
 " have fuch a connexion in themfelves, that with your Lordlliips leaves 
 " I will handle them both together without dividing them, which I hold 
 " will be the ftiorteft and fitteft way to do right to the Caufe,and to your 
 " Lordftilps. 
 
 " The Sixth Article giveth me occafion (my Lords) thus to enlarge 
 "my felf. In a Treaty the i8.oi Augufi i(504.between our late Soveraign 
 "King ^ames of glorious memorv, and pW/p the Third King of Spain, 
 
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 It was agreed, That there Ihould be perfect Amity and Peace to endure 
 
 " for ever by Land, Sea, and Frefli-waters, between thefe Kings, their 
 
 " Heirs and Succeffors, their Dominions, Liege-men and Subjeds then 
 
 " being, or which llioKld be •, And that either party lliouW then after ab- 
 
 " ftain^from all depradations, offences and fpoils, by Sea, Laiid, and 
 
 " Frefli-waters, in what Dominions or Government foever of the other, 
 
 " and Hiould caufe reftitntion to be made of all depradations which then 
 
 " after ihould be comitted, and the damages growing by means thereof; 
 
 *' And that the faid Kings (liall take care that their Subjeds ihould from 
 
 " thenceforth abftain from all force and wrong-doing, and that they like- 
 
 " wife lliould revoke all CommifTions and Letters-Patents of Reprifal or 
 
 " Mart, or otherwife, containing Licen<?e to take Prizes ^ All which are 
 
 " declared by the faid Treaty it felf to be void, and that whofoever lliould 
 
 " do any thing contrary Hiould be punifiied not only criminally according 
 
 " to the merit of his offence, but fliould alfo be compelled to make refti- 
 
 " tution and fatisfaftion for the lofles to the parties damnified requiring 
 
 " the fame. Laff ly it was concluded, That between them and every of 
 
 '' their Subjects might be free Commerce in all the Dominions by Sea, 
 
 " Land, and Frefh-vvaters, in which before the Wars there hath been 
 
 " Commerce, and according to the ufe and oblervance of the antient 
 
 *' Leagues and Treaties before the Wars, the Cuftoms as they were 
 
 "at that prefent rated according to the Ordinance of the Places be- 
 
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 paid. 
 
 This Treaty being fetled and continuing , his late Majefty King 
 " ^ames by his Highnefs Letters-Patents bearing date the i^.of Sep- 
 ^^temhery An.i'^.oi his Reign, did grant unto the Governors of the Mer- 
 " chants of Z^<?Wfl« trading into the Eaft-In£es, and to their Succeffors, 
 " in cafe they be juftly provoked or driven thereunto, in defence of their 
 " perfons, goods or fliips, by any difturbance or hinderance in their quiet 
 "Courfe of Trade, or for recompenceor recovery of the perfons, fliips 
 "or goods of any of his Majefties Sabjeds that had been formerly in, 
 "or neer the Eaji- Indies, or for any other juftcaufe of their defence, or 
 "recompence of loffes fuftained-. That then the Captains or principal 
 " Commanders of the faid Company, or any otiier under their govern- 
 " ment, fliould or might attempt, furprite, or take the perfons, fliips 
 " and goods of any Prince or State, by whofe Subjcds they iliould fuftain 
 " any wrong or lofs in manner as aforefaid, as by the faid Letters-Patents 
 " appeareth: Some years after the granting of tiiefe Letters- Patents,under 
 " pretext that the laid Treaty was broken, there was fome interruption 
 " and violence offered by the King o^ Spain's Subjeds in the Ports of iT^/?- 
 '''' India, to the Merchants of the Ea[i- India Com^pSLny trading into thole 
 " parts, whereby they were much damnified •, and thereupon fufpeding 
 '' that it might be in vain to complain for redrefs in an ordinary courfe 
 '^ of Juflice in the Eafi- India, or in default thereof to return into Spain 
 " to make complaint to that purpofe, where nothing was likely to be 
 "done till they had fent from thence again into the Eaft-lndies, and 
 " received an anfvver ; And after all this, upon denial of juflice in Spain, 
 '• to come into this Kingdom for Letters of Requeft, without which in 
 "ordinary courfe tliey fliould not ufe Reprifal, and many years would 
 " be fpent before they could come to have an end of thefe fuits-. It is 
 " true that thereupon, partly in their defence, and partly for amends, 
 " and partly for revenge, they did by pretext of t!ie faid Letters-Patents 
 " take fome goods of the Porttigals in the Eajl-lndtes, Subjeds to th 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
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 King of Spaift -, and aft^wards being confimanded by the King of 
 '■'■ Perfia to tranlpoit certain Forces of his in Ormm anlfland ficuatein 
 " the Country of Perftx, fome goods of Portugals fubjeds to the King 
 " of Spain were there taken by Captain Blith and Captain Wedel, and 
 " others of their Company, being fervants and in pay under the £4/- 
 " W/4 Company. 
 
 "In ^uly i6zS' Two fliips called the Lyon and the ^onaf, being 
 " part of a Fleet belonging to the faid Company, returned from Ormm 
 " aforediid out of an Eaft-Indian Voyage , and arrived in the Downs 
 "richly laden with goods and merchandife lawfully belonging to the 
 " faid Company, and eftimated to the value of One hundred thoufand 
 "pounds. The Dnke oi Buckingham, \n ov about Ocfoher 1623. being 
 *' advertifed thereof, well knowing the Company to be rich, and appre- 
 '' hending in himfelf a probable ground how he might exadl and extort 
 " fome great fum of moaey from the faid Company out of the profit of 
 '• thefe Ibips and their lading , by colour of his Office of Lord Admiral 
 " of England, and out of his power and greatnels, his Office being ufed 
 " for a groundwork of his defign therem, did thereupon pretend that 
 " the lading of the faid iliips was for the moft part with goods Pyrati- 
 " cally taken at Sea in the parts about ormus aforefaid, and tliat a Tenth 
 " part or fome other great ftiare thereof did belong to him in the right 
 " of his faid Office of Lord Great Admiral of England, and by vertue 
 " of his Letters-Patents and Grant from his late Majefty in that behalf ^ 
 " alleadging withall, howfoever the faid Company might peradventure 
 " anfwif the matter, yet there would and might be ftrong oppofition 
 " againft them. Thefe words were ufed to poflefs them with fear, and to 
 " make them ftand in awe of his power, when he lliould come afterwards 
 " particularly to prefs them to yield to his unjuft demands. Having once 
 " refolved of his ends, which was to get money, he thus proceeded to 
 " effed the fame. In the moneths of November, December, January and 
 '' February then next following , he had divers times Treaties by himfelf 
 " and ins Agents with the the then Governor and others of the faid 
 "Company, for the effedingof his faiddefignsj wherein he ItiU un- 
 " lawfully pretended that a Tenth part, or fome other great (hare out of 
 " the Lading of the faid fliips belonged unto him •, albeit the faid Com- 
 " pany upon right information of their Caufe to their Council, both 
 " Civilians and Common-Lawyers , were advifed that there did no 
 " Tenths or other fuch (hares belong to the faid Duke , as he pre- 
 " tended. 
 
 " And whereas the faid Duke by this time finding that he could not 
 " prevail to get his Ends by any fair courfe, continued yet refolute to 
 " make his gain upon the Company by right or wrong , as he might •, 
 " and to that purpofe made ufe of the following opportunities and ad- 
 " vantages , in fuch cunning and abufive manner as I (l^all further open 
 " to your Lordlliips. The laid Duke well knowing that the faid Com- 
 " pany had then four Ships, called the Great ^ames, the ^onas^ the Star, 
 "and the-E4^/c, and two Pinaces called the Spy zad the Sceitt, the faid 
 •'Ships and Pinaces, with their Visuals, Store and Ordnances, were 
 " of the value of Fifty four thoufand pounds and more , laden with 
 " Lead, Cloth, and other Merchandife in them to the value of Twenty 
 " thoufand pounds and more, and having in them alfo about Thirty 
 " thoufand pounds in Royals of Spanifli money ; in all, One hundred 
 
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 " Tiiefe Ships and Pinnaces were ^vell near ready to fet fail for a 
 " Voyage inco the Eaft- Indies by the firft day oi March,. \n the One and 
 " twentieth year of his faid late Majefties reign •, and he well-knowing 
 " how great a hinderance it would be to the faid Company, if the faid 
 ''Ships and Pinnaces fhould be flayed for any long time, the rather in 
 "regard if they did not fet fail about that time of the year, or within 
 '' Twenty days after, they had utterly loft their voyage for that year • 
 " the reafon thereof dependeth upon a Secret of Winds, called the Man- 
 " founds, which are conftantly fix moneths Eafterly , and fix moneths 
 " Wefterly every year at their fet times in thofe parts of Africa, about 
 " the Cape of Bona Speranza ; (for of thofe Winds, all Ships going from 
 " hence into the Eajt-Indies, are to make their ufe in the ufual and due 
 "time, which yet cannot be done, if men take not their opportunity by 
 " coming to the Cape in their proper and due feafon, and in fo long and 
 " dangerous a voyage wherein the EquinoClial Line is twice to be palled, 
 " it is no good difcretion to flay the utmoft time in going from hence, in 
 " confidence of fair Winds, but rather to take time enough before- hand, 
 " for fear of tlie contrary : Nor can the Lord Admiral of England, who 
 " is Cuflos mariftm domini Regis, and hath jurifdidionof all Foreign parts 
 ''fuper alt urn mare be admitted to pretend himfelf ignorant of this Secret 
 " or of any other particulars belonging to the Seas and Voyages.) The 
 " Duke therefore apprehending and well weighing how great a hinder- 
 " ance, or rather what an abfolute lofs it would be to the company if 
 '' thefe their Ships and Pinnaces of fo great value, and bound forth in fo 
 " inftant, and difficult a voyage, fliould be flayed for any long time now 
 " they were ready to fet fail, and the feafon of going upon point to ex- 
 " pire : The faid Duke upon the faid Firft day of March, 1623. to effedt 
 "hisdefigns upon the faid Company, and to get that by circumvention 
 " and furprifal, which in a legal and due courfe of Juftice he had not hopes 
 " to obtain : Not thinking it fufficient, that the fenfe of his difpleafure 
 " lying over the Company as an ominous cloud threatning a ftorm, if 
 " they did not appeafe him by fome great facrifice ; and to caft them 
 " yet further into a farther flreight, not fparing to abufe your Lord/hips 
 " in Parliament, by making you unwilling Inftruments to give colour and 
 " advantage to his fecret and unlawful pradifes. Upon the faid Firft day 
 " of March, he put your Lorddiips fitting in Parliament in rainde, touch- 
 " ing the great bufinefs likely to enfue upon diflblution of the then 
 " Treaties with Spain, and that a fpeedy refolution thereof was necefia- 
 " rily required, for that the Enemy would pretermit no time 5 and if we 
 "fliould lofe the benefit of that Spring, he faid it would be irrevok- 
 " able ., and thereupon he took occafion to move that Houfe, Whether 
 " he fliould make flay of any (hipping that were then in the Ports (as be- , 
 " ing High Admiral he might) and namely, the faid Ships prepared for 
 " the £4/?-/W/'4» Voyage, which were of great burthen, well furnished, 
 " and fit to guard our own Coafts : Which motion was generally ap- 
 " proved of the whole Houfe, knowing nothing of the Dukes fecret 
 " defigns and private intentions. And the iame day a Motion was made 
 "amongfl the Commons in Parliament to the fartie effect by Sir Edward 
 " Seymoitr Knight, the Vice- Admiral to the Duke of the County of 
 " Devon r, which, in refptd of the time when, and perfon by whom it 
 " was propounded, is very fufpitious, that it iflued all from one Spirit , 
 " and that he was fet on.by the Duke, or fome of his Agents • the truth 
 " whereof, your Lordfliips may be plealed to fearch out and examine as 
 
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 you fliall fee caufe. By colou^of this Order of the Lords Houfe of Par- 
 liament , the Duke caufed J-ohn Pexal, Marfhal of the Admiralty, to 
 " make flay to be made of the faid Ships and Pinnaces •, howbeit, not- 
 " withftanding all the occafion pretended for the defence of the Realm, 
 " there were not any other Ships ftaid at this time. 
 
 " The Company perceiving by the courfe of things, from whence 
 " their Evils moved, upon the Fifth of March, 1623. became earneft 
 " Suitors to the faid Duke for a Releafement of their faid Ships and Pin- 
 " naces, whereunto the faid Duke replied, That he had not been the caufe 
 " of their flay 5 but having heard the Motion in the Lords Houfe, he 
 " could do no lefs then order as they had done : Yet to incline his ends,and 
 " put them in fome hope of favor by his means, he told them withal. That 
 " he had fomething in his Pocket that might do them good, and willed 
 " them to fet down what Reafons they would for their Suit, and he would 
 " acquaint the Houfe therewith : Neverthelefs about this time he pre- 
 " fumed of hivnkli at TheehdUs to give leave for the Ships and Pinnaces 
 " to fall down as far as Tilburj, there to attend fuch further Direftions as 
 " fhould be given unto them,with leave foto fignifie by word of mouth to 
 " the Serjeant of the Admiralty, for that the Duke had then no Secretary 
 " with him. Thus fome while by threatning of ftrong oppofitions and 
 " terrors, and other while by intimating hopes of favor, and good allift- 
 ance, the Duke fought to accomplifh his purpofe, yet prevailed not • 
 
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 "and fb the 'XttiX.h.of March ,162^. the Kings Advocate, Mr. Dr. Reeves, 
 " as Advocate for the King, and Lord Admiral, made Allegation in the 
 " Admiralty on the Dukes behalf 5 and by his procurements, that it ap- 
 " peared by Examinations there taken, that 1 50000 1. and more Pyrat- 
 " tically taken by the faid Captain Bltth, and Wedel, and their Complices 
 " upon the Sea near Ormm, and in other parts within the jurifdi(flion of 
 " the Admiralty, was come into the PofTeffions of the Treafurersof the 
 " £4/?- Ww Company, and remained in their hands, and prayed it might 
 " be attached •, and the faid Treafurers be monillied to appear the Wed- 
 " nefday then next following, and there to bring in the 1 50000 1. to re- 
 " main in Depofit with the Regifler of that Court. 
 
 " The fame Tenth of iV//irc/» a Warrant iffued forth accordingly, di- 
 " re(fied to the Marrtial of the faid Court t, and upon the faid next Wed- 
 " nefday the Seventeenth of March, the fame Warrant was returned by 
 the faid Marfhal, That the day before he had attached the faid Moneys 
 in the hands oiMx. Stone, then prefent in the Court, andhadadmo- 
 " nifhed him , and Mr. Abbot the Deputy-Governor of that Company, 
 " and divers others then prefent, to bring in the fame into Court. Upon 
 " the fame Wednefday alfo it was prayed by the Kings Advocate, That 
 " Mr. Stone and all that had an interefl in this money , might be pro- 
 " nounced as in Contumacy , and therefore be arefled and detained until 
 " 150000]. were brought mto the Regifler. Hereupon Sentence of 
 "Contumacy was pronounced, but the payment thereof was refpited 
 " until Friday following. Llpon which Seventeenth of March this Sen- 
 "tence being pronounced, Mr. Stone, Mr. Abdy, and others. Officers 
 " of the faid Company then prefent , infermed how the Governor v/as 
 " lately dead, and buried but the day before , and that upon Wednefday 
 " then next following, they had appointed a Court for Elcdtion of a new 
 " Governor, and until then they could refolve of nothing, and there- 
 "fore defued further refpite. The Advocate nothing relenting at this 
 " reafonable excufe, and defire of the Company, did again earneflly prefs 
 
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 their Im-prifonment-, but the Judge took time toconfider of it. The 
 Company finding by chefe extraordmary and excream couiies the 
 drift of the Duke, whofe greatnefs and power feemed unrefiftable, and 
 his rainde implacable without fatisfadion to his own content, and with- 
 al obferving what a {freight they were caft into by reafon of the ft.iy of 
 their Ships ; which, if it were much longer, they muft needs lofe their 
 Voyage utterly for this year, and the very unloading of them would 
 endamage them to the value of the fiim extorted : And being told that 
 the Eye of the State was upon this bulinefs, and that it would light 
 heavy upon them ; and hearing the Duke proteft their Ships Ihould 
 not go, unlefs they compounded with him, and finding that he made 
 difficulty of releafing their Ships, by faying. The Parliament muft be 
 moved before they could be difcharged, albeit the wind were now fair 
 for tliem. And making overture of forae reafonable grounds of com- 
 pofition, by offering to grant Letters of Mart to the faid Company for 
 the future againft the Subjeds of the King of Spain, vvhile yet the 
 Peace and Treaty between his late Majefty, and the King of Spain, 
 were not broken or diflblved. 
 
 " The faid Company being intangled by the Dukes fubtilty, and 
 overcome at laft by the terror of his power and greatnefs, was drawn 
 to make offer of Six thoufand pounds to the faid Dui<e, which was 
 rejected as a bafe offer : And now the time preffing them on very hard, 
 fome confultations were had amongft them , Whether it were better 
 for them to make ufe of a claufe in their Patent, allowing them three 
 years to draw home their Eftates 5 and fo to let their Company die, 
 andbediflolved, orelfe toyeild to the Dukes defirc : Yet in conclufi- 
 on they were drawn in to offer him Ten thoufand pounds for their peace, 
 if it could ferve, which offer was made unto him accordingly , but at 
 firft he would not accept it 5 howbeit, about the Three and twentieth 
 of March,i62^. they agreed to give him the faid Ten thoufand pounds, 
 which he accepted •, and forthwith moving the Lords of Parliament, 
 or acquainting them therewith, he retraced their Ships, and gave 
 them leave to depart on their Voyage, which they accordingly did, 
 fettingfail the Seven and twentieth day of the fame moneth from the 
 Downs. And afterwards upon the Fifth of April, 1624. the Dukefig- 
 nified unto the Lords Houfe of Parliament, That his Majefty at the 
 humble Petition of the Ea(i- India Company, had commanded him to 
 difcharge the Eaft-Indtan Ships, which he had orice flayed according to 
 the order of this Houfe, made the Firft day of March then laft paft, 
 and moved, That the faid Order might be countermanded; and there- 
 upon it was ordered, that the Clerk of that Houfe (liould crofs the fiid 
 Order of the Firft of March, out of his Book, which was done accord- 
 ingly, and afterwards the faid Ten thoufand pounds was paid unto the 
 faid Duke ^ which he received and accepted accordingly. And upon 
 the Eight and twentieth of April aforefaid, fuffered a colourable Sen- 
 tence in the Admiralty to be given againft him for their difcharge, in 
 fuch fort, as by the fame Sentence appeareth. . And for a colour he feal- 
 ed and delivered unto the faid Company, a Deed of Acquittance or Re- 
 leafeof the faid Ten thoutand pounds, and of all his pretended rights 
 againft them, as by the Deed thereof alfo appeareth. And whereas it 
 may be imagined by fomemifconceit, that out of this an Afperfion may 
 be laid upon his late Majefty, in regard the Duke waspleafed to fay in 
 tiie Conference between both Houfes, 1 8 March laft. That the faid Kuig 
 
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 " had Ten thoufand pounds of the faid Company by occafion of this 
 "bufinefs. The Houfe of Commons have been very careful in their 
 " proceedings in this, as in all other things they have, and ever fhall be, 
 " to do nothing which may refled upon the Honor of their Kings : And 
 'in this particular, by that which hath been here at firft declared of the 
 manner and occafion of the faid Goods and Moneys taken from the faid 
 '■Pertugals, and receiving the fame as aforefaid, while the faid Peace 
 s continuing, and the faid Treaties indifTolved 5 it appeareth, that 
 
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 " it had not been fai[e for the faid Company to ftand out a Suit concern- 
 " ing that bufinefs , wherein they might have need of his Majefties 
 " Mercy and Pardon , but it was both fafe and good for tiiem to give Ten 
 " thoufand pounds -, and it well ftood with his late Majefties Honor, for 
 " that fura to grant them a Pardon , which he did to their great content- 
 " meat and fatish6tion •, and yet we finde that this Ten thoufand pounds 
 " alfo v/as paid into the hands of Mr. Oliver, the Dukes fervant, but 
 " finde not any Record, by which it doth appear unto us, that ever it came 
 unto his late Majefties ufe. Anditisobfervablein thiscafe, That the 
 oppreflion fell upon the fame Company fliortly after the great afflidion 
 which hapned unto fome of them at Amheyna in the Eafl-Indies, by 
 " means of the Dutch, which might have moved a Noble minde rather 
 
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 " Having now finiflied the Narrative part belonging to this Charge. 
 " I {hall obferve unto your Lordlhips upon the whole matter, the nature 
 " of the Dukes offences by this Article complained of, and what punifh- 
 "ment it may deferve. His default confifteth in the unjuft extorting 
 " and receiving the Ten thoufand pounds from the Eaft-Judia Company 
 "againft their wills by colour of his Office. Yet as offenders in this 
 " kinde, have commonly fome colour to difguife and mask their Corrup- 
 " tions, fo had he : His colour was the releafe of his pretended right to 
 *' the Tenth part, or fome other ihare of the Goods, fuppofed to be 
 " Piratically taken at Sea by the Captain , and their Servants of the 
 " Company : And though his Lordfhip may perhaps call his adl therein, 
 " a lawful compofition, I muft crave pardon of your Lordftiips to fay 
 " thus. That if his fuppofed right had been good, this might peradven- 
 " ture have been a fair Compofition : The fame pretence being unfound, 
 " and falling away, it was a meer naked Bribe, and unjuft extortion -, For 
 " if way fliould be given to take money by colour of Releafes of pre- 
 " tended rights, men great in power, and in evil, would never want means 
 " to extort upon the meaner fort at their pleasures with impunity. It re- 
 " mains tlierefore that I fliould prove unto your Lordftiips onely two 
 " things : Firft,That a pretence of right by the Duke, if he had none, will 
 "notexcufe him in this cafe ^ and in the next place, to ftiew by reafon 
 " tind good warrant, That he had in Law no right at all to Releafe. 
 
 " For the former, I will relie upon the fubftance of two noteable pre- 
 " fidents of Judgments in Parliament, the one antient in the 10 Rich.i. 
 "At which time the Commons preferred divers Articles unto the Lords 
 " in Parliament againft Michael de la Pool, Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chancel- 
 " lor of England, accufing him amongft other things by the firft Article 
 '*' of his Charge, That while he was Lord Chancellor he had refufed to 
 " give Livery to the cheif Mafter of St. Anthonies, of the profit pertain- 
 " ing to that Order, till he had fecurity from them, with Sureties by Re- 
 " cognifance of Three thoufand pounds, for the payment of Ohc hundred 
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 pounds fer annum to the Earl, and to ^ohnhis Son, for their lives. 
 The Earl by way of Aofvver, fet forth a pretended Title in his Son, to* 
 " the cheif Mafteriliip of that Order, and that he took that One hundred 
 " pound per annum, as a Compofition for his Sons right. The Commons 
 " replied, (liewing amongft other things , That the taking of Money for 
 " that which Hioold have been done freely, was a felling of the Law, and 
 " fo prayed Judgment. In conclufion, the pretended right of his Son 
 " not being juft, or approved, the offence remained fingle by it felf a fale 
 " of Law and Juftice, as the Law termeth it, and not a Compofition for 
 " the Releafe of his Intereft. So the Earl for this, amongft the reft, was 
 '' fentenced and greatly puniflied, as by the Records appeareth. 
 
 " The other Prefident of like nature, is more Modern in the Cafe of 
 " the Earl of Middle f ex, hit Lord Treafurer of England, who was charged 
 '' by the Commons in Parliament, and tranfmitted to your Lordfliipsfor 
 " taking of Five hundred pounds of the Farmers of the Great Cuftoms 
 "as a Bribe for alio vving of that Security for payment of their Rent to 
 " the late Kings Majefty , which without fuch reward of Five hundred 
 " pounds, he had formerly refufed to allow of. The Earl pretended for 
 " himfelf. That he had not onely that Five hundred pound, but Five hun- 
 " dred pounds more, in all One thoufand pounds, of thofe Farmors for 
 " a Releafe of his Claim, to Four of Two and thirty parts of that Farm : 
 " But upon the proof, it appearing to your Lordfhips, That he had not 
 " any fuch part of that Farm as he pretended,it was in the Thirteenth day 
 " of May, in the Two and twentieth year of his late Majefties reign, Ad- 
 " judged by your Lordftiips in Parliament (which I think is yet frerti in 
 " your Memories) That the Earl for this, amongft other things, ftiould 
 " undergo many grievous Cenfures, as appeareth by the Records of your 
 " Lordfliips houfe, which I have lately feen and perufed. 
 
 " And now being to prove, that the faid Duke had no title to any 
 " part of the Goods by him claimed againft the Ea[i- India Company, I 
 " fliall eafily make it manifeft, if his Lordlhips pretence by his own AUe- 
 " gation in the Admiralty were true, That the Goods whereof he claims 
 "hisfliare, were Piratically taken. From which Allegation, as he may 
 " not now recede, fo is it clear by Reafon and Authority, That of fuch 
 " Goods, no part orftiare whatfoever is due to the Lord Admiral in right 
 " of his office, or otherways. 
 
 1 . " For that the parties from whom the fame were taken, ought to 
 " have reftitution, demanding it in due and reafonable time, and it were 
 " an injury to the intercourfe, and Law of Nations, if the contrary fhould 
 " be any way tolerated, 
 
 2. "Secondly by Law-, forfoare the Statutes of this Kingdom, and 
 " more efpecially in i-jBdrv.^. 13. whereby it was provided. That if any 
 " Merchant, privy or ftranger, be robbed of his Goods upon tlie Sea, and 
 " the fame came afterwards into this Realm, the owner ihall be received 
 " to prove fueh Goods to be his, and upon proof thereof, fhall have 
 " the fame reftored to him again. 
 
 " Likewife, 1,2,3 ^dw.6. 18. in the Adl of Parliament, touching Sir 
 " Thomas Seymeur, Great Admiral of £«^/W,vvho therein amongft divers 
 " other things is charged with this. That he had taken to his own ufe 
 '"^ Goods Piratically taken againft the Law, whereby he moved aJmoft 
 "all Chiiftian Princes to conceive a grudge and difpleafure, and by 
 "open War to feek remedy by their own hands: And therefore for 
 " this , amongft other things, he was attainted of High Treafon, as 
 
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 appearethby that A(5t wherein the Law is fo declared to be as before is 
 " exprefled. 
 
 " But if it fliould be admitted, that the Dake had a right in this cafe, 
 " for which he might compound ^ yet the manner of his feeking to try 
 " and recover fuch his right, is in it felf an high Offence, and clearly un- 
 " lawful in many refpedls, whereof I will touch but a few. As in making 
 " the moft Honorable Houfe of" Parliament aninftrument toeffed his 
 " private ends for his profit : In proceeding to areft and ftay the Ships of 
 " men not apt to flie, but well able to anfwer and fatisfie any juft Suits 
 " which he might have againftthem, though their Ships had gone on in 
 " their Voyage : In profecuting things fo unfeafonably, and urging them 
 " fo extreamly by his Advocate, for bringing in of fo great a fum of 
 " money upon the fudden, and formally under colour of Juftice and Ser- 
 " vice of the State : In reducing that Company into that flraight and 
 " neceflity, that it was as good for them to compound, though the Dake 
 " had no title •, as to defend their own juft right againft him upon thefe 
 " difadvantages , which by his power and induftry he had put upon 
 " them. 
 
 Then he read the Seventh and Eighth Articles, which he handled 
 joyntly, as being not two Charges, but two fevearl parts of one and the 
 fame Charge •, and when he had read them, he went on fpeaking ftirther 
 to their LordlThips, as foUoweth. 
 
 " VT'Our Lordfhips may have obferved how in handling the former Ar- 
 " I tides, I have in my Difcourfe ufed the method of time, which I 
 " hold to be beft for the difcovery of the truth : I fliall therefore by your 
 " Lordfhips patience, whereof now I have had fome good experience, 
 " ufe the like order in my enlargment upon thefe later Articles 5 touching 
 <' which, that which I have to fay, is thus. 
 
 " In or about the Two and twentieth year of the reign of our late 
 
 " dear Soveraign Lord King ^ames of famous memory, there being then 
 
 " a Treaty between our faid late Soveraign and the French King, for a 
 
 " Marriage to be had between our then moft Noble Prince (now our 
 
 " moft gratious King) and the French Kings Sifter (our now Qaeen) 
 
 " and for entring into an Adive War againft the King of Spain, and his 
 
 " Allies in Italy, and the Valtoline. Our faid late Soveraign pafted fome 
 
 " promife to the French Kings Ambaflador here, the Marquefs D' Bffiat, 
 
 " for procuring or lending fome Ships to be employed by the French in 
 
 " that Service, upon reafonable conditions •, but without thought or in- 
 
 " tent that they fhould be employed againft the Ko<he Hers, or any of hers 
 
 " of our Religion in France : For it was pretended by the French Kings 
 
 " MinifterstoourKing, That the faid Ships fhould be employed particu- 
 
 " larly againft Genoa, and not otherwife. But afterwards forae matter of 
 
 *' Sufpition breaking forth from thofe of onr Religion in France, that 
 
 " the Defign for Italy was but a pretence to make the Body of an 
 
 " Army fall upon the i?of/W/(^w, or other of our Religion in thatKing- 
 
 "dom^ the King grew fo cautious in his Conditions, that as he would 
 
 " perform his promife to lend his Ships, fo to preferve thofe of our 
 
 " Religion, he contraded or gave directions, that the greater part of 
 
 " the Men in the fame Ships Ibould be Englilb , whereby the power 
 
 " of them fliould be ever in his hands. 
 
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 "And the Duke o{ Backingham then and yet Lord Great Admiral of 
 " England, well knowing all this to be true, pretended he was and would 
 "be'very careful, and proceed with art to keep the faid Ships in the 
 " hands of our King, and upon our own Coafts ^ and yet neverthelefs 
 " under hand he unduly intended, practifed, and endeavored the contrary : 
 " For afterwards by his dire(5tion or procurement in or about tlie Two and 
 *■' twentieth year aforefaid, a Ship of iiis Majeftics called the Fantguard, 
 " being of his Majefties Royal Navy, was allotted and appointed to be 
 '^ made ready for the fervice of the French King, and fevcn other Mer- 
 " chants Ships of great burthen and llrcngrh, belonging to feveral per- 
 " fons Natural Subjeds of our faid late Soveraign Lord, were by the 
 " Dukes diredion imprelTed as for the fervice of his faid late Majefty, and 
 " willed to make themfelves ready accordingly. The Names and Tun- 
 " age of the faid Seven Merchants Ships were as foUoweth. • 
 
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 1. "The Great Neptme,wheteof Sk Ferdinando Gorge was Captain. 
 
 2. ''-The Indufiry, of the burthen of Four hundred and fifty Tuns, 
 whereof ^ames Moyer was Captain. 
 
 3 . "The Purl of Five and forty Tuns, Anthony Tench was Captain. 
 
 4. " Jhe Marigold oi Three hundred iMn^^Thomas Davies Captain. 
 
 5. " The Z«iy4//jf of Three hundred Tuns, ^afper Dare Captain. 
 
 6. " The Peter and ^ohn of Three hundred and fifty Tuns, ^ohn 
 Davies Captain. 
 
 7. " The Gift of God of Three hundred Tuns, Henry Lerven Captain. 
 
 " Alfo about the fame time a Contra<a was made by and between 
 " Sir "fohn Cooke, and other the Commiflioners of his Majeflies Navy, 
 " as on behalf of his Majefty for his faid Ship the Vantguard, and on be- 
 " half of the Captains, Mafters, and Owners of the faid Seven Merchants 
 " Ships, but without their privity or diretftion for the fervice of the French 
 " King, upon conditions to be fate and reafonable for our King, this 
 "Realm, and State-, as alfo for the faid Captains, Mafters, and Owners 
 "of the faid feven Merchants Ships, and for the Companies. For Sir 
 " ^ehn Cooke drew the Inftruftions for the Diredionof the faid Contradl^ 
 " which Inftrudlions pafled and were allowed by the Kmg, and fuch of 
 "the Council, as were made acquainted therewith, andufedinthisbufi- 
 "nefs. In which Inftrudions, as Sir ^ohn Cocke hath fince alleaged in 
 " the Houfe of Commons , there was care taken for provifion to be 
 " made, that the faid Ship of his Majefty called Vantguard, Hiould not 
 " ferveagainft the City or Inhabitants of Rochel, or thofe of the Religion 
 " in France, nor take into her more men of the French then (lie could 
 " from time to time be well able to command and mafter. But whether 
 " the Inftruftions for the Merchants Ships, and the Kings faid Ship were 
 " all one, is not yet cleared unto the Commons, howbeit itappearethnot, 
 ■■' but that the intent of our King and State, was to be a like careful for 
 " both. Neverthelefs a Form of Articles dated the Five and twentieth 
 " day of March , in the Three and twentieth year of his faid late 
 " Majeftics raign , was pr/=!pared , ingrofled , and made ready to be 
 " fealed without tlie knowledge of the Captains, Mafters, and Owners 
 "of the faid Merchants Ships, between the faid Marquefs B" Ejfiat 
 " the Ambaflador , on the one part , and the feveral Owners of the 
 "faid Merchants Ship^ refpedively on the other part, viz,, A.feve- 
 "ral Writmg or Inftmment for every of the faid Ships refpeftivcly , 
 
 " whereby 
 
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 HiBorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An 1626. ' " whereby amongft other things, as by the fame appeareth, it was cove- 
 Uf^/*\J i " wanted and agreed, by and on the part and behalf of the owners, to 
 "and with the faid Marquefs D' Effiat, to this effcft, namely. 
 
 cc 
 
 I. That their faid Ships refpedively, with a certain number of 
 "menforevery of themlimitted, with Ordnance, Munition, and other 
 " necefTarieSjihould be ready for the French Kings ferviccjthe Thirteenth 
 " of Jpril then next following. 
 
 " 2. That they fhould go on in that Service under a French General, 
 " to be as Captain in every of the faid Merchants Ships refpcdively 3 of 
 " the appomtment of the French King, or his Ambaflador. 
 
 " 5. That they fhould ferve the French King againft anywhomfo- 
 " ever, but the King of Great Britain. 
 
 " 4. That they fliould take in as many Soldiers into their faid fevc- 
 " ral Ships, as they could ftow or carry , befides their Vi*5iual and Apparel. 
 
 '' 5. That they fliould continue fix moneths or longer intheSer- 
 " vice, fo that the whole time did not exceed eighteen moneths. 
 
 " 6. Thatthey fliould permit the French to have th^abfoluteCom- 
 " mand of their Ships, for Fights and Voyages, 
 
 " Anditwasamongflthefaid Articles, befides other tilings, Cove- 
 " nanted and agreed by the faid Marquefs D' Effiat -, as, for and on the 
 " behalf of the French King, to this effedly, namely. 
 
 " I. Thattherefliouldbe paid to every owner a moneths freight in 
 " hand, after the rate agreed on :, and freight for two moneths more after 
 " the fame rate, within Fifteen days after the date of the Articles j the 
 " computation of the moneths to begin from the 28 of March. 
 
 " 1 1. And that the Ships fliould be ready in a certain formfrefcribed 
 " at the end of the Service. 
 
 " When all things were in a readinefs for circumvention and furpri- 
 "fal of the Owners, Captains, and Matters of the faid Ships, then and 
 " not before, they were fuddenly prefled to Seal the Countreparts pf the 
 " prepared Articles 5 and they were about the fame time releafed and dif- 
 " charged from the Impreft of his Majefties Service, and acquainted and 
 " defigned to ferve the French King, the faid three moneths pay being 
 " offered, and afterwards paid unto them before-hand, as a bait to draw 
 " on and intangle them inthebufinefs. Neverthelefs, the Captains and 
 " Owners of the faid Merchants Ships doubted upon fome points (to wit) 
 " firfl, Againfl: whom they fliould be employed <: fecondly, What Foreign 
 " power they fliould be i)Ound to take into their Ships ^ and thirdly, 
 " What fufficicntfecurity they fliould have for their freight,and redelivery 
 "of their Ships. 
 
 " But there were private Inflrudions given to Captain ^ohnPenning- 
 '■'•ton, Captain of the Kings Ship, the Fauntguard ; as for him and the 
 "whole Fleet, that he fliould obferve the firftlnftradions, to wit, Not 
 '' to ferve agamfl thofe of the Religion, and to take into his Ship no more 
 *' Frenchmen then they could mafter. The pretence for Genta, and thefc 
 " private Inflruments iot Pemington, were butafiirther Artifice of the 
 *■ Dukes to draw the Ships into France, and to conceal the breaking forth 
 " of the matter here in England ■■ And the more to endear them, and con- 
 "firm them in an opinion of right intention, they were commanded to 
 " conceal thefe private Inflruftions , as if the Duke and his Agents hafl: 
 
 " trufted
 
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 D 
 
 " trufted them more then they did the AmbafTadors. By thefe and other 
 " like cunning and undue proceedings of the faid Duke, the laid Marquis 
 "</'£//?4rrealed one parr, and the Owners of the faid Merchants (hips 
 "refpedtively fealed the other parts of the faid pretended Articles, truft- 
 " ing they lliould not be bound to the ftrift performance thereof, by rea- 
 " fon of the faid private Inftrudions to the contrary. After the pafling of 
 '■' thefe Articles, the faid lliips being formerly ready, the faid Duke Ma) 8. 
 "1625, made a Warrant under the Great-Seai, to call the Companies 
 " aboard which had been raifed and fitted for the faid French fervice ac- 
 " cording to former Inftruftions, and with firft opportunity to go to fuch 
 " Port as the French Ambaffador lliould dired, (^c. there to expeft Di- 
 " regions of the Party that Ihould be Admiral of the faid Fleet fo prepa- 
 '' red, with a requiry of all Officers to be aiTiftant hereunto. 
 
 " All things being now in readinefs , Captain Pennington being 
 '' Admiral of this whole Fleet, in May 1 Si-), went with the Kings faid 
 " fliip the Vantguard , and the feven Merchants Ihips aforefaid to Diep 
 *' in France : There inftantly the Duke o^Memorancy, Admiral of France, 
 '' would have put Two hundred French Souldiers aboard the lliip called 
 " the Induflry, being no more men then (he could flow, but a far Greater 
 '' proportion of men then her proper Company was able to command 
 '' or mailer ; and offered alfo to do the like to every one of the faid (hips-, 
 " telling the faid Captain Pennington, znd other the faid Enghfh Captains 
 " and Owners, and their Companies in dire(lil tearms, that they were to 
 "go, and Ihould go to ferveagainft the City and Inhabitants of Rochel, 
 " and againfl thofe of our Religion: whereunto they all fhewina them- 
 " felvcs unwilling, there were Chains of Gold, and other Rewards ofFer- 
 " ed unto fomeof the Captains, Maflers and Owners, to induce them : All 
 " which they utterly refuted, protefting unanimoufly againft the Defi^^n 
 "and would not take inaboveafitnumberof men, fuch as theyrai^ht 
 '' be able to command. 
 
 " Alio the Company of the Kings fliip did there inform Captain 
 " Pennington of this Overture made to go againft Rochel, and exhibited a 
 " Petition to him againft the fame, fubfcribing their names to the Petiti- 
 *' on in a Circle or Compafs, that it might not appear who was the begin- 
 " ner of the fame, and then they laid it under his Prayer-book, wher^he 
 " found and read it. Whereupon Captain Pennington and the reft con- 
 " fulted more ferioufly of the matter, and by a general affent returned all 
 " back to the Downs, where they arrived about the end of ^une, or bef^in- 
 "ningo( ^uly 162s. From thence C:i<ptiin Pennington fent a Letter to 
 " the Duke of Buckingham by one Ingram, with the faid Petition, and im- 
 " ployed him to become a Suitor to get a difcharge from ferving againft 
 " Rochel: Ingram delivered the Letter to the Duke, and faw him read ir, 
 " together with the faid PeiitioH ^ whereby, as by other former and later 
 " means, he had full notice of the Defign, and intent of the French to go 
 " againft the Rochellors : J-ames Mojer alio about the fame time came to 
 " the Court, and had conference with my Lord Conway and Sir ^ohn Cook, 
 " (now Secretary) acquainting them what had palled at Diep, praying 
 " tlicm to acquaint the Duke, which they did, and the Duke delivered the 
 '' faid Letter and Petition\to Sir ^ohn Ceok. The Duke of Chevereux and 
 " Monfieur<^(;r///ocW being now come into England^ as extraordinary 
 '^Amballadorsfrom the French King, they and the faid Marquis/£//?rff, 
 " more elpecially / f/lf^t., follicited and got a Letter from the Lord Con- 
 "mzy by the Dukes means, dated ^ulfio. 16:5. dire»5led to Captain 
 ^ LI u Pennington, 
 
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 53 
 
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 HMorical ColleBions. 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 " Pennington, whereby he took upon 
 " Majeflies pleafure to be. That his 
 
 him to exprefs and fignifie his 
 Majefty had left the comnnand 
 of the Hiips to the French King, and that now Captain Pennington 
 " rtiould receive into them fo many men as that King fliould pleafe for 
 "the time contraded, and recommended his Letter to be as afufficient 
 " Warrant in that behalf. All this while the King or Body of the Coun- 
 "cjl were never made acquainted with any other defign then that oi Genoa, 
 " nor heard any thing of the paflages at Diep, nor of the defign for Rochel, 
 "nor of our Mafters& Companies Petitions,Informations or Complaints 
 "thereupon. This Letter of the Lord Owr^yj was fent by Parker ixom 
 <' Hmifton-Coart unto Pennington, being now about the Downs., and was 
 " not long after delivered into his hands. About this time Monfieur de Li 
 '' Totiche, and others, as from the Duke de Rohm, and others of the Prote- 
 " ftant party m France, follicited our King and Council againft the going 
 '•of theihips, and had good words and hopes from both, but from the 
 *' Duke the contrary, who told them, the King his Mafter was obliged, 
 " and fo the fhips mufl: and iliould go. 
 
 "Thefhips remained ftill in theDejvw, and afterwards, x'/'s. about 
 "■^«/yi5. 1625. there was a Treaty at iJ^(;k/?frbetweenthe three Am - 
 "' baffadors Extraordinary of France, and ^ames Moyer, and Anthony Ton- 
 " chin for themfelves and other EngliCh Captains and Mafters of fhips,c^r. 
 " Thefaid Moyer zn<i Teuchin being by Meflfage commanded to attend 
 '■' the Duke (jH Buckingham it Rochefler , for conclufion and fettlement to 
 '' be had of this buhnefs, the faid AmbalFadors did there proffer and offer 
 " to the faid Moyer and Touchtn an Inftrument in French purporting 
 " thus J viz,. 
 
 1. " That the faid Englifli Captains and their Companies (hould con- 
 " (ent and promife toferve the French King againfl all, none excepted 
 " but the King of great Br;>4;», in conformity of the Contra<ft formerly 
 " paifed between d' Effat and them. 
 
 2. " That they ihould confent and agree, in confideration of the affu- 
 " ranee given them by the Ambafladors, to the Articles of March 25. 
 "1625:. whereby the French King ihould be made Mafter of thefaid 
 " (hips by indifferent Inventory-, that then they ihould by him be warrant- 
 " ed againft all hazards of Sea-fight, and if they raifcarried, then the 
 " value thereof to be paid by the French King, who would alfo confirm 
 " this new Propolition within fifteen dayes after the fhips Ihould bedeli- 
 *' vered to his ufe by good caution in London. 
 
 J. '' That if the French King would take any men out of the faid fliips, 
 " he might, but without any diminution of freight for or in refpeft 
 '' thereof. 
 
 " The faid ^ames Moyer having gotten the French Inftrument interpre- 
 " ted, anfvvered, i . they would not go to ferve againft Rochel; 2. nor fend 
 '' their lhips,without good warrant for their going-,and 3. not without fuf- 
 " ficient fecurity to their liking for payment of their freight,and reddition 
 ''of their fhips, orthe value thereof •, for the Ambaffadors fecurity was 
 " by them taken not to be fufficient, and they protefted againft it, and ut- 
 " terly refufed this peraffetted Inftrument : Here alfo Sir ^ohn Fpfley and 
 ''' Sit ThomM Love diffwadtd the Duke from this enterprile, telling him, 
 '' he could not juftifie nor anfwer the delivery of the ihips to the French. 
 
 " The Lord Duke being at Rochejier^^nd there acquainted with all thefe 
 '' proceedings, commanded the faid Moyer and the reft, before thefe 
 
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 AmbalHidors, that they lliould obey the Lord Owwrfyj Letter, and re- 
 turn to D/V/' to ferve the French, and that fo was our Kings plealarcj 
 " howbeit herein his Majefties pleafurc appeared not, but tlie contrary : 
 "yet privately at the Tame time the Duke told them, that the fecurity 
 " orfered or formerly given by the Ambalfador, was infufficient, and 
 ''that though they went to Bief^ yet they might and Hiould there keep 
 " their fliips in their own power till they had made their own conditions 
 " to their own liking. J-hI)\6. 1625. The Duke Q>{ Chcvcrcux zwA 
 " Moniieur Vtllocleox finding that they could not accomplifh their defigns 
 '■^ax Roche ftcr, but they muft be fain to defer thegetting thereof till the 
 "coming of the (liips back again to Diep^ where it was thought that 
 " better opportunity and more advantage for their ends would be had, 
 "did to that purpofe make and ordain the Marquis d' Effiat their Deputy 
 *' to contratfl with the Captains and Mafters of the Englfih ihips forrhe 
 " French Kings fervice, as effedually as themlelves miglit d^o, thereby 
 '■' transferring their power in that behalf to the Hiid / Effiat, who intended 
 *' to go over to Diep forthwith about this bufinefs. The Duke of Buck- 
 ^'■ingham having thus the fecond time dealt with the Capta'ns and Mafters 
 " to go to D/V/',and armed and prepared / Efftt how and in what manner 
 '^ there to circumvent them, fent over to Diep privately, and under- 
 *' hand, Iiis Secretary Mr Edward Nicholas, together with d' Effiat. Mr 
 " NichoUs at and before the going over, had InftruLlions trom the 
 " Duke by word to fee the execution of the Kings plcafure (ignified 
 "by the Letter from my Lord Coarvay, and to procure the Captains 
 " and Mafters of the faid Merchants fliips to deliver over their ihipS 
 "into the hands of the French, upon the fecurity peraffetted at Ro- 
 " chefier by the three French Ambafl'adors, and by them delivered to the 
 " Duke of Buckingham^ who committed the fame to the faid Mr Ni- 
 '■^chclas^ as the fecurity which in that behalf he was to take and 
 
 " accept. Mr NichoUs according to thofe Inftruflions, went to Diep with 
 ^^d' Effat^ and was there very urgent to get the fliips delivered to 
 D " the French, according to the faid Inftru6tions at their coming over 
 "toD/>p: d' Effiat cazved a Suit and Proteft againft our Captains 
 " and Mafters, and their original Articles, the better to enlbrce them 
 " to perform the fame, without refped to the Dukes verbal preten- 
 " ces or Allegations made to the Captains and Mafters at Rochefter^ and 
 " in other places formerly to the contrary. 
 
 ",The Captains and Mafters came over again to Dief about ^ttlj 20. 
 " where they found themfclves in a ftrait by reafon of the faid Pro- 
 " teft there entreJ againft them, the Dukes mftru(flions by word be- 
 " ing too weak to exempt them from obtaining their Contradundertheir 
 " Hands and Seals -, alio Mr NichoUs ufing the Kings name with threat- 
 "ning words, was there very earneft from day to day, and very ve- 
 ''hemently prefted them to deliver over their fliips before fecurity 
 " given to their content, contrary to the former Propotition, {viz-, the 
 '' Lord Dukes word to them at Rochc(lcr) which they refufing to yeild un- 
 " to, Adveitifement thereof was fpcedilyfent to the D\xkeo{ Buckingham^ 
 " and to his Agents into England, and Mr NichoLts continued ftill at Diep 
 '' about his former Negotiation. 
 
 '^ J-iilf 27. 1625. Siv ferdinando Gorge^Anth. Touching, ^ames Moyer 
 " Henry Lemn^ Tho. Davies^ J'^P- B'^rdtiwd J-ames Davies^ as owners and 
 " Captains of the faid feven Hnglilh Ihips hired for the Freneh,did exprefs 
 ''in writing, that they held it fit they flrould not quit fliips their till they 
 
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 Aff. 1626. 
 
 had made their own reafonable conditions, and were freed from the que- 
 " ftioRS, and troubles they were in 5 and in particular, 
 
 1. <' They prayed to be free of the faidProteft, that they might the 
 " better treat of their affairs. 
 
 2. "If the the French King would have delivery ©f their fliips in- 
 " to his power and poflelTion, that then they might have fecurity by 
 " money depofited in London^ without Revocation for fatisfaftion of 
 " their (hips, the former fecurity by Merchants being infufficient, and a 
 '' flop already made of their pay, which upon that fecurity they know not 
 " how to come by. 
 
 3. "Becaufe their (hips being Fortrefles of this Kingdom, and the 
 " delivery of them over into the hands of a Forein Prince without good 
 " warrant, concerneth even their very lives, that they might have a war- 
 " rant in that behalf under the Great-Seal of England before they (hould 
 '' be bound to deliver them over , 
 
 4. *' To be free of their bonds enrred into for not felling their Ord- 
 " nance, and alfo free of punifhment in that behalf, and they ihewed how 
 '' they were more cautious herein, for that Commiflioners drew the firft 
 " Articles, whicii were now wholly broken, and thefe Articles were to be 
 " done by therafelves. 
 
 '' And this writing they fent from their (hips by one Mr Baffet Cole^ 
 " to prefent on (bore to the Marquis d" Effiat at Diep^ appointing the 
 " faid Mr Cole to treat for a fpeedy conclu(ion according to thefe Arti- 
 "des', who treated accordingly : And the faid Marquis, to induce him 
 '' to yield to his demands, (hewed a Letter in French ligned by the Duke 
 *' of Buckingham, whereby the Duke promifed his end?avors to get the 
 " Marquis's turn ferved touching thefe (hips. 
 
 "Thenextday, 'viz, 2S^uly 162^. Mr iV/^r^eZ/ff came aboard the 
 '' Neptune, and declared in writing under his hand, how and why he was 
 " fent over by the Duke of Buckingham^ as before, and craved the Cap- 
 '' tain and Mafters Anfwer in writing under their hands, whether they 
 " would conform to the Lord Centvays Letter, and to the Inftrument 
 '' peraffetted at Roche(ler-, for delivery over of the faid (hips, yea or no, 
 " offering to procure them a fufficient difcharge to their contentment 
 '' for their fo doing. 
 
 " The fame day alfo Sir Ferdmando Gorge and the reft, by writing 
 '^ under their hands fubfcribed, did declare as foUoweth -, namely. 
 
 That they mere niUing to obey ettr Kin^, hut held not the fecurity peraf- 
 fetted at Rochefter by the three Jmbaffadors to be fufficient (though hontra- 
 ble) and [0 they abfolutely re fu fed to deliver their f\nps upon that fecurity, de fi- 
 ring better caution in that behalf, 
 
 1 . By Merchants of Paris. 
 
 2. To be trans ferred to hoadott. 
 
 3. Irrevocable, 
 
 4. And fuch as might not be prote^ed by Prerogative 'j and to have this 
 under the Hands and Seals of both Kings. 
 
 " All this while our King or body of the Council knew nothing in cer- 
 " tain of any other defign of the French,then only of their pretence againft 
 " Genoa,-\nA believed that all the Articles and Inftrument s that had parted 
 j " between the French and us, or the Captains,Mafters,and Owners of the 
 
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 Englifli Hiips had been penned and contrived with full and good Cauti- 
 " ons accordingly, for p;evention of all dangers that might grow to the 
 *' contrary. Alfo the fame 2 8 ^w/y, the Captains and Matters taking no- 
 " ticeof Mr. NichoUi prefTmg them to deliver their fliips before fecurity 
 " given to their content, contrary to former Propofitions,which they held 
 " unreafonable, did make anfwer unto the Marquis in writing, That until 
 " they /liould have fecurity to their contentment, they would not quit the 
 " pofleffion of their iliips unto the French (which was but reaibnable) 
 and they fent therewith a valuation of their feveral lliips as they would 
 ftand to. They likewife demanded a performance of all things formerly 
 " fent to his LordHiip from them by MwNichol.u ( fave only for the fe- 
 " curity by money depolited) faying, that for all the reft they durft 
 " not proceed otherwife, 
 
 " Laftly they prayed for a fpcedy Anfwer, that the delay in this 
 " bufinefs may not ieem to be in them. 
 
 " But d'£//?4? being confident of the Duke oi Buck'tngh^nn s Ltttex% 
 " promifes, and proceedings aforefaid, would not confent to ihefe reafon- 
 " able demands of the Captains and Matters of the Englidi ttiips, pro- 
 ** trading the time till he might hear further from the faid Duke out 
 ''of Bn^Ltnd. 
 
 " While thefe things were thus in handling both in France and in 
 '-'' England, there were written over out of France into England Letters 
 " of advertifemenr, how and upon what ground, or by what ad or means 
 '' procured or occafioned, appeareth not 5 yet from one Mx. Larking a 
 "fervant to the Earl oi Holland, and a kind of Agent, a perfon fome 
 " way imployed by our State, or under fome of our Ambaffadors or Mi- 
 " nitters in France ^ That the Peace was concluded with thofe of our Re- 
 " ligion in France, and that within fourteen days the War wouU break 
 " forth or begin in Italy, with a Defign upon Genoa, a matter of great 
 '' importance for annoying the Spaniard. 
 
 "This Letter of Larking came to the Englifh Court at Richmond 
 "28 ^ttly^ when the Duchefs oichevereux Child was there Chriftened, 
 " and the Contents thereof ( as hath been alleaged) were confirmed by 
 " the Ambafladors of Savoy and Venice: By the advantage and colour 
 " whereof the Duke of Buckingham drew the King ( who all this while 
 " knew nothing of the Defign upon Rochel or thofe of our Religion, but 
 " thought the former Articles had been fafe and well penned both for 
 " him and his Subjeds ( according to the moft religious and politick 
 "intention, and Inftrudions in tlut behalf originally given by his late 
 " Father ) to write a Letter dated at Richmond the fan\e 28 ^uly direded 
 " to the faid Captain Pennington to this efl^edt, viz. 
 
 " His Majefty did thereby charge and command the {iiid Captain 
 " Pennington without delay to put his Highnefs former Command in cxe- 
 "cution, for configning the Vantguard into the hands of the M.irquis 
 " D'Effiat for the French, with all her Furniture, affuring her Officers 
 " his Majefty would provide for their Indemnity •, And to require the 
 " feven Merchants fliips in his Majefties name to put themlelves into the 
 "fervice of the French King, according to the promife his Majefty had 
 " made unto him •, And in cafe of backwardncfs or refufal, commanding 
 " him to ufe all forcible means to compel cherfi, even to finking -, with a 
 " Charge not to fail, and this Letter to be his Warrant. 
 
 " Tliis Letter was fent by Captain Thomas Wilbraham to Captain 
 
 " Pennington,vjho was yec in the Dojvms. In the beginning of Auguft 162$. 
 
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 Au^ 1625. "Captain Penmmton went over again to Diep, carrying with him the 
 
 " faid Letters of his Majefty, and certain Inftrudions in writing from the" 
 
 " Duite of Buckingham to Mr. Nicholas^ agreeable in fubftance to the 
 
 "former verbal Inftruitions given by the Duke to him at Roche fter , 
 
 as the faid Nicholas alleadgeth •, who alfo affirmeth, that in all things 
 
 " what he did touching that bufinefs, he did nothing but what waswar- 
 
 " ranted by the Dukes Inftrudlions to him •, which if it be true, then 
 
 " the Duke of Buckingham who commanded and imployed him therein 
 
 " muft needs be guilty of the matters fo aded by the laid M.x.NichoUi, 
 
 " If there be any fubfequent a<5l or affentof Council, or of fome Coun- 
 
 fcllors of State for the going of thefe fliips to the French , or for 
 
 putting them into their power, it was obtained only for a colour,, 
 
 " and was unduly gotten by mifinforming the Contents of the fcaled 
 
 *' Articles, and concealing the Truth, or by fome other undue means : 
 
 '• Neither can any fuch latter a6t of Council in any fort juftifie the 
 
 " Dukes proceedings, which by the whole current of the matter appears 
 
 " to have been indirect in this bufinefs even trom the beginning. About 
 
 " the time of Captain Pennington s coming over to Diep the fecond time, 
 
 " MwNicholai did in his fpeeches to the Captains and Mafters of the 
 
 " feven Merchants ihips threaten and tell them. That it was as much 
 
 ' 'as their lives were worth, if they delivered not their fhips to the French 
 
 " as he required ; which put them in fuch fear as they could hardly Ikep : 
 
 " And thereupon two of them were once refolved to have come again 
 
 " away with tlie Hiips •, and becaufe the former threats had made them 
 
 "^'afraid to return into England, therefore to have brought and left their 
 
 " (liips in the Downs, and themfelves for fafety of their lives to have gone 
 
 *' into Holland. 
 
 " Captain Pennington being the fecond time come into Dief, there 
 " forthwith delivered and put the faid (liip the Vantguard into the 
 " abfolute power and command of the French King , his Subje»5ls and 
 '•jVlinifters, to the faid French Kings ufe, to be imployed in his fervice 
 " at his pleafure ^ and acquainted the reft of the Fleet with the effeft 
 "of his Majefties Letter and Command, and demanded and required 
 " them alfo to deliver and put their fliips into the power and command 
 " of the French King accordingly. The Captains, Mafters, and Owners 
 "of the feven Merchants fliips refufed fo to do, as conceiving it was 
 " not the Kings pleafure they fliould fo do without fecurity for redelivery 
 *' of their fliips, or fatisfadtion for the fame to their good contentment. 
 " Hereupon Pennington went on fliore at Dief , and there fpake with 
 ' D'Effiat the Ambaflador, and fliortly after returned aboard, and gave 
 ' the Captains, Mafters and Owners an Anfwer, refting upon the vali- 
 " dity, and urging the performance of the former Contrad made and 
 " peraffetted in England. 
 
 " Then the faid Mafters and Captains prepared to be gone, and 
 " weighed anchor accordingly. Whereupon Captain Pennington fliot at 
 " them, and forced them to come again to anchor, as yielding themfelves 
 " for fear to his- mercy and difpofal. Llpon this. Captain Pennington and 
 " the Frenchmen that now commanded the Vantguard, came aboard the 
 " Merchants fliips, and there propofed unto them a new way for their 
 " fecurity touching their fliips , namely to accept the fecurity of the 
 " Town of Dief : Whereupon they all went afliore except Sir Ferdi- 
 '■^nando Gorge, who with his fliip the Great Neptune adventured to 
 «■' eome away, as not liking thefe new and unreafonable Propofitions. 
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 "At their coming afliore they fpake with Mr.iV/V^f?/**/, and there by his 
 " enforcement came to a new Agreement to accept the Security ot the 
 
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 Town of Diep , upon certain hard Conditions-, namely. The faid 
 Marquis /£//f4^ as Extraordinary Ambaflador in EngUnd^ andasha- 
 ''ving power by deputation from the Duke of Chevercux and Filhdeer^ 
 " on or about Augnjl 15. 1625, did agree and promile to tl';e faid Mojcr^ 
 " Touchin, Thomas Davtes, Dard^ J-ohn Davies, Lerven, as Captains and 
 " Owners of the faid (hips, called the laduflry^ the Peayl, th^ Mangold, 
 "the Loyalty, the Peter and ^-ohn, and the Gift of Go J, then being in the 
 '' Road of the Town of Diep, That the French Kingfliould give and 
 ''furnifli to the faid Owners (they being prefent, and accepting it in 
 "this Town) this fufficient fecurity, That within fifteen dayes after the 
 '' faid French King (hould be in pofTeffion of the faid (hips, he fliould 
 "give fufficient caution in London, for the fum of Two hundred and 
 " thirteen thoufand Livres, whereat the faid fhips were eftiinated, 
 "with all that appertaineth to them, as Cannons and other Munitions 
 ''of War 5 i,iz. Fifty thoufand pounds. And in or about the fame 
 "15 Aiigufl, 1625. the Commonalty of the faid Town of Diep en- 
 ." tred fecurity, and bound the goods of their Commonalty to the faid 
 " EngliiJi Captains and Owners, That the faid French King and his Am- 
 '' baifadors iliould furnilli the fecurity within the City of London within 
 " the time, and for the fum afdrefaid. 
 
 'VOn or about y^«^«/? 16. 1625. the {aid Marquis d^ Effiat, as well 
 '' in hfs quality of being Ambaffador, as by vertue of his faid Deputati- 
 
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 '^ to give and furnilli to them (they being prefent, and requiring it in the 
 " Town of Diep ) fufficient fecurity in the City of Londcn, within 
 " fifteen dayes after the French King ihould be in peaceable pofTeffion of 
 ''the faid (liips, for the fum of Two hundred and thirteen thoufand 
 '' Livres Turnoys,whereat the faid ihips were valued, namely, for the faid 
 '' fbip called the /W«/?r)f, and foa feveral fum for every Ihip, which fe- 
 " curity fliould remain for alluranceto pay to every of them the prices 
 " of their Ihips before fpecified in that Ad, in cafe they ffiould be left 
 '< in the French Kings hands, with other particulars in the faid A(5t 
 "mentioned, without derogating neverthelefs from the ClaufesOfthe 
 ''faid Contrad March 25. 1625. Albeit, becaufe the faid Ambaffii- 
 "dors had found it good now to difcharge the Englifli Mariners out 
 "of the faid Ihips, that therefore the freight agreed upon by the faid 
 "former Contradf fliould not be wholly paid, but only for the Ipace of 
 " the firft fix moneths •, yet if the French King would ufe them for twelve 
 " moneths longer, or for any lefs time, that then he Ihould pay freight 
 " for the fame according to a new particular rate and manner expreffed in 
 " the faid Articles, and bound the goods of himfelf and the faid Duke 
 " of Chevercux and Monfieur VtUocleer for the performance hereof, 
 ''as by the fiid Article it felf- reference being thereunto had, amongfl 
 '' other things more fully appeareth. 
 
 " This Article being paffed and recorded at Diep, all the faid 
 ''feven Merchants fliips, except the Great-Neptune, who was gone 
 ''away in deteftation of theaAion intended by the French wereforth- 
 "with delivered into the abfolate pofTeffion, power, and command 
 '' of the French King, and of his faid Ambaffador d' Effat, and other 
 '' the Miniflers and Subjects of the French King, to be imployed 
 ''by him in his ferviceat his pleafure, and not one of all the Englifli 
 
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 "Company, Manor Boy, (other then one onely man, a Gunner as it 
 " (hould feem) would ftay in any of thofe iliips, to ferve againft the 
 " Rochellors, or thofe of our Religion. 
 
 " As foon as thefe (hips were thus delivered into the poffeflion and 
 '• power of the French, the faid AmbafTador then moved them, and 
 " dealt earneftly with them for the fale of their (hips. Mr Nicholas ha- 
 " ving finiflied the work he went for, at his coming from Dief he recei- 
 " a Diamond-Ring worth Fifty pounds, and a Hatband fetwith Sparks 
 " of Diamonds, worth One hundred Marks , of the AmbafTador, as 
 " a recompence for his pains taken in this Imployment, which (although 
 ' Ambaffadors do confer greater rewards fometimes at their parting 
 upon perfons of Mi Nicholas his quality, for lefs fervicc done) yet 
 *' was it more then fo ill an office as he was imployed in could in 
 *'any fort defervT. 
 
 " The faid Captain remington returned fpeedily into England^ and 
 
 "took his journey towards tht City 0^ Oxford^ where the Parliament 
 
 ''was then fitting, by adjournment from Weflminfter thither, and 
 
 " there feveral Propofitions were taken into debate for the good of our 
 
 " Rehgion, and the fupply of his Majefties occafions : For the well refolv- 
 
 " ing and fetling whereof the true knowledg how,and upon what occafions 
 
 '' and terms the feveral (hips were fent,delivered,imployed, and to be im- 
 
 '' ployed,was very requifite. Afterwards nevertherthelefs upon or about 
 
 '■'■ jiH7u[i6. 1625. at a meeting and conference between both the Houfes 
 
 "of "parliament in Chnflchttrch-HM, after the reading there of his 
 
 "Majefties moft gracious Anfwer to a Petition of the Lords and 
 
 "Commons formerly exhibited unto his Majefty touching our Re- 
 
 ''ligion, and much for the good thereof, the Duke of Buckingham 
 
 "well knowing all the pafTages which I have now related to your 
 
 " Lord(hips to be true, did not onely cauteloufly conceal the fame, 
 
 ''but alfo much boldly anduntruely, by colour of a Mefiage deliver- 
 
 " ed from his Majefty to both the Houfes, affirm unto them touch- 
 
 '' ing thofe (liips to this effed ^ That it was not alwayes fit for 
 
 '' Kings to give accompt of their Counfels , and that about five of 
 
 " the fix Moncths were already paft, and yet the faid (hips were not 
 
 " imployed againft Rochel 5 willing and advifing the faid Lords and 
 
 " Commons to judge the things by the event, to which he feemed 
 
 " to refer the matter. By which cunning Speeches the Duke intend- 
 
 " ed, and accordingly did make the Lords and Commons then to 
 
 '' believe. That the faid (hips were never meant, or any way ia dan- 
 
 '' ger to be imployed againft the Rochellors, or thofe of our Religi- 
 
 " on in France ^ and herein he did great injury and difTervice to his 
 
 " Majefty, to the great fcandal and prejudice of our Religion and 
 
 "Affairs, and highly abufed both the Lords and Commons by this 
 
 ''cautelous and fubtile Speech and Infinuation, and thereby gave 
 
 "both Houfes occafion to forbear Petitioning or fuing to his Ma- 
 
 " jefty for Redrefs in this Bufinefs, while the time was not then 
 
 " pafl'ed ; for the (liips were not as then actually imployed againft 
 
 '' the Rochellors, albeit in truth they were then delivered into the 
 
 " French Kings power, 
 
 " And the fame time before the Parliament was di(rolved, Cap- 
 '' tain Pennington , who could have opened the whole truth of the 
 "bufinefs for the Service of the King and the Realm, came to 
 " Oxford^ but was there drawn to conceal himfelf by means of the 
 
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 and not to publifh in due time his knowledge of the Pre- 
 miil'es, as was there fhortly after reported. The truth whereof the 
 "Lords in this Parliament may be pleafed to examine, as they (lull 
 " feecaufe ^ the Parliament at Oxford being (hortly after, viz. Aitg.n, 
 " unhappily diilolved. 
 
 "In or about Sepember 1625. The faid fliips were a6lually im- 
 " ployed againft the Rochellors and their Friends, to their exceeding 
 " great prejudice, and almoft utter ruine. It hath been faid by fome 
 " of the French, that the Fantguard) (he mowed them down like grafs : 
 " To the great diflionor of our Nation, and the fcandal of our Religion, 
 " and to the difadvantage of the great affairs of this Kingdom, and all 
 " Chriftendom. 
 
 " Alfo the Ships themfelves were in eminent peril ro be utterly 
 " loft, for lack of fufficient Cautions. If they be come home fince this 
 ** Parliament late down, long after the matter was here expounded and 
 "ta-keninto examination ^ It maybe wellprefumed that it is by fome 
 "underhand procuring of the Duke, and the fecret complying of the 
 '■'■French with him, to colour out the matter; which the Lords may 
 " examine as they fee caufe. The one and onely Englij})-man that pre- 
 " fumed to ftay m one of the bhips, and ferve againft the poor Rochel- 
 " lors of our Religion, at his return was llain in charging a Peece of 
 " Ordnance not by him well fponged. 
 
 '' la February laft 1625. Monlieur dc la Touche having fpeech with 
 " Mafter Tbem^ts Shcnvell a Member of the Commons Houfe of Par- 
 " liament, at Saltsbury, as he was coming up to the Parliament, and 
 " Monfieur de la Touche going down into Somerfet-Jhire to Mafter ^oh» 
 " Pawlets to Monfieur Sobf[a ^ He told Mafter Sherwetl, in the hearing 
 " alfo of one Mafter ^ohri Clements of Plymouth, who is now in Town, 
 " the words that the Duke had fpoken to him the laft Summer touch- 
 " ing thcfe Ships -, and thereupon ufed thefe words, Ce Duque eft m 
 " mcjhant homme. 
 
 " Upon this whole Narration of the Fad touching the manner of 
 " Delivery of the Ships to the French, divers things may be obferved 
 " wherein the Dukes offences do confift : As, In betraying a Ship of 
 " the Kings Royal Navy unto a Foreign Princes hand, without good 
 " Warrant for the fame -, The difpoffefling the Subjeds of this Realm 
 "of their Ships and Goods by many artifices and fubtilties, and in 
 "condufion with high hand and open violence againft the good will 
 " of the Owners •, In breaking the duty of Lord Admiral and Guardian 
 "of the Ships andSeasof this Kingdom-, In varying from the original 
 " good Inftru(5tions , and prefuming to give others of his own head 
 " in matters of State 5 In violating the duty of a fworne Privy- 
 "Counfellor to his Majefty •, In abufing both Houfes of Parlia- 
 " mentby a cautelous Mifinformation, under a colour of a Meftage 
 "from his Majefty-, And in difadvantaging the Affairs of thofe of 
 " our Religion in Foreign parts : Offences of an high and grievous 
 " nature. 
 
 "For the proof of fome parts thereof, which are not the leaft, I 
 "offer to your Lordftiips confideration the Statute of the i 6'^ E.6. 
 " touching the Duke of Somerset ; wherein is recited. That amongft 
 "other things, he did "not fuffer the Piers called the Nervhaven and 
 '■'■ Blackcrji in the parts beyond the Seas, to be furniftied with viduals 
 
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 " and money , whereby the French were encouraged to invade and 
 " win the fame •, Aud for this offence amongft others, it was Enacted, 
 " That a great part of his Land fliould be taken from him. And if Non- 
 « ffazancc in a matter tending to lofe a fixed Caftle belonging to the 
 " King , be an high offence -, then the adual putting of a Ship Royal of 
 " the Kings into the hand of a Foreign Prince, which is a moveable and 
 ''•more ufefal Caftle and Fortrefs of the Realm, muft needs be held a 
 " greater offence. 
 
 " I will forbear to cite any more Prefidents of this kind, becaofe feme 
 " of thofe who have gone before me have touched at divers Prefidents 
 " of this nature, which may be applied to this my part. Only, becaufe 
 " the abafe of the Parliament, which is the chiefeft Council of State 
 "and Court of Judicature in the Realm, is not the leaft offence in this 
 " bufinefs, I lliall defire your Lorddiips to take into confideration the 
 " Statute-of Weflm. i. cap, 30. whereby fuch asfeemto beguile Courts 
 "of Juftice, are to be fore judged in the fame Courts, andpuniChcd, as 
 " by that Statute appearcth. 
 
 So he concluded , and left the Duke to their Lordfhips equal 
 Juftice. 
 
 The Ninth and Tenth Articles were read next, 
 
 IX. Whereas the Titles of Honor of this Kingdom of England 
 were wont to be conferred as great Rewards, upon fuch vertuous and 
 induftrious Perfons as had merited them by their faithful fervice 5 The 
 faid Duke, by his importunate and fubtile procurement, hath not only 
 perverted that antient and moft honorable way, but alfo unduly for his 
 own particular gain he hath enforced fome that were rich ( though un- 
 willing ) to purchafe Honor : As the Lord R, Baron of 7". who by practice 
 of the faid Duke and his Agents was drawn up to London, in or about 
 o^ober in the Two and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King 
 ^ames of famous memory, and there fo threatened and dealt withall, 
 that by reafon thereof he yielded to give, and accordingly did pay the 
 fum of Ten thoufand pounds to the faid Duke and to his ufe : For which 
 faid fum, the faid Duke in the moneth of ^anmrj, in the Two and 
 twentieth year of the faid late King, procured the Title of Baron R. 
 of T. to the faid Lord R. In which pradice, as the faid Lord R. was 
 much wronged in his particular, fo the Example thereof tendeth to 
 the prejudice of the Gentry, and diflionor of the Nobility of this 
 Kingdom. 
 
 X. Whereas no Places of Judicature in the Courts of Juftice of 
 our Soveraign Lord the King , nor other like Preferments given by the 
 Kings of this Realm , ought to be procured by any Subjecfl whatfo- 
 ever for any Reward, Bribe, or Gift ^ He the faid Duke in or about 
 the m.oneth of December in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of the 
 late King ^ames of famous memory, did procure of the faid King the 
 Office of High Treasurer of England to the Lord Vicount M. now 
 Earl of M, Which Office at his procurement was given and granted 
 accordingly to the Lord Vicount M. And as a Reward for the faid 
 procurement of the fame Grant, he the faid Duke did then receive to 
 his own ufe of and from the faid Lord Vicount M. the fum of 20000 /. 
 'of lawful money oi England. And alfo in or about the moneth of ^;t»«4;-)f 
 
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 in the fixteenth year of the Reign of the faid late King , did procure of 2 
 the faid late King of famous memory the Office of Mafter of the Wards ' 
 axd Liveries to and for Sir L. C. afterward Earl of M. which Office was 
 upon the fame procurement gi\ien and granted to the faid Sir i^.C, And 
 as a reward for the fame procurement, he the faid Duke had to his own 
 ufe, or to the ufe of fome other perfon by him appointed, of the faid Sir 
 LjC. the fiftn of Six thoufand pounds of lawful money of England, con-' 
 trary to the Dignity of our Soveraign Lord the King, and againft the 
 duty that lliould have been performed by the faid Duke unto him. 
 
 Thefe, as alfo the Eleventh Article, were enlarged and aggravated by 
 lAx.Pym, in this manner. 
 
 My Lords, 
 
 ** A Lthough I know that I (hall fpeak to my own difadvantage, yet 
 " <A. I fliall labor to fpeak with as little difadvantage to the matter as 
 " I can, I have no learning or ornament whereby I might (liew my feff, 
 "andlfli:.iil think it enough plainly to Qiew the matter^ For all that I 
 " aim at is, that I nray lofc nothing of the Caufe. And therefore, my 
 *^ Lords, I fliall apply my felf with as much convenient brevity, as one 
 " that knows that your Lordlhips time is much more precious then my 
 * words : Your LordHiips being fuch Judges, as will meafure things by 
 *^ true and natural proportions, and not by the proportion of the adion 
 **or expreffion. 
 
 *' The firft entrance into my fervice muft be reading the Articles, 
 
 "My Lords, This Charge for matter of Fad is fo notorious and 
 "apparent, that it needs no proof that thefe Honors have been pro- 
 " cured : And therefore I will only infift upon the Confequence, Firft 
 " I will ihew , That by this hSt the Duke hath committed a great 
 " Offence : And fecondly, That this Offence hath produced a great 
 " Grievance to the Commonwealth. And I will conclude,in ftrengthen- 
 " ing the whole by fome Prefidents of former times, that Parliaments 
 "have proceeded in that courfe in. which your Lordlhips are like to 
 ** proceed. 
 
 '' Firft to prove it a fault or an offence, I muft prove that there was 
 "a duty; far every fault prefuppofeth a duty : And in this cafe the firft 
 " work is to Hiew, that the Duke vras bound to do otherwife ; For which 
 "I need to alleage nothing elfe, then that he is a fvvorne Servant and 
 " Counfellor to the King, and (bought to have preferred his Majefties 
 " honor and fervice before his own pride in feeking to Ennoble all that 
 " Blood that concerned him. And it is not enough to fay, that it is not 
 " queftionable 5 For there have been Great men queftioned in the like 
 "cafes. There be fome Laws made that are particular according to the 
 " temper and occafions of feveral States: There are other Laws that be 
 "coefltntial and collateral with Government-, and if tiiofe Laws be 
 " broken, all things run to diforder and confufion. Such is that Rule ob- j 
 " ferved in all States, of fuppreffmg Vice to encourage Vertue, by apt 
 "Punilhment and Rew^ards: And this the fitteft Law to infift upon in 
 " a Court of Parliament, when the Proceedings are not limited either 
 "by the Civil or Common Laws, but matters are adjudged according 
 " as they ftand in oppofitionor conformity with that which is fuprema lex, 
 "■ Sali/s populi. 
 
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 An. 1626., "2. By this late Law, whoever moves the King to beftow Honor, 
 
 which is the greateft reward, binds himfelf to make good a double 
 
 "proportion of Merit in that Party who is to receive it •, The firft 
 
 "of value and excellence ^ the fecond of continuance and durablenefs. 
 
 "And as this Honor fetsmen up above others, fo they (hould be emi- 
 
 " nent in vertue beyond others : As it is perpetual, not ending with their 
 
 " perfons, but defcending upon their pofterity •, fo there oiight to be 
 
 " in the firft root of this Honor fome fuch adtive merit in the fervice of 
 
 "the Commonwealth, as might tranfmit a vigorous Example to his 
 
 " SuccefTors, whereby tbey may be raifed to an Imitation of the like 
 
 " Venues. 
 
 He faid, he would forbear to urge this point further, out of a modeft 
 refped to thofe perfons whom it did collaterally concern, profefling his 
 Charge to be wholly againft the Duke of Buckingham. 
 
 " 3. From the confideration^OT Honor, together with the price of 
 " Money : The which being compared together , may be reduced to 
 " two heads, ( may it pleafe your Lordfhips : ) The one being earthly 
 "andbafe, may be bought with a pjpportionable price of white and red 
 " earth. Gold and Silver ^ The other which is fpiritual (which is fublime) 
 '' to which Money cannot be a proportionable price. Honor is tran- 
 "fcenuent, in regard it was held a facred and divine thing, infomuch 
 " that there was a Temple dedicated to her by the Romans : And fo 
 " I conclude by prefcriptioft, that Honor is a divine thing ; for the 
 " Scripture calls Kings Gods •, and then thofe that are about Kings muft 
 " needs bs refembled to thofe Powers and Principalities that attend next 
 " to the Throne : And if Honor be fuch a divine thing , it muft not then 
 " be bought with fo bafe a price as Money. 
 
 " 4. Laftly, Honor is a Publick thing , ^t is the reward of Publick 
 " Deferts. 
 
 " And thus your LprdOiips huve feen, that the fale of Honor is an 
 " offence unnatural againft the Law of Nature. Now what an offence 
 " this is, your Lordlhips may difcern, confidering the kinds of the of- 
 " fence, and the Adjunds, which I now fall upon. 
 
 " I. It extremely deflowers the Flowers of the Crown 5 for it makes 
 *' them cheap to all beholders. 
 
 " 2. It takes from the Crown the moft fair and frugal Reward of 
 " deferving Servants : For when Honor comes to be at fo mean a rate 
 " as to be fold, there is no Great man will look after it. 
 
 " 5. It is the way to make a man more ftudious for lucre and gain, 
 " then of fufficiencie in Vertue •, when they know that they lliall be prc- 
 "ferred to Titles of Honor according to the heavinefs of purfe, and not 
 " for the weightinefs of their merit. 
 
 " 4. It introduceth a ftrange confufion, mingling the meaner with the 
 " more pure and refined metal. 
 
 "5. Laftly, It is a prodigious fcandal to this Nation, ( as the Houfc 
 " of Commons think.) 
 
 " For Examples and Prefidents, I am confident there are none ; and 
 "your Lordlliips can look for none, becaufeit is not parallel'd to any 
 " Prefident. But certainly it is now a fit time to make a Prefident of 
 " this man, this great Duke, that hath been lately raifed to this tran- 
 "fcendent height in our Sphere^ who thinketh he cannot fbine enough, 
 
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 " unlefs he dim your Lordlliips Honors in making the fame coritempti- 
 " ble through the Tale of it, by the commonnefs of it. 
 
 "Yet^I am commanded further to obferve another ftep of f_ln- 
 " worthinefs in this Gentleman, who hath not only fet Honor to fale 
 " by his Agents, but compelled men likewife unwilling to take Titles 
 " of Honor apon them. For the particular, that Noble Gentleman that 
 " this concerns , I am commanded to fay of him from the Houfe of 
 " Commons, That they conceive of him that he was worthy of this 
 " Honor, if he had not come to it this way ^ They can lay no blame 
 " upon him, that was conftrained to make this bargain to redeem his 
 " trouble. But we muft diftinguifh of this, as Divines do betwixt the 
 *' Avlive and Paflive Ufurcrs •, they condemn the Adlive, fpeaking favo-. 
 " rably of the PaflTive. 
 
 " And I muft here obferve to your Lordiliips by the diredion of 
 " the Houfe of Commons, That it feeras ftrange to them, that this Great 
 " man, whom they have taken notice of to be the principal Patron and 
 " Supporter of a Semipelagian and a Popilh Fadion fet on foot to the 
 "danger of this Churck and State, whofe Tenets are Liberty of Fret- 
 ''^will, though fomewhat mollified; That a man irabracing thefe Tenets 
 '' lliould not admit of Liberty in Moral things : And that he fhould com- 
 " pel one to take Honor and Grace from a King whether he will or no, 
 *' what is that but to adde Inhumanity and Oppreflion to Injury and 
 "Incivility^ 
 
 " But here I muft anfwer a Prefident or two, which may be by mif- 
 " underftanding inforced againft me. 5 //. 5 . There was Martin and 
 *' Babington, and others, which were chofen to be Serjeants, and they 
 *'did decline from it out of their modefty , and doubted that their E- 
 " ftates were not anfwerablc to their Place : yet upon the Charge of 
 '* the Warden of EngUnd, they accepted it and appeared to their Writs. 
 "Likewife there is a Writ in the Eegifter , That many by reafon of 
 " the Tenure of their Lands may be compelled to be made Knights. 
 ** Bat this makes rather againft, then for this Fadion: For it is true, 
 '' that this is the wifdom and policie of the Common-Law, that thofe 
 " that be thought fit men for Imploymcnt, may be drawn forth to be 
 " imployed for the good of the Commonwealth, where otherwife they 
 "would not take it upon them : But that any man for his own gain 
 " fliould force a man to take Degrees of Honor upon him , certainly 
 " this is beyond all Prefidents, and a thing not to be exampled either in 
 " our Nation or any other. 
 
 " And further I am commanded to tell your Lordlliips, That it is 
 *' dangerous, that if a great Lord by his power or ftrength may compel 
 " a Subjed to take fuch Honors, why may he not compel them as'well 
 " to take his Lands at what price he will, and to fell them again as he 
 "thinks fit 5 yea, to marry his Children as it pleafeth him c" The con- 
 " fequence of tins is great, if that it be well confidercd •, And they con- 
 " ccive that it is of fo great a confequence, that if it be not ftopped, 
 " it may come in time to make way tor a dangerous Subverfion, and 
 " demonftrates a great Tyranny of a Subjed, under a moft wife, moft 
 « gracious, and moft moderate King. 
 
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 " And thus (my Lords) I have done with the firft Article allotted to 
 my Charge, and fo I proceed to the next. 
 
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 " My Lords, Before I enter into the enforcement of tliis Article, I 
 " (hall by way of Proteftation from the Houfe of Commons do in this 
 " as I did in the other Article. Aad firft for the Kings Majefty under 
 " whom we are now happily governed and placed, I muft by their di- 
 " re(5lion fay for his honor, and our comfort, and with humble acknow- 
 " ledgment confefs. That fince his coming to the Crown there have 
 " been men of as great parts and learning advanced into Places in Church 
 " and Commonwealth, as any hare been heretofore. And then for the 
 *= firft of thofe Lords whofc names are mentioned in this Article, I muft 
 " fay, that they do not intend to refled at all upon him 5 nay they think 
 " his perfon fo worthy, as to be advanced to as high a place without any 
 " price at all, and that he ought to have kept it longer, if thofe that 
 " fhuffled in thofe times, had not ftiuffled him out. 
 
 " Now to the matter of this Article, which is the Sale of Places 
 " of Judicature, being an offence : And to prove this, is all one as to 
 '' make the glafs clear by painting of it. The grounds whereon I ihall 
 "go, (hall be laid open Magna Charta caf. 29, The words are thefe-, 
 " A'tt/Ii vendtmusy nulli aegabimus ^uftitiam. It may be faid, this comes 
 " not clofe to my purpofe : Yet by your Lorddiips favor I Ihall make it 
 " good that it doth, and I fluU begin with the latter of the two firft, 
 " Nu/Ii negabimm : For if any that hath power or favor wath the King , 
 " (hould procure him to delay the making of Judges, when there were 
 " Judges to take it, it will not be denied that they do their beft endeavor 
 "to make the King break his word-. For if any ufe their favor about 
 "the King to procure Places ot Judicature for money, they do what in 
 " them lies to make Juftice it felf faleable ; For it is plain that he that 
 "buyes muft fell, and cannot be blamed if he do fell. 
 
 " I ftiall open the evil Coafequences that depend upon the fale of 
 " Places of Judicature, or any Places of great truft. 
 
 " I . By this means unable men fliall be fure of the precedence unto 
 " Places 5 For they being confcious of their own want of Merits, they 
 " muft be made up by tJie weight in Gold. 
 
 "2. It muft needs hence follow, that Suits, Contentions, Brawls 
 " and Qigrrels ftiall be increafed in the Commonwealth : For when men 
 come to feats of Judicature by purehafe , they muft by increafe of 
 ' Suits increafe their own profit. 
 
 " 3. Men wiJl not ftudy for fufficiencie of Learning to be able to 
 i^ifchaige their Places, but how they may fcrape togetlier Money to 
 purchafc Places. 
 
 " 4. It will follow, that thofe that have the bcft PurfeSjthough worft 
 Caiifes, will carry away the vidory always. 
 " 5. It will follow, that when they be preferred for money to thofe 
 " Places, they are tied to make the beft of thofe Places viU ^ modis : 
 '' ArkI then the Great man that fold thofe Places to them, muft uphold 
 " them in their Bribery ^ and he is tied to it, becaufe they are his Crea- 
 " tures •, nay further he is tied to fupport them in their Bribery,to advance 
 " their Places upon the next remove. 
 
 " 6. And laftly, wJien good men and well deferving come to any 
 " Place, they ftiall not continue there, but they fliall be quarrelled at, fo 
 ''that there may be a vacancie in that Place, and then fome other fliall 
 " fiiddenly ftep into the fiddle by giving a competent price. 
 
 " Upon thefe and the like reafons, this fid of felling and baying 
 
 "Places and Offices of Truft, hath not only been declaimed againft by 
 
 ''Chriftians, 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 (C
 
 Historical ColleBtons. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " Chiiftians, but alfo by Moral Pagans, Arijletle in his 5 lib. of Ethicks 
 '■ cap.^. gives it as a Caveat, That no man amongft the Thebam was 
 " to take upon him any Place of Government in the Commonwealth 
 " if that he were aMerchant,unlefs there were ten years diftance between. 
 "And the reafon is this- Ijecaufe Merchants are ufed to buying and 
 " felling , It is their Trade and Art to to get Money, fo that their fingers 
 " are accuftomed to that which they cannot leave when they come to 
 " Places of Truft and Judicature. Nay further^ in honor of the Mer- 
 " chantSj He is accounted the wifeft Merchant that gains moft • fo that 
 " if any fuch comes to Offices and Places of Truft, he thinks it beft to 
 " advance his profit. 
 
 " Next to the Pagans j the Popes, a Generation full of Corruption, 
 " yti they by their Bulls are full of Declamation againft fuch. And this 
 " is plain by a Bull of Pius ^uintm, who lays the Penalty of Confifca- 
 " tion of Goods of any that do for money acquire any Offices, and con- 
 " demns them by his Papal fentence to be great finners. So Gregory the 
 '' Thirteenth condemns the like. 
 
 " And now to come nearer home, to come to that which will prin- 
 " cipally lead your Lordfliips, which are the Judgments of your Ance- 
 "fforsin Parliament ; wherein it appears by the Statute of 5 H. 6, that 
 " the fame Statute condemns the Seller and Receiver ,as well as the Buyer 
 "and Giver. It further appears by the Preamble of that Statute, that 
 " fuch offences were againft the Law, and they forefavv the Corruptions 
 "of thofethat came into thofe Places by thofe means, and that it is a 
 "hinderanceoffufficient and worthy men from thofe Places. And alfo 2, 
 "(^ 3 £. 6. which was likewife cited in the Cafe of the Duke of Somerfet, 
 " by which he was to forfeit his Eftate, that one thing was for felling of 
 Places in the Commonwealth for money. And certainly, with your 
 Lordffiips favor,it is moft juft and probable,that they that profefs them- 
 *' felves to be Patriots, and fhew by their actions that they aim at their 
 " own Itrcre, and labor to hinder the diftributing of luftice, it is moft juft 
 "and proper that thofe men ftiould return back again to the Publick 
 " Treafury of the King and Kingdom, what they have by their unfatisfied 
 "lucre gotten. 
 
 " And fo, my Lords, craving Pardon of you for my boldnefs, confu- 
 " fion and diftraiftions in going through this bufinefs, I humbly leave my 
 " felf to the judgments of your favors and charities, and this Great man 
 " the Duke to your wife Cenfure and Jufticc. 
 
 cc 
 
 Then was read the Eleventh and Twelfth Articles. 
 
 XI. That he the faid Duke hath within thefe ten years laft paft 
 procured divers Titles of Honor to his Mother, Brothers, Kindred and 
 Allies •, as the Title of Cottrttef of Buckingham to his Mother, while fhe 
 was Sir Thomas Comftons wife -, the Title of Earl of A. to Ins younger 
 Brother Chriftopher FiUiers '^ the Titles of Baron of M. P. Vicount F, and 
 Earl of D. to his Sifters Husband Sir W^./". the Titles of Baron of S. and 
 Vicount P. to Sir ^ohn Vtlliers elder Brother unto the faid Duke -, and 
 divers more of the like kind to his Kindred and Allies: whereby the 
 Noble Barons of England, fo well deferving in themfelves and in their 
 Anceftors, have been much prejudiced, and the Crown difabled to re- 
 ward extraordinary Vertues in future times with Honor 5 while the fmall 
 Eftates of thofe for whom fuch unneceftary Advancement hath been 
 procured,' 
 
 H5 
 
 Carol*'
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Hifiorical ColleB'wns, 
 
 His imbczling 
 and engrof- 
 fingtlie Kings 
 money and 
 Lands. 
 
 procured, are apparently likely to' be more and more burthenfom unto 
 the King, notwichftanding fuch Annuities, Penfions, and Grants of Lands 
 annexed to the Crown, of great value, which the faid Duke hath pro- 
 cured for thofe his Kindred to fupport thefe their Dignities, 
 
 XII. He the faid Duke not contented with the great Advancement 
 formerly received from the late King of famous memory, by his pro- 
 curement and pradice in the Fourteenth year of the faid King , for the 
 fupport of the many Places, Honors and Dignities conferred on him, did 
 obtain a grant of divers Manors, Parcel of the Revenue of the Crown 
 and of the Duchy of Lancafler, to the yearly value of One thoufand fix 
 hundred ninety feven pounds two (hillings halfpenny farthing of the old 
 Rent, with all Woods, Timber, Trees, and Advowfon •, part whereof 
 amounting to the fum of Seven hundred forty feven pounds thirteen ihil- 
 lings four pence, was rated at Two and thirty thoufand pounds, but in 
 truth. of a faf greater value. And hkewife in the Sixteenth year of the 
 fame Kings re!gn,did procure divers other Manors annexed to the Crown 
 of the yearly value, at the old Rent, of Twelve hundred pounds or there- 
 abouts, according as in a Schedule hereunto annexed appeareth: In the 
 Warrant for paffing of which Lands, he by his great favoui procured 
 divers unufual Claufes to be inferred {viz.) that no Perquifites of Courts 
 fliould be valued, and that all Bailiffs Feesihould be reprifed in the parti- 
 culars upon which thofe Lands were rated 5 whereby a prefident hath 
 been introduced, which all thofe who fince that time have obtained any 
 Lands from the Crown, have purfued to the damage of his late Majefty, 
 and of our Soveraign Lord the King that now is, to an exceeding great 
 value. And afterwards he furrendred to his faid Majefty divers Manners 
 and Lands, parcel of thofe Lands formerly granted unto him, to the 
 value of Seven hundred twenty three pounds eighteen (liillings and 
 two pence half- penny fer annum -^ in confideration of which furrender, 
 he procured divers other Lands of the faid late King to be fold and con- 
 tradled for by his own Servants and Agents, and thereupon hath obtained 
 grants of the fame to pafs from Iiis late Majefty to feveral perfons of this 
 Kingdom, and hath caufed Tallies to be ftricken for the money, being 
 the confideration mentioned in thofe Grants in the Receipt of the Ex- 
 chequer, as if any fuch monies had really come to his Majefties Coffers; 
 whereas the Duke, (or fome other by his appointment) hath indeed re- 
 ceived the fame fums, and expended them upon his own occafions. And 
 notwithftanding the great and ineftimable gain by him made by the fale 
 of Offices, Honors, and by other Suits by him obtained from his Ma- 
 jefty, and for the countenancing of divers Projeds, and other Courfes 
 burthenfom to his Majefties Realms^ both of jEw^/^W and /rf/W-, The 
 faid Duke hath Hkewife by his procurement and pradife received into his 
 hands, and disburfed to his own ufc exceeding great fums, that were the 
 monies of the late King of famous memory, as appeareth alfo in the faid 
 Schedule hereunto annexed : And tlie better to colour his doings in that 
 behalf, hath obtained feveral Privy-Seals from his late Majefty, and his 
 Majefty that now is, warranting the payment of great fums to perfons by 
 him named, caufing it to be recited in fuch Privy-feals, as if thofe fums 
 were direded for fecret Services concerning the State, which were not- 
 withftandingdifpofedof to his ownufe-, and other Privy-feals by him 
 have been procured for the difcharge of thofe Perfons without accompt •, 
 and by the like fraud and praftice, under colour of free gifts from his 
 
 Majefty, 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hifiorical CoHeHions, 
 
 B 
 
 Majefty he hath gotten irito his hands great films, which were intend- 
 ded by his Majefty to be disburfed for the preparing, furnilhing and 
 viftdalling of his Royal Navy •, by which fecret and colourable devi- 
 ces, the coriftant and ordinary courfc of the Exchequer hath been 
 broken, there being no means by matter of Record to charge eitlier 
 the Treafurer or ViAuiUer of the Navy with thofe fums which ouf^ht 
 to have come to their hands, and to be accompted for to his Majefty-, 
 and fuch a confufion and mixture hath been made between the Kin^^s 
 Eftate and the Dukes, as cannot be cleared by the Legal Entries and 
 Records, which ought to be truely and faithfully made , and kept, 
 both for the fafety of his Majefties Treafure, and for the indemprtity 
 of his Officers and Subje^s whom it doth concern. And alfo in the 
 Sixteenth year of the faid King, and in the Twentieth year of the 
 faid Kmg, he did procure to himfelf feveral R eleafes from the faid King 
 of divers great fums of the Money of the faid King by him private- 
 ly received, and which he procured, that he might detain the fame 
 for the fiippoft of his Places, Honors and Dignities. And thefe 
 things, and divers other of the like kinde, as appeareth in the Sche- 
 dule annexed, hath he done, to the exceeding diminution of the Re- 
 
 venues of the Cioww, and in deceit both of our Soveraign Lord the 
 King • 
 
 that now is, and of the late King^^^^^j of famous memory, and 
 to the detriment of the whole Kingdom. 
 
 D 
 
 Before Mr Shertand entred to open and enlarge upon the Twelfth 
 icle, he difcourfed in general concernii 
 preceding Article, and fpake as foUoweth. 
 
 Article, he difcourfed in general concerning Honors, mentioned in the 
 
 My Lords, 
 
 " TT hath pleafed God (wfio hath thedifpofing even of all things in 
 "£ his hands) to caft this fervice now upon me, who did formerly my 
 " endeavorto decline it, conftdering the weightinefs of the bufincfs, 
 " the greatnefs of this prefence, and my manifold defeifls, beft known to 
 "myfelf : But another that fliould have with better contentment, I 
 " doubt not, performed this fervice, being fallen now fick , there is a 
 "necelllty impofedonme by theHoufe of Commons, wherein I (hall 
 
 to the warning I had-, yet I Ihall 
 
 be very plain, and ftiort, according 
 
 *'deal plainly and faithfully, according to the fenfe of that Hcufe by 
 " whofe command I now appear : And fince I am now thruft as a Buih 
 " into the Gap, I hope your Lordihips will not exped fuch a compofure 
 " and ftrengch of Speech which you have had from others of my 
 *^' Companions. The Subje(5l that falls to my lot to fpeak of before 
 " your LordHiips, are Honor^ and ^uflice , two great Tlowers of the 
 '' Crown : I confefs my felf exceeding unfit and unable to fpeak of 
 "thefe Points before fo great an Altembly of fuch Perfonsof fo great 
 ^' Honor, and fuch Superior Judges of this Kingdom-, hut I muft take 
 ''my Lot: It pleafethyour Lordlhips, as in Sphere, to take knowledge 
 " of the Grievances prefented by the Commons Houfe, which I defirc 
 "and hope your Lordlhips will not take prefumption. 
 
 " May it pleafe your Lordlliips, the parts of this Charge, as y5u 
 "difcetn Upon the reading of it, are two -, the one general, the other 
 " pu^i-ticular : The general is, perverting the ancient and noble courfe ot 
 
 Y y "attaining 
 
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 I 2 Careti
 
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 HMorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Mr iherland 
 enlarges the 
 Ninth Arti- 
 cl-. 
 
 cc 
 
 " attaining to the Titles of Honor. 2. The other, the compulfion or in- 
 " forcement of men unwilling to purchafe Honor. 
 
 " For the fir ft by way of Proteftation, I am commanded by the 
 " Houfe of Commons, to fay, that they repine not at their advance- 
 '< ment upon whom thofe Honors were conferred , but they think 
 " them worthy thereof •, yet they wifti for their fakes , and the fafety 
 " of this Nation, their vertues had foiely raifed them, and that they had 
 "not been forced and conftrained to contribute to this bottomlefs Golf 
 " to attain their Titles. 
 
 " They complain again of this unworthy way brought in by this 
 great man, they fall upon this in this manner, and found the Evils un- 
 "der which the Commonwealth fuffers, and the Caufes of them being 
 '' two principal Evils, which are the decay and flopping of the Trade, 
 " and the Determination of Honor. In examination of which fecond Evil, 
 " the Trade and Comerce of Honor, we have, as the Commons do 
 "conceive, confitentemreum'. For he endeavouring to colour the matter, 
 '' fayes for himfelf. That he was not the onely introducer and firft 
 '' bringer in of this •, but they finde that he was the firft that defiled 
 "this Virgin of Honor fo publickly, making an accompt, that all things 
 " and perfons fhould ftoop and fubjp*^ themfelves to his vain defires and 
 ''extravagancy. Now that this comerce of Honor is an Offence 5 then 
 " to prove what kinde of Offence it is, is the onely thing I (hall trouble 
 " your Lordftiips with. 
 
 1. " And firft that it is an Offence, I fhall draw my firft Ar- 
 " guraent from the Nature of Honor 5 Honor is a Beam of Vertue ^ 
 "now this Honor can be no more fixed upon an undeferving Per- 
 *' fon for Money, then Fire can be ftruck out of a Stick. 
 
 2 . " From the SujeB of Honor, which is Merit, for the which no price 
 " ought to be paid to any great man (by any undeferving) perfon for the 
 " fame, but their own merit and defert. 
 
 Then he paffed to the Grievances which are caufed by the felling of 
 Titles, and they are Three. 
 
 I. '* Firft it is prejudicial to the Noble Barons of this King- 
 
 "dom. 
 2. "To the King, by difablinghim to reward extraordinary ver- 
 
 (C 
 
 tues. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 3. "To the Kingdom which comprehends both King, Lords, 
 " and people. 
 
 " For the firft. He faid, he would not trouble their Lordfliips with 
 " recital, how Ancient, how Famous the Degree of Barons hath been in 
 '' thefe Weftern Monarchies 5 He faid, the Baronage of England hath 
 '' longer upheld that Dignity, and doth yet retain a greater height 
 " then in any other Nation •, they are great Judges, a Court of the laft 
 " refort, they are great Counfellors of State, and not onely for the 
 '' prefent, but as Law-makers, Counfellors for the time to come ; and 
 "this not by Delegacy and Commiffion, but by Birth and Inheritance : 
 " So that when any man (hall be made a Member of this great Bo- 
 " dy, who is not qualified for the performance of fuch noble Fundi- 
 " ons, it muft needs be a prejudice to the whole body, and diftionor . 
 "to the head. As if a little water be put into a great veffel of' 
 " Wine,
 
 Historical CoileBions, 
 
 A 
 
 '' Wine, as it receives fpirit and ftrength from the Wine, fo it doth 
 "impart feme degrees^^f it* own infirmity and coldnefs to the 
 " Wine. ' 
 
 '' Secondly, It is prejudicial to the King t, not that it can difable him 
 " from giving Honor (for that is a power infeparable) but by making 
 " Honor ordinary, it becomes as an incompetent Reward for extraordina- 
 ''vertue; when men are made noble, they are taken out of the Prefs of 
 " the common fort, and how can it chufe but fall in eftimation, if Honor 
 "itfelfbemade a Prefs c" 
 
 '' Thirdly, It is prejudicial to the Kingdom-, the Stories and Records 
 "are full of the great afllftance which the Crown hath received from 
 '' the Barons, both in Forein and Domeftick Adtions, not onely by their 
 " own perfons, but by their Retinue and Tenants, and therefore they 
 "are called by Bra^on, Rohur Belli-, how can we now exped the like 
 " from fuch as have no Tenants, and are hardly able to maintain them.- 
 '' felves < 
 
 "But this is not all; for the prejudice grows not primitively by de- 
 " fedl of that afliftance which they might give the State, but pofitive- 
 ' ly they have been a great burthen to theKmgdom by Gifts andPenfi- 
 ons already received, an J yet ftand in need of more for the future fup- 
 " port of their Dignities. This makes the Dukes offence the greater, 
 " that in this weaknefs and confumption of the Commonwealth, he hath 
 ''not been contented alone to confume the qublick Treafure , (which 
 " is the blood and nouriQiment of the State) but hath brought in others 
 " to help him in this work of deftruftion. And that they might do it 
 " more eagerly, by inlarging their Honors, he hath likewife inlarged 
 ''their NecefTities, and their Appetites. He didfecond his Charge with 
 "two Prefidents ; the firft, 28 Henry 6. in the Complaint againft 
 " the Duke of Suffolk, in the One and thirtieth Article of that Coni- 
 " plaint, this was one of his Charges, That he William de la Pool Duke 
 '' of Suffolk, had procured one who had married his Niece to be made 
 
 2 Carol*' 
 
 cc 
 
 '' Earl of Kendal^ and obtained for him One thouCmd pounds fcr annum 
 " in the Dutchy of Cuitnne -, and yet this Party was the Son of a Noble 
 " and well deferviog Father. So you fee this is no new thing for the 
 " Houfe of Commons to complain, that thofe that are neer the King 
 " (Bould raife their Kindred to an unnecefl'ary Honor -, and if that were 
 " worthy of punifliment for advancing of one, then what punifliment is he 
 " worthy of that hath advanced fo many 1 
 
 " The fecond Prefident is i-jEdrv./Sf. There pafTed an Ad of Parli- 
 "ment, forthe Degrading of ^ohnNevil, Moivqms Montague, and Duke 
 *' of Bedford •, the reafon exprefled in the Ad: is, becaufe he had not a 
 " Revenue fufficient for the maintaining of that Dignity-, to which is ad- 
 ''ded another reafon of that nature, that when men of mean birth are 
 ''called to a high Eflate, and have not livelihood tofupportit, itin- 
 '' duceth great poverty, and caufeth briberies and extortions, imbraceries 
 " and maintenance. 
 
 '' And now my Lords, how far thefe Reafons fliall lead your Judgc- 
 '• mentsin this Cafe, I muft leave it to your Lordlhips. 
 
 Then he read the Twelfth Article, being the fecond part of his 
 Charge -, the Title whereof was. The Exhaufling, Intercepting and Mif- 
 imploying the Kings Revenues. 
 
 Yy 2 
 
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 My 
 
 He enlargcth 
 the Twelfth 
 
 Artidc.
 
 3+8 1 
 
 An. i6i6. 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 '' My Lords, This Article confifts of feveral Claufes, which in 
 "feme refpedts may be called fo man^ dil^jpKa Charges-, for though 
 " they all tend to one end and fcope, the diminilliing the Kings Trea- 
 "fure, yet it is by divers vvayes, fo that every Ciaufe is a particular 
 " Branch. Therefore he defired to break it into parts, and to feled the 
 " moft material, either in point of offence or grievance, intenc^ing to pafs 
 "through them with this order-, firft, to declare^ the ftateot the proof, 
 " and then to add fuch reafons and inforccments as he did conceive moll 
 " conduceable to that Judgement which the Commons were toexped j 
 "from their Lorfhips. 
 
 He made two main Branches of this Article. The firft concerns 
 Lands obtained from the Crown-, thefecond concerns Money in Pen- 
 fions,Gifts, Farms, and other kinde of profit. 
 
 Touching the Lands he obferved four Things. 
 
 I. " The fum of Three thoufand thirty five pounds />fr amum of old 
 "Rent, befides the Foreft of Lay field, of which we have no value, and 
 " we can finde no Schedule granted by the lace King to my Lord of 
 " Buckingkham within ten years paft, as appeareth by the feveral Grants 
 '* vouched in the Schedule annexed-, and it was in it felf a great grievance, 
 *' That in a time of fuch neceffity, when the Kings Revenues are not able 
 " to fupport fuch a great charge, that fo much Land Ihould be conveyed 
 ''to a private man : This he acknowledged was not tfie Dukes cafe 
 " alone, for others had received divers Grants from the King, but none 
 " in fo great meafure. 
 
 '' And becaufe the Commons aim not at Judgement onely, but at 
 ''Reformation, he wifhed. That when the King fhould beftow any 
 " Land for fupport of Honors,that the cautkin which was wont to be care- 
 •' fully obferved might again return into ufe-, that is, to annex thofe 
 "Lands to the Dignity, left being obtained and wafted, the Party repair 
 *' to the King for a new fupport ^ by which provifion the Crown will reap 
 " this Benefit , That as fome Lands go out by new Grants, others will 
 " come in by fpentlntails, 
 
 " He faid he would not trouble their Lordfhips with repetition 
 '' of the Laws heretofore made for preventing the alienation of the 
 " Kings Lands, and for refuming thofe that had been alienated, nor of 
 *■ the Ordinances made in this high Court for the fame purpofe, and 
 " Fmes fet upon thofe that prefumed to break fuch Ordinances ^ he 
 "onely added as a further enforcement of the Grievance, That when 
 " the Kings Revenues be unable to defray publick neceflfities, the Com- 
 mons muft needs be more burthened with Supplies. 
 
 cc 
 
 2. "Hisfecond Point was, the unufual Claufes which the Duke by 
 "his greatnefs hath procured to be inferred into the Warrants for 
 "paffing of thofe Lands, of which two were mentioned -, the firft. That 
 "thecafual profits (hould not be rated in the particulars ; the fecond, 
 "That all Bailiffs Feesfliould bereprifed : Both whxh are to be proved 
 "by the Warrants remaining with the Auditor of the Rates, and other 
 " Auditors -, whereupon he prefented thefeConfiderations. 
 
 " Firft, That it was a mark of Ingratitude and Infatiablenefs in the 
 '' Duke, thus to ftrain the Kings Bounty beyond his intention 5 and char 
 
 in.
 
 HiHorical CoUeBions. 
 
 B 
 
 3# 
 
 <c 
 
 he would not receive this Bounty by the ordinary way, but by the wav 
 " of Pradice. ^ 
 
 "Secondly, It argued Unfaithfulnefs in him, that being a fworne 
 " Counfeilor, he fhould put the King into fuch Courfe?: of fo much pre- 
 " judice, deceitfully, in concealing the value of that which he bought r 
 " fo that the King gave he knew'not what ^ For under the proportio'n of 
 " Two thoufand pounds, he gives it may be Four thoufand pounds. And 
 " by this the King did not only fuftain great lofs for the prefenr, but it 
 "opened a way of continual lofs, which hath ever fince been purfued 
 '' by all thofe who have pafled Lands from the Crown. 
 
 " Thirdly, The King is hereby not left Mafter of his own Libera- 
 *' lity, neither in proportion , nor certainty • for it might fo fall out 
 "that the Quantity palfed from him, might be treble to that he in- 
 " tended. 
 
 " 5. The third was. The Surrender of divers Parcels ef thefe Lands back 
 '* to the King , after he had held them jome years, and taking others from the 
 " King in exchange. Where he noted, 
 
 " That the beft of the Lands and moft vendible being paffed away, 
 " the worft lay upon the Kings hand 5 that if he fhall have occafion to 
 " raife money by fale of Lands, that Courfc is not like to furnifh him, 
 " Befides, that in the mean time betwixt the Grants and the Surrenders' 
 " opportunity was left to the Duke to cut down Woods, to infranchife 
 " Copiholds, to make long Leafes •, and yet the old Rent remaining (till 
 " the Land may be furendred at the fame value. Whether this" have 
 " been praiflifed, he could not affirm, not having had time to examine it 5 
 "yet hedefired the Lords to enquire after it, the rather for that the 
 " Manor of G. in Lincelnj\ure being difmembred, and Seventeen pounds 
 '* of the old Rents fold out of it, was by a Surrender turned back upon' 
 "hisMajefty. 
 
 2 Caroli^ 
 
 cc 
 
 4. " The fourth point of this Branch was. The colourable Tallies 
 divers parcels of thefe Lands had from the Crown m lieu of this fur- 
 " render, being fold and contrafted for by his own Agent, and the money 
 "received by himfelf or to hisufe, and yet Tallies were ftricken out, as 
 " if it had really come to the Exchequer for his Maj: ft .s lervice. This 
 " is to be proved by his own Officers, by the Officeis of the Exchequer, 
 " and by the Tallies themfelves, which Tallies amount unto 20563/' 
 ^' i6s.Sd. Whence he obferved, 
 
 " Firfl, That there ran a trade of Falfhood toward the King through- 
 "oQt all this his dealing. 
 
 " Secondly, That this was a Device thought upon to prevent the 
 " wifdom of Parliament •, for by this means the Grant feems to have the 
 " face of valuable purchafes, whereas they were indeed fice gifts. 
 
 '' Thirdly, If the Title of thofe Lands ihould prove queftionable, 
 *' it appearing by Record as if the King had received the money, he 
 "was bound in honor to make reflicutioo, and yet the Duke had the 
 " profit. 
 
 "But it may be faid. This was the Purchafors de-(ire for their own 
 "fecunty. Of which objedlion he made this uie, That the SubjeAs 
 " generally took notice of fo much Lands given to the Duke, that there 
 " is good caufe to exped a Reliimption. 
 
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 " In the fecond general branch of this Article concerning Money, 
 " the firft point obferved was, the Total lum received by him in Ten 
 "years fpace, amounting to 162995/. befides the Grant he hath of 
 " the Overplus above Three thoufand pounds fcr ammn to be made of 
 " the Third impofed upon Strangers goods, and befides the Moyetie of 
 " Seven thoufand pounds out of the Cuftoms of Ireland, which he is 
 " bound to pay to the King ^ but whether it hath been paid, or no, is 
 " doubtful. 
 
 " This he delivered as a Sum Eftimative, yet fo computed as it may 
 " be more, but not lefs. And this Tqtal arifeth by free gifts, by Penfions 
 "to himfeif^ elfe by profit of Farms, by Penfions to others ^ For 
 ''Offices, whereof he received the profit, 2s the Admiralty, and Mafter- 
 " (hif of the Hor[e. All which appear by a Schedule annexed to this 
 « Charge. 
 
 " The Grievances confift in this ; That the Commonwealth hath 
 " been bereaved of the ufe and imployment of fo Publick Treafure, in a 
 " time of as great want, and great occafions in this State, as it hath had 
 " irt many Ages, when the expences of the Kings Court can hardly be 
 " fupplied, when his Houfes and Caftles are unturnifhed, when the Seas 
 " have been unguarded, the Coafts fub)e<a tu lIic iuLurfion and fpoil of 
 " Enemies by default of provifion in the Navy, to the diflionor of the 
 " Nation, and damage of the Subjedfs, and the hazard of the whole. And 
 "the offence in this, that the wants in the Navy and tlie Stores being 
 " within his own Charge, he was no more fenfible of them •, whereby it 
 " appears, he preferred the ferving of his own turn before his duty, and 
 " before the fafety of this State. 
 
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 " The fecond point obferved in this branch, was, That the Duke 
 under pretence of fecret fervices, hath procured great fums of money 
 to be ilfued by Privy-feals to fundry perfons named by himfelf, but 
 afterward imployed to his own ufe. Hereof two inftances are propound- 
 ed : The one of Eight thoufand pounds paid to Sir Robert Pye, 1 2 Ak^. 
 1620. and by him disburfed for the Dukes purchafe of Bitrlagh, and 
 Sh Robert Pye difcharged by another Privy-feal, 4 ^twti following. 
 The fecond inftance is of Sixty thoufand pounds paid to Btirlimach by 
 a Privy-feal, in September 1635. Which time he rather noted, becaufe 
 the Parliament at oxford wis broken up a little before out of difcontent 
 that the King was not fupplied for the fetting out of the Fleet, which 
 would have been done with a lefs fum. For the proof of that, the Houfe 
 of Commons will offer to your Lordfliips WitnefTes. 
 
 "The quality of this offence he left to their Lordlhips judgment-, 
 yet propounding fome things by way of enquiry, from whence it might 
 receive mcalure and proportion, i .Whether it had not affinity with the 
 Crime in the Civil Law, called Crimen feculatm •, which was, when a 
 man did unjuftly turn to his own ufe that money which was either pfr4, 
 dedicated to Gods fervice religioufly ; or religiofa, ufed about Funerals 
 and Monuments of the dead ^ or piblica, of which kind the matter now 
 in queff ion is < And this offence by that Law was Death, and Con- 
 fifcation of goods and eftate. Which he notes the rather, that their 
 Lordlhips might perceive, that in the wifeft State the Pablick Treafure 
 was held in the fame reputation with that which was dedicated to God 
 and Religion. 2. And whether it doth not refemble another Crime in 
 the fame Law termed Crimen falfi, and is defined to be when a man fhall 
 
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 " imitatione vcri [mm cef/ifendium alieno dif^endio per dolum facere, by 
 
 " femblance of truth make gain to himself of other mens lodes : Which 
 
 " in the cafe of a Bondman was Death, and in cafe of another man Banilli- 
 
 "ment andConfifcation, or othervvife very penal, as the Judges (liould 
 
 " find caufe of moderation, or rigor, in the nature and circumftances of 
 
 " the Faft. 5. Whether their Lordlliips will eftimate it according to any 
 
 " Sentences in the Star-chamber, which have been very frequent in cafes 
 
 " of Fraud : Or according to the Common- Law, which fo much detefts 
 
 " this kind of dealing, as that they term it Covin, and make it vitiate ordi- 
 
 " nary and lawful actions. Or laftly, whether they will meafure it by that 
 
 " Judgment which the Duke hathpafs'd againft himfelf in the guilt of 
 
 " his own Confcience •: ( Dired Aiftions are not afraid to appear open- 
 
 " faced ^ but Injuftice and Fraud defire to be masked with Subtilty and 
 
 " Clofenefs.) It were offence enough,if there were no more but a cunning 
 
 '" concealing of unthankfulnefs to hide his Majefties bounty :, or guilt of 
 
 " unworthinefs, as if he durft not avow the receit of that which he had not 
 
 " merited :; both which proceed from Malum culpx : Or^eiCe that other 
 
 " kind of guilt which proceeds from Malum pcenx, the fear of punilliment, 
 
 " forefeeing this Inquifition into his anions, and hoping under this dif- 
 
 " guife of Pubhck fervire to efcape their Lordftiips cenfare. 
 
 " The third point in this branch is,That he hath received fundry fums 
 of money intended for the maintenance of the Navy : whereof there 
 are two inftances-, the one whereof is 20000/. the other of 30000/. 
 both \n^anuar) 1624. By Privy -feal, by the which thefe lums are 
 ifliied, they appear to be Free gifts : But by the affirmation of Ibme in 
 anfwer for the Duke, it hath been faid. He was only the hand to convey 
 them-to the Treafury of the Navy. If the truth be according to the 
 Privy-feal,they are to be added to the former.Total as parcel of his own 
 gain : If according to that allegation, it may prove a prefident of great-: 
 ei- damage to the King , then the money is worth 5 for by this way his 
 Majefty hath no means by matter of Record to charge the Treafurer of 
 the Navy with thefe fums, and may lofe the benefit of the A(5l of Par- 
 liament 1 3 Eliz,. whereby Accomptants Lands are made liable to the 
 paiment of their Debts to the King , and in many cafes may be fold for 
 his Majefties fatisfa(5tion. The Treafurer of the Navy is a worthy man ; 
 but if he fhould die, the King lofeth the benefit. 
 
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 " The fourth point of this branch is, That he hath caufed fo great a 
 mixture and confufion between the Kings Eftate and his own, that they 
 cannot be diftinguiilied by the Records and Entries which ought to be 
 kept for the fafety of his Majefties Treafure, and inderapnity of the 
 Subjed. This is proved in divers inftances, whereof the laftalleaged 
 is one, and others follow. 
 
 " By the wifdom of the Law in the conftitution of the F.Kcheiiuer, 
 there be three Guards fet upon the Kings Treafure and Accompts. 
 The firft is a legal Impignoration, whereby the Eftates perfonal and 
 real of the Accomptants are made liable to be fold for the difcharge of 
 their Debts, winch I mentioned before. The fecond, an apt Control- 
 mentover every Office 5 by which the King relies not upon the in- 
 duftry and honefty of any one man-, but if he fail in either, it may be 
 difcovered by fome other fworne to take notice of it, and either to 
 corred his Errors, or amend his Faults. The third is, a durable Evi- 
 
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 " dence and Certainty, not for the prefent time only, but for perpetuity •, 
 " becaufe the King can neither recaive, or pay, but by Record. 
 
 " All thefe Guards have bten broken by the Duke, both in the Cafes 
 " next before recited, and in thefe which follow. The Cuftom of the 
 " Exchequer is the Law of the Kingdom, for fo much as concerneth the 
 "Kings Revenue. Every breach of a Law by a particular offence. Is pu- 
 " nilliable -, but fuch an offence as this, being deftrudtive of the Law it 
 " felf, is of a far higher nature. 
 
 " The fifth point of this fecorld brandi, is concerning two Privy-feals 
 '^ of Releafe 5 the one 16, the other 20 ^ac. whereby this Duke is dif- 
 '*• charged of divers fums fecretly received to his Majefties ufe, but by 
 " vertue of thefe Releafes to be converted to the fupport of his own 
 " Eftate : The proof hereof is referred to the Privy-feals themfelves, 
 ^' From which he made one obfervation, of the fubtiky he ufed to winde 
 " himfelf into the pofTeiTion of the Kings money, and to get that by 
 " cunning fleps and degrees , which peradventure he could not have 
 " obtained at once. A good Mafler will truft a Servant with a greater 
 " fum that is out of his purfe, then he would beftow upon him being in 
 " his purfe •, and yet after it is out of his hands, may be drawn more 
 " eafily to make a Rekafc, then at firft to have made a Free gift. This 
 " is a proper inftance to be added to the proof of the point of mingling 
 "his own Eftate with the Kings 5 and of the fame kind be other parti- 
 " culars mentioned in the Schedule, though not expreiTed in the Charge 5 
 '* as Twenty thoufand pounds received in Compofition for the Earl of 
 " M. his Fine, which cannot be difcovered whether part of all be con- 
 " verted to the Dukes benefit, and yet it appears by a Privy-feal to be 
 " cleerly intended to the Kings own fervice for the Houftiold and War- 
 "drobe, till by the Dukes praftice it was diverted iuto this dofe and 
 " by-way. 
 
 *• Another inftance in this , is , His endeavor to get the money 
 *"• which fhould be made of Prize-goods into 
 
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 this purpofe, he firft labored to procure that his man Gabriel Marjh 
 "might receive it ^ and when it was thought fit fome Partner ftiould be 
 
 "joined with him, trial was made of divers, but none of any credit would 
 " undertake the Charge with fuch a Confort. And the Commons have 
 " reafon to think there was good caufe of this refufal - for he is fo ill 
 *' an Accomptant, that he confefted in their Houfe ( being examined ) 
 " that by authority from the Duke he received divers bags of gold and 
 " filver out oHhe S.Peter oiNervhaven, which he never told. 
 
 " When this pradice of imploying his own man would take no 
 " effeft, then he procured a CommifTion from Sir William Rti(fell, who 
 " is indeed without exception an able and worthy Officer •, but that is 
 " not enough for the Kings fecurity ^ For howfoever he was to receive 
 "the money, it was to bedisburfed by and to the Dukes warrant and 
 "profit. Which Claufe hath been altered fince this was queftioned in 
 "Parliament-, and now it is to be ifliaed from an immediate Warrant 
 " from his Majefty •• But as it was before, it may be noted as an incroach- 
 " ment upon the Office of my Lord Treafurer, whereby he might make 
 " a more eafie way to fome finifter eftd of his own • fo that upon the mat- 
 " ter, Sir William was but a fafeguard of the money for the Duke himfelf. 
 " And this I muft note of fome guilt in the very aift of it. 
 
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 " The laft point upon this whole Charge, was a reduilion of the value 
 '^of the Land, together with the monyinto one tocall, and to that 
 '* purpofe, he rated the Land, being valued at a reafonable value, at forty 
 " years purchafe, for although fome of it was fold for thirty, yet a great 
 " part was worth more then a hundred years purchafe, fo as forty years 
 " is conceived to be an eafy Medium 5 at this rate 3035 /, amounteth to 
 "121 4oo/.which being added to the total of the mony received 1 6299 5 /. 
 " both together make the fum of 284395 1-, befides the Forreft of Lej- 
 '■'^feild^ and be/ides the profit made out of the thirds of Strangers 
 " goods, and the Moyctic of the profit made out of the Cuftomes of 
 " Irtlmd. 
 
 " This is a great fum in it felf, but much greater by many Circum- 
 « fiances; if we look upon the time paft, never fo much came into any 
 '' private mans hands out of the publique purfe ^ if we refpedl the time 
 " prefenr, the King never had fo much want, never fo many forreign oc- 
 B " cafions, important and expenfive ; the Subjeds never have given great- 
 "erfupplies, and yet thofe fupplies unable to furnifh thefeexpences. 
 " But as the Cireumftances make the fum greater, fo there be other Cir- 
 ''cumftances which make it lefs, if it be compared with the ineftimable 
 "gainhehachmadeby thefaleof Honors and Offices, and by projedls 
 " hurtful! to the State, both of England and Ireland ; or if it be compa- 
 " red to his profufion, it will appear but a little fum. All thefe gifts, and 
 " other ways of profit notwithftanding , he confefl before both Houfes 
 " of Parliament, that he was indebted looooo/. If this be true, how 
 " can we hope to fatisfie his prodigality •: if falfe, how can we hope to 
 " fatisfie his Covetoufnefs "t and therefore their Lordlhips need not won- 
 " der if the Commons defite, and thatearneftly, to be delivered from fuch 
 " a Grievance. 
 
 "That this complaint and proceedings of theirs may appear to be 
 " fuitable to the proceedings of their Predeceffors in like Cafes •, he al- 
 " leaged three Prefidents, which he faid were Prefidents in kinde, but , 
 " not in proportion, becaufe there hath never been the like. 
 
 The firft 10 Rich. 2. in the Complaint againfl: Michael de la Pool, Earl 
 " of Suff'olk ; out of which he took Three Articles, the firft, That being 
 "Chancellor and fworn to the Kings profit, he had purchafed divers 
 " Lands from, the King, more then he had deferved, and at an under rate j 
 " yet this was thought to be an offence againft the State. 
 
 " The fecond. That he had bought of one Tjdmart an Annuity of 
 " Five hundred pound ^rr annum -^ which Grant was void by the Laws, 
 "yet he being Chancellor, procured the King to make it good by a new 
 " Grant upon Surrender of the old. This was complained of in Parlia- 
 " ment,and there punifhed. 
 
 " The third, Whei:eas the Mafter of St. Anthonies being a Schifma- 
 " tick, had forfeited his Poffeffions into the Kings hand 9 this Earl took 
 " them in Farm at Twenty Marks a year, converting the overplus which 
 "was One thoufand Marks to his own profit, which fliould have come to 
 " the King, 
 
 "The next Prefidcnt 11 Rich. z. in the Judgment againfl iJc^fr/ij/c 
 " Fere of oxford, and others •, oat of which, he took two Articles, the 
 "Fifth and the Seventh: The Fifth was for taking Mannors and Lands 
 " annexed to the Crown, whereby they themfelves wereinriched, and the 
 " King made poor •, the Seventh was for intercepting the Subfidies grant- 
 
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 " The third Prefident is that of 2^Hen.6, in the Parliament Roll, 
 " out of the Complaint againft William de U Pool , Dnke of Suffolk, 
 " Article 29. That he being next and primeft of Council to the King, 
 " he had procured him to grant great Poffeffions to divers perfons , 
 " whereby the Kmg was much impoverifhed, the expence of his Houfe 
 " unpaid, Wages, Wardrobe, Caftles, Navy, Debts unfatisfied 9 and 
 " fo by his fubtile Council, and unprofitable Labor, the Revenues of 
 " the Crown and the Dutchy of Lancafter, and other the Kings Inheri- 
 " tances fo much diminiflied, and the Commons of the Kingdom fo ex- 
 " treamly charged, that it was near to a final deftiuaiori. 
 
 " The fourth was. That the Kings Treafure was mifchievoufly diftri- 
 "buted to himfelf, his friends, and well-willers ; fo that for lack of 
 " Money, no Army, nor Ordnance could be provided in time • and be- 
 " caufe thefe great perfons were not brought to judgment upon thefe 
 " Articles alone, but for other mifdemeanors, he made this obfervation, 
 " That ravening upon the Kings Eftate is always accounted with other 
 " great faults that deferve judgment. 
 
 Then he Ifaid he had done with that which had been left to him 5 and 
 fo he left the Duke to their Lorddiips Juftice, That as he had exceeded 
 others in this Offence, fo he might not come behinde them in punifhment. 
 And fo he humbly defired their Lordfliips to be pleafed to pardon his De- 
 livery, and to give a favorable cenfure of him. 
 
 Laftly, The Thirteenth Article was read. 
 
 XIII. Whereas efpecial care and order hath been taken by the Laws 
 of the Realm, to reftrain and prevent the unskilful Adrainiftration of 
 Phyfick, whereby the health and life of men may be much endangered. 
 And whereas moft efpecially, the Royal Perfons of the Kings of the 
 Realm, in whom, we their Loyal Subjeds,' humbly challenge a great in- 
 tereft, are and always have been efteemed by us io facred, that nothing 
 ought to be prepared for them, or adminiftred unto them in the way of 
 Phyfick orDyet in the times of their ficknefs, without the confent and 
 diredion of fome of their fworn Phyfitians, Apothecaries, or Surgeons. 
 And the boldnefs of fuch (how near foever to them in place and favor) 
 who have forgotten their Duties fo far, as to prefume to offer any thing 
 unto them beyond their experience, hath been always ranked in the num- 
 ber of high Offences and Mifdemeanors. And whereas the fworn Phy- 
 fitians of our late Soveraign Lord King ^ames of BlefTed piemory, at- 
 tending on his Majefty in the moneth of March, in the Tw^ and twentieth 
 year of his moft glorious Raign, in the times of his ^cknefs, being an 
 Ague, did in due an;! riecefiary care of, and for the recovery of his health 
 and prefervation of his Perfon, upon and after feveral mature Confulta- 
 tions in that behalf had and holdeii, at feveral times in the fame moneth, 
 refolve and give djredions, That nothing Itould be applied or given unto 
 hisHighnefs, by way of Phyfick orDycJt, during his faid ficknefs, but 
 by and upon their general advice and confents, and after good delibera- 
 tion thereof firft had, more efpecially by their Uke care, and upon like 
 confukations •, did juftly refolve and publickly give warning to and for 
 all the Gentlemen , and other Servants and Officers of his faid late 
 Majefties Bed-chamber, That no Meat nor Drink whatfoever fliould be 
 given unto him, within two or three hours next before the ufual time of 
 
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 and for the coming of his Fit in the faid Ague, nor during the continu- 
 ance thereof, nor afterwards, until his cold Fie were p.ift. The laid 
 Duke of Buckingham being a fworn Servant of his raidlateMajefty,of 
 and in his Majtfties faid Bed-chamber, contrary to his duty and the tender 
 refpeft which he ought to have had of his Majefties mod Sacred Perfon •, 
 and after the Confultations, Refolutions, Diredions , and Warning 
 aforefaid , did neverthelefs without any fufficient warrant in tliat be- 
 half, unduly caufe and procure certain Plaifters, and a certain Drink or 
 Potion to be provided for the ufe of his faid Majefly, without the di- 
 redion or privity of his faid late Majefties Phylitians, not prepared by 
 any of his Majefties fworn Apothecaries or Chirurgeons, but compounded 
 of feveral ingredients to them unknown, Notwithftanding the fame 
 Plaifters, or fome Plaifter like thereunto, having been formerly admini- 
 ftred unto his faid Majefty , did produce fuch ill efteds, as that fome 
 of the faid fworn Phyfitians did altogether difallow thereof, and utterly 
 refiifed to meddle any further with his (aid Majefty, until thefe Plaifters 
 were removed, as being hurtful and prejudicial to the health of his Ma- 
 jefty 5 yet neverthelefs the fame Plaifters, as alfo a Drink or Potion, was 
 provided by him the laid Duke -, which he the faid Duke, by colour of 
 fome infuflicient and flight pretences, did upon Monday the One and 
 twentieth day of March, in the Two and twentieth year aforefaid, when 
 his Majefty by the judgment of his faid Phyfitians, was in the decli- 
 nation of nis Difeafc, caufe and procure the faid Plaifters to be applied 
 to the Breft and Wrifts of his faid late Majefty. And then alfo at and 
 in his Majefties Fit of the faid Ague , the faid Munday, and at feveral 
 times within two hours before the coming of the fame Fit, and before 
 his Majefties then cold Fit was pafled, did deliver, and caufe to be de- 
 livered, feveral quantities of the faid Drink or Potion to his faid late 
 Majefty •, who thereupon at the fame times , within the feafons in that 
 behalf prohibited by his Majefties Phyfitians as aforefaid, did by the 
 means and procurement of the faid Duke, drink and take divers quanti- 
 ties of the faid Drink or Potion. 
 
 After which faid Plaifters, and Drink or Potion, applied and given 
 unto, and taken and received by his faid Majefty as aforefaid , great 
 diftcmpers and divers ill fymptoms appeared upon his faid Majefty, in- 
 fomuch. That the faid Phyfitians finding his Majefty the next morn- 
 ing much worfe in the eftate of his health , and holding a Confulta- 
 tion thereabout , did by joynt confent fend to the faid Duke, praying 
 him not to adventure to minifter to his Majefty any more Phyfick , 
 without their allowance and approbation. And his faid Majefty himfelf 
 finding himfelf much difeafed andaffedfed with pain and ficknefs, after 
 his then fit, when by the courfe of his Difeafe he expeded intermiifion 
 andeafe, did attribute the caufe of fuch his trouble unto the faid Plaifter 
 and Drink, which the faid Duke had fo given, and caufed to bead- 
 miniftred unto him. Which faid adventrous adt by a perfon obliged in 
 duty and thankfulnefs, done to the Perfon of fo great a King, after fo 
 illfuccefsof the like formerly adminiftred, contrary to fuch Dire<5tions 
 as aforefaid, and accompanied with lb unhappy event, to the great grief 
 and difcomfort of all his Majefties Subjeds in general, is an Offence and 
 Mifdemeanor of fo high a nature, asmay juftly be called, and is by the 
 faid Commons deemed to be an adl of traufcendenc prefumptton, and of 
 dangerous confequence. 
 
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 Mr. WAndesford deputed to enlarge and aggravate upon the Thuv 
 teenth Article , commended the charity and providence of that Law, 
 which makes it penal for unskilful Empyricks, and all others, to exer- 
 cife and praiftice Phyfick upon common perfons, without a lawful 
 Calling and Approbation , branding them that thus tranfgrefs , as 
 Imfrobos , Ambitiofos, Temerarios , & Atidaccs homines : But he that 
 without skill and calling Hiall dired a Medicine , which upon the 
 fame per fon had wrought bad effedls, enough to have diffwaded afecond 
 adventure-, and then when Phyfitians wereprefenr, Phyfitiansfekcfled 
 for Learning and Art, prepared by their Office and Oaths, without their 
 confent, nay, even contrary to their Diredlion, andina timeunfeafon- 
 able, He rauft needs (faid he) be guilty, albeit towards a common per- 
 fon of a precipitate and unadvifed raflmefs, much more towards his own 
 Soveraign. And fo pious areourfelves to put theSubjeds inmindeof 
 their duty towards their Princes, Perfons fo Sacred , that in the attempt 
 of a Madman upon the King, his want of Reafon, which tOkvards any of 
 his fellow Subjedls might have quit him of Felony, fhall not excufe him 
 of Treafon. And how wary and advifed our Anceftors have been not to 
 apply things in this kinde to the Perfon of a King, may appear by a Pre- 
 fident, ^iHen.6. where ^^ohn Arundel, and others, the Kings Phyfitians 
 and Chirurgeons, thought it not fafe for them to adminifter any thing to 
 the Kings Perfon, without the aflcnt of the Privy Council firfl obtained, 
 and exprefs Licence under the Great Seal of England^ 
 
 This Medicine found his Majefty in the declination of his difeafe, 
 (and we all wi(h it had left him fo) but his better days were fliortly turned 
 into worfe ; and inftead of health and recovery, we hear by good tefti- 
 mony (that which troubles the poor and loyal Commons of England) of 
 great diftempers, as Droughts, Raving, Fainting, an intermitting Pulfe, 
 ftrange effe^s to follow upon the applying of a Treacle Plaifter. But the 
 truth is, Teftimony tells us. That this Plaifter had a ftrange fmell, and 
 an inveftive quality ftriking the malignity of the difeafe inward ; which 
 Nature otherwife might have expelled outward. Adde to this the Drink 
 twice given to his Majefty, by the Duke his own hands, and a third time 
 xefufed, and the following Complaint of that blefted Prince, the Phyfi- 
 tians telling him, topleafe him for the time, That his fecond impair- 
 ment was from cold taken, or fome other ordinary caufe : j^o, no, faid 
 his Majefty, it is that which I had from Buckingham, And though there 
 benoPrefident (faid he) of an ad offered to the Perfoa of a King, fo in- 
 
 folent as this, yet is it true that divers perfons, as great as this, have 
 been queftioned and condemned for lefs offences againft the Perfon of 
 their Soveraign. It was an Article amongft others laid againft the Duke 
 of Somerfet, for carrying Edward the Sixth away in the night time out of 
 his own head but from Hampten Court to Windfor-, and yet he was 
 trufted with the Protedion of hiS perfon : Prefidents failing us in this 
 point, the Common Law will fupply us . The Law judgeth a deed 
 done in the execution of an unlawful a6t, M?fl-flaughter, which otherwife 
 would but have been Chance-medley-, and that this ad: was unlawful, 
 the Houfe of Commons do believe, as belonging to the Duty and Vo- 
 cation of a fworn and experimented Phyfitian, and not the unskilfulnefs 
 of a yong Lord. And fo pretious are the lives of men in the Eye of the 
 Law, that though Mr, Stanford faith, If a Phyfitian take one into his 
 Cure, and he die under his hands-, it is not Felony, becaufe he did it 
 
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 not Felonioufly. Yet it is Mx.Bracfons opinion. That if one that is no 
 Phyfitian or Chirurgeon undertake a Cure, and the party die under his 
 hands, this is Felony. And the Law goeth further, making Phyfitians 
 and Chirurgcons themfelves accomptable for the Death of their Patients 
 it it appear they have tranfgrefled the Rules of their own Art •, that is 
 by undertaking a thing wherein they have no experience, or having yet 
 failed in the care and diligence. 
 
 Laftly, He faid he was commandedby the Houfe of Commons to 
 defire their Lorddiips, That feeing theDake hathmadehimfelf a Pre- 
 fident in committing that which former Ages knew not, their Lordihips 
 will out of their Wifdom and Juftice make him an example for the time 
 to come. 
 
 The feveral Articles being thus enlarged and aggravated by the faid 
 .refpedlive Members, Sir ^ehn Elliot was appointed to make the Epilogue 
 to the Impeachment, who fpake thus. 
 
 My Lords, 
 
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 Your Lordrtiips Iiave heard in the Labors of thefe two days fpent 
 in this Service, a Reprefentation from the Knights, Citizens, 
 and BurgelTes of the Commons Houfe of Parliament, of their 
 Apprehenfion of the prefent Evils, and dangers of this Kingdom 5 of 
 " the Caufes of the Cirae 5 and of the Application of them to the Duke 
 " of Btickwgham, fo clearly and fully, as I prefume your Lorddiips exped 
 " I flio-uld rather conclude, then adde any thing to his charge. 
 
 " Your Lorddiips have heard how his Ambition was expreflfed in 
 " procuring, and getting into his hands, the greateft Offices of ftrength 
 " and power of this Kingdom •, by what means he had attained them j 
 " and how Money ftood for Merit. 
 
 " There needs no Argument to prove this but the common fenfe of 
 " the Miferies and Misfortunes which we fuffer, adding but one. The 
 " Regality of our Narrow Seas, the Antient Inheritance of our Princes, 
 "loft or impeached. 
 
 " This I need not further to prefs, but from hence my Obfervation 
 "muftdefcend to his other Virtues, and that by way of Perfpecftive : I 
 " diall give it fo near and ihort, as rather to exercife your Lordihips Me- 
 " mory, then to opprefs your patience. 
 
 " Firft, I propofe unto your Lorddiips, the inward Characfler of the 
 " Dukes minde, which is full of CoUufion and Deceipt, I can exprcfs it 
 " no better then by the Beaft called by the Antients Stellionatus •, a Beaft 
 " foblar'd, fo fpotted, fo full of foul lines, that they knew not what to 
 " m.ake of it : So do we finde in this mans pradlice , who firft inveagled 
 " the Merchants, drawing them to Deep to be inthralleJ ^ then dealt de- 
 '' ceittuUy with the King, to colour his Offences, his defign being againft 
 ^^ Rochely and the Religion: Next with the Parliament, to difgaiie his 
 " Adions, apradice no lefs dangerous and difadvantageous to us, then 
 " prejudicial to our Friends and Allies. 
 
 " Next I prefent to your Lorddiips, the Dukes high opprefllon, and 
 " that of ftrange latitude and extent, not to Men alone, but to Laws and 
 '•'Statutes, to Ads of Council, to Pleas and Decrees of Court, to the 
 " pleafure of his Majefty •, all muft ftoop to him, if they oppofe or ftand 
 
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 2 Carol:. 
 
 S'Kjok.Ettm* 
 -Speech con- 
 cluding rhe 
 Dukes Im- 
 peadimenc.
 
 358 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 in his way. This hath been exprefled unto you in the Ship called the 
 St. Peter, and thofe of Dee^, nay, he draws on the colour of his Ma- 
 jcfties great Name to fhadow his defign. 
 
 " It had been his duty, nay, the truft of his place , not to have 
 tranflated them into the hands of ftrangers 5 that had his Majefty 
 yeilded in that point, the Duke (hould have oppofed it by his con- 
 tinual Prayers and InterccfTions, making known unto his Majefty the 
 Inconveniencies likely to enfue, and not to reft there, but to have re- 
 ported it to your Lord(hips litting in Council, to have defired and 
 prayed your aid and afliftance, in a matter of fo great importance: 
 And if this had failed , he fliould have entered into a Proteftation 
 againft it. This hath been done by worthy Predeceffbrs in that Office, 
 and this had been the worthy difcharge of the great truft repofed in 
 
 his place. 
 
 " I heard the Ships were returned , but I know it not 5 but if I 
 knew fo , this neither excufeth , nor qualifieth the Dukes offence. 
 The French in this cafe are ta be commended , not he excufed ; 
 he left them in the hands of a Foreign Power , who when they 
 once had them , for any thing he knew , might eafily have kept 
 them. 
 
 " The third head is , The Dukes extortion in exuding from the 
 £4i?-/"«/!/M Company , without right orcolour. Ten thoufand pounds, 
 exquifitely exprefled, and Mathematically obferved by the Gentle- 
 man (you know by whom employed) who by his Marine experience, 
 learned this Obfervation, That if the Fleet gained notthewindby 
 fuchtime at the Cape, the Voyage was loft. 
 
 Here one of the Lords interpofing privately. It was the King that 
 employed him •, Sir ^ehn Elliot in the Name of the Commons makes 
 this Proteliatm, 
 
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 " Far be it from them to lay any odiftm or Afperfion on his Majefties 
 " Name, they hold his Honor fpotlels, nor theleaftihadow of blemiih 
 " can fix upon him in this bufinefs, 
 
 " Next to foul Extortion, is Bribery and Corruption in the Sale of 
 '' Honor and Offices of Command. That which was wont to be the 
 "crown of Vertue and Merit, isnowbecomeamerchandifefor thegreat- 
 " nefs of this man, and Juftice it felf made a prey unto him. All which 
 " particulars your Lordfhips have heard opened and enforced with Rea- 
 ■*' fons and Proofs, what in themfelves they are, and therefore I fpare fur- 
 " ther to prefs them, 
 
 " In the fifth place, I obferve a wonder in Policy and in Nature, 
 " how this man fo notorious in evil, fo dangerous to the State in his im- 
 " menfe greatnefs, is abletofubfift of himfelf, and keep a Beings To 
 " this I anfwer, That the Duke hath ufed the help of art to prop him 
 "up: It was apparent. That by his skill he hathraifed a party in the 
 "■'Court, a party in the Country, and a main party in the cheif places of 
 "Government in the Kingdom: So that all the moft deferving Offices 
 " that require Abilities to difcharge them, are fixed upon the Duke^ his 
 " Allies, and Kinred. And thus he hath drawn to him and his, the 
 " Power of Juftice, the Power of Honor, and the Power of Command, 
 " and in effedt the whole Power of the Kingdom, both for Peace and War, 
 "toftrengthen his Allies; and infetting up himfelf, hath fet upon the 
 "King-
 
 Hijlorkal CoUcBions. 
 
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 D 
 
 C( 
 
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 Kingdoms Revenues, the Fountain of Supply, and the Nerves of the 
 " Land. 
 
 " He intercepts, confumes, and exhaufts the Revenues of the Crown 
 " not onely to fatisfie his own luftful defircs, but the Luxury of others - 
 "and by emptying the Veins the Blood (liould run in, hehathcaftthe 
 "Body of the Kingdom into a high Confumption. 
 
 '• Infinite fums of Money, and mafsof Land, exceeding the value 
 " of Money, Contributions in Parliament have been heaped upon him 
 "and how have they been employed :" Upon coftly Furniture, fumptu- 
 " ous Feafting, and magnificent Building, the vifible evidences of the 
 "exprefs exhaufting of the State •, and yet his Ambition, which is 
 "boundlefs, refteth not here, but like a violent flame burfteth forth, 
 "and gettech further fcope: Not fatisfied with injuries, and injuftice 
 "and diflionoring of Religion, his attempts go higher, to the pre- 
 " judice of his Soveraign , which is plain in his praiflice. The efteds 
 "I fear to fpeak, and fear to think, I end thispaflage sis Cicero did in 
 a like cafe, Negraviorihus utar verbis quarn rei naturafcrt, ant levioribm 
 qnam can fa necefitas fofittUt, 
 
 " Your Lordlfiips have an Idea of the Man, what he is inhimfelf , 
 " what in his affedions. You have feen his power, and fome I fear have 
 "felt it-, you have known his pradice, and have heard the effetfls. It 
 "refh then to be coniidered, what (being fuch) he is in reference to the 
 "King and State c" how compatible or incompatible with either^ In re- 
 "ference totheKing, he may beftiled the Canker in his Tr.^afure 5 in 
 " reference to the State, the Moth of all goodnefs. What future hopes 
 " are to be expeded, your Lordlliips may draw out of his Adions and 
 " AfFedions. I will now fee by comparifon with others, to what we 
 " may finde him likened. I can hardly finde him a match or parallel 
 " in all Prefidents % none fo like him as Sejanfti, who is thus defcribed by 
 ^' Tacitm, Audax, ftti obtegens, in alios crimimtor, juxta adulator & ftt- 
 " per bus. 
 
 " To fay nothing of his Veneries, if you pleafe to compare them, 
 " you fhall eafily difcern wherein they vary -, fuch boldncfs of the one 
 '' hath lately been prefented before you, as very feldom or never hath 
 "been feen. For his fecret Intentions and Calumniations, I willi this 
 " Parliament had not felt them, nor the other before. For his Pride 
 " and Flattery, it Is noted of 5fj4w/« that he did Clientes [uos Provinciis 
 " adomare. Doth not this Man the like 1 Ask ErtgUnd, Scotland, and 
 "Ireland, and they will tell you. 5<?/4«/^ pride was foexceflive, as la- 
 " citM faith, he negleded all Councel, mixed his bufinefl'es and fcrvice 
 " with the Prince, feeming to confound their Adions, and was often 
 '■'■ Mtd Imperatoris laborum [ocitM. How lately, and how often hath this 
 "Man commixed his Adions in Difcourfes with Anions of the 
 " Kings •: 
 
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 My Lords, I have done, you fee the Man -, onely this which was 
 coi\ceived by the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, fliould be boldly 
 by me fpoken , That by him came all thefe evils , in him we finde the 
 Caufe, and on him we exped the Remedies, and to this we met 
 your Lordfhips in Conference •, to which, as your Wifdom invites 
 us , fo we cannot doubt , but in your Lordfliips Wifdom , Great- 
 nefs, and Power, we fliall in due time finde Judgment as he de- 
 ferves. , 
 
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 2 CaroU,
 
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 An. 1626. 
 
 Hijior'tcal CoUeBions, 
 
 sir John Elliot 
 and Sir VudUy 
 Diggs corn- 
 ID it rcol to the 
 Tower. 
 
 Private Sug- 
 geflions to the 
 King, in be- 
 half cf the 
 Duke. 
 
 cc ■ 
 
 I conclude by prefenting to your Lordfhips, the particular Cenfure 
 of the BiHiop of £/y, reported in the 11 Rich. i. and to give you a 
 fhortvievvof his faults. He was firft of all noted to be Luxurious s 
 fecondly, He married his own Kinred to Perfonages of highcft rank 
 and places -, thirdly, No mans bufmefs was done without his help •, 
 fourthly, He would not fuffer the Kings Council to advife in Matters 
 of State •, fifthly, He grew to fuch a height of Pride, that no man was 
 thought worthy to fpeak unto him •, and laftly. His Caftles and Forts 
 of Truft, he did ohfcuris dr ignotif hdminihm tradere 5 his doom was this, 
 Fer tot am inltiUm fublice frocUmatttr, periat qui ferderc cunSia fefiitjat, 
 cpprimatur ne omnes opprimat. 
 
 Sir Dudley Biggs having made the Prologue, and Sir ^ohn Elliot the 
 Epilogue , in the Impeachment of the Duke, they were both by the 
 Kings Command committed to the Torver. 
 
 Upon the Impeachment of the Duke, a Paper was privately convey- 
 ed to the King, importing, 
 
 THat this great offofition againfl the Duke , WiU (lined up and main- 
 tained by fuch as feck the deflruciion of this free Monarchy. Becaitfe they 
 fnde it not yet ripe to attempt againfl the King himfelf, they endeavor it 
 through the (ides of the Duke, The perfons agreeing in this otre mi(cheif, 
 are of divers (oris and humors. Fir (I, Medling and bufie perfons, who love 
 popular Speeches : Secondly, Covetous Landlords^ Inclofers, Depopulators, 
 CJrc. who being of the Parliament, ea(e thetnfelves in Subftdies, and lay it on 
 the true Commons, and cry out the grievances are caufedby the Duke. Tlxirdlj, 
 Recajants who hate the Duke for the breach of the Spanijh Match. Fourthly y 
 Perfons indebted, who by priviledge of Parliament avoid payment. Fifthly, 
 Puritans and Sectaries, though two of them fear cely agree in what they rvould 
 have : Haters of Government, and would have the Kings power extinguijhed 
 in matters Ecclefiaflical, and limited in Civil. Sixtlyj Male-contents, who 
 look upon the Duke with an evil eye, becaufe themfelves are net preferred. 
 Seventhly, Lawyers, who are very pt in Parliaments tofecond any Complaint 
 againfl both Church and King, and all his Servants, with their Cujloms, An- 
 tit\uities. Records, Statutes, Prefidents, and Stories. Eighthly, Merchants and 
 Citizens, who deceive the King of CuBom. Ninethly, Innovators, PlebicoU. 
 Thatfince the time of Henry the Sixth, thefe Parliamentary di\cour(ings 
 might never he (uffered, as being but certain fymptomes of Subfequent RebeBi- 
 ens. Civil Wars, and the dethroning of our King, and no «ne Patriot daring to 
 eppofe them, leajl he incur the reputation of a Fool or Coward in ^i^ Countreys 
 Cai(fe. 
 
 His Majefly therefore Jlrengthned himfelf ever witbfome Favorite, as 
 whom he might better trufi, then many of the Nobility, tainted with this deftre 
 of oligarchy. 
 
 It hehoveth without doubt his Maje(ly to uphold the Duke again(l them, 
 who if he be but decourted, it will be the Corner Stone, on which the demolifhing 
 of his Monarchy will be builded : For if they prevail with this, they have hatch- 
 ed a thoufand other demands to pull the Feathers of Royalty. 
 
 They will appoint him Counsellors, Servants, Alliances, Limits of Ex- 
 fences, and accompt of his Revenue -^ cheifly if they<;an, they will now dade 
 him in the beginning of his raign. 
 
 La(lly, King ]2mes and King Churls are the Dukes Accufers, inaSthe 
 A[perfions that are laid upon him. King James for the Money dejlinedfor the 
 
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 HiBorical CoUeBions. 
 
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 Wars in his time, (pent in Treaties, ^c. And his Majefly can teftife for 2 Careli. 
 the things done in his tints. And all thefe, though allions of the Kik'^ , I 
 are imputed to the Duke: who if he [tiffer for obeying his Sovcraign, the 
 next attempt rviil be to call the King to accompt for any thing he undertakes, 
 which doth not fro(j>erou(ly [ucceed, as all men would defire it. 
 
 If it pleafe his Majefly to remove and fet a fide all thefe difadvantages, 
 he fhall fnd the Charge againft the Duke very empty and ef [mall moment 
 And if his Majefly and the Dukes Grace think it no impeachment to their 
 Honors, all that the Parliament hath objected againfl the Duke^ except trvo 
 or three things that may receive an Anfwer, is pardoned at the Kings Coro- 
 nation, rvhich benefit every poor Subject enjoyeth. 
 
 May II. The King came to the Parliament, and fpake to the Houfe 
 of Peers as foUoweth, 
 
 My Lords, 
 
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 THe caufe, and onely caufe of my coming to you this day, is to 
 exprefs tlie fenfe I have of all your Honors 5 for he that touchech 
 any of you, touchech me in a very great meafure. I have thought 
 fit to take order for the punifhing fome infolent fpeeches lately fpoken, 
 I have been too remifs heretofore in punifhing fuch fpeeches as concern 
 " my felf •, Not that 1 was greedy of their monies, but that Buckingham 
 " through his importunity would not fuffer me to take notice of them, 
 " left he might be thought to have fet me on, and that he might come 
 " the forwarder to his Trial. And to approve his innocencie as touching 
 " the matters againft him, I my felf can be a VVitnefs to clear him in 
 " every one of them, 
 
 " I fpeak not this to take any thing out of your hands •, but to 
 " fhew the reafon why I have not hitherto puniilied thofe infolent fpeech- 
 " es againft my felf. And now I hope you will be as tender of ray Honor, 
 " when time Ihall ferve, as I have been fenfible of yours. 
 
 And fo his Majefty was pleafed to depart. 
 
 The fame day this following Meftage was brought from the Com- 
 mons to the Lords, by Sir Nathanael Rich. 
 
 T\?t €ommon0 tafeing into feriou^ confiDeration tlje manp mif^ 
 cWcfe anD IncontJcntencfiS tuljiclj t(3ij3 rcnotoneO Itling&om DotO 
 note fuffer, tlj?ratening apparent Danger to tlje lining anD Common^ 
 toeaftt), t)at)el)p fcartti anD DifqiiiQtton into tljeCaufe^ thereof, founD 
 t&attljepDo p?innpaUp Soto from tDe ejco^bitant potoer anD atiuQUe 
 carriage of x\)z SDube of Buckingham, toljereof \)t W) tlJi0 Parlia^ 
 nunt ban inipeatfjcD liefo;e t(jetr Io?li0;tp0 bp x\)t Commons, \it' 
 ODcisanattufation of a^crr in tteir oton^JouCe, totJo OaiO cjjargeD 
 tjim (a0tDepareinfo?nieD) cf ^igl^Creafon: Wat^ tlJerefo^e tuitl; 
 one botcc mabe an entire 2)ecfaration, Ctat tbep UolD it a ttJing of 
 Dangerous donfequence botD fo? tlje p^eCent anD future tinier, tOat 
 a man of fo great eminence, potocr anD autDojitp, bemg impeacDeD 
 anD fictuleD of fuel? titglj artime^anD OGFence^, OjoulD pet enjop W 
 Aaa iliDertp 
 
 Kings Speech 
 concerning 
 the Duke. 
 
 The Commons 
 Mtdige by 
 Sir Nath.Ricb 
 to feeure the 
 Duke.
 
 ii,6i 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 Art. 1626. 
 
 LtUcvtp, ijolD fo ficcat a pact of t\)c arengtlj of tlje tungDom in \)i& 
 ljant)0 , Ot 80 a ^etr in parliament , anD be arquaintcD tptti; tOc 
 Counfeljs tOetcoC , IwOercUp tncbitallc tnifctiicf map fuDDenlp fall 
 upon t\)t fetngt)om» CBtJerefo?e tlJep tjabe tijoiigljt tt tOcir Dutp to xc' 
 commenD t^i^tljcii: unanimous Df=tite to tt)ciclo?Da)ip0, asag^ecaWe 
 tolatj) anDrcafon, COat tbcptwoulD be plcafcDfon[?toittJ to commit 
 t\)t peifon of tUe faiD ^m to fafc CuCoDp, 
 
 Whereupon the Duke made this Speech in the Lords Houfe, 
 
 My Lords, 
 
 The Dukes 
 Speech again(\ 
 the Commons. 
 
 The Commons 
 difcontcntcd 
 at the impri- 
 fonmenr of 
 their Mem- 1 
 bcrs. 
 
 
 Sir VuJIp 
 Carktons 
 Speech. 
 
 "TF I fhould hold my peace, it woald argue guilt •, If I Hiould fpeak, i 
 t'Xwould argue boldnefs, being fo foully accufed. Your Lordihips fe 
 
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 „ , _, J - d (hips fee 
 
 what Complaints are made againft me by the Houfe of Commons. 
 "How well I flood in their opinions not long fince, your Lorciihips 
 " know it : What I have done fince to lofe their good opinions, I pro- 
 *' tefl I know not. I cannot fo diftruft my own Innocencie, and my heart 
 "which abhors guilt, as to decline any Courfe, or Court of Juftice: 
 " And had not they brought my Caufe to your Lordfhips, it fliould have 
 " been my own work •, And they have done me a favor to deliver me 
 " out of their hands into your Lorddiips. 
 
 " I will not fpeak any thing to caft dirt at thofe, who have taken 
 " pains to make me fo foul •, but to proteft my innocencie in that meafure, 
 " which I (hall ever hope to prove, it being before fuch juft Judges r 
 '' I defire my Trial may be haftened, that I may no longer fuffer then I 
 " muft needs. And now that my Accufer hath not been content only to 
 " make my Procefs, but to prefcribe to your Lordfhips the manner of 
 " your Judgment, and to jadge me before I am heard, I fliall not give 
 " way to any of their unjuft Demands, &c. 
 
 The Commons upon the Imprifonment of their Members, and the 
 offence taken by the King at the words fpoken by thofe two Gentlemen 
 in impeaching the Duke, refolved to proceed in no other bufinefs till 
 they were righted in their Liberties, and ordered that the Houfe be turned 
 into a Grand Committee prefently to fit and confidcr of the beft way and 
 means to effeft the fame, and that no Member be fuffered to go forth. 
 At which time Sir Dudley Carlton obfcrving that unufual, and as he term- 
 ed itjfuUcn filence of the Houfe, made this Speech. 
 
 " T Find by a great filence in this Houfe, that it Is a fit time to be heard, 
 " -lif you pleafe to give me the patience. I may very fitly compare the 
 " heavinefs of this Houfe unto fome of my misfortunes by Sea in my 
 " Travels : For as we were bound unto MarfeiUis, by everfight of the 
 " Mariners we miftook our Courfe, and by ill fortune met with a Sand ; 
 " That was no fooner overpafl , but we fell on another ^ and having 
 " efcaped this likewife, we met with a third, and in that we fluck ftft. 
 "All of the Paffengers being much difmaied by this difafter, as now 
 " we are here in this Houfe for the lofs of thofe two Members : At 
 " laft an old experienced Mariner upon confultation affirmed , That 
 " the fpeediefl way to come out from the Sands, was to know how we 
 " came there ; So well looking and beholding the Compafs, he found 
 
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 by going in upon luch a point we were brought into that ftreight •, 
 " wherefore we muft take a new point to reitifie and bring us out of 
 " danger. 
 
 "This Houfe of Parliament miy be compared to the Ship; the 
 "Sands, to our MefTages-, and the Commitment, to the Sands that 
 " the Ship did ftick faft in •, and laftly the Compafs, to the Table where 
 " the Book of Orders doth lie. Then I befeech you, let us look into the 
 " Book where the Orders are, whether the Gentlemen did go no further 
 " then the Order did warrant them. If they did not, it is fit that we 
 " (hould defend them whom we imployed in our behefts : But if they 
 "have exceeded their CommifTun, and delivered that which they had 
 " not warrant for, it is juft that we let them fu'fer for this prefumption ; 
 " and this our Courfe will bring us from thefe Rocks. 
 
 " I befeech you Gentlemen, move not his Majefty with trenchinc^ 
 " upon his Prerogatives, left you bring him out of love with Parliaments. 
 " You have heard his Majefties often MefTages to yoa, to put you for- 
 "ward in a Courfe that will be moft convenient : In thofe Melfages 
 " he told you, That it there were not Correfpondencie between him 
 " and you, he fliould be inforced to ufe new Counfcls. Now I pray you 
 " confider what thefe new Counfels are, and may be : I fear to declare 
 " thofe that I conceive. In all Chriftian Kingdoms you know that Par- 
 *' liaments were in ufe anciently, by which their Kingdoms were governed 
 " jn a moft flourilhing manner •, until the Monarchs began to know their 
 " own ftrength, and feeing the turbulent fpirit of their Parliaments, at 
 "length they by little and little began to ftand upon their Prerogatives, 
 " and at laft overthrew the Parliaments throughout Chriftendom, except 
 " here only with uSi 
 
 "And indeed you would count it a great mifery, if you knew the 
 " SubjeiS in Foreign Countries as well as my felf •, to fee them look not 
 '• like our Nation, with ftore of flefh on their backs, but like fo many 
 " Ghofts, and not men, being nothing but skin and bones, with fome 
 " thin cover to their nakednefs, and wearing only woodden (lioos on 
 " their feet -, fo that they cannot eat meat, or wear good clothes, but 
 " they muft pay and be taxed unto the King for it. This is a mifery be- 
 " vond expreffion, and that which yet we are free from : Let us be carc- 
 " ful then to preferve the Kings good opinion of Parliaments, which 
 " bringeth this happinefs to this Nation, and makes us envied of all 
 " others, while there is this fweetnefs between his Majefty and hisCom- 
 " mons •, left we lofe repute of a Free-born Nation, by our turbulencie 
 " in Parliament. For in my opinion, the greateft and wifeft part of a 
 " Parliament are thofe that ufe the greateft (Hence, fo as it be not opi- 
 " niotory, or fuUen, as now we are by the lofs of thefe our Members that 
 "are committed. 
 
 " This good Correfpondencie being kept between the King and 
 ''his people, will fo join their love and favor to his Majefty with liking 
 ■" of Parliaments, that his Prerogative ftiall be preferved entire to him- 
 " felf without our trenching upon it -, and alfo the Priviledge of the Sub- 
 *'je6l (which is our happinefs ) inviolated, and both be maintained to 
 " the fupport of each other. And I told you, if you v/ould hear me pati- 
 " ently, I v:ould tell you what exception his Majefty doth take at thofe 
 " Gentlemen that are committed. You know tiiat Eight Members were 
 " chofen to deliver the Charge againft the Duke, but there were only 
 " Six imployed for that purpofe 5 infomuch that tliere was no Exception. 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
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 Tlic Cfimmons 
 Procdhtion 
 toucliing 
 words inipu- 
 rcd ro 'ir 
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 Sir D. D'ggs 
 rcleafeil out 
 of piiroOipro- 
 tcfts he never 
 fpake the 
 words char- 
 ged on him. 
 
 " As for Sir Dudle-^ Dig^s his part, that was the Prologue, and in 
 " that his Majefty doth conceive that he vvent too far beyond his Com- 
 " minion, in prefTing the death of his ever bleflcd Father in thefe words, 
 " That he was commanded by theHoufe, concerning the Plaifter applied 
 " to the King, That he did forbear to [peak further in regard of the Kings 
 " Honor, or words to that effed -, this his Majefty conceiveth to be to his 
 " diQionor, as if there had been any underhand dealing by his Majefty, in 
 " applying of the Plaifter, and this may make his Subjefts jealous of his 
 " doings : In this Point his Majefty is affured, that the Houfe did not 
 '' warrant him. Now for that which is excepted againft Sir ^ohn Elliot y 
 " his over bitternefs in the Aggravation upon the whole Charge, and 
 " fpecially upon fomc of the heads of it : For if you pleafe to remember, 
 " when I moved for putting of the St Feter of Newhaven out of the 
 " Charge againft the Duke oi Sitckingham, and fliewed myreafoRsfor 
 " that purpofe, you know how tender Sir ^ohn Elliot was of it, as if he 
 " had been a child of his own, and fo careful! in the handling thereof 
 " by a Stranger, that he would not fuffer it to be touched, though with 
 " never fo tender a hand, for fear it might prove a Changeling: which 
 " did manifeft,how fpecious foever his pretences were, that he had occulum 
 ^^ in Cauda. : Andlmuft confefs, I was heartily forry when he delivered 
 " his Aggravation to the Lords, to fee his Tartnefs againft the Duke; 
 "• when as he had occafion to name him, he onely gave him this Title of 
 " This man, and The man •, whereas the other obferved more refped and 
 "modefty in their Charges againft fo great a Perfon as the Duke is, 
 " confidering that then he was not convided, but ftood reclm in Cnria. 
 " Laftly, for prefting the death of his late Majefty, you know that the 
 " Senfe of the Houfe concluded. That it is only an Ad of Prefumption ; 
 " nay, fome of them exprefly faid. Nay God forbtd that j jhonld lay the death 
 " cf the King to his Charge. If he without warrant from the Houfe in- 
 "fiftedupon theCompofition of the Plaifter, as if there wtxt Aliquid 
 " latet quod non patet •, This was beyond his CommifTlon from our Houfe, 
 "and this is that which his Majefty doth except againft 5 And this I j) 
 '^ fay drew his Majefty, with other infolent Invedives, toufe his Regal 
 " authority in committing them to the Tower. 
 
 Sir Dudley Diggs being charged for faying in the matter of applying 
 the Plaifter to his late Majefty, That he did forbear to (peak further of that 
 in regard of the Kings honor, or words to that effed 5 There pafled a 
 Prottftation of every man in particular for himfelf •, and it was Ordered 
 in the Houfe, That they that were fick in the Town, fliould have three 
 of the Houfe fent to them to take this Proteftation likcwife. 
 
 Ip^oteO before Slmtgljtp 60D anD tW S)oufe of parliament, C^at 
 3! nebcc galje confcnt tDat %\x. Dudley Diggs ii)oiilo fpcah tfjeCe 
 too?ti0 tbat tje 10 noto ctJacgeD tuttljan, 0? anp too?D0 to ttjat effect; 
 3ni)31!jat)enot affirmeDto anp tljat Ijc DtO fpeafe futIjtDO?O0, oi a«|> 
 to tljat effect* 
 
 Within few dayes after Sir Z)»i5//fji being releafed out of Prifon.came 
 into the Houfe, and made Proteftation concerning the Paftage whereat 
 his Majefty had taken offence, That fpeaking of the Plaifter applied to 
 the Body of the late King, he faid. He would forbear to [peak any further of 
 it, in regard ef the Kings honor , Heprotefted, that this was far from his 
 
 words^ I
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 words, and that it never came into his thoughts. And he gave the 
 Houfe great thanks for their refpeft unto him, and faid, That he 
 had received from his Majefty a gracious teftimony of his fatisfadi- 
 on. 
 
 And the Kinghimfelf fignified to the Houfe by the Vice-Cham- 
 berlain, That he underftood out of fome Notes which were taken at the 
 Conference, that Sir X)»i/f^ Diggs hid fpokenthe words wherewith he 
 was charged, but now was fatisfied that he did not fpeak them, nor 
 any words to fuch effecfl : Neverthelefs , the Duke affirmed to the 
 Houfe of Peers , that fome words were fpoken at this late Confe- 
 rence by Sir DaMey Diggy, which fo far did trench upon the Kings 
 Honor, that they are interpreted Treafonable ; and that (had he not 
 been reftrained by order of the Houfe) he would then have reprehend- 
 ed him for the fame : He therefore earneftly defired, for that divers con- 
 ftrudions have been made of thofe words, and for that they have been 
 diverfly reported, that every one of the faid Reporters would bepleafed 
 to produce their Notes taken at the Conference. 
 
 This matter was much debated, and the Houfe of Peers often put in- 
 to a Committee, and reafluraed again, but they came to no refolution 
 therein. In fine, thefe Lords following, (to the number of thirty fix) 
 made this voluntary Proteftation upon their Honors ; That the faid Sir 
 Dudley Biggs did not fpeak any thing at the faid Conference, which 
 did or might trench on the Kings Honor 5 and if he had, they would pre- 
 fently have reprehended him for it. 
 
 The Lord Prefident affirmed, That he had reported the words in 
 the fame fence they were delivered unto him by the party himfelf, and 
 though the connexion of them require to be explained, yet he agreed 
 with the reft of the Lords, for the Parties good meaning, and made the 
 fame Proteftation. 
 
 The Lords who Protefted were thefe 5 viz. 
 
 The Earl of Mulgrave, 
 Earl of Cleveland. 
 Earl of Weftmerland. 
 Earl of BuUingbrook, 
 Earl of Clare. 
 Earlef Denbigh. 
 Earl of Cambridge. 
 Earl of Devon. 
 £4r/o/ Warwick. 
 Earl of Northampton. 
 Earl of Bridgewater. 
 Earl of Montgomery, 
 Earl of Nottingham, 
 Earl of Lincoln. 
 Earl of ElFex. 
 Earl of Hereford. 
 Earl ef Kent. 
 Earl of Oxon. 
 
 Lord Grey of Warke, 
 
 Lord Noell. 
 
 Zor^ Montague. 
 
 Z,<»r^Ruffel. 
 
 Lord North. 
 
 Lord Cromwell, 
 
 LerdWiu-K. 
 
 Lord Dudley, 
 
 Lord Morley. 
 
 Lord Piercy. 
 
 Lord Bifhop of Sarum." 
 
 Lord mjhep of Landaffe, 
 
 Lord Bi(hop ef C hefter. 
 
 Lord Bifhop of Cov. and Lich. 
 
 Lord Bifhop 0/ Worcefter. 
 
 Lord Bijhop ef Norwich, 
 
 Lord yicount Say and S, 
 
 Lordyicount Rocheford. 
 
 5-^5 
 
 2 Careli. 
 
 The King is 
 fatisfied that 
 the words 
 were not 
 fpoken. 
 
 The Duke dif- 
 fatisfied. 
 
 Thirty fix 
 Lords proceft 
 they heard 
 not the words 
 fuppofed to 
 be fpoken at 
 a Conference. 
 
 Not
 
 7,66 
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBioris, 
 
 An. J 626. 
 
 Sr ^ohn El- 
 liot \i releafed 
 out of the 
 Tower. 
 
 Is charged by 
 ^ir Dtidky 
 Carlton for 
 his Speech 
 againQ the 
 Duke. 
 
 He difcharg- 
 cth hiinfelf. 
 
 "Not long after Sir ^oha Elliot alfo was releafed out of the Tower, 
 and fent for to come into the Houfe. Then the Vice-Chamberlain flood 
 up, and by way of Explanation of his former Speech, faid, 
 
 " That he intended not to charge him, but to give him an occafion to 
 "difchargehimfelf. Firft, That all the others had ufed re fpcdive words 
 " in the Conference ^ but for the manner of his Speech, he conceived it 
 " was too tart and harfli to the perfon of the Duke-, and that in reprefent- 
 " ing a Charadter of his rainde, by comparing him with a ftrange beaft, 
 " he had out-gone his Commiflion. Secondly, That contrary to the 
 " fenfeof the Houfe, as if they were ignorant of the return of the (hips 
 " out of France, he faid, They fay they are come, hut I know it net; when 
 " the Houfe knew it full well. That fpeaking of the Duke, he faid, 
 " That man, which phrafe in all Languages is accounted a great indignity 
 "toperfonsol Honor: That he made fcandalous comparifons between 
 " the Duke and 5fj4««f, and theBifhop of Ely, which was likewife be- 
 " fides his Charge •, That he brake off ambiguoufly and abruptly with a 
 *' Sentence of Cicero, as if fomething elfe might be which was not yet 
 " difcovered. 
 
 Sir ^/>/5'»M;W thanked the Vice-Chamberlain for dealing fo plainly 
 with him, and giving him occafion to clear himfelf: And to the particu- 
 lar charged againft him, he anfwered, 
 
 " Firft, confidering the Dukes plurality of great and different 
 " Offices, together with his deceit and fraud, in perfvvading the Mer- 
 " chants to go to I>/'i?/>, there to entrap them ^ in colouring the Defigns 
 " to the King, which he had plotted to ferve againft thofe of: his Religi- 
 " on 5 in abufing the Parliament at oxford, and difguifing his purpofe, as 
 " if the Ihips were to go to Rochel. Thefe particulars being fo various, 
 *' and of fuch a nature, he called by the name of Stellionatm, from a beaft 
 "difcoloured, uncertain, and doubtfull, that they knew not by what 
 *' name to call it, or by what colour to defcribe it ; and thefe he called a 
 "Charaderot theminde, becaufe they lie in the heart, and were deceits 
 " to abuic the King and Parliament. 
 
 " Secondly, as to his faying, He knerp not the (hips were come % he an- 
 "fwered, he did not know it then, and as yet he knew it not, though it 
 " was true that he had heard it. 
 
 " Thirdly, he denied not, that fpeaking of the Duke, he fometimes 
 "ufed this word, that man, though at other times he was not wanting 
 " to give him his due titles •, and faid. That the Latines, fpeaking of 
 " C Jifar, czW him I lie Cxfar, :it\d that the fame is ufual in all Langoagesj nor 
 "did hethiak^theDuketobeaGod. 
 
 " Fourthly he confeffed. That he paralleled him with the Bifliop of 
 " Ely and Sejanuf •, and though there were many particular cenfures of 
 " that Bifhop, yet he produced none but fuch as were within the compafs 
 " of his Charge*, nor did he apply the Veneries and Vencfices of Sejan»s 
 "to the Duke, but excluded them. 
 
 " Laltly, touching the Phyfick of the King, he faid, he brake off 
 
 fo abruptly in aggravation of the Dukes offence, who not content 
 
 with the injury of Juftice, the wrong of Honor, the prejudice of the 
 
 " State, nor that of the Revenue, his attempts go higher, even to the 
 
 " perlon of the King, making on that his practice in fuch a manner, to 
 
 fuch 
 
 "I 
 
 cc
 
 Hiflorkal ColleBions, 
 
 D 
 
 B 
 
 "fuch antffed, that he (aid, he feared to fpeak, nay, he doubted to 2 c^fsij 
 " think •, in which regard he left it^as Cicero ^\<i another thing, Negravio- ' 
 " rihiis, crc. 
 
 Itwasthcnrefolvedonthe Qneftion, That Slv^^ohn Elliot hath not 
 exceeded the CommilTion given liim in any thing that paflied from him, 
 in the late. Conference with the Lords: The like for Six Dudley Dt^_^s, 
 both pafled without a Negative •, the like Vote did pafs for Mr Selden, 
 Mr Herbert, Mr Glanvile, Mr SberLtnd, Mr Pjm, and Mr W.mdesford, 
 who were alfo managers at that Conference. 
 
 TheKingin the lime of this Parliament had committed the Earl of 
 Arundel to the Tower, but thecaufe of his Commitment was not ex- 
 preflfed ; yet it was conceived to be about tlie Marriage of the Lord 
 Maltravers, the Earls eldeft fon, to the young DukeofZf;7eAr hisfifter, 
 which was brought about by the contrivance of- the Countefs of Arundel 
 and the old Dutchefsof Z,(f/?(?.v. The Lords were highly difcontented at his 
 commitment in time of Parliament-, concerning whofe Liberties and their 
 own Priviledges , they had prefented feveral Petitions to his Majefty, 
 but receiving no fttisfa(5tory anfwer thereto, agreed on this enfuing Peti- 
 tion occafioned by the releafe of Sir Dudley Diggs, 
 
 May it pleafe your Majcily, 
 
 T\i>z taufe tijat mot)C0 110 noto to atrc nl) j)oui' ^aicCfp, (a^ at 
 6ra m DID) 10 bccaufctue DbCcitc tOat t'm ^mk of (JToDiaion^ 
 (jabe fpecDtlp rftcil)cD a ^cniijci* of tfxo toI;o \xnw mw 
 mf'tteD ; CBe ifyz JDeec^, amliittous to Deferbc of pout 9Bm^\ aiiD 
 toappfartott)eepeof ttietoojlD as muclncfpcctcD ia ouuEtiiOts ano 
 P^itulcDsejK, a0anp #cec0 0? Commons Oal>ccl)n- liccn, acfsnoU)- 
 fttjging pou a IRing of a^ muc(j gootmcf^ a,^ cucr filing tua^ -, Do notu 
 Ijumblp bcfeect) tOat tlje €arX of Arundel, a ^cmbci* of our H^rjuGc, 
 map be rcao^cD to U0 -, it fo mucb concerning 110 in point of p}\\ji' 
 leUge, tOat U)c all fuffec in toj()at Ijc fuffcc? in xW Ecacaint. 
 
 In March laft when the Earl of Arundel was committed, the Houfe of 
 Lords purpofed to take the fame into their confiderations, and fo to pro- 
 ceed therein, as to give no juft caufe of offence to his Majefty, and yet 
 preferve the Priviledges of Parliament. 
 
 The Lord Keeper of the Great-Seal thereupon fignified unto the 
 Hoafe, that he was commanded to deliver this Meflage from his Majefty 
 unto their Lordfliips j viz, 
 
 " That the Earl of Aru»del vvasreftrained for a mifderaeanor which 
 "wasperfonal to his Majefty, and lay in the proper knowledge of his 
 '^ Majefty, and had no relation to matters of Parliament. j 
 
 Whereupon! the Houfe was put into a Committee 3 and being re- 
 fumed. 
 
 The Lords Committees for Priviledges, &c. wefe appointed to 
 fearch for Prelidents Concerning the commitment of a Peer of this 
 Realm during the time of Parliament -, and the Lord Chief Juftice, Mr 
 Juftice Doderidge, and Mr Juftice rr/f ?/•/<??;, were appointed to attend 
 their Lordfliips in that behalf. 
 The 
 
 The LoKis 
 I'ctition ro 
 tlie Kin;; 
 "bout rhc 
 Earl oi Arun- 
 del, inipriion- 
 cA in rlic- tiiiit 
 ofParlianicrit.
 
 3^8 
 
 ■^n. 1626. 
 
 The Kings 
 Meflage to 
 the Lords 
 touching th- 
 Earl oiAiun- 
 dd. 
 
 Hijlor'tcal CoUeBions, 
 
 The day following the Lord Teafurer delivered another MefTage 
 from the King in hxc verba. 
 
 " ▼ Y 7 Hereas upon a Motion made by one of your Lordfliips, 
 « \/V/ the Lord Keeper did yefterday deliver a MefTage from his 
 " ^ ^ Majefty, that the Earl of Arundel was reftrained for a mif- 
 " demeanor which was perfonal to Majefty , and lay in the proper 
 " knowledge of his Ma jefty, and had no relation to matters of Parlia- 
 " ment : His Majefty hath now commanded him to fignifie to your 
 "Lordfliips, that he doth avow the MelTage in fort as it was delivered, 
 " to have been done punftually according to his Majefties own Diredi- 
 and he knoweth that he hath therein done jaftly, and not dinii- 
 
 lA 
 
 on. 
 
 The Lords 
 refolved to 
 maintain their I 
 priviledges. 
 
 " nilhcd the Priviledges of that Houfe. 
 
 And becaufe the Committee appointed yefterday to fearch for Prefi- 
 dents,€^f. had not yet made any Report to the Houfe -, therefore the 
 direftions for this bufinefs were fufpended for that time. 
 
 Not long after the Earl of Hertford made report to the Houfe, That 
 the Lords Committees for Priviledges met on Monday laft; The firft 
 Queftion that arofe amongft them was. Whether thofe Proxies were of 
 any validity which are deputed to any Peer, who fitteth not liimfelf in 
 Parliament ^ And it was conceived that thofe Votes were loft : Wliereup- 
 on the Committee found this Houfe to be deprived of five fuffrages by 
 the abfence of the Earl of Arundel, unto whom they were intrufted : 
 And the Committee finding by the Journal Book, that the Sub-Com- 
 mittee which was appointed to fearch Prefidents for Priviledges con- 
 cerning the Commitment of a Peer in the time of Parliament, had not 
 yet made report to the Houfe : and then confidcring together their 
 Notes of Prefidents whereof they had made fearch, found, That no 
 one Peer had been committed, the Parliament fitting, without trial of 
 Judgement of the Peers in Parliament-, and that one only Prefidcnt of 
 the Bifliop of Wmchefier in the Book-Cafe, in the Third year of Edrv, 3. 
 which was here urged, cannot be proved to be in Parliament time 5 
 and this the Lords of the Grand-Committee thought fit to offer to 
 the confideration of the Houfe. 
 
 Hereupon the Houfe was moved to give power to the Lords Sub- 
 committees for Priviledges, (jrc. to proceed in the fearch of Prefi- 
 dents of the Commitment of a Peer of this Realm during the time of 
 Parliament ^ and that the Kings Council might ftiew them fu:h Prefidents 
 as they have of the faid Commitment ^ And that the faid Sub- Commit- 
 tee may make the Report unto the Houfe at the nextaccefs. 
 
 All which was granted and agreed untt, and thefe Lords were called 
 unto the faid Sab-Committee 5 viz.. 
 
 B 
 
 T^rior^ Treafurer. 
 X(?r^Prefident. 
 Buke of Buckingham. 
 Earl of Dorfet, 
 £arl of Devon. 
 
 The Earl of Clare. 
 The yicount Wallmgford. 
 Ficount Mansfield. 
 Lord North. 
 
 C 
 
 And the Kings Council were appointed to attend the Lords, 
 
 D 
 
 The
 
 Htfiorical ColleBions, 
 
 The Lord Prefident reported the Proceedings of the faid Sub- 
 Committees for Priviledges , &c. upon Commitment of the Earl of 
 Arundel ; viz, 
 
 " That the Kings Council had fearchcd and acquainted the Lords 
 "Sub-Committees with all that they had found in Records , Chroni- 
 "cles, and Stories, concerning this matter : Unto which the faid Lords 
 "Sub-Committees had given full Anfvver, and alio fliewed fuch Prefi- 
 " dents as did maintain their own Rights. 
 
 The Prefidents being read, (which for the length we forbear to 
 mention ) It vjas refolved upon the Queftion by the whole Hoafe 
 Nemine di^cntientc, 
 
 "That the Priviledge of this Houfe is, That no Lord of Parlia- 
 " ment, the Parliament fitting, or within the ufual rimes of Priviled^^es 
 " of Parliament, is to be imprilbned or reftrained without Sentence or 
 " Decree of the Houfe, unlefs it be for Treafon or Felony, or refufin" 
 " to give Surety of the Peace. 
 
 And it was thereupon ordered , Thar the faid Lords Sub-Com- 
 mittees for Priviledges, &c. or any rive of them, Ihall meet this after- 
 noon to confider of a Remonftrance and Petition of the Peers concern- 
 ing the Claim of their Priviledges from Arrefts and Iraprifonments 
 during the Parliament. Which was conceived by the Lords Sub-Com- 
 mittees for Priviledges, accorjkag to the Order of the Houfe, and was 
 read openly, viz,. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 May it pleafe yourMajefty, 
 
 W€ tlje Pfrrgof t&i^pour JElealm acfemblcD tn patlt'amcnt 
 GnDmg ti)c €arIof Arundel abfent from W placc.ttJat fome- 
 nme^ in xW parliament fate amongff ujs;, \)isi p^cfence 
 toaj? tOercfo?e tallcD fo.K Xut tbercupon a ,^cffage toa^s DelibcreD 
 unto U0 from pour ^ajesp bp xU lo?D Mpcr, %W t\)t (£arl of 
 Arundel xam rcQraineO fo? a mifoemeano? min'cl) toa^ pecfonal to 
 pour Q3ajeftp, ant) ijaU no relation to matters of ^^arliament. %W 
 ^effage otcaftoneD uis to enquire into tOe 3ct0 of our 9nceGfo?0, anD 
 toljat m \\U cafes tUep IjaD Uone, tUat fo toe migt)t not erre m anp 
 Dutiful refpett to your ^ajcap, anD pet p?efert)c our rtglJtanD p^it)i' 
 lci3ge of parliament. SnD after Oiligent featcD bottJ of all ®to?tej^, 
 ^ratutesanD K.eto?i)0 tDat mtglK inform U0in tfjiccafc, ffiUefinDtt 
 to licanunooiibteD rtgbt anD conQant paibileDge of Parl!ament, That 
 
 no Lord of Parliament, the Parliament fitting, or within the ufual times 
 of Priviledge of Parliament, is to be imprifoned or reftrained, without 
 Sentence or Order of the Houfe, unlefs it be for Treafon or Felony, or 
 for refufing to give Surety for the Peace. 9nD tO fati06e OUl' fdUeS i\)Z 
 
 Ijetter, tjje l;aue UearD all tljat coulD le alleagcD bp pour ^aicfiie^ 
 dountiUearncDattljelatJj, tijat migljt anp toap toealjen o? mfringe 
 tbijs claim of tt)c peers ^ 9nD to all tbat can be i&pttjeD a? alleageD, To 
 fuUfdtt0faaion batb been gibcn, as tbat alltbe ^m& of parliament 
 upon tbe (HuertiGn maDeof tbis f^jibtleDge, \)di\itunavoce confcntcD, 
 ^l)at tbts IS tbe unDoubteDEigbt of tbe Peers, anD batl; mbiolablp been 
 enjopcDbptbcni. 
 
 miOcrefo?c\\)cpour f^ajeOtes lopal ©ubjetts anD bumble ©rr- 
 bant!?., x\)t tobole boDp of tbe peers noUi m parliament acrembleD, 
 
 BUb moa 
 
 1^9 
 
 2 CdrolL 
 
 A Remon- 
 ftrance and 
 Petition of the 
 Peers in be- 
 half of the 
 Earl of ii4r«n- 
 dd.
 
 An. l6z6. 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 Tlic Kings 
 firft Anfwer 
 totheRemoH- 
 ftrance and 
 Petition. 
 
 The King pro- 
 mifeth to an- j 
 (wer the faiil 
 Remonflrance 
 
 The Lords 
 are urgent for 
 an Aniwer. 
 
 The King re- 
 turns another 
 Anfwer to the 
 Lords touch- 
 ing tlie Re- 
 monflrance. 
 
 mon&umtJlpbefcccljpour^aieOf), tDat tlje €atl of Arundel, a^^em= 
 htt of x\)i» Xot-p, mapp?efcntlp be aDmittcD tuitD poui* aracicuiei fabo? 
 to tome, at, anij ferbe pout ^aisRp anD rl)c dommontocaUt) in t^e 
 gceat ^ffaitjs of t^i0 parliament. 3lnD Xue djaU p.^a^, &c. 
 
 This Remonflrance and Petition to his Majefty was approved by the 
 whole Houfe, who agreed that it (hould be prefented by the whole 
 Houfe to his Majefty -, and it was further agreed, That the Lord Prefi- 
 dent, the Lovd Steward, the Earl oi Cambridge y and the Lord Great- 
 Chamberlain fhould prefently go to the King to know his Majefties plea- 
 fure when they Hull attend him. 
 
 Thefe Lords returning, the Lord Prefident reported, that his Ma- 
 'jefty had appointed that day, between two and three ot" the clock, for 
 the whole Houfe to attend him with the faid Remonftrance.and Petition 
 in the Chamber of Prefence at Whitehall. 
 
 And it was agreed, That the Lord Keeper (hould then read the fame 
 to the King, and prefent it unto his Majefty. 
 
 The Twentieth oi Afril, the Lord Prefident reported the Kings 
 Aniwer untg the Remonftrance and Petition of the Lords , to this 
 effed: 
 
 "" That their Lordfliips having fpent fome time about this bufinefs, 
 " and it being of fome confequence, hi^Majefty Ihould be thought ralli 
 "if he fhould give a fudden Anfwer thereto ^ and therefore will advife 
 " of it, and give them a full Anfwer in convenient time. 
 
 The 21. of Afril i6i6. Ic was ordered, That the Houfe fhould be 
 called on Monday next, being the 24. oi April. 
 
 Which was done accordingly : And the Earl of Arundel being 
 
 called, the Lord Keeper fignified unto the Houfe, That his Majefty 
 
 had taken into confideration the Petition exhibited by their Lordfliips 
 
 'the 19. of April concerning the Earl of Arundel , and will return an 
 
 Anfwer thereunto with all expedition. 
 
 The 2. of Ma-j it was ordered, That the Lord Keeper fhould move 
 his Majefty from the Houfe for a fpeedy and gracious Anfwer unto the 
 Petition on the Earl o{ Arnndcls behalf. 
 
 The 4. of May 1626. the Lord Keeper fignified unco their Lord- 
 fliips, That according to the Order of the 2. of May, he had moved 
 his Majefty from the Houfe on the behalf of the Earl of Arundel: Who 
 anfwered, 
 
 "It is a Caufe wherein he hath had a great deal of care, and is 
 '■'willing to give their Lordfliips fatisfadion, and hatb it in his con- 
 " federation how to do it, and hath been interrupted by other bufinefs, 
 " wherein Mr. Attorney hath had occafion of much conference with him, 
 " ( as their Lordfliips are acquainted : ) But will with all conveniencie 
 "'give their Lordlhips fatisfa(Sion, and return them an Anfwer. 
 
 The 9. of May 1626. the Houfe being moved to petition the King 
 touching the Earl of Arundel, certain Lords were appointed to fet down 
 the form of the {aid Petition •, who reported the fame in writing as fol- 
 lovveth, viz. 
 
 May
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions^ 
 
 May it pleafe your Majefty, 
 
 liament, DiDrfjc 19 Dap of April cjf Dibit to pour ^ajcdp an 
 tumble iS,cmonCrancc anD Petition concerning tfc P?it)i' 
 leDgeof^3eers(in |3arliamcnt, ant) in particular toiictungcfjceirarl of 
 Arundel, tobefcupon toe reccibeD a graciDU0 ^nftuer, Cbat mconbe' 
 nient time toe Bjoulo receibe a fuller ^nftoer, tobtcb toe babe long anD 
 DuttfuUp attcnOeD : 3nJ3 noto at tbts: time fo great a buanefs; being in 
 banMingintbellJoufc, toe are picffeb bp tbat bumier0 to be bumble 
 fuito^js to pour ^<^ajcC[p fo^ a gracious anO p?efent ^nftoer. 
 
 Which being read, was approved of by the Houfe, and the faid 
 Committee appointed toprefent the fame unto his Majefty from the 
 Houfe, at fuch time as the Lord Chamberlain (liall fignifie unto them, 
 that his Majefty is pleafed to admit them to his prefence. 
 
 The 1 1 of M^j the Lord Prefident reported the Kings Anfwer to 
 the faid Petition, 
 » 
 
 " That he did little look fcr fuch a MefTage from the Hou-fe •, That 
 " himfelf had\)een of the Houfe, and did never know fuch a MefTage 
 " from the one Houfe unto the other : Therefore when he received a 
 "Mefl'age fit to come from them to their Soveraign, they fhall receive 
 ^'an Anfwer. 
 
 The Lord Prefident further Reported, That the Lords Committees 
 appointed to deliver the Petition to the King, did thereupon withdraw, 
 and required him humbly to defire his Majefty to be pleafed to let them 
 know, unto what point of the faid Petition he takes this Exception ; 
 and tint his Majefty willed him to fay this of himfelf; viz,, 
 
 " The Exception the King taketh, is at the peremptorinefs of 
 '* the Term, To have a, Prefent An{wer •, And the King wonders at 
 " their impatience, fince he hath promifed them an anfwer in con- 
 
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 venient time. 
 
 Hereupon the Houfealtered their former Petition, leaving out the 
 word Prefent, and appointed the former Committee humbly to deliver 
 the iame to his Majefty. 
 
 The 13 of Mayxht Lord Prefident reported the Kings Anfwer to 
 the Petition 5 /y/z.. 
 
 " f T is true, the word ( Prefent ) was fomewhat ftrange to his Ma- 
 " ^jefty, becaufe they did not ufe it from one Houfe to another; 
 "but now, that his Majefty knows their meaning, they Hull know 
 '* this from him, . that they fliall have his Anfwer fo foon as conve- 
 "niently he can -, And this his Majefty will affure them, it ftiall be 
 '' fuch an Anfwer, as they Ihall fee will not trench upon the Priviledges 
 " 9f the Houfe. 
 
 371 
 
 2 CaroU. 
 
 Another Pe- 
 tition to the 
 King touch- 
 ing the Earl 
 dArundel, 
 
 The King 
 takes excepti- 
 on at the Pe- 
 tition. 
 
 The Lords 
 ilefire to 
 know ot his 
 Majelly, to 
 what part of 
 the Petition 
 he takes ex- 
 ception. 
 
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 The Petition 
 prefented 
 again, and the 
 wont fprc- 
 fent}leftout. 
 
 The Kings an- 
 fwer to the 
 Petition fo 
 ordered. 
 
 Bbb 2 
 
 The
 
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 An. i6z6. 
 
 The Kings 
 Anfwcr to 
 the Petition. 
 
 Aaother Pe- 
 tition of the 
 Lords touch 
 the Earl of 
 Arundel. 
 
 Htjlorical CoUeUions. 
 
 The Lords having agreed on another Petition to the King, wherein 
 they acknowledged him to be a Prince of as mach §oodnefs as ever 
 King was. 
 
 The 19 of 3/4y the Lord Chamberlain fignified to their Lordfliips, 
 That his Majcfty being acquainted therewith, is pleafed that thisHoufe 
 attend him at two of the Clock this day in the Afternoon at Whitehall. 
 
 On which day the Lords delivered the Petition to his Majefty; 
 who upon the 20 Maj returned this Anfwer. 
 
 
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 My Lords, 
 
 I See that in your Petition you acknowledge me a King of as much 
 goodnefs as ever King was •, for which I thank you, and I will endea- 
 vor, by the Grace of God, never to deferve other : But in this I ob- 
 ferve that you contradid your fclves j for if you believe me to be fuch, 
 " as you fay I am, you have no reafon to miftruft the fincerity of my Pro- 
 "mifes: For, whereas upon often Petitions made by you unto mecon- 
 " cerning this bufinefs, I have promifed to give you a full Anfwer with 
 " all convenient fpeed 5 by this again importunmg of me you fccm to 
 '' miftruft my former promifes : But it may be faid there is an Emergent 
 " caufe,for that 1 have delivered a Member of the Lower-Houfe -^ 
 
 " In this. My Lords, by your favour ypu aremiftaken, for the Caufcs 
 " do no way agree 5 for that he that was committed of the Houfe of 
 " Commons was committed for words fpoken before both Houfes, which 
 " being fuch as I had juft caufe to commit him ; yet becaufe I found 
 " they might be words onely mifplaced, and not ill meant, and were fo 
 " conceived by many honeft men, I was content upon his interpreta- 
 "tiontoreleafehim, without any fuit firomthe Lower-Houfe 5 where- 
 " as my Lord of Jrmdersivi\t wasdiredlly againft my felf, having no 
 " relation to the Parliament ^ yet becaufe I fee'you are fo impatient, I 
 " will make you a fuller Anfwer then yet I have 4one, not doubting 
 " but that you will reft contented therewith. 
 
 "It is true, I committed him for a caufe which moft of you know, 
 " and though it had been no more, I had reafon to do it ; yet, my Lords, 
 " lafTure you, that I have things of far greater importance to lay to his 
 ." charge, which you muft excufe me for, not no tell you at this time^ be- 
 " Caufe it is not yet ripe, and it would much prejudice my fervice to do it 5 
 " and this, by the word of a King, I do not fpeak out of a defire to delay 
 " you, but as foon as it is poflible, you ftiall know the caufe, which is fucn 
 " " as I know you will not judge to be any breach of your Priviledges ; For, 
 " my Lords, by this I do not mean to fhew the power of a King, by di- 
 " minifliing your Priviledges. 
 
 This Anfwer being read, it was ordered, That the Committee for 
 Priviledges (hould meet, and confider how farther to proceed with dutifiill 
 refpe6t to his Majefty 5 and yet fo, as it rnay be for the prefervation of 
 the Priviledges of the Peers of this Land, and the Liberties of the Haufe 
 of Parliament. 
 
 The 24 of Af4y the Lord Prefident reported the Petition agreed on 
 by the Lords Committees for Priviledges &c. to be prefented tp pe Kji|g, 
 which was in hsc verba, 
 
 May
 
 Ht^orical CoUeBms. 
 
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 May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, 
 
 WJ|)atet)cr our tare anD DeGre \% to p?eferbe our rt'gljt of ^BferiK, 
 pet it 1)8 far from our t[jDugljt:s ettljer to DtflruCP, o? to p^efig 
 anp tlJing tljat aanD« not tott^ tljc afifectton anD Dutp of mott Dutiful 
 anD lopal Subjects: SnD tljeref o?e in all Oumilitp toe cad our feltje^ 
 bef o?e pour ^ajeftp, aofuring our felt)e0 in tbe too^D of a fetng , tOat 
 toitb all contjeniennc poffible pour ^aieap tortl pleafe either to reOo?e 
 tbe peer to W place tn parliament, o^ ejt:p?ef0 fucb a taufe a^ map 
 not mfrmge our ^iibileDge^* 
 
 The Petition was generally approved, and ordered to be prefented 
 to his Majefty by the whole Houfe ; and the Earl of cMi^c and the 
 Lord Ccirlton to go prefently to know the Kings pleafure when they fhall 
 attend his Majefty. Who being returned, reported, That his Majefty 
 hath appointed that Afternoon at two of the clock for the fame. 
 
 The 25, of Ma% the Lord Keeper delivered the Kings Anfwer unto 
 thefaid PetitioUjto be read inlmc verba, viz. 
 
 My Lords, 
 
 *' Y Our often coming to me aboat this matter, made me famewhat 
 " * doubt you did miftruft me : But now I fee you rely wholly on me, 
 I aflbre you it (hall prevail more upon me then all importunities ; And 
 if you had done this at firft, I ftiould have given you content. And 
 now I aflbre you I will ufe all poffible fpeed to give fatisfa(5iionj and at 
 " the furtheft before the end of this Selfion of Parliament. 
 
 2 Careli. 
 
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 This being read, the Houfe was moved the fecond time, That all 
 bufineflcs might be laid afide, and that Confideration might be had how 
 their Priviledgcs may be preferved unto pofterity. And the Houfe was 
 put into a Committee for the freer Debate thereof, and afterwards re- 
 lumed : And it was ordered,Thar the Houfe be adjourned till to morrow, 
 and all bufinefles to ceafe. 
 
 The 2(5. of May, the Lord Keeper delivered this Meffage from the 
 King to the Houfe of Lords, viz, 
 
 '^ *T^Hat his Majefty hath willed him to fignifie unto their Lordfhips, 
 *' X That he doth marvel his meaning in his laft Anfwer ftiould be mif-' 
 " taken : And for the better clearing of his intention, hath commanded 
 " him to fignifie unto their Lordftiips his further Anfwer , which is, 
 "That" their Lordfiiips laft Petition was fo acceptable to his Majefty, 
 " that his intent was then, and is ftill, to faiisfie their Lordfliips fully in 
 *' what they then defired. 
 
 Whereupon it was ordered, That all bufinefl'es be adjourned till that 
 day fevennight. 
 
 At the fame time the Duke oi Buckingham fignified unto their Lord- 
 ftiips his defire to have the Kings Council allowed him to plead his caufe : 
 But the Lords would not hear him, becaufe they would entertain no bufi- 
 nefs : And fo the Houfe was adjourned to the fecond of ^urie. At which 
 time tiie Houfe fitting again,the Lord Keeper delivered this Meflage from 
 the King to the Houle of Lords, viz. 
 
 "His 
 
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 The, Kings 
 Anfwer to 
 thisPecicioQ. 
 
 The lords ad- 
 journ in dif- 
 guft till the 
 morrow. 
 
 His Majefties 
 Meflage to the 
 LorJs. 
 
 Upon this 
 Meflage the 
 Lords adjourn 
 for a feven- 
 night.
 
 ?74 
 
 liijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 Another Mef- 
 fagc to the 
 Lords from 
 hiJ Majefty 
 concerning 
 the Eatl cf 
 Arundil. 
 
 The Lords ad- 
 journ again. 
 
 Another Mef- 
 fage from the 
 King to the 
 Lords con- 
 cerning the 
 Earl of A- 
 TundeL 
 
 His Majefty hath commanded me to deliver unto your Lordfliips 
 aMeflage touching the Earl oi Arundel-^ That his Majefty hath 
 thought ot" that bulinefs, and hath advifed of his great and preiTmg 
 affairs, which are fuch as make him unwilling to enter into difpute of 
 things doubtful : And therefore to give you clear fatisfadion touching 
 that Caufe, whereby you may more cheerfully proceed in the bufinefs 
 oftheHouft, he hath endeavored as much as may be to ripen it, but 
 cannot yet effed it •, but is refolved that at the furtheft by Wcdnefday 
 fevennighr, being the fourteenth of ^une , he will either declare the 
 Caufe, or admit him to the Houfe. And addeth further upon the word 
 of a King, That if it (hall be foonerripe, which he hath good caufe 
 toexpedl, he will declare it at the fooneft. And further, That if the 
 occafion doth enforce to ftay to the time prefixed, yet he doth not 
 purpofe to fet fuch a (hort end to the Parliament, but that there ("hall 
 be an ample and good fpace between that, and the end of theSefTions, 
 to difpatch affairs. 
 
 This MefTage being delivered, theHoufe was adjourned 4<^/i^/f«w, 
 and put into a Committee •, And being refamed, it was agreed. That 
 allbufmeffes (hould ceafe, but this of the Earl of ArunMs concerning 
 the Priviledges of the Houfe •, and the Houfe to meet thereon to morrow 
 morning, and to be put into a Committee to confider thereof. And To 
 the Houfe was adjourned to the next day. 
 
 Then the Lord Keeper delivered this MefTage from the King, 
 Viz,, 
 
 " T^Hat in the matter concerning the Earl of Arundel, his Majefty 
 *' 1- hath been very careful and defirous to avoid all jealoufie of vio- 
 " lating the Priviledges of this Houfe •, that he continueth ftill of the 
 " fame mind, and doth much defire to find out fome Expedient which 
 " might fatisfie their I-ordlhips in point of Priviledge , and yet not 
 " hinder his Majefties fcivice in that particular. But becaufe this will 
 " require fome time, his Majefty, though his great affairs are urgent 
 " and preflint^, is unwilling to urge their LordOiips to go on therewith, 
 " till his Majefty hath thought on the other : And therefore hath com- 
 "manded him to lignifie his pleafure. That his Majefty is contented 
 " their Lordfhips adjourn the Houfe till Thurfday next -, and in the 
 ''mean time his Majefty will take this particular bufinefs into further 
 *' confideration. 
 
 Hereupon the Lords agreed, That the Lord Keeper do render unto' 
 his Majefty from the Houle their humble thanks for his gracious refped 
 unto their Priviledges. 
 
 Then the Lord Keeper demanded of the Lords, whether their 
 Lordfhips would adjourn the Houfe till Thurfday next^ Whereupon 
 it was agreed by the Lords, and the Houfe was fo adjourned. 
 
 On Thurfday ^um 8. the Lord Keeper delivered this MefTage to 
 the Lords from his Majefty, i/w. 
 
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 m^iorical CoUeUions, 
 
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 I " T Hat on Saturday laft his Majefty Tent word to the Houfe, That 
 I " A by this day he would fend them fucli an Anfwer concernia>-f the 
 I " Earl of Arundel, as fliould iatisfie them in point ot" Priviledge. And 
 " therefore to take away all difpute, and that their Priviledges may be 
 " in the fame eftate as they were when the Parliament began, his Majefty 
 " hath taken off the reftraint of the faid Earl, whereby he hath liberty 
 " to come to the Houfe. 
 
 The Earl of Arundel being returned to the Houfe, did render his 
 humble thanks unto his Majefty for this gracious favor towards him 5 
 and gave their Lordlliips alfo moft hearty thanks for their often tnter- 
 ceflions for him unto the King , and protefted his Loyalty and faithful 
 fervice unto his Majefty. 
 
 Much about this time, Mr, Moor a Member of the Houfe of Com- 
 mons , having fpoken fome words which feemed to refled upon his 
 Majefty, they were reported to tlie Houfe, viz. That he faid. We were 
 horn free , and mu(l continue free , ;/ the Kin^ rvill keep his Kingdom : 
 Adding thefe words. Thanks be to God, we have no occafisn to fear, havwr 
 a jufi and pious King. The Houfe for thefe words committed Mr. Moor 
 to the Tower of London •, And his Majefty fliortly after fent a Meflage, 
 That he had paffed by his offence. Whereupon he was releafed. 
 
 While the Duke ft')od charged in the Parliament, the Chancellordiip 
 of Cambridge became void by the death of the Lord Howard Earl of 
 Suffolk, who died on Whitfonday the zS.oi May 1626, TheUniverfity 
 having underftood by feveral hands. That it was the Kings exprefs will 
 and pleafure that the Duke ftioald be chofen in his ftead, were ambitious 
 and forward to exprefs their obedience to his Majefty in that behalf-, well 
 knowing, that in regard of their multitude, and worthy judgment and 
 wifdom, that is efteeraed and ought to be in thofe Electors, this was 
 one of the moft honorable Teftimonies of Worth and Integrity that the 
 Nation can afford : And that whereas all other the Dukes Honors did 
 but help the rather to fink him with their weight, this would feem to 
 flioar and prop him up. 
 
 Letters were pretended to be fent from his Majefty, to the intent to 
 difencourage all oppofers: But though the pretence of Letters ferved 
 mainly to erfed their ends, yet the producing of them would have pre- 
 judiced the chief intendment of the Eledtiion, namely the honor of the 
 Teftimony in it 5 which chiefly lying m the freedom of the Votes, had 
 by Letters been cut off. Many Heads of Houfes beftirr'd themfelves ' 
 according to their feveral power and intereft in their refoeftive Societies? 
 and rrw/>)i-Colledge alone ( the Mafti^r whereof was Dodor Matv, one 
 of the Kings Chaplains) fupplied the Duke with l-orty three Votes, the 
 third part of thofe which ferved the turn, for he had 'in all One hundred 
 and eight. 
 
 He was chofen the Thurfday following the death of his Predeceftbr, 
 
 ' namely the fourth cay after the Vacancie, notwithftanding fourteen days 
 
 ' are allowed by iheUniverfity-Statute. His chief ftrengdi confifted in 
 
 tlie Dodors (wliereof feventeen wcie for him,and onely one againft him) 
 
 , and in the Non Kegents,' who aj-e Mafters of Art of five years ftunding 
 
 and upward : Among the Regents ( who are Mafters under five years ) 
 
 thirty more were againft him then for him, and four whole CoUedges 
 
 were 
 
 2 Ciiroli. 
 - ■' — V — ^^^ 
 
 Another Mci- 
 (age to the 
 LorJs from 
 liis MajcHy. 
 
 The Earl of 
 Ari'.ndd re- 
 leafed comes 
 to tlie Houfe. 
 
 The Duke 
 chofen Chan- 
 cellor of Cttm- 
 bridge during 
 his Impeach- 
 ment,
 
 37<^ 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An 1626. 1 were entire againft the Duke. For notvvithftanding all the induftry that 
 could be Imployed on his behalf, there was a Party fo diligent andrefo- 
 lute, that the dime morning the Choice was made, they jointly pitch'd 
 upon the Lord Thomd^s Howard, fecond Son to the late deceafed Chan- 
 cellor, and Earl of Berkjhre 5 though they had no Head appearing for 
 him, nor one man in the Uniuerfity that was known to have any reference 
 to him, excepting one Mr. Gramdo Chejler, who was either his Chaplain 
 or otherwife interefTed in him : And notwithftanding all difadvantages, 
 they loft it for the faid Earl but by five Voices •, for the Duke had but 
 One hundred and eight, and the Earl had One hundred and three, befides 
 that two of the Dukes were void by Statute, as being given to the Vice- 
 Chancellor by compromife, to difpofe of as he (hould think fit. 
 
 The Earl oiBokJJnrc being afterwards acquainted with the intentions 
 of the Llniverfity towards him, wrote this Letter to MuChcfier, a Divine 
 related to bis Lordlhip. 
 
 The Earl of 
 
 Letter to Mr 
 Chefter touch- 
 ing Votes con- 
 ferred upon 
 him in the 
 Choice of the 
 Chancellor of 
 Cambridge- 
 
 Mr. C fJ E STERy 
 
 B 
 
 Ttie infinite ohligation which I ewe to the Univerfity of Cambridge for 
 the late most a/jtple Teftimony of their great love and affection towards me, 
 imholdens me to borrow jour help to make known unto them my unfaincd thank- 
 fulncf : wherein I confef that the love and favor which they have expre([ed 
 unto me, joined with thefafluonofit, doth far exceed the weak ex f re f ion of 
 Co feeble a Stile as mine is. For they have been pleafed out of their abundant 
 affeltion^ to name me to one of ihegreatefl Honors of this Kingdom, without 
 any fuit or means of mine, which was the Chancellor[hip of the Univerfity : 
 The Voting whereof in this noble fafhion^ I account as much at could befall me ; 
 and do receive it with as much thank fulnef, as if I were in full i>o(Je(^ion of 
 the Place. 
 
 I mil (I therefore intreat you to difperfe this my thankful Acknowledgment 
 to all my worthy Friends there, who have fo freely bejlowed their Voices, and 
 unfou^ht for Favors upon me. And this labor I do the rather lay upon you, 
 hecame you know I put you to no making means for me •, which I flwuld un- 
 doubtedly have done, if I had preconceived any intention of (landing for this 
 Dignity, (0 often wcJ.dcd by men of high Places and Noble Families of this 
 Realm -^ whereof my honored Father deceafed enjoyed the lafi Fefiimeny, and 
 my Uncle before him ; and not ceafing there, it rvas expreffed unto me by an 
 hereditary affeStion. Thus much I pray you make known for me, with this fur- 
 ther afjurance. That as I had my frfi Breeding, to my great Honor, iff Ca.:n- 
 bridg(*, fo I will live and die 
 
 The true Servant of the Univerftty, 
 S.James, 2 Junii 1626. 
 
 Berfliire. 
 
 The Commons being informed of the aforefaid Proceedings in Cam- 
 brid^e, direded a Letter to be written to that Univerfity to fignifie the 
 Houfes diflike thereof. Whereupon the King fignifieth to the Houfe his 
 pleafurc by Sir Richard Weflon, that they forbear to fead any fuch Letter, 
 for that the Eledion had been made by the power of the Charters accord- 
 ing to the Rules and Liberties of the Univerfity •, and that if there have 
 been any Error in the form of the Eleflion, it belongeth unto his Majefty 
 
 ' to examine and reform it, and not unto the Houfe. To which MelTage 
 
 I the Commons return this Anfwer. 
 
 « That 
 
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 D 
 
 Htslorical Collections, 
 
 " TTHat they do acknowledge they were about to Write to the Uni- 
 " 1 verfity , becaufe that the very Election it felf , whereby the Uni- 
 "verfity is committed to the Government oF one that is charged, and 
 '•pablickly complained of by the Commons in Parliament, whereof 
 "the Eledors are a part, isinitfelf a very great Grievance, andpre- 
 " judicial in example j whereof they have Reafon to be the more fen- 
 "fible, becaufe they are informed, that in the manner of the Eledion 
 " there were many pafTages likewife done in contempt of the Houfe : 
 " And do humbly befeech his Majefty to believe. That neither in this, 
 " nor any other thing, this Houfe did or (hall intend to enlarge their own 
 "Power and Jurifdidtion, to the Diminution of his Majefties Right or 
 "Prerogative. 
 
 Wliereunto his Majefty replied by the faid Sir Richard Weltm, 
 
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 His Majefty faith. That CAmbrid^e and all Corporations derive 
 their right and priviledge from him 5 and that he hath reafon 
 to efteem the Llniverfities above any other, and is refolved to 
 " defend them againft any, which either wilfully, or by chance, fhall 
 " go about to infringe their Liberties. Concerning the Eledionit felf, 
 " his Majefty is far from conceiving it a Grievance 5 for he never heard 
 "that Crimes objeded, were to be taken as proved ; or, that a man 
 " Ihuuld lofe his Fame or good Opinion in the World, upon an Accufa- 
 " tion onely. 
 
 " But whereas you fay in the manner of carriage of the Eledion, 
 " there were many paftiiges done in it to the contempt of the Houfe. His 
 " Majefty is well pleafed, that you enquire and puniih the Offenders, if 
 *' there beany that have mif-behaved themfelves in that refped. But 
 " for the Eledion it fclf, or the Form of it, his Majefty doth avow his 
 " firft Mcftage. 
 
 The Duke returned this Acknowledgment to the Univerfity. 
 
 MAjler Fice-Chancellory and Gentlemen of the Univerftty of Cam- 
 bridge, There is no one thing that soncemeth me more near, then the 
 good opinion of Good and Learned hone/i Men ■• Jmong(i which 
 number, as you have ever held the fir It rank in the eflimation of the Commen- 
 rvealth, and fame of the christian World 5 fo in conferring this honor of 
 Chancellorfhip upon me, I mu(l confef you have fatisfled a great ambition of 
 mine, which I hove will never forfake me ^ and that is, 'To be thought well 
 of by men that dcferve well, and men of your Profcfion, Tet / cannot attri- 
 bute this Honor to any defert in me, but to the refpeB you bear to the Sacred 
 memory of my Mafler dcceafed, the King of Schollars, who loved yo», and 
 honored you o'icn with his pre fence, and tomy Gratious Mafler now living-, 
 who inherits with his Bleffed fathers Fertucs, the affection he bore toyour 
 Univerfity. 
 
 I befeech you , as you have now made your choice with fo many kinde and 
 noble Circumflanccs, as the Manner is tome as acceptable and grateful as 
 the Matter ■■, fo toafjure your (elves, That you have caflyour Votes upon your 
 Servant , who is as apprchcnfive of the time you have ^iiwed yoar affe^ion in, 
 as of ths Honor you have given him. 
 
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 Caroli. 
 
 The Com- 
 mons Anfwcr. 
 
 His Majefties 
 Reply. 
 
 The Dukes 
 Letter of Ac- 
 knowledge- 
 ment to the 
 Univerfity of 
 CfimbiiJgc.
 
 578 
 
 HtUor'tcal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 The Kings 
 Letter to the | 
 laid Univer- 
 fn\. 
 
 And I earncjlly reqiiefl you nil, that yen would be pleafed, riot to judge me 
 comparatively by the [ucccf and hafpinef you have had in your former choice of 
 chancellors •, ivho as they knew better ferhap by ad'vantage of edacatior) in your 
 Univerfity, how to value the deserts of men of your qualities and degrees, fo 
 could they net be more willing to cheri(]>yott then my [elf , who wilhnake amends 
 for my want of Schollarf}iip , in my love to the Profe^ors of it, and to the 
 (ource from whence it comet h •, having norv mofl ju(l caufe more <heifiy to em- 
 ploy my utmofl endeavors, with what favor I enjoy from a Royal Mafler, to 
 the maintaining of the Charters, Prii'iledges, and Immunities of your Uni- 
 njerfity in general, and to the advancing of the particular merits of the Stu- 
 dents therein. 
 
 Andfwce I amfofar engaged to you. Twill f resume upon a further cour- 
 tefie, which is. That you will be f leafed to fupply me with your advice, and 
 fuggesl a way unto me {as my [elf likewife fhall not fail to think on [erne 
 means) how we may make Posterity remember you had a thankftil Chancellor, 
 and that both really loved you, andyourllniverfity : Which is are folution writ 
 in an hone ft heart, by him that wanteth much to expref his Ajfcilion topu, 
 who will ever be 
 
 Tour faithful Friend 
 
 and humble Servant 
 
 George Bucldngham. 
 
 Alfo the King was pleafed to write to the Univerfity o{ Cambridge, 
 in approbation of the faid Eledion, 
 
 Trufty and Well-beloved, We greet you well. 
 
 WHereas.upon Ourpleafure, intimated unto you by the Bijhop of Dut' 
 ham , for the choice of your Chancellor, you have with much duty, 
 asWeexpe£ied, highly fat is fed Us in your ElcBion ^' We cannot in 
 Our Princely Nature (who are nuchpejfeffed with this Tejlimeny of your ready, 
 and Loyal AffeBions) but for ever let you know, how much you are therein 
 made partakers of Our Royal Approbation. And as We fhall ever conceive, 
 that an Honor done to a Perfon We favor, is out of a Loyal refpeif had unto 
 Our Self : And as Wefyall ever juHifie Buckingham worthy of this your E- 
 lecfion, fo fhall you fnde the fruits of it. For We that have found him a 
 faithful Servant to Our dear Father of Bleffed memorf, and Our Self , cannot 
 but undertake that he will prove fuch a one to you -^ and will afijl^ him with a 
 Gratious WiHingnef? in any thing that may concern the good of fne Univerfity 
 in general, or the particular Merits of any Students there. 
 
 Given under Our Signet at Our Pal/ace of Weftminfler, the Sixth 
 ef June, in the Second year of Our Raign. 
 
 t^une 8. Before the Duke gave in his Anfwer on that day unto the 
 Houfe of Peers, to the Impeachment of the Houfe of Commons, he 
 made this enfuing Speech, 
 
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 !N a cafe of preflure confidered by it felf, I have a fair beginning, 
 it is a due debt to your Lordrtiips for this Honorable Favor in leaving 
 it to my choice, whether I would anfwer to the particulars in the 
 Aggravation, or not. I may without leffening my Obligation fay, The 
 " favor is greater at firft, it may be yours, or your Poflerities hereafter. 
 "I have in a manner tied*my felf to my charge, hoping if I give your 
 " Lordlhips fatisfadion in that, the Aggravations will fall of themfelves. I 
 " could not well have followed the Aggravations, being compofed of 
 " words, which I hope my adions have not deferved •, and I am fure my 
 *' ears have not been made acquainted with, without fome diftradion of 
 " fpirit •, yet I have left nothing of them unanfwered that is material. I 
 " have ufed as much fpeed to come to an anfwer, as conveniently I could, 
 " without prejudice of my caufe, having my Reputation too long upon 
 "the ftage^ and had your Lordfiiips called for it fooner, I had been as 
 " ready as now I was delirous, to detain your Lordlliips as little as may be 
 " (with the expedaiion of my particular) from weightier bufinefs. 
 
 " I was alfo grieved that roy bufinefs fliould be a caufe of the lofs of 
 '' this year from foreign attempts, and the hindrance of thofe refdutions 
 " that wGuld have comforted our Friends abroad,and fecured our iSves at 
 home : But in this, my Lords, I am fure you will eafily acquit me ia 
 your thoughts. When I look upon my Charge in general (as they did) 
 withoat fearching into the integrity of mine own heart and adions, 
 which arc yet unknown to moft of them, I wonder not fo much at 
 " their proceedings, the particulars not being voted againd me , nor 
 " unanimoufly ^ but had they taken the means to have been better and 
 " trulier informed of the particulars, or have given me caufe to havein- 
 " formed them, I affure my felf they had not troubled y/ur Lordfhips 
 "with tills Charge : But I confefs there hath been that conteflation in 
 " the Houfeof Commons concerning my Juftification , that I cannot 
 " but acknowledge much favor there from many. And if the aftions of 
 " fome others in that Houfe, do not conclude me of a worfe difpofition 
 " then I lliall hereafter be found, there is none but may fay with me, / am 
 " at peace with all. 
 
 " I lliallonelyfortheprefent, apply my felf to the clearing of my 
 '■''■ Reputation, and for the future, of thofe adions and endeavors wliich 
 "•' may repoflefs me of that I have counted one of ray greateft lofles, their 
 " good opinions. I would not fpeak norprofefs this before your Lord- 
 " lliips,if Reafon and my own difpofition did not warrant the performance 
 «ofit. 
 
 " For firft, Who accufed me-f Common Fame. Who gave me 
 " op to your Lordfhips :• The Houfe of Commons. 
 
 " The one is too fubtile a Body, it a Body -, the other too great 
 " for me to conteft with ; and I am confident, when my caufe Iball be 
 " tried, neither the one, or the other, or part of either, will be found to 
 " be my enemy. 
 
 " But as Fame is fubtle, fo it is often and efpeeially in accufations 
 " falfe •, therefore the Houfe of Commons have not wronged me : Yet 
 "I am confident it will at length be found, that Common Fame hath a- 
 " buled both them and me. 
 
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 Speech to the 
 Lords Houfe, 
 before he gave 
 in his Anfwer. 
 
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 His Anfwer 
 and Plea to 
 the Impeach 
 inentof the 
 HoufecfCcir- 
 mons. 
 
 " Iprefume the Houfe of Commons have proceeded againftmeouc 
 "of an hearty and zealous affeilion, to do their King and Country fer- 
 " vice , I hope out of Chriftian Charity to punilli and amend my faults 
 "(if fame could have proved them) and not to envy my Reputation, or 
 " deftroy my Fortune. I Ihall never call fuch proceedings wrong, if feek- 
 
 ing to cure my errors, give me opportunity to clear and publilTi my in- 
 "nocency: For the State it felf, I have little to fay, it is but a little, I 
 " wi'.l not abufe your Lordfnips patience. I was born and bred in it, I 
 " ov; it my felf; I have been railed to Honors and Fortunes in it (I freely 
 " confefs) beyond my Merits •, what I wantecf in fufficiency and expe- 
 " nence for the ferviceof it, 1 have endeavored to fupply by care and in- 
 " duftry. 
 
 " And could there be the leaft alienation hereafter in my heart from 
 " the fervice of the State, for any thing that hath p-aft, I ihould be the 
 " ungratefuUeft man living ^ {hould but fuch a thought (lain my heart, I 
 "iliould be content it were let blood. If my Pofterity ihould notin- 
 " herit the fame fidelity, I fliould defire an inverfion in the courfe of Na- 
 " ture, and be glad to fee them earthed before me. My Anfwer to the 
 " feveral points in Charge, I fhall crave leave to deliver in brief, and in 
 " form of Law, but as naked as truth loves to be 5 and fo I leave my felf 
 " and my caufe to your Lordlhips Juftice. 
 
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 ^he humble Anfvper and Tlea of George T>u^ of 
 Buckingham, to theDedaration andlmpeach^ 
 ment made againft him, before your LordJhipSy 
 by the Commons Houfe of Parliament, 
 
 THe faid Duke of Buckingham being accufed and fought to be im- 
 peached before your Lordihips, of the many Mifdemeanors, Mif- 
 prifions, Offences, and Crimes, wherewith he is charged by the 
 Commons Houfe of Parliament, and which are comprifed in the Articles 
 preferred againft him, and were aggravated bythofe, whofe fervice was 
 ufed by that Houfe in the delivery of them, Doth finde in himfelf an un- 
 exprtifible prefTure of deep and hearty forrow, thatfo great and fo wor- 
 thy a Body (liould have him fufpefted of thofe things which are objeded 
 againft him ; whereas, had that Honorable Houfe firft known the very 
 truth of thofe particulars , whereof they had not there the means to be 
 rightly informed ^ he is well affured in their own true judgments, they 
 would have forborn to have charged him therewith. 
 
 But the integrity of his own Heart and Confcience, being the mofl: 
 able and moft impartial witnefies, not accufing him of the leaft thought 
 of difloyalty to his Sovcraign, or to his Country, doth raife his fpirits 
 again to make his juit defence before your Lordfhips, of whofe Wifdom, 
 juftice, and Honor, he is fo well aflured, That he doth with confidence, 
 and yet with all humblenefs fubmit himfelf and his caufe to your Exami- 
 nations and Judgments, before whom he (liall with all fincerity and clear- 
 nefs, unfold and lay open the fecrets of his own aftions, and of his heart •, 
 and in his Anfwer fliallnot affirm the leaft Subftantial, and as near as he 
 
 I can the leaft Circumftantial point, which he doth not believe he ihaJl 
 
 ' clearly prove before your Lordlhips. 
 
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 The Charge con fifteth of Thirteen feveral Articles, whereanto the, 
 Duke, laving to himfelf the ufu:il benefit of not being prejudiced by any 
 words or wane of form in his Anfwer •, but that he may be admitted to 
 make further explanation and proof, as there H^all be occafion , and 
 faving to him all Priviledges and Rights belonging to him, asoneof the 
 Peers of the Realm, doth make thefe feveral and diftintt Anfwers follow- 
 ing, in the fame order they are laid down unto him. 
 
 The charge touching Fhrity of offices. 
 
 Tothefirft, which concerneth Plurality of Offices which he hold- 
 eth, he anfwereth thus , That it is true that he holdeth thofe feveral 
 Places and Offices, which are enumerated in the preamble of his Charge, 
 whereof onely three are worthy the name of Offices, viz. The Admi- 
 ralty, the Wardenlhip of the Cinque Ports, and Mafterfliip of the Horfe • 
 B the other are rather titulary and additions of Honor. For thefe Offices 
 he Jiuaibly and freely acknowledgeth the bounty and goodnefs of his 
 moft Gratious Mafter who is with God ; who when he had caft an Eye 
 of Favor upon him, and had taken him into a more near place of fervice 
 about his Royal Perfon , was more willing to multiply his Graces and 
 Favors upon him , then the Duke was forward to ask them 5 and for 
 the moft pare (as many honorable perfons , and his now moft Excellent 
 Majefty, above all others, can beftteftifie) did prevent the very defires of 
 the Duke in asking : And all thefe particular places, he can and doth truly 
 affirm, his late Majefty did beftow them of his own Royal motion (ex- 
 cept the Wardcnfliip of the Cinque Ports onely) and thereto alfo he 
 gave his approbation and encouragement. 
 
 And the Duke denieth, that he obtained thefe places, either to fa- 
 tisfie his exorbitant ambition, or his own profit or advantage, as is ob- 
 jeded againft him : And he hopeth he ftiall give good fatisfadlion co the 
 contrary in his particular Anfwers enfuing, touching the manner of his 
 I) obtaining the places of the Admiralty, and the Wardenfhip of the Cmque 
 Ports , whereunto he humbly defireth to refer himfelf. And for the 
 Mafterftiip of the Horfe to his Majefty, he Hiith it is a meer domeftick 
 office of attendance upon the Kings perfon, whereby he receiveth fome 
 profit ; yet but as a conveniency to render him more fit for his continual 
 attendance; and in that place, the times compared, he hath retrenched 
 the Kings annual charge to a confiderable value, as lliall be made appa- 
 rent. 
 
 And for the number of places he holdeth, he faith, That if the 
 Commonwealth doth not fuffer thereby , he hopeth he may without 
 blame, receive and retain that, which the liberal and bountiful hand of 
 his Mafter hath freely conferred upon him: And it is not without many 
 Prefidents, both in Antient and Modern times. That one man eminent 
 in theefteem of his Soveiaign, hath atone time held as great and as many 
 offices: But when it fliall be difcerned , That he (halltalfly or corruptly 
 execute thofe places, or any of them, or that the Publick (hall fuffer 
 thereby ^ he is fo thankful for what he hath freely received, that when- 
 foever his Gratious Mafter (hall require it, without difpucing with his 
 Soveraign , he will readily lay down at his Royal Feet, not onely his 
 Places and Offices, but his whole Fortunes and his life, co do him fervice. 
 
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 His Charge 
 touching his 
 buying the 
 ^dmirali 
 place. 
 
 For his buying- of t he AdmirAls place, t be ftid Duke maketh this clear 
 and true Jnfver. 
 
 That it is true, that in "January, in the Sixteenth year of his late Ma- 
 jefties Raign, his late Majefty did by his Letters Patents under the Great 
 Seal of England, grant unto the Duke the Office of Admiralty for his 
 life-, which Grant, as he well knoweth it, was made freely and without 
 any Contradl or Bargain with the late Lord Admiral, or any other •, and 
 upon the voluntary Surrender of that Noble and wel-deferving Lord, fo 
 he IS advifed it will appear to be free from any defedl in Law, by reafon 
 of the Statute of 5 Edrv.6, mentioned in this Article of his Charge, or 
 for any other caufe whatfoever : For he faith the true manner of his ob- 
 taining this office, and of all the paflages thereof, which he is ready to 
 make good by Proof, was thus. That Honorable Lord, the late Earl of 
 Nottingham, the Lord Admiral, being grown much in years, and find- 
 ing that he was not then fo able to perform that which appertained to his 
 
 and fearing 
 
 place, as in former times he had done to his great Honor ^ 
 left his Majefties fervice, and the Commonwealth, 
 
 might 
 
 fuffer 
 
 defed, became an humble and earneft Petitioner to his late Majefty, 
 
 admit 
 
 willing 
 
 by his 
 to 
 him to furrender his Office. His late Majefty was at the firft un- 
 unto it, out of his Royal Affection to his Perfon, and true Judg- 
 ment of his worth : But the Earl renewed his Petitions, and tn fome of 
 them nominated the Duke to be his Succeflbr, without the Dukes privity 
 or fore-thought of it. And about that time, a Gentleman of good place 
 about the Navy, and of long experience, of himfelf came to the Duke, 
 and earneftly moved him to undertake the place. The Duke apprehend- 
 ing the weight of the place, and confidering his yong years, and want of 
 experience to manage fo great a charge, gave no ear unto it 5 but excufed 
 it not for form, but really and ingenuoufly out of the apprehenfion of his 
 then unfitnefs for it. This Gentleman not thus fatisfied, without the 
 Duke, applied himfelf to the late King, and moved liis Majefty therein, 
 and oftered Reafons for it. That the Duke was the fitteft man at that 
 time, and as the State of the Navy then ftood,fbr that place 5 for, he faid, 
 it was then a time ot peace. That the beft fervice that could be done lor 
 the prefent, was to repair the Navy and Ships Royal, which then were 
 much in decay, and to retrench the Kings charge, and to employ it ef- 
 fectually • and that before there was like tobeperfonal ufeof fervice, 
 otherwife the Duke being yong and a(flive, might gain experience, and 
 make himfelf as fit as any other -, and that in the mean time, none was fo 
 fit as himfelf, having the opportunity of his Majefties Favor and Means 
 to his Perfon, to procure aconftantaffignment and payment of moneys 
 for the Navy •, the want whereof, was 
 defeds. 
 
 Thefe Reafons perfwaded his lateMafefty, and upon his Majefties 
 own motion, perfwaded the Duke to take the charge upon him : And 
 thereupon the Earl voluntarily, freely, and willingly, and upon his owa 
 earneft and often fuit, furrendred the place without any Prefident, Con- 
 trad, or Promife whatfoever ; v/hich might render the Duke inthcleaft 
 degree fubjed to the danger of the Law (which was not then fo much as 
 once thought upon) and upen that Surrender, the Grant was made to the 
 Duke. But it is true. That his Majefty out of his Royal bounty, forre- 
 compence of the long and taithful fervice of the faid Earl, and for an 
 
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 honorable memory of h's deferts to him, and the Crown of England, 
 did grant him a Penfion ot Onethoufand [rounds per annum for his life- 
 which in all Ages hath been the Royal way of Princes, wherewith to 
 reward antient and well-deferving Servants in their elder years ^ when 
 without their own iaults they are btcome lefs ferviceablc to the State : 
 And the Duke alfo voluntarily and freely, and as an argument of his 
 noble refped towards fo honorable a Predecellor, whom t6 his death he 
 called Father -, whofe Eftate as he then underftood,with his late Majefties 
 privity and approbation, did fend him Three thoufand pounds in money ^ 
 which he hopeth no perfon of worth andhonorwillefteemtobeanaA 
 worthy of blame in him. And when the Duke had thus obtained this 
 place of great truft, he was fo careful of his duty, that he would not relie 
 upon his judgment or ability , but of him felf humbly befought his then 
 Majefty to fettle a CommifTion of fit and able perfons for the Affairs of 
 the Navy ^ by whofe Council and afliftance , he might manage that 
 weighty bufinefs with the beft advantage for his Majeflies fcrvice 5 which 
 CommilTion was granted, and yet continueth, and without the advice of 
 thofe Commiflioners, he hath never done any thing of moment -, and by 
 their advice and induftry he hath thus husbanded the Kings money, and 
 furthered the fervice, that where before the ordinary charge of the Navy 
 was Fifty four thoufand pounds per annum, and yet the Ships were very 
 much decayed, and their Provifions negleded , the charge was returned 
 to Thirty thoufand pounds /'fr4«w«»? , and with that charge, the Ships 
 all repaired and made ferviceable , and two new Ships builded yearly 5 
 and for the two lafl years, when there were no new Ships built, the ordi- 
 nary charge was reduced to Twenty one thoufand fix hundred pounds 
 per annum. And now he dare boldly affirm, that his Majefties Navy is 
 m better liate by much , then ever it was in any precedent time what- 
 foever. 
 
 For his buying the Wardenfhip of the Cinque Ports, he maketh this plaint 
 ingenuous and true Anfivcr. 
 
 That in December^ in the Two and twentieth year of his late Ma- 
 jefties Raign, he obtained the Office of Lord Warden of the Cinque 
 Ports, and Conftable of the Caftleof Dover, (being one entire Office) 
 upon the Surrender of the Lord Zouch, then Lord Warden, 
 
 The manner of obtaining whereof, was thus. The Lord Zouch be- 
 ing grown in years, and with hisalmoft continual lamenefs being grown 
 lefs fit for that place, hedifcovered awillingnefs to leave it, and made 
 feveral offers thereof to the Duke of Richmond, and Richard Earl of Dor- 
 fet, deceafed ^ but he was not willing to part with it without recompenee. 
 Notice whereof coming to the Duke, by an offer made from the Lord 
 Zouch, he finding by experience how much, and how many ways both 
 the Kings fervice might, and many times did fuffer •, and how many in- 
 conveniences did arife to the Kings Subjeds in their Goods, Ships, and 
 Lives, by the intermixture of the Jurifdidions of the Admiralty and 
 Wardenfhip of the Cinque Ports, by the emulation, difaffedlion, and 
 contention of their Officers, as cleuly appear by thefe particulars, a- 
 mongft many others which may be inftanced, 
 
 I. Where the Admiral- J urifdidion extends generally to all the 
 Narrow Seas •, the Warden of the Cinque Ports liath and exercileth 
 Admiral'J urifdiftion on all the Sea Coafts, from Show-Beacon in E(Jcx, 
 
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 An 1626. 1 to the Red Noor in SHJjex •, and within thot'e Limits there have been con- 
 ^"V^ I tinual differences between the Lord Admiral , and the Lord Warden, 
 whether the Lord Wardens Jurildidion extends into the main Sea, or 
 onely as far as the low Water Mark, and fo much further into the Sea, as 
 a man on Horsback can reach with a Launce, which occafioneth Quefti- 
 ons between thofecheif Officers themfelves. 
 
 2. Tl^ere are many and continual differences in executing of War- 
 rants againfl offenders ^ the Officers of the one, refufing to obey or affift 
 the Authority of the other •, whereby the offenders protedted or counte- 
 nanced by either, eafily efcapetli. 
 
 3. Merchants and Owners of Goods queftioned in the Admiralty, 
 are often enforced to fue in both Courts, and often enforced for their peace 
 to compound with both Officers. 
 
 4. The Kings fervice is much hindred for the mofl ufual and ordinary 
 Rendevouz of the Kings Ships, being at the Downs , and that being 
 within the Jurifdidion of the Lord Warden, the Lord Admiral or Cap- 
 tains of the Kings Ships, have no Power or Warrant to prefs menfrom 
 the fliore, if the Kings Ships be in diftrefs. 
 
 5. When the Kings Ships, or others, be in danger on xht Goodwins, 
 and other places within the vie\v of the Portfmen, they have refu fed to 
 help with their Boats , left the Kings Ships fliould command them on 
 board, whereby many Ships have penihed, and much Goods haVc been 
 loft. 
 
 6. When Warrants come to prefs a Ship at Road for the Kings fer- 
 vice,the Officers take occafion to difobey the Warrants,and prejudice the 
 Kings fervicc. For if the Warrant come from the Lord Warden, they 
 will pretend the Ship to be out of their Jurifdidion ^ if the Warrant 
 come from the Lord Admiral, they will pretend it to be within the Ju- 
 rifdidion ot the Cmque Ports: And fowhilft the Officers diipute, the 
 opportunity of the fervice is loft. 
 
 7. When the Kings Ships lie near the Ports, and the men come on 
 rtiore, the Officers refufe to affift tlie Captains to reduce them to the Ships 
 without the Lord Wardens Warrant. 
 
 8. If the Kings Ships, on the fudden, have any need of Pilots for the 
 Sands Coafts of J/Wfri, or the like, wherein the Portfmen are beft 
 experienced, they will not ferve without the Lord Wardens, or his Lieu- 
 tenants Warrant, who perhaps are not near the place. 
 
 9. When for great occafions for the fervice of the State, the Lord 
 Admiral and Lord Warden muft both joyn their Authority •, if the Offi- 
 cers for want of true underftanding of their fcveral Limits and Jurifdidi- 
 ons, miftake their Warrants, the fervice which many times can endure 
 no delay, is loft, or not fo effedually performed. 
 
 For thele and many other Rcafons of the like kinde, the Duke not 
 being led, either with ambition or hope of profit as hath been obji-ded 
 (for it could be no encreafeof Honor to him, having been honored before 
 with a greater place-, nor of profit, for it hath not yielded fiim in any mat- 
 terany profit at all, nor is like to yiekl him above Tiiree hundred pounds 
 fer annum at anytime) but out of his defire to make himl'elf the more 
 able to do the King and Kingdom fervice, and prevent all differences and 
 difficulties which heretofore had, or hereafter might hinder the fame -, He 
 did entertain that motion, and doth confefs, that not knowing, orfo 
 much as thinking of the faid Ad of Parliament before mentioned, be did 
 agree to give the faid Lord One thoufand pounds in money, and Five 
 
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 hundred pounds fcr annum, in refped of his Surrender, he not being wil- 
 hng CO leave his place without fuch confideration, nor the Duke willing 
 to have it without his full fatisfacftion •, and the occafion why the Duke 
 of Buckingham gave that confideration to the Lord Zouch, was, becaufe 
 the Duke of Richmond in his life time had firft agreed to give the fame 
 confideration for it-, and if he had lived, he had had that place upon the 
 fame terms: And when thcfaid Duke of Richmond was dead, his late 
 Majefty direded the Duke of Buckingham to go thorow for that place, 
 and for the Reafons before-mentioned, to put both thefe Offices together, 
 and to give the fame confideration to the faid Lord , which the Duke of 
 Riojfimond /hould have given, and his late Majefty faid he would repay the 
 money. And how far this ad of his, in acquiring this Office, accompanied 
 with thefe Circumftances, may be within the danger 'of the Law, the 
 King being privy toall thepaflagesofit, and encouraging anddireding 
 •it, he humbly fubmittcth to your judgement ^ and he humbly leaves it to 
 your Lordffiips judgments, in what third way an antient fervant to the 
 Crown, by age or infirmity, difabled to perform his fervice, can in an 
 honorable courfe relinquifii his place -, for if the King himfelf give the 
 Reward, it may be faid it is a charge to the Crown •, if the fucceeding 
 Officer give the Recompence, it may thus be objeded to be within the 
 danger of the Law : And howfoever it be, yet he hopeth it fhall not be 
 held in him a crime, when his intentions were juft and honorable, and for 
 the furtherance of the Kings fervice 5 neither is it without prefident, that 
 in former times of great employment, both thefe Offices were put into 
 one hand by feveral Grants, 
 
 To this Article, whereby the not guarding of the Narrow Seas in 
 thefe laft two years by the Duke, according to the truft and duty of an 
 Admiral, is laid to his charge y whereof the confequence,fuppofed to have 
 been meerly through his default , are the ignominious infefting of the 
 Coafts with Pirats and Enemies, the endangering of the Dominion of 
 thefe Seas, the extream lofs of the Merchants , and the decay of the 
 Trade and Strength of the Kingdom : 
 
 The Duke maketh this Anfwer , That he doubteth not bat he fhall 
 make it appear to the good fatisfadion of your Lordfhips, that albeit 
 there hath hapned much lofs to the Kings Subjedls within the faid time of 
 two years by Pirats and Enemies, yet that hath not hapned by the negleft 
 of the Duke, or want of care and diligence in his place: For whereas 
 in former times the ordinary Guard allowed for the Narrow Seas hath 
 been but four Ships, the Duke hath fince Hoftility begun and before 
 procured their number to be muchincreafcd -, for Ciace^itne, 1524. there I 
 hath never been fewer then Five of the Kings Ships, and ordinarily Six, | 
 befides Pinnaces,Merchants Ships, and Drumblers ^ and fince open hofti- 
 lity. Eight of the Kings Ships, befides Merchants of greater number and 
 Pinnaces and Drambltrs -, and all thefe well furniihed and manned, fuffi- 
 ciently inftruded and authorifed for the fervice. He faith, he hath from 
 time to time, upon all occafions acquainted his Majefty, and the Council- 
 Bord therewith , and craved their advice, and ufed the affiftance of the 
 Commiffioners for the Navy in this fervice ♦, and for the Dunkirkers who 
 have of late more infefted thefe Coafts then in former years, he faith. 
 There was that Providence lafed for the repreffing of them, that his Ma- 
 jefties Ships, and the Hollanders joyning together, the Port o{ Dunkirk 
 was blocked up, and fo fliould have continued, had not a fudden ftarm 
 D d d difperfed 
 
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 An. 1626. ' difpeifed them, which being the immediate hand of God,could not by any 
 \.^'/>»J i polUcy of man be prevented •, at which time, they took the opportunity 
 to Rove abroad, but it hath been fo flir from endangering the Dominion 
 of the Narrow Seas thereby, as is fuggefted, That hts Majeftics Ships 
 or Men of War, were never yet mattered, nor encountred by them , nor 
 will they endure the fight ot any of our Ships •, and when the Duke him- 
 felf wasinperfon, the Dunkirkers run into their Harbors. But here is 
 a neceffity, that according to the fortune of Wars, interchangeable lofles 
 will happen •, yet hitherto notwithftanding their more then wonted in- 
 folency, the lofs of the Enemies part hath been as much, it not more 
 then what hathhapncd to us-, and that lofs that hath fain, iiathcheifly 
 come by this means, tliat the Dunkirkers Ships being of late years cxer- 
 cifed in continual hoftility with the Hollanders, are built of a Mold as fit 
 for flight as for fight •, and fo they pilfer upon our Coafts, and creep to 
 the ihore, and efcape from the Kings Ships : But to prevent that incon- 
 venience for the time to come, there is already order taken for the build- 
 ing fome Ships, which fliall be of the like Mold, light and quick of fail, 
 to meet with the adverfe party in their own way. And for the Pirates of 
 Sallie, and thofe parts, he faith, it is but very lately that they found the 
 way into our Coafts, where, by furprife, they might eafily do hurt -, but 
 there hath been that provifion taken by his Majefty, not without the care 
 of the Duke, both by force and treaty to reprefs them for the time to 
 come, as will give good fatist'adion. All which he is affured will clearly 
 appear upon proof. 
 
 The charge 
 touching the 
 unjuflftay of 
 the Ship of 
 Kevfhaven, 
 called the St. 
 Peter, after 
 Sentence. 
 
 To this Article the Duke maketh this Anfwer, That about Septem- 
 her ha, this Ship called the St. Peter (amongft divers others) wasfeifed 
 on as lawful prize by his Majefties Ships, and brought into P/zwotf^y^, as 
 Ships laden by the Subjeds of the King of SpAin •, m the end of o^ober, 
 or beginning of November, they were all brought to the tower oi London, 
 all of them were there unladen ^ but the Peter and the bulk of her Goods 
 was not ftirred , becaufe they were challenged by the Subjeds of the 
 French King ; and there did not then appear fo much proof againft her, 
 and the goods in her, as againft the reft. About the middle of November, 
 Allegations were generally put in againft them all in the Admiralty Court, 
 to juftifiethefeifure, and all the Pretendants were called in uponthefe 
 proceedings, divers of the Ships and Goods were condemned, and divers 
 were releafed in. a legal courfe ; and others of them were in fufpence till 
 full proof made. The Eight and twentieth day of December, complaint 
 was made on the behalf of fome Frenchmen at the Council-Board con- 
 cerning this Ship and others, when the King by Advice of his Council 
 (his Majefty being prefent in perfon) did order that the Ship of Netvhaven 
 called the Peter, and the Goods in her, and all fuch other Goods of the 
 other prizes, as ibould be found to appertain to his Majefties own Sub- 
 jeds, or to the Subjeds of his good Brother the French King, or the 
 States of the United Provinces, or any other Princes or States in Friend- 
 fliip or Alliance with his Majefty, ftiould be delivered : But this was not 
 ablblute, as is fuppofed by the Charge, but was thus qualified, fo as they 
 were not fraudulently coloured, and it was referred to a judicial proceed-' 
 ing. 
 
 According to this juft and honorable Diredion, the Kings Advocate 
 
 proceeded upon the general Allegations formerly put in the 26 o{ January, 
 
 1 after there was a Sentence in the Admiralty, that the Peter Ihould be dif- 
 
 ] charged.
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions, 
 
 587 
 
 charged, and the Kings Advocate not having then any knowledge of fur- 
 ther proof, confented to it. But this was not a Definitive Sentence, but 
 a Sentence Interlocutory, as it is termed in that Court. Within few days 
 after, this Ship prepared her felf tobe gone, and was falling down the 
 River, then came new intelligence to the Lord Admiral, by the Lieute- 
 nant of th^Tetver, That all thofe Ships were laden by the Subjeds of 
 the King of Spain ; that the Amirantafco wafted them beyond the 
 North Cape •, that they were but coloured by Frenchmen 5 that there 
 were Witnefles ready to make good this new Allegation 5 neither was it 
 improbable to be fo^ for part of the Goods in that Ship have been con- 
 fefl'ed to be lawful prize. This Ship being now falling down the River, 
 and being a Ship of the moft value of all the reft, the Duke acquainted 
 the King therewith, and by his commandment made ftay of the Ship 
 leftotherwife it would be too late, which the Duke in the duty of his 
 place of Adlfniral, as he believeth, ought to have done without fuch com- 
 
 ■^ mand : And if he had not done fo, he might worthily have been blamed 
 for his negligence , and then inftantly he fenc for the Judge of the Admi- 
 ralty to be informed from him how far the Sentence already paft did binde, 
 and whether it might ftand with Juftice to make ftay of her again, fhe 
 being once difcharged in fuch manner as before : The Judge anfwered 
 As he was advifed, that it might juftly be done upon better proofs appear- 
 ing •, yec difcreetly in a matter of that moment, he took time to give a 
 refoluteanfwer. That in the interim he might review the A^fls which had 
 pafted : The next day, or very fliortly after, the Judge came again to the 
 Duke, and upon Advice anfwered refolutely , That the Ship and the 
 Goods might juftly be ftayed, if the proofs fell out to be anfwerable to 
 the Information given, whereof he faid he could not judge, till he had 
 feen the Depofitions. And according to this refolution of the Judge, 
 did five other Learned Advocates, befides the Kings Advocate, concur 
 in opinion, being intreated by the Duke to advife thereof 5 fo cautious 
 was the Duke, aot to do anyunjuftadt. Then he acquainted the King 
 
 D again therewith, and his Majefty commanded him to refeize this Ship, 
 and to proceed judicially to the proofs ; and the Duke often required the 
 Kings Advocate to haften the examination of the Witnefl'es, and many 
 Witneftes were produced and examined, in purfuance of this new Infor- 
 mation. But the French Merchants impatient of any delay, complained 
 again to the Council-Board, where it was ordered not barely, That the 
 Ship and Goods (hould be prefently delivered, butftiould be delivered 
 upon fecurity-, and upon fecurity flie had been then delivered, if it had 
 been given, and fecurity was once offered, but afterwards retraced ; And 
 when all the Witneftes produced , were examined and publiHied, the 
 Kings Advocate having duly confidered of them , forthwith acquainted 
 the Duke that the proofs came too lliort for the Peter •, and thereupon 
 the Duke inftantly gave order for her final difcharge, and (he was dif- 
 charged by order of Court accordingly. 
 
 By which true Narration of the Fad, and all the proceedings, the 
 Duke hopeth it will fufticiently appear, That he hath not done any thing 
 herein, on his part, which was not juftifiable, and grounded upon delibe- 
 rate and well-advifed Councils and Warrant. But for the doing of this 
 to his own lucre and advantage, he utterly deniethit-, for he faith, that 
 there was nothing removed out of the Ship , but feme moneys, and 
 fome fmall boxes of ftones of very mean value, and other Imall Portable 
 |. things lying above the Deck, ea'fily tobeimbezilled : And whatfoever 
 ' D d d 2 was 
 
 i Cajroli,
 
 388 
 
 HtUor'tcal CoUeBions, 
 
 An, 1626. 
 
 
 The Charge 
 touching his 
 Extortion of 
 Ten thoufand 
 pounds from 
 the Eajl- India 
 Company , 
 with the abufe 
 of the Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 was taken out of the Ship, was firft publickly (hewed to his Majefty him- 
 felf, and then committed to the cuftody oiCahriel Marjh, in the Article 
 mentioned, by Inventory , then and ftill Marilial of the Admualty, by 
 himtobefafelykept-, whereof the money was employed for th^ Kings 
 immediate fervice, and by his dire(flion, and the reft was left in fafe keep- 
 ing, and are all fince delivered and reimburfed to the owners, or pretend- 
 ed owners thereof, and not a penny profit thereof, or thereby, hath come 
 totheDukehimfelf, asfliall be made good by proof. And whereas the 
 fuggeftion hath been made, that this accident was the caufe of thclm- 
 bargo of the Ships and Goods of our Merchants trading in Francey he 
 faith, that is utterly miftaken , tor divers of their Goods were imbarged 
 before this hapned 5 and if in truth, the French had therein received that 
 as either they pretend or is pretended for them ; yet the imbarguing 
 of the Goods of theEnglifli apon that occafion, was utterly illegal and 
 unwarrantable : For by the mutual Articles between the two Kings, they 
 ought not to have righted themfelves before Legal Complaint, and a 
 denial on our part, and then by way of Reprifal, and not by Imbargo, 
 So that the Duke doth humbly leave it to the eonfideration of your Lord- 
 fliips, whether the harm which hath hapned to our Merchants, hath not 
 been more occafiohed by the unfeafonable juftifying of the adions of the 
 French, which animated them to increafe their injuries, then by any z&. 
 either of the Duke, or any other. 
 
 To this Article, which confifteth of two main Points, the one of the 
 Extorting Ten thoufand pounds unjuftly, and without right from the 
 Eajl-Iftdia Company •, the other,admitting the Duke had a right as Lord 
 Admiral, the compafling it by undue ways, and abufing the Parliafnent, 
 to work his private ends, the Duke giveth this Anfwer, wherein a plain 
 Narration of the Faft, he hopeth, will clear the Matters objedled ^ and in 
 this he (hall lay down no more then will fully appear upon Proof. 
 
 About the end of Michaelmas Term, 1623. the Djikc had informa- 
 tion given him by a principal Member of their own Compai^y, that the 
 Company had made a great advantage to themfelves in the Seas of £ 4/?- 
 Jndia, and other parts of Afta. and Africa, by rich prizes gotten there 
 forcibly from the Portugals, and others 5 and a large part therepf wasdu? 
 to his Majefty, and to the Duke as Admiral by the Law 5 for which, nei- 
 ther of them had any fatisfadion. Whereupon directions were given for 
 a legal profecution in the Court oi Admiralty , and to proceed in fuch 
 Matter as fliould be held fitteft by the Advice of Council. 
 
 In the Moneths of T>ecembcr and January, in that year divers Wit- 
 neftes were examined in the Admiralty according to the ordinary courfe 
 of that Court, to inftruft and furnifli Informative Procefles in this be- 
 half. After the Tenth of March, 1623. an Aftion was commenced in the 
 Court in the joynt names of his Majefty, and the Admiral, grounded 
 upon the former proceeding 5 this was profecuted by the Kings Advo- 
 cate, and the demand at firft was Fifteen thoufand pounds. The Adion 
 being thus framed in both their names, by Advice of Council, becaufe it 
 was doubtful in the judgment of the Council, Whether it 'did more pro- 
 perly belong to the one, or to the other, or to both 5 and the form of en- 
 tring that AAion being moftufual in that Court, on the Eight and twen- 
 tieth of April, 161/^. the Judicial Agreement and Sentence pafted there- 
 upon in the Admiralty Court, wherein the Companies confent, and their 
 own offer, plainly appeareth j fothat for the fecond part of theright,it 
 
 were
 
 Hijlorkal ColieBiom. 
 
 were very hard to conclude that the Duke had no right, contrary to the 
 Companies own confent, and the fentence of the Court, grounded on 
 their Agreement, unlefs it fhall fully appear. That the Company was by 
 ftrong hand inforced thereto, and fo the money extorted. 
 
 Therefore to clear that fcruple , That as the matter of the Suit was 
 juft, or at leaft fo probable as the Company willingly defired it for their 
 peace , fo the manner was as juft and honorable 5 your Lordfliips are hum- 
 bly entreated to obferve thefe few true Circumftances. The Suit in the 
 Admiralty begun divers moneths before the firft mention of it in Parlia- 
 ment; and fome moneths before the beginning of it in that Parliament 
 it wasprofecutedina legalcourfe, and uponfuch grounds as will yet be 
 maintained to be juft. The Compofition made by the Company, was 
 not moved by the Duke, but his late Majefty on the behalf of himfelf, 
 and of the Duke , treated with divers Members of the Company about 
 it, and the Duke himfelf treated not at all with them. The Company 
 without any compulfion at all agreed to the Compofition, not that they 
 were willing to give fo much, if they might haveefcaped for nothing, but 
 that they were willing to give fo much,,rather then to hazard the fuccefs 
 of the Suit : And upon this Compofition concluded by his Majefty, the 
 Company defired and obtained a Pardon for all that was objedted againft 
 them. The Motion in Parliament about the ftay of the Companies Ships 
 then ready prepared and furnifhed,was not out of any refpedl to draw them 
 the rather to give the Compofition, but really out of an apprehcafion, 
 that there might be need of their ftrength for the defence of the Realm 
 at home ; and if fo, then all private refpeds muft give way to the Publick 
 Intereft. Thefe Ships upon the importunity of the Merchants, and Rea- 
 fons given by them, were fuftered neverthelefs to fall down to Tilbtiq, by 
 his late Majcfties diredion to fpeed their Voyage the better, whilft they 
 might be accommodated for this Voyage, without prejudice to the pub- 
 lick fafety, they were difcharged when there was an Accommodation 
 propounded and allowed, which was. That they fhoald forthwith pre- 
 pare other Ships for the home fcrvice, whilft thofe went over with their 
 Voyage, which they accordingly did!, That the Motion made in the 
 Commons Houfe , was without the Dukes knowledge or privity. That 
 when there was a rumor,that the Duke had drawn on the Compofition by 
 ftaying of the Ships which were then gone, the Duke was fo much offend- 
 ed thereat, that he would have had the former Communication to have 
 broken off, and have proceeded in a legal courfe, and he fent to the Com- 
 pany to that purpofe 5 but theCorapany gave him f^tisfa(5tion, That they 
 had raifed no fuch rumor, nor would, nor could avow any fuch thing, and 
 entreated him to reft fatisfied with their publick adls to the contrary .That 
 after this, their Ships being gone, themfelves careful of their future fecu- 
 rity, folicitedthe difpatchof the Compofition, confulted withCouncel 
 upon the Inftruments which pafTed about it, and were at the charge there- 
 of, and the money was paid long after the fentence,and the fentence given 
 after the Ships were gone, and no fecurity given at all for the money, but 
 tlie fentence;,and when thisraony was paid to the Duke,the whole fum (but 
 Two hundred pounds thereof onely) was borrowed by the King, and em- 
 ployed by his own Officers,fortheferviceof the Navy. If thefethings do 
 upon proof appear to your Lordfliips,as is affured they will,he humbly fub- 
 mitteth it to your judgments,how far verbal Affirmations or Informations 
 extrajudicial, fliall move your judgments, when Judicial Ads, and thofe 
 things which were adted and executed, prove the contrary ^ 
 
 To 
 
 389 
 
 2 CatoU, 
 
 1 —
 
 l,po 
 
 Historical ColIeBions. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 The Charge 
 touching his 
 putting the 
 Ships into the 
 hands of the 
 French. 
 
 To' this Article, which is fomixt with Adtions of great Princes, as 
 that he dareth not in his duty publifh every pafTage thereof, he cannot for 
 the prefent make fo particular an Anfwer as he may, hath, arid will do,, 
 to the reft of his Charge. But he giveth this general Anfwer, the truth 
 whereof he humbly prayeth may rather appear to your Lord (hips by the 
 Proofs, then by anyDifcourfe of his 5 whichinReafon of State, will 
 happily be conceived fit to be more privately handled. 
 
 That thefe Ships were lent to the French King at firft, without the 
 Dukes Privitie: That when he knew it, he did that which belonged to 
 an Admiral of England, and a true Englifli man : And he doth deny, that 
 by menace, or compulfion, orany other indireft, -or undue practice, or 
 means, heby himfelf, or by anyothers, did deliver thofe Ships, orany 
 of them, into the hands of the French, as is objecfied againft him : That 
 the Error whkh did happen, by what diredion foever it were, was not in 
 the intention any ways injurious, or didionorable, or dangerous to this 
 State, or prejudicial to any private man, interefted in any of thofe Ships ; 
 nor could have given any fuch offence at all, if thofe promifes had been 
 obferved^by others, which were profefTed and really performed by his Ma- 
 jefty and his Subjeds on their parts. 
 
 Since the 
 DnkesAnfwer 
 delivered into 
 the Houfe, he 
 hath himftlf 
 openly decla- 
 red to their 
 Lordfhips, 
 That for the 
 better clear- 
 ing of his Ho- 
 nor and Fide-' 
 lity to the 
 State, in that 
 part of his 
 Charge which 
 is objefted 
 
 againft him by I ■•'."... 
 
 this Seventh Article, he hath been an earned and humble Suiter to his Majefty, to give Wm leave in his Proofs, 
 to unfold the whole Truth and Secret of that great AiSion , and hath obtained his Ma)cfties gratious lea\^ 
 therein •, and accordingly doth intend to make fuch open and clear Proof thereof, that he nothing doubteth 
 but the fame when it fliall appear, will not onely clear him from blame, but be a Teftimony of his care and 
 faithfiilnefs in fetving the State 
 
 A 
 
 The Charge 
 touching his 
 prafticeofthc 
 employment 
 of them a- 
 gainft Rochel. 
 
 B 
 
 To this Article wherewith he is taxed to have pradifed for the em- 
 ployment of the Ships againft Rechel, he anfwereth. 
 
 That he was fo far from pradifing or confenting that the faid Ships 
 ftiould fo be employed, that he ftiall make it clearly to appear, that when 
 it was difcovered, that they would be employed againft thofe of the Re- 
 ligion, the Proteftation of the French King being otherwife, and their 
 pretence being, That there was a Peace concluded with thofe of the Re- 
 ligion, and that the French King would ufe thofe Ships againft Genoa, 
 which had been an atflion of no ill confcquence to the Affairs of Chriften- 
 dom : The Duke did by all fit and honorable means, endeavor to divert 
 that courfe of their employment ^igainR. Rochel. And he doth truly and 
 boldly affirm. That his endeavors under the Royal care of his moft Ex- 
 cellent Majefty, hath been a great part of the means to preferve the Town 
 oi Rochel, as the Proofs, when they fhall be produced, will make appear. 
 And when his Majefty did finde that beyond his intention, and contrary 
 to the faithful Promifes of the French , they were fomifem ployed, he 
 found himfelf bound in honor to intercede with the moft Chriftian King, 
 his good Brother, for the Peace of that Town, and of the Religion, left 
 his Majefties Honor might otherwife fuffer : Which interceflion his Ma- 
 jefty did fo feduloufly, and fo fuccefsfuUy purfue, that the Town and the 
 Religion there, do and will acknowledge the fruits thereof. 
 
 And whereas it is further objeded againft him, That when in fo un- 
 faithful a manner he had delivered thofe Ships into the power of a foreign 
 State, to the danger of the Religion, and fcandal and difhonor of our 
 Nation, which he utterly denieth to be fo : That to mask his illintenti- 
 ons,in cunning and cautelous manner, he abufed the Parliament at oxford, 
 in affirming before the Committees of both Houfes, That the faid Ships 
 
 were 
 
 D
 
 Hijlorical ColleHiom. 
 
 were n3t,nor fhould be fo ufeJ or employed ■ he faith, (under the f.ivor of 
 thofe who fo underftood his words,) That he did not then ufe thofe words 
 which are exprefled in the Charge to have been fpoken by him, but there 
 being then a jealoufie of the mif-cmploying of t!iofe Ships , the Duke 
 having no knowledge thereof, and knowing well whit the pro- 
 mifes of the French King were , but was not tlien feafonable to be 
 publilhed i he hoping they would not have varied from what was pro- 
 mifed, did fay, That the event would flisw it was no undertaking for 
 them, but a Declaration of that in general terms which Ihould really 
 have been performed, and which his Majefty had juft cautc toexpe^ 
 from them. 
 
 That the Duke did compel the Lord 7i. to buy his Title of Honor, 
 he utterly denieth; and he is very confident, that the Lord iZ. himfelf 
 will not affirm it, or any thing tending that way: Neither can he, nor 
 any man elfe truly fay fo, but the faid Duke is able to prove, that the 
 Lord R. was before willing to have given a much greater fum, but could 
 not then obtain it-, and he did now obtain it by folicitation of his own 
 Agents. 
 
 For the felling of places of Judicature by the Duke, which are fpe- 
 cially inftanced in the Charge, he anfwereth, That he received not, or 
 had a penny of either of thofe fums to his own ufe -, but the truth is, the 
 Lord M. was made Lord Treafurer by his late M ijefty without concrad- 
 ing for any thing for it ^ and after that he had the Office conferred upon 
 him, his late Mijefty moved him to lend him Twenty thoufand pounds 
 upon promife of repayment at the end of a year •, the Lord M, yielded to 
 it, fo as he might have the Dukes word that it (hould be repayedunto 
 him accordingly : The Duke gave his word for it •, the Lord M. relied 
 upon it, and delivered the laid fum to the hands of Mr. Porter then attend- 
 ing upon the Duke, by the late Kings appointment, to be difpofed as 
 his Majefty Ihould direol. And according totheKmgs diredion, that 
 very money was fully paid out to others, and the Duke neither had, nor 
 difpofed of a penny thereof to his own ufe , as is fuggefted againft 
 him. 
 
 And afterwards when the Lord M. left that place, and his money 
 was not repayed unto him, he urged the Duke upon his promife •, where- 
 upon the Duke being jealous of hisHinor, and to keep his word, not 
 having money to pay him, he alTurcd Lands of his own to the Lord M. 
 for his fecurity. But when the Duke was in S^.tiriy the Lord M. obtained 
 a promife from his late Majefty of fome Lands in Fee-farm, to fuch a 
 value, as he accepted of the fame in fatisfidion of the faid money, which 
 were afterwards palTed unto him •, and at the Dukes return, the Lord M. 
 delivered back unto him the fecurity of the Dukes Lands which had been 
 given unto him as aforefaid. 
 
 And for the Six thoufand pounds fuppofed to have been received by 
 the Duke, for procuring to the Earl of M. the Mafterlhip of the Wards, 
 he utterly dcnieth it •, but afterwards he heard that the Earl of M. did dif- 
 burfe Six thoufand pounds about that time-, and his late Majefty beftow- 
 ed the fimeupon Sir Hcnr) Mildmay, his Servant, without the Dukes pri- 
 vity, and he had it and enjoyed it, and no penny thereof came to the 
 faid Duke, or to his ufe. 
 
 To 
 
 1,9 
 
 I 
 
 Caroli. 
 
 The Charge 
 touching the 
 compelling 
 the Lor.l R. 
 to buy Honor. 
 
 The Charge 
 touching his 
 felling of pla- 
 ces of Judica- 
 ture.
 
 ^9i 
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 The Charge 
 touching his 
 procuring of 
 Honors for his 
 poor Kinrcd. 
 
 The Charge 
 touching his 
 exhaufting,in- 
 tcrcepcing 
 and mif-em- 
 ploying the 
 Kings Reve- 
 nue. 
 
 To this Article the Duke anfwereth , That it is true that his late 
 Majefty out of his Royal Favor unto him, having honored the Duke 
 himfelf with many Titles and Dignities of his bounty •, and as a greater 
 argument of his Princely Grace, did alfo think fit to honor thofe who 
 were in equal degree of Blood with him, and alfo to ennoble their Mother 
 who was the Stock that bare them : 
 
 The Title of the Countefs of Buckingham beftowedupon the Mo- 
 ther, was not without Prefident 5 and fhe hath nothing from the Crown 
 but a Title of Honor which dieth with her. 
 
 The Titles beftowed on the Vifcount P. the Dukes Elder Brother, 
 were conferred on him, who was a Servant of theBed-chambertohis 
 now Majefty, then Prince, by his Highnefs means 5 the Earl of j, was of 
 his late Majefties Bed-chamber, and the Honors and Lands conferred on 
 him, was done when the Duke was in Spain. 
 
 The Earl of D. hath the Honors mentioned in the Charge, but 
 he hath not a foot of Land which came from the Crown, or the Kings 
 Grant. 
 
 But if it were true. That the Duke had procured Honors for thofe 
 who are fo near and fo dear unto him 5 the Law of Nature , and the 
 Kings Royal Favor, he hopeth will plead for his excufe ; and he 
 rather believeth he were worthy to be condemned in the opinion of 
 all generous mindes , if being in fuch Favor with his Mafter, he had 
 minded onely his own advancement, and had negledted thofe who were 
 neareft unto him. 
 
 To this Article his Anfwer is, That he doth humbly, and with all 
 thankfulnefs acknowledge the bountiful hand of his late Majefty unto 
 him s, for which he oweth fo much to the memory of that deceafed 
 King, his moft Excellent Majefty that now is, and their Pofterity, that he 
 (hall willingly render back whatfoever he hath received, together with 
 his life, to do them fervice. But for the immenfe fums and values which 
 are fuggefted to have been given unto him, he faith, There are very 
 great miftakings in the calculations which are in the Schedules in this 
 Article mentioned 5 unto which the Duke will apply particular Anfwers 
 in another Schedule, which ftiall exprefs the truth of every particular as 
 near as he can colleft the fame, to which he referreth himfelf^ whereby 
 it fnall appear, what a great difproportion there is between Con jedures 
 and Certainties : And thofe gifts which he hath received, though he con- 
 feffeth, that they exceed his Merit, yet they exceed not Prcfidentsof 
 former times. But whatfoever it is he hath, or hath had, he utterly 
 denieth that he obtained the fame, or any part" thereof, by any undue 
 foUicitation, or praftice, or did unduly obtain any Releafe of any fums 
 of money he received-, but behaving at feveral times, and upon feveral 
 occafions difpofed of divers fums of the moneys of his late Majefty, and 
 of his Majefty that now is, by their private direftions, he hath Releafes 
 thereof for his difcharge, which was honorable and gratious in their Ma- 
 jefties, who granted the fame for their Servants inderapnity ■ and he 
 hopeth was not unfit for him to accept of, left in future times, he or 
 his might be charged therewith , "when he could not be able to give 
 fo clear an account thereof, as he hopeth he ftiall now be. well able 
 to do. 
 
 To
 
 HiUorical ColkHions. 
 
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 IB, 
 
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 To this Charge, which is fet forth in fuch an expreffron of words 
 as might argue an extraordinary guikinefs in the Duke, who bv fuch 
 infinite bonds of duty and thanktulnefs was obliged to be tender of the 
 life and health of his moft dread and dear Soveraign and Mafter he 
 maketh this clear and true Anfwer : That he did neither apply nor pro- 
 cure the Plaifter or Poffet-drink, in the Charge termed to be a Potion 
 unto his late Majefty, nor was prefent when the fime was firft taken or 
 applied : But the truth is this 5 That his Majefty being fick of an A^ue 
 took notice of the Dukes recovery of an Ague not long before and 
 asked him how he had recovered, and what he found did him moft ^ood :" 
 The Duke gave him a particular anfwer thereto, and that one who was 
 the Earl of W<invicks Phylician had miniftred a Plaifter and Poflk-drink 
 to him; and the chief thing that did him good was a Vomit, which he 
 wiflied the King had taken in the beginning of his ficknefs. The Kin^^ 
 was very defirous to have that Plaifter and Poflet-drink fent for but 
 the Duke delayed it -, whereupon the King impatiently asked whether 
 it were fent for, or not :r and finding by the Dukes fpeeches he had not 
 fent for it, his late Majefty fent for ^ohn Baker the Dukes fervanr and 
 with his own mouth commanded him to go for it : Whereupon the 
 Duke befought his Majefty not to make ufeof it but by the advice of 
 his own Phyficians, nor until it Oiould be tried of -^ames Palmer of {lis 
 Bed-chamber, who was then fick of an Ague, and upon two Children 
 in the Town. Which the King faid he would do : And in this refolu- 
 tion the Duke left his Majefty, and went to London 5 and in the mean 
 time in his abfence the Plaifter and Poffet-drink was brought and applied 
 by his late Majefties own command. At the Dukes return, his Majefty 
 was in taking of the PolTet-drink, and the King then commanded the 
 Duke to give it him, which he did in the prefenccof fome of the Kind's 
 Phyficians, they then no ways feeming to diflike it, the fame Drink 
 being firft tafted of by fome of them, and divers others in the Kin^s 
 Bed-chamber. And he thinketh this was the fecond time the Kin^^ took 
 It. Afterwards when the King grew fomewhat worfe then before the 
 Duke heard a rumor as if his Phyfick had done the King hurt, and that 
 the Duke had miniftred that Phyfick to him, without advice. The Duke 
 acquainted the King therewith , to whom tlie King with much difcon- 
 tent anhvered thus, Thf^ are rvorfe then Devils that [ay it. So far from 
 the truth it was, which now notwithftanding ( as it feemeth ) is taken 
 up again by fome, and with much confidence affirmed. And here the I 
 Duke humbly prayeth all your Lordiliips not only to confider the truth 
 of this Anfwer, but alfo to commiferate the fad thought wh;ch this 
 Article hath revived in him. 
 
 This being the plain, clear and evident truth of all thofe things which 
 are contained and particularly exprefted in his Charge, (the reft being 
 in general requiring no Anfwer ) He being well aflured that he hath here- 
 in affirmed nothing which he fliall not make good by proof in fuch way 
 as your Lordrtiips iliall dired ; 
 
 He humbly referreth it to the judgment of your Lordiliips, how full 
 of danger and prejudice it is to give too ready an ear and too cafie a belief 
 unto Reports or Teftimony without Oath,which are not of weight enough 
 ^o condemn any. He Immbly acknowledgeth how eafie it was for him in 
 his younger years and unexperienced, to'tall into thoufands of errors in 
 
 E e e thofe 
 
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 The charge 
 touching Ijji 
 
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 prefumption 
 
 i '1 giving Piiy- 
 
 ] fick to the 
 
 'King.
 
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 Hiflorical CoUeHions, 
 
 An. \6i6. 
 
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 The Kings 
 Lertcr to the 
 Speaker touch- 
 ing fpeedy 
 fiipply to his 
 Majclly. 
 
 thofe ten years wherein he had the honor to ferve lb great and open-heart- 
 ed a Soveraign and Mafter : Butthefearof Almighty God, his Sincerity 
 in the true Religion eftablidied in the Church of England, ( though ac- 
 companied with many weakneffes and imperfe(5tions, which he is not a- 
 (liamed humbly and heartily to confefs ) his awfulnefs not willing to of- 
 fend fo good and gracious a Mafter, and his love and duty to his Country 
 have reftrained him and preferved him (he hopeth) from running into hei- 
 nous and high mifdemeanors and crim.es. But whatfoever upon exami- 
 nation and mature deliberation they (hall appear to be, left in any thing 
 unwittingly within the compafs of fo many years he fliall have offended, 
 He humbly prayeth your Lordfhips not only in thofe, but as to all the faid 
 mifdemeanors, mifprifions, offences and crimes wherewith he ftandeth 
 charged before your LordOiips, to allow unto him the benefit ot the free 
 and general Pardon granted by his late Majefty in Parliament in the 21. 
 year of his Reign, out of which he is not excepted ; and of the gracious 
 Pardon of his now Majefty granted to the faid Duke, and vouchfafed in 
 like manner to all his Subjefts at the time of his moft happy Inauguration 
 and Coronation : Which (aid Pardon under the Great Seal of England 
 granted the faid Duke, beareth date the lo.day ot" Fehruar-) now laft paft, 
 and here is ftiewn forth uato your Lordfliips, on which he doth moft 
 hnmbly rely : And yet he hopeth your Lordfliips in your Juftice and 
 Honor, upon which with confidence he puts himfelf, will acquit him of 
 and from thofe mifdemeanors,offences, mifprifions and crimes wherewith 
 he hath been charged ; And he hopetb, and will daily pray, that for the 
 future he fliall by Gods grace fo watch over his adions both publick and 
 private, that he fliall not give any juft offence to any. 
 
 The Duke having put in this Anfwer, earneftly moved the Lords to 
 fend to the Commons to expedite their Reply •, and the Commons did 
 as earneftly defire a Copy of his Anfwer. 
 
 The next day his Majefty wrote this Letter to the Speaker. 
 
 TRiifty and iVelbeloved, We greet yott nell. Our Heufe of Commons can- 
 not forget boTP often and how earneftly we have called upon them for the 
 (feeding of that Aid which they intended its for om great and weighty af- 
 fairs, concerning the fafety and honor of ui and our Kingdoms : And now the 
 time bein^ fo far (pent, that unlef it be prefently concluded, it can neither 
 bring m Money nor Credit by the time tphich themfel'ues have prefixed, which 
 is the laft of this Monet h, and being further deferred rvoitld be of little ufe, 
 Tve being daily advert; fed from all parts of the great preparations of the Enemy 
 ready to a(fail m •, We hold it necejfary by thefe our Letters to give them our 
 last and final admonition, and to let them know that weftull account all fur- 
 ther delays and excufes to be exprcf? denials. And therefore we will and require 
 you to fignife unto them , that we do expeB that they forthwith bring in their 
 Bill of Subjidy to be pa(Jed without delay or Condition, fo as it may fully paf 
 the Houfe by the end of the next week at thefurtheft : Which if they do not, 
 it will force m to take other resolutions. But let them know, if they fini(J} this 
 according to our defire, that we are refolved to let them fit together for the 
 difpdtch of their other affairs fo long as the jeafen will permit, and after their 
 recef? to bring them together again the next Winter. And if by their denial or 
 delay, any thing of ill cenfequence (hall fall out either at home or abroad. We 
 call God and man to witnefs that We have done our part tt prevent it, by calling 
 our People together to advife with its, by opening the rveight of our occaftons 
 
 unts
 
 Hijlorical CoIleFiions, 
 
 _J93_ 
 
 unto them, md hp-eqiiiriu^ their timely hclf and afsiflance in thefc Actions 2 Caroli. 
 wherein we (land engaged ly their etvnCouncels. And we will and command 
 yott that this Letter be ^uhltckly read in the Houfe, 
 
 About this time there happened, at three a clock in the afternoon, 
 a terrible ftorm of Rain and Hail in and about the City of London, and 
 with it a very great ThunJer and Lightening : The graves were laid 
 open in S.Andrews Chmch-ya:d m Holborn , by the fudden fall of the 
 Wall which brought away the Earth with it, whereby naany Coffins 
 and the Corps therein were expofed to open view, and the. ruder fort 
 would ordinarily life up the lids of the Coffins to fee the pofture of the 
 dead Corps lying therein, who had been buried of the Plague but the 
 year before. 
 
 At the fame inftant of time there was a terrible Storm and ftrange 
 Spedacle upon Thames by the turbulencieof the waters, and a Mift that 
 B '; arofe out of the Hime, which appeared in a round Circle of a good big- 
 nefs above the waters. The fiercenefs of the Storm bent it felf towards 
 T't'r/C'-Houfe, ( the then habitation of x.ht'Dwk^ oi Buckingham) beating 
 againft theftairsand wall thereof: And at laft this round Circle (thus 
 elevated all this while above the water ) difperfed it felf by degrees like 
 the fmoke ifluing out of a Furnace, and afcended higher and higher tdl 
 it quite vaniQied away, to the great admiration of the beholders. This 
 occafioned the more difcourfe among the Vulgar, in that Do6tor Lamb 
 appeared then upon Thames, to whofe Art of Conjuring they attributed 
 that which had happened. The Parliament was then fitting , and this 
 Spedlacle was feen by many of the Members out of the windows of the 
 Houfe. 
 
 The Commons agreed upon this enfuing Petition to his Majefty, 
 concerning Recufants» 
 
 [) To the IQngs mojl Excellent Majefly, 
 
 Your ^ajcSteiS mod cljeDtcnt ani) (oral ^ubiettjs tlje Commons 
 in \W p^efent ^arltamcnt acfcmblcD, Do toitb m^t tonifo?t 
 remember tbe manp Ceaimomco tobi'cb pour ^ajeflp batb 
 gt'ten of pour Gnceritp anD ^ral of tl;c true l^cligion eaabUO^eti tn {\m 
 H^mgDom, anD tn particular pour gracious ainCteer to botij l^Mt^ of 
 parliament at Oxford, upon tbeir l^etition concerning tbe €aufe^ anD 
 EemeDie0 of tbe 3fncreafe of l^opcrp •, ^bat pour ^aicOfp tbougbt 
 6t, anD tooulD gibe o?Der to remote from all J^lace^ of ^aurbojirp anD 
 <J5obernment, all fucb perfons 30 are eitber PopiO) iaecufant0, 0? ac' 
 co?Ding to Direction of former ^(t0 of ^tate luQlp to be fufpecteD •, Djl;icb 
 ^a« tben p?efenteD 30 a great anD principal caufe of tbat mifcbicf. 
 15ut not bamngreteibeDfofuUreD?cf0berein 30 map conDuce to tbe 
 peace of tbi0 Cburcb, anD fafctp of tbi0Eeaal ©tate, €bep bolD it 
 tbeir Dutp once mo?e to refo?t to pour ^acreD ^ajeOp, bumblp to in- 
 form pou, tbat upon ejraminarton tbep 6nD ttje perfon0 unDertti^itten 
 to be eubcr iaecufant0, i^apia0, 0^ juQlp fufpecteD acco?Ding to tbe 
 former 9a0 of ©rate, -djbo noto Do, o? fuice tbe firct Qttmg of tbe ^^arlia^ 
 ment DiD remain tn place0 of »Sobernment anD 3!utbo?itp, anD tlrua in 
 pour federal arountie0 of tbt0 pourEealmof England, anD2Domim'on 
 of Wales. 
 
 Eee 2 The 
 
 The Commons 
 Petition to the 
 King concern- 
 ing Rccufams.
 
 394 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 The Right Honorable Francis Earl of RtttUnd, Lieutennnc of the 
 County of Lincoln^ Rutland., Northampttn^ Nottingham, and a Commiflfi- 
 onerof the Peace, and of Oyer and Terminer in the County of Tork^ 
 and Juftice of Oyer i^omTrem Northwards. His Lordlliip is piefented 
 tobeaPopifliRecufant, and to have affronted ail the Commiflioners of 
 the Peace within the North- Riding of Torkjlire^y fending a Licence under 
 his Hand and Seal unto his Tenant rhombs Fif))cr, dwelling in his Lord- 
 fliips Mannor of Helmfltj in the faid North-Riding of the faid County of 
 Tork^ to keep an Alehoufe, foon after lie was by an Order made at the 
 Quarter-Seflions difcharged from keeping an Alehoufe, becaufe he was a 
 PopiOiconviftRecufant, and to have procured a Popidi Schoolmafter, 
 namely, Roger Confers to teach SchoUers within the faid Mannor of 
 'ffelmfley, that formerly had his Licence to teach SchoUers taken from 
 him, for teaching SchoUers that were the children of Popifli Recufants, 
 and becaufe he fuffered thefe children to abfent themfelves from the 
 Church whileft they were his SchoUers ^ for which the faid Cosyers was 
 formerly complained of in Parliament. 
 
 The Right Honorable Vicount Dunbar^ Deputy Juftice in Oyer to 
 the Earl of Rutland.^ from Trent Northward, and a Commiflioner of 
 Servers., and a Deputy Lieutenant within the Ea(i-Riding of Tork/hire •, 
 hisLordfllip is prefeoted to be a Popifli Recufant, and his Indidmcnt 
 removed into the Kings-Bench , and his Wife, Mother, and the 
 oreateft part of his Family are Popifh Recufants, aad ferae of them 
 convicted. 
 
 William Lord Eury in Commiflion for the Sewers in the Ea(l- Riding., a 
 convid Popilh Recufant, Henry Lord Abergavenej, ^ohn Lord Tenham., 
 Edrvard Lord JVotton in CommifTion for Sewers, juftly fufpedled for Po- 
 pery^ ffe»ry Lord Morley Commiflioner of Sewers in Com. Lane, him- 
 fclf fufpedted, and his wife a Recufant, ^ohn Lord Mordant Commiflioner 
 of the Peace, Sewers, and Subfidic in Com. Northampton, 
 ■f. ^ohn Lord St ^ohn of Baftng, Captain of Udley Caftle in Com. 
 Southampton, indiiftedfor a Popifli Recufant. 
 
 Em. Lord Scroop, Lord Prefident of iiis Majcfties Council in the 
 North,Lord Lieutenant of the County and City of Tork, ^ Com. Ehorac. 
 (jr FiHe Kingjlon fuper Hull, prefented the laft time, and continuing ftill 
 togivefufpition ot his iU-affe6tion in Religion. 
 
 1. By never coming to the Cathedral Church upon thofe dayes 
 wherein former Prefidents have been accuftomed. 
 
 2. By never receiving the Sacrament upon Common dayes, as other 
 Prefidents were accuftomed, butpublickly departing out of the Church 
 with his fervants upon thofe dayes when the reft of the Council, Lord 
 Major, and Aldermen do receive^ 
 
 3. By never or very feldom repairing to the Fafts,but often publick- 
 ly riding abroad with his Hawkes on thofe dayes. 
 
 4. By caufing fuch as are known to be firm on thofe dayes in the Re- 
 ligion eftabliftied, to be left out of CommifTion, which is inftanced in 
 Benry y^We-;/ Efquire, by his Lordfliips procurement pnt out of the Com- 
 mifTion of Sewers, or elfe by keeping them from executing their places, 
 which is inftanced in Dr. Hudfon, Doftorin Divinity, to whom his 
 Lorfliip hath refufed to give the Oath being appointed. 
 
 5 . By putting divers other iU-affe6led perfons in Commiffion «f the 
 Council of Oyer and Terminer,and of the Sewers, and into other Places of 
 TruftjContrary to his Majefties gracious Anfwer to the late Parliament. 
 
 6. In
 
 Hi^orical CoUeHions, 
 
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 6. In Oilokr laft 1625. being certified of divers Spmilli fhips of 
 War upon the Coafts of Sarberoughy his LordOiip went thither and 
 'took with him the Lord Dunbar, Sn Tlmz/.ts Met bam md WiKi.im Jlford 
 and lay at thehoufe of the Lord £/>r)p, whom he knew to be aconvidt 
 Recufant, and did notwithftanding refufe to difarm him, although he lud 
 received Letters from the Lords of the Ceuncil to that effed, and did 
 likewife refufe to fliew the Commiflionerswho were to be im ployed for 
 difarming of Popilli Recufants, the original Letters of the Privy-Coun- 
 cil, or to deliver them any Copies as they defired, and as his Prede- 
 ceilbrs in that place were wont to do. 
 
 7. By giving Order to the Lord Dunbar, Sir William Wetham, and Sir 
 William Aiford, to view the Forts and Store of Munition in the Town of 
 Kingfion upon MtiH, who made one Kerton a convicfl Recufant and 
 fufpeded to be a Prieft, their Clerk in that fervice. 
 
 8. By denying to accept a Plea tendred according to the Law by 
 Sir William Milliard Defendant, againft ifabd Simpfon Plaintiff, in an 
 A(5lion of Trover, that (he was a conviiil Popirti Recufant, and forcino 
 hira to pay cofts. ^ 
 
 9. By the great increafe of Recufants fince his Lordfliips comino to 
 that Government in January 1619. It appearing by the Records of'the 
 Scflions, that there are in t\\t Eafl- Riding onely One thoufand fix hun- 
 dred and feventy more convi(5led then were before, which is conceived 
 to be an effed ot his favor and countenance towards them. 
 
 William LangdaU Efquire convict of Popiih Recufancy ; Jordan Me- 
 tham, Henry Holm, Michael Partington, Efquires, George CrefjveS, rhomM 
 Danby, CommlfTioners of the Servers, and put in Commilfion by pro- 
 curement of the Lord Scroop, Lord Prefident of the North, and who 
 have all Popifh Recufants to their wives ; Ralph tridgeman a Non-Com- 1 
 municant. | 
 
 NichoUs Girlington, whofewife comes feldom to Church ; Six Mar - 
 maduke Wycel Knight and Baronet, prefented the lafl: Parliament his 
 wife being a convid Popilh Recufant,and ftill continuing fo. 
 
 Sir Thomas Metham Knight, Deputy Lieutenant made by the Lord 
 Scroop in Commiflion ot the Council of the North, and of Oyer and 
 Terminer, and other CommifTions of Truft ; all by procurement of the 
 fame Lord Prefident fince the Kings Anfwer •, never known to have re- 
 ceived the Communion ; his two onely Daugliters brought up to be Po- 
 pifh, an j one of them lately married to Thomtvs Boleman Efquire a Po- 
 pifli Recufant. 
 
 Anthony Vicount Montague, in Commiflion of the Semrs in Com. 
 Suffex, his Loi (hip a Recufant Papift. 
 
 Siv William Wray Knight, Deputy Lieutenant, Colonel toaRegi- 
 ment,his wife a Recufant -, Sir Edrv. Mufgrave, Sir Tho. Lamplei^h Juftices 
 of Peace and ^orum •, Sir Thomas Savage Deputy Lieutenant and ]\i- 
 ftice of Peace, his wife and children Recufants } Sir Richard Egertom 
 Non- Communicant. 
 
 Thomas Savage Efquire, a Deputy Lieutenant, a Recufant, and his 
 wife indiifled and prefented -, William Whitmore Commiflioner of the 
 Subfidy, his wife and children Recufmts - Sir Hughsee/lon Commifli- 
 oner of the Subfidy, his Daughter and many of his Servants Recufants ; 
 SirmV/wwiv/j/iVfCommiflioner for the Subfidy, his Lady indited for 
 Recufancy, and his children Papifts -, Sir William Courtney Knight, Vice- 
 Warden of the Stannery, and Deputy Lieutenant, a Popifh Recufant, 
 
 Sir 
 
 2 Caroli.
 
 39^ 
 
 A;j. 1626. 
 
 Hiflorical ColleUions* 
 
 Sir Thomas RidU'^ Knight, Juftice ot" the Peace, his wife a Popifli Recu- 
 fant, and eldeft fon. 
 
 Six Ralfh Con-^crsYinV^ht^ Juftice of Peace, his wife aPopidi Recu- 
 fant^ James Law [on 'E((\\\\.xe^ a Juftice of Peace, and one of the Cap- 
 tains ot the Trained-band, his children Popidi Recufants, and fervants 
 Non- Communicants. 
 
 S ir J'ohn She/Icy Knight and Baronet, a Recufant •, William Scot Efq-, a 
 Recnfant ^ J^ohnF inch E[(\me^ notconvidl, but comes not to Church, 
 in Commiftionof the^fivfrx. , 
 
 The[e are all convicted Recufants^ or [uf^e^edef Popcrj. 
 
 Sir William Mollinctix Deputy Lieutenant and Juftice ot Peace, his 
 vvife a Recufant 5 Sir Richard Honghton Knight Deputy Lieutenant, his 
 wife and fome of his daughters Recufants ^ Sir William Norris Captain 
 of the general Forces, and Juftice of Peace, aRecuCmt-, Sir Gtlbcrt ire- 
 land Ju^ke of Peace, a Recufant-, James Andsrton Efquire, Juftice of 
 Peace, and one of his Majeftics Receivers, his wife a Non-Communi- 
 cant, his fon and heir a great Recufant, and himfelf fufpeded. 
 
 Edward RighyE(<\mey Clerk of the Crown, Juftice of Peace, him- 
 felf a good Communicant, but his wife and daughters Popilli Recufants. 
 
 Edrvard Cri{m}l Efquire, Juftice of Peace, his wife a Popifh Re- 
 cufant. 
 
 John Parker Gentleman, Mufter-Mafter for the County, fufpedted 
 for a Popifh Recufant. 
 
 , George 7rf/j««f Efquire, Juftice of Peace, his wife a Popifli Recufant. 
 
 John Prejlon Efquire, Bow-bearer for his Majefty in WejlmorUnd 
 Foreft, a Recufant. 
 
 thomoi Covin Efquire, Jaylor, Juftice of Peace and ^uoru-m^ his 
 Daughter a Recufant married, 
 
 ■Sir Cuthbcrt Haifa! Juftice of Peace, his wife a Recufant. 
 Richard Sherborn Efquire, Juftice of Peace, himfelf Non-refident, his 
 wife and fon Recufants. 
 
 Sir George Hennage Knighr, Sir Francis Metcalf Knight, Robert 
 jherall Efquire, Anthony Mounjon Efquire, William Dallifon Efquire, in 
 Coramiflioner of the Servers, and are juftly fufpe^led for Popilh Recu- 
 fants. 
 
 Sir Henry S filler Knight in Commiftion of Peace for Middlefex and 
 Weflminjler, and Deputy Lieutenant -, Falentine Saunders Efquire, one 
 of the fix Clerks, both which are juftly fufpedcd to be ill-affeded in Re- 
 
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 D 
 
 ligion according to the Aifls of State. 
 
 Charles Jones Knight, Deputy Lieutenant, and Juftice of Peace 5 
 George Milburne^^c^vit, Juftice of Peace, Edivard Morgan Enquire, their 
 wives are all Popilli Recufants. 
 
 William Jones Deputy Lieutenant, Juftice of Peace, liis wife fufpe(5l- 
 ed to be a Popifli Reculant. 
 
 John Vaughan Captain of the Horfe, fufpeded for Recufancy. 
 
 Bencdi^ Hall Receiver and Steward of the Dutchy of Lanca(ler, he 
 and his wife are Popifli Recufants. 
 
 Six Thcm.is Brudenel Knight and Baronet, Deputy Lieutcnant,3 Popifli 
 Recufant. 
 
 Cuthbert Herone Efquire, now Sheriff of Northumberland, Juftice of 
 the Peace, his wife a Recufant. 
 
 Sir William Selby Junior, Knighr, Juftice of Peace,- his wife a Re- 
 cufant. Sir
 
 Hi^orical ColieBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Sir ^oh» Canning Knight, Juftice of Peace, his wife a fufpeded Re- 
 coTant, 
 
 Sir Ephraim Widdrington Knight, Juftice of Peace fufpedled to be a 
 Recufant. 
 
 S'nThom.ts Riddad Knight, Juftice of Peace, his wife and eldeft fon 
 are Recufants. 
 
 ^ohn JViddrington Efquire, who came out of the fame County before 
 his Majefties Proclamation was publillied, and is now at London attending 
 theCouncil Table by Commandment, and yet not difmift. 
 
 Sir Robert rierpoint Eiquire, Juftice of Peace, his wife a Recufant. 
 Sir Anthony Brown Kmght, Juftice of Peace, thought to be a Recufant, 
 but not convidt. 
 
 Sir Henry Beddingfield Knight, Deputy Lieutenant, and Juftice in 
 Oyer and Terminer, and in Commiftion of Sewers, Juftice of Peace, 
 and Captain of a foot Company, his wife nor any of his children, as is 
 informed, com»to the Church. 
 
 7homiti Sajer Captain of the Horfe, bis wife comes not to Church. 
 
 Sir William Teherton Baronet, and Juftice of Peace, not fufpedted 
 himfelf,but his eldeft fon and one of his daughters are known Recufants. 
 
 Sir Henry Minne Knight, Juftice of Peace and ^.orum^ neither he 
 his wife or daughters can be known to have received the Communion, 
 and have been prefented at the Seflions for Non-conformity. 
 
 Robert Warren Clerk, a Juftice of Peace, juftly fufpcded, and that 
 for thele Reafons. 
 
 1 . He being in truft for one Ratcliff of Bury, deceafed, for the educa- 
 ting of his fon 5 he took him from the School at Twelve years old, and 
 fent him beyond the Seas, to be brought up there in a Popifti Seminary, 
 where he hath remained fix or feven years, as was generally reported, 
 
 2, One of his Parifhioners doubted in fome points of Religion, being 
 fick, and defired to be fatisfied by him, who confirmed him in the Reli- 
 gion of the Church of Rome, which he told to his brothers before his 
 
 death, who are ready to affirm the fame, but this was divers years 
 lince. 
 
 3. There being Letters direded to four Knights of that County to 
 call the Minifters and other officers before them, and to caufe them to 
 prefent all fuch as abfented themfelves from the Church, and were Po- 
 piOily affeded, he was defired to prefent thofe within his Parifh Church 
 of Welford, which he accordingly did, but left out at theleaftone half-, 
 and being asked, why he did fo, he anfwered, that he was no Informer : 
 And being asked of fome particulars, whether they came to the Church 
 or not, his Anfwer was, they did not, and why then did he not prefent 
 them-f he faid, they mightbe Anabaptiftsor Brownifts, and would not 
 prefent them, and this certified by three Members of the Houfe, 
 
 4, He having a brother dwelling in Sudbury that was prefented 
 for not coming to the Church, he came to one of the Minifters, 
 and told him, that he took it ill they prefented his brother, who 
 anfwered, he did it not, but if he had known of ir, he would-, where- 
 upon he replied. He was glad he had a brother of any Religion. 
 
 5 One of his Parifli, named Page, 
 
 having 
 
 intelligence, that there 
 
 was one in the faid Parilh, that could inform of a Private place, where 
 Arms were in a Recufants Houfe in the Parilb, came to Ibme of the 
 Deputy Lieutenants inCommilTion for a Warrant to bring the fame 
 in form before them, to be examined concerning the fame, and the faid 
 
 £^ 
 
 J99_ 
 
 2 Careli.
 
 400 
 
 An. l6i6.\ r 
 
 Hiflorical CoileBions. 
 
 j4^c delivered the Warrant to the Conftable, he carried him before the 
 faid Mr Warren, who rated the faid Fage for that he did not come to him 
 firft, telling him, that he was a fadious fellow, and laid him by the heels 
 for two hours, which the faid Fage is ready to affirm. 
 
 Sir Benjamin Titchhitrne Knight and Baronet, Juftice of Oyer and 
 Terminer, Juftice of Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant, and in Commiifi- 
 on for the Subfidue, liis wife, children and fervants indidled for popiHi 
 Recufancy. 
 
 S'w RtchardTjMurneKmght, Juftice of the Peace, his wife prefent- 
 ed the Lift SefTions for having abfented her f|Jf from the Church for 
 the fpace of two moneths. 
 
 Sir Henry Compton Knight, Depoty Lieutenant, Juftice of Peace, and 
 Commiflionerfor the Sewers^ Sir ^ohn Shelly Knight and Baronet, him- 
 felf and his Lady Recufants, 
 
 Sir ^ohn Gage Knight and Baronet, a Papift Recufanr. 
 
 Sir £^nW FLd. Knight, f ^^eir Ladies come not to Church. 
 Sir Genet Kempe Knight, fome of his children come not to Church. 
 
 Edward Ga^eE((H a R ecu fan t Papift |^^„,„;^^„ cue 
 T^..M/MLr.?omesnottoChurch|<^°"^^^«i°"^^^oftheScwers. 
 
 :^a7)ies Bolls, William Scot, Commiflioncrs of Sewers, both Recu- 
 fants Papifts •, Eohert Sf tiler comes not to Church. 
 
 ' Sir Henry GuilfordiR Comraiflion for Piracies, and for the Sewers, and 
 ^ohn Thatcher Efquire, Commiflioner for the Sewers, they are either 
 perfons convided or juftly fufpeded. 
 
 Sir Richard Sandford Knight, Richard Bremhwait Efquire, Catven 
 Bfemhrvait Efquire, their wives are Recufants. 
 
 Sir William Ambrey Knight, Juftice of Peace, a Recufant, 
 
 Recs Williams a Juftice of Peace, his wife a eonvid Recufant, and his 
 children Popiftily bred, as is informed. 
 
 Sir ^ohn Coney Knight a Juftice of Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant, 
 his wife a Popifti Recufant. 
 
 Morgan Voyle Efquire, Juftice of Peace, his wife prefented for not 
 coming to Church, but v.^hether (he is a Popifti Recufant is not known. 
 
 ^okn Warren Captain of the Trained-band, one of his fons fufpe<aeci 
 to be Popidily affedled. 
 
 CHIDfvcfo?ctt;ep!)utnblp befcetO pour ^<^affr!p not to fiififer pour 
 lobtng ©ub}m0 to continue anp longer DifreurageD bp tt)e apparent 
 fence of tbattncreafebotb in number anD potoer, tufjtcb bp tbe faDo? 
 anb countenance of fucb Itfee iH afifetteD @ot)erno?0 accretoetb to tbe 
 ^opiQj #artp •, but tbat acco^btng to pour otcn toifDom, gooDnef anb 
 pietp Ctobereof tbep reQ affureD) pou toill be gractouQp pleafeD to 
 comtnanDtbatSnftuerof pour #ajeaie0 to be effeaaUp obferbeD, anb 
 tbe ^artie0 abobe nameb, anb all fucb otb^ r0 to be put out of fucb 
 €ommif0t{)n0 anbpace^ of 3lutbo^itp toberein tbep notoare in pour 
 fll^aieotes Eealm of England, contrarp to tbe ^tt0 anD lato of State 
 tntbatbebalL 
 
 A Committee was appointed to prepare anAr%erto his Majefties 
 Letter, which was ingrofled and allowed of, but the' Copy thereof we 
 cannot finde -, yet the Subftance was delivered by the Speaker Sir Hcnage 
 Finch, in thcfe words-. 
 
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 Mofl gracious and dread Soveraign, j^-^^-v^^ 
 
 According to that liberty of accefs, and liberty of fpeech which The Com- 
 your Majcfty and your Royal Progenitors have ever vouch- monsAnfwcr 
 fated to your Houfe of Commons, your Majefties moft hum- JIJgj^Letrerby 
 "ble and Loyal Subjeds, the Commons now aflembled in Parliament the speaker 
 " have been Suitors for this accefs to your Royal Throne. 
 
 " And out of their confideration of the nature, and' of the weight 
 " and importance of the* ufincfs, they have thought the attendance of 
 " the whole houfe with their Speaker, not too folemn 5 and yet they 
 " have not thougl-it fit barely to commit thofe words, which exprefs their 
 " thoughts, to the truft of any mans Speech, but are bold to prefent 
 " them in writing to your gracious hands, that they may not vanilh, but 
 " be more lading then the moft powerfull words of a more able Speaker 
 " like to be. 
 
 " I have much to read, and fliall therefore, as little as I can, weary 
 " your Majefty with Speeches. 
 
 " This Parchment contains two things, the one by way of Declara- 
 tion, to give your Majefty an accompt and humble fatisfadion of their 
 " clear and fincere endeavors and intentions in your Majefties fervice ^ 
 "and the other an humble Petition to your Majefty for the removal of 
 "that great perfon the Duke of Buckingham from accefs to your Royal 
 prefence. 
 
 "For the firft. They befeech your moft excellent Majefty tobe- 
 "leeve, that no earthly thing is fodear and precious to them, as that 
 " your Majefty ftiould retain them in your grace and goodopmion^ and 
 "it is a grief to them beyond my expreflion, that any mifinformation, or 
 " mifinterpretation (hould at any time render their words or proceedings 
 " ofFenfive to your Majefty. 
 
 "It is not proper for any to hear the Eccho of a voice, that hears 
 " not the voice ; and if Eccho's be fometimes heard to double and re- 
 " double, the Eccho of the Eccho is ftill fainter, and founds not lowder. 
 
 " I need not make the Application, words mifreported, though by 
 "an Eccho, or but an Eccho of an Eccho, at a third or fourth hand, 
 " have oft a lowder found then the voice it felf, and may found difloyalty, 
 " though the voice had nothing unducifull, or illoyal in it. 
 
 '' Such mifinformations they fear have begot thofe interruptions and 
 *' diverfions which have delayed the ripening and expediting of thofe 
 "great Counfels which concern your Majefties important fervice, and 
 " have enforced this Declaration. 
 
 " I pafs from that to the Petition in which my purpofe is not to urge 
 " thofe Reafons which your Majefty may hear exprefted in their own 
 " words in the language of the people. 
 
 " I am onely direded to offer to your great wifdom and deep judge- 
 " ment,that this petition of theirs is fuch as may ftand with your Majefties 
 " honor and juftice to grant. 
 
 "Your Majefty hath beenpleafed to give many Royal Teftimooies 
 " and Arguments to the world how good and gracious a Maftcr you are ; 
 " and that which the Qjaeen of Sheh^ox\CQ faid to the wifeft King, may 
 " without flattery be faid to your Majefty, 
 
 Haffy are thofe Servants rvh;ch (land centinuallj before jou^ 
 
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 But 

 
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 Hifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 (.i 
 
 But the Relations by which your Maj( fty (lands in a gracious 
 " afpeft towards your people, do far tranfcend, and are more prevalsut 
 "and binding, then any relation of a Matter towards aServaac^ indtp 
 " hear and fatisfie the juft and necefTary defires of your people, is more 
 '' honorable, then any exprelTion of grace to a fervant. 
 
 " To be a Mafter of a Servant is communicable to many of your 
 " Subjeds 5 to be a King of people, is Regal, and incommunicable to 
 " Subjeds. 
 
 " Your Majefty is truly ftiled with that nagie which the greateft Em- 
 " perors, though they borrowed names and titles from thofe Countries 
 " which they gained by conqueft, moft delighted in. Pater Patrix-, and 
 " defires of children are preferred before thofe of fervants, and the fer- 
 " vant abideth not in the houfe for ever, but the fon abideth ever. 
 
 " The Government of a King was truely termed by your Royal Fa- 
 " ther, a Politick Marriage between him and his People •, and I may fafe- 
 "lyfay, there was never abetter union between a married Pair, then is 
 " between your Majefty and your People. 
 
 Afterwards the Commons made what hafte they could to perfe^fl a 
 Remonftrance or Declaration againft the Duke, and concerning Tonage 
 and Poundage taken by the King fince the death of his Father, without 
 confent in Parliament , which was no fooner finifhed, but they had inti- 
 mation the Kmg would that day diffolve the Parliament ^ whereupon 
 they ordered every Member of the Houfe to have a Copy of the Re- 
 monftrance. 
 
 And at the fame time the Lords prepared this enfuing Petition to 
 ftay his purpofe in diffolving the Parliament. 
 
 May it pleafe your Excellent Majefty, 
 
 W Spoilt fatttJfuHanDlcpal Subjects tte ^eetiS of ttJtj5 5ttng> 
 Dom , babmg rcccibeD tDi33 moaning a peerage from JD 
 pout ^ajeap, intimating an mttnnon to Dicroltje ttji0 
 #adtament ? rememb?tng t^at ttie are pour ^ajeftie^ bereDitarp 
 great Council of tUe fitmgDam, Do conteibe tOat toe cannot Deferbe pour 
 ^ajeftiejK gracious opinion cjip^effeD in xW .peerage unto m, no? DiD 
 ctjargeour Dutpto <SoD, pour ^ajcftp anDour Countrp, if after tp 
 p?ef 0ion of our great anO uniter fal fo?roto, toe DtO not (jumMp ofiFer our 
 lopalanDfaittifuUaDtJice to continue tl)i0 parliament, b^'tol^ictii tljofe 
 great ant) apparent Dangers at Ijome ano ab^oaD QgniaeD to \x9i bp 
 pour ^ajcftiejs commanD, map be p?et)enteD, ant) pour ^ajeftp 
 maOebapppintbe Dutp anD lobe of pour people, togicb toe bolD tbe 
 greateft ®afetp anD Creafurpof a filing •, fo? t(je efifeamg tobereof 
 our bumble anb faitbfullenDeabo? llJaU neber be toanting. 
 
 The Lords fent the Vicount Mandevile Earl of Manchs^er Lord 
 Prefident of his Majefties Council, the Earl of Pcmbmk^ the Earl of 
 Carlile^ and the Earl of Holland to mtreat his M:')efty to give audience to 
 the whole Houfe of Peers. But the King returned Anfwcr, That his 
 Refolucion was to hear no motion to that purpofe, but he would diffolve 
 the Parliament - and immediately caufed a Commiflion to pafs under the 
 Great-Seal to that purpofe, in hxc verba. 
 
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 CAROLUS Dei gratia Anglix, Scotix, Franci£ ^ Hibcrnix Rex, 
 Fidci Defer) for, &c. Reverendifimo in Chrifto Patri (^ fdeli Confi- 
 Itario tJOpro Georgia Archiep/fc.Cantttar. totiiu Artglix Primati (jr Me- 
 trofolitano : Ac perdilecfo c^ pdeli CortfUiar, noflro Thorns Coventry militi, 
 Doni. Cttflod. Magiii Sigilli noflri Angli£ : Ac etiam Reverendi^. in Chrifto 
 Patri Tobi<c Archiep. Ebor. Anglic Primati (^ Mctropolitano : Nee von cha- 
 ri^imis Cenfanguineis (^ ConJJliariis no(lris ^acobo Comiti Marlborough, The- 
 faurario nojlro Anglic ^ Henrico Cemiti Manchefler, Dom,Prefidcnti Confilii 
 nojlri •, Edrvardo Comiti Wigorn. Cttflod, P rival i Sigilli noflri •, Geor?io Ditci 
 Buckingham, Magno Admirallo noflro Anglic •^ Willielmo Corniti Pembroke, 
 Canterario Hofpitii noflri : Ac etiam charifimo Confangitineo noflro Edwardo 
 Comiti Dorfet ; nee non charifimo & Confiliar. noflro PhHippo Comiti Meunt- 
 gomery ; chari^imoque Confangitineo noflro Willielmo Comiti Northampton, 
 Prefidenti Confilii noflri infra Principalitatem cr Marchia-s Walli^ % ac chart/. 
 Confangitineo (jr Confiliar, noslro ^acobo Comiti Carlol. Nee non chart fimis 
 Confangttineis noflris ^ohanni Comiti de Clare, Thorns. Comiti Cleveland, 
 Edmimdo Comiti de Mitlgrave : Nee non charifimo Confangitineo ^ Confiliar. 
 noflro Ceorgio Comiti de Totnes ; charifimoque Confangitineo noflro Henrico 
 Vicecomiti Rochford : Ac etiam Reverendis m Chrifto Patribm Geor^io Epi- 
 fcopo London, Richardo Epifc. Dtinelm. Revcrendoque in Chrifio Patri ^ fi- 
 deli Confiliar . noflro Lanceloto Epifc. Winton, Nee non Reverendis in Chrifio 
 Patribm, Samtteli Epifc. Norwicen, Willielmo Epifc. Meneven. Ac perdile£to 
 f^ fideli Con filiario noflro Edrvardo Dom. Conway, imi frimoritm Secretariiim 
 noflrunt, Ac etiam perdilccio & fdeli noflro Samueli Dom. Scroop Prefidenti 
 Confilii noflri inpartibiis BorealibM •, perdile^toque (^ fideli Confiliar, noflro 
 Fttlconi Dom. Brook, Saltitem. 
 
 Ciim nuper pro quibufdam ardttts ^ urgentibm negotiis, Nos flatum ^ 
 defenfionem Regni noflri AngliA ^ Ecelefu Anglican^i concementibm, prx- 
 fens hoc Parliamentum noflrum apitd Civitatem noflram Wejlmonaflerii lexto 
 die Febritar. Anno Regni noflri prima inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus, a 
 quo die idem Parliamentum noflrum ufqtie ad ^ inflantem decimum qitintum 
 diem ^itnii continuatttm fuerat : Sciatis quod nos pro certis urgcntibiM caufis 
 & confideratianibus nos (pecialiter moventtbus, idem Parliamentum noflrum 
 hoe inflanti decimo qitinto die ^unii duximm diffolvendmn. De fidelitate 
 igitiir, prudentia df circumfpeBione veflris plurimiim confdentes, de avifa- 
 mento ^ affenfit Confilii noslri a(sjgnavimu-s vos Commifionarios neflros, 
 dantes vohii ^ altqutbm tribtisvel pltiribm veflrttm tenareprAfentitim, pie- 
 nampotcflatem <^ authoritatem hoc inflanti decimo quinta die ^ftnii ad di^um 
 Parlamentum noflrum nomine noflra plenarii diffolvenditm ■ (^ idea vobis 
 mandamus quod vts, vel aliqui tres velplttres veflrttm, idem Parliamentum 
 noflrum hoc inflante decimo qitinto die J-unii, virtitte harum Literarum no- 
 flrum patent, plenarii diffolvatis ^ determinetis. Et idea vobis mandamus 
 quod pr£mi(Ja diligenter intendatis, ac ea in forma prxdiBa effcBualiter ex- 
 pleatts (3* exequamini, Damtu aatem univerfis cf fingulis Archiepifcop-is, 
 Dttcibtis , Marchionibm , Comitibtts, Vteecomitibtis, Epifcopis, Baronibitf, 
 Mtlitibiis, Civibtis (^ Burgenfibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum interefl ad diifum 
 Parliamentum noflrum conventitritm, tenorc prxfentium firmiter in mandat. 
 quod vobis in pnemif?is facie nd. agend. c^ exiquend. pari ant, obediant, ^ in- 
 tendant in omnibus protu decet. In eujus rei tesiimonium hai literas noflras 
 fieri fecimits patentes. Telle meipfo apud Weflm. decimo quinto dtej''unii, 
 Anno Regni noflri fccitndo. 
 
 EDMONDS. 
 Fff2 This
 
 4H 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. i6z6. 
 
 This Commiffion being read, and the Commons prefentj the Parlia- ', 
 ment was diffolved on the Fifteenth day of ^ime 1626. ! 
 
 The intended Remonftrance was as followeth, 
 
 Moft Gracious Soveraign, 
 
 W(£ pour lopal anD faitl)ful®ul)iert0 tOe CommoniSf aa"cmWeD 
 bp pour ^a!cate0 mod JK.opal aut(jo?ttp in t£it0 p?eCent Par^ 
 liament, ^amngtoittjaU Dutiful aefcction fromttjc time of 
 out firO meDting earneQlp cnDeaboieD to p^ocopD fpftDilp in tljofe affairs 
 t&at migi^t tiea anD fconcff conDuce to out Difpatcl? of ttJc intenDeD 
 fuppip of pout ^m^m great Deognjsf, to t\)t enlargement of pout 
 fuppo?t, an!) to tlje enablmg of our felbe^ anD tbem l»I)om toe rep?e-- 
 fent, to tbe full anD timelp perfoimance of tbe fame -, babe nottoit^- 
 ffanDmg bp rcafon of Dit)cr0 info^matton?, interruptions, anD otbet 
 p?ebention0 bin DitberroCa retarDeD in tbe p?ofecution of ttj^fe affairie;, 
 tbat MHZ noto ttjougbt it a ncceirarp part of our mod bumble Duties 
 tbus to Declare botb tbofe interruptions anD p^ebenttons , \iiit\> tbe 
 true original anD continual caufe of tbem , as alfo our mod earnef! 
 Demotion of tbe parliamentarp fetbice of pout mod ejrcellent ^aj'eflp, 
 anD of tbe careful fafetp anD Defence of pour Dominions, proton anD 
 Dignttp : ^nD toe mod bumblp tbetefo^e befaccb pout mod ejtcellent 
 ^ajedp to be gratioudp pleafeD hzu to cad pour epe on fome patticu^ 
 lats, tbat )i)ii'\^t relation as toell to pom: Brd patliament, as to iW •-, 
 out of tobicb toe cannot Doubt but tbat pout gteat (ScoDnefs map re^ 
 cetbe an ample fatisfactton toucbing out mod lopal anD faitbful iw 
 tentions* 
 
 3In tbe &rd parliament of tbe 6rd ^eat of pout ^ajedics mod 
 bappp Retgn ober us, tbe CTommons tbeti aiTembleD, after tbep baD 
 cberrfullp p?efcnteD to pour ^iijedp as tbe fird-fruits of tbeir affecti- 
 ons Ctoo entire ©ubQDies, tocre ejrctrDinglp pjeffeD bp tbe means of 
 tbe2Dufee of Buckingham, anDfo^ bi^oton enDs, as toe conceibe, to 
 enlarge tbat ©uppip: tobicb toben be conceibeD tooulD not be tbece 
 effectcD, b^ p^ocureD fo? tbe fame tnDs from pour ^ajedp an ^Djourn' 
 ment of tbe parliament to tbe Citp of Oxford ; tobere tbe (Commons 
 tben taking into jud conQDeration tbe greated mifcbiefs tobicb tl^iii 
 ClingDom barioudp batij fuffcreD, anD tbat cbiedp ^v reafon of tbe ejco^ 
 bitantpotoer anD frequent mifDcings of tbe fatDDu!;e, toere cutting 
 tntoaparliamentatp courfeofepamination of tbofe mi:Ccbicfs,potoet, 
 anD mtf Doings : Xut no fconet toas tbete anp mention maDe of \)i% 
 JiSame to tuis purpofe, but tbat be fearing led W jettons migbt fo 
 babe \im\ tco mucb laiD open to ^t bieto of p3ur mod ejcceUent ^a- 
 jedp, anD to tbw^ jud Ccnfure tbat mtgbt tben babe follotoeD, p^efentlp 
 tb?ougb bi)8 midnfo^mattons to pour ^ajedp of tbe intentions of pour 
 faiD Commons (as toe babe jud caufe to beliebe) p.'ocureD a Diffolution 
 of tbe fatD parliament : ^nD aftettoarDs alfo \\\ t\)z fame pear, 
 tb^ougb Dtbcrs miftepo?ts maDe to pour ^ajedp in btsbebalf toucb' 
 ing fome ® embers of tbe faiD (Sommoivs, tobobaD mo?e particufarlp 
 D^atonbis JQame mto judquedion, anD judlp p^ofefl'eD tbemfelbes a' 
 berfe tn bisenDs tbere, p?ocuveD (as toe cannot but conceibe) tbe 
 faiD >^cmbers to be maDe tbe ©beciffs of feberal Counties fo? tW 
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 pear t&at foUotueD, to rtje ent» t&at t\)tfmiQ\)t babe all hm p^ecluDeti 1 2 c^r^/;. 
 from being cbofen ^embcr^ of tbe p^efent parliament, Icff tipcp ^,^^-^^ 
 CfjoulD agam babe tbcretn qucQioncD btm 5 anD bp tbe Itfee p?aatce alfo 
 (astoearepcrfbjaaeD) bep?ociireD foon after tbe faiD Diffolution ano i 
 tbcr * £l;cmber of tbe faiD H^oufe, becaufe be baD jueip p^ofeCfcD bim^ ! =^Mr GUnviu. 
 fclf agatnabije^^nD^, tobefenta^Setretarp of pour ^afeiiiejs laa 
 JFleet, berebp iuDrcl) to pumll) bim bp futb D?ab3ing bim from bt0 
 practice of tbe lat», tobicb bjas^ bijs p^ofef)Sion, unber colour of an 
 boiiorable 3lmplopment. 
 
 3ft pleafeD pour ^ajeapaftertoarDjs in February laCf, to call tbt0 
 p^efent parliament, tobcrcin (tbougb none of tbofe tobom tbe fatO 
 Dufee bciD fo profurcb to be niabe btgU ©birtJ^) babe fit as ^embcr^ef^ 
 pet toeauDmg tn our felbes tbe lif;e aafettion, 6r(I to tl)t ©crbtce of pour 
 .^ateQp , anD nert to tbe gooD of tbe €ommonb)caltb, b)? took into fe- 
 riou0 ConQDeration feberal p^opoQttonis, bob? f 0? tbe fafetp anObap 
 pmefs of pour ^^ajeQicg; IRtngooms anD Allies, bje migbt enlarge 
 pour ©uppo?t)5, aDotoibe^ilitarp Strengtb bJitbout cbargetotbe 
 poo?er fo?t of pour Subjettf^, anb gtbe a larger ©uppip to pour ^a^ 
 jeflp fo? pour tnOant anj p^ef^ing occaQoniS, tben batb cber pet but 
 once been gtben m parliament : ©Hbereupon fo? tbe enabling of our 
 felbe^anbtoofe bJbom b3erep?efent, bjeconcetbe it firanececfarp to 
 fearcbintotbe^aufegiof tboCe ^ifcbtefief, bJbicb tbti^pour ClingDom 
 fueferetb, anb tJibcrs of tbe (S?tebance« tbat oberburtben pour ^ub- 
 jetfg ; bJitbout bomg of tobicb toe coulD neitber be faitbful to pour ^a- 
 jeQp, no? to tbe dountrp tbat Dotb trud aab implop ms, a0 pour Ropal ' 
 fatber alfo of blecTeD memo?p aDmomCbeD tbe I^oufe of Commons tn 
 tbe fourrb "Scfston of bi« 6ra parliament. 3In tbi;» conCDeration toe 
 founj tbat tbe mod p?ef;e(ing anD comp?ebenabe ^ifcbief anD (S?ie= 
 bancc tbat toe fuffereb, toa0 funDamentallp fetleD in tbe bad potoe'i* 
 anb eno?mou0 Actions of tbe faiD 2Dufee, being fucb? tbat \)^ reafon of 
 \)iisi pluralitp of ©f6cc0, all gotten bp ambition, anD fome fo? mo- 
 nep, ejrp?eap againff tbe Latoeg of pour Ecalm ; ^is^ b?eacb of Crutt, 
 innot guarbmg tbe 'Seas -, \)i(!i bigb injuaice in tbe 3iDmiraltp •, \)iis 
 erto?tion •, bis Dehbering ober tbe ©bips of tbis ii^ingbom into tbe 
 banDsof aJFo?cin^?ince-, bt0P?ocurtngof tbe compulfo?p bupingof 
 bono?fo? bis oton gain •, bis unejrampIeDerbauQing of tbe .Crcafures 
 anD Eebenues of tbe filingDom •, \)i& tranfcenDent p?erumption of tbat 
 unbappp applying of pbiQch to pour iaopal Jfatber of bltcfeb memo?p, 
 fetoDapes bcfo?e ^iss Deatb, anD fome otberbts iDofences carefullp anD 
 niaturelpejramineDbpus, toemaDe a #arliamentarp Cbarge of tbe 
 fame matters ant) offences againd bim, to tbe lo?Ds bp pour ^ajeOp 
 affrmbleD in parliament, tbere e]cpcaing fome reniebp bp a fpeeDp 
 p?oceeDing againQ bim -, but, map it pleafe pour mod ejccellent ^a- 
 jtQ]^, not onelp During tbe time of our ejcamtnation of tbe matters 
 anD offences of tbe fame Cbarge, toe toere Diberdp interrupreD, anD 
 biberteb, bp ^cf^i\i[t!s p?ocurcD tb^ougb mtGnfo?matton from pour ,^a- 
 jedp, tobicb toitb mod bumble Dutp anD reberence toe DiD eber rcc eibc, 
 tobence it 6rd felt out, tbat fo not onelp mucb time toas f pent amongd 
 us, befo?e tb* fame Cbarge toas perfecteD, but alfo i^it\)in ttoo Dapes 
 nejct after tbe fame ibarge toas tranfmitteD bp us to t\)t lLo?Ds : tip' 
 on untrue anD malicious miQnfo?mat(ons p?ibatelp anD againd tbe 
 ^?ibileDge of Parliaments, gibentopour #ajeflp of certain too?Ds 
 
 fuppnfcD
 
 4-0^ 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An, 1626. 
 
 fuppofeti to ^abe teen fpofeen bp ©it Dudley Digs ant) ©it John Elliot 
 Cinis(jt0, ttuo of t^c ^emljetjai of our i|)oufe, in t^eit ferbice of 
 tOe tranfmittmg of tljetaiD dljatge, botl) of ttjem l^abmg been efpe^ 
 ciallp empIopeD tn tbe Cljair^ of Committees toitb us, about tbe tp 
 aminatton of tUe faiD matteus anD oEfences, tbep toere botb bp pout 
 ^aieaies commanD committeD to clofe imp?ifonment in tbe Cotuet 
 of London, anfi tbeit loDginss p?efentlp featcbeD, ant) tbeit papets 
 tbetefounDp?cfentlptal^cn atoap -, bp teafon txibcteof, not onelp cut 
 !uioton #?it)ilel)scsof ^atliament t»ete inftingeD, but toe out felbeg 
 tbat upon full bopeof fpeeDp coutfe of luflice agafna tbefaiDDufee 
 toete p?epatmg toitbaU tiutifuU affection to p?occeD totbet)ifpatcbof 
 tbeSupplp, anDotbet©ett)icesto pout ^ajeCfp, tuetetoboHp, astbe 
 Coutfe anD ^?it)tleDge of patliament binDesus, DtbevteD fo? Dibets 
 Dapes, to tbe tailing onelp into conQDetattonfomc Coutfes fo?tbetati-- 
 fpinganDp^efctbationof tbe ^?ibileDges fotnftmgcD, anb toetbinfe 
 it out Duties, moa gtatious ©obetaign, moO tigbtlp to info?m bete^ 
 bppout moG ejctellent ^ajefip of tbe Coutfe belD in tbe Commit- 
 ment of tbettoo ^embets : IFo? tubeteas bp pout .^ajeOies (DOHat-- 
 tant to pout ^ecfengets fo? tbe atteQmg of tbem, pou toete pleafeb to 
 commanD, tbattbep fljoulD tepait to tbeit loDgt'ngs. ainD tbetetal^e 
 tbem-, ^out^ajcdies principal ©ettetatp tbe lo?D Conway gabe 
 t\)t faiD '^effengets, (as tbep af&tmeD) an e]rp?efs commanD, contta- 
 tp to tbe faiD caiattants, tbat tbep Q)3ulD not go to tbett JLoDgings, 
 but to tbe !|)oufe of Commons, anDtbetetafeetbem; anDif tbepfounD 
 tbem not tbete, tbep CfJOulD Qap until tbep tnete come into tbe llJoufe, 
 anD app?ebenD tbem tbbetefoebet elfe tbep ftculD 6nDe tbem. m\)it\) 
 be&Des tbat it \& conttavp to pout ,^ajeOies commanD, \9i m appa* 
 tent CeQtmonp of fome mifcbtebous intention tbcte baD againa t\^t 
 tobole ll3oufe of Commons, anD againd tbe ferbice intenDeD to pout 
 ^ajeffp, gil uibicb,tuitb t\)t fcbetal intettuptions tbat p?eceDeD it,anD 
 tbe miQnfo?mation tbat batb caufeD all of tbem> toe cannot Doubt but 
 tbat tbep toereto^ougbt anD p^ocutcD bp tbe 2r>u6eto bis otonbeboof, 
 anD fo^ bis aDbantage, efpe ciallp betaufe tbe faiD 3!ntettuptions babe 
 tb^ougbmiGnfo?mationcomeamongflus, onelpat fucb times tobete^ 
 m toe babe baD tbe mattetsmiD offences cbatgeD againo bim in agita- 
 tion 5 but pout ^ajeOp out of pout gtcat gooOnefs anD juOice being af' 
 tertoatDsinfo?meDttuelp of out #?tbileDge, anD t\)t Demetit of tbe 
 Caufe tbat concetneD out faiD ttoo ^cmbets? gtaciouflp commanDeD 
 tbe Delibctp cf tbem out of tbe 'STotoet, fo? tobicb toe tenDet unto pcut 
 ^ajcap mod bumble tbanfes ^ anD txiete tben again bp teafon of out 
 bopes of tbe Difpatcb of p?oceeDings toitb tbe Lo?Ds, upon cut 
 Cbatge agama bim faiD tbe I?ufee, in a cbeetfull putpofe to go on 
 ixiitb tbe mattet of ©upplp, anD otbet fetbtces to pcut ^ajeftp, 
 toben again tbefe bopes faileD in us, bp teafon of fome neto e]co?bi^ 
 tancies noto latelp tbebieDin tbe ejcetcife of bis fo gteat potoetanD 
 ambition •, fo? bp fucb bis potoet anD ambiticn, nottoitbftanDing out 
 iDeclatationagamft btmfo?bis fo gteat plutaltrp of Offices, bealfo 
 P?ccuteD to bimfelf, h^ tbe follicitation of bis Slgcnts, anD of fucb 
 as DepenDeD upon bim, tbe ©fete of Cbancello? of tbe 23nibeffitp of 
 Cambridge^ bJbeteastbc fame ©ImbctQrp babtng ttoo Xutgeffes in 
 Parliament, DiD bp tbe fame Xutgeffcs a feto toeefes befo?e, ccn^ 
 Cent bJitb us m tbe Cbatge againft bim fo? W ambition fo? p?o- 
 
 cuting
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions, 
 
 4.07 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 curing fuclJ a pluralitp of Officer -, fuel) \j)h<s t)t0 ambition to fuc toi 
 it, fuc{} toa^ Ijiis potoct to inafec tbem gibe tt Ijim contrarp to to(jat 
 ttiemfelbf OaD asrerD in Parliament toitlj all tOe Commonjs of Eng- 
 land, aint) \)t p^otiireD alfo t\)t fame Offire bp tljc fpecial labo?0 anD 
 eni3eat)0?$ ( ajj toe are info^meD ) of a factious party, iwboaDfxretb 
 totbat DangcrcuiS Jnnobation of Eeligion, publiCfjeb m tbe feDitiou^ 
 m7itinQ& of one Richard Montague Clcrh 5 of tobom it i0 tbcnce alfo, 
 anu ycre tofo?e upon otber re afong it batb brtn ccntetbcD, tbat tbe faiD 
 2:;'ulie ijy, anD long batb born an ^bctto? anb p^otecto?. 
 
 Cbf f^ ^(tm\$ of t\)c faiD DuU babe tbujst among U0 binD^eb tbe 
 fcrbice of row ^ajcap, bp reafon botb of tbe interruptions tbat babe 
 fo nccctrarilp actompanieb tbem, anD of tbe p^ebention of our cbitrfut 
 nefi?, tDbicb otbcrtoife bab long Once born moS effeouallp Ojtwh in u0, 
 tbat babe notbing clfe in our careis nejrt to our Dutp to <©ob, but tbe 
 loyal ferbice of pour ^ajcOp, tbe fafetp of pour l^ingbom, anD tbe 
 futanence of eur felbc0 anDtbofetobomtoe rep?efent, fo? ti)t conttnu^ 
 ante of tbat fcrbice anD fafetp ; ©Hbttb toe cannot bope fo?, anD toe 
 befffcb pour moa ejccellent #ajeCfp gracicuOp toreceibetbisour bum- 
 ble anD frtr p^oteQation, Cbat toe cannot bope fo? if, fo long a& toe 
 tbu0 fufifer unDer tbe p?ea'ure0 of tl)t potoer anD ambition of tit faiD 
 Dufee, anD tbe Diberg anD falfe 3fnfo?mation0 fo giben to pour ^ajeop 
 on \)isi bebalf anD fo? bi« aDbantage ; efpeciallp tobcn toe obferbe alfo 
 tbat in fucb W B«*catnef0 be p?ebcntetb tbe gibing of true 3fnfo?matton 
 to pout ^^ajcap m all tbmgs tbat map anp toap0 reaect on bi0 oton 
 mifDoing0, to CDeto unto pour ^ajeOptbe true aateof pour@ubiea0 
 anD fitmgDom0, ctbertoife tf)m ais it map be rcp?ercnteb fo? bt0 oton 
 enD0. 9nD to tbat purpofe alfo batb be p?ocureD fo manp perfDn0 De^ 
 penDing en bim, ettber bp alliance 0? aDbancement, to placc0 of emi- 
 nencte near pour ©acrcD perfon* '^b?ougb ^i& mi'Qnf o?mation0 of tbat 
 feinb alfo, anD potoer, toe babe fepn to our great grief, botb in ti)e time 
 of pour ^ajenie0 Eopal jratber of blecreD memo?p , anD of pour S^^ 
 itQjp, Dibct0 OEficer0 of tbe H^ingDom fo often bp bim DtfplaceD anD 
 altereD, tbat toitbtn tbefe feto pear0paCf, Once tbe beginning of f)i!s 
 greatnef0, mo?e fucb Difplacing0 anD alteratton0 babe bp bt0 mean0 
 bappcneD,tben in manp pcar0befo?e tbem; JSeitber toa0 tbere in tbe 
 time of pour IBlopal Jfatber of bleffeD memo?p anp fucb Courfe belD, be' 
 fo?c It toa0 bp tbe p?actice of tbe faiD Dufee tbu0 inDuceD.^nD Once tbat 
 time Diber0 ©fecer0 of tbe €roton, not onlp in ti)i!S pour IKingDom of 
 England, but alfo m Ireland, a0 tbep babe born maDe fricnD0 0? aDberfe 
 to tbe faiD 2Du!?e, babe born eitber fo commenDeD, 0? mifp?efenteD bp 
 bim to bi.« ^obcraign, anD bp \)i& p?ocurement fo placeD, 0? DtfplaceD, 
 tbat be batb altoap0 bcrcin, a0 mucb 30 m btm lap, maDe bi0 oton 
 enD0 anD aDbantage tbe meafure of tbe gwD 0? ill of pour ^amtis 
 fi^ingDom0» 
 
 Xutnotoatlengtb, map it pleafe pour moaejccellent.^ajeup, toe 
 babe reccibeD from tbe JLo?C0 a dopp of tbe faiD IDulsfS ianftoer to 
 our dbarge tranf mittcD agamfi bim 5 tobercunto toe ftall p?ifentlp 
 infucbfo?trcplp, acco?Dingtotbe tato0of parliament, tbatimlef0 
 Ifiin potoer anD practice again unDcrmine our p?ocrt^Dtng0, toe Do not 
 Doubt but toe 0;all upon tbe fame babe 3!uDgment agamO bim, 
 
 3in tbe timc0alfo (mcfl g?actou0 ©obrratgn) of tbefe 3[nrer- 
 ruption0 tobicb came amonga 110 , bp reafon of tbe p?ocurement of 
 
 ttoa 
 
 2 Careli.
 
 4-08 
 
 Htjlorical ColieBions. 
 
 An, 1626. 
 
 ttcioof ouc^emberiKrommttteDj ^ 0raciou0 peerage toass fo^merip 
 receibeD from pour ®aieCp, tBJjcrtm pou faD htm pleafctitolet m 
 fenoto, €IDat if poll OaD not a timc!p ©upplp, pour ^ateftp tooulD be^ 
 tal^e pour felf to 0et33 Counfeljs : toijicf) toe cannot Doubt tiscrc tn= 
 tenl3cti Ip pour nioQ cptellent ^^ajcap to be fucD a? fiooD tottb JtiQice 
 ant) tbe latojs of tbi0 Ecalm. Xiit tbefe t»jo?D0 New Counfels torn 
 remcmb?eD in a ©peecb matie amongo u0 bp one of pour ^afcQieg | 
 ^^ibpCouncil, anb iatclp a #cmber of U0, loobo m tbe fame ©peetb 
 tolD U0, ^e baO often tbougbt of tbofe toO?D0 New Counfels ; Cbat 
 tnbi0 tonCDeratton of tbem, berememb?ebtbattbfretnercfutbfemD0 
 of Parliaments anttentlp among otber J13ation0, ac are noto in England ., 
 Cbat in England be faXD tbc dountrp'people libe in bappincfg anb 
 plentp, butm tbcfe otber JI3ation0 be fato tbfm poo? botO mperfon0 
 anDbabit-, o?totbat effect: 2Ubicb ffate anb conbtttonbappeneD (30 
 be fatb ) to tbcm, tobere fucb JQeta dounfel^ toere tafeen, a0 tbat tbe 
 ufe of tbeir ^arltament0 enDeD* 
 
 Cbt^ inttmatton, map it pleafe pour ^afeffp, 11)30 fucb a0 alfo 
 gabe U0 juQ caufe to fear tbcre tnere fome iH ^miner0 near pour 
 >^aieap, tbat in bebalf of tbe faiD ^Dufee, anD togetber tuttb bim, iJoDo 
 10 fo Qrangelp potucrful , txierc Co mucb agama tlje 33arltair.entarp 
 Courfe of tbi0 IRmgDom, a0tbepmigbtperbap0aDbtfe pour mott tp 
 cellent ^aieQp fucb JSetn (2:ounfel0 a0 tbefe, tbat fell unitr tbe me^ 
 mo?p anb conQberation of tbat ^?tbp <Iounfello?. ^nD one efpcctal 
 reafon among otDer0 batb incrcafeD tbat fear amongQ U0, IFo? tbat 
 toberea0 tbe ©ubQbie0 of Tonnage anb Poundage, tobicb betermineD 
 upon tbe beatb of pour moO Wopal f atber our late ©oberaign, anD 
 tocre neber papable to anpof pour ^ajeCfie0 3nceao?0 but onip bp a 
 fpctial M of parliament, anD ougbt not to be lebieD tuitbout fucb an 
 3ltt, pet eber Gnce tbe beginning of pour ^afeff ie0 bappp jaeign ober 
 U0, tbe faib ^ubQDie0 babe bo-n lebieD b^ fome of pour ^ajeQie0 
 miniaer0, a0 if t))tv ^ere 01U Due ; altbougb alfo one parliament 
 batb born Gnce tben begun, anD DiCfolbeD bp procurement of tbe faib 
 2)ufee, a0 i0 before G;et»eb, toberein no ^tt pacfeD fo? tbe fame ®ub' 
 GDie0. e:iUbtcb example 10 fo mutb againCt tbe conaant ufe of fo?raer 
 time0, anbtbefenotoniaigbtanDlibertpof pour ©ubiett0, tbat it 10 
 an apparent effea of fome ntVn Counfel0 giben againc t\)t anttent fetlcb 
 CourCe of <Sobernment of tbi0 pour ^aieate0 iKingDom, anD tUtflp 
 againa tbe Eigbt of pour £;ommon0, a© if tbere nugbt be anp SubQDp, 
 Cajr 0? 3ItDlebieD upon tbem, tottbout tbeir confent m parliament, 
 0? tontraap to tbe fetleD latr)0 of tbt0 C^mgDom. OSutif anp fucb Do 
 fo ill an office, 30 bp tbemifrep?efentatton of tbe Gate anD rigbt of 
 pour v^ajeate0 lopal ©ub]ea0, aDbife anp fucb nebj ai;ounfel0 30 
 tbe lebpmg of snp giD, llajc 0? SubnDp 3mong pour people, contrarp 
 to tbe fetleD )Lato0 of pour KmgDom, Gfile cannot, mod graciou0 
 ©oberaign, but eaeem tbem tbat fo Chall aDbife, not onlp 30 Clipcr0, 
 but ^eO0 to tbeir IRing anD Commoniuealtb , (30 all fucb torre to 
 botb l^ouCe0 of parliament ejrp^eflp OileD bp pour mofl Eopal IFatber ) 
 but alfo Capital €nemie0 30 boell to pour tobjn snD SDignitp, 30 
 to tbe Commontoealtb. 9nD toe 0;aU fo? our pBrt0 in parliament 
 Cbctn, ae occaQon (pall require, anD be reaDp to Declare tbeir offence0 of 
 tbi0 femo, fucb 30 tbat map be retoarDeO toitb tbe bifibetl puniCdment 
 30 pour Latx)0 inQia on anp ©ffenDer0, 
 
 Cbefe
 
 Hi^orical ColleBioni, 
 
 4op 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 W)dt, anD fome of ^tkfe t'gtngs, amongflmanp otijcr, (^oU ; 2 c^r^//. 
 gvaciou0 ©oberatgn ) arc ttofc tDbicD tia'oe fo mm\) p:ei)enrcD a . 
 riubr unlicrannDtng iJctttiDrn pour ^a]tUx> anD us>, anD tuljic?) tiatje 
 poCffCTcD tDc !jtart0of pour people anD loyal CommonstoitD unfpcafe' 
 able iom'iJ) anDoiief, finCmg apparenrlp all DuniblcanD beartp er/ 
 tcat)o?0 !T!tQnterp?ctcD , DtnD?eD , ano noto at Ida almcS fruaratcD 
 iittcvlp, bf> tOe intcrpoQtion of t\)c ejcrcCfibc anD abuQbc pbtxieu ni one 
 «ian •, agatno tobom toe babe jua caufe to p^otea, not onlp in regaiD 
 of tbe particulars bJbcreboitb be batb born cbargeD, toDtcb in Parlfs^ 
 mcntarp ii>aj» toe are enfojccD to inQCf upon, slis itiatters tobicb lie in 
 our nottre an'3 p^ccf, but alfo bccaufc toe appjebenD bim of fo un^ 
 b^irileD Snibition , anD fo aberfe to tDe gccD anD tranquilliti' of tbe 
 COurcb anDState , tljat toe benlj) beliebe t)tm to be an €nemp to 
 botb : ^nD tbcreft^c, unlcf0 toe tooulD bctrap our oton Duties to 
 pcur ^ajefip, anD tbcfe fo| toboni toe arc truacD, QUe cannat but 
 ejcp^efs our inftnite grief, tfat be CfJOulD babe fo great potocr anD 
 tnterefl m pour p^incelp affections, anD unDer pour fl^ajettp to'yollp 
 in a manner to engrafs to btmfelf tbeaDmtniQratton of pour3ffd\C0 
 of tbe CitngDem, tobtcb bp tbat means is Diaton into a Condition 
 moa miferatilc anD ba^arDous* 
 
 (S5ibe m tben leabe, mod Dear ©oberaign, in tbe name of all t\)t 
 
 (Commons of tbis pour fctngDom, p^ofirate at tbe fert of pour ©acreD 
 
 ^ajeClp, motlbumblptobefftcbpou, eben fo? tbe l|)ono? of ^Imigljtp 
 
 @oD, toljofe Religion i!s Directlp unDermineD bp tbe p?atttce of tbat 
 
 ^artp tobom tbisDufee fuppo^S; IFo? pour jjono^ tobicb toillbe 
 
 mucb aDbanceD in tbe reliebmg of pour people \n tbis tbeir great 
 
 anD general griebancf; Jfo? tbe bono?, fafetp anD toelfare of pour 
 
 IftingDom, tobscb bp tbi0 means is tb?eatneDtoitbalmo(i unabot'Dable 
 
 Dangers •, 9nD fo? tbe lobe tobicb pour ^ajeap as a gcoD anD lobing 
 
 fatber bears imto pour gooD people, to tobom toe p?ofefs in tt)e p?e' 
 
 fence of ailmigbtp <S5oD (tbe ©carc^er of allbearts) pouare as bigblp 
 
 eacrmcD anD belobeD as eber anp of pour p?eDeceffe?s toere, Cbat 
 
 pou tooulD be gratiouflp pleafeD to remobe tbis Perfon from ac= 
 
 cefs to pour fatreD p?efence , anD tijat pou toill not ballance tbi0 
 
 one man toitb all tbefe tbings , anD toitb tbe Sfifairs of tbe €b?t' 
 
 aian too?lD, tobicb Do d\l fuffer fo far as tbep babe relation to tbis 
 
 KingDom , tbteflp bp bis means, f 0? toe p?ote(f to pour ^ajcQp, 
 
 anD to tlje tobolc too?lD, Cbat until tUts 6?eat perfon be remobcD 
 
 from intermcDling tottb tbe 6?eat Affairs of ©tate , toe are out 
 
 of bope of anp gcoD futcefs •, aiiD Do fear tbat anp monep toe f(jall 
 
 0? can gibe, toill tb?ougb biiS miGmploiment be turneD ratber to tbe 
 
 burt anD p?ejuDice of tbis pour 5AingDom, tben otbertoife, as bp 
 
 lamentable ejrperiencc toe babe founO in tbofe large Supplies toe 
 
 babe fo?merlp anb late Ip giben. 
 
 'But nn fconer (ball toe receibe reD?tts anD relief in tf)i0, ( tobtcb 
 of ail Ptbers 10 ouu mod tnfuppo?table griebance) but toe 0;al( 
 fo?tbtoitb p?oceeD to accjm.pliib pour ^ajeOtes oton Deore, fo? 
 ^i-upylp •, anD likctoife toit'i all cbeerfulncfs applp our felbes to 
 tbe prrfcttjng of Dibeis ntber ptreat tbings , fucb as toe tbtnfe no 
 one ??(ivliiiment in anp 3Ige tm parallel, tenDmg to tbe flabilitp, 
 tocdr?) , ano fliengtb , anD bono? of tbis pour feingDom, anD tbe 
 fupi^o?i- be pour IFrtenDs anD^lliefi/'ab?oaD: .ainD toe Doubt not but 
 
 (55 gg tb?ougb
 
 Hijiorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. 
 
 4.10 
 
 i6t6.\ t^?oust) (^oDis Meffing, a;s pou are tlje bcO, foCball pou tW k tl)e 
 . bcQ beIot)ci), anD greatea ^onarcl^ tijat cber fare in tlje JRopal tiriJ?one 
 of t|)i« famou0 fi^msOom* 
 
 The Grounds itd Caufes which the King held forth for diffolving 
 of this , and the former Parliament , appear in the enfuing Decla- 
 ration. 
 
 The Kings 
 Declaration 
 of the Caufes 
 of afiembling 
 and diflTolving 
 the two lafi 
 Parliaments. 
 
 T^t IRing^ moO €jrceHent ^ajcap, Gnce t3t0 tJappp accef^ to tbe 
 3IiTipenal€roton of tljtjs Eealm, gating bp bi0 Eopal ^utljo- 
 cttp TummoneD anDaffcmWeD tiwo feDeral parliaments-, tlje 
 firtt tutiercof toas in Auguft laa tip atijournmcntljelD at Oxford, anD 
 t^ere DiffDlueD -, ani) t^e otijcr fcegim m February laa, anD continueD 
 until tie IFtfternt^ Dap of iW p?efcnt monetO of June, anD tijen to 
 tlje unf pcafeable grtef of ljtmfelf,anD {m lie beUet)erO) of all W gcoD anD 
 twcll-aeeacD ©iib^ctts, DiffolDeD alfo : aitt)oug!) fje m\\ l?notoetD tDat 
 ttJc Calling, ^Djourmng,p?o?ogLung,anD DiCfollnng of pavltamcnts, 
 being W great Council of tlje IRmgDom, Do peculiarlp belong unto 
 tjtmfelf bp anunDoubteD ^^crogatilje infeparablp uniteD to W Im- 
 perial Crouin-, of tabicb^ as of W otber Eegal actions, be is not 
 bounD to gtt)e an Stcompt to anp but to (SoD onlp, tubofe immeDtate 
 Hieutenant anD aaicegerent \)t is in tbcfc bis I'^ealms anD 2:>omtmons 
 bp tbei:)it3me p?ot)tDence lomniitteD to bis tbarge anD gobcrnment j 
 ^et fo^afmucb as bp tbe affifiante of tbeHilmigbtp, \}i^ piirpofe is, fo 
 to o?Dcr bniiff If' anD all bis SBaions, cfpettallp tbe great anDpublcfe 
 SCttions of ©tatr, concerning tbe toeal of bis fiiingDoms, as map 
 juttiee tbemfclbes not onlp to \^i<6 oton Confcienre, anD to \^i^ oton 
 people, but to tbe tobole CiKoilD •, l|)is ^ajeOp batb t\)m^^t it fit anD 
 necccrarp, as tbe Affairs noto OanD botb at bome anD ab?oaD, to mafee a 
 true,plain ? clear Declaration of tbe Caufes vobicb mobeD \i\^ ^ajeOp 
 to affemble, anD after cnfejceD bim to Dicfolbe tbefe parliaments 5 
 Cbat fo tbe moutb of malice it felf map be DoppeD , anD tbe Doubts 
 anD fears of \>\& otxrn gcoD ©ubjertsatbome, anD of bislFrienDs anD 
 allies ab?caD mapbefatif&cD, anDtbeDefcrbcD blame of fo unbappp 
 aicciDents map jufllp ligbt upon tbe autbo?s tbcreof. 
 
 cmben W ^aieap bp tbe Deatb of bis Dear anD EopalJFatberof 
 cbrr bleffeD memo?p firO came to tbe Crotnn, be fcunDbimfelf en= 
 gageD in a CUar toitb a potent €nemp -, not unDcrtaften raQjlp, no? 
 Wttbout juaanDl;ono?able grounDs, butenfojceD fo? tbe neceoarp De^ 
 fence cf bimfelf anD bis 2:)ominions, fo? tbe fuppo?t of W JrrienDs 
 anD Allies, fo? tbe reDcrming of tbe antient ?3ono? of tbis JQatton, 
 fo? tbe recobcrmg of tbe patrimonp of bis Dear ©iQer, ber Confo?t, 
 anD tbeir CbilD?cn , mjuriouap anD unDer colour of '^Treaties anD 
 jfrienDCfjip tal>cn from tbem, anD fo? tbe maintenance cf tl;c true 
 Religion, anD intjiteD tbercunto anD encourageD tberein bp tbe bumble 
 ^Dbice of botb tbe l^oufes of parliament, anD bp tbeir large p?o-- 
 mifes anD p?oteaation'5 to bis late ?0ajcEfp, to gibe bim full anD 
 real arriRance in tbofe €nterp?ifes tobicb toere of fo great impo?t' 
 ancc to tbts ISlealm, anD to tbe general peace anD faferp of all bis 
 IFricnDs ann 3lUies : Xut toben bis ^ajeQp entreD into a bieto of bis 
 
 Creafure,
 
 Historical ColIeBionf. 
 
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 B 
 
 D 
 
 titrrafure, \)t founD boto ill p?ol)iDct) \)t \j3a0 to p?otef D cffcttuanrtritlj 
 fo great an ^aion, unlcfjs \}c niigOt l)c affurcD to rcreibe furti Suppliro i 
 from hits lobtng @ubica0, aj3 niigUt cnalilc t)tm to manage tt)e famc« j 
 
 l])cr(upDn tii0 ^ajf Op ticiiig unlling to trraD m i^e acp0 of bis i 
 iS,opal p?ogcnito?j5, fo^ t be maMng of gooD anu tubolfom Lato0 fo? 
 tbc better (Sobcrnment of bts people, fo? tht rtgbt unDerQanOmg of 
 tbeir true ©^iebancex^ aiiD fo? tbe S^upplpof monies to be impIopeD 
 fo? tbofc publicfe ftr'iitce0, be uiD refolUe to fumnion a parliament 
 toitb all tonbenient fpfrD be migbt ■■, ^n\} 6nDing a fo?mrr ^Parlia- 
 ment alreaDp calleD m tbc life of \)i^ jFar ber, be txia0 beQroujK fo? ttiv 
 tbe fperlner Difpatcbof \m toeigbtp atTairs;, anD gammg of time, to 
 bate tcntmueD tbe fame toitbout anj' alteratiDii of ?be Members tbere^ 
 of, baO be not bcrn aiibifcD to tbe contrary hp bi0 3[utige0 anD Council 
 at ILalJ), fo? tbatit baDbftn fubjcato quenion m laio, tabirb be De^ 
 QreD to aWZ, Xut ae fcon a0 poCfibl]' be coulD, be fummoneD a ncti) 
 ^arliament.'bopicb be DtD toitb mutb coii6Dcnct anD affuranre of tbe Ictie 
 of hii' people tbat tbofc (Uibo not long befo?e baO toitb Come t'mpo?tunitp 
 toon bi0 Jraiber to b?eak off bi0 fo?mer treaties tuitl) Spain, anD to 
 effect it baD ufeD tbc mcDiation of bi0 noto ^ajeffp being tben }i?ince, 
 anD a Member of tbe parliament, anD baD p?omifeD m parliament 
 tbeir uttf rmofl affiRante fo? tbc enabling of bi0 late ^ajeop to unDcr 
 go tbe Mav tobiib tbcp tben fo?efato migbt foUoto ) tooulD affureDlp 
 babe pcrfo?meD it to bi0 noto ^ajeap, anD tooulD not baue fuffereD 
 bimin bi0 6rG (Enterp?ifeof fo great an ejipettatton, to batJc run tbe 
 leaCt b^f^arD tb?ougb tbeir Defaults. 
 
 'Qihiis Parliament ( after fome 3i)jourment ( bp reafon of W 
 S©ajeaic0 unaboiDable occafion^ tnterpoGng ) being aCTembleD on t\)fi 
 (Kigbtcrntb Dap of June, 3iti0 true, tbat bi0 Commons m parliament 
 tafeing into tbeir cue anD feriou0 clConfiDcration tbe manifolD CccaQonjs 
 tobicb at bi0 ara entrp DiD p?cf0 bi0 ^ai^Op, anD \)isf motl impo?tant 
 ^ffairjo tooicb botb at borne anD ab?oaD toere tben in amon, DiD toitb 
 great reafcmef^ anD alacntp, a0 a pleDge of tbeir moa bounDen Dutp 
 anD tbanfefulncf^, anD ae tbe &rS fruits of tbe mod Dutiful affeaioniS of 
 \)ifs lol)ing anD lopal ®ubjett0 DeboteD to bt0 rerbice,p?efentbt0 ^ajeflp 
 toitb tbc fit anD tbeeiful gift of ttoo entire S>ubQDte0: tobtcb tbeir 
 gift, anD mucb mo?c tbe freencf^ anD beartmefjs e;Lp?cCfeD in t\)t gibmg 
 tbereof, bi^^ajenp DiDtbanl^fullp anD lobmglp accept: Xut tobenbe 
 baD mo?e narrotolp entrcD into tbc conGDeration of bi0 great affairg 
 tobercin be toa^ tmbarqucD, anD from tobicb be toulD not toitbour 
 mucb Di0;ono? anD DifaDbantage toitbD?ato bt0 banD, be founD tbat tbi0 
 fum of monep toa0mucbfto?tof tbat tobicb of neceffitp muflbc p?e= 
 fentlp ejrpcnDcD fo? tbe fettmg fo?toarD of tbofc great 9(tion0, tobicb 
 bj) aobicc of bi0 Council be baD unDcrtabcti, anD toere tbat Summer 
 to be purfucD. 'Ebi0 W ^^ajcap imparteD to bi0 Commons boufe of 
 parliament-, tut befo?e tbc fame coulD receibe tbat Debate anD Due con^ 
 ! ODeration tobicb toa0 et, tbe fearful 23tQtation of tbc ^dlague m anD 
 about tbc €itie0 of London anD Weftminfter, tobcrc tbc £o?D0 aiiD 
 tbe principal Gentlemen of ciualit]) of bi0 tobole JKmgDom toere fo? 
 tbc time of tbt0 tbcir ferbice loDgcD anD abiDmg , DiD fo mucb mcreafe, 
 }\\t bi0 ®a)cnp, toitbout extreme peril to tbclibe0 of f)i$i gcoD@ub' 
 jed:0, tobicb toere Dear unto bim, coulD not continue tbc l^arliament 
 aup longer m tbat place. 
 
 <Sgg 2 5)i0 
 
 2 Caroli.
 
 4-12. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Hijiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 ^ifi^mn^t\)txtlo^tmt\}t elebentO i)ap of July tljcn foUotritng, 
 atijoutneD ttie parliament from Weftminfter , until x\)t fira Dap of 
 Auguft tl;cn f ollotDing, at t\)t Ct tp of Oxford, ant) D\<s ^tgl)nef;s toa0 
 fo careful toaccommoDatetii0lo?D0 anD Commons ti)crc, tijatasOe 
 maDc tljoitc of tljat place tcing tl^en tl^e frcra tif all ctOer^ from t^e 
 cangcr of t^at grteDous; ©tcfem f^, fo tie tljere 6tteD tt)c J^arltamcnt- 
 mtn tJJitl) all tUingfii convenient fo? tUeic entertainment : ^nD })i& 
 ^ajeap fjimfclf being miiije; otontieartQncereanD fret from all CnD-s 
 upon 1)10 people, tot)itt) tljc ©carctjer of ^eart^ Ijcfl fenotoetlj, Ije little 
 eirpeocD tfeat anp mifconaruaion of Ijtsi actions tootilD \)sCbt bem maDe; 
 aebetljcrefounD. Xut toben tDe parliament \)CiOhkn atuljtle acrem^ 
 l)leti,anti jjiis ^aieRies affairs openeD unto tbcmanD a further Supplp 
 DefireD, as nccecritp rcquircQ, Ue foanD tbem fo Qotw, anD fo full of De^ 
 laps anD DiberDons in tDetr Eefolutions, tbat befo?e anp tbing coulD be 
 DctermmeD, tbe fearful c!i:ontagtonDailp increafeD ano toas DifperfeD 
 into all tbe parrs of rtiis JRingOom, anD came borne etrn to tbetr Dai?s 
 tobere tbep acrcmblcD. fl)i& ^ajefip tberefo?c ratber pjcferreD tbe 
 fafetp of bis people from tbat p?efent anD t)iable Danger, tben t\)t p?o 
 biDingfo? tbat Uibicbtttas mo?e remotr, but no lefs Dangerous to tbe 
 @tate of tbis BmgDom, anD ot tbe affairs of tbat pan of db^tOenDom 
 tobicb tbenTouere, anD pet are infrienDQjip anD alliance twitb bis ^a^ 
 jeOp, ^!iD tbeceupon bis ^ajcBp not being tben abletoDifcerntoben 
 it mtgbt plcafe <SoD to oap bis ban!) of OiGtation, no? tnbat place 
 migbt be nio?e fecure tben otber at a time conbentent fo? tbeir re^ 
 affcmbling, ^i& ^ajettp DicrolbeD tbat parliament, 
 
 -erbat parliament being noto cnDeD, \}i^ ,^a|eap DiD not tberetuitb 
 cas off l)is Eopal care of bis great anD important affairs •, but bp tbe 
 aDbtce of bis p?it)p Council, anD of bis Council of taaCj be continueD 
 \)ifs p?eparations, ^anD fo?mer refolutions •, 3nD tbere in not onlp ejr= 
 penDcD tbofe monies tobicb'bp tl)t ttoo @ubQDiesafo?cfaiD toere git)en 
 unto \)im fo? W olon p?il)atc ufe, twbereof be baD too mucb occaGon 
 as i)t founDtbe Gate of bis Sjccbequerat bis Bra entrance, butaDDeD 
 mucb mo?e of bis otun, as bp bis cveDtt, anD tbe creDit of fome of bis 
 ferbants be toas able to compafs tbe fame* ^t laff, bp mucb DifaD= 
 Vantage, h'p tbe retarDtng of p?obiaons anD uncertaintp of tbe means, 
 bis i!3abp teas p?epareD anD fet to©ea, anD tbe DtQgns unto utbitb 
 tbep toere fent anD fpeciallp DiretteD, toere fo p?obable anD fo toell 
 RtbifeD, tbat baD tbep not mifcarricD in tbe ejrtcution, l^fs^ajeQp 
 iis toeil acfureD tbep tooulD babe giben gcoD fatisfaaion not cnlp to bis 
 otun people, but to all tbe too?lD, tbat tbep toere not'ltgbtlp 0? 
 unaDDifeDlpunDtrtafeen anDpurfucD. OSut itpleafeD<S5oD, toboistbe 
 lLo?D of l^oos, anD unto tobofcp?Dl)iDcnce anD gcoDpleafure bis^a' 
 jeOpDotb anDdjall fubmit bimfelf anD all l)i0 enDcat)o?0, not to gibe 
 tbat fuccf fs tobub toas DeftreD : 3nD pet toere tbofe Attempts not al= 
 togetber fo fruitleCs as tbe enbp of tbe Cimes batb app?ebenDeD, tbe 
 €nrTOp ceceibmg tbcrebp no f mall lofs, no? our parrp no little aD- 
 baiirage, ^nD it toculD mucb abail to furtber bis >^ajeaies great af- 
 fairs, anDtbe^eace ofCb?tOcnDom, tobtcb ougbt to be tbe trueenD 
 of allliJoOilitp, toere tbefe era beginnings, tobicbare moff fubjetf to 
 mifcartp, toell feconDeD anD purfueD, as bis ,^aieffp mtcnDrD, anD as 
 tn tbe juDgment of all men conbcrfant in fictions of tbis nature, toere 
 fit not to babe born neglecteD* 
 
 €befe
 
 Hiilorical CoUeUiom. 
 
 \ 4'3 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 CDtfe tlJinge being tljuis atteD,anD ($oD of tii0 infinite goot)rtef0 be- 
 ponD cjcpeaation afftnaging tl)c rage of tUc Pcaiicncc, anD in a mannet 
 of a futiDam rcflo^mg DealtU anD fafctp to tf^e <^ixm of London anD 
 Weftminfter, xoOicNrc tUc BttcCt p!ace0fo? t(jt rcfo?t of Ws ^ajeOp, 
 W lo?D0 anD Commons to meet m 0achamf nr •, ^i<& ^ajcOp m tlje 
 i)cptt) of tointer, no fooner DefccicD tbe p^obabilitp of a Cafe acrcmWing 
 of m people, anD ui W p?mcelp ttiifDom anD p?ol)iDentc fo^efaio, tbat 
 if tDcoppo^tumrpof fcafonsQjoulobeomttteD, preparations botb De^ 
 fcnGbe anD offcnfite coulo not be niaDe m futbfo^t ae t»a0 requtOte fo? 
 tbeii common fafetp, but be aDbtfeD anD refolbeD of t\iz fummontng 
 of a ncto parliament, tBberebemigbtfreelp tommuniratetbe neceP 
 Gtie0 of tbe @tatc,anD bp tbc Council anD aDbicc of tbe l^apsi anD Com' 
 mou0 in |&3rliament, tnbo are tbe Eep?cfentatibe boDp of tbe tobole 
 CitngDom, anD tbe great (Council of t\)t Realm, migbt p?ocecD m tbefe 
 entcrprifc0anDbecnablcDtI;ereunto, tubfcb concern tbe common gooD, 
 fafcrp ano bono; botb of prince anD people ■., anD acco^Dinglp tbe O.itb of 
 February lad, a nc to parliament toas begun. 9t tbe Bra meeting \)ifi 
 ^ajeCfp DiD fo?bear to p?ef0 tbem 'Oiixl) anp tbtng tobicb migbt \iSL\)t tbe 
 lead appearance of bi0 oton intereff , but recjmmcnDeb unto tbem tbe 
 care of mahmg of gooD lLato0, tobicb are tbe o?Dinarp %\x\i]i{t fo^ a 
 Parliament* 
 
 i|i0 v^ajecp beliefaing tbat tbep coulD not babe fuffereD manp Uap0, 
 mucb 1^0 manp toeebs to babe patrcD bp, before tbe app^ebenQon anD 
 care of i\)t common fafetp of tbi0 IRuigDom, anD t\)i true iSleligion p?o- 
 fcffeD anD maintaineD tberein, anD of our JFrienD0 anD gilre^, tobo 
 mun p?ofper, o? fuffer toitb U0, tooulD babe leD tbem to a Due anD a 
 timclp con&Dcration of all tbe mean0 tobtcb migbt bedconDuceto tbofe 
 enD0 5 tobicb tbe lo?D0 of tbe SJigbet'HJoufe, bpa Committee of tbat 
 l^oufeDiDtimelpanDfeafonablpconGDer of, anbinbiteD tbe Common0 
 to a Conference concerning tbat great buQnef0: 3((t tobtcb Conference 
 tbcre toere openeD unto tbem, tbe great occaCons tobtcb p^effeD \m 
 ^ajeCp^ tobtcb mabmg noimpief0ton toitb x\itm^ bt0 .^ajcQp DiD, 
 6ra bp peerage, anD after bp lLetter0, put tbe ^oufe of (ai:ommon0 in 
 minDe of tbat tobtcb toas moQ necetravp, t\)t Defence of tbe ikingDom, 
 anD Due anD timelp p?cparation0 for tbe fame* 
 
 Cbe £omiwon0 5>oufc after tbi)5, upon tbe 27 of March lad, toitb 
 oneunannnou0 tonfent atfirCagreeD to gibe unto bi0 ^aiedp t\i)tt 
 mm 'SubaDtc0, anD tb?ee jrifteen0 fo? a p^efent fuppip unto bitn, 
 anD upon tbe 26 of Apnl after, upon feconD Cogitatton0 x\)t^ alUrD a 
 feurib ©ubQDp, anDo?DereDtbe bape0 of papment fo^tbem/ll, tobere* 
 of tbe 6ro OjouID babe been on tbe lad Dap of tbt0 p?efent June. Upon 
 tWy tbe a\tng of Denmark anD otber ?i>?ince0 anD ^tatec being enga- 
 grD toitb bis ^aitdptntbiis common Caiife, W ^t^ajedp 6tteD W oc^ 
 ca(ion0acco^Dtng to tbe times tobtcb tocre nppotnreD fo? tU parmetrt 
 of tbnfe ©ubODte0 anD (Fiftcen0, anD badcD on tbe ILo^Ds Com^ 
 mittee0, anD bt0 Council at SHar, to perfea tbcir iaeforution0 fo^ 
 i\it o^Dcrtng anD fetling of bi0 Defic(n0, tobicb tbe p acco^Dinglp DiD, 
 anD b^ougbt tbem to tbat maturitp, tbat tbep founD no impeDime nt to 
 a final contluQon of tbeir Councel0, but toant of monp to put tbing0 into 
 aition. ^10 ^ajedp bereupon,tobo baD toitb i^iucb patience ejt- petteD tbe 
 real performance of tbat tobicb tbe Commons baD p^omifeD, finDing 
 tbe time of tbe pear poOing atoap, anD babing intelligence not onelp 
 
 from 
 
 2 Careli.
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 ¥±^ 
 
 An 1626. [from ^ijsoton $0miaci-5< anD ©ubjm0 in iFo?rein part^, but from 
 'all parte of Chriftendom, of tOc great aiD potoecfull preparations of 
 t^e fixing of Spain, anD tftat \)i& DeOgn teas upon tW IRingDom, 0^ 
 tDell^tngDom of Ireland, 0? botti, CanD it is IparD to Determine tutiitti 
 of tUem toGulD be of tuo?a ronfequente) ^t acquamteD tOc ^oufc of 
 Commons tijeretoitl?, anD laiD open unto tbemtrulp anD tlearlp, t)otJ) 
 t\)t date of tOmgs tf;cn aooD, anD pet aanD, anD at federal times, anD 
 upon feberal ocraQons reiterateD tlje fame : Xut tljat i^oufc being 
 abufeD bp tbe biolent anD ill aDUifcD pafsions of a feto ^embers of 
 tbe i)Ottfe, fo? p?ibate anD perfonal enos iltbefeeming pubUcfe per= 
 fons, trutteD bp tbeir Countrp, as tben tbep toere, not onelp neg^ 
 lecteD, but totlfullp cefufeD to bearfecn to all tbe gentle aDmonitions 
 tobtcbbis #aieflp coulD gibetbem, anDneitber DiDno^tuoulDintenD 
 aip tbtng but tbe p?ofecution of one nf tf;c Peers of tbis Eealm, anD 
 tbatm futb a DifD?oereD mnnnerj as being fet at tbetr oxun inliance 
 into a legal txiar, toberem tbe proofs on eitbcr partUinulD babe ruleD 
 tbe caufe, 'tobicb bis ^ajcOp alloineD.tbep t3)cre not tbcrctjjirb content, 
 but in tbetr intemperate pafgions, anD DeQres to feeh fo? €rre?s in' 
 anotber, fell into a greater €rro? tbe mfelbes, anD not oncb ncglecteD 
 to gibe jutt fartsfaaion to Uis ,^aieap m feUeral Cafes txJbicb bappen- 
 eD concerning bis Eegalttp, buttxiboUp fo?got tbeir engagements to 
 bis ^ajeQp fo? tbe publtcfe Defence of tbe Eealm •, tubereupon bis 
 ^ajcQp Uj?ote tbe fo^ementioneD letter to tbe ©peaher, DateD tbe 
 mntbDapof June 1626. 
 
 jQotttiitbClanDing tobicb letter veabin tbe ll)oufe, being a clear 
 anD gracious v^anifeO of bis ®ajeaies Eefolutions, tbep neber fo 
 mucbas aDmitteD one JSleaDing to tbe 05ill of ©ubfiDies, but inQeaD 
 tbercof tbep p?epareD anD boteD a ELemonarante 0? iDeclaration, 
 tobicb tbep intenDeD to prefer to bis ^aieftp, containing ( tbougb 
 palUateD txiitb glofsing terms) aftuel manp DiUjonorable afperQons 
 uponbijsi ^ajelip, anD upon tbe facrcD memo^p of bis DeceafeD Jfa* 
 tber, as aifo Dilato?p ercufes fo^ tbeir not pjoceeDing twitb tbe©ub 
 fiDies, aDDing tbereto alfo coloureD conDitions crofsing tbcrebp pi& 
 ^<50ajeaics Direaion, tobicb bis ^aieflp unDerCfanDing, anD eOeeming 
 (as be baD caufe) to be a Denial of tbepromtfeD 'Supplp, anD enDmg 
 tbat no aDmonitions coulDmobe, noreafonso? perftua&ons toulD p^e- 
 bail tDben tbe time toas fo far f pent, tbat tbep baD put an impofsibili- 
 tp upon tbemfelbes to perform tbeir p?omifes, tuben tbep eCfeemeD all 
 gracious peerages unto tbem to be but interruptions; l|)is ^ajeOp 
 upon mature aDbifement Difcerning tbat all furtber patience tooulD 
 probe fruitlefs, on tbe efteentb Dap of tbts prefent monetb be batb 
 DiCfolbeD tbis unbappp parliament : Cbe acting uibereof, as ittaasto 
 bis ^aieOp an une]cp?efsible grief, fo tbe memo?p tbereof Dotb renew 
 tbebeartpfo?roU) tobicb all bis^gooD anD Well afifctteD Subjects toiH 
 compafsionate ttittb bim« 
 
 Cbefe pacrages bis ^ajefip batb at tbe mo?e lengtb anD toi'tb 
 tbe true CircumQances tbereof c]Lp?etreD anD publtOjeD to tbe t«o?lD, 
 lead tbat tobitb biUb been unfortunate mitfelf, tbrougbtbe malice of 
 tbe Sutbo? of fo great a miftbief, anD tbe malebolent report of fucb as 
 areiUatfecteDto tbis^tate, or tbe true Eeligion bere profetreD, or tbe 
 fears or jcalouaesof JFrienDs anD Dutifull Subjeas, migbt be maDe 
 more unfortunate in tbe confequenccs 0! it, tobicb map be of toorfe 
 
 effect 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HtUorkal CoUeBton/, 
 
 I ¥^ 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I cffcrt ti)m at tbe firtt tan be tjjcll app^tljcnDeD -, anD hiss ^a'ettp 
 ' htm i^^O p?it)p to tl;c tntcgritj) of i)t& mn beart, fo^ tijc conaant 
 j maintaining of tbe Gnceritp ant) unttp of tDe true Rcligton piofefreD 
 I in tl}t Ct)uic& of England, anD to free tt from tDe open contagion of iBo- 
 perp, anD fetret mfeaion of @cljifm, of lioti) to^icD bp bijspubltcfe 
 ^ct0 anD action0 \)t fjat^ gt J?en gooD teQtmonp, anD luitD a Ongle Oeart, 
 80 m ttie p?efenre of *i9oD, tot)o can tea julige tgereof, purporctO re= 
 foUitelp j anDcondantlptop^oteeDinttie Dueejcetutton of cither ^ anD 
 obfcrUmg tbe fubttltp of tl;e aDterfe partp,Ue cannot but beltebe tbat tbe 
 banDof Joabbatbbcfnmtbi^Difaaer, tbat tbe common 3incenl3iaiie0 
 of Chiiflendom baljc fubtiUp anD fccretl? inQnuateD tboCe tbmg^ 
 tobifbunbappilp (anD 80 bi0 #afeOp bopetb, bepcnDtbe intentione 
 of tbe9cto?0) babe caufcD tbefe Dit)erfion0 anD Dtaraction0: SnDret 
 nottoitbflanDmg, \)i^ mofl epceUent ^aicfip, fo? tbe conifo?t of bi0 
 gooD anDtoeH^affecteD©ubiect0, initui;ofelci)e0beDotb icpofebimfelf 
 toitb con6T)ence, anDeaeemttb tt 80 bi0 grcatca ricbes; fo^ tbe atru^ 
 ring of hi« fnfnD0 anDa«tt0, toitbtobom, \)]p ©oDjj^ af0ioantr, be 
 toiK not b?cafe m the fubCfance of tobat be batb unDerta!?en •, fo^ tbe 
 Difcouragmg of bi0 aDt)erfarte0, anD tbe ^Dbcrfarje0 of bt0 CaiifcanD 
 of bi0 2)ominion0, anD iaeltgton , batb put on tbi0 refolution 
 tobtcb be Dotb berebp publttb to all tbe mo^lD, Cbat 80 (S5oD batb 
 maoe btm Ititng of tbi0 great people, anD large 2:>ominion0, fa- 
 mou0 informer age0botb bplanDanU ©ea, anD truOeD bimtobea 
 JFatberanDp^otetto?botb of tbf ir ^erron0 anD 5Fonune0, anD &De' 
 fenDcr of tbe jfaitb, anD true Religion -, fo be toillgo on cbecrfuHp anD 
 conoantlp in tbe Cefence tbcreof, anD (nctluitbCfanging fo manp Difft^ 
 cultie0anDDifrouragement0) toiUtafee f)i!S ©cepter anD StDo?D into 
 l)i0 banD, anDnoterpofetbe perfon0 of tbe people committeD tobi0 
 cbarge, to tbe unfatiable DcGre0 cf tbe filing of Spain, txiba batb long 
 tbirncD after an Onibcrfal ^onarrbp, no? tbeir €onffience0 to tl)t 
 pofec of tbe Pope of Rome: ^nDtbat at bsmebe twill uu tbat care 
 to reD|ef0 tht: ji;a grtet)ante0 of bt0 gooD ®ubject03 80 i|;aiil be 
 etjerp toap fit fo?a gocD fitirig. 
 
 iUnD in tbe mean time bt0 ^ajeOp Dotb publiflj tbt0 toaUbt0 lobmg 
 @ubjett0, tbattbep map fenotjj tobat to tbinfe tuitb trutb, anD fpeafe 
 tottliDutp, of W ^ajeaie0action0 anD p^occeDing0tn tbefe ttoo laft 
 CicrolbeD ^arliament0» 
 
 Given at his Majeflies Palace at Whitehall this Thirtieth t^ay of June 
 iit the [ccondycAr of his Mafefties Reign of Great-BritaiOj France 
 and Ireland. 
 
 Moreover the King publiflied a Proclamation, taking notice of a 
 Remonftrance drawn by a Committee of the late Commons Houfe, and 
 by them intended to have been prefented to him, wherein he faid are ma- 
 ny things contained to the didionor of himfelf, and his Royal Father of 
 blefled memory, and whereby through the fides of a Peer of this Realm 
 they wound their Soveraigns honor -, asalfo that fome Members of that 
 Houfe ill-affe6led to his fervice, to vent their own paifions againft that 
 Peer, and to prepoiTefs the world with an ill opinion of him, before his 
 Caufe were heard in a Judicial way, have beforehand fcattered Copies of 
 
 that 
 
 2 Ctroli, 
 
 The King 
 takes notice 
 of the intend- 
 ed Remon- 
 Orance in a 
 Proclamation.
 
 ^i6 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1626. 
 
 Another Pro- 
 clamation a- 
 gainft preach- 
 ing or d fpH- 
 ting the Ar- 
 minian Con- 
 trovcj-fiej, fro 
 or con. 
 
 that intended Declaration, thereby to detrad from their Soveraign. 
 Wherefore his Mnjefty for the fupprefling of this infuflferable wrong 
 to himfelf, doth command upon pain of his indignation and high dif- 
 pleafure, all perfons of whatfoever quality, who have, or (lull have 
 hereafter any Copies or Notes of the faidRemonftrance, or (hall come 
 to the view thereof, forthwith to burn the fame, that the memory there- 
 of may be utterly aboliihed, and may never give occafion to his Majefty 1 
 to renew the remembrance of that, which out of his grace and goodnefs 
 he would gladly forget. 
 
 In another Proclamation the King declaring his Religious care of 
 the Peace of this Church and Commonwealth of EngUnd., and other his 
 Dominions, and taking notice that in all ages great difturbances both 
 to Church and State,have enfued out of fmall beginnings, when the feeds 
 of contention were not timely prevented •, and finding that of late fome 
 Queftions and Opinions feem to have been broached in matters of 
 Dodrine and Tenents of our Religion, at firft onely intended againft 
 Papifts, have afterwards by the Iharp and indifcreet handling of fome of 
 either party, given much offence to the fober and well grounded Rea.Iers, 
 and raifed fome hopes in the Roman Catholicks, that by degrees the 
 Profeffors of our Religion may be drawn firft to Schifm, and afterwards 
 to plain Popery. His Majefty in the integrity of his own heart, and 
 fingular providence for the peaceable Government of that people, which 
 God hath committed to his charge, hath thought fit, by the advice of his 
 reverend Bifliops, to declare and publifli, not onely to his own people^ but 
 alfo to the whole world, his utter diflikeof all thofe, who to Oievv the 
 fubtilty of their Wits, or to pleafe their own humors, or vent their own 
 paftions, ftiall adventure to ftart any new opinions, not onely contrary 
 to, but differing from the found and Orthodox grounds, of true Religi- 
 gion, eftabliilied in the Church oi England t, and alfo to declare his full 
 and conftant refolution, that neither in Doctrine nor Difcipline of the 
 Church, nor in the Government of the State, he will admit of the leaft 
 innovation, but by Gods affiftance will fo guide the Scepter of thefe 
 Kingdoms, as fliall be moft for the comfort and aftarance of his fo- 
 ber, religious and well-affedted Subjects , and for the repreffing and 
 fevere puniQiing of the infolencies of fuch, as out of any (inifter 
 refpeds, or difaffedion to his Majefties Perfon or Government, (lull dare 
 either in Church or State, to difturbe the Peace thereof 5 wherefore 
 he doth ftraitly charge and command all his Subjeds of his Realms of 
 England and Ireland., of what degree foever, efpecially thofe. ■iyho 
 are Church-men, from hence- forth to carry ihemfelves To wifely, 
 warily and confcionably, that neither by Writing, Preaching, Printing, 
 Conferences, or otherwife they raife, publiih or maintain any other 
 Opinions concerning Religion, then fuch as are clear!'/ warranted by 
 theDodrine, and Difcipline of the Church o( England, efiibliflied by 
 Authority. And enjoyneth his reverend Archbilhops and Bilhops in 
 their feveral Dioceifis fpeedily to reclaim and reprefs all fuch fpirits, 
 as (hall in the leaft degree attempt to violate this bond of Peace-, And 
 alltheMinifters ofjufticewere required to execute his Ma jefties pious, 
 i and royal pleafure herein expreffed ; and if any (hall take the bold- 
 I nefs to negled this gracious Admonition , his Majefty will proceed 
 j againft fuch offenders with that feverity, as their contempt (hall defcrve, 
 that by their exemplary puni(hment others may be warned, and that 
 thofe that be ftudious of the peace and profperity of this Chilrch, and 
 ' Cora-
 
 Ht^oncal ColleBions. 
 
 47 
 
 Commonwealth, may blefs God for his Majefties pious, rehgious, wife, 
 juft and gracious Government. 
 
 The effedls of this Proclamation how equally foever intended, be- 
 came the flopping of the Puritans Mouths^ and an uncontrouled Liberty 
 to the Tongues and Pens of the Arminian party. 
 
 Shortly after an Information was preferred by the Kings fpecial com- 
 mand in the Star-Chamber, againft the Duke of Buckingham, for hi«>h 
 Offences and Mifdemeanors 5 wherein he was charged (among ft other 
 things) with the particulars mentioned in the laft Article exhibited againft 
 him, by the Houfeof Comraons, concerning the Plaifter applied to King 
 ^ames. To which, the Duke put in his Anfwer,and divers Witneffes were 
 examined. But the caufe came not to a judicial hearing in the Court, as 
 it is afterwards exprefted. 
 
 And now the King taking into confideration the prefent ftreights 
 B and inconveniencies, into which tlic Revenue of the Crown was fain 5 
 and the prefTuig necelTity of his Affairs, did by the advice and inft.mce 
 of his Council, -refolve and declare, That all men of what quality and 
 condition foever, fhall from henceforth upon pain of his difpleafure, for- 
 bear for two years fpace to prefent or folicite any Suit for any thing pro- 
 hibited in the Book of Eourit) , publifhed in King ^ames his time, or 
 any other things that (hill import the Diminution of his Majefties Re- 
 venue. 
 
 And for the advancement of the faid Revenue arifing by Cuftoms, 
 Subfidies, and Imports upon all Goods and Merchandizes exported and 
 and imported. , 
 
 The Privy Council declared. That it hath been conftantly continued 
 for many ages,and is a principal and moft neceffary part of the Revenue of 
 the Crown,and that in the two laft Parliaments it hath been thought upon, 
 but could not be fetled by their Authority by reafon of their dilFolution, 
 before the matters therein treated could be brought to perfection : Ne- 
 D verthelefs, that it was then intended to have been confirmed by Par- 
 liament, as it hath been from time to time by many Defcents and 
 Ages. 
 
 Whereupon they Ordered, That all fuch Duties and Merchandizes 
 fli-ill be levied and paid : And tliey advifed the King , That the Attorney 
 General prepare for his Majefties Signature, an Inftiument which may 
 pafs under the Great Seal of Englartd, to declare his pleafure therein, un- 
 til by Parliament, as in former times, it may receive an abfolute fettle- 
 ment : Which paffed the Great Seal accordingly. 
 
 The Forfeitures arifing to the Crown by the execution of the Laws 
 againft Priefts, Jefuites, and Popifli Recufants, were dedicated to the 
 vaft and growing charge of the Defigns in hand. And Complaint be- 
 ing made againft Inferior Officers, whofefervice was herein employed, 
 that they had mifdemeaned themfelves, to the opprefling of Recufants, 
 without advantage to the King. CommifTioners of honorable Quality 
 were appointed for the regulating of thefe proceedings, yet no Liberty 
 given to the encouragement or countenance of fuch dangerous perfons, 
 as might infedt the People , or trouble the Peace of Church and 
 State. 
 
 The King therefore Grants a CommilTion under the Great Seal, di- 
 rcded to the moft Reverend Father in God, Tohj, Archbilhop of Tork, 
 Sir J'ohrt Savile Knight, Sir George Manners , Sir Henry Slingshy , Sir 
 
 H h h miliam 
 
 2 Caroli. 
 
 The King 
 Commands an 
 Infoimarion 
 to be prefer- 
 red againft 
 the Duke in 
 Star-Chamber. 
 
 The King for- 
 bids to foli- 
 cite any Suit 
 prohibited in 
 the Book of 
 Bounty. 
 
 The Council 
 order all Cu- 
 ftoms to be 
 paid. 
 
 And Forfei- 
 tures ai ifing 
 from Recu- 
 fants. 
 
 A Commidion 
 to compound 
 with Recu- 
 fants.
 
 4-18 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An, \6%6. 
 
 A Proclamati- 
 on to make 
 theKingsRc- 
 venue certain. 
 
 I 
 
 William Ellis Knights, and to divers other Knights and Gentlemen, and 
 therein recites, 
 
 Ti^atiji0^a)fQpl3atlJ recfibet) tuhiW 3[nfo?mation of ttic great 
 lofjs aiiD Damages toDirD tDe I^ing^ Subjects hbtng in S^antime 
 'Cotons, cfpctiaUp in tbei]3o?rDtrn parts, Do fuffcr tp Dcp^eDattons, 
 attempts, anD atraults at 'Sea from IFo?cign €ncmte0,l»l)crtl)j» CraDc 
 from tljofe parts arc interruptcl) , anDtbeCttp of London mutOen-- 
 DamagcD fo? to)ant of Coals anD otljcr CommoDities, ufiiallp tranO 
 po?tcDtbitljcr from Nevvcaftlc upon Tine: jfo? rcD^cfs of tobicDcbil, 
 bis ^^ajeap Dott) tljm& fit to appropriate anD concert all fucb SDcbts, 
 fumsof ^onep, !S.tnts, penalties, anD forfeitures of allKccufants 
 
 in'oaDittng in t6e Counties of York, Durham, Northumberland, Cum- 
 berland, WcftmorlandjLancafter, Nottingham, Derby, Stafford, anD 
 ehefter, \sA}ii\> at an? time bauegroton Due Qncc tUeCentUpear of 
 Ifting James, anD are not pet fatisfieD, or totiict) bcteafterfifjallgrotD 
 Due Dp reafon of anp law or Statute agama Eccufants, to Ic cmplop- 
 eD fort PC maintenance, probiQon, arming, manning, t)tauaUing, anD 
 furntQ)ing of %ix able Sbips of QSiHar for guarDing anD DcfcnDmg tbe 
 Coaaof tbisiS-calm, fromtbe furtbett North-Eaft point of tf;e Sea, 
 untotbcmoutbof tbeEiberof Thames. |}is ^ajeflp furtber eirprel'S' 
 mg in tbefaiDdommifwion, ^bat bis ^ubierts tobo arc otoncrs of 
 
 Coalpits, tbe Oaft-menof Ncwcaftle upon Tine, SDtonerS of SbipS, 
 
 anU ^ercbants, Xupcrs anD Sellers of Newcaftle £oals,babebfm 
 anD are tuillmg to contribute anD pap f or eberp CbalDron fortbeufcs 
 aforefaiD. oabcreforc bis ^ajeap upon tbe ronaDcrations before 
 mentioneD, Dotb bp bts faiD Commifsion gibe poluer unto t\}z faiD 
 Commtfsioncrs, or anp four or more of tbcm to treat anD mal^eCom' 
 pootton anD aigrtiment iBitb tbe faiD ISlecufants, mbabittng toitbm tbe 
 fai'D Counties, for TLeafes of all tbeir Manors, lanDs, Cenemenrr, 
 gCf toitbin tbofe Counties for anp term of pears, not cjctttDing ©nc 
 anD fortp pears-, anD for all forfeitures DueQnce tbe Centb pear of 
 Kmg James for tbcir Eecufancp,tn not going toCburcb to bear tDibine 
 Scrbice, accorDmg to tbe 3La\»s anD Statutes of tbis i'iealm, unDer 
 (ucb ConDitton anD 3fmmiimties, as tbepor anp four of tbcm ©all fee 
 meet anD ronbenient, atcorDing to fucb 3lnGrumon0 as W v^ajeOp 
 
 batb or (iJall gibe for tbatpurpofe? bis ^aieOp rather defiring their 
 
 Converfion then Deftruftion. 3InD fucb iLeafcs \)it^ ^aje^p Dot'b De- 
 clare, maDctotbcfaiDEecufants tbemfelbes, or to anp perfonsfor 
 tbeir ufe, 0[jall be gooD anD effectual, anp Lat» or Statute to tbe ton- 
 trarp nottuitbSanOmg^ 
 
 And by the faid Commiffion Sir ^ehn Savile-wzs appointed Receiver 
 of all fuch lums ot" Money as (hall be paid upon thefe Leafes ; and Mr. 
 Alexander Davifon ot the Town of Nemaiile apon Ttne^ Merchant Ad- 
 venturer, was appointed to receive out of the voluntary and free-wil Con- 
 tribution of the Owners, Buyers, and Sellers of Coals, the Six pence -^er 
 Chaldron of Coals. In purfuance of this CoramilTion, the Recufants 
 did make their Compofition upon very eafie terms , as was afterwards 
 complained of in Parliament. 
 
 A Proclamation was publifhed, declaring the Kings Refolution to 
 make his Revenue certain , by granting his Lands, as well holden by 
 Copy, as otherwife, to be holden in Fee-farm. 
 
 To
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 To the Nobles, the King fent particularly to let them know, That 
 according to the Prefidents of former times , wherein the Kings and 
 Queens of EfigLwd, upon fuch extraordinary occafions, have had recourfe 
 to ihofe Contributions which arofe from theSubjeds in general, or to 
 the private helps of fome that were well affeded •, he doth now expedl 
 from them fuch a large and chearful teftimony ©f their Loyalty, as may 
 be acceptable to himfelf, and exemplary to his people. 
 
 * His Majefty demanded of the City of London the Loan of an Hun- 
 dred thoufand pounds. But the peoples excufes were reprefented to the 
 Council Table by the Magiftrates ot the City : Immediately the Council 
 fent a very ftri(^ command to the Lord Major and Aldermen, wherein 
 they fet forth the Enemies ftrong preparations as ready for an Invafion, 
 and the Kings great necelTities, together with his gratious and moderate 
 Propofals in the fum required, and the frivolous pretences upon which 
 they excufe themfelves : Wherefore they require them, all excufes being 
 fet apart, to enter into the bufinefs agam, and to manage the fame, as 
 appertainoth to Magiftrates fo highly intrufted, and in a time of fach 
 neceflities, and to return to his Majefty a diredt and fpeedy Anfwer, that 
 he may know how far ke may relie upon their Faith and Duty ; or in 
 default thereof, may framehis Counfels as appertaineth to a King in fuch 
 extream and important occafions. 
 
 Moreover, a peculiar charge was laid upon the feveral Ports and Ma- 
 ritime Counties to furnilh and fet out Ships for the prefent fervice. The 
 Privy Council exprefting his Majefties care and providence to guard his 
 own Coifts,againft attempts from Spain oi Flanders, by arming as well 
 the Ships of his Subjedls, as of his own Navy, made a diftribution to 
 every Port , that with the AiTiftance and Contribution of the Counties 
 adjoyning, they prepare fo many Ships as were appointed to them feve- 
 rally -, and in particular the City of Lendm was appointed to fet forth 
 Twenty of the beft Ships that lay in the River , with all manner of 
 Tackle, Sea-ftores, and Ammunition, Manned and Victualled for Three 
 Moneths. 
 
 The Deputy Lieutenants , and Juftices of the Peace of Dorfet , 
 having received the Kings Commandment for the fetting forth of Ships 
 from the Ports of Pool, Weymouth, and Lime, with the aftlftance of Con- 
 tribution from the Counties adjoyning, prefented to the Council Table 
 an excufe in the behalf both of the Ports and County , and pleaded, 
 That the Cafe was without Prefident. 
 
 The Council gave them a check, for that inftead of Conformity they 
 difputed the Cafe, letting them know, That State occafions, and the de- 
 fence of the Kingdom in times of extraordinary danger, were not to be 
 guided by ordinary Prefidents. 
 
 In like manner the Lord Major and Commonalty of London peti- 
 tioned the Council for an Abatement of the Twenty Ships rated upon 
 them, unto Ten Ships and two Pinnaces, alleadging difability •, where- 
 unto the Council gave this following Anfwer, That the former Com* 
 mandmentwas neceftary, the prefervation of the State requiring it ; and 
 that the charge impofed on them was moderate, as not exceeding the 
 value of many of their private eftates : That Petitions and Pleadings to 
 this Command, tend to the danger and prejudice of the Commonwealth, 
 and are not to be received : That as the Commandment was given to all 
 in general, andeveryparticular of theCity -, fo the State will require an 
 accompt both of the City in general, and of every particular. 
 
 Hhh 2 And 
 
 V9 
 
 2 Caroli, 
 
 The King 
 Tends to the 
 Nobles to 
 lend him libe- 
 rally. 
 
 He demands 
 of the City, 
 the Loan of 
 One hundred 
 thoufand 
 pounds. 
 
 The Port 
 Towns are to 
 furnilh Ships. 
 
 The Ports of 
 Dorfetfliire 
 (end an ex^ 
 cufe. 
 
 The City of 
 London cfcfire 
 an Abatement 
 of their Ships. 
 
 Arc checkt by 
 the Council.
 
 4-10 
 
 Hijlorical CoJleBions, 
 
 Alt. 1626. 
 
 Privy Seals 
 iffiied out. 
 
 A Fafl obfcr- 
 ved. 
 
 Cemmiffions 
 to Deputy 
 Lieutenants to 
 Mufttr, Try, 
 anrf Array 
 men. 
 
 Inhabitants 
 withdrawn 
 from Ports 
 and Sea 
 Towns, rtqui 
 red to return. 
 
 Ships fcnt to 
 the River of 
 Elbe. 
 
 And whereas th^y mention Prefidents, they might know, that the \ 
 Prefidents of former times, were Obedience, not Diredion •, and that 
 Prefidents were not wanting for the puniiliment of thofe that difobey 
 his Majefties Commands , fignified by that Board, which they hope 
 (liall have no occafion to let them more particularly underftand. 
 
 Hereupon the Citizens were glad to fubmit, and declared their con- 
 fent to the Kings Demands , and by Petition to the Council had .the 
 favor to nominate all the Officers of thofe Twenty Ships, the Captains 
 onely excepted, the nomination of whom appertained to the Lord High 
 Admiral of England. 
 
 Then there were likewife iffued forth Privy Seals to feveral perfons, 
 to others the way of Benevolence was propofed. 
 
 And becaufe the late Parliament refolved to have given the King 
 Four Subfidies and Three Fifteens , the fums which the King required, 
 were according to that proportion. And to prevent mifunderftandingSjit 
 was declared unto the Countrey, That the Supplies now demanded were 
 not the Subfidies and Fifteens intended to be given by the I^rliament, 
 hut mcerly a free gift from the Subjedl to the Soveraign, upon fuch weigh- 
 ty and prefTmg occafions of State. 
 
 The Juflices of Peace in the feveral Counties were directed by the 
 Privy Council to fend for perfons able to give , and to deal with them 
 flngly, by ufing the moff prevailing perfwafions. 
 
 Amidft thefe Preparations, the Kingdom being expofed to dangers, 
 both Forein and Domeffick ^ a general Faft was obferved on the Filth of 
 5?«/y, in the Cities of iW<?» znd iVeJlminfter, and places adjacent ^ and 
 on the Second of Juguji throughout the Kingdom, to implore a bleffing 
 upon the endeavors of the State, and the diverting of tliofe judgments 
 which the fins of the Land deferve and threaten. 
 
 And for the defence of this Realm, threatned with a powerful In- 
 vafion, extraordinary Commiflions were given to tire Lords Lieutenants 
 of the feveral Counties, to Muflcr the Subjedls of whatfoever degree 
 or dignity, that were apt for War, and to try and array them, and caufe 
 them to be armed according to their degrees and faculties, as well Men of 
 Arms as other Horfmen , Archers and Footmen , and to lead them 
 againfl publick Enemies , Rebels , and Traytors, and their adherents, 
 within the Counties of their Lieutenancy, toreprefs, flay, and fubdue 
 them, and to execute Martial Law, fparing and putting to death accord- 
 ing to difcretion. 
 
 And in cafe of Invafions , Infurredions , Rebellions , and Riots, 
 without the limits of their refpedlive Counties, to repair to the places 
 of fuch Commotions, and as need required to reprefs them by battel, or 
 any forcible means, or otherwife either by the Law of this Realm, or 
 the Law Martial. 
 
 In like manner, left the deferting of the Coafts, Ports, and Sea 
 Towns, ihould expofe thofe places to become a prey, and invite the Ene- 
 my to anlnvafion, the Inhabitants and thofe that had withdrawn them- 
 felves to Inland places , were required to return with their Families , 
 and Retinues , and there to abide during thofe times of Hoflility and 
 Danger. 
 
 And for fecuring of the Coafts from Spain or Flanders, fome of the 
 Kings Ships were employed in the River Ell^e, to prevent the furnifhing 
 of Spain from thofe parts with materials for fhipping, which occafioned 
 a great difcontent in thofe of Hamburgh j for that their Neighbors 
 
 of
 
 HiUorical CoUeHiom. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 of Liihcck, and other Towns of the Eaft Sea, were free from this re- 
 ftraint, infomuch that they refolved to force their paflfage by a Fleet of 
 Fitty or threefcore fail of Ships. 
 
 Whereupon the Lord Admiral informed the Council, that his Ma- 
 jefties charge at Hamburgh was expended to little purpofe, except alfo 
 the Seundcov!i\d be lliut up againft all fliipping that fhould carry prohibited 
 Commodities, efpecially fince the Hamburgers fend their Commodities 
 by Land to Lnbeck, to be tranfported from thence into S^ain 5 and that 
 the States, and the King of Dcnmarks Ships are departed from the Elbe, 
 and have \dt the Englilh alone. 
 
 Moreover the King prepared a Royal Fleet, which was now at Port(- 
 ftiouth, ready to put to Sea under the command of the Lord Willoughb^, 
 and given out to be defigned for Barbarj. 
 
 The King of Denmark having put forth a Declaration of the Caufes 
 and Grounds wherefore he took up Arms againft the Emperor, declared 
 one caufe thereof to be, 
 
 UiD^aftmirO m x\)z €lccto? Palatine bp tijc pjocuremcnt of tljel^tng of 
 
 ■'' (girrat Britain , anti llinU&C IKing of Denmark baD offcrcD \M%i\\i= 
 
 mtfQon to W 3Inipcna! Q^ajcai), anD to crabe parDon ■■, anc tlicce' 
 upon tcasm Ijopcis toDat)clU0 0atrimonptt)itlj tOeBtSttttf^^of \m 
 ^nccUc ?0 rcOo?eD : .^et nottoitljaanDing t!;c €nipero? DiD fliH commit 
 great fpoi(c0 anD aais of bofitlitp in bC0 (Sountrcp, gibing no regarD to 
 tOcfatii^ubmifQcin, anDbaU mud) tiamntficD tbc loUier Saxony bp 
 tbc IFf :cc0 tobicb be baD b^ougbt tbitbcc unDer Tilly. 
 
 l©bcrcupon (he fayes) tje #?inceiS of tbclotuet Saxony babcDe- 
 Dretitbeaiti anDafGOfancc of bim tbc feing of Denmark, to fettle tbe 
 ^cacc anDLtbcrtp of Germany, tnbo baas lefolbcD to tafee up 9i"m;8, 
 anbtoitbbJbom be 10030 tcfolbeD fo^ tojopn, babtng t\)t lifee affurance 
 from tbe ttling of (S^reat Britain , tobo baD Detplp engageD to afacf in 
 tbiis i©ar, fo? tbe teCfitution of tbe €le(tG? Palatine. 
 
 Cbcfcfo?e tbe filing of Denmark Dedare/s?, Cbat feeing all |&?ap= 
 er.^, ^cDiation0, anO 3Iccefoon$( cannot p?ebail toitb bi0 3lmpcnal 
 ®aieaj), be toill enDeabo? to procure a peace anD fettlement bpfo?ce, 
 tobttb be ftoulD babe born glaO tooulD babe ban ojDameD unto bim upon 
 fait tenn!3 of Create 
 
 In the beginning of the year, divers Towns weretakenby the King 
 oi Denmark y and fome retaken by T/7/)', but the Seven and twentieth of 
 ytugust decided the Controverfie ■., on which day, the King of Denmark 
 upon the approach of Titl'j, (defiring to decline battel with the Emperojs 
 old Soldiers, many of his ow'n men being new levied Soldiers) endea- 
 vored to make his retreat ^ but T/7/y followed fo clofe his Rear-guard, 
 that he kept them in continual adlion, till the King of Denmark faw no 
 remedy, buttliat he muft either fight, orlofe the Rear of his Army and 
 Train of Artillery. Whereupon his Commanders advifed him torefolve 
 of a place of advantage, and face about, and give battel ^ which accord- 
 ingly they did, and both Armies drew up near Lttttern •, the Denmark 
 Forces had th^advantage of the Ground, Ttllj being much fcanted in the 
 Rear of his Army, for want of ground to place his Referves in. The 
 Dane flood to theihock a while, but was prefently put to his Retreat, and 
 all his Infantry dilperfed, Train of Artillery taken, and Two and twenty 
 peeccs of Cannon. He loft many great Commanders in the fight, and 
 many were taken prifoners. 
 
 In 
 
 4I] 
 
 2 Careli. 
 
 A Fleet pre- 
 pared- 
 
 The King of 
 Dcnmarl^i De- 
 claration why 
 he takes up 
 Arms againd 
 the Emperor. 
 
 A Battel be- 
 tween the 
 Dane and the 
 Emperor,
 
 ^IZ \ 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1626, 
 
 The over- 
 throw of the 
 King of Den- 
 Will' <^, an In- 
 iluccintnt to 
 theraifingof 
 Moneys by 
 Loan. 
 
 A Declaration 
 
 concerning 
 
 Loan-Monej'. 
 
 Private [n- 
 ftrufticns to 
 theCommiifi- 
 oners for the 
 general Loan. 
 
 In the Moneth of Scptcmky, the King being informed of the difafter 
 that had betaln his Uncle (and principally aUb) theKing'of Dcww^r^, 
 whofe en^a'^^enient vns chiefly for thecaufe of the Ekdor Palatine, com- 
 manded his Council to advife by what means and ways he might fitly and 
 fpeedily be furnilhed with moneys fuitable to the importance of the under- 
 taking. 
 
 Hereupon, after a Confultation of aivers days together, they came 
 to this Refolution , That the urgency of Affairs not admitting the way 
 of Parliament, the moft fpeedy, equal, and convenient means were by a 
 general Loan from the Subject , according as every man was affefled in 
 The Rolls of the laft Subiidy. 
 
 Upon v/hich Refult, the King forthwith chofe Commiflioners for 
 the Loan, and caufed a Declaration to be publillied, wherein lie alledged 
 for this courfe of Supply, the Reafons fet down at large in his late De- 
 claration touching the DilTolution of the Parliament. Adding further. 
 That the urgency of the occafion would not give leave to the calling of 
 a Parliament, but affuring the People that this way ftiould noV be made 
 a Prefident for the time to come, to charge them or their Pofterity to the 
 prejudice of their juft and antient Liberties enjoyed under his moft No- 
 ble Progenitors •, endeavoring thereby to root out of their mindes the 
 fufpition that he intended toferve himfelf of fuchways, to the abolifli- 
 mg of Parliaments : And promifing them in the word of a Prince, firft, 
 To repay all fuch Turns of Money as fhould be lent without Fee or 
 Char^'e fo foon as he Qiall in any ways be enabled thereunto, upon fliew- 
 ing forth the Acquittance of the Cslledors, teftifying the Receipt there- 
 of. And fecondly, That not one penny fo borrowed, (hould be beftow- 
 ed or expended but upon thofe Publick and General Services, wherein 
 every of them, and the Body of the Kingdom, their Wives, Children, 
 and Pofterity, have their Perfonal and common Intereft. 
 
 Private Inftrudions were given to the Commiflioners , how to be- 
 have themfelves in this Negotiation. 
 
 As firft, That they fhould themfelves, for a good example to others, 
 lend unto his Majefty the feveral funis of money required of them, tefti- 
 fying it by their names, with their own hands. That when they (ball in 
 his Mai[efties name require othtrs to lend , they may difcern the faid 
 Commiflioners forwardnefs. 
 
 Secondly, To take for their guide thofe Rates at which men were 
 afTdled in the Book of the laftSubfidy, and to require the Loan of fo 
 much money, as the entire rate and value comes to, at which they are 
 rated, and fet ; as (namely) he that is let at a Hundred pounds in Goods, 
 to lend a Hundred marks •, and he that is fet at a Hundred pounds in 
 Land, to lend a Hundred pounds in money-, and fo;>frMW for a greater 
 
 or lefTer fum. 
 
 Thirdly, To ufe all poffible endeavors to caufe every man willingly 
 and chearfully to lend, opening unto them the neceflity and unavoidable- 
 nefs of this courfe, the Honor and Reputarton of the Nation, the true 
 Religion,, and common fafety of Prince and People, of our Friends and 
 Allies engaged in the common Caufe; that there is no tinje now of dif- 
 puting , but of ading. 
 
 Fourthly , That they appoint the days of payment to be within 
 Fourteen days , and perfwade fuch as fhali be able , to pay it at one 
 entire payment , the better to accommodate his Majefties occafion, 
 otherwife to accept of the one half at Fourteen days, and the other 
 
 to 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical CoUeUions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 to be paid before the Twentieth of Becemher , now next coinin?. 
 Fifthly, That they Treat apart with every one of thofe that are to 
 lend, and not in the prefence or hearing of any other, unlefs they fee caufe 
 to the contrary. And if any fliall refufe to lend, and lliall make de- 
 layes, orexcufes, and perlifl: in their obftinacy, That they examine fuch 
 perfons upon Oath, whether they have been dealt withal to deny , or 
 refufe to lend, or to make an excufe for not lending 1 Who hath dealt fo 
 with him, and what fpeeches or perfwafions he or they have ufed to 
 him, tending to thatpurpofe c" And that they fliall alfo charge every fuch 
 perfon in his Majefties name, upon his Allegiance, not to difclofe to any 
 other what his Anfwer was. 
 
 Sixthly, That they fhew their difcretion and affedlions by making 
 choice of fuch to begin with, who are likely to give the beft examples ; 
 and when they have a competent number of hands to the Roll or Lift of 
 the Leaders, that they lliew the fame to others to lead them in like 
 mannc, 
 
 SevAthly, That they endeavor to difcover, whether any publick- 
 ly, or underhand, be workers or perfwaders of others to diffent from, 
 ordiflikcof thiscourfe, or hinder the good difpofition of others. And 
 that, as much as they may, they hinder all difcourfe about it, and cer- 
 tifie to the Privy Council in writing the nam&s, qualities, and dwelling 
 places of all fuch refradlory perfons with all fpeed, and efpecially if they 
 fliall difcover any Combination or Confederacy againft thefe proceed- 
 ings. 
 
 Eightly, That they let all men know whom it may concern, that his 
 Majefty is well pleafed upon lending thefe fums required, to remit all 
 that which by Letters in his name was defired upon the late Benevolence 
 for free Grant 5 and what ever hath been already paid upon that account, 
 fliall be accepted for part of this Loan •, and if it exceed the fum de- 
 fired, that the overplus fliall be repaid without Fee or Charge-, fo like- 
 wife for Privy Seals, if any ' have been already paid : But if not, that 
 the agreeing of the Loan of the fum required, be cxcufed of the payment 
 of the Privy Seal. 
 
 Ninethly, That they admit of no Suit to be made, or Reafons to 
 be given for the abating of any fum, the time and inftant occafion not- 
 admitting any fuch difpute, which would but difturbe and protratfl the 
 Sheriff. 
 
 Laftly, The Commifltoners were required and commanded upon 
 their Faith and Allegiance to his Majefty, to keep fecret to themfelves, 
 and not to impart or difclofe thefe Inftrudions to others. 
 
 To the Impofition of Loan, was added. The burthen of Billeting 
 of Soldiers formerly returned from Cadiz, , and the Moneys to difcharge 
 their Quarters were for the prefent levied upon the Countrey, to be re- 
 paid out of fums colleded upon the general Loan. 
 
 The Companies were fcattered here and there in the Bowels of the 
 Kingdom , and governed by Martial Law : The King gave Commiflions 
 to the Lords Lieutenants and their Deputies, in cafe of Felonies, Rob- 
 beries, Murders, Outrages, or Mifdemeanors, committed by Mariners, 
 Soldiers, or other diforderly perfons joyning with them , to proceed ac- 
 cording to certain Inftrudions, to the Tryal, Judgment, and Execution 
 of fuch Offenders, as in time of War -, and fomewere executed by thofe 
 Commiffions. 
 
 NeVerthelefs, 
 
 +23 
 
 2 Caroli- 
 
 Billeting of 
 Soldiers. 
 
 Coirmiffions 
 for Martial 
 Law.
 
 jft. 1626, 
 
 Htjlorkal ColleBions. 
 
 The Lords to 
 advance the 
 Lo^n. 
 
 Sir Randolph 
 Crew removed 
 from his place 
 for not fur- 
 thering the 
 Loan. 
 
 Informations 
 fent to rhe 
 Council TaWe 
 againft the Bi- 
 fhop of Lin- 
 ctln. 
 
 >3cverthelcfs, the Soldiers brake out into great diforders 5 they 
 maftered the people, difturbed the peace of Families, and the Civil Go- 
 vernment of the Land -, there were frequent Robberies , Burglaries , 
 Rapes, Rapines, Murtkers, and Barbarous Cruelties : Unto fome places 
 they, were fent for a punifhment ^ and where ever they came, there was 
 a general outcry. The High-ways were dangerous, and the Markets 
 unfrequented -, they were a terror to all, and an undoing to many. 
 
 Divers Lords of the Council were appointed to repair into their 
 feveralCoun treys, for the advancement of the Loan, and were ordered 
 to carry a Lift of the names, as well of the Nobility and Privy Coun- 
 fellors, as of the Judges, and Serjeants at Law, that had fabfcnbed to 
 lend, or fent in money for the Pablick fervice, to be aPatern and lead- 
 ing Example to the whole Nation, But Sir Randolph Crew (hewing no 
 zeal for the advancing thereof, was then removed from his place of Lord 
 Chief Juftice, and Siv Nicholas Hide Cncceeded in his room: A peribn, 
 who for his parts and abilities, was thought worthy of that preferment, 
 yet neverthelefs came to the fame with a prejudice, coming if^the place 
 of one fo well beloved, and fo fuddenly removed-, but more efpecially 
 by reafon the Duke appeared in his advancement, to exprefs a grateful 
 . Acknowledgment to that Knight , for the care and pains he took in 
 drawing the Dukes Anfwer to the Impeachment in Parliament againft 
 hira. 
 
 This bufinefs of the Loan occafioned a Complaint to the Lords of 
 ihe Council , againft the Biihop of Ltncoln , for publickly fpeaking 
 
 words concerning it , 
 
 which was conceived to be againft the King and 
 
 The Bifhop 
 refiifes to pro- 
 ceed Ex Officio 
 againfl the 
 
 Puritant. 
 
 * Meaning the 
 Petition a- 
 gainilRecu- 
 fants at Ox- 
 ford. 
 
 Government 
 
 Whereupon Sir ^ohn Lamb, and Dr. Sihhorpe, informed the Coun- 
 cil to this purpofe, That many were grieved to fee 'he Biihop of Lincoln 
 give place to unconformable Minifters, when he turned his back to thofe 
 that were conformable- and how the P«r/r<i»^ ruled all with him, and 
 that divers Puritans in Leicefierjhire being Convented, his LordHiip would 
 not admit proceedings to be had againft them. 
 
 That Dr. Sikhorpe being defired to ftay at Leicelter this year, as 
 Commilfary for the High Commiflion there, the Countrev being much 
 over-fpread with PKritanijm , Sir ^ohn Lamb and the faid Doctor, did 
 inform the Bifhop oi Lincoln, then at Bugden, what Vi&^ions Puritans 
 there were in the County, who would not come up to the Table to re- 
 ceive the Communion kneeling • and that there were unlawful Fafts and 
 Meetings kept in the County -, and one Faft that held from nine in the 
 Forenoon, till eight at night •, and that Colle(5tions for moneys were 
 made without Authority , upon'pretence for the Palatinate ■■ And 
 therefore they defired leave from the Biihop to proceed againft thofe 
 Puritans Ex officio. The faid Bifliop replied , He would not meddle 
 againft the P«r/>4»/ , for his part he expe(fled not another Biihopiick •, 
 they might complain of them, if they would, to the Council Table- for 
 he was under a Cloud already, and he had the Duke of Buckingham for 
 his Enemy-, and he would not draw the Puritans upon him, for he was 
 fure they would carry all things at laft: Befides, he faid, the King in the 
 Firft year of his Reign , had given Anfwer to a Petition of the Lower 
 Houfe, in favor of the Puritans *. 
 
 It appeared alfo by the InforrHation of others who were prefent at the 
 Conlerence at Bugden , That Sir ^ohn Lamb, and Dr. Stbthorpe, did 
 notwithftanding the Biftiops averfnefs, again prefs the Biftiop to proceed 
 
 asminft
 
 HiHoricai ColleBions. 
 
 d.^2.\n^ the Puritans in Leicestcrfhire -^ theBifhop then asked them what 
 manner of people they \vere,and of wharcondition < For his part he knew 
 of none. To which Six ^ohn Lamb xt'f\\td. (Dr. ^/^^W/'frbeingprefent) 
 That they feem to the World tobefuch as would not Swear, Whore, 
 nor Drink, but yet would Lie, Cozen, and Deceive: That they would 
 iVequentlyhear two Sermons a day, and repeat theCmie again too ^ and 
 afterwards pray, and fometimes faft all day long. Then the BiOvip 
 asked, vvliether thofe places where thofe Puritans were, did lend money 
 freely upon the Colledion of the Loan C To which Sir J'-ohn Lamb and 
 Dr. Sibthorpe replied, That tiiey did generally refolve to lend freely : 
 Then faid the Biihop, no man ot difciction can fay, That that place is a 
 place of Puritans .• For my p:u t (faid the Billiop) I am not fatisfied to 
 give way to proceedings againft them. At which Dr. StUhor^e was nauch 
 dilcontenced, and faid. He was troubled to fee that the Church was no 
 better regarded. 
 B Thefe Informations being tranfmitted to the Council Table, were 
 
 ordered to be fealed up and committed to the Cuftody of Mr. Trumbal, 
 one of the Clerks of the Council ; neverthelefs, the Birtiop of Lincoln 
 uled fuch means as he got a Copy of them. 
 
 For which, and fome other matters, an Information was afterwards 
 preferred againft him in the Star-chamber. Of which more at large, when 
 wecomeinour next Volume to treat of the great and high proceedings 
 of that Court. 
 
 Bilhop Laud, not long before this PaflTage with the Bifliop of Lincoln, 
 was informed, That the Bifliop of Lincoln endeavored to be reconciled 
 to the Duke ; and that night that he was fo informed, he dreamed, 
 That the Bi/ljop of Lincoln came with Iron Chains, hut returned freed f-om 
 them : That he leafed uj>on a Horje, departed, and he could not overtake 
 him. 
 
 The Interpretation of this D^eammay (not unfitly) be thus applied. 
 His chains might fignifie the impriibnment of the Bifliop of Lincoln 
 D aftei"wards inthe T<»ivfr-, his returning free , to his being fet at Liberty 
 again at the meeting of the Parliament ^ his leaping on Horf-back, 
 and departing • to his going into Wales, and there commanding a Troop 
 in the Parliaments Service •, and that Bifliop Laud could not overtake him, 
 might portend that hirafelf fliould become a Prifoner in the fame place, 
 and be rendred thereby incapable to follow , much lefs to overtake 
 him. 
 
 At this time the King had Six thoufand Foot Soldiers in the Service 
 o^ the United Provinces, under the Command of Sir C/W^ iv/(j/-^<i«. Sir 
 Edward Herbert, Sir ^ohn Burlacy, Sir "fames Levislon, ^c, for the alTift- 
 ancc of the States, againft tlie increaiing power o^ Spinola. Upon the 
 prefent occafion, thefe Forces were called off from the States fervices, to 
 joyn with the King of Denmark , under the Command of Sir Charls 
 Morgan, againft the common enemy, theKingof i^/'^/w, and his ad- 
 herents. 
 
 Some few moneths after. One thoufand three hundred foot more 
 were embarqued at //«//, to be tranlpoiced by Captain Con/<by to the 
 Town of Stoad in Germany, and there to be delivered over to the charge 
 of the 3.[oref3.idS'\t charls Morgan, General of the Englilh Forces in the 
 fcrviceof the King of Denmark; a perfon of known Valor, and fit for 
 conduftof an Anoy. 
 
 ^li 
 
 z Careli. 
 
 Puritans dc- 
 fcii'jcd by Sir 
 ] obn Lamb. 
 
 Information 
 in Star-cham- 
 ber againft the 
 Bifhop of Lin- 
 coln. 
 
 Bifhop Laud 
 his Dream. 
 
 The interpre- 
 tation there- 
 of. 
 
 Six. thoufand 
 Englifh in the 
 Service of the 
 Vnitcd Pro- 
 vinces. 
 
 Sir churls 
 Morgan Gene- 
 ral of the 
 Englifh for- 
 ces. 
 
 lii 
 
 But
 
 4-2.6 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1627. j 
 
 Some do re- 
 fufe the Loan, 
 thougli others 
 offered to lend 
 the refufers 
 money ,fo they 
 would but 
 fubRribe. 
 
 They are or- 
 dered to be 
 prelTed for 
 Soldiers. 
 
 The Refufers 
 to lend were 
 fevcrely deal 
 with. 
 
 An. "iSl-J. 
 Dr. SJbthorps 
 Sermon con- 
 cerning the 
 I Loan. 
 
 But the AlTefsment of the general Loan did not pafs currantly with 
 the people •, for divers perfons' refufed to fubfcribe their names, and to 
 lend after the rate propounded ^ and among others, certain of the Pirilli 
 of clement Danes., the Savoy, the Dutchy, and other parts within the 
 Liberties of Wefiminfter^ who firft alledged poverty : Whereunto re- 
 ply was made, That it they would but fabfcribe, their ability fliould be 
 enquired off before any thing were levied upon them-, and in cafe they- 
 were found unable , they ihould be difcharged , notwithftanding what 
 they had under written -, and unto fome of them, the money demanded, 
 was proffered to be given them : Neverthelefs, they afterwards abfolute- 
 ly reiufed to fubfcribe their names, or to fey, they were willing to lend, 
 if able.W hereupon the Council direded their Warrant to the Commilfi- 
 oners of the Navy, to imprefs thefe men to ferve in the Ships ready to go 
 out in his Majefties fervice. 
 
 The Non-Subfcribers of higher Rank and Rate, in all the Counties, 
 were bound over by Recognifance, to tender their appearance at the 
 Council Table, and performed the fame accerdingly, and divers of them 
 were committed to prifon -, but the common fort to appear in the Mili- 
 tary-Yard near St. Martins in the Fields, before the Lieutenantof the 
 Tower of London, by him to be there inrolled, among die Companies 
 of Soldiers -, that they who refufed to afsift with their Purfes,(hould ferve 
 in their Perfons for the common Defence. 
 
 The fame Loan being demanded of the Societies and Inns of Court, 
 the Benchers of Lincolns Inn received a Letter of Reproof, from the 
 Lords of the Council, for negleding to advance the Service in their 
 Society, and to return the names of fuch as were refradory. 
 
 ANd for the advancement of the faid Loan, Doftor Sikhorpc npw 
 publiflies in Print, a Sermon Preached by him at Northampen, Fe- 
 hrtiary the Two and twentieth, One thoufmd fix hundred twenty and fix, 
 at Lent Affizes, entituled, A^oHelick obedience. This Book was Licenced 
 by the Bifliop of London, who did approve thereof, as a Sermon learned- 
 ly and difcreetly Preached. It was dedicated to the King, and expreffed to 
 betheDodors Meditations, which he firft conceived upon his Majefties 
 Inftrudlions unto all the Bifbops of this Kingdom , fit to be put in execu- 
 tion, agreeable to the neceflity of the times 5 and afterwards brought 
 forth upon his Majefties Commiffion, for the raifing of moneys by way 
 of Loan. 
 
 His Text was Romans i^.-j. Render therefore to all their dues. Among 
 other paffages he had this. And ferioufly confider, how as Jeroboam took 
 the opportunity of the breach betwixt Rehoboam and his Subje^s, to brin^ 
 Idolatry into Ifrael : So the Papifls lie at wait, if they could jinde a Rent 
 between our Soveraign and his Sitbje^fs (which the Lord forbid) to reduce 
 Suverfiition into England. I (peak no more then what I have heard from 
 themselves, rvhilfl I have obferved their forwardncf? to offer double accord- 
 ing to an A^of Parliament fo providing, yea, to profefi', That they would 
 depart with the half of their Goods. And how, or why can this forwardnef 
 he in them, but in hope to caft the imputation of frowardnef uponns ? and 
 fo to feem {that which the ^efuite will not juffer them to be) loving and loyal 
 StibjcBs. 
 
 Alfo the faid Sermon holds forth , That the Prince who is the Head, 
 and makes his Court and Council^ it is his duty to clireB and make Laws, 
 Ecclef. 8. 3 and 4. He doth whatfoever pleafes him. Where the word of the 
 
 Kinz
 
 Hijlor'tcal CoUeHions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 +17 
 
 there is fewer -, and who maj fay unto him , What doefi 
 
 Kin^ ii : 
 thou ? 
 
 And in another place, he faith, if Princes command anf thing which 
 SnbjeBs ma) not perform, bccattfe it is againjl the Laws of God, or of Nature, 
 or impofiible : let Subjeifs are bound to undergo the funijhment , without 
 cither refifiance, or railing, or reviling, and fo toyield a Pafive obedience 
 where they cannot exhibite an active one. 
 
 I know no ether cafe, faith he, bitt one of thofe three, wherein a SubjeSi 
 may excufe himfelf with Pafive obedience, but in all other he is hound to 
 Aiiive obedience. 
 
 It is not our purpofe to repeat his Sermon, the Reader may at leifure 
 inform himfelf more fully by the Printed Copy, 
 
 Doflor Roger Manwaring promoted the fame bufinefs in two Ser- 
 mons Preached before the King and Court at Whitehal, v^-'herein he 
 delu'ered for Doftrine to this purpofe. 
 
 That the King is not bound to obfcrve the Laws of the Realm- 
 " concerning the Subjeds Rights and Liberties, but that his Royal 
 "Will and Command in impofing Loans and Taxes, without common 
 " confent in Parliament, doth oblige the SubjedlsConfcience upon pain 
 "of eternal damnation. That thofc who refufed to pay this Loan, 
 "offended againft the Law of God, and the Kings Supream Authority, 
 *' and became guilty of impiety, difloyalty, and Rebellion ; And that 
 " the Authority of Parliament is not necelTary for the raifing of Aids, 
 " and Subfidies •, and that the flow proceedings of fuch great Affemblies, 
 " were not fitted for the Supply of the States urgent Neceflities, but 
 " would rather produce fundry impediments to the juft defigns of 
 " Princes. 
 
 The Papifts at this time were forward and liberal oft this occafion , 
 infomuch , that it was faid in thofe times , That in the point of Allegi- 
 ance then in hand, the Papifts were exceeding Orthodox, and the Puri- 
 tans were the onely Recufants. 
 
 Diftaftes and Jealoufies had for a while been nouridied between the 
 Courts of England and France , which (eemed to have rifen from Dif- 
 putcs and Differences about the Governnaent of che Queens family. 
 By the Articles of Marriage it was agreed , That the Queen (hould 
 have a certain number of Priefts for her Houfliold Chaplains, together 
 with a Bi(hop who fhould excrcife ail Ecclefiaftical Jurifdidtion in mat- 
 ters of Religion. 
 
 Thefe with other Romilh Priefts within this Realm , began to 
 pracSife and teach , That the Pope upon the Marriage Treaty, affumed 
 to himfelf, or his Delegates, the Jurifdidion of the Queens wiiole family, 
 efpecially the Inftitution and Deftitution of the Eccleliafticks •, and that 
 the King of England had no power to intermeddle therein, becaufe he 
 was an Heretick , the Pope threatning to declare thofe to be Apoftates 
 that fliould feck their eftablilliment from the King. Likewife the Queen 
 infifted to have the ordering of her family , as her felf pleafed , and 
 the naming of her Officers and Servants 5 and being therein croffed, 
 did fomewhat diftafte the King, and unkindnefs grew between 
 them. 
 
 Thefe things the King reprefented to his Brother of France, im- 
 puting the fame to the Crafty and Evil Counfels of lier Servants, rather 
 then to her own inclination 5 And fo declared, he could no longer bear 
 with thofe that were tlie known caufes and fomenters of thefe difturb- 
 
 I i i 2 bances. 
 
 3 Caroli. 
 
 '^T' 
 
 Dr. Matiwa' 
 ring in two 
 Sefmons pro- 
 motts the 
 Loaa. 
 
 Dillaftes and 
 jealoufies be- 
 tween Eng. 
 land and 
 Frunce.
 
 4-28 
 
 An. iBin. 
 
 The French 
 difmiflTed, 
 
 III refcnted 
 in France. 
 
 Private Tranf- 
 aftions to en- 
 gage in a War 
 againfl France. 
 
 Hiflorical ColIeBions, 
 
 The King of 
 Great Britains 
 I Declaration 
 
 concerning a 
 War with 
 
 Fr.tncc. 
 
 up- 
 to cn- 
 
 ahces, but would prefently" remove them from about his Wife, if there 
 were nothing more then this, That they had made her go to Tiborne in 
 devotion to prdf there. Which adion (as it was reported , his Majefty 
 faid) can have no greater inve(3ive made againft it, then the bare re- 
 lation-, yet his Majefty acknowledged, That the deportment of fome 
 of them , was without offence •, but others of them had fo much 
 abufed his patience, and affronted his Perfon (tefledling 
 on Madam Saint George) that he was refolved no long 
 dure it. 
 
 So the King difmiffed and fent back into France the Queens Re- 
 tinue of French (firft paying all that was due for Wages oi- Salaries) 
 and gave the King of France an account of the adtion by the Lord Carlton, 
 for the preferving of their mutual Correfpondency and Brotherly Af- 
 fedlion. 
 
 But this Difmilfion was ill refented in France, and Audience denied 
 to the Lord Carlton, and the matter was aggravated high at the 
 French Court , as a great violation of the Articles of the Marri- 
 age. 
 
 And thofe perfons who returned into France (being for the moft 
 part yonger-brothers , and had parted with their Portions at home, in 
 expedation of raifing their Fortunes in the fervice of the Qseen of Eng- 
 land) did heighten the difcontent. 
 
 This jarring with France , breaks forth to a publick War, and 
 King Charles is at once engaged againft Two Great and Mighty 
 Princes. 
 
 It is not our purpofe to relate the particulars of thofe private 
 tranfa(5lions which were here in England, concerning the preparing of a 
 Fleet and Army 5 nor how the fame was managed at firft by an Abbot, 
 who had relation to the Duke of orleance, and had been difobliged by 
 Cardinal Richliett. 
 
 This Man was full of Revenge againft the Cardinal, and labored 
 much (and at laft effected-) the difm.ifTmg of the French about the Queen 5 
 hischeif end therein was, to put an affront upon Richliett, andvfithal 
 to heighten the differences between the Two Crowns of England and 
 France •, to which purpofe he remonftrated to the Duke of Buckingham, 
 the Commotions and Difcontents that were in France , and hotv hardly 
 the Proteftants there were treated , netwithftanding the Edid of Peace 
 procured by the Mediation of the King of Great Britain. 
 
 This Abbots Negotiation with the Duke, procured the fending of 
 Devic frora the King of England to the Duke of Rhoane , who was 
 drawn to engage to raife Four thoufand Foot , and Two hundred 
 Horfe, upon the landing of the Englifh Array in France, but not be- 
 fore. 
 
 This private tranfaftion was alfo managed by Mr. Walter Montague., 
 but in another capacity: The Duke o^ Sobiez and Moniieur St.Blan- 
 chard , contributed their endeavors alf« to haften the Fleet , and the 
 raifing of the Army in England againft the French, for the relief of thofe 
 of the Reformed Religion there. 
 
 The King declared as a ground of his War with France^ That the 
 Houfe of AuHria ( confpiring the ruine of all thofe of the Reformed 
 Religion rhroughout Chriftendom, as (he faid) plainly appeared in the 
 affairs of German-)) had fuch an influence upon the Council of France^ 
 as to prevail with them to obftru<5t the landing of Count Mansfidds 
 
 A™y>_
 
 A 
 
 Hifiorical CoUeUiom. 
 
 I 4-^P 
 
 Army, contrary to promifc, with whom the French fhouldhavejoyned 
 forces, {at the relief of the Palatinate and the German Princes •, which 
 failer of performance in them , proved the ruine of that Army , the 
 greateft part whereof perilhed, and was by confequence the lofs of the 
 whole Proteftanc Piiry in Germanj. 
 
 His Maj^fty further declared , That having by his Mediation prevail- 
 ed for a Peace between the French King and his Proteftant Subje(5ls> and 
 engaged his word. That the Proteftants fliould obferve the Articlesof 
 
 3 Car oli. 
 
 Agreement 
 tides, 
 
 Neverthelefs, the King of France contrary do the faid Ar- ! 
 blocked up their Towns, Garifons, and Forts, and had com- 
 
 mitted many fpoils upon them, when they had done nothing in vio- 
 lation of the Edid of Peace. And that the King of France had com- 
 mitted an example of great injuftice in full Peace, to kik upon One hun- 
 dred and twenty Englifh Ships, with all their Merchand'ife and Artillery 5 
 for which Reafons, the King was refolved to fend a powerful Army and 
 B I Navy to require fatisfadion. 
 I The Duke oi Backingham was made Admiral of this Fleet, and 
 1 Commander in chief of the Land forces, and had a Commiffion to that 
 I purpofe, wherein it is exprefTed, 
 
 I That his Majefty hath taken into his Princely confideration, the 
 
 [ diftrefled eftate of his dear Brother-in-law, and onely Sifter, the Prince 
 i and Princefs Eledor falat'tnct and their Children , and finding himfelf 
 ! in Nature and Honor nearly bound unto them ; At their requeft, and 
 C for their juft Relief, in recovering their rightful Patrimony taken from 
 them, by the Advice of his Privy Council, did the laft year, prepare and 
 fet oat to Sea, a Royal Fleet for Sea-fervice ^ for performance of fuch fer- 
 vices, as on his Brother-in-laws and Sifters behalf, his Majefty had defign- 
 cd. And for the doing of thofe defigns, and for the honor and fafety of his 
 people, his Majefty hath now prepared a new Fleet, which he intends with j 
 all convenient expedition to fet out, to be empleyed as well by way of Of- j 
 fence as of Defence, as (hall be moft behoveful for his faid Brother-in-Law 
 D his fervice ^ and therefore doth by the faid Commiftlon appoint the Duke { 
 of Buckingham to be Admiral, Captain- General, and Governor of his 
 faid Royal Fleet, with fuch Soldiers and Land-forces as Hiall be conveyed I 
 therein , for the accomplifliment of fuch execution and employment as } 
 they Hull be defigned unto, according to fuch private Inftrudions as his 
 Majefty Hiall give unto the faid Duke. His Majefty by the faid Com- 
 miffion giving to the Duke power to lead and conduct the faid Navy 
 and Army, and vvith them to fight againft his faid Brother-in-law, and 
 Sifters enemies, or the enemies of the Crown oi England-, and to ad- 
 vance to the Order of Knighthood, fuch perfons employed in the Fleet, 
 Forces, and Supplies, as by their Valor, Defert, and good Service in 
 this Expedition Ihall bethought fit in his the faid Dukes difcretionto 
 merit tlie fame, and as to the Office of Captain-General doth apper- 
 tain. 
 
 On the Seven and twentieth of ^nne the Duke fet fail from Portf- 
 mouth, (in Older to the Relief of the P4/4/;«<jf(r) with the Fleer, coidift- 
 ing of One hundred fail of Ships , whereof Ten were ot the Kings 
 Royal Navy, havmg aboard about Six or feven thoufand Land-foldiers 5 
 and towards the latter end ot 3^/7 he appeared with his Fleet before 
 Rochcl, who once much longed for their coming , but now fliut their 
 Gates at their appearance. 
 
 Hereupon 
 
 The Duke of 
 
 Admiral and 
 General. 
 
 His Commiin ■ 
 on. 
 
 The Duke fets 
 fail wich the 
 Fleet aad 
 Army. 
 
 The RnchelLrs 
 
 ailmir tlic 
 Englii7i.
 
 An. 1 62 J. I 
 
 Yet call an 
 AfTembly and 
 heard Sir Wil- 
 liam Seechers 
 Meffige. 
 
 HiUorical ColleBions\ 
 
 The Rochellers 
 (lilltimerous. 
 
 Awtllaffeaed 
 parry in Ra- 
 chel. 
 
 The Duke 
 
 communiGares 
 liis defign to 
 Sobie:^. 
 
 The Duke 
 lands his Ar- 
 my atthelfle 
 of Rhee. 
 
 Hereupon the Duke of 5tf^/V5 went a {herewith S\i William Beecher 
 from the Duke of Buckingham, (Sir William Beecher being alfo accom- 
 panied with a Letter of Credence from his Majtfty of Great Britain) 
 they were at laft admitted into the Town •, and the Magiftrates called 
 an Affembly, and there Sir William Beecher declared unto them, That 
 the Duke of Buckingham was come with a great Fleet and Army to their 
 afliftance , which his Mafter had fent out of a fellow-feeling of their 
 fufferings, and to require from the King of /"r^iw; a performance of the 
 Articles of Peace, made by the King of Englands Mediation, on the be- 
 half of the Proteftants in France. And further declared unto them, That 
 if they do now refufe to give their afliftance , by joyning forces with the 
 Englilh, hefaid he would, and did proteft before God and Man, in the 
 name of the King his Mafter, That his faid Mafter was fully acquit of his 
 engagement of Honor and Confcience for their Relief. 
 
 But notwithftanding this Declaration, and -Se^/Vz his earneft felici- 
 tation and endeavor, The Magiftrates and wealthier fort of People in 
 the Town, ( being poflefted with the fear of the King of France his 
 Array, then upon a march againft them •, and there being a Court party 
 alfo prevalent m the Town) could be drawn to give no other anfwcr at 
 that time, but this , That they did render all humble and hearty thanks 
 to his Majefty of Great Britain for the care he had of them 5 and to the 
 Duke, for his forwardn.-fs and readinefs to do his beft fervice for their 
 good- but faid, They were bound by Oath of Union, to do nothing but 
 by the common and unanimous confent of the reft of the Proteftant 
 party in France : And therefore prayed the King of Great Britain to 
 excufethem, in that they did fufpend the Jonjundtion of Forces, till 
 they had fent to the reft of the Proteftant Towns, who were of the Uni- 
 on with them : And in the mean time, their Prayers and Vows fhould be 
 for the happy progrefs of fuch anions as the Fleet and Army (liould under- 
 take. 
 
 Notwithftanding this Anfwer, Sobiez, had ftrong aflfurance from a 
 vvell-affeded party in the Town, That they could and would be able to 
 preferve the fame, for the encouragement of the Englifti, and to aflift 
 them alfo with fupplies from thence. 
 
 When Sobiez went from the Fleet into Rochel^ with Sir William 
 Beecher, the Duke of Buckingham was pleafed to communicate his defign 
 to Sobtez, by reafon of his knowledge of the Countrey, as well as for 
 his intereft in that Kingdom, to raife forces ; that his full purpofe and 
 intention was to land his Army in the Ifle of okran, near unto Rochel, 
 and not at the Ifle of Rhee, being a little further diftant : Which So- 
 biez. well approved of, as a thing feafible at the firft entrance, the forces 
 therein being few, and the Forts weakly manned and vidualled •, and be- 
 fides, it was of advantage for theOyls, Wines, and other Commodi- 
 ties therein ; whereas the Ifle of Rhee (as he faid to the Duke) was far- 
 niflied with a confiJerable force, both of Horfe and Foot, which would 
 make the landing there very difficult •, and befides, they had a Cittadel 
 well fortified to retreat unto. 
 
 The Duke not flaying for Sobiez his return from i?5<:M, alters his 
 refolucion, and direcfls his courfe to the Ifle of Rhee., {Toras the Gover- 
 hereof having before taken the alarum by the fight of the Fleet at 
 
 nor tr 
 
 Sea) marches with his forces to impede their landing, but maugre their 
 oppoficion, and the Fort La Prie. Sir ^ohn Burroughs, Sir Alexander 
 Bret^ Sir Charles Rich, together with Monfieur St. Branchard, and other 
 
 brave
 
 Hi^orical GoUeBions. 
 
 I ^V 
 
 3 Caroli. 
 
 A fere fig lie 
 at the landing 
 
 D 
 
 The Army 
 ftays five days 
 after the fiphc. 
 
 A Fore ncg- 
 lefted to be 
 taken in. 
 
 brave Commanders land firfl: afliore, and after them about Twelve hun- 
 dred men, who were prefendy encountred with the French horfe and 
 foot, and a fore fight happened thereupon, being a long time well main- 
 tained on both fides, and many Commanders fell, both of theEnoHih 
 and French, few ol the Enghib were unwounded •, but at laft the En^Jliili 
 forced their way, the enemy was conftrained to retreat, and to permit 
 the whole Army to land. 
 
 In this combate Monfieur St. BLwchard was flain, whofe lofs was 
 much lamented by the Protcftant party in France, Six William Heydcn^ 
 and fome hundreds of the EnglilTi were flain. The foot which engaged 
 en both fides were much equal in number, but in horfe the French had a 
 great advantage. 
 
 The Vit^ory was not purfued by a fpeedy march after Tonu, whtJ 
 retreated to his Cittadel at St. Martins with his wounded men j for five 
 days time was fpent before the Army moved, whereby Tor^ts got not 
 B onely time to encourage his men to hold our, (being much difcomfited 
 at this fight) but to get inafliftance of Men and provifion of Viduals 
 out of the Ifland into the Cittadel , which he improved to great ad- 
 vantage. 
 
 The Fort La Prie , near unto the landing place , and meanly 
 Vidlualled and Manned , was all this while the Army ftaid , nec^leca- 
 ed , omitted , or contemned , as inconfiderable 5 the gaining where- 
 of ( as was faid) would have fecured a retreat for the Englilli, and im- 
 peded the landing of the French (during the fiege) of the Fort at St. 
 Martins. 
 
 This landing of the Englifli was a great aftonifliment in the Court 
 of France 5 and if the taking of the Fort had immediately followed , 
 there would have appeared a great change of Affairs ; for the Kin<^ 
 fellfick about the fame time, and great difcontent there was at Courf 
 and the King fent his Refolution , to give the Proteftants honorable 
 terms, if they will not joyn with the Englifli 5 fent to the Duke of Rhoan 
 to content him with money, and other proffers, and renders tiie landinfr of 
 the Englifli to other Protcftant Towns to be a thing not to be complied 
 withal. 
 
 The Duke in two days march came with his Army before St. Af4r- 
 tins, and publillied a Manifefto, juftifying his Mafters taking up of Arms 
 againft the King of France , declaring (amongfl other Reafons ) as one 
 caufe thereof, the Frenches employing of the Englifli Ships againft 
 Rochel contrary to promife, and lodgeth his Army at the Burgh of St. 
 Martins, at Jihee, which (upon the approach of the Duke) the enemy 
 quit, and retreated into the City , and quit a Well which was about 
 thirty paces from their Counterskarf 5 which being not at firft coming 
 of the Army, made totally unferviceable to the eneray, they prefently 
 drew a work unto it , and fo fecured the fame for their lafe ; by which 
 they fubfifted, during all the time of the ficge. 
 
 The Duke blocks up the Cittadel, draws his forces round about it in slocks up tiic 
 order to a clofe fiege, and difpofes his Fleet fo, as to hinder Relief by '^'"•'''*^'- 
 Sea, and refolves to take it by Famine, upon prefumption(andasthe 
 truth was) that they were not provided with Vitfiuals in the Cittadel for 
 a long fiege, and being Mafter at Sea, he might in fliort time be Mafter 
 of the Cittadel, 
 
 But 
 
 The French 
 aftonifted at 
 the landing of 
 theEngh/h. 
 
 The Duke 
 comes before 
 the Fort at 
 
 St. Maitinr.
 
 4-r- 1- 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeUions, 
 
 1627. 
 
 Gentlenr.cn fe- 
 curtii and 
 confined for 
 rcfufing to 
 pare with 
 money upon 
 the Loan. 
 
 But wlnlft the Duke employs his time in drawing a Line of Cir- 
 cumvallarion , and laifing ot Bulwarks and Batteries, let us ke what 
 they are doing in England. 
 
 Thofe Gentlemen who ftood committed for not parting with 
 moneys upon the Commiilion for Loans, were appointed to fcveral 
 Conhnements not in their own, but Foreign Counties. 
 
 S'w Thomas Wentmrth, afterwards Earl of Strafford, and Geerge Rat- ' 
 cliff E((\-^ afterwards Sir Gcor^f, Torkjhire Gentlemen, were fen t for by 
 Mcffengers, and removed out of the County of Terk into the County 
 of A'c;?^, and therefecured by Confinement. 
 
 Sir I'Valtcr Earl^ and Sii; ^ohn Strsngwajes , who were Dorfetfhire 
 men, were fecured in the County of Bedford. 
 
 Sir Tbomoi Grantham^ and fome others of the County of Lincoln^ 
 were removed and fecured in the County of Dorjet, 
 
 'Sir ^olm Hcveningham^ and others of the County of Suffolk, were 
 fecured in the County of Somerfet. 
 
 Kichiird Knightly Efq-, and others of the County of Northampton, 
 were fecured in the County of Southampton and Wiltfljirc. 
 
 Sir Nathaniel Bamardifton of the County of Suffolk , and William 
 Coriton Efq^ of the County of Corntval, were fecured in the County of 
 Sufjex. 
 
 Sir Harbotle Crimfton of the County of E(fex, and Sir Robert Points, 
 were fecured in NorthamftonfJ)ire, 
 
 ^ohn Hampden Efqv and others, of the County of Bwks , were fe- 
 cured in Hampjlire ; and the like courfe was taken with the Gentry of 
 other Counties who refufed the Loan. 
 
 And the Council ordered that all thofe Refradory perfons before- 
 named (for fo they are called in the Order) who are appointed by his Ma- 
 jefties command to their feveral Commitments, fhall prefently obey the 
 Order of the Board fent with their Meffenger in that behalf,or be commit- 
 ted clofeprifoners, any pretence of inability, want of conveniency, or 
 anyexcufe whatfoeverno twithftanding. 
 
 Many of thofe Gentlemen were afterwards fent for by Purfevants 
 out of thofe Counties where they were confined by Order of the Coun- 
 cil, and committed to feveral Prifons ; fome to the Fleet, fome to the 
 Marfhalfey , and Catehoufe , and others remained in the cuftody of the 
 Mefl'engers : And from the Catehoufe Sir ^ohn Elliot fends this Petition 
 to his Majefty.
 
 Hislorical ColleBions, 
 
 433 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 To the Kings moil Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Petition of Sir ^ohn Ellioi Knight, Prifoner in the Cate- 
 hmfcy concerning the Loan. 
 
 Sheweth, 
 
 ^ K^nt pout pcot Suppliant aeferteD toitD fo?toto anti unMppineffir, 
 tD^ctigt) t\)t long fenfc of pout ^af ef!ic0 Difpleafutc, txjiUtng in 
 eberp act of 2I)utp aaO ©bcijicnce to f atistfie pout ^^ajcCfp of tOe 
 lopaltp of DiJS t)f att, tl&?n lotiicD tie Datt) nothing mo?e DcQteD, t&atttietc 
 map not rcmam a jealouQe in pout Eopal X^cff, tOatOubbo^nncf^ anD 
 tjjill Dabc tjfrn tDc motilics of f)i!S fo^Ueating to conDefcenO to tt)e faio 
 loan, toto as pout il3ig{)ncrs; fcot,"U)Ul^ a faD,pet a fattOful Ijcatt ; fo? an 
 3po!ogp to pout Clcmencp anD (State, t)e not» p^cfunic;^ to offct up t&e 
 JRf afon.s tUat inDuceD Dim, loljicl) Ijc tonccibetlj necef^itp of |ji0 23utp 
 to Eeligfon, Sfufficc, anD pout ^ajeCp, DiD info?ce» 
 
 CticiHuleGf luaice \)ctaUiSi tol)ctDc4.at», impattial ^rbitet of 
 (Sotjctnment anD CbeDicncc , tIpefupponanDatcngt6of v^aieOp, tt)e 
 cbfctljation of tljat luCfire bp toDtcD Subjection i& commanDeD. CUi^ 
 anD l^.eligion (aDDcD to tbi0 ^otoet not to be t efiflcD) binD0 up tbe Con- 
 fcience m an Obligation totbat IMe, t»bicbCt»ttboutopenp?cjuDicc 
 anD tiiolence of tbefe Duticjs) map not be impearbeD. 
 
 3In iW pattitulat tbetefc^e of tbe loan, being Defitou« to be fati;e^' 
 6cDbotx)fattf;eObiigatton migbtejctenD, anDtefoluing tobetebetpaia' 
 left 93anet of bijs otun,to become Sctbant to pout t©iU.be baD tcroutfe 
 unto tbe laiO0, to be info?mcD bp tbem -, tpbitb m all bumilirp be Tub- 
 mittetb to pout mort SacteD him in tbe doUectionja! following. 
 
 3In tbe time of Edward tbe 3Fita, be 6nDetb tbat tlje Commons; of 
 tbat age toete fo tenDet of tbeit Itbettiejs, a.« t\}t}> feateD eijcn tbeit 
 ottip. ficr actjs anD gift0 migbt tutn tbem to a ISouDage anD tbeit i^cit^. 
 ©Ubctef o?e it Xoa& DcfiteD, anD gtanteD, 
 
 Thatfornobufinefs fuch manner of Aids, Taxes, nor Prizes, (liould 
 be taken, but by common affent of the Realm, and for the common pro- 
 fit thereof. 
 
 €:be lifee toa^ m fo^e bp tbe fame filing, anD bp itoo otbet labo^ 
 again (lEnacteD, 
 
 That no Tallage or Aid Hiould be taken or levied, without the good 
 will and aflent of the Archbifliops, Birtiops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Bur- 
 gefires,and other Freeman of the Land. 
 
 ^\\i) tbat ^?uDent anD ^agnanimouis ^?inte, Edward tbe CbitO* 
 IrDbp tbe fame COiHifDom,bal)ing gtanteD, 
 
 That the greateft gift given in Parliament for the Aid and fpeed of 
 his matchlefs undertaking againft France^ fliould not be had in Example, 
 nor F.dl to the prejudice of the Subjeft in time to come ; did likewife adde 
 in Confirmation of that Right, That they lliould not from thenceforth 
 be grieved to fuftain any Charge or Aid, but by the Common AiTent, 
 and thit in Parliament. 
 
 2[IiiD mo^e patticulatlp upon tbiis point, upon a Petition of tbe €onv 
 mon£ aftcvtnatD0 in parliament, it Uias eaabliOxD, 
 
 K k k That 
 
 3 Caroli, 
 
 Sir John El- 
 liots Petition 
 to the King 
 concerning 
 the Loan.
 
 43+ 
 
 Hijiorical ColieBions, 
 
 An i6zj. That: the Loans which are granted to the King by divers perfens, 
 * be relcafed, and that none from henceforth be compelled to make fuch 
 Loans againft their Wills, becaufc it is againft Reafon and the Franchifes 
 of the Land, and Reftitution be made to fuch as made fuch Loans. 
 
 9nD bp another 3tt upon a neto ocr aoon, in tt)e time of Richard ttje 
 CtJii'D, tt i»a0 02DaincD, 
 
 That the Subjeft in no wife be charged with any fuch Charge, Ex- 
 adion, or Impofition, called a Benevolence, nor fuch like Charge-, and 
 that fuch like Exaftions be damned and annulled for ever. 
 
 ©ucl) tocre t\)t ©pinion0 of tljefc rimei?, fo? aU ttjefc 3(liD0,'Bene-- 
 bolencej?, :ioanj?, anDfuctjUbe^^argcsl epattcD from tlje ®ubjett not 
 tn parliament, tntjttO thtp t)clD to fee (SrietanceiS tontratp to ttjctr li^ 
 bertic^, anD tUcgal •, anD f o pioim Djcre ttjcic ^jtnccg m Con&rnia- 
 tion of ttieir libertieiet , acs tiabrng fecureD tljem fo? tl;c p^eftnt bp 
 fucb frequent ILat»0 anD@tatute0, tbepDiD Itfeetoife bp tbem p?ot)iDe 
 f 0? tbeir ^ofleritp 5 anD in fome fo flrtalp, tbat tbep boimD tbe ®bfer^ 
 bation toub a Curfe, a& in tbat of 33 E^w. i. 3BnD alfo unDer pain of 
 Crcommimicatton ■-, n& bp tbe otber of tt)t JFtbe anD ttoentietb of tbe 
 famellitng, tDbtcbtoa^ to be DenounceD agatna all tbofe tbat Violate 
 0? b?cafe tbe m -, tobicb ^a ejrtenDsf to uss. 
 
 3inD tbefe JSLeaConjs be p?efent33 to pour ^ajeOp a0 tbe 6rC ^otibe 
 tafecn from tbe ILatti. 
 
 Cbere are otberje; alfo, tobicb in bi)K bumble app?ebenQon be ton- 
 ccibfu from tbe Action tt felf, 'osH)itl> be lifeetjjife tenDergt to pour moa 
 CjcccUentGHifDom. 
 
 Firft, Cbat tbe Carriage anD 3fnffruttionja! accompanieD toJtbtbe 
 9utbo?irpof tbe^reatSeal, impo?teD a ConQraint, futbiS-equeffjesto 
 ©ubjea0 being tacite anD implieD Commands , anD fo p?et)f nring 
 tbat reaDtncfje: anD lobe lobicb m a free toap tooulD babe farertetDeD 
 tbofe 2)emanD0, tDberea0 tbe toonteD 9iD0 gibentopourbappp^n^ 
 te3o?0bJereExfpontanea voluntate, &charitatepopuli, tobcrebptbep 
 
 maDetbatConjunttion of tbetr ^eart0 atbome, tupicb tn^ougbi fucb 
 potejcr anD reputation to tbeir aa^ab^oaD. 
 
 {KLIberea0 tbe ermea Obligation of tbat reaDinefjef anD lobe, \& tbe 
 benignitpof 0?infe0, gibing anD p^eferbing to tbetr iSieople, jutt anD 
 Detent JLtbcrtie0,b3b!tb to tbtsC^ingDom are DeribeD from tbe dlemenrp 
 anDGUifoomof pour ip?ogenito^0, totobjm tbere i0otiaingaSarreD 
 ^emo?pfo?tbem: ^ecoulDnota0befeareD, toitboutp^erruretotbefe 
 inimunitie05 become an aao^ in tbi0 1.oan, bjbicb bp tmp?tfonment 
 anD refiramt, b?a0 urgeD, r ontrarp to tbe <©rant0 of tbe <Sreat €bar-- 
 ter, bp fo manp glo?iou0 anD bitto?iou0 femg0 fo manp ttme0 ton* 
 firmeD, beingtberemmott con6Dentof pour^ajeOp, tbatnebei*fi\ing 
 tbatraigncDoberu0, baDof bi0Db)n brmgnttp anDgi»Dncf05 anio?e 
 piou0 DtfpoQtion to p?eferbe tbejuQ ^librrtieeof bt0®ubjcct0 , tben 
 pour ^acreD "©elf* 
 
 €bougb toe toere teell aCfureD bp pour ©ajeaie0 ISlopal p?omife, 
 tobofc too?D0bebolD0 a0 €)?aflr0 of Crutb, tbat it OjoulDnotbcfome a 
 p?cQDent, During tbe bappmef0 of pour Eaign (tbe long continuanre 
 tobereof, i0 tbe Datlp fubjett of f)i0 55^aper0) petbetonteibeDfrom 
 thence a fear, tbat futceeDmg 3Cge0 migbt tberebp tafee oceaOon fo? 
 Poncritp to arifee at tbe p?op?ietp of tbeir (SCOD0, contrarp to tbe pietp 
 anD intention ef pour S^ajeOp fo graciouOr cjcpjeft. 
 
 3!nD 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 /It 
 
 D 
 
 Ht^oncal CoUeBions. 
 
 4-3^ 
 
 5inD t&cfc being tbc true ©rcunDjx anD ^ottbes of Die forbearance 
 
 .nl^eiaiD Lean, BjtWing Uti) incont)cnic}icc0 m EcaCon, unu rcp.^t-- 
 
 i>nting It a:i 3ct ccntrabiatng fo manp of pour lat»;s , anD moC of 
 
 ;f;cmDC'p?uDentani)!;appieaof our ^^tnces g^anre^ 'm\)iti 
 
 "itjifOout pe'cruir.piion bcponD parDon in pour Suppliant, m 
 
 . „ u timifelf to? Difpcnfation of tOoCc Latos, fo piouUp ^natteD, 
 
 ;f Oini be t)f olateD d^ inipeaclJcD* 
 
 In (^?c fuincC0 of all Subrn iC^Jon anD ©bcOiencc, ^0 t\)t gpoloap 
 
 r- h? '^r-iv.v,. ..>.T)^(p^ t>c latol? flfTerg to pDurmoS SarreD CHif' 
 
 - :v;ic:i of pDur @ajCi!p, mo3 Dumliip p^ipmg pour 
 
 i nz gcufiouap pleafeo ta tafeetUem into pourp^mcelp 
 
 „ tJ3t)erctoljen it G'a!! appear (a^&e Doubts not, but from 
 
 .^.a to pourDfrpjutigmem) tbat no famous bumo^, no?DtD 
 
 xn leD on bp Qubbo^nnef^ anD Xoill, batb Pcrein ffirreD 0? moi)eD 
 
 , butcDe jua ©Liisation of bi0 Confcience, tuWcb binUsbimto 
 
 .U' i-.-rb'-:.^ nf pour ^afcap, tn tbe oblerl5ancc of pour luV;s ; jjc 10 
 
 yopva-i (?3reCummsupontDepetpan"o3fu3ii:cof pour®a;CSp) t?jat 
 
 pour ..fi9("f ip accoiuuig; to pour innate €icmcnrp an'o 6cctincf0, Ml 
 
 be ji'eaieD to bcaotJ? biin to pour IFabo^ anD \)i<s ib/u: re?, anD to afo^D 
 
 yi'in ebe bcneat of tbofc LatxJS robicb tn all tjunnlttp m trabc;?. 
 
 Notwithftanding the faid Petition, he (till continued a prifoner in 
 the Gate-hoiife, till the general Order of" Difcharge came. 
 
 Sir P^;er//rfj'»z/r» refuting to part with Loan-money, was called be- 
 fore the Lords of t!ie Council, who charged him withrefracaorinefs, 
 and with^.n unwillingnefs to ferve the King ; and told him, if he did not 
 pay, hefhouldbeputuponfervice. Accordingly they commanded him 
 to go upon his Majefties fervice into the raLttiuatc 5 and having firft fet- 
 led his eflate, he undertook and performed the journey, and afterwards 
 returned into England. 
 
 Archbifhop JUot having been long flighted at Court, noiv fell under 
 the Kings l:igh difpleafurc torrefufing to Licence Dodor j/i'?/&<?r;'i Ser- 
 mon, as he was commanded, intituled, Aposhlical oledience, and not 
 long after he was fequeftred from his Office , and a Commiffion was 
 granted to the Bidicps of London, Durham, Rochejlcr, Oxford, and Dodor 
 Laud, BiOiop of ^4//; and ^f//5, to execute Archiepifcopal Jurifdicftion. 
 The Commillion as foUoweth. 
 
 CHJ%LS by the Grace of God, King of 
 
 England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, 
 &c. To the Right Reverend Father in God, Ci-^r^f, Bifhop of 
 London :, and to the Right Reverend Father in God, Our Trufty 
 and Welbeloved Counlellor, Richard, Lord Bilhop of Durham ; 
 and to the Right Reverend Father in God, ^ohn. Lord Bifliop of 
 Roche fl er ; and ^oA», Lord Bilhopof o.v/i;r^5 to the Right Reve- 
 rend b-ather -n God, Our Right Trufty and Welbeloved Coun- 
 fcUor, William, Lord Bifliop of Bathe and Wells, Greeting. 
 
 I Carol;. 
 
 Archbi/liop 
 Abbot in drf- 
 favor. 
 
 ThcCommif- 
 
 WIi;crca« George , nottl ^[rtbbtCbOp of Canterbury, in t\}t JjonwScque- 
 rf ffbt of tbe 3li-cbbJG!)op^icfe,batb feDeral anD Diainct 3Ircbiepif- 1 aoMlJi"" 
 copal, €pifcopal, ano otijer ©pirttual anD €cclefia(iical jfr"ni ..uhis 
 J?>4itJJer0 ana i!uri(Di(tton» , ta be ererctfeD m tge <Sobernment anD I q^j,;^^'"*^''''' 
 
 Kkk 1 DifcipUne ' " 
 
 -«>. - - ■4 . .-»>M
 
 Hifiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An 1627. 2?ifcipline of tl;c <l\)uu\) 'D)it\)m rtjc ^?ot)inte of Canterbury, anD 
 ' in t^e 3(lDmtmararion of 31uatce tn €mk!s CtcicQaCtcal toitljin tDat 
 ^?ot3tncc, rxli)it\) arc partly tpccutco tjp Dimfclf m l;is otonpetfon, 
 anUparrtp, ano mo?c generallp b? fcberal pctfonsnominatcDatiDau' 
 ti)o?ifcD bj) Dim , being learncD in t\)t €ctleaaaical La\jj0 of tlji0 
 JSLealm, in tbofc fetjeral places tubctcunro tftcparc DcputeD ant) appoint^ 
 eD bp tijc faiD ^cctJbiQjop : e:af;itl; fcbcval places, 30 ©He aic info^meD, 
 tljcpfcberaUpbolti bp febcral <S5rant0 fo^tbeicfebetallttjej?, a^name^ 
 Ip, <Sic Henry Martin fiinigOt, Wl) anD bolDctD bp tbc <5rant)5 of tbe 
 faiD ^rcbbiQ)op, tbe €)ffk:e0 anO places of tbe 3Dcan of tbe ^rtbe0, 
 anD 3fuDgc, 0? ^aOer of tbe 13^erosarit)e doutt fogtlJc JSatural life of 
 
 tbefaiD ©ir Henry Martin. 
 
 ©it* charlsC^fari^mgbt, batO aiit) bolDctb bp 6rant0 of tbe fatb 
 SlrcbbiCJjop, tbe places 0^ ©ffice^ of tbe3luDfieof tbe ^utiiente, anD 
 ^amx of tbe faculties fo? tbe term of tbe JI3atural life of tbe faiD 
 
 <^irChaiIsCa'far. 
 
 ©it Thomas Ridley IKm'gbt, batb anDbolDetb bp tbe <5rant of tbe 
 faiD 3rcbbif[)0p, tbeplaceo^^ffice of (Hicar-iSeneraitotbe faiD ^rcb' 
 biOjop. 
 
 !§lnD Nathaniel Brent, DoctO? Of tl)e tatXOS, batb anDbolDetb tp 
 
 (Srattf of tbe faiD 3lrcbbiO)op, tbe ©ffice 0? place of Commitrarp to 
 tbe faiD 9rcbbi(|30p, a0 of bi0 Proper anD peculiar 2?iocef0 of Canter- 
 bury. 
 
 ' SnD lifectoife tbe federal jaegifler^ of t\)t 5ccbe0, ^?erogatite, 
 guDience, jfacultie^ , anD of tbe (ITicar General anD dommiirarp of 
 Canterbury, bolo tbcir placcja; bp 6rant0 from tbe faiD 3fircbbitt)0p re« 
 fpcttibelp* 
 
 GOberea0 tbe faiD 5[rcbbi0jop in feme 0? all of tbefe feberal place;? 
 anD 3IurifDmion0, Dotb 0^ map rometime0 aCfume untobi0perfonal 
 anD proper 3fuDicawre, C^Der, o^SDirection, fome particular (2raufe0, 
 a'ttions, 0^ €afe0 at bi0 pleafure, gnDfoiafmucba0tbefaiD9rcb' 
 biQjop cannot at tbi0 p^efenr, tn f)i!S oUin perfon, attenD tbefe ®ert3ice0 
 tobicb arc ntbertoife proper fo? bi0 €ognifancc anD 3[unf Diaion, anD 
 tobicb 30 ^rcbbiCfiop of Canterbury, \)t migbt anDougbt tnbi0ot!)n 
 perfon to bate perfo?meD anD cjretuteD tn€aufe0anD^atter0 €tcle' 
 Gaf/ual., m tbe proper iFunaion of 5rtbbiC[)0pof tbatp^obince, mc 
 tbcrefoie , of ®ur iSlf gal Potoer , anD of C^ur ^D^mcclp Olare anD 
 p^obiDence, tbatnotbingOjallbeDefembe in tbe ©?Der, iDifnplme, 
 ©oticrnment, 0? iRigbt of tijt OTburcb, bal)e tbougbt frt bp t\)c ©erfaice 
 of fome otber learneD anD EebcrenD XiCf)Op0, to be namcD bp 230, 
 to fiipplp tbofe tbtng0 tobic^ tbe faiD aircbbiOJop ougbt 0? migbt in 
 tbe(lafe0 afo?efaiD to .babe Done, but fo|tbt0p?efent cannot perform 
 tbe fame. 
 
 Bnotu pe tberefo?e, Cbat Mc repoQng fpecial CruS anD Con^ 
 Citicnce in pour appiobeD (SatfDom0, learning, anD 3Integrttp, babe 
 ncminateD, autbo?ifeD, anD appointeD, anD Do bP tbefe p?efent0, nc^ 
 minate, autbo?ife, anD appoint pou tbefaiD George, lo?D TSiOjop of 
 
 London •, Richard, lLo?D 'BiflfjOp of Durham ; John, lo?D OBlOjOp of 
 Rochcfter; John, lo^D'BlOJop of Oxford-, anD William, JLo?D%ll|JOP 
 of Bathe anD Wells, o^ anp four, t^^ic, 0? ttJJo of pou, to Do, execute, 
 anD perform all anD eberp tbofe 3Ict0, ^atter0, anDtbing0anp toap 
 toutbmg, 0? concerning tbe #otoer, 3furifDiaion, o? autbo^itp of 
 
 tbe 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijhrical ColleUions. 
 
 ti;e §[rct)biB;op of Canterbury , m Caufe0 oj ^mtw €ccIefiaBtcal, ; 
 asamplp, fuHv, aiiD effctttiaUp, to all tntcnt0 anD puvpofcs a.^ tUe 
 faiD 3llccUlJi0;op pimfelf tmaOt (;at)c tjcne* 
 
 ^nD ©He Do tetebp CommanD ym\ anD et3erv oi pou, to attcnD, 
 perform, and cjcccutc t^ifi< ©iii- iS-oj^al Pcafurc, in anD toucljinstDe 
 premieres, unttl aUc i])aU Declare £)uu iis^iU anD pleafure to tl}c 
 tontrarr* 
 
 ainD sae Do furtljec Ocrcl)?, caiiU anD Comir.anD tlje fai'D ^vfD= 
 bil|)op of Canterbury, qutetlrj anD toitliout tntciTijption , to permit 
 anDfuffcr pOU tilcfaiD George, 'BtQjOiJOf London^ Richard, "BiOjOp 
 of Durham; John, TStlfjop of Rochefter •, John, TglCtjop of Oxford; 
 anD William, OSilDopof Bathe anD Wells, anj) four, tO^O", 0? ttuo of 
 pou, to erecute auD perfo.'ui tlji0 ©ur Commif^ion acco^Ding toSDuc 
 Eopal |3Icafure tUcrebp Qgni&cD. 
 
 gno GHe Do further BiiW anDCommanD all anD eberp otfjec pe^ 
 fon anD pcrfono; tubom it map anp toap concern mtOeir feljeral places 
 o?©[ftcc0, to be SUttenDant, €)bfcrt)anr, anDObcDicnt ro pou anDe= 
 berp of pou, m tbe ejcecution anD performance of xW ®ur Kopal mxW 
 anDCommanD, a^ t^^ti^ anD eberp of tbem tpill anftoertbecontrarp 
 at tbetrutmod perils. 
 
 jQetjcrrbelefs mt Do berebp Declare €)ur laopal pieaCiire to be, 
 
 Cbat tbep tbe faiD ©I'r Henry Martin, %ix. Charls Ca:far, Sir Tho- 
 mas Ridley, anD Nathaniel Brent, in tbei'r federal Ofifice^ anD places 
 afo^efaiD, anD all otber Eestfler^, ©fficer^ , anD ^iniCfers , m tbe 
 fetjeral Courts, ©ffice^, anD 3[urtft)ic(ton0, appcrtatntng to t\)z 
 faiD aircbbifljop, Qjall tiuietlp, anD toitbout interruption , bolD, ufe, 
 occupp anD eniop tbeir federal iDffices anDp(ace0,t)obitb tbepnotobolD 
 \}^ tbe <Srant of tbe faiD ^rcbbiRjop, o? of awp otber former grcbbtljop 
 of Canterbury, in fucb ^^anner auD f o?m , anD toitb tbofe OSenefit^, 
 ^0nt)ileDse0, ^otjoer^, anD Sutbo?ttie)Bf,tDbtcb tbep notp babe, bolb' 
 anD eniop tberein, o? tbercout, feberallp anD rcfpectibelp, t\)tf, anD 
 eberpof tbemtn tbeir feberal places, being 3IttenDant anD <DbeBi>nt 
 unto pou tbe faiD George , "Biflfjop of London 5 Richard, "BiajOp of 
 Durham •, John,'Btfl[)Op of Rochefter 5 John, OSlCfjop of Oxford 5 anD 
 William, Xlfpop Of Bathe anD Wells, 0^ to anp four, tb^fT, 0^ ttUO of 
 
 pou, m all tbmgis acco^Ding to tbe -^eno^of tbijs Our Ccimmtfsion, 
 80 tbep CfioulD 0? Dugbt to babe barn totbefaiD^rcbbiOjopbimfelf, if 
 tbt0€;ommif0ion baDnotba-nbaDo? maDe* 
 
 3fn b)itncf0 tubereof, COe babe caufeD tbefe iDur letter0 to be 
 maDe ^atcnt0, toitnef0 Our ©elf at Weftmmfter, tbe jQihetb Dap of 
 o<aober m tbe Cbicb p^ac of Our Eeign, 
 
 Per ipfumRegem, 
 
 Edmonds. 
 
 ForaMemorial of the fe Proceedings, the Arch^^ifliop left toPofte- 
 
 rity, this following Narrative penned with his own hand. 
 
 Arciv 
 
 5 Caroli.
 
 4-58 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBtons, 
 
 An. 1627. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 
 fiiops Narra- 
 tive concern- 
 ing his dif- 
 grace at 
 Court. 
 
 His Age when 
 this bcfcl 
 him. 
 
 Hisinilifpofi- 
 tion kept him 
 from Court, 
 anil ixpcfeel 
 him toccn- 
 lure. 
 
 I 
 
 Archbilliop A'BXOT his Narrative. 
 
 T is an Example, fo without Example , that in the Sunfliine of the 
 Gofpel , in the midft of Profeflion of the true Religion , under a 
 Gratious King, whom all the World muft acknowledge to be blemiilj- 
 ed with no Vice •, a man of my place and years, who have done fome 
 fervice in the Church and Commonwealth, fo deeply laden with fome 
 fnrious infirmities of Body, fliould be removed from his ordinary Habi- 
 tation, and by a kinde of deportation fliould be thruft into one end of 
 the Ifland (although I muft confefs into his own Diocefs ) that I hold 
 it fit, that the reafen of it fliould be truly underftood, ieaft it may fomc- 
 ways turn to the fcandal of my Perfon and Calling. 
 
 VVhich Declaration notwithfl:anding, I intend not to communicate 
 to any, but to let it lie by me privately , That it being fet down imparti- 
 ally, vvhilft all things are frefli in memory, I may have recourfe to it here- 
 after, if Queftions fliall be made of any thing contained in this Relation. 
 And this 1 hold necefl'ary to be done, by reafon of the flirangenefs of 
 that, which by way of Cenfure was inflided upon me, being then of the 
 age of Sixty five years, incumbred with the Gout, and affliiled wit!i 
 the Stone, having lived fo many years in a place of great fervice - anj 
 for ought 1 know, untainted in any of my adtions, although, my Mafter 
 King jf-ames, who refteth with GoJ, had both a fearching Wit of his 
 own to dUcover his Servants whom he put in truft, whether they took 
 any finifl:er courfes, orno; and wanted not fome fuggefters about him to 
 make the worft of all mens a<flions whom tliey could milreport : Yet this 
 Innocency and good Fame to be overturned in a moneth, and aChriftian 
 Bifliop fuddenly to be made Fabula Vulgi, to be tofl'ed upon the Tongues 
 of Friends and Foes, of Proteftants and Papifts, of Cou:t and Coun- 
 trey, of Enghfli and Foreigners, mufl: needs in common opinion, prefup- 
 pofe fome Crime, open or fecret : Which being difcovered by the King, , 
 albeit not fully appearing to the World, muft draw on indignation info 
 high a mcafure. 
 
 I cannot deny, that the indifpofition of my Body kept me from 
 Court, and thereby gave occafion to Maligners to traduce me, as with- 
 drawing my felf Irom publick fervices -, and therefore mifliking (o\x{t 
 courfcs that were taken , which abftaining perhaps neither pleafed the 
 King, no: the grtat man that fet them on foot. 
 
 It is true, that in the turbulency of fome things, I had no great in- 
 vitements to draw me abroad, but to poflefs my Soul in Patience,till God 
 fcnt fairer weather : But the true ground of my abftaining from folemn and 
 publick places , was the weaknefs of my Feet , proceeding from the 
 Gout ; which difeafe being hereditary unto me , and having poflefled 
 me now nine years, had debilitated me more and more : So that I could 
 not ftand at all, neither could I go up or down a pair of Stairs 5 but be- 
 fides ray Staff, 1 muft liave tlie fervice of one, at ieaft, of my men, 
 which was not fit to be admitted in every place where / was to 
 come. 
 
 And 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 And although / was oft remembied by the wifeft of my Friends, 
 that / might be carried 3S the old Lord Treafurer Burleigh was, ytt 1 
 did not think rny fervice fo ncceffary for the Commonwealth, as his 
 Lordlliips by long experience was found to be, / did not value my felf 
 at fo high a rate, but remembred that it was not the leaft caufe of over- 
 throw to Robert ¥.TLx\oi Efjex, that he prized himfelf fo, as if Qaeen £- 
 lizubeth ani the Kingdom could not well have ftood^ if he had not fup- 
 ported both the one and the other. 
 
 Now for me thus enfeebled, not with Gout onely, but with the Stone 
 alfo and Gravel, to wait on the King or the Council Table, was by me 
 held a matter moft inconvenient. In the Courts of Princes, there is lit- 
 tle feeling of the infirmities belonging to old age, they like them that 
 be yong and gallant in their aftions, and in their cloaths, they love not 
 that men (liould ftick too long in any room of greatnefs. Change and 
 alteration bringeth fomewhat with it. What have they to do with Ker- 
 B chiefs and StaveSjVvith lame or fickly men f it is certainly true, There is 
 little compaffion upon the bodily defeds of any. The Scripture (peaketh 
 of men fhnding before Kings, it were an uncouth fight to fee theSub- 
 jedl fit the day before the Coronation, when on the morrow 1 had work 
 enough for the ftrongeft man in EngUnd, being weak in my Feet, and 
 coming to Whitehal to fee things in a readmefs agaiaft the next day ^ 
 yet notwithftanding the Stone and Gout, / was not altogether aninutile 
 fervant in the Kings Affoirs, butdid all things inmy houfethatwere to 
 be done ; as in keeping the High CommilTion Court, doing all inferior 
 Adions conducing thereunto, and difpatching References from his Ma - 
 jefty that came thick upon me. 
 
 Thefe Relations which are made concerning rae, be of certain truth, 
 but reach not to the reafon wherefore / was difcarded. 
 
 To underftand therefore the verity , fo it is , That the Duke of 
 Buckingham being ftill great in the favor of the King, could endure no 
 man that would not depend upon him 5 among other men had me in his 
 D eye for not ftooping unto him fo, as to become his Vafial. / that had 
 learned a Leffon, which /conftantly hold. To be no mans fervant but 
 the Kings (for mine Old Royal Mafter, which is with God, and mine 
 own Reafon, did teach me fo) went on mine own ways , although / 
 could not but obferve. That fomany as walked in that path, didfuffer 
 for it upon all occafions , and fo did /, nothing wherein / moved my 
 Mafter, taking place-, which finding fo clearly, as if the Duke had fet 
 fome ill cliarai^er upon me, / had no way buttoreft in patience, leaving 
 all to God, and looking to my felf as warily as / might. But this did not 
 ferve the turn, his undertakings were fo extraordinary. That every one 
 that was not with him, was prefently againft him -, and if a hard opinion 
 were once entertained, there was no place left for fatisfadion or recon- 
 ciliation. 
 
 What bcfel the Earl of Arundel, mdSk Randal Cretv, and divers 
 others, / need not to report, and no man can make doubt but he blew 
 the Coals. 
 
 For my Self, there is a Gentleman called S'ltH-S, who gave the 
 firft light what fhould befal me : This Knight being of more livelihood 
 thenwifdom, iud married the Lady P. Sifter to the now Earl of £. and 
 had fo treated her , that both for fafeguard of her Honor, blemiihed 
 by him fcandaloufly, and for her Alimony or maintenance (being glad 
 to get from him) Ihe wasinforccd to endure a Suit in the High Com- 
 miifion 
 
 3 Caroli. 
 
 Tlie Duke 
 oflFtndcdwith 
 the Arclibi- 
 fhop, for not 
 Hooping to 
 liini. 
 
 The Arclihi- 
 fhop is fore- 
 told of the 
 Dukes Ml~- 
 plcafure-
 
 44-0 
 
 Ntsforical ColleBions. 
 
 An. 1627. 
 
 Sibthorps Ser- 
 mon for Loan 
 Money. 
 
 The Dukes 
 defign in ha- 
 ving this Ser- 
 mon lent to 
 the Archl)i. 
 fhop to Li- 
 cence it. 
 
 miflion Court: Sotoftrengthenhisparty, he was made known to the 
 Duke, and by means ot a Dependant on his Grace , he got a Letter 
 from the King, That the Commiflioners Hiould proceed no further in 
 hearing of that Caufe, by reafon that it being a difference between a 
 Gentleman and his Wife, the Kings Majeity would hear it hirafelf. The 
 SoUcitor for the Lady finding that the courfe of Juftice was flopped, 
 did fo earneftly, by Petition, move the King, that by another Letter 
 there was a relaxation of the former reftraint, and the Commiirioners 
 Ecclefiaflical went on -. But now in the new proceeding, finding hmifelf 
 by Juflice like enough to be pinched, he didpubUckly in the Court re- 
 fufe to fpeak by any Councel , but would plead his caufe himfelf - 
 wherein he did bear the whole bulinefs fo diforderly , tumultuoufly , 
 and unrefpedfively , that after divers reproofs , I was enforced for the 
 Honor of the Court, and Reputation of the High CommifTion, to tell 
 him openly. That if he did not carry himfelf in a better fafhion, / would 
 commit him to Prifon. 
 
 This fo 'troubled the yong Gallant, that within few days after be- 
 ing at Dinner or Supper, where fome wiflied me well, he bolted it out, 
 Thatasfor the Archbithop, the Duke had a purpofe to turn him out of 
 his place, and that he did but wait the occafion to effeft it. Which be- 
 ing brought unto me conflantly, by more ways then one, / was now in 
 expedlation what nwid be the iflue of this great mans indignation, which 
 fell out to be as foUoweth. 
 
 There was one Sihthorpe, who not being fo much as a Batchellor of 
 Arts, as it hath been credibly reported unto me -, by means of Do6lor 
 Peirce, Dean of Peterborough , being Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, did 
 get to be conferred upon him the Title of a i>o£ior. 
 
 This man is Vicar of Brackley in Northamftonjhire, and hath another 
 Benefice not far from it 'xnBuckinghamlhhe. But the luflre ot his Honor 
 did arife from being the Son-in-law of Sir ^ohn Lamb, Chancellor of 
 Peterborough, whofe Daughter he married, and was put into the Commif- 
 fionof Peace. 
 
 When the Lent Affizes were in February laft at Northampton, the 
 man that Preached before the Judges there, was this worthy Dodor ; 
 where magnifying the Authority of Kings, (which is fo flronginthe 
 Scripture, that it needs no flattery any ways to extol it) he let fall di- 
 vers Speeches which werediftafleful to the Auditors ; and namely. That 
 they had power to put Poll-Money upon their Subje(fls heads , when 
 againll thofe challenges, men did frequently mourn. 
 
 He being a man of a low Fortune, conceived that the putting his 
 Sermon in Print , might gain favor at Court , and raifc I'.is Fortune 
 higher, on he goeth with the Tranfcribing of his Sermon, and got a 
 Bifliop or two to prefer this great Service to the Duke •, and it being 
 brought unto the Duke, itcomech in iiis head, or was fuggefted unto 
 him by fome malicious body, that thereby the Archbifliop might be 
 put to fome remarkable ftrait : For if the King fiiould fend the Ser- 
 mon unto Jiim, and command him to allow it tothePrefs, one of tliefe 
 two things would follow. That either he fhould Authorize it, and (o 
 all men that were indifferent, fliould difcover him for a bafc and unwor- 
 thy Beaft ^ or he Ihould refufe it, and fo fliould fall into the Kings in- 
 dignation, who might purfue it at his pleafure, as againfl a man that was 
 contrary to his lervice. 
 
 Out
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 W 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Out of this Fountain flowed all the Water that afterwards fowet; 
 In rehearfing whereof, I muft fet down divers particulars, which fome 
 man may wonder how they (Iwuld be difcovered unto me. But let it faf- 
 fice once for all, that in the word of an honeft man, and ofaBilhop, I 
 recount nothing, but whereof I have good warrant, God himfelf working 
 means. 
 
 The matters were revealed unto me, although it be not convenient 
 that in this Paper, I name the manner how they came unto me, leaft fuch 
 as did by well-doing further me , fliould receive blame for their labor. 
 Well! refolveditis, That I muft be pat to it, and that with fpeed -, and 
 therefore Mr. Witliam Murrey, Nephew (as I think) unto Mr. Thomas 
 Murrey, fomecimes Tutor unco Prince Charts ^ and the yong man now 
 of the Kings Bed-chamber, isfentuntome with the Written Sermon, 
 of whom I muft fay. That albeit he did the King his Mafters bufincfs, 
 yet he did ufe himfelf temperately and civilly unco me. For avoiding of 
 inqttit and inquam ( as TuUy faith ) / faid this, and he [aid that, I will 
 make it by way of Dialogue , not fetting down every days confe- 
 rence exadly by it felf, but mentioning all things of importance in the 
 whole, yet diftmguiihing of times •, where for the truth of the Relation, 
 it cannot be avoided. 
 
 Murrey. My Lord, I am fent unto you by the King, to let you know 
 that his pleafure is, That whereas there is brought unto him a Sermon to 
 be Printed, you ftiould allow this Sermon to the Prefs. 
 
 Archb. I was never he that authorifed Books to be Printed ; for it is 
 the work of my Chaplains to read over other mens writings, and wha,t 
 is fit, to let it go, what is unfit, to expunge it. 
 
 Murrey, But the King will have you your felf to do this, becaufe he 
 is minded that no Books lliall be allowed, but by you and the Bi(hop of 
 London : And my Lord of London authorifed one the other day {Cotifens 
 his Book) and he will have you do this. 
 
 Jrchh. This is an occupation that my old Mafter King ^ames did 
 never put me to, and yet I was then yong, and had more abilities of 
 body then now I have -, fo that I fee I muft now learn a new lefTon, but 
 leave it with me •, and when I have read it, I (hall know what to fay unto 
 it, a day or two hence you fliall underftand my minde. When I had 
 once or twice perufed it, I found fome words which feemed unto me 
 to crofs that which the King intended , and in a fort to deftroy it •, 
 and therefore upon his return, a day or two after I expreft my felf 
 thus. 
 
 Mr. Murrey. I conceive that the "King intendeth that this Sermon 
 fliall promote the fervice now in hand about the Loan of Money^ but in 
 my opinion it much crofTeth it ^ for he layeth it down for a rule, and 
 becaufe it fliould not be forgotten, he repeateth it again. 
 
 That christians are hound in duty one to another, ejpecial/y all Subjects 
 to their Princes according to the Laws and CuBoms ef the Kingdom wherein 
 they live. 
 
 Out of this will men except this Zc;W, becaufe there is neither Law 
 nor Cuftom for it in the Kingdom of England. 
 
 Secondly , In my judgment there followeth a dangerous Speech, 
 Habernm necefitatem vindicanda libertatis. For this was all that was then 
 quoted out of Calvin, no mention being made of any the other words 
 which are now in the Printed Copy : For when by the former Rule he 
 
 L 1 1 , hath 
 
 3 Carolt. 
 
 Mr Murrey 
 fent from the 
 King with the 
 Sermon to 
 the Archbi- 
 shop to have it 
 Licenced by 
 himfelf. 
 
 The (iifcourfe 
 by way of Dia- 
 logue, be- 
 tween the 
 Avclihidiop 
 and Mr. Mut- 
 rey on that 
 occa(ion. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fliops Reafons 
 why he couki 
 not Licence it.
 
 H^ 
 
 Hifloricai CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 161-], 
 
 His Majefty 
 returns An. 
 fwer by Mr. 
 Murrey to 
 thofe Rcafons 
 o/" theArch- 
 bi/hop. 
 
 hath fet men at liberty, whether they will pay or no, he irapofethapon 
 them a neceflity to vindicate this Liberty, and Vindtcare raay be extended 
 to challenge with violence cum vi. But for my part I would be moft un- 
 willing to give occafion to Sedition and Mutiny in the Kingdom. 
 
 Again, here is mention made of Poll-Money, which as I have heard 
 hath already caufed much diftafte where the Sermon was Preached. 
 
 Moreover, what a Speech is this. That he observes the fomarimf of 
 the Papisis to offer double, according to an AA of Parliament fo providmg, 
 yea , to protefs that they would part with the half of their Goods , 
 where he quoteth in the Margcnt A»no i Careli •, the Aft for the Subfidy 
 of the Layty, whereby Popifh Recufants were to pay double ^ when in- 
 deed there is no fuch Ad. 
 
 And in the filth place it is faid in this Sermon, that the Princes of 
 Bohemia have power to depofe their Kings , as not being Hereditary, 
 which is a great queftion. Such a one as hath coft much blood, and mud 
 not in a word beabfolutely defined here, as if it were without contro- 
 verfie. I pray you make his Majefty acquainted with thefe things, and 
 take the Book with you (where it is to be noted. That all this time we 
 had but one fingle Copy, which was fome time at the Court, and fome- 
 time left with me.) 
 
 Mnrrej. I will faithfully deliver thefe things to the King, and then 
 you (hall hear further from me. 
 
 Some two or three days after he returneth again unto me, and tell- 
 eth me. That he had particularly acquainted theKmg with my Objecti- 
 ons, and his Majefty made this Anfwer. Firft, For the Laws and Cuftoms 
 of the Kingdom, he did not ftand upon that, he had a Preiident for that 
 which he did, and thereon he would infifl:. - 
 
 Archb. I think that to be a miftaking , for I fear there will be found 
 no fuch Prefident. King Henr) the Eighth, as the Chronicle flieweth, 
 c'efiredbut the Sixth patt of mens eftates, Ten groatsin the pound-, our 
 Kingdefireth the whole Six parts full out, fomuch as men are fet at in 
 the Subfidy Book : And in the time of King Henr^j, although he were a 
 powerful King, yet for that Taxation there began againft him little lefs 
 then a Rebellion ; fo that he held it wifdom to defift, and laying the 
 blame upon Cardinal Wclfey, profefled, That he knew nothinjg of the 
 matter. 
 
 Murrey. Secondly, The King faith for the words Uahcmtis necefita- 
 tem vindtcnndx. libertatu, he takcth them to be for him j and he will ftand 
 on his Liberty, 
 
 Thirdly, For Poll-money he thinketh it lawful. 
 
 Fourthly, It is true, there was no fuch Ad paffed, and therefore it 
 muft be amended (and yet in the Printed Book it is fuffered ftiU to ftand. 
 Such flight, and I may fay, flovenly care was had by them that publifticd 
 this Sermon,) 
 
 And fifthly , For that of Bohemia, he hath crofled it out of the 
 Book. 
 
 Some other matters there were, againft which I took exception, but 
 Mx.Murre'^ beingayong Gentleman, although witty and full of good 
 behavior, I doubted that being not deeply fecn in Divinity, he could 
 not fo well conceive me, nor make report of my words to his Majefty : 
 And therefore I being lame, and fo difabled to wait on the King, did 
 
 move
 
 Htfiorical CoiWcHons, 
 
 44-3 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 mov<: him , That he would in my name humbly befeech his Majefty to 
 fend theBifliop of Bath: and Wells unto me, and I \yould by hismeans 
 make known my Scruples-, and lb Idifmnied Mx, Mtinq , obfeiving 
 with my felF, that the Anfweis to my Five Oojedions, efpecially to two 
 or thre^, were foratiwhr.t ftrange; As if t!ie King were relblved, were it 
 to hi'5 good or to his harm, to have the Book go foith. 
 
 After fflne or two days more^ the yong Gentlemm cometh to me 
 again, and telleth me , That the King did not think it fit to fend the 
 Bilhop of Biithe unto me •, but he expedetir I (liould pafs the Book. In 
 the mean time had gone over one High Commilti.on day, and this Bifliop 
 who ufed (otherwife) very few days to fail, was not there, which being 
 joyned to hisMijefties MefTage, made me in feme mealure tofmell^ 
 that this whole bufinels might have thatBilliops hand in it, .efpecially I 
 knowing in general the difpofition of the man. 
 
 The mindes of thofe that were A(5tors for the publifliing of the 
 Book , were not quiet at the Court , that the thing was not difpatched •, 
 and therefore one day the Duke faid to the King , Do you fee how this 
 bufinefs is deferred, if more expedition be not ufcd, it will not be Printed 
 before the end of the Term •, at which time it is fie chat it be fent down 
 into the Countreys, 
 
 So eager he was, That either by my Credit his undertakings might 
 be ftrengthned, or at leaft I might be contemned and derided as an un- 
 worthy fellow. 
 
 This fo quickned the King, that the next MefTIige which was fent by 
 Mr. Murrey^ was in fome degree minatory, That if I did not difpatch it, 
 the King would take fome other courfe with me. 
 
 When I found how f^r the Duke had prevailed, I thought it my 
 beft way to fet down in writing many Objedions , wherefore the 
 Boolf was not fit to be publiflied ; which I did modeftly, and fent them 
 to the King. The words were thefe which I culled out of the Written 
 Sermon, 
 
 1. Page'i. Thofe words deferve to be well weighed, And rvhcreas 
 the Prince f leads not the Power of Prerogative. 
 
 2. Page^. The Kings duty ^s fir fi to direil and make Latvs. There is no 
 Law made till the King aflTent unto it 5 but if it be put (imply to make 
 Laws, it will make much ftartling at it, 
 
 5. Page 10. if nothing may exaife from al7ive obedience, but rvhat ii 
 dgainftthe Larv of God, or of Nature, or impofible. How doth this agree 
 with the firft Fundamental Pofition^ P^g^'). That all SubjeBs are bound to 
 all their Princes according to the Larvs and Cufloms of the Kingdom wherein 
 they live. 
 
 . This is a fourth Cafe of Exception, 
 
 4 Page 11, The Poll- Money, mentioned by him in St. A/^/z^fn^, was 
 impofed by the Emperor as a Conqueror over the^ews, andtheexecu, 
 tion of it in England , although it was by a Law, produced a terrible effed- 
 in King Richard the Second's time, when onely it was ufed^ for ought that 
 appeareth. 
 
 5.. Page 12. It is in the bottome, view the Reign of Henry the Third, 
 and whether it be fit to give fuch allowance to the Book, being lurreptiti- 
 duflyputout c" 
 
 6. In the fame Page, letthelargenefs of thofe woids be well con- 
 fidercd, Tea all Antiquity tobe abfolntely fer abfolute obedience to Princes , 
 
 lU 2 in 
 
 ^ Caroli. 
 
 ^ v 
 The Archbi- 
 fhop (Itfirts 
 Bifliop Luiii 
 may be fent 
 to hiiTi ro 
 treat of that 
 Sermon. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fhop fends 
 hi£ Objefti- 
 ons to the 
 Court in wri- 
 ting againft 
 the Sermon.
 
 4H 
 
 ',/lH. 1627. 
 
 Ht^orical Colleclions. 
 
 tiflio't' laud 
 istwplovcd 
 ■t5 Aufwtr 
 (iv.K Objecti- 
 ons 
 
 I King 7'""" 
 i was a long 
 I rime cff-tiikd 
 I wirh Bi:^c.p 
 i -Laud. 
 
 Vic was ad- 
 ! vanccd by Ei- 
 fliop ViilUams. 
 
 Einio\''S of 
 Durham ami 
 Brtf/.'c fworn 
 of the Privy 
 Council. 
 
 in all Civil and Tempera! things. For lucli cafes as Ndoths Vineyard may 
 fill widv.n this. 
 
 7. Pa^c 14. Sixtffs c^uintits was dead before the year One thoufand 
 
 five hundred and eighty. 
 
 8. In the lame Page weigh it well. How this Zwwmay be called a 
 Tribute, and when its laid, JVc are protmfed it fliall mt kimmoderatelj ir»- 
 pofi-d ? How tlut agieeth with his Majefties CommiHion and Proclama- 
 tion which are quoted in the Margent C 
 
 Itiliould feem that this Paper did prick to the quick, andnofatis- 
 fadion being thereby accepted, Bifliop Lattdis called, and hemuftgo 
 to anfwer to it in writing : This man is the onely inward Couiifellor with 
 Bitckin'^ham, fitting with him fometimes privately whole hours, and feed- 
 ing his humor with malice and Ipight. 
 
 His life in Oxford was to pick quarrels in theLeduresof the Pub- 
 lick Readers, and to advertife them to the then Billiop of Durham, that 
 he might fill the errs of King ^ames with difcontents, againft the honeft 
 men that took pains in their places, and fetled the truth (.which he called 
 I'liritd/jifw) in their Auditors. 
 
 He made it his work to fee what Books were in the Prefs, and to 
 look over Epiftles Dedicatory, and Prefaces to the Reader, to fee what 
 faults might be lound. 
 
 It was an obfervation what a fweet man this was like to be, that the 
 fiifl: obfcrvable aifi that he did, was the marrying of the Earl of D. to 
 the Lady R. When it was notorious to the World, that flie had another 
 Husband-, and the fame a Nobleman, who had divers Children then 
 living by her. King ^ames did for many years take this fo ill, that he 
 would never hear of any great preferment of him, infomuch, that the 
 Billiop of Lincoln, Dodor Williams , who taketh upon him to be the 
 firft promoter of him, hath many times faid. That when he made men- 
 tion of Z-rfWtotheKing, hisMajeffy was fo averfe from it, that he was 
 conff rained oftentimes to fay, That he would never defire i,o ferve that 
 Maffer which could not remit one fault unro his Servant. Well, in the 
 end he did conquer it, to get him to the Biflioprick of St. Davids •, which 
 he had not long enjoyed, but he began to Endermine his Benefador, as 
 at tliis day it appeareth. The Countefs of Btickint^ham told Lincoln, 
 that St. Davids was the Man that undermined him with her Son ; and 
 verily, fuch is his afpiring nature, that he will underwork any man in the 
 World, fo that he may gain by it. 
 
 Tl.isM:m who believeth fowell of himfelf, framed an Anfwer to 
 my Exceptions. But to give fome countenance to it, he muff call in three 
 other Billiops, thatis to liiy, Durham, Rocbcjler, and Oxford, tryedmen 
 for fuch a purpofe, and the whole ffile of the Speech runneth. We and 
 We. 
 
 This feemed fo flrong a confutation, that for reward of their fer- 
 V ice, as well as for hope , that they would do more, Do«ftor Neat , Bi- 
 fliop of Durham , and the Billiop of Bath , were fworn of the Privy 
 Council. 
 
 The very day being Sunday, Mr. Murrey was fent unto me with a 
 Writing, but finding me all in a fweat by a fit of the Stone which was 
 then upon mc, he forbore for that time to trouble me, and faid, That 
 on the morrow he would repair unto me again. I got me to Bed, and ly- 
 ing all that night in pain, I held it convenient not to rife the next day : 
 
 And 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Htfiorical Cclleflions. 
 
 I 4+5^ 
 
 ( 
 
 And on the Monday Mr. Murrey came unco me, which was the Ei"!i!:h 
 time that iie had been with me, fo uncelTImtly was I plyed with this noble 
 work. 
 
 I had iliewed it before to a friend or two, whereof the one was a 
 Learned Doftor of Divinity, and the other had ferved many tim.es in 
 Parliiment with great commendation. We all agreed, That it was an idle 
 work of a Man that uaderftood not Logick. that evidently eroded him- 
 felf, that fome times fpake plaufibly, and in the end of his Sermon fell fo 
 poor and flit, that it was not worth the reading. 
 
 Mr. Mttrrq coming to my Bed-iiJe, faid. That he was fcnt again by 
 the King, and had a Paper to be (hswed unto me. 
 
 Archb. You fee in what cafe I am, having flept little all this laft 
 nigju, but neverthelefs fince you come from the King, I will take my 
 Spedacles and read it. 
 
 Murrey. No ray Lord, you may not read it, neither handle it:, fori 
 have charge not to fuflfer it to go out of my hands. 
 
 Archb. How then fliall I know what it is 't 
 
 Murrey. Yes, I have order to read it unto you, but I inay not part 
 with It. 
 
 Archb. I mufl: conceive, that if I do not alTent to it, his Majcfty 
 will give me leave to reply upon it, which I cannot do, but in my Study, 
 for there are my Books. 
 
 Murrey. 1 mufl; go with you into your Study, and fit by you till you 
 have done. 
 
 Archb. Itisnot fohaftya work, it will require time, and I have not 
 been ufed to Study, one fitting by me, but firft read it I pray you. The 
 yong Gentleman read it from the one end to the other, being two or three 
 iheecsof P.aper, 
 
 Archb. This Anfwer is very bitter , but giveth mc no ratisfa(rti 
 on , I pray you leave the Writing with me, and I fliall batter it to 
 peeces. 
 
 Murrey. No, my Lord, I am forbidden to leave itwithj'^ou, or to 
 fufferyou to touch it. 
 
 Archb. How cometh this about •'. Are the Authors of it, afraid of it, 
 or afliamed of it 'f I pray you tell his Majefty that I am dealt with neither 
 Manly nor SchoUar-like. Not Manly, becaufe I muft fight with Ad- 
 verfaries that I know not -, not ShoUar-like, becaufe I muft not fee what 
 it is that mufl: confute me. It is now Eight and forty yeai g ago that 
 I came to the Univerfity, and fince that time I have ever loved a Leai'n- 
 ed Man, I have difputed and written divers Books, and know very well 
 what appcrtaineth to the Schools, This is a new kinde of Learning unto 
 me, I have formerly found fault, that the Author of this Sermon 
 quoteth not the places whereupon he grounds his Dodrine-, andw'ien 
 I have oft called for them, it is replied unto me, that I mufl: take them 
 upon the credit of the Writer, which I dare not do •, for I have fearched 
 but one place which he quoted in general , but fets down neither the 
 words, nor the Treatife, nor the Chapter, and 1 finde nothing to the 
 purpoie, for which it is quoted ^ and therefore! have reafon tofufpe*5l ! 
 all the reft. I pray you therefore in the humbleft manner to commend 
 my fervice to the King my Mafter, and let him know, that unlefs I 
 may have all the Quotations fet down, that I may examine them, and 
 may have that writing, wherein 1 am fo ill ufed^ I cannot allow the 
 Book. 
 
 Before 
 
 3 Cnroli. 
 
 Mr. Murrey 
 brings the 
 Anfwer ro the 
 Arclibiflioi's 
 Objedior.s. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fhop is not 
 liiiflred t(i fee 
 the Writing, 
 bucMr.^/HiTi'ji 
 reads it.
 
 4-4-^ 
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBions. 
 
 \j» i6i".' Before I go further, it Ihall not beamils to touch fome particulars 
 \^-/'^ I of that which I fent in writing to the King. 
 
 Tlie firft was Page 2. Thofe words deferve to be well weighed, j/^J 
 wherctsthc Prince pleads not the Power cf Prerogative. 
 
 To this Mr. Murrc'j faid, The King doth not plead it : But my Re- 
 ! ply was, By whattliendoth he coerce thofe Refraiftories •, for I have not 
 ; heard of any Law whereby they are imprifoned , and therefore 1 muft 
 take it to be by the Kings Prerogative. 
 
 To the'fecond Page 8. The Kings duty is fir (I to direSi and make Lam. 
 There is no Law made till the King alfent unto it •, but if it be put fimply 
 to make Laws, it will caufe much ftartling at it. 
 
 To this I remember not any material thing anfwered, neither to t^e 
 third. 
 
 Page 10. If nothing may exctife from active obedience , hut what is 
 againft the Law of God, or of Nature, or impofible : How doth this agree 
 wLth the firft Fundamental Pofiition •: Page 5. That a/iSubje^s are bound 
 to all their Princes according to the Laws and Cufioms of the Kingdom wherein 
 they live. 
 
 This is a fourth Cafe of Exception, 
 
 And here before I go to the reff, the Doftor did truly hit upon a 
 good point, in looking to the Laws and Cuftoms, if he could have kept 
 him to it; for in my memory, and in the remembrance of many Lords, 
 and others that now live, Dod(xHare[enet, the then Bidiop ©f Chicheftcr, 
 and now of Norwich, in Parliament time Preached a Sermon at Whitehal, 
 (vvhich was afterward burned) upon the Text, Give unto Ca:far, the things 
 that be C^fars. Wherein he infiftedjThat Goods and Money were Cxfars, 
 and therefore they were not to be denied unto him. 
 
 At this time, when the whole Parliament took main offence thereat, 
 King ^-ames was conftrained to call the Lords and Commons into the 
 Banqueting-houfeatJ4'A/>e^4/, and there his Majefty calmed all by fay- 
 ing, The Bijhp onelj failed in this, rvhen he faid the Goods were Ca:fars •, he 
 did not adde. They were his according to the Laws and Cuftoms of the 
 Countrey wherein they did live. 
 
 So moderate was our C<efar then, as I my felf faw, and heard, being 
 then an eye and ear witnefs, for I was then Biibop of London. 
 
 To the fourth. The Poll-Money, in St. Matthew, was irapofedby 
 the Emperor, as a Conqueror over the ^cns, and the execution of it in 
 England, although it was by a Law, produced a terrible effed in King 
 Richard the Second's time, when onely it wasufed, for ought that ap- 
 peaieth. 
 
 Here the Billiop in the Paper excepted divers things, as, That fome- 
 times among us by Ad of Parliament, ftrangcrs are appointed to pay by 
 the Poll, which agreeth not with the Cafe •, and that it was not well to 
 bring examples out of weak times, whereas we live in better -, but that 
 it was a marvelous fault, the blame was not laid upon the Rebels of that 
 
 Age 
 
 fwenng, 
 
 Thofe are fuch poor things , that they are not worth the an- 
 
 But my Objeftion in truth prevailed fo far, that in the Printed Book 
 it was qualified thus. Poll- Money, other perfons, and upon fome occa- 
 fions ; where o^/>fr I may obferve, That my refufing to fign thp Sermon, 
 
 IS
 
 Hiftorical ColleUions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 is not to be judged by the Printed Book, for many things are altrcd in one 
 which were in the other. 
 
 To the fifth. Page 12. It is in the bottome, view the Reign of Henn 
 the Third , whether it be fit to give fuch allowance to the Book be- 
 ing furreptioufly put out. 
 
 To this it was faid. That being a good paffage out of a bhme-wor- 
 thy Book, there was no harm in it. 
 
 But before the Queftion of Sihthorfs Treatife , the Bifliop of Bathe 
 himfelf being with me, found much fault with that Treatife, as being 
 put out for a fcandalous Parallel of thofe times. 
 
 To the fixth in the fame Page, Let the largenefs of thofe words be 
 wellconfidered; Yea, all Antiquity tobe abfolately for abfolute obedience to 
 Princes, in all Civil or Temporal things ■• For fuch Cafes (as iV4^<»f^/ Vine- 
 yard) may fall within this. 
 
 Here the Bifliop was as a man in a rage, and faid, That it was an odi- 
 ous comparifon •, for it muft fuppofe, that there muftbean Ahab, and 
 there muft be a ^ezabel, and I cannot tell what : But I am fure my Ex- 
 ception ftandeth true, and reviling, and railing, doth not fatisfic my Argu- 
 ment, All Antiquity takech the Scripture into it •, and if I had allowed 
 that proportion for good, I had been juftly beaten with my own Rod, 
 
 If the King the next day had commanded me to fend him all the 
 Money and Goods I had, I muft by mine own rule have obeyed him •, 
 and if he had commanded the like to all the Clergy-men in England, by 
 Doiflor Sibthorp proportion, and my Lord of Canterburies allowing of 
 the fame, they muft havefentinall, and left tlieir Wives and Children 
 inamiferablecafe. Yea, the words extend fo far, and are foabfolutely 
 delivered. That by this Divinity, if the King ftiould fend to the City of 
 London, and the Inhabitants thereof, commanding them to give unto 
 him all the wealth which they have, they were bound to do it : I know 
 our King is fo gratious, that he will attempt no fuch matter •, but if he 
 do it nor, the dtit^ is not in thefe flatteriug Divines, who if they were 
 called to queftion for fuch Doiflrine, they would fcarce be able to abide it. 
 There is a Meum and a Tuttm, in Chriftian Commonwealths, and accord- 
 ing to Laws and Cuftoms, Princes may difpofeof it, that faying being 
 true. Ad Reges fetefias omnium pertinet, ad [mgulos frofrietas. 
 
 To the feventh, Page 14. Pius ^uintus was dead before the year One 
 thoufand five hundred and eighty. 
 
 They make no Reply, but mend it in the Printed Book, changingit 
 into Gregorf the Thirteenth . 
 
 To the laft in the fame Page, weigh it well. How this Loan may be 
 called a Tribute 5 and when it is faid, We are promifed jhall not be immode- 
 rately imposed. 
 
 How that agreeth with his Majefties Coramiffion and Proclamation 
 which are quoted in the Margent, they make no Anfvver ; but in the pub- 
 liilied Sermon diftinguiilieth a Tribute from a Loan or Aid, whereby they 
 acknowledge it was not well before, and indeed it was improper and ab- 
 furd, worthy of none but Dr. Sibthorfe. 
 
 I have now delivered the Grounds whereupon I refufed to authorife 
 this Book, being forry at my heart , that the King, my Gratious Mafter, 
 fhould reft fo great a building upon fo weak a Foundation, the Treatife 
 being fo (lender, and without fubftance, but that it proceeded from a 
 hungry man. 
 
 If 
 
 3 Car oil.
 
 An. 1627. j 
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions. 
 
 Sibihurps Ser- 
 mons Licen- 
 ced by the Bi- 
 fhop of Lon- 
 don. 
 
 Mr. Sclden. 
 
 If I had been in Council when the Projeft for this Loan was firft 
 handled, I would haveufed my baft Reafons to have had it well ground- 
 ed 5 but I was abfent, and knew not whereupon they proceeded, onely I 
 faw it was followed with much vehemency : And fince it was put in exe- 
 cution, I did not interpofe my felf to know the Grounds of one, nor of 
 the other. 
 
 Ic feemed therefore ftrange unto me, Thatin theupfliot of the bufi- 
 nefs, I was called in to make that good by Divinity, which others had 
 done ; and muft have no other inducement to it, but Dodor Sihthorfs 
 contemptible Treatife. I imagined this for the manner of the carriage of 
 it, to be Ibmewhat like unto the 'E^xio'i SomerfetsiZ^k^ whoabufedthe 
 Wife of the Earl of E(jex, muft have her divorfed from her Husband, 
 and muft himfelf marry her : And this muft not be done, but that the 
 Archbirtiop of Canterhurj muft ratifie all judicially. I know the Cafes are 
 different, but I onely compare the manner of the carriage. 
 
 When the Approbation of the Sermon was by merefufed, it was 
 carried to the Billiop of London, who gave a great and ftately allowance 
 of it •, the good man being not willing that any thing iliould ftick which 
 was fent unto him from the Court, as appeareth by the Book which is 
 commonly called The Se'uen Sacraments, which was allowed by his Lord- 
 fhip with all the Errors, which fince that time have been expunged, and 
 taken out of it. 
 
 But before this pafted the Bifliops File, there is one accident which 
 fitly comethintobe recounted in this place. My Lord of London \\2iX.h. a 
 Chaplain, Do(flor Worrd by name, who is SchoUar good enough, but 
 a kinde of free Fellow-like man , and of no very tender Confcience. 
 Do(Sor5/M<?r/'^ Sermon was brought unto him. And hand over head fas 
 the Proverb is) he approved it, and fubfcribed his nam; unco ic. But 
 afterwards being better advifed, he fendeth ic to a learned Gentleman of 
 the Inner Temple , and writing fome few lines unco him , cravech his 
 opinion of that which he had done , the Gentleman read it : But al- 
 though he had promifed to return his Judgment by Letter, yet he rc- 
 fufed fo to do , but defired that Doiflor Worral would come himfelf-, 
 which being done, he fpake to this purpofe , What have you done, you 
 have allowed a ftrange Book yonder 5 which if it be true, there is no 
 Meum or Tuum,no man in England hath any thing of his own : If ever the 
 Tide turn, and Matters be called to a Reckoning, you will be hanged for 
 publifliing fuch a Book. To which the Dodor anfwered,Yea,but my hand 
 is to ic, what fhall I do c" For that the other replied, You muft fcrape out 
 your name, and do not fuffer fo much as the fign of any Letter to remain 
 in the Paper. Which accordingly he did, and withdrew his finger from 
 the Pye. 
 
 But what the Chaplain well-advifed would not do, his Lord without 
 flicking accomplifhed •, and fo being unfenfibly hatched, it came flying 
 into the World : But in my opinion, the Book hath perfwaded very few 
 underftanding men, and hath not gained the King fix pence. 
 
 Tars
 
 Hijlorical CoUeclions. 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 H 
 
 T^ars Secunda, 
 
 Icheito I have declared at length all Paflfages concerning the Ser- 
 mon, and to my remembrance I have not quitted any thing that 
 was worthy the knowing, I am now in the fecond place to fliew 
 what was the ifTue of this not allowing the worthy and learned Treatife. 
 ][n the height of this Queftion, I privately underftood from a Friend in 
 the Court, That for a punilliment upon me, it was refolved that Ifhould 
 be fent away to Cartterhmy, and confined there, I kept this lilently, 
 and expeftcd Gods pleafure, yet laying it up ftill in my minde, efteem- 
 ing the Duke to be of the number of them , touching whom Tacit ui ob- 
 ferveth, That [uch ai are falfe in their love, are true in their hate. But 
 whatfoever the event mulf be, I made that ufc of the Report, that ^a- 
 chLi pravifa mimn fermni. The Duke at the firft was earned with the 
 King, That I muft be prefently fent away before his going to Sea: For, 
 faith he, if I were gone, he would be every day at Whitehd, and at the 
 Council Table, and there will crofs all things that I have intended. To 
 meet with his Objedion , I got me away to Croydcn a moneth fooner 
 then in ordinary years I have ufed to do •, but the Term was ended early, 
 and my main fit of the Stone did call upon me to get me to the Couutrey, 
 that there on Horf-back I might ride upon the Downs 5 which I after- 
 wards performed, and I thank God found great ufe of it, in recovering 
 of my Stomack which was almoft utterly gone. 
 
 The Duke haftned his preparations for the fleet, but ftill that 
 Cometh in for one Memorandum , That if he were once abfent, there 
 fliould no day pafs over, but that the Archbifliop would be with the 
 King , and infufe things that would be contrary to his proceedings. 
 What a miferable and reftlefs thing Ambition is , when one talented, 
 butasacommonperfon, yet by the favor of his Prince, hath gotten that 
 intereft, that in a fort all the Keys of England hang at his Girdle (which 
 the wife QneenElizahethwoM never endme in any Si^bjed) yet ftand- 
 eth in his own heart in fuch tickle terms, as that he feareth every ftiadow, 
 and thinketh that the lending of the Kings ear unto any grave and well- 
 feafoned Report, may blow him out of all •, which in his eftimation 
 he thinketh is fetled upon no good foundation, but the affeftion of the 
 Prince, which may be mutable, as it is in all men more or lefs i If a man 
 would wi(h harm unto his enemy, could he wifli him a greater torment, 
 then to be wrefted andwringed with ambitious thoughts ■f Well, at firft 
 it went currant, that with all haft I muft be doffed , but upon Liter 
 confideration it muft be ftaid till the Duke be at Sea, and tlien 
 put in execution by the King himfelf ; that as it fcemeth Buckingham 
 might be free from blame, if any fliould be laid upon any perfon. Hence 
 it was, that after his going, there was new profecution of the Torkjhire- 
 men, and the refufing Londoners were purfued more fervently then 
 before •, and u is very likely, that the Arrow came out of the fame 
 Quiver-, that the BiOiop coming to the Eleftion at Weftminfier was 
 driven back fo fujdenly to Bugdin, Take heed of thefe things Noble 
 Duke, you put your King to t le worft parts, wherepf you may hear one 
 day : So when your Soveraign in the Parliament time had fpoken} 
 flnrply to both HoufeSy commanding them to go together again , and 
 
 Mmm to\ 
 
 3 Caroli. 
 
 The Duk- 
 prcfTah his 
 Maiefly to 
 have the 
 Arclibifhop 
 fent awaj' be- 
 fore he let to 
 Sea.
 
 450 
 
 Historical ColieHions, 
 
 An. 1627. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fhop com- 
 manded to 
 withdraw. 
 
 to give more money, and commanding them to medcle no more with 
 the Duke of Buckingham ; yen came the next day and thought to 
 fmooth all, taking the glory of qualifying difturbances to your felf-, 
 whereas, if you had read Books of true State Government , where- 
 withal you are not acquainted, fweet things are perfonally to be aded 
 by Kings and Princes, assivingof Honors, andbeftowing of noted be- 
 nefits-, and tlvfe things tnat are four anddiftafting, are to be performed 
 by their Minifters, you go the contray way. 
 
 But as before the whole Hcufe falleth on fire , fome fparks do flie 
 out : So, before the Mellage of the King was brought me by the Secre- 
 tary, there were fome inklings that fuch a thing would follow. And 
 upon the naming of me (by occafion) it was faid by a Creature of the 
 Dukes, That it would not be long before the Archbidiop fliould befe- 
 queftred (that was the word) So well acquainted are the Dukes follow- 
 ers with great anions that arc likely to fall out in State. 
 
 Accordingly on Tuefday theFift of ^tUp One thoufand fix hundred 
 twenty and feven, the Lord Conway came unto me to Cro-jdin before 
 Dinner time, having travelled, as he faid, a long journey that morning, 
 even from oathnds thither , he would fay nothing till he had dined 3 
 then becaufe he was to return to oathnds that night, I took him into 
 the Gallery ; and when we were both fat down, we fell to it in this 
 manner. 
 
 Mr Lord, I know you coming fr :)m Court, have fomewhat to fay 
 to me. 
 
 Secretary. It is true, my Lord, and I am the moft unwilling man in 
 the World to bring unpleafing news to any perfon of quality to whom 
 I will) well, and efpecially to fuch a one as of whofe Meat I have eaten, 
 and been merry at his Houfe : But I come from the King , and muft 
 deliver his pleafure-, 1 know who you are, and much more,- with very 
 civil language, 
 
 Archh, I doubt not, my Lord, but you have fomewhat to fay, and. 
 therefore I pray you in plain terms let me have it. 
 
 Secre. It is then his Majefties pleafure that you (hould withdraw your 
 felf unto Canterbury ; for which he will afford you fome convenient 
 time. 
 
 Archh. Is that it, then I mufl ufe the words of the Pfalmji , 
 He fhall net he afraid of any evil iydings •, for his heart (iandnh fa(l, and 
 beltevethinthe Lord. But I pray you what is roy fault that bnngeth this 
 upon me. 
 
 Secre. The King faith you know. 
 
 Archb. Truly I know none, unlefs it be that I am lame, which I 
 cannot help, it is againft my will, and I am not proud of it. 
 
 Secre. The King bad me tell you. That if any expoftulationwere 
 ufed 
 
 Archb. No, I will not ufe any expoftulation, if it be his pleafure, I 
 will obey, I know my felf to be an honeft man, and therefore fear 
 nothing: But my Lord, do you think it is for the Kings fervice in this 
 lort to fend me away. 
 
 Secre. No, by God ! I do not think it, and fo yefterday I told the 
 King with an Oath 5 but he will have it fo. 
 
 Archb. I muft fay as before, He ^aU not he afraid of any evil 
 tidings j for his heart flandcth fa(t, and he belteveth in the Lord. But I 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftorical CoUeHiom. 
 
 4-5 
 
 I 
 
 pray you, my Lord, is the King prccifely fee upon my going to Can- 
 terbury •■, there are queftions in Law between me and chat Town, about 
 the Liberties of my Arclibilhoprick , which I by my Oath am bound 
 to maintain 5 and if I fliould be among them , I have manv Adver- 
 faricsof the Citizens, I have there fome Tenants, and the Dean and 
 Chapter are interefled in the Qneftion, I would be unwilling that my 
 Servants and their people Ihould fall together by the ears , while I 
 am in the Town : His Majefty knoweth this difference to be between 
 us, by the token that a Suit which I lately brought againft them by a 
 ^0 Warranto in the Kings Bench , was flopped , Juftice being denied 
 me , which is not ufual to be denied to any Subje<5l , and the King 
 well knoweth by whofe means it was flayed. I have therefore 
 another Houfe called Foord, Five Miles beyond Canterbtiry , and 
 more out of the way , his Majefty may be pleafed to let me go 
 thither. 
 B Sccre, I can fay nothing to that , but I will acquaint the King 
 
 with it , and I conceive nothing to the contrary but that his Majefly 
 will yield fo much unto you. I have a fecond Charge to deliver un- 
 to you, and that is, That his Majefly will not have you from hence- 
 forth to meddle with the High CommilTion , he will take care that it 
 fliall be done otherwife, 
 
 Archb. I do not doubt but it fliall be better managed then it hath 
 been by me : And yet, my Lord, I will tell you that for thefe many 
 years that I have had the diredion of that Court, the time is to come 
 that ever honefl man did finde fault , that he had not there Juftice 
 done. 
 
 Secre. It is now Vacation time, and fo confequently little to do, and 
 by Miehaelmas his Majefly may fet all in order. 
 
 Archb. I am forry that the King proceedeth thus with me,'and letteth 
 me not know the caufe. 
 
 Secre. Although I have no Commiffion to tell you fo , it is for 
 D a Book which you would not allow , which concerned the Kings 
 Service. 
 
 Archb. If that be it, when I am qugflioned for it, I doubt not but to 
 give an honefl Anfwer. 
 
 Secre You will never be queflioned for if. 
 
 Archb. Then am I the more hardly dealt withal, to be cenfured, and 
 not called to my Anfwer. 
 
 Secre. Well, my Lord, I will remember that of Feord, and will your 
 Grace command me any more Service. 
 
 Archb. No, ray Lord, but God be with you, onely I end where I 
 began with the words of the Prophet, He (lull not be afraid for any evil 
 tjdtngs^ for his heart (iandeth f aft, andbelieveth inthe Lord. 
 
 It comforted me not a little, that the word was now out : My con- 
 fining mufl be for not allowing of a Book ! I had much ado to forbear 
 fmiling when I heard it, becaufe now it was clear, it was not for Felony 
 or Treafon that was laid to my charge, nor for intelligence with the 
 Spaniards or French , nor for Correfpondency with Jefuites or Semi- 
 nary Pricfls, or any other grievous crime, I thank God for that. I had 
 almoft forgotten that an:\ong many other memorable Speeches that 
 pafTed between us , I ufed this one, That peradventure the King might 
 be offended at me, becaufe I was no more prefent at the matter of the 
 
 M m m 2 Loan -, 
 
 3 Caroli. 
 
 The Lord 
 Conway tells 
 the Archbi- 
 ftop the lea- 
 fon wily he is 
 commanded 
 to retire.
 
 +52^ 
 
 Htslorical ColIeBions. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fhop writes to 
 the Lord Con- 
 reay^ to know 
 if his Maiefty 
 will give him 
 his chciceof 
 two houfes to 
 retire to. 
 
 Loan-, but faid I, my lamenefs hindered me therein, and I hoped 
 thereby to do my Mafter better fervice , becaufe if ever courfe be taken 
 to reconcile the King and his people (which if it be not, this Kingdom 
 will rue it in the end) I would hope among many other, to be a good 
 Inftrument therein, fince my hand hath not been in thofe bitternefTes 
 which have of late fain out. 
 
 You fay well faith the Secretary, Would you that I Ibould tell the 
 King fo much :" Yea, faid I, if you pleafe, I hold it not unfit that his 
 Majefty fhould know it. 
 
 What he reported therein, I do not know, but matters proceed- 
 ed in the former courfe , as if there were no regard had of any fuch 
 thing. 
 
 The Lord C(;«w<i7 being gone from me for two or three days, lex- 
 peded toheartherefolution, to what place in Kent Ifliould betake my 
 felf ; and receiving no news, I toifed many things in my minde, as 
 perhaps, that the King defired to hear fomcwhat from the Duke how 
 he fped in his journey ^ or that peradventure he might alter his purpofe 
 upon report of my ready obeying 5 or that it might fo fall out, that 
 feme of the Lords at the Court underftanding upon the Secretaries 
 return from Crojden , that which was formerly concealed fiom them, 
 might infufe fome other Councils into the King. Thefe thoughts I re- 
 volved at laft, not forgetting the courfes of the Court, and imprint- 
 ing that into my heart. That there was no good intended towards me •, 
 but that any advantage would be taken againft me , 1 fent a man to 
 Whitehal whether the King was now come, for a night or two, and by 
 him I wrote to the Lord Conrvaj, in thefe words. 
 
 My very good Lord, 
 
 I Bo not forget the Meffage which you brought unto mt on thurfdaj lafi, 
 and becaufe J have heard nothing from you fmce that time, I (end this 
 Mefjcngcr on purpofe to know what is refohed touching the Houfe , or 
 Houfes where I mujl remain , there belong to the Jrchbifhoprick three 
 Houfes in Kent , one at Canterbury , another Five Miles beyond called 
 Foord, and a third on the fide of Canterbury, but two Miles of, the name 
 whereof is Becksburn. 
 
 / pray your Lordflnp to let me knew his Majeflies pleafure , Whether 
 he will leave the choice of any of thofe Houfes to me to refide in ■' I have 
 reafon to know the refelntion hereof ^ becaufe I mufl make my Provifion 
 of Wood, and Coals, and Hey , for fome definite place •, and when I fhall 
 have brewed, it is ft I fhould know where to put it, orelje it will notferve 
 the turn : It is an unfeafonable time to Brew now, and a>s untimely to cut 
 Wood, being green in the highefl degree , and to make Coals, without all 
 which my Houfe cannot be kept. But when I fhall know what mufl be my 
 Habitation , I will fend down my Servants prefently to make the befl Pro- 
 vifion that they can. And (o exfeiitng your Lordfhips Anfwer, I leave ^ou 
 to the Almighty, and remain 
 
 Croyden,5^»/jf 10. 
 1627. 
 
 7our Lordfhips 
 
 very loving Friend, 
 
 G. Cant. 
 
 He
 
 HiUorical CoUeBions, 
 
 4!? ! 
 
 He made my Servant ftay, and when he had gone up toknoiv the 
 Kings further pleafure, he returned me the AnfvverloUowing, 
 
 May it pleafe your Grace, 
 
 I^m ajhamed and do con fefm) fault, that J wrote not to four Grace he- 
 fore I received jour Reproof, though a G rat 10 us ene^ hut in truth, I dtd 
 not ncglcB, nor forget : But the continual opprcfion of huftnef, would 
 not permit me to advertife to jour Grace the Kings Anfwer. His Majejlj 
 heard jeriouflj your Profefions and Jn[wers, and commanded me to fignife 
 nntoyou. That he kncrv not theprefent differences hetween you and the Town •, 
 and if he had, he would not have caft you into that inconvenience. He was 
 well vleafca you fhould go ti your houfc at Foord , and [aid , He did not 
 expert when the ^e ft ion was ended between your Grace and the Town, that 
 you (1}0uldgo to Canterbury. 
 
 Jnd he further [aid, He would not tye yon to fo flwrt a time as might 
 he any way inconvenient , hut doth expe£i that your Grace will govern it 
 fa, oi his Majefly fl)all not need to warn youa(econdtime. 
 
 I will not fail to move his Majefly to give you Liberty to chufe either 
 of your Houfes you name , and give you knowledge of his pleafure, and in 
 all things he ready to obey your Commandments, or take occafion tofeeve you in 
 the condition of 
 
 Whitehal, ^uly lo. 
 1627. 
 
 Tour Graces 
 
 mofl humble Servant 
 
 Conway. 
 
 I could not but obferve therein that pafTage, That the King doth 
 exped that your Grace will govern it fo, as his Majefty (hall not need 
 to warn you a fecond time •, I needed no Interpreter to expound thofe 
 words , and therefore did take order that one of my Officers was prefent- 
 ly difpatched unto Foord to fee the Houfe ready. 
 
 While Neceffaries were caring for, and I lay for fome days at Croyden, 
 and afterwards at Lambeth, the City of Lond$n was filled with the Report 
 of my confining, (for fo they did term it) and divers men fpake diverfly 
 of it, 1 will not trouble my felf to mention fome idle things, but fome 
 other of them require a little confideration. A main matter that the 
 Duke was faid to take in ill part, was, the refort which was made to my 
 Houfe at the times of Dinner and Supper, and that oftentimes of fuch as 
 did not love him. 
 
 My Anfwer unto that is , That by Nature I have been given to 
 
 _ ■ ii_..i-- j: ^_ n ; /:_^_ t I l.-j 
 
 3 C droit . 
 
 The Loni 
 Conwrf/s An- 
 fwer. 
 
 The rcafon 
 why the Duke 
 was thought 
 to be offend- 
 ed with the 
 Archbifhop. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 
 
 keep a Houle accordme to my Proportion , fincc I have had any fhopaccunom 
 
 ' ,„,...,? ^- ,-'• ■*^ _■ ' ■ • 1 r- ■ edtoHolpita- 
 
 That It IS a property by Samt nty 
 
 means, and God hath'blefled me in it. 
 
 Faul 
 
 /
 
 jft. 1627. 
 
 Hi'slorical CoUeBions. 
 
 King JafHes'\ 
 injoyned the 
 Archbi(hop ro 
 live like an 
 Archbi/Tiop. 
 
 The Duke 
 was not pica- 
 fed that Sir 
 Dudley Diggs 
 frequented 
 tlie Ai'chM- 
 fhops houfe. 
 
 Paul required in a Bifliop, That he jhould be given to tiofptalitj -, that 
 it is another of his Rules , Let your Convcrfatipn he without Coveton^ncf -, 
 and thofe things I had in mine eyes. Befides I have no Wife, nor Child e •, 
 and as tor my Kinred, I do that for them which I hold fit ^ but I will not 
 rob the Church, nor the Poor for them. 
 
 Again, It is fo rare a fault in thefe days, that men not feeding on the 
 Kings Meat, but of their own charge , fliould frankly entertain their 
 Friends when they come unto them, that I deferve to be pardoned for it. 
 But this is not all. 
 
 When King ^ames gave me the Bidioprick, he did once between 
 him and me, and another time before the Earl of Salisbury , charge 
 me that I ihould carry my Houfe Nobly ( that was his Majefties 
 word) and live like an Archbifliop -, which I promifed him to do : And 
 when Mea came to my Houfe , who were of all civil forts , I gave 
 them friendly entertainment , not fifting what exceptions the Dukje 
 made agamft them •, for I knew he might as undefervedly think ill of 
 others, as he did of me. But I meddled with no mans quarrels, and if 
 I Hiould have received none but fuch as cordially and in truth had loved 
 him , I might have gone to Dinner many times without company. 
 There frequented me Lords Spiritual and Temporal , divers Privy 
 Counfellors, as occafion ferved, andMen of the higheft rank-, where, 
 if the Duke thought that we had bufied our felves about him, he was 
 much deceived : Yet perhaps the old faying is true, 'That a Matt rvho ii 
 gvilty of one Evil to htmfelf, thinketh that all men that talk together, do fay 
 [omervhat of him. I do not envy him tliat happinefs, but let it ever attend 
 him. 
 
 As for other men of good fort, but of lelTer quality, I have heard 
 fome by name , to whom exception hath been taken , and thefc are 
 three, (I know from the Court by a Friend, that my Houfe for a good 
 fpace of time hath been watched, and I marvel that they have not rather 
 named fixty then three.) 
 
 The firfl: of thefe is Sir Ditdley Diggs, a very great More in the 
 Dukes Eye, as I am informed-, for it is faid, That this Knight hath 
 paid him in Parliament with many (harp S peeches. If this be fo yet 
 what is that to me, he is of age to anfwer for himfelf. But in the time 
 of the late Parliament, when the Earl of Carlile came unto me, and dealt 
 with me thereabout, I gave him my word, and I did it truly, That I 
 was not acquainted with thefe things ; onely being fick as I was, I had 
 in general given him advice. That he (liould do nothing that might 
 give juft offence to the King- and I have credibly heard, that when Sir 
 Dudley was laft in the fleet , committed from the Council Table , he 
 was much dealt withal, to know. Whether he was not infligated by me 
 to accufe the Duke in Parliament : The Knight with all the Protefta- 
 tions and AfTurances, that could come from a Gentleman, acquitted me 
 of the part, and whole, wherein he did me but right : And I do remem- 
 ber, when that man now fo hated, was a great Servant of the Dukes. So 
 that if he have now lofl him, it cannot but be prefumed that it is for 
 fome unworthy carriage which the Gentleman conceiveth hath by that 
 Lord been offered unto him. 
 
 Moreover, How can I but imagine the words and adions of Sir 
 Dudley Diggs have been ill interpreted, and reported : When I my felf 
 faw the Duke ftand up mne times in a morning in the Parliament Houfe 
 
 to 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 HiHorical ColleBions, 
 
 4-55 
 
 to faften upon him words little lefs (if at all lefs) then Treafon ^ when 
 by the particular Votes of all the Lords and Commons in both Houfes, 
 he was quit of thofe things, which the other would have enforced up- 
 on him: And a little while before he washaftily clapt into the Torver, 
 and within a day or two releafcd again , becaule nothing was proved 
 againft him. And I alTureyou, I am fo little interelTed in hisadions, 
 That to this day I could never learn the reafon why he was imprifoned 
 in the Fleet, although he was kept there for Seven or eight weeks, I 
 diftinguirti the King from the Duke of Buckingham -, the one is our 
 Soveraign by the Laws of God and Men ^ the other a Subjed as we 
 are : And if any Subjed do impeach another, though of different 
 degrees , let the party grieved, remedy himfelf by Law, and not by 
 Power. 
 
 But to fpeak further for this Knight, I may not forget when he was 
 publickly employed 5 one time to the Hague, a fccond time to Muf- 
 g covia, and thirdly, into Ireland, about Affairs of the'Stace, fuch opini- 
 on was then held of his good endeavors. And for mine own part ever 
 (ince the days of Queen Elizabeth, I have been nearly acquainted with 
 him , he was my Pupil at oxford, and a very towardly one •, and this 
 knowledge each of other, hath continued unto this time. He calleth 
 me Father , and I term his Wife my Daughter , his eldefl Son is 
 my God-fon , and their Children are in love accounted my Grand- 
 children. 
 
 Tlie fecond that I have heard named , was Sir Francis Harrington, 
 a Gentleman whom for divers years I have not feen, and who for ought 
 I knowj was never in my houfe bat once in his life. 
 
 The third was Sir Thomas Wentrvorth , who had good occafion to 
 fend unto me , and fome times to fee me , becaufe we were joynt 
 Executors to Sir Georq;e Savile , who married his Sifter, and was my 
 J) Pupil at Oxford -^ to whofc Sonalfo, Sir Thomas Wentrvorth and I were 
 Guardians, as may appear in the Court of Wards, and many things 
 paffed between us in that behalf •, yet to my remembrance I faw not 
 this Gentleman but once inthefe Three quarters of a yearlaft part; at 
 which time he came to feek iiis Brother-in-law, the Lord C//j^W, who 
 was then with meat Dinner at Lambeth. 
 
 For one of the punilhments laid upon me , it was told me by the 
 Lord Conrvay, That 1 muft meddle no more with the High Commiflion •, 
 and accordingly within a few days after a Warrant is fent to the Attorney 
 General, that the Commiffion muft be renewed, and the Archbilhop 
 muft be left out : This under hand being buzzed about the Town with no 
 Imall mixture of fpight, I conceived it to be agreeable to the proceed- 
 ings with the Lords and Gentlemen which refufed to contribute to the 
 Lo.m, they all being laid afide in the Commiffions for Lieutenancy, and 
 the Peace, in their feveral Counireys. For my part, I hadnocaufe to 
 grieve at this, fmce it was his Majefties pleafure ; but it was by the actors 
 therein underftood otherwife, they fuppofing that this power gave 
 me the more Authority and Splendor in the Church and Common- 
 wealth. 
 
 To deliver therefore truly the ftate of this Queftion, It cannot be 
 denied, but that it was a great point of policy for theeftablifliing of Or- 
 der in the Ecclefiaftical, and conlequently Civil Eftate alfo , to ereft 
 
 fuch 
 
 J Caroli. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 Hiop was Tu- 
 tor to : ir 
 Dudley D;^jac 
 Oxford. 
 
 The Duke 
 was offended 
 that Sir Tho- 
 mas Wentworth 
 frequented 
 the Archbi- 
 Hiops Houfe. 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fhop com- 
 manded to 
 meddle no 
 more in the 
 High Commif- 
 fion. 
 
 Commendati- 
 ons of the 
 High Commif- 
 fion Court. 
 
 _,
 
 HiBorical ColleWons, 
 
 An. 1627. 
 
 The High 
 
 Commi(fion- 
 ers chargeable 
 to the Arch 
 biffrop. 
 
 fifich a Court, whereby Church-men that exorbit^ed iii any grievous 
 manner, might be caltigated, and retftified, and fuch fort of crimes in 
 the Layety might be cenfured as were of Ecdefiaftical Cognifance. And 
 verily this is of great ufe in the Kingdom, as well for cherifoing tlie 
 Study of the Civil Law, as otherwife : So that it be kept incorruptible, 
 and with that integrity, as fo grave a Meeting and Affembly reqaireth. 
 That was principally my care, who took much pains and fpent much 
 money, that in fair and commendable fort, Jultice was indifferently ad- 
 miniftred to all the Kings people that had to do with us : But every one 
 might fee that this was to my fingular trouble •, for befides that to keep 
 things in a (freight courfe, fometimes in fits of the Gout, I was forced by 
 my Servants to be carried into the Court , where I could not fpeak 
 much, but with difficulty -, I was at na time free from Petitions, from 
 Examinations, from figning of Warrants, to call fome, to releafe 
 others, from giving way to fpeeding and forwarding A<ft.s of Courts-, 
 Suitors as their falliion is being fo importunate, as that in Summer and 
 Winter, in the day, and in the night, in ficknefs and health, they would 
 not be denied. 
 
 Thefe things were daily difpatched by me out of Duty, and more out 
 of Charity, no allowance being of pay from the King , or of Fee from 
 the Subjed, to us that were the Judges ; Nay, I may fay more, the 
 holding of that Court in fuch fort as I did, was very expenceful to me 
 out of my private Purfe, in giving weekly entertainment to the Com- 
 miffioners •, the reafon whereof was this , King J-ames being defirous 
 when he made me Archbiihop, that all matters fhould gravely and hono- 
 rably be carried, eireifled me, that I (hould always call fome of the 
 BilTiops that were about Z-owitf», and fome Divines, and Civilians, that 
 by a good prefence, Caufes might be handled for the reputation of the 
 adion, and wilkd me therewithal to imitate therein, the Lord Arch- 
 billiop Whttgift , who invited weekly fome of the Judges to dinner, the 
 rather to allure them thither. This advice proceeded from the Bifliop 
 of Durham that now is , which was not ill if it came from a good inten- 
 tion. 
 
 I obeyed it fingly, and did that which was enjoyned : But where- 
 as in thofe times the Commiffioners were but few, fince that time there 
 hath been fuch an inundation of all forts of men into that Company, that 
 without pioportion, both Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Commiffioners 
 and not Commiffioners, reforted thither, and divers o{ them brought 
 fo many of their men, that it was truly a burthen to me. I think it may 
 by my Officers be juftified upon Oath, That fince I was Archbiihop, the 
 thing alone hath coflme out of my private eftate One thoufand pounds 
 and a half, and if I did fay Two thoufand pounds, it were not much a- 
 mifs, befides all the trouble of ray Servants ^ who neither diredly nor 
 indiredly gained fix pence thereby in a whole year, but onely travel and 
 pains for their Mafters honor, and of that they had enough : My Houfes 
 being like agreat Hoftry every Thurfday in the Term-, tndformyex- 
 pcnces no man giving me fo much as thanks. 
 
 Now this being the true Cafe, if the Church and Commonwealth 
 be well provided for in the Adminiftration of Juftice , and regard be 
 had of the Publick , can any difcreet man think that the removing 
 of me from this moleftation, is any true punifliment upon me : I be- 
 ing one that have framed my felf to Reality , and not to Opinion, and 
 growing more and more in years, and confequently into weaknefs, 
 
 having
 
 Hi^orical CoUeBiom, 
 
 w 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 haviag before furieited fo long of worldly Hiews, whereof nothing is 
 truly gained temporally but vexation of fpiric 5 I have had enough of 
 thefe things and do not dote upon them : The world, I hope, hath found 
 me more ftayeJ and referved in my Courfes. 
 
 Neverthclefs, whatfoever was expedient for this , was difpatched 
 by me while I lived at Lambeth and Crojden , albeit I went not out 
 o[ door. 
 
 Yea, but you were othcrwife inutile, not coming to the Star-chamber 7 
 nor to the Council-Table c" 
 
 My pain or weaknefs by the Gout, muft excufe me herein. When 
 I was younger, and had my health, I fo diligently attended at the Star- 
 chamber, that for full feven years I was not one day wanting. And for 
 the Council- Table, the fame reafon of my Indifpofition mayfatisfie: 
 But there are jjiany other things that do fpeak for me. The greateft 
 matters there handled, were for Money, or more Attempts of War : 
 For the one of thefe, we of the Clergy had done our parts already 5 
 the Clergy having put thcmfelves into Paiments of Subfidy by an A6t 
 of Parliament, not only for thefe two laft years, when the Temporal- 
 ty lay in a fort dry , but yet there are three years behind, in which 
 our Paiments run on with weight enough unto us ; And no man 
 can juftly doubt but my hand was in thofe Grants in a principal 
 fadiioH. 
 
 And concerning the Provifions for War, I muft confefs mine igno- 
 rance in the Feats thereof: I knew not the grounds whereupon the Con- 
 troverfies were entred in general : I thought that before Wars were begun 
 there fliould be ftore of Treafure -, That it was not good to fall oat 
 with many great Princes at once ; That the turning of our Forces an- 
 other way, muft needs be fome diminution from the King oi Denmark, 
 who was engaged by us into the Quarrel for the Palatinate and Ger- 
 many, and hazarded both his Perfon and Dominions in the profecuti- 
 on of the Queftion. Thefe matters I thought upon, as one that had 
 fometimes been acquainted with Councils 5 but I kept my thoughts 
 unto my felf. 
 
 Again, I was never fent for to the Council-Table, but I went 
 faving one tiviie , when I was fo ill , that I might not ftir abroad. 
 
 Moreover , I was fure that there wanted no Councellors at the 
 Board , the Number being fo much increafed as it was. Befides, I 
 had no great encouragement to thruft my crafie Body abroad , fince 
 I faw what little efteem was made of me in thofe things which be- 
 longed to ■ " ' . -•- 
 ries. 
 
 mine own Occupation : With Biftiopricks, and Dean- 
 or other Church- Places , I was no more acquainted , then if 
 dwelt at Fenice , and underftood of them but by fome Ca 
 
 I had 
 zette. 
 
 The Duke of Buckingham had the managing of thefe things , as 
 it was generally conceived : For, what was he not fit to deter- 
 mine, in Church , or Commonwealth 5 in Court , or Council -, in 
 Peace , or War j at Land , or at Sea •, at Home , or in Foreign 
 parts ^ 
 
 Montague had put out his Arminian Book ; I threee times com- 
 plained ot it , but he was held up againft me , and by the Duke 
 magnified as a well-dcferving man. 
 
 Cofens put out his Treatife, which they commonly call \_The 
 Seven Sacraments •. ] which, in the firft Edition, had many ftrange 
 
 . ; N n n things 
 
 3 Caroli, 
 
 The Archbi- 
 fhops infirmi- 
 ty permitted 
 him not to 
 come to the 
 Star-chamber, 
 or Council, 
 Table. 
 
 J
 
 Htslorical CoUeB'tons, 
 
 things in it, as it feemeth : I knew nothing ot it. 
 
 but as it plea fed 
 So the World 
 
 my Lord of Durham , and the Bidiop of Bath 
 did read. 
 
 We were wont in the High-CommiflTion to reprefs obftinate and 
 bufie Papifcs : In the end of King ^amcs his time, a Letter was brought 
 me under the Hand and Signet of the King , That we muft not meddle 
 with any fuch matter , nor exad the Twelve-pence for the Sunday of 
 thofe which came not to the Church, (with which Forfeit we never 
 medled.) And this was told us to be in contemplation of a Marriage in- 
 tended with the Lady Mar-j the Daughter of France. 
 
 After the death of King ^ames , fuch another Letter was brought 
 from King charls, and all Execution againft Papifts was fufpended. But 
 when the Terra was at Reading , by open divulgation in all Courts under 
 the Great Seal of England, We and all Magiftrates are fet at liberty 
 to do as it was prefcribcd by Law : And now our Purfuvants muft 
 have their Warrants again, and take all the Priefts they can, whereof 
 Mr, Crof took fourteen or fifteen in a very Hiort fpace. Not long after, 
 all thefe are fet free •, and Letters come from the King under his Royal 
 Signet, That all Warrants muft be taken from our Meftengers, becaufe 
 they fpoiled the Catholicks, and carried themfelves unorderly unto them, 
 efpecially the Biftiops Purfuvants : Whereas we had in all but two •, 
 Crof my Meftenger, for whom 1 did ever offer to be anfwerable •, and 
 Thomlinfon, for whom my Lord of ioWo» (I think) would do as much. 
 But the Caterpillers indeed, were the Purfuvants ufed by the Secretaries, 
 men of no value, and lliifters in the world, who had been punillied and 
 turned away by us for great mifdemeanors. 
 
 But truth of Religion and Gods fervice, was wont to overrule hu- 
 mane Policies, and not to be overruled •, And I am certain that things 
 beft profper, where tliofc courfes are held. But be it what it may be, I 
 could not tell what to make of this variation of the Compafs 5 fince it 
 was only commanded unto me to put fuch and fuch things in execution, 
 but I never underftood any thing of the Councel, whereby I might give 
 my Judgment how fit, or unfit they were, or might fpeak to alter the 
 Tenure, whereunto in former times I had been otherwife ufed. Variety 
 of Reafons breedeth variety of Adions. 
 
 For the matter of the Loan, I knew not a long time what to make 
 of it : I was not prefent when the Advice was taken •, I underftood not 
 what was the Foundation whereupon the Building was railed, neither 
 did ever any of the Council acquaint me therewith. I fluv on the one. 
 fide the Kings neceffity for Money , and efpecially it being refolved 
 that the Wat fliould be purfued •, And on the other fide I could not for- 
 get, that in the Parliament great Sums were offered, if the Petitions of 
 the Commons might be hearkened unto. It ran ftill in my mind, That 
 the old and ufual way was beft-. That in Kingdoms, the harmony was 
 fweeteft, where the Prince and the People tuned well together-. That, 
 whatfoever pretence of Greatnefs , he was but an unhappy man that 
 fet the King and the Body of the Realm atdivifion-, That the People 
 ( though not fit to be too much cockered, yet ) are they , that muft 
 pray, that muft pay, that muft fight for their Princes - That it could 
 not be, but a Man fo univerfally hated in the Kingdom as the Duke 
 was, muft for the prefervation of himfelf defperately adventure on any 
 thing, if he might be hearkened unto, '" 
 
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 Hijlorical Colieclions. 
 
 Thefe Mecuations I had wich my [qM-^ ani God kiioweth I fre- 
 quencly in \v,y prayers did beg. That he whom thefe things did muij 
 concern, would lerioufly think upon them. It rin in my mind, that this 
 new Device for Money could not long lioid out ^ That then we muft 
 return into the High-wav, whither it were beft to retire oijr iclvcs be- 
 times, the Ih.^rteft Errors being the beft. Bat thVfe thoughts I fupprciled 
 within my foul •, neither did I ever difcourage any man from Lend- 
 
 A ing , nor encourage any man to hold back : Which J. confidently 
 avouch. 
 
 At the opening of the Comm.iirioii for the Loan, I was km for 
 
 from Crojdeit. It feemed to me a ftrange thing-, but / was told there. 
 
 That howfoever it lliewed, the King would have it fo, there was no 
 
 I fpeaking againft it. / had not heard, that men througliout the King- 
 
 dom iliould lend Money againft their will -, / knew not what to make 
 
 ' of it : But when I faw in the Inih ufiions,the Refufers Ihould be fent avVay 
 
 B lor Soldiers to the King of Denmark, I began to remember Uriit-s that 
 was fent in the Forefront of t!ie Battel -, and to fpeak truth, / durft not 
 be tender in it. And when afterwards / faw, that men were to be put 
 •to their O.ith, With whom they had had Conference , and whether 
 iny did dillwade, theme" And yet further beheld, that divers were to 
 be imprifoned: I thought this was fomewhac a New world. Yet all 
 this while / fwallowed my own fpittle, and fpake nothing of it? to any 
 man. Nay, when after forae trial in Mtddle(ex , the firft Sitting was 
 for Surrey in my Houfe at Lambeth, and the Lords were there alTembled 
 with the Juftices of the whole County, / ga\-e them, entertainment in 
 no meanfalliion: And / fatewlth them, albeit/ faid nothing •, for the 
 confufion was fuch, that / knew not what to make of it : Things went 
 on every day, and fpeech was of much Money to be raifed out ot fome 
 Counties •, yet afterwards it was not foreadily paid, as preferred •, and 
 at length fome refufed even in London it felf, and Southtvark , befides 
 many Gentlemen of fpeciil rank, and fome Lords, as it was faid. And 
 
 D, though it was reported that they were but a contemptible company, 
 yet t e Prifons in London demonrtrated that they were not a very few, 
 but perfons both of note and number. The Judges befides concurring 
 another way, That they cotald not allow the Legality of the Demand, 
 and the Enforcement that is ufei thereupon, did fomewhat puzzle me 
 for being too bufie in promoting of that , for which / might one day 
 fuffer. Yet hitherto / remained filcnt, hoping that time would break that 
 pff, which was almoft come to an abfolute period. But in ifead of this, 
 by the perm.ilTion of God, / was called up to the King to look clearly 
 into the Queftion. When the Allowance of Sibthorfs Pamphlet was 
 put upon me, / then had fome reaGin out of the grounds of that Ser- 
 mon to fear, (and / pray God that my fear was in vain ) that the Duke 
 had a purpofe to turn upfide down the Laws , and the whole Funda- 
 mental Courfes , and Liberties of the Subject •, and to leave us not 
 under the Statutes and Cuftoms which our Progenitors enjoyed , but 
 to the pleafure of Princes ; of whom, as fome are gentle and benign, 
 fo fome others, to ingreat themfelves, might ftrain more then the firing 
 will bear. 
 
 Befides now it came in my heart, that I was prefent at the Kings 
 Coronation, where many things on the Princes part were fo4em.nly pro- 
 mifed ; which being obfei-ved would keep all in order, and the K-ng . 
 fliould have a loving and faithful people, and the Commons ihould have a 
 
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 rife of 
 
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 Duke, 
 
 
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 An. i6i6. a kinde and gracious King. The contemplation of thefe things made 
 * me (lay my Judgment •, not any unwillmgnefs to do my Prince any 
 dutitul fervice, whom 1 muft and do honor above all the Creatures in 
 the world , and will adventure as far for his true good , as any one 
 whatfoever. Bat I am loth to plunge my felf fo over head and ears in 
 thefe difficulties, that I can neither live with quiecnefs of confcience, 
 nor depart out of the world with good fame and eftimation. And per- 
 haps my Soveraign , if hereafter he looked well into this Paradox , 
 would of all the world hate me, becaufe one of my profefiion, age 
 and calling , would deceive him , and with bafe flattery fwerve from 
 the truth. The hearts of Kings are in the hand of C$d, and he can turn 
 them ds the rivers of water. 
 
 I draw to a condufion : Only repute it not amifs, ( becaufe fo much 
 falleth in here ) to obfervc a few words of the Duke of Buckingham, not 
 as now be is, but as he was in his rifing. 1 fay nothing of his being in 
 France, becaufe I was not prefent, and divers others there be that remem- 
 ber it well •, but I take him at his firft repair to Court. King ^ames, for 
 many infolencies, grew weary oi Some/fet-^ and the Kingdom groaning 
 under the Triumvirate oi Northampton, Suffolk and Somcrfet, (though 
 Northampton foon after died ) was ghd to be rid of him. We could have 
 no way fo good to effeduite that which was the common defire, as to 
 bring in another in his room •, One nail ( as the Proverb is ) being to be 
 driven out by another. It was now obferved that the King began to cafl 
 his eye upon George Villiers, who was then Cup-bearer, and feemed a 
 modeft and courteous Youth. But King ^ames had a faihion, that he 
 would never admit any to nearnefs about himfelf, but fuch a one as the 
 Queen fliould commend unto him, and make fome fuit on his behalf-. 
 That if the Queen afterwards being ill intreated, fhould complain of this 
 Dear one, he might make his anfwer. It is long of your felf, for you were 
 the Party that commended him unto me. Our old Mailer took delight 
 ftrangely in things of this nature. 
 
 That Noble Queen ( who now refteth in Heaven ) knew her Husband 
 well •, and having been bitten with Favorites both in England and Scot- 
 land, was very fliie to adventure upon this requeft. King ^ames in the 
 mean time more and more loathed Somer[et, and did not much conceal it 
 that his affedion increafed towards the other. But the Queen would not 
 come to it, albeit divers Lords (whereof fome are dead, and fome yet 
 living) did earneftly follicit her Majeffy thereunto. When it would not 
 do, I was very much moved to put to ray helping hand j they knowing 
 that Queen Jnne was gracioufly plcafed to give me more credit then 
 ordinary ^ which all her Attendants knew flie continued to the time 
 of her death. I laboured much, but could not prevail : The Queen oft 
 laying to me •, My Lord, Tott and the re(l of your Friends know not what 
 you do: I know your Mafter better then yo^ all-^ For if this Toung man be 
 once brought in, the frft perfons that he will plague mitft he you that labor for 
 him, ycal jliail have my part alfo; The King will teach himto def^ife and 
 hardly intrc-at us all, that he may feem to be beholden to none but himfclf. 
 Noble Queen ! how like a Prophetefs or Oracle did you Ipeak ! 
 
 Notwitl-iftanding this we were ftill inftanr, telling her Majefty that 
 theChnnge would be for the better: For, George was of a good nature, 
 which the other was not \ And if he iliould degenerate, yet it would be 
 a long time before he were able to attain to that height of evil which the 
 
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 Htjlorical ColleUions. 
 
 Other had. In the end upon importunity Queen Anne condefcended, and 
 fo prelTed ic with the King , that he aflcnted thereunto : Which was fo 
 ftricken while the Iron was hot, that in the Queens Bed-chamber the 
 King Knighted him with the Rapier which the Prince did wear. And 
 when the King gave order to fwear him of the Bed-chamber, Semcrfct, 
 who was near, importuned the King with a meflage, that he might be only 
 fworne a Groom : But my lelf and others that were at the door, fent to 
 ' her Majefty, that (he would perte(5l her work, and caufe him to be fworne 
 a Gentlemanot the Chamber. There is a Lord or two living that had a 
 hand in this atchievement -, I diminilli nothing of their praife for fo happy 
 a work: But I know my own part bed 5 and, in the word of an honeft 
 man, I have reported nothing but truth. George went in with the King ^ 
 but no fooner he got looie, but he came forth unto me into the Privy- 
 gallery, and there embraced me: HeprofelTed that he was fo infinitely 
 bound unto me, that all his life long he muft honor me as his Father. 
 And now he did befeech me that I would give him fome leflbns how he 
 fliould carry himfelf. When he earneftly followed this chace, I told him 
 I would give him three (hort leffons,if he would learn them. The firft was. 
 That daily upon his knees he fliould pray to God to blefs the King his 
 Mafter,and to give hun (George) grace ftudioufly to ferve and plcafehim. 
 The fecond was. That he ihould do all good offices between the King and 
 the Q«.een, and between the King and the Prince. The third was. That he 
 fliould fill his Mafters ears with nothing but Truth. I made him repeat 
 thefe three things unto me, and then I would have him to acquaint the 
 King with them, and fo tell me when I met him again, what the Kin<» 
 faid unto him. He promifed me he would •, and the morrow after, MwTho. 
 Murrej the Princes Tutor and I {landing together in the Gallery at White- 
 hall, Sir Geo. Villeirs coming forth and drawing to us, he told Mv. Murrey 
 how much he was beholden uato me, and that I had given him certain 
 Inftru(5tions 5 which I prayed him to rehearfe, as indifferently well he did 
 before us-, yea, and that he had acquainted the King with them, who 
 faid, They were laftrudions worthy of an Archbifliop to give to a Young 
 man. His countenance of thankfulnefs for a few days continued, but not 
 long either to me, or any other his Welwifliers. The Roman Hiftorian 
 Tacit/ts hath fomcwhere a note. That benefits while they may be requited 
 fecm courtefies ; but when they are fo high that they cannot be repaid, 
 they prove matters of hatred. 
 
 Thus, to lie by me to quicken my remembrance, I have laid down the 
 Caufe and the Proceedings of my fending into Kent, where I remain at 
 the writing of this Trcatife : Praying God to blefs and guide our King 
 aright •, To continue the profperity and w elfare of this Kingdom, which 
 at this time is flirewdly Ihaken -, To fend good and worthy men to be 
 Governors of our Church : To profper my mind and body, that I may 
 do' nothing that may give a wound to my Confcience •, and then to fend 
 me patience quietly to endure whatfoever his Divine Majefty Ihall be 
 pleafed to lay upon me •, Da (juod jubes, & juk cjuod fis ! And in the 
 end to give me fuch a happy deliverance either- in life or death, as may be 
 moftfor his glory, and for the wholfom example of others, who look 
 much on tte A(iti0ns and Palfions of Men of my Place. 
 
 Amongft 
 
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 Hiflorical CoUeHions. 
 
 
 Mong thofe many Gentlemen who were imprifoned throughout 
 
 l\ EngLwd tor retuling to lend upon the CommifTion for Loans, 
 
 ^ -^ onh' Five of them brought their Habeas Corptts, viz. Sir Thomas 
 
 DJinell, Sir ^o'm Corbet, Sir Walter Earl, Sir ^ohn Hcveningham, Sir 
 
 Edward Hamfdci^. 
 
 In Michachnas Term 5 C^re//' , a Return was made of their fevcral 
 Commitments. [To inftance only in one, all the reft being in the fame 
 form.3 The Warden of the Fleet made this Return : 
 
 " That Sir Walter Earl Knight named in the Writ, is detained in 
 *' the Prifon of the tleet in his Cuftody, by fpecial Command of the 
 "King to him fignified by Warrant of ieveral of the Privy-Council, in 
 " thefe words : 
 
 Whcreai Sir Walter Earl Knight rv.ts heretofere committed to jour 
 Cuftodj, Thefc are to will and require yott (lilt to detain him, letting you know 
 that both his firfi Commitment, and dire^ion for the continuance of him in 
 Pri[on, wsre and are by his Majeflies fpecial cominandment. 
 
 From Whitehall, Novemb.'j. 1627. 
 
 Tho. Coventry, Ci^r. 
 
 S'n- Thomas Darnell w^s the firft that was brought to the Bar upon 
 that Writ •, where the Kings Attorney- General Sir Robert Heath did 
 inform the Court, that his Majefty told him. He heard that fome of 
 the imprifoned Gtntleinen for the Loan did report. That the King did 
 deny them the Courfe of Juftice -, And therefore his Majefty command- 
 ed him to renew the Writ of Habeas Corf us, left they (hould not move 
 for another themfelves, by reafon the Warden of the f/m had not re- 
 fuiUL^d the firft according to his duty. 
 
 To this Sir Thomas Darnell replied, That fuch words never came into 
 liis thougfits : And did humbly pray they might make no impreflion up- 
 on the Coui t to tlie difparagement of his Caufe ; for he was accufed of 
 that h,c was in no manner guilty of. Upon which Sir Nicholas Hide Chief 
 Jufticefaid, That he had made a fair and temperate Anfwer : And you 
 may perceive ( faid the Chief Juftice ) the upright and fincere proceedings 
 which have been in this bufineis: You no fooner moved for a Habeas 
 Corf US, but it was granted you ; you no fooner defired Council, but they 
 were alligncd you, though any Council might move for you without 
 being aflfigned, and (liould have had no blame for it : The Kings pleafure 
 is, his Law (hould take place and be executed, and for that do we fit here ^ 
 And whether the Commitment be by the King or others, this Court is 
 the place where tlie King doth fit in perfon to do right, if injury be done : 
 And we have power to examine it •, and if it appear that any man hath 
 wrong done him by his Imprifonment, we have power to deliver and dif- 
 charge him •, if otherwife, he is to be remanded by us to jPrifon again. 
 And the Attorney-General, after the Chief Juftice had fpoken, faid. 
 Though this be a Cafe which concerns the Kingman high degree, yet 
 he hath been fo gracious and fo juft, as not to refufe the Examination 
 and Determination thereof according to the Laws of the Kingdom, 
 
 Then the Court proceeded to hear the Arguments made in the Pri- 
 foners behalf. Mr.A'^^ argued for Sir Walter Earl, Serjeant Bramflon for 
 Sh^ohn Hcveningham, Mr.Selden for Sir Edward Hamf. 'en, Mr. Calthrof 
 for Sir ^ohn Corbet, who were all afligned of Council with the Prifoners 
 
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 Hi^orkal ColleHions. 
 
 ¥i 
 
 by the Court of Kings-Bench, upon a Petition delivered by them to that 
 purpofe. After they had argued, Mr. Attorney had a day appointed to 
 argue for the King. It is not our intention to take up the Readers time 
 with the Arguments at large, either by the one fide, or the other: We 
 flwll only hint unto you fome generals, chiefly concerning the form of 
 the Return of the Writ. The firft Exception taken by the Council for 
 the imprifoned Gentlemen, was to the form of the Return. 
 
 1. For that the Return is not pofitive, but referred to the fignifica- 
 tion made by another, (by the Lords of the Council.) 
 
 2. The Keepers of the Prifons have not rcturn'd the Ciufe of the 
 Commitment,but the Caufe of the Caufe^ which they held not to be good. 
 
 3. That the Return of the Commitment is imperfect, for that it 
 flieweth onely the Caufe of the detaining in Prifon, and not the Caufe of 
 the firfl: Commitment. 
 
 Laftly,That the Return is contradidory in it felf : For that in the firft 
 
 B part thereof it is certified, that the detaining of thole Gentlemen in Prifon 
 
 is per fpeciale mandatnm Domini Regis ^ And when the Warrant of the 
 
 Lords of the Council is lliewn, it appeareth that the Commitment is by 
 
 the command of the King fignified by the Lords of the Council. 
 
 The fecond general Exception was to the matter of the Return 5 and 
 that was touching the lmpn(onment^ per (pecjale mandatum Domini Regis, 
 by the Lords of the Council, without any Caufe expreflfed. Wherefore, 
 faid Mr. Seldcfj, by theconftant and fetled Laws of this Kingdom (without 
 which we have nothing) no man can be juftly imprifoned either by the 
 King or Council, without a Caufe of the Commitment t, and that ought 
 to be exprefl'ed in the Return. The Law faitii exprefly, No Free-man 
 fliallbe imprifoned without due Procefs of the Law: Nitllm liber homo 
 capiatur vel impri[onetur ni[i per legem terr^e, <^c. And in the Charter of 
 King J'ohn there are thefe words, Nee eum in carcerem mittimus, We will 
 not commit him to Prifon •, that is, The King himself will not. 
 
 This right ( faid Serjeant B/4m[fon) is the onely means that a Sub- 
 D jed hatii whereby to obtain his Liberty 5 and the end of it is to return 
 the Caufe of the Imprifonment, that it may be examined in this Court 
 whether the parties ought to be difcharged or not : Which cannot be 
 done upon this Return •, for the Caufe ot the Imprifonment is fo far from 
 appearmg particularly by it, that there is no Caufe at all expreffed: And 
 the Writ requires that the Caufe of the Imprifonment ihould be returned, 
 and the Caufe ought to be exprelTed fo far, as that it ought to be none of 
 thofe Cauies for which by the Laws of the Kingdom the Subjed ought 
 not to be imprifoned ; and it ought to be exprelfed, that it was by Pre- 
 feiument or Indidlment, or upon Petition or Suggeftion made unto the 
 King. For ( faid he ) obferve but the confequence : If thofe Gentlemen 
 who arc committed without any Caufe Ihewn, fliould not be bailed, but 
 remanded -, the Subjeds of the Kingdom may be reftrained of their Li- 
 berty for ever, and by Law there can be no remedy. We iliall not reded 
 upon the prefent time and Government ; but we are to look what may 
 betide us in time to come hereafter. The Laws are called the great Inheri- 
 tance of every Subjed,and the Inheritance of Inheritances, without which 
 we have nothing that deferves the name of Inheritance, 
 
 If upon a H.il>c.ts Corpus a Caufe of Commitment be certified, then 
 
 ■ (faid Mv.Noy) the Caufe is to be tryed before your Lordfliips •, but if no 
 
 Caufe be fliewn, the Court muft do that which ft;mdeth with Law and 
 
 I Juftice, and that is to deliver the party. The Commons did complain in 
 
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 Hijlorical CollcBions, 
 
 Ed. 3. his time, that the great Charter and other Statutes were broken •, 
 Theydefired, that for the good of himfelf and his people they may be 
 kept and put in execution, and not infringed by making any Arreft by 
 fpecial command, or othervvife. And the Anfwer which was given them 
 was this. That the faid great Charter and other Statutes fhould be put in 
 execution according to the Petition, without difturbance of Arrefts by 
 fpecial command •, And the King granteth the Commons defire in the 
 fame words as they were cxpreffed in their Petition. And afterwards 
 complaining again. That notwithftanding this Anfwer of the King, they 
 were imprifoned by fpecial command, without Indidment or other legal 
 courfe of Law : The Kings Anfwer was upon another Petition unto him, 
 That he was therewith well pleafed •, And for the future he added further, 
 If an) man be grieved, let him complain, and right flail be done. And for- 
 afmuch as it doth not appear to the Court, that there was any Caufe of 
 the Commitment of thefe Members, no Charge againft them, no Indid- 
 ment or Procefs according to the Laws : Wherefore yiv.Noj prayed they 
 might be no longer detained in Prifon, but be bailed or difcharged. 
 
 Admit the Commitment of the Command of the King was lawful, 
 yet, faid Mr.Galthorp, when a man hath continued in prifon a reafonable 
 time, he ought to be brought to anfwer, and not to continue ftill in prifon 
 without being brought to anfwer •, For that it appeareth by the Books of 
 our Laws, that Liberty is a thing fo favored of the Law, that the LaW will 
 not fuffer the continuance of a man in prifon for any longer time then of 
 neceffity it muft : And therefore the Law will neither fuffer the Party, 
 Sheriffs or Judges to continue a man in prifon by their power and pleafure. 
 It doth fpeak of the delivery of a man out of prifon with as reafonable ex- 
 pedition as may be : And upon this reafcn it hath been refolved,that how- 
 foever the Law alloweth that there may be a Term between the Tefie of an 
 Original Writ, and the Return of the fame, where there is only a Sum- 
 mons,and no Imprifonment of the body •, yet the Law will not allow that 
 there fhould be a Term between the rf/?f of a Wnt oiCapitts, and the 
 Return of the fame, where the body of a man is to be imprifon'd -, info- 
 much that it will give no way that the party (hall have power to continue 
 the body of a man longer time in prifon then needs muft -, fo tender is the 
 Law of the Subjects Liberty. 
 
 Monday the 2-], oi November, the Attorney-General argued for the 
 King,That this was a very great Caufe,and hath raifed great expectation 5 
 and he was afraid that thofe Gentlemen whom it concerns, have rather 
 advifed their Councils,then their Councils them. For the firft Exception, 
 That the Return is not pofitive,but hath relation to fome others •, He did 
 conceive it was pofitive enough : For (faid he) the words are, ^od de- 
 tentHs eft [ub citftodta mea per fpeciale mandatum Domint Regis •• The other 
 words {miht fignificatum~\ they follow after, but are not part of the affir- 
 mation made before it. And if they will have it as they feem to undcrftand 
 it, then they mufl return the words thus-, ^od figmpcatum eft miht per 
 JDominos Privati Confilii, quod detentns eft per (pecjale mandatum Domini 
 Regis . And then it had not been their own proper Return, but the iigni- 
 (ication of another, the Lords of the Council. The turning of the fen- 
 tence would refolve this point ^ the thing it felf muft fpeak for it felf : It 
 is clcar,it is a pofitive Return, that the detaining is by the command of the 
 King •, and the reft of the Return is rather fatisfadion to the Court, then 
 any part of the Return. And for the other Exception, That the Caufe of 
 the Caufe is returned, and aot the Caufe it felf j He faid, Among the 
 
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 HiUoricdl CoileBions. 
 
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 Logicians there are two Caufes -, there is Catila cmfafis, and Ca»fa caw 
 fjta. The Caiifa caufans here in this Cafe, is not the Warrant from the 
 Lords of the Council, for that is Caufa caitfiita: But the primary and 
 original CaulCjwhich is Cauft cjufam, Is^Speciale miwiatum Domini Regis 5 
 the other is but the Councils fignification, or teftification, or Warrant 
 for him that made the Return. And for the other Exception, The 
 Caufe is imperfed, becaufe it lliews only the Caufc of detaining in Prifon, 
 and not the Caufe of the firfl Commitment-, He conceives it is fuf- 
 ficient for an Officer of- the Law to anfwer , That the Writ is a 
 Command to make a Return of the detaining of the Prifoner, and he 
 accordingly makes a Return of the Detention •, and if the Keeper of 
 the Prifon had only faid they were detained per (}eciale mandatHtn, &c, 
 it had been good. 
 
 Then he proceeded to the matter of the Return, and to artfwer'the 
 Book-Cafes and Records that had been cited by the Council for the^ 
 Prifoners, and to produce Prefidents on the Kings behalfj which are 
 extant in Print, to which the Reader is referred. 
 
 Afterwards Sir NichoLis Hide Chief Jullice, Juftice Bodderidge , 
 JuAice ^ones , and Juftice Whitlock being upon the Bench , and Sir 
 J-ohn tieveninghtim and the forementioned Prifoners bethg brought to 
 the Bar, Sir NichoUi Hide Lord Chief Juftice, by the confent and di- 
 redion of the Judges, fpake to this purpofe: 
 
 That the Court hath fenoully confidered what hath been fpoken 
 by either fide, and are grown to a relolution^ And that his Brothers 
 have tnjoined him to deliver unto you the refolution of the whole Court 5 
 And therefore (faid he) though it be delivered by my mouth, it is the 
 refolution of us all." I am fure you expedl Juftice from hence, and God 
 forbi 1 we fliould fit here but to do Juftice to all men according to our 
 beft skill and knowledge, as it is our oaths and duties foto do. But 
 this is a Cafe of very great weight, and great expedation, and requires 
 more foleain Arguments then the lime will now permit. The Excepti- 
 ons which have been taken to this Return, are two 5 the one for the 
 form , the other for the fubftance. Firft for the form , becaufe it is 
 not returned , as they fay , pofitively and abfolutely , but with refe- 
 rence to a' Warrant of the Lords of the Council : Now the Court 
 is of opinion. That this is a pofitive and abfolute Return, upon 
 this ueafon, That the Keeper of the Prifon firft returns, that they are 
 detained by the fpecial command of the King •, And if they had ceafed 
 there, it had been pofitive : And for that which follows, That it was 
 fignified to him by the Lords of the Council, this is only to certifie the 
 Cou; t that he returned the Caufe truly, and not to iliew us that he had 
 no knowledge of the Caufe but by the fignification of the Lords of the 
 Council: There is not one word in the Writ that demands the caufe 
 why they were taken, but why they are detained. So that that point in 
 the Writ is fufficiently anfwered, which was only to certifie tiie caufe of 
 the detention : And therefore we refolve. That the form of this Return 
 
 is good. 
 
 The next thing is the main point in Law, Whether the fubftance 
 or matter of the Return be good, or no -t Where in the fubftance is this •, 
 Me doth certifie that they are detained in Prifon by the fpscial command 
 of the King : And whether this be good in Law, or no, is the Queftion, 
 Here the Lord Chief Juftice did mention the feveral Prefidents and 
 Book-Cafes cited by each fide, too long to be here related. 
 
 O o o And , 
 
 3 Caroli.
 
 ^66 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions. 
 
 Aft. 1627. 
 
 Varieus Re- 
 ports con- 
 cerning the 
 Army at 
 Rbte. 
 
 A further 
 Supply pre- 
 paring for 
 Rhee, and to 
 be conveyed 
 thither by the 
 Earl of Hol- 
 land. 
 
 And concluded, That that which is now to be judged by us, is this, 1 
 Whether one that is committed by the Kings authority, and noCaufe 
 (hewn of his Commitment, according as here it is upon this Return, 
 whether we ought to deliver him by Bail, or to remand him back again •: 
 Where by the way you muft know, that we can take notice only of 
 this Return •, That when the Cafe appears to us no other wife then by the 1 
 Return, we are not bound to examine the truth thereof, but the fuffici- 
 encie of the Return : We cannot judge upon rumors or reports, but 
 upon that which is before us on Record , which is examinable by us 
 whether it be fufficient, or not. 
 
 Mr. Jttoniey hzth told you. That the King hath done it-. And we 
 truft him in great matters : And we make no doubt but the King , if 
 you feek to him, knowing the caofe why you are imprifoned, will have 
 mercy 5 but we leave that, we muft not counfel you : If in Juftice we 
 ought to deliver you, we would do it •, But upon thefe grounds. Records, 
 Prefidents snd Refolutions cited and produced, the Court is of opinion 
 they cannot deliver you, but you muft be remanded. 
 
 Whilft thefe Arguments about the Loan were in agitation, (which 
 began in October in Michaelwoi-Tevm) various Reports and Advertife- 
 ments came from the Ifle of Rhee : Sometime , That they were in a 
 Treaty with the Duke to furrender the Citadel unto him 5 Others 
 wrote. That itwas but a device of the Governor to get time till Relief 
 came : And many were diftatisfied with the Prefents and Complements 
 which pafled between the Duke and the Governor of the Citadel -, Ci- 
 vilities to an enraged Enemy (as was faid) feldom producing good 
 effeft. Befides it was obferved, the Governor by his frequent fending 
 out of Meflengers ( though in a military way with Drums and Trumpets ) 
 gave the Enemy advantage of feeing the Works and Army. But the 
 Vulgar fort at home fpake more plainly of the mifcarriages at Rhee, how 
 all things went theve— The clean contrary way. 
 
 It hath been obferved, when things come to be Fox foptli , it is 
 commonly an ill prefage : But at this time, perfons of better quality and 
 judgment gave out odd fpeeches concerning Affairs at Rhee 5 That the 
 bufmej? could not go iveH at the ijle of Rhee ; That there muft be a Parlia- 
 ment 5 That fome muft be facrificed. That Bifhop Laud was as like as any. 
 The Bifhop hearing of thefe fpeeches , and that they were doubled, 
 being fpoken byfeveral perfons, he acquainted the King "therewith •, 
 who replied unto him, Let me deft re you not to trouble your felf with any 
 reports, till you fee me for fake my other Friends, ^c. And the Parliament 
 which afterwards followed ( faid Billiop Laud) fought his ruine, which 
 by the Kings fudden diffolution thereof was prevented, and the Kings 
 other Friends by that means not forfaken. 
 
 Notwithftanding thefe reports , the King is refolved fpeedily to 
 fet to Sea divers Ships with a further fupply of Soldiers to be fent to 
 the Army in the Ifle of Rhee •, and commands to prefs certain Com- 
 l panies of Soldiers and Mariners , who were to rendevouz at Plymouth, 
 I and from thence to be imbarqued and difpofed as aforefaid. In order 
 I to which fervice, the King by Commiflion appointed the faid Soldiers 
 and Mariners to be at prefent under the Command of Charls L. Vicount 
 IVtlmot : But afterwards his Majefty by Commiffion did conftitute and 
 appoint the Earl of Holland to repair to Plymouth, and there to take into 
 
 his charge and under his command. 
 
 the overfight, rule, order and go- 
 vernment 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hi^orical ColieBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 vernment of all the faid Soldiers and Mariners both at Sea and Land 
 and to fee them, and all Provifions and NecefTaries to be ihipped and 
 with all conveniencie to be tranfported and conduded to the Ifle oi Rhee . 
 and a Squadron of Ships was alfo appointed for their tranfportation, and 
 he was to deliver them under the command of the Duke of Buckingham 
 Admiral of England, and General of the Army. 
 
 But before the Earl of Holland fet fail, let us fee what they are doing 
 at the Ifle of Rhee. 
 
 The fiirft news we meet with there, is, That the French (notwithftand- 
 ing.our Army at Land, and a hundred Sail of Ships at Sea ) had got into 
 the Harbor with relief of Provifions : And that Sir ^ehn Bttrroaghs, the 
 20. of Sepember, going to take a view of the Works, was fliot with 
 a bullet, whereof he prefently dyed •, His death was much lamented, 
 having been a great Honor to the Englilh Nation both at home and 
 abroad. 
 
 About this time landeth Sir Pierce Crofby, and fomc other Com- 
 manders, with about Sixteen huudred Englilh and Irijh, which came as 
 an Afliftance to the Forces before Rhee. And now Toras the Governor be- 
 gan to forefee want, notwithftanding his late fupply, and to ftudy all ways 
 and means how to give advertifement to the King of France of the low 
 condition he was reduced unto. Sandgrein, a Frenchman, adventured out 
 of the Citadel, and privately efcaped the Guards, and got with Intelli- 
 gence to the King of France: Yet toras fearing left he might mifcarry, 
 prevailed with three of his mcn,promifing large rewards,to adventure their 
 lives, and to fwim to the fliore of the main Continent : Two mifcarried 
 but the third got fafe, and delivered the Meflage which the Governor 
 entrufted him with. In the mean time more fmall Veflels got into the 
 Harbor under the Citadel, and was a further ( though fmall ) Supply 
 unto them. 
 
 But the King of France was extremely aliarm'd by the advertifement 
 from Toras, and thereupon blocks up Rochel with his Army, as if he had 
 defigned the taking of it •, but the main end in feeming to defign the 
 Army againft Rochel, was thereby to take the opportunity to be near at 
 hand to land Forces under the favor of the Little- Fort,fo much negleded 
 atfirft, and to put Vi<^uals into the Citadel at S.Martins, which was at 
 that time reduced to a low condition. And the fame was effedled time 
 after time, and fupplies of men and viduals got in, notwithftanding the 
 Englifli Guards at Land and Sea, which now and then took fome of the 
 Veflels ; but neverthelefs fo much provifion got in, as ferved their occa- 
 fion in the Citadel to the end of the Siege. 
 
 Now the Rochellers , after they had in vain continued promifes of 
 obedience to the King of France, and entettained a divifion among the 
 Proteftants, one Party crolTmg another, and finding the evil confequence 
 of the divifion, they puE forth a Manife(to, and declare for England ^ and 
 the Duke of Rhoan having given Commiflions to raife Forces to aflift 
 the Englijh, declareth in peefervation of the Edidl of two Peaces, and 
 protefteth not to demand any thing but the obfervation of the faid Edids. 
 On the other part the King of France declareth and promifeth, That he 
 will on his part obferve the faid Edid : And further declares the Duke 
 o^ Rhoan to be drawn to death ^ and declares Sobiee, a Traitor, and that 
 he that fliould kill him, fliould be accounted Noble. 
 
 4.57 
 
 3 Careli, 
 
 The Citadel 
 at Rhei re- 
 lieved. 
 
 Sir John Bur- 
 roughs flain. 
 
 Toras fends in- 
 telligence to 
 the King of 
 France. 
 
 doo 
 
 By 
 
 The Rochellers 
 at iafl declare 
 for EngUnd.
 
 I ^^ 
 
 \A>t. 1627. 
 j yr^y-^^ 
 
 I A Treaty for 
 >i!rrcn(!tr be- 
 tween tiie 
 Duke and 
 Tortn. 
 
 The Citadel 
 rclitv'd again 
 
 A Retreat re- 
 folved on. 
 
 'obier againfi 
 
 The Citadel 
 ftormed. 
 
 again 
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions. 
 
 By this time the French had got a great fupply of Shipping from 
 the Spaniard for their alTiftance, which with their own made up above a 
 hundred Sail, (exceeding the Englilh Navy in number) yet did avoid 
 en"aoing with the Englifh Fleet, exercifing all their skill and art how to 
 get in a good and round fupply of Provifion into the Citadel -, and Toras 
 the Governor employed his wit to gain time to that end, by entertaining 
 a Treaty of Surrender upon honorable terms ^ and prevails with the Duke 
 thachemny firftfend tothe Kihgof /^r-j/^ff, that he might come off with 
 donor: The Duke confents thereunto, on condition that an Englifh 
 Gencleman,an Attendant upon the Duke^might go with that Party which 
 Toras fent, and have a fafe condud through France to pafs into England, , 
 And fothey both go to the Court of France, where the Englifh Gentle- 
 man was fecured, but the Party whom T(?rrf5 fent did his errand, and no 
 doubt gave the King oi France a perfed account of their condition in the 
 Citadel s whilft the Englifh Gentleman was detained that he could not do 
 the like fervice for the King of England, in delivering to him what he had 
 in command from the Duke. The French Gentleman returns to the 
 Lengiire at S. Martins •, but by reafon the Englifli Gentleman was not 
 peimitted to go for England, the Frenchman was not permitted to go 
 into the Citadel. 
 
 Toras again renews the Treaty, pretending that if he had not Relief 
 fuch a day by fuch an hour, he woald furrendcr : And fpun out the time 
 fo long , that in good earneft Relief got in both of men, viduals and am- 
 munition •, and the fame Veffels which brought the Relief, carried away 
 the fick and wounded,and unferviceable men in the Citadel.So the Treaty 
 proceeded no further 5 and the Enemy holds upon their Pike-heads Mut« 
 ton, Capons, Turkies,&c. to let the Englifh fee they had no want. Now 
 we go to work with Mine and Battery ; And prefcntly alfo comes news, 
 that the French liad landed more Forces near the Meadotv-Caftle, (a place 
 alfo at the firft neglcded, though then unmanned ) And orders are given 
 to draw out men (leaving the Trenches unguarded ) to encounter the 
 French that were landed : Which was performed with fome reafonable 
 fuccefs •, but the Enemy got fecurity under the Caftle, and thereupon the 
 Englifli retreated, and were enforced to fight to recover their Trenches, 
 which the Enemy had now poffelTed, and many mens lives were lofl in 
 the regaining thereof. 
 
 This laft refrefhment of the Enemy ( being about the middle of 
 October) caufed the Dukt to enter into Council, and to think of a re- 
 fx)lution for a Retreat 5 which he communicated to Sohiez, and tells him 
 further. That thefeafon is paft, his Army diminifhed, his Viduals con- 
 fumed, and his Council of War had judged it fitting to retire. Sohiez 
 anfwered the Duke, That the Earl of Holland's Fleet was coming with 
 Supplies-, that the Relief given was not confiderable -, that the Retreat 
 would draw after it the lofs o^Rochel, and thereby make Sohiez guilty of 
 the ruine thereof-, but above all, it would bring an irreparable prejudice 
 and difhonor upon his Mafler o^ Great Britain, that had made an Enterprife 
 of fo little honor and profit. Upon this the Duke continues the Siege, 
 and fhortly after refolves to ftorm the Citadel and Works ; to which (it 
 was faid ) the Englifh Commanders were much averfe, but the French 
 Commanders were zealous for it : And fo for a hxtv!t\\^Novemb.6. a vain 
 Attempt was made on all fides of the Citadel. In fhort, we lofl men and 
 honor -, for the Fort was unaccefTible, befides well manned with fircfh fup- 
 plies of men newly put in : And having left many dead and hurt, w-e were 
 
 forced
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Htjlorical CoUecHons. 
 
 \69 
 
 forced CO retire. This ill fuccefs, with the advife given that the Troops of 
 the other Forts did increafe, ( the French, nocwithftanding our Shipping, 
 pouring their Forces amain into the IHand ) haftened the Duke to raife 
 the Siege and to retreat, to ll'.ip his men again for 'Enghnd. 
 
 Novemh.8. early in the morning the Drums heat, and the Army pre- 
 pares for a March •, but Icarce had the Rearguard come our,but the Troops 
 of the Enemy appeared equal in number for Foot, and far llronger in 
 Horfe, which the Enemy had (during the Siege) landed inthellland 
 under the favor of the Little-Fort, and the Meadow-Caftle, ( the two 
 places fo ftrangely omitted at the firft to be podeflfed by the Englilh : ) 
 Yet notwithftandmg their ftrength, and the advantage of falling upon an 
 Army on a retreat, which had endured much hardihip and received many 
 difconragements, would not tlic Enemy engage in plain fieldj wken the 
 Duke feveral times drew up the Army in their march, and made a ftand 
 in hopes of a Battel. But the wary French Commander Ihunned the ha- 
 zard of Fight on equal terms, forefeeing a greater advantage with Icfs ha- 
 zard : For no fooner were the Engli/li entred into the Narrow Califey 
 and Lane, having on each hand deep ditches and Salt- pits, but the Enemy 
 obferved the advantage, and that the Englilh had negletfled to raife a 
 Fort at the entry of the Caufey to fecure tneir retreit, and ( yet worfe ) 
 that they had not raifed a Fort at the further end thereof near the Bridge 
 to fecure the paflage over it,but had only raifed a fmall Work not tenable 
 on the further fide of the Bridge, whereupon the Enemy advanced with 
 great fury on a weak Rearguard of Horfe, and quickly put them to a re- 
 treat ^ who in that Narrow Caofey difordered the Foot, and the Enemy 
 thereby took the advantage, followed clofe and did much execution upon 
 the Englidi : Thofe who efcaped the fwbrd,were drowned in the Salt-pits 
 and Ditches •, and the Crowd was fo great on the Bridge, ( the Enemy 
 purfuing them over ) that many Englilh were drowned in the River. Yet 
 in this difcomfited condition the Englifh took courage, faced about, ral- 
 lied their Forces, made up a fmart body that drew up to fight the Enemy 5 
 but the French ( not daring to engage but upon great advantage) were 
 enforced to retreat over the Bridge. The Englifh loft feveral hundreds of 
 men, and many Colors, and great was their difhonor : The lofs of the 
 men was not fo great, as that they were left upon fo unequal terms, where 
 the proof and valor of an Englifhman could not put forth it felf. 
 
 Novcmb.9. the Army was (hipped, and the Duke promifeth the Rochel- 
 lers to come again to their relief, and prefently after fet fail for England, 
 meeting with the Earl of Holland as he was fet ting out oi'Fljmcitth coming 
 with a Supply, 
 
 And now every man paffeth his cenfure upon this Expedition : Some 
 laying the fault upon the Duke, (i) For being too flow in his march after 
 the firft landing, whereby the Enemy got in provifionand heartned his 
 men. (2) In being too remifs during the Siege, in not preventing provifi- 
 ons for going into the Citadel, by doubling Guards at Land and Se3,when 
 the wind ftood fair. (3) In omitting to take in tiie Little Fort,from whence 
 (as it was faid) proceeded all the mifery that afterwards followed. (4) In 
 retreating before all things were certainly prepared in order to a Teure 
 march in narrow places and paftages. The Duke pleaded for himfelf,That 
 he aded for the moft part by the advice of a Council of War; and if 
 Orders were given, and nut obferved, it was not his fault : That had the 
 Earl o{ Holland covnt with a Supply of dripping, men and vidluals, ^o foon 
 
 he had then without doubt fo nar- 
 rowly 
 
 Caroli. 
 
 The Arthy 
 rtntats. 
 
 The Encttiy 
 engageth the 
 Rear of the 
 Army, 
 
 as he might and ought to have done, 
 
 Several opini-[ 
 ons concetn- 
 ing thisExpe- 
 dicion to Khr-
 
 47° I 
 
 Hijlorkal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1627. 
 
 The misfor- 
 tune of Khee- 
 Expedition, 
 caufetha cla- 
 mor in tlie 
 Nation. 
 
 A Lift of Ar- 
 rearages for 
 freight of fhips 
 and Sca-mens 
 wages. 
 
 Anne-Royal. 
 1 Repylje. 
 Affurance, 
 Nonfuch. 
 Waltfpite. 
 Adventure. 
 
 Triumph. 
 
 Villory. 
 
 S.George. 
 
 S-Andreiv. 
 
 RAinborv, 
 
 Vantguard. 
 
 Red-Lion. 
 
 S.Efperite. 
 
 Ottrd-Land. 
 
 ConueSine. 
 
 Antelop. 
 
 Entrance. 
 
 rowly blocked up the Harbor to the Citadel by Sea, that no Provifion 
 (hould have got into it. The Earl of Holland anfwered for himfelf, That 
 when he was ready to have gone aboard the Fleet at Plymouth, the Ships 
 with Provifion were not come out of Chattam -., and when the Provifions 
 were (liiptjtime was fpent before he could get them to a Rendevouz •, and 
 when they were come to a Rendevouz, and he ready to fet fail with the 
 whole Fleet, the winds proved contrary. But fome of the chief Com- 
 manders when they came into England, fpake fomwhat loudly of other 
 mifcarriages at Rhee, pleading much on the behalf of the Council of War. 
 And now when the unfortanate Adion of Rhee was known and pub- 
 lifhed throughout the Nation, the cry of the People was fo great, and the 
 Kings neceilities fo prefling , that it was in every mans mouth, A Parlia- 
 ment muft needs be fummoncd : For we have now provoked two potent 
 neigbor Kings, and near Enemies ^ our Coafts and Ports were unguarded, 
 our able Commanders worne away or not im. ployed : The Mariners come 
 in multitudes to the Court at Whitehall, in great diforder and confufion 
 crying out for Pay, and much ado there was to appeafe them : The Ene- 
 mies come into our Harbors, furvey our Rivers, and the Fiihermen can 
 fcarce look out : A vaft number of our Ships have been loft and taken in 
 the three years paft, and the Merchants ceafe to build more, becaufe they 
 were preft for the Kings fervice at a low rate, and not paid 5 and the Ma- 
 riners flee from their own imployment,fearing to be preft again 5 And our 
 Enemies grow upon us, efpecially in the Eaftern Countries. 
 
 We give you here a brief Account of fuch Arrearages as were behind 
 and unpaid for Freight of Ships, Seamens Wages, and Materials for 
 Shipping, in the Years 1625^ 1626, & 1627, 
 
 FOr freight of Merchants and Newcaftk -Ships imployed') 
 in his Majefties fervice, and for feveral Bills of provifi-(' /. s. d. 
 onsyet unpaid in the years 1625, & 1626, according to?'6oooo-oo-oo 
 the former Eftimates & Privy-feals pafled for tiie fame — \ 
 For the freight of fundry Merchants and Nemajlle-Mp%^ 
 imployedin his Majefties fervice to the Ifleof Rhee and 1,19560-12-04 
 other places, in the year 1627 J 
 
 For Seamens wages in the fame year 1627, ending the 
 laft of this moneth 
 
 6ip57-ip-o8 
 
 T he repairing of the Hulls & Mafts of the faid Ships to ") 
 make them fit only for imployment in the Narrow-Seas,( 
 together with repair, and for fetting forth of the Noftre-f^'^'^ '^^'°^ 
 dame zad Sea-tvaUer, two Pnk-fhips ■ ) 
 
 For repairing the faid Ships mentioned in the margin,^ 
 for their Hulls,Mafts,&c. at 1000 marks apeece ^08000-00-00 
 
 For fupply of 700 Tuns of Cordage taken out of his ) 
 Majefties Stores, for furniihing to Sea of feveral Fleets,/ 
 at 26/. 135,4^. /'fr Tun, being demanded upon feveral)' 18666- 13-04 
 Eftimates to be made good at the end of each fervice, and\ 
 yet unpaid ' '^ 
 
 Befidesthefe Arrears, there were Demands made by/ 
 the Navy for fupplying the Stores with Maft, Timber,>26ooo-oo-oo 
 Plank, Deal, Sales, Ropes, Tar, Tallow, Iron, Anchors,( 
 &c. the Sum of ;— ;• — ; ^ 
 
 The
 
 HiUorical ColleBions. 
 
 +7« 
 
 S Carsli. 
 
 The RocheUers, after the Dukes arrival in EngUndy fent their Deputies 
 1 to his Majefty for fuccor and relief in their diftrefTed condition, and pre- 
 sented their Defires in nature of a Remonftrance to the King and the 
 Lords of the Council^ wherein they gave his Majefty moft humble thanks 
 for the great afliftance and comfort they had received by the Fleet fent in 
 ^uly laft, whereof the Duke of Buckingham was Admiral, which would 
 have been of greater afliftance unto them, had the feafon of the year per- 
 mitted their ftay longer there, or that the fupply of Vi(5luals and Ammu- 
 nition had come unto them which his Majefty had afligned. That they 
 are given to underftand, that there is application made to the King of 
 Denmark to propound the making of a Peace between the two Crowns 
 o[ England Slid France, a thing to be wifhed ( if really intended : ) But the 
 Proceedings of France with the Reformed Churches there, hath hitherto 
 been fuch, as when they fpake moft fair, and nothing but Peace uttered, 
 nothing lefs was intended, and great advantages thereby have been taken 
 
 B againft the Reformed Churches, But in c^k the Treaty do proceed, they 
 humbly prayed, that then his Majefty will be pleafed to infift upon the 
 Capitulation which was made upon his mediation,and for which he pafted 
 his word that the Reformed Churches fliould perform on their part, which 
 they kept inviolable till there were Forces placed and kept in Forts againft 
 them contrary to Capitulation, and more Forces drawn down in order to 
 the redudion of the Remonftrants, and a Fleet uncxpededly come upon 
 them to deftroy their Navigation, when nothing on their part was offered 
 in violation of the Treaty. 
 
 They did further remonftrate. That now the Forces of France are 
 breaking down apace about them totally to block them up by Land, and 
 do intend to make a Barracado crofs the Channel, leaving a narrow paf- 
 fage for the flux and reflux of the Sea, and by that means to ftop all 
 manner of Provifions by Sea ^ which evidently remonftrates their further 
 ruine, if they with all expedition have not fuccor and help from his Ma- 
 jefty of Great Britain : For their neceflities and ftraits are very great al- 
 
 j) ready, by reafon their Magazines are confumed, their monies fpent, and 
 the Inhabitants reduced to fmall allowances. And theref )re do befeech 
 his Majefty with all poflible diligence to fend them fupply of all forts of 
 Provifions fit for a Siege, and to fuccor them once more with the Navy- 
 Royal to interrupt theblockingupof the River, otherwife they are inevi- 
 tably loft. And laftly they did humbly befeech his Majefty and the Lords 
 of his Council to have alfo fo far pity of their indigencie and need, as to 
 permit a General CoUedion to be made in England and Scotland, of fuch 
 perfons whom God fliall move to contribute to their fuccor and relief. 
 And declare that they are refolved ftill to hold out, hoping yet a Relief 
 would come that might be of advantage unto them-, and they were allured 
 thereof by the Duke oi Buckingham at his departure, that he would once 
 more come in perfon to their afliftance. 
 
 In this ftate of Affairs, it is faid, Shr Mol>ert Cotton being thereunto 
 called, prefented his Advice to certain Lords of the Council in manner 
 F I following. 
 
 AS foon as the Houfe of Auflria had incorporated it felf with Spain, sv Robert 
 and by their new Difcoveries gotten to themfclves the Wealth of cwchV Ad. 
 xht Indies, They began to affedl, and have ever lince pur faed a Fifth tj^/ J,°"ent"^ 
 Monarchy. The Emperor Charls would lay the firft Foundation of Italj, nate of affairs. 
 by ' J
 
 M' 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An, \6ii. 
 
 by furpnfing Home : From this he was thruft by force, and refped of Re- I 
 ligion, Hen.S. being made Caput Faderis againft him. He then attempted 
 Higb-Germam, pradifmg by faction and force to reduce them firft to 
 Pettv States,and fo to his abfolute power : In this Hen.%. again prevented 
 hira,by laying the Lutheran Princes under his Confederacie andalTiftance. 
 His Son the Second Philip purfued the fame Ambition in the Netherlands 
 of Germany, by redudlion whereof he intended to make his way further 
 into thecrhers. This the late Queen of £;7^/4»i interrupted, by fiding 
 with the aftiidted people on the one parr, and making herfelf the Head 
 of the Proteftant League with the Princes on the other part, drawing in 
 fecret of State the countenance of France, to-give the more reputation 
 of afliftance to them, and fccurity to it felf. 
 
 Spain feeing his hopes thus fruitlefs by thefe Unions, and ftreights, 
 began firft to break, it he might, the Amity of France and England • 
 But finding the Common danger to be a faft tie, he raifeth up a party in 
 that Kingdom of his own •, by which the French King wis fo diftrefted, 
 that had not the Engli{h Council aflifted and relieved him, Spain had there 
 removed that next and greateft Obftade of his Ambition. 
 
 His Council now tells him from thefe examples, That the way to his 
 great work is irrvpoflible, fo long as England lay a let in his way • And 
 advifeth him, that the remove of that Obftacle be the firft of his intents. 
 This drew on thofe often fecret pradifes againft the perfon of the Qijeen, 
 and his open fury in Eighty Eight againft the body of the State : which 
 {lie perceiving , following the advice of a free Council , would never 
 after admit of a Peace 5 winning thereby the hearts of a loving people, 
 who ever found hands and money for all occafions at home, and keeping 
 facredly all her Alliances abroad, fecuring to her Confederates all her time 
 freedom from fear of Spanifli flavery, and fo ended her old and happy 
 days in glory. 
 
 Spain then, by the wifdom and power of that great Lady, defpoiled 
 
 fo of his means to hurt, though not of his defires, makes up with her 
 
 Peaceful Succeftbr of happy memory that Golden League •, That dif- 
 
 arming us at home by the opinion of Security, and giving them a power 
 
 in our Councils by believing their Friendfhips and pretended Marriage, 
 
 gave them way tocheridi amongft usaParty of their own, and benefit 
 
 of power abroad to lead in Jealoufie and fome divifion between us and 
 
 our Confederates : By which we fee they have fwallowed up the Fortune 
 
 of your Majefties Brother's Eftate, with the reft of the Imperial States -, 
 
 diftrefted the King of Denmark by that quarrel ', diverted Srvcdens af- 
 
 fiftanceby the Wars with the Pole, and moving them now. with offer of 
 
 the Danilh Crown •, And now ( whether from the Plot of our Fatality ) 
 
 hath caft fuch a bone between France and us, as hath made themfelves 
 
 by our quarrel of Religion a faft Confederate, and us a dangerous Enemy. 
 
 So as now we are left no other afliirance againft their malice and ambi- 
 
 ' tion, but the Netherlands, where the tie of mutual fafety is weakned by 
 
 daily difcontents bred and fed "between us by fome ill-affe(5ted to both 
 
 our fecurities, that from the doubtfulnefs of friendftiip as we now ftand, 
 
 we may rather fufpeft from our own domeftick Fadion, if they grow too 
 
 ' furious, they will rather follow the example oiMome in her growing ( that 
 
 held that equal fafety, honorable and more eafie, rare regnum, then [uh- 
 
 jiigare frovineiam) confidering the power they have in their hands, then 
 
 to give any friendly afliftance to fave the prefent condition of a State. 
 
 J You may therefore fee in what terms we ftand abroad, and I fear we are 
 
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 at home for refiftance in no better ftate. There muft be to withftand a 
 Forein Invafion, a proportion both of Sea and Land-Forces : For to eive 
 an Enemy an ea/ie palT'age, and a Port to relieve him in, is no lefs then to 
 hazard all at one ftake. 
 
 And it is to be confidered. That no March by Land can be of that 
 fpeed to make head againft the landing of an Enemy. Then that follows 
 That there is no fuch prevention, as to be Matter of the Sea. To this 
 point of Neceffary Defence, there can be no lefs then Two hundred 
 and forty thoufand pounds. 
 
 For the Land-Forces, if it were for an Offenfive War, the men of 
 lefs livelihood were the bcft fpared ; and we nfed formerly to make 
 fuch War Pttrgamenta requb. if we made no further purchafe by it. 
 But for the fafety of a Commonwealth, the wifdom of all times did never 
 intruft the Publick Caule to any other then to fuch as had a portion in 
 the Publick Adventure. And that we faw in Eighty Bight, when the 
 g care of the Queen, and of the Council , did make the body of that large 
 Army no other then of the Trained Bands, which with the Auxiliaries 
 of the whole Realm, amounted to no lefs then Twenty four thoufand 
 m.tn. Neither were any of thefe drawn from forth their Country and 
 proper habitations, before the end of May, that they might be no long 
 grievance to the Publick ; fuch Difcontentments being to us a more 
 fatal Enemy, then any Forein forces. 
 
 The careful diflributing and dire(5ling of their Sea and Land-forces, 
 being more fitting for a Council of War, then a private man to advife 
 of, I pafs over -, yet (hall ever be willing and ready, when I (lull be called, 
 humbly to offer up fuch Obfervations as I have gathered by the former 
 like occafion in this Realm. 
 
 To make up this Preparation, there are requifite two things, Money, 
 and Affedions -, for they cannot be properly fevered. It was well and 
 wifely faid of that great and grave Councellor the Lord Burleigh in the 
 like cafe, to the late Queen ^ Win hearts, and you have their hands and 
 j-j yurfes. And I find that of late. Diffidence hath been in the one, and hath 
 unhappily prevented the other. 
 
 In gathering then of Money for this prefent need, there are three 
 things requifite, Speed, J(]urance , and Sat is fa£}i«n; And the way to 
 gather ( as in other like cafes hath been done ) muft be by the path-way 
 formerly called P'/a regia, being more fecure and fpeedy : For by unknown 
 and untrodden ways, it is both rough and tedious, and never fucceedeth 
 well. This laft way, akiiough it took place as it were by a Supply at 
 firft, and received no general denial, yet fince, it hath drawn many to 
 cenfult with themfelves and others in the confequence, as it is now 
 conceived a prefliire on their Liberties, and againft Law. I much fear, 
 if that now again it be offered, either in the fame face, or by Privy-feal, 
 It will be refufed wholly. Neither find I that the reftrain't of the Recu- 
 fants hath produced any other effed, then a ftiff refolution in themfelves 
 and others to forbear. Befides, although it were at the fitft with fome 
 affurance, yet when we confider the Commiffions and other forms in- 
 cident to fuch like fervices, as that how long it hangs in hand, and the 
 many delays that are, we may eafily fee that fuch a Sum granted by the 
 Parliament, is far fooner and eafier levied. 
 
 If any will make the fucceflion of times to produce an inevitable ne- 
 ceffity to enforce it if denied, whether in general by Excife or Impo- 
 fition, or in particular on fome feled perfons, which is the cuftom of 
 
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 627 fome Countries, and fo conclude it, as there, for the Puhlick State, 
 ' \fupremd lege -^ H^ muft look for this to be told him, That teeing Ne- 
 celfity muft conclude always to gather Money, 'tis lefs fpeedy or allured 
 then that by a Parliament : The fuccefs attendeth the humor ot" the 
 heedlefs Multitude, that are full of jealoufie and diftruft, and fo unlike 
 to comply to any unafual Courfe of Levy, but by force ; which if uied, 
 the effeft is fearful, and hath been latal to the State. Whereas that by 
 Parliament refteth principally on the Regal perfon, who may with eafe 
 and fafety mould them to his fit defigns by a.gracious yielding to their 
 juft defires and Petitions. 
 
 If a Parliament then be the moft fpeedy alTurance and fafeway, it 
 is fit to conceive what is the faireft way to ad and work that to the 
 prefent need. 
 
 Firft for the time of ufual Summons, Forty days, reputed to be too 
 large for this prefent NecelTity, it may be by dating the Writs leflened, 
 fince it is no pofitive Law-, lb that a care be had that there may a County - 
 day after t!ie Sheriff iiath received the Writ, before the time of fitting. 
 If then the Sum to be levied be once granted and agreed of for the time, 
 there may be in tlie body of the Grant an Affignment made to the 
 Knights of every County refpedively, who under fuch aflbrance may 
 falely give Security proportionable to the Receipts, to fuch as fliall ad- 
 venture in prefent for the Publick fervice any Sums of money. 
 
 The laft and weightieft Confideration, if a Parliament be thought 
 fit, is. How to remove or comply the Differences between the Kmg 
 and Subjeds in their mutual demands. And what I have learned amongft 
 the better fort of the Multitude, I will freely declare, that your Lord- 
 lliips may be the more enabled to remove, and anfwer thofe Diftrufts, 
 that either concern Religion, publick Hilety of the King and State, or 
 the juft Liberty of the Commonwealth. 
 
 Religion is a matter that they lay neareft to their Confciences, and 
 they are led by this ground of jealoufie to doubt fome pradifes againft it. 
 Firit, for that though the Spanilli Match was broken by the careful in- 
 duftry of my Lord oi Buckingham , out of his religious care (as he 
 t^en declared) that the Articles there demanded might lead to fome 
 fuch Sufferance as might endanger the quiet, if not the ftate of the Re- 
 formed Religion here ^ yet there liave ( when he was an Ador principal 
 in the Conditions of France ) as hard, if not worfe to the prefervation 
 of our Religion, palled, then thofe with Spain. And the fufped is 
 ftrengthened by the clofe keeping of this Agreement, and doubt in them 
 of his affedion, in that his Mother and others, many his Minifters of 
 near imploiment about him are fo affeded. 
 
 They talk much of his advancing m.en Popiflily devoted, to Places 
 in the Camp of neareft fervice and chief Command •, and that the Re- 
 cufants have got thefe late years by his power, more courage and affurance 
 t!ien before. 
 
 If to clear thefe doubts, f which perhaps are worfe in fancie then 
 in truth ) he take a courfe, it might much advance the Publick fervice 
 againft the fqutamifti humors, that have more of violent Paffion then of 
 fetled Judgment, and arc not the leaft of the oppofite number in the 
 Commonwealth. 
 
 The next is, The late misfortunes and loffes of Men, Munition, and 
 Honor in the late Undertakings abroad^ which the more temperate 
 fpirits impute to want of Council, and the more fublime Wits to Pradice,
 
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 They begia with the Palatinate, and lay the fault of the lofs thereof 
 on the imputed Credit of Gondomar, diftrufting him for the ftayino of 
 fupplytoSir Horatio Vere, when Colonel Cecil was ca ft on thatimploy- 
 ment ^ by which the Kiag of Spain became Mafter of the Kings Chil- 
 drens Inheritance. And when Count Mansfield had a Royal fupply of 
 Forces to alTift the Princes of our party for the recovery thereof, either 
 Plot or Error defeated the enterprife for us .to Stains advantage. That 
 Sir Robert Mamfields Expedition to Algiers, iliould purchafe only the fe- 
 curity and guard of the Spaniih Coafts. 
 
 To fpend many Hundred thoufand pounds in the Cadiz-Voyage, 
 againft the Advice in Parliament, only to warn the King of Spain to be 
 in readmefs, and fo our felves weakned, is taken for a fign of an ill af- 
 fedion amongft the Multitude. 
 
 The fpendiag of much Munition, Vi(5tnals and Money, in my Lord 
 WiUoughbies Journey, is counted an unthrifty error in the Diredor of 
 it 5 To difarm our felves in fruitlefs Voyages, may feem a plot of 
 danger. 
 
 It was held not long ago a fundamental Rule of our Neighbors, and 
 our Security, by the old Lord Burleigh, That nothing can prevent the 
 Spanilh Monarchy, but a Faftnefs of thofe two Princes, whofe Amity 
 gave countenance and courage to the Netherlands and German- Princes 
 to make head againft his Ambition, And we fee, by this difunion, a fear- 
 ful Defeat hath happened to the King of Denmark and that party, to the 
 advantage of the Auftrian Family. 
 
 And this wafteof Publick Treafure in fruitlefs Expeditions, will be 
 an important Caufe to hinder any new Supply in Parliament. 
 
 Another fear that may difturb the fmooth and fpeedy paffage of 
 the Kings defires in Parliament, is the vaft wafte of the Kings livelihood; 
 whereby is like, as in former times, to arife this jealoufie and fear. That 
 when he hath not of his own to fupport his ordinary Charge, for which 
 the Lands of tlie Crown were fetled unalterable, and called Sacrum pa- 
 trimeniumPrincipis, that then he raiaft needs of necefllty reft upon thofe 
 afliftances of the people, which ever were only coUeded and configned 
 for the Commmonwealth •, from whence it is like there will be no great 
 labor and ftiffnefs, to induce his Majefty to an Ad of Refumption •, fincc 
 fuch defires of the State have found an eafie way in the will of all Princes, 
 from the Thiid Henry unto the laft. 
 
 But that which is like to pafs the deepeft into their Difpuces and 
 care , is the late Preflures they fuppofed to have been done upon the 
 Publick Liberty and Freedom of the Subjed , in commanding their 
 Goods without aflent by Parliament, imprifoning and confining their 
 Perfons without fpecial Caufe declared, and that made good againft them 
 by the Judges lately, and pretending a Writ to command their atten- 
 dances in Forein war ^ All which they are like to enforce as repugnant 
 to any pofitive Laws, Inftitutions, and Cuftomary Immunities of this 
 Commonwealth. 
 
 And thefe dangerous diftaftes to the people are not a little improved 
 by the unexampled courfe, as they conceive,- of retaining an Inland Army 
 in Winter-feafon, when former times of general fear, as in Eighty eight, 
 produced none fuch ; And makes them in their diftraded fears to con- 
 jedure idly, it was raifed wholly to fubjed their Fortunes to the will of 
 Power, rather then of Law •, and to make good fome further breach 
 upon their Liberties and Freedoms at home, rather then defend us from 
 
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 jiff 1627.1 any force abroad. How far fuch Jealoufies, if they meet with any un- 
 ufual diforder of lawlefs Soldiers, are an apt difteraper of the loofe and 
 needy Multitude, which will eafily turn away upon any occafion in the 
 State that they can fide withall, as a glorious pretence of Religion and 
 Publick fafety, when their Itrue end will be only rapine and ruine of all, 
 is worthy a prudent and preventing care, 
 
 I have thus far delivered, with that freedom you pleafed to admit, 
 fuch Difficulties as I have taken up amongft the Multitude , as may 
 arreft if not remove Impediments to any Supply in Parliament. Which 
 how to facilitate, may better become the care of your Judgments, then 
 my Ignorance. 
 
 Only I could wifh to remove away a perfonal diftafte of my Lord 
 Dnkeoi Buckingham amongft the people: He might be pleafed, it there 
 be a neccffity of a Parliament, to appear firft Advifer thereunto, and of 
 the fatisfaftion it (hall pleafe his Majefty of grace to give at fuch time to 
 his people-, which I would wiQi to be grounded by prefident of his beft 
 and fortunate Progenitors •, And which I conceive will fatisfie the defires 
 and hopes of all, if it may appear in fome fort to be drawn down from him 
 to the people, by the zealous care & induftry that my Lord of Buckinghdm 
 hath of the publick unity and content. By which there is no doubt but 
 he may remain not only fecare from any further quarrel with them, but 
 merit a happy memory amongft them of a zealous Patriot. For, to ex- 
 piate the paflion of the people, at fuch times, with facrifice of any of his 
 Majefties Servants, I have found it — as in Bd.i, Rich. 2. Hen. 6, — ■ 
 no lefs fatal to the Mafter, then to the Minifters in the end. 
 
 A refclution 
 to call a Par- 
 liament. 
 
 Thefe and fuch like Confiderations being reprefented to the King , 
 ^an.29. A Refolution is taken at the Council-Table, to call a Parlia- 
 ment, to meet the 17. of March following. And now Warrants are fent 
 according to a preceding Order made in this moneih, to all parts, to 
 releafe thelmprifoned Gentry, and confined Gentlemen, for the bufinefs 
 of the Loan-monev: And as faft as Writs came to the Counties and 
 Boroughs to choofe Members for Parliament , thofe Gentlemen who 
 fuffered for the Loan were chiefly in the Peoples eye to be elefted to 
 ferve for them in the enfuing Parliament, to prefent their Grievances, 
 and aflert their Liberties. 
 
 The Names of the Gentry, who about the time that Writs iffiied 
 out for a Parliament, were releafed out of Reftraint and Confinement, 
 appear by the enfuing Order and Lift, 
 
 At Whitehall, 
 
 Lord Treafurer^ 
 Lord Prefident t 
 Lord Admiral, 
 Lord Steward, 
 Lord chamberlain, 
 Earl of Suffolk, 
 Earl of Dor fet. 
 Earl of Salisbury, 
 Earl of Morton, 
 
 Prefent, The Kings Mdje/ly, 
 
 Lord Fifcount Centvaj, 
 
 Lord Bijhop of Durham, 
 
 Lord B. Bath and We lis > 
 
 Mr. Treafurer, 
 
 Mr. Comptroller, 
 
 Ma(ler of the Wards, 
 
 Mr. Secretary Cook, 
 
 Mr. chancellor of the Exchequer, 
 
 Mr. chancellor of the Duchy. 
 
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 1c 10 t\)i<s Dap ©?DcreD Op I|3i0 ^ajeflp tieing p?efenttn Council, 3 cW/. 
 Cljat tbe fcUeral pcrfons ftereunDec to^ittcn, Qjall from Ijenccfo^ttj 
 be DtfctJargcD anD fet at Jibrrtp from anp Eearamt Oeretofo?e put upon 
 tfjcmbp Dig ^a)caic0 Commandment: c5nD Ijereof aUSticriffjsanO 
 ot'jcr ©f&cerjs are to tal?c notice. 
 
 sir -jfohn Strangeivayes 
 Sir Thoniiti Grantham 
 Sir William Armin 
 Sir William Ma(fam 
 Sir William Wilmore 
 Sir Era[mris Draiton 
 Sir Edward Ai[cough 
 Sir Natbanael Bamardtftori 
 Sir Robert Poyntz 
 Sir Beacham St.^ohn 
 Sir Oliver Luke 
 Sir Maurice Berkley 
 Sir Thomxs Wentrvorth 
 Sir ^ohn Wray 
 Sir William Con ft able 
 Sir J'ohn Hotham 
 Sir ^ohn Pickering 
 
 Knights 
 
 William Anderson 
 Terringham Norwood 
 ^ohn TrigonrveU 
 Thomas Godfrey 
 Richard Knightley 
 Thomas Nicholas 
 ^ohn Hampden 
 George Ratchffe 
 ^ohn Button 
 Henry Pool 
 Nathanael Coxweil 
 Robert Hatlej 
 Thomas Elmes 
 
 Thomas Wood 
 J-ohn Wilkinson 
 William Allen 
 Thomas Holyhead 
 
 >Efquires. 
 
 ^Gent. 
 
 Sir Francis Barrington 
 Sir William Chancey 
 
 All thefe remained confined to feveral Counties, 
 
 Knights. 
 
 ^Efquire. 
 
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 ''Londoners. 
 
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 Londoners. 
 
 Sir Walter Earl 
 Sir Thomas Darnell 
 Sir Harboth Grimfton 
 George Catesby 
 Edward Hooker 
 George Bafjet 
 ^ames Wooldrond 
 Henry Sanders \ 
 
 All Prifonersin the^ 
 Fleet. , 
 Sir ^ohn H.eveningham "Knlo^hJ:. 
 Samuel Fafjal 
 William Angel 
 
 In the Marjlulfey. 
 
 Robert Lever 
 ^ohn Peacock 
 Edward Ridge 
 John Oclabery 
 Andrew Stone 
 William Spurftorv 
 Roger Hughes 
 John Pope 
 James Bunch 
 Thomas Garrii 
 James Waldron 
 John Bennet 
 
 ^Londoners, 
 
 .'Londoners. 
 
 Sir John Corbet 1 ^, • , 
 Sir John Elliot ^^nights. 
 
 William Coriton ^Efquire. 
 John Stevens 
 Thomas Deacsn 
 John Potter 
 In the Gate- 
 hottfe, 
 
 William Savage 7 
 Mathanael Mane ft jS 
 In the New- 
 Prifon, 
 
 Ambrofe Aylot 
 T him as Sharp 
 Thomas Totham 
 Augu(line Brabrook > 
 Robert Payne 
 Edward Talfton 
 John Whiting 
 ThomM Webb 
 Jihn Ferry 
 
 All in the Cu- 
 ftody of a 
 Meflenger, 
 
 Order of the 
 Council to fet 
 at liberty the 
 Gentry impri- 
 foned for the 
 Loan -money. 
 
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 Orders
 
 HiHorical CoUeHions, 
 
 An. 1627.1 
 
 A Parliament 
 fummoned. 
 
 A Commiffion 
 for Inipofiti. 
 ons. 
 
 Thirty thou- 
 fand pounds 
 paid to Burle- 
 mach to be re- 
 turned by Bill 
 of Exchange, 
 toraifc Korcin 
 Forces. 
 
 Recufants 
 taken at 
 CkrhenweU. 
 
 A Letter from 
 a Jefuite con- 
 cerning the 
 enfuing Par- 
 liament. 
 
 Orders iflued alfo from the Council to the Lord Major and Alder- 
 men of London , To ufe moderation in the demanding of the Loan- 
 money from thofe of the City of London who deferred paiment. Aiid 
 now Archbifhop Abbot, the Earl of Briftol, and the Billiop of Lincoln, 
 notwithftanding the cloud they were under , are had in confideration 
 by the King and Council, and Writs are ordered to be fent unto them 
 to fit in the Houfe of Peers the enfuing Parliament. 
 
 After the Writs of Summons went forth, the King gave dire(flion 
 for a Commiffion to raife monies by Impofitions in nature of an Ex- 
 cife, to be levied throughout the Nation , to pafs under the Great 
 Seal. And at the fame time ordered the Lord Treafurer to pay Thirty 
 thoufand pounds to Philip Burhmac a Dutch Mercliant in London, to 
 be by him returned over into the Low-Countries by Bill of Exchange 
 unto Sir William Bdfour and ^-ohn Dalbier, for the raifing of a Thoufand 
 Horfe, with Arms both for Horie and Foot. The fuppofed intent of 
 which German Horfe was, as was then feared, to inforce the Excife 
 which was then fetting on foot. 
 
 The Council alfo had then under confideration the Levying of 
 Ship-money upon the Counties, to raife the King a Revenue that way. 
 But now that a Parliament was called, the Council held it unfit and 
 unfeafonable to debate thefe matters any further at that time. 
 
 A little before the Parliament affembled , a Society of Recufants 
 was taken in Clerkemvell •• Divers of them were found to be Jefuites, 
 and the Houfe wherein they were taken was defigned to be a CoUedge 
 of that Order, 
 
 Among their Papers was found a Copy of this Letter written to 
 their Father Redor at Bruxels , difcovering their Defigns upon this 
 State, and their Judgment of the temper thereof, with a Conje<^ure 
 of the fuccefs of the enfuing Parliament. 
 
 Father Rector, 
 
 LEt not the damp of Aftonijhmcnt feife upon your ardent and zealous foul, 
 in apprehending the fadden and unexpected Catling of a Parliament : 
 We have not oppofed, but rather furthered it • So that rve hope as much 
 in this Parliament, as ever rve feared an) in Queen Elizabeth's dap. 
 
 Tou muft knorv, the Council is engaged to afijl the King hy rvay of Prero- 
 gative, in cafe the Parliamentary rvay ^wuldfail, Tou (hall fee this Parliament 
 will refemble the Pelican, rvhich takes a pleafure to dig out rvith her beak her 
 own bowels. 
 
 The EleBion of Knights and Burgeffes hath been in fuch confttfion ef ap- 
 parent Faction, as that rvhich rve were wont to procure heretofore with much 
 art and induflry ( when the Spanifh Match rvas in Treaty ) now breaks out 
 naturally as a botch or boil , and (pits and (pues out its own rankor and 
 venom. 
 
 Tou remember how that famous and immortal Statcfman the Count of 
 Gondomar/f^ King James his fancy, and rocked him afleep rvith the [oft and 
 [wcet found of Peace , to keep up the Spanijh Treaty. Likewife we were 
 much bound to fame St ate [men of our own Country , for gaining time by 
 procuring tho[e mo(i advantagiotis Ce(fations of Arms in the Palatinate , 
 and advancing the Honor and Integrity of the Spanifh Nation, and vili- 
 fying the Hollanders-, remon(lrating to King James, That that State rvas 
 most ungrateful both to his Predece([or ^ueen Elizabeth , and his Sacred 
 
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 Htjlorical ColIcBions. 
 
 I M.ijc(}y ; That the States were more obnoxious then the Turk, .r//// perpe- 
 I I tiia/ly injured his Majeftics loving Siibjecis in the Eafl-InJies, and l/kewifs 
 ', i they have tifiirpcd from his Majefiy the Regality and nnvaltiablc profit of 
 I j the Narroiv-Sc.ti in fjhing upon the Englijh Coast, (jrc. 
 I j 7 his great Statefman had hut one principal means to further their ^rcat 
 
 j I and good dcftgns, tvhich rv.isto (et on King ]zxwQ'?>^ that none hut the Puntan- 
 F action, tvhtch ^dotted nothing but Anarchy, and his Confufion, rvcre ai-erle 
 :A to this mofl happy Union. Wc (leered on the fame Courfe , and have made 
 j ; great ufe of this Anarchical Election, and have prejudicated and anticipated' 
 I ■ the Great o:ie, that none but the Kings Enemies, and his, are chofen of thi^ ' 
 ] Parliament, ,^c. , 
 
 ;' I JVe have now mflny firings to our Bow, and have flron^ly fortified our 
 
 1 I Faction, and ha-^ e added two Bulwarks wore: Tor when King \imt'i lived \ 
 \ \ {you know) he w.ts very violent agai.ifl Arininianifm, and interrupt- d ^ 
 j j ( with his pefldent Wit and deep Learning ) our flrong Defi^ns in Hoi- j 
 I B l^nd, and was 'a great Friend to that old Rebel and Berctick the Prince of 
 j ■ Orange. 
 
 ( Now we have planted that Soverai^n Brwr Armiiii.ir.ifm, which we 
 
 j I hope will purge the Proteftants from their Hcrefte -, and it (loitrijlsth and 
 i ( hears fruit in due feafon. , 
 
 '■ I The Materials which build up our Bulwark, are the Prcjc^ors and Beg- 
 
 \ gers of all ranks and qualities: Howfeevcr, both the^e FaBions cooperate to 
 defray the Parliament, and to introduce a new f^ecies and form of Govern- 
 ment, which is oligarchy. 
 
 Thofe ferve as direct Mediums and Inflruments to our end, which is the 
 Univerfal Catholick Monarchy, oar four.dation must be Mutation, and Mu- 
 tation will caafe a Relaxation, which will ferve as fo many violent difeafcs, 
 as the Stone, Gout,(^c, to the fpcedy diflraSfion of our perpetual and infuf- 
 ferable anguifl) of body, which is wcrfe then death it felf. 
 
 We proceed now by Councel and mature deliberation, how and when to 
 work upon the Duke's ^ealoufie and Revenge-., And in this we give the 
 \ D ! honor to thofe which merit it, which are the church-Cathelick^. 
 
 There is another tnatter of Confecjuence , which we take much into our 
 conftdcration and tender care, which is to flave off the Puritans, that they 
 hang not in the Duke's ears , They arc impudent fubtile people. 
 
 And it is to be feared Icfi they jhould negotiate a Reconciliation between \ 
 the Duke and the Parliament : Tis certain, the Duke W3uld ^fadly have ' 
 reconciled himfclf to the Parliament at Oxford, and VVeftminfter^ But now ; 
 rveaffure eur (elves we have fo handled the matter, that both Duke and Par- i 
 liament are irrcconcileable. \ 
 
 For the better prevention of the Puritans, the Arminians have already 
 locked up the Duke's ears; And we have thjfe of our own Religion, which 
 (land continually at the Duke's Chamber, to fee who goes in and out : We 
 can-not be too circumfpeff and careful in this regard. 
 
 I cannot choofe but laugh to fee how fame of our own Coat have accoutred 
 themfclves •, yon would fcarce know them, if yoit faw them : And 'tis a-'mi- 
 rable, how in (^cech and geflure they act the Puritans. The Cam'oridge- 
 Scholars to their woful experience jh/l fee we can ait the Puritans a tittle 
 better then they have done the Jefuites : They have abufed our [acred P.itron 
 Saint Ignatius in jc(i, hut we will make them (mart for itmearne(l. i hope 
 you will excn(e my merry digre(^ion ; For I confcf unto you, I am at this 
 time tran(portcd with joy to fee how happily all Inftruments and means, as 
 well great as lefi, cooperate unto our purposes. 
 
 But 
 
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 Hijlortcal CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1627.1 
 
 The King's 
 Speech at the 
 opening of the 
 Parliamenr. 
 
 Bat to return unto the main Fabrick : Our foundation is Arminianifm •, 
 The Aiminians and Projeftors, as it appears in the pemt^es, affeB mu- 
 tation. This rve {ccond, and enforce by probable Arguments. /» the frfl place 
 rve take into confideration the Kings honor, andprefent necefttj ., and m jhcw 
 horv the King may free htmfclf of his Ward, as Lewis the Eleventh did. 
 And for his great (plendor and luftre, he may raife a 'vafl Revenue, and not 
 be beholden to his SubjecJs •, rvhich is by way of Impofttion of Exctfe. Then 
 our Church-Caiholicks proceed to fheiv the means horv to fettle this Excife, 
 which must he by a Mercenary Army of Horfe and foot, for the Horfe, rve 
 have made that fure •, They jhall be Foremers, and Germans, rvho rviU eat 
 up the Kings Revenues, and jfoil the Country rvherefoever they come, though 
 they jhuld be rvell paid ; What havoc k rvill they make there, when they get no 
 Pay, or are not duly paid ? They wiH do more mifchief, then we hope the Army 
 rvill do. 
 
 We are provident and careful, that this Mercenary Army of Two thoufand 
 Horfe, and Twenty thoufand foot, jhall be taken on and in pay before the Ex- 
 cife be fetled. In forming the Excife, the Country is moji likely to rife : if 
 the Mercenary Army fubjugate the Country, then the Soldiers andProjeBors 
 fhallhe paid out ef the Confi [cations 5 If the Country be too hard for the Soldi- 
 ers, then they mu(i confequently mutiny, which is equally advantagious unto 
 us. Our fupcrlative deftgn is, to work the Proteftants as well as the Catholicks 
 to welcom in a Conqueror, and that is by this means : We hope inflantly to 
 diffolve Trades, and hinder the building of Shipping , in devifing probable 
 Defigns, and putting on the State upon Expeditions, as that of Cadiz was, 
 in taking away the Merchants Ships, fo that they may net eafily catch and light 
 upon the Weft-India Fleet, ^c. 
 
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 The Parliament being afTembled the Seventeenth day of March, 
 His Majefty began with this Speech. 
 
 My Lords and Gendenien, 
 
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 " ^ I ' Hefe Times are for Adion ; Wherefore for Examples fake, I 
 *' I mean not to fpend much time in Words 5 expedtmg accordingly 
 " -*■ that your (as I hope) good Refolutions will be fpeedy, not 
 " fpending time unnecell'arily, or (that I may better fay) dangeroufly^ 
 " For, tedious Confultations at this conjundlure of time, are as hurtful as 
 " ill Refolutions. 
 
 " I ara fure you now expe6f from me, both to know the caufe of 
 " your meeting, and what to refolve on : Yet I think there is none here 
 " but knows that Common danger is the caufe of this Parliament, and 
 " that Supply at this time is the chief end of it : So that I need but point 
 *' to you what to do. I will ufe but few perfwafions : For if to maintain 
 " your own Advices, and as now the cafe ftands for the following there- 
 " of, the true Religion, Laws, and Liberties of this State, and the juft 
 " Defence of our true Friends and AUies, be not fufficicnt, thennoElo- 
 " quence of Men or Angels will prevail. 
 
 " Only let me remember you. That my duty moft of all, and every 
 '•'one of yours according to his degree, is, to feek the maintenance 
 "of this Church and Commonwealth : And certainly, there never 
 " was a time in which this duty was more neceffarily required , then 
 " now.
 
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 Htjiorical ColleBions, 
 
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 " I therefore judging a Parliament to be the antient, fpeedieft, arid i 3 CatoH. 
 " beft way in this time of Common danger, to give fuch Supply as to ! 
 " fecure our felves, and to fave our Friends from imminent ruine, have 
 " called you together. Every man now muft do according to his con- 
 " fcience : Wherefore if you ( as God forbid ) fhould not do your duties 
 " in contributing what the State at this time needs, I muft in difcharge 
 " of my confcience ufe thofe other means which God hath put into my 
 " hands, to fave that which the follies of particular men may otherwife 
 " hazard to lofe. 
 
 " Take not this as a Threatening , for I fcorn to threaten any but 
 " my Equals 5 but an Admonition from him, that both out of natm*e 
 " and duty, hath moft care of your prefcrvations and profperitics : And 
 " ( though I thus fpeak ) I hope that your demeanors at this time will 
 " be fuch, as lliall not only make me approve your former Councels, 
 "but lay on me fuch obligations as fhall tie me by way of thankful- 
 *'nefs to meet often with you : For, be alTured, that nothing can be 
 " more pleafing unto me, then to keep a good Correfponcence with 
 "you. 
 
 " I will only adde one thing more, and then leave my Lord Keeper 
 *' to make a fhort Paraphrafe upon the Text I have delivered you 5 which 
 " is. To remember a. thing, to the end we inA-j forget it. You may imagine 
 " that I came here with a doubt of fuccefs of what I defire, remembring 
 " the diftradions of the laft Meeting : But I alTure you that I (hall very 
 " eafily and gladly forget and forgive what is part, fo that you will at 
 "this prefent time leave the former ways of diftiadfions, and follow 
 " the Councel late given you, To mAtntnin the unity of the Spirit in the 
 ^'- bond of Peace. 
 
 The Lord Keeper feconded his Majefty on this manner. 
 
 " -^^ E are here in Parliament by his Majefties Writ and R«yal com- 
 " j^ mand, to confult and conclude of the weighty and urgent Bufi- 
 " nefs of this Kingdom. Weighty it is, and great 5 as great as 
 
 "the honor, fafety, and protedion of Religion, King and Country • 
 " And what can be greater 1 Urgent it is -, It is little pleafure to tell or 
 " think how urgent : And to tell it with circumftances, were a long 
 " work : I will but touch the lum of it in few words. 
 
 " The Pope and Houfe of Attftria. have long affeded , the one a 
 " Spiritual, the other a Temporal Monarchy : And to effed their ends, 
 " to ferve each others turn, the Hopfe of Juftria, befides the rich and 
 " vaft Territories of both the Indies and in Africa joined together, are 
 " become Matters of Spain and Italy , and the great Country of Ger- 
 " many. And altJiough France be not under their fubjeiJtion, yet they 
 " have invironed all about it -, The very Bowels of the Kingdom fwayed 
 *' by the Popifh Fadlion : They have gotten fuch a part and fuch inter- 
 " ceflion in the Government, that under pretence of Religion, to root 
 "out the Proteftants and our Religion, they have drawn the King to 
 " their adherence fo far, that albeit upon his Majefties interpofition by 
 *' his Ambafladors, and his engagement of his Royal wjrd, there was 
 "between the King aad his Subjeds Articles of Agrt^ement, and the 
 "Subjtfls were quiet, whereof his Majcftv interefTed in that great 
 " Treaty, was bound id fee a true accomplilhment ^ yet againft that 
 ... Qiiq '' ftridt 
 
 The Lord 
 
 Keepers 
 
 Speech.
 
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 Hifiorical ColIeBions. 
 
 An. 1627. "ftri(fl Alliance, that Treaty hath been broken, and thofe of the Re- - 
 " ligion have been put to all extremity, and undoubtedly will be ruined, 
 "without prefent help. So as that King is not onely diverted froin 
 " aflifting the Common Caufe, but hath been mifled to engage himfelf 
 "in hoftile ad:s againft our King and other Princes, making way thereby 
 " for the Houfe oi Auflria, to the ruine of his own, and other Kingdoms. 
 
 " Other Potentates, that in former times did ballance and interrupt 
 " the growing greatnefs of the Houfe of Aiiflria, are now removed and 
 "diverted, lYicTurk hath made Peace with the Emperor, and turned 
 " himfelf wholly into Wars with Afia. : The King of Sweden is em- 
 " broiled in a War with Poland, which is invented by Spanilb pradlices, 
 " to keep that King from fuccoring our part ; The King of Denmark 
 " is chafed out of his Kingdom on this, and on that fide the Zound-^ fo 
 "as the Houfe of Auftria is on the point to command all the Sea- 
 "coafts from Dantzick to Enibden> and all the Rivers falling into the 
 " Sea in that great extent: So as befides their power by Land, they 
 " begin to threaten our Part by Sea , to the fubverfion of all our 
 " State, 
 
 " In the Baltifijue-SeZy they are providing and arming all the Ships 
 " they can build, or hire 3 And have at this time their AmbafTadors 
 " treating at Luheck , to draw into their fervice the Hans-Towns,^ 
 " whereby taking from us and our Neighbors the Eaftland-Trade, by 
 " which our Shipping is fuppUed, they expeft without any blow given 
 " to make themfelves Mailers of that' Sea. In thefe Weftern parts, 
 " by the Dunhrkers, and by the now French and Spanifli Admiral, to 
 " the ruine of Filbing ( of infinite confequence both to us, and the 
 " Low- Countries ) they infeft all our Coaft, fo as we pafs not fafely 
 " from Port to Port, And that Fleet which lately aflifted the French 
 " at the Ifle of Rhee, is now preparing at S, Andrews, with other Ships 
 " built in the Coaft of Bifcay to reinforce it, and a great Fleet is making 
 " ready in Lisbon 5 where befides their own, they do ferve themfelves 
 "upon all Strangers Bottoms coming to that Coaft for Trade: And 
 '^^ thefe great preparations are, no doubt, to aftault us in England or 
 "Ireland, as they fliall find advantage, and a place fit for their 
 " turn. 
 
 " Our friends of the Netherlands, befides the fear that juftly troubles 
 " them left the whole force of the Emperor naay fall down upon them, 
 '' are diftradted by their Voyages into the Eaft, which hath carried both 
 " Men and Money into another World, and much weakened them at 
 "home. 
 
 '' Thus are we even ready on all fides to be fvvallowed up -, The 
 "Emperor, France and Spain being in open War againft us, Germany 
 " overrun, the King of Denmark diftrelled, the King of Sweden diverted, 
 " and the Low-Country-men difabled to give us alfiftance. 
 
 " 1 fpeak not this to increafe fear, unworthy of Engli(h courages, 
 " but to prefs to provifion worthy the wifdom of a Parliament : And 
 " for that caufe his Majefty hath called you hither , that by a timely 
 "provifion againft thofe great imminent dangers, our felves may be 
 " ftrengthened at home, our Friends and Allies encouraged abroad, and 
 " thofe great caufes of fear fcattered and difpeiled, 
 ' ^;j" And becaufe in all Warlike preparations Treafure bears the name, 
 "and holds the femblance of the nerves and finevvs ; And if a finew 
 "be too ihort or too weak, tf it be eitiier fhrunk or ftrained, the part 
 
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 " becomes unufeful ; It is needful that you make a good and timely 
 '^' fupply of Treafure , without which all Councels wdJ prove fiuit- 
 " lefs. I might prefs many Reafons to this end ; but I will but name 
 " few. 
 
 " Firft for his Majefties fake, who requires it. Great is the duty 
 " which we owe hira by the Law of God ^ great by the Law of Nature 
 " and our own Allegiance ; great for his own merit, and the memory 
 " of his ever bleffed Father. I do but point at them : But methinks 
 " our thoughts cannot but recoil on one Confideration teuched by his 
 "Majefly^ which to me feems to found like a Parliamentary Padl or 
 " Covenant. 
 
 " A War vvas advifed here, Afliftance profelTed, yea and protefted 
 " here : I do but touch it, I know you will deeply tliink on it -, and 
 " the more, for the example the King hath kt you 5 His Lands, his 
 " Plate , his Jewels he hath not fpared to fupply the War : What 
 " the People hath protefted, the King for his pare hath willingly per- 
 " fo?med. 
 
 '' Secondly for the Caufe fake: It concerns us inChriftian cha- 
 *' rity to tender the diftrefles of our Friends abroad 5 It concerns us 
 " in Honor, not to abandon them, who have ftood for us. And if 
 " this come not clofe enough , You (hall find our Intereft fo woven 
 " and involved with theirs , that the Caufe is more ours then theirs. 
 *' If Religion be in peril, we have the moft flourifhing and Orthodox 
 "Church: If Honor be in queftion, the Stories and Monuments in 
 ''former Ages will (hew, that our Anceftors have left us as much as 
 " any Nation : If Trade and Commerce be in danger, we are Iflanders, 
 " it is our life. AH thefe at once lie at ftake, and fo doth our fafety 
 " and being. 
 
 "Laftly in refped of the manner of his Majefties demand, which 
 " is in Parliament, the way that hath ever beft pleafed the Subjtds of 
 " England. And good caufe for it : For, Aids granted in Parliament 
 " work good effeds for the People -, they be commonly accompanied 
 " with wholfom Laws, gracious Pardons, and the like. Be(ides, juft 
 " and good Kings finding the love of their People, and the readinefs 
 "of their Supplies, may the better forbear tlie ufe of their Prero- 
 " gatives , and moderate the rigor of the Laws towards their Sub- 
 "jefts. 
 
 " This way, as his Majefty hath told you, he hath chofen, not 
 '' as the onely way, but as the fitteft 5 Not as deftitute of others, but 
 " as moft agreeable to tlie goodnefs of his own moft gracious difpo- 
 "fition, and to the defire and weal of his people. If this be defer- 
 " red , Nece(fity , and the Sword of the Enemy make way to the 
 "others. Remember his Majefties Admonition-, I (ay, remember 
 "it. 
 
 "Let me but add, and obferve Gods mercy towards this Land 
 " above all others. The Torrent of War hath overwhelmed otlier 
 "Churches and Countries-, but God hath hitherto reftiainjd it from 
 " us, and ftill gives us warning of every approaching danger, to fave 
 " us from furprife. And our gracious Soveraign in a true fenfe of it 
 "calls together his High Court of Parliament, the lively Reprefen- 
 " tation of the Wifdom, Wealth, and Power of the whole Kingdom, 
 " to join together to repell thofe hoftile Attempts, which have diftreffed 
 " our Friends and Alljes, and threatned our felves. 
 
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 S\r John Finch 
 being chofcn I 
 Spcaker,Tnadej 
 this Speech to 
 Ills Majcfty. { 
 
 " And therefore it behoves all to apply their Thoughts unto 
 Councel and Confultations , worthy the greatnefs and wifdom of 
 this AfTembly •, To avoid difcontents and divifions , which may 
 diftemper or delay •, And to attend that Unum Ncce([arium , the 
 "Common Caufe •, propounding for the fcope and work of all the 
 " Debates, the general good of the King and Kingdom, whom God 
 " hatli joined together with an indiffoluble knot , which none muft 
 " attempt to cat or untie. And let all , by unity and good accord, 
 "endeavour to pattern this Parliament by the beft that have been, 
 *■' that ir may be a Pattern to future Parliaments, and may infufe into 
 " Parliaments a kind of Multiplying power and faculty, whereby they 
 "maybe more frequent, and the Kiag our Soveraign may delight to 
 " fit on his Throne, and from thence to diftribute his graces and favors 
 " amongft his people. 
 
 " His Majefly hath given you caufe to be confident of this you 
 " have heard from his Royal moBth ^ which neverthelefs he hath 
 " given me exprefs command to redouble : If this Parliament, by 
 '' their dutiiul and wife proceedings , fliall but give this occafion , 
 " His Majcfty will be ready, not onely to raaniTeft his gracious ac- 
 " ceptation , but to put out all memory of thofe diftafles that have 
 " troubled former Parliaments. 
 
 '' I have but one thing more to adde, and that is. As your Con- 
 " fultations be ferious, fo let them be fpeedy. The Enemy is before- 
 '• hand with us, and flies on the wings of Succefs. We may dally and 
 *' play with the Hour-glafs that is in our power , but the Hour will 
 '' not ftay for us •, and an Opportunity once loft , cannot be re- 
 *' gained. 
 
 " And therefore refolve of your Supplies, that they may be timely, 
 " and fufficient, ferving the Occafion : Your Councel, your Aid, all 
 " is but loft, if your Aid be either too little,or too late : And his Majefty 
 " is refolved , that his Affairs cannot permit him to exped it over- 
 " long. 
 
 Sir ^'ohn Finch being chofen Speaker, made this Addrefs to his 
 Majefty, Wedncfday the Nineteenth of March. 
 
 Moft Gracious Soveraign, 
 
 Your obedient and loyal Subjeds, the Knights, Citizens an J 
 Burgefles by your Royal Summons here aftembled, in obedi- 
 ence to your gracious dire(5tion, according to their antient 
 "ufage and privilcdgc , have lately proceeded to the Choice of a 
 " Speaker •, And whether fequeftring their better Judgments for your 
 "more weighty Affairs-, or to make it known, that their Honor and 
 "• Wifdom can take neither increafe, or diminution , by the value or 
 " demerit of any one particular Member in wliat place foever ferving 
 " them •, Omitting others of worth and abihcy, they have fixed their 
 " eyes of favor and affe(5tion upon me. 
 
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 Historical CoUeBions, 
 
 " Their long knowledge of my unfitnefs every way to undergo a 
 " charge of this important weight and confequence, gave me feme hope 
 " they would have admitted my juft excufe : Yet for their farther and 
 " clearer Dtisfadion, I drew the Curtains and let in what light I could up- 
 " on my inmoft thoughts, truly and really difcovering to them what my 
 " felt beft knew, and what I moft humbly befeech your Royal Ma- 
 "jcfty to take now into your confideration th^t of fo many hun- 
 "dreds fitting amongft them, they could have found few or none 
 whofe prefentation to your Majefty would have been of lefs repute 
 or advantage to them : for et impeditioris lingux (ujtt^^ and the poor 
 " experience I have of that Royal Aflembly is fo ill ballanced with 
 
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 Judgement, that every guft and wave hath power on me 
 ' whereby I (hall not onely fuffer in my own particular, but (which I ap- 
 *' prehend with much more care and forrow) do prejudice to their com- 
 "monintereft. '• 
 
 "Wherefore, dread and dear Soveragin, as low as the loweft ftep of 
 " your Royal Throne, I humbly bend, appeaUng to your great and So- 
 " veraignjudgement, for ray difcharge from this to unequal a burthen im- 
 " poled on me-, moft humbly and earneftly befeeching your moft excellent 
 *'' Majefty, for the Honor of that Great Council, and the better digcftion 
 of Publick fervices, there, and withal to avert foill an Omen, as the 
 " choife of me in the beginning of a Parliament, ordained (I hope) for 
 " the joy of our own, and the envy of other Nations •, that by your gra- 
 " cious Command the Houfe may reconfult, and fettle their thoughts 
 " on fome more worthy their Eledion and your Majefties Approba- 
 
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 tion. 
 
 But his Majefty not admitting his excufe, approved of the choife. 
 
 Before the Commons had entred into any Debates, this following 
 Letter, touching the Inconveniencies and Grievances of the State was 
 communicated to the Members of the Houfe, and it was called A Speech 
 without doors. 
 
 To my noble friends of the Lort^er^ Houfe of 
 
 Parliament, 
 
 "IF any Country had held me worthy to have ferved in this Parlia-' 
 " Ament, I had now been made a Member of your Lower-Houfe, as for- 
 
 _ " merly 1 have been in fundry other Parliaments : But how unkindly foe- 
 " ver flie dealeth with me, I will ever (hew ray faithfulnefs to her,and deli. 
 '• ver, by way of obfervation, what I have heretofore learned in that 
 " grave and wife Aftembly 5 for admonition to the elder, and a path-way 
 
 , " for the younger to walk in. 
 
 '• Parliaments in my time have been wont to take up fome fpace at 
 " the fii ft meetings, to fettle the Houfe, and to deteiinine 0I unlawfull 
 " Elcilions • and in this prefent they never had greater caufe to be cir- 
 
 j "cumfped:, then at this time: Forbyan Abule lately crept in, there is 
 
 " introduced a cuftom, which if it be not forefeen and prevented, will be 
 
 "a great derogation to the Honor, and a weakningto thepower of your 
 
 " Houfe. Wliere the JLaw givetJi a freedom to Corporations to eled 
 
 ^ "^Burgefl es 
 
 3 C/ireli, 
 
 The Speech 
 
 without 
 
 doors.
 
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 Htjlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 Ah. 
 
 1627.1 '* BurgelTcs, andforbideth any indireift courfe to be taken in their Ele»5ti- 
 " ons •, many of the Corporations arc fo bafe-minded, and timerous, that 
 " they will not hazard the indignation of a Lord Lieutenants Letter, who 
 ** underhand fticks not to threaten them with the charge of a Musket or 
 "a Horfeat the Mufter, if that he hath not the Ele<aion of the BurgeiTcs, 
 " and not they themfelves. 
 
 "And commonly thofe that the Lords recommend, are fach as de- 
 " fire it for protedion, or are fo ignorant of the place they ferve for, as 
 " that there being occafion fo fpeak of the Corporation for which they 
 " are chofen, they have asked their Neighbors fitting by, whether it were 
 " a Sea or a Land Town <: 
 
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 The next thing that is required, Is;' X/^m^ <»/ Speech, without 
 " vVhich Parliaments have little force or power -, Speech begets doubts, 
 "and refolvts thdm, and donbts in Speeches beget underftanding •, he 
 " that doubts much, askcth often, and learns much -, and he that fears the 
 " worft, fooneft prevents a mifchief. 
 
 " This PriViledge of Speech is anciently granted by the teftimony of 
 '•^ ThiltpCcmneiiSvcdWgtx^ who prefers our Parliaments, and the Frte- 
 "domof theSubje(Sinthem, above all other AfTemblies -, which Free- 
 " dom, if it be broken or dimmiflied, is negligently loft fiiice the dayes of 
 ''^Comines. 
 
 " If freedom of Speech fhould be prohibited, when men with mode- 
 'fty make repetition of the Grievances and Enormities of the King- 
 dom-, when men fhall defire reformation of wrongs and injuries com- 
 mitted, and have no relation of evil thought to hisMajefty, but with 
 "open heart and zeal exprcfs their dutifuUand reverent refpecStto him 
 " and his fervice : I fay, ifthiskinde of liberty of Speech be not allowed 
 " in time of Parliaments,they will extend no further then to Quarter-Sefli- 
 " ons,and their Meetings and Affembles will be unnecefl'ary; for all means 
 "of diforder new crept in, and all remedies and redreSes will be quite 
 " taken away. 
 
 ^i-^'As it is no manners to conteft with the King in his Eledlion of 
 '' Councellors and Servants, (for Kings obey no men, but their Laws) 
 " So were it a great negligence, and part of Treafon, for a Subjedf not to 
 "bekee in Speech againft theabufes, wrongs, and offences, that may 
 " be occafioned by "perfons in Authority. W?la^4lemedy can beexped- 
 *' ed from a Prince to the Subjcdl^ if the enormities of his Kingdom be 
 " concealed from him ^ Or what King fo religious or juftin his ownna- 
 " ture, that may not hazard the lofs of the hearts of his Subjeds, with- 
 " out this Liberty of Speech in Parliament -t For fuch is the misfortune 
 " of moft Princes, and fuch is the unhappinefs of Subje(5ts 'where Kings 
 " affedions are fetled, and their loves fo far tranfported to promote fer- 
 " vants, as they onely trufl and credit what they fliall inform, 
 
 " In this Cafe, what Subjed dares complain < or what Subjedl dares 
 " contradid the words or adions of fuch a fervant, if it be not warranted 
 " by freedom of a Parliament, they fpeaking with humility :' For nothing 
 " obtaineth favor with a King, fo much as diligent obedience. 
 
 "The fureftand fafeft way betwixt the King and his people, which 
 " hath leaft fcandal of partiality, is, with indifference, with integrity and 
 " fincerity, to examine the Grievances of the Kingdom, without touch- 
 " ing upon the peribn of any man, further then the caufe giveth occafion : 
 "For otherwire,you fliall conteft with him that hath the Princes ears open 
 " to hearken to his inchantina tongue; he informs fecretly, when you 
 
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 Hijlorical CoUeBions. 
 
 " Ihall not be admitted to excufes, he will caft your deferved malice a- 
 " gainft him, to your contempt againft the King, and leeking to leflen 
 " his Authority ; and fo will make the Prince the Shield of his Re- 
 
 venge. 
 
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 " Thefe are the finifter pradifes of fuch fervants to deceive their 
 Soveraigns, when our Grievances (liall be authentically proved, and 
 " made manifeft to the World by your pains to examine, and freedom to 
 "fpeak. No Prince can be fo affedionate to a fervant, or fuch 
 " an Enemy to himfelf, as not to admit of this indifferent proceed- 
 If his fervices be allowable and good, they will appear with glo- 
 ry •, if bad , your labor fliall deferve thanks both of Prince and 
 " Country. 
 
 " When Juftice (liall thus diine, people will be animated to ferve their 
 " King with integiity : For they are naturally inclined to imitate Princes 
 "in good and bad, 
 
 *'The words of C/^fro will then appear. That malicious and evil men 
 " make Princes poor 5 and one perfc(ft good man is able to make a Realm 
 " rich. 
 
 " One Cafe I will inftance that is common in the mouths of all men, 
 and generally, ijox Pepuli vox Dei. One of quality in the lafl: Expediti- 
 " on to the Ifle of Rhee^ endeavored to conceale the number of men loft 
 "in ihelaft encounter, and confidently affirmed their number not to 
 " exceed three or four hundred ^ till a Dodor of Phyfick, oat of tender- 
 "nefs of Confcience and duty to his Majefty, could not diffemble the 
 ''vulgar and true Report, but acquainted his Majefty with Two thou- 
 " fand of his Subjeds there loft. This was fo contrary to the firft 
 " information, and fo difpleafing to the Informer and his Deligns, that 
 " he caufed the Phyfitiaos remove from his Highnefs prefence, who yet 
 *' remains in kindc of a baniflied man. 
 
 " The truth of thefe two Reports is eafily determined by the 
 " Clerks of the Bands of each Company, and is worthy to be difco- 
 "vered for Truth fake. Truth being fo Noble of it felf, as it will 
 " make him Honorable that promoteth it ; Lyes may (hadow it, but 
 " not darken it -. They may blame, but never ftiame it. By this 
 fmall Prefident his Majefty ftiall fee himfelf abufed 5 and it maybe a 
 means for him to refledt both upon men and matters. 
 
 '' The men flain are no lefs injured by concealing their Names, 
 "whofe hves were loft for King and Country. The Romans would 
 " have held it the higheft Honor for their friends and pofterity fo to die : 
 " And a Parliament may fear that thofe that ftick not fo palpably to 
 "wrong a King, may as unjnftly caft Afperfions upon the Houfe, and 
 " other his loving Subjedts. 
 
 " There is no remedy left for thefe mifreports, but a freedom of 
 " Speech in Parliament, For there is no wife man that fpeaks, bat 
 " knows what, and when to fpeak, and how to hold his peace, Whilft 
 *' Subjcds tongues are tyed, for fear they may reach him a rap whofe 
 " confcience cries guilty ; the King and his people are kept fromunder- 
 " ftanding one another ^ The Enemy is heartened abroad, and the Ma- 
 " lignant humor of Difcontent nouriilied at home, and all for one who 
 "is like a Dragon, that bites the ear of the Elephant, becaufe he knows 
 " the Elephant cannot reach him with his trunk; and Princes are abufed 
 " by falfe Reports vvhifpered in their ears by Sycophants and Flat- 
 
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 An. iSzj. " Diogems being asked what beaft bit foreft, anfwered. Of wilde 
 "beafts, ihe Back-hiter; of tame, the Flatterer. 
 
 "Now todefeend to Grievances, which are of two kinds ^ fome 
 «' concerning the Kingdom in general ^ fome in particular, which have re- 
 "lation to the general. 
 
 " The Grievances in general are fo many in number, as will ferve 
 "for every Member of the Houfe to prefent Two apiece to your 
 " views. And becaufe I cannot be admitted amongft you my (elf, 
 " yet in regard I have been a Mcjpber of you, I will prfume fo far 
 "as to rank my felf with you, and to tender the number of Two unto 
 " unto your confideration. 
 
 " My firft Complaint is ef Titles of Honor •, and in two kindes. 
 
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 " Firft, in refpe(fl of the Parties themfelves, their Eftates and Pa- 
 rentage. 
 
 *' Secondly, in refpeiS of the manner of their attaining there- 
 " unto, which is mercenary, bafe, and corrupt, which in reafon fliould 
 " not hold : For by Law the confideration is unlavvfull. 
 
 " Trajantts commended Plutarch for his Precepts in School, when 
 " he taught that men fhould labor to deferve Honor, but avoid the 
 " getting of it bafely : For if it were Reputation to have it by De- 
 " fert, it were Infamy to buy it for Money. In that Age where Rich 
 " men were honored. Good men were defpifed. 
 
 " Honor is not to be valued according to the vulgar opinion 
 " of men , but prized and efteemed as the Sirname of Vertue, in- 
 " gendred in the mindc •, and fuch Honor no King can give, or mo- 
 " ney can purchafe. He that will ftrive to be more honorable then 
 "others, muft abandon Paffion, Pride, and Arrogancy ^ that fo his 
 " Vertue may (bine above others. For Honor confifts not in the Ti- 
 " tie of a Lord, but in the opinion people have of their vertue 5 
 " For it is much more honor to deferve, and not to have it, then to have 
 " it, and not deferve it. 
 
 " There is one of three things, that commonly caufeth mans ad- 
 " vancement, Defert, Favor, and Power. 
 
 '• The firft makes a man worthy of it, the other two are but 
 " abufes : For, Favor is but a blinde fortune , an ounce of which 
 '• at Court, is better then a pound of wifdom : Fortune never favo- 
 " retji, but flattereth •, She never promifeth, but in the end ftie decei- 
 "veth-, She never raifeth, but (lie cafteth down again. And this Ad- 
 " vancement is meeter to be called Luck, then Merit. 
 
 " That Honor that is compafted by Power, takes unto it felf Li- 
 " berty, and defires not to be governed by wifdom, but force. It 
 " knows not what it defireth, nor hath a feeling of any Injury : It is 
 " neither moved with fweet words, nor pitituU tears ^ fuch men leave 
 "not to do evil, becaufe they have a defire to it, but when their 
 "powerfailethtodoit. 
 
 " The true Honor among the honorableft is, where Fortune cafts 
 "down, where there is no fault : But it is Infamy where Fortune raiicth, 
 " where there is no Merit. 
 
 " Examine the State anj condition of men raifed to Honor thefe 25 
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 years paft, and whether it be defert, favor or power that hath preferred 
 " them. 
 
 " Enter into the mifchief the Kingdom hath fuffered, and doth fuffer 
 " by it ; and the caufe of his Majefties great wants will foon appear : If you 
 " colledl with your felves how many hungry Courtiers have been raifed 
 " to the highcft top of honor 5 
 
 " After this, examine their Princely expence in thefe Twenty five 
 " years, their Eftatcs in prefent, and what is requifite to mantain them 
 " in their future degrees of honor, to themfelves and their Pofterity, and 
 " you fhall finde his Majefties annual Revenues confumed and fpent upon 
 *' thofe unworthy perfons, Befides the impairing and impoverifhing 
 "of the State, it brings with it the contempt of Greatnefs and 
 "Authority, it breeds an inward malice in Gentlemen better de- 
 " ferving of their Country , and better able to maintain the de- 
 "gree of honor without charge to King or Kingdom, and whofe 
 " Houfes and Alliance may better challenge it then the beft of 
 " them. 
 
 " The Charader of a covetous man is, that he getteth his goods 
 " with care, aud envy of his Neighbors, with forrow to his Enemies, 
 "with travel to his body, with grief to his Spirit, with fcruple to his 
 "confcience, with danger to his foul, with fuit to his children, and 
 " curfe to his heirs ; his deffre is to live poor, to die rich : But as thefe 
 "Vices are made vertues, even fo is he honored for them with Title of 
 '^ Nobility. 
 
 " When Philip the fecond King of Spai?f entred with Arms 
 "upon his Kingdom of Portugal, and though with his fword he 
 "might have made fitting Laws ; yet were there fome few Privi- 
 " ledges which the Portugals befought they might enjoy 5 one 
 " whereof was, That the King would make no unworthy perfon No- 
 " ble, or without their approbation, which was granted them, and to 
 "this day they hold that Freedom, which keeps that Kingdom in 
 " the ancient State, Honor and Dignity, (that is to fay) two Dukes, 
 "one Marquis, and Eighteen Earls ; And thus much for the point 
 " of Honor. 
 
 " The fecond Grievance 1 will recommend to your views is. The car- 
 " ri4^e of ottrWarSy the excefCve charges vainly fpent therein, the unwor- 
 " thinefs of the people imployed, the grave and experienced negleded, 
 " the defigns not warranted by rcafon and difcretion, and the executi- 
 " ons worfe performed, with many other circumftances that depend up- 
 ■'onit. 
 
 " But before I proceed herein, I muft crave leave to fpeak to two 
 ■ft-Points. 
 
 " The one to declare the property and condition of Impoftors and 
 " Deceivers of Princes, 
 
 " In the other I muft clear the Houfe of Parliament of an Impiltati- 
 " on caft upon it. 
 
 " Ahu[ers of Primes are they that perfwade them to War ; to be- 
 " come poor when they may live in Peace, and become rich •, when they 
 " may be loved,caufe them to be hated -, when they may enjoy their lives 
 " furely, put them in hazard of crofs fortune raflily 5 and laftly, having 
 '* neceflity to ufe their Subjedls, put them into that ncceffity, as they 
 "refufetodoforhim: All this is Pride of the Perfwader, as Socrata 
 « faith. 
 
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 Hijiorical CoUeBions. 
 
 An. 1627. 
 
 "In thefecond Twill clear the Pailiament (in which I was a Mem- 
 " ber) of an ungrateful! afperfion caft upon it, that is to fay. That the 
 ^' Parliament rvai a cau[e to draw his Ma] eft) into a War, and failed on their 
 " farts to contnhute to it, 
 
 "Thefe have been often repeated, and the Parliament accufed-, the 
 " contrary hath been as often reiterated, and the truth exprcffed how far 
 " the Parliament proceeded therein. But to flop the mouths of fuch 
 " falfe Reports, and to free the Parliament of fuch a calumniation, I muft \ A 
 " ufe this Argument. 
 
 " At the Aflembly of oxford^ the Parliament being Prorogued thi- 
 " ther, Money was required of us towards the furnifhing of his Majefties 
 " Fleet then preparing, upon many reafons alleadged, too tedious now 
 " to repeat, with one confent it was rcfufed. 
 
 " Whereupon there was offer made by him that next the King, feem- 
 " to have bed Authority, That if they would but contribute Forty thou- 
 " fand pounds, they fhould choofe their Enemy. B 
 
 "Whereupon I infer, That before that Propofition there was no 
 " Enemy, and therefore no Wars : T^e motion for Money being denied, 
 " the Parliament inftantly brake up-, and feeing no Enemy was nomina- 
 "ted, nor Money confented unto by us, I fee not how the Houfe can be 
 " taxed for Peace-breakers, but rather the name to be caft upon fome 
 " young men • for youth by nature is prone to pride, efpecially where 
 " experience wants 5 They are credulous in what they hear that pleafeth 
 "them, and incredulous in what is told them by wife men 5 They are 
 " defpifers of others counfels, and very poor in their own •, They are 
 "dangerous for Princes to relie on, for felf-will is of greater force then 
 " Precepts. 
 
 "Now to proceed : In 0<f?ckr following the Fleet put to Sea, and 
 " what they did is apparent by a Relation written by a their General at his 
 " Return. 
 
 "The Voyage being ended, another followed the next Summer un- 
 " de» the command of that noble Lord, the Earl of Lindfey , which D 
 " through the weaknefs and difability of the Ships, was not able to per- 
 " form what he had in charge, and what he defired. 
 
 " The laft and moft lamentable, was that to the Ifle of Rhee^ which I 
 " likcwife refer to a man 1 have feen, and to the Books printed and 
 " extant. 
 
 " Thefe, with that to Algeir, to make up a Mefs of Idand Voyages, 
 *' I wifli might be referred to the examination of choice and experienced 
 " Soldiers by Land and by Sea, to report their opinions of it, That fo 
 " their Errors, their waftefull Expences, their Negligences, their weak 
 " Defigns, and want of experience may appear, with the Succefs that 
 "might have proved, if Advice and Counfel had had preheminence 
 "above .Will and Arrogancy ^ For he that is ignorant of truth and 
 "knowledge, and led away with pride of his own opinions, muft 
 " needs err. After it hath part your approbation, it is worthy his Majefties 
 " view, who then (ball fee the difference of Actions well mannaged, and 
 " rafli and heady Enterprifes undertook by ignorance, and performed 
 "by folly. 
 
 " Bufinefs of fo great a confequence ought to be confidered of with 
 " Counfel, and not oncly of the necelTIty, profit and honor, but of the 
 " poffibility that was like to follow •, for an Action well begun is half 
 " ended. 
 
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 HiUorical ColieBions. 
 
 " My experience in Difcipline of War by Land and Sea can fay 
 " no more then to refer it to others •, for tis a Courfe I never was bred 
 ''to in my youth, and now too late in mine age to pradice: Onely 
 " one thing I obferve, that in the two journeys of CaMz and Rhee 
 "in the firft a Land Souldier commanded at Sea, who knew not 
 "what belonged thereunto •, and the other was carried by him that 
 "was Souldier neither by Land nor by Sea, and the fuccefs proved ac- 
 " cordingly in both, yet their errors were never queftioned, but they 
 "both highly advanced, 
 
 " And it is no marvel,for according to the old faying,The beft Fencer 
 " is not always the beft Fighter, the fairer Tilter not the beft experienced 
 "Souldier, nor the eye of a Favorite at Court the beft General of an 
 '* Hoft: And whofoever takes upon him that command without know- 
 " ledge, beholds himfelf in a falfe glafs, that makes him feem what he 
 " is not. 
 
 " As on the contrary. Experience is the mother of Prudence, 
 "and Prudence will take counfel, left fhe joyn her will with her will; 
 " haftinefs caufeth repentance, and frowardnefs caufeth hinderance. 
 
 " Of the Evils that followed upon thefe two voyages, your felves 
 " are fufficient Witneftes, and can judge of them. As namely, the billet- 
 "ing of Soldiers in the Country, and bringing their Ships into Har- 
 " bors, not abating the entertainment of the one, nor the wage» of the 
 "other. And yet notwithftanding this needlefs coft and charges, our 
 " Ships and Coafts are daily infefted infuch fort, as we dare not peep ouc 
 « of Harbor. 
 
 *' Were the carriage of things now anfwerable to the Prudence and 
 ^ Prefidents of former times, we cannot pretend a fear of invafion -, be 
 
 " caufe our Ships are divided into fevcral Harbors, and our Soldiers 
 " billctted in Inland Countries •, befide the fcafon of the year giveth no 
 "opportunity to an Enemy to attempt it. 
 
 " Here is a mafs of wealth curioufly confumed, whether the King or 
 " Subje(5l bear it, and no man bettered but onely thofe that have the titles 
 " of Soldiers,yet never had the happinefs or honor to fee what appertained 
 " to fervice, 
 
 "Their example of diforder encourages the other to follow their 
 " Liberty, People that were wont to live poorly, yet fafely, are now by 
 " thefe Fellows and their Followers robbed and fpoiled, and no remedy 
 "forRedrefs. 
 
 " The rich ftand upon their guard, and dare not refort to their 
 " Church, left in their abfence their Houfes be furprifcd and Rifled. 
 
 " The Enemy giveth a fudden attempt and returneth, the others do 
 " every day rob and fpoil. 
 
 The Enemy furprifeth with fear, the others have neither fear nor 
 "fhame. 
 
 " The firft Icffening the greatnefs of the Roman Empire, was 
 " by the infolency of Soldiers ; and the firft raifing of the Houfe of 
 " Ottoman was by permilTion and conniving at his Army. 
 
 " What man is fo old in England that hath feen, or what youth 
 
 "fo young that ever thought to fee Scotti(h men and Irifh men 
 
 "Garrifoned in England^ and no Enemy appear againft us ^ Or 
 
 \ " who could have imagined he fhould ever have feen our own people 
 
 " tyrannized over in our own Kingdom by thefe of our own Nation, 
 
 ' " and tliofe Scottifh and Irifti, and not dare fo much as complain c" 
 
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 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1627. " Would our forefathers have thought it fafety or Policy to draw 
 
 sJr^T^^ " Two thoufand Scotiili men and Iriih men, into the Ifle of Wight ^ for 
 "their defence againft i='r4Wff, when they of the Ifle defired it not, nay 
 " when they oppofed it < 
 
 '' Would they have thought it wifdom that Two thoufand Mouthes 
 " befides the Inhabitants (hoald live on the food of that Ifland, and fo 
 " bring themfelves into want and penury of viftuals, if they fhould in 
 "carneft be attempted by an Enemy i Would they have thought fit 
 "the charge of it Hiould be required of them, and yet they to fufFer all 
 " injuries from the hands of ftrange Souldiers, when the meaneft boy 
 "in the Ifland is taught to mannage Arms better then the beft of them 
 "that are there billetted^ No, but they would rather have thought it 
 "difcretion upon the return of thofe voyages, to havecaufed the men 
 " to repair to the place where they were prefled, and to have ordered, 
 " that each Paridi (hould have kt them on work for their maintenance, 
 "with command to be ready upon warning to repair to the place of 
 " Rendezvous 
 
 " There is no place or part in ZngUnd fo remote from the Sea, 
 " but they might have reforted to the Port affigned, before the Ships 
 "could be furniflied or drawn together. They would have thought it 
 " more wifdom to have retired to their own Harbors, and to have had 
 " their men difciiarged, then to have continued this needlefs and ex- 
 " pencefuUcourfe that is taken. They would have judged it better to 
 " have fupplied the Ifle of ^fi^^Mvith Two thoufand men out of the 
 " main Land, when they feared any evil to the Ifland, then to fend for 
 " them out of Scotland^ and to keep them in continual entertainment, 
 " They would have thought it more fit to have returned the barba- 
 " rous Iriflj into the Country from whence they came, then to make 
 " them a vexation to the places and parts where they remain, feeing 
 " no fhadow of reafon can be pretended for ir. 
 
 " England wants no men, and hath as good and able men as either of 
 " the other two Nations, if his Majefty had occafion to ufe them. 
 
 " England with fmall charge can raife what men his Majefty plea- 
 " feth to command , and that fuddenly, and difcharge them again 
 " without trouble or charge as quickly. The wife men of England 
 *' would have thought Two or three hundred thoufand pounds better fpa- 
 "red, then thus waftfuUy confumed, anddiforders committed; we may 
 
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 compute It to that fum, and yet keep our felves within compafs : 
 " And notwithftanding the want of Money, and the wayes to exad 
 " it of the Subjed, is all the Song now fung •, He that fees and com- 
 " plains of the evil mannaging of things, is either imprifoned, baniflied 
 " the Court, or cenfured for a Difcontent. 
 
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 There is no Englifliman but knoweth the heart of every other 
 "true heated Englifliman, and with oneconfent will all obey our Prince, 
 " and to his perfon we owe all due reverence ; and we may truely fay 
 " no King is more happy in Subjeds for their love, nor no Subjefts 
 " readier to ferve their King with their purfes andperfons-, nor never 
 " people was better bleft with a King, who is endued with all kinde of 
 vertues, and ftained with no manner of vice. 
 
 " Falfe Informers and Mifguiders of good Kings are much more 
 "perilous, then if Princes themfelves were evil •, for commonly as 
 "worms breed fooneft in foft and fweet wood, fo are the beft na- 
 " tures inclined to Honor, and Juftice fooneft abu fed by falfe Flatterers/ 
 
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 " The evil they commit under the Authority of good Princes is 
 "accounted as done by the Prince himfelf •, but commonly fuch people in 
 " the end pay for it •, for he that defires not to do good cannon be wife 
 " but will fall into Four thoufand Follies. 
 
 " One of the firft Propofitions m.ide to the Houfe will be for 
 '^' Money to fupport his Majeftiesvaft expence at this time-, that the 
 " Enemy threatens thunder againft the Kingdom. Your often alarms 
 " upon fuch pretences may make you now too fecure ^ for true it is 
 " that the laft Parliament, books were publirtied of invincible Prepa- 
 " rations intended againft us, and nothing came of it. But beware 
 "you be not deceived by an old faying, That when one ufually tells 
 " lyes, he is not trufted when he fpeaks truth •, for certainly the dan- I 
 "ger is much more then by the power and greatnefs of another 
 " Enemy. 
 
 " In this cafe you mufl give for your own fakes, that To you may be 
 B " fure to enjoy what is yours ; for your Soveraigns fake, to maintain 
 " his greatnefs and ftate ^ and for your Countries fake, to keep it from 
 "oppreflionof the Enemy •, but withallyou ought to lay down the con- 
 "dition of the Kingdom, and to (hew that your neceflity cannot run 
 " paralel with your hearts and your dcfires •, that your mindes will be 
 *■ carried with a willingnefs to give, but your hands will keep back your 
 " hearts for want of ability to give. 
 
 " Themi^ocles demanding Tribute of the Athenians, told them he 
 "brought two Gods with him, that is to fay, Perfwafion and Violence -, 
 " They anfwered, that they had two other Gods in their Country, both 
 " great and powerfull, which were Poverty and Impoflibility, which hin- 
 " dred them from giving. 
 
 " We may truely fay, that God hath fo placed and feated this Ifle of 
 ^^ England, that nothing but evil counfelcan hurt it : But true it is, ad- 
 " vice that is not warranted from wife men, may prove more forcible and 
 *■' perilous then the power of an Enemy. 
 D " The Scripture telleth us, that the thought peri(heth that taketh 
 "not counfel. 
 
 " A King of the Lacedemonians asked how a Kingdom might 
 " ever ftand, and was anfwered, two waycs, if a King take counfel 
 " of wife honeft men , and they fpeak freely ; and do Juftice up- 
 " rightly. 
 
 " There was never Cenfor that judged, Senator that ordered, Em- 
 " peror that commanded. Council that executed. Orator that pcrfwaded, 
 "nor any other mortal man, butfometimes he committed Errors, and 
 "deferved either blame orpunifhment for his mifdoings, and if he were 
 " wife, defired advice what to do, 
 
 " St Gregory faith. No man can give fo faithfull counfel as he who 
 " loves one more then his gifts •, Then who are or can be fotrue Ceun- 
 "cellors to our Noble King, as a Houfe of Commons that hath no rela- 
 " tion to a Kings gift, but only to his Honor, flourifliing eftate and fafety. 
 
 " This is the time to amend evil Counfels paft, and to let evil Coua* 
 ' cellorsfee their Errors. 
 
 "This is the time for all men to put to their helps, fome with their 
 " hands to fight, others, with their advice to counfel; And formyAd- 
 " vice this it is ^ 
 
 Thatyoit prefect to hU Majeflj in all httmhUnefs, your rvilling mindes and^ 
 hearts, to repair and fit to Sea bis Majefties Navy, yoftr [elves to have power 
 
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 Petition fof a 
 faft. 
 
 Aft 1627 to make them able and [erviceable^ with the advice of experienced men that \ 
 you may call unto you. " This is a matter of great importance at this prc- 
 " Cent for the fatecy of King, Realm, and Subjedt •, for the ftrength of 
 " the Kingdom much depends upon this Bulwark, which we may well 
 « term The Waffs of England. 
 
 •jil " His Majefty fliall finde himfelf much eafed by it, BufinefTes fhall 
 " be carried without his trouble or care, Money (hall not be fought for to 
 " that end, but provided by you, his Majefty may difpofe of the reft of 
 " his Revenue at his pleafure. 
 
 " By your frugality and husbandry his Majefty ftiall have occafion to 
 
 judge of things paft, of yours in prefent, and hereafter it will ferve for 
 
 a Prefident to walk after -, it will ftop the mouthes of Malignant 
 
 " tongues that inform his Majefty of the unwiUingnefs of the Subjedl 
 
 " to give •, and it will make it apparent, that their true grief is not in the 
 
 " matter of giving,but to fee the Evil employing of it when it is given. 
 
 " If any man fliall prevert this good meaning and motion of yours, 
 "and inform his Majefty, 'tis a derogation from his Honor, to yield to his 
 " SubjeBs upon Conditions : His Majefty (hall have good caufe to prove 
 " fuch mens Eyes malitious and unthankfuU, and thereby to difprova them 
 "in all their other Adions : For what can it le(renthe Reputation of 
 " a Prince whom the Sabjedl onely and wholy obeyeth, that a Parliament 
 " which his Majefty doth acknowledge to be his higheft Council ftiould 
 "advife him, and he follow the advice of fuch a Council f What 
 " dilhonor rather were it to be advifed and ruled by one Coancellor 
 " alone, againft whom there is juft exception taken of the whole Com- 
 "monwealth. 
 
 " Marcus Portio faith. That that Commonwealth is everlafting, 
 " where the Prince feeks to get obedience and love, and the Subje(5ls to 
 " gain the affedion of the Prince •, and that Kingdom is unhappy where 
 " their Prince is ferved out of ends and hope of Reward, and hath 
 " no other affurance of them but their fervice. 
 Grand Com- Thurfday the 20 of March the Houfe fetled their grand Committees 
 
 mitteesfetied. for Religion, Grievances, Courts of Juftice, and Trade, and agreed up- 
 on a Petition to the King for a Faft5unto which the Lords alfo confented. 
 
 Mod gracious Soveraign, 
 
 W(2 pour mo(l tjumWe anD lopal ©ubjcttie?, ttje lo?t)ie! ©ptrt- 
 tual anDCempo?al in tt)i0 prefent parliament aGfemWeD, 
 upon a tcnDet anD compaf^ionare fence of tbe ejctteam 
 Calamities of tijel'iefoameD(2rDui:cDcjsafa?oaD, anD toittJ muclj fo?tot» 
 app^eljenDing tijc Difpleafure of ^ImigDtp (SoD DeclareD againCt our 
 felt)e0,tl)emanifolDet)il0alreaD? fain upon us, anD tljofe twIjicOare 
 further tb^eatncD, as bp pour facreD ^^aicnptoas inttmareD unto us, 
 eben to tOe utter DcOruaionanD ful)t)crQon of tUisCOurct) anD State, 
 anD toljiclj our Qns \)Bbt juttlp DeferbeD, anD being notobp pour ^a^ 
 jcQies gracious fat)o?,acfembleD m parliament as tbe®?eax* Council 
 of tbis pour C^mgDom, to confult of fucb means as tue tbi'ife fittrCf tore- 
 D^cfs tbe p^fent, anD p?et)ent tbe future eljils, fx>\)cmn toe tb?ougb 
 ©oDs blefsing intcnD to implop our utmoCf enDeatozs, bumblp befeecb 
 pour g^ajcop, tbat bp pour fpe cial CommanD one o? mo?e Daps map be 
 fo^tOtoitb folemnlpfet apart, to^ereinbotbourfclbes anDtbetw&ole 
 fiiingDom map bp faOmg anD piapers feel; reconciliation at tb^ banDs of 
 
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 3IImigtitj) (55oD,anD xvitl) bumWc anti pcnitant t)cart0 befcrcD Ijim to w 
 mcibc ttjofc mifcrie0 tW lie upon U0 ? cur ncigl;boi CljurcUc^, to abett 
 tOofc totjicl) are tf)?eatncD,to contuuic t\)c fat)o?0 lue retcniop, anD pactt- 
 fularlj) to bcffotu bt0 abunL^ant blcfeing upon pout ^ajedp ant) tits 
 p^cfent ^arliamc nr, fo tl;at all our iCaunfcl^ anO Eefcluttons being 
 blcffeD bp bis iDibuic afeiffance, map p?uDuce mucD Oono? anD fafetp 
 to pour ^ajeQp, pour people anD Wm, 
 
 Saturday the 22 o^ March was fpent in opening the grievances and ftate 
 of the Kingdom, as billeting of Soldiers, Loans by Benevolences and Pri- 
 vy-Seal, and the imprifoning certain Gentlemen who refufed to lend upon 
 that account, who afterwards bringing their Habeas Cerfits vvere notwith- 
 ftanding remanded to prifon •, nor did the Houfc endine to Supply his Ma- 
 jefty till thefe Grievances were redrefTed : To which purpofe Sir Francis 
 Seimottr thus began •, 
 
 '*' This is the great Council of the Kingdom, and here (if not here a- 
 " lone) his Majefty may fee as in a true glafs the ftate of the Kingdom-, we 
 " are called hither by his Majefties writs to give him faithful counfel, fuch 
 " as may iland with his honor-, but this wemuft do without flattery : we are 
 " fent hither by the Commons to difcharge that truff repofed in us,by de- 
 "livering up their juft grievances,and this we muft do without fearrlet us not 
 "therfore be like C4w^;i/(?iJudges,who being demanded of their KingjWhe- 
 " ther it were not lawful tor him to do what in it felf was unlawful^ They(rx- 
 *' ther to pleafe the King,then to difcharge their own confciences)anfwer- 
 " cd, that the Pcrfian Kings might do what they lifted : This bafe flattery 
 " tends to raifchief,being fitter for reproof then imitation -, and as flattery, 
 " fo fear taketh away the judgment, let us not then be poi?'elIed with fear 
 *' or flattery, of corruptions the bafeft : For my own part, I fliall fliun both 
 '* thefe, and fpeak my confcience with as much duty to his Majefty as any 
 " man, but not negleding the Publick,in which his Majefty and the Com- 
 " monwealth have an Intereft : But how can we (hew our affedions whilft 
 " we retain our fears < or how can we think of giving of Sublidies, till we 
 " know whether we have any thing to give or no •: for if his Majefty be per- 
 " fwadedby any to take from his Subjcds what he will, and where it plea- 
 "fethhim-, I would gladly know what we have to give -r Its true, it is ill 
 " with thofe Subjects that (liall give Laws to their Princes, and as ill with 
 '' thofe Princes which Hull ufe force with thofe Laws 5 that this hath been 
 " done, appeareth by the billetting of Soldiers, a thing no way advantage- 
 " ous to his Majefties fervice, but a burden to the Commonwealth 5 This 
 '" alfo appeareth by the laft Levy of money againft an adt of Parliament : 
 " Again, Mr Speaker^ what greater proof can there be of this,then the im- 
 " prifonment of divers Gentlemen for the Loan, who if they had done the 
 " contrary for fear, their fault had been as great as theirs that were the Pro- 
 "jedlorsinit -, and to countenance thefe Proceedings, hath it not been 
 " preached (or rather prated) m our pulpits, that all we have is the Kings, 
 "y-ure Dwino < fay thefe time-fervers-,they forfakc their own fun(5lion,and 
 "turn ignorant States-men ^ we fee how willing they will be to change a 
 good confcience ior a Biihoprick, ?nd (Mr Speaker)we fee how eafie it is 
 for a Prince,how )uft and good foevcr, to be abufed,in regard he muft fee 
 with other mens eyes,and hear with other mens ears. Let us not flatter 
 his M-'^jeftyjit is too apparent to all the world,the King and people fufFer 
 more tiow then ever : His Majefty in his Affairs abroad, and his Peo-ple 
 " ia their Eftates at home : But will you know the realbn of all this, let us 
 
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 " look back to the Aftions of former Princes, and we (hall find that thofe 
 " Princes have been in greateft want and extreamity that exadled moft of 
 " their Subjeds and moft unfortunate in the choice of their Minifters, and 
 " to have failed moft in their undertakings-, happy is that Prince that hath 
 "thofe that are faithful of his Council: That which his Majefty wanted in 
 '' the management of his Affairs concerning France and Spain, I am clear 
 " was his want of faithful Council to advife. The reafon is plam,a Prince is 
 " ftrongeft by faithful! and wife Council, 1 would I could truly fay, fuch 
 " have been imployed abroad. I will confefs, and ftill ftiall from my heart, 
 " he is no good Subje(5f,nor well affeded to his Majefty and the State,that 
 will not willingly and freely lay down his life, when the end may be the 
 fervice of his Majefty, and the good of the Commonweale : But on the 
 contrary, when againft a Parliament Law the Subject fhall have taken 
 " from him, his goods againft his will, and his liberty againft the Laws of 
 " the Land : (hall it be accounted want of duty in us to ftand upon our Pri- 
 " viledges, hereditary to us,and confirmed by fo many A(5ls of P.irliament. 
 "In doing this we (liall but tread the fteps of our forefathers, who ever 
 " preferred the Publick Intereft before their own right, nay, before their 
 " own lives •, nor can it be any wrong to his Majefty to ftand upon them fo 
 " as thereby we may be the better enabled to do his Majefties fervice 5 but 
 " it will be a wrong to us and our pofterity and our confciences, if we vvil- 
 " lingly forego that which belongs unto us by the Law of God, and of the 
 "Land, and this we fhall do well toprefentto his Majefty 5 we have no 
 "caufe to doubt of his Majefties gracious acceptation. 
 
 " This Debate (faid Sir Tbo .W-entrvorth) carries a double Afpedt towards 
 "theSoveraignand the Subje(5t,though both be innocent,both are injured, 
 "and both to be cured: Surely,in the greateft humility^^I fpeak it,thefe ille- 
 " gal ways are punifliment and marks of indignation, the raifing of Loans 
 " Itrengthned by Commi(rion,with unheard of Inftrudion^/and Oathes,the 
 " billettingof Soldiers by the Lieutenants, and Deputy Lieutenants, have 
 "been as if they could have perfwaded Chriftian Princes, yea worlds, that 
 " the right of Empires, had been to take away by ftrong hands, and they 
 " have endeavored as far as pofTible for them, to do it. This hath not been 
 " done by the King (under the pleafing ftiade of whofe Crown I hope we 
 *' (hall ever gather the fruits of Juftice)but by Proje(5lors,who haveextend- 
 " ed the Prerogative of the King, beyond the juft Symetry,which maketh 
 " a fweet harmony of the whole : They have brought the Crown into 
 " greater want then ever, by anticipating the Revenues 5 And can the 
 " Shepherd be thus fmitten and the Speep not fcattered :" They have intro- 
 *' duced a Privy-Council ravifliing at once the Spheres of all ancient Go- 
 " vernment, imprifoning us without either bail or bond •, they have taken 
 " from us, what 5 (hall I fay indeed,what have they left us ^ AH means of 
 " fupplying the King and ingratiating our felves with him, taking up the 
 "root of all propriety, which if it be not feafonably fet again into the 
 "ground by his Majefties own hands,we Hiall have infleed of beauty, bald- 
 " nefs. To the making of thofe whole, I (hall apply my felf, and propound 
 " a Remedy to all thefe difeafes. By one and the fame thing have King 
 " and People been hurt, and by the fame muft they be cured • to vindicate, 
 " what, new things ^ no our ancient vital Liberties, by reinforcing the an- 
 " cient Laws made by our Anceftors, by fetting forth fuch a Chara<5ler of 
 " them, as no licentious fpirit dull dare to enter upon them ♦, and (hall we 
 think this is a way to break a Parliament i no,our defires are modeft and 
 juft, I fpeak truly, both for the intereft of Kmg and People, if we in- 
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 " nefs^ wherefore I (hall fhortly defcend to my motions confifting of four 
 " parts,two of which have relation to our perfons,tvvo to the propriety if 
 " goods for our perfons •, firft, the freedom of them from imprifonment. 
 " fecondly, from imployment abroad, contrary to the ancient Cuftoms •. 
 " For our goods, that no Levies be made, but by Parliament -, fecondly, 
 " no billetting of Soldiers: It is moftneceflary that thefebe refolved, 
 " that the Subjed may be fecured in both. 
 
 Sir Benjamm Rudyard dinds up as a Moderator, and fpake thus : 
 
 " This is the Chryfis of Parliaments ^ we (liall know by this if Parlia- 
 " ments live or die,the King will be valued by the fuccefs of us, the Coun- 
 "cilsof this Houfe will have opperations in all, 'tis fit we be wife, his 
 *' Ma jefty begins to us with affedlion, proclaiming, that he will relieon 
 " his peoples love ^ prefervation is natural, we are not now on the l^ene e[fe, 
 "but on the effe ^ be lure EngUndis ours, and then prune it 5 Is it no fmall 
 " matter that we have provoked two moft Potent Kings C we have united 
 '' them, and have betrayed our felves more then our enemies could : Men 
 *' and Brethren, what lliall we do •'. is there no balm in Gilead 1 if the King 
 " draw one way, the Parliament another, we mufl: all fink: Irefpcdl no 
 " particular, I am not fo wife to contemn what is determined by the major 
 " part, one day tells another, and one Parliament inftrufts another. I defire 
 " this Houfe to avoid all conteftations, the hearts of Kings are great, 'tis 
 *' comely that Kings have the betcr of their Subjeds •, give the King leave 
 *' to come off, I believe hisMajefty expedlsbut theoccafion, 'tislawfull, 
 " and our duty to advife his Majefty, but the way is to take a right courfe 
 " to attain the right end-, which I think maybe thus-, by trufting the 
 " King,and to breed a truft in him,by giving him a largcSupply according 
 " to his wants, by proftrating our Grievances humbly at his feet, from 
 " thence they will have the beft way to his heart, that is done in duty to his 
 " Majefty ; And to fay all at once. Let as all labor to get the King on our 
 " fide, and this may be no hard matter, confidering the neer fabfiftence 
 *' between the King and people. 
 Sir Edward OoKpake next. 
 
 ^^Dumtempfis hahcmushnumoperemur, lam abfolutely to give Sup- 
 " ply to his Majefty, yet with fome caution : To tell you of Forein dajigers 
 " and inbred evils, I will not do it ; the State is inclining to a confumpti- 
 "on, yet not incurable -, I fear not Forein Enemies, God fend us peace at 
 " home -, for this difeafe I will propound remedies,! will feek nothing out 
 " of mine own head, but from my heart, and out of Ads of Parliament -, I 
 " am not able to fly at all Grievances, but only at Loans : Let us not flat- 
 '' ter our felves ; who will give Subfidies if the King may impefe what he 
 "will ^ and if after Parliament the King may inhaunce what he pleafeth ^ 
 " Lknow the king will not do it, I know he is a Religious Kmg, free from 
 " perfonal vices, but he deals with other mens hands, and fees with other 
 " mens eyes -, will any give a Subfidy, that may be taxed after Parhament 
 " at pleafure c" the King cannot tax any by way of Loans, I differ from 
 " them who would have this of Loans go amongft Grievances, but I 
 " would have it go alone. 
 
 " He begin with a noble Record,it cheers me to thiak of it, 2 5 . £. 3 . it 
 ^'is worthy to be written in letters of gold ^ loans againft the will ol the 
 " Subjefl are againft reafon and the Franchifes of the Land, and they de- 
 *' fire reftitution : what a word is that Franchife -r The Lord may tax his 
 Villain high or low, but it is againft the Franchifes of the Land, for free- 
 
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 " men to be taxed but by their confent in Parliament •, Franchife is a 
 " French word, and in Latineit is Libertas. In Magna Charta it is provi- 
 " ded, that Nullus liber homo capatur -vel impifonetur aut di^eifutur de libera 
 " teaementofitOjScc. mfifer legale judicium farium [uorum vel per legem terr^t--, 
 " which Charter hath been confirmed by good Kings above thirty times. 
 
 When thefe Gentlemen had fpoken, Sir J-ohn CM)fr,Secretary of State 
 took up the matter for the King, and concluded for redrefs of Grievances, 
 fo that Supplies take the precedency - And faid, 
 
 " I had rather you would hear any then me •, I will not anfwer what 
 " hath been already rpoken-,my defire is not to ftir,butto quiet,not to pro- 
 " voke,but to appeafe: my defire is,that every one refort to his own heart 
 " to reunite the King and the State, and to take away the fcandal from us; 
 " every one fpeaks from the abundance of his heart : I do conclude out of 
 " every ones Conclufion,to give to the King, to redrefs Grievances •, all 
 " the difference is about the manner •, we are all Inhabitants in one Houfe, 
 " the Commonwealth, let every one in fomewhac amend his houfe, fome- 
 " what is'amils :" but if all the Houfe be on fire, will we then think of a- 
 " mending whats a mifs:' will you not rather quench thefirec'the danger all 
 "apprehend. The way that is propounded, I feek not to decline •, illegal 
 " courfes have been taken, it muft be confeflfed, the redrefs muft be by 
 " Laws and Punifhment : but withal add the Law oiNecepty •, Neceflfity 
 ''hath no Law, you muft abilitate the State to do ; what you do, byPe- 
 " tirion require. It is willied we begin with Grievances,! deny not that we 
 " prepare them,but (hall we offer them firft : will not this feem a Conditi- 
 " on with his Majefty i do we not deal with a wife King, jealous of his 
 "Honor:' All Subfidies cannot advantage his Majefty fo much, as that 
 " his Subjedls do agree to Supply him : This will amaze the Enemy more 
 " then ten Subfidies ^ begin therefore with the King, and not with our 
 " felves. 
 
 " This dayes Debate (faid Sir Robert Philips) makes me call to minde 
 " the cuftom of the Romans, who had a folemn feaft once a year for their 
 " Slaves,at which time they had liberty (without exception) to fpeak what 
 " they would, whereby to eafe their afflided minds, which being finiftied, 
 " they feverally returned to their former fervitude. This may with fome 
 " refemblance and diftin6lion well fet forth our prefent State ; where now 
 " after the revolution of fome time, and grievous fufferings of many vio- 
 " lentoppreffions,we have(asthofe Slaves had) a day of liberty of fpeech; 
 " but (hall not, I truft, be herein Slaves, for we are free : we are not Bond- 
 " men,but Subjedls • thefe after their Feaft were Slaves again ^ but it is our 
 " hope to return Freemen. I am glad to fee this mornings work, to fee 
 " fuch a fenfe of the Grievances under which we groaa. I fee a concur- 
 *'rfence of grief from all parts, to fee the Subjed wronged, and a fit way 
 " to fee the Subje(fl righted : I expedled to fee a divifion,but I fee honora- 
 "bleconjundlion,andItakeit agood Omen. It was wilhcd by one, that 
 " there were a forgettulnefs of all, let him not profper that wifheth it not. 
 " No, there is no fuch wayes to perfecft remedy, as to forget injuries, but 
 *' not fo to forget, as not to recover them. It was ufual in Rome to 
 " bury all injuries, onpurpofeto recover them. It was faid by aGentle- 
 '* man that ever fpeaks freely : JVe muft fo govern our felves, at if this Par- 
 " liament muft be the Chrjfts of all Parliaments, and this the laft. I hope 
 " well, and there will be no caufe for the King our Head to except againft 
 ' us, or we againft him. The dangers abroad are prefentcd to us, he is no 
 
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 ftrongly joyned together-, the dangers are not Chimerical but real I ac- 
 " knowledge it, but it muft be done in proportion of our dangers at home- 
 " I more fear the violation ot Pdblick Rights at home, then a Forein Ene- 
 "my: Mud it be our duties and diredion to defend Forem dangers, and 
 " cflablifn fecurity againft them, and Hiall we not look at that which iliall 
 " make us able and willing thereunto C We fliall not omit to confide and 
 " truft his Majefty, otherwife our Councils will be with fears, and that be- 
 " comes not Engliihmen. The unaccuftomed violences(I have nothing but 
 " a good meaning)trench into all we have. To the four particulars already 
 " mentioned wherein we fuffer, one more may be added, Left Goi for- 
 " bare to hear me in the day of my trouble -, our Religion is made vendible 
 " by Commiflions : Alas ! now a tolleration is granteddittle lefs)and men 
 '' for pecuniary annual rates difpenced withal,whereby Papifts without fear 
 " of Law pradife Idolatry, and fcoffat Parliaments, at Laws and all ^ it is 
 B ; " well known the people of this State are under no other fubjedion then 
 " what they did voluntarily confent unto by the original contrad between 
 "King and people-, and as there are many Prerogatives and Privilcdaes 
 " conferred on the Kingjfo there are left to theSubjed many necefTary Li- 
 " berries and Priviledges, as appears by the Common Laws and Ads of 
 " Parliament, notwithftanding what thefe two '^ Sycophants have prated in 
 " the Pulpit to the contrary. Was there ever yet King of- England thzz di- 
 ^' redly ever violated the Subjeds Liberty and Property, but their adtons 
 " were ever complained of in Pai'liament,and no fooner complained of then 
 "redreired:" 21 4^. there went out a CommifTion to raife money in a 
 ''• rtrangc manner, the fucceeding Parliament prayed redrefs, and till H, 8. 
 " we never heard of the faid Commiflions again. 
 
 " Another way was by Loan, a worm that cankered the Law,the Par- 
 "liament did redrefs it, and that money was paid again: The next little 
 " Engine was Benevolence ^whii the force of that was,look into the Statute 
 " of yz.3. which damned that particular way,and all other indired wayes, 
 D| '■ Since the Right of the Suhjed is thus bulwarkt by the Law of the 
 " Kingdom, and Princes upon complaint have redrefie J them, I am con- 
 " fident we Ihall have the like caufeof joy from his Majefty. 
 
 " I will here make a little digrellion : The "^ County I ferve for were >^ Sommerfet- 
 " pleafed to command me to leek the removal from them of the greateft y^-""^- 
 " burthen that ever people fuifered. It was excellently faid,Commiflionary 
 " Lieutenants do deprive us of all Liberty-, if ever the like was feen of the 
 " Lieutenancy that now is, I will never be believed more -, They tell the 
 " people they muft pay fo much upon a warrant from a Deputy Lieutc- 
 '* nant, or be bound to the good behavior, and fent up to the Lords of the 
 "Council^it is the ftrangeft Engine to rend the Liberty of theSubjed that 
 " ever was-, there was now a Dcctm'uiri in every County, and amongft that 
 " Decemviri there is fome Claudius Apfius that feek their own revenues •, 
 " we complain of Loans and Impofuions, but when Deputy Lieutenants 
 " may fend warrants to imprifon our perfons at pleafuie,if we pay not what 
 " they fent for, it concern us to preferve the Country in Freedom, and to 
 " confider of this kind of people. There is now ncccfity brought in for an 
 " argument, all know that ticccpty is an armed raan,an J that neccftity is an 
 " evil Councellor^ would we had never known that Council-, we are almoft 
 " grown like the Turks, who fend their Janizaries, who place the Halberd 
 " at the door,and there he is mafter of the houfe. We have Soldiers billet- 
 " ted,ani warrants to colled money ,which if they do not,th,e Soldiers muft 
 
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 " be fo curious in providing for the quiet polTeflion W ( 
 
 " come and rifle. The Romans fending one into Spain, found no greater 
 "complaint then the difcontent that did arife from Soldiers placed 
 "amongftthem. 1 would you would look into Ferte[cue where he puts 
 " the Prince in minde, what mifery he faw where Soldiers were put 
 " upon the people : But (iiith he, No man is forced to take Soldiers 
 " but Inns, and they to be paid by them ; I defire we refort to his Majefty 
 " for redrefs, and to reduce all into bounds. 
 
 " The other way of Grievance is a Judgement in a legal courfe of pro- 
 " ceeding •, we have had three Judgements of late times,all exceeding one 
 " another in prejudice of the Subjeft: The firft was,That that was judged 
 " in all formality, the * Toftmti Cafe,which people I honor ; for we finde 
 " many of them love us more then we do our felves ; I do not complain of 
 " it, but onely mention it. 
 
 '' The other Judgement was for Impofitions, which was given in the 
 " Exchequer, and this Houfe two times after damned that Judgement : 
 " how remifs our eyes are upon that I grieve to fee. 
 
 " There is a Judgement, if I may fo call it, a fital Judgement againft 
 "the Liberty of the Subjed, Mich. 3. Car. in Sir ^ohn Hcveninghams 
 "cafe argued at the Bar, and pronounced but by one alone-, I can live, 
 " although another without title be put to live with me-, nay, lean live, 
 " although I pay Excifes and Impofi tions for more then I do 5 but to have 
 " my liberty which is the foul of my life taken from me by power ,and to be 
 " pent up in a Goal without remedy by Law, and this to be fo adjudged to 
 
 ife forefathers ! to 
 our Lands and Li- 
 " berties of Parliament, and to negledl our perfons and bodies, and to let 
 "them die in prifon, and that darante kneplacito, remedilefs: If this be 
 " Law, what do we talk of our Liberties ^ why do we trouble our felves 
 " with the difputeof Law,Franchifes,Propriety of goods c" It is the Sttmma 
 " totalis of all miferies 5 I will not fay it was erroneous, but I hope we (hall 
 " fpeak our minds when that Judgment comes here to be debated. 
 
 " What may a man call his,if not Liberty 1 Having pafled in fome con- ! D 
 " fufion in the fafliion of my delivery, I conclude : We will confider two 
 " particulars, his Majefty ,and his People: his Majefty cals to us,and craves 
 " our afliftancc to revive again his Honor, and the Honor of the Nation : 
 " The people fend us, as we hope, with that diredion, that we (hall return 
 " to them with that Olive-branch, that alTurance of being free from thofe 
 " calamities under which they can hardly breathe. Our fins have brought 
 *' on us thofe miferies, let us all bring our Portion to make up the wall : we 
 " come with Loyal hearts -, his Majefty (liall find, that it is we that are his 
 " faithfuU Councellors -, let all Sycophants be far removed from his Majc- 
 " fty, fince we cannot help his Majefty without opening our Grievances -, 
 " let usdifcharge our duties therein-, yet while we feek Liberty ,we v/ill not 
 " forget Subjedion -, all things a State can be capable of,either bleffings or 
 " puni(hments,depcnd on this meeting-, if any think the King may be fup- 
 " plied and thtCommonwealth preferved without redrefs of Grievances, 
 " he is deceived. The Kings of £»^/W were never more glorious then 
 " when they trufted their Subjeds - let us make all hafte to do the Errand 
 " for which we came, let the Houfe confider to prepare our Grievances fit 
 *' for his Majefties view, not to make a Law to give us new Liberties, but 
 " Declaratory,with refpedive Penalties-, fo that thofe which violate them, 
 " if they wauld be vile,they (liould fear infamy with men^and then we (hall 
 " think of fuch a Supply as never a Prince received, and with our monies 
 
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 , " we fliall give him our hearts, and give him a new people raifed from the 
 
 "• dead : Then I hope this Parliament will be entituled, The Parliament of 
 
 I " wonders, and Gods judgements diverted, and thefe beams of goodnefs 
 
 " (hall give us life, and we fliall go home to our Countries, and leave our 
 
 " Pofterity as free as our Anceftors left us. 
 
 But thisday,as alfo the two next dayes Debate produced no Refoluci- 
 ons, the time being fpent in a general opening of Grievances from all 
 parts of the Kingdom. 
 
 MofjJay 2^ March Secretary Cook renewed the motion of Supplies for 
 hisMajefty, yet fo that Grievances belikewife taken into Confideration. 
 
 " We all think fit (faid he) that both thefe go hand in hand together; 
 '" but let me put you in mind of that which concerns the King,let him have 
 " the precedency of honor, if not of time, let the heads of the Kings Sup- 
 " ply firft be propounded,this will be an honor to the King,and will do fer- 
 " vice to the Houfe •, the end of this Parliament is the fubfiftence of the 
 "King, ashehimfelf hath declared, and fucha Command is not to be 
 " flighted •, the King himfelf propounded it, and then he will agree with 
 " us in other requefts that are fit for a King to give ; we that have the hap- 
 " pinefs to attend his Majefty, can tell you, that no King is more ready to 
 " hear the complaints of his Subjc(5t3, and withal you know no King is 
 " more fenfible of all reproaches which touch his Honor. 
 
 " Will It not be fit to grant him this Honor,to have the Precedency < 
 " It was the Speech of an ancient Parliament man, Let us deal gently with 
 " our King-, by thefe Laws that we make we do bind our felves, and it is an 
 " addition of his pOwer : None that dies but leaves his heir to the favor of 
 " the King, none that lives but needs the favor of the King : we havino^ 
 " made our fii fl union with God, it is next intended, that we be at one with 
 " our King, is it not fit we be at peace with our Head c" his Majefty defires 
 " it,and expefts it : After this unity with our head, there is confideration to 
 " be had of unity with our felves,after this we fliall be all knit in one body, 
 " we fliall all pronounce clearly ShihUth^and we fliall confider of the Grie- 
 " vances and irregularities of the times, which none defires to be refor- 
 " med more then his Majefty and thofe whom you think moft averfe : 
 " Let us take the beft way for Reformation : And will not this be a happy 
 " union, if the wliole body concur to reduce all into regularity c" if Laws be 
 '' our Buth-rights, we fliall hereby recover them and their fplendor -, this 
 " will have good afpedt abroad, and it will give courage to our men that 
 "have been defpifed, and will prevent pradifes to continue divifionsa- 
 " mongft us both at home and abroad. The firft Sower of feeds of diftra- 
 " ftions amongft us, was an Agent of Spahi, Gotidomar, tliat did liis Mafter 
 " great fervice here and at home. 
 
 " Since that we have had other Minifters that have blown the fire: The 
 " ArabafTador of France told his Mafter at liome,what he had wrought here 
 " the laft Parliament, namely, divifions between King and people, and he 
 " was rewarded for it. Whilft we fit here in Parliament,there was another 
 " intended Parliament of * Jefuites and other well-willers,withinamile of 
 " this place-, that this is truc,was difcovered by Letters fent to Rome : The 
 " place of their meeting is changed,and fonieof them are there where they 
 " ought to be ^ if you look in your Calendar, there is a day of St ^o[(ph^ 
 " it was called in the Letter the Oriental day, and that was the day intend- 
 " ed for their meeting. I fpeak this to fee Gods hand to work our union 
 " in their divifion ^ they are not more rtnt from us, then they are from 
 " themfelves. I defire the meaneft judgement to confider what may follow 
 
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 Secretary 
 Cooli moves 
 foe Supply for 
 hisMajerty. 
 
 In Clerkenivd.
 
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 ThurMay 
 March 15- 
 
 Mr Secrerary 
 Cool\ tenders 
 Propofitions 
 touching Sup- 
 ply. 
 
 The Houfe 
 turned into a 
 Committee. 
 
 Habeat CorfM 
 and the Li- 
 berty of the 
 Subjcft deba- 
 ted. 
 
 Mr Crefwel. 
 
 " by giving precedency to hisMajefty,and by fo doing, we (hall put from 
 "our felves, many imputations. If we give any occafion of breach, itis 
 "a great diladvantage •, if otherwife itis an obligation to his Majefty, 
 " which his Majefty will not forger. 
 
 Then he made a motion, that the fame Committee may hear Propo- 
 fitions of general heads of Supply, and afterward go to other bufinelfes of 
 the day for Grievances. Others preferred the Confideration of Grie- 
 vances, as a particular ropt that invades the main liberty of the Sub- 
 jed. It is the Law (Hud they) that glorious hindamental Right, where- 
 by we have power to give •, we defire but that his Majefty may fee us have 
 that right therein, which next to God we all defire -, and then we doubt 
 not but we (liall give his Majefty all fupply we can : The time was when it 
 was ufual to defire favors for fowing difcords, as Gondomar did for Raleigh's 
 head. But the debates of this day came to no Rcfolution. 
 
 The day following Mr Secretary Cook tendred the Houfe certain Pro- 
 pofitionsfrom the Kmg, touching Supply •, and told them. That his Maje- 
 fty finding time precious, expeds that they ihould begin fpeedily, left they 
 fpend that tim.e m deliberation which fliould be fpent in adion^ that he 
 efteems the Grievances of the Houfe his own, and ftands not on Prece- 
 dence in point of honor. Therefore to fatisfie his Majefty, let the fame 
 Committee take his Majefties Propofitions into confideration, and let 
 both concur, whether to fit on one in the forenoon, or the other in the 
 afternoon, it is all one to his Majefty. 
 
 Hereupon the Houfe turned theml'elves into a Committee, and com- 
 manded Edward Littleton Efquire unto the Chair, and (Ordered the Com- 
 mittee to take into Confideration the Liberty of the Subjed, inhisPer- 
 fon and in his Goods •, and alfo to take into Confideration his Majefties 
 Supply. In this Debate the Grievances were reduced to fix Heads, as to 
 our Perfons. 
 
 Attendance at the Council Board. 
 
 Imprifonment. 
 
 Confinemenr. 
 
 Defignation for Forein Imployment. 
 
 Martial- Law. 
 
 Undue Proceedings in matter of Judicature. 
 
 The firft matter debated,was the Subjeds Liberty in his Perfon •, the 
 particular inftance was in the Cafe of Sir ^ohn Heveningham^ and thofe 
 other Gentlemen who were imprilbned about Loan-money, and thereup- 
 on had brought their Habc.ts Corpus, had their Cafe argued, and were ne- 
 verthelefs remanded to Prifon, and a Judgment,as it was then faid,wasen- 
 tred. Whereupon Mr. Crcfrvell of Lincolns Inn fpake to this purpofe. 
 
 " Juftice (faid he) is the Life and the Heart-blood of the Common- 
 "wealth : and if the Commonwealth bleed in the maftervein, all the 
 '• Balm in Gilead is but in vain to preferve this our Body of Policy from 
 " ruin and deftrudion, Juftice is both Columna <^ Corona Reifuhlicx -, She 
 " is both the Columne and the Pillar, the Crown and the Glory of the 
 " Commonwealth •, this is made good in Scripture by the Judgement of 
 " Solomon, the wifeft King that ever Raigned upon Earth. For firft. She is 
 " the Pillar -, for he fiith,!";! juftice the Throne fhalihe Ejlahliflied. Second- 
 " Iy,She is the Crown-,for he faith,T/M/ hy ^ujhce a NationJhalll>e Exalted. 
 
 " Our Laws which are the rules of this Juftice, they are the ne flus ul- 
 " tra to both the King and the Subjed -, and as tlrey are the Hercules Pil- 
 " lar, fo they are the Pillar to every Hertules^ to every Prince, which he 
 " muft noj^ pafs. Give 
 
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 " Give me leave to refemble her to Nebuchadnczar's Tree, for llje is 
 
 " fo great, that Ihe doth (hade not onely the Palace of the King and the 
 
 " Houfe of Nobles,but doth alfo (helter the Cottage of the pooreftBegger. 
 
 " Wherefore, if either now the blafts of incf ignation, or the unrefift- 
 
 " able violater of Laws, Necefity^ hath fo bruifed any of the Branches of 
 
 " this Tree, that either our Perfons, or Goods, or PofTefTions have not the 
 
 "famefhelter as before, yet let us nottherfore negled the root of this 
 
 " great Tree, but water it with oar Tears, that fo thefe bruifed Branches 
 
 " may be recovered,and the whole Tree again profper and flouriih. I know 
 
 "well, thzx. Cor regis infcrutAbile -^ and that Kings, although they are but 
 
 " men before God, yet they are gods before men. And therefore to my 
 
 " gracious and dread Soveraign (whofe venues are true qualities, ingene- 
 
 " rate both in his judgment and nature) let my arm be cut off-, nay, let my 
 
 " foul not live that day that I Hiall dare to lift up my arm to touch that 
 
 "forbidden Fruit, thofe Flowers of his Princely Crown and Diadem. 
 
 " But yet in our Eden^ in this Garden of the Commonwealth, as there 
 
 are the Flowers of the Sun, which are fo glorious, that they are to be 
 
 bandied only by Royal Majefty : So, are there alfo fome Diyfies, and 
 *" wholefom Herbs,which every common hand that lives and labors in this 
 " Garden may pick and gather up, and take comfort and repofe in them : 
 " Amongft all which this OchIus D/f/,this bona Ubertas is one, and the chief 
 " one. I will now defcend to the Queftion, wherein I hold with all dutiful 
 " fubmiflion to better judgments, that thefe acls of Power, inimprifon- 
 " ing and confining of his Majefties Subjeds in fuch manner, without any 
 " Declaration of the Caufe, are againft the fundamental Laws and Liber- 
 " ties of this Kingdom. 
 
 " The firft from the great favor which the Law doth give unto, and 
 
 the great care which it hath ever taken of, the Liberty and fafety of this 
 "Kingdom, 
 
 " To proceed therefore in maintenance of my firft reafons.I find our Law 
 " dothfo much favor the Subjeds Liberty of hisperfon,that the body of a 
 "man was not liable to be arrefted or imprifoned for any other Caufe at the 
 " Common- LaWjbut for force and things done againft the Peace : For the 
 " Common- Law (being the preferver of the Land) fo abhorreth force,that 
 " thofe that commit it the accounteth her capital Enemies, and therefore 
 " did fubje(a their bodies to imprifonment. But by the Statute oi Marle- 
 *' bridge cap.2/\.. which was made 35 //. 5. who was the eighth King from 
 " the Conqueft, becaufe Bailiffs would not render accorapts to their 
 " Lords, it was enabled, that their bodies (hould be attatched. And after 
 " by the Stat: 23 £. 3.17. who was the eleventh King after the Conqueft, 
 " becaufe men made no confcience to pay their Debts, it was ena(5led,that 
 "theirbodiesftiouldlikewifebe attached: But before thofe Statutes, no 
 " mans body was fubjeft to be taken or imprifoned, otherwife then as a- 
 ^ forefaid-,vvhercby it is evident,how much the Common-Law favored the 
 " Liberty of the Subject, and proteded his body from imprifonment. 
 
 Here he enforced the Reafon by a Rule in Law, and mentioned fome 
 Cafes in Law upon that rule, and fo proceeded to a fecond Reafon, drawn 
 by an Argument a m,tjore ad minus. 
 
 " I hame it thus (faid he) It the King have no abfolute power over our 
 " Lands or Goods, then afortiori^not over our Perfons,to imprifon them, 
 " without declaring the caufe, for our perfons are much more worth, then 
 " either Lands or Goods-, which is proved bywh.it I have faid already: 
 " And Chrift himfelf makes it clear, where he faith, An non e(l corpus fttpra 
 
 " 'veftimentHm ? 
 
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 '•'■'ve (lime mum ? Is net the Body of more worth then the Raiment ? Nay,! may 
 " well fay ,that almoft every leaf and page of all the Volumes of our Cora- 
 " mon-Law prove this right of Propriety, this diftinftion oi'meum and ttt- 
 " urn, as well between King and Sub)e6l,as one Subjed and another : And 
 " therefore my conclufion follows, that if the Prerogative extend not nei- 
 " ther to Lands nor to Goods, then a fortiori, not to thePerfon, which !$■ 
 " more worth then either Lands or Goods, as I faid . And yet I agree,that 
 " by the very Law of Nature, fervice of the Perfon of the Subjed is due 
 " to his Soveraign, but this muftbe in fuch things which are not againft the 
 " Law of Nature; but to have the body imprifoned without any caufe dc- 
 " clared, and fo to become in bondage, I am fure is contrary unto, and a- 
 " gainft the Law of Nature, and therefore not to be inforced by the So- 
 " veraign upon his Subjefts. 
 
 3. " My next Reafon is drawn al? inutili^ incommodo •, for the Statute 
 " dc frangentibfis prifonam made i E.z. is, ^odniillus qui prifommfregerit 
 " fuheat judicium vita vel membrorum profraciione prifonx tantum m(t caufa 
 '■^ pro qua cap us imprtfonetur tale judicium requirat^whence this conclufion is 
 " clearly gathered,that if a man be committed to prifon without declaring 
 " what caufe-, and then if either Malefactor do break the Prifon, or the 
 " Gaoler fuffer him to efcape, albeit the Prifoner foefcaping had commit- 
 " ted Crimen Ujd Majejlatis 5 yet neither the Gaoler, nor any other that 
 " procured his efcape, by the Law fuffer any corporal punifliment for fet- 
 " ting him at large ^ which if admitted, might prove in confequence a mat- 
 " ter of great danger to the Commonwealth. 
 
 4. " My next Reafon is drawn ab regis honore,(rom that great Honor the 
 " Law doth attribute unto Soveraign Majefty, and therefore the rule of 
 " Law is that Solum Rex hoc non petefl facere^quod non potefl jufle agere» And 
 " Huffey chief Juflice,! H.-J. faith, that Sir ^ohn Markham told King E. 4. 
 " he could notarreft a man either for Treafon or Felony, as aSubjedl 
 " might, becaufe that if the King did wrong, the party could not have an 
 " Adion againft him ^ and if the Kings Writ under his Great-Seal cannot 
 "imprifon theSubjed, unlcfs it contains the caufe ^ fhall then the Kings 
 " Warrant other ivife do ir, without containing the caufe •; that his Judge 
 " upon the return thereof, may likewife judge of the fame. 
 
 " But I will conclude with that which I finde reported of Sir^'^^?^^ Da- 
 '" w>, who was the Kings Serje3nt,and fo by the duty of his place would no 
 ■" doubt maintain,to his uttermoft,the Prerogatives of the King his Royal 
 " Mafter : And yet it was by him thus faid in thofe Reports of his up- 
 " on the Cafe of Taviftry-Cufloms, That the Kings of England alwayes 
 " have had a Monarchy Royal,and not a Monarchy Seignoral : where,un- 
 " der the firfl faith ht^'The Subjects are Freemen, and have Propriety in their 
 " Goods and Free-hold, and Inheritance in their Lands : But under the later, 
 " the) arc tts Villains and Slaves, and have propriety in nothing. And there- 
 " fore faid he,when a Royal Monarch makes a new conquefi 5 yet if he receiv^ 
 '■'■ any of the Nations ancient Inhabitants into his ProteBion, they and their heirs 
 '■'^ after them IhaH enjoy their Lands and Liberties according to the Law. And 
 " there he vouched this Prefident and Judgment following, given before 
 " William the Conqueror-, viz. That one Sherborn,4 S3ixon,attheti?neofthe 
 *' Conqueft being owner of a Ca(lle and Lands in Norfolk, the Conqueror gave 
 "/^e/dwe?otf«f Warren 4 Norman, 4»</Sherborn^;/;)!^, the heir claiming 
 ^^thefimcbydifccnt, according to the Law-, it w.ts before the Conqueror him- 
 ^^ felf adjudged for the heir, and that the gift thereof by thg Conqueror was void. 
 
 Upon this and other Arguments made in this Cafe of the Habeas Corpus, 
 
 the
 
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 tht Houfe referred the whole Bufinefs to a Committee to examine all the 
 Proceeding: Concerning which Mr 5f/^r« afterward made report to the 
 Houfe, that Mr jVaterhottfe i Ckvk in the Crown Office, being examined 
 before the Committee, did confefs, that by diredion from Sir Rebert 
 Heath the Kings Attorney- General, he did write the draught of a Judge- 
 ment in the Cafe before mentioned, which was delivered to Mr Attorney. 
 And Mr Keeling being examined before the Committee, did confefs, 
 that after Mich: Term lafl: the Attorney General widied him to make a 
 fpecial Entry of the Habeas Corfm : To which heanfwered, he knew no 
 fpecial Entry in thofe Cafes, but onelya remittitur: But faid to Mr At- 
 torney, that if he pleafed to draw one, and the Court afterwards aflent 
 to it, he would then enter it. The Attorney did accordingly make a 
 draught, and the Copy thereof Mr AVf//;;^ produced to the Committee. 
 And further faid, that he carried this draught to the Judges, but they 
 would not afTent to a fpecial Entry : Neverthelefs, the At. General divers 
 times fent to him, and told him there was no remedy,but he muft enter it. 
 Yet a week before the Parliament the Att, General called for the draught 
 again,which accordmgly he gave untohim,and never heard of it more. 
 
 Sir: Robert Philips upon this Report gave his opinion, "That this in- 
 tended Judgement m the HabeM Corpm was a draught made by fome man 
 "that defired to ftrike us all from our Liberties : bat the Judges juftly 
 "refufedit-, but if the Judges did intend it, we fit not here (faid he) to 
 " anfwer the truft we are fent for, if we prefent not this matter to his Ma- 
 " jefty. Let this bufinefs be further fearched into,and fee how this Judge- 
 " ment lies againft us, and what the Judges do fay concerning the fame. 
 
 Sir £^717, Cook proceeded and faid, " This Draught of the Judge- 
 " ment will (ting us, quia nttlU caiifafuit ojlenta^ being committed by com- 
 " mand of the King, therefore he muft not be bailed : What is this, but to 
 "declare upon Record, that any Subje^fl, committed by fuch abfolute 
 " command, may be detained inPrifon for ever < What doth this tend to 
 "but the utter fubverfion of the choife Liberty and Right belonging to 
 ''every free-born Subjedl of this Kingdom -t I fear,were it not for this Par- 
 '* liament, that followed fo clofe after that form of Judgement was drawn 
 " up,there would have been hard putting to have had it entred : But a Par< 
 " liament brings Judges, Officers,and all men in good order. 
 
 The Commons afterwards upon further debates of this matter,defired, 
 that the Judges of the Kings- Bench might declare themfelves concerning 
 this bufinefs, which was done accordingly, and though it be a little out of 
 time j yet for coliercnce fake, we bring it in here. 
 Judge Whitlock fpake thus. 
 
 " My Lords^ We are, by your appointment, here ready to clear any 
 " Afperiionof the Houfe of Commons in their late prefentment upon 
 " the Kings-Bench,that the Subjedl was wounded in the Judgement there 
 '' lately given. If fuch a thing were, My Lords, your Lordlliips, not they, 
 " have the power to queftion and judge the fame. But, My Lords, I fay 
 "tljercwas no Judgement given, vrhereby either the Prerogative migh-t 
 " be enlarged, or the Right of the Subjcd trenched upon. It is true, my 
 " Lords,in Mich: Tearm laft,four Gentlemen Petitioned for a Habcoi Cor- 
 " fu-s^ which they obtained, and Counfel was aifigned unto them, the Re- 
 '■'■ tmn was per fpeciale mandatftm Domini Regis, which likewife mas made 
 " known to us under the Hands of Eigliteen Privy-Councellors. Now, 
 "my Lords, if we had delivered them prefently upon this, it muft have 
 been, becaufe the King did not (liew caufc wherein we ftiould have 
 ; Ttt " jud 
 
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 locl^'m juflifi- 
 cacion of the 
 Proceedings 
 in the Upper- 
 Bench upon 
 the Habeas 
 Corpus. 
 
 ged
 
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 1627. 
 
 Hijiorkal CoUeBions, 
 
 Judge T>Kde- 
 ridge the like. 
 
 " judged the King had done wrong, an d this is beyond our knowledge •, 
 for he might have committed them for other matters then we could have 
 " imagined -, but they might fay thus, they might have been kept inPri- 
 " fon all their dayes : I anfwer, no, but wc did remit them, that we might 
 " better advife of the matter •, and they the next day might have had a 
 " a new Writ, if they had pleafed. But they fay we ought not to have 
 " denied bail : I anfwer, if we had done fo, it muft needs have refleded up- 
 <■' on the King, that he had unjuftly imprifoned them : And it appears in 
 "Pj/fr, 2 Eliz-. thatdiveis Gentlemen being committed, and requiring 
 " Habeas Corpus ^ fome were bailed, others remitted : whereby it appears, 
 " much is left to the difcretion of the Judges. 
 
 For that which troubleth fo much remittitur quoiifq-. This, my Lords 
 " was onely (as I faid before) to take time what to do : and whereas they 
 " will have a difference between remittitur & remittitur quoufq. My Lords, 
 " I confefs, I can finde none ^ but thefe are new inventions to trouble old, 
 " Records. And herein, my Lords, we have dealt with knowledge and un- 
 " derftanding •, for had we given a Judgement, the party muft thereupon 
 " have refted 5 every Judgement muft come to an iifue in matter, in faft, 
 " or demur in point of Law -, here is neither-,therefore no Judgement. 
 
 " For endeavoring to have a Judgement entred (it is true) Mr At- 
 " torney preflfed the fame for his Majefties Servies : But we having fworn 
 " to do right between his Majefty and his Subjedls, commanded the Clerk 
 " to make no Entry, biit according to the old form -, and the Rule was gt- 
 " ven by the Chief Juftice alone. I have fpent my time in this Court, and 
 " I fpeak confidently, 1 did never fee nor know by any Record, that upon 
 " fuch a Return as this a man was bailed, the King not firft confulted with, 
 "infuchaCafeasthis. 
 
 " The Commons Houfe do not know what Letters and Commands 
 " we receive •, for thefe remain in our Court, and are not viewed by them. 
 " For the reft of the matters prefented by the Houfe of Commons, they 
 " were not in agitation before us, whether the King may commit, and how 
 "long he may detain a man committed. Therefore having anfwered fo 
 " much as concerneth us •, I defire your Lordiips good Conftru(flion of 
 " what hath been faid. 
 
 Judge Doderidge^ concerning the fame Subjed, faid, " It is no more 
 " fit for a Judge to decline to give anaccompt of his doings, then for a 
 "Chriftianof his Faith. God knoweth, I have endeavored alwayes to 
 "keep a good Confcience •, for a troubled one, who can bear^ The 
 " Kingdom holds of none but God 5 and Judgements do not pafs pri- 
 "vately in Chambers, but publickly in Courts, (where every one 
 "may hear) which caufeth Judgement to be given with maturity. 
 " Your Lordftiips have heard the Particulars given by my brother, 
 " how that Counfel being afligned to ctiofe four Gentlemen in the 
 " latter end of Mtch. Term their Caufe received hearing, and upon confi- 
 " deration of the Statutes and Records, we found fome of them to be ac- 
 " cording to the good old Law of MagnA Charta ; but we thought 
 " that they did not come fo clofe to this Cafe, as that bail ihould be 
 " thereupon prefently granted. My Lords, the Hahe.ts Corpus confifteth 
 " of three parts 5 The Writ, the Return upon the Writ or Schedule, and 
 *' the Entry or Rule reciting the Habeas Corf us and the Return, together 
 " with the opinion ok the Court, either a remittitur .^ or a traditur in Balli- 
 " urn. In this Cafe a rfw;>W«r was granted, which we did, that we might 
 
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 and upon the remittitur. My 
 
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 Hijlorkal ColieBions. 
 
 " Lords, they might have had a new Writ the next day, and I willi they 
 " had, b"Caufe it may be they had teen more, and we had been eafed of a 
 " great labour. And, my Lords, when the Attorney, upon the Remittitur 
 " prelted an Entry, we all ftraitly charged the Clerk that he Ihould make 
 "no other Entry, thenfuchasour PredecefTors had ufually madem like 
 '" Cafes. For the difference between Remittitur and Remittitur qaoufq-^ I 
 " could never yet finde any : I have now fate in this Court 1 5 years, and 
 '' I flioald know fomething: furely, if I had gone in aMiU folong, duft 
 " would cleave to my clothes, I am old, and have one foot in the Grave, 
 "therefore I will look to the better part as near as lean. ^\itOminAha- 
 " here in mimortA^ cT in nullo errnre^ Bivinttmptitu efl quam humamtm. 
 
 The Lord Chief Juftice Hide, and Juftice ^ones delivered their opi- 
 nions much to the fame purpofe. The Houfe proceeded in further debate 
 of the Liberty of the Subjedi. 
 
 Mr //".icytiv^/refumes the Debateofthe mattter concerning iheHakas 
 Corpui-, 
 
 " The late Judgement (faid he) which lies in Bar, is onely an Award, 
 "and no Judgement ^ and in the L. Chief Juftice his Argument there was 
 " no word fpoken,that the King might commit or detain without caufe. 
 
 " Tor the King to commit a man, is indignum Rcgi: Mercy and Honor 
 "flow immediately from the King, Judgement and Juftice are his too 
 " but they flow from his Minifters •, the Sword is carried before him, but 
 " the Scepter in his hands. Thefe are true Emblems of a good King. 
 
 " The Law admits not the King power of detaining in Prifon at plea- 
 "fure. In antient times Prifons were but frocuftodia, dtrceres mnadfce- 
 ^'' n^m, fedadcu(lodiam\ Admit the King may commit a man, yet tode- 
 " tain him as long as he pleafeth is dangerous, and then a man (hall be pu- 
 " nifhed before his offence : Lnprifonment is a Maceration of the body, 
 " and liorror to the minde, it is vita pejor morte. 
 
 Mr 5f/</(r»laft of all produced the Statutes, Prefidents, and Book- 
 Cafes, which were exprefted in point to the Queftion in hand -, and the 
 Houfe commanded that Cafe in the Lord Chief Juftice Anderfons Book, 
 all of his own hand-writing, to be openly read. 
 
 And for the Prefidents cited by the Kings Council, in 34 year of the 
 Queen, as the Opinion of all the Judges ^ certainly, there was a great 
 miftakeinit, and the miftake was the greater, whenitpafted as currant 
 by the Judges of the Kings-Bench, in the laft Cafe of the Hube.a Corptu. 
 And that the truth of the Opinion may clearly appear,let us read the words 
 out of the Lord Chief Juftice Andtrfons Report, out of the Book written 
 with his own hand, which will contradiil all thofe Apocrypha Reports 
 that go upon the Cafe : The words of the Report were thefe. 
 
 Divers ptrfons fueront committes afeveraltemps a [everal pryfons fur plea- 
 fare fans bon cattfe parte de qttettx eftiant amefnes en banck le Roy. Et parte en le 
 Commune banck fuerunt accordant a, le Icj de la terre mife a large ^ dtfcharge 
 de le imprifonment, pur que aucunt grands faeront o(lendus dr procure 
 un commandment a Ics fudges que lis nefera ainfi apres. Ceo nicnt meirys, les 
 fudges ne farceaje mes per advife enter eux ils if e feint certain Articles le te- 
 nour de queux enfus, ^ deliver eux alfeignieurs Chancelor & Treafnrer& 
 ettx fubjcrtbe avec touts lour mainies^ les Articles font come eri{noint, 
 j We her Ma] e(lies ^ufltces of both Benches and B^trons of the Exchequer Je- 
 I fire your Lordfhips that by feme good means fame order may be taken, that her 
 Highnefs Subjc^s may not be committed or detained in prifon by commandment 
 I • Ttt 2 of] 
 
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 Mr Hacl^rvel 
 refumes the 
 Debate of the 
 H.xbeos Corjui 
 
 Mr SilJen. 
 
 Judge Ander- 
 fons Reports.
 
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 HiUorical ColieBions. 
 
 An. i6zj. 
 
 Sir Edvfard 
 
 of any 'Noble man or Councellor again ft the Laws of the Rcalm-^ cither elfe to help 
 us to have accejs to her Majeft^, to the end to hccome Suitors to her for the fame -■ 
 for divers have been imfrifoned for fting ordinary Actions and Suits at the 
 Common -Law, until they have been constrainedto leave the (ame again (I their 
 wills, and pit the [ame to order, albeit judgement and Execution have been 
 had therein to their great lo(Jcs and griefs : for the aid of which per fens her Ma- 
 je flies Writs havefundry times been directed to fundry perfons having the Cuflo- 
 dy of fuch perfons unlawfully imprifoncd, upon which Writs nogood or lawfuS 
 caufc of imprifonment hath been returned or certified : Whereupon, according to 
 the Laws they have been dtfchargedof their imprifonment •, fome of which per- 
 fons fo delivered, have been again committed to prifon in fecret places, and not 
 to any common or ordinary Pri(on^ or lawfull officer or Sheriff, or other lawfully 
 authorized, to have or keep a Goal : So that upon complaint made for their deli- 
 very, the ^eens Courts cannot tell to whom to direct her Majeflies Writs ^ arul 
 hy this means J-uftice cannot be done. And moreover, divers officers and Serje- 
 ants of London have been many times committed to Prifon for lawfull execu- 
 ting of her Majeflies Writs, fued forth of her Majeflies Court at Weftminfter, 
 and thereby her Majeflies Subjects and officers are fo terrified, that they. dare not 
 fue or execute her Majeflies Laws,hcrWrits and Commandments : Divers others 
 have been fent for by Purfevants, and brought to London from their dwellings, 
 and by unlawfull imprifonment have been conflrained,not only to withdraw their 
 lawfull fuits, but have been aljo compelled to pay the Purfevants fo bringing 
 fuchferfonf great funis of money. All whifh upon complaint, the ^-udges are 
 bound by offce and Oath to relieve and help, by, and according to her Majeflies 
 Laws. And where it pleafeth your LordfJiips to will divers of us tofet down in 
 what Cafes a Prifoner fent to cuflody by her Majefly or her Conncel, are to be de- 
 tained in Prifon and not to be delivered hy her Majeflies Court er fudges : We 
 think, that if any per fen be committed by her Majeflies command, from her per- 
 Jon, or by order from the Council board ; and if any one er two of her Council 
 commit one for Ingh Treafon, fuch per (on s fo in the Cafes before committed, may 
 not be delivered by any of her Courts , without due Trial by the Lair, and^ud^e- 
 ment cf acquittal had. Ncvcrthelcfs the fudges may award the Queens Writ, 
 to bring the bodies of fuch Prifoner s before them •, and if upon return thereof, the 
 caufes of their commitment be certified to the^udges, as it ought to be, then the 
 fudges in the Cafes before, ought not to deliver him, but to remand the Prifoner 
 to the place from whence he came, which cannot conveniently be done, unlefs no- 
 tice of the caufe in general^or elfe infpecial,be given to the Keeper or Coaler that 
 fhall have the CuHody of fuch a Prifoner. All the fudges and Barons didfub- 
 fcribe their names to thefe Articles, Ter. Pafchaf 34 Eliz. and delivered one to 
 the L. chancellor, and another to the L. Treafurer ■■ after which time there did 
 follow more qutetnefs then before, in the Caufe before mentioned. 
 
 After the reading of this Report, Sir Edw. Cook faid, " That of my 
 " own knowledge this Book was written with my L. Anderfons own hand 5 
 " it is no flying report of a young Student. I was Solicitor then, and Trea- 
 " furer Burley was as much againft Commitment as any of this Kingdom ; 
 " It was the white Staves that made this ftir. Let us draw towards a con- 
 " dufion : The Queftion is, whether a Feeman can be impriibned by the 
 " King without fetting down the caufe •: I leave it as bare as ^ops Crow^ 
 *' they that argue againft it, Hnmores moti (jr non remott corpus deflruunt. It 
 " is a Maximcthe Common-Law hath admeafured the Kings Prerogative, 
 *' that in no Cafe it can prejudice the Inheritance of the Subjeds 5 had tht 
 " Law given the Prerogative to that which is taken, it would have fet 
 fome time to it,elfe mark what would follow. I fhall have an Eftate of In- 
 
 " heritance 
 
 ((
 
 Hijlorical CoUeHions, 
 
 5op 
 
 " heritance for Iife,or for years in my Land,or propriety in my Goods,and 
 " I (ha!l be a Tenant at will for my libertyrl ihall have propriety in my own 
 *•' houfe, and not liberty in my perfon,Ptr//'/V«t' vera >ion fu/it probanda. Tiie 
 " King hath diftributecl his Judicial power to Courts of Juftice,:)nd to Mi- 
 '* niftcrs of Juftice, it is too low for fo great a Monarch as the King is, to 
 " commit men to Prifon •, and it is againft Law, that men (hould be com- 
 " mitted, and no caufe Ihewed. I would not fpeak this, but that I hope my 
 " Gracious King will hear of it •, yet it is not I Ediv. Cook that fpeaks it 
 " but the Records that fpeak it, we have a National appropriate Law to 
 '"'■ t\\\s^moxidiverfis ab orbe Brittannis : I will conclude with the A5is of 
 '' the Apofiles^ chap.2 5. It is again [i reafon to fend a man to Pnjon, and not to 
 " (herv the caufe. It is now time to go to the Queftion. 
 Refolded upon the ^eflion, Nemine contradicente : 
 
 1. That no Freeman ought to be detained or kept in Prifon,or other- 
 wife reftrained by the command of the King or the Privy-Council, or any 
 
 B other,unlefs lome caufe of the commitment,detainer or reftraint be expref- 
 fed,for which by Law he ought to be committed,detained or reftrained. 
 
 II. That the Writ of Habeas CorpM may not be denied, but ought to 
 be granted to every man that is committed or detained in Prifon^or other- 
 wife reftrained, though it be by the command of the King, the Privy- 
 Council, oj^any other, he praying the fame. 
 
 III. That it a Freema-n be committed or detained in prifon, or other- 
 wife reftrained by the Command of the King, the Privy-Council, or any 
 other, no caufe ot fuch Commitment, Detainer or Reftraint being ex- 
 prefled, for which by Law he ought to be committed,detained,or reftrain- 
 ed, and the fame be returned upon a Habeas Cerfus^ granted for the faid 
 Party, then he ought to be delivered or bailed. 
 
 And then taking into confideration the Property of the Subjeifl in 
 
 hisGoodSj they came to this Refolution, to which there was not a Ne- 
 
 vtz,. 
 
 That it is the antient and undubitable right of every Freeman, That 
 
 £) he hath a full and abfolute Property in his Goods and Eftate,that no Tax, 
 
 Tallage,Loan,benevolence3 or other like charge ought to be commanded, 
 
 or levied by the King, or any of his Minifters without common confent 
 
 by A6t of Parliament. 
 
 Wednefdaj, March 26, 
 The Propofitions tendred the day before by Secretary Cook from his 
 Majcfty were now received and read, but the Debate thereof was referred 
 to another day. The Propofitions were thefe •, viz, 
 
 i.Tofurnilli vvitji menandVit^uals 30 (hips to guard the narrovySeas, 
 and along the Coafts. 
 
 2. To fet out ten other flups for the relief of the Town of Rochel. 
 
 3. To fet out ten other ftiips for the prefervation of the Elbe, the 
 Sound md Baltick-Sea. 
 
 4. To leavy Arms, Cloth, Vi<^ual, pay and tranfport an Army of 
 1000. Horfe, and loooo. Foot, for Forein Service, 
 
 5 . To pay and fupply 6000 1. more for the fervice of Denmark. 
 
 6. To fupply the Forts of the Office of Ordnance. 
 
 7. To fupply the Stores of the Navy. 
 
 8. To build 20 Qiips yearly for the increafe of the Navy. 
 
 9. To repair the Forts within the Land. 
 
 10. To pay the arrears of the Office of Ordnance. 
 
 11. TopaythearrearsoftheViiSuallers Office, 
 
 12. To 
 
 gative 
 
 4 Caroli. 
 
 Rerolves 
 touching the 
 S lib j<:(Ss liber- 
 ty in his Per- 
 fotu 
 
 An. i6z% 
 
 The Kiigs 
 Propofitions 
 to the Houfe 
 of Commons 
 touching Sup- 
 ply.
 
 5IO 
 
 HiBorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 A Conference 
 between rlie 
 Lords and 
 ■ Commons, 
 managed by 
 Secretary 
 Coot againft 
 RecuCants. 
 
 ) 
 
 1 2 . To pay the Anear of the Treafuie of the Navy. 
 
 1 3 . To pay the Arrears due for the freight of divers Merchants {hips 
 imployed in his Majefties Service, 
 
 14. To provide a Magazine for Viduals for Land and Sea-fervice. 
 And the Commons having a Conference with the Lords about the 
 
 Petition againft Recufants, Secretary Cook was appointed to manage the 
 faid Conference. 
 
 " In the fir ft place (he faid ) we acknowledge all due honor, both 
 "unto the reverend Fathers of the Church, and to our Noble Lords, 
 " in that ye have Ihined before us as worthy Lights in the encouragement 
 " and maintenance of true Religion, being the true fupport of all Digni- 
 " ties and Honors. And this forwardnefs of you is the more remarkable, 
 " when that viperous Generation, as your Lordihips juftly ftiled them, do 
 "at eafe with tooth and nail elTay to rend the Bowels of their Mother. 
 " Give me leave to tell you what I know, that thefe now both vaunt at 
 " home and write to their friends abroad. They hope all will be well, and 
 " doubt not to prevail, and to win ground upon us. 
 
 '' And a little to awake the Zeal and Care of our learned and grave 
 " Fathers, it is fit that they take notice of that Hierarchy which is already 
 " eftablillied in competition with their Lordfhips •, for they have a Bifhop 
 "confecratedbythe Pope-, ThisBilhop hath his Subalternate Otficers 
 " of all kindes, as Vicars- General, Arch-Deacons, Rural- Deans, Appa- 
 "rators, and fuch like : neither are thefe nominal or titular Officers 
 " alone •, but they all execute their Jurifdidions, and make their ordinary 
 *' Vifitations through the Kingdom, keep Courts, and determine Ec- 
 " clefiaftical Caufes. And which is an Argument of more confequence, 
 " they keep ordinary intelligence by their Agents in Rome, and hold cor- 
 "refpondence with the Nuntio's and Cardinals both at £r».vf/j, and in 
 " France. 
 
 '• Neither are the Seculars alone grown to this height, but the Regu- 
 " lars are more adive and dangerous, and have taken deep root •, they 
 " have already planted their Societies and CoUedges of both Sexes, they 
 " have fetled Revenues, Houfes, Libraries, Veftments, and all other ne- 
 " ceffary provifions, to travel or ftay at home : nay,cven at this time they 
 " intend to hold a concurrent Affembly with this Parliament. 
 
 " But now fince his Sacred Majelly hath extended his Royal arm, 
 " and fince the Lords of his Council have by their Authority caufed this 
 "neftof Wafpsto be digged out of the Earth, and their Convocations 
 " to be fcattered •, And fince your Lor Jihips joyn in courage and refoluti- 
 " on, at leaft to reduce this people to theu- lawful! reftraint, that they may 
 " do no more hurt,we conceive great hope and comfort,that the Almighty 
 " God will from henceforth profper our endeavors both at home and 
 " aboad. 
 
 " But now, my Lords, to come to the chief Errand of this our meet- 
 " ing, which is to make known to you the Approbation of our Houfe of 
 " that Petition to his Majefty, wherein you are pleafed to rcqueft our con- 
 " currence. The Houfe hath taken it into ferioas confideration, and from 
 "the beginning to the end approve of every word, and much commend 
 " your happy pen •, onely we are required to prefent unto you a few Addi- 
 " tions whereby we conceive the Petition may be made more agreeable to 
 "the Statutes which aredefiredto be put in execution, and to a former 
 " * petition granted by his Majefty ,Recorded in both Houfes, confirmed 
 '< under the Broad-Seal of S^ngUnd^ and pubUlhed in all our Courts of or- 
 " dinary Juftiee. "But 
 
 f*^"" ■ ■ ' ^
 
 HtUorical ColieBions, 
 
 ^n 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " But tliefe things we proponnd, not as our Refolutions, or as matters to 
 " raife debate or difpute, but commend them onely as our advice and de- 
 '^ fire, being ready notwichftan Jing to joyn with your Lordlliips in the 
 " Petition, as now it is, if your Lordfhips (lull not finde this Reafon to be 
 "of weight. 
 
 This being agreed unto- on Monday the 31 of M,trch^ the aforefaid 
 Petition was prefented by his Majefty to bothHoufes; at the delivery 
 whereof the Lord Keeper fpake as foUoweth, 
 
 Adoft Gracious Soveraign, 
 
 THe Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this prefent 
 Parliament adembled, outofduecarcof the Glory of Almighty 
 God, and of the Honor and Safety of your Majefty, do with all 
 humbienefs, and with one unanimous, confent prefent to your Royal 
 hands, the moft Loyal defires of all their hearts •, which is fet down in a 
 dutifuU Petition, which is to quicken the Laws againft the Perturbers 
 of the Peace of all States : We cannot, nor do not forget your Maje- 
 fties moft gracious Ads and Anfwers on the like Petition 5 they are vi- 
 fible to the world, fto your Majefties honor and comfort : We bend our 
 knees and hearts, bleffing God and yoar Majefty therefore ; yet let it 
 not feem needlefs, that we repair again to your Majefty : The Husband- 
 man knows what Weeds are not deftroyed at one weeding. Thefe are 
 growing Evils, they are Weeds of a fpreading nature : And we that 
 come ft-om all parts do think it our duty to tell your Majefty, that Gods 
 Vineyard is not yetcleanfed. And God himfelf requires,that we pray to 
 liim often, even for what he means and promifeth to beftow on us. But 
 my Meffage comes from the Pen of both Houfes : And therefore I hum- 
 bly befeech your Majefty to lend a gracious ear to hear me read the 
 Petition. 
 After the reading thereof, his Majefty made this ftiort fpeech. 
 
 r 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 " T Do very well approve the Method of your proceedings in this Par- 
 " |liament -, A J-ove principium •, hoping that the reft of your Confultati- 
 " ous will fucceed the happier. And I like the Preamble of my Lord 
 " Keeper, otherwife I (liould have a little fufpefted that you had thought 
 " me not fo careful of Religion as I have, and ever ftiall be, wherein I am 
 " as forward as you can delire. And for the Petition, I anfwer firft in ge- 
 " nera!. That I like it well,and will ufe thefe as well as other means for the 
 " maintenance and propagation ot that Religion wherein I have lived, and 
 " do refolve to die. But for the particulars, you fliall receive a more full 
 " Anfwer hereafter. And now I will only add this ; That as we pray to 
 " God to help us, fo we muft help our felves : For we can have no aftu- 
 " ranee of his afliftance, if we do lie in bed, and only pray, without ufing 
 " other means. And therefore I muft remember you, that if we do not 
 *' make provifion fpeedily, we fliall not be able to put one fliip to Sea this 
 " year. Verhum fiptenti fat eft. 
 
 Afterwards the Lord Keeper fignified unto the Houfe, That his Ma- 
 jefty had now given his Anfwer unto the Petition exhibited by both 
 Houfes againft Recilfants, and had commanded his Lordlliip to read the 
 fame Anfwer in this Houfe ; and Mr Secretary to read it in the Houfe of 
 Commons. Whereupon the Clerk read the firft Article of the faid Peti- 
 tion, 
 
 4 Cardi. 
 
 The Lord 
 Ketpcrs 
 Speech at the 
 prefcnting a 
 Petition from 
 both Houfes 
 againft Recu- 
 fants. 
 
 The Kings 
 Anfwer to the 
 Petition.
 
 511 
 
 Hiftorical CoUeBions. 
 
 I. Article. 
 
 Ai$ i6iS. tion, anJ the Lord Keeper read his Majefties AnAver unto the fame, and ' 
 fo each Article thereoh 
 
 The which Petition with the Anfwers follow in fuc verbn. 
 
 Moft Gracious Soveraign, 
 
 WC pour moa Lopal anD obeDient ©ubictts, t^e lo?D5; @pin^ 
 tualanD Cempo?a(,anD Commons mj^atliamcnt affcmbletj, 
 ^aljtng to cur Cngular tcmfo?t obratncD pour fPaicaieis 
 piouis anD gracious affcntfo? a ^ubltcfe IFaCf, to appeafetbcto^atb of 
 ailmtfibtp (©oO fewDleD agauitt m , anD to p?£bei« tbcfe firiet)ou0 
 iJuDgments;, tiobtcb tJo apparcntlp p^efis upon u^, lio tn all bumiltt|> p?e^ 
 Cent unto pour facrcD ^aicap all pofsiiblc tbanfe^ fo? tbe faine> ^anO bc= | 
 caufe tbe publitfe anD biGble Sim of tbe Kingbom, arc tbe unDoubteb 
 raufc^of tbofc t)i(iblc €tiil0 tbatare fain upon U0-, 3Cmong(f tobtcb 
 Gns, (30 10 apparent bp tbe t^;o?D of (Sob) 3!tiolatrp anb ©uperfifition are 
 tbcinoQbapnou^anb trptng Gn0-, Cotbeenb tbatttiemap conOantlp 
 bope fo? tbe blefang of <Sob to bcfccnb upon tbi0 our publtrfe ^umrtta= 
 tion, bp abanDonmg tbofe Gn0 tobtcb bo mafee a wall of Separation 
 bettoijit 6oD anb U0. 
 
 W(!E mod buniblpanb arbcntlp beg at tbe banb0 of pour moa @a^ 
 treb ^aicap, 'Cbat pour ^ajcap ttJill be pleafeb to gibe t:antt« 
 nual life anb motion to all tbofe lLat»0 tbatoanb tnfo^ceagainflje^ 
 futtejg,©eminarp^?iea0, anb aU tbat babe taScn ©?bcr0bp ^uttjori' 
 tp of tbe Sea c.f Rome, bp ejcatting a mo?c bue anO fer(ou0 ejretutton of 
 tbe fame : ^mongft tobttb number, tbofe tbat babe btgblp abufeD pour 
 ^a)caie0 flemencp, bp returning into tbe Kmgbom after tbetr baniOj- 
 ment, tontrarptopour5)igbnef0 e]cp?ef0 p?Dclamatton, toe bumblp 
 beiiremapbelcfttotbe felicritpof pourLato0, tottbout abmittmg of 
 anp mebiation o? tntercef0ion fo? tbem. Snb tbat f utb of pour ^ajeaia^ 
 unfounD anb tl affctteb @ubjctt03 a0 bo receibe, barbo?, o? conceal«anp of 
 tbeir biperou0 (Seneration,niap toitbout belap fuffer fucb ^enaltieg anb 
 f3um(l)ment0a0tbcllaiO0 moS juQlpimpcfe upon tbem. 
 
 His Majejlies Jn fiver unto tbe firjl Article of 
 tbts Petition, 
 
 '^O the fiirft Point his Majefty anfwereth. That he will according to 
 I your defirc give both life and motion to the Laws that ftand in force 
 againft Jefuites,Seminary Priefts,and all that have taken Orders by Autho- 
 rity of the Sea of Jiome : and to that end his Majefty will give ftriift order 
 toallhisMinifters for the difcovering and apprehending of them, and fo 
 leave them being apprehended to the trial of the Law. And in cafe, after 
 trial, there fliiU be caufe to refpit execution of any of them 5 yet they Iliall 
 be committed (according to the example of the beft times) to the Caftle 
 of Wifhitchy and there be fafely kept from exercifing their Funftions, 
 or fpreading their Superftitious and dangerous Dodrme ; and the Recei- 
 vers and Abettors they (liall be left to the Law. 
 
 'T'liJat pour <^a1cnp tuoulD be pleafeb to rommanb a furer anD 
 
 *- Qraitmattb to be feeptui anb obcr pour ^aieate0 Fo?t0 anb l|)a 
 
 tim0, anb to commit tbe care anb cbargr of feavcljing of Sl)ip0 foi tbe 
 
 Ibiftobcrp, anb app^ebenfion aftoel of 3Iefuitei?anb©eminarp0?icR!S 
 
 b?ougbt 
 
 2. Article.
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 5Z5 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 bjoiigljt 111, nd of CljtlOJcn iinti vounn; ^tuticnts , fcnt oner licvanD tl)C 
 ^tA^, to fucU in tl)c popfoii of Rebellion niiti ^g^uperftitioii, unto men 
 of npp20\3CDfinclit\)anbReliiT;toit: antifiicljaiS (Ijall be canvitftcn ta 
 fja\)c conm\]Cti 0? comlnneri in tlic bringing m of tlje one,oi con\)ci)tnix 
 of tbc otljci:, tljat tljc jLaiu0 ma}? pafsi upon tijcm uiitlj fpccoy cvc- 
 cution. 
 
 His Majejlies /nfiverto the jecond tAr tide. 
 
 To the fecond Article •, His Majcfty granteth all that is in this Article 5 
 and to this end will give Order to the Lord Treafurer, Lord Admiral,, 
 and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, that in their fevcral places they be 
 careful to fee this Article fully executed, giving ftri»5l charge to all fuch 
 as have place and authority under them, to ufe all diligence therein. And 
 hisMajefty requireth them, and all other his Officers andMinifters, to 
 have a \agilant eye upon fuch as dwell in dangerous places of advantage 
 or opportunity, lor receiving or tranfporting of any fuch as are here men- 
 tioned. And hisMajefty will take it for good Service, if any will give 
 knowledge of any fuch ;;s have connived or combined, or lliall connive or 
 combine, as is mentioned in this Article, thatjuftice may be ftri«flly done 
 upon them. 
 
 TDat connucrina tljofe n^catiful tianKCi!^ (nc^cr to i\t fomottcn) 
 lubicb Dio in^oliie your Qjajcfliegs facrcD l3>crfonj, aim tlje uiftolc 
 rcp?cfcntati\)cbonvof pour ^ajcftic£iX\inixtioni, plottcu ano franicD 
 bp tbc free antJ common acccts of li)opffl3 Eccufants to tlje Citp 
 of London, flnD to voui* Ci9a)effic0 Court, l^ouc 99aicav luouio be 
 ffratiouflp picafcti to trivie fpccD)) commanBfo? tljc piefcnt putting tn 
 p2actife tbofc lauis, tbatu^obUutall l^opifl) iRccufantsj to come to tf)C 
 court, 0? uiitbin ten a3ile6 of tlje City of London ^ no alfo tljofe lauiss 
 tljat confine tljem to tlje utflancc of fi\3e mUc0 fromtbeir Duiciiiiifi 
 Doufc0; anti tbat fuel) by pad Licenfed not luarranten byiaui, as 
 ba\jc been granteti unto tljcm fo^ tljeir repair to tije City of London^ 
 may be nifcljanjcD-anO annuUen* 
 
 His Majefties /nfxver to the third Article, 
 
 TO the third-, His Majefty will take Order toreftrainthe recourfe of Re- 
 cuGints to the Court ^ and alfo for the other points in this Aiticle his 
 Majefty is well pleafed that the Laws be duely executed, and that all un- 
 lawful Licenfesbe annulled and difcharged. 
 
 Tf3at luljereasi it is mojc x\)z\\ probably cdnceiljcti , tbat infinite 
 fumd of maneyei bauc luitbm tljefe tiuo 02 tb?ee vearsi Uift paff been 
 ertractcti out of tlje EecufantG luitbin tlje n^mgDom b\> colour of conv 
 pafition,annafmail pioponion of tbe fame retiirncti unto vour 5i9a' 
 jefticfi coffcr0,not oneiy to tbe fuDtialn enricljing of pjiDatc perfon0,but 
 to tbe emboinnino; of Eomifl) Eecufants to entertain g^afssine; WtH 
 intotbeir p2t\]atel)oufe5, anti to emcifcall tljtirvi^unniueEitejsof 
 tljeir grors rupcraitian,uutljoutfcar of conu-al,amountiiia\a£^ by tljcir 
 Bayly practice ann oftcntation lue may conceive) to tbc nature of a coir 
 ccalcD (Eolcratton, vour si9iijeap ujouid be gratioufly plcafcQ to enter- 
 tain tbis particular \m\z ncerlv into vour pjinccly imfcoom ann confi- 
 ncratiou, anti to tnffolije ttii j a^vfterv of Jniqutti' patcbcn up of colon 
 rablc lleafcs, Conn acts, ano [52econ\)evancc!3, being but 90a!3UQ on 
 tbe one part of frautj to i)ecei\3e your 93ajefty ano ^tatejSjOn tbc otber 
 part fo^ n^i^atc men to accoinpUii) tbcir corrupt z\m, 
 
 Ll u u His 
 
 4. CarolL 
 
 9. Article. 
 
 4. Article,
 
 524- 
 
 Hiftorical QolleUions, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 5. Article. 
 
 6, Article. 
 
 His M^jefcies Jnfn>er to the fourth Jrttcle, 
 
 To the fourth Article •, his Majefty is moft willing to punidi for the time 
 paft, and prevent for the future, any ot the deceits and abufes mentioned 
 in this Article •, and will account itagoodfei-viceinany, that will inform 
 Himfelf, his Privy Councel, Officers of his Revenues, Judges, or learned 
 Councel, of any thing that may reveal this myflery of Iniquity. And his 
 Majefty doth ftridtly command every of them, to whom fuch information 
 llwU be brought, that they fuffer not the fame to die, but do their utter- 
 moft endeavour to effeft a clear difcovery, and bring the Offenders to pu- 
 nilliment. And to the intent no concealed tolaation may be effefted, his 
 Majefty leaves the Laws to their courfe. 
 
 Tl^at ag tfjc l?ciTt«n!3 of amtiairatiojjs from fo?nfn l^nnccs, miti 
 tljeir Douftjn, tie free foj tljc ercrcifes of tljeir oiun Eeligiou, to 
 tijcir fi)outcs) WW not be matie free Ctjappcis nntJ @)nnctuarie£i unto 
 vour ^^ajeaicd subjects, popifl)lv affcctcD, to ijear s^afs, anD to par= 
 ticlpatc 111 all otljerEitess ann Ccrcmonicsi oftbat^upetftition, to 
 tbe great offence of aimuTbtv eoD, anD fcantiai of pour Si5ajcftieiJ 
 IcJeople lovallp anti rcliaioiuiv affectcD : cbat eitber tlje coiiLOurfe of 
 Eecufantss to fuel) placesj map be reffraineD, o? atlcaft fucb a bigiiant 
 watcbfctupoutljcm, at tljcir rctuni from tljofe placed, ajStljcpmap 
 be app?eljeuOcti, auD fe\>crelv p?occcne5 uiitljalj uc qui paiam in luce pec 
 
 cant in luce puniancur. 
 
 His Majefcies An fiver to theffth Article, 
 
 TO the fifth •, his Majefty is well pleafed to prohibit and reftrain their 
 coming andrefort to the Houfes of Ambaffadors, and will command a 
 vigilant watch to be fet for their taking and punilhing, as is defired. 
 
 TDat no place of autbontp antJ CommautJ, luitbin anp tlje Coutt 
 tiess of tbisi vour 99aicfttcd i^ingtiom, 0? anv %W^ of pour ^a- 
 jeftie0,oj luljicl) fliallbc implopeo m pour S^ajcllic^ @er\)tcej be com^ 
 mitten to ^optflj Eecufants, 0? to bou communicants, bptljefpace 
 of a pear paft , 0? to anp fuclj pevfond asj acco^Uing to direction of 
 former acts of estate are juftlp to be fufpecteD, as tljc place ann m 
 thonty of Lojngi Lieutenants , Depute Lieutenants , Juftices of 
 peace, 0? Captains, 0? otljer Officers 0? ^uufters mentioned in tbe 
 @)tatutcmat!c in tbe tbirti pear of tljc reign of pour jratbcr of blefleti 
 memo2v: ann tbnt fucb as bv €omti\3cnce banc crept into fucb pinccSj 
 mai> bp pour Q3ajcmcs i^opal CommauQ be Difcljareen of tbe fame. 
 
 His Majefties (tAnfmr to the fxth Article, 
 
 TO the fixth-Jiis Majefty is perfwaded that this Article is already obferved 
 with good care •, neverthelefs, for the avoiding (as much as may be) all 
 errors and efcapes in that kinde , his Majefty will give charge to the Lord 
 Keeper, that at the next Term he call unto him all the Judges, and take 
 Information from them of the ftate of their feveral Circuits, if any fuch (as 
 are mentioned in this Article) be in the Commififion of the peace, that due 
 reformation may be made thereof •, And will likewife give order to the Lord 
 Admiral, and fuch others to whom it lliall appertain, to make diligent 
 enquir)' and certitiicate to his Majefty, if any fuch be in place of Authority 
 and Command in hisShipsor Service. 
 ___^ Cljat 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Htftorical ColleEions. 
 
 511 
 
 D 
 
 B 
 
 T\m nil vour 29tijcaics juiitrc^ , lufficf Si, anD minidcrs of %\.i 
 fticc , unto luijofc Ciirc niiD triitt , cjccciition ( ujjjicli is tfic fifp 
 Of Pouv ei3a]c(tic0 Lauigi) td couinnttco , \m\> bp your 99ajcftics 13 n= 
 clnimtion, notondi) be commmitieri toputiufpccriycmutiantbnrp 
 laiuEi luljidj ftantJ in fo?ce affafnft Jcfuitsi, ©cminarp [>)Hc(t0, nnn 
 popin) Uccufants, but tfjat pour 93n]cap idouio be furtljcr pienfcn to 
 comimiiD tlje faiDJuugeEi auD Ju(ttcc9 of affile, to giijeatrueanii 
 ffrict account of tljcirpjoccctJingEt, at tteir retutnis out of their cn^r 
 cuit0, unto tbe lo?d Keeper, aun by tlje JLojD l^eeper to be p2eremcti 
 unto pour i^ajeftv. 
 
 His Maje flies Jnfwer unto the feventh Article. 
 
 'T'o the feventh his Majefty doth fully grant it, 
 
 Aji5tiforafair anU clear crautcation of alipopet)) fo? tlje fimtrCi 
 auD f02 tbc bjccning ann nurfmo; up of a Ijolp reiteration, attDa 
 peculiar ]i)coplc fnnctificti unto tfte true voojflbip of iaimigbt)) ^^oo, tliat 
 imtil a p?o\)irionat tau) niav be mane fo? tl)c trauung miD eDucatms 
 of tljc CijilUKnof i5opiflj Rccufants ui tlje crounnss anu piinciple^ 
 of our Ijol)) Religion, UJljiclj luc concciVic tntUbe of niojcpoiucr ann 
 fo?ce to unite vour people unto pou in faftnefis of loUe, Ecligion anD 
 lopal obcDicnce , tljen all pccuniari) CQulctd ann 1i)enaltie0 tljat can 
 poffiblv be ncijifen: l>our C^ajcftv U30uin be pleafen to take it into pour 
 own piincelv care ann confineration, tljcfe our Ijumble [petitions p2o= 
 cecning from l)cart0 ann affections lopallp ann rcliiriouflv neuotcn to 
 (©on ann pour qjajefttcQ ^cruice, ann to tlje fafetp of yoiir s^ajeffied 
 filer en l^erfon, lue moa ?ealouflp p?efcnt to pourp?incclp mifenom, 
 crauing pour ® ajemc!3 cljearful ann gratiousi approbation* 
 
 His Majefiies Anfv?er to the eighth Article. 
 
 To the eighth, his Majefty doth well approve it, as a matter of necefTary 
 confideration, and the Parliaitient now fitting, he recommendeth to 
 both Houfes the preparation of a fitting Law to that effeft. And his Ma- 
 jefty doth further declare, that the mildenefs that hath been ufed towards 
 thofe of the Popifli Religion , hath been upon hope that forain Princes 
 thereby might be induced to ufe moderation towards their Subjefts of the 
 Reformed Religion •, but not finding that good effe(fl which was expeded, 
 His Majefty refolveth,unlefs he fliall very ipeedily fee better fruits, to add 
 a fuither degree of feverity, to that which in this petition is defired. 
 
 /^N JVedfieJday the fecond oiJpril, the Propofitions fent from the King, 
 ^^\verc mentioned, and feveral Gentlemen expreffed themfelves feverally 
 on that fubjecl. 
 
 S, Article, 
 
 'TTisiaid, that the greatel^ grievance is want of fupply •, but I hold it a 
 ' -■•greater grievance tliat his Majefty is brought into thofe neceflities, efpe- 
 cially confidering the fupplies that of late have been given to the King, 
 two Subfidies of Parliament, befides privy Seals, the late Loan, whereby 
 five Subfidies were forcibly and unadvifedly taken, and we have yet pur- 
 chafed to our felves nothing by all thefebutour owndilhonor, we have 
 drawn and provoked two powerful enemies upon us •, it is not then what 
 theSuhjeifts do give, unlefs his Majefty imploy men of integrity and 
 experience, otherwife all that we give will be as caft into a bottomlefs bag. 
 
 Uuu 2 Some! 
 
 Debates 
 touching his 
 Ma;cilits 
 propofitions. 
 
 Sir Francis | 
 Stimor,
 
 ^i6 
 
 An. i6z8. 
 
 Sir Nath. 
 Rich. 
 
 Secr.Cook. 
 
 Sir John 
 EUiot. 
 
 Eiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 sir EJ.Cook. 
 
 M; 
 
 "COme propofitions we fhall not meddle with, as a foveraign Army to 
 "♦^betranfported, we are not fit for that yet> but we will not rejed it, for 
 " great Princes, who give out Rumors of raifing great Armies, do put their 
 '' Enemies to great fears •, then the defence ot ourCoafts, nothing is more 
 " neceflary •, but the bill of Poundage is for that particular fupply, and how 
 " far it may prejudice us for a future Precedent,to give other fupply, let us be 
 " advifed. 
 
 r,Secretary Cook, obfer\'ing a diftindion made upon the propofitlons,as 
 if fome of them were to be omitted, " I know (faid he) you will do it 
 upon deliberation •, fome there are not poflible to be omitted,as the Guard- 
 '' ing of the Seas, defence of the Elk Rotchcl^ and thofe draw on all the reft : 
 '' Ships muft have Men and Munition, and we cannot divide any of thefe. 
 '' This Houfe is tender of the Countrey ^ the King will not lay a burthen 
 ''that cannot be born-. We may fupply his Majefty without this, give we 
 '' now what we pleafe, the King may makeufeof it before the People are 
 '' able to pay •, and we fliall not onely make his Majefty fubfift, but advance 
 " his reputation in the world, by the unity of his People, more then by any 
 '' treafure. 
 
 I" Ndeed there may be fome neceflity for a war offenfive, but looking on 
 one late dyfafter, I tremble to think of fending more abroad. 
 '' Let us confider thofe two great undertakings at Cales and Ree •, at Cales 
 "that was fo glonoufty pretended, where our men arrived and found a 
 '' Conqueft ready, namely, the Spintjh Ships, a fatisfadion fufficient and 
 " fit for us, and this confefled by fome then imployed, and never but granted 
 ''by all, that it was feafible andeafie, why came this to nothing c" After 
 " that opportunity loft, when the whole Army was landed, with deftruftion 
 " of fome of our men, why was nothing done < if nothing was intended, 
 " why were they landed, aixl why were they fliipt again C For Rees X'oyage, 
 '' was not the whole adion carried againft the judgement of the beft Com- 
 ''mandersc" was not the Army landed ^ Not to mention the leaving of 
 '' the Wines, nor touch the wonder that Cx(ar never knew, the enriching 
 '' of the Enemy by curtefies : Confider what a cafe we now are in, if on the 
 " like occafion , or with the like inftruments , we Hiall again adventure 
 " another expedition. It was ever the wifedom of our Anceftors here, to 
 " leave Forain Wars wholly to the State , and not to meddle with 
 '' them. 
 
 ''CIr Edrv. Cook. When poor England (\ood alone, and had not the accefs 
 "''^of another Kingdom, and yet had more and as potent Enemies as now 
 '' it hath, yet the King of England prevailed. 
 
 " In the Parliament Roll, in the 42. year of Edw. 5. the King and the 
 '' Parliament gave God thanks for his vidlory againft the Kings of Scotland 
 " and of France^ he had them both in Wndfor Caftle as Prifoners. What 
 '' Was the reafon of that Conqueft C four reafons were given, i . The King 
 " was aflifted by good Counfel, 2. There were valiant men. 3. They were 
 " timely fupplied. 4. Good Imployment. 
 
 '' 3. i?. 2. The King was inviron'd with the Flemins, Scots and French, and 
 " the King of £«?-AW prevailed. 
 
 1 3. iJ. 2. The King was invironed with Spaniards, Scots and French, and 
 " the King of £»^/4w^ prevailed. 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hijcoricai ColleBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 <' 1 7 /? . 2 . Wars were in Ireland and Scotland^ and yet the King of Enq;- 
 " land prevailed , and thanks were given to God here ^ And I hope I liiall 
 " live to give God thanks for our Kings vidories. 
 
 " 7 //.4. One or two great men about the King fo mewed him up, that he 
 " took no other advice but from them , whereupon the Chancellor took 
 "this Text andTheamin his Speech at the Parliament, MuUorum confilia 
 " reqtcirtintur in rnn^nii , tn hello qui mAXime timent lunt in maximis tericulis, 
 "Let us give and not be afraid of our enemies, let us fupply bountifully, 
 " cheerfully, and fpeedily , but enter not into particulars : Solomov.s Rule is, 
 " ^tii rqetit fcparat^mYyfefaratfa'dcratos : We are united in duty^crc. to the 
 " King, the King hath fourfcore thoufand pounds a year for the Navy, and 
 " to fcowre the Narrow-feas, it hath been taken , and we are now to give it, 
 '' and (liall we now give more to guard the Seas •! befides, when that is taken 
 ''of our gift, it may be diverted another way. 
 
 " It fhall never be faid we deny all fuppljr , I think my felf bound, where 
 " there is commune pnctdum, there mufl be commune auxilmm. 
 
 "T Cannot forget that duty I owe to my Countrey, and unlefswe be fe- 
 " A cured againft our Liberties, we cannot give •, I fpeak not this to make di- 
 " verfions , but to the end that giving I may give cheerfully. As for the 
 " Propofitions to be confidered ot, I incHne to decline them , and to look 
 "upon the State of our Countrey, whether it be fit to give, or no : Are 
 " we come to an end for our Countries Liberties < have we trenched on the 
 rates of the Deputy Lieutenants < are we fecured for time future i 
 
 cc 
 
 WE all defire remedies for our Grievances , and without them we 
 Ihall neither be willing nor able to give-, for my part, I heartily 
 " defire remedy , but which is the belt and wifell way, that is the queftion: 
 '' As we have made fome progrefs in our Grievances , fo let us now go on 
 "tofupply-. There is a Proverb, Non bis ad tdem^ daihnot theCommon- 
 " wealth t^^'ice againft one Rock. We have Grievances, we muft be eafed of 
 "them-, who flialleafeus^ No Nation hath a people more loving to the 
 "King, then we; but let the King think it and believe it, there isadi- 
 '* ftance betwixt him and us , before we can have his heart, we muft remove 
 " it : Our difeafe is not fo great but that it may be cured , it is the Kings 
 " Evil which muft be cured with Gold -, let us imitate ^acob, who wreftied 
 " with the Angel, and would not let him go -, I would we could wreftle with 
 " the King in duty and love, and not to let him go in this Parliament, till he 
 ''comply with us: We muft take heed of too much repetition and over- 
 " beating of Grievances , it is dangerous , and it may make a further fepa- 
 " ration : He that talks too mucli of his Grievance , makes the party that is 
 '' the caufe of it make an apology , and to juftifie it, and that is dangerous : 
 *' let us do as Poets in a Tragedy , that fometimes have Comical Paflages, 
 '' and fo a generous mind will fink prefently. Sure a due prefentation of fuch 
 " Grievances to fuch a King with moderation, will take place with liim : In 
 " all deliberations go the fafeft way -, The old way I have heard is firlt to re- 
 " move Grievances -, we muft not ty and bind our fclves by all that was done 
 ''before: I have gone over the Thames in former times on foot, when it 
 " v/.is all an Tee , but that is no argument to perfwade me by to do the like 
 '' now, becaufe I did fo once. 
 
 THe Houfe waving the Debate of the Propofitions proceeded with Grie- 
 vances by Confinement, and Defignation for forain imployment, in 
 which points feveral Gentlemen delivered tlieir opinion. 
 
 " Con- 
 
 r-j 
 
 4 Caroli. 
 
 Sir Thomas 
 W^cntwoith 
 
 Sir Henry 
 Marcin, 
 
 rhc Houfe 
 waves, &c.
 
 5^8 
 
 Afi. 1628. 
 
 Mr.'SsUcn. 
 
 Sir T.Hob- 
 
 by.; 
 
 Sir Peter 
 Hayman a- 
 bout forcin 
 imploynicnt, 
 
 Mr.Hackwtl 
 
 Hifwrical Colleclions, 
 
 Confinement is different from Luprifonment , snd it is againft the Law 
 that any fliould be confined either to his Houfe, or elfwhere : I know 
 not what you can call a Punilhment , but there is lome ground of it , or 
 mention thereof in Ads of Parliament , Law-books , or Records , but 
 for this of Confinement, I finde none : indeed Jews have been confined 
 in former times to certain places , ^x^hex^'m London to xhto\<i^ury. The 
 Civilians have perpetual Prilons and coercive Prifons, upon Judgements in 
 Court, Career domefiicips is a confinement for madmen. 
 
 '' T Was imployed in 88. in that fervice , it was then thought fit thatRecu- 
 
 " J. fanr"; nmiild beconfir 
 
 (C 
 
 fants fliould be confined in ftrong places, but it was not held legal , and 
 when the Navy was difpierfed they were fetat liberty, and theParlia- 
 " ment petitioned the Queen for a Law,to warrant the Confinement : Here- 
 "upon it was refolved, That no freeman ought to be confined byanycom- 
 "• mand of the King or Privy Councel, or any other, unlefs it be by Ad of 
 '' Parliament , or by other due courfe or warrant of Law. And then the 
 Houfe proceeded to the Debate, concerning Defignation to forain Im- 
 ployment. 
 
 Touching Defignation to forain Imployrnent, Sir Pete'r Hayman opened 
 his own Cafe : " I have forgot my imployment unto the Palatinate, I 
 " was called before the Lords of the Councel, tor what I know not , I heard 
 "it was for not lending on a Privy Seal, I told them if they will take my 
 " Eftate, let them, I v\ill give it up, give I will not : When I was before the 
 " Lords of the Councel, they laid to my Charge my unwiUingnefs to ferve 
 '' the King •, I faid, I had my Life and my Eftate to ferve my Countrey, and 
 *' my Religion : They put upon me, it I did not pay , I Ihould be put upon 
 '' an imployment of Service •, I was willing •, after ten weeks waiting they 
 '' told me I was to go with a Lord into the Palatinate, and that I (hould have 
 "imployment there, and means befitting-, I told them I was a Subjed, and 
 " defired means •, fome put on veiy eagerly, fome dealt nobly -, they faid I 
 " muft go on my own purfe , I told them Nemo militatfuis expenfis •, fome 
 " told me I muft go, I began to think. What, muft I ^ none were ever fent 
 " out in that kinde ^ La^vyers told me I could not be fo fent : having that 
 " alturance I demanded means, and was refolved not to ftir upon thofe 
 ''tearms, and in filence and duty I denied : upon this they having given me 
 '' a Command to go, after fome twelve days they told me they would not 
 " fend me as a Soldier , but to attend on an Ambaffador •, I knew that ftone 
 " would hit me , I fetled my troubled eftate , and addreffed my felf to that 
 '' Service. 
 
 "TTHis is a great Point that much concerns the Commonwealth , if the 
 " ■*■ the King cannot command a Subjed to his neceflary fervice 5 and on 
 '' the other fide , it will be little lefs then an honorable banilliment to the 
 '' Subjed, if he may. Our Books fay the King cannot compel any to go out 
 " of the Realm , and an adion brought againft him , he cannot plead in Bai, 
 '' that he is by command from the King in forein fervice , but the King 
 " may give him his protedion. 5 £. 3. iV.p. in the Parliament Roll there 
 " \\'as an Ordinance whereby the King had power to fend fome to Ireland , it 
 " is ordained, that fuch Sages of the Law and Soldiers, where need fliall be. 
 
 ' though they rcfufe to go andexcufe themfelves. 
 ''reafonable, the King may do to them according 
 
 if their excufes be not 
 ndreafon: If 
 « the 
 
 to right 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijlorical QoileUions, 
 
 519 
 
 '' the King by Law could do this of himfelf , and fend tliem to Ireland^ his 
 " own Dominion , he would never have taken pouer tiom his Parliament ^ 
 "and if men do not according totlutLaw, there is no imprifonmcnt pre- 
 "fcribed. 
 
 im- 
 ned 
 
 ""VJO reftraint, be it never fo little, but is Imprifonment , and forain 
 "-i^^ ployment is a kind of honorable Banilhmcnt : I my felf was defig 
 "to go to JrcLwii, I was willing to go, and hoped if I had gone, to have 
 " found fome MompclJons there : T here is a difference when the Party is the 
 '' Kings fervant, and when not. 46 £. 5 . this was the time when the Law was 
 " in its height : S\x Richard Pcmbndge was a Baron, and the Kings Servant, 
 " and Warden of the Ciuquc-ports , he was commanded to go to IreLwd^ 
 "andtoferve as Deputy there , which he refufed: He was not committed, 
 " but the King was highly oftended,and having Offices, and Fees and Lands 
 ^^ pro fcrvmo fuo tmpajfo, the King feized his Lands and Offices : I went to 
 " the Parliament Roil, 47. £. 3. where I found another precedent for forain 
 " imployment •, they that have Offices /'ro coafdio, o\- jeri'ttio imfcnlo , if 
 " they refufe , thofe Lands and Offices fo given are feized , but no com- 
 " mitment. 
 
 " T F any man owes a man a difpleafure , and flnll procure him to be put into 
 "A forain imployment , it will be a matter of high concernment to the 
 ''Subject: We know the Honor and Juftice of the King, but we know 
 ''not what his minifters or the mediation of Ambafladors may do to work 
 '' their own wrath upon any man, 
 
 ''TF you grant this Liberty, what are you the better by other priviledges c" 
 ''-i- whatdtference is therebetween imprifonment at home, and conftrain- 
 '' ed imployment abroad C it is no lefs then a temporal Bamiihment, neither 
 '' is it tor his Majefties fervice to conftrain his Subjeds to imployment a- 
 " broad: Honor and Reward invites them rather to feek it , but tobecom- 
 " pelled, ftands not with our Liberty. 
 
 Thefe Debates, as to Confinement, produced this refolution. That no 
 Freeman ought to be confined by any command from the King , or Privy 
 Councel , or any other , unlefs it be by hit of Parliament , or by other 
 due courfe or warrant of Lav^'. 
 
 As for the matter of fupply, the Debate was put off till Friday following. 
 
 Tliurfday 5. of April, 
 
 Mr. Secretary Cook brought the Huufe this ^lef- 
 f age from the Kj,ng. 
 
 "TTIs Majefty having underftood tiiat fome rumors were fpread abroad of 
 "■'--^a llurp Mefiage yefterday delivered by me, and of Ibme malicious 
 '' words , that the Duke ffiould fpeak yefterday at the Counccl-board , he 
 '' commanded me to tell you of the malice of thofe falfs reports , for that 
 '' nothing fell from the Duke or that Board, butwhat was for thegoodof 
 ''this Aflembly: He would iiave you obfcrvethe malice of thofe fpirits 
 " that thus put in thefe Jealoulies : Had the Duke fo fpoken, he lliould 
 '' have contradifted himfelf , for all of us of the Councel can tell , he was 
 
 '' the 
 
 4-. Cay oh. 
 
 Sir E. Cook. 
 
 Sir Thomas 
 
 Sir John El- 
 liot, 
 
 The Klr.^ 
 Ifndsa h\^i- 
 figc to the 
 HoufjbySc. 
 f.ook, touch- 
 in:' (omc 
 worus l;lid 
 birp(>ken 
 b> thi; L<uke.
 
 53° i 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions. 
 
 An.iSzS. 
 
 Debates on 
 
 the Miilase. 
 
 Fi idi)' 4- A- 
 pnl Secicta- 
 r)- bi ings an- 
 other i\Iff- 
 f?.'.;c iVonuhc 
 King. 
 
 tt 
 
 the firft mover and perfwader of this Alfembly of Parliament to the King. 
 " Edeem of the King according to his actions, and not thefe tales •, His Ma- 
 *' jefty takes notice of our purpofe , that on Frtduy we will refolve Upon 
 "Supply, which his Majefty gracioufly accepts of, and that our free gift 
 "witliout any condition ihould teftifie to the world, that we will be as far 
 '' fiom jncroaching upon his Prerogative , as he will be to maoach upon 
 ''our Liberties: and this iliall well appear, when we preCent our Grievances 
 '' to him , and then we llwU know that he hath no intention to violate our 
 " Liberties , onely let us not prefent them with any afperity of words ^ he 
 "counts it his greateft Glory to be a King of Freemen, not of Villams : 
 " He thought to have delivered this Meflage himfelf , but that he feared it 
 " would take us too much time. 
 
 Then he added awordot his own, " Yefterday after dinner we attended 
 " hisMajeily, and he asked us what we had done: We faid we had entred 
 '*• into the conlideration of Supply, and that the final refolution was defen:ed 
 " till i-W/i)! •, and that this was done for juft reafons, to joynthe bufinefs 
 " of his Majefties and our Countries together , and this would further his 
 '' Majefty , and it would give content to the Countrey , and that this union 
 '' here might be fpread abroad in the World. His Majefty anfwered. For 
 '^ Gods fake , why lliould any hinder them in their Liberties •: if they did it 
 " not, I ihould think they dealt not faithfully with me. You may fee a true 
 " Charader of his Majefties difpofition : let us proceed with courage , and 
 " reft ailured his Majefty will give great ear unto us , and let us all joyn to 
 
 make a perfed union to win the Kings heart ^ we fliall find a gracious 
 
 anfwer from the King , and a hearty cooperation from thofe that you 
 " think to be averfe to us. 
 
 <c 
 
 UPon the delivery of this Meflage fome flood up , and profcfTed they 
 never heard of any fuch lliarp Meflage or words the day before, 
 or that anyAvas fobold as to interpofe himfelf: They acknowledged his 
 Majefty had put a threefold Obligation on them ^ Firfl, in giving them fa- 
 tisfaftion ^ Secondly, in giving them aflurance (which is a great Law) that 
 he will proted and relieve them •, Thirdly, in giving them advice as may 
 befit the Gravity of that Afl"embly and his own Honor : So they concluded 
 to carry them felves as their Progenitors before had done, who never were 
 marked for ftepping too far on the Kings Prerogative , and they returned 
 their iiumble thanks to his Majefty, 
 
 THe day following Mr. Secretary Cook delivered another Meflage from 
 theKin^, viz. "'' His Majefty hath again commanded me to put you 
 '' in mind , how the eyes and intereft of the Chriftian world, are caft upon 
 " the good or evil fuccefsof this Aflembly: He alfo gracioufly takcth no- 
 " tice of that wliich is in agitation amongft us , touching the fi-eedom of our 
 '' Perfons , and propriety of our Goods •, and that this particular care 
 '' (which he no \vay mifliketh) may not retard our refolution for the general 
 " good , he willeth us chearfuUy to proceed in both , and to exprefs our 
 ''readinefs to fupply his great occafions, upon aflurance that we fliall enjoy 
 ''our Rights and Liberties, with as much freedom and fecurity in his time, 
 " as in any age heretofore under the beft of our Kings •, and whether you 
 "Hull think fit tofecureour felves herein , by way of Bill or othervvife, 
 "foasit be provided for with due refpedof his Honor and the publique 
 " good , whereof he doubteth not but that you will be careful , he promi- 
 " fethand aflureth you that he will give way unto it j and the more confi- 
 
 " dence
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hiftorical Co/leBions, 
 
 ^ 
 
 I 
 
 Mr, Pym, 
 
 5. Subfidies 
 refolverd on. 
 
 Mr.Secietaiy 
 Cookrepoits 
 the Kings ac- 
 ceptance oF 
 five Subfidies 
 
 '' dence you llulllliew in his grace and goodnefs, the more you iliall prevail 4 enroll 
 " to obtain your own defires. 
 
 Vpon this occajion Mr, Fymjpa^, 
 
 ''T^Hat in bufinefs of weight difpatch is better then dilcourfe •, We Came 
 " i- not hither without all motives that can be towards hisMajefty, had 
 '' he never fent in this meflage •, We know the danger of our Enemies, we 
 " muft give Expedition to Expedition •, let us forbear particulars. A man 
 " in a journey is hindred by asking too many queftions : I do believe our 
 " peril is as great as may be, every man complains of it, that doth incourage 
 ** the Enemy ^ our way is to take that that took away our eftates, that is, 
 " the Enemy •, to give fpeedily is that that the King calls for : A word 
 " fpoken in feafon is like an Apple of Silver •, and adions are more pre- 
 " dous then words, let us haften our Refolutions to fupply his Majefty. 
 And after fome debate, they came to this unanimous Refolve, 
 
 That five Subfidies be given hisMajefty -, and Mr.Seaetary Cook was 
 appointed to acquaint his Majefty with the Refolution of the Houfe. 
 
 Monday the 7. of Aipril, 
 
 '' \iCr. Secretary Cook reported to the Houfe the Kings acceptance of 
 "-4-Vl.the Subfidies, and how his Majefty was pleafed to ask, by how many 
 " voyces they were gained < I faid, but by one •, His Majefty asked, how 
 " many were againft him c" I faid, none •, for they were voted by one voyce, 
 '' and one general confent. His Majefty was much affefted therewith, and 
 " called the Lords in Councel , and there I gave them account what had 
 '' pafled •, befides, It gave his Majefty no fmall content, that although five 
 ''Subfidies be inferior to his wants, yet it is the greateft gift that ever was 
 '' given in Parliament •, and now he fees with this he fliall have the affe- 
 " dions of his People, which will be greater to him then all value. He faid 
 '' he liked Parliaments at the firft,but fince (he knew not how) he was grown 
 '' to a diftafte of them j but was now where he was before, he loves them, 
 " and fliall rejoyce to meet with his People often. 
 
 Vpon the gi'i^ing of the five Subftdies the Duke of 
 Bucks made a Speech at the Councel Tabic, and 
 Mr. Secretary at that time acquainted the Houfe 
 therewith. The Speech vpos this, 
 
 ''C Ir,me thinks I behold you a great King, for love is greater then Majefty^ 
 'Oopinion that the people loved you not, had almoft loft you in the opini- 
 " on of the world;,But this day makes you appeal- as you are,a glorious King, 
 "loved at home, and now to be feared abroad-, this billing out fo happily, 
 "give me leave,! befeech you, to be an humble fujtor to your Majefty ^i. For 
 " my felf, That I, wlio have had the honour to be your Favorite, may now 
 <' give up that title unto them, they to be your Favorites, and I to be your 
 " Servant. My fecond fuit is, T hat they having done alfo well, you will ac- 
 " count of them as one-, a body of many members, but of all one heart: 
 '' opinion might have made them differ, but affe<^ion did move them all 
 
 rhcDukeof 
 Buckinglums 
 Speech at the 
 Councel 
 Table there- 
 upon. 
 
 Xxx 
 
 to
 
 55^ 
 
 Hifiorkal (Collections. 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 It is ill taken 
 by Sir John 
 Elliot that 
 the Dukes 
 name wis 
 intermingled 
 with the 
 King"! by S.- 
 crctary 
 Cook, 
 
 tojoyn with like love in this great gift; for proportion, although it be 
 lefs then your occafions may ask, yet it is more then ever Subjects did 
 give in lb ihort a time ■., nor am I perfwaded it will reft there, for this is 
 but as an earneft of their aflfedions, to let you fee, and the world know 
 what Subjects you have, that when the honor and the good of the State is 
 ingaged, and Aid asked in the ordinary way of Parliament, you cannot 
 want: This is not the 2;ift of fiveSubfidies alone, but the opening of a 
 Mine of Subfidies thatlieth in their hearts. This good beginning hath 
 wrought already thefe effe(fts, they have taken your heart, drawn from 
 you a Declaration that you will love Parliaments. And again, this will 
 meet (,1 make no queftion) with fuch refped, that their demands will be 
 juft, dutiful, and moderate-, for they that know thus to give, know well 
 what is fit to ask. Then cannot your Majefty do lefs then out-go their 
 demands, or elfe you do lefs then your felf or them •, for your MelTage 
 begot truft, their truth and your promifes muft then beget performances. 
 This being done, then Hiall I with a glad heart behold this work as well 
 ended as now begun, and then Hull I hope that Parliaments ihall be made 
 hereafter fo frequent by the cffeds and good ufe oi them, as they fhall 
 Ir-ve this further benefit, to deter from approaching your ears thofe pro- 
 jeders and inducers of innovation, as difturbers both ot Church and Com- 
 monwealth. Now, Sir, to open my heart, and to eafe my grief, pleafe 
 you to pardon me a word more ^ I muft confefs I have long lived in pain •, 
 Sleep hath given me no reft. Favors and Fortunes no content, fuch have 
 been my fecret foirows, to be thought the man of feparation, and that 
 divided the King from his People, and them from mm, but I hope it 
 fhall appear the}' were fome miftaken minds, that would have made me 
 " the evil fpirit that walketh between a good M after and loyal People by 
 <■'■ ill offices •, whereas, by your Majeftics favor, I fhall ever endeavour to 
 '' approve my felf a good fpirit, breathing nothing but the beft of fervices 
 " to them all. Therefore this day I account more blefled to me then my 
 ''birth, to fee my felt able to fervethem, to fee you brought in love with 
 " Parliaments, to fee a Parliament exprefs fuch love to you •, and God fo 
 " love me and mine.^ as I joy to fee this day. 
 
 Mr. Secretary Cook alfo at this time repeated the fubftance of the 
 Kings Anlwer to the Petition concerning Kecufants. And after he had 
 done, Sir ^ohn Elliot exprefled the great fatistadion which he apprehended, 
 the Houfe in general, and himfelt in fpecial, had received touching each 
 particular of ins Majefties gracious Anfwer •, but fliewed his diflike that Mr. 
 Secretaiy in the cloie of his Relation, made mention of another in addition 
 to his Majefty, which formerly hath been a matter of complaint in the 
 Houfe, the mixture with his Majefty, not onely in the bufinefs, but in his 
 name. " Is it (faid he) that any man conceives the mention of others (ot 
 "what quality foever) can add incouragement or affedion to us in our 
 '' duties and loyalties towards his Majefty, or give them greater latitude or 
 " extent, then naturally they have •; or is it fuppofed that the power or 
 ''intercft of any man can add more readinefs to his Majefty innis gracious 
 '' inclination to us, tlien his own goodnefs gives him ''. I cannot believe it. 
 '' And as the fweetnefs and piety of his Majefty, which we have in admi- 
 " ration, makes me confident in this, fo the exprelhons of our duty fo per- 
 " fpicnoiis and clear, as akeady hath been given, is my aflbrance for the 
 '' other. 
 
 that thefe things ft)ould be 
 ''•arpued. 
 
 B 
 
 But Sir, I am forrv there is this occafior. 
 
 D
 
 Hijlorical CoileBiom. 
 
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 B 
 
 D 
 
 argued , or this mixtui'e which was formerly coudemned lliould appear 4. Carol/. 
 again : I befecch you Sir, let it not be hereafter -, let no man take this i ' 
 boldnefs within thefe Walls to introduce it , though Iconfefs for my par- 
 ticular I ihall readily commend , nay, thank that man, whofe endeavors 
 are applied in fuch Offices, as may be advantageable for the publique: 
 Yet in this matter fo contrary to the Cuftoms of our Fathers , and the 
 honor of our Times, I cannot witliout Scandal apprehend it, nor without 
 fomeCharaderor Exception pafs it by, that fuch interpofition may tor 
 the future be left. 
 " No^v let us proceed, faid he, to thofe fervices that concern his Majefty 
 
 "and the Sub jed:, which (I doubt not) in the end will render us fo real unto 
 
 " huTi,that we Ihall not need more help to endear us to his favor. 
 
 The Commons having exprefled their dutiful afftdiions towards his Ma- 
 jefty , in giving him fo large a Gift as five Subfidies , and having alfo ihew- 
 ed their care of the Subjcfts in the liberty of their Perfon, and propriety in 
 their GoodSjdid now prepare to tranfmit their Refolves to the Lords tor their 
 concurrence , and fevei-al Members v.ae appointed to manage a Conference 
 with the Lords concerning the fame. We ihall briefly touch fome PafTages 
 of that Conference , as to the rational and historical Part thereof, omittuw 
 to mention Precedents and Book- Cafcs , left they fliould prove tedious to 
 the Reader. 
 
 SL- Dudly Biggs began with this Introdutftion : " t am commanded to fhew 
 '' unto your Loidlhips in general , that the Laws of EngLindsxt ground- 
 "edonReafon, more ancient then Books, confifting much in unwritten 
 '' Cuftoms , yet fo full of Juflice and true Equity, that your moft honor- 
 " able Predeceffors and Anceftors propugned them with a Kolumm muturi^ 
 '' and fo ancient, that from the Saxon days, notwithftanding the injuries and 
 '■'mines of time, they have continued in moft part the fame , as mayap- 
 *'pear in old remaining Monuments of the Laws of Etklhcrt ^ the'firft 
 ''Chriftian King of AV;??, Inn the King of the Weft Saxons, Ojfizof the 
 ''Mercians, and of Alfred the great Monarch, who united tlie Saxon 
 '' Heptarchie, whofe Laws are )'et to be feen publilhed , as fome think, by 
 " Parliament, as he fays to that end , ut qui (uh h»o rcgc, [iw uy.a lege regcren- 
 '■^titr: And though the Book of Z,//f /;)?t/^ , fpeaking of the times of the 
 " Danes , fays, then ^us jopititm crut in regno , leges (jr coriftictudmes jofita 
 '^ fufit , andprava-roluntas, -vis (^ 'violentia magis regifidba,tt (juam -J-Hdieia 
 " vel J^uflitia , yet by the blefting of Goi a good King Edivard, commonly 
 "called St. Edward^ did awaken thofe Laws-, and as the old words are, 
 " Excitatas refiira'vit , reparatas decor Ai'it , decorat,is confirmu'vit , whicli 
 " Con firm Avit fliews , tliat good King EdwArd did not give thofe Laws 
 " wliich j^'i///'^w the Conqueror and all his Succeffors fmce that time have 
 " fworn unto. 
 
 '' And here my Lords, by many Cafes frequent in our modern Laws 
 " ftrongly concurring with thofe of the ancient Saxon Kings, I might, it time 
 " were not more precious, deraonftrate that our Laws and Cuftoms were the 
 '' fame. 
 
 " I will onely Intreat your Lordflfps leave to tell you , That as we have 
 '' now, even in thofe Saxon times they had their Court Barons , and Court 
 "Leecs, and Sheriffs Courts, by which as Tacit its lays of the Germanes, 
 " their Anceftors Jura rejdehant per p.igos cr I'lcos -, and I do believe as we 
 '' have now , they had their Parliaments , where new Laws were made 
 
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 Sir Diidly 
 Liiggs beij^'ns 
 the Coutt;-- 
 ence by way 
 ot Intiodu- 
 (Snon. 
 
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 554- 
 
 Biftorical ColUBions. 
 
 An.i6i%. 
 
 Mr. Little- 
 ton, 
 
 " cmn conferffu rrttUtorttm^ M^gmttim & totius Commumtatis^ or as another 
 '' \vrLtes,f»w confilto rrdatorum^Nahilmm (jr faptentitim Laicortint •, I \^■ill add 
 " nothing out ot GUnvUe , that wrote in the time of Hen. 2. or BraBon, that 
 '' writ in the days of Hen. 5. onely give me leave to cite that of Fortejcue the 
 '' learned Chancellor to Hen. 6. who writing of this Kingdom, fays, Regmm 
 '■^illudworibuinationum (^regumternforihiis ^ eifdemquihus nunc regitur le- 
 '■^ gibus o" confitetiidimbm rcgebntur. But my good Lords, as the Poet faid 
 " of Fame, I may foy of our Common Law, 
 
 Jngrcditiirque folo, capti inter nuhila cofidit. 
 
 '' Wherefore the cloudy part being mine, I will make hafte to open way 
 tor your Lordfliips , to hear more certain Ai'guments, and luch as go on 
 more fure grounds. 
 
 "Be pleafed then to know, that it is an undoubted and fundamental 
 Point of this fo ancient Common Law of England^ That the Subje(fl hath 
 a true property in his goods and poffelHons, which doth preferve as facred, 
 that mcum (jr tfi!im,that is the nurfe of Induftrj'jand mother ofCourage,and 
 without which there can be no Juftice, of which rneum & tuum is the pro- 
 per objed. But the undoubted Birthright of true Subjefts hath lately 
 not a little been invaded and prejudiced by preffures , the more grievous, 
 becaufc they have been purfued by imprilbnment, contraiy to the Fran- 
 chifespf this Land -, and when according to the Laws and Statutes of this 
 Realm, redrefs hath been fought for in a legal way , by demanding Ha- 
 beas Corpus from the Judges , and a difcharge by trial according to the 
 Law of the Land, fuccefs hath failed : that now inforceth the Commons 
 in this prefent Parliament aflembled , to examine by A<fts ot Parliament , 
 Precedents and Rcafons, the truth of the Englifli Subjefts liberty , which | 
 I tliall leave to learned Gentlemen to argue. 
 
 B 
 
 NExt after Sir Dttdly Diggs^ fpake Mr. Ed. Littleton of the Inner-Temple, 
 ''That their Lordfliips have heard that the Commons have taken 
 " into confideration the matter of perfonal Liberty , and after long debate 
 "thereof, they have upon a full fearch, and clear underftanding of all 
 " things pertinent to the queftion, unanimoufly declared, That no Free- 
 " man ought to be committed or reftrained in Prifon by the command of 
 "the King or Privy Councel, or any other, unlefsfome caufeof the com- 
 " miiment , detainer, or reftraint be exprelTed, for which by Law he ought 
 " to be committed, detained, or reftrained: And they have fent me with 
 '' other of their Members , to reprefent unto your Lordfhips the true 
 *' grounds of their refolution, and have charged me particularly, leaving the 
 '' reafons of Law and Precedents for others , to give your LordOiips fatisfa- 
 '' (flion , that this Liberty is eftablillied and confinned by the whole State , 
 '' the King, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, . and Commons , by feveral 
 "^ Ads of Parliament , the Authority' vi'hereof is fo great , that it can re- 
 "ceiveno Anlwer, fave by Interpretation or Repeal by future Statutes. 
 " And thefe I iliall minde your Lordlhips of, arefo direft in the point, that 
 "theyccn bear no other expofition at all, and fure I am they are ftiil in 
 " force •, The firft of them is the grand Charter of the Liberties oi England, 
 '■' firft granted in the lyth. year ot King ^chn, and renewed in the 9th. year 
 "ot//i'ff. 3. and fince confirmed in Parliament above 30. times, the words 
 ''theicareChap. 29, Nitll us liber homo capiaiur, vel imprijonttiir^a/ft dijfci- 
 " fieiur de Itbcro tenemento fifo vel liber is confuetndinibus juis, aut-uthgetur, aut 
 
 '■'■cxiiletur. 
 
 D 
 
 F
 
 Htjtoricai Col/eclions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 '' exfiletur ^ aut aljcfuo modo defiriutar^ nee fu^er CHmibimiis ^ neceummitte- 
 '' wffj, mfifcr Itgale judiaitm Pannm jnorum^ fclfer Icfcm terra. 
 
 He then proceeded to open, and argued leaniedly upon tlie Itveral Par- 
 ticulars in the laft recited Claufe of Magna charta •, and further (hewed , 
 "That no invalion was made upon this perfonal Liberty , till the time of 
 ''' King Ed. 5. which was foon refented by the Subjed , tor in the $.£d.'' 
 ''Chap. 9. it is enadled, That no man from hencetorthlliall be attached on 
 ''any occafion , nor fore-judged of Life or Limb , nor his Lands , Tene- 
 "ments, Goods, nor Chattels feifed into the Kings hands, againft the 
 "" Form of the great Charter, and the Law of the Land ; and 2 5 £drv. 5 
 '' Chap. 4. it is more full, and doth expound the words of the grand Char- 
 "ter, which is thus ^ Whereas it is contained in the grand Charter of the 
 '■ Franchifes of England, that noneihall be Impriloned nor put out of h;s 
 " Freehold,nor free Cuftom, unlefs it be by the Law of the Land, it is award- 
 ''cd, aflented and eftablillied , That from henceforth none Ihall be taken 
 '"■ by Petition or fuggeftion made to our Lord the King, or to his Councel, 
 ''unlefs it bebylndiftment or Prefentment of his good andlawiulPeop'e 
 " of the the flime neighborhood , which fuch Deed Ihall be done in due 
 *' maner , or by procefs made by Writ original at the common Law •, nor 
 " that none be outed of his Franchifes, nor Office, Freehold, unlefs it be 
 ''duly brought in Anfwer', and fore-judged of the fame, by the courfeof 
 ''the Law, and that if any thing be done againft the fame, it lliall be re- 
 ''dreffed and holden for none : and 28 £^.3. Chap. 3. it is more dircd:, 
 "this Liberty being followed with freOifuit by the Subjed , where the 
 " words are not many, but veiy full and fignihcant , That no man ol what 
 " flate and condition he be, Hiallbeput outot his Lands nor Tenements, 
 "nor taken, nor imprifoned , nor difinhericed , nor put to death, without 
 '' it be brought in Anfwer by due procefs of the Law. Several other Sta- 
 tutes were cited by him , inconfirmationofthis point ofthe Liberty of the 
 Subjed. 
 
 The Kings Councel afterward made Objedions to the faid Argument , 
 "yet acknowledged that thefeven Statutes urged by theHoufeof Com- 
 '' mons, are in force •, yet faid tliat fome ot tliem are in general words , and 
 "thereiore conclude nothing, but are to be expounded by Precedents , and 
 "fome of them are applied to the fuggeftion of Subjefts, and not to the 
 " Kings command fimply of its felf •, and that pf r legem tcrrx in Magna Char- 
 "n, cannot beunderftood for procefs of Law and original Writs -, for that 
 '' in Criminal proceedings no original Writ is ufual at all , but every Con- 
 '' ftable either for Felony or breach of the Peace , or to prevent the breach 
 '' of the Pe;Ke, may commit without Procefs or original Writ ; it were very 
 " hard the King fhould not' have the power of a Conftable. They alfo ar- 
 " gued. That t{ie King was not bound to exprefs the caufe of Imprifonment, 
 " becaufe there may be in it matter of State, not fit to be revealed for a time, 
 "left the confederates thereupon make means toefcape the hands of Ju- 
 " ftice. Bcf ides, that which the Commons do fay , that the party ought to 
 " be delivered or bailed , is a contradidion in its felf •, for bayling doth figni- 
 " fie a kinde of Imprifonment ftiU , Delivery, is a total freeing : And be- 
 '' fides, bayling is a grace or favor of a Court of Juftice, and they may re- 
 " fufe to do it. 
 
 , To this it was replyed, "That the Statutes were direft in Point, and 
 ** though fome of them fpeak of fuggeftions of the Subjects , yet they are 
 " in. equal reafon a commitment bv command of the King, as when the 
 ^'King taketh noticcof athiilg himfelf: And for the words ^er legem terrx. 
 
 .,n. 
 
 "original
 
 r,6 
 
 Hiftorical Colleclions, 
 
 Mr. Seidell. 
 
 original Writs onely are not intended , but all other legal procefs , which 
 compreliendeth the whole proceedings ot the Law upon Caufe other then 
 trial by Jury, andthecourleot the Law is rendredbydue procefs of the 
 Law, and no man ought to be impriloned by fpecial comniand without in- 
 didnient , or other due procefs to be rnade by the Law. And whereas it 
 is (M there might be danger in revealing the Caufe , that may be avoided 
 by decking a general Caufe , as for Treafon, fufpicionof Treafon, mif- 
 prifion of Treafon, Felony, without exprefling the particulars which can 
 give no greater light to a confederate, then will be conceived upon the 
 very apprehenfion upon the imprifonment , if nothing at all were ex- 
 prefled. 
 
 "And as for the bayling of the party committed , it hath ever been the 
 difcretion of the Judges , to give fo much refped to a commitment, by 
 the command of the King or the privy Councel , which are ever intend- 
 ed to be done injuft and weighty Cafes , that th ey will not prefentlyfet 
 them free , but bail them to anfwer what ihall be objeded againft tnem 
 on the Kings behalf-, but if any other inferior Officer do commit a man 
 without ihcwing caufe , they do inftantly deliver him , as having no caufe 
 to exped their leafure •, fo that Delivery is applyed to the imprifoned , by 
 command of fomemean miniiter of Juftice : Bailing, when it is done by 
 command of the King or his Councel •, and though Bciiling is a grace and 
 avor of the Court, in cafe of Felony and other crimes, for that there is an- 
 other way to difcharge them in convenient time by their trial ^ but where 
 no caufe of imprifonment is returned , but the command of the King, there 
 is no uay to deliver fuch perfons by trial or otherwife , but that of the 
 Habeas Corfits^ and if they ihould be then remanded , they might be per- 
 petually imprifoned without any remedy at all , and confequently a man 
 that had committed no offence might be in a worfe cafe then a greater of- 
 fender , for tlie latter lliould have an ordinary trial to difcharge him > the 
 other lliould never be delivered. 
 
 M After Sddcn of the Imer-l'emple argued next, firft making this In- 
 trodudion. " Your Lordfliips have heard from the Gentleman that 
 *■'■ laft ipake, a great part of the grounds upon which theHoufe of Commons 
 '' upon mature deliberation proceeded , to that clear refolution touching the 
 '■ right of the liberty of their perfons : The many Ads of Parliament, which 
 "are the writt-en Laws of the Land, and are expreflyin the Point, have 
 " bin read and opened, and fuch Objedions as have been by fome made unto 
 "t'lem, and Objtdions alfo made out of another Ad of Parliament, have 
 " been cleared and anfwered : It may feem now perhaps (my Lords) that lit- 
 '' tie remains needful to be further added , for the enforcement and main- 
 '' tenance of fo fundamental and eitabliflied a Right and Liberty, belonging 
 '' to every freeman of the Kingdom. 
 
 '' The Houfe of Commons taking into confideration , that in this quefti- 
 " on being of fo high a nature, that never any exceeded it in any Court of 
 '' Juftice whatfoevei- , all the feveral ways of juft examination of the Truth 
 "Ihould beufed, havealfo moft carefully informed themfelves of all for- 
 "mer Judgements or Precedents concerning this great Point, either way ^ 
 " and have been no lefs careful of the due prefervation of his Majefties juft 
 " Prerogative, then of their own Rights. The Precedents here aie of two 
 " kinds, either meerly matter of Record , or elfe the former refolutions ot 
 " the Judges, after folemn debate in the Point. 
 
 " This Point that concern^ Precedents, the Houfe of Commons have 
 
 " commanded 
 
 B 
 
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 Hiftorical (oiie&ions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " commanded me to prefent to your Lordihips, which I ihall as briefly as 
 " I may, fo I do it faithtiilly and perfpicuoufly : to that end, my Lords be- 
 " fore I come to the particulars oif any ot' thofe Precedents , I'lhall firft re- 
 '' member to your Lordihips that which will feem as a general key tor the 
 " opening and true apprehenfion of all them of" record, without which key 
 '' no man, unlefs he be verft in the entries and courfe of the Kings Bench 
 " can poilibly underftand. 
 
 " In all caies, my Lords, where any Right or Liberty belongs to the Sub- 
 <'jeds by any pofitive Law, written or unwritten, it there were not alto a 
 " remedy by Law tor enjoying or regaining of this Right or Liberty, when 
 '' it is violated or taken fi-om him •, the pofitive Law w'ere moft v:un, and to 
 '' no purpofe ; and it were to no purpofe for any man to have any right m 
 " any Land or other Inheritance, if there were not a known remedy, that is, 
 ''an Adion or Writ, by which in tome Court of ordinary Juftice he might 
 <• recovei- it. And in this cafe of Right of Liberty of Perlbn, if there were not 
 '* a remedy in the Law for regaining it when it isreftrained, it were of no 
 " purpoie to fpeak of Laws that ordain it lliould not be reftrained. 
 
 " The Writ o{ Habeas Corpus, or Corpus cum cattja, is the higheft remedy 
 " in Law for any man that is imprifoned, and the onely remedy for him that 
 "is imprifoned by tlie fpecial command of the King, or the Lords of the 
 "pri\'yCouncel, without (liewing caufe ot the commitment; and if any 
 "man be fo imprifoned by any fuch Command, or otherwife whatfoever 
 " through £«o-/W, and defire by himfelf, or any othei' in his behalf, this 
 « Writ of Hah. Corp. for the purpofe in the Court of Kings Bench, that 
 << Writ is to be granted to him, and ought not to be denied, and is dire- 
 <« fted to the Keeper of the Prifon, in whofe cuftody the Prilbner remains, 
 "commanding him that after a certain day he bring in the body of the 
 <' Prilbner cum catifadi'tentionis, and Ibmetimes cum can fa captioms •, and he 
 «f with his return filed to the Writ, bringeth the Prifoner to the Bar at the 
 " time appointed, and the Court judgethof the fufficiency or infutficiency 
 "ofthereturn •, andif they findeliim hxfhhk, committnur Mare fcallo., the 
 " proper Prifon belongeth to the Court, and then atterward tr.tdttur m hall. 
 " But it upon the return of the Habeas Corpus it appear to the Court that 
 <« the Prilbner ought not to be bayled , nor difcharged from the Prilbn 
 '<■ whence he is brought, then he is remanded and lent .back again, tocon- 
 «' tmuetiilby due courfe of Law he may be delivered-, and the entiyof 
 ^^ this is,.^ remittitur aiwifqne jecmJitm legem deltberatus fucnt., oxremittunr 
 " quaifqitc, (^c. wliich is all one, and the higheft award of Judgement that 
 " rver \vas or can be given upon a Habeas Corpus. 
 
 " Your Lordfliips have heard the refolution of the Houfe of Commons, 
 " toucliing the enlargement of a man committed by the commiuid of the 
 " King, or the privy Councel, or any other, without caufe Ihewed of Inch 
 " commitment •, which refolution, as it is grounded upon Afts of Parljamcnt 
 '' already iliewen, (t!ie reafon ot the Law ot the Land being committed 
 " to the charge of another to open unto unto you) fo it is ftrengthcned 
 '' by many Precedents of Records. He then produced twelve Precedents 
 full and diredtly in the point, to prove tliat perfons fo committed ought 
 to be delivered upon bay], which were diftinftly opened and read to their 
 Loidlliips-, then he alfo offered to their confideration other kind of Pre- 
 cedints, which were folemn relblutions of Judges, things not of Raord, but 
 yet remain in Authcntick Copies, which Precedents and Authorities wc 
 omit for the length thereof. 
 
 He then proceeded, and (iiid, '' The Houfe of Commons defiring witli 
 
 " all
 
 5?8 
 
 Hifiorical ColleUions, 
 
 An. 16'^^' 
 
 Sir Edward 
 Coo^, 
 
 '*■ all care to inform themfelves fully of the truth of the refolution of the 
 '' Judges in the 34. year of the Queen, cited in the cafe of Sir ^ohn Hcvcn- 
 " ingham^ by the Kin^s Councel,as Arguments againft his not being bayled, 
 " have got into theu: hands a Book ot feleft Cafes, colleded by the reve- 
 " rend and learned Judge, Chief Juftice-^Wit/afw, all written with his own 
 " hand^ which he caufed to be read, being the fame which hath been already 
 " mentioned in the Colkdions of this Parliament •, which Precedents, faith 
 '' he, do fully refolve enough for the maintenance of the ancient and funda^ 
 " mental point of Liberty of the Perfon , to be regained by Utih. Corf, 
 '' when any is imprifoned. 
 
 Then he concluded, that having thus gone through the charge com- 
 mitted to him by the Houfe of Commons, he Oiould now, as he had leave 
 and diredion given him, left their LordlTiips fliould be put to much trouble 
 and expence of time in finding and getting Copies at large of thofe things 
 wlrich ne had cited, offer alfo to their Lordlhips Authentick Copies of 
 them all, and fo left them, and whatever elfe hehadfaid, to their Lord- 
 lliips further confiderauon. 
 
 L Aft of all Sir Edward Cook took up the Argument, as to the,;ational 
 part of the Law, and began with this Introdudion , " Your Lordfliips 
 " have heard 7, Ads of Piirliament in point, and 3 1 . Precedents fummarily 
 '' coUeded, and with great underftanding delivered, which I have perufed, 
 ''and underftand them all throughly ^ 12. of the Precedents are w ter- 
 " minis termiriAntibw, a whole Jury ot Precedents, and all in the point •, I 
 " am much tranfported with joy, becaufe of the hope of good fuccefs in 
 '' this weighty bufmefs, your Lordftiips being fo lull of Juftice, and the 
 " veryTheme and Subjed doth promife fuccefs>which was Corpu cum cunfa, 
 '' the freedom of an Englifh man, not to be imprifoned without caufe ftiewn, 
 '' which is my part to^ftiew, and the reafon and the caufe why it fliould be 
 " fo, wherein I will not be prolix nor copious, for to guild Gold were idle 
 " and fuperfluous. And after he had cleared fome doubts made of the 
 Statute oi Wcfiminfter^ which faith. That the Sheriffs and others in fome 
 cafes may not replevin men in Prifon-,he proceeded further,and faid, " That 
 " all thofe Arguments offered unto your Lordfliips in this laft conference,are 
 " of a double nature. 1. Ads of Parliament. 2. Judicial Precedents. For 
 '' the firft, I hold it a proper Argument tor your Lordfliips, becaufe you my 
 '' Lords temporal, and you my Lords fpiritual gave your aflent unto thofe 
 " Ads of Parliament, and therefore if thefe cannot perfwade you, nothing 
 "can. For the fecond, which are Judicial Precedents, it is Argumcntum 
 " ah aitthoritate^ and Argumentiim ah authoritate 'valet affimative ; that is, I 
 " conceive, though it be no good Argument to fay negatively the Judges 
 '' have given no opinion in the point. 3. It is good Law •, which I fortifie 
 " with a ftrong Axiome,i\rfw;«fw otortet faptentiorcm efje kgibus.'How thefe 
 '' two arguments being fo well prefied to your Lordftiips by my Colleagues-, 
 '' I think your Lordfliips may wonder what my part may be •, it is fliort, but 
 '' fweet ^ it is the Reafon of all thofe Laws and Precedents, and Reafon 
 " muft needs be welcome to all men •, for all men are not capable of the 
 '' underftanding of the Law, but every man is capable of Reafon •, and thofe 
 '' Reafons loffer to your Lordfliips, in affirmance of the antient Laws and 
 *' Precedents made for the Liberty of the Subjed againft Imprifonment 
 '< without caufe exprelTed. 
 
 ^'i.A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftorical ColleBiom, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 <c 
 
 '' I. Are ip fa. 
 " 2. Amitioreadmajus. 
 '* 3 . From the remedies provided. 
 '' 4. From the extent and univerfality of the fame. 
 *' 5. From the rnfimtenefs of the time. 
 "■' 6. A Fine. 
 " The fir ft general Reafon \sAre ipjay even from the nature of Imprifon- 
 " ment, ex vifceribm cauft^ for I will fpeak nothmg but ad idem., be it clofc 
 " or other Imprilbnment •, and this Argument is three 'fold, becaufean im- 
 *' prifoned man upon will and pleafure is 
 " I. A Bond-man. 
 " 2. Worfe then a Bond-man. 
 
 " ?. Not fo much as a man, for mortuus homo non eft homo, a Prifoner 
 *' is a dead man. 
 
 '' I . No man can be imprifoned upon will and pleafure of any but he that 
 " is a Boncf-man and villain,for that Imprifonment and Bondage are Propria 
 quarto modo to villains-, now Propria quarto modo, and the jpecies are con- 
 " vertible,Whofoever is a Bond-man may be imprifoned upon will and plea- 
 " fure, and whofoever may be imprifoned upon will and pleafure is a Bond- 
 " man. 
 
 " 2.1f free men oi England mi^^ht be imprifoned at the will and pleafure of 
 " the King or his commandment, then were they in worfe cafe then Bond- 
 " men or villains •, for the Lord of a villain cannot command another to 
 " imprifon his villain without caufe, as of difobedience, or refufing to ferve 
 " as it is agreed in the year books. And here he faid that no man fliould 
 reprehend any thing that he faid out of Books or Records ; he .faid he 
 would prove a liree man imprifonable upon command or pleafure, without 
 caufe expreffed, to be ablolutely in worfe cafe then a villain-, and if he did 
 not make this plain, he defired their Loidfliips not to believe him in any 
 thing elfe, and then produced two Book Cafes j.Edrv.^.fol.'yo. in the 
 new print, 348. old print. " A Prior had commanded one to imprifon his 
 '' villain, the Judges were ready to bayl him, till the Prior gave his reafon 
 '' that he refufed to be Bayliff of his Manour, and that fatisfied the Judges. 
 '' 2d. Cafe 33. Edw. 3 . title Trefp. 2 5 3 . in Faux impnfonmcnt., it was of an 
 '' Abbot, who commanded one to take and detain his villain, but demanded 
 '' his caufe, he gives it, becaufe he refufed, being thereunto required, to 
 '' drive his Cattel. 
 
 '' Ergo free men imprifoned without caufe fliewp, are in worfe cafe then 
 *' villains, that muft have a caufe iliewn them why they are imprifoned. 
 
 ''5. A Free man impifoned without caufe, isfo flir from being a Bond- 
 "man, that he isnot'fo much as a man, but is indeed a dead man, andfo 
 ''no man-, imprifonment is in Law a civil death ^ pcrdn domum, famtliam, 
 •'a7c/;?w,p^fr/ww, andis toliveamongft wietchedand wicked men, Male- 
 " fadors and the like. And that death -and imprifonment was the fame, 
 he proved by an Argument ab effeBis, becaufe they both produce the like 
 immediate effcds-, he quoted a Book for this : If a man be threatned to 
 be killed, he may avoid feoffment of Lands, gifts of goods, &c. fo it is if he 
 be tlireatned to be imprifoned, the one is an aftual, the other is a civil 
 death. And this is the firft general Argument drawn a re tpfa^irom the nature 
 of iiiiprifonment, to which res ip[aconfilitim dedtt. 
 
 The fecoad general Reafon he took alfo from his books, for he faid he 
 hath no Lviwbut what by great pains and induftry he learnt at his book, for 
 at ten years of age he Had no more Law then other men of like age •, and 
 
 Y y y this 
 
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 4 Carol/.
 
 5+° 
 
 Hijlorical QolUBions, 
 
 1628. 
 
 this fecond reafon is a, mimre ad maJM,he takes it from Bra^lon^Minima fxna. 
 Cor for alls, cfl major qmltbctfecumaria. 
 
 ♦' But the King himfelf cannot impofe a fine upon any man, but it muft 
 "be done judicially by hisJudgeSa fn JHfittiartos tn Curia, nonferrcgem 
 ''■in Camera, and fo it hath been refolved by all the Judges of £»^/4»^ ; 
 he quoted 3. R.i.fo.ii. 
 
 <■<■ The third general Reafon is taken from the number and diverfiiy of 
 " remedies whicli the Laws give againft imprifonment, Vtz,. 
 " Breve de homine reflegiando. 
 " De odto cjr atia. 
 *' De Habeoi Corftu. 
 '' An appeal of Imprifonment. 
 '* Breve de rmnucaftione. 
 
 '' The latter two of thefe are antiquated, but the Writ De odiof^atials 
 '' revived, for that was given by the Statute of Magna Charta, C^a. 26. and 
 " therefore though it were repealed by Statute of 42. £.3. by which it 
 "is provided that all Statutes made 2.^am&. Magna Chart a are void ^ now 
 '' the Law would never have given fo many remedies, if the free men of 
 " England might have been imprifoned at free will and pleafure. 
 
 " The fourth general Reafon is from the extent and univerfality of the 
 '' pretended power to imprifon^ for it fliould extend not onely to the Com- 
 " mons of this Realm and their Pofterities, but to the Nobles of the Land 
 " and their progenies, to the Bifliops and Clergy of the Realm, and their 
 ' ' Succeffors, And he gave a caufe why the Commons came to their Lord- 
 " fbips, Commune fenculumccmmtwcrequmtauxilium. Nay, it reacheth to 
 " all perfons of what condition, or fex, or age foever -, to all Judges and 
 '< officers, whofe attendance is neceffary, &c. without exception, and there- 
 " fore an imprifonment of fuch an extent, without reafon, isagainft reafon 
 
 '' The-fifth general Reafon is drawn from the indefinitenefs of time, the 
 " pretended power being limited to no time,it may be perpetual during life 
 " and this is very hard-,to caft an old man into prifon,nay,to clofe prifon5and 
 '' no time allotted for his coming forth,is a hard cafe,as any man would think 
 " that had been fo ufed. And here he held it an unreafonable thin^, that a 
 '' man had a remedy for his Horfeor Cattle if detained,and none for his body 
 '' thus indefinitely imprifoned j for a Prifon without any prefixed time, is a 
 '' kinde of Hell. 
 
 " The fixth and h{\ Argument is a Fine 5 and fapiens incifit a Fine, and 
 " he willit he had be"un there alfo -, and this Argument he made three-fold : 
 ^l> honeflo. This being lefs honourable. 
 Ab liti/i. This being lefs profitable. 
 
 yf tttto. This Imprifonment by will and pleafure being very dan- 
 
 gerous for King and Kingdom. 
 
 '■^ I. Ab honeflo. It would be no honour to a King or Kingdom, to be a 
 " King of Bond-men or Slaves, the end of this would be both Dtdecm ^ 
 "^ Damnum^ both to King and Kingdom, that in former times hath been fo 
 "•renowned. 
 
 " y/^ «?///, It would be againil the profit of the King and Kingdom, for 
 " the execution of thofeLaws before ren^embred. Magna charta^ "S.Ed.^. 
 '' 25. £^. 3. 28. £^. 3. whereby the King was inhibited toimpnfon upon 
 " pleafure •, You fee (quoth he) that this was vetm querela, an old queftion, 
 '^ and now brought in again, after feven Ads of Parliament ; I fay the exe- 
 " cution of all thefe Laws are adjudged in Parluiment to be for the common 
 "p;ofitot theKmgandPeoj^e-, and he quoted the Roll, this pretended 
 power
 
 Htjlorkal Collections. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 '' power bemgagainft the profit of the King, can be no part oF his Prero- 
 '' gative. 
 
 " He was pleafed to call this a binding Reafon, and to fay that the wit of 
 '' man could not anfwer it •, that great men kept this Roll from beinc^ Print- 
 " ed,bu»: that it was equivalent in force to the printed Rolls. 
 
 '' J. A Realbn a. tuio. It is dangerous to the King for two refpedbs •, firft of 
 
 " lofs, fecondly, of dcftroying of the endeavors of men: Firft, ii he he 
 
 (''committed without the exprefTion of the caufe , though he efcape, albeit 
 
 "in truth it were for treafon or felony , yet this efcape is neither felony nor 
 
 "treafon, but if the caufe be exprefled for fufpicion of treafon or felony, 
 
 " then the efcape, though he be innocent, is treafon or felony. He quoted 
 
 '' a Caufe in print Uke a reafon of the Law, not Uke Remittitur at the rifing 
 
 ''ot the Court, for the Prifoner traditur m ballutm qtiod breve Re^i< nm 
 
 " fttit litfficicns caufj, The Kings Command. He quoted another famous 
 
 "Cafe, Commons in Parliament incenfed againft theDukeof Suffolk de- 
 
 "iire helliould be committed: The Lords and all the Judges, whereof 
 
 " thofe great Worthies, Prefcot and Forte[iu;^ were two , delivered a flat 
 
 " opinion , that he ought not to be committed without an efpecial Caufe. 
 
 '' He queltioned alfo the name and etymologie of the Writ in queftion, Cor- 
 
 ^^piis CUM cdufa •, Ergo, the Caufe inufl be brought before the Judge,elfe how 
 
 " can lie take notice hereoiV 
 
 '' Laftly, he preffed a place in the Gofpel, Acts 25. laft -verfe , which Fc- 
 "//« conceives is an abfurd and unreafonable thing, to fend a Prifoner to a 
 " Roman Emperor, and not to write along with hmi the Caufe alledocd a- 
 '^gainfl him-, fend therefore no man a Prifontr without his caufes alon^ 
 '' with him, Hocfac c^ vives, and that was the firft reafon a tuto, that it was 
 " not fate for the King in regard of Lofs, to commit men without a Caufe. 
 
 "The fecond Reafon is. That fuch commitments will deftroy the endea- 
 '' vors of all men-, Who will endeavor to imploy himfelf in any profe{rion,ei' 
 '' ther of War , Merchandife , or of any liberal knowledge , if he be but 
 " Tenant at will of his Liberty c" for no Tenant at will will fupport or im- 
 '' prove any thing , becaule he hath no certain eftate -, E/t*?, tomake men 
 '' Tenants at will of their Liberties , deftroys all induftry and endeavors 
 " vvhatfoever. And fo much for thefe fix principal Reafons : 
 A re ipfit. 
 
 A minore Ad majus. >' Honor. 
 
 A rcmediis. - ^ AProfit. 
 
 From the extent and univerfality. ^^ "^Security. 
 
 From the infinitcnefs of the time. ^ Induftry. 
 
 yl fine. 
 
 Thefe were his Reafons, 
 
 54-1 
 
 Here he made another Proteftation, "That if remedy had been given in 
 this Cafe, they would not have medled therewith by no means -, but now 
 that remedy being not obtained in the Kings Bench , without looking 
 back upon any thing that hath been done or omitted , they defirefome 
 provifion for the future onely. And here he took occafion to adde four 
 Book Cafes and Authorities, all in the Point, faying. That if the learned 
 Councel on the other fide, could produce but one againft the Liberties, fo 
 pat and pertinent, oh! how they would hu" and cull it. 16. H. 6. tit. 
 monfirance defaits 82. by the whole Court, the King in his Prefence can- 
 not command a man to be arrefted , but an adion of falfe imprlfonment 
 licth againft him that arrefteth -, if not the King in his royal Prefence,-. 
 
 Y y y 2 " then 
 
 4. Carolii
 
 54-i 
 
 Eiftorical Colleciions. 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 I. Obj. 
 
 Anfw. 
 
 2. Obj. 
 Anfw. 
 
 '' then none others can do it, Nonfic ttur ad afira, 1 . Hen. 7 . 4. fiujjey re- 
 " ports the opinion of Markham , chief Juftice to Ediv. 4. that he could not 
 " UTiprifon by word of mouth •, and the reafon, becaufe the party hath no 
 ''remedy-, for the Law leaves every man a remedy of cauilefs imprifon- 
 '' ment : he added that Markham was a worthy Judge , though he fell into 
 '' adverfities at laft by the Lord Rivers his means. Fertefcuc, Chap. 8. Pro- 
 " prio ore mllus Regiim ufus eji , to imprifon any man, (^c. 4. Eliz, Times 
 ''blefledaiid renowned for jultice and Religion, in P/. 235. the common 
 " Law hath fo admeafured the Kings Prerogative, as he cannot prejudice any 
 ''man in his inheritance, and thegreateft inheritance a man hath, is the 
 '' liberty of his Perlon , for all others are acceffary to it •, for thus he quoted 
 " the Orator : Ma]or hxredttas vemt unicmque nojtrum a J'ure cjr legions quam 
 '' a parentihs. 
 
 " And thefe are the four Authorities he cited in this point : Now he pro- 
 " pounded and anfwered two Objections •, Firft, in point of State ^ Secondly, 
 '' m the Courfe held by the Houfe of Commons, 
 
 '' May not the Privy Councel commit without caufe lliewed in no matter 
 " of State where feaecie is required cf would not this be an hinderance to his 
 '' Majcfties lervice ^ 
 
 '' It can be no prejudice to the King by reafon of matter ofState , for the 
 '' caufe muft be of a higher or lower natui'e •, if it be for fufpicion of Trea- 
 " fon, mifprifion of Treafon or Felony , it may be by general words couch- 
 '' ed •, if it be for any other thing of fmalier nature, as contempt and the like, 
 " the particular caufe muft be lliewed, and. no mdiv/duttm vagitm, oruncer- 
 '' tain caufe to be admitted. 
 
 '' Again, if the Law be fo clear as you make it, why needs theDeclara- 
 '' tion and Remonftrance in Parliament :" 
 
 '' The Subjed: hath in this Cafe fued for remedy in the Kings Bench by 
 <' Habeas Corf us , and found none •, therefore it is necefl'ary to be cleared in 
 Parliament. And here ends his Difcourfe : And then he made a recapitu- 
 " lation of all that had been offered unto their Lordfliips,That generally their 
 " Lordlliips had been advifed by the moft faithful Counfellors that can be •, 
 " dead men thefe cannot be daunted by fear, nor muzled by affedion, reward 
 '' or hope of preferment , and therefore their Lordlhips might fafely believe 
 " them •, particularly their LordlLips had three feveral kinds of Proofs. 
 
 "I. Ads of Parliament, judicial Precedents , goodReafons. Firft, you 
 '' have had many ancient Ads of Parliament in the Point, befides Magna 
 <' Charta, that is, feven Ads of Parliament, which indeed are thirty feven, 
 " Magna Chart a being confirmed thirty times , for fo often have the Kings 
 " of England '^w^n theii' royal Aflcnts thereunto. 
 
 " 2. Judicial Precedents of grave and reverend Judges , in termini's termi- 
 " nantihiis, that long fince departed the world, and they were many in 
 " number. Precedents being twelve, and the Judges four.ot a Bench, made 
 " four times twelve, and that is forty eight Judges. 
 
 "3. You have, as he teai-med them, I'lvidas rationes, manifeftand ap- 
 '' parent Reafons: Towards the conclufion he declared to their Lordlliips, 
 " That they of the Houfe of Commons have upon great ftudy and ferious 
 " Confideration , made a great manifeftation unanimoufly , Nullo contradi- 
 "■ cente, concerning this great liberty of the Subjed , and have vindicated 
 '' and recovered the Body of this fundamental Liberty , both of their Lord- 
 " lliips and themfelves , from Ihadows which fometimes of the day are long 
 <' fometimes fliort , and fometimes long again-, and therefore we muft net 
 '* be guided by ihadows : and they have tranfmitted to their Lordfliips, not 
 
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 B 
 
 D
 
 Htjtorical ColleHions. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " Ciiptarernm^ Heads or Briets , for thefe comfendia^'CQ difpendia ^ but the 
 '^ Records at large , in tcrminU terminmtibus : and fo he concluded that 
 " their Lordlhips are inv^olved in the fame danger , and therefore ex comruo 
 '' ^ coridigno they defired a Conference , to the end theii- Lordfliips mt"ht 
 "make the like Declaration as they had done-, Ccmmurie pericuhm co>n- 
 '' murie rcqiiirtt auxilium '^ and thereupon take fuch further courfe, as may 
 " fecure their Lordlhips and them , and all their Poftcrity , in enjoyin" of 
 " their ancient undoubted and fundamental Liberties. 
 
 The two next days were fpent in the Debate about Billeting of Soldiers 
 upon the Subject againft Law. 
 
 THnr(d.ty the lo. oiAfril, Mr. Secretary Cook delivered this MefQige from 
 the King , "That his Majefty defircth this Houfe not to make°any re- 
 " cefs thefe Eafter Holida)'S, that the world may take notice how earned his 
 "Majefty and we are for thepublique attairs in Chriftendom , the which 
 '•' by fuch a recefs would receive interruption. 
 
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 HisMeffage for non-recefs , was not well pleafing to the Houfe, 
 
 Sir Kobert Phillifs ^x{\.xekviX.Qd. it, and took notice, "That ini:i.andi8, 
 " ^ac. upon the like intimation, the Houfe refolved it was in their power 
 " to adjourn, or fit : hereafter, faid he, this may be put upon us by Princes of 
 '' lefs Piety -, let a Committee confider hereof, and of our right herein, and 
 " to make a Declaration. And accordingly this matter touching his Majeftics 
 pleafure about the recefs was refeixed to a Committee, and to confider the 
 power of the Houfe to adjourn it felf^ to the end, that it being now yielded 
 unto in obedience to his Majefty , it might not turn to prejudice in time 
 to come. 
 
 Sir Edward Cook fpoke to the fame purpofe , and {iiid, " I am as tender of 
 " the Priviledges of this Houle , as of my life, and they are the Heart- 
 '' ftrings of the Commonwealth. The King makes a Prorogation , but this 
 '' Houfe adjourns it felf. The CommifTion of Adjournment we never read, 
 " but fay. This Houfe adjourns it felf. It the King write to an Abbot for a 
 " Corody, for a vallet , if it be ex rogatit , though the Abbot yield to it, it 
 ^ binds not : Therefore I defire that it be enired , that this is done ex rogatu 
 " Regis, 
 
 Hereupon a Meffage was fent to the King , That the Houfe would give 
 all expedition to his Majefties Service , notwithftanding their purpofe of re- 
 cefs. To which Meffage his Majefty returned this Anfwer, T hat the moti- 
 on proceeded from hiinfelf , in regard of his engagement in the affairs of 
 Cliriftendom, wiilied them all alacrity in their proceedings, and that there 
 be no recefs at all. 
 
 FRiday the 1 1 . of Afril^ Secretary Cook moved the expediting of Subfi- 
 fides, and turning of tire Votes into an Act : '' We have many Petitions 
 " to the King, faid he, and they are Petitions of Right , we have freely and 
 "bountifully given five Subfidies, but no time is appointed , and Subfidie 
 " without time, i^ no Subfidie : let us appoint a time. 
 
 Six 
 
 4 Caroli. 
 
 Hi"; Ma jellies 
 
 Mc/Tagefar 
 non-iece!s. 
 
 The Meffage 
 not appro- 
 ved. 
 
 Sir Ro. Phil- 
 
 Its. 
 
 sir E.Cook, 
 
 Sec. Cook 
 to expedite 
 
 Subfidies,
 
 sir Thomas 
 W'tiitworth, 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions, 
 
 Mr. Secret. 
 Cook deli- 
 vereth ano- 
 ther Mtf- 
 fi'^e concer- 
 ning Supply. 
 
 Sir Dudley D/^^j quickned his motion and fpoke roundly: '' We have 
 '■^ (laid he) freely concluded our Liberties , we have offered five Subfi- 
 " dies, his Majefty hath given us gracious Anfwers , we have had good by 
 '' our beginnings , what have we hitherto done for the King < nothing is 
 "done that the King can take notice ot^ the world thinks that thisParlia- 
 " nient hath not exprefled that refolution that it did at the firft , how much 
 " doth it concern the King that the world be fatisfied with his Honor < Our 
 '' fucceis and honor is the Kings , Princes want not thofe that may ingrati- 
 '' ate themfelves with them, by doin^ ill offices. There is a flop , and ne- 
 '' ver did a P^irliament propound any thing but it hath been perfefted fooner 
 '' then this is : m.ay not the King fay. What have I done < they grow cold, 
 " have I rK)t told them , I will proceed with as much grace as ever King 
 <■' did < He willfettle our proprieties and goods , have we not had a gracious 
 "anlwerc' are we hand in hand for his fupply, lliall it be faid that this day it 
 " was moved , but denied 1 it may put our whole bufinefs back , wherein g 
 '' can this diHidvantage us i this binds us not , I dare fay confidently we 
 " lliall have as much as ever any Subjeds had from their King. 
 
 Sir Thomas Winhvorih propofed a middle way, -viz-. '' Tliat when we fet 
 " down the time , we be fure the Subjeds Liberties go hand in hand to- 
 " gether •, then to refolve of the time, but not report it to the Houfe , till 
 '"■ we have a Ground and a Bill for our Liberties : this is the way to come off 
 '' fairly, and prevent jealoufies. 
 
 Hereupon the Committeeof the whole Houfe refolved, That Grievances 
 and Supply go hand in hand. 
 
 Salurday 12. o/" April, 
 
 
 Mr. Secretary C^^i^' delivered another Meflfage from the King iyiz..) 
 " His Majefty having given timely notice to this Houfe , as well of 
 " tlie preflure of the time, as of the neceffity of Supply , hath long fince ex- 
 "■ pefted fome fruit of that which was fo happily begun •, but finding a flop 
 " beyond all expeftation, after fo good beginning, he hath commanded me 
 '' to tell you, that without any further or unneceffary delay he would have 
 '' you to proceed in this bufinefs ^ for however he hath been wUling and 
 onfentiug his affairs and ours Ihould concur and proceed together , yet his 
 meaning was not that the one fliould give interruption to the other, nor 
 '■'■ the time to be fpun out upon any pretence , upon which the common 
 "caufe of Chriffendom doth fo much depend : he bids us therefore take 
 " heed that we force not him to make an unpleafing end of that which was 
 " fo well begun. 
 
 " I will difcharge my duty , I fliall humbly defire this honorable Houfe 
 " not to undervalue or overff rain this MefTage •, if we conceive any thing 
 '' in it to tend as if his Majefly threatned to difTolve this Parliament, we are 
 '' deceived •, his Majcfty intends the contrary, and to put us in fuch a way 
 '' that our bufinefs may have fpeedy fuccefs. His Majefly takes notice of a 
 " peremptory order whereby he conceived that his bufinefs was excluded, 
 '' at leaft for a time, that which doth mofl prefs his Majefly is time, believe 
 " that the affairs now in hand prefs his Majeflies heart more then us, let us 
 " remove delaies that are more then neceffary, let us awaken our fdves, 
 " he intends a fpeedy diipatch. I mufr with fome grief tell you^ that 
 
 " notice 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hiftorical QolleBions. 
 
 I H5 
 
 " notice is taken, as -if this Houfe preiTed not upon the abufes of Power 
 " onely, but upon Power it felf -, this toucheth the King and us, who are 
 " fupported by that Power : Let the King hear of any ahufes of Power, he 
 " will vvilHngly hear us, and let us not bend our felves againft the extention 
 '' of his Royal Power, but contain our felves within thole bourids, that we 
 " meddle onely with preflures and abufes of Power, and we fliall have the 
 " beft fatisfaftion that ever King gave. I befeech you all concur this way, 
 " and ufe that moderation we have had the honor yet to gain. 
 
 Being moved to explain what he meant by the word (Power) which (he 
 faid) we did oppofe, he anfwered, 
 
 "• I cannot defcend to particulars, or go from that his Majefty gave me 
 " warrant or power to deliver. 
 
 This Mcfl'age was very unpleafing to the Houfe, and many debates fuc- 
 ceeded thereupon. And 
 
 ^'■^v'Rokrt phi/lips faid, he hoped their moderation would have given a 
 'Onght underftanding to his Majefty of their loyalty, 
 
 ''/^Thers propofed to finde out a way by Gods providence to make this 
 ''^-^MefTage happy to King and People, it concerning the Kings honour 
 " abroad, and our faftty at home, that this Parliament be happy. Let us prer 
 " vent (fay they) thefe mifchiefs, which by frequent meffages thus obltrud: 
 us ■■, let thofe Gentlemen neer the Chair fee that we have endeavored 
 '' to apply our felves to his Majefties ferv'ice, notwithftanding this Meflage. 
 " In 1 2. ^ac. a meflage of this nature produced no good ; nothing fo en- 
 " dangers us with his Majefty, as that opinion that we are Antimonarchi- 
 " cally affefted, whereas fuch is and ever hath been our loyalty , if we 
 " were to choofe a Government,we would choofe this Monarchy ot England 
 *' above all Governments in the world. 
 
 A Bout two days after Mr. Seaetary Cook again did quicken the bufinefs 
 of fupply",alledging '' that all negotiations of AmbaflTadors are at a Jftop 
 '' while the Houfe fits, and that this flop is as a froft upon the earth, that 
 " hinders the fvvect vapors between his Majefty and hisSubjeds, and that 
 " as matters ftand, the Soldiers can neither be disbanded nor put in fcrvice. 
 
 -'npHis motion comes unexpeftedly, but it is fit to receive fome fatisfa-' 
 " A dion, the proceeding now with our Grievances ftiall opentlieftop 
 " that hinders his Majefties affairs. 
 
 SIxHumfhrey Af^^ added, " That fvveetnefs, nuft and confidence are the 
 onely weapons tor us to deal with our King •, and that coldnefs, inforce- 
 '' ment and conftraint will never work our ends : If we compafs all we de- 
 '* fire, and have not his Majefties heart, what will a Law or any thing elfe 
 " do us good "t 
 
 HEreupon it was ordered *' That a fpecial Committee of eight perfons 
 ikiU prefently withdraw themfelves, and confult together upon fome 
 <' heads, and upon the fubftance of a fair reprefentation to his Majefty, whicli 
 '' theSpeaker lliall deliver in his Speech to his Majefty on Monda-^ next, (if 
 '' the King pleafe to give accefs) and at the fame tiitie to deliver the Petition 
 '' againft billeting of Soldiers. 
 
 , ^- Speakers 
 
 4. Caroli. 
 
 Sir Rob. 
 Phillips. 
 
 Secr.Cook, 
 
 Mr. Wandcf. 
 ford. 
 
 Sir Humphry 
 May,
 
 Hifiorical ColleBions, 
 
 Mr, Speakers 
 Speech to 
 the King at 
 the dehveiy 
 of the Pe- 
 tition for 
 billeting of 
 Soldiers. 
 
 (ifMaJier Speaf^ers Speech to the K^ng on Eajler 
 Monday, 
 
 Mofl gracious and dread Soveraign, 
 
 ''VrOur dutiful and loyal Commons here affembled, were lately humble 
 " '^ fuitors to your Majefty for accefs to your Royal pretence •, the occafion 
 " that moved their defires herein was a particular of importance,worthy your 
 '' Princely confideration, wliich, as it well deferves, ilwuld have been the 
 " onely fubjed of my Speech at this time. 
 
 ''But fince your gracious anfwer for this accefs obtained by amelTage 
 '' from your Majefty, they have had fome caufe to doubt that your Majefty 
 '' is not fo well fatisficd with the manner of their proceedmgs, as their hearty 
 ''defireis you Oiould be, efpecially in that part which concerns your Maje- 
 " fties prefent fupply, as if in the profecution thereof they had of late ufed 
 '' fome ilacknelVor delay. 
 
 "Andbecaufenounhappinefsof theirs can parallel with that which may 
 '' proceed froma mifunderftanding in your Majefty of their clear and loyal 
 '' intentions, they have commanded me to attend your Majefty with an 
 
 humble and fummaiy Declaration of their proceedings fmce this ftiort 
 
 time of their fitting , which they hope will give your Majefty abun- 
 
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 " dant fatisfa(flion, that never People did more truly defire to beindeared 
 '' in the favour and gracious opinion of their Soveraign •, and withal to 
 " let you fee , that as you can have no where more faith tul counfel, fo your 
 " great defigns and occafions can no way be fo fpeedily or heartily fup- 
 " ported, as in this old and antlent way of Parliament. 
 
 " For this purpofe they humbly befeech your Majefty to take into your 
 ''Royal confideration, that although by antient right of Parliament the 
 '' matters there debated are to be difpofed in their true method and order ,and 
 '' that their conftant cuftome hath been to take into their confiderations 
 " the common grievances of the Kingdom , before they enter upon the 
 '' matter of fupply-, yet to make a full expreflion of that zeal and affe- 
 '' dion which they bear to your Royal Majefty, equalling at leaft, if not 
 '' exceeding the beft aflfeftions of their predecefTors, to the beft of your pro- 
 '' genitors •, they have in this Affembly, contraiy to the ordinary proceedings 
 '' of Parliament,oiven your Majefties Supply precedence before the common 
 " grievance of tlie Subjtd , how prefling foever , joyning with it onely 
 '•' thofe fundamental and vital liberties of the Kingdom, which give fub- 
 <•' fiftence and ability to your Subjeds. 
 
 '' This was their original order and refolution, and was grounded upon 
 " a tme difcerning that thefe two confiderations could not be fevered, but 
 " did both of them intirely concern your Majefties fervice,confifting no lefs 
 "in enabling and encouraging the Subjed, then in proportioning a Prefent 
 " fuiting to your Majefties occafions and their abilities •, nay, fo far have 
 *' they been from ufing any unneceflary delays , as though of the two 
 '' that of Supply were the latter propofition amongft them , the Grand 
 " Committee to wliich both were referred hath made that of your Maje- 
 " fties fupply firft ready forconclufion. 
 
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 Htftorical ColleBions, 
 
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 B 
 
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 cc 
 
 '' And to be fuie your Majefties lupply might receive no incerniption 
 ''by the other, differing fiom ufage and ciifbme (in cafes of this nature) 
 ''fent up of thole that concern the Subjedls by parcels, fome to your 
 '' Majefl:y, and fome to the Lords, to the end your Majefty might re- 
 " ceive fuch fpeedy content, as futed with the largeft and beft extent of 
 " their firft order. 
 
 " Sii, You are the breath of our noflrils , and the light of our eyes , 
 '<;ind befides thofe many comforts, which under you and your Royal 
 ' progenitors, in this frame of Government, this Nation hath enjoyed , 
 " the Religion we profefs hath taught us whofe Image you are -, and we 
 **do all moft humbly befeech your Majefty to believe, that nothing is or 
 "can be more dear unto us then the facred Rights and Prerogativ'es of 
 ''your Crown; no perfon orCouncel can be greater lovers of you, nor 
 " be more truly careful to maintain them , and the preferving of thofe 
 ** fundamental Liberties which concern the fi-eedom of our perfons , and 
 " propriety of goods and eftates, is an effential means to eftabliih the true 
 '' glory ot a Monarchy. 
 
 ''For rich and fireeSubjefts as they are beft governed, fo they are moft 
 " able to do your Majefty fervice, eitner in peace or war, which pext under 
 " God hath been the caufe of the happy and famous vidories of this 
 '' Nation, beyond other Kingdoms ot larger Territories and greater number 
 " of People. 
 
 "What information foever contrary to this fliall be brought unto your 
 '< Majefty, can come from no other then fuch as for their own ends under 
 " colour of advancing the Prerogative, do indeed undermine and weaken 
 '' Royal Power by impoverilhing the Subjects , render this Mo- 
 " narchy lefs glorious , and the People lefs able to ferve your Ma- 
 *'jefty. 
 
 " Having (by this that hath been faid) cleared our hearts and proceed- 
 ''ings to your Majefty, our truft is, that in your Royal Judgement we 
 ♦'fhall be free from the leaft opinion of giving any necefwry ftop to our 
 " proceedings in the matter of your fupply , and that your Majefty will 
 " be pleafed to entertain belief of our alacrity and chearfulnefs in your fervice, 
 *< and that hereafter no fuch misfortune fliall befal us to be raifunderftood by 
 " your Majefty in any thing. 
 
 "We all moft humbly befeech your Majefty to receive no informa- 
 '' tion in this or any other bufmefs from private relations, but to weigh and 
 "judge of our proceedings by thofe refolutions of theHoufe that fliall be 
 *' reprefented from our felves, 
 
 '' This rightly and gracioufly underftood , we are confident from the 
 '' knowledge of your goodnefs and our own hearts, that the ending of 
 ''this Parlument fliall be much more happy then the beginning, and be I 
 '' to afl ages ftyled the hk^ed Parlimicnt , tor making peifed union be- 
 " tween the beft King and the beft People, that your Majefty may ever 
 " delight in calling us together, and we in the comforts of your gracious 
 '' favour towards us. 
 
 "■ In this hope I return to my firft errand, whicli will beft appear by 
 " that which I fliall humbly defire you to hear , and being an humble 
 '' Petition for the Houfe of Commons for redrelfing of thofe many in- 
 " conveniences and diftraflions that have befallen your Subjefts by the 
 '' billeting of Soldiers in private mens houfes againft their wills. 
 
 ''Yom- Royal proj;eniiors have ever held your Subjects hearts the beft 
 
 and our humble fuit to your Maje.fty is, 
 Z 7. z " that 
 
 " Gairifon of this Kingdom 
 
 4 Careli.
 
 5+8 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 The Petition 
 concerning 
 billeting of 
 Soldiers, 
 
 Hijlorical QolleBions, 
 
 that our faith and loyalty may have fuch place in your Royal thoughts, 
 as to reft aflfured that all your Subjeds will be ready to lay down their 
 lives for the defence of your facred perfon and this Kingdom. 
 '' Not going our felves into our Countries this Eafter, we fliould think it 
 a great happinefs to us, as we know it would be a Angular comfort and 
 encouragement to them that fent us hither, if we might but fend them 
 the news of a gratious anfwer from your Majefty in this particular, which 
 the reafons of the Petition we hope will move your moft excellent Majefty 
 gratioufly to vouchfafe us. 
 
 The Tetition concerning the hilleting of Soldiers fre- 
 Jentedio the Kjngs moft excellent Majefty, 
 
 IB all ijunnlfcv coniplaininc! , njctoctt) unto ))our moff eiccenent 
 03ajcft\» pouc lopal nutJ nutiful Commons noui m l^nrlia= 
 mcnt affemiiicD, Cijat uiljercas by t|)e fimoamcutal laujss of tljis 
 Realm mrj) freeman Ijatl), anu of ngljt ougljt to l)a\3e, a fullanti 
 abfolutc p?op?icty in bid ©ooti0 anti (gffate, anD tljat tljerefo^c tijc 
 billeting anli placing tljc ©oinicris in tIjc ijoufe of any fuclj freeman 
 ne;aincbisiU)Ul,iiStJirectli) contrary to tlje faiD Laiujs unDer usljuljuje 
 nnti ouranccfto^s IjaHe been fo ions anti Ijappilv KObernen, jntin 
 apparent biolation of tlje faiU anticnt anti iinboirbtctJ risijt of all 
 vonr £0a]cftic0 Lopal Sjubjectjs of iW )'our l^tngbom in general^ 
 nnu to tl)c grieboujj anB infuppo?tablc bejcation antJ Dctrmicnt of 
 nianv Counttc0 anti pcrfongi m particular , a nciu anti aln-off un= 
 bcarDof luav Ijatlj been inncnteb anb put in practice, to la)) ^olbier.s 
 upon tbem, fcattcreo in Companies Ijere ano tljcre, tViut \\\ tljc 
 beart anti boweljs of tljus i^insriom, anb to compel many of)>our 
 93ajeftie!3 ^ubjectis to receibe anb iobgc tljem in tbeir oum ljoufc0, 
 auB botl) tbcmfelbeg nnb otljerjs to contribute tob3arb tbc maintC' 
 nance of tbcni , to tlje occccoins great bitfcrbtcc of pout S^ajeftp, 
 tbc general terro? of all, anb utter unboing of many of your li)eople, 
 iufomucb asi b3e cannot fufficicntly recount, no? in any uiav p?opo?^ 
 tionable to tbe libely fenfe tljat iuc babe of out s©ifcric!3 bctem, 
 are m able to rcp?efent imto your Majefty tbe innumerouss miD 
 cbicfo anb moft gricbou0 betatioujS , tbat by tbi0 meansi aloite loe 
 bo nou) fuffct , UJbcreof tue uiill not p?efumc to trouble your facren 
 earj) UJitb particular inftanceg, onelv moft gratious eoncraign luc 
 beg leabc to offset to your gratiouss liieu) a compafftonatc confibcratton 
 of a fcU) of tbem in particular* 
 
 1. Cbc ferbicc of aimigbtv (Sob i0 bereby greatly Ijinb^cb, tbc 
 li)coplc in many places not liarmg to repair to tbc Cburclj, left 
 m tbc mean time tbe S)Olbicr0 fljouib rifle Ujeic boutes* 
 
 2. cbc anticnt anb goob gobcriimcitt of tbc Countrey 10 Ijcrcby 
 ncglecteb, anb almoft contemneb, 
 
 3. iD^our ©fficerd of Jufttcc in pcrfojmance of tbcit butic0 babe 
 been rcfifteb anb cnbangcrcb 
 
 4. Cbe Eents anb Rcbenucs of vour gentry greatly anb gcnctaUy 
 bnnuunjcb, farmcrjs to fecurc tbcmCclbrS from tbc <g)Olbicr0infO' 
 lencc , being by tbe Clamo? of solicitation of tbcir fearful anb 
 injurcb eiiiviefj anb Cbilb^n, enfo?ceo to gibe up tbeir uiontcb 
 bujcllincd , nnb to retire tljcmfelbcsi into places of moic fecurc !)a= • 
 LutvUion 
 
 5- i)US= 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ^
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 5» g)U!5bautimcu, tljat arc a«J it tuete the \mm of tije Countrcp, 
 co?ruptcD bv ill cjcaniplc of tt)C g)0Hiicrs! , mm cncourngct) to ml 
 life, si\)e oicjCE mi% niiD ratljet fecH to li^e inip at anotijct uinnjj 
 ctjargesi, tljcn bp tf)eit olun labors » 
 
 <5 Ctntefmett anU artificer!? a!moff 5ifcoura0;cti,ainrbcino;infb2ceti 
 toleniictl)icrcratic0, ann to iniplop tbcit trine tnpjcfcr5(iinffthem= 
 fciuesi tm tljcic jfannlicjs from cruelty 
 
 7. 99atl^ct6 unfretiiicnteti , anU our toai'jj groftm fo HanffcroujS, 
 tljat tlie li)eoplc Hate not pafjs to anu fro upon tfteir ufual occaDon^- 
 
 8. jfrcqucnt Eobbcric^, aiTauItsf, 'Batteries, X^urixlarfc^, Hapcjs, 
 Rapuie0 , Qiutoers , Q5arbarou0 Crucltic0 , ann otljeu molt abo 
 minable \)icesi ano outrafffie; are ceneraUj? coniplauieo of from all 
 parts U)l)ere tljcfc Companicei Ijaue becit ann bao tbcir abone, feu) of 
 lubicb infolcncics banc been fo nuicl) ais queftioncD, ano fcujcc ncco20- 
 inffto tljcir Dement punifljcti, 
 
 ^befe ann many otljer lamentable elfccts ( mo(! D?eati ann Dear 
 ^o^jcraign) l)a\3E bv tljid btUctiiiff of g^olDiers alrcaop fallen upon m 
 I'our loval Subjects , tcuDinu no Icfs to tbe DilTcrbicc of pour 
 £0ajeaj>,tl)entotbetciinpobertnjinff anODearuction, fo tbat tberebp 
 tbev arc ercccDinglP DlfablcD to viclD pour £0ajcftp tbofc @;upplic9 
 fo? pour urgent occafion&, U)bicl) tbep beartiip Defire ^ ano I'ct tljep 
 arc furtber pcrplcrco tuitb app^cljcnflon of mo^e app?oacbing 
 Danger, one in regarD of pour g)Ubjects at borne, tbe otberofene= 
 mics from ab2oaD , in botb wbicb refpccts it fecms to tb?eaten no 
 fmall calamitp to tbe meaner fon of pour people, beutg ercej^Dmg 
 poo?, uibcreof m manp places arc great eiSultituDcS, ano tbciefo?e 
 in times of mo2e fctlcD anD moa conflant anminiftration of iiuftice, 
 not eafilp rulcD, arc molt apt upon tins occnfion to cad off tbe reins 
 of (Soiicrument , anD bp jopning tbcmfcl\)cs untb tbofc Difo?Dcrco 
 ^olDtcrS are ijcrp lihe to fall into st^utmp anD Ecbellion; iDbttb m 
 faitbful Difcbarge of our Duties lue cannot foibcac molt bumblp 
 to p?efent to pour Ijigb anD crccllcnt tuifebom, being p^cffeD UJitb 
 probable fears tbat fome fncb miscbtcf unll n)0?tlp enfue , if an 
 effectual anD fpccDp courfe be not taken to cemone out of tf)e lanD, 
 0? otbevuJife to DisbauD tl)ofc unrulp Companies* 
 
 ifo? tbe feconD, toe Do moff bumblp befcecb pour 99ajeffp to tafee 
 into pour li)nncetp confiDcration , tbat manp of tljofc companies, 
 bcfiDcs tljeir DilTolutc Difpofitions anD carriages , are fucb as Do 
 opcnlp p?ofcfS tbcmfelbes }3apifts , anD tbcrcfo2c to be fufpcctcD, 
 tbat if occafion ferlic tbep lutll ratber aDbere to a fo?cin Cnemp 
 of tbat Ecligion , tben to pour 2i9ajcap tbeir liege 3Lo?D anD 
 ^o\)eraign , efpeciallp fome of tbeir Captains anD commanDcrs, 
 being as l^opinilp affcctcD as tbcmfelbes s anD baling ferbcD \\\ 
 tbe e;Oars on tbe part of tbe ming of Spain , anD iarcb'Dutcbefs 
 againfivour q^ajeffies allies ; luljicb, of lubat pernicious confequencc 
 it map pjobcauDboui picniDicial to tbe fafctp of pour UingDom, uie 
 lea\)e to pour ^ajeftics ijigb anD li)?uicclp luifcDom. 
 
 anD no\n upon tbefe, anD manp mo?c tof)icb migbt be allcDgcD, 
 moft UJEigbtp auD important Ecafons grounDcD on tbe mainte 
 nance of tbe (KUojfliip anD ^cr^ice of aimigbtv *J?oD , tbe conti= 
 nuance anD aD\)anccmcnt of pour 03ajcnics btgb bonour anD profit, 
 tbe picfcrDation of tbe antient auD unDoubtcD liberties of pour 
 l^eople , anD tbercin of Jufttcc , inDuflrp , Galour , lubicb mtfvlp 
 concerns tljc glo?p aiiD bapptncfs of pour ^iajcttp, anD all pour 
 
 25;?5 i g)UbjertS 
 
 H9 
 
 4 Caroli.
 
 550 1 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions, 
 
 yftf. 1628. 
 
 ©ubjectsj, an0tl)ep?e^ciitmgof calamity auu tuine botb of Cliurc!)] 
 anD commomucalti) : 
 
 mt j?ouv ^ajefficjs moff ijumWe anu lo?al ®ubicct0 , tbc 
 jl^mg5t0 , Citt5cn0 , anD 'BurgefTejS of vour JDoufe of com= 
 moitiS, in tl)c name of aU tbe Commonaltv of pout mtngnom, 
 toho ace upon XW occafion moft mtferamv mfconfolate anu 
 afaicteu , p?oftratc at ti)c C|)?one of pout (S^ace anH juKice 
 Do moft arncntlp beg a pjefent temobe of t\m infuppo?tabIc 
 butHen , anB tljat pout ^aiefiv sximXi^ be graciouflp puafen to 
 Cecute uji ftom tbe itfee p?c(rute in tlje time to come* 
 
 To
 
 Hiflorical Co/IeBiom. 
 
 551 
 
 To the Speal^ers Speech and this Petition his Maje- 
 (ij made this reply ^ 
 
 <c 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen , when I fent you my laft MefTage, I did 
 not expedt a reply, for I intended it to halten you, I told you at your 
 " tirft meeting this time was not to be fpent in words , and I am fure it is lefs 
 '' fit for difputes , which it" I had a defire to entertain , Mr. Speakers pream- 
 *' ble might have given me ground enough : The queftion is not now, what 
 ''Liberty you have in difpofmgof matters handled inyourHoufe , butra- 
 '' ther at this time what is fit to be done. 
 
 " Wherefore I hope you will follow my example , in efchewing Difputa- 
 '' tions,and fell to your important bufinefs. You make a Proteftation of your 
 "affedion and zeal to my Prerogative, grounded upon fuch good andjuft 
 ''Reafons, thatlmuft believe you: But I look that youufe me with the 
 ''like charity, to believe what I have declared more then once finceyour 
 '' meeting with us', that I am as forward as you for the prefervation of your 
 ^ true Liberties. Let us not fpend fo much time in this that may hazard both 
 *' my Prerogative and your Liberties to our enemies. 
 
 '' To be fliort, go on fpeedily with your bufineffes without any more 
 '' Apologies , for tune calls faft on you , which will neither flay for you 
 " nor me : Wherefore it is my duty to halten, as knowing the necefTity of it, 
 '' and yours, to give credit to what I fay, as to him that fits at the Helm. 
 
 '' For what concerns your Petition, I fliall make anfwer in a convenient 
 '' time. 
 
 FRom this time to the 25th. of the fame Moneth , the Houfe in a grand 
 Committee fpent moll of their time in Debate about Martial Law , and 
 pait thereof in giving the Lords a meeting at two Conferences , concerning 
 fome Refolves, in order to a Petition of Right,tranfmitted by the Commons 
 to their Lordfhips -, at which time Sir Robert Heath and Serjeant Ajhlcy tlie 
 Kings Councel , were permitted to argue againft the fame ^ and Serjeant 
 Jihley in his difcourfe, faid, The Propolitions made by the Commons tend- 
 ed rather to an Anarchy then a Monarchy : 2 . That if they be yielded unto, 
 it is to put a Sword into the Kings hand with one hand , and to take it out 
 with the other : 3. That they mufl allow the King to govern by Ads of 
 State, otherwife he is a King without a Councel, era Councel without a 
 Power: 4. That the queftion is too high to be determined by Law , where 
 the Conqueror or conquered will fuffer irreparable lofs.For which expreffions 
 the Lords called the Serjeant to an account, and committed him to cuftody, 
 and afterwards he recanted what he faid. 
 
 4. Caroli. 
 
 Martial Liw 
 debated. 
 
 Serj. Aflik')' 
 qiiLllloneJ 
 for foinc 
 words. 
 
 Friday
 
 551 
 
 Biftorical ColleBions. 
 
 An.i6t'i. 1 
 
 Archbidiops 
 Speech at a 
 Confeience 
 concerning 
 thejj Petition 
 of Right, 
 
 Fropofitlons 
 tcndrcd to 
 the Com- 
 mons by the 
 Lords)toucl.- 
 ing the Peti- 
 tion ot Right 
 
 Friday 15. of April, 
 
 The Lords had a Conference mth the Commons, inhere 
 the Lord JrMiJhop of Canterbury fpal^ as foU 
 lomth. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons^ 
 
 "npHe Service of the King and fafety of the Kingdomjdo call on my Lotds 
 " A to give all fpeedy expedition , to difpatch fome of thefe great and 
 ''weighty BufinelTes before us. For the better effefting whereof, my 
 " Lords have thought fit to let you know , that they do in general agree 
 ''with you, and doubt not but you will agree with us, to thebeflot your, 
 '' powers to maintain and fupport the fundamental Laws of the Kingdom, ^ B 
 '* and the fundamental Liberties of the Subjedt : For the particulars which 
 " may hereafter fall into Debate , they have given me in charge to let you 
 *' know, That what hath been prefented by you unto their Lordfhips , they 
 '' have laid nothing of it by, they are not out of love with any thing that 
 '' you have tendred unto them •, They have Voted nothing , neither are 
 " they in love with any thing proceeding from themfelves : For that which 
 '' we fhall lay and propofe , is out of an intendment to invite yoO to a mu- 
 *' tual and free Conference , that you with a confidence may come to us, 
 "and we with confidence mayfpeak with you-, fo that we may come to a 
 S' condufion of thofe things which we both unanimoufly defire. 
 
 "We have refolved of nothing, defigned or determined of nothing, but 
 '' defire to take you with us, praying help from you , as you have done 
 '' from us. 
 
 My Lor Js have thought of fomePropofions^ which they have ordered 
 
 " to be read here, and then left with you in Writing, That if it feem good 
 
 ' to you, we may uniformly concur for the fubflance •, and if you differ, that 
 
 ' you would be pleBfed to put out , adde, alter, or diminifli , as you fhall 
 
 "think fit, that fo we may Come the better to the end, that we do both 
 
 '' fo defiroufly embrace. 
 
 Then the Tropofitions follon>ing ypere read hj the 
 Clerk^ of the upper Houfe, 
 
 THat his Majefty would be pleafed gracioufly to Declare, That the good 
 old Law called Magna charta , and the fix Statutes conceived to be De- 
 clarations and Explanations of that Law, do ftill ftand in force to all intents 
 and purpofes. 
 
 2 . That his Majefty would be pleafed gracioufly to Declare,That accord- 
 ing X.0 Magna Chart a, and the Statutes afore named , as alfo according to the 
 mod ancient Cufloms and Laws of this Land , every free Subjed of this 
 Realm, hath a fundamental Propriety in his Goods , and a fundamental Li- 
 berty of his Perfon. 
 
 3. That his Majefly would be gracioufly pleafed to Declare, That it is 
 his Royal plealure toratifie and confirm unto all and every his Loyal and 
 
 faithful 
 
 D
 
 Hilior'tcal QolleBions, 
 
 ^n 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 j faithful Subjeds, all their ancient, feveral, juft Liberties, Pnviledges and 
 Riglus,- in as ample and beneficial maner to all intents and purpofes, as their 
 Anceftors did enjoy the fame under the beft of his moft noble Proge- 
 nitors. 
 
 4. That his Majefty would be further pleafed gracioufly to Declare , for 
 the good content of his loyal Subjeds, and for the fecunng of them from 
 future fear. That in all Cafes within the Cognizances of the Common 
 
 [ Law concerning the liberties of the Subjed , his Majefty would proceed 
 according to the Common Law of this Land, and according to the Laws 
 eftablillied in the Kingdom, and in no other maner or wife. 
 
 5. As touching his Majelties Royal Prerogative, intrinfical to his So- 
 veraignty , and betrufted him withal from God , ad commumm totius fo- 
 pdi (aliitem , ^ non ad deflruBtonem. , that his Majefty would refolve not 
 to ufe or divert the fame , to the prejudice of any his loyal People in the 
 propriety of their Goods , or liberty of their Perlons : And in cafe , for the 
 lecuntyof his Majefties. royal Perfon, the common fafety of his People, 
 or the peaceable Government of this Kingdom , his Majefty fhall finde 
 juft caufe tor reafon of State to imprifon or reftrain any mans Perfon, 
 his Majefty would gracioufly Declare , That within a convenient time 
 he Ihall , and will exprefs the caufe of the commitment or reftraint , ei- 
 ther General or Special-, and upon a caufe fo exprefled , will leave him im- 
 mediately to be tryed according to the common Juftice of the Kingdom. 
 
 *A fur the reading of the Tropofitions , the Archhi^ 
 [hop [aid, 
 
 THis is but a Model to be added unto , altered, or diminiflied , as in your 
 reafons and wifdoms ye ihall think fit , after ye have communicated 
 the fame to the reft of the Members of the Houfe. 
 
 To this Speech Sir Dudley Diggs, it being at a free 
 Conference, made ^ply-^ 
 
 '' XyT Y Lords, it hath pleafed God many ways to blefs the Knights, Ci- 
 " iVi- tizens , and Burgefles now aflembled in Parliament , with great 
 " comfort and ftrong hopes , that this will prove as happy a Parliament as 
 " ever was in EnHand. And in their Confultations for the fervice of his 
 '' Majefty, and the fafety of this Kingdom , our fpecial comforts and ftrong 
 '' hopes have rifen from the continued good refped, which your Lordfliips 
 '' fo nobly from time to time have been pleafed to ftiew unto them, particu- 
 '' larly at this prefent in your fo honorable profefsion to agree with them in 
 ''general, anddefiring to maintain and fupport the fundamental Laws and 
 " Liberties of England. 
 
 "T lie Commons have commanded me in like fort to affure your Lord- 
 '' Hiips , they have been, are, and will be as ready to propugne the juft Pre- 
 " rogative ofhis Majefty , of whicli in all their Aiguments , fearches of Re- 
 " cords, and Refolutions they have been moft careful , according to that 
 *■' wliich formerly was, and now again is protefted by them. 
 
 <' Another 
 
 4 Caroli, 
 
 Sir Dudley 
 Diggs replies 
 to this 
 Speech.
 
 j2± 
 
 An. i^8t 
 
 Hifcorical CoIleHions. 
 
 " Another noble Argument ot your honorable difpofition towards them 
 " is exprefled in this, That you are pleafed to expwft no prefent anfwer 
 '"■ from them, who are (as your Lordfliips in your great wifdoms, they doubt 
 " not, have confidered) a great Body that muft advife upon all new'Propo- 
 " fitions, and refolve uj)on them before they can give anfwer , according to 
 ♦' the ancient Order ot their Houfe. Bui it is manifeft in general (God be 
 " thanked for it) there is a great concurrence of affedion to the fame end in 
 " both Houfes, and fuch good Harmony, thati intreat your Lordfnips leave 
 *' to borrow a Comparifon from Nature , or natural Philofophy : As two 
 *' Lutes well ftrung and tuned brought together , if one be played on , little 
 "ftraws and flicks will Itir upon the other, though it lyeftill: fo though 
 " we have no power to reply , yet thefe things faid and propounded cannot 
 *' but work in our hearts, and we will faithfully report thefe PalTages to our 
 *' Houfe, from whence in due time (we hope) your Lordfliips fhall receive 
 tentful Anlwer. aiftj-dj ,. t^^vv, 
 
 cc 
 
 acont 
 
 The Commons were not fatisfiedwith thefe Propofitions , which were 
 conceived to choak the Petition of Right, then undet confideration , but de- 
 murred upon them. 
 
 Monday
 
 Hiftorical Co/leBiom, 
 
 551 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Monday 28 April. 
 
 The Lord Keeper fpal^e to both Houfes of Tar- 
 liament by the K^ngs command , Tpha^Mpas then 
 frejent. 
 
 " \ >T Y Lords, and ye the Knights, Citizens and Burgeffes of the Houfe 
 "^y^ of Commons, ye cannot but remember the great and important 
 " Aftuirs concerning the fafety both of the State and ReUgion , declared at 
 " firft from his Majefties own mouth, to be the caufes of the Aflembling of 
 " this Parliament •, the fenfe whereof , as it doth daily increafe with his M a- 
 " jefty, fo it ought to do , and his Majefty doubts not but it doth fo with 
 '"you, fince the danger increafeth everyday, both by effluxion of time, 
 " and preparations of the Enemy. 
 
 "Yet ins Majefty doth well weigh, that this expence of time hath been 
 " occafioncd by the Debate which hath arifcn in both Houfes touching the 
 " Liberty of the Subjcd •, in which, as his Majefty takes in good part the 
 " purpofc and intent of the Houfes, fo clearly and frequently profefled, that 
 "they would not diminilh or blemilh his juft Prerogative, fo he prefumes 
 "that ye will all cbnfefs it a point of extraordinary Grace and Juftice in him 
 " to fuffer it to reft fo long in difpute without interruption •, but now his 
 " Majefty confidering the length of time which it hath taken , and fearing 
 " nothing fo much as any future lofs of that whereof every hour and mi- 
 " nute is fo pretious , and forefeeing that the ordinary way of Debate, 
 " though never fo carefully husbanded,in regard of the Form of both Houfes, 
 " neceflarily takes more time then the Affairs ofChrift^ndom can permit, 
 "his Majefty out of his great Princely care hath thought of this expedient 
 " to (liorten the bufinefs, by declaring the clearnefs of his own heart and i.n- 
 "tention : And therefore hath commanded me to let you know, That he 
 " holdetb the Statute of Magna. Charta, and the other Six Statutes injified upon 
 "for the Subjects Liberty, to be all in force, and ajfures you, that he mil main- 
 " tain a/l his Subjects in the juft Freedom of their Verfons, and (afety of their 
 " Eflates : And that he rvill govern according to the Laws and Statutes of this 
 "Realm" Andthatye jhallfinde etsmuch fccurityin his Majcflies Royal Word 
 " and Promife, as in theflrength of any Law ye can make ^ Jo that hereafter ye 
 ^'■fhall never have caufe to complain. The conclufion is , That his Majefty 
 "prayeth God, who hath hitherto blefl'ed this Kingdom, and put into his 
 "heart to come to you this day, to make the fuccel's thereof happy , both 
 " to King and People : And therefore he defires that no doubt or dilfruft 
 "may poftefs any man, but that ye will all proceed unanimoufly to the 
 " buhnels. 
 
 The Commons being returned from the Lords Houfe, Mr. Secretaiy Cook 
 perfwaded them to comply with the King. 
 
 His Majefty, faid he, puts us in minde of the great important Affairs of 
 the State, and of his fenfe thereof, that by effluxion of time increafeth in 
 him, and he doubts not but that it doth increafe in us : Ye fee his Maje- 
 fties moderation in the interpretation of all our aftions •, he faith that he 
 hopes we have the fame fenfe he hath, he is pleafed to confider ot the Occa- 
 fion of expence of time that grew from the Debates in both Houfes, We 
 
 Aaaa fee 
 
 4 Caroli. 
 
 TheLoid 
 Keepers 
 Speech 10 
 both Houfes, 
 concerning 
 fupplyjby the 
 Kings com- 
 mand.
 
 1l6 
 
 Eifiorical Colleciions, 
 
 An 1628 I Ice how indulgent he is, thathowever the Affairs of Chriftendon:! are great, 
 * yet he omits not this, nay he takes in good part our Proceedings and our 
 Declarations that we will not Impeach the Prerogative : Alio his Majefty 
 prefumes that we will contefs that he hath ufed extraordinary Grace , in tliat 
 he hath indured difpute fo long, he acknowledgeth it Juftice to ftand as 
 we have don^ 
 
 Further, out of a Princely care of the Publique, he is careful no more time 
 be loft ^ and becaufe he lees fome extraordinary courfe to be taken tofatif- 
 fie us 5 he obferves that in the Form of Debate fuch length is required , as 
 the nature of the bufinefs will not indure. It is to be prel"umed,that his Go- 
 vernment will be according to the Law: We cannot but remember what 
 his Father laid , He is no King but a. Tyrant, that governs not hj Lm ^ But 
 this Kmgdom is to be governed by the Common Law, and his Majefty 
 affures us fo much •, the Interpretation is left to the Judges, and to his great 
 Council, and all is to be regulated by the Common Law ^ I mean not Mag- 
 na. Charta onely , for that Magna Chart a was part of the Common Law, and 
 the ancient Law of this Kingdom •, all our difference is m the Application of 
 this Law, and how this Law with difference is derived into every Court. I 
 conceive there are two Rules, the one of Brafs, that is rigid and will not 
 bend, and that is the Law of the Kings Bench, this Law will not bend-, 
 and when it lights on Subjefts fitting, if it do not bend, it js unjuft: And 
 there comes in the Law of the Chancery and of Equity •, this is Applicati- 
 on of Law in private mens Caufes , when it comes to Meitm ^ tuitm. And 
 thus the general Government of Cafes , with relation to the common State 
 of the Kmgdom, is from the Council Board , and there they are to vary 
 from the Law of the Kingdom : Suppofe it be in time of Dearth, Propriety 
 of Goods may in that time be forced, and be brought to the Mai-ket : We 
 faw the experience of it in Coals in London, and the Council Board caufed 
 them to be brought forth and fold. In a time of Peftilence men may be 
 reftrained: If a Schifm be like to grow in a Church, the State will enquire 
 after the favorers of it : if there be tear of Invafion, and it be encouraged bv 
 hope of a Party amongft us , it is in the power ot Government to reftrain 
 men to their houfes. 
 
 In the Compofure of thefe things there is great difference : What diffe- 
 rences have been between the Courts of Chancery and Kings Bench f It 
 is hard to put true difference between the Kings Prerogative and our Liber- 
 ties. His Majefty faw expence of time would be prejudicial t, it pleafed 
 God to move his Majefty by a Divine hand to (hew us a way to clear all our 
 difficulties •, let us attend to all the parts of it , there be Five Degrees, and 
 there is more afl'urance then we could have by any Law whatfoever. His 
 Majefty declaies, Thzt Magna charta and tne other Statutes are in force: 
 This is not the firft time that the Liberty of theSubjed was infringed, or 
 was in Debate and confirmed ; all times thought it fafe, that when they 
 came to a Negative of Power, it was hard to keep Government and Liber- 
 ty together •, but his Majefty ftopped not there , but according to the fenfe 
 of thefe Laws, That he will govern his Subjects in their juft Liberties, he 
 affures us our Libqjties are juft , they are not of Grace, but of Right 5 
 nay he affures us he will govern us according to the Laws of the Realm, 
 and that we fhall finde as much fecurity in his Majefties Promife, as in any 
 Law we can make^ and whatfoever Law wq fhall make, it muft come to his 
 Majefties allowance^ and if his Majefty findecaufe in his Government, he 
 may not put life to it : We daily fee all Laws are broken, and all Laws will 
 be broke tor the Publique good, and the King may pardon all Offenders •, 
 
 his 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftorical QollelHons, 
 
 557 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 his Majefty did fee that the beft way to fettle all at miity, is to exprefs his 
 own heart: The Kings heart is the beft guarder of his own promife, his 
 promife is bound with his heart. What Prince can exprefs more care and 
 uifdom ''. 
 
 Laftly he faith, That hereafter ye fliall never have the like caufe to com- 
 plain •, May we not tliink the breach is made up < is not his Majefty ingagcd 
 in his Royal word c* 
 
 The conclufion is full of weight : and he prayes God , that as God hath 
 blefled this Kingdom , and put it into his heart to come amongft us, fo to 
 make this day fuccefstul. The wrath of a King is like the roaring of a Lyon^ 
 and all Laws with his wrath are to no effect ^ but the Kings favour is like 
 to the dm of thegrafs , there all will prolper •, and God made the Inftru- 
 ments to unite all hearts. 
 
 His Majdty havmg thus difcharged himfelf, he prayesus to proceed to 
 the bufinefs that fo much concerns him. As his Majefty hath now iliewed 
 himfelf the beft of Kings, let us acknowledge his Majefties goodnefs, and 
 return to that Union which we all defire. 
 
 But this motion was not received with general acceptatioa •, and Sir^w- 
 iamm Ritdyard replyed to it in thefe words. 
 
 cc 
 
 WE are now upon a great bufinefs. 
 
 4 Car oil. 
 
 and the maner of handling it 
 may be as great as the bufinefs it felf. Liberty is a precious 
 " thing, for every man may let his own price upon it, and he that doth not 
 " value it, deferves to be valued accordingly -, for mine own part, I am clear 
 " without fcruple, that what wehaverefolved, is according to the Lawj 
 " and if any Judge in England were of a contrary opinion, I am fure we 
 " iliould have heard of hun ere now 5 out of all queftion, the very fcope and 
 " drift of Magna Charta was to reduce the Regal to a Legal Power in matter 
 " of Impriionment, or elfe it had not been worthy fo much contending for. 
 
 " It is true. That the King ought to have a truft repofed in him, God for- 
 " bid but he fliould, and I hope it is impofsible to take it from him ; for it 
 "lies not in the wit of man, to devife fuch a Law as lliall comprehend all 
 " particulars, all accidents, but that extraordinary Caufes may happen, which 
 " when they come, if they be difpofed of for the common good, there will 
 " be no Law againft them^ yet muft the Law be general, for otherwife Act 
 " raifsions and Exceptions will fret and cat out the Law to nothing. God 
 " himfelf hath conftituted a general Law of Nature , to govern the ordi- 
 "nary courfeof things, he hath made no Law for Miracles-, yet there is 
 " this obfer\'ation of t nem,that they are rather prater naturam^then contra na- 
 " turam^and alw^iys propter hones fnesSo the Kings Prerogatives are rather be- 
 " fides the Law, then againft it 5 and when they are dire(illy to their ends 
 " for the publique good, they are not onely concurring Laws, but even Laws 
 " ui fingularity and excellency. 
 
 "But to come nearer, let us confider where we are now, what ftepswe 
 " have gone, and gained •, The Kings learned Councel have acknowledged 
 " all the Laws to beftillin force, the Judges have not allowed any Judge- 
 " ment againft thefe Laws , the Lords alfo have confeflcd , that the Laws 
 ''areinfullftrength-, they have further retained our refolutions intire , and 
 " without prejudice. 
 
 " All this hitherto is for our advantage-, but above all his Majefty hath 
 "this day (himfelf being publiquely prefent) declared by the mouth of the 
 " Lord Keeper, before both the Houles , That Magna Charta and the other 
 
 Aaaa z fix 
 
 Sir Ben.Rud- 
 yards Speech 
 concernin2 
 that motion.
 
 558 \ 
 
 Hiftorical ColleUiom, 
 
 An. 1638. 
 
 \ 
 
 A Commit- 
 tee oidercd 
 to draw up a 
 Bill in order 
 to the Peti- 
 tion ot Right 
 
 Mr, Secreta- 
 ry Cook 
 l')ring;saMcf- 
 fagc to relyc 
 on the Kings 
 Word. 
 
 " fix Statutes, are ftill in force •, That he will maintain his Subjeds in the Li- 
 " berties of their Perfons, and Proprieties of their Goods ■, That he will go- 
 "v«nthem according to the Laws of the Kingdom-, this is a folemn and 
 " binding fatisfadtion , exprefsing his gracious readinefs to comply with his 
 " people in their reafonable and juft deiires. The King is a good • Man, and 
 " it is no diminution to a King, to be called fo ^ for whofoever is a good 
 " Man lliall be greater then a King, that is not fo. The King certainly is ve- 
 " ry tender of his prefent Honor, and of his Fame hereafter : He will think 
 "it haidtohave a worfemark ftt upon him, then upon any of hisAnce- 
 '' ftors,by extraordinary reftraints : His Majefty hath already intimated unto 
 " us by a Meflage , That he doth willingly give way to have the abufe of 
 " Power reformed •, by which I do verily believe he doth very well under- 
 "ffand, what a miferable power it is , which hath produced fo much weak- 
 " nefs to Himfelf , and to the Kingdom •, And it is one happinefs, that he is 
 " fo ready to redrefs it. 
 
 " For mine own part , I fliall be very glad to fee that old decrepite Law 
 " Magna Charta, which hath been fo long kept and lien bed-rid as it were. 
 " I Ihall be glad to fee it walk abroad again with new vigor , and luftre, at- 
 '' tended and followed with the other fix Statutes: queftionlefs it will be a 
 " great heartning to all the people. I doubt not, but upon a debating con- 
 " ierence with the Lords , we may happily fall upon a fair, fit accommoda- 
 " tion, concerning the Liberty of our Perfons, and Propriety of our Goods. 
 " I hope we may have a Bill , to agree in the point , againft imprifonment 
 " for Loans , or privy Seals : As for intrinfecal power and reafon of State, 
 " they are matters in the Clouds, where I defire we may leave them, and 
 " not meddle with them at all , left by the way of admittance, we may lofe 
 " fomewhat of that which is our own already: Yet thisbytheway I will 
 '' fay of reafon of State, That in the latitude by which 'tis ufed , it hath 
 " eaten out almoft, not onely the Laws, but all the Religion of Chriftendom. 
 
 "Now I will onely remember you of one Precept, andthatofthewifeft 
 " man , Be not over rvife , be not ever jujl : and he gives his reafon, for n>hy 
 " jvilt thoubedefoUte ? 
 
 "If Juftice and Wifdom maybe ftretcht to defolation, let us thereby 
 "learn that Moderation is the Vertue of Vertues, and Wifdom of Wif- 
 " doms. Let it be our Mafter-piece fo to carry the bufinefs, that we may 
 "keep Parliaments on foot : For as long as they be frequent, there will be n o 
 " irregular Power , which though it cannot be broken at once , yet in (hort 
 " time It will be made and mouldred away •, there can be no total or final lofs 
 " of Liberties, as long as they laft ^ What we cannot get at one time, we fhall 
 " have at another. 
 
 Upon this debate it was ordered, That a Committee of Lawyers do draw 
 a Bill, containing the fubftance o{ Magna charta , and the otlier Statutes that 
 do concern the Liberty of the Subjed: which bufinefs took up two whole 
 
 days. 
 
 "Thur/day, the fir ji o/Mtiy. 
 
 '" \ T After Scaenry Cook delivers a MelTage from his Majefty, wx:. to 
 " 1V_1 know whether the Houfe will reft on his Royal Word., or no , deda- 
 " red to them by the Lord Keeper •, which if they do, he aflures them it fhall 
 " be Royally performed. 
 
 Upon 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions, 
 
 ')59 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Upon this therewasafilencefor agoodfpace: Then Mr. Secretary Ctf<?j^ 
 proceeded. " This filence invites me to a further Speech , and iurther to 
 " addrefs my felf : Now we fee we mufi: grow towards an iflue ^ for my part 
 " how confident I liave been of the good iifue of this Parliament, I have cer- 
 " tified in this place , and elfewhere , and I am ftiU confident therein •, I 
 " know his Majefty is refolved to do as much as ever King did for his Sub- 
 '' jeds. All this Debate hath grown out of the fenfe of our Sufferings , and 
 <' a defirc of making up again thofe Breaches that have been made. 
 
 " Since this Parliament begun, hath there been any difpence made of that 
 " which hath tormeily been done c" when means were denied his Majefty be- 
 " ing a yong King , and newly come to his Crown , which he found inga- 
 " ged in a War , what could we expedt in fuch Necefsttjes ? His Majefty cal- 
 " led this Parliament to make up the Breach : His Majefty alTures us we fliall 
 " not have the like caufe to complain : He affures the Laws fliall be eftabli- 
 "(hed-, what can we defire more ^ all is, that we provide for Pofterity, and 
 " that we do prevent the like fuffering for the future : Were not the fame 
 " means provided by them before us < can we do more < we are come to the 
 " Liberty of the Subjeds , and the Prerogative of the King , I hope we ftiall 
 "not adde anything to our felves, todepreft him. I will not divme, I 
 " think we fhall finde difficulty with the King , or with the Lords , I Ihall 
 '' not deliver my opinion as Counfellor to his Majefty , which 1 will not 
 ''juftifieand fay here, or at theCouncel Board. Will we in this necef- 
 '* fity ftrivc to bring our felves into a better Condition and greater Liberty, 
 '' then our Fathers had , and the Crown into a worfe then ever < I dare not 
 ''advife his Majefty to admit of that : if this that we now defire be no 
 "Innovation, it is all contained in thofe Ads and Statutes, andwhatfo- 
 '' ever elfewe would adde more , is a diminution to the Kings Power, and 
 " an addition to our own. We deal with a wife and prudent Prince , that 
 " hath a Sword in his hand for our good , and this good is fupported by 
 "Power. Do not think, that by Cafes of Law and Debate we can make 
 " that not to be Law , which in experience we every day finde neceflary : 
 " make ^^'hat Law you will, if I do difcharge the place I bear, I muft commit 
 " men , and muft not difcover the Caufe to any Jaylor or Judge •, if I by this 
 " Power commit one without juft Caufe , the burthen falls heavy on me, by 
 " his Majefties difpleafure , and he will remove me from my place : Govern- 
 " ment is a folid thing, and muft be fupported for our good. 
 
 Sir Robert Philips hereupon fpake this : 
 
 " That if the words of Kings ftrike imprelTions in the hearts of Subjects, 
 "then do thefe words upon this occafion ftrike an imprefTion into the hearts 
 " of us all : to fpeak in a plain language,we are now come to the end of our 
 " journey, and the well difpofing of an Anfwer to this Meffage, will give 
 " happinefs or mifery to this Kingdom. Let us fet the Commonwealth 
 " of England before the eyes of his Majefty, that we may juftifie our 
 " felves that we have demeaned our felves dutifully to his Majefty. 
 
 And fo the day following they had further Debate upon that matter, 
 the Houfe being turned into a Grand Committee, and Mr. Herbert in the 
 Chair. 
 
 Some fay, that the Subject has fuffered more in the violation of ancient 
 Liberties within thefe few years, then in Three hundred years before, and 
 therefore care ought to be taken for the time to come. 
 
 Sir Edward Cook faid,That that Royal word had reference to fomeMeffage 
 formerly fent •, his Majefties word was. That they may fecure themfelves 
 
 arty 
 
 4 Caroli.
 
 ^6o 
 
 Hijiorical (Collections . 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 sir Thomas 
 Wentwoi th 
 
 The Ki 115; 
 gives notice 
 to both 
 Houfts that 
 he inrtnds 
 fhortly to 
 end this Stl- 
 fion. 
 
 any way, by Bill or otherwife, he promifed to give way to it •, and to the 
 end that this miglit not touch his Majefties Honor, it was propofcd that 
 the Bill come not from the Houle, but trom the Kmg : We will and grant 
 tor us and our Succeflbrs , and that we and our Succeffors will do thus and 
 thus : and it is the Kings Honor, he cannot fpeak but by Record. 
 
 Others defued the Houfe to confider when and where the late promife 
 was made , was it not in the face ot both Houfes :* Cruel Kings have been 
 careful to perform their promifes, yea, though they have been unlawful, as 
 Herod. Therefore if we reft upon his Majefties promiie , we mayaflure 
 our felves of the performance ot it : Befides, we binde his Majefty by rely- 
 ing on his ^vord : we have Laws enough , it is the execution oi them that 
 is our Jife, and it is the King that gives life and execution. 
 
 Sir Thomas WenUvorth concluded the Debate, faying, "That never 
 " Houfe of Parliament trufted more in the goodnefs of their King , for 
 " their own private , then the prefent :, but we are ambitious that his Ma 
 "■ jefties goodnefs may remain to pofterity, and we are accomptable to a 
 '' pnblique truft : and therefore feeing there hath been a publique violation 
 " of the Laws by his Minifters , nothing will fatistie him but a publique 
 ''mends-, and our defire to vindicate the Subje<5ts Rights by Bill , are no 
 " more then are laid down in former Laws , with fome modeft Provifion 
 " for Inftrudion, Performance and Execution. 
 
 Which fo well agreed with the Senfe of the Houfe , that they made it 
 the fubjed of a Meflage to be delivered by the Speaker to his Majefty. 
 
 A Midft thofe deliberations another Meflage was delivered from his 
 -^ -*• Majefty by Mr. Secretary Cook •, " That howfocver we proceed in this 
 ''bufinefswehaveinhand, which his Majefty will not doubt but to be ac- 
 " cording to our conftant profefsions, and lb as he may have caufe to give us 
 " thanks •, yet his refolution is, that both his Royal care, and hearty and ten 
 " der affedion towards all his loving Subjeds, fliall appear to the whole 
 " Kingdom and all the World , that he will govern us according to the 
 " Laws and Cuftoms of this Realm •, that he will maintain us in the Liber- 
 ''tiesot ourPerfons, and Proprieties of our Goods, fo as we may enjoy as 
 " much liappineis as oui' forefathers in their beft times •, and that he will re- 
 " ftifie what hath been or may be found amifs amongft us , fo that hereafter 
 " there may be no juft caufe to complain. Wherein as his Majefty will rank 
 " himfelf amongft the beft of our Kings, and fliew he hath no intention to in- 
 " vade or impeach our lawful Liberties^or Right : fo he will have us to match 
 "our felves with the beft Subjeds, not by incroaching upon thatSove- 
 " raignty or Prerogative which God hath put into his hands for our good, but 
 " by containing our felves within the Bounds and Laws of oui- forefathers, 
 " without reftraining them, or inlarging them by new Explanations , Inter- 
 " pretations, Expofitions, or Additions in any fort , which he telleth us he 
 " uill not give way unto. 
 
 " That the weight of the Affairs of the Kingdom , and Chriftendom, 
 " do prets him more and more, and that the time is now grou-n to that point 
 " of maturity, that it cannot endure long debate, or delay -, fo as this Sefsi- 
 " on of Pailiamtnt muft continue no longer then Tuejday come fevennight, 
 '' at the furtheft : In which time his Majefty for his part will be ready to 
 " perform what he promifed ^ and if the Houfe be not as ready to do that is 
 " fit for themfelves, it fliall be their own fauUs. 
 
 " And upon alVurance of our good dif patch and correfpondence his Maje- 
 "fty
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F 
 
 " fty dechreth , That his Royal intention is to have another Sefsion of Par- 
 " liajment at Michael>naj's next, for the pertefting of fuch things as cannot 
 " now be done. 
 
 This Mefl'age was debated the next day, being Saturday May 30. 
 whereupon Sir ^ohn Elltot fpake to this effect. 
 
 The King, faith he, will rank himfelf with the beft of Kings , and there- 
 fore he would have us to rank our felves with the beft Subjeds ^ we will not 
 incroach upon that Soveraignty that God hath put into his hands : This 
 makes me tear his Majefty is milinformed in what we go about, let us make 
 fome inlargement, and put it before huti, that we will not make any thin^^ 
 new •, as for the time of this Seflion, it is but Hiort, and look how many 
 Mefl'ages we have, fo many interruptions,and mis-reports, and mis-reprefen- 
 tations to his Majelty produce thofe Meflages. 
 
 Sir Mtles Fleetrvood continues the Debate, and faid. That this bufinefs is 
 of great importance, we are to accommodate this : The breach of this Par- 
 liament will be the greateft mifery that ever befell us ; the eyes of Chri- 
 ftendom are upon this Parliament, the ftate of all our Proteftant friends are 
 ready to be fwallowed up by the Emperors Forces, and our own Kingdom is 
 in a miferable ftraight, tor the defence of our Religion that is invaded by the 
 Romifh Catholicks, by the colour of a Commiflion, which is intolerable; 
 the defence of our Realm by Shipping is decayed, the Kings Revenue is 
 fold and gone, where fliall the reliet be obtained but in Parliament < Now we 
 are in the way, let us proceed by way of Bill, in purfuance of the Kings Mef- 
 fage, to eftablilh the Fundamental Laws in Propriety of our Goods, and Li- 
 berty of our Perfons : It was declared to us, that courfes by Loan and Im- 
 prifonment were not lawful ■^ let us touch them in our Bill, and that all Pre- 
 cedents and Judgements feemingtothe contrary, be void, and that all, ^ 
 Commitments againft the Law be remedied, and that we be protefted 
 againft the fear of Commitments. 
 
 In condufion, the Commons agree to an Anfwer to all the preceding 
 Mefl'ages, and prefent it to the King by the mouth of their Speaker. 
 
 The Speakers Speech to the K^ng in Anfwer to fever al 
 MeJJages, 
 
 Mojf Gracion^s and Dread Soveraign, 
 
 "Our Loyal and Obedient Subjects, the Commons now Aflembled in 
 
 Parliament, byfeveral Meflages from your Majefty, and efp^lly 
 
 hat your Declaration delivered by the Lord Keeper before roth 
 
 'bv t 
 
 561 
 
 4 CarUi. 
 
 Sir John 
 Elliot. 
 
 «.y 
 
 "Houfes, 
 
 (C 
 
 have to their exceeding joy and comfort received many ample 
 expreflions of your Princely care and tender aifedlions towards them, wicli 
 " a gracious promife and aflurance, that your Majefty will govern according 
 '' to the Laws of thi-s Realm, and fo maintain all yourSubjeds in the juft 
 " Freedom of their Perfons , and Safety of theii- Eftates , that all their 
 '' Rights and Liberties may be by them enjoyed with as much freedom and 
 '' fecurity in theii' time,as in any age heretofore by their Anceftors under the 
 " beft of your Progenitors : For this fo great a tavor enlarged by a com- 
 " fortable iniimation of your Majefties confidence in the proceedings of this 
 " Houfe , they do by me their Speaker make as full return of moft humble 
 " thanks to your Majefty , with all dutiful acknowledgement of your 
 " Grace and Goodnefs herein extended unto them. 
 
 " And \Ahereas in one of thofe Meflages delivered from your Majefty, 
 ■ " there 
 
 The Speak- 
 ers Speech 
 to the King, 
 in aiifwer to 
 feveral Mcl- 
 fagesi
 
 Hifiorical CoIleHiom. 
 
 562. 
 
 J^, 162 8. "■ there was an expreflion ot your delire to know whether this Houle woold 
 '' left upon your Royal Word and Promife , afliiring them , that if they 
 ''^ would, it lliould be royally and really performed : As they again prefent 
 " their humble thanks tbr the fecondmg and ftrengthning of your former 
 " Royal expreflions, fo in all humblenefs they affure your Majefty , that 
 " their greateft confidence is, and ever muft be in your Grace and Goodnefs, 
 " without which they well know, nothing that they can frame or delire, 
 " will be of fafety or value to them : Therefore aie all humble Suiters to 
 " youi- Majefty, That your Royal heart will gracioufly accept and believe 
 "'^ the truth of theirs , which they humbly prefent as full ot truth and con- 
 " fidence in your Royal Word and Promife, as ever Houfe of Commons 
 " repofed in any ot~ their beft Kings. 
 
 " True it is, they cannot but remember the publique Truft for which 
 " they are accomptable to prefent and future times •, and their defires are, 
 " That your Majefties goodnefs might in Fruit and Memoiy be the Blef- 
 " ling and Joy of Pofterity. 
 
 " They fay alfo , That of late there hath been publique violation of the 
 " Laws , and the Subjeds Liberties , by fome of your Majefties Minifters, 
 *•' and thence conceive that no lefs then a publique remedy will raife the de- 
 " je^ed hearts of your loving Subje(!:ts to a chearful fupply of your Majefty, 
 " or make them receive content in the proceedings ot this Houle. 
 
 " From thofe conliderations, they moft humbly beg your Majefties leave 
 "to lay hold of that gratious ofter of yours , which gave them aflurance, 
 "That if they thought fit to fecure themfelves in their Rights andLiber- 
 "ties, by way of BUI, orotherwife, fo it might be provided with due re- 
 " fpeCl to Gods Honor , and the publique Good, yon would be gracioufly 
 " pleafed to give way unto it. Far trom their intentions it is any way to in- 
 •'croach upon your Soveralgnty, or Pierogati\'e 5 nor have they the leaft 
 "thought of ftretchingor enlarging the former Laws in any fort by any 
 " new Interpretations , or Additions •, the Bounds of their defires extend 
 " no further , then to fome neceffary Explanation of that which is truly 
 " comprehended within the juft fenfe and meaning of thofe Laws,with fome 
 " moderate provifion for execution and performance, as in times paft upon 
 " like occafion hath been ufed. 
 
 " The way how to accomplifli thefe their humble defires , is now in fe- 
 '' rious confideration with them ^ wherein they humbly affure your Maje- 
 " fty , they will neither lofe time , nor feek any thing of your Majefty, but 
 " that they hope may be fit for Dutiful and Loyal Subjeds to ask , and 
 '' fojKi gracious and juft King to grant. 
 
 His Ma]ejlies Anfmr n^as delivered by the Lord 
 Keeper. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, and you Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, His Ma- 
 jefty hath commanded me to tell you , that he expeifted an Anfwer 
 by your Ailions , and not delay by Difcourfe : ye acknowledge his Truft 
 and Confidence in your proceedings , but his Majefty fees not how you re- 
 quite him by your confidence of his Word and Actions : For what need Ex- 
 planations , if ye doubted not the performance of the true meaning ■: for 
 Expl; nations will ha2ard an incroachment upon his Prerogative. And it 
 may wellbefaid. What need a new Law to confirm an old, if voure- 
 
 His Ma;?- 
 Uies anlwer 
 to the Sp'-a- 
 kcii Spcedi.
 
 Hifcoricai ColieBtons. 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 5(^3 
 
 pofe confidence in the Declaration his Majefty made by me to both Houfes-, 
 and your felves acknowledge, that your greateft trult and confidence muft 
 be in his Majefties Grace and Goodnefs , without which nothing ye can 
 frame will be of fafety , or avail to you : Yet to fliew cleerly the finccrity of 
 his Majefties intentions, he is content that a Bill be drawn for a confirma- 
 tion of Magna Chart a , and the other fix Statutes infifted upon for the Sub- 
 jcds Liberties , if ye Ihall choofe that as the beft way , but fo as it may be 
 without Additions, Paraphrafes, or Explanations. 
 
 Thus if you pleafe you may be fccured from your needlefs fears , 'and this 
 Parliament may iiave a happy wifiied for end : whereas by the contrary, if ye 
 feek to tie your King by new , and indeed impoflfible bonds, you muft be 
 accomptable to God ^and the Countrey tor the ill fuccefs ot this meeting. 
 His Majefty hath given his Royal Word, that yefliall have no caufe to 
 complain hereafter : lefs then which hath been enough to reconcile Great 
 Princes , and therefore ought much more to prevail between a King and his 
 Subjeds. 
 
 Laftly, I am commanded to tell you that his Majefties pleafure is, That 
 without further Replies or Meffages , or other unneceffary delays, ye do 
 what ye mean to do fpeedily , remembring the laft Meffage that Secretary 
 Cook brought you in point of time : His Majefty always intending to per- 
 form his Promife to his power. 
 
 NOtwithftanding the intimation of his Majefties good pleafure for a 
 Bill , Mr. Secretary Cook, Ttiefday May 6. again prefted the Houfe 
 to rclye upon the Kings Word, faying, *" That he had rather follow others, 
 " then begin to enter into this bufinefs : lofs of time hath been the greateft 
 " complaint , the matter fallen now into confideration, is what way to take, 
 "whether to relye on his Majefties Word, or on a Bill : If we will confider 
 " the advantage we have in taking his Majefties Word , it will be of the lar- 
 '■' geft extent, and we fliall choofe that that hath moft Aflurance : An Ad of 
 '' Parliament is by the confent of the King and Parliament •, but this Affij- 
 " ranee by Word , is that he will govern us by the Lau's •, the King promi- 
 "feththat, and alfothat they fliall be fo executed , that we fliall enjoy as 
 " much freedom as ever : this contains many Laws , and a grant of all good 
 " Laws •, nay, it contains a confirmation of thofe very LawSjAfTurance, which 
 '' binJs the King further then the Law can •, Firft,it binds his affedion, which 
 " is the greateft bond between King and Subjed , and that binds his Judge- 
 " ment alfo , nay, his Honor , and that not at home but abroad ^ the Royal 
 "Wordot a King, is the Ground of all Treaty-, nay, it binds hisConfd- 
 " ence : this Confirmation between both Houfes , is in nature of a Vow •, 
 " for my part 1 think it is the greateft advantage to relie on his Majefties 
 "Word. He further added, tnis Debate was fitter to be done before the 
 " Houfe , and not before the Committee , and that it was a new Courfe to 
 " go to a Committee of the whole Houfe. 
 
 Whereunto it was replied by Sir ■3f<>A«£//;o^, That the proceeding in a 
 Committee , is more Honorable and advantagious to the King , and the 
 Houfe , for that way leads moft to Truth •, and it is a more open way , and 
 where every man may adde his reafon , and make anfwer upon the hearing 
 of other mens Reafons and Arguments. 
 
 This being the general Senfe, the Houfe was turned into a Committee, 
 to take into confideration what was delivered to the King by the Speaker, 
 and what was delivered to them by the Lord Keeper , and all other Mef- 
 
 Bbbb fages, 
 
 4 Carolt, 
 
 Ur. Secreta- 
 ry Cook 
 brings ano- 
 ther Meflage 
 to relie on 
 the Kings 
 Words, 
 
 Sir John El- 
 hot,
 
 5^4- 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 Sir, E.Cook, 
 
 Hiftorical CoileHions, 
 
 fages, and the Committee was not to be bounded with any former order : 
 the Key was brought up , and none were to go out without leave iirft 
 asked. 
 
 In the Debate of thisbufinefs at the Committee, fomewere for letting 
 the Bill reft : but Sir Edmrd Cocks reafons prevailed to the contrary, " Was 
 "it ever known (faidhe) that general words were afufficient fatistadlion to 
 " particular grievances < was ever a verbal Declaration of the King 'verhum 
 " Re^ni ? when grievances be , the Parliament is to redrefs them : Did ever 
 *' Parliament relie on Meflages < they put up Petitions of their Grievances, 
 " and the King ever anfwered them : the Kings Anfwer is very gracious, 
 '' but what is the Law of the Realm, that is the queftion. I put no diffidence 
 " in his Majefty , the King muft fpeak by a Record, and in Particulars , and 
 " not in General : Did you ever know the Kings Meflage come mto a Bill of 
 '' Subfidies < all fucceeding Kings will fay,Ye muft truft me as well as you did 
 " my Predeceftbrs, and truft my Meffages •, but Meflages of love never came 
 " into a Parliament. Let us put up a Petition of Right : Not that I diftrufl 
 " the King, but that we cannot take his truft, but in a Parliamentary way. 
 
 On TWf(^4)i 8° J\f4«, the Petition of Right was finiflied , and the Claufe 
 of Martial Law was added unto it , and it was delivered to the Lords at a 
 Conference for their Concurrence •, the which Conference was managed 
 by Sir Edmird Cook, and the fame day, as to the matter of fupply, ordered 
 that the two firft Subfidies ihould be paid 10° of ^idy, one more 1 2° oioBo- 
 her, another on 20° oiDccemb. and the laft on t oi March. 
 
 AT the Conference Sir Edmtrd Cook thus exprefled himfelf : " My 
 " Lords, it is evident what neceflity there is , both in refped: of your 
 " felves and your Pofterities , to have good fuccefs of this bufinefs : We 
 " have acquainted your Lordftiips with the Reafons and Arguments, and af- 
 " ter we have had fome conference , we have received from your Lordftiips 
 " Propofitions •, and it behoves me to give your Lordftiips fome reafons, 
 " why you have not heard from us before now ^ for in the mean time as we 
 " were confulting of this weighty Bufinefs, we have received divers Mef- 
 " fages from our great Soveralgn the King , and they confifted of five 
 
 « Parts ; 
 
 " I. That his Majefty would maintain all his Subjedsin their juft free- 
 " dom, both of their Perfons and Eftates •, 
 
 " 2 . That he will govern according to his Laws and Statutes -, 
 
 "3. That we ftiould find much confidence in the Royal Word, I pray 
 " obferve that 5 
 
 « 4. That we ftiall enjoy all our Rights and Liberties , with as m.uch free- 
 " dom as ever any Subjefts have done in former times •, 
 
 "5. That whether we ftiall think it fit , either by Bill or otherwife , to 
 " go on in this great Bufinefs, his Majefty would be pleafed to give way to it. 
 
 " Thefe gracious Meflages did fo work upon our affedions , that we 
 " have taken them into deep confideration. My Lords, when we had thefe 
 " Meflages ( I deal plainly, for fo I am commanded by the Houfe of Com- 
 " mons) we did confider what way we might go for our more fecure way, 
 " nay yours •, we did think it the fafeft way to go in a Parliamentary courfe, 
 " for we have a Maxim in the Houfe of Commons , and written on the 
 " Walls of our Houfe , That old ways are the fafeft and fureft ways : And 
 " at laft we did fall upon that , which we did think (if that your Lordftiips 
 
 did
 
 Hijlorical ColleUions, 
 
 56<y 
 
 <c 
 
 D 
 
 Bbbb 2 
 
 To 
 
 r' did coment with us ) it is the moft ancient way of all , an?i that is mv > 
 Y Lords, 'uiafaufia, both to Majefty, to your Lordlhips, and to our felves : 
 " for, my Lords, this is the greateft Bond that any Subjcd can have in open! 
 " Parliament, rcr^«/w iJff/:^ , this is an high point of Honor, but this ihall 
 " be done by the Lords and Commons , and afTented to by the Kin" in Par- 
 " liament , this is the greateft Obligation of all , and this is for the Kiiv^s 
 " Honor, and our Safety : Therefore my Lords we have drau'n a Form of^a 
 " Petitlbn , deiiring your Lordfhips to concur with us therein ; for we do 
 " Come with an unanimous confent of all the Houfe of Commons and 
 " there is great reafon your Lordfliips flwuld do fo , for your Lordfliips be 
 " involved in the fame danger. And lb I have done with the firft part : and 
 " I ihall now defire your Lordlhips leave that I may read that which I have 
 " fo agreed on. 
 
 Here the Petition of Right was read •, but we forbear to infert it as yet 
 becaufe there weie propofitions for alteration j and it is not perfect, till the 
 B Royal aflent be given to it. 
 
 From the Eighth to the Twelfth of May^ all Publique bufineffes were 
 laid afide. On Monday the Twelfth the Lords had a Conference with the 
 Commons, where the Lord Keeper made this Speech. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons , 
 
 MY Lords having a moft affectionate defire to maintain that good con- 
 currence, that in this Parliament and others hath been of late between 
 "bothHoufes,defired this Conference,to acquaint you'how,and in whatmaner 
 " they have proceeded in the Petition of Right that came from this Houfe, 
 "and to let you know, that aflbon as they received it, they with all care 
 " and expedition they polTibly could,addrefled themfclves to confider there- 
 " of , and after good time fpent in Debate in the whole Houfe, they made 
 " a Committee to confider, whether retaining of the fubftance of the Pe- 
 *' tition, there might not be fome words altered or put in to make it more 
 " fweet, to procure it a pafTable way to his Majefty •, we know this muft be 
 '' Crowned by the King, and good muft come to all the Kingdom by this 
 " courfe now taken. The Committee hath met, and hath propounded fome 
 *' fmall matters to be altered in fome few words, to make it paflable, and 
 " not in fubftance. And the Lords having this Reported from their Com- 
 '' mittee, and heard it read in their Houfe, refolved of nothing till they 
 " have your confent-, yet they think it fitter to have it propounded to you, 
 '' to confider whether there Oiould be any alteration or no , and how the 
 '' propounded alterations may ftand with your liking. 
 
 " Concerning the Commitment by the King and the Councel, without 
 '' expreffing t!-.e caufe, it was refolved by the Lords to debate it this inor- 
 " ning, and aflbon as they (liould have debated it, they purpofed to have 
 '' your concurrence with them before they refolved it •, but at inftant when 
 " they thought to have debated it, they received a Letter from his Majefty, 
 " which they conceive will give afatisfadion to both Houfes in the main 
 " point. My Lords defiring to keep that good concurrence begun, defired 
 '' to communicate that Letter unto you, that you might take the fame into 
 " your confideiaiions, as they mean to do themfelves : This Letter is to be 
 " read unto you. 
 
 4 Caroli, 
 
 Lord Keep- 
 ers Speech, 
 communica- 
 ting a Letter 
 fiom the 
 King,
 
 ^66 
 
 HiJIorical QolkUions, 
 
 y/w.1628. 
 
 His Majefties 
 Letter. 
 
 To the right Trufty and right v^ell^beiovedy the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporal of the higher Houfe of 
 Tarliament, 
 
 Carolus Rex. ♦ 
 
 WE king defirous of nothing more then the advancement of the Peace 
 and rrofpcnty of our People, have given leave to free Debate upon 
 the highejl Points of our Prerogative Eoyal, which in the time of our Predece(jors, 
 Kings and ^eens of this Realm, were ever rejlrained as matters that they 
 would not have di filled ; and in other things we have been willing fo far to de- 
 fcend to the de fires of our good Subjects, as might fully fatisfe all moderate 
 mindcs, and free them from all] ufl fears and jealoufies, which thoje Mefjages 
 which we have heretofore fent into the Commons Houfe, wi/l well dcmonjlratc un- 
 to the world 5 yet wefnde it fill mfiflcd upon, that in no caf whatfoever,pmdd 
 It never fo nearly concern matters cf State or Government, we or our Privy 
 Ccuncil have power to commit any man without the caule flxwed ; whereas it 
 often happens, that [houLi the caufe be (hewed, the feri'tce it f elf would thereby 
 be defrayed and defeated, and the caufe alledged mufl be fuch as may be deter- 
 mined by our Judges of our Courts of Weftminfter, in a Legal and ordinary 
 way of ^ufice, whereas the Caufes -may be fuch as thofe Judges have not capa- 
 city of Judicature, nor Rules of Law to direB and guide their Judgement in 
 cafes of that tranfcendent nature-^ which hapning jo often, the very mcroaching 
 on that conftant Rule of Government for fo many ages within this Kingdom pra- 
 Bifed, would [oon diffolve the very Foundation and Frame of our Monarchy, 
 wherefore as to cur Commons we made fair Prof ofitions, which might equally pre- 
 ferve the juf Liberty of the SubjeB : fo, my Lords, we have thought good to let 
 you know, that without the overthrow of Soveraignty we cannot fuffer this Power 
 to be impeached ; notwithflandmg, to clear our confcicnce and jujl intentions, 
 this we publif}}. That it ts not in our he art, nor will we ever extend our Royal Power 
 lent unto us fom God, beyond the jufl rule of Moderation, in any thing which 
 fhall be contrary to our Laws andCuftoms , wherein the fafcty of our People fhall 
 be our oncly aim. And we do hereby Declare our Royal pleafure and refolution 
 to be, which, God willing, weflialleverconflantly continue and maintain, That 
 neither we nor our Privy Council fhall or will at any time hereafter cotnmit or 
 command to Prifon, or otherwife rejlrain theperfons of any for not lending Money 
 to lis, nor for any caufe which in cur confcicnce doth not concern the publique 
 goodandfafety of us and our people, we wi/l not be drawn to pretend any caufe 
 wherein our judgement and conjcience is not Satisfied with; bafe thoughts , we 
 hope no man can imagine will fall into our Royal breafl; and that m all cafes of 
 this nature, which full here after happen, we flull upon the humble Petition of 
 the party, or addrefs of our Judges unto us, readily and really exprefs the true 
 Caufe of their Commitment or Reflraint, fo [oon as with conveniency and fafety 
 the fame is fit to be difclofed and exprejjed ■., and that m all Caufes Criminal, of 
 ordinary J tin fdiciion, our Judges fiall proceed to the Deliverance or Bailment 
 ofthePrifoner, according; to the known and ordinary Rules of the Laws of this 
 Land, and according to the Statute of Magna Charta, and thofe other Six Sta- 
 tutes mfiflcd upon, which we do take knowledge fland m full force, and which we 
 intend noi to abrogate and weaken, again fl the true intention thereof. This we 
 have thought ft to figm fie, the rather to fmten any long Debate upon this great 
 queflion.
 
 Hiftorical QollecHons, 
 
 I 5^7 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 quefiton, thefcafon of the year king fo far advanced, and our great Occafions of 
 State not lending many more days for longer continuance of this Sefsion of Par- 
 liament. 
 
 Given under our Signet at our Palace at Wefiminfier^ 
 20" Man the Fourth year of our Reign. 
 
 The fame day the Kings Letter was communicated to the Houfe of 
 CommonSjthey laid it afide,and Sir Thomas Wentvuorth faid it was a Letter of 
 Grace,but the people will onely like of thatwhich is done in a Parliamentary 
 way •, befides, the Debate of it would ipend much time, neither was it 
 direfted to the Houfe of Commons •, and the Petition of Right would 
 clear all miftakes ; For (laid he) fome give out, as if the Houfe went about 
 to pinch the Kings Prerogative. But the further Debate of this matter 
 took up feveral days. 
 
 May 17, the Lords propounded at a Conference an Addition to be made 
 to the Petition of Right, which was delivered by the Lord Keeper, to this 
 purpofe : 
 
 " T^Hat wheieas at the late Conference of both Houfes there were fome 
 § things propounded that came from their Lordlhips, out of a defire 
 the Petition might have the eafier paflage with his Majefty, not intending 
 to violate in any maner the fubftance of the Petition, but it was then 
 thought fit that there was another part of the Petition of as great im- 
 portance and weight : My Lords fince the time of that Conference, 
 huve imployed tliemfelves wholly to reduce the Petition to fuch a 
 fiame and order , that may give both to you and them hope of ac- 
 ceptance. 
 
 " AnJ afrer many deliberations , and much advice taken , my Lords 
 have refolved to reprefent to you fomething which they have thought 
 upon ," yet n.)C as a thing condufive to them or you ^ and according to 
 their defires (havijig mentioned it in the beginning) have held it fit to 
 conclude of nothing till that you be made acquainted with it, and that 
 there may be a mature advifement between you and them, fo that there 
 may be the liappier conclufion in all their bufinefs. 
 " This being the determination of the Lords , that nothing that is now 
 
 " offered unto you fhould be condufive, yet they thought it convenient to 
 
 " pre lent it unto you. 
 " This alteration (and not alteration) but addition, which they fliall pro- 
 
 " pound unto you, to be advifed and conferred upon, which is no breach 
 
 " of the frame , they think it meet, if it fliall ftand with your liking, to 
 
 " be put in the conclufion of the Petition, which I Ihall now read unto 
 
 " you. 
 
 W€ p?cfcut tf)i0 out l)umlilc l^etitiottto pout S^ajcftv , Uiltlj 
 tbe cate not oncl)? of p?efct\)lttg out oinn libetticis , but 
 luitljtiue veixain to lcn\3c intitc tt)at ©olictntffn l^oiuet vulicrnuitlj )?out 
 fi3a)cftyi!3uuftcOfo? tljc liJ)^otcctiou, SHifctPj auD lj)appiucf9 of tlje 
 people* 
 
 " This is the thing the Lords do prefent unto you , this fub- 
 " jedt of this Conference concerning the adding of this in the conclufion 
 " of the Petition, and that they know that this is new, and that you can- 
 " not prefently give an anlwer to it ^ therefore they defire that you do with 
 
 "• fome 
 
 4 Carolt, 
 
 The Lords 
 Proportion 
 at a Confe- 
 rence, about 
 an addrion 
 to the Petiti- 
 on of Right, 
 
 The Lords 
 addition to 
 the Petition 
 of]<ighr.
 
 id8 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions, 
 
 
 Mr.Alford. 
 
 Mr, Pimmc. 
 
 Mr. Hack- 
 well. 
 
 Sir Ed.Cook 
 
 Sir Tiiomis 
 Wduwoith 
 
 fome fpeed confider of it , and their Lordfliips will be ready this af- 
 ternoon. 
 
 This Addition produced feveral Speeches. 
 
 ' T Et us look (faid he) into the Records, and fee what they are, what is So- 
 'i-j veraign Power ^ " Bodm(aith, That it is free fron^ any Condition, by 
 "this we iMl acknowledge a Regal as well as a Legal Power: Let us give 
 " that to the King that the Law gives him, and no more. 
 
 '' T Am not able to fpeak to this queftion , I know not what it is : All our 
 "-■■Petition is for the hz\vs,o{ EmUnd, and this Power feems tobeano- 
 " ther diftinct Power from the Power of the Law: I know how to addeSo- 
 " veraign to his Perfon , but not to his Power : Alfo we cannot leave to him 
 "Soveraign Power, we never were poffeffed of it. 
 
 ''TTT 7 E cannot admit of thofe words with fafety , they are applicable to 
 " V V all the parts of our Petition : It is in the nature of a Saving , and 
 ,''byitwe lliall imply, asif wehadincroached on his Prerogative-, all the 
 Y Laws we cite , are without a Saving , and yet now after the violation of 
 r them, we muft adde a Saving : Alfo I have fecn divers Petitions, and where 
 '' the Subject claimed a Right, there I never faw a Saving of this nature. 
 
 THis is Magnumin farvo^tHs is propounded to be a conclufion of our Pe- 
 tition : It is a matter of great weight -, and to fpeak plainly , it will 
 overthrow all our Petition •, it trenches to all parts of it : It flies at 
 Loans, and at the Oath, and at Imprifonment , and Billeting of Soldi- 
 ers i this turns all about again. Look into all the Petitions of former 
 times, they never petitioned , wherein there was a faving of the Kings 
 Soveraignty : I know that Prerogative is part of the Law , but Sovc* 
 raign Pov.'er is no Parliamentary word : In my opinion it weakens Mag- 
 naCkv-ra , and all our Statutes ^ for they are abfoiute without any faving 
 of Soveraign Power : and Ihall we now adde it, we fliall weaken the 
 Foundation ot Law, and then the building muft needs fall -, take we heed 
 what we yield unto, Magi^a charta is fuch a fellow , that he will have no 
 Soverai-^n : I wonder this Soveraign was not in Magna charta , or in the 
 Confirmations of it: If we grant this, by implication we give a Soveraign 
 Power above all thefe Laws : Power in Law, is taken for a Power with 
 force: The Sheriff fhall take the Power of the County , what it means 
 here, God onely knows : It is repugnant to our Petition , that is a Peti- 
 tion of Right, grounded on Ad:s of Parliam.ent : our Predeceflbrs could 
 never indurea Sahojim (uo, no more then the Kings of old could in- 
 dure for the Church, Salvo honore Dei (^ Ecclcfhe : We mndnot admit of 
 it , and to qualifie it is impoflible : Let us hold our Priviledges accord- 
 ing to the Law ^ that Power that is above this , it is not fit for the King 
 and people to have it difputed fuither, I had rather for my part 
 have the Prerogative aded , and I my felf to lie under it, then to have 
 It difputed. 
 
 IF we do admit of this Addition , we fliall leave the Subjed worfe then 
 we found him , and we Ihall have little thanks for our labor when we 
 come home: let us leave all power to hisMajefty, to punifh Malefadors : 
 but thefe Laws are not acquainted with Soveraign Power, we defire no new 
 
 "thing.
 
 Htftorical ColleBiotts. 
 
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 " "T^O adde a Saving is not fafe > doubtful words may beget an ill conftru- 
 " A ction, and the words are not onely doubtful words, but words unknown 
 " to us, and never ufed in any A61 or Petition before. 
 
 "T Et us not go too haftilyto thequeftion, {aidM\:.Sclden: If there be 
 '<±^ any Objections, let any propound them, and let others anfwer them as 
 " they think good : If it hath no reference to our Petition, what doth it 
 " here ^ I am fure all others will fay it hath reference , and fo mufl we : how 
 " far it doth exceed all examples of former times , no man caniheiv me the 
 " like : I have made that feaixh that fully fatisfies me , and I finde not ano- 
 " therbefides28of £//i:i. We have a great many Petitions , and Bills of 
 « Parliament in all ages , in all which we are fure no fuch thing is added : 
 "That Claufeof the 28of if^tp, i.itvvasnot in the Petition, but in the 
 « Kings Anfwer. 
 
 " In Ma^m Charta there were no fuch Claufes , the Articles themfelves 
 " are to be feen in a Library at Lamheth , in a Book of that time , upon 
 " which the Law was made. There w^s none in the Articles in King ^ohfis 
 " time , for thefe I have feen, there is no Saving. In the Statutes of Con- 
 " frmatio chart arum, is a Saving les amciertts Aids, that is, tor file marjer, (^ 
 " fur f aire fitz chivalier , and for ranfom : and in the Articles of King ^ohi, 
 " in the Original Charter , which I can fhew , there thofe three Aids were 
 " named therein , and they were all known: In the2 5. of jE^n?. 3. there is 
 " a Petition againft Loans , there is no Saving , and fo in others : As for 
 " that Addition in the 2 8. of Edrv. i . do but obferve the Petitions after Mag- 
 *' r/a charta, as 5 Edw.^. they put up a Petition, whereas in Magfiachar- 
 " ta it is contained , That none be imprifoned, but by due procefs of Law •, 
 " thofe words are not in j»/4g-«4 C/'^r^rf , and yet there is no Saving •, and fo 
 " in the 28. of FJrv. 3. & s^. & 37. & 42. of Edrv. 3. all which pafs by 
 " Petition, and yet there is no Saving in them : And there are in them other 
 <* words then are in Magna charta, and yet no Saving. 
 
 " For that that Mr. Speaker faid , The King was oui" heart, aud ever fliall 
 " be , but we then fpeak of the Kings Prerogative by it felf , and we are 
 '' bound to fay fo : But fpeaking of our Rights, fliall we fay we are not to 
 " be imprifoned , Saving by the Kings Soveraign Power < Say my Lands 
 " (without any Title) be feikd in the Kings hand, and I bring a Petition of 
 *' Right , and I go to the King and (iiy, I do by no means feek your Maje- 
 " fties Right and Title •, and after that I bring a Petition or Monfirance de 
 '' droit , fetting forth my own Right and Title , and withal fet down a Sa- 
 '' ving, that I leave intire his Majefties Right, it would be impropei. It 
 *' was objedled, That in the 28. oiEdrv. i . in the end of Articuli fuper char- 
 '' tas, which was a confirmation of Magna Charta , and Charta de forcfia , in 
 '' the end there is a Claufe , Sa-vant le droit ^ Segniory , the words are ex- j 
 '' tant in that Roll that is now extant, but the original Roll is not extant. 
 
 " In the 25th £.3. there was a confirmation of the Charterin ijE,^. 
 " The Parliament was called,and much ftir there was about the Charter, and 
 " renewing the Articles,but then little was done. In 28 E.i. the Commons 
 " by Petition or Bill did obtain the Liberties and Articles at the end of the 
 " Parliament, they were extracted out of the Roll, and Proclaimed abroad •, 
 " the addition was added in theProclamation:in the Bill there was no fa'vant, 
 '' but afterwards it was put in : And to prove this, it is true, there is no Par- 
 liament 
 
 5<5p 
 
 " thing , nor do we offer to trench on his Majeflies Prerogative , we may 1 
 " not recede from this Petition, either in part, or in whole. ' ^ 
 
 Carolii 
 
 Mr, Noy, 
 
 Mr. Selden.
 
 57< 
 
 Eifiorical Colleciions, 
 
 An. 1628, 
 
 " liament Roll of that year, yet we have Hiftories of that time : In the Li- 
 " brary at Oxford there is a Journal of a Parliament of that very year, which 
 " mentions fo much-,alfo in the publique Library at Cambridge there is a Ma- 
 " nufcript that belonged to an Abby, it was ot the fame year 28 £. i. and it 
 " mentions the Parliament and the Petitions, and Arttculos quos fetierunt fic 
 " co/ifrmaverit Rex ut in fine adderet^ Sahojure Corona: re^/^,and they came 
 " by' Proclamation in London -, when the people heard thisclaufe added in 
 " the end, they fell into execration for that addition •, and the great Earls 
 " that went away fatisfied from the Parliament, hearing of this, went to the 
 " King, and after it was cleared at the next Parliament. Now there is no 
 " Parliament Roll of this^ of that time onely in one Roll in the end of £. 3. 
 " there is a Roll that recites it. 
 
 The Lords afterwards at a Conference tendred Reafons to fortifie their 
 addition : which were briefly reported ; That the Lord Keeper faid, 
 
 " "T^Hat the Lords were all agreed to defend and maintain the jufl Liber- 
 " ■*• ties of the Subjed:, and of the Crown, and that the word (Leave) 
 " was debated amongfl them •, and thereby they meant to give no new, 
 " but what was before : for the words, Soveraign Power, as he is a King, he 
 '' is a Soveraign, and muft have Power ^ and he faid the words were eafier 
 " then the Prerogative : As for the word (that) which is a relative , and 
 " referred to that Power that is for the fafety of the People 5 and this, faid 
 " he, can never grieve any man, being thus publiOied, it is not Soveraign 
 " Power in general •, but now in confutation of our Reafons, he faith, Mag- 
 '' }ia charta was not with a Saving-, but faid he. You purfue not the words 
 " in Magna Charta^ and therefore it needs an addition. 
 
 '' As for the 28 of £. 3. he faid there was a Saving, and an ill expo- 
 " fition cannot be made of this, and both Houfes have agreed it in fub- 
 '' ftance already-, the Commons did it in a Speech delivered by our Speak- 
 " tr, and that we faid we have not a thought to incroach on the Kings 
 " Soveraignty •, and why may ye not add it in your Petition i 
 
 Upon this Report Mr. Mafon readily fpake his opinion in maner fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 "TN our Petition of Right to the Kings Majefty, we mentioned the 
 ''-■■Laws and Statutes, by which it appeared, That no Tax, Loan, or the 
 " like , ought to be Levied by the King , but by common aflent in Par- 
 '•^ liament : That no Freeman ought to be imprifoned but by the Law of 
 '' the Land : That no Freeman ought to be compelled to fuffer foldiers in 
 '' his houfe. In the Petition we have exprefled the breach of thefe Laws, 
 " and defire we may not fuffer the like , all which we pray as our Rights and 
 " Liberties. 
 '' The Lords have propofed an addition to this Petition, in thefe words. 
 
 mt Ijumblp pjEfent tljts IS)ct(t(on to pour C^ajcftv, not onclp tuito a 
 tare ofotirouin liberties, but iDitljamic tegarti to lea^c (muctljat 
 
 Soveraign Power Ulljei'ClUlttj I'OUr ^ilJCft^ IjS iUttUfttQ/Ol tbC i^JjOtCCtlOllj 
 
 ^afetp anD !l)appuicf!3 of })our People* 
 
 " And whether we fliall confent unto this addition,is the fubjeil of this days 
 " difcourfe : and becaufe my Lord Keeper at the conference declared their 
 " Lorddiips had taken the words of the Petition apart, I fliall do fo too. 
 " The word (Leave) in a Petition, is of the fame nature as (Saving) in a 
 " Gi-ant or Adl of Parliament, when a man grants but part of a thing, he 
 
 faves
 
 Htjcorical ColleBions. 
 
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 F 
 
 " laves the reft •, when he petitions to be reftored but to part, he leaveth 
 "tliereft: Then in the end of our Petition the word (Leave) wilHinply, 
 " that Ibmething is to be left of that , or at leaft with a reference to what 
 '*■ we defire. 
 
 ''The word (Intire) is very confiderable, a Conqueror is bound by no 
 "Law, but hath power dare Leges ^ his Will is a Law-, and although Wd- 
 *■' liam the Conqueror, at firft, to make his way to the Crown of England 
 " the more ealie, and the poiTellion of it more fure, claimed it by Title ^ but 
 '' afterward when there were no powerful pretenders to the Crown, the title 
 " of Conqueft ( to introduce that abfolute Power of a Conqueror ) was 
 '' chiimed, and that Statute ot Magna charta, and other Statutes mentioned 
 " :u our Petition, do principally limit that Power. I hope it is as lawful for 
 '' me to cite a Jefuit, as it is for Do<itor Manwanng to fallifie him ^ Snares^ 
 " in his fiift Book de Legibm^ Cap. 17. deliveredliis opinion in thefe words : 
 " Amflitudo ^ rejlriiiiofotefiattsRegum circa eaqu£ per fe mala vet m- 
 '' ]i(Jla non funt, j'endet ex arbitriohomtnum ^- ex amhigua convent tone njel 
 " facJo inter reges cr regnum. And he further expreffeth his opinion, that 
 " the King of Spain was fo abfolute a Monarch , that he might impole Tri- 
 " bute without confent of his people, until about Two hundred years fince, 
 •' n'hen It was concluded between him and his people, that without confent 
 " oi his people by Proxies he iliould not impofe any Tribute. And Suares 
 " opinion is, That by that agreement, the Kings of Spain are bound to im- 
 " pofe no Tribute without confent. 
 
 "And this Agreement that Author calls a reftraining of that Soveraign 
 ^' Power, the Statutes then mewtioned in our Petition reftraining that ab- 
 " lolute Power of Conqueror-, it we recite thofe Statutes, and fay we leave 
 "the Soveraign Power intire, we do take away that reftraint which is the 
 " vcrtue and ftrength of thofe Statutes, andfetat liberty the claim of the 
 " Soveraign Power of a Conqueror, which is to be limited and reftrained by 
 " no Laws : This may be the danger of the word (Intire.) 
 
 "Tlienext word delivered by the Lords as obferveable, is the particle 
 "(That)becaufe itwasfaid. That all Soveraign Power is not mentioned to 
 " be left, but onely (that) with which the King is trufted for our Protection, 
 " Safety and Happinels : But I conceive this to be an exception of all Sove- 
 " raign Power •, tor all Soveraign Power in a King, is for the Protedlion, 
 " Safety and Happinefs of his People : If all Soveraign Power be excepted, 
 " you may eafily judge the confequence, all Loans and Taxes being impofed 
 " by colour of that Soveraign Power. 
 
 "The next word is (Trufted) which is very ambiguous, whether it be 
 " meant trufted by God onely as a Conqueror, or by the people alfo as 
 "King, which are to govern alfo according to Laws cxpaBo. In this 
 " point I will not prefume to adventure further, onely I like it not, byrca- 
 " ton of the doubtful Expolition it admits. I have likewife conlidered the 
 " Propofition it felf, and therein I have fallen upon the Dilemma, that this 
 '' addition Ihall be conftrued either to refer unto the Petition, or not: it it 
 "^ do refer unto the Petition, it is meerly ufelefs and unnecefl'ary , and unbe- 
 " fitting the judgement of this grave and great Aflembly to add to a Peti- 
 "tionof this weight. If it hath reference unto it, then it dtftroys not 
 "onely the virtue and ftrength of our Petition of Right, but our Rights 
 "themfelves-, for the addition being referred to each part of the Petition, 
 " mil neceffarily receive this conftru6tion : That none ought to be compel- 
 " led to make any Gift, Loan, or fuch like charge, without common conlent 
 " or Ad: of Parliament , unlefs it be by the Soveraign Power , with which 
 
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 1628. 
 
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 cc 
 
 the King is tmfted tor the Protedion , Safety and Happinefs of liis 
 People. 
 
 " That none ought to be compelled to fojourn or billet Soldiers , unlcfs 
 by the fame Soveraign Power, and fo of the reft of the Rights contained 
 in the Petition : And then the moft favorable conftruc^ion uill be , that 
 the King hath an ordinary Prerogative, and by that he cannot impofe 
 Taxes or Imprifon -, that is, he cannot inipofe Taxes at his will, to im- 
 ploy them as he pleafeth •, but that he hath an extraordinary and tran- 
 fcendent Soveraign Power for the protedion and happinefs of his people, 
 and for fuch purpofe he may impofe Taxes, or billet Soldiers, as he pleaf- 
 eth ^ and we may afTure ourfelves, that hereafter all Loans, Taxes and 
 Billeting of Soldiers, will be faid to be for the Protedion, Safety and Hap- 
 pinefs of the People: Certainly hereafter it will be conceiv^ed , that an 
 " Houfe of Parliament would not have made an unneceflary addition to this 
 "Petition of Right, and therefore it will be refolved, that the Addition 
 " hath relation to the Petition, which will have fuch operation as I have 
 *' formerly declared, and I the rather fear it, becaufe the late Loan and Bil- 
 " leting have been declared to have been by Soveraign Power lor the good 
 "ofour felves-, and if it be doubtful whether this Propofition hath refe- 
 " rence to the Petition or not , I know not who fliall judge whether Loans 
 or Imprifonments hereafter be by that Soveraign Power or not c" 
 " A Parliament, which is made a Body of feveral Writs, and may be dif- 
 folved by one Commifllon, cannot be certain to decide this queftion. 
 '' We cannot refolve that, that the Judges iliall determine the words of the 
 " Kings Letter read in this Houfe , exprefling the caufe of Commitment, 
 "may'^befuch, that the Judges have not capacity of Judicature, no Rules 
 " of Law to direct and guide their judgements in Cafes of that tranfcen- 
 "• dent nature, the Judges then and the Judgements are eafily conjeftured-., 
 '' it hath been confefled by the Kings Councel , that the Statute of Magna 
 ''cW^rfbindes the King, it bindes his Soveraign Power-, and here is an 
 '' Addition of Saving the Kings Soveraign Power : 
 '' fome Anfwer to the Reafons given by the Lords. 
 
 "Thefirftis, That it is the intention of both Houfes, to maintain the 
 "Juft Liberty of theSubjeft, and not to diminilh the juft Power of the 
 " King -, and therefore the expreflion of that intention in this Petition, 
 '* cannot prejudice us. To which I anfwer, 
 
 " Fuft, That our intention was, and is, as we then profefTed, and no man 
 " can aflign any particular in which we have done to the contrary •, neither 
 "have we any way tranfgrelTed in that kinde in this Petition: and if we 
 " make this addition to the Petition, it would give fome intimation that we 
 " have given caufe or colour of offence therein, which we deny, and \\\\\c\\ if 
 " any man conceive fo, let him aflign the particular, that we may give an- 
 " fwer thereunto. 
 
 " By our Petition we onely defire our particular Rights and Liberties to 
 *^ be confirmed to us, and therefore it is not proper tor us in it to mention 
 " Soveraign Power in general, being altogether impertinent to the nutter 
 " in the Petition. 
 
 "There is a great difference between the words ol the Addition, and 
 " the words propofed therein, forreafon, viz. between jufl Power which 
 " may be conceived to be limited by Laws, and Soveraign Power, which is 
 " fuppofcd to be tranfcendent and boundlefs. 
 
 •■' The fccond Reafon delivered by their Lordlliips was, That the King is 
 " Soveraign •, That as he is Soveraign , he hath power, and that that 
 
 Soveraisn 
 
 I fhall endeavor to give
 
 Htjlorical ColleBions. 
 
 V^ 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 "Soveraign Power is to be left: for my part, I would leave it, foasnot to 
 " mention it , but if it Ihould be exprefled to be left in this Petition , as it is 
 '* propofed , it muft admit fomething to be left in the King of what we pray, 
 '' or at leaft admit fome Sovergain Powei- in his Majefty, in thefe Priviledaes 
 '' which we claim to be our Right , which would frufirate our Petition and 
 '' defboy our Right, as I have formerly fliewed. 
 
 " The third Realbn given from this Addition was , That in the Statute 
 " of Artkiilt fuper chartas, there is aSaving of the Scigmorj of the Ciown. 
 " To which I give thefe Anfwers , That MagriA chart a uas confirmed 
 '* above thirty times , and a general Saving was in none of thefe Ad:s of 
 " Confirmation, but in this onely •, and I fee no caufe we lliould follow one 
 "ill, and not thirty good Precedents , and the rather becaufe that Savin^ 
 " produced ill effeds that are well known. 
 
 '' That Saving was by Ad of Parliament •, the conclufion of which Ad 
 '' is, that in all thoLe Cafes the King did well , and all thot'e that were at 
 " the making of that Ordinance did intend, thiat the right and Seigmory of 
 " the Crown fhould be faved : By which it appears that the faving was not 
 " in the Petition of the Commons, but added by the King •, for in the Peti- 
 " tion the Kings will is not expreffed. 
 
 *' In that Ad the King did grant and depart with to his People, divers 
 '' Rights belonging to his Prerogative , as in the firft Chapter he granted, 
 '' That the People might choofe three men which might have Power to hear 
 " and determine Complaints , made againft thofe that offended in any point 
 ''of Magna Charta^ though they were the Kings Officers, and to Fine and 
 " Ranfome them: and in the 8. 12. and 19. Chapter of that Statute, the 
 " King departed with other Prerogatives ^ and therefore there might be fome 
 '' reafon of the adding of, that Soveraign, by the Kings Councel : But in this 
 '' Petition we defire nothing of the Kings Prerogative , but pray the en- 
 " joying of our proper and undoubted Rights and Priviledges •, and there- 
 *' fore tnere is no caufe to adde any words which may imply a Saving of that 
 " which concerns not the matter in the Petition. 
 
 *' The fourth Reafon given by their Lordihips was, That by the mouth 
 " of our Speaker we have this Parliament declared, That it was far from 
 " our intention to incroach upon his Majeflies Prerogative , and that there- 
 '' fore it could not prejudice us, to mention the fame refolution in an Additi- 
 " on to this Petition. 
 
 " To which I Anfwer, That that Declaration was a general Anfu'er to a 
 " Meflage from his Majeffy to us •, by which his Majefly exprefled. That 
 "he would not have Jiis Prerogative ftraitned by any new Explanation of 
 " Magna chnrta , or the reft of the Statutes : and therefore that expreiTion 
 "of our Speakers was then proper , to make it have ret'ei-ence tothisPeti- 
 ''tion, there being nothing therein contained but particular Rights of the 
 " Subjed , and nothing at all concerning his Majefties Prerogative, 
 
 "Secondly, That Anfwer was to give his Majefty fatisfadion of all our 
 " proceedings in general , and no mancanafTign any particular, in which we 
 " have broken it •, and this Petition juftifies it felf, that in it we have not of- 
 '' fended againft the Proteftation : and I know no reafon but that this Deda- 
 " ration ftiould be added to all our Laws we fliall agree on this Parliament , as 
 " well as to this Petition. 
 
 " The laft Reafon given was, That we have varied in our Petition from 
 "the w^ords of Magna chart a •, and therefore it was well neceffary, that a Sa- 
 " ving fliould be added to the Petition. 
 
 " I Anfwer, That in the Statute 5 E.3. 25 £. 3. 28 E. 3. and other 
 
 Cccc 2 Statutes, 
 
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 574- 
 
 Hijlorical QolleUions, 
 
 An. \6z%. 
 
 Mr, Glan- 
 vilcs Speech 
 at a Com- 
 mittee of 
 both Houfes 
 concerning 
 Soveraign 
 Power, 
 
 " Statutes , with which MAgna Charta is confirmed : the words of the Sta- 
 " tute of Explanation , differ from the words of Magna Charta it felf, the 
 '' words of fome of the Statutes of Explanation being , that no man ought 
 " to be apprehended , unlefs by Indiftment, or due procefs of Law •, and 
 " the other Statutes differing from the words ot Magna Charta , in many 
 '' other particulars , and yet there is no Saving in thofe Statutes , muchlefs 
 " fhould there be any in a Petition of Right. Thefe are the Anfwers I have 
 '' conceived to theReafonsof their Lordftiips, and the Expofition I appre- 
 " hend muft be made of the propofed words , being added to our Petition, 
 " And therefore I conclude that in my opinion we may not confent to this 
 " Addition, which I fubmit to better Judgements, 
 
 The Commons afterwards appointed Mr. Clanvile, and Sir Henry Martin, 
 to manage another Conference to be had with the Lords, concerning the 
 faid matter, and to clear the Senfe of the Commons in that point: the one 
 argued the Legal, the other the Rational part , and though the matter deli- 
 vered by the length of it may feem tedious to the Reader , and fome mat- 
 ters fpoken of before repeated again -, yet if the Reader obferve the Lan- 
 guage and Stile , as well as the fubjeft Matter, perhaps it will be no pe- 
 nance unto him. 
 
 Mr. Glanviles Speech in a full Committee of both 
 Houfes of Parliament 23. May, idzS. in the 
 Tainted Chamber at Weflminfter. 
 
 " ly yf" Y Lords, I have in charge from the Commons Houfe of Parliament, 
 " J_\/J[ (whereof I am a Member) to exprefs this day before your Lordfhips 
 " lome part of their clear fenfe , touching one point that hath occurred in the 
 '' great Debate, which hath fo long depended in both Houfes, 
 
 '' I (hall not need many words to induce or ftate the queflion, which I am 
 '' to handle in this free Conference. The fubjeft matterofoui meeting is 
 " well known to your Lordfliips, I will therefore onely look fo far back upon 
 ''it, andfo farrecoUedl fummarilythe proceedings it hath had, as may be 
 '•' requifite to prefent clearly to your Lordfliips confiderations , the nature 
 '•^ and confequence of that particular wherein I mufl infifl. 
 
 " Your Lords may be pleafed to remember , how that the Commons in 
 " this Parliament have framed a Petition to be prefentcd to his Majefly , a 
 " Petition of Right rightly compofed, relating nothing but truth , defiring 
 " nothing but Juftice , a Petition juflly occalioned , a Petition neceffary 
 '< and fit for thefe times , a Petition founded upon folid and fubftantial 
 " grounds , the Laws and Statutes of this Realm , fure Rocks to build up- 
 ''on-, a Petition bounded within due limits, and direded upon right ends, 
 '' to vindicate fome lawful and jufl Liberties of the free Subje(as of this King- 
 '^'dom , from the prejudice of violations pafl, and to fecure them from fu- 
 '' ture innovations. 
 
 " And becaufe my following difcourfe muft reflect chiefly, if not wholly, 
 '' upon the matter of this Petition : 1 fhall here crave leave fhortly to open 
 "to your Lordfhips the diftind parts whereof it doth confift , and thofe 
 " are four. 
 
 " The firft concerns Levies of Moneys , by way of Loans or other^vife, 
 
 for his Majefties fupply. Declaring that no man ought , and praying that 
 
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 ♦* no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any Gift, Loan, Bene- 
 " volence. Tax, or fuch like Chaige, without common confent by Ad of 
 " Parliament. 
 
 " 5. The fecond is concerning that Liberty of Perfon, which rightful- 
 "ly belongs to the Free Subjeds of this Realm, exprelfmg it to be againft 
 "the tenure of the Laws and Statutes of the Land , that any Freeman 
 I " /hould be impriibned without caufe fliewed ^ and then reciting how this 
 " Liberty amongft others hath lately been infringed, it concludeth with 
 '' a juft and necelTary defire for the better clearing and allowance of this 
 " priviledge for the future. 
 
 " 5. The third declareth the unlawfulnefe of billeting or placing Soldi- 
 " ers or Maiiners to fojoui'n in Free Subjeds lioufes ag::uiit their \vills, 
 " and prayeth remedy againft that grievance. 
 
 '' 4. The fourth and laft aimeth at redrefs touching Commiflions, to 
 '' proceed to the Tryal and Condemnation of Often:' ers, and caufing them 
 " to be executed and put to death by the Law Marlbal, in times and places, 
 '' when and u-here, if by the Laws and Statutes of the L.aid they had de- 
 '* ferved death, by the fame Laws and Statutes alfo they might, and by 
 " none other ought to be adjudged and executed. 
 
 " This Petition the careful Houfe of Commons, not willing to omit any 
 " thing pertaining to their duties, or that might advance their moderate 
 " and juft ends, did heretofore offer up unto your LoiUlliips confideration, 
 ** accompanied with an humble defire. That in your Noblenefs and juftice 
 '' you would be pleafed to joyn with them in prefenting it to his Majefty, 
 '' that fo coming from the whole Body of the Realm, the Peers and Peo- 
 " pie, to him that is the Head of both, our Gracious Soveiaign, who muft 
 '' crown the Work, or elfe all our labour is in vain ^ it might by your 
 <* Lordiliips concurrence and afllftance finde the more eafie paflage, and 
 " obtain the better anfwer. 
 
 '' Your Lordlhips, as your maner is in cafes of fo great importance, were 
 '' pleafed to debate and weigh it well, and thereupon you propounded to 
 '* us fome tew amendments (as you termed them) by way of alteration, al- 
 *' ledging that they were onely in matters of form, and not of fubftance 5 
 " and that they were intended to none other end but to fweeten the Peti- 
 " tion, and make it the more paflable with his Majefty. 
 
 " In this the Houfe of Commons cannot but obferve that fair and good 
 refped which your Lordfliips have ufed in your proceedings with them, 
 by your concluding or Voting nothing in your Houfe, until you had im- 
 " parted it unto them-, whereby our meetings about this bulinefs have been 
 '* juftly ftiled Free Conferences, either party repairing hither difingaged 
 " to hear and weigh the others Reafons , and both Houfes coming with a 
 " full intention upon due confideration of all that can be faid on either lide, 
 " to joyn at laft inrefolving and ading that which ftiall be found moft juft 
 " and neceffary for the honor and fafety of his Majefty and the whole 
 " Kingdom. 
 
 " And touching thofe propounded alterations, which were not many, 
 *< your Lordfliips cannot but remember that the Houfe ot Commons have 
 " yielded to an accommodation, or change of their Petition in two parti- 
 " culars, whereby they hope your Lordfl)ips have obferved as well as ye 
 "may, they have not been affeded unto words or phrafes^ nor over-much 
 " abounding in their own fenfe , but rather willing to comply with your 
 '' Lordfliips in all indifferent things, 
 
 " For the reft of your propofcd amendments, if we do not mif-conceive 
 your 
 
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 "youiLordihips, as we are confident we do not, your Lordfhips of your 
 " ielves liave been pleafed to relinquifli them with a new overture, for one 
 " onely Claufe to be added in the end or toot of the Petition, whereby the 
 '- work of this day is reduced to one fimple head, whether that Claule fliall 
 " be received or not ':' 
 
 " This yielding of the Commons in part unto your Lordlhips , of other 
 " points by you fomewhat infifted upon, giveth us great affurance that our 
 " ends are one, and putteth us in hope , that in conclufion we fliall 
 " concur, and proceed unanimoufly to feek the fame ends by the fame 
 " means. 
 
 *' The claufe propounded by your Lordfliips to be added to the Petition 
 *' is this. 
 
 Weijumblvpicfcnt tl)i0 petition to pour (l9ajEffi', not oneiv 
 UJitlj a care fo? p?crEr\jatton of our liof rticd, but luitl) a Due 
 rcgatntolea^eintirc tliat ©oijcraign povucr luljereujitl) pour ^rjaje- 
 ffp 10 truffcD fo? tfjc protection , ^afctp anH S)appineid of ))our 
 10eople» 
 
 '' A claufe fpecious in fliew, and fmooth in words, but in effed and con- 
 fequence moft dangerous , as I hope to make moft evident • however 
 coming from your Lordlliips, the Houfe ot Commons took it into their 
 confiderations, as became them, and apprehending upon the firft Debate, 
 that it threatned ruine to the whole Petition , they did heretofore deli- 
 ver fome Reafons to your Lordlliips, for which they then defired to be 
 fpared from admitting it. 
 
 " To thefe Reafons your Lordfliips offered fome Anfwers ac the laft 
 meeting •, which having been faithtuUy reported to our Houfe, and there 
 debated, as was requifite for a bufinefs of fuch weight and importance, I 
 muft fay truly to your Lordfliips, yet with due reverence to your opini- 
 ons, the Commons are notfatisfied with your Arguments^ and there- 
 fore they have commanded me to recoiled your Lordlliips Reafons for 
 this Claufe, and in a fair Reply to let you fee the caufes why they diffa: 
 from you in opinion. 
 
 '' But before I come to handle the particulars wherein we difTent from 
 your Lordlliips, I will in the firft place take notice yet a little further of 
 that general wherein we all concur ; which is. That we defire not (nei- 
 ther do your Lordlhips)to augment or dilate the Liberties and Priviledges 
 of theSubjeds beyond the juft and due Bounds, nor to incroach upon 
 the Limits of his Majefties Prerogative Royal •, and as in tliis your Lord- 
 fliips at the laft meeting expreiled clearly your own fenfes , fo were your 
 Lordlhips not miftaken in coUeding the concurrent fenfe and meaning of 
 the Houfe of Commons •, they often have proteited they do, and ever 
 muft proteft, that thefe have been and lliall be the Bounds of their de- 
 fires, to demand and feek nothing but that which may be fit for dutiful 
 and loyal Subjeds to ask , and for a gracious and jufi King to grant-, for 
 as they claim by Lav\^ fome Liberties for themfelves, fo do they acknow- 
 ledge a Prerogative, a high and juft Prerogative belonging to the King, 
 which they intend not to diminifli. And now my Lords, bemg afTured^ 
 not by ftrained inferences, or obfcure coUedions, but by the exprefs and 
 clear Declarations of both Houfes, that our ends are the fame ^ it were 
 a miferable unhappinefs if \\q fliould fail in finding out the means to ac- 
 complilli our deli res. 
 
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 " My Lords, the Heads of thofe particular Reafons which you infixed up- 
 " on the laft day where onely thefe : 
 
 "I. Firft you told us that the word (Leave) was of fuch nature, that it 
 '' could give no new thing to his Majefty. 
 
 " 2. That no juft exception could be taken to the words (Sovcraion 
 " Power) for that as his Majefty is a King , fo he is a Soveraign ^ and as he is 
 " a Soveraign, fo he iiath Power. 
 
 ''3. That the Soveraign Power mentioned in this Claufe, is not abfolutc 
 "or indefinite, hut limited and regulated by the particle (That) and the 
 "word (Subfequent) which reftrains it to be applied onely for Proteftion , 
 ''Safety, and Happinefs of the People, whereby ye inferred , there could 
 "■ be no danger in the allowance of fuch power. 
 
 " 4. That this Claufe contained no more in fubftance , but the like ex- 
 " prelTions ot our meanings in this Petition, which we had formerly fignified 
 *' unto his Majefty by the mouth of Mr.Speaker, that we no way intended to 
 " incroach upon his Majefties Soveraign Power or Prerogative. 
 
 " 5 . That in our Petition we have ufed other words , and of larger extent 
 " touching our Liberties, then are contained in the Statutes whereon it is 
 *' grounded: In refped of which inlargement , it was fit to have fome ex- 
 "preis, or implied Saving , or Narrative, Declaratory for the Kings Sove- 
 *' raign Power, of which Narrative ye alledge this Claufe to be. 
 
 " 6. Laftly, whereas the Commons , as a main Argument againft the 
 " Claufe, had much infifted upon this, that it was unprecedented, andun- 
 "parliamentary in a Petition from the Subje(fls, to infert a Saving for the 
 '-' Crown : your Lordlliips brouglit for inftance to the contrary the two Sta- 
 *' tutesof the 25 E. i. commonly called , Confrmatio chartarum , and 28 
 " E. I . known by this name oi Artuuli [ufer chartits , in both which Statutes 
 '' there are Saving is for the Kings. 
 
 ''Having thus reduced to yourLordftiips memorie5,the effedts of your own 
 '■' reafons -, I will now with your Lordftiips favor come to the points of our 
 "■ Reply, wherein I moft humbly befeech your Lordftiips to weigh the Rea- 
 " fons which I fliall prefent , not as the fenfe of my felf , the weakeft Mem- 
 " ber of our Houfe , but as the genuine and true fenfe of the whole Houfe 
 ''of Commons, conceived in a bufinefs there debated with the greateft 
 " gravity and folemnity , with the greateft concurrence of opinions , and 
 " unanimity that ever was in any bufinefs maturely agitated in that Houfe. 
 " I Ihall not peradventure follow the Method of your Lordihips recoUefted 
 "Reafons in my anl wering to them , nor labor to urge many reafons. It 
 " is the defireot the Commons, that the weight of their Arguments lliould 
 " recompenfe (if need be) the fmalnefs of their number. And in conclu- 
 "fion, when you have heard me through, I hope your Lordfliips fliall be 
 " enabled to colled clearly out of the frame of what I fliall deliver , that 
 " in fome part or other of my difcourfe there is a full and {iitistadory an- 
 " fwer, given to every particular reafon or objeftion of your Lordfliips, 
 
 " The Reafons that are now appointed to be prefented to your Lordfliips 
 "are of two kinds, Legal and Rational, of which thefe of the former 
 " fort are allotted to my charge, and the firft of them is thus. 
 
 " Tlie Ckufe now under queftion if it be added to the Petition , then ei- 
 " ther it muft refer, or relate unto it, or elfe not •, if it have no fuch refer- 
 " ence, is it not clear that it is needlefs and fuperfluous •: and if it have fuch 
 " reference , is it not clear that then it muft needs have an operation upon 
 " the whole Petition, and upon all the parts of itC 
 
 " We cannot think- that your Lordfliips would offer us a vain thing, and 
 
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 " therefore 
 " Peticion : 
 
 taking it for sranted , that if it be added it would refer to the 
 let me befeecli your Lordfliips to obferve uith me , and with 
 " the Houfe of Commons , what alteration and qualification of the fame it 
 " will introduce. 
 
 " The Petition of it felf, fimply and without this Claufe, declareth abfo- 
 " lately the Rights and Priviledges of the Subjcft , in divers points • and 
 "amongft the reft touching the Levies of monies, byway of Loans or 
 ''otherwife for his Majefties fupply, That fuch Loans and other charges 
 ''ofthe like nature, by the Lau-s and Statutes of this Land, ought not to 
 '' be made or laid without common confent by Aft of Parliament : But 
 '' admit this Claufe to be annexed with reference (to the Petition) and it 
 '' muft neceftarily conclude and have this Expofition, That Loans and the 
 'Mike Charges (true it is ordinarily) are againft the Laws and Statutes of 
 " the Realm, imlejs they be rv.tnanted by Soveraign rower, and that they can- 
 *' not be commanded or railed without aflentof Parliament, unlejsttheby 
 " Sover/tign Power •■, what were this but to admit a Soveraign Power in the 
 '' King above the Laws and Statutes of the Kingdome ^ 
 
 " Another part of this Petition is , That the free Subjefts of this Realm 
 '' ought not to be imprifoned without caufe lliewed : But by this Claufe 
 " a Soveraign Power will be admitted , and left intire to his Majefty, fuffi- 
 "cient to control the force of Law , and to bring in this new and dangerous 
 " Interpretation, That the free Subjefts of this Realm ought not by Law 
 '' to be imprifoned without caufe ihewed , mlcfs tt be by Soveraign 
 " Power. 
 
 '' In a word, this Claufe, if it fliould be admitted , would take away the 
 '' effedl of every part of the Petition, and become deftrudive to the whole : 
 ''for thence will be the Expofition touching the Billeting of Soldiers and 
 " Mariners in free mens houfes againft their wills •, and thence will be the 
 " Expofition touching the Times and Places for execution of the Law Mar- 
 " flial, contrary to the Laws and Statutes ofthe Realm. 
 
 " The fcope of this Petition , as I have before obferved , is not to amend 
 '' our Cafe, but to reftore us to the fame ftate we were in before -, whereas, 
 " if this Claufe be received, in ftead of mending the condition of the poor 
 '' Subjeftsj whofe Liberties of late have been miferably violated by fome 
 " Minifters,we fliall leave them worfe then we found them •, in ftead ot curing 
 f' their wounds, we fliall make them deeper. We have fet bounds to our 
 "defires in this great Bufinefs, whereof one is not to diminifli thePrero- 
 '' gatlve ofthe King, by mounting too high •, and if we bound our felves on 
 " the other fide with this limit, not to abridge the lawful Priviledges of the 
 " Subjeft , by defcending beneath that which is meet , no man we hope 
 "can blame us. 
 
 " My Lords, as there is mention made in the additional claufe of Sove- 
 ^' raign Power ^ fo is there likewife of atruft repofed in his Majefty, touch- 
 " ing the ufe of Soveraign Power. 
 
 " The word Truft is of great Latitude , and large extent , and therefore 
 ''ought to be well and warily applied and reftrained, efpecially in the 
 " Cafe of a King : There is a truft infeparably repofed in the Perfons of the 
 " Kings oiE //gland, but that truft is regulated by Law •, for example, when 
 "Statutes are made toprohibite things not malamfc^ but onely walatjuia 
 " frohibita , under certain fafeitures and penalties , to accrue to the King 
 " and to the Informt?rs , that lliall fue for the breach of them : The Com- 
 '' mens mult and ever will acknowledge a Regal and Soveraign Prerogative 
 '' in the King, touching fuch Statutes, that it is in his Majefties abfolute and 
 
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 " undoubted Power, to grant Dilpenfations to particular pcrtbns, with the 
 "■ Claufes ot No/i obflante, to do as they might have done betore thofe Sta- 
 " tutes , \vhcrein his Majcfty conferring grace and flivour upon fome,doth 
 '' not do wrong to others •, but there is a difference between thote Statutes, 
 "and the Laws and Statutes whereon the Petition is grounded: by thole 
 ''Statutes the Subject hath no intereft in the penalties, which are all the 
 '' fruit fuch Statutes can produce, until by Suit or Information commenced, 
 '' he become intituled to the particular forfeitures ■, whereas the Lau-sand 
 '' Statutes mentioned in our Petition are ot another nature •, there fliall 
 "your Lordlhips finde us to rely upon the good old Statute, cal- 
 ''led Magna Charta , which declareth and confirmeth the anci- 
 " cient Common I.aws of the Liberties of England ■• There lliall 
 " your Lordiliips alfo finde us alio to infill upon divers other 
 ''molt material Statutes made in the time of King £.4^ and £.3. and 
 '*• other famous Kings, for explanation and ratification of the Lawful Rights 
 '' and Priviledges belonging to the Subjeds of this Realm, Laws not in- 
 " Aiding Penalties upon Offenders, ;«w4/w/'r<)/;/i/fif, but Laws declara- 
 " tiveor pofitive,conferring or confirming ifjofaclo, an inherent Right and 
 " Intereft of Liberty and Freedom in the Subjeds of this Realm , as 
 " their Buthrights and Inheritance defcendable to their Heirs and Pofterity^ 
 "Statutes incorporate into the Body of the Common Law, over which 
 " (with reverence be it fpoken) there is no Truft repofed in the Kings So- 
 '■^'veraign Porver or Prcrogati've Royal to enable him to difpenfe with them, 
 " or to take tiom his Subjefts that Birthright or Inheritance which they 
 '' have in their Liberties by vertue of the Common Law , and of thefc 
 " Statutes. 
 
 " But if this Claufe be added to our Petition, we fliall then make a dan- 
 '' gerous overture to confound this good deftination touching what Statutes 
 " the King is trufted to controll by dilpenfations, and what not •, and ihall 
 '' give an intimation to pofterity, as it it were the opinion both of the 
 " Lords and Commons aflembled in this Parliament, that there is a Truft 
 '' repofed in the King, to lay afide by his So'veraign Fewer in lome amer- 
 '' gent cafes, as well of the Common Law, and fuch Statutes as declare or 
 «' ratitie the Subjcds Liberty, or confer Intereft upon their perlbns , as 
 '' thofe other Penal Statutes of fuch nature as 1 have mentioned before-, 
 '-' which as we can by no means admit, fo we believe aft'uredly, that it is 
 " far from the defire of our moft Gracious Soveraign , to affed fo vaft a 
 " Truft, which being tranfmitted toaSucceflbrof adifferent temper,might 
 " enable him to alter the whole frame and fabrick of the Commonwealth, 
 " and todiifolve that Government whereby his Kingdom hath flourilhed 
 "for fo many years and ages under his Majefties moft Royal Anceftors 
 " and predeceft'ors. 
 
 " Our next Reafon is, That we hold it contrary to all courfe of Par- 
 " liament , and abfolutely repugnant to the very nature of a Petition of 
 "- Right confifting of particulars , as ours doth , to clog it with a 
 '•'• general Sailing or Declaration to the weakning of the Right de- 
 " manded •, aivd we are bold to renew with fome confidence our Allegati- 
 " on, that there can be no Precedent flie\\ed of any fuch Claufe in any fuch 
 " Petitions in times paft. 
 
 " I fhall infift the longer upon this particular, and labour the more care- 
 " fully to clear it, becaufe your Lordfliips were pleafed the laft day to urge 
 "againft us the Statutes of 25 and 2 8 of £. i. asarguments to prove the 
 " contrary , and feem?d not to be fatisfted with that which in this point we 
 
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 " had affirmed. True it is, that in thole Statutes there are fuch S 
 ''^ your LordOiips have obferved-, but I fhall offer you a dear Anfwer to 
 " them, and to all other Savings of like nature that can be found in any 
 '' Statutes vvhatfoever. 
 
 '' Firft in the general, and then I fliall apply particular Anfwers to the 
 '' particulars of thofe two Statutes, whereby it will be moft evident, that 
 '' thofe examples can no ways fute with the matter now in hand. To this 
 '' end It will be neceflary that we confider duely what that queftion is, 
 '' which indeed concernetn a Petition, and not an A<51 of Parliament: This 
 '' being well obferved , by iliewing unto your Lorddiips the difference be- 
 " tu'een a Petition for the Law , and the Law ordained upon fuch a Petiti- 
 "on, and opening truly and perfpicuoufly the courfe that was holden in 
 '' framing of Statutes before 2 //. 5. different from that which ever fince 
 '' then hath been ufed , and is ff ill in ufe amongft us , and by noting the 
 "* times wherein thefe Statutes were made , which was about one hundred 
 '' years before 2 //. 5. befides the differences between thefe Savings and this 
 <* Claufe ; I doubt not but I fliall give ample fatisfadion to your Lordfhips, 
 *' that the Commons as well in this, as in all their other Reafons, have been 
 " mofl cai'eful to rely upon nothing but that which is moft true and per- 
 <' tinent. 
 
 " Before the fecond year of King //. 5. the courfe was thus : When the 
 ** Commons were Suiters tor a Law , either the Speaker of their Houfe by 
 '' word of mouth from them, the Lords Houfe joyning with them, or by 
 '' fome Bill in wiiting, which was ufually called their Petition, moved the 
 '' King to Ordain La\\s for the redrefs of fuch mifchiefs or inconveniences 
 " as Were found grievous unto the people. 
 
 " To thefe Petitions the King made anfwer as he pleafed , fometimes 
 " to part, fometimes to the w^hole, fometimes by denial, fometimes by af- 
 " fent , fometiiTies abfolutely, and fometimes by qualification. Upon 
 " thefe Motions and Petitions , and the Kings Anfwers to them , was the 
 " Law drawn up and Ingrofled in the Statute Roll to binde the Kingdom •^ 
 " but this inconvenience was found in this courfe, that oftentimes the Sta- 
 " tutes thus framed were againft the fenfe and meaning of the Commons, 
 " at whofe defires they were Ordained •, and therefore in the 2 //. 5. find- 
 " ing that it tended to the violation of their Liberty and Freedom, whofe 
 "light it was, and ever had been, that no Law fhould be made without 
 " tlieir affent •, they then exhibited a Petition tot^he King, declaring their 
 *' right in this particular, praying that from thenceforth no Law might be 
 " made or Ingroffed as Statutes, by additions or diminutions to their Mo- 
 " tions or Petitions, that fliould change their fenfe or intent, without theii- 
 " affent -, which was accordingly eftablifhed by Ad; of Parliament •, ever 
 " fince then the ufe hath been as the Right was before, that the King ta- 
 " keth the whole, or leaveth the whole of all Bills or Petitions exhibited 
 " for the obtaining of Laws. 
 
 " From this courfe, and from the time when firft it became conftant and 
 " fetled, we conclude ftrongly that it is no good Argument , becaufe ye 
 " finde Savings in Afts of Parliament before the fecond of//. 5. that be- 
 " fore thofe Savings were in the Petitions that begat thofe Statutes ^ for 
 " if the Petitions for the two Loans fo much infifted upon (which Petiti- 
 '' ons, for any think we know, are not now extant) were never fo abfolute, 
 " yet might the King, according to the ufageof thofe times, infert the 
 "Savings in his Anfwers, which paffing from thence into the Statute Roll, 
 " do onely give fome little colour, but are not proof at all that the Peti- 
 
 " tions alfo were with Savings. 
 
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 '' Thus much for the general 5 to come now to the particular Statute of 
 "25 of £^iv. I . which was a confirmation oi Magna, chart a , with fome pro- 
 "vifion for the better execution of it, as common Law, which words are 
 "worth the noting. 
 
 *' It is tine that Statute hath alfo a Claufe to this effe^, That theKincr 
 " or his Heirs from thenceforth Hiouid take no Aids, Taxes , or Prifes of 
 '' his Subjeds, but by common aflent of all the Realm , Savmg the ancient 
 " Aids, and Prifes due and accuftomed. 
 
 " This Sai'ing if it were granted (which is not , nor cannot be proved) 
 " that it was as well in the Petition, as in the Ad •, yet can it no way imply 
 " that it is either tit or (iiie , that the Claufe now in queftion Hiould be ad- 
 "ded to our Petition: for the nature and office of a Saving, or Exception, 
 " is to exempt particulars out of a general , and to ratifie tne Rule in things 
 " not exempted , but in no fort to weaken or deftroy the general Rule it 
 " lelf. 
 
 " The body of that Law was againft all Aids and Taxes and Prifes in ge- 
 " neral , and was a confirmation of the common Law , formerly declared 
 "by Magna Charta-^ the Saving was onelyof Aids and Prifes in particular, 
 " fo well defcribed and reftrained by the words, Ancient and Accujlotncd^ that 
 '' there could be no doubt what could be the clear meaning and extent of 
 '' that exception-, for the Kings Right to thofe ancient Aids , intended by 
 "thatStatuie to be favedto him, was well known in thofe days, and is 
 '' not yet forgotten, 
 
 "Thefe Aids were three, from the Kings Tenants by Knights fervice, 
 " due by the common Law , or general Cuftom of the Realm ^ Aid to ran- 
 "fomthe Kings Royal Peribn, if unhappily he fliould betaken prifoner 
 " in the Wars -, Aid to make the Kings Eldeft Son a Knight, and Aid to 
 '' marry the Kings Eldeft Daughter once , but no more •, and that thofe 
 '' were the onely Aids intended to be faved to the Crown by that Statute, 
 " appeareth in foine clearnefs , by the Charter of King J-ohn , dated at 
 " J?«««//y^wficthe 15 of y«weinthe5-'' yearof his Reign, wherein they 
 " are enumerated with an exclufion of all other Aids whatfoever; Of this 
 "Chartei- I have here one of the Originals, whereon I befeech your Lord- 
 '' ihips to caft your eyes , and give ine leave to read the very words which 
 " concern this point. Thefe words (my Lords) are thus : Nullum (catjgtum 
 '* 'vd auxilium fonatur in Regno nofiro , mfi per commune Conftlium Regni 
 " nojlri ^ nifi adCorfmnoflrum redimendum^ (jrprimogenitumfltumnojtrum 
 •mil tern faciendum, ^adfliamnojfram prtmcgemtam jemel mantandam ^ 
 '"'' & ad hoc non fiat nifi rationabile auxilium, 
 
 "Touching Prifes, the other thing excepted by this Statute, itisalfo 
 " of a particular Right to the Crown fo well known , that it needeth no 
 *' defcription,the King being in pofleflion of it by every days ufage. 
 
 ''It is to take one Tun of Wine before theMaft, and another behinde 
 " the Mart ,of every Ship bringing in above twenty Tuns of Wine, and here 
 " difcharge them by way of Merchandife. 
 
 " But our Petition confifteth altogether of particulars , to which if any 
 " general Saving or words amounting to one fliould be annexed , it cannot 
 "work to confirm things not excepted which are none, but to confound 
 " things included, which are all the parts of the Petition •, and it muft needs 
 " beget this dangerous Expofition, that the Rights and Liberties of the Sub- 
 " jedljdeclared and demanded by this Petition,are not theirs abfolutely , but 
 "y«^ modo, not to continue always, but onely to take place when the King is 
 " pleafed not to exercife that Sever aign /'<>7Vi'/-,wherewith this Claufe admit- 
 
 
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 " ted he is trufted for the pro:ta;ion,ratety,and happinefs of his People: And 
 '' thus that Birthright and Inheritance, which we have in our Libaties, Ihall 
 " by our own aflents be turned into a meer Tenancy at will and fufferance. 
 
 "Touching the Statute of i%Edw.\. yirtiailifuper chart ai, thefcopeof 
 " tliat Statute among other things , being to provide for the better obfer- 
 " ving and maintaining of Magna chart a , hath in it neverthelefs two Sa- 
 '' vifigs for tile King •, the one particular, as I take it , to prefeive the anci- 
 '' ent Prices, due and accuftomed, as of Wines and of other goods, the other 
 <' general Seigniory of the Crown in all things. 
 
 "To thefe two S agings, h(^f\des the former Anfwers, whicli may be for the 
 '' moft part applied to tliis Statute, as well as to the former 5 laddethefe 
 " further Anfwers : The firft of thefe two Savings , is of the fame pii- 
 " fage of Wines which is excepted in the 25 Fjw.i.hut in fome more clear- 
 " nefs •, for ih.it here the word (Wines) is exprefly annexed to the word 
 " (Prices) which I take for fo much to be in Expofition of the former Law : 
 " And albeit thefe words {and of other goods) be added , yet do I take it to be 
 
 but a particular Saving , or exception , which 
 
 being 
 
 qualified with 
 
 the words {Ancient^ due and accufiomed) is not very dangerous, nor can be 
 " underftood of Prices or Levies upon Goods of all forts at the Kings will 
 " and pleafure , but onely of the old and certain Cuftoms upon Wool, 
 " Woolfels and Leather, which were due to the Crown long betore the ma- 
 " king of this Statute. 
 
 " For the latter of the two Savings in this Ad , which is of the more un- 
 " ufual nature , and fubjed to the more exception •, it is indeed general, and 
 " if we may believe the concurrent Relations of the Hiflories of thofe times, 
 " as well as thofe that aie now Printed , as thofe which remain onely in 
 " Manufcripts, it gave diflafte from the beginning, and wrought no good 
 " effed: •, but produced fuch diftempers and'troublb^ in the State , as we wifh 
 " may be buried in perpetual oblivion •, and that the like Saving m thefe and 
 " future times, may never breed the like diffurbance : For from hence arofe 
 "a Jealoufie, That Magna charta which declared the ancient Right of the 
 ^' Subjcd , and was an abfolute Law in it felf, bemg now confirmed by a lat- 
 " ter Ad with this Addition of a general Saving ^ for the Kings Right in 
 " all things by the Saving was weakned , and that made doubtful which was 
 '' clear before; But not to depart from our main ground , which is, thztSa- 
 " vings in old Ads of Parliament , before 2 //. 5.are no proof that there 
 '' were the like Savings in the Petitions •, fo[ thofe Ads let me obferve un- 
 " to your Lordlliips , and fo leave this point. That albeit this Petition, 
 " whereon this Ad of 28 F.drv.i. was grounded, be periflied -, yet hath it 
 " pleafed God that the very Frame and Context of the Ad it felf , as it is 
 " drawn up, and enrred upon the Statute Roll , and Printed in our Books, 
 " doth manifeftly impart that this Saving came in by the Kings Anfwer, and 
 '' was not in tlie Origmal Petition of the Lords and Commons -, for it Com- 
 eth in at the end of the Ad after the words {le Roy veut) which commonly 
 are the words of the Royal affent to an Ad of Parliament. And though 
 '■' they be mixed and followed with other words, as though the Kings Coun- 
 " eel and the reft who were prefent at the making of this Ordinance , did in- 
 " tend the (lime Saving •, yet is not that Conclulive , fo long as by the 
 '' form of thofe times > the Kings Anfwer working upon the materials of 
 '^ the Petition , might be conceived by fome to make the Law effedual, 
 " though varying from the frame of the Petition. 
 
 '' The next Reafon which the Commons have commanded me to ufe, 
 '' for which they ftill delire to be fpared from adding this Claufe to their 
 
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 "Petition.is thisrthis offenfiveLaw of 28£.i.which CGn^imt^MagnaCharta:^ 1 4. 
 " with a Saving, refted not long in peace, tor it gave not that latisfadlion 
 '- to the Lords or people,as was requifite they (hould have in a cafe lb near- 
 " Jy concerning them : and therefore about thirty three, or thirty four of 
 " the fame Kings Reign, a later Ad ot Parliament was made, whereby it 
 " was Enaded, That all men fl^ould have their Laws and Liberties and 
 " tree Cuftoms , as largely and wholly as they had uled to have at any 
 « time, when they had them beft -, and if any Statutes had been made, or 
 '' any Cuftoms brought in to the contrary, that all fuch Statutes and Cu- 
 '* ftoms fliould be void. 
 
 '' This was the tirft Law which I call now to minde, that reftored Mag- 
 
 "na chart a to the original purity wherein it was tirft moulded ,' albeit it 
 
 " hath been fince confirmed above twenty times more by feveral Ads of 
 
 " Parliament, in the Reigns of divers moft juft and gracious Kings, who 
 
 " were moft apprehenlive of their Riglits, and jealous of their Honors, 
 
 '' and always without Savings-^ foas if between 28 and 34 £. i. Magna 
 
 '' Charta ftood blemifhed with many Savings of the Kings Rights or Seig- 
 
 "niory, which might be conceived to be above the Law 5 that ftain and 
 
 " blemilh was long fince taken away, and cleared by thofe manyabfolute 
 
 *' Declarations and Confirmations ot that excellent Law which followed 
 
 " in after ages, and lb it ftaiideth at this day purged and exempted now 
 
 " from any fuch Saving whatfoever. 
 
 '' Ibefeech your Lordlliips therefore to obfeive the circumftance of time 
 
 " wherein we offer this Petition to be prefented to your Lordthips, and by 
 
 " us unto his Majefty:Do we offer it \\{\tnMagna Charta ftands clogged with 
 
 *' Saving I No, my Lords, but at this day when later and better confirma- 
 
 " tions nave vindicated and fet free that Law trom all exceptions •, and 
 
 " tliall we now annex aiiother and worfe Saving to it by an unneceflary 
 
 '' Claufe in that Petition , which we exped fliould have the fruits and et- 
 
 '' feds of a Law < Shall we our felves relinquilh or adulterate that which 
 
 " coft our Anceftors fuch care and labour to purchafe and refine :" No, 
 
 '' my Lords, but as we fliould hold our felves unhappy if we fliould not 
 
 " amend the wretched eftate of the poor Subjed, to let us hold it a wick- 
 
 '' ednefs to impair it. 
 
 '' Whereas it was further urged by your Lordfliips, That to infert this 
 *< Claufe into our Petition, would be no more then to do that again at your 
 "Lordfliips motion and requeft, which we had formerly done by the 
 '« mouth of our Speaker ^ and that there is no caufe why we thould recede 
 " trom that which fo folemnly we have profefled. To this lanfwer and 
 " confefs,it was then in our hearts,and fo it is now,and tliall be ever, not to 
 " incroach on his Majefties Soveraign Power. But 1 befeech your Lord- 
 " fliips to obferve the different occanon and reference of that Proteftation,- 
 « and of this Claufe. 
 
 " That was a general Anfwer to a general Meffage, which we received 
 " from iiis Majefty, warning us not to incroach upon his Prerogative^ to 
 "which, like dutiful and loving Subjeds, we anfwered at tbll, according 
 " to the integrity of our own hearts •, nor was there any danger in making 
 " fuch an Anfwer to fuch a Meflhge, nor could we anfwer more truly or 
 " more properly : But did that Anfwer extend to acknowledge a Soveratgn 
 " Pm;r in the King, above the Laws and Statutes mentioned in our Petiti- 
 " on, or controU the Liberties of the Subjed therein declared and demand- 
 "ed^ No my Lords, it hath no reference to any fuch particulars •, and the 
 fame words which in fome cafes may be fit to be ufed, and were unman- 
 nerly 
 
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 " nerly to be omitted, cannot in other cafes be fpoken but with imperti- 
 " nency at the leaft, if not with danger •, I have tormerly opened my Rea- 
 ^ fons, proving the danger ot this Claufe, and am commanded to illuftrate 
 " the impercinency of adding it to the Petition by a familiar Cafe , which 
 " vyas put in our Houfe by a Learned Gentleman , and of my own Robe : 
 " The Cafe is this, Two Manors or iordihips lye adjoynin^ together, and 
 " perchance intermixed , fo as there is fome dimculty to difcern the true 
 '' bounds of either •, -as there may be touching the confines where the Li- 
 '' berty of the Subjcft , and the Prerogative ot the Crown do border each 
 " upon the other •, to the one of the Manors the King hath clear Right, 
 " and is in adual poffeflion of it-,but the other is the Subjeds : The King be- 
 '' ing milinformed that the Subjed hath intruded upon hisMajefties Manor, 
 "askethhisSubjeft whether he doth enter upon his Majefties Manor, or 
 '' pretendeth any Title to it, or any part of xx.-i The Subjed being now 
 " juftly occafioned, maketh anfwer truly to the King, that he hath not in- 
 " truded, nor will intrude upon his Majefties Manor, nor doth make any 
 '' Claim or Title to it, or any part of it. This anfwer is proper and fair ^ 
 '' nay it were unmannerly and ill done of the Subjed not lb to anfwer upon 
 " this occafion. Afterwards the King upon colour of fome double or lin- 
 "gle matter of Record, feifeth into his Highnefs hands upon a pretended 
 " Title, the Subjcfts Manor : TheSubjeft then exhibiteth his Petition of 
 " Right, or to his Majtlty, to attain reftitution of his own Manor, and 
 " therein layeth down Title to his own Manor oncly •, were it not impro- 
 " per and abfurd in this Cafe for him to tell the King that he did not in- 
 " tend to make any Claim or Title to his Majefties Manors , which is not 
 " queffioned c" Doubtlefs it were. This Cafe rightly applyed, will fit 
 " our purpofe well, and notably explain the nature of our Petition. 
 
 " Why Ihould we fpeak of leaving entire the Kings Soveraign Piirver^ 
 *' whereon we incroach not, while we onely feek to recover our ou n Li- 
 '' berties and Priviledges, which have been feifed upon by fome of the 
 " Kings Minifters < If our Petition did trench adually upon his Majefties 
 " Prerogative , would our faying that we intended it not, make the thing 
 " otherwife then the truth ^ 
 
 " My Lords, there needeth no Proteflation or Declaration to the con- 
 " trary of that which we have not done •, and to put in luch a Claufe, can- 
 " not argue lefs then a fear in us, as if we had invaded it •, which we hold 
 " facred, and are affured that we have not touched either in our words, or 
 " in our intentions. And touching your Lordfliips obfcrvation upon the 
 " word (Lfrfir) if it be not a proper word to give any new thing to the 
 " King, fure we are, it is a word as dangerous in another fenfe ^ for it may 
 "amount without all queftion, to acknowledge an old Right of Soveraign 
 " Pomr'm his Majefly, above thefe La\^'s and Statutes whereon onely our 
 " Liberties are founded •, a Dodrine which we moft humbly crave your 
 " LordHiips leaves freely to protefl againfl;. And for your Lordfhips prof- 
 '* fering that fome Sdviyt'T ihould be requifite tor prelervation ot his Maje- 
 " fties Soveraign Forcer^ in refpcd our Petition runneth in larger words then 
 "our Laws and Statutes whereon we ^voundit-, what is this but a clear 
 '' confeilion by your Lordfliips , that this Claufe was intended by you to be 
 '.' that Saving ? for other Saving then this, we finde not tendred by you : 
 ^' And if it be fuch a Savings how can it fland with your Lordfhips other 
 '< Arguments, that it ihould be of no other effed then our former expref- 
 "■fiontohis Majefty by the mouth of our Speaker c" But I will notinfift 
 "•' upon CoUedfions of this kinde^ I will onely fhew you the Reafonsof 
 
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 " the Commons, why this Petition needeth no luch Saving , albeit tlic 
 '' words ot thefe Statutes be exceeded iin the declaratory part ot ourPetiti- 
 '' on : Thofe things that are within the equity , and true meaning of a Sta- 
 ^' tute, are as good Laws as thofe which are contained in the exprefs Letter , 
 ''and therefore the Statutes of the 42 Ech. 36 //.j. Rot. Par. N. 12, and 
 '' other the Statutes made in this time of King Ediv. 3. for the Explanation 
 " of Magna charta , which hath been fo often vouched this Parliament, 
 ''though they differ in words {xom Magna charta , had no 5/tw/j- annexed 
 " to any of them, becaufe they inafted nothing more then was contained in 
 '' efted : In that good Law under the words , fer legale judianm farium 
 ^■'•[uorHm^autfer legem terrx^ which by theie latter Laws are expounded to 
 '' import , that none Ihould be put to anfwer without prefentment, or mat- 
 " ter of Record , or by due Procefs or writ Origmal, and if otherwife, it 
 '' Ihould be void and holden for eiTor. 
 
 " It hath not been yet Ihewen unto us from your Lordfhips, that we have 
 " in any of oiu" Expremons lor Applications ftrained or mifapplied any of the 
 " Laws or Statutes whereon we do iniift , and we are very confident and 
 " well aflured , that no fuch miftaking can be afligned in any point of our 
 "Petition now under queftion: iftheretore it do not exceed the truefenfe 
 " and coaftru(5tion of Magna Charta in the fubfequent Laws of Explanation 
 '' whereon it is grounded, what reafon is there to adde a Saving to this Peti- 
 " tion more then to thofe Lawscfince we defire to tranfmit the fruits of thefe 
 " our labors to pofterity, not onely for the juftification of our felves in right 
 " of our prefentand their future Liberties, butalfofor a brave expremon 
 *' and perpetual teltiiriony of that Grace and Juftice , which we afl'ure our 
 " felves we iliall receive in his Majefties fpeedy and clear Anfwer. This is 
 '' the thing we feek for , and this the thing we hoped for, and this the thin^r 
 " onely w5^1 fetle fuch an unity and confidence betwixt his Majcfty and us, 
 " and raife fuch a cheerfulnefs in the hearts of all his loving Subjeds , as will 
 '^ make us proceed unanimoufly and with all expedition to fupply him for 
 " his great occafions in fuch meafure , and in fuch way, as may make him 
 " fafe at home, and feared abroad. 
 
 Sir Henry Martin tool^up the /Argument, and proceed^ 
 ed as to the rational part thereof. 
 
 4 Carol/. 
 
 the rational 
 part of' 
 the matter 
 of the Con- 
 ic rciK^c, 
 
 '* TT is neceflaiy to ftate the queftion rightly, and to fet down the true dif- ^ sh- Henry 
 "^ ference between yourLordlliips,and us.Now indeed there is no difference ^^^^l^^^ ^ 
 '' or queftion between your Lordlhips and us , concerning this additional • 
 " Claufe in the nature and quality of a Propofition ^ Tor fo confidered, we 
 " fay it is moft true, and to be received and embraced by us , m toto ^ qtia- 
 ^^libet parte (jr qtuUhet fylLiba ^ yea, and were that the queftion, we iliould 
 " adde to the Addition , and in ftead of due regard fay we have had, have, 
 ." and ever will have a fpecial and fmgular regard , where to leave entire 
 "Soveraign Power: but this were to intimate, as if we had firft cropt it, 
 .'* and then left it ^ but our regard was to acknowledge and confefs it fincere- 
 *' ly, and to maintain it conftantly, even to the hazard of our Goods and 
 " Lives, if need be. 
 
 ■ " To which -purpofe your Lordfliips maybe pleafcd to remember that 
 " ftridl Oath every Member of our Houfe hath taken this very Seftion , in 
 " thefe words, I {A.'b.) do utterly tejbfe and declare in my con fcience. That 
 " the Kings Highness is the Siiprcr/ie or Soveraign Governor of this Realrn in all 
 
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 Hijlorical QolleBions. 
 
 '' Cdiifes, &c. ai7d to wy utmoft Power mil afsijl and defend all jim(dicft- 
 " ons^ Pni-iledges^ Preherninencies and Authorities , granted or belonging to the 
 " Kings Highnefs , or united or annexed to the Imperial Crown of this 
 " Kealw, Sec. 
 
 '' So that youi- Lordfliips need not to bonow from our Proteftations any 
 " Exhortations to us to entertain a Writing in afliftance of the Kings So- 
 " veraign Power , fince we ftand obliged by the moft facred Bond of a 
 " folemn Oath , to affift and defend the fame , if caufe and occalion fo re- 
 ^' quired : So that the onely queftion between your Lordlliips and us, is, 
 ''whether this Claufe fliould be added to our Petition , and received into it 
 " as part thereof , which to do your Lordlliips reafons have not perfwaded 
 " us , becaufe fo to admit it were to overthrow the fabrick and fubftance oi" 
 
 and to annihilate the Right pretended by us and 
 in effed: : For thefe words beino added to our Pe- 
 
 Petitionof Risiht 
 Petition it felf 
 
 " our 
 " the 
 
 '' tifion {^'iz.) we humbly prefent this Petition, (jrc. with due regard to leave 
 "entire your Soveraign Power, ^f. do include manifeflly an Exception to 
 ''our Petition, and an Exception being of the nature ot the thing where- 
 '' unto it is an Exception, Exceptio eft de regula^ muft of necefsity deftroy the 
 " Rule or Petition, fo tar as to the cafe excepted : Exceptio firmat rcgulam in 
 '' cafihia non e.vsept/s^ in cafib/ts except is deflrttit regulam : Then tins Conftru- 
 '' tlion foUoweth upon oui- Petition thus enlarged, that after we have petiti- 
 '' oned that no fteeman Ihould be compelled by imprifonment,to lend or con- 
 " tribute money to his Majefty without his afl'ent in Parliament, nor receive 
 "againft his will Soldiers into his houfe, or undergo a Commifsion of Mar- 
 " Ihal Law for Lite or Member in time of Peace, we Ihould adde. Except his 
 '' Majefty be pleafed to require our monies , and imprifon us for not lend- 
 ''ing, and fend Soldiers into ourhoufes, and execute us by Marfhal Law in 
 '' time of Peace, by vertueofhisSoveraignPower: which conftrucftion, as 
 <' it followeth necefl'arily upon this inlargement , fo it concludeth againff our 
 " right in the Premifes, and utterly fruffrateth all our Petition^ neither may 
 '' it feem {lrange,if this Claufe additional (which of it fel f in quality of a Pro- 
 " pofition we confefs) being added to oui- Petition (which alio is true) fliould 
 '' overthrow the veiy fiame and fabrick of it , feeing the Logicians take 
 " knowledge of fuch a Fallacy called by them, Fallacia a bene dii'ifis ad male 
 " conjmiBa. Horace the Poet giveth an inftance to this pui pofe,in a Painter, 
 '' who v.'hen he had painted the Head of a man according to Art, would then 
 " joyn to it the neck of a Horfe, and fo m:ff the one and the other ^ where- 
 " as each by it felf might have been a piece of right good workmanfliip. 
 
 " The fecond branch of my Lord Keepers rational part, was enfoic'd out 
 " of the laft words of this addition, by which his Lordfliip faid that they did 
 '' not leave intire all Soveraign Power, but that wherewith his Majefty is 
 " trufted for the Protedfion, Safety and Happinefs of the People •, as it his 
 '' Lordfliip would infer,that Soveiaign Power wherewith (^c. in this place to 
 " be Terminnm dimmuentem^ a Term of diminution or qualification, and in 
 " that confideration might induce us to accept it. But under his Lordfliips 
 " correftion, we cannot fo interpret it : For firft, we are aflured that there is 
 " WQ) Soveraign Power wherewith his Majefty is trufted, either by God or 
 " man, but onely that wh:ch is for the Protedlion, Safety andHappinefs of 
 " his people •, and therefore that limitation can make no impreflion upon 
 " us : but we conceive it rather in this place to have the force Termini adau- 
 " gentis^ to be a Term of important advantage, againft our Petition, a Term 
 '•' ot reftridion, and that wherefoever his Majefties Soveraign Power fliould 
 " be exercilcd upon us, in all and every the paiticulars mentioned in the Pe- 
 
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 " and taking it fro conce[fo, it 
 
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 induced to our Safety and Happinefs, c^r. 
 '' Since therefore (as the Petition is now conceived) it earrieth the form and 
 "face of aPi»5ture, which reprefenteth to the life the prefliires and grie- 
 ''vancesof the people, with the eafie remedies •, And therefore we hope 
 '' that his Majeftie carting upon it a gracious eye, will compaffionate his 
 ' ' poor Loyal Subjcifls, and afford a comfortable anfwer. 
 
 " I do humbly pray your Lordlhips not to mar or blemifli the grace and 
 '• face of this Pidture with this unneceflary addition-,and unnecefiary'l prove ;t 
 '' to be, according to that Rule , Exprefsio ejm quodtacite iiieft nihil opfraHer. 
 " And Soveraign Power, in cafes where it hath place, and ougiit to be ufcd, 
 '' is always neceffarily underftood, and though not exprtfled, yet fupplyed 
 ''by reafonable intendment, or by the opinion of all Learned men. 
 
 " And therefore, as it neither is nor can be by us expielly included, efpe- 
 " cially in this Petition, where the addition thereof would mai^e fuch a con- 
 " fufion of the whole fenfe and fubflance. 
 
 " The Kings Soveraign Power and Prerogative is always able to fave it 
 " felf, and if it were not, we muft without this addition fave it to our ut- 
 "moft powers, ifwe will fave our Oath, and fave our felves •, the true flate 
 " ot thecaufe thus {landing between your Lordlliips and us, the Houfeof 
 " Commons doth not a little marvel upon what grounds your Lordlliips aie 
 " fo earneft to urge upon them this addition to be inferted into their Peti- 
 '■' tion, they nothing doubt but that the fame proceeded out of a foUicitude 
 '' and fear which your Lordihips have, left otherwife the fimple and abfo- 
 " lute pafl'age of this Petition might be conftrued hereafter in prejudice of 
 " his Majefties Soveraign Power: And this your Lordiliips foUicitude and 
 " fear proceedeth from your love, as the Poet faith , 
 
 Mes ejlfolliciti plena timoris Amor, 
 
 But I humbly pray your Lordiliips to examine with us, the grounds of this 
 your foUicitude and fear, which grounds needs muft be laid either upon the 
 words of the Petition, or the intention of the Petitioners. - 
 " Upon the words there is no poffibility to lay them, for therein is no 
 mention made of the Soveraign l^ower ^ and were the words doubtful, 
 as thus, We pray the like things be nor done hereafter under pretext of 
 your Majefties Soveraign Power-, yet in refptd of the Protcftations pre- 
 ceding, concomitant and fubfequent to the Petition, fuch doubtful 
 words ought reafonably to be interpreted onely ot fuch Soveraign Power 
 as was not appliablc to the Cafes wherein it was exercifed^ and ot fuch So- 
 veraign Power as fliould be juftly praftifed : but there are no fuch doubt- 
 ful words, and therefore it follovveth, that your Lordlhips fear and foUici- 
 tude mufl be grounded upon the intention of the Petitioners. Now your 
 Lordiliips well know, that the Houfe of Commons is not ignorant, tliat 
 in a Sellion of Parliament, though it continue as many weeks as this 
 hath done days, yet there is nothing Prim & Pofieritis^ but all tilings are 
 held and taken as done at one time •, if fo, what a ftrange CoUcdion was 
 this, that at the fame time the Houfe of Commons fliould oblige them- 
 felvesbyafeartiil ad juration to aifift vOnd defend aU Priviledges and Pre- 
 rogatives belonging to the King , and at the fame time by a Petition (cau- 
 tioufly conveyed) endeavor or intend to divert and deprive the King of 
 fome Prerogatives beloriging to his Crown. If therefore fuch fear and Ibl- 
 licitude on neither be grounded upon the words of the Petition, nor inten- 
 tion of the Petitioners, I humbly pray your Lordfliips to lay them afide •, 
 
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 " as we do believe that the Propofition of this addition from your Lord 
 " Hiips, was not onely excufeable, but commendable, as proceeding from 
 " your love ; So now having heard our Reafons, your Lordihips would reft 
 "fatisfied, that our refufal to admit them into our Petition, proceedeth 
 " from the confcience of the integrity and uprightnefs of our own hearts, that 
 " we in all this Petition have no fuch end to abate or diminifh the Kings juft 
 "Prerogative. And fo much in reply to that Rational part whereby my 
 " Lord Keeper laboured to perfwade the entertainment of this Addition. 
 
 '' This being done, it pleafed the Houfe of Commons to inftruct and 
 " furnifli me with certain Reafons which I fhould ufe to your Lordftiips, to 
 " procure your abfolute conjunction with us in prefenting this Petition,which 
 "albeit I cannot fet forth according to their worth, and the Inftructions 
 " given me by the Houfe , yet I hope their own weight will fo prefs down 
 " into your Lordfhips confciences and judgements , that without further 
 " fcruple you will cheerfully vouchfafe to accompany this Petition wth your 
 " right noble prefence. 
 
 " A perfonti. The firfl Aigument wherewith I was commanded to move 
 " your Lordihips, was drawn Irom the confideration of the Perfons which 
 "are Petitioners, The fJoufe of Commons -, a Houfe whofe temper, mild- 
 " nefs and moderation in this Parliament hath been fuch , as we fhould be 
 ''unthankful and injurious to Almighty God, if we fliould not acknow- 
 " ledge his good hand upon us , upon our tongues , upon our hearts , pro- 
 " cured , no doubt , by our late folemn and publique Humiliation and 
 " Prayers, 
 
 " This moderation will the better appear , if in the firft place we may 
 " be remembred in what paffion and diltemper many Members of this 
 '' Houfe arrived thither , what bofoms, what pockets full of complaints 
 " and lamentable grievances the moft part brought thither, and thofe every 
 "day renewed by Letters and Packets from all parts and quarters: You 
 " know the o\dVj:ov&h,Uhi doloni)! digftui^tthi amorih oculfii} it is hard to 
 *' keep our fingers from often handling the Parts ill affefted , but yet our Mo- 
 " deration overcame our PafTion , our Difcretion overcame our Affedion. 
 
 ''• This Moderation alio will the better appear, ifin the fecond place it be 
 '^ not forgotten how our Anceftors and Predeceffors carried themfelves in 
 " Parliaments , when upon lighter provocations lefs would not ferve their 
 ' ' turns , but new fevere commifsions to hear and determine offences againft 
 "their Liberties, publique ecclefiaftical Curfes, or excommunications 
 "againft the Authors or Adlors of fuch violations , accufations, condemna- 
 '' tions , executions, banifliments. But what have we faid all this Parlia- 
 *' ment c* we onely look forward, not backward : we defire amendment here- 
 *' after , no mans puniftiment for ought done heretofore ^ nothing written 
 *' by us in blood, nay, not one word fpoken againft any mans perfon in dif- 
 ''pleafure. The condufionof our Petition is, that we maybe better in- 
 '' treated in time to come : and doth not this moderate Petition deferve your 
 <' LordOiips cheertul conjunction ex congruo cjr condrnto ? If a Worm being 
 '' trodden upon, could fpcak , a Worm would fay, tread upon me no more I 
 "pray you: higher we rife not, lower v/e cannot defcend, and thus much 
 "■ we think in modefty may well be fpoken in our own commendation, 
 " thence to move your Lordlliips to vouchfafe us your noble company in this 
 " Petition , without furcharging it with this Addition. 
 
 " A tempore. Our next Argument is drawn a tempore, from the unfeafon- 
 " ablenefs of the time. The wife Man faith. There is a time for all things 
 " under the Sun, tempmjuum , and ifin the wife mans judgement , a word 
 
 *' fpoken
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Htftoricai ColleBwns. 
 
 "fpokenin its due time be precious as Gold and Silver , then an unfeafon- 
 '' able time detradls as much from the thing, or word, done, or fpoken : 
 " We hold ( under your favors ) that the time is not feafonable now for 
 " this Addition •, it is true that of it felf Soveraign Power is a thing always 
 '' fo Sacred , that to handle it otherwife then tenderly, is a kind of Sa- 
 ''cnledge, and tofpeakof itother\vife then reverently , is a kind of blaf- 
 " pheiny •, but every vulg;ir capacity is not fo affeded , the mofl: part of 
 
 •men, nay, aimolfall men judge and efteem all things not according 
 
 to 
 
 their own intrinfick vertuc and quality, but according to their immediate 
 
 ' efftds and operations , which the fame things have upon them : Hence 
 
 'it is, that Religion it felt receiveth more or lets credit or approbation, as 
 
 'the Teachers or Proieffors are worfe or better-, yea, if Godhimfelffcnd 
 
 ''avery wet harveft or feed-time, men are apt enough to cenfureDi- 
 
 '' vine Power: The Soveraign Power hath not now, for theprefent, the 
 
 '' ancient amiable afped , in refped Id! fome late fad influences, but by Gods 
 
 '' Grace it will foon recover. 
 
 " To intermix with this Petition any mention of Soveraign Power, rehm 
 " ficfiantibiis , when angry men fay Soveraign Power hath been abufed, and 
 " themoft moderate wilb it had not been fo ufed, we hold it not feafonable, 
 '' under your Lordlhips correction. 
 
 '^ A loco. Our next Argument i| drawn a loco: we think tlte place where 
 " your Lordfl-ups would have this Addition inierted (I'lz.) in the Petition, 
 " no convenient or feafonable place ^ your Lordfhips will ealily believe, that 
 " this Petition will run through many hands , every man will be defirous to 
 '' fee and to read , what their Knights and their Burgefles have done in Par- 
 'Miament upon their complaints, wliat they have brought home for their 
 ''fiveSubfidies-, If in perufing of this PetiLon they fall upon the mention 
 " of Soveraign Power, they prefently fall to arguing and reafoning, and de(- 
 " canting, what Soveraign Power is, what is the Latitude, xvhence the Oii- 
 "ginal, and where the bounds c" with many fuch curious and captious que- 
 " ftions •, by which courfe Soveraign Power is little advanced or advantaged ; 
 '' for I have ever been of opinion , that it is then beft with Sovei-aign Power 
 ''when it IS had in tacite vemraiion , not when it is profaned bypublique 
 " hearings or examinations. 
 
 '' Our laft Argument is drawn from our Duty and Loyalty to his Majefty, in 
 " confideration v.'hereof we are fearful at this time to take this Addition into 
 " our Petition , left wefliould do his Majefty herein fome diflervice: with 
 " your Lordftiips we make the great Councel of the King and Kingdom ^ 
 ''and though your Lordfliips having the happinel's to be near his Majefty^ 
 ''know other things better , yet certainly the ftate and condition of the fe- 
 " veral parts for which we ferve , their difpofitions and inclinations, their 
 '' apprenenfions, their fears and jealoufies, are beft known unto us: and 
 " here I pray your Lordfliips to give me leave to ufe the Figure called Rciia-fj- 
 " tja, that is, to infinuate and intimate more then I mean to fpeak : Our 
 "chief and principal end in this Parliament, is to make up all Rents and 
 " Breaches between the King and his Subjefts , to draw them and knit them 
 " together , from that diftance whereof the world abroad takes too much 
 "notice, to work a perfeft union and reconciliation: how unproperly and 
 "unapt at this time this Addition will beinrefpedofthiscnd, we cannot 
 '<• but fore fee, and therefore fliun it, and do refolve, that it is neither agiee- 
 " able to the Perfons of fuch Counfellors , of whom we arc, nor anfwer- 
 " able to that Love and Duty which we owe to his Majefty, to hazard an 
 '' end of fuch unfpeakable confequenoe , upon the admittance of this Addi- 
 
 Eece 2 
 
 tion 
 
 55?i 
 
 4 Cdroli,
 
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 Hijlorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 The Lords 
 and Com- 
 mons agreed 
 louchingthe 
 Petition of 
 
 Rigrit. 
 
 tion into our Petition, whereof (as we have fhewed) the omUsion at this time 
 can by no means harm the Kings Prerogative , the exprefsion may pro- 
 duce m.initold inconveniences : and therefore fince the admittance of your 
 Lordiliips Addition into our Petition , is incoherent and incompatible with 
 the body of the fame •, fince there is no neceflary ufe of it for the faving of 
 the Kings Prerogative •, fince the moderation of our Petition deferveth 
 your Lordfliips cheerful conjundion with us -, fince this Addition is unfea- 
 fonable for the time , and inconvenient in refpeft of the place where your 
 Lordfliips would have it inferred •, and laftly may prove a differvice to his 
 Majefty : I conclude with a moft affedionate Prayer to your Lordfhips«, to 
 conclude with the Houfe of Commons , in prefenting this Petition to his 
 Sacred Majefty, as it is,vvithout this Addition. 
 
 Monday Z(5. c/^May, The Lord I\eeper made this 
 Speech at a Conference. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 ''l/Ethat are Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes of the Houfe of Com- 
 " \_ mons , I have many times this Parliament by Command from my 
 " Lords , declared the great zeal and affeftion which my Lords have to 
 " maintain and nourifli the good Concurrence and Correfpondency which 
 '' hath hitherto continued between both Houfes , that there might be a 
 " happy ifiue in this great bufinefs , for the common good of the King and 
 '' Kingdom. Now that which I have to fay this day from my Lords, is to 
 '' let you, know this fair proceeding is not a profefsion of words onely , but 
 *' re;rlly and indeed concerning the Petition which hath been long in agitati- 
 '' on , as the weight of the caufe required : fince the laft Conference my 
 "Lords have taken it into their ferious and inftant confideration , and at 
 " length are fain upon a Relblution which I am to acquaint you wdth. 
 
 '' The Lords have unanimoufly agreed with you tn ommbm , and have 
 " voted that they will joyn with you in your Petition , with the onely alte- 
 '' rations of the word {means) to be put in ftead of the word (pretext) and for 
 '' the word (Hnldivfttl) to be put out , and in place thereof to adde {not tvar- 
 '^rantahle by the Laws and Statutes of the Realm) which two alterations 
 '' your felves confented unto. 
 
 " So that concerning this bufinefs there remains nothing now, but that ye 
 '' having the Petition in your hands \vill (if ye have not already) vote it as 
 '' they have done, and fo prepare it for his Majefty, and my Lords will take 
 " order, that the King be moved for a fpeedy accefs to prefent the fame to 
 "his Majefty. 
 
 And after fome paufehefaid, "There refts one thing which my Lords 
 " have commanded me to adde , that in regard this Petition toucheth upon 
 '* certain Charges raifed by the Lords Lieutenants , and other Perfons, ma- 
 '' ny times for good ufe, for the fervice and fafety of the Kingdom , That ye 
 " take it into youi- Care and Confideration, and to provide a Law for aflef- 
 " fing of fuch Charges, as the occafion of the time Ihall require. 
 
 The Lords and Commons being thus happily accorded , the Petition , 
 with the aforefaid amendments, was read in the Houfe two feveral times to- 
 gether : Then it was Voted upon queftion , and that it fiiould be ingrolTed, 
 and read the third time , and the Houfe to fit in the afternoon till it was in- 
 grofled, and read, and ordered to be prefented to the King , to which there 
 
 was
 
 Hijlorical Co/leBiom. 
 
 ^9] 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 was not a negative Vote : And the Bill of Subfidie was alfo read the fe- 
 cond time, and committed, 
 
 Wednesday 28 Maj, the Lords and Commons had a Conference about the 
 maner ot delivery of the Petition , and Sir Edivard Cook reported , That 
 their Lordihips were agreed that no Addition or Preface be ufed to the Kin^, 
 but that the Petition be prefeired to his Majefty by command of the Lords 
 and Commons, and his Majefty be defired, that to the content of his Peo- 
 ple he would be pleafed to give his gracious Anfwer in full Parliament. 
 
 Mout this time Mr, Roufe brought in a Charge a- 
 gainjl Docior Ed. Manwaring , Mphichfortiedays 
 after was feconcied with a Declaration, 
 
 Mr, Speaker, 
 
 I Am to deliver from the Committee a Chdrge a^ainfi Mr. Manwaring, a Prea- 
 cher in Divinity % but a mm fo Criminous , that he hath turned his Ttties in- 
 to Accttfations^for the better they are-, the tvorfe is he that di (honors them. 
 
 Here is a great charge that lies tif on him, it is great m it (elf , andgreat be- 
 cau(e it hath many great charges in It -^ Serpens qui ferpentem devorat fit dra- 
 co , his charge having digejled many Charges into it , becomes a Monjlcr of 
 charges. 
 
 The main and great one /V this Plot and Praciife , to alter and fubvert the 
 Frame and Fabnck of this Ejlate and Commomvealth. 
 
 This IS the great one, and it hath others in it that gives it more light. To 
 this end, 
 
 1. He labors to infiijemto the Confciencc of hisMajefly, the ferfrvafionof a 
 power not bounding It (elf with Laws , which King James, of famous Memory, 
 calls in his Speech to the Parliament, Tyranny, yea, Tyranny accompanied with 
 Perjury, 
 
 2. He endeavors to perfivade the Confcienceof the Subjects , that they are 
 bound to obey Commands illegal,yea he damns them for not obeying them, 
 
 3. He robs the Subjecfs of the propriety of their Goods. 
 
 4. He brands them that will not lofe this propriety with mo(l [candalom 
 Speeches and odious Titles , to make them both hateful to Prince and People r, fo 
 to jet a divifion between the Head and the Members , and between the Members 
 them f elves. 
 
 5. Tothc fame end not much unlike to VauK and his fellows , he [eeks to blojp 
 tip Parliaments and Parliamentary Powers. 
 
 ''The fifth being duly viewed, will appear to be fo many Charges, and 
 " they make up all the great and main Charge , a mifchievous Plot to alter 
 ''and fubvert the frame and government of this State and Commou- 
 " wealth. 
 
 "And now though you may be fure, t\^2tMr. Manwaring leaves us no 
 " propriety in our Goods, yet he hath an abfolute propriety in this Charge, 
 '' here himfelf making up his own Charge. Here he read fcveral Paflages 
 out of his Book, and then proceeded and foid, '' You have heard his Charge 
 " made up by liis own words , and withall I doubt not but you feem to hear 
 *' the voice of that wicked one ( <duiddabitis?) what will you give me, and I 
 " will betray this State* Kingdom, and Commonwealths 
 
 " But there arc two Obfervations (I might adde a third, which is like un- 
 
 "to 
 
 4 Caroli 
 
 Mr. Roufc 
 againll Dr, 
 Ed, Manwa- 
 ring,
 
 5P4- 
 
 Eiftorical Colleciions, 
 
 An 1628 r ' to ^ threefold Cord, which cannot be eajilj broken) will draw the Charge more 
 '' violently upon him. 
 
 " The nrft is ot" the Time when this Dodrine of deftruftion was fet 
 '' forth ^ it was Preached in the heart of the Loan, and it was Printed in 
 '' the beginning of that Term which ended inaiJf»?m;/«r : So that you 
 " might guefs there might be a double Plot, by the Law and Confcience, 
 " to fet on fire the frame and eftate of this Commonwealth : And one of 
 " thefe intailed Foxes was Mr. Manwanng. 
 
 " Another note may be taken of the time, that is, the unfeafonablenefs 
 '' of it •, for this Dodti ine ot the Loan (in cafe of neceflity) was the year 
 '' after an aflcnt in Parliament to tour Subfidies and three Fifteens, which 
 " might fervc for a fuificient flopple for the Dodors mouth, to keep in his 
 " Dcdiine of NeceiTuy. 
 
 '' A fecond obfervation may be of the Means by which he feeks to de- 
 '' ftroy this Commonwealth •, his means are Divinity, yea by his Divinity 
 " he would deftroy both King and Kingdom. 
 
 "The King: to; there can be no greater mifchief to a Prince, then to 
 " put the opinion of Deity into his ears •, for if from his ears ti fhould have 
 " pafl'ed to his heart,it had been mortal: You know how Herod^eriihed. Now 
 '' this man gives a participation ot Divine Omnipotence to Kings , and 
 " though a part may feem toqualifie, yet all doth feem again to fill up 
 " that qualification, and very dangeroully, if we remember that God faith 
 "of hmifelf, J am a jealous God. 
 
 '' He goes about to deftroy the Kingdom and Commonwealth by his 
 " Divinity •, but do we finde in Scripture fuch a deftroying Divinity c" Sure- 
 " ly I fiiide there, that God is a Cod of order, andnotof confufion: and that 
 " the Son of God came to fave, and not to deflroy. By which it feems he hath 
 '' not his Divinity from God, nor from the Son of God : And that we may 
 " be fui-e he went to Hell for Divinity, he names fundry Jefuits and Fr}'- 
 " ers, with whom he confulted and traded for his Divinity. But not to be- 
 *' lye Hell it felt,the Jefuits are honefter then he : for if he had not brought 
 *' more hell unto them then he found with them, he had not found this 
 '' Divinity in them which he hath brought forth •, yea in his quotations he 
 '' hath ufed thofe iliifts and falllioods for which Boyes are to be whipt in 
 ''Schools, and yet by them he thinks to carry theCaufeof a Kingdom. 
 '' But for a conclufion, to give the true Charader of this man whom I 
 " never faw, I will iliew it you by one whom I know to be contrary to him : 
 '* Samuel we know all to be a true Prophet •, now we read of Samuel, that 
 " he wit the Law of the Kingdom in a Book , and laid it up before the Lord. 
 '* And this he did, as one ot Mr. Manrvarings own Authors affirms, that the 
 '' King may know what to command, and the People what to obey ^ But 
 •■' Mr. Manrvaring finding the Law of this Kingdom written in Books,tears it 
 '' in pieces, and that in the prefence of the Lord in a Pulpit, that the King 
 '' may not know what to command, nor the People what to obey, 
 
 '' Thus Mr. Manrvaringheing contrary to a true Prophet, muft needs be 
 " a falfe one, and the Judgement of a falfe Prophet belongs to him. 
 
 '' I have lliewed you an evil Tree, that bringeth forth evil fruit ^ and 
 '' now it refts with you to determine whether the following fentence (liall 
 " follow 5 Ctft it down, andcafi it into the fire. 
 
 ^^ Bout this time the Mayor of rZ/wcW; certified to theBurgefles fer- 
 
 ^ving for that Town m Parliament, the Examination of Le Brun a 
 
 Frenchman, Captain of the Mary of Kotchel , taken the i6 of May i6a8. 
 
 Fiz. The 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftorical Co/IeBiom, 
 
 VIZ. The Fxaminate faith, That on Sunday being the 17 of April laft 
 paft, he departed from Plimouth Harbor in company with the EnghUi Fleet 
 whereof the Earl of Denbigh is General : and on the firft day of Mdj, then 
 following , the laid Fleet arrived and came at Anchor at charUboy in the 
 Rode of Rotchcl about four of the Clock in the afternoon •, where at the foid 
 arrival they found twenty fail of the King of Fmnce his Ships , whereof fix 
 were Ships of about 300 Tuns, and the reft were fmall Ships, and forth- 
 with the faid French Ships put themfelves to fail , and went in nearer to the 
 fortifications , where they alfo anchored within two Canon ftiot of the 
 Englifli Fleet, and faith , That one of his Majefties Ships iliot off one piece 
 of Ordinance, and no more-, and that the faid French Ships, as they re- 
 turned from the Englilh Fleet, Oiot off oftentimes to them , and that the 
 fame Fleet remained there until the eighth day of the faid moneth of May, 
 in which time there was a Wherry fent from the Fleet into Rotchel , where- 
 in there were two Englifli and one Frenchman , to inquire the flate of the 
 
 B faid Town ^ and that if they were there fafe arrived , they fliould make a 
 fire upon one of the Towers of the Town to give notice thereof, which 
 accordingly they did , and alfo to make fo many fires more on the Walls of 
 the faid To\mi , as they have moneths victuals there -, but they made not 
 any anfwer thereof, ^vhence it was coUeded, that they had but a fmall quan- 
 tity of viduals , and faid, That the faid Englifh, as he hath heard , promi- 
 fed to fink the faid French Ships, when the waters did increafe •, and the 
 wind came at Weft-north-weft, it being then Neap-tides , and about two 
 days after the waters did increafe , and the winds came accordingly : and be- 
 ing then intreated to fight w ith them, yet did not, but came away without 
 fighting or relieving the Town , and faith. That on the eighth day of May 
 the faid Englifli Fleet weighed Anchor , and fet fail to depart •, and four of 
 the French great Ships weighed Anchor alfo, and came after them , and 
 ftiot divers times at the faid Fleet , and the faid Fleet fliot at them again, 
 and the faid Examinate came in company with the faid Fleet as far as Bell 
 I(le , where he departed from them on the tenth of this inftant -, and laftly 
 
 D faith. That during all the time the Englifli Fleet was there, the Town of 
 Rotchel fliot to the King of France his Ships and Fort , but chiefly upon the 
 arrival of the faid Fleet there. 
 
 This Examination being communicated to the Councel Table, it pro- 
 cured this enfuing Letter from the Privy Councel to the Duke , dated the 
 ^ooiMapl6z^. njiz, 
 
 WHereasit is his Majefties fleafure^ that the Earl of Denbigh P)all re- 
 turn back to relieve the Town of Rotchel, rvith the Fleet mder hU 
 charge: We do therefore fray your Grace, tofignife this his Majcjlics fleafure 
 unto the ^ aid Earl , and to give htm ^fecial Charge and Direction fo [oon as the 
 fold Fleet y or the greateft thereof jhall be rea^emUed and jo'^ned together -^ then 
 frefently with the firfi opportunity of rvind , taking into his Charge alfo the Ships 
 Jlaycd andprepared at Portsmouth and Vlmouth , together rvitfj fuch fire Ships 
 and other Fefjels^ as jhall be provided for this expedition , to return to Rotchel 
 rvith all pofsike diligence^ anddo hisbefl endevorto relieve thejame-. Letting 
 his Lordjhip know that order is taken for the vi£iualling of the Fleet by Petty 
 warrant , ]o long as it rematneih in Harbor , for the fpartng and lengthening of 
 the Sea vihuals •, Andifttfofall out, that the Earl of Denbigh do fet forward 
 on his voyage /w.iri^ Rotchel, before the whole Fleet f})All be joyned with him., 
 we pray your Grace to give him fuch Direction^ that he may leave order that the 
 Shtps which are behind jhall follow him with all f peed, 
 
 Monday 
 
 591 
 
 4 Caroli.
 
 5P<5 
 
 Hiftorical QolleBions, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 Monday z fune. 
 
 The KJrtg came to the Tarliament, and fpaJ^e thm 
 in brief to both Houfes, 
 
 Gentlemen , 
 "T Am come hither to perform my duty, I think no man can think it long, 
 "A fmcelhavenot taken fo many days in anfwering the Petition, as ye 
 " fpent weeks in framing it : And I am come hither to Ihew you, that as well 
 " in formal things as in effential, I defire to give you as much content as in 
 '' me lies. 
 
 Jfter this the Lord Keeper /pake asfollovpeth, 
 
 " XK Y Lords, and ye the Knights, Citizens and Burgeffes of the Houfe 
 "-*■ '^-*>of Commons, his Majefty hath commanded me to lay unto you, 
 "That he takes it in good part, that in confideration of fetling your own 
 ''Liberties, ye have generally profeffed in both Houfes, that ye have no 
 " intention for to leffen or dimimlh his Majefties Prerogative^ wherein as ye 
 " have cleared your own intentions, fo now his Majefty comes to clear his, 
 " and to fubfcribe a firm League with his People, which is ever likely to be 
 " moft conftant and perpetual, when the Conditions are equal, and known 
 '' to be fo : Thefe cannot be in a more happy eftate then when your Liber- 
 '' ties (hall be an ornament and a ftrength to his Majefties Prerogative, and 
 " his Prerogative a defence of your Liberties 5 in which his Majefty doubts 
 " not but both he and you fliall take a mutual comfort hereafter 5 and for 
 " his part he is refolved to give an example in the ufing of his power for 
 " the prefervation of your Liberties, that hereafter ye fliall have no caufe 
 " to complain. This is the fum of that which I am to fay to you from his 
 '' Majefty : And that which further remains is. That you hear read your 
 " own Petition, and his Majefties gracious Anfwer. , 
 
 A 
 
 7he Petition Exhibitedto his Majejty by the Lords Spritml mdTemford^ and 
 Commons in this prefent Parliament a^emhled, concerning divers Rights and 
 Liberties of the Subjects , with the Kings Majefties Moyal Jnfwer wereunto 
 in full Parliament. 
 
 To the Kings moft Excellent Majefly. 
 
 HaniMy aieui unto out ©o^eraign io?ti t!jc Siing, tijc tojtijx ^pi' 
 ritual anti Ccmpo?at, anu Commons in ^^arliamcnt aflcmbleo, 
 CliatiuIicrcajsiti^sDcclaretiantiCnactetiln' a Statute mancintlje 
 tunc oftljcl\Ciiino[ Ems Kdward tOefirft, connnonlp calleti, stacucum 
 
 deTallagio non conccdendo , CfjatUO 'CaHap 0? aiDC fijaUfae laiB 02 IC' 
 
 ^icn bPtljcEingcj ljisJ£)nr0intl3isi EcaUn, luitliout tlje goon m\\ 
 annaiTcntof tlje avcljluiljapGi, IMnjopjS, enil0. X^aronjJ, tuusljts, 
 'Burffcffcs, ano otijci* ti)c freemen of ti3C Commonnltp of tijtis 
 Ucnim : anO bp 3utlio?ity of ]?arliamcnt ftomen in tl)c fi\)c ant) tiucn^ 
 tietl) Pcar of tOe Reign of Emn; Edward tljc tljun , it 10 Declaret anD 
 C-iuirtcD, £Jjatfrouul)cnccfo?tf) noperfon Ilioulti he compcilco to 
 niahcanv loansjtotljc Emg agalnft Ins luill, hccaufc fuel) toanss 
 lucre aiiainfiEeafon, ann tlje jFrancljifc of tlje JLanD^ ann up otDer 
 Laai!3ovtnisRcaimitisp?o\3iocti, cljnt none fljoultHiccljargeo hy 
 
 ^W^ CijariJC O? 3mpoatIOn, CallCD a Benevolence, UO? h\> fUClj \M 
 
 . " COarge
 
 Hillorical QolleUions, 
 
 ^97 
 
 A- 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I Cljarsc , bp mijtcO tljc g>tntutc0 before mcntionco , aun otijcr tl)C 
 ' gooD Laius iinn statutes of tljisi Ecalm , poui* ^ubjcas lja\3c iuljcri= 
 ten tOisi jr rccDom, COat tljcp njoiilD not be compcllco to contribute to 
 anj? car, Callage, ain, o? otijcr liUc Cijargc^ not fct b^ common ccn= 
 fcntinl3acliamcnt» 
 
 aict nc\3crti)clcf!3, of late liibcrs Commfssions tsivcttcB to funtijv 
 Commifsiionero ntfcijcral Comities luitij infiiiictions Ijabc iffiieu, b\' 
 means luljcreof voiir l^eople Ijane been in DiUcrs places airemblcOj 
 ano rcciuireo to Icnn certain funis of £9onc)) unto I'our i^ajefti? , anb 
 mani'of tbem upontljeir refufalfoto do, ijabeljaoan ©atbamiiint- 
 ftrcD Uiitotljem, not luarrantablc bvtljc latoso? €^tatutesof tljis 
 Eealii? , annijabebeen conftramcn to become bouiibtomaUc appear- 
 ancc aiHiffibc attennaiicc befoje pourl^^bv Councel, auU in otijcr 
 places , ann otljcrs of tbcm Ijabc been tijercfo?c impiifoncD , confi 
 nen , aiiD fuiiD?v otljer iuays molefteD anD oifquietcb : aim biberS 
 otijer cbanjesijabebeenlapet) anblcbicb uponvour l^eoplciufcberal 
 Coiiiitics, bp lojDS , Lieutenants, Depiitj? Lieutenants, Com= 
 mifsionersfo? cinders, Jufticesof l^eace, anti otljcrs bv commanD 
 oi biiection from vour i^ajcffv 02 pour puvip Councel , asamft tbe 
 Laius aub free CuftomS of tljc Ecalnu 
 
 aim lUljCrC alfO bP tlje S)tatUtC calico , The great charter of theLiber* 
 
 ties of England, Jtts neclareDanD ciiacteti, Cbat no jf reeman map be 
 taken 0? imp2ifonen o?be bilfeifeo of ijis ifrceljolbs oi Liberties, 02 
 fjis free Cufloms, 0? be ©iitiamcb 0? Crtleb, 0? in anp manner beftroy- 
 CD , but bp tije laiutul luDgcmcnt of ijts Peers , 0? by tljc Law of 
 ti)e Laim, 
 
 aim 111 tljc eigbt aim tluentietlj vcar of tlje reign of £^ina; Edward tlje 
 tljtrD, ttiuas DcclarcD aim cnactcb bv autijo2it)' of [iJaiUamcnt, Cbat 
 no man of luliat Cftatc 0? conDitton tbat be be, flioulD be put out of Ijis 
 LanD 0? Cencments,no2taUen,iio? imp?ifoncD,no2 Difl)eviteD,no? put 
 to Dcatlj, luitljout being b?ougbt to anfmer bP Due p20cefs of Laiu ♦ 
 
 j^cbcrtlicicfs, agamft tbe teno? of tlje faiD ®)tatutcs, aim otbcr tfje 
 poD LauJS dt Statutes of your Kealm, to tbat eim P20btDcD,Dibers of 
 your subjects Ijabc of late been lmp?ifoiicD luitljout any caufe (Ijcidcd, 
 aim luben foj tbcir Delibcrance tbey uicre biougbt bef02e your 3ufHccs, 
 by your qjajefties (lants of Habeas corpus , tljere touimergo aimrc' 
 ceibc as tbe Court HioulD 02Dcr, aim tljeir jd^eepers commaimcD to cer^ 
 tifie tljc Caufcs of tljeir Detainer ■, no caufe was certificD , but tljat 
 tljeyiuerc DctaincDby your sgajcfties fpecial Commaim, figmficDby 
 tlje L02DS of your \^i\\s^ councel , aim yet were returncD bach to fe^ 
 beraU32tfons , luitljout being cljargcD uiitlj any tljing toiuljtclj tljey 
 mi«Ot make anfujcr acco?Ding to tljc Laio* 
 
 aim luljercas of late great companies of ©olDicrs aim ^avt= 
 ncrs , Ijabebccn DifperfcD into DiberS Counties of tbcEcalm, anD 
 tljc inliabitaiits agaiiitt tbcir mills Ijabc been compellcD to teccibe 
 tljem into tbcir boufcs , aim tbcrc to fuffcrtbcm tofojourn, againft 
 tljcLaius aim cuftoiiis of tljis l\caim , aim to tljc great gncbauce 
 aim \3e)cation of tbe people* 
 
 anD tobcreas alfo by autb02ity of i3arliamciit, in tbc 25 vear of tbc 
 reign of l\ing Edward tbetbicD , it is Declaren aim enartcD , Cbat no 
 man fliallbc fo^ejiiDgcD of life 02 limb againft tbc fo?mof tbc great 
 Cbacter, aim tljc Laui of tlje LaiiD: aim bp tbe faiD great Cbarter 
 aiiDotbettbe Lams aim ®)tatutes of tbis your Eealm , no man ougbt 
 to be aDjuDgcD to Deatb -, but by tbe Lauis eaabliflicD m tbiS your 
 Eealm , citbcr by tbe Cuftonis of tbc fame Eealm, 0^ by acts of par^ 
 liament t aim luljcrcas no offciiDcr of lubat kiime focber is cvcmptcD 
 from tbe p20cccDings to be ufcD, aim punifljmcnts to be tnflictcD bp 
 tbc Laius aim <&tatutes of tbiS pour Hcalm , j^^cbcvtbclcfs of late Di- 
 bcis Commifsions lumcr your 99ajcaics great ^eal babe iftucD 
 foitb , bP uibicb certain pcrfons babe been atoigncD aim appotntcD 
 CommifSioners luiUj isomer aim autb02ity to p20cccD uutbm tbc 
 
 jFfft ' Laim 
 
 4. Caroli. 
 
 ?. Hen.3.ij. 
 
 28,Ed.3.3.' 
 
 ^7..EJ.3.is. 
 38. Ed.3.9. 
 4i.Ed.3.}, 
 17. Ric,2,6, 
 
 ly. Ed.3.9. 
 
 ;;.Hcii.3.i;,. 
 
 ^«Ed,3. 3.
 
 598 1 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions, 
 
 ^ln.i6i%. 
 
 The Petition 
 
 The Anfwer 
 debated. 
 
 taun, accD?5in5to tljc Juftice of s^attial Lam, againft fuci) ©01= 
 Dtcr0 ann ©armcris , 02 atljcc tilVoluteperfonjs jovninc luitlj tljcm, 
 as njoiUD commit anv^urtljcr, Eobber^, fdonp, S^utmy, o?otljcc 
 ©utraec 0? JeifDcmcauo? uiljatfocijcr, anti lij) fuclj ftmmiarp courfe 
 ann ©jocr , a^s isi aguccnlilc to c^artiai Lam , ann 10 ufcB m armies 
 in time of 2XHac , to p?occcti to tljc ttval anH conocmnatiou of fuel) of= 
 fenncrsJ , ano tl)cm to caufc to be ej:ccutED aim put to Dcatlj , acco?tJ= 
 ing to tije Laiu S0artial. 
 
 l>p p2ctc]ct UJljcreof, fome of vour si^ajcaics ©ulijectss \mt been bp 
 fomeof tljefniti Commifsionei-0 put to tJcatlj, uHjcnanu uiberc, if 
 li)>tbe Laujjs aun statutes of tbcLauD tljcpljan oeferbcDHeati), bp 
 tlje fame Lauijs aim Statutes alfo tbej? ttilsOt , aiiD bp no ottjet ougbt 
 to (ia\)e bf eu anjutsgcti ann cjiecuteti, 
 
 ann aifo fuiion' svic\30U6 otfenHerd bp colour tljcreof, claiminffan 
 emnption Ijauc efcapeo tlje punifljmentg Hue to tijem bv tbe Laiug anD 
 g^ntutesof tljijEipour Ecalm, bpreafontljat Utters of pour £Dfficer0, 
 ann ci^tntfterq of Jufticc lja\)e unjuaiv rcfufcB , 0? fojbo^n to p?ocecD 
 agama futij offenners accoming to tljc fame Lame aim etatutejs , up= 
 on pretence, tbattbefaiD offenoer^mcrcpunifljable onelp bp $^artial 
 LaiD, aim bp autljo.ntpof fuel) commifsionfii m afo?c(aiti, uiljicij 
 ConnnifQion0 , anB all otber of lihe nature , arc uiljollv aim Dircctlp 
 contrarp to tlie faiD Lawis aim statutes of tOijs pout Eealin. 
 
 Cbcvlio tljerefo^e ijumblp p.jap pour moflercellent^ajeffp, t:bat 
 no man ijcreafter be compeiictJ to maUc 0? piclD anp »©ift. Loan, ai5e= 
 neijolencc, Caic, 0? fuel) liUcCbargc, luitljout common confent bp 
 Set of parliament; aimtbnt none be callen to maUe anftoer, o?taHe 
 fuel) £>arl) , oi to gibe atteuoancc , 0? be confineD , 0? otljeruiifc 
 moiefteuoj DifqutetcD concerning tlje fame, 0? fo? refufal tljereof : 
 anl«tl)ntnojfrceman, inanpfucljmaner as is before nientionen, be 
 impnfoncn 0? octainen : aim tljat pour ^ajeltp mill be pleafeb to re= 
 nio\}c tfic lam s^oiotcrs aim ^^ariners , aim tbat pour people map 
 not be fo burtbencb in time to come : aim tljat tlje fo^efaiH Commtfsi' 
 ons fo? p?occeoing bp S0artial Laiu , map be re\joUeD aim annulleD •, 
 aim tljat Dcreafter no commifsions of iibe nature map ilfue fo?t6 to 
 anp pcrfono? perfons mbatfoeber, to be etccuteuas afo?efaiu, left 
 bp colour of tbcm anp of pour i^ajeftics ^uijects be DeOropeD 02 
 put to neatl), contrarp to tbc Lams ann jf rancbife of tbe LanD. 
 
 ail tuljicb tbep nioft Ijumblv p?ap of pour mod Ciccellcnt 9i5ajeffp , 
 as tbcir Eigljts aim Liberties accoming to tlje Lams aim g'tatutes of 
 tbis laealm : aim tbat pour SJ^ajeftp moulb alfo boucbfafe to oeclare, 
 Cbattlje amariis,iioings, aimpmcccmngs to tbe p^ejubice of pouc 
 people, in anp of tlje p^cmifes, (ball not be b?amn bereaftet into 
 Confeciuence 0? ecample : aim tbat pour a3'ijcftp moulD be alfo graci^ 
 ounppleafeb , fo? tbe futtber comfort aim fafetp of pour people, to 
 Beclatepour ropalcoillaimpieafurcCbat in tbetbings afojefain 
 all pour Officers aim £i9inifters (ball ferbe pou, accommg to tbc Lams 
 aim statutes of tbi0 Realm, as tl)ep tcimcc tbc i&)ono? of pour $©aje' 
 ftp, aim tlje pmfperitp of tbiS l^ingbom- 
 
 Which Petition being read, thQZoi June 2628. The Kings Anfwer was thus 
 delivered unto it. 
 
 The King vvilleth that Right be done according to the Laws andCa- 
 ftoms of the Reahn j And that the Statutes be put in due execution , that 
 his Subjeds may have no caufe to complain of any wrong or opprefsions, 
 contrary to their juft Rights and Liberties, to the prefervation whereof, 
 he holds himfelf in Confcience as well obliged, as of his Prerogative. 
 
 On Tuefdaj J-une 3. the King's Anfwer was read in the Houfe of Com- 
 mons, and feemed too fcant, in regard of fo much expence of time and labour 
 
 as
 
 Hifcoricai Col/eBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 H 
 
 E reduced the Caufe of all our evils to Five heads ; 
 and doubling in Religion , 
 
 "o 
 
 as had been imployed in contriving the petition; Whereupon Sir ^dfi 
 Elliot flood up and made a long Speech, wherein he gave forth fo full and 
 lively reprefentation of all Grievances, both general and particular, as ii' they 
 had never before been mentioned. 
 
 Our infincerity 
 which he exemplified by the freedome 
 " and increafe ot Papifts ^ by the compofition with them in the North ^ 
 " the flightnefs of thofe payments, and the eafinefs in tlic-m-, by the hopes 
 '' prefumptions, and reports of all the Papifts generally ^ by the difpofition 
 '' of Commanders, the truft of Officers, the confidence of fecrecies of em- 
 " ployments in this Kingdom, in Ireland^ and elfewKere. 
 
 ''2. Our want of Councel, which facrificed our honour and our men fent 
 '' to the Palatinate, flopping thoCe greater fupplies appointed for that Ser- 
 '' vice, by which it might have been made defenfible ^ this gave diredtion to 
 " that late expedition to Ree, whofe wounds are yet bleeding, by means 
 '' whereoftheProteftantsof France, and their King by a neceflary confe- 
 " quence are divided, and that Countrey fo prepared againft us,that we have 
 " noticing to promife our neighbours, hardly for ourfelves, infomuchasby 
 " the iffuc and fuccefs it may rather be thought a conception of S^ain, then 
 " begotten here by us. 
 
 '' 3. The mfufficiency and unfaithfulnefs of our Generals:Witnefs firft the 
 " expedition to Ci/f5,where we arrived and found a Conqueft readyCt'iz..) the 
 " Sfmijh lliips fit for the fatisfadion of a voyage, either in point of honour, 
 '' or in point of profit : why was it negleded < why was it not atchieved, it 
 ''being granted on all hands feafibleC when the whole Army landed, why 
 " was there nothing attempted C it nothing were intended, wherefore did 
 " they land < if there were a fervice, why were they fliipt again < Witnefs 
 " fecondly that to 7?ff,where the whole adion was carried againft the judge- 
 " ment and opinion of the Officers, {vtz.) thofe that were of the Councel ^ 
 " was not the firft, was not the laft, was not all, at land in the intrenching, in 
 " the continuance there, in thealfault, in the retreat, without their ailtntc 
 " to fay nothing of leaving the Wines and the Salt which were in our pof- 
 "feffion, andofavalue, asthey fay,toanfwer much of ourexpence^ nor 
 " of that wonder whicii no Alexander or Cxfar ever did know, the enriching 
 " of an enemy by curtefies, when the Souldiei's want help, nor of the pri- 
 " vate entercourfes and parlies with the Fort, which continually were held -, 
 " what they intended, may be read in the fuccefs. 
 
 '' 3. Witnefs the laft voyage to Hotchel, which needs no obfervation, and 
 " is frelli in memory. 
 
 " 4. Head is the ignorance and corruption of our Minifters. Survey the 
 " Court,furvey the Countrey,the Church, the City,the Bar,the Bench, the 
 " Courts, the Shipping, the Land, the Seas, all will yield variety of proofs : 
 '' The Exchequer is empty, the reputation thereof ^one , the ancient Lands 
 " are fold, the Jewels pawn'd, the Plate ingagcd, the debt ftiU great, almoft 
 " all charges both extraordinary and ordinary by Projeds. 
 
 '' S.TheopprefTion of the Subjeft, it needs no demonftration, the 
 " whole Kingdom is a proof, and that oppreffion fpeaks the exhaufting of 
 '' our treafures-,what wafte of our Provifions,what confumption d our Ships, 
 " what deftruftion of our men have been 1 witnefs the voyage to Algicr^ 
 " witnefs that of Mansfield, witnefs that to Cales^ witnefs the next, witnefs 
 " that to Ree •, witnefs the laft, witnefs the Palatinate^ witnefs the Tftrks, 
 " witnefs the Dunkirk's^ witnefs all •, we were never fo much weakned, nor 
 '' had lefs hopes how to be reftorcd. 
 
 F f f f 2 Thefe 
 
 4 Carol I. 
 
 SirJo.Elli- 
 ots Spetrh 
 111 the h) ing 
 open of giic- 
 vanccs.
 
 6oo 
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. i6i8' 
 
 cc 
 
 Some agaiiift 
 the recapi- 
 tulating of 
 Gnevanccs, 
 
 Exceptions 
 to Sir )ohn 
 Elliots 
 Speech. 
 
 " TheleMr. Speaker are our dingers, thefe are they do threaten us, andi 
 thole are like that Trojan Horfe , brought in cunningly to furprize us, in 
 ''thefe do lurk the ftrongeftof our enemies ready to iflueonus, and if we 
 " do not now the more fpeedily expel them, thefe are the fign, the invitation 
 '' to others. 
 
 ''Thefe will prepare their entrance, that we fliallhave no means left of 
 '' refuse or defence ^ for if we have thefe enemies at home , how can we 
 " ftrive with thofe tliat are abroad < if we be free from thefe, no other can im- 
 " peach us : Our ancient Englifli vertue , that old Spartan valor cleared from 
 " thefe diforders , being in fmcerity of Religion once made friends with Hea- 
 '' ven, havintT maturity of Councels, fufficiency ot Generals, incorruption 
 " of officers , opulency in the King , Liberty in the People , repletion in 
 '' Treafures , reftitution of Provilions , reparation of Stiips, prefervation 
 " of Men : 
 
 " Our ancient Englifli vertue thus redified, I fay, will fecure us, and unlefs 
 " there be a fpeedy reformation in thefe , I know not what hopes or expe- 
 " Nations we may have. 
 
 *' Thefe things, Sir, I IMI defire to have taken into confideration , that 
 " as we are the great Councel of the Kingdom , and have the apprehenfion 
 " of thefe dangers, we may truly reprefent them unto the King , wherein I 
 " conceive we are bound by a treble Obligation of duty unto God, of duty 
 " to his Majefty, and of duty to our Countrey. 
 
 " And therefore I wifli it may fo fland with the Wifdomand Judgement 
 '' of the Houfe , that they may be drawn into the body of a Remonftrance^ 
 " and therein all humbly expreffed with a Prayei-unto his Majefty tor the 
 "fafetyofhimfelf, and for the fafety of the Kmgdom , andfor thefafety 
 ''of Religion: Thathewillbepleafed to give us time to make perfeft in- 
 " quifition thereof, or to take them into his awn Wifdom , and there give 
 " them fuch timely reformation, as the necelTity of the Caufe and his Juftice 
 " doth import. 
 
 " And thus, Sir, with a large affedion and loyalty to his Majefty, and with 
 " a firm duty and fervice to my Countrey, I have fuddenly , and it may be, 
 " with fome diforder expreffed the weak apprehenfion I have , wherein if I 
 " have erred, I humbly crave your pardon , and fo fubmit to the cenfure of 
 " the Houfe. 
 
 IT feemed to others not futable to the wifdom of the Houfe in that con- 
 jundure , to begin to recapitulate thofe misfortunes which were now 
 obvious to all, accounting it more difcretion not to look back, but forward : 
 and fince the King was fo near to meet him , that the happinefs expeded 
 might not be loft : and thefe were for petitioning his Majefty for a fuller 
 Anfwer. 
 
 IT was intimated by Sir Henry Martin, that this Speech of Sir ^ohn Elltot 
 was fuggelted from difaffeftion to his Majefty •, and there wanted not 
 fome who faid, it was made out of fome diftruft of his Majefties Anfwer to 
 the Petition •, but Sir 5'^fl/;w £///<)/• protefted the contrary, and that himfelt 
 and others- had a refolption to open thefe laft mentioned Grievances , to 
 fatisfie his Majefty therein , onely they ftayed for an opportunity : Which 
 averment of Sir ^ohn Elliots was attefted by Sir Thomat Wemmrth, and Sir 
 Robert Phillips, 
 
 Whilft 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F
 
 Htftorical ColleUions, 
 
 6oi 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 More exccp- 
 tious. 
 
 WWiMlSvcJ^ohn Elliot \\;{s fpeaking, an interruption was made hy\/ifCaroli 
 Sir Humphrey Map exprelling a diflike ^ but he was commanded 
 by the Commons to go on : and being afterward queftioned for a PalTa^e in 
 that Speech, ^';^^. That fome anions jcemed to be but conccptons of S^iva he 
 explained himfelf, That in refped of the affairs of Denmark^ theinga"e- 
 ment of that unfortunate accident of Ree , he conceived was a conception 
 oi Spain, rather then to have any motion from our Councel here. 
 
 IN this Debate Sir £i^)v.!r^O<?X' propounded, That an humble Remon- 
 ftrance be prefented to his Majefty , touching the dangers xnd means of 
 fafety of King and Kingdom : which Refolution was taken by the Houfe, 
 and thereupon they turned themfelves into a Grand Committee , and the 
 Committee for the Bill of Subfidies was ordered to expedite the faid Re- 
 monftrance. 
 
 tJ ^5\d[eJ!fage ivas brought from the K^ng hy the 
 Spea^r, 
 
 sir Edward 
 Cook, 
 
 THat his Majefty having upon the Petition , exhibited by both Houfes, ' a Meflige 
 given an Anfwer full of Juftice and Grace , for which we and our po- { ^J,^'^ ^^'^. 
 fterity have juft caufe to blefs his Majefty, it is now time to grow to a con- ' Houfeof '^ 
 clufion of a Seflion, and therefore his Majefty thinks fit to let you know. Commons, 
 That as he doth refolve to abide by that Anfwer, without further change ^° ^P'^ ^^^ 
 or alteration , fo he will Royally and Really perform unto you what he ^'^'^'^"'* 
 hath thereby promifed ; and further, That he refolvcs to end this Sefsion 
 upon Wednefday i\\Q ii of thisMoneth, and therefore wiflieth that the 
 Houfe \m11 lerioully attend thefe bufinefTes , which may beft bring the 
 Sefsion to a happy conclufion , without entertaining new matters, and fo 
 husband the time that his Majefty may with the more comfort bring us 
 fpeedily together again : at which time , if there be any further Grievances 
 not contained , or exprefled in the Petition , they may be more maturely 
 confidered then the time will now permit. 
 
 After the reading of this Meffage , the Houfe proceeded with a Declara- 
 tion againft Doftor ii/<t«)V4/-i»g- , which was the fame day prefented to the 
 Lords at a Confaence, betwixt the Committees of both Houfes of Parlia- 
 ment : and Mr. Pimm was appointed by the Houfe of Commons to manage 
 that Conference. 
 
 The Declaration of the Commons againfl ©r. Man- 
 waring, Clerl{e and VoBor in Divinity, 
 
 FSD? the \mn f ffcctun! p?elifntion of the apparent nifne anti neffru- 
 ttionof ttjifi Uimi;iJoni , uilncl) niuft uecelTntilv enfuc , if tlje poD 
 anU funtjnmcntal lauiss antj Cuftomjs tl)cretn cffablin^eD , fl}ouui be 
 luoucht into contempt anD i3iolateti, anD tijat fo?m of o5obevnment 
 tijcvcin' altere-t> , by uiljiclj it Ijatlj been fo long matntainen in peace anti 
 Onppincf0 , anti to tbc m\m of oiit folieiaiijn to?t) the iRmg, ann fo? 
 tbe p?efec\)ation of w Croiun anti DiGnitv : cbc Conunonci in tbisJ 
 p?cfent li)arUament affemblen , no bv tDis tljcir x^tii flieiu, ann nedarc 
 ajtainft Roger Manwanng,cierU,D?. in DiiUnit)',Cbat mberea^ bv 
 tbclaiBgi ann etatiitesiof tijisi Ecalm , tlje free eiibiectsi of England 
 
 no
 
 6oz 
 
 Eifiorical Collections, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 noimooubtempmljerittljisEujljt anu Lii3cn\>:> not to be compclleu 
 to coiitvibiitc an\) CiiVj i^LOllaijc, ^m^ 02 to maUc nnv lonns not fct 
 0? tmpofco in' common confcntj tip act of I5nvliflmcnt. anti ni^jcrS of 
 IjijJSi^iijcmcdloiiins^ulijcttgi retiring; iipontlic faiDLnius anB Cu= 
 ilomc£j, tno m all IjUtnilitP rcfufc to IcnB fuel) fumd ot £^onev05 iBttlj= 
 out autl30?itp of l^aiiumicnt, agi uictc lately t cquircD of x\)m- 
 
 if5c^evt^clcf$3 \)t tl)e laiu Roger Manwaring in contEuipt, ano contran' 
 to tijc Lau)0 of tl)i0 Kcalm, t)atl) latcij? p?cacl)Cii m !)i!S sgajcfticss 
 o?cfcncc tU3o feijetal g^etmon^:, Cijat 10 to fap, tije foutflj tinp of juiy 
 iaft one of tljc falD eermon?, anU upon tlje ^9M'^ of tljc fame ®onetlj 
 the otljer of tljc fain g^crmon^ ■, liotlj ujIjicIj S^ermon^ Ije Ijatlj fmce 
 publiajeti in p?tnt in a 13ooU intituicu Religion and Allegiance^ auti mitb a 
 U3tcb£ti anti nialittoud intention to fctjuce anti mifguitic tlje Convci' 
 encc of tl)c uuigs melt excellent iii3ajeftv, toucljuig tlje obfcr^ation of 
 tljc Laio0 anD cuftomcd of tljiS t^utpom, anH of tl)e Eiffljts anU 
 Libettied of tljc S^ubjccts, to inccnfe bis Eoval tiifplcaauc agamtt 
 bid Qjooti €^ubjcctG fo refufing, to fcantiali?ej fiib\3ert auD inipcacb tljc 
 ijooo iaiu£i auD (Sa^jctnmcntof tiji£i Ecalm, ann t}}e auUjoiitv of tlie 
 IM\) Court of parliament , to alienate ljt0 lloval Ijeart from Ijiss 
 l*)cople, anti to caufe jcalouficdjfeBttion anti tnnifion in tlje Uinstiom* 
 roe tlje fain Roger Manwanngtjotij tu tijc faio @)ermon)3 ann "BooH per= 
 fiuatie tljc iAinijsi mod ercellent ^ajeflv, 
 
 jfic(t5tljatljis>^ajcftp iginotbouniJ to hcep antj obferlic tlie goon 
 La'aJdauncu(lome{Scftlji0Eeaitn, concermna; tljc Etgbts ann 1(« 
 bcrtic0 of tlje S'libjcct'; afOKUientioncn : ann tljat ijtjj Eopal CCUU 
 anncommanninimporing;ioanss. Caress annodjcr atng upon Ijis 
 people tBitljoutcommonconfent in [Parliaments notljfofar bmnc tt)c 
 ConfcicnccQ of tbc ©ubjcctJ? of tljis tAingnoub tbat tijev cannot rcfufc 
 tijc fame imtljout peril of eternal nanmation- 
 
 ecconniv,tljat tbofc of Ijijs ®ajcftic0 losing ^ubjectis luljicl) rcfuten 
 tlje loan afo^cmcntioncn in fuel) manner:, m 12s bcfo?c rccitcn, nm 
 tbercin offenn againft tbe law of eon,aiTatnftbi0 03ajefftes supreme 
 autljojitp, ann w fo noing became guiiti' of jmpietv, Difioialtp^ ec= 
 bcllionannDifobcntcncc, ann liable to manv otbcr Cares, ann Ccn= 
 fured,U)lji£l)licintljc federal parts ofijiS'BooU notb moll faini? ann 
 malitiouiiy lav upon tbem. 
 
 Cljuniv, tljat autljo?it)) of l^atliaments is not ncccITarp fo?tl)c 
 raifing of Sins ann ^^ubfinics? tljat tbc floui p^occeninffs of fucij af' 
 femblieS arc not fit foi tljc fuppli' of tbc unjent neceiTitics of tljc 
 ^tatc,butratljecapttop?onucc fi'mn^p impeniments to tljc juft nc= 
 figns of li)2incci33 ann to giijc tljcm occafion of nifplcafurc nun niD 
 content* 
 
 ail lubicb tljc Commons are reanv to p?o^c, not onli' bv tbc itcncral 
 fcopc of tbc fame g^crmons ann '15coU,but libciutfc bj» fciicral ClaufeS, 
 affcrtionS,ann ©ententes tbercin contatnen;ann tbat Ijetbc fain Roger 
 Manwantig iip p^cacbinn; ann publinjmo: tbc €^ennons ann '15ook afo?c- 
 mcntioncn^nin molt unlaiofuilpaburc bis boiy ftmction, inftituten bp 
 0on \\\ bis Cburcb fo? tbc ffuinunj of tbc confcicnccs of all W ®cr= 
 Hants, ann cbieflv of ©oueraisn Pnnces ann Si9agi(lratcs, annfo^ 
 tbc maintenance oftbc peace ann concojn bctiuirtall men, cfpcciallv 
 betuurt tbc mng ann biS [People, ann batb tberebi' moft grieuouni' 
 affcnnen agalnft tbe Croiun ann Dignitv of biS $©ajcap, ann aijainii 
 tbc p^ofpcntp ann goon (©o^jcrnmcnt of tUiS etatc ann Common= 
 \ucaltb.ann tbc fam commons bv piotertation faHing to tijcmfcroes 
 tbc liberty of erbibitmg at aiiD time bcrcafter anv otbcr occafion 
 0? impcacbmcntagainft tljc fam Roger Manwaring, ann alfo of replying 
 to tbc aufiuers lubicb isc tbe fain Roger fl)all make unto any of tljc 
 matters contamcn m tbis pjcfent 15111 of Complaint, ann of offering 
 furtbcr pioof oftbc pjcmifcs,o? of any of tbem, as tbe Caufe ac coining 
 to tbe Courfe of ii)arliament fijall reciuirc, no p?ay tbat tbe fain Roger 
 Manwaring may bcput to anfujct to all ann e^cry tbc pjemiies, ann tljat 
 
 fiicb
 
 Hiflorical ColMHons. 
 
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 fuel) piacceninn;, etmiiinnttott, trial, nitjgcmcnt, anu ctemplatrp du^ 
 nin)mcntnui)?bctljcmiponljn0nuDe]cecutcD, assijs agreeable to laiD 
 ano31uaice- 
 
 This Declaration ingroffedin Parliament bein^ read, 
 Mr. Vym addrejjeci him felf to the Lords in this 
 manner, 
 
 " 'TpHat he fhould fpeak to this Caufe with more confidence, becaufe he 
 '' A favv nothing out of himfelf that might difcourage him ; It he confider- 
 ** ^ the matter, the Offences were of an high nature, of eafie proof-, if he 
 "con/idered their Lordfhips, who were the Judges of their own intereft, 
 " their own honour,the example of their Anceftors, the care of theii Pofte- 
 « rity, would all be Advocates with him in this Caufe on the behalf of the 
 " Commonwealth i ifheconfidered the King our Soveraign (the pretence 
 " of whofe Service and Prerogative might perchance be fought unto as a 
 " Defence and Shelter for this Delinquent) he could not but remember that 
 '« part of his Majefties Anfwer to the Petition of Right of both Houfes, 
 " that he held himfelf bound in confcience to preferve thofe Liberties which 
 " this man would perfwade him to impeach : He faid further, that he could 
 "not but remember his Majefties love to Piety andjuftice manifefted 
 ** upon all occafions •, and he knew love to be the root, and fpring of all 
 '« other pafTions and affcdbions. A man therefore hates, becaufe he fees fome- 
 " what in that which he hates contrary to that which he loves-a man there- 
 " fore is angry, becaufe he fees fomevvhat in that wherewith he is angry, that 
 " gives impediment and interruption to the accomplilliment of that which 
 " he loves. 
 
 '■'If this be fo,by the fame aft of his Apprehenfion, by which hebe- 
 " lieves his Majefties love to Piety and Juftice, he muft needs believe his 
 ''hateanddeteftation of this man, who went about to withdraw him from 
 " the exercife of both. 
 
 Then he proceeded to that which he faid was the Task enjoynedhim, 
 " to make good every Claufe of that which had been read unto themrwhich 
 '' that he might the more clearly perform, he prepounded to obferve that 
 *' order of parts unto which the faid Declaration was naturally dilTolved. 
 
 " I. of the Preamble. 
 
 " 2. The Body of the Charge. 
 
 " 5. The Conclufion or Prayer of the Commons. 
 
 " The preamble confifted altogether of recital •, firft of the Inducements 
 " upon which the Commons undertook this complaint. 
 
 " The fecond of thofe Laws and Liberties againft which the offence was 
 ''committed. 
 
 "The third ofthe violation of thofe Laws which have relation to that 
 " offence. 
 
 " From the connexion of all thofe recitals (he faid) there did refult three 
 *' Pofitions,\vliich he was to maintain as the ground-work and foundation of 
 " the whole Caufe. 
 
 " The firft, that the form of Government in any State could not be al- 
 <' tered without apparent danger of ruine to that State. 
 
 '' Tlie fecond, the I,aw o{ England^ whereby the Subjefts was exempted 
 
 ^' from 
 
 60^ 
 
 /^ Car oil. 
 
 Mr. Pyms 
 Speech at 
 the dehvcry 
 ot the charge 
 againll Dr. 
 Manwaring,
 
 6o^ 
 
 Hiflorical QolleUi'ons, 
 
 An. 162 
 
 8. 
 
 " from Taxes and Loans not granted by common confent of Parliament, was / 
 "not introduced by any Statute, or by any Charter or Sanftion of Prmces, 
 " but uas the Antient and Fundamental Law ifl'uing from tlie firft frame and 
 " conltitution of the Kingdom. 
 
 " The third, that this Liberty of the Subjeit is not onely moft conve- 
 "nient and profitable for the People, but moft honourable, moftnecefTary 
 " for the King, yea in that point of fupply for which it ums endeavored to 
 ''be broken. 
 
 " The form of Government is that which doth aduate and difpofe ever}'- 
 ''part and member of a State to the common good-, and as thofe parts 
 " give ftrength and ornament to the whole, fo they receive liom it again 
 " ftrength and protection in their feveral ftations and degrees. 
 
 " If this mutual relation and intercourfe be broken, the whole frame 
 " will quickly be difTolved, and tall in pieces, and in ftead of this concord and 
 " interchange of fupport , whileft one part feeks to uphold the old form of 
 " Government, and the other part to introduce a new, they will miferably B 
 '' confume and devour' one another. Hiftories are full of the calamities of 
 " whole States and Nations in fuch cafes. It is true, that time muft needs 
 '' bring fome alterations , and every alteration is a ftep and degree to- 
 " wai'ds a dilTolution •, thofe things onely are eternal which are conftant and 
 " uniform : Therefore it is obferved by the beft Writers npon this Subjed, 
 " that thofe Commonwealths have been moft durable and perpetual which 
 " have often reformed and recompofed themfelves according to their firft 
 " Inftitution and Ordinance •, for by this means they repair the breaches, and 
 " counterwork the ordinary and natural effed: of time. , 
 
 "Thefecondqueftionisasmanifeft, there are plain footfteps of thofe 
 " Laws in the Government of the Saxons, they were of that vigor and 
 '' force as to overlive the Conqueft, nay to give bounds and limits to the 
 "- Conqueror, whofe viftory gave him firft hope •, but the affurance and 
 " pofTelTion of the Crown he obtained by compofition, in which he bound 
 "himfelf to obferve thefe and the other antient Laws and Liberties of the 
 " Kingdom, which afterwards he likewdfe confirmed by oath at his Co- D 
 " ronation : from him the faid Obligation defcended to his Succeffots. It is 
 " true, they have been often broken, they have been often confirmed by 
 " Charters of Kings, by Adls of Parliaments •, but the Petitions of the 
 "Subjefts, upon which thofe Charters andAfts were founded, were ever 
 '' Petitions of Right , demanding their antient and due Liberties , not 
 " fuing for any new. 
 
 " To clear the third Pofition (he faid) may feem to fome men more a 
 " Paradox, Tliat thofe Liberties of the Subjed iliould be fo honorable, fo 
 " profitable for the King, and moft necelTary for the fupply of his Majefty. 
 " It hath been upon another occafion declared, that if thole Liberties were 
 " taken away, there lliould remain no more indultry, no more julHce, no 
 '•' more courage •, who will contend, who will endanger himfelf for that 
 " which is not his own 1 
 
 '' But he faid he would not infift upon any of thofe poirtts, nor yet upon 
 " other very important ; he faid, that if thofe Liberties were taken away, 
 " there would remain no means tor the Subjeds, by any ad of Bounty or 
 " Benevolence, to ingratiate themfelves to their Soveragn. 
 
 " And he defired their Lordfliips to remember ^vhat profitable Preroga- 
 '' tives the Laws had appointed for the fupport of Soveraignty -, as Ward- 
 "lliips, Treafures trove. Felons-goods, Fines, Amercements, and 
 " other ICfues of Courts, Wrecks , Efcheats, and many more too long to 
 
 "be 
 
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 D 
 
 '' be enumerated •, which tor the moft part are now by Chartcis and Grants 
 
 " of feveral Princes difperfed into the hands of private Perfons •, and that 
 
 "befidcs the antient Dcmeafnesot: the Cxowix ol EftgLind^ VVilltam the 
 
 " Conqueror did annex , for the better maintenance of his Efhue , sreat 
 
 " proportions of thofe Lands , which were confifcate from thofc Eii^lijh 
 
 '' which perfifted to withlhmd him , and of theie very few remain at this'day 
 
 " in the Kings poiTeflion: And that llnce that time the revenue of the Crow n 
 
 " iiad been fuppHed and augmented by Attainders, and other Cafualties in 
 
 ''theageot our Fathers, by the diffolution of Monafteries and Chantries, 
 
 ^' neer a third part of the whole Land being come into the Kings poflefsion : 
 
 " He remembred further that conftant and profitable Grant ot the Sub- 
 
 "je(5ls in the Ad of Tonnage and Poundage: And all thefehe laid were 
 
 " fo alienated, anticipated , overcharged with annuities and afiignmcnts, 
 
 "that no means were left for the prefsing and important occafions ot this 
 
 '' time, but the voluntary and free gift of the Subjects in Parliament. 
 
 '' The hearts of the People , and their bounty in Parliament , is the 
 '' onely conftant Treafure and Revenue of the Crown , which cannot 
 " be exhaufted, alienated , anticipated, or otherwife chai'ged and incum- 
 '' bred. 
 
 In his entrance into the fecond part he propounded thefe Steps, by which 
 he meant to proceed. 
 
 '"1. To Ihew the ftate of the Caufe , as it flood both in the Charge and 
 " in the Proof, that fo their Lordtliips might the better compare them both 
 " together. 
 
 "2. To take away the pretences of mitigations and limitations of his 
 '' Opinions , which the Dodor had provided for his own defence. 
 
 " 3 . To obiervc thole circumftances of Aggravation , which might pro- 
 '' perly be annexed to his Charge. 
 
 "4. To propound fome Precedents of former times, wherein though he 
 " could not match the offence now inqueftion (for he thought the like be- 
 " fore had never been committed) yet he ihould produce fuch as fliould fuf- 
 " ficiently declare , liow forward our Anceftors would have been in the pro- 
 " fecution, and condemning of fuch offences, if they had been then com- 
 " mitted. 
 
 " The Offence was prefcribedin a double maner , Firft, by the general 
 " fcope and intention , and by the matter and particulars of the Fad , 
 " whereby that intention was expreffed. 
 
 "In the defcription of the intention he obferved fix Points, everyone 
 '' of which was a Charader of extreme malice and wickednefs. 
 
 " I. His attempt to miiguide and feduce the Confcience of the King. 
 " 2. To incenfe his Royal Difpleafure againft his Subjeds. 
 " 3 . To fcandalize, impeach and fubvert the good Laws and Government 
 '' of the Kingdom, and Authority of Parliaments. 
 
 '' 4. To avert his Majefties minde from calling of Parliaments. 
 
 J. To alienate his royal Heart from his People. 
 " 6. To caufe Jealoufies, Sedition, and Divifion in the Kingdom, 
 " Of thefe particulars (hefaid) he would forbear to fpeak further , till he 
 " fhould come to thofe parts of the Fad , to which they were moft properly 
 ''to be applied. 
 
 '' The Materials of the Charge were contrived into three diftind Aiticlcs, 
 " the firft of thefe comprehended two Claufes. 
 
 ''I, That hisMajeflyis not bound to keep and obferve the good Laws 
 " and Cuftoms of the Realm , concerning the right and liberty of the Sub- 
 
 Gggg . ^'jed. 
 
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 4 Carcli.
 
 6o6 \ 
 
 Hiftorical Collections, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 " jed: to be exempted from all Loans, Taxes,and other Aids laid upon them, 
 " without common confent in Parliament. 
 
 "2. That his Majefties Will and Command in impofing any Charges 
 ''upon his Subjefts without fuch confent, doth fo far bind them in their 
 " Confciences, that they cannot refufe the fame without peril of eternal 
 " damnation. 
 
 " Two kinds of Proof were produced upon this Article. 
 • " The firft was from fome affertions of the Doftors , concerning the 
 " power ofKings in general, but by neceflary confequence to be applied to 
 '' the King of EngLwd. 
 
 "The next kinde of Proof was from his Cenfures, and determinations 
 '' upon the particular Cale of the late Loan, which by necefsity and parity 
 " of reafon , were likewife applicable to all Cafes of the like nature. And 
 left by frailty of memory he might miftake the words, or invert the fenfe, 
 he delired leave to refort to his Paper, wherein the places were carefully 
 extrafted out of the Book it felf. And then he read each particular Claufe 
 by it felf, poinungtothe Page for proof, which we here forbear to men- 
 tion, referring the" Reader to the Book it felf, 
 
 " Then he proceeded and faid , That from this evidence of the Fad doth 
 '' iffue a clear evidence of his wicked intention to mifguide and feduce the 
 "^Mvings Confcience , touching the obfervation of the Laws and Liberties of 
 '' the kingdom , to fcandalize and impeach the good Laws and Govern- 
 " ment of the Realm, and the Authority of Parliaments , which are two 
 " of thofe Charafters of malice which he formerly noted , and now in- 
 " forced thus : If to give the King ill Counfel, in fome one particular Adi- 
 " on, hath heretofore been heavily punilhed in this high Court; how much 
 " more hajnous muft it needs be thought by ill Counfel to pervert and fe- 
 "duce his Majefties Confcience, which is the foveraign Principle of all 
 " moral Adions , from which they are to receive warrant for their diiedion 
 " before tliey be adled , and Judgement for their reformation afterwards:" 
 '' If Scandalttm m-igmttm , Slander and Infamy caft upon great Lords and 
 '• Officers of the Kingdom , have been always moft feverely cenfured ; how 
 " much more tender ought we to be of that Slander and Infamy , which is 
 '' here caft upon the Laws and Government , from whence is derived all the 
 '' Honor and Reverence, which is due to thofe great Lords and Magiftratesc" 
 '' All men (and fo the greateft and higheft Magiftrates) are fubjed to paf- 
 " fions and partialities , whereby they may be tranfported into overhard in- 
 '' jurious Courfes : Which Coniidcrations may fometimes excufe , though 
 '' never juftifie the railing and evil fpeeches of men, who have been fo pro- 
 ''voked-, it being a true rule, Thatwhatfoever gives ftrength and inforce- 
 " ment to the temptation in any fin, doth necelTarily imply an abatement 
 " and diminution of guilt in tiiat fin. But to (lander and difgrace the Laws 
 '- and Government , is without pofsibility of any fuch excufe, it being a 
 '' fimple ad of a malignant Will , not induced nor excited by any outward 
 '' provocation: the Laws carrying an equal and conftant refped to all, ought 
 ' to be reverenced equally by all. And thus he derived the Proofs and In- 
 ' forcements, upon the tirft Article of the Charge. 
 *' The fecond Article he (liid contained three Claufes. 
 " I . That thefe refufers had offended againft the Law of God. 
 " 2. Againft the fupreme Authority. 
 
 " 5. By fo doing, were become guilty of Impiety, Difloyalty, Rebellion, 
 '' Difobedience, and lyable to many other Taxes. 
 
 "■ For proof of all thefe (lie faid) he needed no other evidence then what 
 
 " mi^lu 
 
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 D
 
 Hijtoricai iolUB'tons, 
 
 D 
 
 "might beeafily drawi fi-om thofe places which he had read already •, for 
 " what impiety can be greater, then to contemn the Law of God, and to pre 
 " let humane Laws before it < what greater di{loyalty,rebellion and difobedi 
 '* ence,then to deprefs iuprtmeAuthority,to tye the hands and chp the win^s 
 '*of Sovoraign Princes -i Yet he defired their Lordlhips patience in hearincr 
 '' fome few other places, wlierein the Stains and Tainc,which the Doftor en- 
 ''deavored ro lay upon the Refulers, might appear by the odioufnefsof 
 " their comparifons, in which he doth labor to rank them. 
 
 "The firft Compariibn is with Popilh Recufants •, yet he makes them 
 '' theworftol the two, and tor the better refemblance, gives them anew 
 '' name of Temporal Reculants. 
 
 '' For this he alledgeth the i . Sermon, Page 31,32. and part of the fifth 
 " Conllderation, by which he would perfwade them to yield to this Loan. 
 
 " Fifthly, Ir they would conliderwhat advantage this their Recufancy in 
 " Temporals, gives to the common adverfaiy , who for difobedience in 
 '' Spu ituals , have hitherto alone inherited that name : for tliat which we 
 ''our felves condemn in them for fo doing, andprofefs to hate thatReli- 
 "gion which teacheth them foto do, that is, to refufe fubjedion unto 
 '' Princes in Spirituals •, the fame, it not worle, fome of our fide now (if ours 
 *' they be) dare to pradife. 
 
 '' We muff needs be argued of Icfs Conrcience,and more Ingratitude both 
 " ro God and the King , if in Temporal things we obey not : They in Spi- 
 '' rituals deny fubjeftion , wherein they may perhaps frame unto themfelves 
 "fome reafons of probability , that their offence is not fohainous, if we 
 " in Temporals ihall be fo refradory : what colour of reafon can we pofsibly 
 '' finde to make our defence withal, without the utter fliaming of our lelves, 
 '' and laying a flain which cannot eafily be waihed out , upon that Religion 
 '' which his Majefly doth fo gracioufly maintain, and our felves profefs < 
 
 " Thefecond Comparifon is with Turks and jews, in the 2. Sermon, 
 "Page 47. What a Paradox is, dff. What a Turk will do for a Chriftian, 
 "and a Chriftian for a Turk, and a Jew for both, ^c. the fame and 
 '' much lefs Chriftian men fliould deny to a Chriftian King. 
 
 '' The third Comparifon is with Corah^ Dathm and Ahiram , Thctcdai and 
 '' ^ttdas^ which is taken out of the fecond Sermon, Page 49. where he labors 
 " to dei^ru'e thole refufers of all merit in their iufferings for this Caufe. 
 
 '' Corah^ Dothan and ^^/;vjw , v\'hom for their murmurings God fuddenly 
 '' lunk into Hell fire, migiit as well alledge their fufferings had fome refem- 
 " blance with that of the three Children , in the Babylonian Furnace •, and 
 " Thcndas and '^luUs the two Incendiaries of the people in the days oiCxjars 
 '' tribute, might as well pretend their Caule to be like the Maccabees. 
 
 " Thus he ended the fecond Article of the Charge , upon which he faid 
 '* were imprinted other two ot thefe fix Characters of malice formerly vcn- 
 ''ted: That is, a wicked intention to increafe his Majeftics difpleafure a- 
 " gainft his good Subjcds (o rctuling , and to alienate his heart from the r eft 
 "ofhisl^eople: Both which were Points fo odious , that he needled not to 
 " adde any further inforcement or illufli-ation. 
 
 '' The third Article conteined three Claufes. 
 
 '' I . That Authority ot Parliviment is not necefTary for the laifing of Aids, 
 " and Subfidies. 
 
 '' 2, That the flow proceedings of fuch AfTemblics , are not fit to fupply 
 ' the urgent necefsity of the State 
 
 That Parliaments are apt to produce fundry Impediments to the juft 
 
 and difcontent, 
 " For 
 
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 "defigns of Princes, and togive them 
 
 produce fundry Impedime 
 n occafion of diipleafure ai 
 
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 60J 
 
 4 Carolt.
 
 (5o8 
 
 hifiorical Co/leHions, 
 
 j;i. 1628. " For proof ot" all which he alledged two placts , conteining the two firft 
 '' of thofe fix Confiderations, which are propounded by the Dcdor , to in- 
 '• duce the refufers to yield to the Loan in the firft Sermon, Page 26, 27. 
 
 "Firfr, ifthey would pieafe to confider, that though luch Aflemblies as 
 "are the higheftand greatcft Reprefentations of a Kingdom, bemoftSa- 
 " aed and Honorable , and Neceflary alio to thofe ends to which they were 
 " at firft inftituted : yet know we muft that ordained they were not to this 
 ''end, to contribute any Right to Kings, whereby to challenge tributary A 
 " Aids and Sublidiary helps, but for the more equal impofing, and more eafiei 
 " exading of tliat which unto Kings doth appertain by natural and original 
 '' Law and Juftice , as their proper inheritance annexed to their Imperial 
 " Crowns from their Birth . And therefore if by a Magiftrate that is Su- 
 " preme , if upon neceisity , extreme and urgent, fuch fubfidiary helps be 
 '' required , a proportion being held refpedively to the ability of the per- 
 " fons charged , and the fum and quantity fo required furmount not too re- 
 '' markably the ufe and charge for which it was levyed , very hard would it 
 *' be for any man in the World , that fliould not accordingly fatisfie fuch 
 " demands , to defend his confcience from that heavy prejudice of refitting 
 
 eve- 
 
 the Ordinance of God, and receiving to himlelf damnation •, though 
 " ry of thofe circumftances be not obferved , which by the municipal Law 
 "is required. 
 
 ''Secondly, if they would confider the importunities that often may be 
 " urgent, and prefsing necelTaries of State , tnat cannot ftay without cer- 
 '' tain and apparent danger , for the motion and revolution of fo great and 
 " vaft a Body as fuch Aflemblies are , nor yet abide their long and paufing 
 '' deliberation wlien they are aflembled , nor ftand upon the anfwering of 
 " thofe jealous and over-wary Cautions and Objections made by fome, who 
 " wedded overmuch to the love ot epidemical and popular Errors , and bent 
 " to crofs the moft juft and lawful defigns of their wife and gratious So- 
 "veraign-, and that under the plaufible ftiews ot fingular liberty and free- 
 " dom, which if tiieir Confcience might fpeak , would appear nothing 
 '' more then the fatisfying either of private humors, pafsions, or purpofes. 
 
 " He laid he needed not draw any Arguments or Conclufions from thefe 
 " places •, the fubftance of the Charge appeared fufficiently in the words 
 '' themfelves , and to this thiid Article he fixed two other of thefe fix 
 " Charaders of malice , That it is his wicked intention to avert hisMaje- 
 '' fties minde trom calling of Parliaments , and ^ caufe Jealoufies, Sediti- 
 ''ons, andDivifions in the Kingdom : which he fliortly intorced thus. If 
 " Parliaments be taken away , Mifchiefs and Diforders muft needs abound, 
 " without any polsibility of good Laws to reform them •, Grievances will 
 '' dayly increafe without opportunity or means to redrefs them •, and what 
 " readier way can there be to diftradions betwixt the King and People , to| 
 '' tumults and diftempers in the State,then this:" 
 
 " And fo he concluded this third Ai tide of the Charge. 
 
 " The Limitations whereby the Dodor had provided to juftifie ( or at 
 " leaft to excufe) himfelt, were propounded to be three. 
 
 " I. That he did not attribute to the King any iuch abfolute Power as 
 "might be exercifed at all tunes, or upon all occafions, according to his 
 '' own pleafure, but onely upon necefsity, extreme and urgent. 
 
 " 2, That the fum required , muft be proportionable to the ability of the 
 *' party, and to the ule and occafion. ' 
 
 " 3. That he did not fay, T^^t the fubftance of the Municipal or Nati- 
 " onal Laws might be omitted or negleded, but the Circumftances onely. 
 
 "To
 
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 B 
 
 D 
 
 '' To thefe were offered three Anfvvers, the firft general, the other tu'O 
 "particular. The general Anfwer was this, that it is all one to leave the 
 '' Power abfoliite, and to leave the judgement arbitrary when to execute 
 '' that Power; tor although thefe limitations ihould be admitted, yet it is 
 '' lett to the King alone to determine, what is an urgent and preffing ne- 
 '' cefTity, what is a juft proportion both in relpeifl of the ability, and of the 
 " ufe and occalion •, and what ihall be faid to be a Circumftance, and what 
 " of the Subftance of the Law; and the Subjed is lett without remedy : the 
 "legal bounds being taken away, no private perfon lliall be allowed to 
 ''oppole his own particular opinion in any of thefe points to the Kings 
 *' Refolution •, fo that all thefe limitations, though fpecious in Ihew, are 
 '' in effedl fruitlefs and vain. 
 
 " The firft particular Anfwer applied to that limitation of urgent ne- 
 '' ceffity, was taken from the cafe ot Normandy, as it appears in the Comen- 
 " tanesofCw/wt'^crwK'iipon the cuftomary Laws ot thatDutchy: they 
 " having been opprcft with fome grievances, contrary to this Franchife, 
 '' made their complaint to Lcwi-s the tenth, which by his Charter in the 
 '' year 1 3 14. acknowledging the Right and Cultome ot the Countrey, and 
 " that they had been unjulHy grieved, did grant and provide that from 
 " thence forward they Ihould be free from all Subfidies and Exadions 
 '' tobeimpofedbyhimandhisSuccefTors, yet with thisclaufe, Si necejsitie 
 ^' grand ne k rcqttirct : which fmall exception has devoured all thefe Immu- 
 ''niaes-, for though thefe States meet every year, yet they have little or 
 " no power lett, but to agree to fuch Levies as the King will pleafe to make 
 " upon them. 
 
 '' The fecond particular Anfwer applied to the limitation and diminution 
 " of this Power, which may be pretended to be made by this word Cncimi- 
 ^^ fiance, as if he did acknowledge the King to be bound to the fubflance of 
 '•• the Law, and free oncly in regard of the manner ; whereas. if the places 
 '' be obferved, it will appear that he intends by that word, the Afjcmhly of 
 '■' ParltameritSyanda^ent of'the rtofle, fuch .Contribution which is the very 
 " Subflance of the Right and Liberty now in queftion. 
 
 "The C jcumflances ot Aggravation obferved to be annexed to this 
 " Caufe were thefe. 
 
 '' The firfl from the place where thefe Sermons were preached ; the 
 " Court, the Kings ownTamily, where fuchDodlrine was before fo well 
 ''believed, that no man needed to be converted. Of this there could be 
 " no end, but either Sinioniacal, by flattery and foothing to make way 
 " for his own preferment, or clfe extreme malitious, to add new afflidions 
 '' to thole who lay under his Majeflies wrath, difgraced and imprifoned, 
 '' and to enlarge the wound which had been given to the Laws and Liberties 
 •' of the Kingdom. 
 
 • '*• The fecond was from the confideration of his holy Fundion : He is a 
 " Prcaclier of Gods Word •, and yet lie had endeavoured to make that 
 "which was the onely rule of JufticeandGoodnefs, to be the warrant tor 
 " violence and oppreifion. He is a Mefl'enger of Peace, but he had endea- 
 " voured to low flnfe and diffenfion, not onely amongft private pcrfons, 
 ''but even betwixt the Kin'^ and his I^eople, to the diff urbance and danger 
 "ofthe whole State: He Ts a Spiritual father, but like that evil Father 
 " in the Gotpel,he hath given his Children Stones in flead ot Bread-, in ftead 
 « of Flelli he hath given them Scorpions. Laflly, he isaMinifler of the 
 " Church of En?_Lwd^ but he hath aded the part of a Romiih Jefuit -, they 
 "labour our deftrudion by diflblving the Oath of Allegiarice taken by the 
 
 " People •■, 
 
 6op 
 
 4 Carsli.
 
 6io 
 
 Eifiorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 " People •, he doth the fame work, by diflblving the Oath of Proteftion 
 '' and Juftice taken by the King. 
 
 " A third point of Aggravation was drawn from the quality of thefe 
 '' Authors, upon whofe authority he doth principally rely, being for the 
 '' moft part Fryers and Jefuits, and from his fraud and lint ting in citing thofe 
 '' Authors to purpofes quite different from their own meanings. 
 
 "Touching which it wasobferved, that moft ot his places arefuchas 
 " were intended by the Authors concerning abfolutc Monarchies, not re- 
 '' gulated by Laws or Contrads betwixt the King and his People ^ and in 
 " anfwer to all Authorities of this kinde were alledged certain paflages of a 
 " Speech from our late Soveraign, King ^ames to the Lords and Commons 
 " in Parliament 1 609. 
 
 '' In thefe our times we are to diftinguidi betwixt the ftate of Kings in 
 '' their firft original, and between the ftate of fetled Kings and Monarchs 
 " that do at this time govern in Civil Kingdoms,&c. 
 
 '' Every juft King in a fetled Kingdom is bound to obferve the paftion 
 '' made to his People by his Laws, in framing his Government agreeable 
 " thereunto, &:c. 
 
 '' All Kings that are not Tyrants or perjured, will be glad to bound them- 
 '' felves within the limits ot their Laws-, and they that perfwade them 
 " to the contrary are Vipers and Pefts, both againft them and the Com- 
 " monwealth. 
 
 " It was fecondly obfer\'ed, that in the 27. page of his firft Sermon he 
 '' cites thefe \\'ords out of Suarez, de legihtts^ lib. ^.cap. 17. Jcceptationem 
 ''' poPuli non e(Jc conditioncm ncccfjaruim ex 'ui^itris naturalis aut gentium, 
 " nequc ex Jure commnni •, the Jefuit adds, «f^»^ ex antiquo J^ure IlijpanU ^ 
 " which words are left out by the Dodor, left the Reader might be invited 
 " to enquire what was antiquum ju-s Hifpam^ •, and it might have been 
 " learned from the fame Author in another place of that Work , that 
 " about two hundred years fince, this liberty was granted to the People 
 '' by one of the Kings, that no Tribute fliould be impofed without their 
 '' confent :, And the Author adds further, that after the Law introduced 
 '^ and confirmed by Cuftome, the King is bound to obferve it. From this 
 " place he took occafion to make this ihort digreflion. That the Kings of 
 " Spam being powerful and wife Princes would never have parted with fuch 
 " a mark of abfolute Royalty, if they had not found in this courfe more 
 " advantage then in the other, and the fuccefs and profperity of that King- 
 ''dom, through the valor and induftry of the 5/'rtw/A Nation fo much ad- 
 " vanced fince that time, do manifeft the wifedom of that change. 
 
 "The third obfervation of fraud, in perverting his Authors, was this, 
 " In the twentieth Page of the firft Sermon hecites thefe words out of the 
 '' fame Sujrez, de legibpis^ li. ^.ca.i^ .fol. 5 00. Tribtita efje maxim nattfralta, 
 " tjrpr^e je ferre ^^ttftitiam, qttia cxignntur de rebus propriis -, This he pro- 
 '' duceth in proof of the juft right of Kings to lay Tributes. And no 
 " man that reads it doubts but that in Suarez opinion the Kings Intereft 
 " and Propriety in the Goods of his Sub jei5ts is the ground of that Juftice^ 
 «' But the truth is, that Suarez. in that Chapter had diftributed Tributes 
 '■ into divers kinds, of which he calls one fort tributum reale^ and defaibes 
 " it thus , Solent ita vocari penfwnes quxdam qu^t penduntur regtbw , ^ 
 '''' prmcjpibm exteris (^ agris^ qux a principio ad fttflentationem illis appUcata 
 '•'fuermit.^ ipfi 'vero tn feodum alns eadonarimt juhcertapenfione annua, qux 
 '^]ure civili Canon appellan \olet^ quia certa regula ^lege fr.ifcriptaerat ; 
 So that the iffue is, this which 5«^rf2. affirms for juftification of one kinde 
 
 ''of 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftoricai ColleHtom. 
 
 6u 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " of Tribute, which is no more then a Fee farm of rent due by refer vation 
 '' in the grant of Kings own lands •, the Dodor herein , woife then a 
 " Jefuit,doth wreft to the juftification of all kinds of Tribute exadled by 
 '' Impolition upon the goods of the Subjeds , wherein the Kin" had no 
 '' intereft or propriety at all. 
 
 '' 4. Tlie Lift aggravation was drawn from his behaviour fince thefe 
 '' Sermons preached, whereby he did continue ftill to multiply and increafe 
 "his offence, yea, even fince the fitting of theParliiunent , and his bein^^ 
 " queffioned in Parliament •, upon the fourth of May laft he was fo bold 
 " as to publilh the fame dodrine in his own parilh Church of St. Giles ■ the 
 '' points ot which Sermons were thefe. 
 
 " That the King had right to order all, as to him lliould feem good,witli- 
 " out any mans confent. 
 
 " That the King might require in time of necelTity Aid ; and if the 
 "Subjcftsdid not fupply, the King might juftly avenge it. 
 
 " That the Propriety of Eftate and Goods was ordinarily in the Subjedl : 
 " but extraordinarily , (that is, in afe of the Kings need) the Kmg hath 
 '' right to difpofc them. 
 
 " Thefe Ailertions in that Sermon he faid would be proved by very <^ood 
 " teftiniony , and therefore defired the Lords that it might be carefully 
 '' examined, becaufe the Commons held it to be a great contempt to the 
 "Parliament for him to maintain ^t fo publikely which was hereque- 
 " ftioned. 
 
 '' They held it a great prefumptioa for a private Divine to deb&te the 
 ''Right and Power of the King, which is a matter of fuch a nature, as 
 " to be handled only in this High Court, and that with moderation and 
 " tendernefs ^ and fo he concluded that point of aggravation. 
 
 " In the laft place he produced fome fuch precedents as might teftifie 
 " what the opinion of our Anceftors would have been, if this cafe had 
 " fallen out in theii' time •, And herein he faid he would confine himfclf 
 "to the reigns ot thefirft three Edwards^ two of them Princes of great 
 " glory -, He began with the eldcft, Wcftm, i.Ca.^3. 
 
 " Bythis Statute 3. Edw. i. provifion was made againft thofe who lliould 
 ''tell any falfe News, or devife, by which any difcord or fcandal may arifc 
 '' betwixt the King, his People, and great Men of the Kingdom. 
 
 " 27. Edrv. 3 . Rot. part. mi. 20. It was declared by the Kings Proclamation 
 " fentinto all the Counties of EngUnd^ That they that reported that he 
 '' would not obferve the Great Charter were malitious people, who defired 
 '' to put trouble and debate betwixt the King and his Subjefts , and to 
 ''difturb the peace and good eftate of the King, the People, and the 
 '' Realm. 
 
 '' "^.Bdrv.i, Inter novas ordinationes, Henry dc BeafKond hr giving the King 
 'illCounfel againft his Oath, was put from the Councel, and reftraineJ 
 '' for coming into the prefenceof the King under pain of confifcation and 
 " banifliment. 
 
 '^19. Edw. 2. cLiufe Minidors. Commifllons were granted to inquire 
 "upon the Statute of W. i. touching the fpreading of News, whereby 
 " dilcord and fcandal might grow betwixt the King and his People. 
 
 '' 10. Edn\ 3. clatijeM. 26. Proclamations went out toaireft all fliem 
 "who had prefumed to report that the King would lay upon the Wools 
 " certain fumsbefides the ancient and dueCuftomes, where the King calls 
 '' thefe reports cxquifita mcndtiaa., err. qii.t: non tantum m pthUcini Lvjhmew^ 
 ^'■fedm nojlrttm cediwt damnimt , & dedectts ma»ijejlt/w. 
 
 12 
 
 .EdnK 
 
 4 Caroli.
 
 6\z 1 
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. 1628. 
 
 C( 
 
 " ii.Edw.i.Kot. Almanui. The King writes to the Archbidiop oiCan- 
 
 terhu)-^^ excufing himfelf for fome impofitions which he had laid, pro- 
 " felleth his great ibrrow for it , defues the Archbiiliop by Indulgences 
 ''and other ways to ftir up the People to pray^ for him, hoping that 
 "God would enable him by fome iatistadorybeneHt to make amends, and 
 '' comfort his Subjcds for thofe prelTures. 
 
 " To thele temporal Precedents of antient times which werealiedged, he 
 " added an Ecclefiaftical Precedent out of a book called PuplU ocult, be- 
 " ing publillied for the inftrudion of Confeflbrs, in the Title Be fartia- 
 '•'■ fantibm cum exconmumcatis,{o\. 59. AH the Articles ot Magna charta 
 " are inferted with this direction, Hos arttculos ignorare non debcnt quibtts 
 ^'■incumbit confefsioms audire wfrafrovinciam Cantuarienfcm. 
 
 '' He likewiferemembred the Proclamation 8. ^ac. for the caUing in and 
 ''burning of DodtorCwf/'s book, for which thefe reafons are given. For 
 " miftaking the true ftate of the Parliament of the Kingdom, and funda- 
 " mental conftitution and priviledges thereof : For fpeaking irreverently 
 ''of the Common Law, it being a thing utterly unlawful for any Subje<5b 
 '' to fpeak or write againft that Law under which heliveth, and wliich we 
 '' are Iworn and refolve to maintain. 
 
 " From thefe Precedents he colledled, that if former Parliaments were 
 '' fo careful of falfe rumors and neus, they would Jiave been much more 
 ''tender of fuclidodrines as thefe, wjjj^ich might produce true occaiions of 
 " difcord betwixt the King and his People. 
 
 '' If thofe who reported the King would lay IiDpofitions , and break 
 '' his Laws, were thought fuch hainous offenders, how much more fliould 
 " this man be condemned, who perfwaded the King he is not bound to keep 
 '' thofe Laws :■ If that great King was fo far from challenging any right 
 '' in this kinde , that he profefled his own forrow and repentance for 
 '' grieving his Subjeds with unlawful charges : If Confelfors were en- 
 " joyned to frame the Confciences of the People to the obfer v:ince of 
 " thefe Laws, certainly fuch Dodlrine, and fuch a Preacher as this, would 
 '' have been held moft ftrange,. and abominable in all thefe times c" 
 
 " The thiid general part was the conclufion or prayer of the Commons, 
 " which confided of three Claufes. 
 
 '' Firftjthey referved to themfelves liberty of any other accufation, and 
 " for this he faid there was great reafon, that as the Dodor multiplied his 
 '' offences, fo they may renew their acculations. 
 
 " Secondly, they laved to themfelves liberty of replying to his Anfwer, 
 " for they had great caufe to think that he who fliifted fo much in offending, 
 " would Ihift much more in anfwering. 
 
 "Thirdly, they delire he might be brought to examination andjudge- 
 " ment-, this they thought would be very important for the comfort of 
 " the prefent age , for fecurity of tlie future againft fuA wicked and 
 " malitious pradtifes •, And fo he concluded , that feeing the caufe had 
 '' fh-ength enough to maintain it felf, his humble fuit to their Lordihips was, 
 '' That they would not obferve his infirmities and defeds, to the diminution 
 '' or prejudice of that ftrength. 
 
 NOclongafta- the Commons, by their- Speaker, demanded Judge- 
 ment of the Lords againft the Doftor-, who not accounting his fub- 
 mifsion with tears and grief, afatisfadion for the great offence wherewith 
 he flood charged, gave this Sentence. 
 
 I ,T hat 'DwM.imvarmg Dodor in Divinity fliall be imprifoned, during the 
 pleafure of the Houfe. '^ 2. That 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 Hijlorical Qolkclions, 
 
 d,5 
 
 B 
 
 2 . That he be fined one thoufand pounds to the King. 
 
 5. That he flnllmake fuch fubmilsion and acknowledgement of his of- 
 fences , as lliall be fet down by a Committee in writing , both at the Bar 
 and in the Houfe of Commons. 
 
 4. Tliat he Hnll be fufpendcd for the time of three years from the exer- 
 cifeof the Miniftery, and in the mean time a fufficient preaching Mimfter 
 fhall be provided out of his livings to ferve the Cure: This luipenfion and 
 provifion to be done by tiie Ecclefiaftical jurifdidion. 
 
 5. That he ihall be hereafter difabled to have any Ecclefiaftical Dignity, 
 or fecular Office. 
 
 6. That he iliall be for ever difabled to preach at the Court hereafter. 
 
 7. That his faid Book, is worthy to be burnt , and that for .the better ef- 
 feding of this, his Majefty may be moved to grant a Proclamation to call in 
 the faid Books , that they may be all burnt accordingly , in London , and 
 both the Univerfities, and for the Inhibiting the printing thereof , upon a 
 great penalty. 
 
 T)oltor M-SLawSLrings/ubmi/sion was in thefe vpords - 
 
 MAy it pleafe this Honorable Houfe , I do here in all forrow of Heart 
 and true Repentance, acknowledge the many Errors and Indifae- 
 tions which I have committed , in preaching and publiiHng thofe two Ser- 
 mons of mine, which I called Religion and Allegiance ; and my great fault in 
 falling upon this Theame again , and handling the fame raflily and unadvi- 
 fedly in my own Pcirifli Church of St. Giles in the Fields, the fourth of Mjj 
 laft paft. I do humbly acknowledge thofe three Sermons to have been full 
 of many dangerous Paifages, Inferences, and fcandalous Afperfions in moft 
 part of the fame ^ And I do humbly acknowledge the Juftice of this Ho- 
 norable Houfe , in that Judgement and Sentence pafted upon me for my 
 great offence •, And I do from the bottom of my Heart aave pardon of God, 
 the King, and this Honorable Houfe , and the Church, and this Comanon- 
 wealth in general, and thofe worthy Perfons adjudged to be refleded upon 
 by me, in particular, for thefe great Errors and Otfcnces. 
 
 Jioger MiWrvaring, 
 
 Another Meffage was brought from his Majejlj hj the 
 ' Speaker, Tuefday 5 of June. 
 
 *'T_T Is Majefty wiilied them to remember the Meflagehe laft fent them, 
 **ijL by which he fet a day for the end of this Sefsion, and he commanded 
 " the Speaker to let them know, that he will certamly hold that day prefix- 
 '' ed without alteration •, and becaufe tliat cannot be , if the Houfe entertain 
 " more bufinefs of length, he requires them that they enter not into or pro- 
 " ceed with any new bufinefs , which may fpend greater time , or which 
 " may lay any Scandal or Afperlion upon the State-government , or Mini- 
 " fteis thereof. 
 
 SIi-/J<»^£r^P/'/7/;/'x upon this occafion exprefled himfelf thus: " I perceive 
 " that towards God and towards man , there is little hope after our hum- 
 " hie and careful endeavors, feeing our Sins ai'e many and fo great: Icon- 
 " lider my own infirmities , and if ever my Paffions were wrought upon, 
 
 Hhhh ''then 
 
 4. Car oh. 
 
 Uidgemuit 
 given agiifirt 
 Dr. Mainva- 
 
 wariiig. 
 
 Ur, Manwa- 
 ings fiibmif- 
 fions. 
 
 Another 
 Mtflage 
 from the 
 King. 
 
 Si I Robiic 
 1 hiliipb.
 
 6ii\. 
 
 Afi.i6zS. 
 
 Sir John 
 Elliot. 
 
 SirDudly 
 Diggs. 
 
 Sir Nathan. 
 Rich. 
 
 Hifiorical ColleBion 
 
 s. 
 
 then now, this Meffage ftirsme up efpecially •, when I remember with I 
 what moderation we have proceeded , I cannot but wonder to fee the mi- j 
 ferable ftraight we are now in : What have we not done to have merited ? 
 Former times have given wounds enough to the peoples Liberty, we came 
 hither full of wounds , and we have cured what we could , and what is the 
 return of all, but mifery and defolation < What did we aim at , but to have 
 ferved his Majefty , and to have done that that would have made him 
 Great and Glorious :" if this be a fault , then we are all Criminous : What 
 lliall we do , fince our humble purpofes are thus prevented , which were 
 not to have laid any afperfion on the Government , fince it tended to no 
 other end but to give his Majefty true information of his and our dan- 
 ger '! And to this we are enforced out of a neceflity of duty to the 
 King, ourCountrey, and to Pofterity -, but we being Itopped, and flop- 
 ped "in fuchmaner, as we are enjoyned, fowemuft now leave to be a 
 Councel. I hear this with that grief, as the faddeft Meffage of the greateft 
 lofs in the world -, but let us ftill be wife, be humble, let us make a {air De- 
 claration to the King. 
 
 ''/^Ur fins are fo exceeding great (faid Sir ^ohn Elliot) thatunlefs we fpee- 
 " V_y diiy return to God, God will remove himfelf further trom us-, ye know 
 " with what affedion and integrity we have proceeded hitherto , to have 
 " gained his Majefties heart , and out of a necelfity of our duty were brought 
 " to that courfe we were in : I doubt a mlfreprefentation to his Majefty 
 " hath drawn this mark of his difpleafure upon us : I obferve in the Meffage 
 ''amongft other fad particulars, it is conceived that we were about to lay 
 '' fome afperfions on the Government-,give me leave to proteft,That fo clear 
 '' were our intentions , that we defire onely to vindicate thofe diihonors to 
 " our King and Countrey,c^f . It is faid alfo, as if we caft fome afperfions on 
 " his Majefties Minifters, I am confident no Minifter, how dear foever, can- 
 Here the Speaker ftarted up from the feat of the Chair , apprehending 
 Sir ^vhn Elliot intended to fall upon the Duke, and fome of the Minifters of 
 State-, faid, There is a command laid upon me, that I muft command you 
 not to proceed : whereupon Sir ^ohn Elliot fat down. 
 
 "T Am as much grieved as ever, faid Sir Dudley Diggs •, Muft we not pro- 
 
 «1 
 
 ceed < let us fit in filence, we are miferable, we know not what to do. 
 
 Hereupon there was a fad filence in the Houfe for a while, which was bro- 
 ken by Sir Naihamel Rich, in thefe words : 
 
 ''\ 7T 7E muft now fpeak, or for ever hold our peace •, for us to be filent 
 " V V when King and Kingdom are in this calamity, is not fit. The 
 '' queftion is, Whether we fliall fecure our felves by filence,yea or no^I know 
 '' it IS )nore for our own fecurity , but it is not for the fecurity of thofe for 
 " whom we ferve •, let us think on them : fome inftruments defire a change, 
 '' we fear his Majefties fafety , and the fafety of the Kingdom , I do not fay 
 '' we now fee it , and (hall we now fit ftill and do nothing , and fo be fat- 
 ''teredc* Let us go together to the Lords, andftievvour dangers, that we 
 '' may then go to the King together. 
 
 Others faid, That the Speech lately fpoken by Sir ^ohn Elliot, 
 offence (as they feared) to his Majefty. 
 
 had given 
 
 Where-
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions, 
 
 61^) 
 
 W Hereupon the Houfe declared, 'Cfjat C\3CIV Q3cmbCC Of tlie 
 ]t)oufc isi free ftom nnv imtJutifiil ^pcccij , from tiic bcsm' 
 nino: of tf3c parliament totljnttiap; nna0,2Ocrct), Cl)nt tijc poufc be 
 tiinicn urto a Committee, to confiDcr uiliat id fit to be none fo? tbc fafe= 
 tp of tbc uinijoom ^ aiiD tbat no man go out, upon pain of going to tbc 
 
 C^OlOet t But before the Speaker left the Chair, he deiired ieave to go torch ^ and 
 the Houfe ordered that he may go forth, if he pleafe. And the Houfe was hereupon 
 turned into a grand Commtctee, Mr. Whithj in the Chair. 
 
 " T Am as full of grief as others, faid Mr. Wandesford-, let us recoiled our 
 " J[^ Englilli hearts, and not fit ftill, but do our duties t, two ways are pro- 
 " pounded. To ^o to the Lords, or to the King ; I think it is fit we go to 
 '' the King, for this doth concern our Liberties, and let us not fear to make 
 '' aRemonftrance of our rights •, we are his Counfellors •, there are fome 
 " men which call evill good, and good evil, and bitter fweet : Juftice is 
 " now called Popularity and Fadion, 
 
 THen Sir Edrv. Cook fpake freely-, 
 moderation that never was the liJ 
 
 We have dealt with that duty and 
 like, Rehus ficjlantibttijzhtx fuch a vio- 
 " lation of the Liberties of theSubjed: •, let us take this to heart. In 30, 
 "£.5. were they then in doubt in Pailiament to name men that mifled 
 " the Kingc" they accufed ^ohn de Gaunt^ the Kings Son, and Lord Latimer, 
 " and Lord Neuel, for mifadvifing the King, and they went to the Tower 
 <' for it •, now when there is fuch a downtal of the State, fhall we hold oui- 
 <' tongues < how (hall we anfwer our duties to God and men ■: 7. H. 4. Pari. 
 ^^ Rot. numb. 3i,&32. w.H.^.numb. 13. there the Councel are complained 
 " of, and are removed fi-om the King ^ they mewed up the King, and dif- 
 " fwaded him from the Common Good ; and why are we nowretrived from 
 " that way we were in <". why may we not name thofe that are the Caufe 
 «'of all our evils < In 4. //. 3, & 27. £. 3. & 13. R.^. the Parliament 
 " moderateth the Kings prerogative, and nothing grows to abufe, but this 
 " Houfe hath power to treat ot it : What fliall we do I let us palliate no 
 '' longer^ if we do, God will not profper us. I think the Duke of Btickin^ham 
 <' is the caufe of all our miferies, and till the King be informed thereof^ we 
 « fliall never go out with honour, or fit with honour here •, that man is the 
 «< Grievance of Grievances : let us fet down thecaufes of all our dyfafters, 
 « and all will refled upon him. As for going to the Lords, that is not via 
 " Re^ia-j our Liberties are now impeached, we are concerned-, it is not 
 '' 'Via Ri£fa, the Lords are not participant with our Liberties. 
 
 cC 
 
 TV/f ^.Sdden advifed that a Declaration be drawn under four heads.' 
 
 " i.To 
 exprefs the Houfes dutiful carriage towards his Majefty. 2. To 
 " tender their Liberties that are violated. 3. To prefent what the purpofe 
 " of the Houfe was to have dealt in. 4. That that great Perfon, viz.. the 
 *' Duke^ fearing himfelf to be queftioned, did interpofe and caufe this diff ra- 
 *« <5Hon. All this time (faid he) we have caft a mantle on what was done 
 "laft Parliament, but now being driven arjiin to look on that man, let 
 " us proceed with that which was then well begun,and let the Ciiarge be re- 
 « newed that was laft Parliament againft him , to which he made an 
 «' Anfwer , but the particulars were fufficient , that we might demand 
 '' judgement on that Anfwer onely. 
 
 Hhhh 
 
 <c 
 
 In 
 
 4. Caroli. 
 
 The Com- 
 mons declare 
 that no un- 
 dutiful 
 Speech hath 
 been fpokeii. 
 
 Mr.W^an- 
 dcsford. 
 
 Sir Edw. 
 Cook de- 
 clares the 
 Duke the 
 caufe of all 
 our nufsrits. 
 
 Mr. Seldcns 
 advice for a 
 Declaration 
 againll tr.e 
 Duke,
 
 6i6 
 
 Hijiorical QolleUions, 
 
 An \6'<'i I TN condufion, the Houfe agreed upon leveral heads concerning inno- 
 ■ " * Ivation in Religion , the fatety of the King and Kingdom, miigovem- 
 ment , misfortune of our late defigns , with fhe caules of them -, And 
 whileft it was moving to be put to the queftion, that the Duke of Buckin- 
 gktm (hall be inftanced to be the chief and principal caufe of all thofe 
 evils , the Speaker (who after he had leave to go forth, went pri\'ately 
 to the King) brought this Meflage, 
 
 Several 
 heads agreed 
 on for a Ke- 
 monltrancc. 
 
 A Meflnge 
 from the 
 King by the 
 Speak r. 
 
 "T^Hat his Majefly commands for the prefent they adjourn the Houfe 
 '' i- till to morrow morning, and that all Committees ceafe in the mean 
 " time. And the Houfe was accordingly adjourned. 
 
 AT the fame time the King fent for the Lord Keeper to attend him 
 prefently •, the Houfe of Lords was adjourned ad lihitttm \ the Lord 
 Keeper being returned , and the Houfe refumed , his Lordlliip fignified 
 his Majefties defire , that the Houfe and all Committees be adjourned till 
 to morrow morning. 
 
 AFter this Meffage was delivered, the Lords Houfe fearing a fudden 
 dillolution , fell into confideration of the weak eftate of the King- 
 dom, and of our Friends and Allies abroad 5 of the great ftrength of the 
 Houfe of Aufiria^ and the King of Sfams ambition, afpiring to an univerfal 
 Monaichy, and his prefent great preparations for war. Hereupon the Houfe 
 was moved to name a feled Committee, to reprefent thefe things to his 
 Majefty, with the danger like to infue to this Kingdom, if the Parliament 
 be diffolved without a rappy conclufion. But being fatisfied by the Lords 
 of the privy Councel, that there was no fuch caufe of fear, as the Houfe ap- 
 prehended, the naming of a Committee was for that time deferred.
 
 Hifiorical Colk&ionr, 
 
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 Having met in our Colkdtionswitha Letter of Mr. Allureds ^ to olX 
 Mx. Chamberlain of the Court of Wards ; and being a concurrent 
 proof tj tnc Faffagesthisdayin thcHoufci Wc have thought fit 
 liercto intncionit, w/i. 
 Sir, 
 
 yEjierday WM a day ofdefuUt'ton amofjg w in Parliame/,t , and this day ree 
 fear mil ie the day of our dijfolution .-Upon Tuefday Sir John E 1 liot nw : e'l 
 , thai Ai vee intended to fiirm^lii Maje^) with viohey , vee jhould a!fj fipph 
 ^himTvithCoupfelytvhich jpas one part of the occafion why rue mere fc/J ly the 
 Countrey-^and called far hy his LMajefly ; Andfiuce that Honfe was the oreatest 
 Councel of the Kingdom^ where ^ orrrhenOjouldhis (J^ajelt) haie ietter Cour;- 
 fel then from thence -y So he dejired there mioht le a Declarxion nude to the 
 King of the danger wherein the Kingdom flood ly the decay and contempt of Re- 
 ligion, the inffiffJciency of his Generals , tjje unfMthfulneJi of his Officers , 
 the tpeaknefs' of his Conncels/he exhanfling of his Treafure ^the death of his me/., 
 the decay of Trade, the lojs of Shippi/tg, the many and pswerful Snemies, the few 
 and tlie poor Friends we had abroad. 
 
 Inthe en'imeratingof which, the 0jmcellor of the Viitchy f aid it was a 
 jlrange lang'tage , yet the Ho:/fe commanded Sir John Elliot /'o^o on , then the 
 chancellor dejired if he went on, that himfelf might go out, ivhereupon the \ all 
 lac/ him legon,fet he flayed and heard him of(t , ana the Honfe generalh in- 
 clined to flit h a Declaration to ieprefented in an hicmlle and a nuder. manner, 
 not prefcrilihg the King the way, but leaving it to his fudqinent for reforma- 
 tion ', So the nest day ,1 eing wednefday^we hud a Meffage from his Majefiy h 
 the Speaker tha<' the Sejjionfhofdd end on fVednefday , and that therefore ne 
 fhouldhwhand the time and difpatch the old lufi/icffes without entertaining new, 
 I intending topurfue their Declaration, they had this -^ifjjage yeflerday morni/. '/ 
 I brought them w^^ich iha^ehere inclofedfentyo't , which requiring not to can 
 orlay any afperfion upon any Mi/dsferofh.s Majefh , the houfe w.ti much af- 
 [feHed to he fo restrained , fi/.cethe Hjufe informer times had p/oceeded ly 
 •pv finding and committing John o/Gaunt the Kings Son and others , and of la'e 
 have medled with, and fen^enced the Lord Chancellor Bacon , and the Lord 
 Treafitrer Cranfieid. 77;?/; Sir Robert I'hilips (fake and m'ngledhis words 
 with weeping, Mr. Pry nnc did the hkc, a^.dSir Edward Qook,o\.ercome 
 with pafjion,feeing the def elation likely to e/ffe, wM forced to fit down when he 
 began to fpeak through the abundance of tea' s , yea the Speaker in his Speech 
 I could not refrain from weeping a/id fljedding of tears, I e fides a g/ea': many 
 I whofe great griefs made them dumb and ft lent , yet fume bore up in th:,t form 
 and incour aged others ; In the end they de fired the Speaker to leai'e the Chair, 
 and Mr. Whitby was to come into it, that they might Jpeak the freer and the 
 frequenter, and commanded no man to go out of the Houji- upon pain of going to 
 thelower; Then the Speaker humbly and earneflly befjvght the Houfe to oil e^ 
 him leave to abfent himfelf for half an hour, prefuming they did not thinhhe did j 
 itforanyillin*^ention', h4}icb wiS inlantly granted him : then upon mai]' De- 
 bates about their Liberties hereby uifrinoed ,and the eminent danger wlerem 
 the Kingdom flood ; Sir Edward Cook tcldthemjie now fiw God had not ac- 
 cepted of their humble and moderate carnages and fan- pvoreedinqs , and the 
 rather,becaiife he thouabt they deal not (inrerely with the King, and with the 
 C^ntrey in making^ a true Reprefentation of the caufes of all thefe mifer es, which 
 now he repented himfelf fince thinos were come to this pafi\that he did it notfoon- 
 er, and therefore he not knowing whether ever he fljould (peak in this Houfe a- 
 gainwould mi9 do it freely , and there protefled that the author and caufe of 
 
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 621 
 
 4 Caroli.
 
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 Hifiorical ColleBions, 
 
 Another Mef' 
 fjge from cbe 
 K. iiig to the 
 Comoions. 
 
 all thofe mlferies wAi the Vttke of Buckingham , which was entertained and 
 Hf.fiiered with a chearfnl Acclamation of the Houfe , as when o^e good Homd 
 reco^-jei s the f cent ^the re[{ come in with a full crj : fo they pirfued it^ und e'iery 
 one cAme on home-^andUid the LUme where they thouyht the fault ipaSi'>*idasthey 
 were Votinv it to the^uefl/on nheiher they fhrtdd n(ime him in their intended Re- 
 mo>i(irance, the Sole or the Princ'tpAll catife of all their miferies at home and 
 aLoad: The Speaker haying ieen three hours atf era jond with the King, re- 
 turned with this Mefj'a^J^e'^ That the Houfe jhould then rife ( Uing aimt eleven 
 a clock, and no Committees flould ft in the afternoon ) till to morrow nwning; 
 what we fhall ex^eB this morning Cjod of Heaven knows. fVeftpall meet timely 
 this morning' ypartly for the hufinefje fake, and partly Lecaufe two days pnce 
 we made a/' Order, that iphofoever comes in after prayers, payes twelve pence tp 
 the poor. Sir, excufe my haji, and let m have your prayers, whereof Loth yotty 
 and we have here need : Soinfcribhngha^eJreft 
 
 This 6. of June 
 1628. 
 
 Affellionately at your fervice 
 Thomas Alured. 
 
 The Mcfiagc mentioned in this Letter of the 6. of June, is already 
 before cxpreiied. 
 
 Friday 6. June. 
 
 Mr. Speaker IrirKS mother Mejjage from the King the day following. 
 
 N my fervice to this Houfe I have had many undeferved favours 
 from you , which I fhall ever with all humblencfs acknowledge , 
 " but none can be greater then that tcftimonyot your confidence ycftcr- 
 " day iliewed unto me , whereby I hope I have done nothing, or 
 " made any rcprcfentation to his Majefty,but what is for the honour and 
 "fervice ot this Houfe, and I will have my tongue cleave to my mouth , 
 "before I will fpeak to the difadvantage of any Member ihcrcofjl have 
 " now a Meffage to deliver unto you. 
 
 I " Whereas his Majefty underlUnding that yc did conceive his laft 
 !" Meffage to rcftrain you in your juft Priviledges, to complain of any of 
 "hisMinifters, Thefe are to declare his intentions, that he had no 
 " meaning of barring you from what hath been your Right, buton- 
 " ly to avoid all fcaiidals on his Counccl and Adions paft , and that his 
 I " Miniftcrs might not be, nor himfelf under their names taxed for their 
 " Counfel unto his Majclly, and that no fuch particulars ilaould be taken 
 '* in hand as would ask a longer time of confideration then what he hath 
 " prefixed, and ftill refoves to hold , that fo for this time all Chriftcn- 
 ' dom might take notice of a fweet parting between him, and his peo- 
 ple : NA'hich if it fallout , his Majcfty will not be long from another 
 " meeting, when fuch ( if there be any ) at their Icifure and convcni- 
 " ence may be confidered. 
 
 Mr. Speaker proceeded. 
 "Iwillobfervefomewhat out of this Meflage, ye may obferve a 
 " great inclination in his Majefty to meet in this Houfe. I was bold 
 " ycftcrday to take notice of that liberty ye gave me to go to his Ma- 
 " jefty. I know there are none here but did imagine whither I went , 
 " 8c but th;u I knew ye were defirous and content that I fhould leave you, 
 
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 625 
 
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 *^' I would not have dcfired it,give me leave to fay,this Meflage bars you ! 4 Caroli 
 
 " not of your Right in matter, nay not in manner , but ic rcaciit th to nis 
 
 " Counceis palt, and tor giving Ijim Councel in tnoie things wiiicn he 
 
 " commanded. It is not hi-, Majcftics intentions to protect any Abett<.r of 
 
 ^'^ Spam. The end of this was taat we migl.t meet again I'weetJy and 
 
 " happily. 
 
 D 
 
 The Houfe of Lords likemfe received this LMeJJage ty the Lord Keeper. 
 
 ' IV /€ Y Lords, his Majtftic takes notice to your great advantage of the 
 "1 ▼ _| proceedings of tnis houl'e upon the i.earing of hisMajeities mef- 
 "lage yclkrdayiHc accounts it a tair rtfped: that ye would neither a j^ree 
 " ot'any Committee , or fend any Melfage to his Majc fty , though it vvc re 
 *' in your own hearts , but yeild your fclvcs to his MajdUcs MelTaoc, 
 " and defer your own rcfolutions till you meet again at tae time appouit- 
 " ed by his Majefty.Yet his Majefty takes it m cxtr^am good part to licar 
 "what was in your heart, and efptcially tliai yc were fo lenhble of I 
 "the inconvenience that might enfucupjn tne breach of this Pariijment. 
 "Wliich if it had happened , or fhall hereafter happen,his Majdty af- 
 " fures himlclfjthat he iliall ftand clear before G jd and men ot the uc- 
 " cafion» 
 
 " But his Majefty faith yc had juft caufe to be fenfible of the danger, 
 "confidcringhovv the eftateoiChriftendom now Itands in rcfp>.<it ot 
 " the multitude and ftrength of our Enemies, and weaknefs on our part. 
 "All which his Majclly knows very exa£lly,and in rt fptCt therereot caJ- 
 " led this Parliament, the particulars his Majifty holds it needlefs to 
 recite, efpccialiy to your Lorulliips , hnce they are apparant to all 
 menj Neither will it be needfuU to reiterate them to Iiis Majefty, 
 whofe cares are moft intentive upon them, and the belt remedy tliat 
 " can be thought on therein is, if his Subjcds do their parts. Tuert. fore 
 *' his Majefty gives you hearty thanks, and bad me tell you that nc thing 
 "hath been more acceptable to him all the time of this Parliament, 
 then this dutiful and difcrcet carriage of your Lordllu'ps , which he 
 proftfrcth hath been a chief motive to his Majefty to fulpend thofe 
 " intentions that were not far from a refolution. 
 
 Ik m his Mjjf- 
 fiyc -the houfe 
 ol Lords. 
 
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 tormerjy. 
 
 sir Robert Philips ajjumed the "DeUte upon the Mejjage delivered hy the 
 
 Speaker y and f aid ; 
 
 " I rife up with a difpofition fomewhat in more hope of comfort then 
 ** yefterday , yet in regard of the uncertainty of Counceis,! ihall not : 'J"''^ Kingj 
 "changemuch: In the firft place 1 muft be buld without flattering, a , tiieCommo" 
 " thing not incident to me to tell you ( Mr. Speaker ) you have not on- | more hcpc ihia 
 " ly at all times difcharged the duty of a good Speaker, but of a good ' ' 
 
 *' man, for which I render you many thanks. 
 
 " Another refpeft touching his Majeftics Anfwer to our Petition , 
 "Firft if that Anfwer fall out to be l"hort, I free his Majefty, and I be- 
 " lieve his Refolution was to give that that we all expected ; But in that, 
 *^ as inothersjwe havefuffered by reafon of interpoled perfons between 
 ** his Majefty and us ; But this day is by intervenient accidents diverted 
 " from that, but fo,as in time we go to his Majefty : Therefore let us re- 
 *' move thofe jealoufics in his Majefty of our Proceedings , that by fom( 
 " men over-grown have bin mifprefented.- we have proceeded with tern- 1 
 *'pcrin confidence of hisMajefties guodnefs to us,and our fidelity to him '^ 
 
 \iii 2 and
 
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 Htftoricd ColleBiom, 
 
 Aa. 1628. 
 
 /'f and if any halve donftrucd that what we have done hath been out of, 
 " fcarej let him know we came hither tree men, and will ever refolve 
 " to endure the worft,and they arc poor men that make fuch interprcta- 
 '' tidns of Parliaments; in this way and method we proccedcd,and it any \ 
 ''• thing fall out unhappily, it is not King Charles that adviled himfelt , 
 «' but King C/wz/fsmiladvifed by others, and milled by mifordered 
 <' Councel , it becomes us to confukr what we were doing, and now to 
 '' advife what is fit to oe done.W'c were taking confideration of the State 
 " of the Kingdome, and to prcfent to his Majcfty the danger he and we 
 ''are in, it fince any man hath been named in particular (though I 
 " loveto fptak ol my betters with humility ) let ium thank himfelt and 
 1" hisCountels,bbt thofe luceflaryjealoulies gives usoccafion to name 
 "him-.I affure my felf we lliall proceed with temper,and give hisMajefty 
 " fitisfaftion it we proceed in tiiat way ; his Majeities meflage is now 
 "explanatory in point ot our liberties , that he intends not to barrc us 
 •' of our rights, and that he would not have any afperfion call on the 
 " Councels paft, let us prefent to his Majelty iliortly and faithfully,and 
 '' declare our intentions that we intend not to lay any afperfion upon 
 '' him but out ot a necelTity to prevent the eminent dangers we are lur- 
 " rounded with, and to prelent to him the alfaires at home and abroad^ 
 *' and to defire hisMajefty that no interpofition of mif-informati^n of ' 
 " men in fault may prevaile, but to exped the iffue that ihall be tull of 
 "duty and Loyalty. 
 
 " The Commons fent a meflage to the Lords y that they would 
 "joynein an humble rcqueft to the King, that a clear and fatisfado- 
 " ry anfwc r be given by his Majcfty i.i full Parliament to the petition of 
 " Right,whcreunto the Lords did agree. 
 
 " Afterward the Houfe was turned again into a Committee, and 
 " confidered of fome more heads to be inferred into the Declaration 
 
 TurUmick c »1- 
 led in.o liie 
 Houfe. 
 
 A 
 
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 or Remonftrance , as the defigne to bring into this Nation Forreign 
 '' Forces under the command ot Dolleir j And Burlemack was called into 
 the Houfe, who confcfl'ed he received thirty thoufand pound by Pri- 
 vy feal for the buying of Horfcs, that one thoufand of them are levi- 
 " ed, that thole Horfe and theiV Riders arc to come over, and Armes 
 " are pro\ idcd for them in Holland, but he heares a Countermand is 
 '^gone to ftaythcm. 
 
 The Prhy Seal is in tbefe fVords. 
 
 "/"^//^irZfjby thcGrace of Gcrd, King of E/jglandyScotU-fidjFrance and 
 " V. J Ireland^ Defender of the Faith, &c. To the Treafurer,and under 
 " Treafurer for our Exchequer for the time being. Greeting ; We do 
 *' hereby will and command you out of our Treafury rcmainmg in the 
 *' receipt of our faid Exchequer, forthwith to pay, or caufe to be paid 
 " unto ThiVff Burlemack, o{ London Merchant , the fumme of thirty thou- 
 ^' fand pounds to be paid by him over by i5ill of Exchange into the 
 " Low Countreys, and Gerntany , unto our Trufty and wcH-bcloved 
 *' Sir'FT/7///jmB4//b/<rf Knight^and John DoUier Efquire , or either of 
 '' them for levying and providing certain numbers ot Horfes, with 
 " Armes for Horfe and Foot , to be brought over into this Kingdome 
 " for our fcr vice, V/i. 'for the levying and tranfparting of one thoufand 
 ^' Horfes fifteeh'thdiifand pounds ; for five thoufand Muskets, five thou- 
 **fafid'GorfletSjanci 'five dioufand Pikes, ten thoufand five hundred 
 - . * pounds 
 
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 625 
 
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 "poundsjand for one thoufandCurafecrs compieat,tvvo hundrcdCorfletSj '4 Carol 
 " and Carbines , four thoufand five hundred pounds,amountincr in the C-^-5^ 
 "whole to the faid fumme ot thirty thoufand pounds.And this our letter 
 " lliall be your fufficient warrant, and difcharge in this behalf. Gi- 
 "vcn under our Privy Seal at our Palace o( fyejtmi/ifler the 30th. of 
 " /.t/zz/^r^jin the third year ot our Reign. 
 
 f'u,e the fcventh, the King came to the Lords Houfc, and the Houfe 
 of Commons were fent for. And tlie Lord Keeper prefc-nted the hum- 
 ble Petition of both Houfes, and faid, 
 
 s 
 
 M^j'it plcafcrour inoft erccUcnt ^ajcftp, t^eXojDji^piri- jrhe reition 
 tualanDiIempojal,ant3 £ommon;a! in ^atUainent aiTcin- i°"l°\"°"rt' 
 ijlcD , tafeing into conttocratiori tljat tljc gooD intiliigcncc bcttioeen ! Zr a' furSr 
 vow ^fijcftv an^ vom people Dotl) nmci) DcpetiO upon pour 5l3aje= j ^"'"'" '° ■''« 
 ftie^anfoDcnintotlKir petition oftligtjtfo.imicl y^cfentcD.raitJ) iSh-'"" °' 
 unaniiiiouiS confent Do not» become moll ^un>blc ^uttojsi unto 
 pour sJ^ajeftp^tl^atroiitoouir) be plcafcD to gibe a cleat anD fatif- 
 factojp aufU)€t thereunto in tuU i^arliamen^ 
 
 PP^ereunto the K'tn^ replyed. 
 
 Thcanfwer I have already given you was made withfo good dc- 
 itbt-ration, and approved by the judgements of i"o many vvifc men, that 
 I could not have iinagincd but it fnould have given you full fatisfafti- 
 onj But to avoid all ambiguous interpretations, and to (hew you there 
 is no doublcnerteinmymeaning,! am willing to pkafureyou as well 
 in words as in fubftance, read your Petition, and you fhall have an an- 
 fwer that I am fure will pleafe you. 
 
 The Petition was read, and this anfwcr was returned .- Soit droit fait 
 comeil efl defirf. 
 
 C. -A.- 
 
 HuMajffties 
 .eccnd Aniwtr 
 tothePecition 
 t fright. 
 
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 grant- 
 
 This lam fure (faid his Majcfty) is full, yet no more then I 
 ed yuuinmyfirft Anfwer , for the meaning of that was to confirm 
 your liberties i knowing according to your own Proteftations , that ye 
 neither meane,nor can hurt my Prerogative. And I aflurc you my 
 Maxime is. That the Peoples Liberties itrengthen the Kings Preroga- 
 tive, and the Kings Prerogati\ e is to defend the Peoples Liberties. 
 
 You fee how ready I have fhcwed my felf to fatisfie your demands, 
 fo that I have done my part j Wherefore if this Parliament have not 
 a happy conclufion, the finis yours, I am free from it. 
 
 Whereupon the Commons returned to their own Houfe with un- 
 speakable joy, and refolved lo to proceed as to expreffc their thank- 
 fulncffc; and now frequent mention was madeot proceeding with the 
 Bill of fubfidics , offending the Bills (which were ready) to the Lords, 
 of perfecting the Bill of Tunnage and Poundage , and Sir John Strange- 
 waies alio exprelfed his joy at the anfwer, and further added, Let us 
 perfedl our Remonftrance ; King James was wont . to fay , He 
 knew that by Parliaments which otherwilehecouldnc^er .have known. 
 
 After the granting of the Petition of Right, the Houfe ordered that 
 theGrand Committees for Religion, Trade, Grievances, and Courts of 
 lu'^ice ,to fit no longer, but that the Houfe proceed only in the confi- 
 deration of Grievances of imoft moment , And firlt they icW upon 
 theCoramiffion for Excife, and fent to the Lord Keeper for the fame, 
 
 who 
 
 All Grand 
 Comoiittccs (0 
 
 ceafe.
 
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 An. 1628. 
 
 Hifiorical Colle&ions. 
 
 who returned anfwcr that he received Warrant at the Councel Table : 
 for the fcaling thereof , and when it was 5caled, he carried it back 
 t© theC-aintel Table. The Commiffion being fent, it was read in 
 the Houfe, ^/~. 
 
 CHarles , 23p t!)C (^tflCC Of <BoD . l^ing of England , Scotland, 
 France anD Ireland, BcfCnDeC of tl)C faitl), ^C* CO Sir Tno- 
 nias Coventry Kttig^t , %Q}\i Kum 0^ t^^ (I'^Wt ^calf Of 
 Encrland-, %Q James iBntl of Malburg, 'HO,:!) High ^rcafUjEt 0* 
 Eni^land, Huny c£atlof Manchclkr,l(L02D^?cflDcnt ft OUr COttU^ 
 !cei, Edward ChrUf Worcelkr^lOjD i^ECpetof OUt ^JlLip ^eal; 
 Gcor^eBuUC of Buckingham,7lcjO l)igll ^'Dlltfral Of England, Wil- 
 liam ^. Of Pembrook,ll6jD ^ttu-acD of i£>M J^OUfljOlD 5 Puilip fiacl 
 OfMountgonuryXO^HCijambePlainof 0lir i^OUOjOlD, Thcophilus 
 ^arl OfSutfolk, Edward d^acl of Dorkt, William ;lgacl of Salisbury, 
 Thomas Catl of Exeter, John Catl Of Bridgwater , James Catl Of 
 Carlille, Henry CartOf Holland , William Catl of Denbigh,George 
 jEgiitl of Totnesj^re George HayKr^UcjD CtjanCellOJ of Scotland, 
 William icari at Morton, Thomas jEatl of Kelley, Thomas CaclOf 
 
 Mdiers, Edward mifcount Conway, one of out principal ^.cceta-- 
 
 rie$ of ^Ute j Edward mifceuat Wimbkton, Oliver SItfCOUnt 
 GrandiLn, Henrv Falkland }lC^DBcpUt^ Of Ireland ; CO t\)t JLOJD 
 25p.0f VVinLhefter,VVil.)L0^D15p.Cf Bath anU Wclh,FuIk ll0*Brook, 
 Dudley All->,)L0JD Carlton,4Uce Ct)ambCllain 01 Our i^OUlbolDj!^!! 
 Thomas hdmonds ^teafUtCC of OUC i^OU0;OiD, ^^t John Savil COH- 
 UOht of )©UC i^OU(l):lD, ^it Robert Nanton #aftCt Of t\)t CoUCt 
 
 Of UDatiis, ^ic John Cook oiic of t\}c principal ^taemits of 
 ^t ite, ^ic Richard Wefton iCIjanccl-ouc, atiD unDcc CteafUwc 
 of out: CiclKquer, Julius Cccfar ^^^a of ttje ISo.l^ , r.nli ^vc 
 
 Humphrey May Kt. CijanCCllOUt Of 0W 3©UtCf)P of Lancaikr, 
 
 C53t:cti^g» nabcreas tl)c vtd nt Coniunturc of tlje gcnetal 
 ! a.Tairg! ot Cb^i(tenD:m , anO our om\ particular inUtt&An gi- mg 
 afuftaucc unto our oppjiclfel) Mk^, anD foji pjotjiDiiig for ttje De= 
 fence anD fa.ttp of our amn 5©ominion!a!, ann ^oplc, DotalUp^ 
 on ia?> to nca!cct nothing tbi'.t ir ap conDute to tljofc gooD mOs^j 
 IRnD bccauCc iJl9oatcfi ( tlK principal fim tojei of UDar , anD otic of 
 t\n fird atiD cf^tcfeft moUeriS in all great )^^eparatton<a; anD 
 3(tctionj) arc ncccffarj' to be p^obiDeD in tl)e firft place, anD 
 V0C arc carefull tl)c fame map be raifeD bp fuel) toaps; agi map 
 bell ftanD \r.itl) tbe ^tate of Our KingDomj!, anD ^ubjCctjBi, 
 anD pet map anfiuertlje p«ffing occaBoniei of t^c p^efent ttmejat: 
 use t^erefojie, out of tlie erprnence aac Ijabe ijaD, anD foj t^e 
 trud me repofc in pour &ai(Dotn0,&Delitie;el, anD DutifuU care of 
 pour ferbice; 3[nD foj tl)e etpcricnre toe babe of all great CaufciS 
 concerning iifi anD our ^tatcbotb aiS tljep i)abe relation to 
 f o^aine parts; ab?oaD , ano asi to our Comiroii-bdealtb , anD 
 people at Ijome ( |3e being perf<^n8! calkD bp u0 to be of €)ur 
 ^nbp Councel) iabe rijoug^t fit amongft tiofe great anD im- 
 pojitant Mtatters;, iMbicb fo mucb concern uiS, in tbe firft anD 
 cbi fell place, to tecommenD ^$ to pour fpecial care anD 
 Diligence 
 
 anD i»e Do Ijerebp autljojtife, anD appoint, anD fttictip toill , anD 
 require pcu, tljat ipeeoifp^nD feriouflp pou enter info conSoeration 
 
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 of ailt^ebeftatiD CpceDiefttoap^anu mean^ re can foz wifing of 14. caroL 
 jg^niejs fo: t\]t jiioft Jmp .jtant occafians rfojefaio: 5Li^^ic^ 
 toiti)Oiitcjc ream:ft^a?;trDio3Ll3, out Bommions, ann^copie, 
 ano toourjit cHDs,auD -Hiilic^, can aoma of m longDciap, tijc 
 fame to be Done bp JmpDft.iong, ojto:}) rix)tfc, a$iH pour toir, 
 DompanDteajlii^pum^rc CfeaiiffnDtobi moft conucnic.it in a 
 cafe of tt)is inevitable ncc^ITup , toi,«rcin ifomi nD Circumftance 
 miiftbeliifpenfcDiDU^,ratl)ei:tt)etitpe;^ubftanf:? be itrft,ano i^a; 
 jacOeD* SnU ijcte in cue iBill rnOpl afure 10, t^at Pou, r? a0 ma- 
 op of |lou tcon tiine to ttnu as can be CpaceD ftom attcmbanf i up^ 
 onOurpcif^UjOzo iKrournecalar^' ^)CCoiccs tioc ufe all tiilU 
 gence bp ^out frequent meetmgjB , ani) fctiou0 coiifioccaticn$,:^ no 
 j»tjen n })abc bJougl)t any ti)tng to matu- tp, ve niaUc repoirtbcrc- 
 «f unto «jS,foji tt)c aDb.;ncemcnt ot tbiiS gccatt fcrtuVe, tti^ict) 
 iiutl) tlje gceateft aiTcction Doe can \»? tecommenD to pour beit 
 cace aniJ HiJ»3«twnt. toljcceof pe mu*t t!Ot fart , as »e tenoer 
 Our honour, atiD fafctp ot 0UC ?r omin ons, a;ib ideople : 3lnD fo? 
 t^e Doing tj-reof, tljcfe 1^. jtcfcnts AmU be to 011, ano ebetp of j ou 
 a fufficinit inartant anti Difcljarcjc m tbat beb^^l : Jn iwitncfs 
 bo^ieof tee t?aoe caufcD tijete £ utTLettctg tobeinaOe Xettet^; 
 
 |datent0i llDltnefs; Out fclf at VVdhninfttr tlje laft Da^ ot Fe- 
 bruary m tl)c t^itb peac of €)uc liCign* 
 
 Per ipfum Rcgcm. 
 
 sir Edward Cook olferved fame circumHances in the Commiffion. 
 
 FIrftj it was after the Summons to the Parliament, Sure,fomc thought 5,-^ ^ijt„i 
 the Parliament lliould not be. 2. There is a Pudor in it, it was CootjObfef 
 kept fecret , lomc great Lords never knew it. 3 . The end of it was ' *»''"".» "P<;ii 
 Excifes, for they are Impolitions , and to be fure he would have the m[fl,on. "^ 
 word ( oihervvife ) wherefore his advice was to go up to the Lords, and ' 
 defirea Conference, to complain of the Commimon, and deiire it may / 
 be Cancelled, and if there be any inrolmcnt of it , to cancel tliat aUo , j 
 and that the Projector may be found out and punifncd. 
 
 Hereupon there er.fueda Conference with the Lords .^ which was thus managed ly 
 Sir Edward Cook. 
 
 My Lords , The fubjcfl of this Conference is a Commiffion, there- sir Edajrd 
 fore we iTiall defire your Lordl"hips to hear it read , which v\as done Ceotrnmna. 
 accordingly. That which 1 fhall deliver is certain Obfervations out of ^ '/t'liceLrw"' 
 the Patent. Firft, The Perfons to whom itisdircfted. 2. The Au- 
 thority that is committed. 3. The great penalty laid on them if they 
 doit not. 4. The Time. 
 
 I . The Perfons to whom it is dircfted are twenty three Lords , and 
 otherofhisMajefties Counccl. 2. The Authority commmitted unto 
 them,is to confidcr how Money may bcLeavied by Impolitions, or 0- 
 thcrwifc: Itistrue, itisbut aPowerto Lcavy Moitey by Impofitlon ; 
 We doe not find any thing raifed ( that is left to your Lordfl^ps ) but a 
 Commiffion to leavy money by Impofition or otherwife, give us leave to 
 fear that Excifc, and what e\'er is comprehended in it, was intended. 
 Sure 1 am, it is againftthc Law, it Is a very high breach of your Lord- 
 (UipSj and our the poorCommons Liberties, and yet this being ill in it 
 
 felf. 
 
 both HouffS 
 
 cncfruf'^che 
 
 CommiiOon.
 
 628 
 
 An. 1628 
 
 Hiftorical ColleBions. 
 
 Ferti Debate 
 in the H'lute 
 agsinft [he 
 Duke. 
 
 1 _^ . 
 
 fclf, may produce a happy cffcft : the King and both rtoiifes have gi- 
 
 ■ vcn a Judgment, the grcatcft that ever was againft this in the Petition of 
 
 Right, and when this judgment is given , lee how Gods goodncfs hath 
 
 I brought it to pafs , that this Patent lliall be part of Execution of that 
 
 1 Judgement, to dam it tor the punilliment. 
 
 1 do utterly dillike that claufe, M you tender the Kings Honour'., That 
 that muft come to a thing of this nature , and it is ftrange to me, I can- 
 not dive into it, 1 leave it to your Lordfliips, for the time , It came out 
 fcven days after the Summons of Parliament, all knew the Parliament 
 would dcfcry this , but I hope it will now turn to good : 1 will not (ay 
 it was kept kx ret. 
 
 Thatwuichl am to demand of your Lprdlliips firft,is,that as we 
 haveing confidered ot this LomraifTionjfinaing it ex diametro againft the 
 late judgment in the Petition ot Right, have condemned it; So your 
 Lordlliips would concurrc with us, as hitherto yc have done. 
 
 2. Thtt this ComraifTion as a thing aginft Law, may be cancelled. 
 
 3. That if It be inrollcd,a Votemay be made of it, and il not, that Or- 
 der be taken that it be not inrolled. 4, That the warrant may be damned 
 and dcftroyed. 5 . That it would pleafe your Lordiliips in your wifdoms 
 to take into conlideration who is the Projedor of this device, and if he 
 cuuld be found out, that fome exemplary pnuilTiment may be according 
 to juftice infliftcd on him. 
 
 The Lords accepted the motion, and promifed to prefent the fame to 
 his Majcfty. 
 
 This done, the Houfe of Commons Voted that the Commiffion, the 
 not guarding the narrow Seas, the decay of Tradc,and other particulars 
 be inferted in the Remonftrance. 
 
 T He Houfe having well nigh finillied the fevcral particulars of 
 grievances of moftmomcnc,relumeth the former motion to de- 
 clare who was the caufc ot all tho(c evils, which in a Committee of the 
 whole Houfewas mentioned before. 
 
 The Debate was as hot as ever,and the crimes fo frequently objcfted 
 againft the Duke, were brought in a ftLlli, as if they had never been 
 propofed in the Houfe. One made a diftinftion that the Duke was 
 The csufe of fome, and A. caufe of other grievances. For the firft, he 
 inftanced in the difalfer of the Armies, the decay of Ports , Trade, 
 Ships, and M-iriners. For the fccond, he inftanced in Religion. Firft, 
 his Mother was a Recufant,anQ a fofterer of Rccufants. Secondly, 
 Papiftshave honour in his own employments, and Papilis Captains 
 are placed by him. And as for Arminians, Tork Houfe is a place of 
 conuiltation for CMountaoue and others, from whence is like to follow 
 Innovation in Government. 
 
 Another in purfuit of the Argument, that Papifts were imploycd by 
 the Duke, named Dalleery as the man who betrayed our men at the Iflc 
 of^^*^ , where all was carried by the advice of private men, and fome 
 ill affciffedin Religion, and in affault before they came away, 500. 
 men were loft, and in the Retreat DiUeer was to make a Bridge , which 
 did fo inraigle them, as they could make no defence : and all contrary 
 to the advice of the reft of the Commanders. 
 
 Sir R^Lert Philips was of opinion to have the Declaration run 
 thus, We conceive the greatnefs and power of the D-ike of Buckingham rf 
 the cfjjefraufe ofaM thefe evils.\Ve arc not ina way of Charge,but of a Rc- 
 monftrance. ' Sir 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijioricd Colle&iour. 
 
 Sit John Elliot^ Sir Eda>arc{Cooki and Mr.Selden were poficivcly to 
 name the Duke as the caufc of our evils,for (o (aid they he nad. been al- 
 ready declared in the hft Parliament, fince whui ttic caufes are 
 multiplied , and he hath delerved nothing better of the Conimon- 
 wealth. 
 
 In this Debate there wanted not Mediators which ditl defire the 
 Houfc for their own ends and happincfs , to be fparing in that 
 kind. Sir Humphrey Mny^pnt them again in mind of the Kings delire, 
 that aliperfonalaiperfions might be forborn, that his Majefty will 
 ' take it as an argument of their moderation and judgment^ if they for- 
 bear in this. 
 
 Sir Henry Martin advifed that the Remonftrancc be fo framed , as 
 to make it palTable to his Ma jellies judgment and affcdion : Let 
 him be pcrfwadcd that it comes from a publick fence, and not Irom pri- 
 vate ends. And he vindicated the Duke in point of Religion. 'Tis 
 true, faidhe, his Mother is a Recufant, but never any thing more 
 Srieved him , and never did a Son u(e more means then he to con- 
 vert her , and he hath no power over her; and for his own Lady 
 whom he found not firm in his Religion, he hath ufed means to 
 confirm her. As for Armmians, I have often heard him proteft , and 
 vow againft thefe Opinions. It is true, many that have skill therein , 
 may have fome credit with him , and make ufc of his ncble nature 
 for their own ends. One particular I know well, that fome Gentlemen 
 and Preachers of great efteem were queftioned for a matter, wherein 
 there was fome error in the manner , of which they were prefented ; 
 I told him of them, and that they were queftioned , and he anfwered 
 mc,he Would do the beft he could for to countenance them. 
 
 Sir Benjamin Rtidyard gave his judgement , that ii the matter be ur- 
 ged home , it will proclaim the mm lowder then we can in words. If 
 we name cxcefs of Power, and abuieofPovver,it will reach to the Duke, 
 and all others in future times : and to a Gentleman of honour nothing 
 is fo dear as fenfe of Honour. I am witnefs, and do know that he did 
 many great and good Offices to this Houfe. If the forfeiture of my 
 \iic could breed an Opinion , that yc lliould have no occafion to com- 
 plain at your next meetijig, I would pawn it to you. Nor let any man 
 fay, it is fear makes us delift,we have fhcwcd already what we dare do. 
 And becaufe the imployment of DMeer had given much of- 
 fence. Sir T/;ow^yfy-m//zftood up in his defence, andfaidhe had given 
 great evidence of his Truft and Fidelity. WhentheCount Palatine re- 
 tired himfelf , and the Councel agreed to fend a Party under Count 
 Mansfield to make a head, and the King fent word to the Palatine to 
 be prefent in Perfon, DaUeer went along with him, with one more,and 
 being in a Village in Germany, a Troop of fifty Horfe met them. Dalleer 
 wentto the Captain and faid, we are in a Service, I will give you (o 
 many crowns to condu(5t us , which was done j and Dalieer went along 
 with him. 
 
 In conclufion, June the 1 3 . it was Ordered upon the Qucftion , that 
 the cxccffivc Power of the Duke oi Buckingham, is the caiife of the E- 
 vils and Dangers to the King and Kingdom j And that this be added 
 to the RemonUrancc. 
 
 629 
 
 4 Carol:. 
 
 Si'. Job t Elli- 
 ot. 
 
 Sit Henry Mir- 
 
 till. 
 
 Sr Benjamin 
 
 Ratiytrd. 
 
 Sir Ttomjs 
 Jirmiri. 
 
 Kkkk 
 
 X; 
 
 At;
 
 6':p 
 
 Hijlorical ColleBions, 
 
 An. l<52 8. 
 
 Dr. Litnh 
 Ud 
 
 kil 
 
 At this very time being June 1 8 . 1 62 8. Doctor LAmh^ fo called, ha- 
 \'\x\<^ been at a Play-houlcjcame through the City of Lo«fl'o»,and being a 
 pcrion very notorious, the Boys gathered thick about him , which 
 increafcd by the acccfs of ordinary People and the Rabble j they prc- 
 fcntly reviled him with words, calling him a Witch, a Devil, the 
 Duke's Conjurer^ &c. he took Sandtuary m the mnd-xn'dl Tavern at the 
 lower end of the OWy«?j, where he remained a little (pace j but there 
 bein<^ two Doors opening to feveral Streets out of the faid Houfe, the 
 Rout difcovcring the fame, made fure both Doors left he fliould efcapc, 
 
 ' prelfed fo hard upon the Vintner t^ cnt(;r the Houfe, that he for 
 
 and 
 
 J 
 
 A Letter to the 
 Ci'V sluutDr. 
 homhi D^*ath. 
 
 Dr.Nn/,&Dt. 
 
 LiuX ruipcfled 
 
 I for Armiuiius, 
 
 fear the Houfe lliould be pulled down , and the Wines in his Cellar 
 fpoiled and deftroyed , thruft the imaginary Devil out of his Houfe, 
 whereupon the tumult carried him in a croud among them, howting 
 and Ihowting, crying a witch, a Devil and when they faw a Guard' 
 coming by order ot the Lord Mayor for the rcfcue of him, they fell up- 
 on the Doctor ,bcat him and bruifed him, and left him for dead j With 
 much ado thcOtficers that refcued him got him alive to the Counter , 
 where he remained fomc few houres, and died that night j The City 
 of London endeavoured to find out the moft adive pcrfons in this Riot, 
 but could not finde any that either could , or if they could , were 
 willin'^ to witnciTe againft any perlon in that bufineffe. This happened 
 to be in Parliament time, and at ihatinftancof time when they were a - 
 bout the Remonftrance againft the Duke. 
 
 And rtiortly after, fo high was the rage of people, that they would 
 ordinarily utter thefe words. ^ 
 
 Let Charles and George do what they can, 
 The Duke lliall dielikc Doftor LamL 
 
 What fine the City underwent for this mifcarriage , we fhall ob- 
 fcrvc in order of time. 
 
 Two days after the PrivyCouncel writ this cnfuing Letter to the Lofd 
 Vlayor, Alderrnen, and Sheriffs of London. 
 
 WHere^i ire are given fo uttderFland^ that hy the fury and outrage pf 
 diiers dijjolute and diforderly perfons ajjemlled together in greaf 
 mmlerSj without any refinance made ^or courfe taken to fu^prej^e them {hy the 
 (JUsgijlrates to whom it appertained ) one Lamb wai ia a Larharotu Planner 
 /laine and murdered 3 nheremth his Majefy having heen likewife made fic- 
 qiiainttdj J.S he is very fenfiblepf the fcandal that may hereLy le cafl upon the 
 'Teate and Cjovernment of the Realme ingeneral, whe» the chief Ci^y thereof ^ '\ 
 and where his own Terfon isrefident , fbould Ly theremifjnejje and negletf 
 of Majiilrates , in tlxe Sxecittion of his Laws , fuffer a faH and mifde- 
 me^noifr of fo high a nature tf be committed^ and to pajje unpunijhed , So he 
 is very highly d/fvleafe4 thereat, and hath therefore commanded w in his name 
 hereiy ^nightly to charge and require your Lordjhip y &c. thatwiti) all cart 
 and diligence you do forthwith enquire out the principal AEiors and Abetters 
 therein , and to caitfe ihm to be apprehended and committed to Prifon , and to 
 be proceeded with, and pnnifl)ed in thefevereft manner , that by th Laws ef the 
 Realme is provided a^i'nil offenders info high 4 nature. And fo^c. 
 
 Tile Commons at this time voted tliat T>o&.otNedl Bifhop o^mnche^er, 
 and Dr. L4«^ Bifhop ot 5^f/j and ;*'fi7y,be named to be thofe near about 
 
 the 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical Colk&iom, 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F I 
 
 I theKing whoare fufpeftedtobe Arminians ^ and that they arc juftly 
 fufpcdcd to be unfound in their opinions that way. 
 
 The Houlc was turned again into a Committee concerning the Rc- 
 xnonftrance. 
 
 And Mr. Selde/i propofed that to the cxcelTivc power of the Duke 
 fhould be added the abufe of that power3&: lince that abufe is the caufe 
 ofthefe evils, that it be prefented to his Ma jelly to confider whether it 
 be fafe for the King and Common-wealth , that a man of his power 
 fhould be fo near his M ijtily, and it was ordered accordingly. All the 
 parts ot the Remonftrance being agreed unto, iz was perfcded to be pre- 
 fented to the King, being as followeth. 
 
 ^ft Sjeat) ^0tjcs;cign,as! toiti) !)umble t^anfefuInelTc toe 
 I pout Dutiful CommongnotoaiXcmblei) in ^itUament, Do 
 acfenotolcDge t^c gteat comfoj^t isljtc^toeljaciem pour flt^ajeflicjsi 
 piousf anti gracious; Difpofmoti , foixictbinli it a meet anD moft 
 neccffacp Butp, being caUcDtjpvour^ajcHptD confuUauD aD= 
 bifc oftbc great anD urgent aaairsoftb « Cljurclj, anu Common^ 
 toealttj , finDingtbemattbi0time m apparent oaugec of rimu, 
 ant) Oc?!ruction,faitbftUIipanD DmifuUp to (nfojm? i^;;ur il5rijfSp 
 tJjercof , anD ttJitb blecDujg be»irt)e;anD 'cenDcD fence*];, to cra^e pour 
 fpeeDplicDjicffctljerein, agtopouroajnujtrooiue (ufjto X^^itX) );y:iz 
 molt l)umblpfubmit cur felbc0 anD ourocfires) fijn.U feememaft 
 mcetar.DconDcnicnt. r©battbf multttuDc auD^otimp of pour 
 ^ajefties! cnante^ arc abjoaU ? ro'jat be tbeir maU'ctcug; 
 anD ambitious; enbj^ ? anD bo\xi bigtlant anD conHantli? inDu»!ri- 
 oujB! tljep arc in purfuisig tbc fame ; iiS U)cll fenoixji to |?our gi^ajeftp ? 
 'CogetberiMitbtbe Dangers tbjeatncDtberebp to pmir n.crcb ^ec- 
 fon, anD pour iiingUomes;, anDtbccalaimttcsi lotjicb babe alccafip 
 fallen, anD Do Dailp encrcafeupon pour fricnDjef anD %\\izfi, of 
 iBbtcb boe are toeU aOTureD pjur ^ajtUp \$ mo!! fcnfibie, anD 
 bdillaccojDingtpin pour great ixjfDoine, auD toitbibegraiJe(!anD 
 moft Mature Councel^accozDin^ to tbe eiigtncie of tl)e times' anD 
 occafionai, pj^obiDe to pj^ebcnt anD bclp tbe fame* 
 
 ^0 tobicb cnDtoemoflbumblp intreat pour ^?^ajei!pfir(l, anD c= 
 fpectallv, to caft pour evc0 uoon tbe nuferable conDiti n of tbis rour 
 oton feingDome, oflate fo ftrangelp toeaKeneD anD DcjetteD, tbKt 
 unle(re,tbJougb pour ^t-ajcfticsimoftgraciousi J©ifDo!n,<15ooDncflre 
 anD3!u(lice,itbefpeeDilpraireD to abetter conDition , it is; in no 
 little Danger to become a fuDDcn ?&jtep to tbe Cncmieg; tbercof ; 
 auD of tbe moft bapp)' anD flourilbtng, to be t\it mof! miferuble 
 anD contmptibicjQationintbeUDojtlD^JntbeDtfcoberiesiof i»:iicb 
 Dangers;, miftbicf0, anD inconveniences; ipin^ upon us;, U3C Do 
 freeip pjotedtbat itis;farfcomo!irtbougbts( tola)' tbe lead afpcr*; 
 fion upon pour facreD ^erfon , ojt tbe lealf fcauDal upon pour C5o* | 
 Dctn iient ; f o? toe Do in allfinccritp of our bcarts; not onlp fo? i 
 ourfclbf5,butin tbe 0amc of all tbe Commons; of tbe llealme 
 (tobom t)3c repjcfcnt ) afcribe as! mucbDutp , as; a moa lopal anD 
 affectionate people can Do, unto tbe bed laing, (foifo pou are, anD 
 fo babe been pleafcDabnnDantlp to erp.tciTe pour f elf tbis? pjtefent 
 ^arliamentb)>pour <I0a]cnics! clear anD fatisJfarto^v nnfojcrto our 
 petition of i^ig^t: # oj tobicb botb our fclbcs; anD our pofteritp 
 
 ' Kkkk 2 Iball 
 
 691 
 
 4. Carol/. 
 
 Mr. Scldin. 
 
 ThcCammons 
 Rcmnnft nnce 
 •i;aintt the 
 Dukf.
 
 632 
 
 A/1. 1^28. 
 
 Hiftorkd Colle&ions. 
 
 (ball bletle d^oD fojij'ou, ant> ctjcr p?efcrbc a t^anfeful mcmojp of 
 y oat great gooDnclTc atiD JJuttice t^eccmj 3iuD toe Do bctilj'be- 
 licbe,t^at all, 031 mod otttjefet^ing^tij^icl) li3c (ball noto pjcfcnt 
 uiitoj'OutSl^ajeap, ate cttljerimUnotion unto j'ou, oj elfebj>fome 
 of rout ^ajciticsi i>pmftei:S'OicccD imOccfucbfpecioas^pjtctcnccjs!, 
 a^ mapl)ilietl)citototiillimcntion0,anD ill confcqucncc$ of tljem 
 from pout sJlpajcftp* iSutiue affute out frluc^^acco^Umg to tbe 
 goot) ejcamplcofj'out ia^aie(lic,s!^jiel)ece(lo^s;,notbiug can make 
 j'OUt^ajcftp (bcmg attiifeanD jnUiciou^^jtmce , autiabolje all 
 things Dcfiroujs!Oitl)cft)elf3te of pout people) moje in lobetoitlj 
 ^atltam£nt;Stbctitl)t^, MiW) i^om of tbe pj^inctpal euDjSi of cal= 
 ltngtbent,tbat tbfteiu I'out ^ajefty map be ttuelp iiifojmcD of 
 }t!)e ^tate ofalltl)e febetaipart^ofpoatfemgUome, ant) l)Ot(j pout 
 fi/iftcets! anO #mtfters! Dobe'oa^jctljemCelbes int^ettud tcpofcD 
 mtljembp ?out ^.?aif(lp , to'oicb tsi ftatcc able to bemaDefenoton 
 unto poU;but(aiBatUametit,a;s! wa^UcciatcDbp po«t bleffeli Jfa- 
 tbet , ijoijenlje iuaiS plcafeOto puttbe Common!8!ni^atliamcntaf= 
 
 (CmbleD in mintie, that it would be tlic grcatcll unfaithtulncflc , and 
 breach ot duty to his Majcfty, and ot thetrult committed to them by 
 the Ccunti'cy that could be, it in fctting forth the grievances of the peo- 
 ple , and the condition of all the parts of this Kingdome from whence 
 they come, they did not deal clearly with him,vvithout fparing any,how 
 near and dear foevcr they were unto him, if they were hurtful , or dan- 
 gerous to the Common- Wealth. 
 
 3In confiDencet^etefojcofpout #ajc(lieieigtaciousi acceptation 
 in a mattct offo bigb importance, anD in faitbful Oifcl^atgc of out 
 Duties •, mc Do fitft of all moft Ijnmblp befeecij rout ^ajeOp to tafee 
 «otice,tbat botofoebettoe Unotjoj^out y^ajeftp,Dotb toitb pout foul 
 abbo^tbatanpfucb t^ing QjoulObeimagineD oj attempteDj Pet 
 tbcre i^agrnetalfeat conceibeD in pout people of fectet toojlitng 
 autirombtnationto iuttoDuccinto tW feingbome mnobation anU 
 cbauge of out bolp lieligion , moje precious unto ujs tbcn out libe^ 
 atiD t))batebct tbiie^too^lD can atio^D^ 3llnD out feats: anb jealouOie^ 
 l^eteinace notmectlpconjectutal, butatifing outoffucbcettamanO 
 DifiEble effects! , ajs map bemonfttatc a ttue anD teal Caufe •, fo^ not= 
 tottbftanDing tbe manvgoobauD boljoleCome l[Uto0,anb pjobi= 
 (longimt^be to pjtebenttbe incteaCeof ^opetp tojtbtn tW feing= 
 borne, anbiiOt\»it^!lanbiHg pout ^ajeaie$ mod gtacioujsl anb 
 Cati$factozp anfoaetto tbc petition of botib^oufeisin tbat bebalfc, 
 pjefentcbtopout iil^ajcftpnt Oxford. i©e finbc tbcte batb fol* 
 lotoeD nogoob etecutionnoj^ effect, bmontbe conttatpCat to^iclj 
 pout ^ajeftp outof tbe qu(Cfe fenfe of pout obon teligioujEl beatt 
 cannot but beintbebigbcftmeafure bifplcgfcb ) tbofe of tbatEeli- 
 ligion bo finbe etttaojibinatp fabo^s! anb tefpect in Court ftom |?et- 
 ronsi of gteat qualitp, anb poijoet bobom t\)2^ continuallp tefo^t 
 unto, anbinpatticulatto tbe<4tounten"c of Buckingham, tobobet 
 felf openlp piofefling tbat I'vclig on iiS a fenoton faboutet anb fuppo^ 
 tet oftbemtbat botbe fame, bobicb tMebJCllbopeb upon pour #a- 
 jellies! 3Knftx)et totbe afojtfaiO petition at Oxford, (boulb not babe 
 been permitteb , noj^tbat anpof pout^ajefties! Subjects! of tbat 
 religion jump tobefufpccteb, (boulb bcentertaincb in tbe ferbice 
 of pout #aje(lp , oj pour ropal confojt tbe ^mm, ^omc Itfec- 
 
 feDtfe
 
 Hiflorical ColleBiom. 
 
 633 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 bDiTe of t^at licltgiott i^at}ei)8D!^onout:$: C^fScejSi, and placets of 
 CommanD anD aiut^otitp lately cotifetccU upon t^cnu ^Sut tijat 
 iwljicl? ftcifectfj t!je gr?ateft Xiim intotije tjearts^ ofponri-oj^al 
 ^ubjcct^ ccnccnung tl)i;ai, i;e!,tljat Ucttcrja! 0: ^tapo?!cgai 
 p^occeDingiS! againO: tljcinljalie becnpwcatcD ftomyour ili9ajcnp 
 (b?ij)l|atmDircct meaner tocfenotwnot) Sdnti Coinmirftoiis uti= 
 Der t^e great ^eale gtauteD anti epccutcD fo?. compoQt:on to be 
 mabe txjittj^opilb litcutantjS , ijoitlj Jnnibitions -.M xtSXums 
 botl) to tl?e Cccieuaatcal anO temporal Courts ano €>fftccr0 , to 
 tntermebdie 'mVc^ tl^em> tx)!)tct)t0conceibeD to amount to nolele 
 i\i%x\, a toleration, oDiou$ to (lt^cH, tuU of biC^cncur anb ertreaine 
 DiTp?ofittop5ur iSl^ajcGp, cf great fcaubalani^gricfc to^our gooD 
 people, anb ef apparent banger tat^epjtfent^tatc ofpouriO^a- 
 iiSi'^, anb of t^ia ismgbome , tlj; ir numberia!, pouier, anb infolencp, 
 bailp increafing i\\ allpart^cf roiir i^tngbomc, anb efpe«a|lj> a- 
 bout London, anb tl)e;§>ubburb$tl^ereof-, i©^ere occeeOingmanp 
 i'amiUeiS bo mafee t^eir abobc publiqnelp , frequent ^affe at 
 Denmark l^oufc anb otijer places , anb tjp il^eir Oiten meeting |j anb 
 conference^; , Ijabe cppo?iunitif0 cfcoinbintng t^eir CoimceijS, 
 anb ^trengt^togetjgr, totl^rlbajarb ofj'oui; la^ajelliefl! fafetp, 
 anbt^e ^t«te, anb mod efpeciallp in tljefe boubtful anb calami- 
 tous! times. 3(lu45 ag( our fear concerning change oj fubberqon of 
 Jaeligion is firounbebupoti tbebailp iucreafe of ^apiftis:, tlje open 
 anb j:^Oiefreb;icn?miei3tljcreof foi tlje Ecarong fo^merlp iWentj- 
 o»eb» ^0 ate ti^e Ijeaitia! cf j^our goob ^ubjectisf no leffc p/rplejr- 
 cb,tol)cn boitljfo^rototlje^be^olb a batlp grctot^ atib^i^eabing 
 of t^e facttoti of t^e 'ifirminian^! ^ tljat being,a;S pour Majeftr tocll 
 lino\»0 , but a cunning toa? to b^tnigin^operp , anb tl)e p^ofcf- 
 fojus of t^ofe opiuionjS , t^e common ciJlurberis of tlje ^^oteftant 
 ^t)urcl)cisl, etUb inecn.b.arteie! \\\ tl)ofe ^itat^iaf tx)!jerei?i tl^ep italic 
 gotten ^np ijcab, bcn^^ p>io^eftant;5 in (l)ii», but Jefuttc jS in opmi= 
 on •, tjtjlci) caufeb psur iiopal f atl)2r b>itl? fo mud) piouiS ixiiCoom, 
 anbarbent^ealc, toenbeai)0urtl)cruppjeffingoftl)cm ajaJ^ellat 
 ^omc , as! in t^e mig^bour Countrc?^* 3(tnb i^our gracious Ma- 
 jeft^imi: ting' Ijis! moil ixiojit^p ejcample , l)atl) oprnlp, anb bp^our 
 ^coclamattonbiilarrbpounniaikeoftliofe perfong!, anb ol t^cir 
 opinion's!-, t»t)onotbDitt)ftanbingare mucl)faUourebanb abbanccb; 
 not bcanttng frienl^^ eben of tljeCl' rg? near to j'OurMajeOpjnamelj' 
 
 ^OCtOJ NcaicI3in)3p Of Winchc(\er,anb j50Ct0;tLavvd,2Bi{|)0p0f 
 
 Bath anb Wells, bo^o arc juaipfufpectcb to be unfounb in tbeir opi 
 nion0 tljat iwap. anb it bemg noba gtneraUv ^elb tbe toap to prefer- 
 ment , anb promotion \\\ tl)e Cl^urclj , manp ^riioirars! bo benb 
 tlje courfe of tljeir ^'^tubies; to maintain tljofe Crjtojs!-, d)€ir 
 B00U2! anb opinions! are faffereb to be pjiiutebanb publilljcb , anb 
 ont^e otljer fibe t^cimpjmtingoffucbag! arc iwj^ittcn againft 
 t^em, anbinbefence oftl)e€)jtt!)obo]C Cl^urcb, are binbjcb anb 
 ^ol)ibitcb,anb (toljic^ig! abolbnelTcalmoaincrcbible) m% re= 
 (Iraint or€>itboboc 25ooHs!,i)S mabeunbercelourofpourMajcftiejS 
 fo?merlr mcmioneb^3ioclamation,tl)e intent anb meaning to^erof 
 tocbnob5i»a0 quite contrary* 3nb further to encreafc our feareiS 
 concerning UnnobationofUeligion, toeftnbettjatt^ere i^atl) been 
 no fmal laboring to remote t^at bol)icl) \^ t^e moa pob^erful means! 
 
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 634 
 
 Hiftorical ColWions, 
 
 A/1.162S. 
 
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 tfl ftcenst^cu anbencreafe outototi JaeUgion, awDtooppofcbotl) 
 tiiofe, tDl)icl)i!S!tI)e Uiligcntteacljing anD infttucf ten of tjc people 
 in tl)e true fcnojoUDge, anU toojfljip of 3tlmig!)tp <15ot)* Znti 
 tt)crffoj^emcan$l)at)Cbemfougl)t outto Dep^eflfe anlJ Difcounte- 
 nance pioujs, ar.D painful, anD £)3itl)otiO]c i^jcacHerji, anU l)otx) i 
 conio^mab!e foe^cj;,anDp:aceable in tljeicDifpofitton anD cam=i 
 age tijep be, r*tt^e pj^cferment of fuc'ais!DppofcD,anDir<fteaD of be= 
 ing cucoiiragcD, tbep are molefteD &3itl) bcratious: coucfcjl, anb puc- 
 fiutiei, antjJarDlp pecmitteD to Xecture* anD in tbofe places 
 i3o^)cre c ce no canftant pjieacljing i3l9inifter$, ixtbetebp mrnp of 
 j>3ur gDOt) prcple CiMlicfe foul0uul) jaicafe toe btfeccljrour ^aje^ 
 ftp to commfetate) are Iteptiti ignojsnce, anD are apt tobeca- 
 fiip CeDuceo to tuo} , aitJfapctJlitton : 3jt Dotlj iiot a little alfo 
 cncreafecucDinget^ anD fcnrg t-]t«( tx!av> , to unDcrftinD tlie mi- 
 ff tabic f onDitbn of \Km BingDome of irda nd -, ^l)2t;e,'D3itbout con= 
 ttolltl)^ ^opta^ ilieliffionis openlp confeffeD, anD piactifeD in e= 
 Mtv part t!)itcof , ^BofjifljJunfBirtion being: tbete generally tx- 
 erctfiDanDa\)m\D,ii#naaetJcg;, i^imnccie.^, ^^uDotljei: (upetfti- 
 tiou0 i^ourc? nejolpe^cctei), 'r:e-eDtaeD anD rtp^cmil?:^ iDir^men 
 anD ixjonien cffcbetal©pec!ef,ai{Din aplcntiiifi wmnn main 
 tamcD at Dublyn , anD molt of iiie great Cotonjai, anD Dibecsf o= 
 tljcr placciSof tl)cfeingD;)mc-, ix)i)ic5 of iwljat ill cc^'^'cqucnce it 
 map p^cVse, if not fcufonablp repjeffeD, isnzlm'oz tn v'^\vc ^ajc= 
 mcgit»ifOontc to JuDgc* 25ut moftbumblp befcccli rou (aja! toe 
 alTure out fil^c0 pouMK to lap tlje fericws ccnfiDEfatir^nti^ete- 
 of to pout ropsl anD pioii-x Ijeart , anD tl)at lome fpeeDp coucfe 
 map be tafeen fo^telizc(rctt)ctcint 
 
 :ainD it no\» toaUtWe pont#ajeap hjiil be pleafeD to aDDe 
 tlje confiDetation of tlje circumftancejai of timc,t»beieintbefcccur^ 
 fes; tenDing to t^eDefttuction cf ttue Ucltgion , liijf^fn t!)ci'crour 
 IfeingDonieg: , Ijafee bcentafeen f^ne, eben tl^m tolien the famciiS 
 iwit^open fojce auDbioleme pjtofetutiDinotbet CoimtrepjS , anD 
 all t^erefoimcD i£l;urcl)e^ in CtjiiftcnDonie, eitljcr DepjeflfcD o^ mi- 
 ferablp DiftredeD : mz Do Ijii nblp appeal uiuo pout £l^ajc8ics! 
 p^tneeli> JuDgcmcnt, tol)etl)ct tijcte be not juft gjounD of ftare 
 tl?ari]berei«{fomeft£tct auDfttong cooperating i)cte ixiitlj tbc e- 
 nemffSof cutl^clgionabjoaD, fDjtt^euttct extirpation tbcreof? 
 aiiD&l)ctt)ct iftbofe coutfejBi be not fp^tDilp tcDj^cffeD , anD t^e 
 pjo:ffaouofttUE lacUgion moje enccutageD, ix)etanc]Cpcctnupo=« 
 tJ^ttbutmifetp anD mine fpeeDilp to fall upon ug(? efpeciallp,if 
 beCiDcft tl^c biftbleano apparent Dangerie! tobetclMitl^ toe atecom= 
 paffcD aliout , Poll tooulD be plcafcD to remember tl)e Dirplea= 
 fure o; Idlmig^ti? €oD, altoaps; bcntagainfttlje neglect of ^riS^o= 
 Ip i^el:5ion,tl)e ftroafejS of tol]Ofe Dibine JIufttce l»e ijabe altea- 
 hV felt, anD Do ftill feele toitl) fmact anD fojtoto in great mea= 
 ftire. 
 
 Mn^ brfiDe!E!tl)iie( fearc of Unnobation in iHeligion, toe Do in 
 liUe fmtt)fu!Difcl)arge Of cut Duties, moft bumblj' Declare to pout 
 ^©aiertp. tbatti^e^eartjsi of pour people are full of fcare of 31n= 
 nobution ai;D cl)ange of <l5obetnmcnt, anD accojiDinglp poUeffeD 
 tajitl) ectrcamc grtefecnDfojrobi)-, |?ef in tl)i9 point bp pour Ma 
 jeftie^late Kinftoet to our petition of iligljt touctjing our >Libet= 
 
 tiejai 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorlcal Colk&ions, 
 
 ticjS, mucij comfo^teD, antitaifcDagameoutOf tljat fatiucffc aiiD 
 Difcontent, ijjlMCt) tljcr gcticram' i)ati coiiccibcD tljjougfjout t^e 
 ijjljolc iiitjglsomc, fojtl^cuuDue courfos U)l)icl) iwccc t^e \m ^eac 
 taken foj caifing of moncpg! bp loauc0 , tl^ii uoljicb (twbatcbcr 
 rour iUBcijflfp l)atl) bctnitifo^iucoto ti\t contrarr) t^erc ijocic ne- 
 ucranpmonep2Dtmsiu)cD,uoj paio baitb gccatic gn?f anD g^ 
 uttal Dtaiiic of all ro^i^ /attftfiU i5)ubjccts •, tijougb man?', 
 pattlp out of fcarc , aiiD pactlj' oiu of ot^cr rcrj)c'ct;si ( ret 
 moft 1111^)1111:191^} iuccs i3iatx)« to pcclD to U)!;at' i»2;sf ce= 
 flUiteD. 
 
 tcbf BiUf tins oi'^oulDicrs! i3iD mud) augmcni boti) tbetr fears; 
 aab grief, ixjlKCcin Iifee^aifc tljcp finDe muct) canuojit upcu p^ut; 
 gcaciou^a! a»f wer to out petition of liigbt, auD to tljat boe picfcr.t= 
 eOto j'out iTipajCftp concerning tl}i;s! particular. I^eti^e molt bu;n- 
 bU'bcfeeclj iour#a cSj'.tbat U)c miiii' inroj^mc pou,tbat tat Ml 
 B continuance, anDlate re entojicuigottbofc^ouiDicr;6!,tj);co»Di= 
 ttongf of tbcir perrons (niauj' of tl):m not being ij^latibe^ of i\)\% 
 &uigboine,nojoftberamc,biitof anoppofite iieiigion) t\z pla- 
 cing of tl^em r.p3n tbe ^ca cToaft, lobcrc mafeing IjeaD 
 amotigft t^emrelbes;, tbcp map unite MiitX} tbc popiOj partp 
 at borne if occaaon ferbc, anD jopne bj.tb an inbabing mzm^ to 
 bo ettrcamcmifcbicf^anb tljattbepare not j'ftbiXjmtTcb^botbft:!! 
 muuftcr caufe Of ^,ei;loiific i\\ psur fobing ^uibject^ ■., jfe^ tbat tbc 
 ^oulbier^ cannot becontinuebtoitboutejcceebing great Danger of 
 ( tljc peaCianbfafctjJofi'CurKingbom. 
 
 IJP^c repoit of t\]z llcange a.iD Dangerous! purpote of bangifig 
 in German ijoifc aub iiiDetiS, booulD babe turrtcb our Doui)t3 in- 
 to J):fpaire , auO our fear£$ into a certamtp of confuftoii , bab 
 not rour^^ajedies! gracious; melfagc (fojb^ljic^ toe buJuMp gifcc 
 roatbanlvs;) co;ntojtcb?i,5:bp tbe airuranrc of ^mt a oral boo^b, 
 tbattbepn:itbet*are,no,ib)creintcnDcb bp pour Js^^ajcap, fojtanp 
 ftrbicc in England; but tbat tQcp bocre DcfigncD foi fomc otber 
 fo^rcigne employment* |i3et tbe ft^.bt of tbc l^j'bp ^.i:a'c br 
 bobicbitfcemctb tljepbu^retobcleabicD, ttje great fumme cf mo. 
 nep, bobicbuponc.caminations bae fount) ta be paiD k.% tbat pur- 
 pofe, gabe us; juft caufc of feare , '5Lbatnu!i;i? about tbe fame time 
 tbctc toaoaCommifTton unber {\)z e>im ^enigrantcDuntatbc 
 }L02bs;)anb otbers! cf tbc pjtibr Councel , to conftDcc of otbcr i»?.rs; 
 fo^raittugof moncps;, fo particularly bpiinpofitions;, gabc fi$ jua 
 caufe tofufpcct, tbat tobatfocbcr toas pour Majcjlies; graclou-j in 
 tention, pet tberebjantcb not tbofe tbat imber fome colonrnble 
 pwtcncG migbt fecrctlpbp tbts, vs bp otber boApe^ , contribr to 
 cbangctbc frame botb of lleiigisu aiib d^obernment, an^tbere- 
 bp unbirminc tl^e fafet? of pour MajejJp, anb pour King- 
 bomcsi I 
 
 ^bcfentfu toulb not be igno^mt tbat tlje bringing in of ^tran- ! 
 gers; foj aiD, b<itb been pernitious; to moll States;, bobere iMiv 
 5aLe been abmittcD, but to England fatal* ii?e bo blcffc dDOb tbat 
 batbgibcn pour Majeftpatoife unbcrftanbing lKa;t to oifccrn of 
 t^ofe courfes;>anb t^atfucbpoiuerptobucctb notbmg but boeal( 
 neffe , anb calamitp* 3tnb bae befeccb pouc Maeftp to patbon 
 tl)e be^cmencie of our f]cp?cflloti, if iw t^t Hopalanb ?ealQUj3{ af 
 
 fections; 
 
 4- Caroli. 
 
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 Aih 
 
 636 
 
 \ 
 
 Hijiorkd ColleBions. 
 
 fcction^i toe bear to your £l^ajcft?anti pour fcrbicc, toe are bolt) 
 to ticclarc to ronr ^^^a]cflp,anD tlje tx»i)ole toojlo,tl)at toe bolo it far 
 bciieatl) tl)e bcart ofanp free €ngUQ) mantott)in(j,t!)at tbijS bi* 
 ctojioiiSi^atiou fljoulDnoto ftann in neeb of German ^oiUDieriat 
 to ucfeiiis tbcfr ooow King anD feitigbom. 
 
 I5ut toljentoc toniVOer i\)z coLiri'efojmerI?menttoiieb,anbtbefe 
 tbings tctibing to an apparent cbaiige of (ii^obcrnnicnt, tljc often 
 tj;tracl)tj3i of parUainent, tobcrcbpi'our#ajcftp batb been Dep?i= 
 Ibcb of tbe faitbfiU Couucel,anb free ^iDg; of your people, bptaUtng 
 'oi ^onn gc anU pouuDagc , toitbout grauut tbcrcof hv 3lct of 
 paritamcnt, ebcrfince i\)z bcginnaig of roar sl^ajetlieisl licigne 
 to tbt3 pjcfcnt, %\iz (lanbing ContmilTton granteD to tbc iDufee 
 of Buckingham tobe general ot an 3rmp in tbe'/Laab iw tbe time 
 of peac^, t\)z bifcbarging of fattbful anD fufficient i2)fficcr$ anO 
 ^vMa%, romefro:u3iubtctal plarec;,anD otberg from tbe €;ffi- 
 ceis aiib autbo.iities! bjbtflJ tbry foj^mcrlp be ID m tbe Common= 
 tocaltbi t©e cannot tut at tbcfigbt offuclj anapparant bcfolati= 
 on asS muftncceiTarili'foUototbcfccourR.sioutoftbeocptbof roj= 
 ;ioto lift up OMr cryf0tobeajcnfo?bclp,anbnert unbcr oeob ap= 
 ply our felbeg! unto your facreD 53^ajeay,tobotfyoucoulbberr fo 
 inaiiytboufanDjBi fpeaMngtogetber^bojoyntly imploje fpeebte belp 
 anb iiCiO^tiuation, 
 
 3tni) if your 09aje(ly tooulb be plcafeb to taUe a furtber bieto of 
 
 tbe pj^efent ftate of yourEealme, r©ebobumbly p^aj? you to con^ 
 
 fttJ:r, to'oetbcr tbeniiferablebtfaderei, anfiillfuccelTatJjat bati/nc^ 
 
 companies all your late bifigaejS, anb a:tion0, particularli* ti)afe 
 
 of Calcs, anbtbeJIfleofRccjanb t\iz lad erpebition to icochd , 
 
 babe notejctreamiie toaftebtbat ftocfeofl^ono^ tbat toag left unto 
 
 tbfjsfeingbome, fometimcs; terrible to allotber/i^ationisi, ano nobo 
 
 beclimng to contempt bcncatb tbctneancft. 
 
 \ ''Cogetbrr toitb our l^onourjs!, toe tbere loH t^ofe (aiiD tbat not 
 
 \ afcto) tobo bab tbey UbeD, toe migbt babe fomc belter bopc of 
 
 irerobcring itagam, ourbaliantanDerpert CoUoncl$, ^aptatneis 
 
 I anb Commr.nDcr^s!, anb many tboufauD common ^oulbierjsf anb 
 
 ^arriner5,^bougb toe babefomecaufc totbmfetbat your y^a- 
 
 jcily tiS not a.'j vti rigbtly infoj* meb tbeccof , anb tijat of ftp oj feben 
 
 tb-ufi^.iib ofyoiir^ubjfctslortattbejfle of Ree, Jlour #a)elly 
 
 reccibt'b uifojtn^ationbut of a feU) bunDieDs^* %n(i tbiiS Oilbonour 
 
 anb loffc batb beenpurcbafcb turtb tbe confumption of abobe a mil* 
 
 lion of "Creafurc* 
 
 ^^any oftbefojt£(are ercecbingtsca'.^ anb becaycb, anb toant 
 betbmcn anbfll^unition* JKubbtrc ixic cannot but toiib gri-'f fon= 
 fiber anb complaine of a ft range impjiobibencc ( toe tbinb your ^a- 
 jcfly toili ratber call it trcacb? rie ) '^bat your ftojte of potober 
 tobicb bp ojtjcr of your ^^i ty Councel.batf b tbe tcmb of Dca mbcr, 
 1626. (borlD be conftantiy tbjtcc bunbjeb )Laft, befibesi a continual 
 fupplyof tbijcnty laft a montb fo: o^bihary erpenceia(,anb tocre noto 
 fit(ais( tee concei\]e)to be boubl:" tbe p20po?tioa,»!8i at tbiis tinv in tbe 
 Tower (tbe pjcfcnti^arrants! being ferbeb) but nine 3La(^3 anb 
 fojtty eigbt pouiibsf \x\ all, tobicb i«e tremble to tbinfe of. 3IInD tbat | 
 notb)irtjaanbingtbifl( ertreame fcarcityofpotober , great ciuanti- 
 tie/sl^abebeenpermitteb to befolboutofyouc ^ajefticjaf ^to^iej 
 
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 Hiflorical Colle&ionr, 
 
 637 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 'fo particular pecfons^ fo? p?itjate c^atn^ UDIjereof toe ijatie fecn I ^caroU. 
 
 a certtficate. ftc iLatt folD fttfjcnrc tl^e 1 4t^» of January laft , atiD ; 
 
 pour #^jc(lie0 fto?c being imfarninjeD of poboDec, toijtcli bp a 
 
 contrart maDcixntljMr.EvdynbraDbifcofi'ourXoiDSfm ^arlm* 
 
 ment, ougljt tobefupplpcDmontbU'tottlj fuoentplaftattberatcof 
 
 tbicc pouuD, ten rbtUiugS, ten pence a Barrel •, |3our ^ajcftp ^at!J 
 
 been fozccD to par aboUe fcben pounD a ©.irrel fo: poiuDec to be 
 
 bjougljt in from be^o.iO ^cas, fo? Ixjljicb purpofe ttuclbe tboufano 
 
 foure^unDjeDpounD;8f ttja^f impjcffcD to Mr. Buriemack tfje tail 
 
 pear, anotbatpotoDcrnot fogoooa;? tbntbp Contrart vmt iBa- 
 
 ieftp (boulDljabe, bp one tftirD part ; ^f! i»l)icb are mol fearful 
 
 anD Dangerous; abnfcsf. i3nttol)attbcpoi)ertp,ujeafencire, an) 
 
 mtferp of ponrfeingtioinci^noU) giotun uiitobpDccap of CraDe, 
 
 anD Deftruction , ano loffe of ^biP« ano #arrmec5j , iuitbin 
 
 tljcfe tljjee pearjai ■■, i»e are almoft afcaiD to Declare 5 %m couID toe 
 
 bp anpotbtr means babe been fure,tbat pour ^ajedp fl)milDanp 
 
 otl^cr toap babe bab a true information tbcrcot,i©; fl;oulbbabe 
 
 been bonbtfultol)abemaDe ouciJOunUneircanb cictreanutpofmif' 
 
 fommt tn t!)i!5 UtnDe, to appear s But ttic importunate anb mod 
 
 pitiful complaints from all tbe parts oftbefeingbomenearaDjopn^ 
 
 ing to tbe ^ea in tljiiel ftinDe, boouID renO, a0 toe tbinlv , tbe ftonicft 
 
 Ijeartintbe b30zH>tjjitbfo;rab.i, anb tbe fenfe toe bai)e of t\)£ mi- 
 
 feraWeconbition pour KuigDomeis! tnbpreafontbcreof,efpeciaUp, 
 
 fojtbat bos fee no poflTible means (being nob) fl)ortIp to enj tbiis 
 
 hellion) boto to belp tbe fame, abDiSfad) abo?igb^ of 8?icf unto 
 
 ourfaOtbtiugljt;Bi,afltb3cbabenotU)orD^to ecp^ciTe it^ 23ut fo,i 
 
 pour^ajcfticismojceract infoj^matlon tbereiu; XBt beteecb pou 
 
 be pleafeD to perufc tlie xalenDcr of particularjS tol)icb boi.b 
 
 t^e i^emonftraBce, taz moft IjumbUe pjefent unto pour Ma- 
 
 jeftic* 
 
 ^netcafonamongft manp oftbtjaibccapof'Crabe, anb loffc of 
 (bipjSaub MarrinerjJ ijai: t^enotguarbingof tlje narroto ;S).^a*, 
 tbe tegalitp l^be'^fofPburMajeffiebatbno'a) in a manner toboUp 
 loft, being tbatto'berein a principal part of tbe f)onoj anb fafetp of 
 tbiiSJ Kingbomc betetofojie confifteb 5 3inb noto babing abfolutclp 
 neglecteb it, tbe Coton of Dunkirk botb fo contiuallprobanb fpoile 
 pour Subjects; , tljat toe can a(Turc pour Majeftp (if fome p^efent 
 anb effectuallrcmebp be notfo^tbtoitij probiDel))tbe Uibole ^raDc 
 of tbifi! Kingbome, t^e (bipping, marrincnei, anb all belonging 
 tbcreunto , toill be utterlp loft anb confumcD. trbe ptinctpal 
 caufeoftobicbebiljEianbDangetiEl.iXJe conccibeto bz tl)c excclTibc 
 potBir of tbe Duke of Buckingham, aub tbe abufe of tb'itpoUJcr : 
 ainb boebumblp fabmit unto pour Majcfttes! excellent UDifbome , 
 l»^etl)cr it be fafe foji pour felf , q% pour Kingbomg;, tbat fo gjeat 
 potoer a^refts; inl)imbp^eaanb]a.anb;(boulbbetntbebanbs!of 
 anp one ^ub j e ct tobatfoet er 
 
 ^nb as it ijfnot fafc , fo furc bje arc,it cannot be H pour ferbice, 
 It being impoffible fojt one man to mannagc fo manic anb toetgljtie 
 affaires; of tbe Itingboincas be batbunbcttal^en,bcfibci9itl)e Q%A 
 binarp Duties of tbofe omce0 bjljiclj Ik bolDsf, fontcoftobicb boell 
 perfojmeD, bjoulD require tbe time anb innuttrp of tbe ableft men | 
 botlj of Counfel anb :jliction, tbat pour to^ole Ifcingbonte toill: 
 
 U-m affojD,';
 
 638 
 
 Hifiorical ColleBiom, 
 
 An.\6i^. 
 
 The Speaker 
 appoincedco 
 deliver the Re- 
 monfiiince. 
 
 Order inStar- 
 Chaoibei con. 
 cerning the 
 Duke. 
 
 affoa2D,efpcciaUp in tljefc timciBi of common Danger* 
 
 ant) out !)iunble Dcftcc i^ futtl^cc , tljat vmx moft exccUfnt 
 ^ajcftv totUbc picafeD to tafee into pour i^j^incclp confiDctation, 
 tol)ctl)er in tcfpcct tl)c faiD 5DuUc^at!) fo abufcD 1)10 potoct, it 
 be fafc fot pour iQpajGftp anti pour iaingl)om,to continue l)im ci- 
 ther ixi W g«at Offices!, oj in ^i$ place of nearnef^ anD Coun- 
 cel about j'Oiir facrcD ^erfon* 
 
 3i;D tl)Ui3! in all Ijumilitp , aiming at nothing but t^c Ijonout 
 of :3ilmig^tp(l5oD, anbtljc maintenance of IjijS true licligion, tbe 
 fafctp anD tjappineCs of pour moll crccUcnt 5l^ajeflp , anD t^e 
 pjeferbation anD pjofpei;itpoftbt<3!Cl)urcl3 anD Commoti-lBcaltl) ; 
 voz iiabc cnDeaboiircD taitl) ftutbfull l)eart0 auD intentiotigi, anD 
 in Difcbarge of tl)e Diup i»e otoc to pour <ri^ajcftp auD our iCoun= 
 trcp, to giDc pour iQpajEftp a true ticpjefentation of our pjicfent 
 Danger , anD pjefung calamities, ix)l)id) ix)e bumblpbcfcecbpour 
 ^ajcftp ejacionflp to accept, auD taUetl)c fame to bcact, account- 
 ing tlje fafetp anD pjofpcritp of pout people, pour gjeatea Ijap* 
 pincf0, anD t^eir lobe, pour Kic^cft 'Etcafurc* a rufull anD la* 
 mcntablefpcctaclctoeccnfcfs; it mull nccDjS b?,to bc^olD tlpfe liu- 
 inciS in tO fair an l^oufe , ^0 manp DiCcafeiB! , anD almoft cberp 
 one of tl)f m DeaDlp, ix\ fo ftrong anD iBcll tempereD a boDp ajS 
 ^i^ UingDoni latelp boasi* But pet bue toill not Doubt, but tljat 
 aoD ^at^ refcrbcD tbigi i^onoj foj pour iQ^ajeap , to rcfloje tlje 
 fafetp anD Ijappinefiai tljcrcof , a-j a tajojfe boojtl)P fo ejccellent a 
 ppxiit, foj tol^ofc long life anD true felicttp, ujeDailp p3^ap,anD 
 tljat pour fame anD neber Dping <5lojp map be continueD to all 
 fuccceDjng (Benerationisf* 
 
 HErcupon a Mcffage was fcnt to his Majefly, defiring accefs to his 
 Pcrfon with the Rcmonftrancc, and the Speaker was appointed 
 to deliver it, who much defired to be excufcd,but the Houfe would not 
 ! give way thereunto. The Houfe alfo fcnt up the Bill of Subfidy unto 
 ' the Lords. Soon after thplting fend.; <tMeflage by Sir Humphrey May, 
 that he means to end this Sefllon on the 2 6. of 5^!/;if, whereupon the Com- 
 mons fall upon the Bill of Tunnage and Poundage. In the mean time this 
 enfuing Order concerning ths Duke was made in the Starchamber upon 
 the fignification of his Majeftics pleafure ; 
 
 In Interior i Canur.i Stdh:a 1 6. Jwui^Anno quarto 
 Caroli "Keg. 
 
 <■' TJOrafmuch as his Majcfty hatli been gracioufly pleafcd to fignific 
 " 1 unto his Highnefs Atturney General, tuathis Royal pleafure is, 
 " tliatthe Bill or information Exhibited into tuis Court, againft the 
 " Right Honotirabte George Duke of Buck, for di\ crs great offences , 
 " and mifdcmcanours objeded againft him (for that his Majefty is fully 
 *' faiisfiedof theinnocency of that Duke in all thofe things mentioned in 
 ' the laid inforuiation,.as well by his own certain knowledge, as by the 
 ■^proofsinthcGdUfc) fliall rh(?refore tog(flfier with the faid Dukes 
 '' Anfwer thereunto , and all other proceedings thereupon^jbe taken 
 "off the File J that no memory jhoreof remain of Record againft him, 
 ^' which may tend, to his dif^rac^. "It is therefore Ordered^tnatthc faid 
 " Information or Bin , the Aftfwcr thereunto , and all other Proceed- 
 ings 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorkal ColkBions, 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 , *< ings thereupon, be forthwith taken from the File , by his Majeftics 
 " faid Atturncy General, according to his Majelties pleafurc therein to 
 " him fignified under his hand , and now remaining in the cuftody of 
 ' ' the Rcgiftcr of this Court. 
 
 Dated this prefcnt 1 6. day of J.ir.e^a^. CaroU 
 Exam, per Jo, Arthur. 
 
 1 6. J unit 1 61%. 
 
 ON this very day the Duke fignified unto the Houfc , that lie is 
 informed that one Mr. chr/fiopher Eukener of the Houfc of 
 
 Commons, hath affirmed that his Grace did fpeak the fc words at his 
 
 own Table, l^iz,. Tu^).^ it makes no matter what the Commons or Parliament 
 ! doth , for without my leai.e and Authority ^ they j]j all not ie ahle to touch the 
 i hair of a Dogg. And his Grace defired leave of their Lordlliips, that he 
 I might make hisProteftation in the Houfe of Commons concerning that 
 j Speech. And to move them , that he which fpakc it of him , being a 
 
 Member of that Houfe,might be commanded to juftific it,and his Grace 
 
 heard to clear himfelf. 
 
 Their Lordfliips confidering thereof,ordcred thnt thcDuke (liall be left 
 to himfelfto do herein what he thinks beft in the Houfe of Commons. 
 Whereupon the Duke gave their Lordlhips thanks, and protefted up- 
 on his Honour , that he never had thofe words fo much as in his 
 thoughts. Tho which 1 roteftation the Lords Commanded to be cntred 
 that the Duke may make ufe thereof as need l"hall be. 
 
 The 1>'<ke alfo charged one Mr. Melvin for peaking words againH him. 
 yiz. 
 
 Firft, That ^Melvin faid, That the Dukes plot was that the Parlia- 
 ment fhouldbediffolved, and that the Duke and the King with a great 
 Army ofHorleand Foot , would war againft the Commonalty , and 
 that Scotland \\\o\A<i affill him fo that when war wasamongft our felvt-s, 
 the Enemy iTiould come in , for this Kingdom is already fold to the E- 
 nemy by the Duke. 
 
 2. That the Duke had a ftronger Councel then the King, of which 
 were certain Jefuites 5cotil"hmen, and that they did lit in Councel 
 every night, from one of the clock till three. 
 
 3 . That when the King had a purpofe to do any thing of what confc - 
 quencc foever, the Duke could alter it. 
 
 4. That when the Ordnance were fhipt at St. CMartins , ihc Duke 
 caufed the Souldiers to go on that they might be deftroyed. 
 
 f. That the Duke (aid he had an Army of 16000. Foot, and 
 1200. Horfe. 
 
 6. That King J^4m« his blood,andMarquefsH4w/7ro«y, with others 
 cries out for vengeance to heaven. 
 
 7. That he could not cxpcd any thing but ruine of this King- 
 dom. 
 
 8. That Prince Hd-^r)! was poifoned by Sir T/;om.jjO;<'r^rt>'j, and he 
 himfelf fcrved with the fame fauce, and that the Earl oi Somerfet and 
 others could fay much to this. . 
 
 9. That he himfelf had a Cardinal to his Uncle or near Kinfman, 
 whereby he had great intelligence. \ 
 
 LIU 2 About' 
 
 ^39 
 
 Caroli. 
 
 TheOuIcede- 
 liris to c.'care 
 himlelf con- 
 cerning I'ome 
 Words.
 
 640 
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions, 
 
 The Comif- 
 (ion for Excife 
 cancelled. 
 
 Ut.Sddcn 
 concerning 
 Turin gc and 
 Poundage. 
 
 About the fame time the Lord Keeper reported to the Houfc of 
 Lords what his Majefty faid , touching the Commiflion of Excife. 
 
 That their Lordfhips had reafon to be fatisfied with what was tru- 
 ly and rightly told them by the Lords of theCouncei, that this Com- 
 miffvon was no m^rc but a warrant of advice, which his Majefty knew 
 to be agreeable to the time, and the manifold occafions then in hand,, 
 but now having a fupply from thcloves of his people, he cftccms the 
 Commilfion ufelcfs j and therefore though he knows no caufe why 
 any jcaloufie fhould have rifcn thereby, yet at their defircs he is con- 
 tent it be cancelled, and he* hath commanded mc to bring both the 
 Commilfion and Warrant to him, and it ihall be cancelled in his own 
 prefence. 
 
 The day following, the Lord Keeper reported that his Majefty had* 
 cancelled the Commiflion,and the Warrant for putting the Seal there- 
 and did there openly fnew it, and a Meffage was fent to the 
 
 A 
 
 unto, 
 
 In all the Bills of Tunnage and Poundage 
 £Uz. and but for that 
 
 TheComnions 
 Remonltrance 
 of Tunnage 
 and Poundage. 
 
 Commons to l"hew them the faid cancelled Commiflioh and War- 
 rant. 
 
 The Commons refume again the Debate upon the Bill of Tunnage 
 and Poundage •, Whereupon Mr. Selden faid , Whereas the Kings 
 Councel objected, that i. £liz>. faith,Itwas Granted timeout of mind 
 to the King, I fear hisMajeity is told fo, and fomc body doth afcer- 
 tain him lo ; But we may clear that, for not only i . £/zi. but alfo 
 in the Statute of i. ^ac. the word timeout of mind is. That whereas 
 H. 7. and ether his Majeftics Progenitors have had fome Subfidy for the 
 guarding of the Seas, And that there was never a King but had fome 
 Subfidie, inthatfcnfc it is indeed time out of mind. Yet is it a matter 
 of free gift .- for publique Bills the King faith, Le %py fe zeult, for Pe- 
 titions of Right, Soit d/aitfait come e(l defire. 
 
 For the Bill of Subfidies it is thus, the King heartily thanking the 
 
 Subjects for their good wills " ■■ ■ - - 
 
 is the very fame Anfwer, fave one, which was 1 
 
 only miftake of the Clerk, it hath ever the fame affent as the Bill of 
 
 Sub fid ie. 
 
 Upon this Debate it was Ordered that a Committee be appointed 
 to draw a Remonftrance to his Majefty, of the peoples Rights , and of 
 the undue taking of Tunnage and Poundage , and Impofitions , without ' 
 A6t of Parliament, and to lliew the Reaions why the Houfe cannot in 
 fo lliortatime prepare that Bill. 
 
 The Remonftrance was as followeth , 
 
 MOft Gracious Sovereign, |l0W SI? ajf aWlBi lltOft )Lo?al fttlD 
 23uttfiU Subjects;, tjc CommoniS in tfttg; pjefcnt l^arlias 
 mcnt affcmblcd , being in notlrng mojtc catefnl, t^en of tijc i^o* 
 no? miD i^?ofpctttpofpouc#ajcftic,anD t^kingliom,ttrt)rei)tibe? 
 fenotx) Ho nnirlj DepcnD upon tijat Ijappie imion, anU relation be- 
 VmxKi pour fil^ajcfticanD pour people, l)o MH\ inucl) fojrobo ap- 
 pjctjenb, tljat bp reafon of ttie iuff ctaintic of tljeir continuance 
 togctbcr, tbe uneipecteD interruptionief toljicl) i^abe bcfncaftBp- 
 on tbcni, anil i\)t IboitncfjB! of time in lo^iclj j^our MajeCie Ijart 
 treterminctito enD tw ^e(Tion, t^p cannot bjing to jnatutitie 
 anD perfection, Dibers; bufineaeisof toeig^t,tD^c^t|ey j^atjetaften 
 
 into 
 
 B
 
 Hiflorical Colle&ionf. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 into tt)m confOJeration anU tefolution,a0moa impcjtant foj the 
 commou ci?"*oD ■, Tllmon^ otpec t\)in^si t^cpljabc tnfecn iwtoefpe- 
 ciai cate tlje preparing of a 25iU, foji t^c dSjiantmgof vomma-- 
 )t(tw (Ucl) a ^ubfiDie of 'Cunnageanti }doimDage, a^ migljt up^ 
 Ijoio j^ouc ^jofitr.no Uebcnucui as ample a mauiicc, ais tljeic 
 juft car. auD tifpcct-t y:taDc ) ujljcrcm notonlpttjc }3jtorperitjj, 
 butCLien tt)e Xife of t!)c liingoom Dot!) confix ) t>>oiUD penntt. 
 23ut being a uooife t)Lit)$ci) a.m require mucij tune, aaD picpara- 
 tion bj7 conference ix)itt)ji0i;r f^mHits QiQax^,^ mil) tin i^n-^ 
 cljantsnotcnU' of London, but of otijcr remote partiS, tly^v finD it 
 not poiTi jle to be accompUfljiD at tijts time •, aDlicrclo^e conaD.ring 
 It ujiil be ir ucl^ moje v} juDiti^ I to i l)e rigt^t of tl)c .%ubjcct,if rs: ur 
 ia^«)cfti? ll;oalij conanue t3 receibc tlje fame i»;tl}c«t 3fut^o?itp 
 of ^auj, aituttjc Dctcrmmation of a ^eHian, t\)m if titer: tjaD 
 been a i^ccjfjg! bp ^iDjournment onlp, J,n toljiclj cafe tljat intcnD- 
 eD r'^mt iMOu.D l)ai3C rtlateti to tljc firft hnv oltlje^Sarl amenta 
 3lnli aaurinj tl)cmfclbe0 tljat JJour ^ajeftie is refolueD to 
 obferbe ti)at |3cur iioyal ^tnfooer , tol)ic^ ^ on l^rsbc latelp mnDe 
 to t^e ?Betit'on of iSig'ot of botl) l^ourejS of ^acUament ; Pet 
 Doubttng Icafl l^our fll^ajcftie map be miftiifvjtjncD concerning 
 t^'js particular cafe, as ifpoumigl)tconnnue totafeettjofe ^u!j= 
 fiDtes of ^immi^z auD ^BoimBage, anD ott)cr limpsfittonjg 
 upoa ^eccljants, twitfjout bjeafeing tlmt Zniwtv, tl)(,v are fo?= 
 ceb bp fl^at Dutie iJ)l]ict) ttje^ otoe to ^ourMajeaic, anbtotljcfc 
 
 tXJtjom tljep repjcfentjto lieclare, Thar there ought not any Impofi- 
 tion to be laid upon the Goods of Merchants, Exported or Imported, 
 without common conlcnt by Ad ot Parliament , which is the right 
 and inheritance of your Subjeds, founded not only upon the moft 
 Ancient and CViginal conftitution of this Kingdom, but often confirm- 
 ed and declared in divers Statute Laws. 
 
 3n; foji ti): bitter nmnifeftation tli?rccf,map it pleafe Pour 
 MMjefte to nnDerfliiib, tljat aitljoug^jpouj: I'iopal ^l^zeDeccfTo^S 
 t^e ^feings; of t?)i$ liedm ijibe ottcn i]aD fuc^ j^ubfiDies; , an^ 
 jmpr.fjttoii$ (ffiiian tD unto tl)cm, upon Diucrsi occaftonia; , efpeci- 
 aUr foj t^c Q[uacDing of tlje ^cas, anD fafeguarD of McrcijantSi 
 pit tic Subjects l)\\3e been ebcr Ctitcful to ufc fuel) Cautions, 
 anD jLimitaions m tUofe d^jtants. as iiur,l)t pjeaent anp claim 
 to be mabc, tl)at fuc^ ^ubfiDies Oo pjtocecD from Dutp , anD net 
 from tl^e free gift of tl?e Subject ■, ^nD tl)at tl)tp l}aUe ue-:cto= 
 fojteu'eo to limit a tune in fu:l) uD?.auts, anD foui)e molt part 
 but lljo^t, asfoj^ a pear otttx)D, anD if it Ujere continneD Icnger, 
 t^r babe fametimeSDiccttcD a certain fpsceof Cefration,oMnter- 
 mifiion, ttjat fa tl)e rigl)t of tl)e fubjcct migltbemo^iecciDent* 
 3[t otbcr times it Ijatlj been (JSjasiteo u'jon occarioii of naar, foi a 
 ccrtamnumber of pe.tts toitl) Provifo, tb?«t ift()ei©ar tocreenocD 
 ot tbc mean time , tijni tl)c S^^nt tboul^ wafc 3t'nD of Courfe 
 it batb been fequrftteD into t^e ba.^Ds of feme ^irbicfts ta be 
 implopcD fo^ tl)r guarDing of tlje ^en?* "^nD i \ iS acKnoiMlcDgeD 
 bp tl)e o^Diaatp 3Bnfa>crS of paur Majefties ^jeDeccffojs intt)m 
 mtxvt to tlje »ai$ of ^ubaDieS of 'Cunnage anD pounDagc , 
 tljat it is of t^ nature of otbcr ^ubfiDicS, piocecDing from 
 the gooD toiU of tl^e Subjects Berp feuo of pour l^jcDeceffoiS 
 
 ijaD 
 
 641 
 
 4. CarolL
 
 64' 
 
 iiijlorical Colle&ions. 
 
 An. 1^28. 
 
 Mr. Noy. 
 
 l^aD it foj life , urttill t\)z ^cign of h. 7, toljo toais fo far from 
 
 ifoaccitiing Ije l)aD anpcigt)t tljctcimto. ^Ijat aittjougtj^egjiant- 
 
 cD Commifftoiia; foj collecting certain DutieiBfanD Cuftome^Dueb? 
 
 \Mi», ^ctl)cmaDcnoCommifton$toi reccibin^^ tl)e ^ubftHie of 
 
 /^unna'^c aiiD pounJ)a3e, uutiUtI)cfame maggrantcD unto bim 1 
 
 \\\ ?5.^rliament» ^mce l)i3 time ail tl)e Kmgie; auD iDuecn-s of ! 
 
 i t^iisf lae aim baije IjaD tlje liUc (©zasit^ {q% life bp tije ftec iotse anD ] 
 
 IgooD totUoftl)e^ub)ect0»<lnD tMbenfoeber tbc people babe been | 
 
 ,giiei)cbbpla>'.nganp unpoattou0cjo£ber Cbargcs upon tbeir j 
 
 gbob^ anD Mcrcbanbifcs toitiout autbozitp of iLato (tobicb batb 
 
 1 been tcrp I IDom) Pet upon ccinplaint in ^atUaincnt tucv babe j 
 
 I been fo.UiUut'o reiicbsb, fabing intbe time of pour llopal jfa 
 
 tbcr. ix>i)o l)abing t!)^ougl) ill Councel raifeD tlje liatcs; anb| 
 
 1 €l)aigc$ upoaMcrcbanbifeiS totljatljeigbtattolj'cb tbcpnoto are, 
 
 I j^et be i»a0 pleafeD fo tar fojtl) ta piclD to tbe complaint of t)ia! 
 
 people, ajs to offer, tliat if tbe baliie of tljofe Jmpafttionsf iw^ic^ 
 
 be l5at) ftt mtgbtbemaDe gootJ unto l)im, i^etooulD binDe^im 
 
 felf anbbiis! l^eirsi b? 3lct or i^arliament neber to lap an^otber-, 
 
 n^bicb orfer, tbe Commonisi at tbat time i\\ regard or tbe great 
 
 fcurbcn , biD not tl)mU fit to inclU unto, i^ebertbclefs, J'oiir ilo?^ 
 
 all Commons in iW ^Sarliaiuent , out of tbetr efpecial jeale to 
 
 your ^erbice,anDefpeaalregarbofi'Durpjefring occafion^, babe 
 
 taUcn into tbeir confibrration, fo to trame a C^^ant of ^ublibie 
 
 of tirunnacre arsD ^omibagctopoiit Majefljjjtbat bctbmnnigbt 
 
 ^abc been tbe better enabled foj tlje defence of pour liealm, and 
 
 pour ^ubjcctis, bp being fecure trom all undue Cbargesf , be 
 
 tbe moK incouraged cbearfullr to proceed in tbeir rourfc of Crade-, 
 
 bp tl)e mcreafc uobcrcof pour jJl^ajeltics ^joflt , and lifeeUiife t^e 
 
 ftrcngtb oftbefemgdombjoiUd be berp mucb augmented* 
 
 \ 25ut not being no^oj able to acccompiil!) tbi0 ttjeir deCre, 
 
 tl)erei!3ino coutfe left unto tl)em,toitbout man;feft bjieaclj of tbeir 
 
 ;dutp,iio:bto pour a^ajeftp and tbeir Countrep, fabe onelpto 
 
 maUe tl)iS! l^nmble ^declaration , That the receiving of Tunnage and 
 Poundage, and other Impofitions not granted by Parliament,is a breach 
 of the Fundamental Liberties of this Kingdom, and contrary to your 
 Majcibes Roval anfwcr to the faid Petition of Right.3nd tlKl^cfO^Ctbep 
 
 d9 molf l)umb!p befcecl) pour fa^aieftp to forbear anp furtl^er 
 tecicbing of tlje fame, and not to tafee it in ill part fromtbofeof 
 pour ^ajeflieiB! lobing ^ubjectiS, tobo ftall refute to mabe pap- 
 ment of anp fuel) Cbargejai , bait^out i©attant of Xato De- 
 manded. 
 
 3nd aisibp tljisi forbearance, r our mod ercellent ^aieflp (ball 
 manifeft unto tlje boo^ld , pour llopal Juftice in tbe obfetba= 
 tien 8f pour Xatojat: ^o,tbep doubt not, but bereaftcr at tbe 
 time appointed fot tl)eir coming again , t^ep (ball babe occafion 
 to ejrpjtefsi tljcir g?eat defire to adbance pour Majeftieisf l^onoj 
 and )d^o6t* 
 
 MR. Nb) after the reading hereof, moved the Houfe tbat his Ma- 
 jefty mi?ht be requeued , that the Merchants might fhip their 
 goods without a CocketjOtherwifc they do forfeit their goods. 
 
 June 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hiftorkal Collt&iom, 
 
 B 
 
 cc 
 
 June^6. The Speaker bcin^ fent for to the King at fyhaekuil came 
 not into the Houfc till about nine a clock. And after Prayers the Re- 
 monftrancc concerning Tunaagc and Poundage being insioffed was a 
 reading in the Houfe , and while it was a reading, thc^Kin^- fcnt tor 
 the Speaker, q.nd the whole Houfej and the King made a Speech as 
 followeth. 
 
 ''^ I T may fcem ftrange that I came fo fuddeniy to end this Seffion 5 bc- 
 "Ifore 1 give my aflent to the Bills , I will tell you the caul'e , though 
 " I mult avowjthat I owe the account ot my actions to God alone. It 
 "is known to every one, that a while ago the Houfe of Commons 
 " gave me a Remonltrancc , how acceptable, every man may jud^e , 
 "and for the merit of it, I will not call that in quellion, for I am 
 " fure no wife man can juitiHe it. 
 
 " Now fince I am truly informed, that a fecond Rcmonftrance is 
 
 " preparing for me to take away the profit of my Tunnage and Pound- 
 
 '' age, one of the chicfc-ft maintenances of my Crown, by alleadgincr, 
 
 ^I have given away my right thereto by my Anfwcr to your Peti- 
 
 'tion. 
 
 "This isfo prejudicial unto me, that I am forced to end this Sc[- 
 "fion lomefew hours before I meant, being not willing to receive any 
 *'more Remonftrances, to which I muft give a harfliAnlwer.Andfince 
 " I fee that even the Houfe of Commons begins already tomakefilfe 
 '^ conftru(5lions of what I granted in your Petitien, Icaft it be vvorfe in- 
 " terprcted in the Countrey, i will now make a Declaration concerning 
 ," the true intent thereof. 
 
 "The profcffion of both Houfcs in the time of hammering this Petition, 
 " was no ways to trench upon my Prerogative , laying they had neither 
 <' intention or power to hurt it. Thcrciore it muft needs be conceived, 
 «' that I have granted no new , but only confirmed the Antient Liberties \ 
 " of my Subjeds. Yettofliew the cleamefs of my intentions, that I 
 " neither repent, nor mean to recede from any thing I iiavc promilcd 
 *^yoUj I do here declare myfelf, thatthofe things which have been ' 
 *' done 5 whereby many have had fome caufe to exped the Liberties I 
 " oftheSuJ3Jcdstobe trenched upon , which indeed was the firft and i 
 " true ground of the Petition , (h^U not hereafter be drawn into example 
 "for your prejudice, and from time to time , in the word of a King, yc 
 *^'lTial not have the like caufe to complaiii.But as for Tonnage and Pound- 
 " age,it is a thing I cannot want, and was never intended by you to ask , 
 " nor meant by me 1 am fure to grant. 
 
 " To conclude,! command you all that are here to take notice of what 
 " I have fpoken at this time, to be the true tntenc and meaning of what 
 "1 granted you in your Petition; But cfpccially,yoU my Lords the 
 " judges, for you only under me belongs the iitcrpvetation of Laws, 
 "for none of the Houfes «fParliament,eithcr joint or feparatc,(whatnew 
 "Dodrine foever maybe railed) have any Power either to make, or 
 " declare^ t^yy without my confent. 
 
 After this Speech ended , the Bill ofSubfidie was delivered to the 
 Spoaifer, ftanding at the J^ay in the Lords Houfe , who made a fliort 
 Speech , and niewed,that it was the grcateft gift that ever was given 
 iQ fo (iiort a time. And (o craving pardon for the errors of the Houfe, 
 and his own ( which he knew to be very many ) he dcfired the King to 
 _ gj y.e his Royal Aflent. The] 
 
 4. Car oil. 
 
 The K. tnds 
 this SiiliDn in 
 
 pctf')n,»iid de- 
 clares !hc rca- 
 
 D
 
 31 
 
 An. \6^%' 
 
 iiiftorical ColleBions, 
 
 The King came fo fuddenly and unexpcdledly to the Houfcjthai 
 the Lords were not in their Robes , and the Commons had given no 
 direction or Order for the Speaker to deliver the Bill of Subfidies , 
 Neither was it brought down to the Commons Houfe, as it was ufcd, 
 but the Bills were read, and the Bill for the Sabbath , for Recufants 
 children, for Alehoufe -keepers , for continuance of Statutes, for the 
 Clergies Subfidic, for the Lay of Subfidie, all palTed. But for the Bill 
 for explanation of the Statutes 3 . Jac. about Leales of Recufants Lands , 
 The King laid, that in this ihort time he had not time fufficient to confi- 
 der thereof, but he faid he found many Errors therein, though the 
 Tide be fairc , and if at the next meeting they would amend thole Er- 
 itlhouldpafs. 
 
 rors , 
 
 Many private Bills paflcd alfo , and after they were all read, their 
 Titles and the Kings Anlwer to them, which to the publique Bills was 
 Le Roy le vetilt^ to the private, Soil fait come ile^ defire. 
 
 The Lord Keeper faid , it is his Majefties pleafurc that this Seffion 
 now end , and chat the Parliament be prorogued till the twentieth of 
 OHoier next, 
 
 Jt tbisParl/ament which legunatVWt^mirAQt the i'j.ofMAtc\\Amo%egm 
 %.CaroU 3 . Thefe Acts were pafled. 
 
 F J /fl y A/iAci for further reformation of fundry Abufes committed on the 
 Lords daj called Sunday. 
 
 2 . The Petition exhibited to his L^ajeBy, hy the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 
 poral, a»d CcrnmortS in this prefent Parliament Ajjembled^ concerning divers 
 Ri^qhts and Privi ledges of the SubjeBj with the Kingi ajje»t thereunto in fttU 
 Parliament. 
 
 3. AnAB for repr effing of all mlicenced Alehoufes. 
 
 4. An AH to retrain the fending over of any to he popijhly bred beyond 
 \ the Seas. 
 
 [ 5. An Aci for eflaHifhing of Snttons Hofpital,&c. 
 1 6. An ABfor the Eflabltfhing of the Tenants £(iates of Bromficld an^ 
 Yale in the County 0/ Denbigh, &c. 
 
 7. An AB for the continuance and repeal of divers Statutes^ &c, 
 
 9 . An ABfor five entire Subfidies granted by tht Clergy. 
 
 10. An AH concerning the 7 itley&c. of Earl 0/ Arundel, and for the 
 annexing of the Caftle of Arundel, and other Lands, to the faid Title of Earl of 
 Arundel. 
 
 11. AnAHtoaffuretheJoyntureofthe Lady Francis Ncvil,«/»</fo en- 
 able the Lord Psbtx^sixcnny to fell Lands. 
 
 12. An AH concerning the Lands ofWiWumSarl of Devon. 
 
 13. An AH to confirm the Sfiates of the Lord Morlies Tenants jn Ta- 
 tham /w^GrelTingham. 
 
 i/\.AnAH for reefiating of Lands of tvilliam Morgan Efq; and dtf charg- 
 ing the trufi concerning them. 
 
 l<y. A Declararation of the Commons agaififl DoHor Manwaring. 
 
 16. An AH to enable Dutton Lord Gerrard to make a Joynture to any ^ife, 
 that he floall hereafter marry , and to provide for younger children^ and the fe- 
 curingof Portions for AJice,Frances,and Eliz. Censird, fifiers of the faid 
 Lord Gcmrd. 
 
 ij.An AH for reftitution in blood of Carew Kav/jfiighEfq; and to confirm 
 Letters P.item made to the Sari o/Briftol by King James. 
 
 18. Jft 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hifiorical ColkBionr, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 1 8. An AB. for the Naturalizi/jg of llaac Aflilcy, Henry Afhiey 
 Thomas Anilcy,4W Bernard Aa-ilcy,/o«j of Sir Jacob AlUcy K»ioht. ' 
 
 19. An ABfor Naturalizing of Samuel Powel . 
 
 20. An ABfor the naturalizing of Alexander htv'mqSionfient. 
 
 21. An AB for the naturaliz.tng of John Trumbal"^ and of William 
 : Beerc, Edward Beer, d«rf Sidney Becre, and Samuel VVentworth. 
 
 I 22. An ABfor the amendment of a word mifwritten in an AB made An.ii. 
 
 Jac. R. to enable Vincent Lowe Efq. to fell Lands, &c. 
 
 2 1. An ABfor naturalizing of Sir Robert Ayton Knight. 
 I 24, An ABfor confirmation of Letters Patents made ly King James to 
 i John£d//o/\griftol. 
 j 2'^.AnAB for naturalizing of John Alderfey , Ma ry Alderfey, Anne 
 
 Alderfcy, Eliz. Alderfey, ^//^ Margaret Alder(ey,d^f. 
 ! 2 6. An ABfor the naturalizing of Daniel Delin^ue Knight. 
 
 (' 27. An AB for the naturalizing 0/ 5/>. Robert Dyel Xf. 4/sW George 
 Kirk Sfquire. 
 
 28. \^n ABfor the naturalizing of James Freefe. 
 
 645 
 
 4 Caroli. 
 
 In the Interval Let ween the two Seffior^s, there happened many 
 remarkable pafja^^es. 
 
 DOdoT Manwarings Sermons intituled 'Kjliojon and Allegianre were 
 fupprcfTedbyProclamationjthe Kin^ declaring that "though the 
 grounds thereof were rightly laid,to ptrfwadc obedience from Subjeds 
 to their 5overeignjand that for conicicncc fake j yet in divers paffages, 
 inferences, and applications thereof, trerching upon the Laws of this 
 Land, and proceedings of Parliaments , whereof he was ignorant , 
 he fo far erred, that he had drawn upon himfclf the juft ccnfure aud 
 fcntence of the High Court of Parliament , by whofe judgement alfo 
 that Book ftands condemned ; Wherefore being defirous to remove 
 occafions of fcandal, bethought fit that thofc Sermons in regard of 
 their influences and applications be totally fupprcffcd. 
 
 Then a Proclamation came forth declaring the Kings plealure for 
 proceedings with Popilli Reculants, and diredions to his CommifTi- 
 oners for making compofitions for two parts ot three of their Eftates, 
 which by Law were due to his Majcfty j nevertheleffc ( for the 
 mo{\ part) they got off upon eafic tearms by rcafon of compofitions at 
 undervalues , and by Letters of Grace and protedion, granted from 
 time to time to moft of the vvealthicf\ of them. 
 
 This was fecondcd with another Proclamation commanding that 
 diligent fcarch be made for all Pricfls and fefuitcs (particularly the 
 Bifhop falcedon) and others that have taken Orders by authority from 
 the See o^Rome,tha.i they be apprehended ind committed to the Goalc 
 of that County where thcylliall be found, there to rcmaine without I 
 Baylc or Mainprizctill they be tryed by due courfc of Law, and if) 
 upon trial and conviftion there fhallbe caufe to refpit the execution 
 of anyofthem,thcy l"hall not licintheCommon Goals, much IclTe 
 wander about at large, but according to the example of former times 
 be fcnt to the Caflle bf fvi s bitch , or Come othcrlafc prifon , where 
 theyfhall remain under ftrait and clofe cuftody, and be wholly re- 1 
 
 Mm mm flraincdl 
 
 D.'. Minvtm 
 rings Strmon 
 fupp eHfd by 
 Piodaraiiioi). 
 
 A ProcLiroatl. 
 I on snd crm- 
 I miflijn con- 
 
 pofition wiih 
 Rt'-ufanti. 
 
 A Pfoclaunti- 
 "" ■•'gainft ,he 
 B /hop of Gil. 
 
 CCiiTt.
 
 6^6 
 
 \ 
 
 hiifiorical Collections. 
 
 7 V^^ftraiiicd from cxcrcifing their fundion, and fpreading their fupcrftitious | 
 and da^gcrou^ dodrincs. 
 
 Hereupon the Privy Councel wrote to the Billiop of £/y a Letter of 
 
 the tcnour follo^vin^ j 
 
 RomifliP. 
 
 r.isbiti'o. 
 
 eft 
 
 / 
 
 cc 
 
 <c 
 
 orJtreJ to be 
 proifededa- 
 2 JnW. 
 
 Order 'ofearchl 
 
 whit Rccu 
 fantt are about 
 
 7 Hcreas his Majeftie hath becnc informedjthat the Romifli 
 ■ Priells, Jcfuites and Seminaries lurking in this Kingdome, 
 do obftinatcly and malitioufly continue their wonted praftifes to 
 ' fupplant the true Rehgion eftabh("hed , and to fcduce his people 
 I "from obedience, ftirre up fcdition, and fubvert the State andGo- 
 'vernment fo far as it lieth in their power , his Majcfty hath therefore 
 commanded us to (ignifie unto your Lordfliip,that it is his exprefle 
 "will and pleafu're according to his Declaration in Parliament ^ and 
 " his Royal Proclamation fincc publillied, you fhall forthwith prepare 
 '« and make ready the Caftle of WisLitch, in the Iflc of Ely to receive 
 " and lodge all fuch Pricfls; Jcfuites and Seminaries, and other pri- 
 "foners, as lliail be hereafter fent thither, and there treat and go- 
 '■'vcrnc them according to fuch inftrudions and directions as fliallbe 
 " prefcribcd by this board. 
 
 The Jcfuites taken in CUrken-well being then in feveral prifons , it 
 was ordered by the Councel they fhould all be removed to Neicgate , 
 and fuch of them aswerenotasyetconvifted and condemned , fhould 
 be proceeded againft untill they were condemned, and then that 
 they all ihould be fent to the Caftleof Vl^hbitch according to the Pro- 
 clamation in that behalf, and the Attorney General was required to 
 take courfe to entitle the King to the goods taken in the houfe which 
 was defignedfor aCoUedge j and accordingly they were proceeded 
 asainft,andbut onely one convifted, which proceeding was queftioned 
 in the enfuing SelTion of Parliament. 
 
 And uponlnformation, that there was a greater concourfe of Recu 
 
 sir Tijchird 
 IVcfi'in and 
 Biftiop Litti 
 advanced. 
 
 adTanrtiijinil 
 I'arcm called in. 
 
 fants in or near Londont\\i:n had been ufual at other times , the Privy 
 Councel lent to the Lord Mayor to require him to caufe diligent fearch 
 to be made, within the City and Liberties thereof, and to finde out 
 whatRccufants did inhabit or remaine there as Houfe - keepers , In- 
 mates, or Lodgers, or in any manner, and to return a certificate to the 
 board, both of their names and qualities , diftinguifhing which were 
 Trade&=men that were there by occafion of their Trades according to 
 to the Statute in that behalf, and which were of no Trade, butreforted 
 thither from other parts of the Kingdom. 
 
 Jidyi<^. (biingSt. Swithifis dav) Sir Richard Ff^e}ion Chinccllot o( 
 the Exchequer was made Lord Trcafurer of England ^ and the 
 fame day was Bifhop La%d tranflated to the Bifhoprick of Lon- 
 don. 
 
 About the fame timc,Mafter CMonta^ue formerly mentioned, was 
 dcfigned to the Billioprick oi Chiche^ier upon the dcccafe of BiiTiop 
 CadetoK. Neverthelcflc his Appello C'^f^rem was thought fit to be cal- 
 led in, the King declaring that out of his care to maintain the Church 
 in the unity of true Religion, and the bond of peace, to prevent unneccf- 
 fary difpuccs , he had lately caufcd the Articles of Religion to be re- 
 printed , as a rule for avoiding diverfitics of opinions , and confiderin^ 
 that a Book written by Richard CMontague nowBilliop o[ Chichester intu 
 tuled yipello Cxfarem was the firfl caufe of thoie dilputes and differ- 
 ences,
 
 Hijidrical Colle&iom, 
 
 cnces j which fince have much troubled the quiet of the Church , he 
 would take away occalion , by commanding all perfons that had any 
 of tnolc Books in their hands to deliver them to the Billiop of the Dio- 
 cclTe, or if it be in eitner Univcrfities to the Chancellor and Vice- 
 Chantellor thereof, who were commanded to fupprclfc them. And 
 if any by preaching, reading, or making of Books pro and contra con- 
 cerning thofe onnecelfary cjueftions fhall revive the ditfcrcnce, he was 
 refolved to take fuch order withthem,and thufe Books; as thev lliall 
 
 had never 
 
 thought 
 
 upon thofc nctdkflc Contro- 
 
 (547 
 
 ■ .4 
 
 4. Caroli, 
 
 Preaching anc 
 Writing, pre & 
 c<tn ab 'uE un- 
 lucelliry que- 
 ftions proh;bi- 
 ced. 
 
 B 
 
 paracn 
 
 A 
 
 g'anie.i 10 Dr. 
 
 Or, MohtigHC. 
 
 D 
 
 Recbcl clofe bc- 
 (icgfd and re- 
 lief dcfigned. 
 
 The Duke 
 fliin. 
 
 willi they 
 verlies. 
 
 But ere this Proclamation was publill^ed , the Books were for the 
 moft part vented and out of danger of feafure, and the fupprelfing of 
 all writing and preaching in Anfwor thereunto, was (it lecms by Icme) 
 the thing mainly intended ; for the feveral anfwers made by Doctor 
 featly, and Doctor Goan/, in their parallels, by Marter Burton ^ Mafter 
 Vi^ard^ Mafter Trfffj, Malkr Vi^'otton^ as alfo by Fra/icis Rous Efq; in a 
 Book called King lames his Religion,were all fupprcfledj and divers of 
 the Printers queftioned in the high Commiflion. 
 
 Moreover Billiop Afontague-, and Dodor Manwafhig procured a Roy- 
 al pardon of all Errors heretofore committed by them , either in fpcak- 
 ing, writing, or pi inting, for which they might be hereafter queftion- 
 ed j And tio^ox Mamvafino^ cenfured by the Lords in Parliament, and 
 perpetually difabled from future Eccleliaftical preferments in the 
 Church o't England^ was immediately prefented to theRedlory of Stam- 
 ford-Rii:ers in £//'(fx, and had a difpenfation to hold it, together with the 
 Rediory of St. Giles in the fields. 
 
 The Town ot Rochel was at this time ftraitly beleagured by the French 
 King, and the King of EnolandhzA prepared a Fleet to relieve itjundcr 
 the Command of the Duke of -g«f/t/>/p/;<tw,who being advanced as farre 
 as Portfmouth ^ on Saturday, Augu^ 2^. being £.i/r/7o/ffWf»' Eve,was fud- 
 denly (lain in his own Lodgings there , by one Leivtenant Feltou , about 
 nine in the morning , who with one blow, having gota knife for the pur- 
 pofe,ftruck the Duke under the left rib, and up into the heart, leaving 
 the knife in his body, and got away undifcovered. In the fall to the 
 ground, the Duke was heard to fay, The ztHahiehath killed niA Company 
 coming prcfently in found him weltring in his blood , and each perfon 
 looking upon another marvelled who ihoulddo (o horrid an ait, a jea- 
 luufie was prefently had \ii LMonfieur Soheez who was then there labour- 
 ing for fpeedy relief to be fent to Rochel^h\xx. he protefting his innoccncy , 
 Feltofi immediately ftept out , and faid, / am the man that did the deed,let 
 no manft^er that is /'««of<r»^ jwhereupon he was immediately apprehend- 
 ed , fent to Lendon and there imprifoned. The King was within four 
 miles of Portfmouth^ whenthenewswasbroughthimof the death of the 
 Duke, he bid fccure the murderer , and BilTiop Landha.d advertifement 
 of his death the 24th. of A«(7«^- being then at Creiden with Bithop 
 Nealy and other Bilhops confecrating Billiop CMontague for Qhi- 
 chefier. 
 
 Notwithanding the death of theDuke,the King purfued the defign ^"'M »eain 
 ofrelieving^offc,?/, and again fet out a Fleet with proviiion and fire- rdK^e^bltfn 
 (hips to put relief into the Town ; the Fleet went from Plymouth the vain, 
 beginning o( September i did feveral times attempt the Barricado , but 
 in vainc, and fo was enforced to give over any further attempt , which 
 the Rochetters perceiving , gave themfelves for loft , and immediately 
 
 M m m m 2 came 
 
 Dr. Movtigut 
 con ecratcd 
 Birtiop.
 
 648 
 
 J/i.i62S.. 
 
 The faj Condi- 
 tion of Rocbcl 
 at (he I'arcendev 
 
 Defefls in the 
 rditf ciRoihd 
 quefiiontd. 
 
 Out .'ge^com- 
 mittcii by loul* 
 d ers. 
 
 Htfloricd ColleBims, 
 
 AovatUemcnc 
 of forrcgn lie- 
 I lignrt. 
 
 came to a capitulation , upon very mean tearmes as to thtmfclves j 
 yet Lewes Kingot i->/j/,r^\vascarfciul by Articles (had they been per- 
 tornie«i) that thofe outrages fliouldnot be cemmiited upon the entry 
 of the Town(vvhich the few remaining inhabitants were much afraid ot, 
 and alterwards felt) and fo mixt mercy with his conqucft , yet pre- 
 fently after high outrages were committed , and great was the pcrfe- 
 cution of the Reformed Churches , which conftrained them again to 
 fend to the King ot Enqland 10 implore aid with thefe expreflions , thai 
 nhut the J writ wM vcitb their teares and their Hood, but the treaty being 
 lliortly after made between the two Crowns j all things were fetled 
 in peace between the King and thofe ot the reformed Religion. 
 
 Concerning the ftate ot Rochel at the furrcnder , we have feen a Rela- 
 tion to this purpofc, that the miitry of the beGegcd was almoft incre- 
 dible J leaving lived long upon Horle-flclli, Hides, and Leather, Dogs 
 and Cat5,hardly leaving a Horfe alive jl^ill in hopes that the relief pro- 
 miled from Enghnd would prove effedual to thcrn j they held it fo long 
 till they were but about tour thouland left alive of fifteen thoufand fouls, 
 mull ot them died with famine, and when they begun to be pinched 
 with the extremity ot hunger they died fo fait that they ufually carri- 
 ed their Coffins into the Church-yardjand other pkces,and there laid 
 themiclvcsin and died jgreat numbers of them being unburied; when 
 the forces of the King ot f/-<t/?f centred the Town, and many corps eaten 
 with Vermin, Ravens and Birds. 
 
 The Fleet which thus put to fea for the Relict o( Rochel wa.s defective, 
 both in victuals , which was tainted, and intacklin , and other mate- 
 rials, infomuch as at the return thereof, information being given to th? 
 King and Council of divers defaults and defcils in the faid ftiips , victu- 
 als and provifion of this and the former expedition to Rochel; and in the 
 difciplinc and performance ot Commands and refolutions taken in that 
 adtion to the great prejudice of the fervice ; it was ordered that the 
 Earh o^ Denliigh, Ltfifey, and LMorton, and the Lord Wilmott, andMa- 
 jlkr Secretary Cook Ihould forthwith meet together ,and confider of 
 the Relation madebytheEarlofxy///>v, and inform themfelvcs of de- 
 faults in the particulars before mentioned, and make report thereof tg 
 the Board. The Scots under the command of the Earl UMorto/i , and 
 fome ////& alio, were lent to. quarter in the lfl.eotrirf/]gk, which 
 jlflandwas unacquainted with the quartering ofForreigncrs. 
 I In £j]ex many robberies and outrages were committed by the Souldi- 
 jcrs then returned from Sea. Whereupon the Privy Councellors re. 
 I quired the juilices of Peace in that County to choofe a Provoft MarlTnai 
 j for the apprehending of all fuch as wandred up and down the Coun-^ 
 , try , or behaved themfelves diiTordcrly , that they might be puniflicd 
 j according to Law, andtocaufe ftrong guards and watches to be kept 
 I in all paflages. 
 
 I Anci upon advertifement of fome hoftile preparations from forraign 
 enemies, the Privy Councel taking care for fecuritfig tlie coafts in Keatf 
 Sujjex , Hampjl^ifey Dorcetjljire , and Devonshire rcnued their diredions to 
 the Lords of thofe Counties for the careful watching <^ Bea- 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ; cons , &c. 
 
 .■Ql; 
 
 A i?ni7.' 
 
 T^f Kingof 
 D'M" r<[ af- 
 lift;! with 
 foicss. 
 
 About the time the Fleet wcntJafttotherblief o^Rochef^xht King 
 being folicited by the Ambaffadoursof thcKingof l)f;»K<<r^,, and the 
 united Provinces to fend lliippingtofecurethe (£/^^ , at)c|jree;i.j&)r the 
 defence of L«f;(^<»f, rcfoK'cd upon the fending pf five Ships accordingly; 
 
 but 
 
 F) 
 ■i
 
 Hiflorical ColleUiom, 
 
 649 
 
 failc thence to Luckjat , under 
 and by rcaion of the abfence 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I but firft to difpatch the men for the relief of the Town, the preftrvation ' 4.. Carol' 
 I whereof did mainly imput the fecurity of the River, wherefore 
 the Regiments thenrem.iining in feveral of the States Garrifon Towns 
 which were reformed out ot tour Regiments, under tne Command of 
 Sir Charles Morgan-, and luppoled to confift of two thoufandmen,werc 
 dciigned for tins employtntnt j But in regard that by tlie capitulations 
 at the rendring of Stoade , tliele louldiers were firft to t )nch xn SnQlmd 
 before they could engage in Waragainft the Hmperour, they were 
 appointed to come to Harmtch , and to ' " ' 
 the command of their former General , 
 
 of the Er.^lijb Fleet upon the lervice of %otcl.el, the St.ues and the 
 Prince ot Orange were dclired to accomaiodate tliem with Stiips of con- 
 voy in croffing the Seas, But a while after the King confidering that the 
 fix months wherein that Regiment was bound not to ferveagainft the 
 Emperour,were near expiring, and the Winter appro;Khing,which by 
 foul weather and contrary winds , might cxpole both men and Stiips to 
 great danger in their crolfing the Scasto £;!i|/4»^,andcaufe unnccelTarv 
 charge.commandcd Sir CharlesAforgan to forbear to touch azHanfitch^hm 
 to fliape his courfc by tlie ncareft & ftraightcll way from HolUnd to Luck- 
 fiat, andtoftayatthe placcof imbarquingjfo many days as with the 
 time which will be taken up in their paffage , may accompliili the full 
 fix months ^ Morcover,thele Reformed Regiments brought from Stoade^ 
 being found upon their muftering fourteen hundred, tl>c King made a 
 lupplyof fix hundred more by borrowing fix or eight men out of every 
 Company,feiving in the States pay,under the condu6t of the Lordrf/'^,the 
 feafon of the year not permitting to rely upon new recruits from 
 England:, for which he engaged his royal word to the States and the 
 Prinee oi Orange., that tor every man they lent him, he would fend them 
 two as foon as his forces return from %ocheL 
 
 Touching the Horfc levied in Germnny , and intended (^s was faid) to 
 be trani ported into England., about the la(1;Scffion of Parliament the l^ri- 
 vy Councel now wrote to VaUeere upon certain overtures made by the 
 King of ^B'Cfl'e/?, and the Duke of 5iiiy;j to receive them into their pay 
 and lervice , that he might difpofe of the faid Cavalry to thofe Prinzes 
 being his Majcfties friends and Allies with condition that hisMajcily 
 be no further charged with their pay,tranrportation, or entertainment in 
 any manner whatfoever. 
 
 After the death of the Duke, the King fecmcd to take none to favour 
 fo much asDr, Land., BilTiiop of Lo«^o«, to whom he fent many graci- 
 ous mcffages , and alfo writ unto him with his own hand , the 
 which contained much grace and favour, and immediately after- 
 wards none became fo intimate with his Majefty as the faid Bi- 
 ftiop. 'i 
 
 BT Orders frwt the Bifhoj}-) there were then entred in tl)e Docket Book, feVe^ 
 ralCongeTfeflieri md Royal ajjents for Dr. May to le Bijhop of Bath , Conge <!'cflier 
 ^/?fi/ Welds,, /or Do8or Qo^i to bf Si/fco/* <// Oxford , and for SsLtmcl g'/"'^'" 
 Wzi{i^ntttbmSi^of>of^oi\v'nc\\, toU Afch-Bijlooifof^oxV. .1 ' "•'*■ 
 
 In the lint verfity of Oxford, Bijhop Laud ^arc tf^e fva). The Lord Ch»»~ \ 
 f^Z^owr William Earl of Pembrook commiting his power into his hands. 
 Andthiiy/iat. he framed the Statittesfor the reducing and limiting the free E- 
 leRto^ of <pr»Bor>Sy which hefore ( M himfelf faid) tveriS' FaSiieM y andTu' 
 OffbuantatbfifeVerd.Colle^^^ycQurfe, , , .;f,,j.. 
 
 :-;, The 
 
 Tlie Germm 
 
 HoifcdilVolid 
 
 of. 
 
 Dr.L«iin fa- 
 vour with [he 
 King,
 
 Hiftorical ColleUions, 
 
 T»e meeting 
 ot'thcParlia. 
 mciu idjourn- 
 tci: . Jii. zo. 
 0,ca. refort [0 
 
 fon. 
 
 mined b^fne 
 the Gouncil> 
 
 Threstned to 
 be Racked. 
 
 The Judges 0- 
 
 pinioiit lakcn 
 thC'eiOi 
 
 The meeting of the Parliament appointed to be the 26. oiOBoL was 
 by proclamation the firll day of that moncth Prorogued to the 20. of 
 Jam. following- 
 
 VVhilft Felcoit remained a Prifoner at London , great was the refort 
 of people to fee the man who had committed fo bold a murder, others 
 came toundcrllandvvhat were the Motives and Inducements thereunto, ' 
 to which the man for the moft part anl\vcred,That he did acknowledge 
 ih.c Facl, and condemned himfelf for the doing thereof; Yet withall 
 confeflcd he had long looked upon the Duke as an evil Inlf rument in the 
 Common-wealth, and that he was convinced thereof by the Remon- 
 ftrance of pjriiament. VVliich coniiderationsj together with the in- 
 Itiffation ot the Evil One ( who is always ready to put finfuU motions 
 int^ fpecdy Atlions ) induced him to do that which he did •, He vyas 
 a perfon ot a little Stature, ofa ftout and revengeful fpirit , who having 
 once received an injury from a Gentleman, he cut oft a piece ot his little 
 tinker ,and fent it with a challenge to the Gentleman to tight with him, 
 I thercbv to let him know that he valued not the expofing of his whole 
 body to hazard, fo he might but have an opportunity to be revenged. 
 
 Afterwards Feltoa was called before the Councel, where he confeflcd 
 much of what is before mentioned concerning his Inducement to the 
 Murder , the Councel much preffed him to confcfle who let him on 
 work to do fuch a bloody adjand if the Puritans had no hand therein,he 
 denyed they had, and fo he did to the laft, that no perfon whatfocver 
 knew any thing of his intentions or jnirpofe to kill the Duke, that he 
 revealed it to none living. Dr. LW Bilhop oi London being then at the 
 Councel Table, told him, if he would not confefs , he muft go to the 
 racki Fi?/fo»rcplycd,if it muft be fo,he could not tell whom he might 
 nominate in the extremity of torture , and if what he lliould fay then 
 muft CTo for truth, he could not tell whether his Lordl"hip ( meaning the 
 Billiop of London ) or which of their Lordlliips he might name , for 
 torture might draw unexpcdted things from him ; after this he was ask- 
 ed no more queftions, but fent back to prifon. The Council then fell 
 into Debate,whcther by the Law of the Land they could juftifie the 
 •putting him to the Rack.^ The King being at Councel faid, before any 
 \fuch thino^ be done, let the advice ot the judges be had therein , whe- 
 ther it be Legal or no , and afterwards hisMajcfty the 13. of No-jemb. 
 4. Car. propounded the queftion to Sr. Tho. "Kjchardjon , Lord Chief Ju- 
 ttice of the Common Pleas, to be propounded to all the jufticcs. (riz. ) 
 Felton now a prifoner in the Tower, having eonteffed that he had killed 
 the Duke o{ B'tckingham , and faid he was induced to this , partly for 
 private difpleafure, and partly by reafon ofa Rcmonftrance in Parlia- 
 ment, having alfo read fome Books, which he faid defended that it was 
 lawful to kill an Enemy to the Republique, the queftion therefore is, 
 whether by the Law he might not be Racked, and whether there were 
 any Law againft it, for ( faid the King ) if it might be done by Law , 
 he would not u(e his Prerogative in this Point , and having put this 
 Queftion to the Lord chief luftice , the King commanded him to de- 
 mand the rcfolution of all the Judges, .j"^- '•', .'-"Vv^' ' 
 
 Firft,thc Juftices of Serjeants Inn in Chancery Lane didi meet and 
 agree, that the King may not, 'v\ this cafe put the party to the Rack. 
 And the fourteenth of November all the Juftices being aflembled at Serje- 
 ants 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hijiorical Colle&ions. 
 
 D 
 
 E 
 
 B 
 
 .ants Inn in f /(f<f^^r<f<rr, agreed in one, that he ought not by the Law to 
 be tortured by the Rack, for no fuch punil"hmcnt is known or allow- 
 ed by our Law. 
 
 And this in cafe of Trcafon was brought into this Kingdom in the time 
 oi Henry 6. note Fortefcueio\: this Point, in his Book de laudibM le^u/n 
 AnglUy fee the preamble of the A61 2 8. W. 8. for the Trial of FclJony, 
 where Treafons arc done upon the Sea , and Statute 14. Ednp. 3 . Ch. 9. 
 ofjaylours or Keepers wlio by durclfemake the priloncrs to be ap- 
 provers. 
 
 Since the Jaft Seflion of Parliahjcnt, certain Mcrthant^ who traded 
 in Wines, had been committed to the Fleet for the non-payment of 
 an Impofitionof 20.5. the Tun, and were now at liberty upon their en-. 
 tring into bond for the payment of thatlmpofition. 
 
 Moreover the King in full Councel declared his ablolute will and 
 pIeafurctohavethe]cntry of2.s. 2.d. the hundred upon all Currensto 
 befatisfied equally with that of J.s. 4. d. before the landing of that 
 Commodity, it being a duty laid by ^een Sliz^det/.', who lirftgave be- 
 ing to the Levant Company^and which had been paid both in his Fathers 
 time and his own, and that their Majefties were equally poflcffed oi the 
 whole fumme of 5.5. 6. d. the hundred by a fok-mnand Legal Judge- 
 ment in the Exchequer, and he ftraightly charged his Councel to ex- 
 amine the great abufe in this point, and to make a full reparation to his 
 Honour, by inflifting punilliment as well upon Officers as Merchants, 
 that tor the future they may beware of committing fuch con- 
 tempts. 
 
 And Divers Merchants o^ London having forcibly Landed, and en- 
 deavoured to carry away their Goods and Merchaiidifcs from the 
 Cuftom-houfe Key, without payment of duties, were lummoned to the 
 Councel-table .- And the Councel was informed againfl them, that they 
 had caufed great and unlawful affcmblies of people to be gathered toge- 
 ther, to the breach of the Kings Peace, and Mr. Chambers was commit- 
 ted to prifon by the Lords of the Councel, for fome words f poken at 
 that time, CMichaelmas 4. Car. 
 
 %icl)Ard Qjambers being in Prifon in the MarlTialfie, Del hoflel de Roy^ 
 defired an Haleas Corpu*-, and had it , which being returable upon the 
 16. day ofOHo^e'r,theMarllull returned, that he was committed to 
 prifon the 28. day of Sepiemh. laff, by the command of the Lords of the 
 Councel . The Warrant verhAtm was. That he was committed for in- 
 folent behaviour , and words fpoken at theCounccl-Table , which was 
 fubfcribed by the Lord Keeper , and twelve others of the CoiinceJ. 
 [ The words rrere, as informat/en was given, though not exprejj'ed in the Re- 
 turn ^ That fuch great Cuftomes and Impofttionsrvere required from the Mer- 
 chants in England, as were in m othi-r place , and that they were more 
 fcrewed up , then under the Turk. ] And bccaufe it was not mentioned 
 what the words were, fo as the Court might adjudge of them , the 
 Return was held infulficient , and the Warden of the PriCon advi- 
 fcd to amend his Return : and he was by Rule of the Court appointed 
 to bring his prifoner by fuch a day without a new HabeAS Corpti', and 
 the Prifoner was advifed by the Court, That in the mean tiine he 
 fhould fubmit to the Lords , and Petition them for his enlargement , I 
 The Warden of the Prifon bringing the Prifoner in again in Court, thej 
 2 3 . day oiOBoher. Then Mr. Jermin for the Prifoner moved. That for ■ \ 
 
 afmuch ' 
 
 I 651 
 
 4 Carol/. 
 
 Merchants 
 torn mi ted a- 
 bcut CuttomJ. 
 
 Merchants 
 ''ummcnncd to 
 tht Ccuiicel 
 Tabic. 
 
 Mr. Chambers 
 brcu^lir up 
 wlths Hiib<iK 
 Cerptts, and 
 bjilcd.
 
 65: 
 
 Hijiorical Colle&iom, 
 
 An. I ($28 
 
 LoiiJs of ihc 
 Counccl c-fli. 
 th'-td wub bis 
 bjiiina- 
 
 afmuchas it appeared by the Return , that he was not committed for, 
 Trcalonor Fcluny, nor doth it appear what the words were, whereto' 
 hcmi'^htgivcaiiiwcr, he therefore prayed, he might be difmifled or 
 bailed. But the Kuigs Attourney moved, That he might have day un- 
 tillthe i^.oiOB.oifri to confider of the Return, and be cnformcd of I 
 the words, and tiiat in the /«rm/«,thePriloner might attend the Coun- 
 c el-Table, and Petition. But the Pnfoner alfirmcd, that he often- 
 times had aflayed by Petition , and could not prevail , although he 
 had not done it lince ttic beginning of OcloUr jand he prayed the juftice 
 of the Law, and the inheritance of a iubjcd ; Whereupon, at his im- 
 i portunity , the Court command-ed him to be bailed .- and he was bound 
 \ in a Recognizance of four hundred pounds, and fcur good Merchants his 
 Sureties were bound in Recognizance ot one liundred pound a piece, that 
 he llijuld appear here m Cfiistz/io aoim.u-um, and in thc/V>fw/7rlliould 
 be of the good behaviourj And advertized him, they might , for con- 
 temptuous words, caufe an Indidment or Information in this Court to 
 be drawn againil him, if they would . 
 
 The Lords of the Counccl were much diflatisfied with the Bail- 
 ing of ^/w/'i^cr^'. Whereupon the Judges were lent for to the Lord 
 Keeper at P/r/ww Houfc 3 where were prcfuit, befides the Lord- 
 Keeper, the Lord Treafurer , Lord Privy Seal, and the Chancellor of 
 the Ducchy ; And the Lord Keeper then declared unto them, that the 
 faid enlargement of C/;^wZ<'^s was without due regard had to the Pri- 
 vy Councel , in not firft acquainting them therewith. To this 
 the Judges anfwercd, that to keep a fair correfpondency with their 
 Lord Qiips, they had by the Lord Chief- Juftice acquainted tlie Lord 
 Keeper in private therewith,bcfore they baild the party : And that what 
 thev bad done as to the bailing of the priloncr was according to Law 
 ' and jullice, and the confcicncc of the Judges. To this it was replied 
 f thatitwasneccffaryfor theprcfervationof the 5tate , that the power 
 i and dignity of the Councel Table ("hould be prcferved , and that it 
 I could not be done without correfpondency from the Courts of Juftice j 
 fo they parted in very fair tearms. 
 
 B 
 
 Fe/fow brought 
 
 CcnftlTeth the 
 Faft. 
 
 TcnJctshis 
 hand to be ci:t 
 tff. 
 
 D 
 
 OnThuifdaj the 27. of NovemLer , Felton was removed from the Tow- 
 er to the Gatc-houfe in order to his tryal, and was the fame day brought 
 by the Sheriffs oi London to the K'tnoi-bench'Stax^ and the indidment be- 
 ing read, he was demanded whether he were guilty of the murder 
 therein mcntionedrhe anfwered he was guilty in killing the Duke of Buc. 
 and further faid that liC did deferve death for the fame, though he 
 did not do it out of malice to him. So the Court pafTed fentcnce of 
 death upon him , whereupon he offered that hand to be cut off that did 
 the fad, but the Court could not upon his own offer inflid that further 
 punifhment upon him , ncvertheleflc the King fcnt to the Judges to inti- 
 mate his defire, that his hand might be cut off before execution,but the 
 Court an! wcrcd that it could not be, for in all murthers the Judgement 
 was the fame, unleffe when the Stamte of 2 5 . f . 3 . did alter the nature 
 ot the offence, and upon a fcveral indidment ,as it was in Queen £//'- 
 zaletis timc,whena Fclonat the Barf^ung aftoneata Judge upon the ' 
 Bench, for which hewasindided and his fentence was to have his 
 hand cut off, which was accordingly done, and they alfo proceeded | 
 againft him upon the other indidlment for Felony , for which he was 
 
 found
 
 Hiflorical Colle&ions, 
 
 found guilty, and afterwards hanged 3 and~ Felton was after- [4. caroli 
 wards hung up in chains in manner as is ufual upon notorious 
 murders. 
 
 Hui ^ in 
 cbjint. 
 
 Mr. Vaj[its 
 goods itiL-d on 
 tor dmy.ng 
 Cuftotncs. 
 
 Information 
 preferred a. 
 giinft him. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Mr. ViffAs 
 pita to the 
 llifaimaiion. 
 
 IN U^iichaelmafTerm the Farmers and Officers of the Cuftom Houfe 
 feized great quantities ot Currants belonging to Mr. Samuel rajjal 
 oi London Merchant , becaufe he retuled to pay an Impofition of Hvc 
 llaillings and fix pence upon every hundred weight of the laid Currants 
 fo imported, alloiged to be due, and demanded on his Majtftics behalf, 
 Mr. Kz/^/refufedtopay thefame , conceiving it was an Impofition a- 
 gainft tne Law of the Land j Wliereupon the Kings Attourney Gene- 
 ral exhibited an Information in the Exchequer againlf the laid r^/Ja/, 
 fetting forth that King ^ames did by his Letters Patents command the 
 taking the faid Impofition , and tnat his Majefiy that now is, by his 
 Letters Patents, dated 26. y»««, z-.Caroliy by the advice of his Privy 
 Councel did declare his V\ ill and Pleafure to be, that iiublidies , Cu- 
 ftoms, and Import (liould be Leavied in luch manner , as they were in 
 the time ot King Jamef^umilk migiit receive a fttling by Parliament, 
 and the Information did fet forth , that the faid Samuel Fajjall before the 
 firft day of OBoLer^ 4. Car. did bring into the Port of LoWo/y,4<$38. hun- 
 dred weight uf Currants, for wliich he refufed to pay Cuftom. 
 
 To this information the faid Samuel yajfal appeared, and plead- 
 ed the Statute of Magna C/;^rr<i, and the Statute de talagio non ccme- 
 dendo^ and that he was a fubjed born under the Kings allegiance and 
 a Merchant , and that the faid impofition of five fliillings (\x pence 
 upon every hundred weight of Currants , was not Anttqua fen recla 
 eonfuetiido^ and that it was impofcd without aflcnt of Parliament to 
 which Plea the faid Attourney General demurred in Law,and Wit.Va(Jall 
 joyned in demur, &c. 
 
 Afterwards the Barons of the Exchequer did publickly deny to 
 hear Maftcr J^.ijjah Councel to argue for him , faying, that his the 
 faid F'ajJ'alh Cafe would fall under the fame rule with one Bates 
 Cafe, and therefore the Cafe was already adjudged. Mafter Faf- 
 falls Councel alledged that they had nothing to do with Bates his 
 Cafe, but defiredto argue Mafter VaJJ'alls Cil\'. The Barons replied 
 that they knew the opinion of the Court , and lliould be heard no fur- 
 ther ;and faid that theKing was in pone{fion,and they would keep him in 
 poffefTion •, and fliortly after the Court of Exchequer impriioned the faid 
 Mafter 'L/'.«j(/k//for not paying fuch fums of monyasthe Officers of the 
 Cuftomc-houfe required, as due upon the faid impofition^and he could 
 not obtain reftitution of hisgoodsjand the Court gave their opinion upon 
 the faid information for the King againft Mr. Vafjal. 
 
 About the fame time divers goods and Merchandizes belonging to g 'od'^^reTwon 
 %ichard Chambers of London Merchant , were feized and convened 'or not paying 
 into Storc-houfes at the Cuftom-houfe, by the Officers of the Cu- | '"'^o"'"- 
 ftom , becaufe the faid ^wm^irn- refufed to pay the fubfidyof Tun- [ 
 nageand Poundage demanded by the Farmers , the faid r/;j/«^f,j con- 1 
 ceiving no fuch fubfidy or duty was due or payable , the fame ha- j 
 vine not been granted by Parliament to his Majefiy , and having fu- 
 ed forth a; writ of Replevin^ the proper remedy in Law to regain the ^e?ou"'" 
 pofTeffion of his goods J the Barrons of the Exchequer did order an 
 Injunftion under the S^al of the faid Court dircdcd to the Sheriffs ' ^1^'^ fup«ffe«d' 
 
 " Nnnn of 
 
 ed.
 
 654 
 
 An. 1628- 
 
 Hiftorkal Colle&ions, 
 
 Mr. RcUs a 
 
 Mcrchanr- 
 
 Private conful- 
 tations abo.ic 
 the enfuing 
 Parliamenc. 
 
 of Londoit commanding them thereby not to execute thefaid writ, or, 
 
 I any the like Writs of Replevin^ that ftiould afterwards be fued forth' 
 
 by any pcrfonor pcrfonsfor the delivery of any goods in the like na- 
 
 \ture detained , and did declare publickly in Gjurt that the faid 
 
 goods by Law were not repleviable, and the Sheriffs ot London did 
 
 accordingly torbcar to execute the faid Writ of Replevin. Mafter 
 
 Chambers finding this obftruftion, offered to give great fecurity unto 
 
 the Court for payment of fuch duties as (hould be made appcare to 
 
 be made payable to his Majefty in fuch manner, as the faid Barrons 
 
 { lliould dired the Court , afterwards debating this matter, would not 
 
 jgivevvay thereunto, unlcffe the faid^^jw^cr^ would dcpofite all fuch 
 
 lummesof money as the faid Officers refpcdively demanded of him, 
 
 ! for duties to his Majefty which he rcfufcd to do. The Court did 
 
 order the Officers uf the Cuftom to detain double value of the 
 
 fummes by them demanded for duties to his Majefty, and to reftore 
 
 the refiduc. 
 
 The fame courfe of proceeding the Barrons of the Exchequer 
 held in the Cafe of Mafter John %olls of London Merchant, 
 whofe goods were detained for not paying of Tunnage and Poun- 
 dage. 
 
 The meeting of the Parliament now drawing nigh , the King con- 
 fults wich a feled Committee of his Privy Councellors , what proba- 
 bly the Parliament at their next meeting would infift upon , and how 
 the Pri\7 Councel(who are members of the Parliament)iTiall demean 
 themfclvcs in fuch cafes .- And firft it was propofcd to his Maje- 
 ftiesconfidcration , that if in the Houfc of Commons it fhall be mo- 
 ved with any ftrength, that the Merchants goods be delivered , before 
 they proceed to the Bill of Tunnage and Poundage , the Anfwer by 
 j fuch as are Privy Councellors and Members of the Houfe to be , 
 ': that if the Houfe intend to grant Tunnage and Poundage to the 
 King, as it hath been granted to his Predcccffors, it will end alldif- 
 pute, but if they proceed otherwife then before they come to a rcfolu- 
 tion, the King to fpeak to them, and to declare, that though his Pre- 
 dece (for s claimed it not but by grant of Parliament, yet took it de 
 fa[io, until it was granted by Parliament , and that his Majefty hath 
 done the like, and that if they will pafTethe Bill to his Majefty as 
 his Anceftors had it, his Majefty will do any reafonable thing, to 
 declare that he claimes not Tunnage and Poundage otherwife then 
 by grant in Parliament, but if this do not fatisfie , then to avow a breach 
 upon juft caufe given, not fought by the King. 
 
 And for bringing the Kings bufinefs to a fpcedy iftue , it was ad- 
 vifed, that the Bill of Tunnage and Poundage be prepared before 
 the Parliament fit, in the fame form as it paflcd to King fames , 
 adding words to give it from the firft day of the Kings Reignc , and 
 tliat the Bill be prefcnted at the firft fitting of the Parliament , and 
 the Privy Councel of the Houfe to declare that his Majefty caufed 
 it to be timely prefented,to cutoff all qucftions and debates, and to 
 perfwade thern to a difpatch thereof, and that they will returnc 
 a fpeedy anfwer whether they will grant Tunnage and Poundage 
 or not. 
 They aho took into confideration divers other matters , which 
 
 they
 
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 B 
 
 they apprehended the Parliament would infift upon, a.s proccedino- to 
 ccnlurcthcadionsof the Duke oi Buckingham , to accufe fomcof°the 
 Kings fcrvants now living, upon common Fame, to caftperfonalafper- 
 Hons in Parliament upon the Kings Councellors ,or to charge tliem 
 with giving ill counlcl to the King, to handle qucltions touching mat- 
 ters ot Religion, proper for his Majefty, and a Convocation'to de- 
 termine, to raife objcdions againft his Majcfties Speech the hik day of 
 the laft Sellion, as trenching upon the liberty ot the Subjcd, in thefe and 
 the like cafes the Privy Councel of the Houfe were to be inftrudcd how 
 CO demean themfelves, and to advifc all fair and pjfiTible means to have 
 a good agreement between his Majefty and his people. But m cafe 
 the Houfe proceed upon any ot the particulars before mentioned, and 
 draw towards a rcfolution , that the /"rivy Councel who are of the 
 Houfe, do intimate that thefe Debates will tend to a breach, and will 
 not be admitted ol, and the King thereupon to declare himfelf pre- 
 fentiy, tiiat he will not fufter iuch irregulat ccurles of proceed- 
 
 ^55_ 
 
 4. Carol}, 
 
 ing. 
 
 D 
 
 TheParlia- 
 mert meers, 
 'hey enquire 
 wi eiher ike 
 Pa.ticn ci 
 Right be cn- 
 
 SO foonas the Parliament RcalTemble on Tuefday the 20. 0^ Jam. 
 In the firft place , the Commons inquired whether the Petition of 
 Right, with his Majcfties Anfwer unto it were inroUcd in the Parlia- 
 ment Rolls, and the Courts of wp/^m/V./ffr, as his Majefty promifed tliem 
 the laftScflion .- and they found hisMajefties Speech made the laft day 
 of thcSeflion, entred by his Majeftics command, together with tic 
 Petition , and N'orton the K'ngs Printer being called into the Houfe , and 
 demanded by what Warrant the Additions ( befidcs his Majcfties An- 
 fwer ) to the Petition of Right were Printed, he faid there was a W'ar- 
 rant,as he thought from the K. himfelf, and being demanded whether 
 there were fome Copies Printed without additions, he faid there were 
 about 1500. but they were fuppreflcd by Warrant,and Mr. Attourncy 
 General commanded that no more of them lliould be Printed, and that 
 thofe that were firft Printed fhould not be divulged. 
 
 The next thing taken into confidcration, was the violation of the Li- 
 berties of the People, fince the end of the laft Seflion , even contrary 
 to the Petition ot Right , fome having been fince the time committed, 
 and aCommand fcnt to the Sheriff not to execute a Replevin, when 
 mens Goods and Mcrchandifes have been taken away, audit wasin- 
 ftanced intheCafeof Mr. J?oZ!'ja Merchant, and known to be a Mem- 
 ber of the Houfe , to whom it was faid by foine of the Officers of the 
 Cuftome Houfe , // aU the PArltAtnent were in you , n>e would take jour 
 goods. 
 
 Whereupon Sir Ti^iert Philips made this Speech. 
 
 BTthii Information jon fee how unfortunate tltefe times are., and how full 
 time it was for this Aflemhly to meet to ferve his Ma<ejty , and to ferve ^hUipt sketch 
 their CouKtrey^ and I am confi dent ^tha' coming hither wiih fulnefs of ajfeBi- con"rning 
 0», to our King and Cwntrey^ all will conduce to a happy conclufion, and , '''^' *"*""■ 
 to the Kings honour : Indeed our own great and weighty affairs wound deep , 
 cajl your eyes which wayyoupleafe^ youfhallfee violations on all fides , look 
 on the liberty of the SubjeB^y lookvn thepriviledge efthis Houfe ^ let any py^ 
 if ever he faw or read the like violations i>y inferiour Minivers that over do 
 
 Nn nn 2 their 
 
 What were the 
 violjtioi s of 
 the Sub/eas 
 Librriicj fmcc 
 
 in:nc. 
 
 Sir Rfibcrt
 
 6^ 
 
 Hiftortcd ColleBions, 
 
 a Committee. 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech to both 
 Hou'^esin the 
 Banqueting 
 Houle. 
 
 their command ^ they knew the forty wm a Parliament man , nay .^ they fay , ifi 
 dllthe PArliament tvere in you , this rve wouUdo^and luflijie it. Jf n>e fujfer\ 
 the Priuiledge of Parliament and Lilerty of SubjeBs to he thm I'iolated , for \ 
 fear of complaint^ we gt^e a wound to the happinefs of the Kingdom, The courfe 
 of Jiifiice is interrupted y and an Order in the Exchequer made for the fiay of 
 the qpodSy and (i nee there is a feifure-^upon the approach of Parliament ^oi goods 
 amounting to five thoufand pounds for a pretended duty of two hundred pounds 
 Cujiome^ Its time to look about us, 
 
 fntbefirfl year of King James, hy reafon ofthefickr.efj'e that there was^ the 
 Parliament was prorogued y and then there we, e fome fo hold as to take this 
 Tunna/e and Pjuudage-y and then we cjuesi toned the men tha' demanded it. 
 Let tti proceed with ajjeclion of duty^ and m-tke up breaches , let a Com • 
 vtittee Le appointed for the examination of thefe proceedings. 
 ~.j^ ^ ^j. j This Lufi/.efje was re erred to A Committee , and the Officers of the Qu- 
 was referred to \ (Iffme Houfe ( who had feiz,ed thefe Merchants goods) were ordered to Le fent 
 for , and whiUt they were in Delate of this iufinejje , the King fent a 
 Mefjage to the Houle, and willed them to defifi from further Delate of thcfe 
 matters concerning Tunnage and Toundage^ till the next day in the after- 
 noon^ at which time, he would fpe, ike with them at the Banqueting Houfe at 
 Whitehall, n4jere his Majefiy made this Speech, 
 
 THe care I have to remove all Ohfiacles that may hinder the good cor - 
 refpondency between me and this Tarliament , is the caufe I have cal- 
 led you together at this time -^ he particular occafion ieing a complaint made' 
 in the Lower Houfe. And for you my Lords, I am glad to take this, and all o- 
 ther occafions wherely jou may clearly underfland hoth my words and aBions, 
 for as you are neerefi in Degree, fo you are the fitteH Pvitnefjes unto 
 Kings. 
 
 T^e complaint Ijpeak of is for flaying mens goods that denyed lunnage and 
 foundaoe , this may have an eafie and fhort conclufion , if my words and ani- 
 ons le rightly underload , for iy piffingthe Bill as my Anceftors have had it, 
 my ly-pa'i anions will le included , and my future proceedings authorized, 
 \which certainly would not have leenfiuck on, if men had not imagined that I 
 \ had taken thefe duties as appertainingto m) Hereditary Prerogative, in which 
 \ they are m'lch deceived,for it ever was,andflill is my meaning,ly the gift of my 
 {people to enjoy it, and my intention in my Speechat the ending of the lafl Sef- 
 \fion concerning this point , wa& not to challenge Tunnage and Poundage as of 
 I ^'i&^l^i hut Ac hcncc^Q,^ewing you the neceffity, not the right hy which I wa( 
 \ to take ituntillyou had granted it to me , afjuring my felf, according to your 
 general profejjions, you wanted time, not will to give it vie'. 
 
 wherefore now havingopportunity, I expeH that without lojje of time, you 
 make good your profeffions , andfo hy faffing of a Bill, put an end to all the 
 Quefiions arifingfrom this SuhjeB : efpecially fince I have cleared the onely 
 Scruple that can trouhle you ifithis hufinejje ', to conclude. Let us not he jealow 
 one of the others actions , for if I had heen eafily moved at every occafion , the 
 Order jou made on fvednefday Wi , might have made me (iartle, there heing 
 fome jljew to ftfpect that you had given your felves the liherty to he the Inquifi- 
 tors after complaints ( the words of your Order heingfomewhat too largely pend) 
 hut looking into your actions, I find you only here complainers, not feeking com- 
 plaints : for I am certain you neither pretend, nor /lefire the liberty to he Jnqui- 
 fitors of mens actions hefore particular complaint' he mfide. 
 
 This I havefp«ken, to jhew youhowfiow I amto believe harfhly of your pro- 
 ceedings, like wife to ajfureyou, that the Houfes RefolutionS , not particular 
 
 mens *
 
 Hiflorical ColleBions, 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 , ^ _i ^57 
 
 mensfpeechiS , Ihall make me judge well or illy not douhting^ Lut acccrdhr>i to ' a, Carol: 
 my exdwple youmll he deaf to ill reports concerningme , //'// ni) words and' '-^ — 
 actions (peaiefor themfelves , ti)atfo tins Seffion beginning with co/ipdence o,.e 
 towards another^ it may end with a perfect good underjtanding Let ween m. 
 M4)ich God grant . 
 
 Munday the 2 6. of January i 
 
 " |V /f R. Secretary Cook delivered a Meflage from the King to the Houfc ^^\^- '^"'' 
 " 1 ▼ J. '■>* Commons , tliat tiie Bil! for Tunna^e and Pouiida^e mi;3,r,t be ' Houfc miCol 
 *•' Ipeedily taken into conlideration, and that time mi^^ht not beflipt, Ucns fpccdiiy 
 " and did very much prels (in hisMaiellitsn mO thc^ reading there- l',"''« ''""j 
 ot as a matter ot weight and importance, and laid that r.e Ipake it Ng'io'oconii- 
 " tor their lervice, and that moderatioii in tiieir proceedings, would !''^'"'°"* 
 " be of great advantage to them j But the Houfc beir>g troubled to have 
 " the Bill impofed upon them , which ought naturally to arife frqm 
 "themfelves, did at that time forbear to fpeak tlieir minds frtely, 
 " and relolved to husband their time, and did accordingly further im- 
 " power tiie Committee to examine violation of Libcrtie, and property 
 'Mince the lall Sefllon of Parliament , and refolved to proceed in the 
 "next place, with matters of Religion, and particularly againft the 
 '' Seft oi: Armifiidf.s , upon which occalion Mr. Kjus fpake to this 
 " purpofc. 
 
 sa 
 
 he 
 
 om- 
 
 B'.i: the C(m- 
 
 mori rclr.lv ■ to 
 piocccd in inst- 
 tiiioi Rtljnion 
 
 " Mr. Speaker, we have of late entered into confideration of the 
 " Petition oi Right , and the violation of it , and U[)on good reafon, for 
 ' it concerns our Goods, Liberties, and Laws , but there is a right of 
 " higher nature,that prelerves for us far greater things , Eternal lite,our 
 "fouls, yea our God himfelf, a Religion derived to us from tliC King 
 '•of Kings, confirmed upon us by the Kings of this Kingdom, Enadtd 
 " by Laws in this place , ftreaming down to us in the blood ot Martyrs, 
 *' witneffed trom Heaven by miracles, even miraculous deliverances, 
 " and this Right in the name of this Nation,! this day require and claim 
 '■ that there may be a deep, and ferious confideration ol the violation of 
 " it J I defire it may be confidered wh it new paintings are laid on the old 
 '" tace of the whore of 54/'j/o«, to make her iV.ev/more lovely, and to 
 '"draw fo many fuitors to her, I defire that it may be confidered how 
 "the Sf^ of ^om^ doth eat into our Religion, and tret into the Banks, 
 " and walls of it, the Laws and Statutes ot this Realm, eipecially fince 
 " thofe Laws have been made in a manner by themlel ves, i ven by their 
 " ownTreafons,and bloody Defigns .• And iince that Popery is a confu- 
 " fed heap of Errors, catting down Kings before Popes, the Precepts ot 
 " God, before the Traditions ot men (living and rea(onablemen) before 
 " dead and fenflefs ttocks and ftones ; I delire that we may conlider the 
 " increafe o{ A/-minianifm^ an Error that makes the Grace ot God lackey 
 " it after the will of man, that makes the flieep to keep the Shepherd, 
 " and makes a mortal feed of an Immortal God. Yea 1 defire that 
 "we may look into the very belly and bowellsot this Trojan Horfc , 
 " to fee if there be not men in it ready to open the Gates to Romilli Ty- 
 " ranny, and Spanifh Monarchy : for an Arm/nian is the Spawn of a Pa- ^ 
 " pilt, and if there come the warmth of favour upon him, vou llialJ , 
 " fee him turn into one of thofe Froggs that rife out ot the bottom- 1 
 
 Icfs ' 
 
 Mr. Row 
 Sj'cecli con- 
 
 KriiirgRdJgi- 
 cn.
 
 658 
 
 An. 1 62^, 
 
 Hijiorical ColleBims, 
 
 « Ids pic ; And if you mark it well 3 yon lliall fee an Arminian 
 'f reachiii'^ out his hand to a Papift, a Papift to a jcfuitCj a Jcluitc gives 
 ''one hand to the Pope, and another to the King ot Spaim , and thefe 
 "men having kindled a fiie in our neighbour Country, now they have 
 c< bj-ouo-hc over fome of it hither, tu let on flame this Kingdom alfo: 
 (( Yea ° let us furtl'.er fearch and confider whether thefe be not the men, 
 "that break in upon the goods and Liberties ot thiiCcmmon-wealth,tor 
 " by this means they make way tor the taking away of our Religion ; 
 "it was an old trick of the Devil, when he nuant to take away Jols 
 "Reli^'ion, he begun at hisgoods , laying , Jay thy hand on all he 
 " hatifand i.e will cutfe thee to thy hue; either they think thereby to 
 "let a dittalle between Prince and People.or elle to tinde lome other 
 " wav of fupply^to avoid or break Parliaments: that fo they may break 
 *' inupjnour Religion, and bring in their errours. But let us do as Jol 
 "did whobeinCTconlfant againlf temptition, held tart his Religion, 
 -■'and his p-oods were rellored to him with advantage , (o it we hold 
 "fait God and our Religion, thefe things lliall be added unto us •, Let 
 *'us confider the times pal^, how this Nation flouriHied in honour and 
 'abundance, when Religion flourillicd amongftus; but as Religion 
 f decayed, fo the honour and ftrength of this Nation decayed alfo; 
 'when the foul of a Common-wealth is dead, the body cannot longer 
 overlive it -, If a man meet a dogg alone, the dogg is fearful, though 
 "never fo tierce by nature, but if that eiogg have his Mafter by him, 
 " he will fct upon that man, from whence lie fled before. This lliews 
 " that lowernatures being backt with the higher, increaje in courage 
 " and t\rcn<Jth; and certainly man being backt with omnipotency , is a 
 «• kind of omnipotency , all things are polTible to him tbatbclieveth,and 
 " where all things are potTible ; there is a kind of omnipotence ; 
 " wherefore let us now by the unanimous confent and refolutionof 
 *« us all make a vow aud covenant, henceforth to hold talf ,1 fay to hold 
 " fatl our God, and our Religion; And^then may we from henceforth f 
 ''certainly expeft profperity on this Kingdom and Nation, and to this ' 
 i" Covenant let every man fay. Amen. 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 A Repatt from 
 the Comm'tce 
 f tr flclioior. 
 
 ThcR m-in- 
 ftrance c n- 
 ccrningRcii"'. 
 on fcnt back by 
 
 Tuefday the 27. of January. 
 
 A Report was made to the Houfe from the Committee for Reli- 
 gion,of matters concerning ReJigion,whu;h patTed the latt Scflion 
 and were tincethat time delivered by the Clerk ( by Command from 
 the King) to fome whom his Ma jcfty had fern for the fame; for want 
 whereot the Committee could not proceed, hereupon Matter Secreta- 
 ry CooL- brings this metfage trom the King , that his Majetiy under- 
 itfanding tlie Remont^rance concerning Religion was called for, was 
 pleafetf (to take away all QuefUon) to command him to deliver it 
 unto them, hoping never the IcfTc that they will proceed with the 
 Bill for Tunnage and Poundage , and give precedency to that bufi- 
 nels, andfo put an end to a further difputc between fome of hisSub- 
 jcfts [ meaning the Cuttomcrs , and Merchants , whofe goods were 
 fcized'bv the Cut\omers for Tunnage and Poundage,] or elfe he fbaJl 
 think hisfpcech , which was with good applaufe accepted , had not 
 
 that good cffeft which heexpeded. 
 1 ° But 
 
 D
 
 HifloriCal Colk&ionr. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 But the Houfe thought fit to prefer Religion, and to give ir the 
 firft place in their debates , faying, if Popery and Armmanifme joyne 
 hand in hand together, it would by degrees bring in Span% tyranny 
 under which thele Laws and Liberties, muft Ccafe. Beiides tb.at it 
 was fit time to enquire whatpcrfons have been advanced to Eccle- 
 fiaftical preferments, and to whom pardons have been granted fince 
 the laft Seflion^That Religion concerns the King as well as the Sub- 
 jcds, and the work of the Lord muft not be done negligently, whereupon 
 the Houfe was DifoJved into a Commitee, and gave Religion the pre- 
 cedency of Tunnage and poundage. And in the Commitee Mr. Pjww^ 
 fpakc as toilowcth. 
 
 '"T' Wo difeafes there be ( faid he) the one old , the other new 3 
 JL the old Popery, the new Arminianifm j there be three things to be 
 . *' inquired after concerning Popery. 
 I I. " The ccfTationof the Execution of Laws againft Pupifts. 
 
 2. " How the Papifts have been imployed and countenan- 
 " ced. 
 
 3 . *' The Law violated in bringing in of lupcrftitious ceremonies a- 
 i"mongft us, efpecially at Durhafn, by Mr. Cozens, a.s Angels, Cru- 
 1 <' cifixes , Saints, Altars,Candlcs on Candlenua day;,burnt in the Church 
 
 '^ after the Popilli manner. 
 
 '' For Arnuniaiiifme let it be advifcd. 
 
 1. "That a way be open for the truth. 
 
 2, " That whereas by the .Articles fet forth, 1 5 62 . and by the Ca- 
 *'techilmfet forth in King Edn^ard the {ixths days,and by the writin^J 
 " of miartin Bucer, and Teter OUartyr;, who were employed in ma- 
 " king ourArticlesjand by the conftant profc(rions,fealed by tlie blood of 
 "fomany Martyrs, a.sQranmer^ Ridley ^ and others, and by the 36. 
 " Articles in Qwcn Elizdeths time, and by the Articles agreed upon 
 "at Lamheth, as theDo6lrine of the Church off ^^/^W, which King 
 ^' James lent to 'Z)o/-f,andto Irehnd^ and were avowed by us and our 
 " State i his Majefty hath exprcfled himfelf in preferving unity in Re- 
 " ligion eftablifhcd, though his royal intention , notwithftanding, hath 
 " been perverted by fometo fuppreffe the truth. Let uslliew wherein 
 " thefe late opinions are contrary to thofe fetled truths , and what 
 *' men have been fince preferred , that have profeffed thefe Herejies; 
 *^'what pardons they have had for falfe dodtrine ; what prohibiting of 
 " Books, and writings againft their doftrine , and permuting of iuch 
 " books as have been for them: Let us inquire after the Abettors; 
 " Let us enquire alfo after the pardons granted of late to fume of 
 " thefe , and the prcfumption ot fome that dare preach the contrary 
 *' to truth before his Majefty. It belongs to the duty of Parliament to 
 '^cftablirti true Religion , and to punilli talfe; we muft know what Par- 1 
 " liamentshave done formerly in Religion. Our Parliaments have 
 "confirmed general Counccls. In the time of King He»ry 8. the 
 " Earl of Efjes was condemned for countenancing books of Herefic ; 
 "For the convocation, it is but a Provincial S'moa oi Camurltny ^ and 
 ** cannot bind the whole Kingdom. As for York that is diftant and 
 '^ cannot do any thing to bind us or the Laws ; For the High-Commif. 
 " fion, it was derived from Parliament. 
 
 fTed/iefday 1 
 
 4 Caroli. 
 
 Piccerfcncy a- 
 g in givfn to 
 Rfligocbffove 
 Tti'inage and 
 
 1 cui.dage. 
 
 Mr. 'Pp/ts 
 rpce>:h concern- 
 iijg Rdig-on.
 
 66o 
 
 Hifiorical ColleBiom, 
 
 An 
 
 1628 
 
 cc 
 
 Meliageby Sc- 
 crctsry C^i 
 aboucTuiinage 
 and Poundage- 
 
 Sir Tht. Ei, 
 m^ttds. 
 
 WednefdAj 28. Secretary Coo/^ delivered another mcflage to the 
 " Houfe concerning the precedency ofTunnageand Poundage, decla- 
 '' ring that his CHajefly intends not thereby to, interrupt them jas to Rc- 
 " hgion , lo that they do not intrench on that which belongs not to them 
 ' which mcffagc was feconded by Sir Thomas Edmonds in thefe 
 " words. 
 
 '' I am forry the Houfc hath given caufe to fo many meffagcs about 
 
 V'"^ Tonnage and Poundage after his Majcfty hath given us fo much l"a- 
 
 "tisfadionj you may perceive his Majefty is fenfible of the 
 
 ncgleft 
 
 of his bufineflc , we that know this , fhould not difcharge 
 
 
 Mr. Cirtmn. 
 
 An Anfwer re- 
 folved CO be gi- 
 ven to the 
 Kings mclTagfs 
 
 Sir Jjft'J Eliot 
 
 conceining 
 
 Religion. 
 
 " our duties to you it wc fliould not perfwade you to that courfe which 
 " lliould procure his Ma jeftics good opinion of you: You your f el ve? 
 " are witneffes how induftrious his Majefty was to procure you graci- 
 " Otis Laws in his fathers time, and fince , what inlargement he hath 
 " made of our Liberties, and ftill we give him caufe to repent him of 
 
 th 
 
 e good he hath done. 
 
 Confider how dangerous it is to alienate 
 
 B 
 
 " his Majcfties heart from Parliaments. 
 
 LMj.fler Corriton replied. 
 
 « ff T 7 Hen men fpeak here of negleft of duty to his Majefty, let them 
 « V V know we know no fuch thing, nor what they mean .- And 1 fee, 
 " not how we do negledl the fame 3 I fee it is in all our hearts to expc- 
 " dite the Bill of Tunnage and Poundage in due time : our bufineffe is 
 '^ ftill put back by thefe McflageSjand the bufinefle in hand is of God j 
 " and his Ma jefties affairs are certainly amiffe, and every one fees it, 
 " and woe be to us,if we prefent them not to his Majefty. 
 
 The Houfe refolved to fend an anfwer to the King, that thefe mcf- 
 fao"es are inconvcnientjand breed debates and loffe of time, and did fur- 
 ther refolve that Tunnage and Poundage, ariilng naturally from this 
 Houfe, they would in fit time take fuch a courfe therein, as they hoped 
 would be to his Majeftiesfatisfadion and honour, and fo again agreed 
 to proceed at prefent in matters of Religion. 
 
 "Sir John Eliot upon this occafionfpake to this purpofe, I have al- 
 " ways obferved (faid he) that in the proceedings of this Houfe, our 
 " belt advantage is order , and I was very glad when that noble Gen- 
 " tleman, my Country-man, gave occafion to ftate our proceedings, for 
 "I fear it would have carried us into a Sea of confufion and diforder, 
 "and having now occafion to prefent my thoughts in this great 
 "and weighty bufineffe of Religion, I (hall be bold to fpeak a few 
 " words. 
 
 " There is a jealoufie conceived, as if we meant to difputeinmat- 
 "tcrs of faith, it isourprofefrion,thisisnot to be difputed, it is not in 
 " the Parliament to make a new Religion, nor I hope fhall it be in any 
 " to alter the body of the truth, which we now profefle, I muft confels 
 " amongft all thofe fears we have contra6led,thcre arifeth to me not one 
 " of the Jeaft dangers in the Declaration that is made and publiflit in his 
 "Majeftics name concerning difputing and preaching,let not this my fay- 
 " ing bear the Icaft fufpitionor jealoufie of hisMajefly , for if there be 
 " any mifprifion or Error, I hope it is thole Minifters about him, which 
 
 "not 
 
 D
 
 Hifiorkal Colk&ions, 
 
 661 
 
 . not only he , buc all Princes arc fubjcd unio, and Princes no doubt ure 
 " (\ibje£t to mil-informations , and many adions ma y be intitled 
 " to their Names, when it is not done by themfeivcs. Antioch^a King 
 ^^oiAfia lent his Letters and miflives to fevcral Provinccs,that if thcv re- 
 " ceivcd any difpatches in his name, not agreeable to julh'ce, Igm'to fe 
 ^^ Ittterjis eJJefcnpLii idfoq;us nofi ^arerent^ and the reafon ol it is siven 
 " by Gratiaa , becaufe that ottencimcs by the importunity of Minilkrs 
 " Frinc.'pei f<£pe conHringuntur-jUt noh coKcedeKcia coi'icedarJj arc drawn to 
 ■"grant things by them not to be granted-, and as it was in that a^e to 
 j 'it may be intnis. And now to jhe particular in the Declaration, we 
 I *' fee vvnat is laid ot Popetj and A/minia/irfm,out Faith and Religion is in 
 ' " danger by it, for like an Inundation it doth break in at once upon us. 
 , " It is laid , it there be any difftxenct in Opinion concerning the reafon= 
 i "able interpretation of tne 39. Articles , the Bil"hops and tiie Clergy 
 ''in the Convocation have power to difpute it , and to order 
 " which way they plcafe, and for ought I know, Popi. ry and Armi.iia- 
 B "nifmmaybe introducedby tlic m, and then it muftb.- received by al],a 
 "flight thing, that the power of Religion ihouldbe left to the pcrfons 
 *'ofthefe men, I honour their profeiiion, tiiercare among our Biiliops 
 "fuch asarcfittobemade cxaiiiplcs for all Ages, who ihinc in ver- 
 " tue, and are firm for our Religion, but the contrary Faction I like 
 '^ notj I remember a charader I have fccn in a Diary of£. 6. cnat voung 
 "Prince of famous memory, where he doth exprefle the coniiti'jn of 
 '•'• theBifliops of that time under his own hand writing, That/^w^ fsr 
 ' Jloath^fome for Age^fome for igmrancej'ome for luxury^ <*fid fme for Puver^^^ \ 
 
 were u/ifit for D/fcipli/ie and Go-^ernment. We fee there are feme 
 *■' among our Bifhops who are not Orthodox , nor found in Religion 
 " as they (hould be, witnefs the two Bifnops complained of the iaft 
 " meeting of the Parliament, I apprehend fuch a feare , that lliould we 
 *' be in their power, we may be in danger to have our Reliction over- 
 " thrown, fome of thefc are Mafters ot Ceremonies, and they labour 
 '' to introduce new Ceremonies into the Church ^ Yet fome Ceremonies 
 D " are ufeful, give me leave to joyn that I hold it ncceflary and commen- 
 " dablc,that at the repetition of the Creed we (bonld Itand up, to rc- 
 "ftifietherefolution of our hearts, that we will defend the Religion 
 '' which we profefs, and in fome Churches it is added, they didnot 
 *'cn!y ftand upright with their bodies, but with their Swords drawn. ' 
 "Let us go to the ground of our Religion, and lay down a Rule on 
 "vyhich all others may reft J then when that is done, it will be time 
 "tu take into confidcration the breakers and offenders of that Rule • 
 *' Hereupon, after lome Debate the Commonsr entered into this 
 *'Vow. 
 
 cc 
 
 4 Caroli 
 
 Tlje Vow of the Houfe ofCotMtnons inVarliament. 
 
 \\7^-^ the Commons in Parliament Aflcm-| TheCommont 
 ^^' bled, do Claim, Proteft, and Avow for truth, thejw.'""" 
 fence of the Articles of Religion, which were cftablifli- 
 ed by Parliament , in the thirteenth year of our late 
 Queen Elizabeth , which by the publique Aft of the 
 
 Oooo Church
 
 662 
 
 Hiftorical Colle&ions, 
 
 A/1.162S. Church o£ Engljndy and by the general!', and currant 
 Expoficions of the Writers of our Church , have been 
 delivered unto us. And we rcjed the fence of the Je- 
 fuites , and Jrminians , and all others wherein they dif- 
 fer from us. 
 
 Friday the thirtieth 0/ January 1628. Both Honfes joyn in 
 Petitianiug the King for a Fiiji. 
 
 Roth Houses 
 Petition the 
 Kin^torafaft^ 
 
 IV^O^^ Gracious S'overaign , It is the very earneft de- 
 •^ " fire of us your moft dutiful ^ubjedts , the Lords Spiri- 
 tual and Temporal,andCommons in this Parliament Afl'em- 
 bled , that this meeting may be abuudantly blcfled with 
 all happy luccefle in the great aftkirs of Church and 
 5tate , upon which we are to confult , and that by. a 
 cicarc underftanding , both of your Ma)efties goodnefs 
 unto us, and of our ever faithfull , and Loyal hearts to 
 your Majcfties Royal Perfon and fervice , ( all jealoufies 
 ai?d diftradions , which arc apparent figns of Cods dif- 
 plcafure , and of enfuing milchief being removed } 
 there may this Seflion , and for ever be, a perfed and moft 
 happy union, and agreement between your Majcfty aud aU 
 the Efiatcs of this Realm : But acknowledging that nei- 
 ther this, nor any other bleffing can be expe^ed , without 
 the efpeciall favour of Almighty God, upon the obferva- 
 tion of the continued increafing mileries of the Reform- 
 ed Churches abroad, ( whofe cafes, with bleeding hearts 
 we compafllonate ) as likewife of thofe punifhments alrea- 
 dy inflicted, And which are like in great meafure to fall 
 upon our felvcs , we have juft cau{e to conceive, that the 
 Divine Majefty is for our fins exceedingly offended againft 
 us, wherefore we do in the(e , and all other pious rcfpcffts, 
 moft Dread Soveraign, humbly beieech your moft excel- 
 lent Majefty , by your Royal confent, and Commandment, 
 that not only our felves, but all people of your Kingdom, 
 may be fpeedily cnjoyned upon fome certain day, by your 
 Majeftytobe prefixed, by publique Fafting, and Prayer 
 to feck reconciliation, at the merciful hands of Almighty 
 God , So thdt the prayers of the whole Kingdom, joyned 
 with your Majcfties moft Princely care, and the faithful 
 hearts and endeavours of this great Councel aflembled, 
 
 may 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hifiorkal Colk&ions. 
 
 B 
 
 ,niay procure honour to Almighty God in the prefervation 
 of his true Religion, much honour to your Majefty, profpe- 
 rity to your people, and comfort to your Majcfties 
 Friends and Allies. 
 
 The Kings Anfwcr to the Petition. 
 
 Ayf T Lords^ and Gentlemen , T^he chief Motive of your Pe- 
 ^^ ^ tit ion , being the deplorable Condition of the Reformed 
 Churches abroad^ is too true : And our ditty is fo much as in m 
 liethy to gi've them all pojpble help ; But certainly , fight ino will 
 doe them more good then fajiing : though I doe not rvhoUy difaL 
 low of the latter j yet i mnji tellyou^ that the cnUome of fa ft in g 
 ei/ery Sejpon^ is but lately begun , and I confejfe I am not fully 
 fatisfed with the nccejfity of it at this time. 
 ' Tet to fjcw you how fmoothly 1 defire your bnOncfje to go on^ 
 j (^ efchewwg as much as 1 can Queftions or jealoufts) I di^e wil- 
 I linojy grant your requejt herein , but with this Note^ That this 
 fhall not hereafter be brought into pre fi dent for frequent Fafts., 
 '■ except up m great occafions j Jnd for form and time ^ I willad- 
 ^ i>ife with my Lords the Bifjops^ and then fend you a particular 
 Jnfwer. 
 
 i Zoon after the Honfe of Commons prefented a Declaration to the 
 Kingy touching their refolutions to give precedency 
 to Religion. 
 
 D TV /T CXI (Kzacioug; ^o'ocrcigu, mz ijabc iuittjitt tljefc %ee 
 iVlDapeiaitcccitJcDftoin pjuc Majcfti^a MclTagc. putting us in 
 minDc of our pjcfcnt cutting upon tUc conftUcration of a <^%mi 
 of Cunnage anD ^ounDagc, but tljc manner of poiTeffing tl^c 
 i^oufc tljetcDoitl) being biiagjccable to out €>^bcrs( anb piiSyi- 
 IcbgciS! , tbat toc coulD not piocccD t\Mmn -, ainD finDing out 
 fclbeiS in pout Majefticgi name pjrffcD m tl)at buftnclTe , anb tijat 
 toe ftoulb gibe pjcccDcncp tl?ercunto, toe cannot but cxpjeiie 
 fomc fence of C5?tott), fearing tbat tl)c moa tjenttp anD foii»arb 
 aifection-s!, to^crctoiti) toe bcfice to fcrbe j^our Majcftp , arc not 
 cle^irlp rcpicfentcb unto you : befibrsjuclj is tbe foliritous care 
 toe tjabe inpjeCcrbingour fclbes, inpour Maefttcs moUgjiacious 
 anD gooD opinion , tbat it cannot but b^ecb mucb trouble 
 m us, to!)cn cbcr bjc fiuD our fclbcs ( ai noto toc are ciifoweb) 
 to fpenb ttjat time in ir.aUmg our tiuniblc apologies /from 
 to!)enrc boc ufuallp arife long isebaccs, tobttb >Joe concciue 
 migbt ^icrp profitably be appliPcb in tl)c greater ^icryiccfJ of 
 vour^iicftr,anb the Common-i^caltlj , tobicb toe bib uoitb all 
 l)um':le Diligence applv our felocS unto -, anb fiuDiiigtlic fjtrcam 
 banacrs toberetoitb cur l^cUgicn is tbieatncD (clearly pjtefcnting j 
 it unto our t^ougljts anb confiDcratiorS) J©e t^ougljf, anb nic^ 
 
 ^0 00 2 t^infe 
 
 ! 663' 
 
 4 Carol/. 
 
 His Majeftiei 
 
 Aiilwei. 
 
 Die Commons 
 Dcclari:;on to 
 tht King to 
 give preceden- 
 cy tu Religion.
 
 664 
 
 ;, 1628. 
 
 Hifloricnl ColleBions, 
 
 His Majefties 
 Ariftver toihe 
 Commons 
 Dediracion. 
 
 tljinfe,toe catinct toit!joutimpictpto<15oD,Uiflopal{pto yout^a- 
 jcftp vanD imtljauUfiUneffe to tl)ofefi;omU)l?oin toe arc put in truft) 
 rctaro one pjiocccDings until fomctt)tng be Douc to fctucc ujs int^i^ 
 mainc point , tol)tc0 toe pjtefci: aboue ourlilje0,anoa!l cartjjlp 
 t^i«ig0u>l)atfocDcti 4ln0l)crctoeDo toitl) a{i ijumble tsjatifeftii^ 
 neiTeacUnotoietigc pour^ajcftic^moftpiougcate, aiiD ^jtincclp 
 jntentiong! to fr.ppjcffe botl)^opetp tm Ztminimi^xn, tt;c i3?o^ 
 feiTo^of tl)c one, being an open encm)' to tl)c maint^mcc at tlje o= 
 tier, a Cubtil anD nwjte DaiKjfroiijJ niDrrmmcr or t^e l^viiigion 
 of Aimig!)tv(I!5oD, cftabUfl)eDtoitl)in?ourl1calmf$ ani) JSomuii- 
 onjai : ^ijr tnitl) of toljiil) out tol^ole l=5elig.on ojt anp P:irtti)er:of, 
 (as bcuigfutficicntU'fcnoton , ano receiiicn gcneratlr Ijcrc of aUtlje 
 ij^cmbcr^oj&ur u:t)arct),ei:cept oiiclpoffoiue fcljtfuiatiCi-ilpeifonsi 
 to!)o i)aUe of late j)eati3i tr.feentl)2bolt)neO[e to bjtoac^ t\)m con= 
 trar^ coj^rupt opinions) tot Defire (b 3u!D not be caUeD in queftion, oj 
 Doubt", 25utt)ia!foc'orritl)at})picareDrous: il^ajcft)' to our ejrceeD- 
 ing great comfort, bj? maiip Cifitutonics; to Decia e pour oton cou- 
 tfaiit refolution to maintain tl)c fato Eeiigion, pet tocfee ^oto pout 
 graciouj^purpofes! aretljcrin crof!, anD into tol^at a miferabic (onDi= 
 tion pour to^ole feingB jtn is iiUdp bptoat meanjStobe reDuceD-, 
 toe fl^all camcftlie enlicabour , (a^tlja to^tc^ D^t^ nearlp concerne 
 ufiMt Ufitv anD pjofpcritie of pour Maje(fie,anD people toljic!) are 
 in fuci^ \0}t JJtfojDereD, tl)at mine tl)erebp tl}jeatncl> to botIj,map bp- 
 (f;otijSblciIi«sbep3iebcntcD5 being moft tjeartili;; fo^rietljat tftefe 
 OicafiO'is! are olij rcD,tol)ir |)2iD t^u^^inoer our p^oceeOingiS j ^nb 
 tljerefojie aiS toeU foj btgmtp ,anb ncceittie oit^c matter a$ io} tijat 
 toe conceibe it to be tl)e mod fpeebp anb etfrctual to:"jp, bp uniting of 
 all our hearty anb cnbeabours to bifpatc I) all otDcr bufineSe of im- 
 portance partKUlarlic t!)ofc tol)ic^ map feem mojte immebiatlie to 
 refpect pour Majeftiesi pjioftt, r©e p^ap tb it out rcfoluttoasf of pje= 
 ferrii gtl}i0bufinetfe,befo?eaUotbcrsmap be accent ble to your 
 Maieftieto toljom, botl) intlje matter anb rauncr of our pji)cccb= 
 EngjSjtoe beftre to gibe all poiTible faii$faction, 
 
 Wheremto the King tbm Anfn^ereJ. 
 
 "^^^Entlemcn, this Anfwer being fomcwhat long , may in reafon 
 «\ T require fomc time to reply unto it, fincc asmoft of you cannot 
 " but judge this givcth no fatisfadion. Therefore I fhall give you 
 " fome lliort notes upon it; I cannot think , that whereas you allcdgc 
 "that the Bill of Tunnage and Poundage was brought in againft the 
 " priviledge of your Houfe ; That you will offer to take (o much pri- 
 " viledgc trom every one of your members , as not to allow them the 
 'Mibcrtyto bring in any Bill whatfoever ; although it be in your pow- 
 " cr when it is brought in, to do with it what you think good ; And 
 " I cannot imagine, you coming together by my power , ana to treat of 
 " things that I propound unto you,can deny me that Prerogative to com- 
 '^' mend or offer my Bill unto you j though in this particular I muft con- 
 '* fefs, that this Bill was not to have been offered to you in my Name, 
 '* as that Member of your Houfe can bear witnefs. As for the caufe of 
 '' delay in my bufineffe, (being Religion) there is none of you lliallhave 
 a greater tare for the true prefervation of it then my felr , whith fince 
 
 cc
 
 Hijiorical Colle&iortf. 
 
 66'^ 
 
 4. Carol/. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " it is confefled by your AnfwerjYou muft cirher^think I want po\vcr 
 '' (which cannor be j or that I am very ill counccIicd,if it be in fo much 
 " danger as you affirm .- Thougli 1 may fay much of this, I will fav no 
 " more , but that for all this 1 ihall not ibp mine cars to you upon this 
 ^^ fub)cclj (o that in form and matter you tranfgrcfTe not your limits j as 
 '' for Tunnage miA Poundage ; I do not I'o much defirc it out of ^reedi- 
 " ncfs of the thing (being perfwaded you will make no Itop m n, when 
 "you once take It in hand) as out of adefire to put an end to thofe 
 " Queftions that do arife between me and lome ot my Subjects , tliink- 
 "ing It aiirangething, if you lliould give Ear to thofe complaints, and 
 " not to take the fure and fpecdy way to decide them : Beiides^ 1 muft 
 " think it ftrangc, that this bulinefs of Religion, lliould only be a hin- 
 " derer of my Affaires, whereas I am certainly informed all other 
 " things go according to their ordinary courfe ; therefore I muft ftilj be 
 " inrtant with you, tiiat you proceed with Tunnage and Poundaoe with 
 " diligence (not looking to be denied info juft a dellrc) and you mull 
 "not think it ftrangc,it I finding youflack,giveyou fuch further quick- 
 " ning as 1 ihall find caufc. 
 
 HereuponiiecretaryCo(//(' did acknowledge, that at the prefentinc? of 
 the Bill of Tunnage to be read, he faid his M ijefty much defired it, but 
 it was a miftake tliat his Ma jelly commanded it. 
 
 yyednffday the /^-.of Felruary. 
 
 THc Houfefell into debate of the Kin^s Declaration publillied in 
 printjtoprohibitedilputc or preaching one way or other concern- 
 ing the matters mentioned in the Declaration, alledging in the debate 
 that the main end thereof was to fupprels the Puritan party, and yet to 
 give liberty to the contrary fide, and they conceived that Ba"hop La-fd^ 
 and BilTiop cJW9/'>!?<t^'/<',mentioned in the lafl Remonftrance , had adviled 
 the King to thit Declaration ; Bifhop L^W being advanced lincc the 
 Jaft SclTion of Parliament , to be Bifhop of London , and Mr. Afontdj^ue 
 fincc that time made Bifhop ot ChicheHer ; And a Warrant was granc- 
 tcd to the Attourney General to draw up a pardon for him , but where- 
 as the Warrant was but for one, the Attourney put four into the p.ir- 
 don (uiz..) Bifhop Montaaue^ Dodlor Cojcns^ Dodor SiMjorp, and Dodlor 
 LMt/iwarin^. 
 
 Tuefday the 10. of February. 
 
 WHilft the Houfe was in debate touching matters of Religion, the ux.HqUi fitting 
 Ware-houfeof Mr. Rolls (Merchant and Member of the Houfe ' in Parliament 
 then fitting in Parliament) was locked up by a Purfuevant , and himfelf ' **''^"""' ^''"'' 
 allied forth from the Committee and fcrved with a SiitfXna. 
 
 This gave occafion of fmart debates in the Houfe , fome faid they 
 were made the fubjed of fcom and contempt ; others conceived this to be 
 a bone tlirown in by them that have drawn a cloud on the true Religion 
 to divert or interrupt them in the profecucion of that matter , and they 
 defired the meffenger jnight be fent for, and be examined by what pro- 
 curement this Sub^atn* was taken forth. 
 
 Sir Humphrey May^ Chancellor of the Duchy , and one of the Privy 
 Councel, allured the Houle that this neither proceeded from King nor 
 Councel , and therefore defired it might be fearched into the bot- 
 
 Deba'eabcut 
 theKngs D - 
 c aration con- 
 ceining d\^- 
 puret abcut 
 Religion. 
 
 I and fcrvfd with 
 j » Subpari 3. 
 
 D.-bjtc con. 
 t rni.jgtbc 
 Csoie. 
 
 tome. 
 
 And
 
 Hiflorical Collc&ions. 
 
 The miUAe^ 
 
 c til iii- 
 I A nport ficm 
 I for Tunra-; 
 
 mcf! ai-'i" up- 
 on Tunn3i;>- 
 iui i.'ouiiu»gc. 
 
 Mr. N9} con- 
 CvniiiiiJ T uri- 
 nate ani 
 pouud-ige. 
 
 — Alvl it was afterwards cleared by Maftcr Atturncy General , by his 
 v\ ricing a Letter to Mr. Rolls, that the lerving a Sulpcena upon him was a 
 millakeiand prayed that a favourable interpretation might be given of 
 
 tliat matter. , ^ , r- ^ , ' 
 
 Upon report from the Committee for Tunnagc and Poundage, Snjohn 
 
 mlutd'ol»ie,Mi-. Dawes y and Mr. Car martl.Wi were ordered to appear at 
 
 the Barr on Fnclaj next , and report was made to the Houfc that Matter 
 
 Atturney ( notwithftanding his Letter did give order for the proccfTc 
 
 1 aaainit Mr. Rolls, and t. at in the Bill preferred in the Exchequer, it was 
 
 I exprciTed the Merchants did plot, pradicc and combine againft the 
 
 ipcaceoftheKin^^domei This bufinefs being a matter of weight, the 
 
 further confideration thereof was appointed tor another day, and no 
 
 ■ member mi ^ht go out of Town wichouc Licence. 
 
 I 
 
 I Thu/fday the 12. of February. 
 
 j T He Houfe was turned into a Committee concerning the bufinefs of 
 ; '*■ Tunnasc and Poundage,and fcveral Merchants did Petition that their 
 CToods were not only feized, but informations preferred in Star-Chamber 
 aj-ainft them^ Tne Committee in their debate inclined that the ^er- 
 cnants might have their goods before they enter upon the Bill for Tun- 
 nagc, and Mr. Noy expreiled himfclf in thefe words. 
 
 Wc cannot faf cly give, unlefs we be in poffeflion , and the proceed- 
 ings in the Exchequer nullified , as alfo the information in the Star- 
 Chamber, and the annexion to the Petition of Right, for it will not be 
 a ^ift , but a confirmation, neither will I give without the removal of 
 thefe interruptions , and a Declaration in the Bill that the King hath 
 nori^ht but by our free gift ; if it will not be accepted, as it is fit 
 for us to crive,we cannot help it j if it be the Kings already , we do not 
 
 B 
 
 rive It. 
 
 B irons of ihe 
 P.schequer 
 f^iu uiiio ibrut 
 
 j l.vc.y ot 
 I Mc'cbiiv.s 
 
 nnods. 
 
 Ttic Birons 
 
 Anfwcr. 
 
 Hereupon theHoufe ordered that the Barons of the Exchequer be fent 
 unto^to make void their injunction and order , concerning the ftaying of 
 
 ' Merchants goods,to which the Barons returned this anlwcr. 
 
 j Whereas the Honourable Houfe ofCommons by order of the i2.of 
 this ini\:amFel>raary have appointed that notice fnall be given to theLord 
 
 j Treafurcr,Chancellor,&:Barons of thcExchcquer of aDeclaration made 
 
 I by Sir Joh/f yi^oljle^joImejAlfah. D-mes, and %ich.Carmartban in the Houfe 
 of Commons, that the goods that the Merchants brought into the Kings 
 Storc-houfe,and laid uptherc for his Majefties ufe , were detained,as 
 they conceive,onely for the duty of Tunnagc and Poundage , and other 
 funis comprized in the Book of rates, which notice was given ,to the end 
 the faid Court of Exchequer might further proceed therein,as to juitice 
 lliall appertain ; Now the Lord Treafurcr , Chancellour and Barons 
 out oftheir due refpeft to that honourable Houfcand for their fatisfa- 
 dion, do fignifie that by the Orders and Injunctions of the faid Court of 
 Exchequer they did not detcrmine,nor any way touch upon the right of 
 Tunnage and Poundage, and fo they declared openly in Court, at the 
 making of thefe Orders, neither did they by the Aiid Orders 
 or Injunctions barr the Owners of thofc gqods, to fue for the 
 fame in a lawful courfe , but whereas the faid Owners endca--' 
 voured to take the fame goods out of the Kings actual pofleflion by 
 WritSjOr Plaints of Replevin, which was no lawful adion or courfe ii^ 
 the Kings cafc,nor agreeable to his Royal Prerogative, therefore the faid' 
 Court of Exchequer, being the Court for ordering the Kings Revenue , 
 
 did 
 
 D
 
 Hijioricai Colle&iottf, 
 
 ^ 
 
 did l?y chore Orders and Injundions ftay thofc Sufts^and did fully declare 
 by tlKjJ^iti^ piicrs^thdc the owncrSjiftl.cy conceived thcmfdvcs wronc^- 
 ediOiightitakc iuch remedy as the Law alloweth. ° 
 
 7t^hafdH^efi«/f, Lo.Neicburgh. 
 
 Joifn WaUer, John Denham . 
 
 Tho. Trevor. 
 
 Georgi 
 
 ie Vernon. 
 
 Bi 
 
 D 
 
 Thq Anfwer of the Lord Treafurcr and Barons, iaftead of fitisfadi- 
 orj expeitcd by the Houfe, was looked upon as a juftification ot their 
 Adions, whereupon a motion was made to go on , to conhdcr ot their 
 proceedings, and whether ever the Court of Exchequer held this courfc 
 before, for Itaying of Replevins, and whether this Jiath been done by 
 Pi^^rpgative of the King in his Court of Exchequer. 
 
 A report was made from the Committee concerning the pardons 
 granted by the King fince the laft Seffion, to certain pcrfons qucltioned 
 in Parliament, and the reporter informed the Houle, that tliey do findc 
 upon examination that Dr. Sihthorpe, and Mr.- Cofens did foiicitc the 
 obtaining ot their own pardons, and that they laid tlje Bilhop of f?7«- 
 che^ler would get tlic Kings hand to them, and it did alio appear to 
 the Cofljmittcc, that the Billiop of mnche^er did proniife tiie procuring 
 ol Mr. Montaqtiei pardon , that Dr. CManwAting folicitcd his own par- 
 don, and that tne Billiop ot mnche^er got the Kings band to it, Mr. oli- 
 •uer CrQmveeW being ot this Committee, informed tlie Houfc what coun- 
 tenance theBiAiopot*A'//;(-/w/f>^ did give tofome perfons that preach- 
 ed flat Popery, and mentioned the perfons by name , and how by this 
 Billiops means, cJ^i^A/B^j/z/z^C who by cenfurc the lail: Parliament, was 
 difabled for ever holding any Ecelefiatticall dignity in the Church , 
 andconfetredihcjutliec ot that Cenfure )is ncverthelefs preferred to 
 a rich Living .- If tnefebc the ftepsto Church preferment ( faid he) 
 what may we expcd. 
 
 667 
 
 4. Car oil. 
 
 Notfatisfaiflo- 
 
 7- 
 
 A re I or: con- 
 cerning pj!« 
 rs .0 i^r. 
 
 Mr. i^eniigue^ 
 &c. 
 
 M'. Cromvffl 
 
 Jintt Lhe 
 Blfilop off.'jn: 
 
 1 bejtcr. 
 
 A comp'ai'nrofi 
 th; 110' liren- 
 
 Print 
 
 A Petition from the Bookfellcrs and Printers in London , was alfo 
 prefented , complaining of the reftraint of Books written againft Popery 
 and Armlnianifm ,and the contrary allowed of by the only means of fin-ofB-oks 
 Dr. Laud Bilhop oi' London, and that divers oi' the Printers ana Boukfel- "=""" ^'"P''^ 
 Icrshavc been fent for by Purfuivants for i rinting Books againfi. Popery, 
 and that Liccnfing is only retlraincd to the Biihop ot Lo/,don and his 
 Chaplains,and inttanced in certain Books againft Popery, which were 
 denyed to be Licenced 
 
 Upon which occafion Wi.Selden declarcd,that it is true,thcre i*: no Law Utstidencon 
 to prevent the Printing of any Books in £A/^//jA<r/, only a Decree in Star- ^""'"b " 
 Chamber, and he advifcd that a Law might be made concerning j '"^" 
 Printing, otherwifc he faid a man might be Pined, Impi ifoned, and his 
 Goods taken from him by vertucotthe faid Decree, which is a great 
 Invafion upon the Liberty of the .Subjed. 
 
 The Houfc of Commons being informed that an Information was 
 preferred in the Star-Chamber, againft Fyjchard Cham/ en and others, 
 concerning fome matters that fell out about their refufal to pay TCn- 
 nagc and Poundage fuKc the laft SefTion of Parliament, becaufe the fame 
 was not granted by A£t of Parliament, they referred the fame to a 
 Committee to examine the truth of their proceedings, and that whither 
 they ought not to have priviledge of Parliament, in regard they had 
 
 then
 
 Hiftorical Colle&ions, 
 
 A/i. 
 
 668 T 
 
 1 6i% ^^^"^'^ ^ Petition depending in Parliament to proted them againft the faicT 
 
 * ' proceedings, andSir ff/Z/w/n ASo^Sherift of Londoin, being examined 
 
 before the Committee concerning fome matters about the CuftomcrSj 
 
 \ and not living tiiat clearc Anfwer vvliich^he ought,and as the Houfe con- 
 
 (Ccivcd he might have done, was therefore committed to the Tower of 
 
 I London. And a Qucftion mas made in tlie Houlc at that time, whether 
 
 the Houle had at any time before committed a Sheriff of Z-oa^/o/j to pri- 
 
 fon, to which Mr. 5fW(?« made Anfwer, that he could notcall to mind 
 
 a prefident offending one Sheriff of London to prilon , but he well remem- 
 
 bred a prehdent oi lending both the Sherirfs of London to the Tuwer , 
 
 and inlianced the Cafe. 
 
 Debsrts sbout 
 inciejl'eof i'c- 
 ptiy. 
 
 Secret»ry Cook 
 c<'PcerninT [h: 
 
 Friday PeLnuiry 1 3 . the Parliament fell into confideration of the great 
 increale of Popery, and it was moved to examine the relcahng of the 
 Jefuites that\yere arraigned at Newgate, whereof one onely was con- 
 demned, though they were ten in number, and they all Priefls, and had 
 a CoUedge !:c re in London about Cletien- well , thcfe men ( faid fome ) 
 could not attempt thcfe ads of boldnefs, but that they have great coun- 
 tenancei's. 
 
 Hereup n Secretary Cook declared that a Minif^er of 5tate having no- 
 tice of thefe ten pc rfons, and this Colledge intended to be kept at C la/- 
 kemreH, acquainted his Majcfty with it, and 1 iTiouId not diicharge my 
 ciuty, if I fnould not declare how much his Majefty referred it to the c- 
 fpecial care of tie Lords of the CounceI,who examining the fame , 
 icntthofe tcnpeifonstojVfB^rf/f, and gave order to Mr. Actourney to 
 profecute the Law againfl them. He furtiier added, that this CoJlcdgc 
 was hrft at Edmonton^ removed from thence to Camlerwel, and thence to 
 Clerkenirell. 
 
 Hereupon it was Ordered that all the Knights andBurgeflcs of the 
 > Houfe, l"hall to morrow morning declare what knowledge they have of 
 f Letters, and other means thut have been ufed for the flaying of proceed- 
 ing's againfkRecufants, and McffengcTS were fent to Mr. Attourmyto 
 examine hmi 
 
 touching that matter 
 
 Mc.Lo'g i Ju- 
 lUceot'i)i.\,cc 
 
 cxamiiicJ 
 
 Mr. Loni^ a julf ice of Peace, who was faid to underftand much in the 
 fame buhnefsivvaslikewifefent'for and examined,and faid; that by the 
 appointment of Mr, Secretary Co(3y(', he apprehended thefe perfons,and 
 took their Exaininations,and laid further, that he heard rhey were deli- 
 vered out o( Nerrgdte, hy Order from Mr. Attourm y ; That Mr. Middle- 
 rao/-^' a general Solicitor for the Papilh hired this houfe, and that there 
 arc divers Books of Accompts,of Receipts and Disburfements to the va- 
 lue of 300.1. pe/- an. with divers Rcculants names, who allowed towards 
 the maintenance of this Colledge, and thefe Books and papers are in the 
 hands of .^//.Secretary Co"^'' 
 
 It was further reported from the Committee, that the Pricft taken at 
 Cled-enrve/I, w!,ich was condemned, lliould be Reprieved by a Warrant 
 from the King, lignified by a Privy Counccllor .• and another Warrant 
 was produced by the Keeper of Newgate, under the hand of the Kings 
 Atcurney Genera! to reieafe the other 9. Prieftsjto which Mr. Secretary 
 Cool' replyed, the K, being merciful in cafe of blood, gave diredion for 
 tlfc Reprieving the condemned Prieft, but the Houfe not willing to let 
 this pafs, apjwinced certain of their Members to go to the Lord chief |u- 
 f\ice and the reft of the Judges, who were there prefcnt at the Ti;ial, to 
 know why the Papers and Evidences which Mr. Lo»g had to produce, 
 were not ma d e u fe of. The 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 I— ■ ~ ■ ■ ■ - ■ ^ — - — - J- . 
 
 Hijlorical QoUeBions. 
 
 (.66^-) 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Tiic Committee appointed to examine the Atturny-Cjsneraijrcport- 
 cdthisanlvver : 
 
 Ididreceiue ( faid the Atturny ) order touching fame Performs tahenin 
 Clarkcnwcl, conceivedto he Prieflsj from the Council- Board:, and for that re- 
 fer my f elf to the Order. 
 
 And I conceive I didfoUoxv the direkiom of that Order. 
 
 I did my f elf caufe them tolfe fent for from the f ever al prifons rvhere they were 
 formerly committed, and I committed them all to Newgate,^? the Order from the 
 Council-BoarddireBed-^and I ga've diretJionsfor Indihments to be drawn againji 
 them, as for being Priejis j and I fent for, and conf erred jvith the mtnejjes, and 
 took their Informations : and I fent for Mr /Long rvho was formerly acquaint- 
 ed with that bufmej?^ as I was advifed to do by Mr. Secretary Qodk^andde- 
 firedhiin to take fpecial care thereof at the Si f pons. And I did not conceive , 
 that by the Order I was direBed to go thither my f elf ; but if J had been fo dire- 
 Bed, and had fo conceived it, Ifhould not have declined the fervice. I know 
 not, nor never heard of any Lands conveyed to the ufe ofthefeperfons, or of any 
 foundation there j but there ivasfome mention made thereof in fome of the papers 
 delivered to me by Mr.Secretary, but fo generally, as I know not how to enquire 
 thereof ;but I did take care to intitle the King to thegoods,as thefpecial direBions 
 CO me was by the Order of the Boar d-^and the IndiBment failed to be found againji 
 all but one : and I gave warrant to the Treafurers remembrancer of the Exche- 
 quer, for a fpecialcommiffion to that purpofe ; and I advifed w/V/; Mr. Long, 
 who were §tCommiffioners for that pur jjofe ; and after with M.r. Scrivener : 
 and a Commiffon was granted to Gentlemen of very good quality, and an inqui- 
 fnion is found and returned accordingly, whereby the King is intitledto the 
 
 ^oods. 
 
 I had warrant from his Aiajefy to bayl them : but for the manner of that, I 
 muji crave leave to acquaint the Kmg therewith, before I anfwer any further. 
 
 I under flood that an IndiBment was preferred againft three of them for 
 Treafon, andl diddireB Mr. Long, that if the IndiBment fjjouldnot be found 
 for Treafon, yet to tender them and all the refl the Oath of Allegeance, to bring 
 them within the Kings mercy, upon a Premunire, if they pjouldrefufe the Oath : 
 and I understood the Oath wasminifired tothem accordingly at that Seffions -, 
 and I under f^ood after, that the IndiBment was found againji one of them onely 
 to be a Priejt, and that the other were quit. Therefore receiving an exprejf 
 commandment from the King for the bayling o\ them , I did conceive they were 
 bayl able, which otherwife of my felf I would not have done : the Bonds I took, and 
 keep them my felf , for thefurety, I refer my felf to the bond, and underjl and that 
 fome of them were houfe-keepers in the Town. 
 
 I gave ciireBions for IndiBment s to be drawn againji them , but I gave no 
 fpecial direBtons,vphether it fjmdd be drawn asagain^ Jefuits or Priejis, but 
 left that to the care of Mr. Long ; and did not then conceive there was any diffe- 
 rence in the fubjlance of the IndiBment for Treafon between Priejis and Je- 
 fuits. 
 
 Icangivenofpecialreafonwhy I rather bound them to appear at the Coun- 
 cil-Table then at the Seffions, but only this, becanfe I received myfrji dtreBt- 
 om from the Council-Board. 
 
 when the Sefjions was paji, I did enquire of Mr. Long what was the fucc^ 
 •fthefe IndiBments : who informed me, that one only was found guilty of being a 
 Priejt ; and thereupon I gave order for the Commifjion before mentioned to en- 
 quire of their goods. 
 
 P p p p And 
 
 4 <~ tinli. 
 
 Sir T{pbert 
 Heathlw an- 
 fwcr concern- 
 ing the profe- 
 cution of the 
 Prictts.
 
 dyo 
 
 HtUorical CoUeBions, 
 
 ■-■I,.. 1626. 
 
 Lord ;;?[/"/* 
 atteiwaris di- 
 ■;da Papift. 
 
 The Speaker 
 retufesto put 
 tha Queftion, 
 
 Mr. Seldens 
 Speech there- 
 upon. 
 
 The Speaker 
 again rcfufeth 
 to put the 
 Queftion. 
 
 Pioteftationin 
 
 Parliament 
 
 propounded 
 
 whilft the 
 
 Sj^eakerwas 
 
 held in his 
 
 chair. 
 
 TheKlng fends 
 theUl'herof 
 the Lords 
 Houfc. 
 
 hejf i//t^f/u^>iiOuSi a/idtbeylurfenr Lrealc Pafliamems^ Uji Pailiamer/ts fljouLli 
 hreak them : / pr^^ birr} the he.id of all the great party ^ the* FApi^U-^all ]:f.t- 
 Us a/idPriefis derive ].'omhimtheir ^oelter and proteBton^ &c. A lictlc in- 
 crrupcion being here given, he proceeded further in his Speech : and 
 afterwards the Speaker was moved to put the Queftion tiienpropofcd 
 by the Houfc j but he rcfufcd to do it, and Hiid, 1 hat be was otie/ivrfe com- 
 ma/ided from the Ki/!g., 
 
 Then faid Mr, Selde/?, Bare not you-) Mr. Speaker, put the Que^io/^ 
 ivberivpe command you ^ ^f you ml/ notpttttt^nvemtfil ft fill ythii^ ire fhall 
 never Le alle to do any th'ti''g . they that come ajteryou, way fay. They have tbi 
 Kif.gs command r.o'. to do it : we ft here hy the command 0'^ the King under 
 Hy.dfr the Great Seal, and you are ly his Majefly ftting in bts Royal Chair le- 
 jore both Houfes, appointed our Speaker--, and now you rejufe toper\orni pnr Of 
 pee. 
 
 Hereupon the Houfe in fomc heat adjourned until iFednefday next. 
 
 OviH^edncfday the 2 5 oiFehruary, both Houfes by his iMa jellies com- 
 mand were adjourned till Munday morning the fecond of March. 
 
 Mundaj the fecond of March, the Commons meet, and urge the 
 Speaker to put the Queftion j who faid, / have a command from the King 
 to adjourn till March the tenth , and put no Quffiion : and endeavoring to 
 goout of the Chair, was notwithftanding licldby fome Members ("the 
 Houfe forefecing a diftblution ) till this enfuing Protcftation was pub- 
 liflied in the Houfc : vi^z. 
 
 irhcfoever Pjall hring in Innovation of Religion-, or ly favour or countenance 
 feekto extend or introduce Popery or Arminianifm, er other opinion difi- 
 ireeing from the I'ruth and Orthodox Church, fhall he reputed a Capital Eneny 
 to this Kingdom and Commonwealth. 
 
 2. Whofoeverfljallcontfel or advifethe taking axd lei:yi»g of theSubfidies 
 ofTunntige and Poundage, noticing granted by Parliament.^ or ^jall he an 
 ABor or Infrtw.ent therein, jl^allhe likewife reputed an Innovator in the Go- 
 lernment, andCapital Enemy to the Kingdom andCommonwealth. 
 
 3 . If any Merchant or Perfon nhatfoever fl^all volu/iti:'i ilyyccld, or pay the 
 faid Sukf dies of Tannage and Poundige-, not being granted by Parliament j he 
 fl: all likewife bereputeda Betrayer of the Liberties oj England, and an Enemy 
 to the fame. 
 
 Hereupon the King fent for the Sergeant of the Houfe, but he wa*- 
 detained, the Door being lockt 5 thcnhcfcnt the Gentleman- U flier 
 of the Lords Houfc, with a Mcflagc; and he was rcfufcd adniictance,till 
 the faid Votes were read j and then in much confufion the Huufe was 
 idjourned to the tenth of March, according as it was intimated from 
 lis Majcfty. Nevcrthclcfs his Majcfty by Pmclamation dated the fe- 
 cond oi March, declares the"Parliamentto be diffolvcd. 
 
 ThcpafTagcsofthis dayandthe preceding day in Parliament, arc 
 hereafter more fully related in the proceedings in the Kings Bench. 
 
 By the King. 
 
 A Proclamation about the difTolving of the 
 Parliament. 
 
 Wj;ftca!ei mz fbj tlje general goott of our Ji^ingt}om,caufenour 
 ^iS^ court of Parliament to alftmblc auH meet bp pjo?ogati= 
 
 on'
 
 Htflortcal Coll eU tons. 
 
 6yi 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 on,tijc zrDapof I nu:irv laftpaft ; fitljcttcc ii3^(cl)time ti)c fame 
 l^atl) bmi contmneD- 3liiD altl)on8l) m tl)i$ time bp H)e malcDo= 
 lent Difpoficions of fomc lU nffccteD pcrCon^ of tl)C rpouCe of Co ii^ 
 tnons?, n2)e Ijaljc IjaD fimtijtp 3iUft CauCcs; of offence auDDiaiUcof 
 t^eic pioceeDtngg ; \Ktmz refoltjeD toitt) patience to tnetljeut= 
 terniolt, Ixjljic!) r«e tlje catljet DiD, foj tl)5t U9e fount) in tl^at i^oute 
 a great nuuibct of fobcc auD gcauc ^erfonsf. toell^affcctelj to lielt= 
 gion anD vj^otjctanient; anD Dcftcous to p.ieferbe unitp anD peace in 
 all partjsf of €)ur lungHoin. 3nD tl)ercfd?Cji)ai)ing on tDe h ve anD 
 tvvcnuerh Daj) of 1 cb: u u v laft, bptl)Cun(fojm aWtc of our p^ibp 
 council, cnnfcb boti) rpoufc^tobe aDiourneD until tljiisf pjefent 
 Dap. Ijopingmtlje mean time, tljata better anD mo;te rfa^tunDer= 
 (lanDing nngl)t be begotten bettoeen m anDtfje Q9emberi8(of tbat 
 5)ouf:,^i]crcbptl)i0 i'aiiinutntmigfjtfjabe atjapppenDanD iffue* 
 auDfoitljc fime intent, naeDiD again tljisfDap connnanDtl^e 
 lifee abiournmcnt tobemaDc, until tlje tenth Dap of tijifl! Month : 
 Itfjatl) fo IjappjncDbp t!)e DifobeDient anD fcDitiousf carriage of 
 tljof ^ faiD id affccteD pcrfong! of tlje Doufc of commonisfjCiat J©e, 
 anD ©ur Ucgal autljojitpauD commauDmcnt, Ijabebeen fo Ijig^- 
 IpcontetnneD, ajsour nu'iiglp Office cannot bear, no^anp fojtnicr 
 age can pacaleU 3((nD tljcref oje it i$ Our full anD abfolute refolu= 
 tiontoDilToibetljefame Paiiiamenr, ix)l)erfof naetl^ougljt gooD to 
 gibe notice unto all tbe LojDg Spiritual anD 'Cempo^al, anD to 
 ttje iAutgbts;, Citijengf, anDTBurgeffejaiof tljiiSp^efent Pui amenr, 
 ^ to all otbeciS toljom it m?.p concern ,TOat tbcp map Depart about 
 tbeir nceDful affairst, Ujitl)Out attenDing anp longer l^ere. i^eber- 
 tbeijfst, ^z \3)i\i tbat tbcp anD all otljeriS (ball tafee notice, tljat mt 
 Do, anDe\jcr toiiiDiainguilb bcttoeentljofe to^oljabe fljetueDgooD 
 affcaionto Eeiigion anD sobcrnment, anD tljofe tljat Ijaue giben 
 t^emfelncs obcr to faction, anDtoboojfe Ditlurbance to t^e peace 
 anD gooD ojDer of ^ur Jtungtom* 
 
 Given at our Court at Mi'tehAl^ tin's fccond day 
 ot Af.ircb, in the fourth yccr ot Our Reign 
 of Great Brit a/! ^ Ft&^ice and heUud, 
 
 This Proclamation was not publiflicd till after the tenth oS. Atiireh. 
 
 The day iollowing Warrants were dirtftcd from the Council to 
 D.-'//-:.'/ Ho/^y Efq; Sir Miles Hohert^ Sir John El/iotj Sir Peter Hayma^, 
 JohnSclderi'E(o^-, iVilUamCoriton^ iValter Lo/.^^, vyiWam Stroud^ Een]Artn/, 
 r^/f/if/V/r^commanding their pcrfonal appearance on the morrow. At 
 vvhichtime,Mr. //o//<'.fj Sir J jh// Elliot, Nh.Corritoi-i, Mr. f^ale/jti/ie ap- 
 pearing, and rctiifing to anfwcr outof Parliament, what was faid and 
 done ii.i Parliament, were committed clofe prifoncrs to the Tower, 
 ani Warrants were given,the Parliament being ftill in being, for the 
 fcalingupofthelUidiesof Mr. Holies, Mr. Selde/f, and Sir Joh^j Elliot: 
 Mr. Lo/i^, and Mr. 5froWnot then, nor of fomc time alter appearing, 
 a Proclamation iirucd out, for the apprehending ot them. 
 
 On the tenth oi March, being fix days after the commitment of the 
 fiid Members, his Majctly being let in t.is Royal Tnrone with his 
 Crown on his head, and in his Robes, and the Lords in tlK-ir Robes al- 
 
 fo : 
 
 ) (-\i/clt. 
 
 Warrants to 
 apprehend fe 
 vcral Mem- 
 bers of Pailia. 
 mem.
 
 6'jz 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeBions, 
 
 An. 1629. 
 
 The Kings 
 Speech at the 
 Diffolution of 
 the Parlia- 
 ' ment. 
 
 (o : and clivers of the Commons below the Bar, but not ihciripcak- 
 cr, neither were they called : his Majetty fpake as foUoweth. 
 
 I 
 
 Libels aft 
 ibroad. 
 
 Membcis exa- 
 mined before 
 the Lords of 
 the Council. 
 
 5 Carol i. 
 Aniio 
 1629. 
 
 Qucftions 
 propounded t< 
 the Judo,es 
 concerning the 
 imprifoned 
 Members. 
 
 My Lords , 
 Never came here aponfo unpleafant an occajiofi, it heing the efijjolutioa of 
 
 a Parliament j therefore men may have fame caufe to veonder^ why I jhould 
 
 mt rather chufe to do thif Ly Commifjio/ii it heing a general rnaxime of 
 Kings, to leave har^j Conimands to their Miniflers, themfelves only executing 
 pleajing things : yet conjidering that Juflice as well confijts in reward') and 
 praife of vertue, as punifhing of vice ; / thought it necejjarj to come here to day, 
 and to declare to you and all the world, that it was meerly the undutiful andfedt- 
 tiouf carriage in the Lower Houfe, that hath made the dijjolution of this Parli- 
 ament J andyoui My Lords, arefo far from being any caufers of it, that I take 
 as much comfort in your dutiful demeanour^ as I am jujlly diflafled with their 
 proceedings lyetto avoyd their miflalcings, let me tell you, that it is fu far from 
 me to adjudge all the Houfe alike guilty » that I knew that there are many 
 there as dutiful SubjeBs as any in the world , it being but fame few Fiptrs among 
 them that didcafi this mi^ of undutifulnef over tnoft of their eys j yet to fay 
 truth^ there was a good number there, that could not be infeRedwith this conta- 
 gion ; i/jfomuch thatfor/ie did exprefs their duties infpeaktng, which was the ge- 
 neral fault of the Houfe the Ujl day. To conclude, as thofe riper s muft look for 
 their reward of puni figment : /bjoWjMy Lords, wuii juftly expeFi from me 
 that favour and protecJion, that a good King oweth to his loving and faithful 
 Nobility. 
 
 And now, my Lord Keeper, Do what Ihave commanded you. 
 
 Then the Lord Keeper faid. My Lords and Gentlemen of the Houfe oj 
 Commons, the Kings Majefy doth diffolve thi( Parliament. 
 
 Whilll the KinCT is preparing a Declaration of the caufes and mo- 
 tives which induced him to diftblve this Parliament, let us fee what 
 followed hereupon. 
 
 Thedifcontentsof the common people upon this DiiToIution were 
 hcightncdagainft the powerful men at Court, and the Kings moft in- 
 ward Counfcllors : for fome few days after, two Libels were found in 
 the Dean oi Pauls yard j one againft Bii"hop Laud, to this efteft ; Laud^ 
 look to thyfelfy he afj'uredthy life is [ought ', as thou art the fountain of wicked- 
 neJs',repentof thy mon^roui fins before thou be taken out of the world ; andaf- 
 fure they felf , neither God nor the world can endure fuch a vile Counfellorot 
 whifperer to live. The other was as bad aga inft the L, Treafurer Wefion. 
 
 The King purpofing to proceed againft the Members of the Houfe 
 of Commons who were committed to Prifon by him in the Star-Cham- 
 ber, caufed certain Queftions to be propofcd to the Judges upon the 2 5 
 oiApril. 
 
 ^%7Hereuponallthe Judges met at 5fr_g^4«fy-//z«f by command from 
 hisMajcffy, where Mr. ^^fa^vii?) propofcd certain Qucftions con- 
 cernirfg the offences of fome of the Parliament-men committed to the 
 Tower, and other prifons: at which time one Queft ion was propofcd 
 and refolvcd, vt^. That the Statute of 4 H. 8. 8. intituled. An Ad con- 
 cerning Richard Strode , was a particular AB of a Parliament, and extender 
 onely fo'Richard Strode, and to thofe perfons that had joyned with him to pre- 
 fer a Bill to the Houfe of Commons concerning Tynners ; And although the Ah 
 be private , and extendeth to them alone, yet it was no more then all other Par- 
 liament-men hy priviledge of houfe ought to have , viz. Freedom oj fpeech con- 
 
 cernino 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Hijlorkal ColleBwns, 
 
 <7? 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 cennng thofe matters debated in Parliame/it by a Parliamentary courfe. 
 
 The reft of the QuQiViom^T.Atturney was vviflied to fee down in 
 writing againft another day. 
 
 Upon Mu/uky following, all the Judges met again, and then Mr.y^^ 
 turr.e) propofed thefe Qucltions. 
 
 1 . lyheiher /j any Subjeti hath received probable Information of any Treafon 
 or tyeacherom attempt or intention againfl the King or State , that SubjeB ought 
 -/,ol to make k/iown to the King, or his MajejlieS Commiffioners , when thereunto 
 he Pull be required, what Information he hath received, and the grounds there- 
 of ^ to the end,the King being truly informed, may prevent the dan^^er ^ And if 
 the faidSubjeSin fuch Cafe fljall refufe to be examined, or to anfwer the Que- 
 fiio s irhich fljall be demanded of him, for further inquiry and difcovery of the 
 truth, whether it he not a high contempt in him,pUf,ifhable in the Star-Chamber, 
 as an ojfence againfl the general Juflice and Government of the Kingdom I 
 
 Sol, The refolucion and anfwer of all the Juftices, That it is an offence 
 puniiliablc as aforefaid/o that this do not concern himfelfjbut another, 
 nor draw him to danger of Treafon or contempt by his anfvvcr. 
 
 2 . fvhether it be agood anfwer or excufe,being thm interrogated, and refufing 
 to anfwer, toJ'ay,That he was a Parliament-man when he received this In- 
 formation, and that he {pake thereof in the Parliamcnt-houfe j and 
 therefore the Parliament being now ended , he rcfufed to anfwer to any 
 fuch Qucftions but in the Parliament-houfe,and not in any other place? 
 
 Sol. fo this the Judges by advife privately to Mr. Atturney, gave this 
 Anfwer, " Tiiat this cxcufe being in Nature of a Plea, andanerrour 
 " in judgement , was not punifliable until he were over-ruled in an or- 
 'f derly manner to make another anfwer • and whether the party were 
 " brought in Orete.nn<,<:)v by Information, for this Plea he was noc to be 
 •^f punillicd. 
 
 3 .whether a Parliament-man committing an offence againfl the King or Coun- 
 cil not in a Parliament way, might after the Parliament ended,be punijhed or not? 
 
 Sol. All the ][idgcs una voce aniwctcd. He might, it he be not pu- 
 nfllied for it in Parliamentj for the Parliament fhall not give privilcdge 
 to any contra morem Parliamentariu?n , to exceed the bounds and limits of 
 his place & duty. And all agreed,That regularly he cannot be compelled 
 out of Parliament to anfvver things done m Parliament in a Parliamen- 
 tary courfe; but it isotherwifc where things are done exorbitantly, for 
 thofe are not the Adls of a Court. 
 
 4. n4jether if one Parltament-man alone fljall refolve , or two or three fl^all 
 Covertly confpire to raife falfe (landers and rumours againfl the Lords of the 
 Council and Judges , not with intent to queflion them in a Legal courfe, or in a 
 Parliamentary way, hut to blafl them , and to bring them to hatred of the people, 
 and the G overnment in contempt , be punifljable in the Star-Chamber after the 
 Parliament is emkd ? 
 
 Sol, The Judges refolve that the fame was punilhableoutof Parlia- 
 ment5as an offeiKe exorbitant committed in Parliament, beyond the of- 
 fice ,and befides the dtity of a Parliament-man. 
 
 Tiiere was another Queftion put by ^v. Atturney, viz. 
 i}4)ether if a man in Parliament, by way of digrefflon^ and not upon any oc- 
 cafion arifingconcerni'ngthe fame in P ariiament, fljall fay, The Lords 0] the Coun- 
 cil and the Judges had agreed to trample upon the Liberty of the Subjett, and the 
 priviMges of Parliament, he were puf>if\jable or not i 
 
 The Judges dcfired to be fpared to make any anfwer thereunto , bc- 
 caufc It concerned thcmfllvcs in particular. 
 
 The 
 
 5 Caroli.
 
 <^7+ 
 
 Hiflorical CoHeBions. 
 
 
 Anfwer. 
 
 Mr. St/oiid 
 and Mr. Long 
 brouoht] upon 
 a Habeas (^o-i- 
 pm. 
 
 The next day Mr, Attumy put the Judges another Cafe. 
 
 It is demanded of a Parliament-manj being called Ore tenm before the 
 Court oiStar-Cbamier^ being charged that he did not fubmit himfclf to 
 examination forfuch things as did concern the King and the Govern- 
 ment ofthc State, and were affirmed to be done by a third perfon, and 
 not by himfelf, ii he confels his hand to that refufal, and make his ex- 
 cufe, and plead bccaufe he had privilcdg of Parliament ; 
 
 ivhether the Court mil not over-rule this fleA as error/iom, snd that he ou^t 
 to ma,ke a further a/, fiver. 
 
 Itisthe jufteft way for the King and the party not to proceed O^f 
 tenwi becaufe it being a point in Law, it is fit to hear Counfel betorc 
 it be over-ruled j and upon an Ore tenw by the Rules of Star-Chamber^ 
 Counfel ought not to be admitted ; and that it would not be for the Ho- 
 nor of the King,nor the fatety of the fubjcft to proceed in that manner. 
 
 Pafca 5 Car. upon a Habeas Corpui of this Court to bring the body of 
 *T///Mw5/ro«ir/Efqj withthecaufeot his imprifonment to the Marfhal 
 of the Kings Bench j It was returned in this manner. That Mr.William 
 Stioxxdi was committed under rny ctifiody by virtue of a certain warranty under 
 the hands of tivehe of the Lords of the Privy-Council of the King : the tenor 
 of which Warrant followeth in thefe words. 
 
 YOuaretotake knovfledge, that it is his Majeflies pleafure and command- 
 ment, that you take into your cujiody the Body of William Stroud Efq; and 
 keep him clofe prifoner tillyou fioall receive other order ^ either from his Maje 
 fty or this Board j forfo doing, this P):iU be your r/ar/ant. Dated this 2 of 
 April 162^. And the direftionofthe Warrant was. To theMar^}alo] 
 the Kings Bench^or his Deputy. 
 
 He is alfo detained in prifon by vertue of a Warrant under his Ma- 
 jellies hand 5 the tenor of which Warrant followeth in thefc words. 
 
 C.R. 
 
 y^Hereas you have in your cuflody the Body of William Stroud Efq; hy 
 fVarraUofOur Lords of our Privy-Council, by Our fpecial Command, you 
 are to take notice, that this commitment was for notable contempts by him com- 
 mitted againfl Our Self and Our Government, and for jlirring up [edition a- 
 gainfi Us, for which you are to detain him in your cuftody,andto keep him clofe 
 prifoner until Our pleafure be further known concerning his deliverance. Gi- 
 ven at Greenwich, the 7 oiMay 1629.111 the 5 ycer of Our Reign. 
 
 The direftion being, To the Marfhal of Our Bench for the time being, 
 C^ h^efunt caufa captionts (sf detentionif preditii Gulielmi S troud. 
 
 And upon another Habeas Corpus to the Marfhal of the Houfhold to 
 have theBodyoff^^/ffj'Lo/ifEfqj in Court, it was returned according 
 as the Return of Mr. Stroudwas. 
 
 Mr. Ask of the Inner-Temple of Counfel for Mr. Stroud, and Mr, Ma- 
 [on oi Ltncolns-Inn of Counfcl for Mr, Long, argued againll the infuffi- 
 ciency of the Return j which with the Arguments of the Kings Coun- 
 fel we here forbear to mention, left it be too great a divcrfion to the 
 Reader from the Hiftorical part j yet thofc and other Arguments wc 
 have neverthelefs poftponed at the end of this firft Volume, for the be- 
 nefit of the Students of the Law : which courfeas to Arguments jr 
 Law, wherein the Prerogative of the one hand, and Liberty and Pro- 
 pcrticof the other hand are concerned, we purpofc toobferve in our 
 next and other Volumes, as matter of that nature falls out in feries of 
 Time. 
 
 Tlie 
 
 I
 
 Htjlorical ColleUtons, 
 
 B 
 
 c 
 
 D 
 
 i ^75 
 
 The fcvcnrh of May ^ an Intormationwas (.xlubucd ui ciic Scar- 5 Cuoh. 
 Chamber ; which bccaufc it is a remarkable Proceeding, we give you 
 hereaclarwc. 
 
 Jovis Septimo die ^.J/V, A/ino Quimo Ca. K. 
 
 To the Kings moft excellent Majefty , 
 
 HUrnbly fhcwcth and informcth unto Your moft excellent Ma- 
 jcfty, Siv Rolert: Heath Knight, Your Majcftics Attorney Gene- 
 ral, tor and on Your Majcftics behalf jThat whereas by tlie Ancient arid 
 Fundamental Laws of this Kingdom , the high Court of Parliament 
 coniiftethof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Lords Houfe,and 
 of the Knights , Citizens and BurgeiTcs in the Commons Houfeof 
 Parliament, and thofc two Houfes thus compored,do togetlicr make up 
 that great and honourable Body whereof Your molt tXLcllent Ma 
 jcfty , as the fuprcme Soveraign, is the head : and whereas the Power 
 of fummoningand alfcmblingot Parliaments, and of continuing, rro- 
 roguing, adjourning and diffolving thereof witnin this Realm at Your 
 good plcafurc,is tiie undoubted Right of your Majcfty j and the Libtr- 
 cyandFrceJomot Speech, which the Members of the faid Houfes ol 
 Parliament have according to the Priviledgcs of thofc feveral Houfes, 
 to debate , confult and determine of thofe things which arc propoun- 
 ded amongft them, is, and ever hath been j and ought to be,Iimited and 
 regulated within the boundsof Moderation and Modelty, andof that 
 Ducy which Subjc6tsowe to their Soveraign : and whereas Your Ma- 
 jeity for many weighty Caufes, and for the general Good and Defence 
 of the Church and State of tliis Your Kingdom , lately fummoned a 
 Parliament to beholden at Your City oi Wt'jfmir^jhr ^ the feventeentli 
 day of Ala/chy in the third year ot Your Majcftics Reign, which con- 
 tinued from thence by prorogation until the twentieth day of Jamary 
 lart ; trom which day, until the twenty filth day ot February tollow- 
 ing, the faid Houfes continued fitting. And although the great part 
 ot theHoufeof Commons, being zealous of the Common Good, did 
 endeavour to have effcded thofe good things for which they were called 
 thither ; yet between the faid twentieth day of Ja/ji.ny , and the (aid 
 twenty fifth day of Fehuary, by the malevolent Difpofition of fome ill- 
 affcAed Members of the laid Houfe, fundry Divcrlions and Interrupt! 
 ojis were there made , and many Jcaloufies there unjuftly raifed and 
 nouriiliedjto the difturbance of thofe orderly and Parliamcntal procee- 
 dings which ought to have been in fo grave a Council. During whic' . 
 time of the faid laft meeting in Parliament, as afore/aid, fo it ii^, may iti 
 plcafc your moft excellent Majcfty , tliatSir7c)f)«£///or Knight , then,| 
 and all the time of the faid Parliament, being one of the Members ot 
 the faid Commons Houfe, wickedly and maliiiouny intending, under a 
 feigned Colour and Pretence of debating the ncceflary Affairs of the 
 prefent eftaie , to lay a fcandal and unjuft Afperlion upon the right 
 honorable the Lords, and others of your Majcftics molt l.onourable 
 Privy-Council, and upon the reverend judges, and your Counfel 
 learned, and as much as in him lay to bring them into tiie hatred and 
 ill opinion of the people ^ after the faid twciitieth day ot Jdiiuary^d.wd 
 before the faid twenty fifth day of Ff/zrw-i/'jlaft, did openly and pub- 
 
 Q^c] q c] lick' 
 
 An Intoimati 
 on in i'tar- 
 Chanibcra- 
 oainft the 
 Mcmbeis. 
 
 Mu-V-ivenpOit 
 T{p. Einlcy. 
 Htncagc finch. 
 mlliamHiidfoN 
 
 An Informati- 
 on in Star- 
 chamber a - 
 gainlliir Jo. 
 Elliot, Sec. 
 
 Ivl
 
 6i6 
 
 Hiftorkal Collections . 
 
 
 i^kly Hi tncianJHuu(L-ot Commons, tallly and maiitiouliy artirm, 
 fhac your Maji'dics Privy-Council 5 all your Judges, and your Coun- 
 lll learned , bad confpired togcdicr to trample under their ieet the Li- 
 tuTtici of the {iiid Subjcits oh. this Realm , and the privilcdtes of iha. 
 Houfe. And further : fo it is , may it pleafe your moft excellent Ma 
 jcfty , that when your Majefty , uporuthc twenty fitch day of Feirua;)-^ 
 had by Sir J(j';« Finch-, Knight, then Speaker of the faid houfe of Com- 
 mons , fignified your Royal pleafure tothe faid houfe, that the faid 
 houfe of Commons lliould he inftantly adjourned until the fecond da) 
 of Jifarch then following, he the iaid Sir Johri Elliot , and Denzil HcUes 
 Efquirc , Benjamin I'^aJ.mtiue Gent. H'j.lter Longe Efquire , v^'illiar.- 
 Coii'iton Efquire, William Strode Efquirc , John SeUen Efquire, Sir 
 Miles Hol^ert, and Sir Peter Hajrnan, Knights, all Members at that time 
 of the faid Commons houfe, conceiving with themfclves that your Ma- 
 jefty, being juftly provoked thereto > would fpccdily diflblvc that Par- 
 liament ; They the laid Sir John Elliot , Denztl Holies , Benjamin Va- 
 lentine^ Walter Longe.^ William Corriton^ William Strode^ John Selden^Sir Miles 
 Hokrti and Sir Peter Hayman , and every of tliem, by unlawlul Confe- 
 deracic and Combination between tbem in that behalf before had, die 
 maiitiouliy rcfolvc, agree and confpire how and by what means before 
 chat Parliament lliould be difrolved,they might raife luch falfc and fcan- 
 dalousrumoursagainft your Majcfties Government, and yourCoun- 
 fellours of Eftate attending your perfon , that thereby as much as in 
 themlyeth, they might difturb the happy Government of this King- 
 dom by and under your Majefty , interrupt the courfe of traffique and 
 trade , difcourage your Merchants, and railc Jealoufies and Sufpitions 
 in the hearts of your people, that the Sincerity of the true Religion 
 profeffed and eftablifhed in this Kingdom was ncgleftcd : and in purfu- 
 ance of this their Refolution and Confidence aforefaid , the faid Sir 
 John Elliot y with the privitic and confcnt of the faid Denzil Holies , and 
 all other the faid confederates, did pircpare a paper or writing,whcrcin 
 he had written , or caufcd to be u ritten , divers falfe and Icandalous 
 Aftcrtions touching your Majcfties Government, and touching the per- 
 fons of divers of your Privy- Council, which he and they rcfclvcd,and 
 confpired , and agreed , fliould be delivered into the faid houfe ot 
 Commons , and there publickly read, to the wicked and feditious in- 
 tents and pur pofcs aforefa id , and not with any purpofeor opinion 
 that thofe things that were therein contained, if they, or any of 
 them had been true , as indeed they were not , fhould or could be 
 at that time entertained, or purfued in any legal or Parliamentary 
 way, but meerly andonely to exprefs and vent his and their own 
 Malice and Dif-affeftion of your Majefty and your happy Govern- 
 ment. And your Majefty upon the faid fecond day of March now 
 laft paft , having fignified Your Royal plcalure unto the faid Sir 
 John Finchi then the Speaker of that Houfc,That the faid Houfe Should 
 then be prefencly adjourned until the tenth day of the faid Moneth 
 oi March, without any further fpecch or proceedings at that time ; 
 and the faid Speaker then delivered Your Majcfties pleafure and com- 
 mandment to the faid Houfe accordingly , and declared unto them 
 Your Majcfties exprefs charge and command unto him j That if a- 
 ny fhould notwichftanding difobey Your Majcfties command , that 
 he muft forthwith leave the charge, and wait upon Your Majefty: 
 unto which commandment of Your Majefty 3 and fignification ot 
 
 Your
 
 Htjlorical ColleBions, 
 
 <77 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 D 
 
 E 
 
 \ . ;i.r Royal plcalure iii that bciialt, tor a [)rc(cnt adjournment ot" the 
 H yufe, the grcatclt number of the Mcmbrrrsof thatHoule, in their 
 ci lyanJ AUegcancc unto your Ma jelly, were willing to have given a 
 nidy Obedience, as the Lords Spiritual and Temporal ot" the Lords 
 Houfe, upon the very famedayjupon the like (ignitication made unto 
 cnem of your Majellics plcalure, by your Lord Keeper of your Great 
 S>i:Q.\oi Eaglmdj the Speaker of that Houfe, had done : yet foit is. 
 May it pleafe your moit Excellent Majefty, That the laid Sir John EUj- 
 o^t for the fatis'fying of his own malice, and difloyal affcdions to your 
 Majeity, and by the confederacy and agreement aforefaid, ahd in a 
 high contempt and dilbbedience unto your Majefties command afore- 
 faid, and witli fct purpofe to oppote your Majclties laid command,did 
 Hand up, and icveral times offered to fpeak. Whereupon the faid 
 Speaker,in obedience to your Majeities iaidcommandj, endeavoring to 
 have gone out of the chair, the faid De/jzH Hollas, and Be-ajamin VnUn- 
 ti/.e being then next the Speakers chair, and the one of them on the one 
 hand, and the other of tnem on the other hand of tl.e Speaker ( where 
 they lb placed themfelvcs of purpofe on that day ) out of their difo- 
 bcdience to your Majeftie , and by the confederacy and agree- 
 ment aforefaid, violently , forcibly, and unlawfully, and with 
 purpofe to raife a tumult in the faid Houfe, kept and held the faid 
 Speaker in the faid chair, againft his will ; and the faid Speaker a- 
 gain endeavoring to leave the chair, and having then gotten out of the 
 chair, they, the laid Dtnzil Holies and BiniximnVdentine laid violent 
 hands upon the faid Speaker, forcibly, and unlawfully, and by llrong 
 hand thruft him into his chair again ; and then the faid Sir Jo/;«£//pi 
 again ftood up, and ufedthcfefpeechcs : (w^. ) " Wehave prepa- 
 " red a fliort Declaration of our intentions, which I hope fliall agree 
 <^' with the honour of the Houfe, and the Juftice of the King : and with 
 chat he threw down a paper into the floor of the {aid Houie, dcfiring 
 it might be read : and the (sLidDez-jZil Holies, Benj. Vahntine, and all 
 other the Confederates aforefaid, in difobcdicnce and high contempt 
 of your Majefties faid command, called and cryed out to have the 
 fame paper read. But fome others ot the Houfe fpake to the contra- 
 ry, that It might not be read 5 and the Houfe thereupon, by rcafon cf 
 tliediforderly behaviour of the fa id Confederates,was much troubled, 
 many prefling violently and tumultuoufly to have the faid paper read, 
 and others dutifully and obediently urging the contrary, to the great 
 difquiet and difcomtort of many well-atfc6ted Members of that 
 Houfe. And the faid mlltam Corriton in this dil^emper demeaned him- 
 fclffo palTionately and violently, that he then and there violently, for- 
 cibly, and unlawfully, aflaulced and llroke mnte/ton-) Gent, then bein;/ 
 a Member of the faid Houfe rand divers of the Members of the faid 
 , fioufe being then defirous,and endeavoring to have gone out ot the faid 
 Houfe, the laid Sir Miles Holert did of his own head, lock the doorot 
 the faid Houle, and kept the key thereof, and imprifoned the Members 
 of the faid Houfe, being then in the faid Houfe againll their wills, fo 
 that none of them coufd go out. And the faid mlliam Strode, for the 
 further exprcffingof his malignity and undutilulnefs towards your 
 Majefty, and in purfuance of tlie agreement and confederacy aforclaid, 
 openly moved, and with much earnetlnefs urged, that the faid paper or 
 declaration might be firftread,cotheend(as lie then in great contempt 
 of your Royal Majeftie faid ) that we, meaning the Members of the 
 
 Q^q q q 2 houfe. 
 
 5 C\t/oli
 
 67S 
 
 Hiflorical Colleclions, 
 
 An. \6i9 
 
 houfe, may not be turned ott like fcattered Ihccp, and fent home as vvt 
 vverelaft Seffions, with a fcorn put upon us in print ; meaning there- 
 by the words which your Majclly in your own Pcrfon fpake at the 
 endincT oi the laft Scflion, and caufed the lame to be printed : and the 
 faid5fVo«<r/ina very diforderly manner further moved, That all thoic 
 who would have the faid paper read, (hould ftand up ; which divers oi 
 them thereupon did do accordingly, and he the faid 5/>oWamongft o- 
 thers did ftand up; and in this heat of contention and height of dilobe- 
 dienccjby the confederacy atorcfaid to have the faid paper rcadjthc faic 
 Sir Veter Ha)rnAn with rough and reproachful words, reproved the 
 laid Speaker for being conftant and rcfolutc in his obedience to your 
 Ma jefty, in not putting the reading oi the faid paper to the Qucftion; 
 as by all the faid Confederates, wnhmany Rcafons and Arguments 
 he was urged to do : and the faid Sir Feter Hajman then further faid,. 
 That the {aid Speaker was made an Inftrument to cut up the Liberty 
 of the Subjcds by the roots. But when by no means the faid Speak- 
 er would be drawn to tranfgrcfs your Ma jellies Royal command a- 
 forefaid, and left the faid^'papcr Aiould not be read, the faid Jo/m 
 Sdden moved, that the Clerk oi the faid Houfe might read the famd : 
 and when the faid Sir John Ell jot found that he and his Confederates 
 aforefaid, could not procure the faid paper to be read ; he, the faid 
 Sit Job/^Ellyoti to the end he might r.otlofc that opportunity toveni 
 and publilli thofe malicious and feditious Refolucions which he and his 
 Confederates had collc6ted, and prepared as aforefaid, took back the 
 faid paper again^and then immediately in the faid houfcjfaid,///;^/^' «on 
 exprejithdt hy fo^^gue'^rvbicb this ^aper ^:ouldhave done'^ and then fpake thefc 
 words. « The mifcrablc condition we are in, both in matters ol 
 "Religion and Policy, makes me look with a tender eye both to the 
 " Pcrfon ofthc King, and tothcSubjeds : and then fpeaking of them 
 whom he intended to be ill Inftrumcnts in this State, at whom he prin- 
 cipally aimed, he faid, « There arc amongft them fomc Prelates of 
 <' the Church, the great Bifliop o^PVinchelier and his icllowsjit is appa- 
 " rent what they have done to caft anafpcrfionupon the honor, and 
 " piety, and goodncfs of the King. Thefe are not all, but it is extended 
 " to fome others, who I fear in guilt oi Confcicnce of their own dcfert, 
 '' do joy n their power with that Bifliop and the reft, to draw his Ma- 
 " jefty into a jcaloufieot the Parliament ; amongft thcmlfliallnot 
 '« fear to nacre the great Lord Trcafurcr, in whofc pcrfon I {ear is con- 
 " tradled all that which we fuffer. If we look into Religion or Policy, 
 " I find him building upon the ground laid by the Duke o^Bucknghart, 
 *=' his great Matter ; from him 1 tear, came thofe ill Counfels which 
 " coniradled that unhappy conclufion of tie laft feffion of Parliament ; 
 "I find that not only in the aifc£f ions of his heart, but alfo in relation 
 " to him ; and I doubt not to fix it indubitably upon him : and fo from 
 "the power andgreatnefs of him, comes the danger of our Religion. 
 '« For Policy, in that great Queftion ot Tunnage and Poundage, the 
 *f intereft which is pretended to be the Kings, is but the intereft of that 
 '« perfon, to undermine the Policy of this Government, and thereby to 
 " weaken the Kingdom, while he invites ftrangers to come in to drive 
 "our Trade, or at leaft our Merchants to trade in ftrangers bottoms, 
 '« which is as dangerous. Therefore it is fit to be declared by us, that all 
 " that we fufFer,is theeffeft of new counfels,to the ruine of the Govern- 
 ^'inent of the State j and to make a protcftation againft all thofe men, 
 
 " whether' 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 Htflorkal QoUeBions. 
 
 ^79 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 " vvhccher greacer or fubordinatc, that they ihall all uc declared as Ca- 
 «' pital Enemies to the King and Kingdom,that will peri wade the King 
 
 -'« to take Tunnage and Poundage without grant of Parliamcntsand that 
 " if any Merchants fhall willingly pay thofc Duties without confcntof 
 « Parliament, they fliall be declared as AccelTaries to the reft. \A/hich 
 Words of the faid Sir- John Elliot , were by him uttered as aforefaid, 
 fallly , and malitiouUy j and fcditioufly , out of the wickednefs of his 
 own artedions towards your Majcfty , and your gratious and religious 
 Government, and by the Confcderacic, Agreement, and Privity of the 
 faid other Confederates , and to lay a (lander and fcandal thereupon j 
 and not with a purpofc,or in way to re£lific any thing which he concei- 
 ved to be amifs,but to traduce and blaft thofe pcrfonsagainft whom he 
 ;ad conceived malice j for fohimfelf the fame day in that houfe faid, 
 md laid down as a ground lor that he intended to fay , " That no man 
 •f was ever blafted in that houfe, but a curfe fell upon him. 
 
 And further: foitis, may itpkafc your moft excellent Majefty, 
 That when the laid Sir JolmEUiot had thus vented that malice and wick- 
 ednefs which lay in his heart , and , as appcarcth by his own words, 
 were expreffed in the faid paper which was prepared as aforcfaid , the 
 laid iVdlter hmge , out of his inveterate malice to your Majclty and to 
 your Affairs, and by the confederacy aforelaid, then and there faid,T/.'rt' 
 nanifhoPjall gize aivay my Liberty and Inheritance (/ fpeak of the Mer- 
 chants ) / note them for Capital Enemies to the Kingdome. And left tlie 
 iiearers iViould forget thefc wicked defperate Pofitions laid down 
 as aforcfaid , and to the end the fame might have the deeper im- 
 preflion , and be t!ie more divulged abroad to the prejudice of your 
 Majcfty J and of your great Affairs , and to the fcandal of your Go- 
 vernment , the faidD^//z./7 Holies coUeded into feveral heads what the 
 faid Sir John Elliothad before delivered out of that paper, and then 
 faid, fVhcfoe-jer fljall couf.ftl the taking up of Tunn^ige and Poundage mthout 
 .in Aa of PArlininent , let htm be accompted a capital Enemy to the King and 
 Kingdom: And further : H'hat Merchant foever JJmU pjiyTunnage and 
 Poun^Jige without an AH o\ Parliament , let him be counted a Betrayer of 
 the Liberty of the SuhjeBs , and a Capital Enemy of the King and King- 
 'iom. 
 
 Which Pofitions thus laid , the faid Denzil Holies neither be- 
 ing Speaker, nor ftting in the Chair as in a Committee by dircifi- 
 onof the Houfe, but in an irregular way , and contrary to all courfe of 
 orderly proceedings in Parliament , offered to put thefc things fo deli- 
 vered by him as atorefaid, to the Qucftion, and drew from his confede- 
 rates atorefaid , an applaufc and aflent , as if thefc things had been 
 voted by the houfe. 
 
 And further : fo it is,may ic plcafe your moft excellent Majefty,That 
 the difobedience of the laid Confederates was then grown to that 
 height, diat when EdirardGrimjlon, the Serjeant at Arms then attending 
 the"^Spcakcr of that houfe, was fcnt for by your Majcftic , pc rfonally to 
 attend your Highnefs, and the fame was made known in the faid houfe, 
 the faid Confederates notwithftanding at that time forcibly and un- 
 lawfully kept the faid Edward Grimfl on locked up in the faid houfe, and 
 would not fuffer him to go out of the houfe to attend your Majcfty: 
 and whcnalfoon the fame day James y^^^x/r^/ Efquirc, the Gcntle- 
 man-llflier of the Black Rod , was fcnt from your Majcfty to the faid 
 
 from your Majcfties 
 own 
 
 CaruL . 
 
 Commons houfe with a mcftage immediately
 
 <58o 
 
 HtUorical CoUeBions, 
 
 
 Proceed insjs 
 in5tar-Cham 
 bcrae;ainft Mr 
 chambers. 
 
 1 His Aafvrei. 
 
 jwii ptrlon, tncy the {.iid Contcdcracts utterly rciultd to open the 
 door of the houfe, and to admit the faid James Maxvrel to go to deliver 
 nismeflagc. After allwhichjthe faid houfe was then adjourned until 
 the faid tenth day o{ March then following, and on the faid tenth day ot 
 /l^<irfjb the faid Parliament was diffolvcd and ended. In confiderati- 
 on of all which prcmifcs, And for as much as the contempt and difobe- 
 dienceof the faid Sir JobriEUyotznd oihtvih^ confederates aforefaid, 
 were fo great, and fo many and unwarranted by the priviledgc and due ^ 
 proceeding of Parliament, and were committed with fohighahand, 
 and are offoill example, and fo dangerous confequencc, and remain 
 all unpardoned j Therefore they pray'd a procels againll them, to 
 anfwer their contempts in the high Court of 5w?-^'''*'*"'^'^''- 
 
 Memorahduin^ That the 2 9 . of May., Anm 
 
 qu'uito Car. Reg. thefe words, viz. ^j- 
 
 ter all which the faid Houfe was then ad- 
 
 joumed until the faid tenth day of March s 
 
 andon the faid tenth day of March the [Aid 
 
 Parhamf/'t was dijjolved and ended , 
 
 were added and inferted by order ot 
 
 the Court, immediately before Jn 
 
 tender consideration^ Sic. 
 
 At the fame time Sir Robert Heath the Kings Atturny General pre- 
 ferred an Information in the Star-Chamber againft Richard Chambers ot 
 the City o^ London Merchant ; wherein, firft, he did fet forth the graci- 
 ous Government of the King, and the great Priviledges which the 
 Merchants have in their Trading, by paying moderate duties for the 
 croods and merchandifes exported and imported ; and fetting forch,that 
 the raifing and publifliing of undutiful and falfe fpecchcs, which may 
 tend to thedifhonour of the King or the State, or to the difcourage- 
 ment or difcontcntment of the fubjcd, or to fet difcord or variance be- 
 tween his Ma jcfty and his good People, are ofrences of dangerous con- 
 fequencc, and by the Law prohibited, and condemned under feveral 
 penalties and punifhments. 
 
 That neverthelefs the faid Richard Chambers , the 28. day of September 
 la(t, being amongll fomc other merchants called to the Councel-board 
 at Hampton Court, about fome things which were complained of in 
 reference to the Cuftoms, did then and there, in an infolent manner, 
 in the prefenccor hearing of the Lords and others of his Majeflies Pri- 
 vy Council then fitting in Counfel, utter thefe undutilul, feditious, and 
 talfe words, That the Merchants are in no part of the World fo screwed and 
 wrung as in England j That in Turky they haze more incouragement. 
 By which words, he the faid Rich ar a Ch amber s^ as the Information fct- 
 
 Iteth forth, did endeavor to alienate the good affeftion of his Majcftics 
 Subjcds from his Majefty, and to bring a (lander upon his julk Go- 
 vernment ; and therefore the Kings Attorney prayed procefs againft 
 I him. 
 
 ( To this Mr. Chambers made anfwer,That having a Cafe of filk Groge^ 
 rams brought from ;?//y?oZ by a Carrier to Z-oWo«, of the value of 400. 
 1. the fame were by fome inferior Officers attending on the Cuftome- 
 houfe, feized without this Defendants confcnt j notwithftanding he 
 offered to give fecurity to pay fuch Cuftoms as fliould be due by Law, 
 
 and
 
 Hijlorical QoUeUions, 
 
 6%\ 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 and that he iiacii been ociierwile grieved and daininhed,Dy clie injuri- 
 ous dealing of the under-Ofticcrs of the Curtomc-houfciand mcntion- 
 'cd the paniculars wherein : and that being called before the Lords ot 
 j the Council, he confcflcrh, that out of the great fence which he had of 
 ithe injuries done him by thcfaid inferior Officers^ he did utter thefe 
 words, That the Merchants in E ngland were more wrung and fcrewedthen in 
 forreign Part^ : Which words were onely fpoken in the prefcnce of the 
 Privy-Council 5 and not fpoken abroad, coftirup any difcord among 
 ;hc people 5 and not fpoken with any difloyal thought at that time of his 
 .Vlajcflics Government, but oncly intending by thefe words to intro- 
 iuce his jult Complaint againft the wrongs and injuries he had fuftain- 
 jd by thcinferiourOfficcrs;and that as foon ashehcardahardconftru- 
 5tion was given of his words, he endeavoured by petition to the Lords 
 jf the Council,humbly to explain his meaning,that he had not the leaft 
 :vil thought as to his Majeftics Government ; yet was not permitted 
 :o be heard , but prefcntiy lent away prifoner to the Marflialfea : and 
 .vhcn he was there a prifoner , he did again endeavour by petition to 
 ^ive fatisfa<3:ion to the Lords of the Council ; but they would not be 
 plcafed to accept of his faithful explanation which he now makes unto 
 chis honourable Court upon his Oath j and doth profefs, from the bot- 
 'om of his heart, Ttiat his fpeeches onely aimed at theahufes of the i/^jeriour 
 Of peers , who in rnany things dealt mojt cruelly with him and other Mer- 
 chants, 
 
 Tncre were two of the Clerks of the Privy-Council examined as 
 Witncfles to prove the words, notwithftanding the Defendant ccm- 
 icffed the words in his Anfwer asaforefaid, who proved the words as 
 laid in the Information. And on the fixth of yt^^j, i<^2$>. theCaufe 
 came to be heard in the Star-Chamber, and the Court were of opinion 
 that the words fpoken were a comparing of his Majeftics Government 
 with the Government of the Turks; intending thereby to make the 
 people believe that his Majeftics happy Government may bctearmed 
 I'uriijh Tyranny j and therefore the Court fined the (aid A'fr. Chambers 
 in the fum of 2000 /. to his Majeflics ufe , and to ffand committed to 
 theprilbnof the Fleet, and to make fubmilTion for his great offence 
 both at the Council-board, in Court of Star-Chamber,and at the Roy- 
 al Exchange, 
 
 There was a great difference of opinion in the Court about the Fine : 
 and bccaufe it is a remarkable Cafe , here followeth the names of each 
 fevcral perfon who gave fcntcnce , and the Fine they concluded upon, 
 viz.. 
 
 Sir Francis Cottington-^ Chanccllour of the Exchequer, his opini- 
 on was for 500 /. Fine to the King , and to acknowledge his 
 offence at the Council-board, the Star-Chamber-Bar, and 
 Exchange. 
 
 Sir 7 /:;o.i2/V);W/o«,Lord chief Juftice of the common plcas,5oo/. 
 
 Fine to the Kiiig, and to defirc the Kings favour. 
 Sir Nicholas Hide-, Lord chief Juftice of the Kings Bench550o L 
 
 and to defire the Kings favour. 
 TJir ^oIja/ roo/(', Secretary of State 1000/. 
 
 Sii Humphry May, Chanccllour 1500/. 
 
 Sir Thomas Edmons 2000/, 
 
 Sit Edward Barret 2000/. 
 
 Dodor 
 
 Caroli. 
 
 His Sentence.
 
 6%z 
 
 HiUorkal CalleBions, 
 
 All. 1625). 
 
 A rubmiflion 
 tendrcd. 
 
 His tefufal. 
 
 Doftor iVM/jBilliop oS.winchelie»- 
 Dodor Lm^.i Billiop of London 
 Lord Carlm/j principal 5ccrctary of 5tate 
 Lord , ChanccWouT oi' Scotla/^d 
 
 Earl of Holland 
 Earl of Doncafler 
 Earl oi SalUhurj 
 Earl of Dorfet 
 ■ Earl of Suffolk 
 
 Earl of Mountgomery^ Lord Chamberlain 
 Earl oi-i4ru/'/del^ Lord High Marfhal 
 Lord Montague Lord Privy Seal 
 Lord ConfiOway^ 
 Lord ivefloii Lord Trcafurcr 
 Lord Coventry, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 
 So thefinewasfctlcdto 2000 1. 
 
 3000/. 
 3000 /. 
 3000 /, 
 2000 /. 
 1500/. 
 1500/. 
 1500/. 
 3000/. 
 3000 /. 
 1500/. 
 3000 /. 
 300c/. 
 2000/. 
 3000/. 
 1500/. 
 
 And all ( except the two C liief Juftices) concurred lor a fub- 
 mirtion alfo to be made. And accordingly the copy of the fub- 
 mifllon wasfent to the Warden of the Fleets from Mr. Atturny 
 General , to iliew the fuid Richard Chambers:, to perform and ac- 
 knowledg it ; and was as foUowcth .• 
 
 / R ichard Chambers of London Meychant, do humly ackr^onUdgei that 
 whereas upon an Information exhibited againi^ me by the Kings Atturney Gene- 
 ral, I was in Eafter Term lafly fentenced by the Honourable Court of Star- 
 Chambcr, fvr that in September yjj// 1628. being convent^d before the 
 Lords and others o\ hif Alajcjiiesmofl Honourable Privj-CouncH Board, upon 
 fo'-yie fpeeches then ufed co>icerni/.g the Merchants of this Kingdom, and his 
 Majejiies well andgracioM uj'age of them j didthn and there, in infolem,con- 
 temptuoM and fedittom manner, jal/ly and malicioufly fay and afJir/Vy That 
 they, niea/'.i/'g the Merchants , are in no parts ot the world fo skrewed 
 and wrung as in England -^ and that in Turby they have more incourage- 
 ment. And whereas by the fentence of that Honorai le Court, I was adjudged, 
 among other punijjjmenis justly impofeduponme, to make rr,y humble acknow- 
 ledgment ar.d fubmijiion of tl.Hf great o^ence at thif Honorable Board, before / 
 jjyouldbe delivered out of the Prifon of the Fleet, whereto I was then commtted, 
 as by thefaid Decree and Sentence of that Court, among other things it doth and 
 may appear : Now I the faid^ich3.xd Chambers,/// qbedience to the Senter^ce 
 of thefaid Honorable Court, do humbly confejs' andacknowledg the f peaking of 
 thefe words ajorefiidfor the which I u as fo charged, and am heartily forry for 
 the fame ; and do humbly befeechyour LordfloipS all to be Honorable intercejjors 
 for me to hn Majesiy, that he would be graciou/ly pleafed to pardon that graet 
 error and fault fo committed by me. 
 
 \Vhen^y.Cfc<tw^f/-5 read this draught of fubmiffion, ixthus fub- 
 fcribed the fame : ^ 
 
 All the abovefaid Contents andSubmiiiion, /Richard Cham- 
 bers do utterly abhor anddetesi, as mofl unjuif andfalfe j and 
 never to death will acknowledge any part thereof. 
 
 Rich. Chambers. 
 Alfo
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 683 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Alio he under-writ thefe Texts ot Scripture to the Taid iiubiniirion, 
 before he returned ir. 
 
 That rnake a man an offender for a tfore/, and lay ap^are for him that reyro- 
 veth in thegate^ andturn ajide the jujlfora thing 0^ nought. 
 
 BUn;e not before thou have examined the truth j understand fir ^^and then re- 
 buke 5 anfwer not before thou hasi heard the caufe, neither interrupt men in the 
 midjl of their talk. 
 
 Doth our Larv judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doth } 
 
 King Agrippa f aid unto Paul, Thou aft permitted to f peak for thy f elf. 
 
 Thou fhalt not wreft the judgment of the poor in h «• caufe, thou fhalt notre- 
 fpeci per fans, neither take a gift : for a gift doth bVmdthe eyes o\ the veife^ and 
 pervert the eyes of the righteow . 
 
 ^Voe to them that devife initjuity, becaufe it is in the power of their hand, and 
 they covet fields and take them by violence, andhoi/fes and take them awav : fo 
 they oppyefi a man and hit hottfe, even a man andhU heritage. 
 
 Thw faith the Lord God, Letit fufficeyou, O Princes oj Jfrael : remove 
 violence and fpoyl, and execute judgment andjujUce, take away your exaBions 
 from my people^ faith the Lord God. 
 
 If thou fee^ the opprejs'ion of the Poor, and violent perverting of judgment 
 andjujlice in a PfO^^ince, marvel not at the matter : for he that if higher then 
 the hjghefl regardeth, and there be higher then they. 
 
 Per me, Richard Chambers. 
 
 Afterwards in the TermofTr/Wfj, the 5 yeerof KingC^^jy/f, it is 
 found in the great Roll of this year, that there is demanded there, ol 
 Richard Chambers o( London Merchant, 20C0 1. for a certain fine impo- 
 (ed on him, hither fent by vcrtue of a writ of our faid Lord the King, 
 under the foot of the great Seal o^ England, direftcd to the Trcafurcr and 
 Barons of this Exchequer, for making execution thereof to the ufc oi 
 the faid Lord the King, as is there contained j and now, that is to fay, 
 in the Utas of theBleffed Trinity, this Term, comes the faid Richard 
 Chambers in his own proper perfon, and demands Oyer of the demand 
 aforcfaid, and it is read unto him 5 and he demands Oyer alfo of the 
 Writ aforefaid, under the foot of the Great Seal of £»^/^/?^ hither fent, 
 and it is read unto him in thefc words : 
 
 C Maris by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, ^«(af Ireland, 
 Defender of the Faith, ^c. Jo hit Treafwer and Barons of hif Exche- 
 quer, health : The ex tret ■ of certain fines taxed and adjudged by Us andour faiu 
 Council, in our faid Council, in Our Court of Star-Chambcr in the Term of 
 St Michael, tl7e Term of St. Hillary, and the Term of Eafter lait pajf, upon 
 Thomas Barns oftheParijh of St. Clements Danes in the County 0] 
 Middlefex Carpenter, and others feverally and dizidedly, as they be there f eve - 
 rally affefj'ed, Wefenduntoyou included in thefe prefenti, commanding that look- 
 ing into them, you do that which by Law you ought to do againfl them, for the 
 levying of thofe fines. Witncfs our Self at Wcftminftcr the 2 1 of May, 
 in the ycer of Our Reign the 5 Mutas. 
 
 5 Cai'l- 
 
 Places of Scri- 
 pture mentio- 
 ned by him. 
 Ifa. 29. ii, 
 
 Eccluf.ii.7,S 
 
 Rrri 
 
 And 
 
 John -J. ^ I . 
 Aft. z(. 1. 
 
 Exod. 15.6. 
 Deut. 16.19. 
 
 Mich.i. 1,1. 
 
 Eick.4j.9 and 
 46.8. 
 
 Ecclefij.s. 
 
 LOiidoit. 
 His Pica in 
 the Exche- 
 quer.
 
 6S^ 
 
 Hiftorical ColleB'ions. 
 
 A,<. 16-9 
 
 H.3.9. 
 
 £.1.3. 
 
 iH.3.9. 
 
 E.5.,£ 
 
 H.7.3. 
 
 And the tenor ot the Scncdulctociie laid Writ annexed , as. to tLe 
 (aid Richard Chamkrs , followeth, in thclb words : 
 
 ■'TN the Term ot Eapr 3 the fifth year of King Charles , of Richard 
 JL " Chambers of Lohdon Merchant 2000 /. which being read , heard, 
 "and by him under Itood , he complains that he is grievoufly vexed and 
 " inquictcd by colour ot the Premifcs 5 and that not juftlyjior that pro- 
 •' telling that the faid, great Roll, and the matter therein contained.- 
 " is not in Lavv fuificient , to which he hath no need , nor is bound by 
 " Law to anfwer ; yet for Plea the faid Richard Chamhert faith, That he , 
 '•' of the demand aforefaid, in the great Roll aforefaid mentioned, and 
 cc every parcel thereof, ought to be difcharged againft the faid Lord tlu 
 ^c King , for that he laid , That he , from the tmie of the Taxation o; 
 « the aforefaid Fine, and long before , was a Freeman and a Merchant 
 " of this Kingdom, that is to fey , In the Parifli of the blefled Mary ot 
 « the 4rches in the "VVard of CheapyLondon. And that by a certain h€< 
 «' in the Parliament of the Lord Henry late King ot EngU/'ul i\\q Third, 
 " held in the ninth year of his reign, it was provided by Authority ol 
 <■<■ the faid Parliament , That a Freeman fliall not be amerced for a lit- 
 " tic offence, but according to the manner of the faid offence •, and for a 
 " great offence, according to the greatncfs of the offence, faving to him 
 " his Contcnement or Freehold , and a Merchant in the fame manner, 
 " faving unto him his Merchandize, and a Villain of any other then the 
 "King after the fame manner to be amerced, faving his Wainage; 
 "and none of the faid Amercements to beimpofed but by the Oaths 
 " of good and lawful men of the Neighbourhood : And by a certain 
 "other Aci in the Parliament ot the Lord £<a'»'<j»'(9'latc King of England 
 " the firft , held in the Third year of his reign , it was and is provided, 
 " That no City , Burrougb, or Town, nor any man iViouId be amerced 
 " without rcalbnable caufe, and according to his Trefjpafs; that is to 
 "fay, A Freeman, faving to him his Contenemcnt j A Merchant,fa- 
 " ving to him his Merchandize 5 and A Villan,faving to liim his \\'ai- 
 "nagc: and this by their Peers. And by the fame Aft in theParlia- 
 " mcnt of the faid Lord Henry fare King of England the Third , held in 
 " the ninth year of his reign aforefaid , it was and is provided by Au- 
 " thority of the faid Parliament , That no Freemen fliould be taken or 
 " impriloned,or diffeixed of his Freehold or Libcrties,or free Cuftoms, 
 " oroutlaw'd or banifh'd, or any way dcftroyed. And that the Lord 
 " the King fbould not go upon him , nor deal with him , butbyalaw- 
 " ful judgement of his Peers , or by the Law of the Land. And by a 
 "certain Aft in the Parliament of the Lord Edward hic King oi Eng- 
 " land the Third , held in the fifth year of his reign , it was and is pro- 
 " vided by the Authority of the faid Parliament,That no man hencefor- 
 " ward ihould be attached by reafon of any Accufation , nor pre-judg- 
 "ed of Life or Member, nor that his Lands, Tenements, Goods or 
 " Chattels fliould be fcized into the hands of the Lord the King againit 
 " the form of the great Charter , and the Law of the Land. And by 
 " a certain Aft in the Parliament of the Lord Henry late King of En^- 
 ''^ land the feventh , held in the third year of his reign , reciting that by 
 " unlawful Maintenances given of liveries, figncs and tokens , andrc- 
 "taindcrs by Indentures, Promifes, Oaths, VV'ritings, and other Im- 
 " braceries of the Subjcfts of the faid Lord the King, falfe Demeanors 
 " of Sheriffs, in making of Pannels^ and other falfe returns, by taking 
 
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 Hijlorical CotteBions, 
 
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 D 
 
 " ot money by Jurors, by great ryots and unlavvtul affcmblics the poli- 
 "cie and good Government of.tfciis Kingdom was almoft fubdued : 
 "• and by no: punifliing of tlic liiid inconveniences , and by occafion ol 
 " the Prcmifes , little or nothing was tound by Inquiiition j by rcafon 
 " chereofjthe Laws ot thcLand had little crfcd in their cxccutionjto the 
 " incrcafeof Murders, Robberies, Perjuries and I nfecuritics of all mcii 
 " living, to the lofs of their Lands and Goods , to the great difpleafuR 
 " of Almighty G o d j It was ordained for Reformation ot the Prcmifes 
 "by Authority ot the faid Parliament, That the Chancellour and 
 " Treafurcro^ Er/gUnd'iOV the time being, and the Keeper of the Privy- 
 '= Seal ot the Lord the King , or two of thtm , calling to them one Bi- 
 " lliop, one Lord temporal of the mod honourable Council of thc 
 " Lord the King, and two chief Juftices of the Kings Bench and Com- 
 " mon pleas for the time being , or two other Juttices in tl.cir abfence, 
 " by Bill or Information exhibited to the Chancdlour tor the King or 
 " any other , againtt any perfon for any other ill behaviours aforcfaiJ, 
 'Miave Authority of calliiig before them by Writ or Privie-Seal fuch 
 " Malefadors , and ot examining them and others by tncir difcretion, 
 "and of punilliing fuch as they findc dcfedlive therein according to 
 " their demerits, according to the formand effedt of the Statutes there- 
 "of made, in the fame manner and form as they might and ought to be 
 " puniAicd if they were thereof convinced according to the due courfe 
 " of Law. And by a certain other Ad in the Parliament of the Lord 
 «c Henry late King of E/joUmlthc eighth , held in the one and twentieth 
 « year of his reign , reciting thcotfcnces in the aforcfaid Statute of the 
 « laid late King //f/;>j thcteventh betoremcntioned , by Authority ot 
 " the faid Parliament, it was and is ordained and enaded, That hence- 
 «c forward the Chancellour, Trcafurer ot England-, and thePrefidcntof 
 " the molt honourable Privy-Council of the King attending his moft 
 « honourable perfon tor the time being, and the Lord Keeper ot the 
 " Privy-Seal of the Lord the King, or two of thcm,calling to them one 
 "Biiliop and one temporal Lord of the motl honourable Council oi 
 « th.e Lord tl>e King , and two chief JulUces of the Kings Bench and 
 «i: Common Pleas lor the time being,or two Juftices in their abfence, by 
 '' any Bill or Information then after to be exhibited to tiie Chancellour 
 " of England, the Treafurcr, the Prefidentot the faid moft honourablc 
 " Council of the Lord the King, or the Keeper of tlie Privy-Seal of the 
 « Lord the King for the time being, for any mifdemeanour in the aforc- 
 " faid Statute ot King He/,ry the feventh aforefaid before recited, from 
 «^ henceforth have full power and authority of calling before them, by 
 " Writ or by Privy-Seal, fuch Malcfaftors,^ ot examining of them and 
 " others by their difcretion , and ot punilliing tliofe that are found de 
 '= fe(ftive according to their demerits. According to the form and ef- 
 « fed ot the faid Statute of the aforelaid Lord King He/.rj the feventh, 
 « and of all other Statutes thereupon made not revoked and expired, in 
 "the fame manner and form as they might and ought bepunilhedit 
 «^ they were convidcd according to the due order of thc^awsof tlu 
 "faid Lord the king. And by' the aforefaid Writ under the toot ol 
 " the great Seal , it manifefty appears that the faid Fine was impofed 
 " by the Lord the king and his Council , and not by the Legal Peers ol 
 " tlic faid RtchardChamliers, nor by the Law of the Land, nor according 
 "to the manner of the pretended offence of the faid Richard Chaml>en. 
 « nor faving unto him his Merchandize , nor for any offence mentioned 
 
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 5 Carcli. 
 
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 6S6 
 
 Hiflorical CoUeWwns, 
 
 An. 16^9 
 
 \6i^.\6 J'iiU 
 
 tondon. 
 Order in the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Mr. chancers 
 brought by a 
 
 •' ill iLie faid Scacuccs: all and lingular the vvnich, the laid RichardCbam- 
 '« bers is ready to verific to the Court,(^V. and demands judgment ; and 
 '« tliat he be diltharge of the faid 2000 /. againft the fa id Lord thi 
 " now King j and that as to the premifes he may be difmiflfcd from 
 'f this Court. 
 
 Waierhou^e. 
 
 With this Plea, he annexed a Petition to the Lord Chief Baron,and 
 alfo to every one of the Barons, humbly defiling the tiling of the Plea, 
 with other Reafons in the manner of a motion at the Bar, bccaufc he 
 faid Counfel would not move, plead, nor fet hand to it, as turther 
 a ppcareth. 
 
 The Copy of the Order upon Mr. Atturneys 
 motion in the Exchequer, the 17 fuly i^ip. 
 after the Plea put in, and order to file it, Ter 
 the Lord Chief Baron. 
 
 T 
 
 Ouchhigthe Plea put into this Court ly Ricliard Chamber?, to difcbargi 
 himfelj.of a fineof 2000 1. fet on him in the Star-Chambcr, For^f- 
 rnuch as Sir Robert Heath K /light, his AdAJepes Atturney General, i/j^orrn- 
 ed this Court, that the faid C hambers in his faid Plea ncitis diners StatutfS 
 4^/,s? Magna Charca, andwhat offerees are fur.if\jalle //2//.v Star-Cham- 
 bcr, and hovp the proceedings ought_to le 5 and upon the nhcle matter concludes-) 
 That the faid fine was impofed by the King and his Council, and not 
 by a Legal judgment of his Peers, nor by the Laws of the Land, nor 
 according to the manner of his offence, nor (aving his Merchandizejnor 
 for any offence mentioned in the faid Statutes ; which Plea Air. Attur- 
 ny conceiving to be lery frivolom andi/.fufficient^and derogatory to the honour 
 and jurifdiHion oj the Court of Star-ChawbcTi Hun^lly prayeth^rnight mtk 
 alloxredofj norpled .- It is therefore this day ordered. That the faid Plea fhall 
 ie read on Saturday next, and then uponhearing the Kings Counfel, and the 
 Counfel of the faid Kkhatd Chambers, this Court roill declare their further 
 order therein 5 andifi the mean time the faid Plea is mt tole pled nor delivered 
 out. 
 
 In Michaelmas Term following, Mr. Chamters was brought by a Ha- 
 beas Corpui out of the Fleet : and the Warden did return, 
 
 cc •p'Hat he was committed to the F/^ft by vertue of a Decree in the 
 'f X Star-Chamber, by rcafon of certain words he ufcd at the Council 
 " Table, ( viz. ) That the Merchants of England were skrereed up here in 
 " England, wo/^fk/i/'/iTurky. Andtorthefe and other words of de- 
 " famation of the Governmcnt,Jie was cenfurcd to be committed to the 
 « Fleet, and to be there imprifoncd until he made his fubmiflion at the 
 "Council Table, and to pay a fine of 2000./. And now at the Bar 
 "he prayed to be delivered , becaufe this Sentence is not warranted 
 " by any Law or Statute : For the Statute of 3 Henrici'j. which is the 
 " foundation of the Court oi Star-Chamber, doth not give thtm any au- 
 '•thority to punifh for words only. But all tie Court informed him, 
 
 « That
 
 Hijlorical QolleUions. 
 
 6%y 
 
 ," That the C cure ot Scar-Cnaniocr was nut cadtcd by tne :>tacuicot 5 canli. 
 «' 3 //.7. but wasa Court many years before, aiidoncof themofthiCTh 
 " and honourable Courts of Jult kc : and to deliver one wlio was com- 
 
 I " mitted by the Decree of one of the Courts of Juftice , was not the u- 
 
 ■ " fage of this Court ^ and therefore he was remanded. 
 
 Asa concurrant proof of thefe Proceedings concerning Mr. Chambers 
 welliall inferthcrc a Petition of his (though out ot time") to the 
 I Long Parliament , and atterwards renewed to the iuccccding Parlia- 
 Iment ; inz-. 
 
 To the Parliament of the Qommonvpealth of Eng- 
 land, Scotland and Ireland. 
 
 rhe brief Remonftrance and humble Petition of RicbardChamhers Mer- 
 chant, late Alderman and Sheriff of the City of London : 
 
 n H VV I N G J 
 
 THat in the Parliament held in the years \62j and iSzSyitivas voted and 
 declaredly the honourable houfe ofCornmonsy I hat tphojoezer jhall coun- 
 jel or ad'jife the taking or levying of the Subfidie of Tonnage and Poundage -^ not 
 ir anted by Parliament, or fhaU.be any AElor or Infirnment therein , fjjallbere- 
 medan Innovator in the Government :y and a capital Enemy to the Kingdom and 
 CommonrpeaUh ', and ij any Merchant or perfon whatfoevfr- fhall voluntarily 
 yildorpay the [aid Subfidie of Tonnage and Poundage .y not being granted by 
 Patliamef't -i they fhalllikewife be reputed Betrayers of the Liberties of 1[LV\2^- 
 \and,and Enemies to the fame^as may appear Ij the fatd Order upon Record. 
 
 Infuhmiffion and obedience irhereunto, the Petitioner firft oppcfedandwith- 
 {lood the payment of Tonnage and Poundage {until they were fetled by Parlia- 
 ment ) and all other illegal Taxes ; for which fubmiffion an d obedience ■, in the 
 )ears 162Z, and 162^ , the Petitioner had j 060 pounds of his Goods wrong- 
 fully taken and detained from him by the late Kings Officers andFarmers of the 
 Cuflome-huufe of London for pretended duties , and a heavy Sentence and Fine 
 in the Star-Chamber , which was impofed upon him in the year 1629. be fides 
 which loJJ'es^the Petitioner further fufferedin hifperfon by fix whole years impri- 
 foument in the Fleet , for not fubmitt ng to that Sentence and Fine : and in the 
 year 1^37 ^nine moneths imprifonment in Newgate ]or withflanding fl)ip-money: 
 by which lofjes and imprifonment s , the Petitioner was put by the exercife of his 
 calling , and was wounded in his credit and reputation. 
 
 tvhich f"ff'^ri''igs the honourable houfe of Commons (upon the Peticners 
 complaint in the year 16^0 ) taking into their grave confulerations , were 
 pleafed to refer the examination thereof to a Committee of 5 o Members-, where- 
 in were included the Committee for the Navy andCufloms j who being well fat is - 
 fled of the truth thereof , by oath , and other good fufficient proofs upon Record, 
 drew up their Report, That the Petitioner ought then to have i 3 6 8 o pounds in part 
 of Reparation , leaving the reft oj thofe Reparations to the further judgement of 
 the honourable Houfe 3 as by the annexed Copy of that report may further ap- 
 pear. 
 
 Inpurfuit of which report, the Parliament then levied and received from the 
 
 old Farmers and Officers of theCuftoms 50 thouftnd pounds for wrongs and alu- 
 
 fes done to the Petitioner ( chief y ) and other Merchants, intending firji to 
 
 I . S.ive 
 
 His Petition 
 to the Pailia- 
 msnt.
 
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 HiHorical ColleBions, 
 
 
 >iie to ihe Peutioher fmsfaiJior/ out of the fame , because be was theprjt man 
 that oppoffd the pi^etef.ded (lutieSi ^''^^ thegreateii fu^erer. 
 
 Wbereupo/i, hi the year l ^42 . the Petit mier was chofen Alderman j and in 
 the year \6/\^. Skenjf of the City of London: which places the Petitioner 
 ( ar/.eflly e/uleazoured to jhun ; lutfuch were the earneji irnpo/tu/.itjes, and.per- 
 fwafne encouragements of divers Members of the honour alle Houfe , (ir/;o 
 then de fired to have the Petitioner in place of trufii for his former ferrice to the 
 Ccnmonwealthyhat the Petitioner was con f rained to accept not onely of the place 
 of Alderman', but further underwent the office and charg.' o\ SheriQ of Lon- 
 don, which food the Petitioner in 4000 pounds that year. 
 
 But notwithfandtng the aforefiid promifes and intents of the Parliament to 
 give the Petitioner fatisfaBion , fucb were the great compulfive exigents , and 
 urgent neceffjties of tkofe timeSy caufedby thepublick diflraBionS, that the faid 
 monies were converted to the publick ufe ', therefore the Parliament depredthe 
 Petitioner to have a little patience, promifmg himfpeedy fatiffaflion as well for 
 the forbearance as for the principal debt : but the di fractions continuing^andtbe 
 Petitioner had neither interefi nor any part of his principal , the Parliament in 
 the year i ^48 in part of fatiffaBton , fetledthe Petitioner in the office of Sur- 
 veyor a'ndCheck tn the Cuflom-houfe of London, then worth at leaf 600 pounds 
 per annum ; but the Petitioner having enjoyed that place onely eight months, 
 was caufle/lj outedby finifer information of intruders, who have enjoyed that of- 
 fice, and divided the profit thereof between them ever fine e that intrupon. 
 
 Moreover, the Ixte King by Privy Seal , owes to the Petitioners wi\e ( who is 
 the ReltB of Mr. Thomas ¥circt) for Linen Cloth 'yooo pounds , and for 
 money lent 1200 pounds, for which fhewas affigned fatif\aBion out of the 
 Cujioms of Tobacco ; befides,jhe was further affigned out of Sir Thomas Dawes 
 office 100 marks pet annum : all which debts likewife lie wholly ur.fatisfied, to 
 the Petitioners great prejudice. 
 
 Befides the aforefaidlojjes, hinderances, expences, fujferings, and forbearan- 
 ces of the profit of the faid Office , the Petitioner from time to time hath laid 
 out himfelf for the common good, in aUi»g, lending, fpending, ( and ferving ) 
 when others refufed ; expofed himfelf to that eminent danger at Bran tbrd , by 
 leading out a Troop of Horfe for the PrivHedges , Liberties and Rights of the 
 Ctty of London and Commonwealth, infomucb , that thereby , and for want of 
 his fat iff anion aforefaid, the Petitioner having c on fumed his Efi ate , hath been 
 confirainedto fell and morgage fome part of his Lands to pay Creditors , and to 
 maintain his Family , having a ivife and nine Children j and is likely to be un- 
 done for obeying the Parltamenls Commands , unlefs by the jufiice and commife- 
 ration of this honourable Afj'embly he be fpeedily relieved and righted , for that 
 ever fince the faid reported fum , the Petitioner from time to time hath made 
 his humble addreffes to the fupreme powers for the time being , for fatisfaBion 
 thereof ; and to be refiored to the faid Office, but could not prevaile. 
 
 The Petitioner therefore humbly prays. That he may not pcriili 
 foraftingforthc publick good according to t!.c Declaration 
 oi Parliament, but that now after 2 6 years fuftcring,where- 
 of twelve years in fruitlefs and wcarifome waitings , this 
 honourable Affembly would now be pleafed to take the un- 
 parallel'd fuffcrings of the Petitioner into their grave conii- 
 derations , for fome fpcedy courfe for the Petitioners fatis- 
 faftion, to pay liis Debts, and redeem his Lands,by ordering 
 him the one moyctyof his Debt in ready money out ot the 
 dayly cuftoms of London , ( from whence his firit lofTcs and 
 
 fuffe- 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 D
 
 Hiflorical QolleBions, 
 
 6^9 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 luttL-nngs Iprang ) aad tlic otlicr nujity to be dilcouiptcd up- 5 Caycl'. 
 on fuch Goods as the Pcticioner iLall make entries of by 
 Exportation or importation in the Cuftomc-houfc Londo/i^i 
 until his debt with the intcrcft be fully latisficd and paid ; or 
 any other fpcedy way, as in your grave vvifdoms (liall fecm 
 meet ; and in like manner for his wives Dtbt^which is to pay 
 Debts and Legacies : and that the Pctitipner may forth- 
 with be reitoredto, and letlcd in the faid Olficej and have 
 Reparations from the Intruders. 
 
 And the PeUtioner with hlijfl;all as in all duty ever pray^S^c. 
 
 ^ept.6. 1^54. Richard Chambers, 
 
 The Petitioner being wearied out with twelve yeers attendance upon 
 )ne Parliament, in hopes of reparation for his imprifonment, troubles, 
 andloflcs, during the eleven years former interval of Parliament, in 
 iandingfor the Liberty of the Subjed, grew infirm j and being not re- 
 lieved, was reduced to a low eftatc and condition : he died in Summer 
 1558, being about the ageoffeventy years. 
 
 Trinity^ 5 . Car. Bmco Regif. The firft day of this Term upon a Habeas 
 Corp-M to Sir Allen Apfley the Lieutenant of the Tower, to bring here 
 the body o[ John Selden Elqj vi'ith the caufe of Dctencer : he returned 
 chefamecaufc as was in Mv.Stroods Cafe. And Mr. Littleton o^ the 
 Inner-Te/nple, of Counfcl with Mr. Selden j moved, that the Return was 
 infuificient in fubftancc 5 therefore pray'd, that he might be bayled ; 
 and {aid, that it was a matter of great conlequenceboth to the Crown 
 of the King, and to the Liberty of the Subject. But as for the difficulty 
 of Law contained in it, he (aid ( under favour ) the Cafe cannot be 
 {'aid Gf-and. And fo proceeded to his Argument ( which fcr the Rca- 
 fons before mentioned, we have poftponed ) and concluded, that the 
 Prifoner ousht to be bailed. 
 
 The fame day Sir A'fdes Hubhordi BenjammFalentine^ Denzil Holies^ 
 Efc|; were at the Bar upon the //rf^<'4jC(3/'^f«, dircdcd to feveral Pri- 
 fons. And their Counfel were ready at the Bar to have argued the 
 Cafe for them alfo. But becaufe the fame Return was madeVor them 
 as for Mr. 5f /«,!'« , they all Declared, they would rely on this Argu- 
 ment made by Mr. Littleton. 
 
 Some few days after, Sir Robert Heath xhcKvngs \nm\\':y General 
 irgucd, that this Return was good jand that Mr. Selden and the rcrt of 
 the parties ought not to be bailed ^and that within the Return there ap- 
 pears good caufe of their commitment, and ol their detaining alfo. He 
 laid, The Cafe is great in expcdation & confequcnce, and concerns the 
 Liberty of the Subj^d on one part,whereof the Argument is plaufible j 
 and on the other part it concerns thefafcty and Soveraignty o'i the 
 King, which ( he faid ) is a thing of greater weight j and tliat the con- 
 fiJerationof both pertains to you the Judges, without flighting the one, 
 or too much elevating the other : and fo proceeded to his Argument 
 ( ot which more at large hereafter ) and concluded, that the Prifoners 
 ought to be remanded. 
 
 VV'hcn the Court was ready to have delivered tleir opinions in this 
 great bufinefs, the Prifoners were not brou<2;ht to the Bar according to 
 
 the 
 
 His death. 
 
 Mr. Selden 
 brought upon 
 a Hak-.n Cor-
 
 690 
 
 HiUorkal CoUeBions. 
 
 ^ri. 1626. 
 
 A letter from 
 the King to 
 the Judges. 
 
 Che Kulc ot the Court. Therctore Proclamation was made, tor the. 
 keepcrsofthefcveralPnfons to bring in their Prifoners ^ but none of' 
 rhem appeared, butthe Marfhal of the Kings Bench: who informed 
 thcCourtj that Mr, StrW who was inhiscuftody, was removed yc- 
 tterday, and putinthe Tower of LoWo^ by the Kings own warrant ; 
 and fo It was done with the other Prifoners, for each ot them was re- 
 moved out of his prifon iw which he was before. But Jiotwithftanding, 
 it was pray'd by theCounfcl for the Prifoners,that the Court would de- 
 liver their opinion as to the matter in Law: but the Court rcfufed to do 
 that, becaufe it was to no purpofej for the Prifoners being abfenr, they 
 could not be bailed, delivered, or remanded. 
 
 The evening before, there came a Letter to the Judges ot this Court 
 from the King himfelt, informing the Court with the Rcafons, where- 
 fore the Prifoners were not fuffcredtocomeat thcday appointed for 
 thcrefolution of the Judges, Thefe were the words of the Letter. 
 
 A 
 
 To our Trufty and welbeloved. Our Chief 
 Juftice, and the reft of Our Juftices of Our 
 Bench. 
 
 C. R. 
 
 TRui^'j and welbeloveci^ we Greet you well : ^vhereas bj ourfi^ecial command- 
 ment we have lately removed Sir Miles Hubard, Walter Long, and 
 William Stroud ^rom the feveral prifons where they were formerly committed-^ 
 andhave nowfent them to our Tower of London \ underflanding there are va- 
 rioui conjiruHions made thereof ^ according to the feveral apprehenfo/,s ofthofe 
 whodifcourfeofity asif we had done it to decline the courfe of JuHice : iVe 
 have therefore thought ft to let you know the true Reafon and occafon thereof j 
 as alfoywhy we commanded, tbofe and the other Prifoners fjjould not come before 
 jou the lap day : fi^e ( having heard how mofl of them a while fince did carry 
 themf elves infolently and unmannerly both towards w and your Lordfjjips) were 
 and are very fenfible thereof j and though we hear your [elves gave them fame 
 udmonitionfor that mifcariage^yet we could not but refent our Honour -^ and the 
 Honour of fo great a Court o\ JuB^icefofdr, as to let the world know how much 
 we diflike the fame : And having underftood that your Lordfiiips and the reji of 
 our Judges and Barons of our Court of Common Pleas andExchequer (whofe advi- 
 ces and judgments we have de fired in this great bufineJi\fo much concerning O'lr 
 Government) have not yet resolved the main Quepion, we did not think the 
 pn fence ofthofe Prifoners necejjary j and until we fl)ould find their temper and 
 ■lifrretions to be fuch as may deferve it, wen- ere not wtllirig to afford them fa 
 
 vour. 
 
 ISleverthelef, the refpeSl we bear to the proceedings of that Court, hath 
 
 caufed us to give way, that Selden and Valentine fhould attend you to morrow, 
 
 they betngfufficient to appear before you, fine e you cannot asyetgiie any rtfolute 
 
 ^uptfiioninthe main point in Quefiion. Given under our Signet at Our 
 
 Mannor at Greenwich^ this 24 Junii, in the 5 ycer of our Reign. 
 
 Within three hours alter the rcceit of thofc Letters, other Letters 
 were brought unto the faid Judges, as followcth. 
 
 To 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F
 
 Htjlorical QoUeBions, 
 
 6^1 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 , To Our trufty and well-beloved , Our Chief 
 Juftices, and the reft of Our Juftices of Our 
 Bench. 
 
 C. R. 
 
 TRujiy andrcell-helo-^ed , we greet you mil : J-P'hereas iy our Letters of this 
 d^ysd.ite.) i^egaze you to UMifrjlar^id our pleafure, That of thffe prifoners 
 ihich by our Commandinent are kept in our Tower of London, Scldcn ^W Va- 
 lentine [jjould le Ir ought to morrow before you ; mit> upon more mature Delibe- 
 ■ation, we hai^e refolved^ That all of them [Ijall receive the fame treatment-)and 
 :bat nofte fi^all come he\ore you, untilwe have caufegiymui to believe they will 
 nake a better demofiflration of their Modejiy and Civility both towards m and 
 pur Lordjjjips the ft at their lajl appearance they did. 
 
 Given under our Signet at our Manner 
 at Greenwich, this 24 day of June, in' 
 the fifth year of our Reign. 
 
 So the Court this Term delivered no opinion, and the imprifoncd 
 Gentlemen continued in reltraintall the long Vacation. 
 
 Note: That in this I erm a Habeas Corpm was prayed tothePurfe- 
 vantof Arms tor four Conftables of Hertfordshire , to whofe cuflody 
 chcy were committed by the Lords of the Privy-Council ; and the Ha- 
 beas Corpm was granted on their behalf : but then they were committed 
 rothcCuftody of other Purfevantsj and fo upon every Habeas Corpit* 
 chey were removed from Purfcvant toPurfevant, and could have no 
 fruit of their Habeas Corpus all this Term. 
 
 There wanted not fomej who upon the Kings difTolution 61 this Par- 
 liament, and his ill fucccfs in two former Parliaments , did advifc that 
 his Ma jeftie for the future j might be no more troubled with the impcr- 
 tinencies of Parliaments j holding out lor example the like difcontinu- 
 anceof affembling the three Eltates in Fra/ice, which was in timea- 
 bout four years before the blazing Star, by Lwif the eleventh Kingot 
 France, wlio by rcafon the third Eftate reprcfenting the Commons did 
 tncroach ( as he declared ) too much upon the Clergic and Nobility, 
 the King diffolved that Parliament of the three Eltatcs, and never 
 had a free Eledion of the third Eftate afterwards , but ordained ano- 
 ther kind of meeting inftead thereof, which is called L' affemblides N'o- 
 talles , An affcmbly of certain eminent perfons of his own Nominati- 
 on ; whereunto he added fomc Counfcllour out of every Court ot 
 Parliament : there being eight in all in France , and being few in num- 
 ber, and of iiis own Nomination, would more readily comply with the 
 Kings propofals , and notdifpute his will and plcafurc, as the general 
 iflembly of three Eftates had wont to do when the King trenched upon 
 che liberty and property of the Subjcift : which alteration of the Go- 
 vernment, as to the third Eftate, hath ever fincc cxpofed the Commoni 
 to much vafTalagc and mifery , as at this day is apparent by the mean- 
 ncfs of their livelyhood, and wearing of wooden ilioes. 
 
 That which gives us occafion to mention this laft particular,is a little 
 
 5 Caroli, 
 
 Another Let- 
 ter. 
 
 V Ancmbli 
 dci NocabLcb.
 
 69^ 
 
 Hi^orkal ColleBions, 
 
 dn. 1626. 
 
 M-cttcr to the 
 Judges. 
 
 TheKiivs; con- 
 fers with fome 
 of them. 
 
 Motion to bai 
 the piifoncis. 
 
 fraft compolcd to che laid end and purpofc, and which did this Trini-i 
 cy long Vacation walk abroatl, and went from 1 and to hand, fomctime 
 at Court, ibmctiiiie in the Country, and fometime at thclnncs of 
 Courts which wc here fet down veriatim in the Appendix, that the 
 Humour of the Author thereof may be the more clearly difccrned : and 
 when we come to its proper time and place , you {hall fee what fucccfs 
 this Pamphlet had, when it was queftioncd in the Star-Chamber. 
 
 Towards the latter end of his Vacation, all the JufUces of the Kings 
 Bench, being then in the Country , received every one of them a Let- 
 ter to be at Sergeants Inne upon Michaelmas day. Thcfe Letters were 
 (rom the Council-Table j and the caufc exprcffed in them, was. That his 
 AiJifjJy had prefe/it and urge fit occafion to ufe their feriice. The Judges 
 came up accordingly on Tuefday being Michaelmas day. The next mor- 
 ning atout four a clock, Letters were brought to the chief Juftice from 
 Wir.Trumbal Clerk of the Council then attending, that he, and Judge 
 vyhitlock-) one of the Judges of that Court, fhould attend the King that 
 morning fo foon as conveniently they could ; which the Chief Juftice 
 and that Judge did at Hamptor, that morning , where the King taking 
 chcm apart from the Council , fell upon the bufincfs of the Gentlemen 
 in the Tower, and was contented they fliould bcbayled notwithftan- 
 ding their cbftinacy in that they would not give ttic King a Petiti- 
 on, cxpreffing, That they nere forry he was offe/ided nith them : he ilicwcd 
 his purpofc to proceed againll them by the common Law in the Kings 
 Bench, and to leave his proceeding in the Star-Chambcr. Divers 
 other matters he propofed to the faici judges by way of advice j and 
 Teemed well contented with what they anfwercd , though it was not to 
 his mindc ^ which was, That the offences were not capital , and that by 
 the Law the prifoncrs ought to be bailed , giving fecurity to the good 
 behaviour: whereupon tlic King told them , That he would never be 
 offended with his Judges,fo they dealt plainly with him, and did not an- 
 fwer him by Oracles and Riddles : both ihefc judges did at that time 
 what good oihce they could to bring the King on to heal this breach. 
 
 The firft day o{ Michaelmas Term it was moved by Mr. Mafon to have 
 he Refolution of the Judges ; and the Court with one voice faid , That 
 hey are riorv content that they jjjall /^e bayled-^ but that they ought to jinde fure- 
 ties alj'o for the good behaviour ; and jorses Juftice (aid^That fo it rvas done in 
 the Cafe ipfjich had been often remembredto another pypcfe^ tiroiriti Rullels 
 Cafe i„ 9 E . 3 . To which Mr. Selden anfwered , ( with whom all the 
 otiicr prifoners agreed in opinion ) That they have their fureties ready for 
 i he bayl , but not for the good behaviour ; anddejire that the bayl might jirft be 
 accepted^ and that they be not urged to the other j and that for thefe Reafons : 
 
 Firjl , the Cafe here had long depended in Court ( and they have been impri- 
 soned for thefe thirty weeks ) and it had been oftentimes argued on the one fide 
 .uidthe other '^ andthofe that argued for the King.) ahvaies demanded that we 
 fljo/ildbe remanded', and thofe which argued on our fde^ de fired that we might 
 be bayled or dif charged : but it was never the defire of the one fide or the other 
 that we fljould be bound to the good behaviour. And in the lafi Term four fe- 
 ver al days were appointed \or the Refolution of the Court , and the fole point in 
 que{\ion was -i If baylable or not j therefore he now c^efires that the matter of 
 bayl and of good behaviour may be feteredy.and not confounded. 
 
 Secondly, beeaufe the finding of fureties of good behaviour is feldome urged 
 
 upon j
 
 Htjlorical QoUeBions, 
 
 upon RfturMo^Felo/'tes or irenfons. A/.dit is iutantm^iicMionu^o,t che 
 Return , th^t we are culpable of thofe matters which are ohjeQed. 
 
 3 . W(? demand to he bailed in point of Right j and if it ie notgrantalle of 
 
 ; Right :> rve do /'•ot demand it : hut the pndi/.g of Sureties for the good behaviour 
 if a point of difcretion meerly j and we cannot afj'ent to it ^without great offence to 
 
 the Parliament^where thrfe matters which are furmifed hy the Return were aBed'y 
 
 and hy the Statute of Of Hen. 8. all punijhments of fuch nature are madeioyd 
 
 and of nofie e^eEl , Therefore^ !kc. 
 
 Curia. 
 
 The Return doth not make mention of any thing done in Parti amenta and we 
 cannot in a judicial way take notice thatthefe things were done in Parliament. 
 Andhy Whitlock, ihefurety o\ goodhehaviorir, is as a presenting medicine 
 
 B of the damage that may fall out to the Commonwealth j and it is an AH of Go- 
 vernment and jurifdiBion:, and not of Law. Anij ly Ciook, It is no incon- 
 venience to the Prifoners :for the fame haylfuffceth^andaUfhall he nritten up- 
 on one peece of parchment. And Heath Atturney General faid, That 
 hy the commando] the King he had an information ready in his hand to deliver in 
 the Court againft them. Hide Chief Juftice : ff now you refufe to find fure- 
 tiesfor the good behaviour^ and he for that caufe remanded j perhaps we after- 
 wards will not grant Habeas Corpus fo*' _)<>», tnafmuch as we are made ac- 
 ^uaintedwith the caufe of your imprifonment. 
 
 ^/fc/y the Kings Sergeant offered his own bayl for Mr. //o/Z^-j one of 
 the Prifoners ( who had married his daughter and heir. ) But the 
 Court refufcd it J for tt is contrary to the courfe of the Court j unlejTthe Prifo- 
 ner himflf will become hound alfo. 
 
 And Mr. Long that had found fureties in the Chief Jufticcs Cham- 
 ber for the good behaviour, refufed to continue his fureties any longer, 
 inafmuch as they were bound in a great fummc of 2000 /, and the good 
 
 D behaviour was a ticklifh point. Therefore he was committed to the 
 cuftodyof the Marllial, and ail the other Prifoners were remanded to 
 the Towcr,bccaufe they would not find fureties for the good behaviour. 
 
 Accordingly the fame Term an Information was exhibited by the 
 Atturney General againft Sir John Elliot-, Dentil Holies, Sir Benja- 
 min Valentine, reciting. That a Parliament was fummoncd to be held at 
 H^ejlminfier, 17 Martii tertioCaroli Regis-, ibid, inchoat. and that Sir John 
 Elliot was duly eledled, and returned Knight for the County ofCornwat, 
 and the other two Burgcflcs of Parliament for other places : and Sir 
 John Finch chofen Speaker. 
 
 That Sir John Elliot machmans ^ intendens-, omnihw vOs (ff modif^fe-- 
 minare^ excitare difcord, evil will, murmurings and (editions, as! 
 well verfits Regem, Magnates-, Prcelatos, Proceres ct* JujUciarios fuos, quam- 
 inter Magnates-, Proceres-, ^ Jufliciarios, (jf reliquos Subditos Regis-, ^ tota-. 
 liter dfprivare ^ avertere regimen & gubernationem Regni Anglia:, tarn in 
 Domino Rege^ quam in Conciliariis ^ Minifitig fuis cunifcunque generU ; Cff 
 introducere tumultum (st confufionem, in all Eftates and pares, ^ ad intenti- 
 oricm. That all the Kings Subjcfts fhould withdraw their affcftions 
 from the King. The 2 3 of February Ann. 4 Carol, in the Parliament, 
 and hearing of the Commons, falfo, malitiofe (^ fetiitiofe, ufed thcfe 
 
 S f 1 f 2 words, 
 
 ^91 
 
 5 Card. 
 
 An Infornittti-: 
 on exhibited 
 in the Kings 
 Vicnch againfl 
 \\xJo\m tliiol, 
 Sic.
 
 ^H 
 
 HtUorical ColleBions, 
 
 A,t, 1626. 
 
 The Plea of 
 Sir lob'itUiot. 
 
 Mr Walter 
 Load's Cafe in 
 the Star- 
 Chambcr. 
 
 vvorub, ilJeK-ings Privy Cou/icti^ his Juiiges^ a/ddhis CowfdleArf'fd^ havei 
 c Of Spiyed together^ to trample under their jeet the Liberties oj the Sidjetls ofthtf 
 Realm, A/jcI the Liberties of this Httij'e. And afccrvvarJsupon th.c 2 ot 
 A'larchy Ana. 4. afortfaid, the King appointed the Parliament to be ad- 
 journed until the i o q^ March next ibllovving, and fo lignified his plea- 
 lure to the Houfe of Commons : and that the cliree Detendants th.e faid 
 i day ol March 4 Car. malttiofey agreed, and amongft themfelves confpi- 
 red to dil\urb and diltraft the Commons, that they (hould not adjourn 
 chemfelves according to the Kings pleafure before iigni fied 5 And that 
 the faid Sir Jo/;/; f/'/s^j according to the agreement andconfpiracy a- 
 forefaidj hiad malicioufly 1// propojitum (^ ifnerdiofiem predict . in the 
 Houfe ot Commons aforefaid, fpoken theie falfc, malicious, pcrniti- 
 ous,and fcditious words precedent, (sfc. And that the faid Def.zilHul- 
 /i'j,accorduig to the agreement and confpiracy aforefaid, between him 
 and the other Defendants, then and there, ialfo^ mditicfey cf feditiofe. 
 Uttered h^c falfa, nialitiofa, ^[cahdalvfa lerba precedential Sic. And that 
 chiC faid De/jzil Holies & Benjamin Valentineyfecundum agreamentum ^ con- 
 {'piraUonem proidiil. & ad intent ionem cf propojitum pr,£diB.utti:Ted the faid 
 words upon the faid 2 of Mdrch^ai'ier the fignifying the Kings pleafure 
 to adjourn : and the faid Sir John Fmch the Speaker endeavoring to get 
 out of the chair according to che Kings command, They vi cf armis, 
 manuforti (if dlicito aflaultcd, evil entreated, and forcibly dctayned him 
 in the chair 5 and afterwards, he being out of the thair, they affaulted 
 I jm in the Houfe, and evil entreated bin), (j' 'violenter mar.u jorti ef lUi- 
 cito drew him to the chair, and thrull him into it : whereupon there was 
 areat tumult and commotion in the Houfe, to the great terror of the 
 Commons there affemblcdjagainft their Allegeanc<?, inmaximumcon- 
 lemptttmi and to the diilicrilon of ^he King his Crown and Dignity : for 
 which, cXf . 
 
 To this Information the Defendants put in a Pica to the jurifdiciion 
 of the Court : Ferafmuch as thffe offences are ftppofed to haie leen done in 
 Parliament, they ougiot notto be puni^oed inthis Courts or any other, except in 
 Parliament. And the Atturncy General moved the Court to over-rule 
 the Plea as to the jurifdji(^ion of the Court j and this he faidjtlie Court 
 might do, although he did not demur upon the Plea. But the Court 
 .vould not over-rule the Plea 5 but gave a day to joyn indemurrthat 
 Term. And on the firfl day of the next Term, the Record to be read ; 
 and within a day after , argued at the Bar. 
 
 In Hilary Term following , the Cafe of ivalter Longe Efquire , one 
 of the imprifoned Gentlemen, came to hearing in the Star-Cham- 
 jcr, which was as fblloweth. 
 
 An Information was exhibited into the Star-Chamber, by Sir 
 Robert Heath Yi^M^ty hi? Majcfttes Atturney General Plaincitf, a- 
 gainft the faid ivalter Lotge Defendant, for a great and prefumptu- 
 ous Contempt againff his Majefty, for breach of duty and trull ot his 
 Oftice J and for manifeit and wilful breach of his Oath taken as high 
 
 Shcritf
 
 Hiflorkal CoUeBions. 
 
 I 
 
 Shcnfl" of the County oi ivi Its y and noc rciiding and dwelling in his ,5 Caroli- 
 
 own perfon in the faid County, according to the faid Oath j but being 
 
 ciiofcn one of the Citizens for the City of Bath , in the County of So- 
 Me/jdtyto ferve for the faid City in the lail Parliament 3 by colour there- 
 of lie remained at Lo/idon or lyejlminfler during the time of that Parlia- 
 nicnc by the fpace of three months and above , in negled ot his Duty, 
 and in raanitell contempt of the Laws of this kingdom : which caufc 
 was now by his Majdties faid Atturney General brought to hearing 
 upon the Defendents own confeflion. And upon opening the anfwerjand 
 reading the examination of the faid Defendaiit, it appeared to this 
 Court, r/;<if the faid De\efjdi'd Long was by his now Majejiy made high Sheriff 
 1/ the County of Wilts in or ahout No^Jemher^in the third year of his Majefiies 
 reig/'yamlreceivedhis Patent of Sberiffrvid' for the faid County ahout tendays af- 
 ter -tand that he took an Oath before one of the Mafiers of the Chancery ^f or the due 
 execution of the faid Office of Sheri^ of the faid County. In which Oathjas ap- 
 
 ^ pcar'd by the (ame there read inCourt,hc did fwear that he would in his 
 own perfon remain within hisBayliifwick during all the time of hisShc- 
 nffwick, unlcfs he had the King liccnle to the contrary ; and that at an 
 Elcdion of Citizens for the faid City ot £<if/;,the faid Defendant Longe 
 was cticfcn one of the Citizens to ferve for the faid City of Bath in the 
 Parliament then fummoned, to be holdcn and commence upon the fc- 
 vcntcenth day o'iALirch in the faid third year of his Majeftics reignjand 
 being fo chofen and returned by the Sheriff of the Countie of Somerfet^ 
 nocwithlianding his faid Oatli taken to remain in his proper perfon, 
 within his Bayliffwick , unlcfs he were licenfcd by his Majeifie-, he the 
 faid Defendant did make his pcrfonal appearance in the Commons 
 houfc of Parliament , at the C ity of Wefinnnfier in the County of Mid- 
 dL-fex , and did, during the moft part of the faid Parliament, continue 
 in and abotit the City of London and ^-'eflminfler , and did attend in the 
 Parliament as a Citizen for the faid City of £4^/; .• during all which 
 time he likewifc was and continued high Sheriff for the faid County ot 
 
 D '^//^Jj and had no particular liccnfc trom his Majeftyto the contrary. 
 Uponconfidcrationwhcreot , asalfoof the the particular caufcsand 
 reafons of the Defendants Demurrer and Plea formerly exhibited 
 unto the faid Information , the benefit whereof was by order of the 
 Court referved unto the Defendant to be debated and confidcrcd of at 
 tiie hearing ot this caufc, and ot divers other matters now urged for 
 the Defendant , both to have juftitied his the faid Defendants atten- 
 dance in Parliament , and his not refidencc in perfon in the County 
 whereof he was then Sheriff; and amongft other things, tliat it proper- 
 ly belonged to the houfe of Parliament to judge of the juflnefs orun- 
 julinefs of the faid Elcition; and upon grave and mature coniideration 
 tlicreof hadand taken by the Court, their Lorddiipsdid not onely con- 
 ceive the faid Demurrer and Pica , and other the Arguments and Rea- 
 lons ufedby the Dclcndant and his Council to be of no weight or 
 Urcngth , but alfo to be in oppolition and dcrogadon of the J urildidli- 
 on of the Court 5 the reafons moved and urged for the Defendants ex- 
 cufcor juftification being clearly anfwered, and the charges ot the 
 Information mudi: goodby Mr. AtturneyGeneral , *nd others ot his Ma- 
 jefiies Cour.fel learned. And therefore the whole Court were clear of 
 opinion, and did to declare , " That the faid Defendant, whoattliat 
 "timc,as high Sheriff, had the cuftodyand charge ot the County of 
 ««Af7/ri, committed unto him by his Majeily, and liad taken his Oath 
 
 "accor-
 
 6^6 
 
 Hiftoricdl CoUeciions, 
 
 An. 16:$) 
 
 Arguments 
 concerning Sir 
 ^thn Elliot. 
 
 " according to the Law to abide in his proper pcrfon within his Bay- 
 ^« liffwick during all the time ot his Sheriffwick as aforefaid^ and whole 
 " truft and imployment did rccpire his perfonal attendance in the faid 
 ^'Countie, had not onely committed a great offence in violating the 
 -'« faid Oath fo by him taken , but alio a great mifdemeanor in breach 
 « of the truft committed unto him by his Majcfty , and in contempt of 
 '«hisMajeftiesplcarurellgnificd unto him by and under hisHighnefs 
 f ' great Seal , when he granted unto him the faid Office of Sheriffwick 
 "aforefaid. For wlmh faid fever al great Offences in breach of his 
 faidOathj ncgkilof the truft and duty ot his Office , and thegrcar 
 and high contempt of his Majcfty , their Lcrdfliips did hold the faid 
 Defendant worthy the fentence of the Court ; ti^e rather , to the end 
 that by ti is example the Sheriffs of all other Counties may be deterred 
 from commi; ting the like offences hereafter, and may take notice that 
 their perfonal refidcnce and attendance is required within their Bay- 
 liftwicks during the time of their Shcriff'wick. The Court therefore 
 thought fit, ordered, adjudged, and decreed. That the faid Defendant 
 fhould ftand and be committed to the prifon of the Tower , there to re- 
 main during his Majcftics plcafurc , and alfo pay a Fine of two thou- 
 fand Marks to his Majcftics ufe j and further, make his humble fubmifTi- 
 on and acknowledgement of his offence both in theCourtof Star- 
 Chamber, and to his Majelfy, before his thence culargmcnt. 
 
 The fame Term Mr, Mafon argued in the kings Bench for Sir Johf, 
 Elliot againft the Information preferred againft him ( amongft others) 
 by Sir ^o^^v^Hf^i/; the kings Atturney General j and the fame day the 
 Atturney General argued m maintenance of the faid Information : the 
 Judges alfo the fame day fpakc briefly to the Cafe,and agreed with one 
 Voycc, That the Court i asthuCafeif, fl;all haze Jurifdiclro/^, although that 
 thefe offences were committed //? Parliamem , ahd that the im^rifoned Members 
 ought to a/'ificen 
 
 JoKes began and faid, "That though this Qucftion be now newly mo- 
 "ved,yetit is an ancient Qucftion with him j for it had been in his 
 " thoughts thefe eighteen yeers. For this Information there are three 
 « Queltions in it : 
 
 1 . whether the matters informed he true orfalfe : andtfjis ought to he detey- 
 mi/tedhy Jury or Demurrer. 
 
 2 . fvhe/i the flatters of the Information are fo and or confeffed to he true 3 ij 
 the Information hegoodinfuhftance. 
 
 3 . Admit that the offences are truly charged, if this Court hath poiver to pU' 
 nifh them : and that is the fole c^effion of this day. 
 
 «• And it feems to me, that ot thefe offences, although committed in 
 " Parliament,this Court iTiall have jurifdidion to punifh them. The 
 " Plea of the Defendents here to the jurildidion being concluded with 
 "a Demurrer, is not peremptory unto them, although it be adjudged 
 " againft them j but it the Plea be pleaded to the jurifdiftion which i.' 
 " found againft the Defendant by verdid, this is peremptory. 
 
 In
 
 Hiftorical CoUeHions. 
 
 n»-tT\itm\'mm'vn -gni 
 
 I ^97 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 ^' 111 the dilcuirion of this pointj I decline thcfe Qucltions : 
 
 1 . /| the matter be voted in Pdrli amenta nhen it is fnillxd-j it can be puni- 
 jhed af>d examined ii't another Court, ' 
 
 2 . /| the matter be commenced in Parliament ^and that ended, 'f afterward 
 it may be Q^iefiionedin another Court. 
 
 I qucftion not thcfc Matters, but I holdj That an Offence committed 
 criminally in Parliament, may be tiuciUoncd elfewhcrc , as in /his 
 Court ; and that for thcfe Rcafons : 
 
 F/Vy?, Quia intcrcft Reipublicx ut maleficia non maneant impu- 
 nita : aralthcreought to bea Jrejlj punijlment of them. Parliaments are 
 called at the Kings pleafure, and the King is not compel/tile to call his Parlia- 
 ment; and if before the next Parliament^the ^artj amending, or the nitnejjes die, 
 then there trill be afayler of Justice . 
 
 Secondly, The Parliament is no conflant Court ; every Parliament mofily 
 conjijh of fezeralmerj-,and Lyconfequence they cannot take notice of matters done 
 in thejoregoing Parliament ; and there they do not examine by oath, unlefs it be 
 in chancery J as it is tifedoflate time. 
 
 Thirdly, The Parliament cannot fend Procejs to make the o^enders to ap- 
 pear at the next Parliament j and being at large , if they hear a noife of a Parli- 
 ament, they will fugam facere, andfo prevent their punifhment. 
 
 Fourthly, Put the cafe that one of the Defendants be made a Baron of Par' 
 liament, no»' he cannot bepunifl^edin the Houfe of Commons^ andfo he [hall he 
 unpunt^)ed. 
 
 Ic hath been objc<5i:ed. That the Parliament is the Superior Court to this, 
 therejore this Court cannot examine their proceedings. 
 
 To this I fay. That this Court of the Kings Bench is a higher Court 
 then the JulUccsof Oyer and Terminer, or the Juftices of Allizc : 
 But if an offence be done where the Kings Bench is ; attcr it is removed, 
 this offence may be examined by the Juilices ot Oyer and Terminer, or 
 by the Juftices of AfTr/c. We cannot Queftion the Judgments of 
 Parliamcnrs,but their particular offences. 
 
 2 . Obj. ft is a Priviledge of Parliament^ whereof ne are not competent 
 Judges. 
 
 Tothis /pjjThat Privile.gium ejl privata Lex, ^ privat legem. And this 
 ought to be by grant prefcri prion inParliament,and then it ought to be 
 pleaded for theViianner,as is 33 Hen.^Dy.a'^ it is not liere pleaded. Alfo 
 we are judgesof all Ads of Parliament : as,4 H^/^.y. Ordinance made 
 by the King and Commons is not good , and we are Judges what lliall 
 be laid a Seifion of Parliament,as it is iwPlowdeniwPatrtdgiS Cafe,^ v are 
 Judges of their lives and landsjtherefore of their Liberties. And 8 £//'s. 
 ( wiiich wascitedbyMf, Atturney ) it was the opinion of Dyer, Oat- 
 lyn, f-relfji, Brown and Southcoty juilices. That offences committed in Par- 
 liament may be punil"hed out'of Parliament.And 3 Ed.'^.i^. it isgood 
 Law. And it is ufual ncer the end of Parliaments to fet (ome petty pu- 
 nifhment upon offenders in Parliament,to prevent other Courts. And 
 I have feen a Roll in this Court, in 6 H. 6. where judgment was given 
 ina writ of annuity in Ireland, and afterwards the laid judgment was 
 
 rever- 
 
 5 Caroli.
 
 6^% 
 
 Hiftorkdl CoUeBions, 
 
 Lord Chief 
 JufticeHin/f. 
 
 Jufticc Wfotf- 
 \locii. 
 
 cvc-rlcd in Parliament in Ireland-^ upon which judgmcntj Writ ot hr- 
 ror was brought in this Court, and reverfcd. 
 
 Hide Chief Jufticc, to the fame intent : " No new matter hath been 
 "offered to us now by them that argue for the Defendants, but the 
 « fame Rcafons and Authorities in lubf^ancc, which were objcdlcd 
 " betorc all the Juflicesof England and Barons of the Exchequer, at 
 « Sergeants-Inn in Fleet-slreety upon an Information in the Star-Cham hey 
 « for the fame matter. At which time after great deliberation it was 
 
 refolved.by all of them. That an ojfence committed in Parliament^ that te- 
 « ing ended:, may hepunijhed out of Parliament. And no Court more apt 
 « for that purpofe then this Court in which we are : and it cannot be 
 "punilhcd in a future Parliament, becaufe it cannot take noticed 
 " matters done in a foregoing Parliament. 
 
 " As to chat that was faid , That an Inftriour Court cannot med- 
 " die with matters done in a Superior j True it is. That an Inferior 
 "Courtcannotmeddlc with judgments of a Superior Court 5 but it 
 " the particular members of a Superiour Court offend, they are oft- 
 " times punifliable in an Inferior Court : As, if a Judg fhall commit 
 " a capital offence in this Court, he may be arraigned thereof at Nejv- 
 '■'^gate. 3 £. 3 . 1 p . and 1 Mar. which have been cited, ovcr-rulc this cafe. 
 " Therefore. 
 
 wl.itlock accordingly : 
 
 1. I fay in this C^ife, Nihil diftum quod non dicfum prius. 
 
 2 . 7 hat all the fudges oj England have refolted this -jeryyoint. 
 
 3 . That now we are but upon the brink and skirts of the Caufe : for it is not 
 now in Quesiion if thefe be offences or no ; or^if trueorfalfe -y but only if this 
 Court have jurifdiBtOfJ. 
 
 But it hath been objefted. That the offence is not capital, therefore it is 
 r.ot examinable in this Court. 
 
 But though it be not capital, yet it is criminal, for it is fovving of fe- 
 dition to the deflruftion of the Commonwealth. The Qnelf ion now 
 is not between us that are Judgesof this Court and the Parliament, or 
 between the King and the Parliament ; but between fome private 
 Members of the Houfeot Commons and the King himfelf ; for here 
 the King himfclt qucllions them for thofe offences, as well he may. In 
 every Commonwealth there is one fuperemincnt Power which is not 
 fubjedl to be c]ueftioned by any other ; and that is the King inthi^ 
 Commonwealth , who, as BraBon faith , folum Deum habet ultorem. 
 But no other within the Realm hath this Priviledge. It is true,that that 
 which is done in Parliament by confent of all the houfe , lliall not be 
 queilioned elfewhere ; but if any private Members exuuntperfonas judi- 
 cum, (jf induunt malefacie/.tium perfonaSi& fur.tfeditiofh is there fuch San- 
 dimony in the placc,that they may not be queftioned for it elfewhere ? 
 The Billiop of Rofs:, as the Cafe hath been put,bcing Embafladour here, 
 pradifcd matters againlt the State. And it was rcfolved. That al- 
 though Legatwfit Rex in aliemfolo , yet when he goes out of the bounds 
 
 of
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijloricat QoUeBions, 
 
 othisOiiitc, aiuUomplots wirh Traytors in this Kingdom , that he 
 fhall be punillied as an offender here. A Miniftcrhath a great Privi- 
 ledge when he is in the Pulpit j but yet if in the Pulpit he utter fpeeches 
 which are fcandalous to the State, heispunifliable: fo in thisCafe,! 
 j when a Burgefs ot" Parliament becomes mutinous , he fhall not have 
 I the Priviledgc of Parliament. In my opinion, the Realm cannot con- 
 fi(t without Parliaments , but the behaviour of Parliament-men ought 
 to be Parliamentary . No outragious fpeeches were ever ufed againft 
 a great Minillcrot State in Parliamcnt,which have not been punilhed. 
 If a Judge of this Court utter fcandalous fpeeches to the State, he may ^ 
 be tpeftioned for them before Commifftoncrs of Oyer and Terminer, 
 becaufe this is no judicial ad of the Court. 
 
 But ic hath been objefted : 
 That we cannot examine AEls done by a higher Tower, 
 
 To this I put this Cafe : When a Peer of the Realm is arraigned of 
 Treafon, we are not his Judges, but the high Steward , and he fhall 
 be tryed by his Peers : But if crrour be committed in this proceeding, 
 cliat fliall be reverfed by crrour in this Court \ for thatwhich we do, 
 is Coram ij'fo Rege. 
 
 It hath been objctflcd : 
 
 'I hat the Parliamem-Law differs from the Law by which we judge inthv! 
 Court in fundry Cafes. And for the inftance which hath been ma.de{rhat 
 by the Statute none ought to be chofen Surge jj'e of a Town in which he doth not ifi- 
 habity but that the ufage of Parliament is contrary. But if Information be 
 brought upon the (aid Statute againft fuch a Burgefs , I think that the 
 Stature is a good warrant for us to give judgement againft him. 
 
 And it hath bcenobjcfted : 
 That there is no Prefdent in this matter. 
 
 But there are fundry Prefidents by which it appears that the Parlia- 
 ment hath tranfmitted matters to this Court , as 2 ^. 2 , there being a 
 queftion between a great Peer and a Bifhop , it was tranfmitted to this 
 Court,being for matter of behaviour : and although the Judges of this! 
 Court arc but inferiojur men , yet the Court is higher ; for itappears' 
 by the 1 1 £//2i.Dj.That the Earl Marfhalof f/i^^/rf^c/is an Officer of this 
 Court J and it is always admitted in Parliament , That the privi- 
 ledges of Parliament hold not in three Cafes, towit, in cafe of Treafon; 
 fecondly^ in cafe of Felony^ andinfuit for the peace ; and the laft is our very 
 cafe. Therefore, (;fc. , 
 
 
 5 Carolt. 
 
 Tttt 
 
 Cfooh^
 
 700 
 
 HiUorkal CoUeBions, 
 
 d,.. ibi&A Ci uok ur^ucd to tlic iamc intent ( but 1 did not well hear him : ) he 
 v-^^V^«^ I faid, That ihefe offences ought to Le pumjljedin the Court, or no where 5 andaU 
 nAnner off ojjemes which are agai/ijt the CrowKy are examinable in thu Court. 
 
 It hath been 6bjc£lcd : 
 
 » 
 
 ''■ Thu b-j this mear.s none will ad-jei.ture to make his com^laitits inParlia-^ 
 ment. 
 
 That is not fo, for he may complain in a Parliamentary courfe, but 
 itot falfcly and unlawfully, as here is pretended j for that which is un- 
 lawfullvj cannot be in a Parliamentary courfe. 
 
 Judgment. 
 
 Judgment 
 pionounced. 
 
 It hath been objefted 
 
 That the Parbamcnt is a higher Court then this is. 
 
 B 
 
 And it is true : But every Member of Parliament is not a Court j 
 and if he commit offcncejhc is punilliable here. Our Court is a Court 
 of high jurifdiftion, it cannot take cognizanceof real Picas ; but if a 
 real Plea comes by Error in this Court, it 11:1311 never be tranfmitted. 
 But this Court may award agranA Cape, and other Proccfs ufual in real 
 Aiflions : But of all capital and criminal caufes we are originally 
 competent Judges, and by confequence of this matter. But I am not 
 of the opinion of Mr. Atturncy General, that the word podttoie, would 
 have made this Treafon. And for the other matters, he agreed with 
 che Judges. Therefore by the Court, the Defendants ^cre ruled to 
 plead further : and Mr. Lenthaloi Lincolr.s-Im was affigncd of Coun- 
 fcl for them. 
 
 Inafmuch as the Defendants would not put in other Plea the laft day 
 of the Term, judgment was given againft them upon a iiihil ^/wjwhich 
 judgment was pronounced by Jones to this effe6l : 
 
 " The matter of the Information now by the confcfTionof rheDe- 
 
 ^' fendants is admitted to be true, and we think their Plea to tlie jurif- 
 
 ^f diftion infuilicicnt for the matter and manner of ic. And we here- 
 
 '' by will not draw the true Liberties ot Parliament-men into Quefti- 
 
 " on 5 to wit, for fuch matters which they do or fpcak in Parliamentary 
 
 "manner. But in this cafe there was aconfpiracy between theDe- 
 
 " fendants to flander the State, and to raife fcdition and dillordbc- 
 
 " tween the King his Peers and People*, and this was not a Parliamen- 
 
 "tary courfe. All the J udges oi England, except one, haveRefolved 
 
 " the Statute ot 4 Hen. 8. to be a private At£l,and to extend to Stroodon- 
 
 "ly. But every Member of the Parliament fhallhavc fuch Privilcd- 
 
 "ges as are there mentioned ; but they have no Priviledge tofpeakat 
 
 " their pleafure. The Parliament is an high Court, therefore it ought 
 
 '^^ not to be diforderly, but ought to give good example ro other Courts. 
 
 "Ita JudgotourCourt lliatlrayl upon the State or Clergy, he is pu- 
 
 " nifliable for it. A Member of the Parliament may charge any great 
 
 " Officer ot the State with any particular offence ; but this was a ma- 
 
 "levolous accufation in the generality of all the Officers of State, 
 
 " thcretorc the matter contained within the Information is a great 
 
 " offence, and punifliable in this Court. 
 
 2, "For/ 
 
 D
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Hijlorical CoUeBions, 
 
 I 7«>i 
 
 2. "Forthcpunifhmenc, although the offence begreatj yet that 15 Caroli. 
 " fhall be with a light hand, and fhall be in this manner. 
 
 1 . That every of the De\endJ.nt$ fhall be imprifofied during the Kings plea- 
 sure : Sir John Elliot to be irtiprifufied in the Tomer of Londonj and the other 
 Defendants in other Pri[ons. 
 
 2 . That none of them fjjallbe delivered out of Prifon until he give fecurity 
 in this Court for his goodbehaziou'-y and have made fubtnifjion and acknowledg- 
 meKt of his offence. 
 
 5 . Sir John Elliot, inafmuch as we think him the greatejl o^ender, and 
 the ringleaderyfhall pay a fine to the King of 2000 ]. WMr. Holies, a fine 
 of 1000 marks : and Mr. Valentine, becalife he is of le/ ability tben the 
 refi, fhall pay a fineo(^ CO ], And loall this, all the other Juftices 
 with one voice accorded. 
 
 F I JA( I S, 
 
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 The
 
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 B 
 
 D 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 His Majejlies Declaration to all bis Loving Subje&Sj 
 
 of the Caufes which moved him to diffolve the la[l 
 
 Parliament J March lo, i6 z8, 
 
 Owfocvcr Princes are not bound to give accompc of their 
 Adions but to God alone -, yet for thefatisfa<5tionofthc 
 minds and affe6lions of Our Loviiig Subjefts , We have 
 thought good to fet down thus much by way of Declarati- 
 on, thacWe may appcarc to the world in the truth and fincerity of Our 
 Actions, and not in thofc Colours,in which We know fome turbulent 
 and ill-affedcd fpirits (to niafque and difguife their wicked intentionsj 
 dangerous ro the State) would rcprefent Us to the publick view. 
 
 Wc alTcmbled our Parliament the lyth. day oi March , in the third 
 yeerof OurRcigne,for thefafety of Religion, for fccuring Our King- 
 doms and Subjcds at home, and Our friends and Allies abroad. And 
 therefore at the firft fitting down of it, We declared the mifcrable af- 
 flidled eftate of thofe of the reformed Religion, in Germany, FrArxe, and 
 other parts of Chriftendomc 5 the diftrefled extremities of Our dearcft 
 Uncle, the King of I>f«?w^>-/', chafed out of a great part of his Domi- 
 nionsjthcftrength of that Party which was united againftUsj That 
 (bcfides the Pope and the houfe oi Au^rta , and their antient confede- 
 rates) the French King profcflcd the rooting out oftlie Protellant Re- 
 ligion ; Thar, ot the Princes and States on Our party, fome were over- 
 run, others diverted, and fome difabled to give afliftancc. For which, 
 and other important motives. We propounded a fpccdy fupplyof 
 Treafurc, aniwcrable to theneccfllty of thcCaufe. 
 
 Thcfc things in the beginning were well refcnted by the Houfe of 
 Commons, and with much alacrity and readineffc, they agreed to 
 grant a libcrall aid : But before it was brought to any pcrfcftion, they 
 were diverted by a multitude of Queftions, raifed amongft them, tou- 
 ching their Liberties and Priviledges,and by other long difputcs, that 
 the Bill did not pafTc in a long time 5 and by that delay , Our aftairi. 
 were put into a far worfe cafe then at the firrt ^ Our Foraigne Anions 
 then in hand being thereby difgraced and ruined , for want of timely 
 help. 
 
 In this, as We arc not willing to derogate from the merit and good 
 intentions of thofe wife and moderate men of that Houfe, ( to whole 
 forwardncffe Wc attribute it, that ic was Propounded and Rcfolved 
 (o foon ); fo We mult needs fay , that the delay of palTingit when it 
 was rcfolved , occaGoncd by cauflcfTe jcaloufies , ftirrcd up by men of 
 another temper, did much Icflen boch the reputation and reality of 
 that Supply. And their fpirit, inf uLd into many of the Commiflioncrs 
 and Afltflors in the Country , hath returned up the Subfidics in fuch 
 a fcanty proportion, as is infinitely fliorc , not onely of Our great occa - 
 flons, but ot the prehdents of former Sublldies, and of the intentions of 
 all well-affc^ed men in tiiat Houle. 
 
 In thofe large Difputes, as W'e permitted many of Our high prero- 
 gatives to be debated, which in the beft times of Our Predcceffors had 
 never bcenquelUonedj without punillimcnt or fliarp reproof; loWe 
 
 a did 
 
 the Kings De- 
 cUratifn oftbe 
 ctufct , which 
 move J him to 
 dif[«'ve the hft 
 P«rliimtttt,
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 did endeavour to have {hortned thofc debates > for winning of time, 
 which would have much advantaged Our great affairs , both at home 
 and abroad. And therefore both by I'peechcs and meflages, We did of- 
 ten declare Our gratious and clear refolution, to maintain, not onely 
 the Parliamcnr,but all our People , in their antient and juft liberties , 
 without either violation or diminution j and in the end, for their full 
 fatisfadion and fecurity , did by an Anfwer , framed in the form by 
 thcmfelvcs defired, to their Parliamentary Petition , confirm their an- 
 tient and juft Liberties and Rights, which We refolvc, with all con- 
 ftancy and juftice> to maintain. 
 
 This Parliamentj howlocver bcfidcs the fetling Our ncccffary fup- 
 ply, and their own liberties , they wafted much time in fuch procee- 
 dings, (blafting Our Government, as We arc unwilling to remember) 
 yet Weiuffcrcd themiofit, untill themfclves defired Us to appoint 
 a time for their Receflc , not naming cither Adjournment or Proro- 
 gation. 
 
 Whereupon by advice of Our Councill, Wercfolved to prorogue 
 and makeaSefllonj and to that end prefixed a day , by which they 
 might ( a's was meet in fo long a Sitting) finifli fome profitable and 
 goodLawesj .and withall gave order for a gratious Pardon toall Our 
 Subjefts: which, according to the u(e of former Parliaments, paftedthe 
 Higher Houfc, and was fent down to the Commons. All which being 
 gratioufly intended by Us , was ill-entertained by fome difaffefted 
 perfonsofthatHoufe, who by their artifices, inafhort time raifed fo 
 much heat and diftemper in the Houfe ,for no other vifible caufe, but 
 bccaule We had declared Our refolution to Prorogue , as Our Coun- 
 cill advifed, and not to Adjourn , as fome of that Houfc (after Our re- 
 folution declared, and not before ) did manifeft themfelves to affe£t j 
 thatfeldome hath greater paflion been fecn in that Houfe, upon the 
 greatcft occafions. And fome glances in the Houfe , but upon open ru- 
 mors abroad, were fpread , That by the Anfwer to the Petition , We 
 had given away, not onely Our Impofitions upon Goods, exported and 
 imported, buttheTunnagc and Poundage, (whereas in the debate 
 and hammering of that Petition , there was no fpecch or mention 
 in either Houfe concerning thofe Impofitions , but concerning Taxes 
 and other charges within the Land j much lefle was there any thought 
 thereby to debar Usof Tunnage and Poundage j which both before 
 and after the Anlwcr to that Petition , the Houfe of Commons, in all 
 their fpecches and treaties, did profeffe they were willing to grant). 
 And at the fame time, many other mifinterpretations were raifed of 
 that Petition and Anfwer , by men , not well diftinguifhing between 
 well ordered liberty, and licentioufneflc 5 as if by Our Anfwer to that 
 Petition, We hadletloofethcreynesofOurGovernment, And in 
 this diftemper, the Houfe of Commons, laying afide the Pardon , (a 
 thing never done in any former Parliament) and other bufineffe, fit to 
 have been concluded that Selfion , fomt of them went about to frame 
 and contrive a Rcmonftrance againft Our receiving of Tunnage and 
 Poundage, which was fo far proceeded in , the night before the pre- 
 fixed time, for concluding the Selfion , and fo haftncd by the contri- 
 vers thereof, that they meant to havepucirto theVoteofthc Houfe 
 the next morning, before We fliould prorogue the Scflion. And there- 
 fore finding Our gratious favours in that Scllion, afforded to Our peo- 
 ple, fo ill requited, and fuch finiftcr ftraines made upon Our Anfwer 
 
 to 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 5 
 
 to that Petition, to the diminution of Our profit, and (which was 
 more) to the danger of Our Government ; Wercfolvcd to prevent the 
 finilTiing of that Remonltrance, and other dangerous intentions of 
 fome illaffedlcd perfons,by ending thcSefsion the next morning, 
 (ome few hours fooner then was cxpcdcd ; and by Our Own Moutfi 
 to declare to both Houfcs the caufc thereof ; and for hindring the 
 fpreading of thofc finifter interpretations of that Petition andAnlwer, 
 to give (omc neccfTary dircftions, for fetling and quieting Our Govern- 
 ment, uncill another Meeting; which wc performed accordingly the 
 fix and twentieth oijune lait. 
 
 The Sclsion thus ended , and the Parliament rifcn , that intended 
 Remonftrance gave Us occafion to look into the bufinefTe ofTunnage 
 and Poundage. And therefore, though Our nccefsitics pleaded ftrong- 
 ly for Us, yet Wc were not apt to ftrain that point too far , but rcfol- 
 ved to guide Our Self by the pradlife of former Ages, and examples 
 B ofOurmoft noble Predeceffors -, thinking thofe counfcls bcf\ warran - 
 tcdj which the wifdom of former Ages, concurring with theprefcnt 
 occafions, did approve j and therefore gave order for a diligent fearch 
 of Records : upon which it was found, That although in the Parlia- 
 ment uoldcn in the firft yecr of the rcigne of King Sclward the fourth , 
 cne Subfidy of Tunnagc and Poundage was not granted unto that 
 King, but was firfl granted unto him by Parliament in the third ycer 
 of his Rcigne-, ye: the lame was accounted andanfwered to tiiatKino-, 
 from the firft day of his Reigne , all the firftandfecond ycers of his 
 Reigne, and, untill it was granted by Parliament. And that in the fuc- 
 ceeding times of King Richard the Third, King Henry the Se- 
 venth , King Henry the Eighth , King Edvpardthc Sixth^ Queen Mary , 
 and Queen Elizaheth^ the Subfidy of Tunnage and Poundage was not 
 onely enjoyed by every of thofe Kings and Queens, from the death of 
 cachof tiicmdeceahng, untill it was granted by Parliament unto the 
 Succclt'or ; but in all thofe times (being for the moft part peacable, and 
 D not burdened with like charges and necefTities, as thefe modern times ) 
 the Parliament did mod readily and cheerfully , in the beginning of 
 evcrv of th.ofc Rcignes , grant the fame > as a thing molt ncceflary for 
 the guarding of the Seas, fafcty and defence of tb.e Realm, and fup- 
 portation of tlic Royall Dignity. And in the time of our Royall Father 
 of blelTcd memory, he enjoyed the fame a full yeer, wanting very few 
 daies, before his Parliament began; and above a yeer before the Aif 
 of Parliament for the grant of it was paffed. And yet when the Parlia- 
 ment was affcmbled, it was granted without difficulty. And in Our 
 Own time, VVe quietly received the fame three years and more , ex- 
 pcftiRg with patience, in feverall Parliaments, the like grant thereof , 
 as had been made to fo many orOurPredeceffors; the Houlc of Com- 
 mons ftill profclTing, That multitude of other bufineffes, and not want 
 of willingncffe on their part, hadcaufcd the feeling thereof tobefo 
 long deferred. And therefore finding fo much reafon and neccfficy, for 
 the receiving of tiic ordinary Duties in the Cuffom-houle , to concur 
 with the pradtice offuch a fucceftion of Kings and Queens, famous 
 for Wifdom, Jufticc, and Government •, and nothing to the contrary, 
 but that intended Rcmon{lrancc,hatched out of the palTionare brains of 
 a few particular perfons ; Wc thought it was fo far from the wifdom 
 and duty of a Houfe of Parliament, as V\'c could not think, that any 
 moderate and difcrcet man, ( upon compofcd thoughts , letting afide 
 
 a 2 " paflion
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 B 
 
 paflion and diftemper ) could be againft receiving of Tunnage and 
 Poundage ; elpccially fincc We do, and ftill muft , purfue thofc ends , 
 and undergo thatcharge/or which it was firft granted to the Crown; 
 It having been fo long and conftantly continued to Our Predcccf. 
 iors, as that in four feverall Afts of Parliament for the granting there- 
 of to King Edcpard the Sixth , Queen Mary^ Queen Elizabeth-, and Our 
 bledcd father. It is in expreffe tearms mentioned , to have been had! 
 and enjoyed by the feverall Kings , named in thofe Ads , time out of I A 
 minde, by authority of Parliament. And therefore upon thefc reafons, 
 We held it agreeable to Our Kingly Honour , and necelTary for the 
 fafety and good of Our Kingdom, to continue the Receipt thereof, as 
 fo many of Our Predeceffors had done. Wherefore when a few Mer- 
 chants ( being at firft but one or two ^, fomented, as it is well knovvn , 
 by thofe cvill fpirits , that would have hatched that undutifullRe- 
 monftrance , began to oppofe the payment of Our accuftomed Duties 
 in the Cuftom-houfe , VV e gave order to the Officers of Our Cuftoms 
 to go on,notvvithftanding that oppofition, in the receiving of the ufuall 
 Duties 5 and caufed thofe, that refufed, to be warned to attend at the 
 Councill-boardj that by the wifdom and authority of Our Councill, 
 they might be reduced to obedience and duty 5 where fomcofthem, 
 without reverence or refped to the honour and dignity of that Pre- 
 fenccbehavcd themfelves with fuch boldneffe and inlolency of fpeech, 
 as was not to be endured by a far meaner Affcmbly , much Icffe to be 
 countenanced by aHoufe of Parliament, againft the Body of Our Pri. 
 vy Gouncill. 
 
 And as in this We did , what in reafon and honour was fit for the 
 prefcnt,fo Our Thoughts were daily intentiveupon there-aflcmbling 
 of Our Parliament, with full intention on Our part, to take away all 
 ill-underftanding between Us and Our people 5 whofe loves , as We 
 defircd to continue and preferve, fo We ufed Our beft endeavours , to 
 prepare and facilitate the way to it. And to this end, having taken a 
 rtriftand exaft iurvey of Our Government, both in the Church and 
 Common-wealth , and what things were moft fit and neceflary to be 
 reformed : We tound in the firft place, that much exception had been 
 taken at a Book, entituled, Appello Ccefarem^ or, ^n Appeal to Cefar •■, and 
 publilliedin the year 1625. by i?/V/jdr<^iWo«wo«f , then Batchelorof 
 Divinity , and now Bifhop oiChichejier ; and becaufe it did open the 
 way to thofe fchifmsand divifions , which havefinceenfued in the 
 Church, W'e did, for remedy and redrefle thereof, and for thefatis- 
 faftionot the confciences of Our good people , not onely by Our pub- 
 lick Proclamation , call in that Book , which nvniftred matter of of- 
 fence, but to prevent the like danger for hereafter, re-printed the Ar- 
 I tides of R.'cligion, eftablillied in the time ot Qi^ieen Elizabeth of famous 
 memory j and by a Declaration before thofe Articles , We did tie and 
 reftrain all opinions to the fenfe of thofe Articles, that nothing might 
 be left for private fancies and innovations. For, We call God to re- 
 cord , before whom We ftand , that it is, and al waies hath been. Our 
 hearts dcijrc, to be found worthy of that Title, which Weaccount 
 the moft glorious inall our Ctown^DefrnAerof the Faith. Neither lliall 
 VXeevergive way to the authorifing of any thing , whereby any//^- 
 tio-catim, may ftcal or creep into the Church; but to preferve that unity 
 ot Doftrinc and DifcipUne, cftablillicd in the time of Queen Elizabeth^ 
 whereby the Church oiE/.ql-tnd hath ftood and flourilTicd ever fincc. 
 
 '^ And
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I 5 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Andaswc were careful! to make up all breaches and rents in Re- ^ 
 ligion at home, fo did \Ve,by Our Proclamation and Commandment, 
 for the execution of Lawes againft Pricfts, and Popirti Recufants, for- 
 tifieall vvaies and approaches againft that forraignc Enemy 5 which 
 ific have not fuccceded according to Our intention. We muft lay the 
 fault where it is, in the fubordmatc Officers, and Minifters in the 
 Country, by whofe remifntffe , Jefuites and Priefts cfcape without ap- 
 prehenfion j and Recufants, from thofe convidions and penalties, 
 which the Law and Our Commandment would have infiijled on 
 them. For We do profeiTe, That, as it is Our duty , fo it fhall be our 
 care, to command and dired well 5 but it is the part of others, to per- 
 form the miniftcriall office. And when We have done Our office, We 
 (hall account Our Self, and all charitable men will account Us inno- 
 cent, both to God and men. And thofe that are negligent, We will 
 efteem as culpable both to God and Us 5 and therefore will cxpe£t, 
 that hereafter they give Us a better account. 
 
 And} as We have been carefuU for the fetling of Religion, and qui- 
 eting the Church , fo were We not unmindful! of the prefervation of 
 the jui\ and antient Liberties of Our Subjects, which we fecured to ' 
 them by our gracious Anfwer to the Petition in Parliament, having not 
 fince that time done any a6l whereby to infringe them. But Our care 
 is, and hereafter (hall be, to keep tlicm entire and inviolable , as We 
 would do Our Own Right and Soveraignty, having for that purpofe 
 enrolled the Petition and Anfwer in our Courts of juftice. 
 
 Next tc^-the care of Religion , and of Our Subjects Rights, We did 
 Ourbeftfor the provident and well-ordering of that aid andfupply , 
 which was granted us the laft Scffion , whereof no part hath been 
 wallefully fpent, nor put to any other ufe, than thoie for which it 
 was dcdred and granted 3 asuponpaymcnt of Our Fleet and Army .• 
 whcrein Our care hath been fuch , asWcchofc rather to difcontcnt 
 Our dcareft Friends and Allies, and Our ncareft Servants, than to leave 
 OurSouldicrs and Marriners unlatisficd , whereby any vexation or 
 difquiet might arifc to our People. We have alio, witii part of thofe 
 monies, begun to fupply our Magazines, and ftores ot Munition , and 
 to put Our Navy into a conftant form and order. Oar fleet likwife 
 is fitting, and almoft in a rcadineffe , whereby the Narrow Seas may 
 be guarded, Commerce maintained, and Our Kingdomc fecured from 
 all forraign attempts. Thelc aftsof Ours might have made this im- 
 preffion in all good minds, that We were careful! to dircd Our coun- 
 fells, and difpofc Our aii-ions, as might moft conduce to the mainte- 
 nance of Religion, honour of Our Government , and fafcty of Our 
 People. But with mifchicvous men once ill-afteilcd , feu he/.e,feu male 
 falia, ^remunf-i and whatloevcr once fecmed amiflc is ever rcmcmberedj 
 but good endeavours arc never regarded. 
 
 Now all thefe thing? that were the chief complaints the laft Scfsion, 
 being by Our Princely care lo (crioufty rctormcd , the Parliament re- 
 aflcmbled the zoth of January ial\. V\'e cxpe5:ed , according to the 
 candor and fmccrity of our own thouglus , that men would have fra- 
 med themfelvcs for the c(fe6ling of a right undcrftanding between Us 
 and Our People. Butfome few malevolent pcrfons , hkcEmpcricks 
 and lewd Artifts, did ftrivc to make new work , and to have fome dil- 
 eafc on toot , to keep themfelvcs in rcqueft , and to be employed and 
 entertained in the cure. And yet to manifeft how much offences have 
 • been
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 -y 
 
 been diminifhcd 5 The Committees for Grievances , Committees for 
 Courts of Juftice, and Committees for Trade , haye, fince the fitting 
 down of the Parliament, received few Complaints, ahd thofc fuch, as 
 they themfelves have not thought to be ot that moment or impor- 
 tance, with which Our Ears lliould be acquainted. 
 
 No fooncr therefore was the Parliament fet down, but thcfe ill- at- 
 fe(5lcd men began tofowand difperfe their jcaloufics, by calling out 
 fomc glances and doubtfuU fpceches , as if the Subjcdi had not been fo 
 clearly and well dealt with , touching their libertiessand touching the 
 Petition anfwcred the laft Parliament. This being a plaufibie Theam, 
 thought on for an ill purpofe, eafily took hold on the minds of many , 
 that knew not thcpradice. And thereupon thefecondday of the Par- 
 liament, a Committee was appointed to fearch, whether the Petition 
 and our Anlvvcr thereunto were enrolled in the Parliament Role , and 
 \\\ the Courts at WefLmth^er , and in what manner the fame was done. 
 And a day alfo was then appointed, on which , the Houic being rcfol- 
 vcd into a Committee , lliould take into confidcration thofe things , 
 wherein the liberty of the Subje5: had been invaded, againft the leti- 
 tion of Right. This, though it produced no other effe6t of moment or 
 importance, yet was fufficicnt to raifc a jcaloufie againft our procee- 
 dings , in fuch as were not well acquainted with the finccnty and 
 clcarnefTe of them. There followed another of no Icflc skill j for al- 
 though Our proceeding , before the Parliament , about matters of 
 Religion, might have latisficd any moderate men of Our zealous care 
 thereof, ( as we are lure it did the moft ) yet , as bad ftomachs turn 
 the beft things into their own nature, for want of good digcftion; fo 
 chofe dillempcrcd perfons have done the like of Our good intents , by 
 a bad and finifter interpretation: For, when they did obfcrvc, that ma- 
 ny honeft and religious minds in that Houfe , did complain of thofe 
 dangers that did threaten the Church , they likcwife took the fame 
 word in their mouth , and their cry likewifc was, Templum Dcmi/.i , 
 Tewjjluw'Demi/it , whcnthetruc care of the Church never came into 
 their hearts: and what the one did out ot z.eal unto Religion , the other 
 took up as a plaufibie Thcam, to deprave Our Government, as if We, 
 Our Clergy, awd Councill, were cither fcnflcffe or carclcffe of Religi- 
 on. And this vvicked pradife hath been, to make Us fcem to walk be- 
 fore Our people, as if VVc halted before God. 
 
 Having, by thefc artifices , made a jealous imprcfTion in the hearts 
 of many ^ and a day being appointed to treat of the Grant oiTunnagc 
 and Poundage, at the time prefixed , all expreffc great willingncffe to 
 grant it.But a new ftrain is lound our,that ir could not be done,without 
 great pcrill to the right of the Subjedl, unlefle We lliould difclairaany 
 right therein , but by grant in Parliament 5 and (liould caufe ail thole 
 Goods to be rcftored , which , upon commandment from Us , or Our 
 Council!, were rtayed by our OHicers,untill tholeDuties were paid,and 
 confcqucntly fliould put Our Selves out ofthcpolTtlfion of the Tunnage 
 and Poundage, before tliey were granted > for elfc, ic was pretended, 
 the SubjcdlUood not in fit caft to giant it. A fancy and cavill raifcd ot 
 purpofe to trouble the bufincffe^ it being evident, that all the Kings 
 before named did receive that Duty , and were in aduall poflcfsion of 
 it) hctore, and at the very time, when it was granted to them by Par- 
 liament. And although We, to remove all difficulties, did from Our 
 t)wn Mouth , in thofc clear and open tearms , that might have fatil- 
 
 fied 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 fied 
 mean 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 any moderate and well -difpofed minds, declare, That it was Our/ 
 ning, by the gitt of Our people, to enjoy it j and that we did not 
 challenge it of right, but took it de bene ejje , fhewing thereby, not the 
 right, but the ncccfTity , by which We were to take it , ( wherein We 
 defcended, for their latisfa(5lion, lo far beneath Ourfelf , as We arc 
 confident, never any of Our Predeccfforsdidthelike, nor was the like 
 ever required or cxpcfted from Them). Yet for all this , the Bill of 
 Tannage and Poundage was laid afidc, upon pretence , they mult firft 
 clear the right of the Subjtd: therein j under colour whereof, they en- 
 tertain the complaints, not oncly oi John Rolles y a Member of their 
 Houlc J but alfo oi Richard ChamlerSj John FoukeSy and Bartholomew Gil- 
 man , againft the Officers of Our Cuftoms , for detaining their goods j 
 upon rctufall to pay the ordinary Duty , accuftomed to be paid for the 
 fame. And upon thefe complaints , they fend for the Officers of the 
 Cuftomes, enforcing them to attend day after day , by the fpaceof 
 a month together ; tliey caufe them to. produce their Letters Patents 
 under Our Great Seal , and the Warrants made by Our Privy C«un- 
 cill , for levying of thofc Duties. They examine the Officers upon 
 what qucftions theyplcafe, thereby to entrap them for doing Our 
 fervicc and commandment. In thefe and other their proceedings, bc- 
 caufe We would not give the leaft fhew of interruption. We endured 
 long with much patience both thefe, andlundry other ftrangc and ex- 
 orbitant incroachments and ulurpations, fuch as were never before at- 
 tempted in that Houfc. 
 
 We are not ignorant , how much that Houfe hath of late years en- 
 deavoured to extend their priviledges , by fetting up generall Com- 
 mittees for Religion, for Courts of jufVicc, for Trade, and the like ^ a 
 courlc never heard of untill oi late .• So as, wherein former times the 
 Knights and Burgefles were wont to communicate to the Houfe fuch 
 bufincfTe, as they brought from their Countries^ now there are io ma- 
 ny Chairs crcftcd , to makccnquirie upon all forts of men, where 
 complaints of all fortsare entertained, to the unfufferable difturbance 
 and fcandallof jufticc and Government, which having been tolerated 
 a while by Our Father , and Our Self, hath daily grown to more and 
 more height •, infomuch that young Lawyers fitting there , take upon 
 them to (fccry the opinions of the Judges, and fome have not doubted 
 to maintain, That the Rclolucions of that Houfe muf\ bind the Judges, 
 a thing never heard of in Ages pall. But, in this lallafTembly of Parlia- 
 ment, they have taken on tliem much more then ever before. 
 
 They fcnt mcffcngcrs to examine Our Atturney Generall , ( who is 
 an Officer of cruft and fecrety ) touching the execution of fome com- 
 mandcmentsofOurs, of which, without Our leave firf\ obtained, he 
 was not to give account to any but Our Self. They fcnt a captious 
 and dircftory mcffagc to the Lord Trcafurcr, Chancellor , and Bar- 
 ron.s of the Exchequer, touching fome judiciall proceedings of theirs 
 in Our Court of Exchequer. 
 
 They fcnt mefTengers to examine upon fundry queftions , Our two 
 Chief Juftices, and three other of Our Judges, touching their judici- 
 all proceedings at the Gaol-Dclivcry zx. Newgate y ofwhich,they arc 
 not accountable to the Houfc of Commons. 
 
 And whereas Suits were commenced in Our Court of Star- Cham- 
 ber, againft Richard Chamber<,i John Fonks , Barthtlomevp Gihnan, and K^- 
 chararhUltps 5 by Our Atturney General! , tor great raifdemeanours , 
 
 they
 
 8 I APPENDIX. 
 
 they rcfolved, that they were to have privilcdgc of Parliament againft 
 us tor their pcrfons, for no other caufe, but becauf e they had Petitions 
 depending in that Houfe ; and (which is more ftrange) they rciolved , 
 that a Signification (hould be made from that Houfc,by aLcttcr,to iffue 
 under the hand of their Speaker, unto the Lord Keeper of Our Great 
 Seal, that no attachments (hould be granted out againft the faidCfc^w- 
 herSj FotvkSy Oilman, or Phillips , during their faid privilcdgc of Parlia- 
 ment. Whereas it is far above the power of that Houfe, to give dircdi- 
 on to any of Our Courts at iVeiimtnfier , to ftop Attatchments againft 
 any man, though nevcrfoftronglyprivilcdged 5 the breach of Privi- 
 Icdge being not in the Court that grants , but in the Party or Minifter 
 that puts in execution fuch Attacliments. And therefore, ifanyfuch 
 Letter had come to the Lord Keeper, as it did not , he fliould have 
 highly offended Us it he had obeyed it. Nay, they went lofar, as 
 they fpared- not the honour of Our Councill-board , but examined 
 their proceedings in the cafe of Our Cuftomers, interrogating what B 
 this or. that man of Our Councill faid, in direction of them in the bu- 
 finefle committed to their charge. And when one of tlic Members of 
 that Houfe fpcaking of our Counfellors, faid. We had wicked Coun- 
 lell; and another faid, that the Councill and Judges fought to trample 
 under feet the liberty of the Subjcd 5 and a third traduced Our Court 
 of Star-Chamber, for the Sentence given againft 54^<«;7f , they pafTcd 
 without check or ccnfure by the Houfe. By which may appear, ho w 
 far the Members of that Houfe have of late fwollen beyond the rules 
 of moderation, and the modefty of former times ; and this under pre- 
 tence of privilcdgc and freedom of fpcech , whereby they take liberty 
 to declare againft all authority of Councill and Courts at their 
 pleafure. 
 
 They fent for Our Shtn^ oi London to examine him in a caufe , 
 whereoftheyhadno jurifdidion 3 their true and anticnt jurifdidion 
 extending onely to their own Members , and to the confer\ation of 
 their priviledges, and not to the ccnfure of forrain pcrfons and caufes, \) 
 which have no relation to their priviledges , the fame being but a late 
 innovation. And yet upon an enforced ftrain of aContemptjtor not an- 
 Iwering to their fatisfadion , they commit him to the Towcrof Z,o«- 
 f/o», uling that outward pretext for a caule of committing him , the 
 true and inward caufe being , for that he had fliewed himlelt dutifull 
 to Us and Our commandemcnts , in the matter concerning Our 
 Cuftoms. 
 
 Inthefe innovations (which We will never permit again) they 
 pretended indeed Our fcrvice; but their drift was, to break, by this 
 means, through all rclpcds and ligaments of Government , and to 
 ereft an univerfall over-lwaying power to themfelv es , which belongs 
 onely to Us, and not to them. 
 
 Laftly , in their proceedings againft Our Cuftomcrs, they went 
 about to ccnfure them a,s Delinquents, and to punilli them, forftaying 
 fome goods of fomefadfious Merchants, in Our Store -houfe , for not 
 paying thofc Duties which themfelv cs had fori crly paid , and which 
 the Cuftomcrs, without interruption , had received of all ochcr Mer- 
 chants, many years before, and to wb.ich they were authorifed, both 
 by Our great Seal , and by feverall dirtdions and commandemcnts 
 from Us and Our Privy Councill. 
 
 Togivclomc colour to their proceedings herein , they went about 
 
 to
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 to create a ncvv privilcdge , ( which We will never admit ) Thac a 
 Parliament-man hath privilcdge for his goods againft thcKing; the 
 confrqucncc whereof would be , That he may not be conftrained to 
 pay any Duties to the King, during the time of privilcdge of Parlia- 
 ment. It is true, they would have this cale to have been between the 
 Merchants, and Our Farmers of Our Cuftoms, aud have fevered them 
 from Our intercftand commandmenc, thereby the rather to make them 
 lyable to the cenFure and puniflimentof that Houfe. But on the other 
 fide, We holding it both unjuft and difhonorable, to with-draw Our 
 felf from Our Omccrs, in any thing they did by Our commandemcnt , 
 or to difa vow any thing that we had cnjoyncd to be done 5 upon Mun- 
 d,iji\\Q 23d oiFehruxiy^(cniSi mcffdge unto them by Secretary Cook, 
 thanking them for the rcfped they had {hewed , in feverina the inte- 
 reft of Our Farmers from Our Own intereft and commandment. Ne- 
 vcrthclcffc, V\'e were bound in honour to acknowledge a truth , that, 
 what was done by them , was done by our exprcfle commandement 
 and diredion; andiffordoing thereof Our Farmers (hould fuffcr,it 
 would highly concern Us in honour. Which meffage was no fooner 
 delivered unto them, but in a tumultuous and difcontcnted manner, 
 they called. Adjourn-, Adjourn 5 and thereupon, without any caufe gi- 
 ven on Our part , in a veryunufuall manner j adjourned, untili the 
 tVednefday following. 
 
 On which day,by the uniform wifdom ofOur PrivyCouncil,We cau- 
 fed both Houles to be adjourned until the fecond day oi March-^ hoping 
 that in the meantime, a better and more right undcrftanding migh't 
 bee begotten between Us, and the Members of that Houfe , whereby 
 the Parliament might come to a happy Iffue. 
 
 But undcrftanding by good advcrtifmcnt, that their difcontent did 
 not in that time digeft, and paffe away; We rcfol vcd to make a fecond 
 adjournment , untili the tenth oi March ; which was done, as well to 
 take time to Our Self, to think of fome means to accommodate thofc 
 difficulties, as to give them time to advife better; and accordingly, We 
 gave commandment for a fecond adjournment in both Houfes, and for 
 ccffacion of all burincdc till the day appointed i which was very duti- 
 tuliy obeyed in the Higher Houfe , no man contradiding or qucftio- 
 ning it. But when the lame commandment was delivered in the Houle 
 of Commons by their Speaker, it was ftreighr- waies contradicted 5 and 
 although the Speaker declared unto them, it was an abfolutc right and 
 power in Us to adjourn, as well as to prorogue or diffolve j and decla- 
 'red and rcadd unto them divers prclidcnts of that Houle , to warrant 
 the fame 5 yet Our commandment wasmoftcontcmptuoully difobey- 
 ed^ and fome rifing up to fpcak, faid , They had bufineffe to do bctore 
 the Houfe ftiould be adjourned. * 
 
 Whilft the Duke of ^af/C/V/j^/;^^ lived, he was intituled to all the 
 diftempers and ill events ot former Parliaments > and therefore much 
 endeavour was ufed to dcmolilli him , as tl.concly wall ot feparation 
 bctween4.1s and Our people. But now he is dead, no alteration was 
 found amongft thofc envenomed fpirits , which troubled then the 
 blcflcd harmony between Us and OurSubjtifts, and continue ftill to 
 trouble it.For now under the pretence of publickcare ot theCommon- 
 wcalth, thcyfuggeft new and caullcffe fears, which in their own 
 hearts they know to be falfe ; and devilc new Engines of mifchief , lo 
 tocafta bhndneiTe upon the good aftc.Stions of Our people , that they 
 
 b may 
 
 *Hcrc are the 
 pallagcs con- 
 cerning tlie 
 Members de- 
 portment in 
 tiic Houfe 
 mentioned in 
 tills Declara- 
 tion , which 
 wc fo bear to 
 repeat, in re- 
 g.ird the fame 
 arc at Jargc 
 C7:prcl!cd in 
 the Infotma- 
 tion in the 
 IScar-chamber 
 ibct'ore mcmi- 
 joncd.
 
 lO 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 may not fee the truth, and largencffe of Our heart towards them. So 
 that now ic is manifeft, the Duke was not alone the mark thcfe men 
 (hot at, but was onely as a near miniftcr of Ours, taken up, on the By, 
 and in their paffage to their more fecrct deligncs 5 which were onely to 
 caft Our Affairs into a dclperate condition , to abate the powers of 
 Our Crown, and to bring Our Government into obloquy ; that, in the 
 end, all things may be over-whelmed with Anarchy. and Confufion. 
 
 We do not impute thefe dyfafters to the whole Houfe of Com- 
 mons, knowing that there were amongft them many religious, grave, 
 and well-minded men , but the fincerer and better part of the Houfe 
 was over-born^ by the praftifcs and clamours of the other , who, care- 
 leffe of their duties , and taking advantage of the times , and Our ne- 
 ceflitics, have enforced Us to break off this Meeting; which, had it been 
 anfwcred with like duty on their parts , as it was invited and begun 
 with love on Ours, might have proved happy and glorious, both to Us 
 and this whole Nation. 
 
 We have thus declared the manifold caufes We had , to diffolve 
 this Parliament, whereby all the world may fee, how much they have 
 forgotten their former engagements at the entry into the War , them- 
 felves being perlwaderstc it J promifing to make Us feared by Our 
 enemies, and cfteemed by Our friends. And how they turned the Ne- 
 ceffities grown by that War , to enforce us to yield to Conditions in- 
 compatible with Monarchy. 
 
 And now that Our People may difccrn , that thefe provocations of 
 evillmen (whole punifliments werefervcto a due time) have not 
 changed Our good intentions to Our Subjects , We do here profefTe to 
 maintain the true Religion and Dodrine , eftablirtied in the Church 
 of Efigland-i without admitting or conniving at any back-fliding , either 
 to Popery or Schifm. We do alio declare, That we will maintain the 
 antientand juft rights and liberties of Our Subjects , with i'o much 
 conftancy and jultice, that they (hall have caufe to acknowledge. That 
 under Our government and gratious proteftion , they live in a more 
 happy and free eftate , then any fubjefts in the Chriftian world. Yet 
 let no man hereby take the boldncflc toabufethat liberty, turning it 
 to licentioufncffc 5 nor mifinterprctt the Petition ,by perverting it to a 
 lawkffe liberty, wantonly orfrowardly, under that or any other co- 
 lour, to rcfift lawf ull and neccffary authority. For as We will main- 
 tain Our Subjects in their juft liberties , lo We do and will c\^cCi , 
 that they yield as much fubmiflion and duty to Our Royall preroga- 
 tives, and as ready obedience to Our authority and commandments, 
 as hath been performed to the grcateft of Our PrcdecefTors. 
 
 And for Our Minifters, We will not that they be terrified by thofe 
 harlTi proceedings, that have been {trained againft fome of them. Eor, 
 as we will not command any thing unjuftordifhonourable, but (hall 
 ufe Our authority and prerogatives for the good of Our People 5 fo 
 we will cxpc^. that Our Minilttrs obey Usjand they fhallalTurc them- 
 fclvcs. We will protcd them. 
 
 As for Our Merchants, We let them know , Wc fliall a! waies en- 
 deavour to cheriln and enlarge the Tradcof fuchas be dutifulj, with- 
 out burthcning them beyond what is fitting : but the Duty of Five in 
 the Hundred, for guarding of the Seas, and defence of the Realm , to 
 which wc hold Our fclvcs IHII obliged, (and vvhichDuty hath con- 
 tinued without interruption fo many fucccffion ofAgs"s) We hold
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 iiogoodor ciUciiuU Subject will iltny it , being To ncccffiry tor the 
 gocdoftl.c whole Kingdom. And if any faftious Merchant will af- 
 front Us, in a thing fo rcafonablc, and vvlicrcin \%'c require no more , 
 nor in no other manner, than fo many ot Our Pfedeccflors have done, 
 and have been dutifully obeyed: Letthcm notdeccive themfelves, 
 bucbe alTurcd, thacW'tfliall find honourable and juft means to fup- 
 porc OurEftatej vindicate Our Sovtraignty , and prcfcrvc the Autho- 
 rity which God liath put into Our Hands. 
 
 And now having laid down the truth and clcarncfle of Our pro- 
 ceedings, all wife and dikrect men may cafily judge of thofe ru- 
 mours, and jealous fears 5 that are malitioufly and wickedly bruited 
 abroad i and may difccrn, by examination of their own hearts, whe- 
 ther Cin refpcd of the free paflageof the Gofpel, indifferent and equall 
 adminiftration of fuftice, freedom from oppreflion, and the great 
 peaceandquictncffe which every man cnjoycth under his own Vine 
 and Fig-tree) the liappincfle of this Nation can beparallel'd, by any 
 ol Our neighbour-Countries ; and if not, then to acknowledge their 
 own blcdedncffe, and for the fame be ihankfuU to God, the Author of 
 allgoodncfTc, 
 
 
 
 II
 
 IX 
 
 ] 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 A Propofitian 
 prcfcntei to 
 the King how 
 to keep in 
 awe this na- 
 tion. 
 
 Firft to have a 
 Fortrcfle in c- 
 yery confidc- 
 rablc Town. 
 
 <lA Profofition for His MajeHies Ser'vice ^ to bridle 
 ibelmfertinency of Parliaments » ^jtern^ards 
 queHioned in the Star-Chamber. 
 
 THc Propofition for your Majcftic's fervice containcth two parts :' 
 theonCjCofccureyour State, and to bridle the impcrcinency of 
 Parliaments: the other, toincrcafc your Majeftie's Revenue, much 
 more then it is. Touching the firll, having confidcred divers means , 
 I fiiul none (o important, to ftrcngthcn your Majcfties Rcgall authori- 
 ty, againftalloppofuionsand pra6ti(es ot troublcfome fpirits , and to 
 bridle them ; than to fortifie your Kingdome , by having a Fortrcffe in 
 every chief Tovvn, and important place thereof, furnifhed with Ord- 
 nance, Munition, and faithful! Men, as they ough t to be, with all other 
 circuniitances fie for to be digeftcd in a bufineflcof this nature \ orde- 
 ring withall the trained Souldiers of the County to be united in one 
 dependency with the (aid Fort, as well to fecure their beginning, as to 
 fuccour them in any occafion of fufped , and alio to retain and 
 keep their Armcs for more fecurity , whereby the Countries 
 are no lefle to be brought in lubjedion than the Cities them- 
 fclvcs,and confequently the whole Kingdom ; yourMajefty liavingby 
 this courle the power thereof in your own hands. The r eaf ons ot the 
 fuggeils are thefe : i . That in Policy, it is a greater tye of the People 
 by force and nccelTity , thcnmecrly by lovcand affcd^ioni for by the 
 one, the Government reflcth alwaics fccijre 5 but by the other, no lon- 
 ger then the people arc contented. 2. It forccth obllinate fubjcifls to be 
 110 more preluaiptuous , than it plcafcth your Majeliy to permit them. 
 3. That to leave a State unfurnifhed, is , to give the Bridle thereof to 
 the Subject ; when, by the contrary , it relkth onely in the Prince's 
 hands. 4. That modern FortrelTes take long time in winning, with 
 fuch charge and difficulty , as no Subjedts in thefe times have means 
 probable to attempt them. 5. That it is a fure remedy againft Rebelli- 
 ons, and popular Mutinies, or againft forraigne powers ■> becaufe they 
 cannot well fucceed: when by cnis courle the apparent means is taken 
 away , to force the King and Subject upon a doubtful! fortune of a fct 
 Battle, as was the caufe, that moved the pretended invalion againft 
 the land , attempted by the King o[ Spain in the year 1 588. 6. That 
 your Majeftic's government is the more fecure , by the people's more 
 ■fubjc£tion ; and by their fubjedion , your Parliament muft be forced 
 confequently to alter their ftyle, and to be conformable to your will 
 and fleaiure; for their words and oppofition import nothing, where 
 the power is in your Majcfties own hands , to do with them what you 
 pleafe ; being indeed the chief purpofe of this difcourfe, and the fecret 
 intent thereof, fit to be concealed from any Englifh at all, cither Coun- 
 icUors of State or other. 
 
 For thefe, and divers other weighty rcafons , It may be confidcred 
 in this place, t(^ make your Majcfty more powcrfulland ftiong, lorae 
 orders be oblcrvcd , that are ufcd in fortified Countries, the govern- 
 ment whereof imports as much as the States thcmfclvcsj Ime^anj in 
 times of doubt or lufped, which are thcib. Imprimis^That none wear 
 Arms or \A-'capons at all , cither in City or Country , but fuch as 
 yourMajefty may think fit to priviledge, and they to be inrollcd. 
 
 2. That'
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 6 
 
 D 
 
 I h}^ 
 
 a. Thacasmany high-waiesas conveniently may bctipne>be made 
 paflabic through tnofe Cities and Townes fortified), to conftraiu the 
 paffcngcrs to travell through them. 3. That the fpuWicrs of Fortrcffcs 
 be fonrtc times chofcn of another Nation, if fubjed to the fame Priijcc 5 
 buthowfocvcr, not to be born in the lame Province, or within forty 
 or fifty miles of the Fortrefrc,and not to have friends or correlpondcncy 
 Hear it. 4. That at all the Gates of each walled Town be apppinted 
 Oflicers, not to iuflier any unknovvn paffcngcrs to paffe, without a Tic- 
 ket, lliewing trom whence he came, and whither to go. And that the 
 Gates of each City be rtiut all night , and keyes kept by the Mayor or 
 Govcrnour. 5. Alio Inn keepers to deliver the names of all unknown 
 paffengers that lodge in their houfes 5 and if they ftay fufpitioufly at a- 
 ny lime , to prcfe nt them to the Governour : whereby dangerous per- 
 sons feeing thefe ftrift courfes , will be more wary of their actions , 
 and thereby milchievous attempts will be prevented, AU which 
 being reterred to your Majeftie's wife confidcration, it is meet for me 
 withall to give youlomeiatistadion , of the charge and time to per- 
 form what is purpofcd , that you may not be difcouraged in the diffi- 
 culty of the one, or prolongation of the other j both which doubts 
 arerefolved in one and the fame rcalon, in refpeftthat in EngUnd ■, 
 each chief Town commonly hath a ruinated Cattle, well feated for 
 ftrength, whofc foundation and ftoncs remaining, may be both quick- 
 ly repaired for this ufe, and with little charge and induftry made 
 ftrong enough, I hope, for this purpofe , within the fpace of one year 5 
 by adding withall Bulwarks and Kampiers for the Ordnance , accor- 
 ding to the rules of Fortification. The Ordnance for thefe Forts may 
 be of Iron, not to disfurnifli your Majeflie's Navy , or be at a greater 
 charge then is needf ull. 
 
 To maintain yearly the Fort, I make account in ordinary pay, three 
 thoufand men will be fufficient, and will require forty thoufand pound 
 charge per jinfium, or thereabouts , being an expence that inlcriour 
 Princes undergo , for their neccffary fiifety. All which prevention 
 added to the in vincible Sea-force your Majetty hath already , and may 
 have , will make you the moft power! all and obeyed Kmg o[ tlie 
 world. Which 1 could likewifc confirm by many examples , but I 
 omit them for brevity, and not to confufc your Majelly with too much 
 matter. Your Ma jetty may find by the fcope of this dilcourfc , the 
 means llicwcd in generall to bridle your Subjcfts , that may be either 
 difcontent or obftinacci. So likewile am 1 to conclude the fame intent 
 particularly, againft the perverfneffe of your Parliament, as well to 
 luppreffe that pcrnitious humour , as to avoid their oppoficions againft 
 your profit, being the fecond part tobediicourledon : and therefore 
 have firft thought fit, for better prevention thereof , to make known to 
 your Majefty the purpofe ofa generall Oath your Subj^dis may take, 
 for furc avoiding of all rubs ) that may hinder the conclullon of thefe 
 bufineffes. It is further meanr, that no fubjc6t upon pain of high Trca- 
 fon, may refufe the fame Oath, containing onely matter of Allegiance, 
 and not Icruples in points of Conicience, that may give pretence not be 
 dcnyed. The cffcd of the Oath is fhis,That all your Majeftie's Subjeds 
 do acknowledge you , to be asablolute a King and Monarch within 
 your Dominions, as is amongft the Chriltian Princes j and your Prero- 
 gative as greax : whereby you may and Ihall of your felf, by your Ma- 
 jeftie's Proclamation ,- as well as other Soveraign Princes doiiig the 
 
 like. 
 
 Secondly, To f 
 caiiftt high- i 
 waics to be ' ! 
 made through ' 
 fuch Towncj. 
 Thirdly, To 
 choofc cUc 
 Souldicrs of. 
 fuch Fortrcf- 
 fcs, no Inha- 
 bitants of the 
 place. 
 
 4. To let none 
 paflc through 
 fuch places 
 without a 
 Ticket. 
 5. To have the 
 names of all 
 lodgers taken 
 by Inkeepers, 
 
 The expence 
 cf thefe Foits. 
 
 To impofean 
 
 oath on the 
 Subjcits,
 
 14 I 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Meanes lo in- 
 crcafc the 
 Kind's rcvc- 
 
 I To demand 
 a Decimt of 
 m.itscllates. 
 
 like, either make Lawcs, or reverie any made , with any other Aft , 
 logrcata Monarch as your fclf may do, and that without further con- 
 fent of a Parliament, or need to call them at all in fuch cafes ^ confi- 
 dennej that the Parliament in all matters, excepting caules to be fen- 
 tencc2 as the higheft Court, ought to be fubjcA unto your Majcftie*s 
 v> ill, to give the negative or affirmative conclufion, and not to be con- 
 ftrained by their impcrtinencics to any inconvenience, appertaining to 
 your Majcftic'sRcgall Authority 5 and this, notwithftanding any bad 
 pretence or tuftom to the contrary in praftifo, whicli indeed were 
 fitter to be offered a Prince elcftcd, without other right , than to your 
 Majcfty, born fucccflively Kwgoi Enq^land^Scotlant/y and Irelar.d, and 
 your Heirs for evcrj and fo received , not onely of your Subjects , but 
 alio of the whole world. How neceflary the dangerous fuprcmacy of 
 Parliamcnt*s ufurpation is to be prevented, The example of Lewes the 
 Eleventh King of Frtncfidoth manifeft, who found the like oppofiiion 
 as your Majefty doth j and by his wifdom fupprcffed it. And, to the 
 purpofe here intended , which is not to put down altogether Parlia- 
 ments, and their authority, being in many cafes very nccclTary and fitj 
 but to abridge them lo far , as they fcek to derogate from your Majc- 
 ftics Rcgall authority, and advancement of your grcatncffc. The cau- 
 tion in offering the atorc-faid Oath, may require fome policy , for the 
 cafier paffage at firft , either by fingular or particular traftation 5 and 
 that io near about one time over the Land , as one Government may 
 not know what the other intcndeih ; fo it may paflc the eafier, by ha- 
 ving no time of combination or oppofition. " There is another means al- 
 fo more certain then this, to bring to paffe the Oath more cafily, as al- 
 fo your profit, and what elfe pretended » which here I omit for brevi- 
 ty, requiring a longdiicourlc by it (elf, and have fet it down in parti- 
 cular inftruftions to inform your Majcfty. 
 
 3. The fecondpart ot this Difcourfeis, touching your Majcftie's 
 Profit, after your State is fccured : Wherein 1 fliould obferve both 
 fome reafonable content to the people, as alfo confidcr the great exf en- 
 ccs that Princes have now adaies, more then in times pait , to main- 
 tain their grcarncfTc, and fafcty of their Subjcfts, who, if they have 
 not wit or will to confidcr their own intcrcft fo much indifferently, 
 your Majcftie's wildom muft repair their defers , and force them to it 
 by compulfion; but 1 hope there ("hall be no fuch caufe, in points fo rea- 
 fonable , to incrcale your Majcftie's revenue, wherein I let down di- 
 vers means for your gratious Self to make choice of, either all or part 
 at your plealure , and to put it in execution by fuch degrees and cau- 
 tions, as yourgrcat wifdom lliall think fitina bufincffeofthis nature. 
 
 imprimis, 1 Jiefirft means or courfe intended toincrcafe youi Ma- 
 jeftic's revenues or profit withall, is of grcatcft conlequence, and I call 
 it a Dfa/wdf/ow , being fo tearmed in /m/> , wherein fome part it is in 
 ufc, importing the tenth of all Subjcdseftatcs tobepaid as a yeerly 
 rent to their Prince i andas well monycd men in Towns, as landed 
 men in tlic Countries, their value and cftareseftccmcd juftly as it is to 
 the true value, though with reafonJ and this paid yecrly in mony : 
 VVliich courfe applyed in £V>^/4/.</ for your Majcftie's fcrvice , may 
 Icrve inltead of Subfidics , Fifteens, and fuch like , which in this cafe 
 ate fit CO be relcaicd , for the Subjcfts benefit and content , in recom- 
 pcnccot the laid Df/»3j,vvhicli wil yield your Majefty more in certain- 
 ly, than thcydoCafually by five hundred thoufand pounds /w /(«/?«'» 
 
 at 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F 
 
 i^ 
 
 attheicaft, /r^w. That when your Majefty hath gotten monic into 
 your hands by lome courfcs to be let down, it would be a profitable 
 courfe to increafe your Entrada^io buy out all Eftatcs and Leafcs upon 
 your own Lands, inluchfortj as they be made no lolers ; whereby 
 havingyour Lands free, and renting it out to the trtjc value, as it is 
 moft in ulc, and not imploycd as heretofore, at an old Rent , and fmall 
 Fines , you may then rent it out for at leaft four or five times mone 
 mony, then the old Rent comes unto. So as if your Majefties Lands be 
 already but fixty thouiand pounds /;<r/- Annum , by this courfe it will be 
 augmented at the leaft two hundred thoufand pounds ftr Annum:, 
 and to buy out the Tenants cftates will come to a Imall matter by the 
 courfe, to make them no lofers , confidering the gain they have alrea- 
 dy made upon the Land ; And this is the rather to be done , and the 
 prefent courfe changed , bccaufe it hath been a cuftom ufcd mccrly to 
 coulcn the King. Hem, Whereas moft Princes do receive the benefit 
 ofSalt in their own hands, as a matter of great profit, becaufe they 
 receive it at theloweft price poflible, and vent it at double gain yearly; 
 the fame courfe ufed byyourMajefty , were worth at leaft one hun 
 dred and fifty thouiand pound fer Annum. It is likcwifc in other 
 parrs, that all Weights and Meafures of the land , either in private 
 Houfcs, Shops, or publick Markets , fhould be viewed to be juft, and 
 fcalcd once a year , paying to the Prince for it 5 which in £Ai^/<«/?fl', ap- 
 plyedtoyour Majcfty, with order to pay fix-pence for the fealing of 
 cachiaid Weight or Meafure, would yield near fixty thoufand pounds 
 ^er Annum. Item, Though all Countries pay a GahelU for tranfportati 
 on of Cloth, and Co likcwiCc in E/^glandj yetin Spain there is Impoft 
 upon the W^ools, which in Er.gUnd is fo great a wealth and benefit to 
 the Sheep- Maftcrs, asthcy may well pay you five pound ffrff«r. of 
 the true value at the ("hearing , winch I conceive may be worth one 
 hundred and forty thouiand pounds per Annum. Item. Whereas the 
 Lavvyers Fees and gains in E»//land be cxcelTivc , to your Subjcds pre- 
 judiccj it were better for your Majcfty to make ulc thereof, andim- 
 pofe on all Caufcsfcntcnced with theparty, to pay five pouiTd^'fyj 
 cef^t. of the true value thatthcCaufc hath gained him 5 and for re- 
 compence thereof, to limit all Lawyers Fees and gettings , whereby 
 theSubjeft (hall fave more in Fees and Charges, then hcgivcth to 
 your Majcfty in the Gabella, which I believe may be worth , one year 
 with another, fifty thouiand pounds, /.vw, Whereas the Inncs and 
 Viftualling-houfes in En^andmc more chargeable to the Travellers , 
 then in other Countries, it were good for your Majefty to limit them 
 tocertain Ordinaries, and raifcbehdcsa large Impohtion , as is ufed 
 in 7"«5/('d/>;i and other parts 5 that is, a prohibiting all Innesand Viftual- 
 ling-houlcs, but iuch as ihall pay itj and to impolc upon the chief Inns 
 and Taverns, to pay ten pounds a year to your Majcfty, and the worft 
 five pound per Annum\ and all Alc-houfes twenty iTiiilings/zfr Annum^ 
 more or IclTc, as they are in cuftom. Of all forts there arc fo many 
 in England i that this Impoft may well yield one hundred thouiand 
 pounds per Annum to your Ms jcfty. //fw, In Tufciiny and other parts , 
 thcreis a(7d^f//tf of all Cattle, or Flefli , and Horfes fold in Markets , 
 paying three or four per cent, of what they are fold for, which by con- 
 je'^urc may be worth in En^Und two hundred tlioufand pounds per 
 Annum 5 ufing the like Cuftom upon Filli, and other Viftualls , ( Bread 
 excepted J and for this caufc, Ficfti, andFifti, and Vi6tualls in the 
 
 Marker*; 
 
 2 To buy ouc I 
 all Leafci up- - 
 on the Crown- I 
 Lands, 
 
 IJ 
 
 ? To take the 
 Salt into his 
 Majefties own 
 hands. 
 
 4 To demand 
 a rati." for Sea- 
 ling the 
 weights every 
 yeare. 
 
 y. To demand 
 an Inipofl for 
 Wools. 
 
 6. To put a 
 Tax upon e- 
 vcry Lawyen 
 
 Fee. 
 
 7. To put a 
 Tax upon 
 Inns and Vi- 
 iSualling- 
 lioifcs for a 
 Liccnfc. 
 
 8. To put a 
 Tax Upon all 
 Citck-.Flelli, 
 
 aud Hoifii 
 fold in the 
 Market. 
 
 C-J 
 
 100
 
 i6 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 9. To put a 
 Tax upon all 
 Lands aliena- 
 ted. 
 
 jc. To de- 
 mand a rate 
 upen all Offi- 
 ces in his Mi- 
 jsftie's grant. 
 
 1 1. To red ICC 
 his Majefties 
 Ho'jfhold to 
 Boaid wages. 
 
 II. To de- 
 mand a rate 
 tor llccnfc ro 
 eat LdilicinU. 
 
 I J. To talc-- 
 an inipolitioii 
 upon the C.V 
 tholick* lands 
 
 Markets, to be priced and fold by weight, whereby the Subjcd fa- 
 vcth more in not being coufcncdj than the Impofition impaireth them. 
 /.Y/», In 7»s^d//)iisuleda Taxation of (even percent, upon all alie- 
 nation of Lands to the true value. As alfo ic\c\^ percent, upon all 
 Dowries or Marriage-monies. The like, if it be juftly ufcd in England^ 
 were worth at Icaftone hundred thoufand ^c\xndi per Amum -^ withi 
 many other Taxations upon Meal, and upon all Mcrchandifcs in allj 
 Towns, aswellasPon-lowns, which here I omit, with divers others, 'A 
 as not fo fit ioxEngUnd. And in fatibfa^lionof the SubjctSt forthcfe 
 Taxes, yourMajeftymay be plcafcd to relcafe them of Wardfhips , 
 and to enjoy all their Eftatcs at eighteen yeers old •, and in the mean 
 time, their profits to be prcfervcd for their own benefit. And alfo in 
 forfeitures of Eftate by condemnation , your Majefty may relcafe the 
 Subjc<5t,as not to take the forfeiture of their Lands, but their Goods, 
 High-Treafon oncly except cd> and to allow the Counfell of Lawyers 
 in cafe of life and death , as alfo nor to be condemned without two 
 Witneffes , with fuch like benefit , which importeth much more their 
 good, then all the Taxations named can prejudice them. Item-, Some 
 of the former Taxation?,ufed in Ireland anA in Scotland, as may cafily be 
 broughtabout by the firft example thereof u(ed in f/j^/^W, may very 
 well be made to increafe your Revenue there, more then it is, by two 
 hundred thoufand pound ^er t/4nnum. Item, All Offices in the Land , 
 great and fmall, in your Majeftie's grant, may be granted, with con- 
 dition, to pay you a part yearly, according to the value ; This in time 
 may be worth ( as I conceive) one hundred thoufand pound per 
 AitiMvi'. adding alfo Notaries, Atturneys , and (uch like, to pay 
 fome proportion yearly towards it, for being allowed by your Ma- 
 jtfty to pradife, and prohibiting elfe any to pra^ifc in inch places, 
 //wj, To reduce your Majefties houfhojd to Board-wages, as moft 
 other Princes do, refcrving fome few Tables 5 this will lave your 
 Majefty fixty thoufand pounds per Annnm , and cafe greatly the 
 Subjcdl befidcs, both in Carriages andProvifion, which is a good 
 reafon , that your Majefty in hononr might do it. Item, I know an 
 affured courlc in your Majeftie's Navy , which may favc at Icaft 
 forty thoufand pounds /;fr ^/>;fa»2 , which requiring a whole Dif- 
 courfe by itfclf, I omit 5 onely promifc you to do it, vvhenfoever 
 youcommand. //<>«, Whereas your Majefties Lawts do command 
 the ftriifl keeping of Fafting-daics,you may alfo prohibit on thofe daies 
 to cat Eggs, Chcefe , and White-meats , but onely (uch as are con- 
 tented to pay eighteen pence a ycer for the liberty to eat them, 
 and the better fort ten lliillings. The employment of this may be 
 tor the defence of the Land, in maintaining the Navy, Garrilons, 
 and luch likc,much after the faftiion of a Crufado in Spain, as your Ma- 
 jefty knovveth , being firft begun there , under tlie pretence to de- 
 tend the Land againft the Moor*. And the fame uled in England, 
 as aforefaid , may very well yield, one ycer with another, one 
 
 hundred thoufand pounds , without any difguft to any, bccaufc 
 it is at every ones choice to give it or no. jL.aftly, I have acourfe 
 i.ipon the Catholicks, and very fafc for your Majefty, being with 
 u;eir good liking , as it may be vvroughr, to yield you prefcntly at 
 icaft two hundred thoufand pound per jinnurn ^ by raifing a ccr- 
 caiii value upon ri.eir Lands, and fome other impofitionsi which 
 rctjuiiing a long Dikouric by itlclf, 1 will emit it here , fcttiiig 
 
 it
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 17 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 icdovvn in my Inftruciions ; it will favc your Majefty at icalt One 
 hundred thoufand pounds i>er Annum , to make it pain of death 
 and confilcation of goods and lands , for any of the Officers to cou- 
 fen You , which now is much to be feared they do , or elle they 
 could not be fo rich ; and herein to allow a fourth part benefit to 
 them that fliall find out the coufenagc. Here is not meant Of- 
 ficers of State, as the Lord Trcafurer, &c. being Officers of the 
 Crown. The fumme of all this account amounteth unto two 
 Millions, or Twenty hundred thoufand pounds per ^nnum : Sup- 
 pofe it be but one Million and a Half, as affuredly your Maje- 
 fty may make by thcfe courfes fct down , yet it is much more then 
 I promifed in my Letter for your Majefties fervice. Befides , 
 fome fums of mony in prelcnt , by the courfes following : Imprimis^ 
 By the Prince's Marriage , to make all the Earls in England 
 Grandees of Spain^ and Trimipi ■) with fuch like priviledges, and to 
 pay twenty thoufand pounds apiece for it. 2. As alfo, if you make 
 them Foeditaries of the Towns belonging to their Earldoms , if they 
 will pay for it befides , asthey dototheKingof 5;;««in the Kingdom 
 oi Naples. And folikewifc Barons to be made Earls and Peers, to 
 pay ninteen thoufand pounds a piece, I think might yield five hundred 
 thoufand pounds , and oblige them more fure to his Majefty. 3. To 
 make choice of two hundred of the richcft men of England in cftate, 
 that be not Noblc-mcn, and make them Titulatc , as is ufed in Naples , 
 and paying for it 5 that is, a Duke thirty thoufand pounds, a Marquis 
 fifteen thoufand pounds, an Earl ten thoufand pounds , and a Baron 
 or Vifcount five thoufand pounds. It is to be underftood, that thean- 
 tient Nobility of Barons made Earls , are to precede thcfe as Peers , 
 though thefc be made Marqucftes or Dukes J this may raifc a Million 
 of pounds and more unto your Ivlajefty. To make Gentlemen of low' 
 quality, and Francklines, and rich Faimers,Efquircs, to precede them, 
 would yield your Majefty alfo a great fum of mony inprefcnt. I know 
 another courfc to yield your Majefty at leaft three hundred thoufand 
 pounds in mony 5 which as yet the timefervcthnotto difcovcrj untill 
 your Majefty be refolvcd to proceed in fome of the former courfes, 
 which till then I omit. Other couries alio that may makeprefcnt mo- 
 ny 1 ihallftudy for your Majcftie's fervice, and, as I find them out, ac- 
 quaint you withall. Laftly, to conclude all thcfe dilcourfes, by the ap- 
 plication of tliis courfc ufed for your profit , That itis not onely the 
 means to make you the richcft King tliat ever England had, but alfo 
 thefafety augmented thereby to bcMnoftfecure, befides whatfhewcd 
 in the firft part of this Difcourfe -, 1 mean, by the occafion of this Taxa- 
 tion , and raifing of monies , your Majefty iliall have caule and means 
 to imployin all places of the Land fomany Officers andMinifters, to 
 be obliged to you for their own good and intereft , as nothing can be 
 attempted againft your Pcrfon or Royall State over land , but fome of 
 them Ihallin'all probability have means to find it out, and hinder it. 
 Befides, liiis courfc will dctcA many diforders and abufes in the 
 publick Government , which were hard to be difcovered by men in- 
 different. To prohibite gorgeous and coftly apparell to be worn , but 
 by perfons of good quality , lliall fave the Gentry of the Kingdom 
 much more mony, then they Oiall be taxed to pay unto your Majefty. 
 Thus withall I take my leave, and kifs your gracious hands , dcfiring 
 pardon for my error I may commit herein. 
 
 c Paf(h, 
 
 Ac the Prince 
 
 his marriage 
 to make Birls 
 in Prtticipi , $c 
 to pay for it. 
 
 And Barons 
 to be made 
 Earh. 
 
 To make loo 
 rich men Ti- 
 talate, and 
 they to pay for 
 the Titles. 
 
 To make 
 Gentlemen of 
 low quality , 
 and rich Far- 
 mers,!: li^uircs.
 
 .8 I 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mr. Sireud 
 Efq; brought 
 to the Kings- 
 Bench-Bar , 
 upon a Htbett 
 Corpuf. , 
 
 Alfo Walter 
 
 Loni Hfq;. 
 
 Tafc, ^. Car oil Regis, B. R. 
 
 The Reports of the following Arguments were taken 
 by Mr, Widdrington oiGray's-Inn. 
 
 UJ^On tl^t Habeas Corpus OUt oU\}iS dOUCt, tObting IjetC ttjCbODp 
 of one William Stroud Cf Qi tDiti^ tl)e cauCc Of ^is impjifonment, 
 to t))t ^parC^aU of tbe Kings Bench , it toas retutneo in i\)vs manner : 
 Cljat vMiiiam Stroud Cfq5t»as committcl) unoei: mp cuftotij',bp 
 bectue of a certain sgaarcant unBertbcbanosof tiwelbe ^ojDs oftbe 
 l^zibj'CounciUoft^ejlojDtl^elfiiins; tl^e tcnourof «o!;tfb SEClatrant 
 foUouiett)intbeCebJoiD0. 
 
 j?ouaretotabefenoMeDge, tbat it is l^is^aietlies e;cp?cire plea^ 
 CureanD commandment, tijat yon tabe into yourcufloDp ttic botpof 
 v\ iiham Scroud cCq^ anD kep l^im tloCe pjiConer , untill j'ou ^ali re* 
 reibe otber oiDer, either from big ^aieftr, o? tljis :J3oarD •■> fo? Co iJo- 
 ing tbiB fljail be ponr ciLlarrant. Bateb tbe 2d of Apni, 1^29, 
 3lnD tbe Dtreaion tbereof toas, Co tbe ^ard^all of t^e King's Bcncii, 0^ 
 bis Beput|). I^e is liU^ite belo in p^ilon bp bertue of a certain mat^ 
 rant, unucr tbe banb of tbe femg \)Mt\t , tbe tenout of tobtcb CElar^ 
 rantfoUotxjetb m tbeCetoojos, caroius '^x, CKiabereas you babe in 
 pour cuftobp tbe boDp of William Stroud cCq^ tommitteb bp tbe 
 %ot,'i}B of £)ur i^jibp Councill, bp ^w f peciall commanD , pou are to 
 tahe notice, tbat bis commitment baas fot notable contempts bpbtm 
 com mttteb againft ^m ^elf , ano iDur 6obcrnment , ano fo; flitting 
 upof^eDitionagainft5iiis : jfoi tol)icb pou are to Detain l^im in pour 
 cuftot)p,anD beepbim tlof e pjtCcner , unrill£)ur pleaCure be furtbet 
 bnoton concerning bis belibetance. ©ibcnat Greenwich tbe y^hof 
 May, 1 629 ,in tbe 5th pear of iC>i»t;i^cisne. 3(lnD tbe Direction was^Co 
 €)ur ^atl^all foi ;©ur Bench fo.z tbe timebeing, 3lnD tbeCe are tbe 
 cauf es of tbe tabuig ano Detaining of tbe foief aiD William Stroud,5r, 
 3nD upon anotber Habeas Corpus to tljc ^arf^al of tbel^ottfl)oU),to 
 babe tbeboDp of Walter Long Eic|-, be maDe tbe Came Eetutn as abcbe. 
 
 Ask of tbe Inner Temple, ofCounfell tuitb ^r. Stroud , mobeD, 
 Cbat tljc ll%eturn ^as inCuiTicicnt.Cbe l^.cturn conflfts upon tboo Cffilar^ 
 rants, bearing CeberallJDareSjbJb^b are tbe caufesof tbetabuig anD 
 Detaining of tbe |&rif oner. Ji oi tbe fitft CMarrant, inbicb is of tbe 
 :(LoiD6of tbcdoimcilljtbntistnfufficiem^ bccauCenocaufe isC^eBon 
 of bis commitment, xo\)U\) is cxpit^v againfi tbe rcf olution of tbe ?.^ar- 
 Itament, anDtbcic l^etinoncf lligbt in tbe timeoftliis i'ling tobicb 
 nobj is , to tobicb be bat) !ibcbjiCe giben bis allent ^ fo bis tafeing bp 
 bcrtue of tbe CaiD C2i3arrant,is txi^ongfiill. ?BnD fot tbe feconD CGlar- 
 rint,itisinruffiitient alfo^ ano tbat notluitbttantiiig tbat it be tbe 
 icings ol>3n 5 foz,tbefeingbimrelf cannot imp?iCon anpman, as our 
 
 BooliS are,t0 IWlt, ' 6 H. 6. F. Monftrancc de taus. i H. 7. 4. Huflly 
 
 rcpozts it to be tbe opinion of Ma rkha m , iti tbe time of Ed w. 4- anD 
 
 F>,.r'c-l<U(. in b'5 2500K, do laudibusLcsum Aiig!i.>-, cap, 18. 3t'nt)tbe 
 
 recrrongtbrnis.beC'iuCeno action of falfe imp liConment lies againft 
 tbe i^ing if tbc^Impjtronmnir be bjzongfull ■-> anD tl}e feing cannot be a 
 tuzong kiocr. Cbc ^tatuie cf Mag.a ciiarca is; (Him no free^manbe 
 
 imp.zifO' 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 Fl
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 ^9 
 
 B 
 
 impjifonet) , but bp ttie IfLattj of t^c ILanD, 3nD it appears bp tbeCci 
 Booit0 , tl^atttts agatndti^e }latDoC t^jeXano t(^ac tlie %\w^ qjohId 
 iinpnfon anpone. 
 
 - 3D'nit tijat :t)is be onclp a fignification anD notification giben bp tbe 
 %\\\l t)imCeif of tiie commitment of tbc pjtiConcr 5 pet tt Ceemg, t^at tbat 
 (ignificaticii is of no fo?tc,ui3ccauCc t^cirojbs ate general^ untcttaiH, 
 — lor noiabx couccnipts^ — Cbwc ate (n t^e KlatD manp contempts of 
 febecill natures 5 tbere ace contempts againft t^e Common lato , a« 
 gamft tjje ^trttutc-la to ^contempts in tnoitis, gefturcs, oz actions, 3!nD 
 it appears not to tl)e Court of toiiat nature ri^cCe contempts t»cre. 
 — Notable — (gtetp contempt ui^icb is maije to t^e iiing is notable, 
 
 Againft Our Government Confempt iD^itb IS COmmitteDin 
 
 a Coutt of iSecozD ot C^ancecp, is a contempt agamft tfje «5obernment 
 of t^e jiing, to ait, becauCe tijep DiCobep tlje liing tuijen be commands 
 tijem bp t)is antits, c:. 8. 60. a. Bcccntrs cafe, ctie lad toojDs of t^e 
 
 IRCtUrn ate , — For fUrrlng up of {edition againft Us __ tDblC^ ttJOll^S 
 
 lil^luiCe ace indefinite anD generall. 3 fine notttjetnoiD [sedition] in 
 our idoobs, but taUen aojectitjelp, as, CeDitious booto, feoitious netoes, 
 ^c. in tbe Statute of ut, anD ^a. oC Pi.ii. anD Mary, cap. 3. tl)e too?DS 
 
 ar?, It any pcrlon iV.all be convicted, &c. for Ipeaking, &c. any talle, 
 ledicious, orilandcrous ncwcs , faying of tbe taylcs of the Qiiecn , 
 &c. be Aiall lofe bis cars, or pay loo 1. C^ece t^e peualtp impoCcD tips 
 
 on Cutb ^eDition is but a fine, c. 4. UoiD Cromwell's cafe i 3 . to^ere 
 ^elitionis DefincD tobe/:or/«wn/c,tDl)«namantatesa coucCeofi^is 
 
 Oton. 3IInD tl;CCe it is faiD, ttiat tbe toOZDS, — maintain fedi(ion agamll 
 
 ti.eQiiecn*s proceedings — fljallbeecpounDeb acco^ting to tbe col^e« 
 rence of all tbe luoitis , anD tbe intent of tlje parties. ^0 tijat it is 
 plain, tbattlicreisa CeDition ti^atis onelp finable, anD Uibicb is no 
 tauCeofimpii^onmenttuitljoutbail: 3tnDtDbattbe CeDition is tljatis 
 l)cce intenDeb , cannot be gatbereD out of tbe ujoids, tljepacefo genei 
 DtUl. — againttus — t^oCetJJojDsaceceDunDant, fojcbecp CeDition 
 is againft tbe liing, 
 
 5i3pon tl^e generalitp anD incettaintp of all ttje tootDS in t^e ^Return , 
 ^e put tbeCe caCes, 1 8.E.3 . 311 man mas inDttteD,quja turaius t It cquum , 
 
 anD Dot^not Cap Felomc , anD tljecefoie ill, 29- afl". 45. 31 man ftias 
 inD:tteDtl)atl]etDa0 communis latro, anD t^c inDictment brtDbitious, 
 brcauCe too gcncrall. ^oljete, Hi^t offences are rcnitneb genecaiip. :i3ut 
 t|tjeceougt)t tobeComett)ing inbtbiiiuall, c. $. 57* '>ptcoc*s cafe, quia 
 (chifmatitusinveteratu', isno gooD cauf e fojt tb^BiflJop to tefuCe a 
 Clcrt?, fo? it is too genecall, anD tljece ace fcbiCtne of Dibecs femts ,38. 
 H-3. 2.Bctaufe tfjeClftb is cnminofus, it is no gooD cauiefonlje 
 aSiOjop to ccfuCc bim, 8 anD 9 Eii?. Dy. 2 54. cijc iSiftjop of n. rcfu* 
 Cetbonc,becti«CcbctDa8abauntecofCaberns,^c. fottoljicb anDlti- 
 tecs otlKc crimes, ljct»as unfit , belD tljat tbelaft twoiDs are too ftcne^ 
 rail anD wcectain, 40 E. ; . ^. Jn tl^e tenDec of a marriage , anD refu^ 
 Call of tbe beir, be oug^t to allcDgc a certain cauCe of refuf all. ttbereup* 
 oniiruemapbetafeen. C.8. ^8. iroliopscaCe,toC7,^battbc}dlan< 
 ttffis cycommumcatcDfoiDtbccs contumacies , (1)3 II not Bifable bim , 
 tuifboutfljctoing ComecauCeinCpeciall of tbe eiccommuuication , upon 
 tubicb tl)C Court map juDo;ebJbetber it ujf re fuft oj no. |s»o bece» 31nD 
 beconclut)ct)Uiitba cafetbatiDasretolbcD, Hiii.^^Ei/. Peak anD 
 Paul tbe iOcfeuDams Caio oft^ejSlantiff, Cbou act a mutinous anD 
 
 c 2 CeDitious
 
 zo 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mr.Mifon of 
 Lmcolns-lnn , 
 his Argument 
 for Mr. Long- 
 
 B 
 
 (etiitious man, ano maintains imitm againft tljc ;^een 5 anD t^ 
 too^os aDitiDgcD nor aaionable» 
 
 Mafon Of Lincolns-lnnc,of COimfell ttlttb^r. Long , motJCD alCO , 
 
 tt)attt)e Return tDasinfufficient. fottl)Cfirft s::liaatrant, tUat ^e ttiag 
 committeDbi' commanij oftljefetng, ligmfieobptljc^antpCounciU, 
 31 tt)iU not argue t^at, becauCe it tuag tiaimetj as an anttent rigljt per- 
 taining to tbe ^ubicct , in tlje petition of iRigbt , ft>t)eteto ttje isiing 
 ^imCeU ijatl) giljen ^s content, Jf oj tl)e Ceconb SMarrant , tlje iSetwn 
 
 is, tcr Ibriiny; up iedition a2,ainlt Us and Our Government. 
 
 ^eoition is not anpteterminet) offence toit^in our)latt): ourHatD 
 gibes Definitions oi DcCtcipriongcf otlje?; oftences , to tcit, of cteaCon, 
 sl^urlicr, 5f elonp, ^c, but tbere is no ccime in our %m called ^tWi- 
 on. 3r is befineo bp a CitJilian to be Seditio, oi Sccciiio, cum pars rci- 
 pubhcx conira parccm i!)iurgii;foi!)atCet)ition tsnotbingbutDibifion. 
 Brafton ant) G'anviii ^ajje t^e too?D [ Seditio 1 gcncralip. :J3cfo:e ttje 
 ^tatuteof 25E.3.ciap. 2. ittoas not clear enough t»t)at tiding tnas 
 CreaCon, tcbat not ■-. bp tt^icij ^'^catute it is beclareo tobat (^alibe Caib 
 Creafon, anb toat ttic Jiimu fqaU not beclatc anp tbing to be Crea-- 
 ton, tUat is not tontamcD ftj-Inn fjeCaiD Statute, but it (ball be be- 
 clareD onclp bp pac}iament.3nD tW Statute ipcafeg not of petition, 
 noube Statute of < h. 4.^1 ap. s(;,iX)bicljmai*.esCometbing5Ctea' 
 fon^boljicb are not ccntaineu tcttfiin tb? Caio Statute cf 2 5 e. 3 . ci^e 
 Statute of i B, ^.chap. 12. ta'xsaDjap all interbentent Statutes, 
 tDtjicbbeclacebneiDCrcafonSJ anDtljefaibJlift ceclares oibcr things 
 to be CtcaCon, but mentions not ^eDition. ^ebition is tbe qualitv of 
 an offence, anb is of 1 cntimes tafeen 3IiDberbiallp ox KiDreitibelp, Co taife 
 tumults oj trefpaHes is Cebition, Tnii. 2 . E. 3. roi. 2 3. b. r. Car- 
 bart'scaCe, 3(imanb3as intiicffb, becauCe in tl^eljigb ftreet be toofe 
 h s, t^cre, being in boflile manner, anb ufurpfb cbcr !)im ropall 
 potoer, Mo\\iti) ts manif eft f ebition , anb tbere it tuas but an uibictment ^ 
 oftrefpalTe, Mien. 20. t^i.roc 27. £)netbattrias Cucbepoj of tbe 
 CHoobbwife f 01 t\)t femg, toas inbicteb fo? Sealing of timber , anb be- 
 taimng Wages, (ndding Carpenters tuages) bpone tbat toas but a 
 boj'j anb !l)i6 is tbere tearm?D ^ebition , anb pet it tuas but a pettjp 
 jfellonp, Mich. 42. E. 3.rcc.6 5. BR. R, Pope upas appealcD bptbe 
 toife of I. .becaufe be felonioufip anb CebitioiiflpmurbcrrD i,s« anb 
 f icuiciouily ] to^sttere put in , bccaufe it tjjas bone piibilp. J5v 
 M)kl) taCesit appears, tbat Ifbitiouis nottalicn as a ^iibftanttbe, fo 
 tbat it !na p be applpcb to treaCcn, treCpaffe , ox otbcr offa ic es. J5v tt|e 
 Statute of 2 H« ^ . c hap, 1 5, tbere is pwuC^cnt mtiimt) fo j tbe railing 
 of fctirious boctctncanb v^t no ptnuP.35nent coulD babebeeti infiicteb fo? 
 it imtUlibe Caib ^tatufc^f* pet u voag febitious,as \3Dell before tbe fatb 
 Statute as after, ?I!nb tbis appears alf bp tbe Statute of ^ raiD 2 of 
 Pnii.anb Mar.chap.-..'ft)bifbbatb bcejHiteb.^be^tatutc 1 3 ciiz.chap. 
 2.tefitcs, tbatbibrcsfcbi^itiusanb et!tlUifpofeDPcrfons,?c, obta(' 
 neb :SuUs of reconciliation from tbe ^ope, tubirb offence toas mabf 
 i| treaCon bp tbe f ajD Statute, (foi it luas not bcfo?e , anb pet tbere ixwi 
 tcDition) anb bp tbe faib Statute, tbeaibcrs anb abettors are but in 
 
 t1}Ctaff of I'rcnmnirc. 25p tl^ Statute Of i 3»EIi'. chap. i. foZ tlj? 
 
 jtboicing of r cnfentious aitD f ebitioua Cities to tbe Croton , it is ena? 
 tfcbbptbefaio Statute, cbat \)tt^nt (Ijallbetlaretbc^utceffo? of 
 
 .tJ2i_J
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 tljeiving , Ojall foifeit t\)t moitpof !)fe gooDS, ^c. Co ttjat m tain of -/ 
 teticc, aU^ougt) it be CcDittoiis, is not tceaCon hy t^e Common latjj , 
 not IB nuU ttcaCon bp ilje Statute of 25 , E, 9 . no; bp t^c Stature of 
 1 13 hiiz.isptljc Stature of 23 Eiiz.chap. a. l)e tljat Cpcafes (eoUious 
 I oiflaiiDewus netos oU\)t £Jucen, l^all lote Ijiseats, oi pap 200 u anD 
 i il^ CeconD offcnrc is maoe f clonp. Clje Statute of 3 5 Eiiz. d.ap. i. 
 i is againft CcDirtous Sectaries , u.»^icl) abfent tijcmielijcs from ti^ 
 
 A 1 €mtlh tt^^i' arc to bepunit^eO ■ o ). bpt^e montlj, £)ut cf all firtjic^ 
 I Statutes it map be collcctet),tl)attfjc tooib [Sedition] is taben Ijaci- 
 I ouap, actoiDittgto rljc Cubicrt in l^anD. » c. ^,%o}Xi Cromwcirg 
 ' caCc i -seditious , IS rrfcrceL) to ticrtrinc. ^l^ere are offences rmm ^ig^ 
 i va ti)eii; natirce tfjan feiiition, U)t)icl) toece notti:caion,imlef.cCo Dcclarco 
 i bp act of jBarliamcnt. CberptebeUious act is leottion , pet if Cuct)3[lctg 
 be not toiitjiii tl;e Statute of 2 5 B.i. .. tliep ate not treaCon. 17 H, 2 . 
 chap, 8. JaCuctcctiou Of billainsattD otliers is notniale tteaCon, to^it^ 
 
 B p2obes,tl)a tbefote tijis 3ifi it luas not trcaion. 3[ino ttiis 3!rt of 1 7 «♦ 2. 
 is cepealeD bp tl^e Statute of i h. 4, 23p tlje Statute of 5 anD 4 E, ^. 
 chap, 5, to aiTemWe people to alter tt)e)!Lab3es, ismaoe treaCon , if 
 tijepconttmie together an Ijourcaiter proclamation mate. /vJljisaCi 
 Cembip of people was Ccbition at tl)e Common Haftji anbtlietjcrpar^ 
 [ Cemblp, if tOep after Difroltje upon ^Proclamation maDe , is not treaCon 
 1 bptljeCaiD Statute. 23ptl)e Statute of 14 Eiiz. chap, 1. it is made 
 irelonp malttiouU? anD rebeHiouttp to IjolD from tlje ^tieen anp Ca^ 
 
 ^ I files, Pic. but becauCe tfjis relates not to tljc Statute of 25 E. 3. it 
 
 I is not treaCon. 2 Ji Ceems clearlp, tljat tljis Cafe is toitljin tlje ^mi- 
 
 oiiofE(gl)t, intol)icbMaanaCi,aitrt, anD tl)C ^tatutes of 25, anD 
 
 :? 8 E. 3 . are retitcD. ci)e grievance tljerc t»a«, ctiat Dibers ^at)e been 
 
 impitConcDtsitt^oatx'mpjauCefljetjJCD, totolnrtjt^ep mis!)t mafcean^ 
 
 i Ctoer acco^tuing to t\)t HaXo, :ainD upon ttjis Hetntn, not5i«g appears 
 
 to be obiCLtcD to "mW) ^c migljt anitoer. 31t appears pot toljat tljat 
 
 ' :^jt,lij'i)iil) IS cnlleD Scdicion, ftas. Cljisistljeberp grief intenDeD te 
 
 . be remeoieD bp tljis Statute : Co tljis Ije cannot anCtocr acrojDtng to 
 
 ' 'ilntD, Jt appears not tol)eti}er tins lucre a CcDitious act, tteCpaffc , 0? 
 
 fiauDer,oi )iot)atit tuas at all. C'tje ixioiDs arc , 5cdicio!i againa 
 
 I ti .c King — cnis l)clps not, fo? e^erp otf enre is againft tlje l^ing, a^ 
 
 ! gaijia ins Crctun anD Dignitp C tl)at iDDitlj Difturbs tlje Common^ 
 
 iVJeilrl; is againtt tljc isina , Cetitions Doctrine is Ce'Dition agauift tte 
 
 l^i.ij;, asisbcfoieTaiD. ^inz^M.^-vidcPoiirac ioi. 19. tOeHozns 
 
 ' anD Commons Defice tlje iiing, tftat Wiiiiam dc la Pool map be tom^ 
 
 mttteDfo; Dibers treaCons, anD CunD^v otl)ec l)einous crimes; anD 
 
 lUe petition hclD not gooD,becanCctoogeneraU: ooiKreupon tnepeiC' 
 
 Dibit pictiailat ^ilrticles agranft bim. 3llnD tijecefoie upon tbc toijole 
 
 iUuita-l)e concUiDcD anD piapeD , tl)at^c.Lor,g migl;tbe DiCtl^argeD 
 
 fro.nl;isiutpnConment. 
 
 I ^' 
 
 D 
 
 F 
 
 ^naiiotljcr Dap, Barckicv anD Davenport, tbe Migs ^etgcants, 
 acgueDtouDcMig, Cljattliismemm teas Cuffitient in)LaDJto De- 
 taintbem inpiiCon. Bmckkv began, anDfaiD, cljattl;ecafeisneUJ , 
 anDof gieat ipctglit anD conCeciucncc , anDpetwnDecfabour, tDcpje- 
 rogatilje oftljefeing, anutDelibcrtpoftftc ^ubiect, arc not maiulp 
 totJcDf D tDcrein; f oi tlie caCe is not Co gcncrnU as it Ijitti been maDe, but 
 particular upon tt)is partitulu* iReturn (E\)t libertp of tDe ^ubjert is 
 
 Serjeant 
 Bar<kjff liis 
 A oumcnc a- 
 painft SiTOud 
 and Eoni.
 
 zz 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 B 
 
 a tenuet point, ttc tig^ttoljetcof 10 great, |uft,anDtnt)io!able. Clje 
 pictoaativeoftl)C femgisanljtgljpomt, toDJlklj etetv tubicct cug^t 
 to Cubmtt. 3 iiuenb not to mai.c anp DiCcourCc of t^c one o: tbe otbev,iD ; 
 toiU onclp rcmfmbet mi)at tbe l^ing ba b DctermmcD upon tbf m botb , I 
 m bis ipeeib ttbub be maoe upon tbe jBetition of rtgbt, to mx , (Cbat j 
 tbe i^fopUs liberties arengtben tbe %mj, pjcrogatibe, aro tljati 
 tbt i«ng pzetogatibc is to bef cnD tte ^Seoplc s liberties. Cfcis map 
 (ettie tbe ^c .^cte of toe people concerning tbeir I be ttp ebe tear tobtcb % A 
 intcnb ro tcf at in nip Argument, is, to anfteer to ibc obi atcns anD teas 
 Coneivl)iri) b?be bcenmabc , anb to gibe tome reaCons, tbberebptbis 
 iSctutnOjaUbefuffitient. 
 
 C^e obiccfjons lobicb bate been mnbc ate retunblfto four b^ats, 
 1 i . 2;?^ ujljat t^e pjiConer bcre l^all be taiD to be con\n.ttteD anb be- 
 I taineb 
 
 2. cljattbis Commitment is pgainO tlje J^ctiticn of rig^t. 
 
 3 . Cbat t^e CiuCe i»bit^ is bete reiurneb, is gcntrall anl> tncertain. 
 
 4. c^att^e offences mentioneb in tbel^eturn ate but Jiin^ble, anb 
 tl)ecef oje notttitbUanbing tbetir tbe pattp is bailable. 
 
 f ot t^e firft, it batb been obiectcb , tb^t tbe tommitmrnt bere b?as bp 
 tbe)Lo;Dsof tbe |&?ibp Councill, anb tbeCgmficanonof tbis caufeis 
 bp t^e feing bimCelf . 25ut 31 Cap, tbat tbere is a furtbcr matter in tl)e 
 llemrn •■> fo?itbe)LojibBOf tbe councill 10 it bp tbe commanD of t^ 
 isiing, anb ti)ep onelp purine tbis commanb. 3; totll net tifputc tf fee- 
 tbertbeXojbsof tbe Councill babe potoerto commit en tMmti 0? 
 no , it is common in cicpetiente, 3 3 h, 6. 2 s. Poignt caCe is erpiefi e 
 in it. 3lnb in ^e petition of rigbt it is abmitteb . tbat tl>ep map com* 
 mit.3lnD tbis is not allebgeb tbere fo? a gtubante, but toe grietame 
 tbere, teas, bccauCe tbe particular cb^tge of commitment leas not 
 CbebJeD. ^ome leooks babe been obrecteb topjtobe, tbattbe ismg, 
 tljougt) inperfon , cannot commit anp pcrfon, \t\ . 6. k m. i luai ^c 
 dc hits 1S2. 25utt^e autljojitpoftbat Booh banifljet!), if tbe cafe be 
 put at Iarge,tDbitlJ^asin treCpaffe fot cutting of Crecs cte 3©e- 
 f enbantCaio, Cbat tbe place b3bcre,?c is parcell of tie ^arnoi of D. 
 Ibbercof tbefeing isCeiCebin jfee, ant) tbe feingccmmantsustocut. 
 3nb tbe opinion of tbe Court tuas, tbat tbis is no pica , lintbot;t fijca- 
 inga fpecialtp of tbe ccmmanb of tl)e &ing. 3(nJj tljcretbe bcbole 
 Court Caies, Cbat if tUefeingcommanbmetoarrellaman, ubercbp 
 31arrcabim, be fljallbabctrffpalTecj impiironmrntagair.flme, ai- 
 tbougb it be tcneintbcpiefcnce of tbefcing. cbat tbe folfotoing 
 tDozDs are to be imoerftoob, as tbe piinrtpai cafe teas of one ccmmanb 
 of t^e ^ing bp toojb , anb tben fucb commanb bp tto^D to arrcft a man 
 isboio. 2fnb iH. 7.4. "teas obicrtcb, Huflly CaieSjtbat Maiki^m 
 Cafb to feing Edw. 4. tbat be cannot arreft a man foz fufpttion of 
 CreaCon oz Jclonp , beratife if be bo bojong , tbe partp cannot tn tc tis 
 action. Co tbis 3! fap , Cbat tbe :6ooU tbere is 10 be unteiftccb of a 
 tozongfullarcefl, foitb^rc is CpoUcn of an attion of faifeimpiifcnment i 
 anb a toiongfull arreft cannot be maBebp tbeiiing. 
 
 2. "Jt ftanDs not toiti^ tbe bigniti' of tbc?^ing to arrcft any man ■-, r. 4. 
 7 ?. Cbe itiiiig mafees a Hcafe fo.t pears, renbiing rent , tcirb conbiticn 
 ofreentrp fo: nonpapmcnt^ bcfballtafeeabbantageof tlje conbiticn 
 tuitboiit anp bemanb^ anotUereaCon tbere giben, is, tbat a decorum 
 aub conbeniencp migbt be obf etbeb. ^0 it is not befitting foz tbe i^ing 
 
 in 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 in petCoii to arrell anp inan,but tht l»ing niap conwtanD anotljct to do ir. 
 
 Braiton lib. 2. dcacquirciiao rcruni Doiniiuo, toi. 55. faj'tS, l^\)Rt 
 
 t\)t Croton of tl^e feing is to do uiRice anD juDgment, aim taccrc pace n) , 
 toitljout "m'oid) , tlje Croton it f elf cannot tublift. ^ebccali confiiutti: 
 on3 are to be mate upon tt)orc fcberall teozDs, — ant) tlje laft 
 xooiD0 — taccrc paccni — implj', tiiat tbe feiug batb a coercitje 
 pottier* Briccon 1. 1. amongft tte Hrrata. cb^ J^wfi faiti in pecfoH , 
 23etauCctoeatenotfiifftc«ntuipcrfonto toebetp tl;ing, mc DibiDe 
 tbe cbargc into man? pirtjj. CGle ate tbe peoples 3Iuftice , anB a J,iy^ 
 dice tinpUes one tbat bati; potucr to Do iuflice in tberr ^"^ > to ^^t, bp 
 impziionment, oi otbecttiif e. 20 h. 7. 7 • c. 11.85. it 10 CaiD, cbat tljt 
 l^ing is tlje tUicf Juftice. 31nD Lambert in bis ) ufticc of peace, toi. 3. 
 Caies,f?I!:batinanrienti^iflojif6, tlje cbiefjuftice of England iscalleb, 
 
 Capualis juihcia & Prima JulUcia, after tbe iS^ing, in Hnuland. ^o 
 
 t^at t^e i^ing batb tbe fame potoec of 3!i'.a(re, as tbe Cbief Juftite baD. 
 Cbis impiifonmcnt bere,tDbic^ isbefozeconbirtion fot anp offcnc,i6 not 
 uCetitoUJaiDs tbe ^ubictr as impjtif ot)ment f 0? anp fault,but is ratber an 
 arreft 0; rcftrawt to aboiDfurtberintonbeniencies, 14. h. 7.8. ^Itjluftire 
 of j^cacc map atrtft men tiotouap artembleo , f oj pretention of f urtber 
 miCcbief . 3nD tbe 23oofe alCo fates , /Cbat be map icabc bis f erbant s 
 tljcrc to arrcil mc!i,foi f at cguaro of tbe peace. 3It is a cafe tueU bnoton, 
 tbat if a bouf c be f et on fire , eterp man map pull h oton tbe nei:t boufc , 
 fo.ipieticntionof greatecmiCtbicf^foit feen'is concerning tbe ^IncenDi^ 
 atif s of tbe ^tate , tbep ougbt to be reftramcD anD f uppzeft, left otl^ets 
 (^DUlD be (lirrcD upbp tbemto tl)efame combuflion. 22 an; 5^. anD 
 2 2 b . 4. 4 5 » in f alf e impjtifonment tbe 5Def enbant juaifies , becaiife tbe 
 J&lantiff tM'is mao anD out of bis U)its, anb tbat Ijc baD Done Tome barm, 
 ant) tbat \)t bao botmDanb bcatbimto nboiDfurtbcr barm, 'bJbicb 
 migbtl)''tebappeiicDbplns maDnclfc: 3l!notbciuflifitaaon lOoagbelD 
 gooD. ^0 ft ism matter of (Sobccnment, toabcio commotions, tl)e 
 jfeing ougbt to uCe l>i6focttibe potter againiltbofe tbat arc enragfD 
 itBft objtaion Boas, ibat tbis couii'e toas agauitttbe IDctition of l^igbt, 
 15ut 3 anfixiec , /^b^ttbis cafe is out of tbe luoibs of tbat i^etuion : 
 tbetuoiDs of tbe ideation toece , — - c^bereas bp tbe Statute calico, 
 Cbe gceat (Eb^eter , anbbp tbe Statute of 28 E. 3.no free man map 
 be fatten oi impuConcD — pet agatnft tbe tenour of tbe CaiD Statute, 
 6tc, Dibcrs of pour Cub ects babe of late been impiifoncD , ttutbout anp 
 caufeibc^eDi anB tobenfo: tbeirDelibcrance,-tc. tbcp mtc bJougbt 
 befozc tbe Juitircs bp CElrits of Habeas corpus, tbcre to unDcrgo anD 
 reccibc as tbe CouctUjoulDoiDcr, anD tbciriicepers commanlcD to' 
 cectifietbetauCeoftbeicbetepnfr,^nDno caufetoas certifieD, but tbat 
 tbep Ibcre DetaineD bppour^^njTllicsfpffiali tommauD, ii':\aificDbp 
 tbe:lo:i36ofpour Council anD pet bjece returncD bacU to fcbcvaii 
 pnCous, uuiboutbemgcbargeD toitbanp tbuig to tUyicb tbfpmigbt 
 make M\iwi afcoiDing toU^ato. Cbcfc lift VbojDs are obrcrb^ble, 
 — SElitbout bemg cbirgcD ttitb anp tbing, to tobitb tbcp migbt 
 
 maseanCtocr CbeCetao:D3tio not refer to tbe l'\fturn of tbeHa- 
 
 bcasCui[)a , fonbecaufetctutncb tbctcm cnnnctbctcabitifDji; H. 6. 
 54*biittbJ Court toofeitasttue. 25ut tbcfctting foub of iic(PUfe, 
 anDtbeanCbaertotbcfamctaufc, istobcuponotber pzcfCfDinrs, to 
 tDit, upon tbe inDiitmcntfot tbe offence, 01 otbcrft)iCr. 3nD tbere is 
 grcnt Difference bcttoecn tbe return of a ssantto l»bicb aman mnp nn= 
 
 fioec 
 
 ^3
 
 2-4 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 c 
 
 (t»et,anD t^e return of an Habeas corpus, lo H. 4. & 3 H.7.1 1, are,tljat' 
 if tie ^^etiff return RcIcolis, all certainties of ebcrp circumftante! 
 oug^t to be ^etoet), becauCe it is fitting, tl)at a tiding certain be bioiigl)t ] 
 into fuDgment. 3llnt) upon fljetjjing of il;e griebante, as abobe, t^e |^e= 1 
 titioni6,fbatno free-man, inanp luci; jnanncr as befoieis mcntio- 
 neo, be iinpuConeb oj Detainee , (i uch ; anb it ijatb relation to twU m I 
 piiConment, UJl^ic^ismentionebm tbcpiemiCes. ^m impuConment ; 
 mentioned in tbe p^emiCes of tlje ^sctitieu is, "mijecc no tauCe at all luas 
 mentionebb tljni txJl)ere an? cauf e is OjetucD, is out of tljc J^etitiou , anD 
 tl^at [ luth ] ietbetoo^brelatibe, appears bp €,11,62. toberemanp 
 cafes areputtotbc fame purpote i iKlicI) fee. 
 
 Cljettiirb objection toas, Cljat tOe Eeturn toas generall anb wv 
 rertain. fC^cCounfeUontbcotberfibe tjao btbiDcb tlje bdo.zDs of ttje 
 iReturn, buttl)atistoofferbiolcntetl)creuntos foian erpofition t^all 
 not be mabe bp fractions, but upon tl)e toljolc matter, f 0? t\)t firft 
 txioibs, — nocabic contempts — 31^ l)''tb been faib, tbat il;e aDbition , " 
 of tbetDojb [notable] is buttomafce a Bourid): I3ut3 Cap,^ijat [nota- 
 ble] is not t6e empljaOs of t!)e i^eturn , but it onelp erp?effetb tlje nature 
 of tlje offence ' anb pet [nota bk j is a iwoib obterbabic bp it felf in t^e 
 U.ab3,anbimplre0, tbat tbetbingis fenoton auD noteb. 23p j7 E, i. 
 ^Ijenffs f^all be punil^eb, tljat let notorious oSenUers to bapl ^ anb bp 
 fbe^tatuteof4H.4. chap. 3. a notorious ouommontbicf fljall not 
 mabe l)is purgation : ano 2 ^ E. 5 . 7 1 . in a trefpade foi fair iinpnfon- 
 ment, tlje JDefenbant faiD , Cljat tl)e i^lantiff came into tl}e ^oftn of 
 Hunnni:rcon,anbbecaufel)etoasfeenint^etom?anp of u. dc inorby, 
 Ibbo bias a notoiicus tbicf, be,as25ailiEf of Huntiiigton,tcolvl)im upon 
 fufpition. 31 coiifeUe, tbat — icr contempts — isgenernll, pea itis 
 
 genus gciKraliflinuim,anb bOitljIU tljt ?SCtltion Of I'iigbt^ but tbe U50^DS 
 
 are, — ngainftOnricit — Jt Ijafl) been faiD, c^attljlsmig^t be 
 
 bp itrebCCent lro:DS Ot gCflureS. and Our CovermnLnt 
 
 Jtljatl) been iaiD,tuattl)isniigl)t be bp contempt totfje icings cai^it, 
 oibpKetraxir, as Btcci.cr- caieis. ^0 tljlsj auftoer, Cljat tljofe 
 UJozQS bJbifb are Cpoben to one purpofe, ougljt not to be bozefieb to an- 
 otber •■> anb tbis is againft tlje common meaning of tbe bjozbs, c. 4, 
 COou art a murberer , tlje 3Bef enbant fljall not aftettoarbs erplain it 
 to be a murberer of i^ares, foz tbe l^igbeft murber is intenbcb. ^0 ^ere, 
 tlje l)igt)cft (Bobrrnmcnt is uuenDeb. 
 
 4, 3itl)atb been ObiettCb, tljat ■ — — for ftirring up of fcJition againft 
 
 Us map pcrijapsbe but an o0fencefinible: ButtboCe bjozbs 
 
 lopneb toitbtlK former bJ0?b6,f^eiuilji6 to be ancffence of t(je IjigbeO 
 nature^ f etition is a fpcciail contempt 31nb altbougl) fcbition in it felf 
 
 map be but a generail offence, petljereitis Scdujonauainft 
 
 Us and Our Govcrnmciu , iDlutl) mafces It particular, 
 
 3It batl) been confclTcD bp one tbat argueb on t\)t otbec fDc, tljat 
 tljcre 18 a gcncrall In a particiU^.r. (.4. Hollands cafe, t^ere 
 is tbe mod generail , anb there is general m parricular , as t^e 
 ^tate (S'cclefiaftifall. 5IV. cbcre is moie particular,aB<Dollebges, 
 5Dean6 anb Cbapters. Cbis brincii in a cafe of ixeturn upon Haucas 
 €orvns. m ;"ecife tertamrp is tequtrcD. Jn an 3;nDiitmcnt , a 
 certaintr of all cirfuirftanccstsrcquifites in jBIcatmg, a lectainipis 
 rcqui cu ; m (founds, a mo:e pjecife tectaimp 5 in 23arr3, a 
 certaiutp to a tommon intent is enougb. CI;cre is not fuel? piecii'e cer- 
 
 taintp 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 1^1 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 taintp requircD Ijcte as m 3|nDi£tmc!it oj Count, becauCc ttjc part? 
 oug^t to anCtoet unto t^eni i no? Co muc(j ccrtaintp is rcquicco lu tbis 
 as in a iSar. 3nD t^c llcturn is not inccrtaini toh as it is tain in pJow - 
 dtii, 2 o 2 . anD 1 p 5 . a tljwg is incertain, talmt it map be tabgn inDt9fe= 
 rentlp , one tuap o: tlje ot^er, 25ut to^ete tlje mtcnoment mifkt ttap ejc 
 teeos ttie intenDmcnt t^e otijcc l»aj>,it is not uncertain, as it is tjete* Ci?e 
 
 tOOJDS arc, — tor notable contempts agaiiitt Us and Our Govtrnnunc, 
 & tor Itirnng up of fedition againlt Us^— - J^fre iS CCttaintp Of intCnD* 
 
 ment one toap. /Cljcre are manp saarits txj^ir^ are moic uncertain t^an 
 t^is Return tiece is, ^ pet gooD, C^e mm concerning tlje tafcingof an 
 3lpoftateis general, Qyoa iprer j nabitu Ordini' ^ anupettl^ere aremo^e 
 Cozrs of H.poa.ttic5. 3In t\)t sacit concerning tlje amobing of a iLcper , 
 t^e ttioiDS arc genccali, anD pet it appears bp i-. N. B, t^at ttjrce are .too 
 feinDs of )Lepers, one outluarD, anD t^e otijer intuarD -, anD ioi t\}t latter 
 tbe ajoarit concerning ainotjing a Xeper. ^ot^e curits concerning 
 tlje burning of an l^ercttcfe , anl) conterniiig tl)C cranMning of an jDiot, 
 are generrn^anD pet tDcre are CunD^p bmos of i^erctitfts ano JDiots'aiCo, 
 23ut it l)?itO been obiciteD,tDa£ [ h duion j is iwt a)La\u tearni noi t.noi»n 
 in tlje iLaiM , of tubicb tlje JiiDges can tafae no notice -, but tlje too^os to 
 CiCpicITe offences of ti)is nature are, ^urDcr, -vEccaCon, f clonp , ^c. anD 
 tbit no3)nlnamcnt of ^coition gcnecallpiuas cbcrieen.'^o ttjis J an* 
 CUjec,^ectiaps it is true,tuat no'jinDictmcnt toas eljer Ceen niaDe,bec;iuCe 
 ttje fonn of an Jnoictinent is p?.ecife, tuoiDs of art are reqiurcD ttjercin, 
 as appears uiUyci6ij.:^i.c.4.Vauxs cafe 3 pet in 3 h.f.Dycr.oy. 
 itisCaiD, tljat Furatus implies Fclonice ccpit , altl)ougb tl)e tomva' 
 rp^atb been obiecten. 3Inal'ieturn,\)DojDs bp ^eripb.iafis are f tiffin 
 cient. Clje Tjarrant of a Juftice of j^eace to appie^eno i >. bc< 
 caufc of piepenfeD malice, intcrfcdt i. d. 10 goob enough), al-. 
 
 tl^OUg^ tbete toantS ttje tOO^b murdravic. 3[n 5K. 2.F. tryal 54. 
 
 BciknapCaieg, (€W a mtCcreant fljall fotfeit tis lanb. j©ut of 
 tDl)icb it map be gat^ereD, t^at a man map be iubicteD fc? mic- 
 creancp, 3llii6 it Ceems libetoiCe , tbat an ;5nDtctmcnt of feDition 
 mapbe gooD , foiin Come caCes it is CreaCon J agree, Peaks cafe , 
 tDbicbbat^bcenobietteD, tbatfoi tljefetDoibs, [icuuiouskllowjno 
 action lies^anb fo is C.4. i p.b.becaufe tbofe tyozDs Do not iinpoit an art 
 to be Done,but onelp an intimation to Do iu but if a nr^n fap fiicb toojDs 
 ofanotber, t»bicbm^po« tbat Ije l)atl) maoe CeDition, tljcpare actio- 
 nable, as it boas reColbebin PniUips 9 Badby'scafe,24 Eiii.c.4. ly. a. 
 
 Thou hall made a Icdicious Sermon ^and moved tlie people to ledicion 
 
 this day , aDjuDgeD actionablc. ^0 in tbe )io:D Crom wcils,c.4. 1 2, 1 3 . 
 
 tbe action \XOUlD babe lain fOltljoreUJOlbSj You like of chofethat main- 
 tain icdition ayainft the Qiieens proceedings , if tbccc l)at) notbfcn ano- 
 ther matter intbecaCeJ ao;rce, tbccafeof 2 1 E. g. ^ir 1^''"^ Garboyls 
 caCe,ii 42 E. ^Soi in tboCe taCe0,CcDition luas onlp taken aDiectibclp,anD 
 C^etoes an inclination onelp to Do a CeDttious ott, ^ in f ucb CenCe Ceoition 
 map be applpcD to otber offences tbcn tceafoa Jn 3 1 E. t. h g? rJ. i s 7. 
 Gardcin in s x age maDc f cofmeiU of laiiD toljitl) be baD in C^arD,Cbis 
 is foifeiture,Cai:g tbe Boolvf oi tbe treaf on tobicb be bib to tbe C^UarD -, 
 fotbere, one tbingis taUct) treaCon, tobicb is onelp a btcacb.of trult.;|n 
 anappeal ofMayiicm,itis teionice, anDpct6 H. 7. 1. it isnot jfclo- 
 np : 23ut f clonp is tljece onelp put to crpieffc tbe Vawioufncne 
 
 D of
 
 i6 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 oC tU oSence, it 10, as it rx>m, afelonp. C^e Statutes of 2 H.4« i Mar. 
 13 Ehz. 55 Eiiz. 17 R. a. 3, & 4E. 6. 14 Eiiz. tD^tct) tjate becn ob< 
 IccteD, l^be t^ too^D [i edition] but not applrable to tbis caCe. Bradon 
 in bis 23(«jfc»tic Corona,Caieg, si quis, &:c. 3lf anpbp taC^ attemptjplot^ 
 tins ti)t mn^Q beatb, ^oulb act , o^au^e anp to act , to tbe Cebittonof 
 tt)e HeiDt^e !feins,oz of bis 31nnp,tt is ttcaCon.3nb GianviijinaBmanp 
 mm, Caieg , € oat to Do anp tiding in Ceuition of tbe fcingDom , o^ of 
 t^ 3irmp,i86i5^ tteaCon. 3inD Bntton, toi. , 6-, 3|t is bigt) twaConto 
 bffljetittbeiiingof t^eBeaUn,anDCeDitiontenDettj to tbe liC^cntance 
 of tbe iing, foj,ag it batb been £aiD,Scditio eft quail feorium iiio,tB^en 
 tbe people ate fcbewDftom tbe iiing: oHti6,Scpcransaditionc, tDben 
 tbe people ate CetjeteD from tbe potuec of tbe feing,3ni) in t&is f enf e>^e^ 
 tittionts noOtangerinout %mj anDCutO(eDitiont»W Cebersti^ 
 people ftom tbe l^ing is Creafon. 
 
 Butit batlj been obiecteD, tbat bp t^e Statute of 25 E. 3. tljeiBarlia.- 
 mcnt ougbt oneip to Determine tobat is treaCon, tobat not.Co tbis 31 an- 
 f t»er, (Cbat tipon tbe CaiD ^tatute^tbe poOtibe TLato bab aibjaies maoe 
 
 WPUcation, anD eiCpoOtion, Br. trealon 2 4. tbe tBOlbS are, CompaflTc or 
 
 imagine the death of the King; antitbeteitistafecn,tbatbe tbatmali- 
 tiotiap DebiCetb bo^ tbe l^ing map come to ocatb, bpttotUs,o^otber< 
 Xiailt, ant) Does an act to ei;plain it, as, in affaping barneffe, tl;ig is trea« 
 Con, 1 3 Eii7. Dy. 298. Doaor Story g caCe, b^ being beponO'Cea, pia^ 
 ctiCeD bJitb a foziatgn }&?mcc to inbabe tbe l^lealm , ano belb treafon , 
 becauCe inbafionis to tbe petill of tt>e jSjince,ant> Co toubm tbe Statute 
 
 of 25 E.g 4 Mar.Dy.H^.Cbetabingof tbeCaftleOf Scarborouei.fiDag 
 
 treaConinStaffcrd,bp ^o.aiT.p. 19. tobictsftjaspiefentlp after tijema^ 
 fcing Of tbe Statute of 2 5 E. 3 • 3 man ougljt to babe been bangcD anb 
 Dzabjn, tbat biougUt ^Letters of Crcommengcment from tbe pope , anb 
 piibliftebtbemin England .- U!nDitistobenoteb,tbatattt)eCametime, 
 tbete teas no Statute to mafce it treafon , but upon conftruttion of t^e 
 Caib Statute of 2 5 E. 3 tbougb nob) it be maoe treafon bp tbe ^atwte 
 of 1 3 Eli/, if It be toitb intention to aDbance foiraignepobjer. j^erbaps 
 tbe f ebition mentioneb in tbis iHeturn i« bigl) treafon, anb pet tbe i^ing 
 map mal^e it an offence Jfinable, foitbemappjoCetutet^e offetttio?in 
 bobat courfe be pleaCetb •■> anb if it be treafon , tDen ttepiiConers are not 
 baplable, bp tbe S>tatute of Wcitm. ©ut, f uppofe tl^at it is but a f inas 
 We offence, pet bp tbe Caib Statute, tbofe bJbicb are imp^itoneb fo? 
 open anb notojious naugbtinelTe (ball not be bapleb , tbe Came naugbti' 
 neUe is tbere intenbeb biglj anb e]C0Jbitant offence? 
 
 2, 3it is fit to rettrain tbe piiConecs of tbeir libertp , tbat tlje 
 Common UJealtb be not bamnifiiet). 31t is latofuU to pull bottn a 
 bouCe, to p^ent tJ^fp?eaDing mifcljief of fire i it is latofuU to 
 reftrain a furious man. Sllnbbp tbe 14 h. 7. ajuftice of peace 
 map reflratn one rout. Cbcn ti)t reOraint of Dangerous men 
 to tijeCommon-ttiealrbisiuftifiableanb nete(Tarp,34. E. s-s?* p. 25. 
 ^it Thomas Fjgct loent armcb in tbe jBalace , to^icb toas 
 ^mtXi to tbe feings Countell ; tuberefo^e [^ b5as taben anb 
 biCatmeb befoie tbe tbief Curtice, (barb anb committeD to ti^ 
 piifon, anb be coulb not be bitpleo tiH tbe feing Cent bis pleaCurej 
 ann pet it toas (bctueD , tljat tljc 5LozD of r. tbieatncD bim. ^ut of 
 tebct) caCe 3! obCcrbe ttDo tilings: firft, tb^t tbe jubge of tDis 
 CourtDiDcauCeamanto be appjtebenbeb , upon complaint mabe to tbe 
 
 €oun* 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 ^7 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 CoututI, rtjntis, to ^cHotas of tlje jBjii)? Countill. 2.c^at al 
 tijougl) Ijc DiD nothing, l)c is not indpu-pecnable until! rtjc Mn% Cent tjis 
 picnCure , bcc.iufe Oc luas anncD anii furioiiflii DiCpofcD. ^o ^ere. 
 ^Ulj:rcfo:e3lpiap,tl)ata)c^^iiConcc0 map be Cent back again. 
 
 Davcnpor: argticttotljc Cainc intent anDpurpoCe, anD t^erefoje J 
 tJJill repoit l)is :?iirgumcnt biieflp. 
 
 1 . i^c faiD , ctiat tl)C iXcturn IjcteigCufficient. C^e CounCell on t!je 
 otliaritje IjaVic maDe fnutions oftljis liletum, anDtJitoiDeoit intofe- 
 tjerall parts , toljereas tlje gamine conftruction ougljt to ^abe been 
 maoe upon t\)e entire ifieturn ■■, io} no biolcnce ougfjt to be offered to ttje 
 fCert. 7 E. 4. 2 o. 3ln falCe tinpiiConment, tlie BefenUant DiD4u8ifie, sm 
 alleogcD fetecall reaCcns of Ijis juftificationi to toit,becaHrea mantoag 
 feilleo, anD ttiat tljis luas in t\)t County of s. anD tliat t^e common 
 tjoice an J fame Was , t^at tl^e plaintiff toas culpabU. 3no ti^is tons 
 t)dD a gooD pica , altl^oug!) liryan DiD tljete obtea , C^at ttie plea noag 
 Double oHreble^ anDtljereaContnas, becauCettoentp cauCes of fuCpi* 
 tfon m^k but one entice tauCe, ano inoibifible unitp in tljisoug^t 
 not to b; DibiDCU, ^0 c. 8. 66. Crogatcb. Jn an action of tceCpalie, 
 the !Dcf enuant funifies f oi Ceterall tauies, ano l^elD gooD, becauCe upon 
 tlje matter, nllof tljem mabe but one cauCe. C 8, i ■ 7. 3Jt is CaiD , Cljat 
 it is an uniuft tiding , unlelTe t^e toljole Xato beloobeo into , ro juDge 
 anD anCluei:, bp piopounDing an? oneparttculac tljereof i anD if it beun^ 
 ^uft in tl)e ej:poCition of a ]iaUJ, it is unciliiUin a lUeturn to mabe fra; 
 (tion3orit,intl)e conftruction tljereofefpetiallp, it being a Jfieturnfoj 
 31nfo:ination, anDnotfoi BccuCation. 
 
 a.tiiapiigi) tije CoimCellontlje otOer ODet}abe takntljis taCeto 
 betDitliui ttic ^^ctition of ISigljt, j'et ttiis is I'ctitio principii,to tafeet!)at 
 fo: gcaureo iioljtit is t\): tiueftioii in oebatc, l^e f aiD €!)at l)e tuotilD not 
 offer bioUT»ce to tljc petition of migOt, to tol;ivfj tl)C iving IjaD aff tnteo, 
 anD tDl)itlj fljallreallp beperfojmeD, But t^e queftion Ijereis, CffiJljet^er 
 tl^tflURetutnbe Untljinitf anD thejuoges are beepers, not maOers of 
 t^feplcDge^ anD it Ceems, i^att^isl^eturnis out of ttje letter anD 
 meamngof t^e CaiD Statute. 
 
 s.l^eCaiD, Cliatt^istJjastljeactuall tommitmcnt oftl)e?Lo:Dsof 
 tliej&tibpCounrill, anDttje b^ibttuail ojbirtuall comnutir.cnt of ttjc 
 Ifeing . But bctauCc upon t^ere ttoo matters l)e put no caCe , noz gabe 
 anp rcaCon , but loljat tiao been put oi giben m the :?l!tgumcnt of ttie 
 gtanD Hai.cas corpus , Micti. j f .'aroii. auD aftetftiarDsm tl]C l^oufe 
 of Commons, tohitUbjasrcpoiteD to the )lozDsintl?e p.iintcD Cf;am< 
 ber, rfiU lubici) ^igumr nts j heato ) J babe l^ere omittcD them. 3t(nD 
 fo}t\)t gc:at reCpcct bJhich the ^lato gibes to tbe commanDs of the 
 liing , be put theCe caCes, 7 h. 3» Attachment of tonRc againd the Ce? 
 nam in Bo\»jr , ano the toaOc ttJas asflgneD in the tabing of fi(h out 
 of a pouD , ano the tarrprug tbem ab)aj? . Che 5DcfcnDant pleaueD , 
 ^fjat UecCeconD husbanD, bp the command) of tDe 'toiD the feing, 
 toob all ihc fil) out of tl?e CaiD ponD to the uCe of the %oiD the Jiing , 
 anD hell) a goo-) jufiification 5 Dohichpiobes, thatth?fO"^'^anD of the 
 i&ing there to her DusbanD epcuCco bee of the CaiD b? ifte 3nD yti it is 
 clear , that Cenant in Bobjec is liable to an action of tBaftc , foz iBafte 
 Done in the time of her lecor.D husbanD : But contrarp is it , tohcrea 
 b)omani3iiIcn:intfoilife,aaDtooivahusbanD, bJhomaDeb^afteano 
 
 D * CpCD, 
 
 ■Scj-jcanc Dis- 
 tcn;>erf's Argu- 
 ment sgainft 
 Stroud and 
 Long
 
 2,8 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 xsviri, no attion lies againft ttjc toife fo? rtjat toaftc. 3«t) F. N. B. 1 7. a. 
 31ft!)e Cenantin precipe at tl)Cai and cap. maucs Default, t1)C lung 
 map CcnD a tOvUnt to tU Jufltrcs , rei^catfmgtljat l^e UJas in l)is Ccr 
 tire, PIC. ♦mmanDtng tbem t!jat tl)at Default be not p jeiuDiriaU to \)im, 
 anD it)is commaiiD of t^e iiing CjccuCctt) t)i8 Default , be tljc cauf e tcuc 
 0? no. 
 4- foi t^e particulara of t|)e l^etum, itis ^— for notable con- 
 
 tcnipcs againft tlic Government- 25UtaS tO t^at it batlJ been CaiD a 
 
 tlpat tlje iiing l)atl; funDtr gobfrnmcnts , to fioit, etclcfiaaicall , jDolUjt 
 call, ?c, ano it is not t^ctun , againft toliicl) of tl)cm. ^Ijis is but a 
 cabiUins ejcccption^ tiJcpmigljtasiODeli l>ibc cvccpteDtotl)t6 llvctura, 
 bccaute it is not fljetoen , tbat tljeCe contempts toete after tl^c laft gcti?- 
 rall jSarcon :. tljat ^aD been a better eicception, Cl)e lafl toojDs of t|)f 
 
 Mr. Eitihtons 
 Argil mciu tor 
 Mr. Selden. 
 
 lacturn ace, 
 
 railing IcJition againltlh- 
 
 I3ut as to tl)i0 it 
 
 Ijat!) beenCaiD,d)atSccUtioisnotatoo?Dlmoton intl)e5lati3, anois r 
 altoaies taben eittier SUDberbiallp oj ^Cliectiljelp , anD is not a ^ubftaii? 
 tibr, (Co tljis l)e CaiD , /Cl)at altljoiigb it ts not a ^abftantibe fot tlj^ 
 pjeCcrbation , pet it is a ^ubflantitc to? t^ctjeftiHition ot a Migcom. 
 3IInD t»e f aiD, tbat be founb tbe ujoid [ Scditio ] in tl)c %^\\^, auD tt)C^oa 
 Cequent of it Ut^etuifc , tolitr is , icdudiio popuii. 35ut it is not ctjcr 
 founD to bctabmm a gooD Cenfe J it is altDaiestanfccDauD couplcD 
 ix)iti) ttcafon, rebellion, infuccettion,o?fuct)Ufee, as it appears bp all 
 tl)oCe Statutes to^icb^aije been remembieD on tl)e otljer fioe, mm- 
 f o?e i^z mm UfeetDiCe, t^at tije pnConers migljt be Cent batt?. 
 
 7V/W, 5 6'^r. B, R. 
 
 T'l^efirftDap of tlje Cerm, upon Habeas Corpus to 0ir Allen 
 Apiky tl)clieutenantof tbe Coiwr, to biinglicrc ttie boDp of 
 johnSeider. (Bttih tuitl) tl)e cauCc of Dcteutiou, lieretumeDtOc Came 
 caufe as abobe 5 ano Littleton, of Counfclltuitl)l)mt, mobeD, tlj.ittbc 
 i^etunmasmiuffitientin fubaancc^ tljerefozeljc piapeD,tUat \)t mipt 
 be barlcD. 31t is true, tljat it is of great tonf cciuenr e. bor^ to tbe Croton 
 of tl)e jfemg, anD to tbe libectp of tt)C Subject. 25ut, unlier f aboia, f 0? 
 tlje DJffitultpof yiiCD) rontaincD in it, tljecaCc cannot be CaiD d^ranb. 
 3in mp Argument, 3 tDill offer notlpg to tl)e Court, but tljat a3ljitlj 
 31 babe fcen tuitbtl;efeercs, anD tUat UJt)icl) in tup unDcrftanling 
 (W^icljis mucl) Cubjcct to miftal^es) can recelbe no fuffifient anfUJW,, 
 
 31 imll DibiDe mp argument into four fct)eraUl)caDc, 
 
 1 , Co point out tl^oCe matters luljicb 3 tljinl^ unneceUarp , ano not 
 conDuriblc to tljr matter in queftion, 
 
 2,3!iuiUfonaDer tlje ffiUarrantoftljej^jibpCotimiUint^istare, 
 
 3 . Clje <ai3arcant of tbe i^ing l)imCclf. 
 
 4.Cl)r obiemons tolncb babe bcenmaof bptl^e contrary fuje, tfje 
 flrcngtl) of tbcjn, anD gibe nnC\5i3er to tbem. 
 
 ifo: tl)e fica of tljeCe bcaDs, i. 3 toill aDmit, tljat tbc ^nq 
 map commit a mm. 2. Cbat a man cominittcD bp t!)e Ring is 
 !iot rcplebiCable bp t^c ^bcriif , but be is baplnblc bp tbis d'ourt, 
 ttotwitbftanDing tbc Statute of vvciini. 1 c. 15. 3nD tbat 
 lie &aU iwt be baplable, is againft tbc |0ftitio.n of migbt ^ 31 
 
 tDill 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 ^? 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 totllnotDiCpateit, foMti6CftabUa)CDl)i>tl^cailnCUJeroft|)e teinatotbt 
 (aiDiaetitioa. 3inO tljc^Crgumcnrs imoe to tUs punofe in thefait 
 laarUaniiut, nnoin t\)C itjaiuteu Clambec bifoic bot\) tHmm^ts 
 mmoim ill i^irliaircm, to UJl)ul)diet|'oiic nuipieroit. 25«t i 
 iKiiilrip aBtistounuoCmyfoUotuiiig ;HiiUmciU, tljataBtffcnccs atv 
 or tluo natures, CapitaU, oji as Ccerpaiies j fo t!;ei> ate puniOJcO 
 itutto maimers, to ujtt, Capitailj*, oi bj> fine oi ImpJifommut 
 jFoi tlje offences of tycftrfttiatuce , aa itL'ieaions, anri tlje Itfee, i-nDir 
 Conment is impoCeD upon tl)e offeuDcc, onclp toi cuftoDp-, but Yoi 
 mifDemcanois of tbe fecono nature, impiiComneirt is iutpofeD upon 
 \)m f ojt a i^unifljment COen tljic is mj> gtounD/cijat no irce-man tijat 
 isimpzifoncD, oneipfozmtrwmeanours before ronijitrion, mapbeoc-^ 
 tauicDin piiCon Xuitpout baple, tf itbc oltercD, unleUe it be in Come 
 particular cafes, ini»l)itl?tl)etoiWrar?isojDameD b^'aup particular 
 Statute. 
 
 2.foube2llarrantof (bei^jibpcCounctU \joW) figmfies t\)t plea* 
 Cure of tlje feing to commit t\)t puConeri perljaps tljis xuas a gooD 
 grounD of tlje tommument, but it is no grounb fot tbr tJetaiutng of 
 tbe piiConcc ijjitbout baiU anotbistbe Jking bimCiJf ^ntb cTCKuottJ* 
 lebgeoas tl^e antient tiigl)tof ibe Subject «itbe|0etitiotioC liight 
 UJl^ercfojeit is not noto to be biCputco. • ^ ■ 
 
 ^, Jfoube cUarrant of tlje liing , as it is certifteD bi> tijig l^tutn 
 ttjcreis notanpfuffident caufecontaincD muit^nit, fo: tbe Qetainiiiff 
 of tl^c puioner m piiCon, foi tlje Haijj being, as i \}m occlareb .^bot ^ 
 tljatfoi a mtvDemcanour, before conbiction, nofreeman map beimp^u' 
 Conen bef oic tonbtctton, \oitbout bapl oz mainpiije , rgc^e Cole qucttioii 
 nolu is, 31f tbis Jiieturn contain toityiu it anp CvipitUl offence •-, ox if one- 
 IpatrcfpaaeoimiiDcmcnnour, anDtOcn tlje part? is bapltiWc: 3(inD 
 fot tbe uif cuiOtion bercof,3! mi confiDcr tlje Eerurn, i , 3s it is bibioeo 
 in fcbcrall pnts^ ^.3) ^i''l confibec all tbcfe parts of it togetl;er, 
 i.SHsitistcbcreuinparts. Clje firtt pan ofu, [iov rocabje con- 
 tempts by him comnncrcd agarnlt Our Self and Our Governmciu] 
 
 fo} [ contempts ] all conteiiipts are againa tlje J^ing, mebiatelp tn im-. 
 mebtatelp, anb againftljis aobernment, [NotaDic j tljis is all one 
 toitlinotoztous anomanifeft, as appears bptlje Statute of vxtiim. 
 ichap. i^.anb 25 E. 3. 71. tDbtcbtjatbbeenremembereD. 3nD [Nota- 
 ble] is but an cmpbaticalleicpzesfion of tlje nature of tlje tling, aub 
 alterstf not. [ Ai^auutUs j Hill riots, routs, bittccics,anDtrcfpaf[cs, 
 are againftJWs, anoagainft iDiirdCrouuiiinDJDigmtj'^ contempt a- 
 gainft anp Court of Juftice, is a contempt againft ms, 23ut if tbe S«= 
 turn iDcremnbc bete, tfjubcwascominitteDfoi a contempt mabc in 
 Ctjanccrp , tlje partp f^all be baileb , as ic i»as refolbeo m tbis ^.mtt 
 in Michael Apilcy's cafe, anbiu Uuiwcrs caCe, i? |ac, foi tbe tie- 
 turn is too generaU « C. i r . p 8 . In it tbe iiature of tlje of f cn( e ougl^t 
 to be cicpieffcD , tljat tlje Court map lubge t'jcreof- Jimo I <ontimpis j 
 bccc is inciivi Juuni \ icnm ^ tberefozefo: tbem, before conbiffion , tlje 
 partp cannot be impziConeo toitbour bapl ot mampzije. 
 
 . Clje Ceconti part of tbe l^eturn is , [ ^"^i f^r Itirring up of icdition 
 
 a^ai 11 Us ] /^be otber fioc Caio , that "^SctUtioi is etjer taMn in tlje 
 tuoift CenCe Cb^t is true. i5ut bcncc it foUoUJcs not , tbat tbe partp 
 tb''t commits it is not baylable. (CKfrp fmall offence is tafeen mtbc 
 Ujozrt CeaCc,as tlje ttealingof an ^(pple, anbtbe lihe ^ but fucb binb of 
 
 Ofv
 
 3^ 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 B 
 
 offenDo?6(^aU not be committcD t)Oitt)out bapl Cocicaminct'tc nature 
 of t^is offence, to^it^ is caUeD [^cduion ] it ougbt to be unoetftcot , as 
 t^is llictutn is, eitbet as f€reCpafl"e,oi as bigt; Ctcaf on, f o? it cannot be ; 
 intenDCD to be pettp-tteaCon: foi, pcttp trcaCon is f o calico, in refpect of 
 tbe offence bone to anp particular Cubject ^ but in retptct of ttjc feuig , it j 
 is but as a fclonp,tberef ozc tbc Jnoiamcnts Coz tbe fame are,jFf loniouf^ 
 Ip ant) ttaitcrou0p. ^nbtjerctbc woiDs are , — kdicion a^amit ih — 
 Co of neccsCtp it oug^tto be mtenbeb of an offence , tfjat moie imuicDi' A 
 atelp concerns tJje mv&, if oi tl)e mfcusring of tbis matter, f irft. 3 toill 
 tonfioer in tobatCenCeanD (ignification tbis Ta30?D[5cdi(io] 10 nfeu, 
 2.!^ot]DU(^aii be ej^pounocD bete bp tbe relation tbercof totlieiwg* 
 g.aH^atCenfetbeCe too^ijs [againitUs] (^aiibabe^ere. 
 
 i,fo} ^ebit^oup itisnotfouno in tbebibifion of offences in our 
 )Lab) , but as it is mingleo ano coupleD ttiitlj otber offences. 0q Jw 
 Dictment of ^eoition onelp toas ebet (een , no: can be fljcttien 5 routs, 
 riots, RnDunlatofullaffemblies, aremucl) of tlje fame nature toitb ity 
 anb bo ibeUeicpjeffe t^e nature of ^ebition, CtjeCnglif^ txiojiD is 
 bjiaan from tl)etoojb[i»cduio] tnjiatine, anb tbe benbation of it 
 IS, as Ijatb been obCerbeb, Sc-itio,o.j, scoHumicio ^ anb tbe f etsiuous 
 (as one Caies) tafee a biberfion, ano bwijj otbers : 31t is uCco in tl)e 23i-> 
 ble , in j^oets, i^ifto^ies, anb iDjatojs, foj a tumuit ,0? !jurlp^burlp,o> 
 
 UPJOje, 01 COnfUleb noiCC, Scditioquercccns dubioquc lururio, ir. 
 
 Liv/iib. " 2 . cap. 44. 3llnD in Tacirus it IS tafecu f otmutinp inan 3l!tmi^ ... 
 toljen tbe SHrmpisaltoaiesrcpmingattbe Captain. 3!n tbe Italian ^ 
 ^Language, tu^icb is t^e elDcr Con of %atm , CeDition anb biCcoio is aU 
 I one. Numb. cap. 20. 3. tbe X^atineCranflation is, Vcrfi m icdicior.c ^ 
 
 tl^e Cnglil^ is, chodcjOj murmured. Numb. 26.9. t^eHatinciS, In 
 fcditioiie Corah jtl^CCUgUf^ i6,Tn the company of Corah, Numb. 27» 
 3. tbe WineiS , Nee tuu m leditione corum ;' tlje C^ngUlTj iS , In tile 
 company or aflcmbly of them. Judg, 1 2 . i . tbe '/latmc Cranttation iS, 
 Faaa trt trgofcdiiioinEphraimrtl^eCSngUfl^ CranflatioU iS, 1 nc 
 men of Epr.raim gathered chcmlelvcs together, 3)U t!)e /l^Ctt) 
 
 Cellamcnt, Aa. 1^.40. sedido intbeLatmets tranflateDuprorJ, oj 
 
 tncetino,. Ad. 15. 2. Fadta cller;iorcuitio, &c. anOitiStranflatebJi:'- 
 lencion auD difputacion. Adt. 2 4.'5. Tcrtullus tl)efiD?atO: acCUCCtl^ Paul 
 
 foj mobing (edition ^ anb tbe lubCequent Osozbe are, a rma-ka^^c r oi 
 the led ot chc pharifecs • Co tbit f^is CebitiontljerebJasbut'aftbiCin : 
 ainb t^e bjoibs tbcre are in a manner t^e berp CamebJitb ours be«^ 
 t^ereittoas, tor moving \ Jjere,toritjrrjng ot icditiop. >cditio, as an 
 app;iobeb3lutboi Caics,impous, diicordi'am, totoit,toben tl)C mem- 
 bers of one bobp figbt one againft anotbet. c^e]lo?oof s^. Albans, 
 tBbo teas latelp tlje )lo?b Cbancello? of England , anb tuas a jla&Jpcr, 
 anb great grates man libetuife , ano toell fenett) tbe acceptation of t^is 
 TODoiD[SLdi.ioii]inourXato, batbrnabeancPlTapof ^ebition, anb 
 tbeCitle of tbe (SlTapis, ot ^cjuionsaiKi Tumults : tljc tbboie CiTap 
 beCerbes t^c reating. 31nbtberc is a iszapcr in tbe Xetanp, — Frc m 
 ("edition and hcreiie, &c. ;s2>o tbat^re^eoitiou istafeen as afeinD 
 of ^cct. 
 
 Cbis being tbenaturall ngnification of tbe tootb, tben tbtnejctla^ 
 bour tball be to fee, if anp tbmg in our laiD crolle t^is erpofition. 3nD 
 it Cecms clcarip, tbat tberc is not. 2 h. 4. tap. 1 5. 3nb u is in tbe^ar- 
 liamenM'ioU, nunib.48,again(tLoiiards, bj^oattbat time Ujete ta- 
 
 ben 
 
 
 
 E
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 P 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 tafeeti as tjecetirt^g, Caics, C^at Cuclj ^?cacl)ccs ttj^icl^ occitc auD ftir up 
 to f eoition (^all be conDcntcD befo^ie t^ fiD^Dinacp, ^c* Cl^ccc, f cDtrcon 
 (0 taben foi dtfff ntiou anD DrtJiQon in Dortrtnc.3nD t^w is not maue tcea 
 fon bp ttjc CaiD Statute, alt^ougl) t^c (aiD Statute be no Mo repcaleJJbp 
 
 t\)C Statute of 2 5 H. 8. c. 4- 1 anD a Phil. & Mar. c, 3. ttJljtc^ 10 tn 
 
 Kaiiaii,Ncwcs 4.ttil)iclji6att art againftfeDittous ttto;tD0 aubneacsof 
 t^efeinganDiBuccn, tn^icbisa gwatmiCoemeano? ^ anbpet rije pu^ 
 ni(^ment appomtrb to be inQtacD br tbe Catb Statute ts buttb^ l^illo- 
 rp 0; a jf ine of i ooi. 3llnD tbe CaiD Statute, bp t^e Statute of i Eiiz. c. 
 1 6. ttjas eictenueu to ^ci; alCo, to^icb Statute noto bp l^r ot atb is eicpi* 
 reii:to^icb3l P^pmapbeobietbeo, 13 Eiiz.cap. i. againtttljoCe, fiobo 
 CeDttiouap pUbUf^ t»l)o ate t^e mie ^eits of tbe Crotbn, t^at t^ep ^al be 
 impjiConei/ fo3iapear,^c.31nD 13 Eiiz.c.2. tbeCei)itiott0 bjinginginof 
 t^e ^ope sBuls 10 mabe tceafon,U3^icb implies.t^at it toas not Co at t^e 
 Common )LatD,2 3 Eiiz.c.zjfanpperfon fi^alDebiCe,t»jiteo3tp?intanp 
 boob,contairang anp falC,CeDitio«0,anD (Ilant)ecou0 matter^to t^ ff imiig 
 up oimobing of anp cebellion,^c«eberp fuc^ offence f^al be aDfuogcD ft- 
 lonp.^no in an 5Inbi(tment upon t^e Caio ^tatute,cujbicl; feeCook's En- 
 
 tries,f.352, ?53, ) t^ce ate tbe toOJbs rebcllioncm & fcdicioncm 
 
 moverc; anD pct it i0but felonp, 3 5 Eliz. c« I. ntaDe againft Ceoitiotts 
 Sectaries. SUlCo tbete ace certain ffioofes anD 3Kutbo^tties in ?LatD, 
 iwbicb eppieUe tlje nature of t^istto?b ^eDition, c. 4. « ^. t\}t%o}b 
 Cromwell's caCe. Ju an action fo:t^oCe tbojtDs, J'ouiike of tbofet^at 
 maintain CeDitions againft tlje^lueens pioceet)ing0, tl^e B<fenDant 
 pleabeD, Cbat b^ intcnoeD tlje maintenance oc a CcDitious ^cmonj 
 ant) tbi0 toasaDiuDgeD a gooD plea anD luOification, ficm \xi\)ic\) it 
 foHottJe0,tbattt)e^eDitious ^etmon mentionebint^e ^Declaration , 
 anD tbe maintaining of CeDition againll tbe £luecn , is all of one Ognifi- 
 cation^ fonftbepmigljtl^abebeen taben in a Different CenCe, tbe<uftifi= 
 cation IjaD not been gooD. Phillips anD Badby s cafe, tobicb is in c . 4. 
 19. a. tobic^tjjasobjecteDbp ^eneam Berkley, mafees Otonglpfoi 
 mt, f ojt t^eee an action upon tl^e cafe toa0 biougbt bp a perCon, f oi tboCe 
 
 tOO^b0 , [ Thou hall made a Icditious Sermon , and moved tiic people 
 
 to fcdiuon this day ] 3l!nD alt^ougb it tDeret^ece aofuugeD tbat t§e atti^ 
 on lap, pet t^e teaCen of tl)e jfjaDgment is obCerbable , tDM toas, be^ 
 cauCe t^etDoiDs CcanDali^e tbe {Plaintiff in bi0 puifcGflon -, lobicl? implp, 
 tljat it tbej'b'^D notCcanDal«eD^iminbisp:ofcsflon,uo action tootilD 
 ^bclain. 3nD oiDinatp tooibs, if tbcp ftauDalijc a man m liis p?ofe0: 
 Gon, ace actionable^ a0toCaptoa3]ubge, rl^atbetoacotcuptman^ 0^ 
 tua ^etc^ant, t^at be is a I3anb^nnipt> alt^ougb if tbep Dacce ^ pobcn to 
 anot^ man , tbep fiooutD not beac an aaion. 31nD aUbougb tht 25oob 
 tap, tbat no act foilotocD tbcce ; pet if tbe matter obiGctcD baD been trca* 
 Con,tl^e berp tDill baD been piim(bable,anD, bp confequcnce, a great flan^ 
 Dec.:!3ut it is obCcrbeb, tbat bJoiDS'mbttb implp an inclination onclp to 
 CeDition , are not actionable, as, ^ebitious bnaljc ^ but inclination to 
 tteaCon is treaCon , tbcrcfoje twotDs ^vbicb implp it arc actionable. 
 3InDalCo foi bitoers tooiDs , an action upon tbe caCc imlllpe, tobicb 
 inbucenot tceaCon oi felonp; as,foz calling a irotn^^n Cllboie, bp 
 tobtcb fl)e loCetb bcr marriage, anb Cucb liUe. Cbcn Cetitton is no of- 
 fence in it CeK, but tbe aggravation of an offence; anD no UnDictment 
 ( as H babe CaiD afoje ) toas ctjet Ceen of r bi'« flnglp bp it f elf . r r. 2 x . 
 
 E. 3. roll. 2 3.^iC JohuGarbuc'iCaCe, lO'^iCt) ©aS pUt bCfOJCbp Ma- 
 le n 
 
 31
 
 }^ 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 fon t^e 3nDi(timnt xoaB in p^ei tiDice of l)ig Croton , ant in mantfen 
 (cDitUMi , anD pet t^e offence tljete twag but a i^ebberp. 3it i« ttut, tbat i 
 upon ^0 attaignnKm ^cftoob mute , t^erefoste t^e t^oWis, tfjat ^e xoas , 
 cut to penance, i^at ig, to ftrong anD Ijaro pain •■> anD tljis p?obC0, t^at i 
 itt»a0nottreatonifo?ifa man arraignei)0f treaCcn ftanti niute,|et' 
 t))e uluaU fODgment of tteaion fl^aU be gibcti on l)ini. :?linD tt is true aVo, < 
 t(jat^e cannot Ijaw^isClecgp, becauCc iniidiatorviarumtBasint^e 
 lint>ttamnt^ t»^^ if it toas , outs tljt part? of Ms Clcrgp , umiU t^e A 
 
 ^attltectf4"-4- c. 2«asi0ObJetbet)mC. n. Alexander Poultcrg 
 
 cafe 3uDttpont^e fame Boii of 2 1 e. 3 tljctc ace f ouc otijec JnDicti 
 ments of t^e fame nature, tob^re [ Scdiciobc ^ \b contatneb in t\}tm. 
 Aiino 1 5b5,£iueen Eii/aoc ch fcnt a iLettec ( toljic^ 3I Ijabe fern bp tlje 
 hanb0 of tbe noble Sntiquacp, ^icRobtrc Conon) tottjeiQpfaioiof 
 London, foj tbefuppjegfing of Dibecs feDttious)Libelg,U3ljicb toere 
 pi&liQ)eI) againfl jjer ?B?mccIp dfotictmncnt^ anij pet m tfjecon-i 
 clufion of t^e]tettet it appears, tljattljeptoereonclpagainft t^eCari ^ 
 of Leiccikr, ano t^is twas to bepubUdjeb onelpbp |&?otlamation in 
 
 London. 
 
 5 H. 4. numb, i !♦ anb 1 3. ^bcCarl Of Worthunibcrland piefetCeD a 
 
 l&etitionto tbe M\^ in ^©acliamciu , in tcbicb beconfclTctb , tbatDe 
 fab not btpt Ijis sa^<^leftles H^'ws as a Uege lubject^ nno aiCo confer etb 
 tl^e gatljeting of potter, anb tbe giving ot liberies : csaberefou be pes 
 titioneb tbe tooji^ipof t^efcmg (foi fo are ti;e aoios ) fozbis grnce« 
 Ci^e i^mg, upon tbis pennon , oemanijeb tbe opinion of ibe Hoihs of 
 |^atUament,anb of tbeJu^Sfs^sfiftant, if an? tiding ccntaineDXcitl)' 
 tnt^e faio ^^etition were treafon,oi no^ anb ittaas refolbeb bp tbem ail, 
 tbat noticing as it ismentionebin tbefaib petition teastrealon, but 
 great mifbemeanozs 5 anDiettculp,tbougbnot fuup ibercmentioncb, 
 It teas a great rebellion anb inCurrcctton. 23ut tbep aciubgcb accozbing 
 to tbe f atb petition , as pou are itoto ro f ubge upC;; tlje iReturn, as it is 
 mabe Ijere.Jn Mich.^ 3 Eiiz.Ca wdry g cafc,^cDUion an'o^rtiifm itjere 
 beCrribeb, 3s fcbiCm is a feparation fromtl)eumtpoftbe.<2:i)urtl), fo 
 feDition is a feparation from tbe unitp of tlje dCommon v\3caitb. 3Knb 
 an 3tutboi f aicg, t^at a f eCiiious perCon biffcrs from a f cbifmaticfe , be* 
 taufe th; one oppofet^t^efpititualltrutb, tbe otbert^etcmpoiall : anb 
 asCcbiCmof it felf isnotberefie, Cofebitiontottt^out ot^er abiuncts is 
 not treafon. Bradon t . 1 1 2, 1 1 :?, 1 1 8, batb been obiecteb , tbat be mafees 
 f et.itton treafon : 3 fioill grant to tbem, Hengiiam aifo , toi^o is to t^e 
 famepurpoCe; foMntbofe25ooUs itiscalleb, Scditio Regis & Regni. 
 CotljemjH anfwer, iMWtW areobfture. froz, to^at fignifies fcdi- 
 tic Regis, oj cumuhus Regib «? fljall itbet^e fame tbingin fcnfe tuitl) 
 fcdiciocoiirraRegcm^ 3It feems, tbat tbe faiD 3iutbo?6 neither remem- 
 ber %m HO.i ^Language. 2 . aUijougb ti)cp retfeon f r bition amongft 
 tlje crimes kix Majeihu?, pcttbatisnottoberegnrbcb , foitbrpare 
 obfolete3utbo2s,anbarenote(leemeb as3iutlRi5inour}latb .as it 
 is in PI. 35^- anbC. 8. 3 5.buttbepmap bcuCcb foz oztrnmcnt, anb 
 tl)cp ate goob marbs to fl)e a) to us, botu tl)e %av) luas tl;cn fallen, but 
 nottooeclare botDtbcXato is at tbis bap; tbcpace no bmbing autbo? 
 ritpf, anb if t^op be , v^t toe Ijabe tbem of our fibe lifectoife : jf oj in bis 
 14 BooU ('lanviii faics , CbatH man nccufcb of fucb a crime (ballbe 
 baplcti- anb tbat tbe 3iccufer aiaUgibc plebgcs 3:nb Biarton faics , 
 C^st if no accuCer appears, tljcp fljall be fct at libcrtp. 3inb Hcngi am 
 
 reckons 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 3? 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 E 
 
 reckons amongft tl;e crimes Idx Majcftatis, tlje bmti) of t])f> 
 ^cace , anD to Docs GianvU alCo* FJcca , tolio twas a follotoer 
 of Bradcon , aiiD transfctibcs inticlj \ crbatim oHC Of ^iiti , calls 
 ^ciii'uon, ScdudioiKmoftlje Xoth t^cliing. SKnD 12 Edw. i, t^e 
 Statute of Kutiand, U)i)icij pzefcTibes %mtQ fo? Wales, euacts, 
 Cl;at t!)C^I)en(ffl)ali enquire mOisdirn, de leduaonbus Domim 
 lUgi^i ani) it is not apparent , t»l)et6cr l)e mtenDtljoCe to^idj feUuce 
 tljcl^ing, oj bis people. 3llnD m latter rimes, j^cduio ts calleD 
 icducio. Jutbe time of Hcm-y t\)C Cebentl], tljeCarlofNorchum- 
 bcriand being a great anD potent }&eer,anDtl)e Jtiing (lantitng 
 in alDc of bim, canfcD Ijim, totrt) ttoentp four otljers of great 
 quality , to enter in an obUgation of ttoentp tbouCanD pounD 
 C tol)icf; ;0bUgatton is in tbe ^anDs of ^ir Robert Cotton ) 
 imto i^im , tbat if tl^e CaiD dParl fenetu creafon , j&eUution, 
 )Loirc, ?ic, to be inteiiDCD to Hje i^mg, rljat Ije (^oulD cebeal it 3 . Mh 
 
 fO, Crimen Jilx- Majcibtis , tJJblCb iS ttjC pl)jaCe Of tlje €Ml- 
 
 %m , \G moje gencrall tljen treafon ■■, ano tlje olD 3llut^o?^ , 
 tobicb Ijate been ctteO muclj foUotjJ tlje CitJiU-KLattJ , tul^iclj bat^ 
 tj)is f)cp:csfioni atiD ^cDition bp tl)e CibiU^Uatu is Creafon. 
 iBut It teas rcColijeD, 1 1 K. 2. n. 14. m\t are not goberneo bp 
 tbe Cibill'^atu. 3nt) t^e Mirrour of |ufticcs , tl)e p.iintipall 
 copp tjjljcrcoE is in Bcnet = coUebge Xib.iarp in Cambridge , 
 anD tijerc ts aICo a copp in Lmcoins-innc )iib?arf> ) 0oi Brit* 
 con in bis :t5oofe , iwljo mit in tlje name of tbe feing , babe not 
 tlje tBozD Scdiiio in t^em. 3llnl) 31 affirm confiDentlp , tljat t^ere 
 cannot be {i^mm anp l^ecotb, 23oob, oj Statute, after tbc ma^ 
 lung of tlje Statute of 25 Edw. 3. in toliic^ icdicio is taben 
 as a capitall offence. 3(lnD pet tljc i^irrour of JIultices recfeons 
 up Ceterall feiuDs of Creafons , tt^icb \)t mtiocs mto Crea^ 
 fons againft t\}Z Celeftiall or ^errefttiatl ^ajettp ^ againft 
 t^e Celcaiall Sl^afeftp, as ^cljiCm, l^ereQc, j^iCcreancp, ( ano 
 acco?tiing to tins, tfje 23oob of 5 R. 2. Tryaii 54 is to be unber- 
 ftooD, UJbicfj faics , fCl)at a i^iCcrcant fi)aH forfeit l)is ItanDS , 
 betauCe it is a hino of Creafon ). 3nD alCo \]z flietoes Ditjers 
 Crcafons againft tl)C feing , as , tl)e ttcflourtng o£ tbe icings 
 eloeft 3Saugl)ter , ^c, but not a ^o;i) of ^ebition. 26ut ab- 
 mit, tljat ^fDition impo.us a greater offence tban Cumult , pjt 
 tljere is no colour to tap, tbat it is Creafon •■> fo;i, 25 Bdw. 3. 
 isaflatiSirre (ttjat 31 map uCctl)c imur-iempic pfjiaCe ) to anp 
 tljing to be treafon , iBbicl) is not; containeD in it , unlcffe it be 
 mabc treafon bp anp CpcciJiU ^llct aftcctoarbs, ano 25 Edw. 3. 
 Does not make it Creafon, Scamturd cites Gianviii, ano Brafton, 
 anD otljcc antient J3oobs , to Oicit) UJljat taas Creafon before t^e 
 Caib Statute, aub iDbat not: 3linDbcCaies, Cbatit toas a great 
 Doubt M)iit U)all bcfaiD Creafon 5 falnng tbat all agree, tbat anp 
 tl)m t'oit teubs to tbc Deatb of tbe l^ing tjjas creafon. ^iv- 0o\» 
 
 eraminc tl)eltioiD6, ■ — againit lis- t^oCe tuajDS mabe not 
 
 tlje crime moic Ijeinous, as tlje cafe is. 31 agree, tljatif tbe ttjojtbs 
 
 baD been Sedition to take away tlic lite ot the King it 
 
 tuoulD l)at)C becntreaCoU) pea, tljeberp tljougbt of treafon istreafon , 
 (tl)or.gl) none can julige tfjereof till it be pjobuceD in act) 1 9 H. ^.47 .b . bp 
 
 Newton 
 
 See Feritfme , 
 /. 115. the 
 which \va» not 
 cited • theie 
 never Sedition, 
 .Strife, or 
 M irmur is 
 heard.
 
 34 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Newton, i;j ]ac. B. R. John Owen's CaCe, tl}e tDltttno; Of 3 %tt' 
 
 m , t»I)crcbp \}t intenbeD tl)e ocatf) of t^e fettig , toas trcafcii ; 
 but it 10 not epieileD, t^at tljc raiting ot tijis fcDttion toag xuitlj 
 tucb uitctw , U3l)etcl)p tljis Uiffcrg from all i^e cafes toljitl) can 
 be put , in iwlntb tt)Cte is fuel) an intent of t^e DeatOof t^e feing. 
 ailfo ti)is, I'iaifing of fcDition againft mB , Uiall not be intenOcD 
 treafon ; foj if it IjaD been fo , tbe feing rooulD babe Co ejc^ 
 pjeft it bp tbe too?D CteaCon : foh as in Ijis gracious bifpofiti? 
 on , l)e U3ill not ej;tenD a fault beronD t^ tnagnttuiSe thereof , 
 fo i)e toiU gibe to eberp offence tlje true ano gcnuuie name. 
 
 3f tl)e IflCturn bab been, ! — agamlt Our Pirlcn — It ^b 
 
 been mo?e certain , tljat it concerneb tlje liing imniebiateip -, 
 
 t^is, map be againil anp point of l)is <5obemment. 3nb tbe 
 
 proper anb naturall fignification of tlje iwojibg , ■ — aaaii.ft us — 
 
 is as mucb as , Sligainft €)ur Buibotitp , UDm fuperintcnbencp , 
 
 againft €>uc peace, CroUJUj ano iDignitp , bol)ic^ are tbe uCuall 
 
 bjoibs in ebetp 31nDtctment of :^clonj>, Cberp bjeacb of tlje 
 
 ?3cate is agamft tbe feing. Cbe uCuall I'ieturn upon eberp otbt- 
 
 narp CHrit out of tfcis Court , is , CljJt t^e part? be befoze us b anb 
 
 contempt to tbis Courtis, Contempt againft 5iag, anbttisintbcna-' 
 
 ture of cebition to tbe l^ing. Contempts to tbe Court of ^tar- 
 
 cbambec, are Contempts againft me h anb upon tbem , Commisti' 
 
 ons of rebellion i^m ■■, anb if tt^e parties are bzougbt in upon tucb 
 
 Commisfions, petiljer are baplable unrill tfjeir conbiction. cije 
 
 i^ing ftples Ijimfclf, ih, in ssarits b anb eberp bifobebience to anp 
 
 CSiacitmap be faib , ^edition againit U'. iRouts, riots, iUopall affem- 
 
 blie0,maptDeUbeCaib anbcalleb, Sedition agan ft u^: 3nbfoK«ctJ 
 
 offences, a man fijall not be reftraineb of bis Ubertp upon an [ it 
 
 n:ay be i ^-utb a l^ctutn IS neccfl^arr , bp tobicb tte Court map be 
 
 trulp infotmtD of tbe offence, jfo? tl^e Sffiiirit of Habeas Corpu> is, 
 
 to fubmit anb receibe tXJbat tbe Court t^all ozbain- 3llnb tbis 
 
 I'leturn of tbis nature is not to be comparcD to csurits ttjljitb are 
 
 generall , anb mabe a biicf narration of tlje matter , aub are 
 
 purfueb anb c]cplaincb bp fi;bfeqiient tedarations. 3lnti pet 3 
 
 urge not . tljat tbe I'xctum ougbt to be as certain as an Jnbict- 
 
 ment b fox an ^nbitmient of ^urber is not goob , if it latft ttjetoojD 
 
 Miird'iavir. ©nt tbe lletUtUUpon an Habeas tcrpus , o.ci. inter- 
 
 fccit 1. s, upon piepenfcb malice, is goob ; fo^ tbe nature of i^t 
 tbing is cicpiefreb, alt^ougb tlje fotmall tuo?b be toanting ; but 
 out cf tbe i^etutn , tbe fubftance of tl^e offence ougbt atoaies to 
 appear , tobtrb appears not bete. But it bat!) been faib bp tlie 
 otberfibe, /^rbat,let tbecaufe intt)e meturn be as it luili, pet is it 
 not ttaterfable, 9 H. 6. 54. ano 3 confeife it- 23ut as C n. 
 lames n.irg^ cafe is , tlje l'%ct«rn ougbt to babe certaintp fo 
 tnucl) in it , tbnt, if it be ialfe , tbe parrp giicbeb map ^abe bis 
 action upon tt)e cafe. :3l!nD tlje griebance complaineo of m tlje 
 ^^ctitt'on of Eigbt is , tbat upon fuel) lUeturn no caufe ttias certi^ 
 ficb , tbnt is , no fiicb caufe upon tcbicf) anp 3;ulict!nctit mfgbt 
 be t):aU)n up^ fo;i toe nebcr unterftanb, tbattljepartp ft)allbe tcpcD 
 upon tbe Hab^ a- Coi pus , but tbat upon ti)t matter contameb 
 toiibirtit- an ^nbietment ftjali bemabe, anb l)e ft)all babe bis trp^ 
 ali upon it. 3inD pet it is clear, anb it batb been agreeb of all 
 
 bantis 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 31 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 tjfinD0,in tlje 3ttt;S«ltienfc Oft!;e gcanO Habeas corpm, Mich. 3. Car 
 
 in tljis Court , tijat if t\)t caui'e be ccrtifieD upon t^e iseturn of 
 tlje Habeas corpus, t!)at tOe Coutt map juDgc of t\)c tegalt't^ 
 of tljat caufe- i.ConODer tlje pactB of tljis llicmvn, a0 t|)ep are 
 
 fOUplCD together 3 —tor notable conccmpts by him commictcd 
 agamrt Our Sclt and Our Government, and lor Itirring ot fediti- 
 
 011 againftUs- — ^upon t\)t ttititt Eetum, ti)C i>ing loVnes CeDiti- 
 oniuirtj notable camempts, Cotljantisas mutl) asif^c |^aO faio, 
 tbat Sedition IS One Of tijc notable contempts menttoneli in tlje ficft 
 part of tlje l&eturn , fo tljat \)t mabes it biit a contempt, foj 
 tlje generality anoincertaintpof r^e l'\ctiirn, 31 refer mp Celf to tbe 
 cafes put bp ^t. Ask , anD 1 toil! not Uoaibe anp of t^em* ^rue 
 it is , if tlje I'^eturn bab been , tljat it tuas fo.t /^irreafon , be 
 baD not been bailable but bp tlje Diftretion of tlje Court , anb 
 fucb liieturn tuoulb !)al3C been 500D •■> but it is not fo of feoiti^ 
 on, Gard. 157. creaConis applpeo to apettpoSencc, tottjebzeac^ 
 of tcuft bp a (Suarbian in Socager but it is not treafon* 31uD fo 
 febition is of far IciTe nature tljen treafon, anb is oftentimes 
 taben of a trefpaffe^ it is not treafon of it felf , noiieduioseiioas 
 nebcr ufeo in an 3JnDittmeut oi treafon. 3Jt teas not treafon 
 before tbe 25 of Edw. 3. no? can it be treafon h fot 25 e. 3. is 
 a flat isarre ( as 31 babe faib befoje ) to all otber offences to 
 be treafon , totiitlj are not containeD within tl;e faio 3(i(t , ox be^ 
 clarcD bp anp Statute afterbjarbs. 3nb ttierc are offences 
 ^\)iti) are moje Ijeinous tn tbeir nature tljen feDition is , Uj^r'cl) 
 are not treafon , as 3Infurrections, 6tc, fij^icb fee in tlje Statute 
 
 II H. 7. cap. 7. 2 H. 5. cap. I?. 8H. <$. cap. 14. 5K. 2. cap, 6. 
 
 17 K. 2. cap. 8. anb bp 3 anb 4 £♦ ^- cap. 5, tl)C affemblpof 
 tfioelbe perfons to attempt tl)e alteration of ai^ %m , anb tlje 
 cwuinuancc togetber bp tbe fpace of an bour , being commanbCD 
 to return, is mabe treafon^ toi)icl) 5l!ct toas ccntimieb bp tbe Sta- 
 tute of I Mar. cap. 12. anb i Eli/, cap. \6. but nob) is cicpircb 
 bp ber ceatb , anb is not noto in fotce , ( aitbeugl) tbe tontrarp 
 be conceibcD bp fome ) bjljicl) 3! P?^P J'«^«»P be luell obferbeb. 
 :©p ti)^ Statute of 14 bH/. cap. i. rebellious tafeing of tl)e Ca- 
 tties of tbe feing is mabe treafon , if tbcp be not belibereb ^c. 
 bJljtcl) (l)ctof6 clearlp , tbat fucb taking of Caftlcs in its nature 
 teas not treafon/ 25ut tbe faio Statute is nob? eicpireb ; anb 
 alfo all Statutes , creating neU) treafons , are noto repealeb. 
 25ut 5 foz a conclufion of tbis part of mp Argument , 31 ^iH 
 cite a cafe, W)ic\), 3! tbiiiU ci:pieffe , in tljt point, oi moje (Irong 
 tljen tbe cafe in ciucftion. 3l(nD it was m. 9. e. ^. roll. 39. 
 B. R. Peter Ruir.iis Cafe ; \)Z ItJas committeb to pxifon bp tbe 
 3©cputp'3Inaice of Norcii-Waics , becaufc be ttias accufeb bp 
 one w lUiam Solyman of febitlon , anb otber tbings toutlj^ 
 mg tl)e Mw^ ; :^nb ijcceupon a Commisfion iffueb out of tlje 
 Cbancerp , to enauire , if tbe faib Peter Kufleii bebabeb bim- 
 Celfe tuell o: feoittouflp agatnft tbe i^ing, anb bp tl)e 3IntluiJ 
 fitiou it toas founb , tbat \)e bebabcb bimCcIf ftell. 31nb up* 
 on an Habeas Corpus out of tbis Court , bis bobp »3as re^ 
 mmeb , but no caufe. 25ut tbe fain 31tiquifuion tDa« biougbt 
 f;itl)cr out of Cbancerp . anb fo: tb^t no caufe of l)is caption 
 
 e 2 txjas
 
 }6 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 t»ag retumeD, i^e pia^jeu BeUlJfcp i but t^ Court tuoulD not 
 oeUtev l)(m, till it bneto tlie cauCe of ^0 Commitment: c^ece^ 
 fo?e ( tabing no regacu of t^c Caiu ^Inquifition ) t^ep nota Ceno 
 a dUtit to ttje noiaojiwfticc of ^ ales , to certifie tljc rauCc of l)ig com= 
 mitmcnt. SIlnDtljetcupon^ematjct^isiIictum, cljattljefo.iefaiD Peter 
 Ruffciitoastabcn, betauCcone William Soiyman c^argeD^uti, tbat 
 Ije ^au committee bibets Ceoitions agamtl tbe %o^n tUe M]q ■■> anlj f ojt 
 tbat cauf e l)t tt)a0 UetaineD, ano f 0? no otber, 3I!nti bccauCc tbe IReturn 
 mentions not bibat feoition in Cpeciall, be v)Das ba^^ltn , but notbiCcbar^ 
 gcb.3nDlIbefiretbe bailment of tbepjiConetonelp, anb not bis beu^ 
 becance. 31 beflce tbattl)c taCe be UJellobCetbeb. 31" tbe faibcaCe, tbcre 
 ttjasanartuaU Cebitton againfttljeiting; bere is onelp a flirting up of 
 CeDitton. Cbe ^m of tbe Caib ^dftjarb are, vidctur curix , twbicb are 
 tbe fo)emn Doo^bs of a 3IuDgment, giben upon great beltberation. 
 
 fC^ereittOaS, tor other things concerning Us Ci^tSiSall 
 
 one as if it bab Caio, for other things agaiiift Us- • Concer- 
 ning tl^e jfeing, ano, 3gaiHfl tbe Jiving, are aU one, as appears bp 
 
 25 E. 3.c,4.deClero,Stamf. 124. Weftm. i«c. 15. Braxton, f. 11 $>. 
 
 14 Eiiz. c. 2. 3(lnb tbe ttio^bs of tbe 3fubgment in tbe fain caCe , toere 
 
 not, dimlctuui- bUt, idcodimittcndus tubicbirt^' 
 
 pip tbe rigbt of tbe partp to be bapleo* Cbe Caiu taCe in Come tbings 
 teas ttioje particular tben our cafe, anb moje ftrong 5 foj, t^cre toas an 
 3ltcu(er to boot, tobicb Daants in our caCe« Cbere, true it is, tbat be mas 
 committeb bp tbe 3Iuflice of Wales, anb ^ere bp tbe &ing bimCelf ^ but 
 tbis mabes no Difference, as to t\)is Court : fo?,be tlje commitment bp tbe 
 &ingbimfelf, ojbpanpotber, if itbenotupon ma cauCe, tbepartp 
 map be bapIeD in tbis Court. 3nb fojt tbe ^ntiuifition , tobfcb is 
 mentioncbjitfioasno/crpaU tntbecaCCi no,i bib tDe Court gibe anpre-- 
 garb tbereto. Co betam tbe pjiConer bp tbe commanb of tbe &mg flng- 
 jlp, isagainft tbe i^etition of iRigbt, butitbeing couplcDftJitb tbe 
 cauf e , tbe cauCe is to be conObereb , anb tbe trutb of t'^t cauf e is to be 
 intenbeb, as toell tcbcre it is mcntioneb , to be bp an inf eriour 31ubge , 
 as bJbere bp tbe l^ing bimCelf, f 0? it is traberCaWe neitber in tbe one no? 
 otber. :^nb 22 h. 8. roil. 37. B. R. anb i H. 8. roll. 8. Harrifons cafe 
 reColb'b,tbat a man committeb bp tbe commanb of tbefcing,is baplable. 
 3(lnb 33 Eiiz. ttbjasreColbebbpaUtbe31"fttcesof England, t»btcb3i 
 babe birtoeb in tbief 3!uflice Anderfons 2500b, unDcr bis oton banb, anb 
 it tuas p^obuceD in )^arUament , Ci)at all men committeb bp t])i )3?ibp 
 Councill arc bapiable, if tbe commitment be not tot, bigb treaCon. 31n all 
 caCes of commumcnt, an actuCer is unbecftoob. ^uppofe tbat tt)e accu- 
 Cation mentioneo in Ruflei s cafe of feoitton , bab been an accufation of 
 treaCon, tbcn tbe 3Iubgesougbt not to babe bapleD tim of rigbt, anb no 
 man twill f ap, but tbat i^t Caib accufation toas a goob caufc to commit 
 bim. 23ut tbe biCcoberp of tbe offence ougbt to be aftertoacb in an 3|n' 
 bictment. 
 
 jFourtblp, 3Ifo'"etotbe obicttions tobitb babe been mabeon tbe 
 contrarp, 
 
 liuitbjasobietfcb, Cbattbisttaasacafeof great conCeauence. 31 
 confeffc It, but tbis conCeauence is not to tbe Mig; foi if it be trulp trea^ 
 Coil, tbcn tbej' migbt babe returneb CreaCon,nnti tben tbe partp leas not 
 to be bapleD of rigbt, till tljcre fljoulD be a f atlec of ptof cctition^ as toas 
 latelp in vie 1 . i n . ciCe , tobo t»as baileb f oj lacli of p20fecution, tbe lle^ 
 turn being fot bigb treaCon. aiy . 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 37 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I 2iy . 3|t ms oblcrteD, t^at tljece can be no contjictioti, as tfjis cafe is 
 tbecefoietljcteougbtto be cocccibe potter to rcCcatnt^epzifonec. m^is 
 10 fttangeneujes to me, (bat tbei:e(§all be anp offence , fot tobicb a man 
 cannot be conbict. 2l!nb if tbere can be no conbirtion, it bcnce f oUobJcs, 
 tOat tbece is no offence , anti if t^ece be no offence , ttiere oitg^t bp con- 
 f equente to be no inipjiConmeni. 
 
 3iy.Cl)e caCe of 14 H.7.8. bat^ been obierteb, tbat a Eunice of 
 jaeace map commit KiotcrSjtoitboutbai)!. 3 tonfelTe it, foi tl;is is bp 
 fotee of a Statute tobicb o?Dains it. 
 
 4iy.3Itb;^tbbeenobie£tei),Cbatifa!joufebeonfire, ttis laMuUto 
 pnll Dobju tl^e neigbbours ^ouCeJoj tljc pjcbention of futtbej; miCcbief i 
 anotbe cafes of 22 afl. anb 22 £,4. tbat ebecpman map mftifie tbe 
 coercion of a mau-man. 31, anf aec, Cbat tbefe cafes are true , fo,i of ne- 
 cesfitp, anb no otbcr ebafion : but becc, bapl is pzof fereu, tobicb is boDp 
 fot boDp, fire is ftiJift,anD cannot be punifl)eD , ann no caution tan be 
 obtaineD tbereof. 25ttt cbfecbe t^e true inference anb coitfequence of 
 tbis3((rgument , 3If mpljoiifebeonfire, mpneigbbeurs boutcmuftbe 
 pulleo bobjn; ^r Scidcn is febitiows, ergo, ^c. Hcrbcrc bis neigljbour 
 muftbeimpjifoneb. 
 
 5 ly. 3ft batb been obiecfeb out of Br« Trcafon, 24. i Mar. cbat tbe 
 faiD Statute of 25 E- 3 -tBtafeen largely, anb tbattbc Detaining of a 
 dDaSle ojt f oitceffe is treafon. (^0 tDisJ ancuier, (Cbat tbe bare betai- 
 inng of a Callle rs not treafon , unleffe it be toitlj intention of tbebeatb 
 of t^t^ns b hut tbe tafeing of a Caftle is treafon. 3nb tOe cafe t^ere 
 meant bp Brook is Conaabies cafe, Dy . 1 2 8. sHuD 31 confeilc, 1 3 Eliz, 
 Dy. 2j>8.5Doctojt Story's cafe, tbat coufpitacp to itibabe tbe feingbom , 
 is treafon ■■> toi t^is cannot be taitbout great banger of tbe beatb of tbe 
 
 iling j fOl, arma tcnenti. Omnia dac qui julta ncgat anb all 
 
 tbofelntiiftmentBtbcre, tbat tbepintenbeb tbe beatb of tl)el^ing, but 
 no fucb intention is eppielTeo b^ce. 
 
 6iy. 3lt batb been obtecteb , rCbat tbi0 cafe is out of tbe petition of 
 IRigbt, becauCe in tbis li^ctnrn tberc is a c auie ii)ebjeb, But tbe gcie^ 
 banre tobemtpon tbe ]^etition ofiiligbtbjasfcamvb, luas, tnbereno 
 caufe teas returneb. 31ti0tnje, tbat ibcgriebance goes no fuctbeCjUut 
 tobere no caufe tbas retumeb, foi, tbat bias tbe gciebance at tbat time. 
 I5ut tbe too.ibs of tbe ^^etition of iKigbt arc furtber, — uithouc being 
 
 charged with any tiling, to wnicii uicy inignt make anfvvcr by the 
 
 Law-- tDbicb implies, tbat fucb caufe ougbt to be containeb in tbe live- 
 turn, tDf)itb being put into an 3InDittment, tbeparipmapl^abcbisan^ 
 Ctwertbereto. 
 
 7lv,3)ttDasobjCrteb, tbat tbe iReturn fball not beconftcucb anb or- 
 IJoimbeb bp fractions. 31 anCbJer,CbatbJp neeb not mm fucb an erpo^ 
 fition^fojttbe topnticonftrucf ion tbereof makes mojefoi us, tben tbefe- 
 t)erall, as is fljetoeb bcfoic. 
 
 8iy . cbat a geuGcaU i'leturn is fufficicnt,anb it necb not babe tearms 
 of 3rt in it , as an 3Inbirtment ougbt to babe, fot anftoer, 31 conf effc 
 it i but 31 af!Tcm,a6 abobe, tbat aiiutucn ougbt to be fo particular, 
 tbat tbe n.utice of tbe offmcc ougbt to appear out of it: Itnbitis notto 
 becomparcbtogenecaU GUtits, as, ApoUata capiendo, i loa exami- 
 nando, Lcproio amovendo, anbtbclihe: foi tbofc l^iitB are gooD 
 enouci;b , bccat^Cc tbfp contain tbe bcrp matter. 3nb altbougb it batb 
 been f aio, tbat tljecc ar« tbjo (unbs of )Lcpers , pet 3i ncbec bcacD but of 
 
 ' one.
 
 38 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 one. 3llnutlje2!2ilrir, aeHxretkocomburendo, isgenciaU, anDgooDJ 
 becAuCe it ts but a ciaattt of€j;MUtion uponaJuDgment.Qibcnbpttc 
 ^pittuall power. 25iit bccauic tijcp migljt not mcDDlc toit^ t^e Wood 
 of anp man,tl)e e>;ecution is b}? tlje ^cculat pottio:. | 
 
 ply. 31t Datl) been obiccteo out of 30 art, p. 19. ttjat tl)e l^ing tuoulb | 
 babe one matJJn anDljangeb, fo? btmging in into England t$e23uls 
 of tl)e ^opc 23ut t^e iSoofe ant tocre it Celf, f o: Ije t»as not Dja)»n anb | 
 
 ^angeb. 
 
 loiy.ctie Statute of Weftm, I. cap. 15. tbas obKcteb. 2Sut as 
 oft as t!)at Statute is obierteo, J will altoaie crp out , The Petition 
 
 ot RiiilUjClic Petition ot Riglu / astljelaing of France trpcD OUt UOs 
 
 tiding but France, France! tojett all t^efetjecall dominions of tl)e i^ing 
 of Spain iuete obfecreb to bim. 
 
 1 1 ly . 3 cucioue Diftinaion Ijatl) been tafcen bp ^erjeant Davcnporr, 
 between ftirtmg iofcDition, auDftiningvipicbition^ fozt^cfitftim? 
 plies an inclination onelp to bo it , t\)t Ccconb implies an aa Done. 
 :>3ut t^is is too nice, fot if a man (lit: up (ebition, 0^ to Cebition , if it be 
 ttjitl) intention of tlje beat^ of t^e l^ing , t^e one auD ttje etljcr is 
 treaCon. 
 
 1 2 ly. cije opinion of Fortcfcuc in 3 1 h. ^. 1 o. b. Ijatljbcen obierteD, 
 Cl)at f 01 an offence Done to tbe Court , a man map be committeb befoje 
 tonbittion, Cotljis 3! anftuet, iit. Cljatt^e25ooUi:oc8 not Cav , 
 mm l)C fl)au be committeb toit^out ba^l. 2iy. Clje offence being 
 bone w fate of t^e Court , t^e berp bieftj of tlje Court 10 a conbictionin 
 
 %m. 
 
 ijlv.CljCrCtOaSObtectCbtlje 740fE. 5.23. ^it Thomas Fitchet'g 
 
 cafe , iBljo, foj going armcb in tl)e ^^nlate, toas committeb bp tbis 
 Court, bjitfjonr bapi oj mainpjije 5 bol)itl) f eems to be ttje (Irongeft anb 
 baroea cafe tbat Ijatl) been objccteb, 23ut tlje anf u>er to it is clear, anb 
 unbeniable , foztbe Statute of 2 E. 3. c 3. is , (El)atiE any one come 
 armcD befoze tOe ^luSices , Ije (^all forfeit l^is ^itmour, anb fljall be im^ 
 pziConeD During tljej^ingspleaCurei Cot^atbpt^eewJ^eirepurbietbof 
 t^e Statute , fuel) a man is not baplable, ^0 mp conclufion remains 
 firm , notbntl)ftani3ing anp of t^ofe obiections, Ctiat tlie p:ifoner ^ere 
 being committeb befoze conviction of am? offence, fit being not posfible 
 to unberftanD tOis offence treafon; is bailable. :Hlnb tW \)t is baplable 
 ^erc, 31 ttJill offer ttoo otl)cr reaf ons : i ft. Clje Return Ijere is f oi f ebi* 
 tion-, anb t^ctj is an mfoimation in tl)e ^tar cl)amber againtt ttiej^^i^ 
 If oner, fo? feDitious piacttCes agamll tbcisinganb bis Cpobernment. 
 JltDiil not affirm, tbattljep are tbe fame offence, but tfjere is fome 
 piobabilitr tbat tlje^ are tl)e f elf-fame:, anb if tW be tbe fame offence , 
 t&ent^efebirionbere inteuDeb is not treafon, anbfotbcpani'is bapl? 
 able. 2iv. C()i6 j^jiConer teas reabp at tl)is 23ar tljC latt Cerm, anb 
 bere toasa cgranD-Iurp at :i5ar tlje laft mmx, anb l)ete tons 
 tbe iiings CouiifcU pieient , boljo are moff baatcljfuU foi ti)e 
 liiiing^ anDpetan^ni^utment teas not pzcfeireb to ttemagainlitl^is 
 ^Zifoner. CHljicl) tilings inbuce me to be of opinion , tl)at tl)e offence 
 bcrc mentioneii in tljisi^eturn is not treafon, oz Co great as ispjeten^ 
 Dco on rl;.c ot^er ODc. 31 toiU rcaiembcr one cafe toOicl) pcrtjaps map 
 beobjcact) , ( anb per J tlnnU tl;cp bull not object it ) anb fo comlube , 
 II F. a. ^irliviment laoll 14. in tbe pzinteb Statute, c. ?. anD 5. 
 toljere it appears , tl)at tibcrs qucHions ibcre pzopcunDeb b» tlie 5»ing 
 
 to 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 59 
 
 to i relllia n atlD Bealknap, t^ tlDO Cl)iCf 31uftue0 , atlD tO t\]t CtllCT Ju 
 
 ftices: one of U)l)icl) quellioas toas , i^ouj riie^' are ro be pimui)er! *joijo 
 rcfifteo tlje feuig in cpetcifing l^is copaii potoe r, ^e zm t^e anttwcr of 
 ti)t 3I«i)ses luag , una vote ,tl)at tl^ep arc to be punil^cD ag trnirozg ^ 
 anu 2 1 K. 2, c. 21, tbis opinion toasronftrinco. 23ut aftertoarDs in 
 I H.4,c.3.anD4 anbi H.4,intije^arliament'l!%oU, numb. 66, 6; 
 t^e 3uogc0 lucre quettioneD foubeit opinion, in jBarliament, c^ 
 anCtuereti, ^Ijat tljep lucce tb Jfatneo ano cnfoiceo to gibe t^ig opinion, 
 anb tljat ttje^ tncre m trutl) of rljc contrary opinion, 31nD Bca i kiap CaiD, 
 Cbatlje acciuaintcD anDp?oteftcb to tljeCariof Kc.icafo:el)anD,tbat 
 ^16 opinion iXias alluaicsto rye contrarp. 23uttl)e|9arUan?ent toas 
 not content "mitl) rtjcf c cicciiCcs , but rtjcp toere all aDiuDgeo Craitois ; 
 anD irdliiaii'scnDisbnottintoaU, ano BcaJknaptoa0banifl)eDs fo? 
 \9is milt tn 2 H. 4. btougbt a mtit , tBitbout naming ljecl;uBbanD, 
 berauCctie toas banif^eo. 3IlnDtljetaiD Statute ot^i K. 2. toag te* 
 peaiCL), ciKtcfow upon t^ctDijole matter 3j concluoc, tljat t^eidiiConec 
 ougbttobebapIcD. 
 
 ^ntbe Came Dap, ^ir Miles Hubban, anb Benjamin Valentine, 
 
 ano Dcniiii Hoiii^cJCquiceg, toereatasac, uponan Habeas corpus Di- 
 tecteb totbe Cebctall i^uCons -, anDtbcirdoumcllDJis reabp at the 
 25ac to babe argueD tDe caCe f 0? tijcm alCo : 25ut becaule tbc Came I'ie- 
 turn inas maoe as abobc, ttjep CaiD , ^Ijat all of tbcm UJoulD telf upon 
 t^is airgumcnt maoc bp ^c. Luticcon, 
 
 CtecaCeof tbcgrano Habeas corpus foi ^^c.Scicicnanti otbers , 
 tDasnotoar(iuetibpHLach,tl)C iiings 3ttiirnep *E>fneraH, cbattljts 
 I'ieturn twas goob , anO tt^at ttje parties owgi^t not to be bapleD : ainb 
 tbattoirbinttjcticturn tbcre appears gooD cauCcoftbeircomnutment, 
 ano of tbeit bctaining aKo, Cbe cafe is great in eicpcaation anbcon^ 
 Cequence: anb toncernstljcabcrrpoi rbe^ubicct onttjc one part, ftiljcre- 
 of tbe 3[lrgumcntispl'iuflblei anbor. tbc otber part it concerns tl^e 
 i:afetpanDiobernignti>oftl)CjUing,H)J;itbisa thim of great mi%\]t. 
 (^^t conflbcration of botbpertames to you tipe Juws , Miitlmt fltglr- 
 ting t\)t one, or too nuicb debating tbe otber. cbe lietutn, tobid) noii) 
 is befoie rou> is entice b but 33 ttJiU firS confiDc'r it as DibiocD in parts. 
 jFirfl , /Cbefirftcsaarrant, teSjitbis ttjatof t!;e Uoios of tlje js^ibp 
 CounctU,is gencrdll, tb^t it tuas bptbc comuianD of tbe XLotb tbei^nig: 
 anntbisin fotmer times ivas beiD atjen^gcBD liefurn , tu^en Due re^ 
 Cpect anD rebrccnce iDasgibcntodBcVcmmeni •, but,Tinipoia nintan. 
 tur, 3((nbtbi8 I'ieturnisno baap WeaUcneD bp anp latter opinion ■■, foi 
 nottoitbftanDingtbattbe firft commitment of a man map be general!: 
 foi if upon tl)e l'%eturn, tbc true cauf e (l)oulD be rcbcaici) to tlie cKaoler , 
 bp tl)(s me^ns, faults fl)oulL) bepubUfljcDano bibulgeo bcfoietbeir 
 puniSjmcnt , anb f tbe complices of tbe fact will cf cape => anb it is not 
 fittbattbe ©aolcc, U)l)icbisbiitamimaeriall<Dfficer, fl|oulD be ac= 
 quamtcb toitb tbe Cccrcts of tlie cauf e. 'Bnt tcben t'ue cauCe is rcturneb 
 in Court, mozc ccrtaintp is requn'itc , foi tben (as u baib been obictteb; 
 Cometbing oiigbttobcej;p?cneb totobicb tbepartpmapanClocr, anb 
 upon tobitb tbe Court map grounb tbcir IJubgn'.mt. 3iinb to tbis pur* 
 poCe, it b-itb been mucb infifteD upon tbe petition of I'iigbt^ but tbe 
 Hato is nnt altcret) bp it, but remains as it ivasbcfoJC. 3inD tbis twifl 
 appear upon t^e bic\tj of alltlje parts of tbe i^etition, ii^ m^t occafion 
 
 of! 
 
 S\r Rob.Heath, 
 die Kin£;s At- 
 tiirney Genc- 
 rall, his Argu- 
 ment ngaiaft 
 Mr. Seliten.
 
 40 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 c 
 
 of tlje i^ctition, anu t\]t gtieijance (s (^ctoCD in t\)ttt tooiBs jDivcrs of i 
 
 your Subjects have been ot latcimpriioncxl, witiiouc any caulc llicvvcd- 
 
 &c. I5ut in tl^is mctum ttjete is a taute ^twt> . totoljicljt^epartieg j 
 map antuier. COenfcronmp, tl)epiapctoftl)e pttitm is, Cliatno 
 free^man, in anp Cuc^ mannet as befoxeis mcntioneu, be impufoneu 
 0} bctaincDj ttiat is, furb mannn of impiifonmcut,tbe groiuiD tDl;eteof 
 tiotl) not appear. Cben t^e antt»ec of tlje feing to tljc ?Df tinon iXas 
 in CunDjp ItJoiDs , » Jun. lets. in t!)eCe tuoiDs, ii.c King 
 
 willcth, that right be cionc according to the Lawcs and Cu-| 
 
 ftomcs of tiic Realm, 3,:c. m\)k^ aritftiei; gabc uot fatisfaction, 
 3l!nD aftettoatus Ijis anClcocc Was in a parliamentacp pl)Wte , 
 
 Soit droit fait come cil defirc.BUt aftertUarllS On tl)e 2 60f June, i ^28. 
 
 ttje femg eicpieffeo l)is intention anb meaning in t!)C fatb 3n-- 
 COJcr, 3|t mufl neeos be tisntcibcb , t^at 31 l)abc gcanteb 
 tw nett) , but onelp confirmeb ttje anticnt liberties of ^pv ^ub' ' 
 jetfSj^e, 3 petition in J3»arliament is not a}iab), yetitisto^tbeljO' ^ 
 mm anb bignitp of tbe liing , to obCecbe anb feecp it fait^fwlip b but it j 
 is tbe Dutp of tbe people not to ftcetcb it, bcponb tije \Xiom 'inb intention 
 of tbeliing. 3lnb nootljct conftrurtion can be maDe of tl;e petition, 
 t^eo to tabc it as a Confimtation of tbe antient liberties anb rights of 
 tbe Subjects, ^o tbat noUJ tbe caCe remains m tbc fame quaiitp anb 
 begree, as it was before tbe p)etition. Ct)cref o?c bje toiii noto tonfiber, i 
 l)otDt^eilat)j t»as taben befote tbc|3etition, anbfoi tlje bifcusftng 
 thereof, bje lotn examine tbe feconb part of the return, anb m it 
 f iflo ti)ings , i U- if tlje l!\eturn, as it is noto mabe, fl)aU be intetiDf b fot 
 true : 2, aomit tbat it is true, if t^ere be anp offence containcD u;itl)in 
 it, iD^irt) is geob to betain tl^ |^?iConers. foi tbe ficll , 31t is clear , 
 t^at tlje cauCe fljaU be intcnbeb true to^icb is retumeo , tljouglj in trutl) 
 (tbefaUes anb foarc 9 H.6.44-. anbF.Corpuscumcaufa, 2, anb 
 C ii.BaggscaCe. 2iy.31tCeems, tljatttere isfutUacrimecontaincb 
 intt)is!Retum,t))l^ic^i6agoobcauCefo^ betainingtb^ pxiConets. Jt 
 IS true, tljatit tjoas confiDentlp urgeb inl^arliament , in tcnio Caron , 
 tl^at general! il^eturns , tljat toere committeb bv tbe commanb of 
 t^e ^oib tbe feing, are not goob , anb tljat tl)ofc Arguments remain as 
 Monuments on recoJb, in tlje tapper i^oufe of ^^arliamcnt ■■> but 3J Icili 
 not abmit tbem fo: Uato. }3ut 31 bill remember tbbat teas tbe 
 opinion of foimer times , 22 h. 6. 5 2. bj> Newton , a man committeb 
 bV tbf commanb of tbe ^ing, is not replebif able. Slinb tl)c opinion can^ 
 notbeimenbebofai'ieplebin mabe bp tbe ^Ijeriff, becaufe tl)ep?inctj 
 pall eafetbereisuponaif%eturnin tbisCourt. 3:; H. 6. 28. Poynna s 
 caCe,Bol)cre tbeiRerurntoas, Cbatlje loas committeb bp tbe 'Xoibs 
 of tlje Councill, anb it teas abmitteb goob. lit is true, tb^t tljis optino n 
 isgrounbebuponVNeitm. i.cap. 15. but llcill not infia upon u. :j3ut 
 tbeconftant opinion batlj altomcs been, tjat a man committeDbp tbe 
 commanbof tbe iAing,isnotba}inble. ilnv H. 6. 44. itisfaib , d)at 
 if one be taben upon tbe lyings fuit , tlje Couit U-ill not grant a Siper- 
 fcdeaf.cbe contrary opinion isgrcuubeb upon Ma^ia Cnarta , tuljt'cb 
 ]isa generallUattJ, anb Uteralip b.itb nofenfetofliRtpurpofe^ anb it 
 .iscontrarpto tbeuCuallpiactifein cruninaii raufes , inU!l)icl) tl)eim< 
 ! piiConmcnt IS alttjaieslabjfulluntill tbetrrall, altboir^.ljitbemaLiebj) 
 'ajuflife ofiSeaiC, ox Comftabie. 3[inD tljat a m;in co'.nnntteb bp tbe 
 Itomirtanboftbe liing , oz jajibp Councill , is not bailable, be citeD; 
 
 i I Jac. 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I 41 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 .1 Jacobij^iC John Brockcc'S cafe* 8Jac. ^{t Thomas Ccfar"0 cafe, 
 i2.Jac. jamcs Demctrius'g cate. 43 Eliz. William Kinch'0 cafe, 
 3!nD in t^e cafe M. 36 EUz. anU 4 anO 5 Eli?, Richard 1 himelby'g 
 
 cafe. 3lnD faiD, tljat t^ete are innumerable prcDOents to tbis purpofe. 
 M. 2ianD2 2Eiiz. upon tljcretuniot an Habeas corpus it appears, 
 tljat Michael PagcUjae co!timitteD bp ttje commanoof tfce M^Dtlje 
 i^ing^butDoasnotDelitjeceDi anU after toas arraigneD intDtB Court, 
 ano lod IjisbanD. 3lnD at tlje f amctime , Stubbs tDcis conimittcD bp tl^e 
 commanD of ttie Xo?D tl;e lung , tot f cDitioug toojDs nnn rumo is , anD 
 (jeloftl)it:^tjanD alCo upon tlje lame ttpall- M. 17 anD iS.EUz, ^iipn 
 Habeas corpus fo? |ohn Loan, itioafiretunieb, ctjat b^ OJa0 commit^ 
 teDfo? Dibulgmg flinDzpfeDitiousiu^itings, anD it uias remanDeo, 
 3nD 7 H, 7, roh, 6, iiug"; cafc 3 T.nD roll. 13. Chafe's tafe , fiobere tbe 
 Return toas , tbattbepiJoerecOinmitteu bptbe commanD of tbe %om 
 tbej[^ing,ant)tbeptoere not oeUbereD ■■, antitbistoas alfo tbe opinion 
 in tbis Court, M. 3 . Car. 3(InD after tbe f ato time tbe )Lato is not alte re d, 
 anofo^lbope neitbec are pour opinions. :©utto conODer tbeparttcu^ 
 larcaufementioneDintlieiiletum, 3ItaUlnotrelp upon tbe gift part 
 of tbe ttio^Ds, altbougbtbe? be of great toeigbt, but onelp upon tiie 
 
 ladtUOiDS, ■~ - tor itiri ing up ot Icdition againltUs 25Ut it 
 
 batb been objecteD, tbat Sedition is not a tooib bnoton in tbe %M : 
 23ut3fmarbeH, tbat tl)t Qgnification of tb^ xcotoisnot mioerdooti , 
 
 tobcn it is fopncD ttiitb tbe toojUs againit u tbis 
 
 ougbttobeunDerttooD, ^eDition'againatbc&ing, inbispoUticUra^ 
 pacitp. [icdicion] b^tb fuuDjp acceptations, accoiDfng to tbe 
 fubiect bantleo, as it appears c.4. ]lo?D Cromweis cafe, tBbicb 
 batb been citcD. 3If it be fpofeen of a man, tbat be is feDitious : if it be 
 of a companp in London , iti^all beuuDenloci) feoition in tbe Com* 
 panpi If itbefpohen ofa^oulDier, U n)aU be taben fo;t mutinous. 
 ^r. Littleton , ttiboargueDtbtstafeberp tDtU, faiD.cbat laciius 
 ufetb tbis t»o?l) , anD it is true 5 anD l,e Caics , Cbat tberc are ttoo I 
 manners of ^eDitionSjScditio armata, & to^ata 3 ano tbe IciQ is moze \ 
 Dangerous tben tbe fonnrr. But couple it witb tbe fUbfcciuent j 
 tjjojDsbeffj [againitus] tbc interpretation anDfenCc tbereof is eafie,| 
 Si loquendum ut vulgus. cij^r. Littleton CbeVocs tbe attcptation i 
 of tbts tDOiD m Dibets places of Scripture , anD J Ml not rejea 
 tbcm, foitbepmabefo.ime: 20 Numb. 3 tbe'iLatine is, — -jiopuii 
 
 verfi funt inicditioncm^ SttDitiS C?ngll(l)CD ^ murnuiing 
 
 but clcarlp it liJflasbigb treafon againft tbeir aobernour , anD (3oD 
 
 bimCelfe. 26 Nunib- 9. in fcditionc Corah it iS mauifcft , tbat 
 
 tbatbjas a great Jnfurrection. 1 2 Judg. 1. lae'ia dt ergo icditio in 
 
 Ephraim, ThcHphramitesrofeagainlt Jcphta 5 auD b^at t\}t fame 
 
 timetoas tbeir HuDge anD ©obernour, fo it tBas tbe beigbtb of 
 jlnfurrcction. ^^ is true, tbat in 15 Aa. 2- Faaa ci\ fcditio j ano in 
 fome Cranftattons it is, Orta eft rcpugnamia non parva, fo;t it map be 
 tal\enin feterallfenfes. 19 Afts 40, tbe Cottin-Clcrb tbcrc l^ncto 
 not bototo anftoer foi this daics fcdition, 0,1 inCurreitlonj nnD no Doubt 
 betDasingrcatperilljfoMttoasagreatinfurrectioni anD^toilb tbe 
 greater ones were as circumCpect as beluas. 24 Ad. 5. Tcr- 
 tuUus accided Paul ot (edition, anD Doubtledc itluas conccibeD 
 a great offence , if pou confiDcr tbe time anD otbcr citcumftances , 
 fo? tbcp \X)Cte l^eatbens anD Romans, 3(lnD altbougb be in be* 
 
 f rp
 
 42- 
 
 AJt^PENDIX. 
 
 tptrutl) taught tI?e6oCpeUof 05oD , pet^etoas taben foj a peftilcnt 
 feUonj, anU ag apetCoatec toC^afee off <i5ot)etnmcnt. Bradton hb. 3. dt 
 Corona, c. 2. taucfes ^eoitioti amongft t^e crimes laix Majcitatis. 
 TSutit^at^beenobjecteDjt^atifitbca capitall offence, itougljt to be 
 felonp ojtwaton. Co t^is J tap, Ctat it cannot be frionp, but umap 
 be tceaCon, foi anp t^ing t^at appears. Jt is tnie, ibat bp t!)e ftatatc of 
 25 E. s.trcafonsareUeclareD, anb notbmg^aHbe laitj tteaCon,Uj|^cbl 
 isnottompiifeD toittjintl^e faio Statute , imleffe it be Dedareo Co 
 bp 3l(t oe jj^arliamenn 28ut upon inmctmcnt of treaton, fuc^CeDi- 
 tionast^is map be giben in ebibence, antipetliays tDiUp^obetrea^ 
 Con. Kinbt^eifleturnisnot, djattjefioas Cebitteus, totiic^ (Vetoes 
 onelp an imlinationi biitttjat Ijc flirreo up Celition, tobicb map be 
 treaion, if t^t ebioente toil! bear it. 3!n Dibers 3(!cts of parliament, 
 notice is tafeen of tt)is toojb [ Scditio ] anDit is altoaies coupleo toit^ 
 JnCutrection o? Rebellion, as appears bp t^e Statutes of s K. 2 . c. 6. 
 
 17 R. 2.C. 8. 2 H. 5.C.1?. 8 H. 6.C. 14. 3 &4. E. 6«c. 5. 2 R, 2.c. 5. 
 I anb 2 Pl^il- & Mar« c. 2. i Eliz. c. 7. ijEliz. c, 2« 23 Eliz. 
 
 27 Eliz. c. 2. anb 35 Eliz. c. I, all \xA)it\) tuere ctteb 
 
 C. 2. 
 
 B 
 
 befoxe, anbtljeppjotje, t^at [Scdidon] is a tooib UjeU bnotrm m 
 tl)eliato, anb of Dangerous conCequence , anb tDM tannot be 
 eicpounbeb ingoobCenfe. aailbecefo^etbe nature of tt)e offence, 3! ieabe 
 tttot^e Court. Cutout oft^eCe Statutes it appears, tl)at tbere is 
 a narrow Difference betbaeen it anb treafon, if tl)ere be anp at all. 
 
 3 ly . 3» to t^e £Db)ections to^ict) ^abe been maoe, J M\ gibe a (]^o?t 
 anCtoertottem. 
 
 i.31tb)agobie(teb,d)at eberp impjiConment is cither fo: cuftobp 
 0^ puniC^ment , tbe lad is altoaies after tl)e luDgmcut gibcn f 6t tl?e of- 
 fence^ anb if it be but fo^ cuftobr, tl^e partp upon tenber of Cufff^ 
 tient mainpernojs is baplable. 3 tonfeffe, tljat tftts Difference i& true, 
 but not inallreCpects ■■> foji^i Denp , tbat a man is alooaies baplable, 
 UJben imp?iConment is impoCeD upon fcim f o.t cuOobp : ^o^ , impjii'on^ 
 mentisfo? ttoo intents, t^e one is, t^att^e partp uiljicb^aD offenbeD 
 i^oulD not aboib tt^e mbgment of )iabo •■> ttie f econb is, tbat Oe Q)aU not 
 Do darm in tb^ interim During l)is trpall -■> anb t\it%m is carefuU in 
 tijis point, ffiut it l^ati^ been faib, C^at aitljougl? t^e partp be bapleb , 
 pet l^e is impjiConeb. 3 Denp tbat, fo? Co is i h . 4. 6. Jf tbcpartp come 
 not at tbe Dap, t^e 23apl C^all be imp^iConeb => butpet tlje 25apl Ojall not 
 f uf fer t^e Came punidjment tb^icl^ ougbt to l;abe been inQicteb upon tbe 
 partp^ as{fittBerefojttreaCon,tl^25aplf^allnot anCajerfo?tl;e fault, 
 but onelp f 01 tbe bobp. ^erfeam Berkley bib Voell call a febitious 
 manan ^IncenDiarp to rtje dSobernment j anD, as commune mccndium, 
 is to be reftraineD of tis libertp, SnD l^eput 22 e. 4, anb 22. aff. 56. 
 tftat a mab'man map be reftramcb, to p^ebent tl^e ^t Ije tooulb otljer- 
 toif e Do bimrtif ano otljets, 3K Cebitious man is as a mab-man in t^e 
 publicfe ^tate of tbe Common \)oealtt) , anbtberefoie ougljtto bere^ 
 ftraineb, 3llnD it appears bp tl)e siaarit, dc Lcproio amovcndc,tbat a Xe- 
 per is to be remobeb, anb in a manner imp^tfoneb, fojt t^ contagion 
 of tbe DiCcsresanD tl)is is f 0? tbc f af eparD of others, led ^is lepjoCp in^ 
 fett otbcrs. ^Dc application is eafie 3l!nD bp tbe Statute of 1 Jac.c. 35, 
 is rcftraincD to l^crp tDiUjin boats; rs if ^e go ab.ioab, anp man may m- 
 Oifie tbe billing of t)im.C^e infection of Cebition is as bangcrous,as anp 
 of tbete btCeaCes , tljerefo?e it is not Cafe to let Cebitious men to bapi, ai 
 
 at
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 43 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 F 
 
 at Ubn:tptp,6t m Dangctous caCe0,ttJcUJiieft toap is, to mafec all Cafe, Jn 
 all caCcs oC t^is natuce, muc^ is left to t\)t DtCcrction of t^e Court. fClje 
 cafe of M.^; H. 3. roll. 59. RuiTcii ^atfc) been obfecteD, to be intlje 
 point 5 Jbabetictoeo tl)cUecoiDof tljatcafe, anoaltljoiig^itbebet' 
 ballp, pet It is not materially to t\)is piitpofc =, foi tlje commitment teas 
 bpa^ufliceof Norcn vvaics , upon tlje actiifation of anaccuCecj ano 
 it teas iJJitl)in a f^oit time after t^ Statute of 5 E. 3 . bp tobicti it Ujas 
 ojitjaineD, Cljatnoneajoulobeimp^ifoneo upontfoaccufation of one 
 accuCec: 23utl)ece tbc Detainment is bptljeJaingbimfelf, fo.i ftitring 
 up of fcDition, ainO tberc ti;c l^eturntoas, ^Ijat Ije Xms attufeD of ^c* 
 Ditions anDtWnDcccnties, UJlierctbc latter luoJiiDottiqualifie tl^e foj* 
 mer. 3KnD tliccc luucD afflilm of gooD bcOabiouc , (astljeufeUjas) 
 to enauice of t^e tcutb of t^e offence ^ ano it tuas founD, t^at tbere t»as 
 no fuel) offence: anDtl)cniipontl)e Came Betucn again l)etoa6 fetat 
 libertp : fo tbat ttje caie ttjcte ixias fpeciall , anD tOe manner of p^otee^ 
 Dings Cpcciall. 3lnD 31 Derire^ tljat one tiding map be obfecbeD, tl;at Ruf- 
 feii came in berc upon tbt: Habeas corpus, 20 Sept. but toas not Deli- 
 litereD untill Hillary Cerm follotoing. I^fntj foj 28 h. 6. ti)t Bube of 
 Suflfoiks cafe fiobic^toas obieaeD, tbattbe geherallaiccuCationofDi^ 
 ters treaCons ttias not legall. c^at is true , becaufe it tuas iw^ ar-- 
 liament , aaD in t\)c nature of an accuCatton 3 ano bcmg in a Court of 
 luffire, it baD been unfuft ro conoemn a man bcfo?e bis Ctpall ^ 
 anD pet tbis Court, upon pjobabiUtp of a fault , lotl; oft-times reflrain 
 a man bef ote contiiftion. 23ut it batb been obiecteD in tbis cafe, /(E^ep 
 babe beeti a long time impjtCone«5, anD no pzocccDings againa ttiem. 
 3ItistucUhnoUJn,tijattbere Ijate been Come piocecDings againfttbem, 
 anD tbep DCvliiieo tljem i anDaU'omojc tljentb?ec montbsisreciuifite 
 f 01 tbc p:eparation of Cucb p^occeDings , ano t^e feing intenDs to pzo-^ 
 ceeD agatnff tbem in contenient time. 3(!nD f ome tljat twere offenDojis 
 intlje Came UtnD ate alreabp DelibereD, to toit, sa^c Cory ton , ano ^ir 
 Peter Hayman. rc^erefoie if anp iniurp be none to tl)e pziConcrs, tbep 
 tbemCeltes aret^e tauCeofit, fo? not (ubmitting tbcmCeltjcs to tbe 
 fetng, 3l»D fo: tl)c inftance toljicb #r. Liccicton ufeD of tbc lubgcs 
 in 1 1 R. 2 . altbougl^ tbep CuffereD fo? tl)eic opinions giben to tbe 
 ^itnSsiDefice, tbat tbe time toi^en t^cir opintontoas DelibcrcD map 
 beconfiDereD,to yait, int^etimeof R.2. anD tbc time toljentbep Cuf* 
 fcrcD to urit, in tl)e time of h. 4. 3llnD it baas tl)e Caping of a noble 
 ©entleman, tl)e jloiD Egerton , rcijat Bcaiknap CuffcrrD ratberbptbe 
 potencp of i)iQ enemies , tl^en t^e gteatneffe of Ijis offence : 3i!iD pet 
 It is to be confeffeD,tbat ttjep migljt batJC gibcn better counCtU-, but tbere 
 teas no time to DiCpute of t\}t luftneffe of tljcircounCell, toljcn tbe 
 CUioiD toas in tl)e IjanDs of tbe Conciuerour. 
 
 31t batlj been relpeb upon tl)e reColution of all tbe lufticcs of England 
 in 34Eiiz. tD^icl) reColution is noUJ regiftreDintbc vLippec i^ouCe of 
 ^Sarliamcnt, at tbe requcftof tlje Commons, in tcrtio CaroU Rcgis>b«t 
 1 leabc it to poH, as tbat UeColution a)aU Ctwap pour fuDgments. Cbc 
 CaiD laeColution is , Cljat tlje cauCe ougbt to be ccttifieD in tbe gcncralitp 
 0? Cpeci.iUp^ anb becc tbe generall cauCe is certifieb atleafl, if tbe fpecial 
 be net Co-, upon tbe Bobole matter, tbe baplment of tbcte piifoners 
 is left to pour DiCtretton '8110 31 Ijate f^etoeb topou tbe bifccetionof 
 pour pieDeccffois.^Hnb if anp banger appear to pou in tbeir baplment,31 
 am confiDent ttjat pe toil not bapl tl)em,if anp nmm mapenCuCibut ftid 
 
 f 2 pe
 
 44 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 re ate to conCuU lOntf) t^e iifng , anti I)e M (^eto pou tDbere tl^e tmnger 
 wll0. Cljerefoje upon tlje toljole matter 3iP3«p, t^at tijep be temanDeD. 
 
 m\)tn tl^e Court toas teaDp to ^at)e DeUteteD tt^ctc opinions in 
 tbe gtanD Habeas corpus fo^^t. Scidcnant ot^jets, t^eidjiloners 
 rsm not biOttg^t to tije 75&t , accojtuing to t^c m\t of t je Contt -, 
 C^etefoie j^zoclamation teas niaDe,fo? t^ l&etpers of tbe 
 febctall pjiCone, to b^mg incbetr i^jiConcra j but none of ttiem 
 appeared but t^e fl^atftaU of tbe Kings Bench, to^o faio, 
 t^t 3&t. Srroud tljat toas in ^is cuftoDp , toa0 remobeD pefter- 
 Dap. anDPUtui t^eCotoetof London bpt^e lyings otDnfflsaattant^ 
 anb'Co it toas Done toit!) t^c ot^cr i^jiConers ^ catb of ttiem ms remo^ 
 beb out of W p^iton , in tobic^ ^e toas before. J3ut, tbis nottbitb= 
 Sanbtng, ittbas ptapcD bpt|)e Counfellof tbe p^ifonecs, t^at tbe 
 Court tDOulD Deliber tbeir opinion fo^t^e matter in %atD. :6ut t^ 
 Court refuCeOtobotlpat, becauCeittstono purpoCe^ fo^, t^e ^;tCo« 
 ncrs being abCent, tbep toulD not be bapleo, teliberebjO? remanbeb. 
 
 |^ote,Cbelaftbapof t^ececm, abetter came to tbe Court from 
 t^efeingbimCelf^t^eeBfertUjfjereof toas, toinfoim tlje Court of t^e 
 reaCon8,tB9erefoietbei&jiConer0b)erenot Cuffeteoto come attire bap 
 appointeDjfo^t^ereColutionof tbe Hubges. 
 
 B 
 
 Aa Informa- 
 tion exhibit d 
 in che King'i 
 Bench againft 
 1 Sir^ofcn Elkt 
 and others. 
 
 Mich. 5 Car. B. R. 
 
 Tl^ecaCeoft^granb Habeas corpus fo^g^r. ^eldenanb ottjers, 
 XDa0 noto mobeb bp Mafon to |^abe ti^ refolution of t^ 
 3lubgesianbt^e Court Boit!^ one boicefaio, C^attbep are noto cou^ 
 tent tbat tbep Ojall be baileb. butt^att^ep oug^tto finb Sureties aiCo 
 foitbegooobcb^biour. 3nD Jones 3|n(lice faib, t^atfo it tDas bene 
 tn t^e cafe tobicbl^ao been often remembereb toanotljer purpofe, to 
 tmt, Ruflc Us cafe in 9 fi« 3. Co b>bir^ :#,r. Sdden anftoereb , ( Uiit^ 
 to^om all tbe otber ^^^iConers agreeb in opinion ) Cbat tbep ^abe ti^ 
 Sureties reabpfoM^ebapl, but not fo^ t^egoob be^abiour^ anbbe^ 
 Ore tbat t^e bapl migbt fird be accepteb , anb t^at t^ep be not urgeb to 
 tl^eot^er* 
 
 ^ir Robert Heath , tbeiiingsittumep^generaU, ejc^ibitebfnfo?* 
 mation in tl)i0 Court againft ^irJonnEiioti^nigljt, DcnziU Hoiiis, 
 anb Btniamin Vaknuiit, c?Ctiuire0 : tl^ttftta oftobicl; b?a0, cijat 
 tbefeingtljatnotuis, fo; toeigbtp caufe0, Cuctjabap anb pear, niXi 
 fummon a |&arliament, anb to tbatpurpoCe Cent bis SKUrit to tbe ^be* 
 riffof Cornwall to cljufctftio fenig^ts , bpbertuetb^ereof^irlohn 
 Ehui ti)as tboCen, anb ceturncb jfenigl^t foz Cornwall, 3l!nb t^at w flje 
 fame manner, tfie otljer j^efenDants ^ere elect JBurgeffes of otber 
 places fojtt^e fame i^arliament. 3finb a)etoeli further, tliat ^ir John 
 Finch toas tl^ofen f02 one of tbe Citizens of Canterbury, anb t»a0 
 ^peafeec of t^e it^ouCe of Comntons. 31nb tl)?it t^e faio Eiior, publicfelp 
 anb mnlitioullp intbel^ouCeofCommone, to raiCetebitton between 
 tlje feing, ijis^oblcBanb^^cople, uttereb t^efe bjojbs , That the 
 
 Councill and judges had all confpircd , ro trample nndcr-foot the 
 
 Liberties ot the Sub ic as. I^e futtljet i^etoeD, ttjat tl^e feingftjab potoer 
 
 to 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I 4? 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 I to call , aDfoum,anD HiHolbe ^atlwmems : 3!nD tOatttje lting,foz 
 Diijci;3reai:ons,^aOapucpote to^aije tt)C i^DuCe of Commons mow- 
 neD,anD gauc Dtrcaionto ^it lonnFmch, t(jen t^ ^peafcct;,to 
 mobe an aDtournmcnt , anD liit ^oulD not beobepeD , ^at^e ^ouId 
 fo;ttjt»ut) come fcomtyci^uuietotbE^ing. 3lnDt^att^c3DefenDants, 
 bp confeDecacp afo^c^^anb, Cpabe a long ano conttnueD ^peec^ , tb^icb 
 usasrccitcD verbatim , iHiuOic^ ttfw Dibcts malitious anD Cebirtous 
 too^iDs, of Dangerous con.eQuencc, 3IlnD to tJjc intent t^at tl)C)^ migbt 
 not be p^ebentcD oi uttering ttjeit pjemeDitate Cpeecbes , ttietr iiitmtion 
 tDas, t^at tbe ^peabec C^oulD not go out of t^c (O^att till t^ep l^aD (po 
 lienttjem^tbeBefcnoants, HoiiisanD Vakntmc, lap biolcnt ^anltg 
 upon ttje ^pcauec, to ttjegteatafcigljtinent anD Diflucbcince of tl^ 
 l^oufe. 2Kno tue ^peabec beuiij got out of ttie Cbair , t^ep bp biolence 
 (ecl)tmintbeCt)ati; again ^ Co tbat t^m toag a great tumult mi^ 
 i^ouCe. M'u after tl)c CaiD Cpeccijes pjonounceD bp ^ir John Eliot 
 Noli DID recapitulate tbnn. 3l!nD to tbis tnfoim.ition, rije BefenDants 
 babeputmapICcUotDe luriCDimon of rbe Court, bec^iie tljcCe offen- 
 ces are CuppofeD to be Done u |3aritament , anDougbtnotrobepum« 
 l^eD in t^is Court, oi in anp otfccr, but m |&arUameiit. 3!nD tbe 3ltturi 
 nep (SencraU mot cd t\)e court, to oukjcuIc tDe plea to tlje ^furiCDimon j 
 BnOtlwt, bcfaiD, tbe Court migbt Do, alttougb be t>aD notbemurreD 
 upon tDe p5ea. ©ut ttjc Couci tooulli not obrc rule tbe plea , but gabe 
 bap to lopne in Bemurrer tins Cearm. 3inD on ti;e ficil Dap of tbe nert 
 Ceann, t^e iSecoiD^allbe ceat>,anD UJubm a Dap after ajaii be argueD 
 at iSarre. 25ut Hy dt , cbicf luaite, CaiD to tbc Count ell of t^ 3©efen« 
 bants, ^0 far Ui^^t \m toill gibe pou. (€i)is is no ncto queftion, but all 
 t^eHuDgesof bngiaiid, anD)5aron0Oftl;c<^rc^equer, befote nobj, 
 ^abe oft been affembleD onti;isoccaaon, anbljJbelDitb great patience 
 bearbtbe Arguments on botb fiDes -, anb itbjagrefolbebbp ttjem all 
 toitbontboice, /Cb^t an offence cominitteb in parliament, triminallp 
 0? contemptuonap , tOej^arliamcu being enieD, rtfts punifljablein 
 an oiber Court. |oncs, Ji is tnit, tbat bjc all rcfoibcD mm an offence 
 committeb in iSarliamciit againft tbe Ctoton , isputua)nble after tlic 
 J&arUament,in another Court ^ anb tobat Court Ojallibn be, buttle 
 Court of ttje Kings Bcnci , iniDbicb toe feing bp inieiiDment Iittet^i' 
 v\ hitiock, ^be tiweftion is nolD rebuteo to a narrotBroom , fo? all tlje 
 luDgcs are agrecD, Cbat an offentecommitteD m parliament againft 
 tbe iwng o; bis (Sobnnment, map be puninjeb out o( ^Barliamcnn ^o 
 t^t tbe Cole Doubt tnbitb nobJ remains, is, : (abe':l)ec tbis Court can pti; 
 nilftit. 3(}nD Crook agreeD, CbatCo itljaD been rerolbeD bp all tl?e 
 3luDges,becaufc otbectBife tl^eretDoulo be a f-iilet of J;Mtt. 3nD bp 
 $im,3if CuctJ an offence be puma).ible in anotljcc Court, U)lpat Court (bal 
 puniffi it but tbis Court , tobicb ic^ tlje UqUH Court in tl)c l^.ealm foz 
 trimmall offences i 2llnD perbaps not onelp criminall actions commtttcb 
 in parliament are punifJjableljere, but tx)o?Ds alfo. 
 
 Mafon of Lip.colns-InncargueD fot ^ir John Elior, OUe Of tlje J^t' 
 
 fenbants.Cbe cbarges in tbe information againft \)im are tb?ee. 
 i.jfoifpccclKS. 
 
 2 . if 01 contempts to tbe ^ing in refining tlje 3lDf ournment 
 
 3 . f 01 tonTpiracp toitU tbe orber BeEcntsants, to tetam ^r. ^pea- 
 Ucrint!)C €^m 
 
 In 
 
 Mr. Mj/Jrt's| 
 Arguiiicnt for 
 Sir Join Elitt.
 
 4^ 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 < 
 
 B 
 
 Jn tl)eDiCtustion of t^eCe matters 5 HieargueD mucl?to ttjefameim 
 tenttDljidj^c^aDargueUbefoie, upon an information bjoug!)t in tl)c 
 Sc; r-Chambcr againft t^e Came BefenDante, anD others, fo? t^e 
 Came offences^ t^etcf oic ^is '^t^umm ig repojteD bere bcr? brieflp* 
 
 iit.jFoitJisXpeetljes, fCl)ep contain matter of artufation againft 
 fome great peers of tljelRealnu anD astotljem befaiD , ^^at t^c 
 &ing cannot tat^e notice of ttjem. C^e )Barliament is a Counciil, anD 
 t^e granD Counciil of ttie feing,anD CounciUs a re Cecret anD clofe, none A 
 otljerljatb actelTeto ttofe Countilis of jaarliament , anD tUv tljem^ 
 tzms ougtt not to impart tbem toit^iout t^e tonfent of tOc toljole 
 i^ouf e.3l 3m in a %m, tu^iclj is (trJo?n to enquire of offences "bubin 
 t^e faiD juriCDiction , are f »)o?n tofeeept^eirottjn counCel! ■■> fo tift 
 l^ouCe of Commons enquire of all grievances boitl^in tl^e iiingDom, anD 
 tbeir counCells are not to be rebeaieD. 3nD to t^ts purpoCe tuas a pt- 
 tition , 2 H. 4. numb, i o. cb^t t^e fcingi^ali not gibe creDit to anp 
 piibate repojtts of t^etr pjoceeDings, Co to^iclj t^e &ing affents^ tljere- 
 fo?e tlje laing ougbt not to gibe creDit to tlje information of t^eCe offen* 
 ces in tbis cafe, 2iy, ci)e U)o?Ds t^emCelbes contain f eberall accuCati' 
 ons of great men? anb^e liberty of accuCation ^ati^ alboaics been 
 J^arliamentarp, 'ioE.3. |^arltamcnt«JRoU,numb. n. Cbf?Lo?DLa- 
 cimei toag impcatljeD in j^arUament fo? CunD?p offences, 1 1 R. 2. 
 tl)e 3(lre^i26ii:top of York, 18 H. 6. numb. 18. t^e Bttbc of Suffolk , 
 iM3r.Dy.93, tteJBUfee Of Norfolk, j^H,^* numb.6o.un5UiCftar 
 <!5fncral! , 2 & 3 E. e;. c. i8. tbe HOJtD Seymer, 18 of ?&ing James , tlje 
 ^OibO-^t A!bans,C^ancellor of England ^ aUD 2 1 of l^mg James , 
 Crarmciu TLO.lD CreaCurer j anD i Car. t^e Jaufee of Buckmsham. 
 
 3iy.Cl)i0 is a pjibileDge of parliament iD^icljis Determinable in 
 p^rUHment,anDnot elCe-Sbljere, 1 1 K.2. numb.7. tbepartiament^lfU)U, 
 peuiion f?l)ibiteD in parliament, anD allotxiCDbptlje i&ing, Cljat 
 tbe liberties anD p^tbilcDgesof parliament ^a!l onelp be DifculTeD 
 ttjece, anD not in otber Courts, nojbp tlje Common no^CibilUjlatu, 
 ( fee t^s cafemo;ie at large in Sciden's |5otes upon Fortctuc, f . 42. ) 
 II R. 2, 1'ioll of tbe p?oce(reanD3IuDgment, 3l!n appeal of treafon 
 teas eicbtbitcD againft rl^elrci^biftop of Cancerbury anD others, anD 
 tl)ere t^e abbice of t^e^ages of tt)e oneKLabo anD ftft ot^er being 
 recjuireD^ but becaufe tbe appeal concerneD perCens tt)^ul) are peers 
 Gft^eiliealm,b)^c^arenot trpeb elfe-tobere tben in parliament, anD 
 not in an iufertour Court, 2 8 h. 6. numb, 1 8 . ci^ere being a queftton 
 in parliament concerning p?eceDencp, bettoecnt^e Carl of Arundeii 
 anD tbe Carl of Devon , tbe opinion of tlje 31"bges being DemanDeD , 
 t^ep anCtoereD, CbatttJisqueftionoug^ttobeDetermineDbptbe par^ 
 liament, anD bp no ot^er, 3 1 h, 6. numb. 2 5, 2^. Buring t^e p?oro= 
 gation of tlje parliament, iliorpttjatbuast^e^peafeer , tt)as out in 
 Crccution at t^e ^uit of tbe JDufee of York ; anD upon tbe re<a0iemblp 
 of tlje parliament, tljc Commons maDe ^uit to tbe iJing anD)Lo?DS 
 tobabctbcir^peaherDelibeceD. ;wpontbis, t\)t )toiDs oemanD t^e 
 opinionof tl)c;juDge5, tabo anCtorr, €bat tbep ougbt not to Deter? 
 minetlje piibileDges oftlje i^igb Court of parliament, 4ly.Cbis 
 accuCation in parliament, isinlegallcourfeof mftice, anD tberefo:e 
 tl>e accuCerfl)alineberbe impeacbeb, 13 h. 7. anD 1 1 Eh?. Dy. 285. 
 fojgmg of f alf e DceDs biougbt againft a peer of tlje iRealm , Action de 
 
 (candalis Ma-^natum ,DOtb UOtliC, C.4, 14, Cutler auD Dixy 'SCafe, 
 
 toljere 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I 47 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 XnA^eu Dibecd znttB ace li^taiCc put to tt)is purpoCe, 3 5 h . «$« i < i*" 
 upontlie tjictt) of t^eboDp ttjc flapcr cannot tje founD , t\)z Coronfr 
 oag^t to enquire, ffiSd^o bra founD tt)e tjc ao boDPs ani) tf t^e firil fimjcc 
 arfuie anotpec of tbe mutDet , rtjat 10 aftertoarD acquit, tje a)aU not^ 
 t)abe an action upon tbe cafe, f 0^ it ujag Done in legau manner . ^0 it 
 isiljeDutp of tl)e Commons to enquire of ttjefirictMntes oft^c^ub^ 
 ICftg.anDttjecauCes tbeteof,ant> Doing it in a letjali manner, 19 h.<5. 
 19 . 8 ri. 4. 6. in coHipicacp it 10 a gooD plea , tbat i)t ujag one of t^e 
 3nt)ic(oi0, 3inD I o H. ^, 5 t^at be tiJas a grano- Jurp-man , anD winp 
 meD bi0 companions. 3lnD 2 1 h. 4.6,7. anD 3 5 h. 6. 14. tljat l)C ms 
 a 3Iuftice of ^tm, ano info?meD tbe Jmr, 27 a(r. p. 1 2 ig to tl)e tame 
 purpoCe, :?MDifa Juftueof jaeacc ibefitftfinser, a Juror, oi^nDi- 
 ttoi, Q)aUnotbepunifl)eD in Cucij taCe0s atoruon, a^embcc oftlje 
 l^ouCe of Commons fl).iil not toljo, ag i h. 7. 4 is d jinDge, 2 7 afl. 
 }', 4'^ .map be objectcD, WDere iujo ujcre mluieD of tonipiracp , b^ caufe 
 tijep maint?ineD oneanotljrr^ buttpcreaionoftbetfiiDcaveUJas, be^ 
 caufe i^^aintenance is matter foibioijen bp tbe %m j but laarliamen- 
 tarp accuCation , U)l?icb is our matter, is not fo?biCDenbpanp Hatij, 
 c,<?. 56. tijere toag coinpit^cp, in pjocuring ottjerii to be inDuteb, 
 idnDtt is true, Coubete it tnasnotl^ts Dutp to prefer fucb accuCation. 
 (2) Cbe 3CCuCatiou Ujas eictta iuDic;ai,anD out ot Ccuct but it Uias not 
 Co inourcaCe. 0)2Mo?ios(pobcn in parliament, u,bitf) is a Cuperiour 
 Court, cannot be quffhontD intbis Court, toijtcb 10 inierio?, 3 1. 3. 1 9. 
 
 anD Stamford, 153- tbtU be ObietteD , tobetC tte 23l(^Op of W i nci cftcr 
 
 teas arraignet) m t^is Court , betauCe be oeparteo tbe j^arliament 
 toitbout ItccnCe^ tl)ere is but the opinion of :>er.;op, anD tbe cafe 
 tbas entreD. P.3-E. 3. ip. 3nD it is to be obfcrijcD , tbat tlje 
 plea of t^iSiQjPP t^ee , t»as nebet obcrtuleD. f romtbisj gail)er, 
 t^st i>croop toasnot conftantto bi0 opinioa , IXiljif^ taas luoDatn, 
 bring in tbe Came 'Cerm inUJl)icl)tUeplea uias entreo ■■> ozif be ujere, 
 pet tbe otljer 3!ubges agreeD not toitb biai ^ anb cilCo at laft tbe 23ifljop 
 t»as Diicbacgf b bp tbe filings mrit. jFrom tuis 3 gKb^c, t^at tbe opi= 
 nion of tt)e Cou>:tti)a0 againft tt)2 iung, ^smPi 2, m i-ot^ijfla 'g 
 caCe, U^ece tbe opinion of tbe Court luag agaiuft m ting , tl)C p«tp 
 tbasbiCdbargcb bppiibp ^t\l 1 ano 2 i\n .anb vUr batljbeen ob^ 
 recteo, t»^ere an Jnfoi^ation in tbis Court \S)is piefrrreb againft 
 ^r« Pioydcn, anb otbfc iH^rmbers of tbe JP)ouCe of Commons, foi 
 Departing from t^t i^ouCe UJitbout licence. 25ut ui t^sat ca^e 31 obCerbe 
 tbeCe matters , ( 1 Cbat tbisiiiCo?mation Depenieo During f U tlje life 
 of tte 0ueen, anb at laftbjas ^.e du , bp tbebeatbof tlje iBueen. 
 r2.)3!ntbefaiDcaCe,no ple?» t»as matie to tbe 3;uriCDictton of tljt 
 Court, as Ijete it is. ( :?. ) ^ome of tbem Cubaiiiteo tljcmCclbfS to 
 tlje fine , becauCe it toas eafie , fot ic to is but 53 . 4d. But tl)i6 
 cannot be urgeD as a prefiietit, bccaute it ncbec rmne iniuDgment , anb 
 no opinion of tbe Court bj ^ s bdibcccb tbereiu. 3nD it is no argument , 
 tbat becauCe at tbat time tbcp iBoitlD not pleaD to ^bc f uriCciaion, tbecc-- 
 f oze toe noto cannot if toe tooulo. (4> i^ii^tt offences toere not lone m 
 tbe?Darliamcntil)oufe,butelCejtobere bptbiir abfente, oftobicb tbe 
 Countr)'map taUenotite; but not of our matters being Cone m parli- 
 ament, ^finb abfente from parliament, is an offente againft tl^e feings 
 Summons to jSarliament. 20 R ?, ^arliamem ttoU >2« Thomas 
 Hatkfcy toas luDicteD of ^tgb'twaCon in t^s Court, fot piefemng 
 
 a
 
 48 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 . a petition in i&acUamcnt, butiH.4jium. 90, tjepjcferreD a^^eti^i 
 tionto^atetttsJubgmentijoiiieD, anoCo itUias , aUJjoug!) tl^att^e, 
 iiing^atipatiioneD fjim before. ainD 1 H. 4. numb. 104. aUt^eCom«j 
 mows maDc ^Bctition to ttic f ame purpoCe , bccauCc tl)i6 tenUs to t\)t 
 DeftrurtionoftpeicpjitUeDgcs. 2llnU ttjts teas mrx>iit granteti, 4H. 8. 
 C.8. ScroodsiaCe, CbataUconDcmnattone irrpofebuponotie, fojt 
 p^efeccing; of atip:t3tU,Cpealf.tng, oi ceatomngin)^atUament,atebotoJ 
 3ini>tti6^att)alttjate6beenconceibeDtobeagcncraU3(!ct, betaufe tt)C A 
 pjiapctg, time. Ujozds , anli pcrfottp ate f,cncrall ^ anD tlje anftocr to it 
 is gcnecall 5 Co; a general! act 10 aiuiaics anCtwrcU ttit^, Lc Roy voic , 
 
 anD a particular %a tWtb Son droxc f^it al panycf, 3niJ 3 3 H.^. i 7. 1 8. 
 
 31 gcneraU 3Cct is altoj^ies inrolleD, anD Co tl)i0i0. 
 
 2iy.iFo?t(jeCccont) matter, t^e tontrmpt lo djecommanDoft^eaitJ- 
 rournmcnt, 1 8 Jac. it tu-B queftioneC in ^Daritamtnt.aaaijetljer tlje iiing 
 can aofoutn t]) c )^arUament , ( aU!)Ougli) it bt ti^dbout Conbt tljat tbe 
 feing can ptorogue it ) 3nD t^e Judges rfiolte, t^at tl)e iiing map B 
 aurourn t^e l^ouCe bp CommigOoni anlj 27H11Z. ittwa© reColbeDac- 
 tojDinglp. 23ut it i0 to be oWeriJtb, tljat nonr toa tbcn impeatbeD to}, 
 raobing tl)at queflion (^)3t\s to be tbietbeb, t^at t^ep teColbe, t^at 
 tbe atiiouniment map be bp Commisfion , bui no; reiolttD,tl)at it map 
 bcbpaberball lommanD, OgnifieDbpanotbcr^ anbit ijerogate0 not 
 from tl)e liingg pjerogatibe , tbat Ije cannot Co 00 , no mo?e tbf n in t\}C 
 cafe of 25H,8» 8. tbatl^e cannot grant one atre of lano bp parol. 
 m^t l^ing bimCelf map abfourn t^e l^ouCe in perron, ot unler t^e great 
 ^eal,butnotbp berbaUmeHage, fo; none(0bounDtogibe crenitto 
 Curb mellage 5 but fioi^en it is imber tl)e great ^ eal, it is i cite Meipic, 
 anbiftbete toagnocomrnanb, ttJfn t^erecawbcno contempt in tl)e 
 btCobebience of tfjat commauD. (^;]gntbi0 no contempt appear0bp 
 t^e information , foji t^e Jjnfoimation i0, Cljattlje iiing baopoboer 
 to aDfourn )darliament0. ^ben put cafe t\}t commanb be , t^at tbep 
 (ioulD atfoum tijcmtelbes ; t^i0 10 no purfname of tlje potter t»bitb 
 ^e i0 CuppoCeb to l^abe. Ci^el^oufe map be atiourneb tttio £DaiC0, to 
 toit, bpt^e ining, 0? bpt^el^oufe it f elf > tbc lad i0t^eic otonboiun- 
 tarp art,to!)ic^ tlje liing cannot compell, for, Voiuntasnon cogitur. 
 
 ^\y. So} tilt tIjicD matter, tobitt) is tlje CfnCpiracp : 3tUl)oitgl^ ttjis 
 be fuppoCeb to be out of t^i^ouCe , fttttit ^ais legalU fo?,J^cmi 
 ber0of tlje i^ouCe map abbiCeof matter0 out cf tlje i^oufc^ fo^t tbe 
 H^ouCe it f elf isnot Comuc^ fo; con(ultation0 , a0 fo; piopofitton of 
 tbem. 3nD2o h. 6. 34.10, t^t (fnqucft0 tt)l)icb arctftio2n fo? tbe 
 feing, map enquire of matter© elCe^ftJliere. ( 2 ; f 0,1 tlje Ccnfpiratp to 
 lap biolent Ijanbs upon tbe ^peaber , to fecf p ^im in f^e Cljair^ ii£\)t 
 i^ouCc IjatbpiifaileDgeto betain \)im\n tbe Cb^ir , anb it toa0 butlig^t* 
 Ip anD foftlp, anDot^er ^peafeer0 Ijabe been fo fcrt cD. ( 5) €befcing 
 cannot p?efei; anjlnfojmation foz trefpafie, fo?iti0faiD3 CteJbing 
 ougbttobeinfo?meb bpa3lurp, totoir, bpinDimnent osip^efentmcnt. 
 (4) Wb cannot be anp contempt, becaufe it tipprai0 not, tb^t tbe 
 l^oufc ms abfourneDi anDif fo,tben tbe ^peaber cufibt to umain 
 in tbe Cbsir, f 0? tuittout bim , ibe J^ouCe cannot be aDjourneD. 25ut 
 it map treobietteD, tl)attbe3Info2mationi0, Cbat alltljcCe matter© 
 toccc Done maluiouap anbfcbitiouap. 23ut to tbi03 anltoer, €ljat 
 tljts (5 alutaics to be unberflcoD accozDing to tbe fubject matter, 1 5 E. 4. 
 4. anb 18 H. «. 5. 211 tDife tljat batb title to l^abe Botber.agcccBtDitb an 
 
 otber 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 49 
 
 ot^et to enter, (toljic^ ^at^ cig^t ) t^at flje againC \)im map rccotjec ^er 
 BottecCtiist^aU notbeCaiD Covin , becauCe bot^tlje parties babe 
 rtgbt anD title. (») Jit twtU be obf ecteU, ^l^at if tbeCe matters (^aii not 
 be pumO^able bcre, t^ep C^aU be unpimiQjci) altogetlier, bccaute tlje 
 l^ntltament is lietermineD, Co tljiB 31 Cap, cUat tbep map be puniC^eD 
 m t^e CubCeciuent )^arltament , anb Co tl^ere C^all be no faikr of rtg^t. 
 3nD man? times matters in one parliament, baiJebeen tontinuebto 
 
 another, as 4 E. 3, numb. i6. tl)e3l.O?Ol5arklcy'SCaCe, 5oH.3,iiuaib. 
 185.21 K,2«c.i6. 5H. 6. numb. 45,46.8 H,4,numb,i2. ;SDffenceSin 
 
 tl)ejfo:?eftoiigl3ttobe punifljeoinCpre, anb (fpres oftentimes bjere 
 notl)elb,butebcrrtl)tctipearX.9.Epiitic,anb i6E.^.c. 10. snj^ar* 
 liament map be ebccp pear. <Srrour in tljis Court cannot be rebecf eo 
 but in parliament. 3nD pet it ttjas nebec objectcD, tljat tl)ei:efoze t^ere 
 C^aM oea fader of il%igl)t. 2 5 E. 3. c. 2.3{f a mm cafe of treafbn bap- 
 pen, UJbirtj is Doubtful! , itf^all not be Determine titill t!)e nert parlia^ 
 ment. ^0 in \ Vcit n.2.c. 2 «. toljere a neu) cafe Ijappens, m tobiclj tijere 
 is no sairit, flap f^aU be mabe till tlje neict parliament. 3nD pet in 
 t^eCe cafes , tbe're is no failer of Bigbt. ^ino Co tlje Jubgcs ^abe al^ 
 tiJaies boneinallbifficultcaCeSj t^cpbabereferreotbe beterminatton of 
 tbemto ttjeneictparliament, as appears bp2E.3 6,7, 1 E.5.8. 33 H. 6, 
 18. 5 E.2.Dovvcr.i45,tbecaCeof Botuerofaiiient^bar^e.^lnDi |ac> 
 ttjefubgesrefuCe to Delibertljeir opinions concerning tbe union of t^e 
 tbJoJkinijboms.Cl)e pteCent cafe isgreai,rare,fi witf^out pzcriDentiljere^ 
 fo:e not Determinable but in parliament, 3nD Uis of Dangerous con- 
 Cequence •■> fo} ( i) bp tbe fame reafon,all t^e yl^embers of t^e st^ouf e of 
 Commons map be queftioneb. ( 2 ) Cbe parties Ojali be bifableb to 
 mafte tljeir befence , anbtbe Clerb of parliament is not bounb to DiC* 
 cloCe tbofe particulars. 3(InD bjp tbis means , tljebebates of a great 
 Councill f^all be referreb to a pettp lucp, 3CnD t^e parties cannot maUe 
 iuftification, to} tbep cannot fpeab tbofe too.iDs ^eie tnljitb iwece f pol,en 
 in tl^e parliament, toitl^out Oanber. 3nb t\)t Befenbants babe not 
 means to compell anptobetbitnelTcs fo? tbcm^ foitlje ^embers of 
 tbe l^ouCe ougbt not to DiCcober tbe counCell of tbe l^ouf e : ^0 tl^at 
 t^ep are Debar'D of judification, ebibcnce , anb iDitneiTe. )Laftlp, bp 
 tbis means, none toill abbentureto ace jfe anp offenber, 'n parliament , 
 but toil! ratber fubmit ^imCelf to tlje common banger^ fof, f 0? bis pains 
 ^efl^allbe impiiConeb, anb perljaps gceatlp fineb : 3nD if botb tl)efeb€ 
 unfiift, pet t^e partp fo beiceb can l^abe no recompente. Cberc- 
 f o?e, f c. 
 
 The Courr. i^t queftion is not notti, toftetljcr tbeCe matters be offen^ 
 ces, anb tobetljer true o} f alCe. 33ut, abinitting tbcm to be offences, tbe 
 Cole quettion is , CHll^etljer t^ts Court map puniO^ tljem -, fo tl;at a great 
 part of pour 3irgument is notbmg to tlje pjtefent queftion. 
 
 3(itanotberbap,being t^enept, Calthrop arguebfo^i^^r. Valentine, 
 anotljec of tbe Befenbants. 
 
 ttijn general!, t)eCaib, fo^tl)c nature of tlje crimes, tljattljepare 
 offourfo?ts. 
 
 1. 3In fatter. 
 
 2.%nmoi\}S. 
 
 g.BpConfent, 
 
 4.25p)Letters. • g Ctt)o 
 
 Mr. Cihbrtp'i 
 Argument for 
 Mr. Vilentine.
 
 ^■o 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I. 
 
 CtJJO of tljem arc lain to tlje rtjarge of t^is 3Def cnfiaut, to ijoit , C^ 
 mme of t^e #atter, ano of dConirnt. SBtitj of off ente0, Braaor. mabes 
 Come publicb, tome pjitatc. ct)C offences Ijere ate pwbUrl?. 3nD of t^etn, 
 Come avccapitail, fomcnot capitail,a0 affault,tonfpirac}',anO fuclj libc, 
 tjol^icl) \)A\}t not tie puniQjmcnt of life ^ Deatlj. j&ublirfc crtmeBcapitaUi 
 arc Cuc^ as arc againlt t^c %m of 0mu, as treaCon. murbcr ■■> J toill 
 agree, tljat if tljep be tommittcD in parliament, tl)cp map be quellioneb 
 elte;\j)^ere out of }&atUament,i5ut incur cat c,tbe trimt s are not capital, 
 foi tuf i> are affauU ^ confpitacr,tDl)u^ in manp caCes mapbe juftifteD,a6 
 appears br 22 H.7. Keilw.jj2. 2 afl. 3 H. 4. 10.22 E,4,4 3.c^refoic 
 
 tin's Court (^all not babe iuriCoiction of t^em,fo^ t^ep are not agamft t^e 
 %ni3) of B^tions of *©od,oi ^aturc-^nD if t^eCe matters n)al be e]cami= 
 n:it)leber?, b? conCenuence alltlje actions of |&arUament?mcn map be 
 l)ia\i)n inqufflionin tl)i0 Court. But itCcems bpt^eCe reaCons ttjat 
 tl)is Court fl^all not Ijabe f urilbtttton as tl)is caCc is : 
 
 1 1 1. BccauCc tbcCe offences are mftifiable , being but t^e bringing t^e 
 ^peal^cr to tl^c Cbait,toljicb alCo pertjaps tuasbone bp t^e ^aiotcs of tbe 
 Commons^ but if tbeCe matters fl)all be iufttfieb in tl)is Court, notrpall 
 can be^f 0^ upon iflue of ^is oton ftiitong.lje cannot be irpeD^bccauf e Bets 
 bone in tlje i^ouCe of Common0 are ot mcott), as it ioasreColbeD in t^c 
 i^arliament, i Jac.anb ieH.7,3 c,9.?i. are, tbatCutbmatter0 cannot 
 be trrco bp tbc Countrp. Klnb nob) t^ep cannot be trpeb bp iaeco^i),be' 
 caut'e, as p 9 H. 8.Dy, 32. i0 , aninfctiout Court cannot ftijtite to a Cu* 
 periour.ainb no Ccraoran iie0 out of t^e C^ancerp, to Cenb tl^is Ijcrc bp 
 Mirtimus ,fo? tbctc ucbcr 5030 BBp ptcfiDcnt t^jetcof '■> anb tlje 25oob of 
 tbe l^ouCc of Commons , tobirt) 10 njit^ t^eir Clerfe , oug^t not to be 
 l)fbulgeD.3!nl)C. Liui.is, tbatif a manbeinbictcD intbis Court fo^ 
 l^tracp committeb upon tlje ^ea , bf map well pleao to t^c luciCDictiott 
 of tbis Court, becauCetbis Court cannot trpit. 
 
 2iv.3!tappearSbptbeolDCteatife, Jc modo tcnendi Parliamen- 
 
 tnm, tbat tbe Juoges are but asOOants in tbe parliament , anb if anp 
 b)O2b0 0? act0 are mabetbere, t^ep babe no potber te contraDttt 0^ 
 controultbeni. €l)cn it is incongruous, tbattftcp, after tlje ^Sarlia? 
 ment Diaolteb, (ball ^}^^t potDertopuni(l^Cuibb?o?Dsoiact0,Wc|» 
 at the time of tbe Cpeafeingo? Doing, tbepbabnotpoUJcr to conttaoict. 
 C{treareCuperiour,mibble, anbmo?e mfcriour i^agtftrates > anb 
 tbe Cuperiour (ball not be fubiect to t^e controle of tbe infert- 
 
 our. 31t i0 a J&ofition, tljat in pares dlnullumimpcrium, muho mi 
 
 nusinio'- qui niajiis impcriuni habcnr. c. Litri, Caie05 tbattbc ^Par- 
 liament i0 tbc Cupicam Cribuual of tbe feingbom, anbtbepare Jub^ 
 ge0 of tlie fup?fam tribunals t^erefotetljepcugbtnot to be qucftio^ 
 nebbp tbeir inferiour0. ( g ) Cbe offences obicaeD b$ concern t^e pjiJ 
 bileDge0of jSarliament , txJ^icb piibilcbgcs arc betcrminablciniBar? 
 liament anbnotelCctDberc, a0appcar0bp tljepuQbentstbbicb l)abe 
 bcencitetibefoze, (4) Cbc common;](lal« Ijatlj asfigneb piooer Court0 
 f o: matrcrgjin refpect of the place anb perf on0i i it» f oz tt>e place, Jt ap: 
 pear0 bp 1 1 B. 4 :?.qi olo €utrics, 101. tbat in an Ejcaionc firmt , it 10 a 
 goot)plea,tbattbelanbi6antientl)cmeafne, anbtljis erriubcsallotber 
 Couits.^oit is foi l^ub in Ouriiam,olD c?iurics 4 1 9.foiit tsquedionas 
 ble tbcre,ft not out of tl)cCountp,2iv.5fo.ipcrCons,H,i<;.H.7.roii. 93.01b 
 <f ntrie3,47 - Jf a Clerb of tl^e Cbancerp be impleabeb in tl)i0 <£outt,Dt 
 I map pleaD l)is ptibilebge , anb (^all not anfbjcr- ^0 it i0 of a Clerb 
 
 of 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 51 
 
 B 
 
 r 
 
 D 
 
 oftDeCj;cl)equet, olD entries, 47 3, rljmmiiri) moic luljm offences 
 arc Done in parliament, toljtcb iscceinpt fcom oioinarp furif Diction, 
 ttjcp fljall not^c Diaion m cincftion in ttiis Court. 3&nD il a man be Jn- 
 DidfD in tt)is Court, be map plcao ^anouarp , 22 H.7. Keiiu'.9i. 
 ant) 22. nuD Q)ali be rcftojeD , it B. 3. 60. ct)e3!bbot of Bury'scaCe is 
 to tbc Care purpoie. ( 5 ) jfoianp t!)ingt!)at appears , tlje l^ouCe of 
 Commons l)aD appjoijcD of iUit matters , tipcrefoie tl;ep ougfe not to 
 be queaioncD mt^is Court, nm if tlJOP be offences , ano tl)e faio i^oufe 
 tjatt) not punif^eD ttiem, tOiswiU be a rafting of imputation upon 
 tOem, C^) 3It appears bp tDe olD d^ntries , 446 , 447 , tljat Cud) an 
 oneoi!gl)ttorcp?erenttl;eBoroiigl)of^t. fcrmans, from ttJ^encet)e 
 taasCcnt:, tljcrefoze tjeis in nature of an :3CmbaltaDour,anDtJeC^aU 
 notbe(iucftioncDfojanptt)insintl)e Cmutionofliis office, if OeDo 
 notljing agraiift tl)C Hatti of Mature o^^ation6,as it is intlje cafe of an 
 3!mbaUacour, 31n ttietimeofiiaueenBii/aLHtii, tlje Bifljop ofKoflc 
 m Scot land , being 3imba(raDour Ijere , attempteD Diters matters a^ 
 gainfttlje ^tate^ anobptljc opinion of alltl^c Ciljilians oft^e CaiD 
 time, ^^t map be queftioneb f o: tboCe offences , betaufc tbep are agamft 
 tlje %dm of iitlations anu ii^atutc •■> ano, in Cucb matters , be i^all not 
 eniop tbe p?ibiIeDges of an ^imbaffaboi, I5ut il f;c commit a cibill of- 
 fmcc, toDicb is agair.ft tlje j^uniripall jlato onelp, be cannot be 
 queftioncb fozit, as Bodin, dc RcpubHca, agrees tbe cafe. 5Upon tbc 
 Statute of 38H.8. c. 15. fo^ttrpallof JBirats, 13. ]ac. tbccaCefell 
 onttobetbus. 33!eiD tame SdmbalTatjn? tot^e ^nnitcDj^jtobinces, 
 anD in bis f'oumep be :ooKfome ^paniO) tl)ips, anb after Boas miben 
 upon tbis toiifti 3Inb agrecD upon tljc Caib Statute , tbat be cannot 
 betcpeo as a i^prat bere bp Commisfion, but be map be queftioneD 
 
 civiliicr in tbe 3DmiraUp .- jfOl, Lceati luo Kcgi loli judicium taciuiu. 
 
 ^0 Cmbalfatjois of parliament /VoiiPariiaincnto, totnit, in fuel) 
 tbings U3l;tcb cf tbcmCcibes are luftifiable. ( 7 ) Cbccc teas nebcr anp 
 prefiDent , tbat tbis Court bab pimii^eb offences of tl)is nature , 
 fommUtcb in parliament, toberc anp ple.1 \)3as put in , asbercitis 
 to tbe mrifliftion of tDe Courts auDluljerctbercisno pieQnent, non^ 
 ufage is a 200t) (iTjcpoOtoi of tbe ]iaU). U*oiD l^itd. Siaion 180. Co. 
 Litti. t.Si.faies, 3sQiiCagcisagooD intecpietf «^ of tbe )LaU)C6, fo 
 Bon uCage, tubere t&eccisno eicample, isa "great intenDmcnt, tl)at 
 tl)e'/Lalo toi'll not bearit. 6 Bh/. Dy. 229. upon tbe Statute of 
 27 M. 8. of Jnvolments, tbat bargain anD fale of a i^oufe in London 
 ougbt not tobeenroUcDi tbe rcafon tljere gibcn is, bcc.raCeitisnot 
 iiCcD. 2 1 Bii/., Dy. 376. i^o errour lies bere or a 31uugment giben in 
 tbe fibc pons , bccauCeCucb c^arit twas nebcr Cccn ^ yet in tbe liibcr- 
 fitp of Courts it is CaiD, d)U errour lies of a JuDgmcnt giben 
 in tbe fibc poits, ^9 h. 6. ^^9. bp xihco;!, tbita piorettlon to go to 
 Rome 113,10 ncbet Ceen, tbecefoic be DiiaUotoeD it, (B) 31f tbis 
 Court iball babe 31uriCbicfion , tbe Court map gibe luDgment accoj? 
 Dingtoi^aU), anb pet toiitrarpto parliament XaU), fo: tbe par-, 
 livinicnt in Dibers taXes batb a peculiar KLalu, ^otbJitbftaiiDing 
 rbc ^.tuutc of • H. ^.c I. tbtt eberp iSurgclTe ougbt to be re- 
 fibcnt iijitbi:] tbe lijucrougb of iDbtcb be is iSurgciTe , pet tbe conftai\t 
 uragc of parliament 13 tontrarptbtreuntoi anb if Curb matter (ball 
 be in quenionbefozepe,ve ougbt to 'iDiubge accozDingto tbe Stature, 
 anb net accoibing to tbeir uCage.^o tbci^oufe of Hoibs batb a fpenall 
 
 g 2 %m 
 
 1. 
 
 Citmdin'i Brii. 
 449. 
 
 7-
 
 ^i 
 
 9- 
 
 10. 
 
 I. Objcft. 
 
 , Objca. 
 
 5. objta. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 %?L\o alCo, as appears bp 1 1 R. 2- tlje ^o\\ of t^e ^jocelTc anD JUDS* 
 men, (tJJltctj t)atl)beenriteD befoze to another purpose ) toljcrc an 
 appeal txias not atcozt)ing to tl)C one %m oz tl)'otl)eC;rct it toasgooD ac- 
 foitiing to tl): coarCe ot parliament. ( 9 ) Becaute tljis matter is 
 b:oiigl)t in tbis dourt bp iDap of 31"^ o?niation , totiere it cugljt to be 
 bp mv of ^HDiftment, 3[lnti it appears bj? 4 1 aff. jm 2. ttjat if a 2BiU 
 of isifccit be biougbt in tl)is Court , to^ereit ougbtto be bp CKdrit, 
 Cljis matter map bepleabeo to ttie ^uriCbiction of tl;e Court , becauCe 
 it is vi 5i arrni^, anD contra paccm, ^jt appears bp allour I5ool^6,tbat 
 infozmations ougljt not to be grounDeo upon Curmif cs , but upon mat^ 
 
 ter of liecOjU, 4 H. 7, 5 . 6 E. 6. Dy. 74. JnfOZmation in ttje Exchequer, 
 
 anu 1 1 H. ?^, Kciiw. loi. areto tbis purpoCe. 3llnDif tlje matter be vi 
 Iannis, tljenitougbt tobefountjbp enqueft, 2E, 3. i,^, Appeal 
 fljalinot begrounoeo upon tljellieturn of tbc^^eriff , but tbc feing 
 ougbtto be certifier) of it bpjnbictment, i h. 7 6. anb Stamt.f. 95.^, 
 5apon tlje Statute of 2 5 E. 3 . c, 4. t^at none (^ali be impuConeo but 
 upon 31"t3irtnient oi ^^jefentment^ anb 28 E. 3. c 3. 42 E. 3.c« ?. 
 aretotbe Camepucpofe, ^0 bere,tl3is Jlnfoimation ougbt to baUe 
 been grounoeD upon JnDittmcnt, 0? otber matter of I'^icoiD, anb not 
 upon bare intclUgcnte giben to tic &ing. ( «o ) rcbe ptcfcnt cafe is 
 great anD tifgtult, anD in Cucb cafes, tbejubges babe alttiaiesouteD 
 t^emfelbes of JuriCtiction , as appears bp Bracton , book 2. 1. 1. Si 
 
 aliquid novi non ulitacum in Regno accidcrit , 2 E. 3, d, 7, anD 
 
 Dower 343, 
 
 00)3) J tDill remote Come objections tbbicl) map be mabe. 
 
 csaijeretbe mngi0i9laintiff, itisinijiscleitiontobjing^is^rtion 
 in UJbat Court be plcaCes. Cbis is true in f ome Cenf e, to t»it, Cbat tl^e 
 feing is not teftrameb bp tbe Statute of Magna ciiarta , Quod com- 
 
 munia plaLita non fequancur Curiam noftram; f 0^ be map bting l^iS 
 Qiiare impcditin B. K. 31nD if tt COncemS Durham , 0} OtljCt Countp 
 
 l^alatine , pet tit feing map i^ate ^ts Stttion !)ere ■•> fo? tbe CaiD Courts 
 arc createbbp patent, anbt^emngmapnotbe rcflraineb bp ^Barlia- 
 mentjOjtbpi^isobjn i^atcnt, tob?mg bis 3ctionU)bere \)t picafet^. 
 J5ut tbe ting fl)all not babe bis Action to^cre ^e pleafet^againfl a 
 pzobtbition ofti^e Common iaioo, as 12H. 7.Kciiw.^. tbe &ing 
 fijallnot babe a f ozmeDon in Cbanterp, 3nD c. 6, 20. Gregorys 
 cafe, 3]f ttie l^ing toill b,:ing an 3]nf ozmation in an infcriour Court, t^e 
 partp map pleaD to tbe jtiaCcicfion, ^0 toljere tlje Common yUisi 
 inabes a pzobibition, tbe feing ijatb not cUttion of bis Court, 
 
 Cbc llnfoimation isconrraformam Scatuci , tobicb ^tatutc, as 3 
 conceibe , isintentcD tbe Statute of 5 H. 4. c. ^. anD 1 1 H. 6. c 1 1, 
 bJbicb gtbes potoer to tl)is Court to punifl) an affault , mabe upon tbe 
 f erbant of a tmigfjt of ^^atliament. 25ttt our cafe is not tmtbin tbofe 
 ^tafiitee, not tbe uitent of tbem-^ fo?it is notintenbtble, tbat tbe JBar- 
 liatnent OjOuID UifaDbantagetbcmfclbes, in point of tbcit p:ibileDge» 
 Znt} tbisbjasa trefpalTe bone UJit^in tbe I^oufe bp }&arliament^en 
 amcngfl tbeinfelbes.^'nt) Crompton's juriidi*aion ot Ccuns,t,a. Cait^, 
 Cbat' tbe i^arliamcnt map puniO) trefpaflfes Donetbere. 
 
 I^zcficcms babe Wn citeD of j&arliamcnt^men , impiifoneD 
 anD puniOieD foi matters bone in parliament. Co tbis j Cap, 
 Cbat tbere is via juri^, anb viataai ; anb viafaai is not alvbaies 
 vin,uri ,c.4. 93. i^zefiDcntsarena gooD Directions, unlclTetbep be 
 fubitiall. <Dtbets 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX, 
 
 ^5 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 (3)tl)ctflDiCe rt)cre t»<U be a f ailet of 3uftice,to?ong0 fljiU be unpuni- 
 (l)eD. Co tt}iB 31 anCtoec, ctiat a mucbief is oUMnm rat'qcr Cufifitable 
 tb?n an inconticnience , to D?ato in qucftiontbepiibilet!gfS of parlw- 
 mcut, :©pt!)eamiau Common TLatu, 36 It appears bp 2, t. 3. :'3. anU 
 2 f a ir. if an Infant bzmg an appeal, tl>e ^uit Gjail be ftapeD During ^is 
 inf antp, bet auCe tbe p.^rip cannot tiabc Ijis irpall bp Bartail agamft ttie 
 3nf ant^ but toe '/La"d> is now ijelD orberiy if c in tye CaiD caCc. 3nD in 
 fomecaCcs, criminall oSences (Dall be tiipunifljet) , 29 H. g» Dy.^o. 
 appeal of un'aOer lies not fo; nmrDer Done in feberall Counties, 
 
 TOs Couvt of B. K. is coram ipio Kegc , t^e fems Ijtmfelf bp in^ 
 tenDmentisbccein pecCon. anD as it i6faiD,c. 9. 1 18. it is ;>uprc- 
 
 mumRLsm inbunal, Of O^Dinacp JUCifDiCtlon, 23Wt tO tt}i53ICap, 
 
 tbattlieiaarliamentisa tranCcenDcnt Court, anD of tranCtenoentfu* 
 riCDittion^ 31t appears bp 28 air: p. 52, tljattljeftpleofotljcr Courts i» 
 
 coram Rcgc , aS tocU aS t^is IS , aS corimj Rcgc in C.'anccllaria 
 coram llcgc iiiCamera ; anD t!)OUgb it be coram Kcgc,pettbe3IuDgeS 
 
 gibe tbc ^uDgment. SCnD m tl)e time of h. 3 . in tbis Court, f ome €tv 
 
 tries tXICre coram K*. gc^ others? Coram Hugone dc Bigod. 
 
 Cbcpiibilcges of parliament arc not queftioneD, buttle tonCpica* 
 cics anD mirocmeanours of f ome of tljem ©ut to t^is J f ap, Cbat tbe 
 Diftinaion is Difficult anDnarroto intljis cafe, toberetbe offences ob^ 
 jccteoare uiRifiablc : anD if tbep be offences, tbis refletrsupontlje i^oufe 
 :jjl)icb batb tiot puiu(ycD tbem. 
 
 Cbe cafes of 3 ^- 3. ^9- anD i anD 2 Phil. & Mar. i^abe been ob 
 tectcD. 23ut foj tbe l^ft it is obferbable, tbat no plea tuas pleaccD to t^e 
 UmifD'.ction , as it is mour cafe. 3CnD if a parliament man 0: otber, 
 BDpitl?l^ati;piilnlfDge, be unpleabeD in fojtraign Court , anD neglett 
 IjispleatotOe 3)Utii"Diction , tbe Court maptocllpzoteeD 9 H. 7. ,4. 
 36H. e. .4 H 15 ]3c. JlntWs court tl)C)LozDNorrcys,tljat teas a 
 }&cer of l^arliament, ^as uiDiaeD in tins Court foztije mttroer of 
 one Bi'.oLi, anD plcaDeD bis parDon. 3llnD tljf ce it to^s boubteo, boru tbe 
 Court fljoulD pzocceD againft bim, (foztjebrtbcHaii) ougbttobabe 
 bis Crpail bp bis ^^ccrs ) ainD it \3Das rcfolbcD , tb^tinbcn tc pleaDs 
 bis parton , oi confeffetb bis fault , ti?er?bp tie gibfs mrii uiftton to tlje 
 Court, anotbe Court map gibe 3IiiD3ment againJl btm. ^otl>n 
 tbefc cafes, bJl)ece it toas not pleaDeD to tbe 3!urifDtrtion , ean be nopze- 
 (iDenrinourcaic. 
 
 CbP PMbileoge bere is not claimeD bp picfcription 02 CI;arter, tbere- 
 foie it is nor gcoD, 25ut J Cap, tbat notfloitbftanDing tfjis, tt is gooD •-, 
 foitDtjeretbecommonotauj outs a Court of JurifDiaion, tbercneeDs 
 no charter oj piefcription , 1 o H. 6. 1 3, 8 h. 8. k\ jin . 1 89. Br. n. c. 
 515. miim ^anauarp of a Cburclj is pleaoeD , tbcre s no nceD to 
 mabe i^icfcription, becaufe eberp Cl)urcl) is a ^anctuarp bp tl^t conv 
 monO(Lam.Cberefo?e,fsc. 
 
 Heath, t\)t feings 3tturnep , tbe Came Dap argueD on tljeotljer fiDe, 
 but bucflp. firft, be a-iCt»ereD to tbe obtcrtions tubttb bao been maDe. 
 
 firfl,bG CaiD, Cbat ^jufoimattons migbttoeUbe formatters of tl)t8 
 nature, toUtb arc not capitall :, anDt'o.it tbece are matip pzeHDcnts of 
 fucb IBnfozmaticns. cBnt note tbar be oioDuceD none of tbem) 
 
 2 y.31tbatbbeenob*f(tcD, C^attbeparc aCounciU, tt)erefo?etl)ep 
 ougbt to fpeab freely, ©ut Cucb fpeecbes to^icij Ijere are pjonountcD , 
 piobe 
 
 4. Objeft. 
 
 j.Objca. 
 
 i. Objeft. 
 
 7. Objeft. 
 
 8. Objeft. 
 
 Sir Kcb.Hemhs 
 
 p.iinft Sir Uhn 
 Elliot. 
 I. 
 
 1.
 
 54 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 4. 
 
 8. 
 
 p:ot3Ctl)cmnot CounfeUozs of ^tatc.butBeDlamc, tlje aDDitionof 
 one UJoiD ttioulD fjavsc maBc it CtcaCon, to toit, Proditone. 23utitis 
 tl)i pleaCurc of rt)e feing to pjocecD in tl)is manner, a0 noto it is. 3!nD 
 t^etc is great mffctcnfcbctlDecn ©ills ano libells, anobcitoecn ti^eit 
 pjoceeiJingSjns Coiiniell anD as iQputinous. 
 
 sly, (^\)M it UJoulii be of Dangerous conCetiumrc •, f ojt b? tl)i6 means, 
 none tooulo aotoenture to complain of gricbances, J anftwcr, fijljep map 
 maUetbeic complaints in j^arliamentarp manner , buttljep map not A 
 mobe tljings, iBDicb teno to biftraaion of t^t feinganD l;is (So- 
 betnmenr, 
 
 4iv.d)eCc matters map be punifljeo in foUoU)ing |3arliamcnrs. 
 I3«t tbisis imposfible, foi foUotomg i^atliaments cannot knob? , 
 tjjitl) UJbat minbe tbefe matters toere bonc, ailfotbei^oufe of Com- 
 mons is not aCoart of Juaiccofitfelf. Cl)e tlno i^oiifesare but one 
 25obp, ano tljep cannot pjotceDcriminallp to puni^ crimes, butonelp 
 uponrbeir ^embers bp tjjap of impjiionmcHt ^ anoalfotbcp are not B 
 a Court of l^ecozb, 3nD tljcp babe fojbio tbeir ClerU to maue enttp of ! 
 ibeit ^peecbes, but onelp of matters of tourCe s foz manp times il)ep 
 Cpeab upon tl)e f ubbain, as otcafion is offereb. 3nD tbete is n o neccsh* 
 tp, tbat tbe feing (boulo cicpect a uctD pacUament. Cbe )lo?D6 map 
 grant CommisOons to Determine matters , after tbe ^Sarliament en- 
 DCD' but tbe l^ouf e of Commons cannot to Co. SnD aifo a ueuj i^eufe 
 of Commons confifls of netb^en, tobictj l)abe no conuCance oftljefe 
 offences.i H.4. Cbe:i3ifljop of Carlik, fojbJotDS Cpoben in tbe p^arlta^ 
 ment, tbat tbe iiing bab not rigbt to tbe Ctoton, teas arraigneb m rl)is 
 Court of bigNreaCon^ anb tben^e bib not pleaD l)ig p:ibtlebge of 
 i^arliament, but Caib, Cbat be teas Epiicopus unaus, &:c. 
 
 5iy.4 H. 8.Scrodt staCebatb bccn cbjetteD. iButtbis is but a par- 
 ticular act , altbcugb u be in pjmt $ fo^ Kartaii intitlcs it bp tbe name 
 of iitrodc^ fo t\)t title, asobp, anb piobiCo of t^e M are pacficular. 
 
 6]y.c^attbi6 is an inferiour Court to tbe ^Sarliament, t^ercfoje, 
 ^f. Co ttjis j Cap, Cbat, eben fitting tbe iBarii-iment , tbis Cuurt of 
 B. R anD otner Courts , map jutgeoftbfirpiibilebgcs, as ofajBar^ 
 Uament^man pur in cjcecution, ^c, anD otber cafep. Jt is true, tbat t^e 
 31ubges babe oft times DetlineD to gibe tl;eir iuDgmcnt,upon tbep?i< 
 bileges of pariian^ent, fitting t^c Court. But from tl;is it follotoes 
 not, tbat toljen tOeofTente iscommitteDtbcre,anbnotpuniQjeD, anb tbe 
 CaiD Court liffolbeD, tIjattlimfotetljefaiD matter fljallnot bequeDio-' 
 neb in tbis Court. 
 
 jiy.Bprbis means tlje p?ibilebgeg of l^arliament C^allbeingreat 
 banger, if tbis Court map iubge of tbnn. 23ut3ianfboer, Cbattbereife 
 no Danger at alU fo? tljis Court map (uDge of Slcts of j^aciiament. 
 
 Sly. fBcrbaps tbefe matters boere bonebp tbe tUotcs cftbei^oufc j 
 o?,iftbepbc offences, it is an imputation to tlje i^oufc tofflp,tbattbep 
 baD ufglecteD to punifl) iljcm. :!But tbis matter tot^ not appear. 3nb if 
 tbe trutb bjcre fo ^ t tef c matters migbt be gibcn in ebibcnce. 
 
 s?iy.Cbcreisnop:efiDcnt in tbecaiC, tobitb is a great pjefumpticn 
 of tm. 25ut totl)i5 3Ianfn)cr,Cbattberett3a6 nebcranp p?efibcnt 
 of Cutb a faff, tberefoze tbere cannotbeapiefioent of Cucb a jUDgment, 
 3nbpetin tbe time of iEiueen Eii/akch, ittt)as rcfolbfb bpBrown, 
 anb manp otber lluntces, tbat offences bone m iBarliamc nr map be pu^ 
 niOjcDout of jBarliamcnt, bp impnfonment oz otbetlmfc. Jtnb tbe 
 
 cafe 
 
 D 
 
 E
 
 B 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 1i 
 
 cafe of 3 E. 3. 1 y. is tabcn fo? gooD )LatD bp Stamf, anD Fitzh. 3(int) 
 2 z E. 3 . atK) • Ma r. acco.zD Ditcdlp U3Ulj it, 23ut it \:fn\) been ob-ettfti, 
 t^at tbere toss no plea inaoc to tl)C 31wf i^Oictioii. I5ui it is to be obrcc' 
 CedjeO , t!)3t i^ioydcn, tbat teas a icawieD man , Uias one of tbe 1©e- 
 fcntiants, anD be pleaoeD not to tbe JluciCviction , but pleaoet) luenCc to 
 bepact* 31nt) tl)e laiD 3|nfo2matton DepntDeb bucuigall cbeHUigneof 
 ^ueen Mary , During tobici; tiuie tbere loere Cone idatiiaimnts , ano 
 t^ep nebet queftioncD t^is matter, 
 
 25ut it bato been further obiccteo, Cbat tbe f aiD taCe Differs fwm out 
 caCe, becauCettinttbetetbeoSencetPasi^oneoutoft^el^ouCe, anbtbis 
 ttjas Done toitbmtbe i^ouCe. 23ut m tbe faio taf c , if Utenf e to tepart 
 be pleaDeD) it ougbt to be ttpeo in parliament , as tseU as tbeCe offen^ 
 CCS fcere. cbetcfoie ^c. 
 
 3nD ttic Can.e bap rbe Hwoges Cpafee bticflp to tl^e cafe , anD agreeo 
 tbitb one boice, Ct)at tb^ ^ourt, as tW caCe is, (^all ^abe luriCbtition, 
 alt^oug^ t^aC ^eCe offences tberc commitceD m i^arliametu. 
 
 After- 
 
 . '
 
 5« 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 2. 
 
 3- 
 
 4. 
 
 6. 
 
 8. 
 
 lO. 
 
 11. 
 
 Afterwardi the Parliament which met ifc<r 3d.o/Novcmb. 1640. upon 
 %^ort made by Mr, Recorder Glyn , of the jtate of the feitrall and 
 refpetiiie cafes of Mr. HoUis, Air. Selden , and the reH of the im- 
 prtfohed Members of the Parltamenty in tcrtio Caroli j touching their 
 extraordinary fu^erings , for their conjiant aQeBtons to the Liberties of 
 the Kingdom, expreffed in that Parliament 5 And upon Arguments made 
 in the Houfe thereupon^ did, upon the 6th. 0/ July, 1 641. pcQethefe 
 etdfuingyotes y which ytn refpeB of the reference they haze in thefe laji 
 mentioned proceedings , we have thought fit ^ though out of order of time, 
 to infertjv'ii. 
 
 July the 6 th. 1641. 
 
 REfolved upon the Queftion , that the iffuing out of the Warrants 
 from the Lords, and others of the Privy Councill, compelling Mr. 
 HolliSf and the reft of the Members of that Parliament , 3. Car. du- 
 ring the Parliament, to appeare before them , is a breach of the privi- 
 Icdgc of Parliament by thole Privy GounfcUours. 
 
 Rcfolved, &c. That the Committing of Mr. flollisy and the reft of 
 the Lords, and others of the Privy Councill ; dureing the Parliament, 
 is a breach of the privilcdge of Parliament by thofe Lords and others. 
 
 Refolvcd, &c. That the fearching and fealing of the Chamber, 
 Study, and Papers of Mr. Hollist Mr. Selden^'and Sir. johnEliot,he- 
 ing Members of this Houfe, and dureing the Parliament, and iffuing of 
 warrants to that purpofe , was a breach of the priviledge of Parlia- 
 ment, and by thofe that executed the fame. 
 
 Rcfolved, &c. That the exhibiting of an Information in the Court 
 of Star-Chamber, againft Mr. Ko//« and the reft , for matters done by 
 them in Parliament, being members of Parliament , and the fame fo 
 appearing in the Information ; is a breach of the priviledge in Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 Rcfolved, &c. That Sir Robert Heath , and Sir Humphrey Dazenport^ 
 Sir Hennage Finch., Mr. Hudfon , and Sir Robert Berkly, that fubfcribed 
 their names to the Information , are guilty thereby of the breach of 
 priviledge of Parliament. 
 
 Relolved, &c. That there was delay of Juftice, towards Mr. Hollis 
 and the reft that appeared upon the Ha. Corp. in that they were not 
 bay led in Eaftcr and Trinity fcarm. 5.Cdr. 
 
 Rcfolved, Sic, That Sir Nicholas Hide^ihen chief Juftice of the Kings 
 Bench, is guilty of this delay. 
 
 Rcfolved, &c. That Sir mlliim 'Jones then being one of the Juftices 
 of the Court of Kings Bench is guilty of this delay. 
 
 Rcfolved,&c. That Sir James fvhitlock Knight,then one of thcjufticcs 
 of the Court of Kings Bench is not guilty of this delay. 
 
 Ordered, That the further debate of this fball be taken into Confi- 
 deration on to morrow Morning. 
 
 July the 8th. KJ41. 
 
 Refolvcd upon the Queftion , That Sir George Crook Knight, then one 
 of the Judges of the Kings Bench is not guilty of this delay. 
 
 That the continuance of Mr. Ho///iand thereftof the Members of 
 Parliament, 3. Car. in Prifon, by the then Judges of the Kings Bench 
 
 for 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 T7 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 for HOC putting in Turctics ot the good behaviour , was without jud or 
 Icgall caufc. 
 
 That the exhibiting of the Information againft Mr. Hollis, Sir John 
 Eliot^ and Mr. rJentine in the Kings Bench, being members of Parlia- 
 ment, for matccrs dtine in Parliament, was a breach of the priviledgc 
 of Parliament, . 
 
 That the over-ruling of the plea, pleaded by Mr. Hollts^ Six John 
 Eliot, and Mr. l^aUfttine-, upon the Information to the Jurifdidtion of 
 the Court, was againlt the LaWjandpriviledgeof Parliament. 
 
 That the Judgement given upon a iV//;// dtcit ^ againilMr. Hollis^ 
 Sir John Eliot, and Mr. yuUntine^ and fine thereupon impofed, and their 
 (evcrall imprifonmcnts thereupon, was againft the Law,and privilcdge 
 of Parliament. 
 
 That the feverall proceedings againft Mr. Hollis , and the reft, by 
 committing them, and profecuting them in the Star-Cliambcr and in 
 the Kings Bench, is a grievance. 
 
 That Mr. Hollts, Mr. Stro'udi\s\v. Valentine, awdi Mr. 1.0/2^, and the 
 heires and Exccutoursof Sir JobnEliot^ Sir Miles Huhbard, and Sir 
 Teter Herman, refpedively ought to have reparation for their refpedive 
 dammages and futferingSj againft the Lords and others of the Councill, 
 by whole warrants they were apprehended and committed, and againft 
 the Councill that put their hands to the Information in the Star-Cham- 
 bei,and againft the judges of the Kings Bench. 
 
 ^\\2iX.Wii\ Lawrence iViniaker , being a Member of the Parliament j 
 3 C<Jr. eniring into the Chamber of Sir John Eliot ^ being likewifca 
 Number of the Parliament, fcarching of his Trunck and Papers, and 
 fcaling of theui, isouilty of the breach of the priviledgeof Parliament, 
 this being done before the diffolution of Parliament. 
 
 RefolvC'd upon the qucfticn , That Mr. Lawrence ivhitaker , being 
 guilty of the breach of the priviledges, as aforcfaid, lliall be fent forth- 
 with to the Towf/-- ^ thereto remain a prifoner during thepkafurc of 
 the Houfe. 
 
 Mv.ifhiialer was called down , and kneeling at the Bar, Mr. Speaker 
 pronounced thisS^'ntence againft him accordingly. 
 
 Mr. Wijitai-er bcingat the Bar, did not deny, but that he did fearch 
 and leal up theChaniber, and Trunck , and Study, oi Sit John Eliot, 
 between thcfecond and tenth of /l/jrc/;, during which time the Parlia- 
 ment was adjourned ; But endeavoured to extenuate it, by the confu- 
 fion of the times, at that time.j the length of the time ilnce the crime 
 was committed, being thirteen years; the command that lay upon 
 him, being commanded by the King and twenty three Privy Coun- 
 fellors. 
 
 tyfftenrards Mr, %fcorder Glin made a further Report to tie 
 Houfe of Commons, viz. 
 
 HE likewife reported the ftate of the cafe, concerning the loffcs , 
 dammagesjfutfe rings, &: imprifonments,fuftained an J undergone 
 by Mr, Vafjell^ for denying to pay Tunnage and Poundage, (not granted 
 by Adl of Parliament ) in obedience to a Declaration and Vote of this 
 Houfe. The Warrant, which iffued and was fubfcribed by twelve Pri- 
 vy CounfcUors , tofummcn nine of the Members of the Houfe of 
 
 h Com- 
 
 12. 
 
 »4. 
 
 15- 
 
 i6. 
 
 17. 
 
 18.
 
 ^8 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Commons, in the Parliament of ffct;o Caroli^ to appear before ihcm 
 during; the ParUanicnt : vi2>.Mr.fyil!iam Stroud^ Mr, Benjamin f^alentine^ 
 Mr. Hollts , Sir John Eliot , Mr. SeUm , Sir Miles Hotert, Sir Peter Hey- 
 mari^ MT.tVaher Lorig^ 3it\d MT.P^f^flltam Coriton -, bearing date, tertio 
 Mar a quarto Carolt ; and the names of the twelve Privy Counfcilors 
 that iigned this Warrant were read. The Parliament being adjour- 
 ned the fcLond of March to the tenth of March, and then dilToived. 
 
 The Warrants under the hands offixteen Privy Counfcilors, for 
 commitcing- of Mr.Denzill Hollts ^S'n John Blioti Mr^JohnSeUen ^ Mr. 
 BenJAmin Valtmirte , and Mr. fytlltam Coriten , clofe prifoners to the 
 rowr, bearing date, ^arto Martii quarto Caroli , during the Parlia- 
 mc nt, were read. Ami ttie names of the Privy Counfellors that fub- 
 fcribed thcm,were read. The Warrants under the hands of twenty 
 two Privy Counfellory, direfted lotyiWam Bofwell Efq^ to repair to the 
 lodgings of Denzil Hollts Efq-, and to Simon Di^hy ElqJ to repair to the 
 lodgings of Mr« John Selden-, and to Lawrence Kf^ht taker Efqj to repair to 
 the lodgings of Sir John Eliot , requiring them to leal up the Truncks , 
 Studies , and Cabinets , or any other thing that had any Papers in 
 t hem, of the faid Mr. Hollisj Mr, John Selden^ and Sir John Eliot , were 
 read ^ and lilcewifc the names of the Privy Counfellors that fubfcri- 
 bed the faid Warrants. A Warrant under the hands of thirteen Pri- 
 vy Counfellors, for the commitment of Mr. ;r/7//4w67roWclofc prifo- 
 ncr to the Kinos Bench , bearing date, 2d. y^pril, 1^28. was read, and 
 the names of the Privy Counfellors that iubfcribed it; The like War- 
 rant was for the commitment of Mr. Vf^alter Long clofe prifoner to the 
 MAr\hall-fea. 
 
 The humble Memoriall of the loffes, dammagcs, f uffcrings, and im- 
 pril'onments, fuflainedand undergone by Alderman Richard Chambers, 
 for denying to pay Tunnage and Poundage j (not granted by Acl of 
 Parliament) in obedience to a Declaration and Vote of this Houfc, 
 was this day read. 
 
 Ordered, that it be referred to the Committee for the Members of 
 tertio Carolii where Mr. Recorder hafti the Chair ; and the Committee 
 of the Navy, joyncdastothisbufineflTe s toconfider of the Memoriall 
 of the lofles, dammagcs, fufferings, and imprifonmcnts , fuftained and 
 undergone by Alderman Richard Chamhers , for his denying to betray 
 the Liberty of tj-.e Subjcdt , in paying the illegall Tax of Tunnage and 
 Poundage, (not granted by Aft of Parliament.) in obedience to a De- 
 claration and Order of this Houfe. And the Committee arc to make 
 report on Mund&y fortnight. 
 
 Refolved, &c. That Mr. Ho///s fliall have the fum of five thoufand 
 pounds, for his dammages, IcfTes, imprifonments , and fufferings, fu - 
 f\ained and undergone by him, for his fervicedonc to the Common- 
 wealth in the Parliament of tetth Caroli^ 
 
 Refolved, &c« That Mr. Joh/i Seh'en fliall have the fum of five thou- 
 fand pounds, for his dammages, lofles, imprifonmcnts, and fufferings , 
 fuftained and undergone by him for hisfervice done to the Common- 
 wealth, in the Parliament oi tenia Carol/. 
 
 Refolved, &c. Tliat the fum of five thoufand pounds be pfTigned for 
 the dammages, lofles, imprifonmcnts, and fufferings , fuftained and 
 undergone by S\v John Eliot ^ for his fervice done ro the Common- 
 vvealrn in the Parliament o{ tertio Carol/, to be dii'pofed of in (uch man- 
 ner, as this Houfc fliall appoint. 
 
 Rcfol- 
 
 A 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 TP 
 
 B 
 
 C 
 
 D 
 
 llcfolvcd, &c. Tliac the (urn ot two tnouland pounds, part ot tour 
 thoufand pounds^ paid into twc late Courzoi Hoards and Lizeries , by 
 the hcircs ot" Sir John Eliot , by rcafon ot his marriage with Sir Dantel 
 A^6»/.Wj daughter, (hall be repaid toMr, £//of, out of the arrears ot 
 monieS:payao!e into the late Court of W ards and Liveries, before the 
 taking away ot the laid late Court. 
 
 Ordered , that it be referred to the Committee who brought in this 
 Report, to examine the Decree made in the late Court of Wards and 
 Liveries , concerning the marriage of Sir John Eliot's heir with Sir Da- 
 rnel f<!urton\ daughter 5 and wiiat monies was paid by reafon of tlic 
 faid Decree, and by whom j a;id to report their opinions thereupon to 
 the Houfe. 
 
 Or.tercd, That it be referred to the Committee of the Tower to ex- 
 amine alter what manner Sir John Eljot came to his death, his ufage in 
 the Tower, and to view the roomcs and places where he was imprifo- 
 ncd,and where he dyed, and to rq>ort tliefame to the Houfe. 
 
 Relolved, Sic That tlie fum ot live thoufand pounds (hall be paid 
 unto the oiSiz F^ter Heymar^^ for the dam- 
 
 mages, lo(Tes,fufferings, and imprifonmcnts, fuftained and undergone 
 by bir Peter Heyma/i, tor his fcrvicc done to the Common-wealth in tne 
 Parliament mtertio Caroli. 
 
 Rcfolvcd, &:c. That Mr.rralter Lon^ lliall have the fum of five 
 thoufand pounds paid unto him j for the daramages, lofles, fuflf.rings, 
 and imprifonment fultained and undergone by him , tor his fcrvice 
 done to the Common-wealth in the Parliament of r^nfoC^^o//. 
 
 Rcfolvcd, 8cc. That the fum of five thoufand pounds lliall be af- 
 figned, for the da,mmages, lotfcs,lutferings, and imprifonment, lu- 
 ftained and undergone by Mr. 5/ro«'f Hate a member of thisHoule) 
 decealed, tor fervice done by him to the Common- wealth, in the Par- 
 liament ot leriio Cartli. 
 
 Relolved, &c» That Mr. Benjamin Valentine fliall have the fum of 
 five thoufand pounds paid unto him , for the dammages , lolTcs, fuife- 
 rings , and imprifonments fulfained and undergone by him for his fer- 
 vice donoto the Common- wcakh, in the Parliament of tertio Caroli. 
 
 Relolvcuj&c. That the lumof five hundred pounds lliall bebc- 
 ftowedand difpofed of, for the crcding aMonumenuoSir Miles Ho- 
 b'ert-)Z. Member oi the Parliament of fi?/7/oC'JK&//, in memory of his fuf- 
 ferinas for his fervice to the Common-wealth in that Parliament of 
 tertio Carolt. 
 
 Relolved, Sec. That Mr. Samuelf^.tlfell lliall have the fum often thou- 
 fand four hundred forty five pounds twelve fluUings twopence paid 
 him» for his lofl'cs and dammages lullained , for denying to pay Tun- 
 nagc and Poundage, fnot granted by A^Oc of Parliament) in purl'uance 
 and obedience to a Declaration and Vote of this Houle. 
 
 Refolved, &c. That this Houk doth declare , that they will in due 
 time take Mr. ^a(jell into furdier confideration , for his imprilonment 
 and perfonaU fufferings. 
 
 Ordered, Tliat it be recommitted to the Committee , who brought 
 in this Report vo conhder , how the leverall fums of mony this day 
 ordered to be paid, for dammages to the fevcrall Members, and others 
 before named, for their lufferings in the lervicc of the Common- 
 wealth, may be raifed. 
 
 FINIS.
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 AN INDEX 
 
 Alphabetically digefted, relating to the Principal 
 Perfons and Matters contained in this Book. 
 
 A. 
 
 Bbot JrchbiJIwp, hk 
 advice concerntri?- the 
 Palatinate J^f>,^. 1 2 
 In dtfgrace at Court, 
 p. (5 1, his Letter to 
 the King again (i Toleration of Po- 
 pcry,p.S').Sti/lindlsfj'vor,p_4.;^, 
 A Cotnmifion tofecjuefter bint, ib. 
 his Narrati've at large containing 
 the true cau^e of his being fc^ite fired, 
 from p.4^ 8 .^tf 4<5i .His Speech con- 
 cerning the Petition of Right ^■^, 552 
 hhhot Doctor p. 6 2 
 
 A^s paffed in Parliament,'^. 152,195, 
 
 (644 
 
 k\{ox<^ Mafler p. 5 68 
 
 Allured Mafler his letter to the Duke, 
 
 p. 91. Another concerning the 
 
 Duke p.621 
 
 Aynbafjadors private InflruSfions^p. 1 8 
 
 Anfaault Prince^ made General of the 
 
 Bohemians p. 14 
 
 Arminjans p. 62, 111,177,180, 
 
 fi8i,479 
 Arundel Earl p.3(58,^r. 
 
 Afliley Serjeant^ que[lioncd for words ^ 
 
 Afton 5/> Walter, p.14,60,106, 
 
 (107,113,114 
 
 Le AfTembli des notr.bles, &c. p. 
 
 (691. y^«i5^p.i4. Apptndix. 
 
 Atke Mr. His Argument for Malier 
 
 StiQud, 
 
 p. 18. Appendix 
 
 B. 
 
 BAcon, Lord Chancellor p. 2 8, 
 (-29,31, i^i 
 Bavkley Serjeant, his Argument a- 
 
 gainfiMr.StiO{id. Appendix,p.ai 
 
 Barkdiire Earl ?.37^ 
 
 Barons of the Exchequer fent unto a- 
 bout Merchants geods, ^.666^66'j 
 
 Beecher 5/r William P.430 
 
 Bechlem Gabor afi(is the Bohemi- 
 ans p. 12 
 
 Bohemians vide Palatinate 
 
 Book of Bounty prohibited p. 41 7 
 
 Bramfton Serjeant, upon the Habeas 
 riorpus p. 463 
 
 Briftol vi^ Digby. 
 
 Buckingham rvrites anto Gundamor 
 of King James dtfjatisf action about 
 the Palatines War, p. 16. Goes 
 rvith the Prince into, Spain, p. j6. 
 Made Duke,p, 78. A Letter fent 
 to him from Mr. Allured, p. 91. 
 His Narrative to both Houfes of 
 Parliament, p. 119. The truth 
 thereof attcfted b-j the Prince, p. 1 6. 
 The Popes Letter to him, p. 80. His 
 head demanded by the Spanifl) Am- 
 Lifidor, p.T 26. The Duke is jufli- 
 fed of both Houfes, ibid. And by 
 King James, who called him his 
 difciple, p. 1 2 7 . Is accufcd again by 
 the Spant^ Ambaffador P. 1 44 
 
 Renders an account in Parlia- 
 ment of the Fleet, p. 190. And al- 
 fofpeaks on his own behalf p. 191. 
 j^eries in Parliament concernin?^ 
 the Duke, \>.2zx. 5/> John Elliot 
 concerning the Duke, p . 2 2 4. The 
 Kings Speech on behalf of the Duke, 
 p. 225. Lord Keeper to the fame 
 purpofe,^. 22 J. The Duke explains 
 the Kings and the Lord Keepers 
 Speech in Parliament, p,z29. And 
 renders an account of his Negotiati- 
 on in the Low Coun treys, and elf- 
 rvherc, p. 2 3 i . // vindicated by the 
 Lord Conway, p. 1 3 5 . The Com - 
 mons prcfcnt a Remonftrance 
 
 ^ (*) ____j«^«£
 
 INDEX. 
 
 i 
 
 agawjl him, p. 247. Private ad- 
 vice given him,y>.2 5 o . The Dukes 
 anjmr to a Meffage from the Cem- 
 7norJS, p. 2 5 1 . Articles exhibited 
 against him by Briftol , p . 2 6 6 . The 
 Kings Mefjage on behalf of the 
 I>itke,againft ^nHoljp.ijo, hn- 
 ■peachcd by the Commons, p. 307. 
 managed at a Conference by Eight 
 Members, p. 306, 307, 308, d'C. 
 Private [uggeflions on behalf of 
 the Duke, p. ^60. The Kings Speech 
 on his behalf, p. 361. A Mefjage 
 from the Commons againft him, p. 
 3 (5 1, His Speech againfl them, p. 
 367. i'/> Dudley Carlton concern- 
 ing him, ^. -^62 ^^6^. Diffatisfied at 
 the releafe of Sir John Elliot, p. 
 365. Sir ]obaE\\iots explanation 
 concerning him, p. 366. Jschofen 
 Chancellor of Cambridge, p.375. 
 His Letter to that U»i'verftty,Tp.^'T] . 
 The Kings Letter on his behalf^ p. 
 378. His Speech in Parliament be- 
 fore he gave inhisAn(rver, p.379. 
 His Plea and Anftver to the Im- 
 peachment, p. 380, <^c. The King 
 prefers an Information againfl him 
 in Star-Chambei-j p, 417. Sets 
 fail with the Fleet, p. 429. Lands 
 his Army at the I(le />/Rhee,p.43o. 
 And had a hot encounter with the 
 French, p. 43 1 . Omits to take in 
 the little Fort, ibid. Lays fiege to 
 the Cittadel at St. Martins, ibid. 
 P\f treats with the Army from Rhee, 
 p.469. Declared caufe of all grie- 
 vances, p. 6I). De fires to clear 
 himfelf concerning fome words, fup- 
 pofed to be fpoken by him, p. S'^g, 
 And charges one Melvin for freak- 
 ing words again fi: him, ibid. Is 
 flain at Portfmouth, p. 647. The 
 King receives news of his Death, 
 
 ibid. 
 Burlacy Sir John p. 1 5 
 
 Burroughs Captain p. 1 5 , 40 
 
 Burroughs 5/> John flain at Rhee, 
 
 p. 200 
 
 C"^ Althrop Mr. p. 464. Appen- 
 ^ (dix 49 
 
 Carlile£4?-/ P.173 
 
 Carlton 5/r Dudley, p.76. 362,353 
 Carmarthen Mr. his Anftver about 
 Cu flows p. 668 
 
 Cautionary Towns in the Netherlands 
 delivered up p. 3 
 
 Chambers Mr.queflioned at the Coun- 
 cil, and committed, p. 65 1 . Brings 
 /'Af Habeas Corpus, ibid, is bailed^ 
 p.652. his Goods feifed on for not 
 paying of Cufloms,p.6')^. A Writ 
 of Replevin denied him, ibid. Pro- 
 ceedings in Star-Chamber againfl 
 him^p.SSo, His Sentence, ip.SSi. 
 His fubmifion tendred,^. 682. fjfis 
 refufal t hereof , p. 68 3 . His Plea in 
 the Exchequer againfl the jurif- 
 diction of the Court 0/ Stat- Cham- 
 ber, ibid. Brought upon Habeas 
 Corpus, p. 686. His Petition to 
 the long Parliament^ p. 687. His 
 Death p.'68p 
 
 Charls Prince.^ his Letter to Philip 
 the Fourth ^Spain about the Match 
 P.JS*. Goes difguifed into Spain, 
 p.76. Had a fight of the Princcf? 
 Henrietta Maria as he paffed 
 through France, ibid. His recepti- 
 on and entertainment in Spain, p. 
 77. Endeavors ufed to make him 
 change his Religion , p. 78. The 
 popes Letter to himfihid. His An- 
 fwer thereunto, p. 82. Swears to 
 Articles of Marriage, p. 86. The 
 Oath taken by him, p. 88, Swears 
 
 to private Articles,Y'.^^i^9' And 
 afterwards findes delays in Spain, 
 p. 102. Refolves to depart thence 
 and leave a Proxy tvith Briftol, p. 
 103. Feafls the Spanijh Dons a- 
 hoard his Ship, p. 104. Arrives 
 frf/f/w England, ibid. Left private 
 Jnflru5lions with Briftol to contra- 
 diB the Proxy, ibid. Attefls the 
 Dukes Narrative in Parliament, 
 
 p. 1 19 
 7/ Proclaimed King , p. 169. 
 New fwears the old Privy Council, 
 ibid. Purfues their Advice, p. 1 70. 
 Puts forth a Proclamation of Go- 
 vernment, p . 1 7 1 . Att tnds in per- 
 fon his Fathers Funeral, ibid. Con- 
 tinues the Duke intimately in favor, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 INDEX. 
 
 ibid. Levies Soldiers for the Vi\^- 
 tinate, p. 172. Signs the Articles 
 of Marriage with France, ibid. 
 The Marriage [olenini[cdi» France, 
 p. 173. Sends the Dtikeof Buck- 
 ing h.am into France to attend the 
 ^een wfo England, p. 174. And 
 meets the £^een at Dover, ibid. 
 'The Marriage conjummated at Cm- 
 t(::bmy^\b\d. Brings her to London, 
 ibid. His firft Speech in Parliament, 
 p. 1 7 5 . The Lord Keepers Speech 
 by his dire£fion,^. 1 76. Orvns Mon- 
 tague as his [erf ant, p. 1 78. Ad- 
 journs the Parliament to Oxford, 
 
 B ibid. His Ships employed againfi 
 Rocheljibid. His Speech at the Par- 
 liament in Oxford,p. 1 8 1 .Seconded 
 hj the Lord Conway and Secretary 
 Cook,p. \%y.He Anfwers the Com- 
 mens Petition agAi^fi Rccuf^nts, p. 
 18) . Sends a, Meffagefor fupply, p. 
 1 5)4. The Commons infifiing flill i 
 upon grievances^ he diffolves the ; 
 Parliament, p. 1 95 . And follows his 
 deftgn of War, ibid. Sends out Privy 
 Seals for money, p. 196. "Difarms 
 Recujants,^. i g^. Sends out his Fleet 
 and Army under command of rif- 
 count Wimbleton, p. 198, 199. 
 Their unfuccefful Foyage, p. 200. 
 
 J) He norvprehibites trade with Spain, 
 p. 201. Takes the Seal from Lord 
 Keeper V^iWiims^ p.202. Calls a 
 Parliament ^h\d. Prepares for his Co- 
 ronation, "p. 20'^, Commanets allof 
 Forty pound per annum to appear, 
 and receive the Order of Knight- 
 hood, ibid. The manner of his Co- 
 ronation, p, 2 04. The King is pre- 
 fent at the opening of the fecond 
 Parliament ^ p, 206. And com- 
 mands the Lord Keeper Coventry 
 to {peak what he intended him f elf 
 to have [aid, ibid. Forbids refort to 
 hear Maf, p.2 1 6. The Kings Let- 
 ter ta the Commons tobtflenfupply, 
 p. 2 1 8. Zcconds it with a Mcjfage, 
 p. 219. To which the Commons 
 fent an A n fiver , p. 220. The 
 Kings Reply, ibid. And fends an- 
 other Meff age concerning Mr. Cook 
 and DocJor Turner, p.2 2 2 . Three 
 
 Subfidies and three Fifteens Voted 
 ts he given him, p.2 2 5. And hot 
 Debate againfi the Duke, ibid. 
 Whereupon the King fpeaks to the 
 Parliatricnt, ibid. And refers fo 
 the I ord Keeper to [peak further, 
 p. 225, 226, arc. And (peaks 
 again him f elf, p. 2 2 5?. His Speech 
 explained by the Duke, ibid. Re- 
 ceives A Petition touching Nobility, 
 p. 237. His Letter to Briftol , 
 p. 241. His Menage concerning 
 Briftol, p. 245. R'ceives a Re- 
 monjlrance from the Commons con- 
 cerning the Duke, p. 247, Ad- 
 journs th: Parliament for a tveek, 
 p. 250. He is attended by fome 
 Bifhops concerning the Duke , p. 
 251. Leaves the Hottfe at liberty 
 to prefent the matter concerning the 
 j»«i/.. p ■,.%'> Hii Mefjage on 
 behalf of the Duke againfi Briftol, 
 p.2 60. His Speech on behalf of the 
 
 Duke,p.^6i. Commits ^/> Dad- 
 ley Diggs and Sir John Eljior, 
 p. 362. Releafes them, p. 3 54. His 
 Meffage concerning the Earl of A- 
 rundel, p. 368. ^His Anfwertothe 
 Lords Petition, p. 371, 372. His 
 further Anfwer concerning the Earl 
 of Arundel, p. 3 73 . Another Mef- 
 fage from the King concerning the 
 jaid Earl, p . 3 74, 3 7 5 . The Earl 
 0/ Arundel fet at liberty , p, 375. 
 His Mefjage to the Parliament, that 
 they hinder not the Ele^ion of the 
 Duke , as Chancellor of Cam- 
 bridge, p. 376, 377. His Letter to 
 that Untverfity on the Dukes behalf.^ 
 p. 378. His Letter to the Speaker 
 concerning Supply, p. 394. The 
 Commons Petition him againfi Re - 
 cufantSfp.^p-). A Speech made to 
 him by Sir Hennage Finch concern- 
 ing the D«^<f,p.40 1 . His Commifii- 
 on to diffolve the Parliament .^p. ^03 
 The Parliaments Rcmenflrance to 
 /f/«, p.404, 405,^^:. His Procla- 
 mation againfi the faid Remon- 
 flrance, p.4 1 5 . And another againfi 
 difputing about Arminian Contro- 
 troverftes, p. 416. Caufes an In- 
 formation to be preferred againfi 
 C 2) the
 
 INDEX. 
 
 the Duke, p. 417. Prohibites the^ 
 Book of Bounty, ibid. Takes the 
 Forfeiture arifmgfrem Recufants, 
 ibid. Gra?jts aCommifion tocom- 
 fottffJ with Reculdnts ^ p, 418. 
 His Proclamation to make his Reve- 
 nue certain, ibid . Sends to his No- 
 bles to lend him money, ibid. De- 
 mands of the City of London the 
 Loan of One hundred thousand 
 founds , p. 419. Requires Port 
 Towns to furnij]} Ships, ibid, which 
 the Ports in Dorfetlhire difpute , 
 ibid. The City of London the 
 like, and are checked, ibid, l^ues 
 forth Privy Seals, p. 420. Re- 
 qmres inhabitants in Port Towns 
 to repair to their \Houfes, ibid. 
 Sends Ships to the River Elbe, 
 ibid. Declares the King of Den- 
 marks overthrow to be o'^ie £roov>/^ 
 of the Loan, p. 422. -^»^^ /"''^^ 
 a Declaration ccncerning the Loan, 
 ibid. Gives private InflruBions 
 concerning the Loan, ibid. Grants 
 A Comnnfion for Martial Law, 
 p. 423. Di [places Sir Randal 
 Crew about the Loan, and makes 
 Sir Nicholas Hide Chief ^u- 
 ftice , p. 424. Sends Six thou- 
 fand Engli(h into the Nether- 
 lands , pag. 425. Makes Sir 
 Charles Morgan General of 
 thew, ibid. Caufes refufers of 
 Loan money to be prefjed for 
 Soldiers, p. 426. Diffatispedwith 
 the French about the ^een, p. 
 427. and difmiffes them, p. 428. 
 His Declaration concerning a War 
 with France, p. 429. Makes the 
 Duke of Buckingham Admiral 
 and General, and gives him a 
 Commifion, ibid. Secures feveral 
 Gentlemen for not paying the Loan 
 money, p. 433. Grants a Com- 
 mifion to fequefler Archbifhop- 
 Abbot, p.435. Appoints a [up- 
 fly to be lent to the Duke under 
 the Earl of Holbnd, p. 466, A 
 Lifi of the Debt the King owes 
 for Fraights ef Ships upon the 
 two Expeditions to Cadize and 
 RJiee , p. 470. Calls a Parlia- 
 
 ment, p. 475. Set at liberty the 
 imprifoned Gentlemen about the 
 Loan money , p.477. A Lifi of 
 thofe Gentry imprifoned by the 
 King about Loan money, ibid. 
 His Commijiion for an Impofition 
 in nature of an £xcife confidered 
 of, p. 478. His Privy Seal to fay 
 Thirty thoufand pound for raifmg of 
 German Horfe, ibid. His Speech 
 at the opening of the Third Par- 
 ment , p. 480. Lord Keepers 
 Speech by his direUion, p. 481. 
 The Speakers Speech to him, p. 
 484. Petition to him for a Fafl, 
 p. 494, Hii propofttions for fup- 
 fly, p. 502. His Propofttions 
 touching fupply again mentioned, 
 p. 509. His Anfiver to the Peti- 
 tion again fl Recufants , p. 511. 
 //«• rrofefttioMs debated , p. 525, 
 ')^6, His Mefjage concerning 
 words faid to be fpoken, p. 529. 
 Another Meffage to fecure Liberties 
 by Bill, p. 530, 531. Subfidies 
 resolved to be prefented unto htm, 
 ibid. The Kings Anfwer concern- 
 ing the fame, ibid. The Dukes 
 Speech concerning the Commons 
 liberal gift to the King, ibid. 
 A Menage from him againfl a 
 Recej? at Eafter, p. 543. A Meff- 
 age from the King to haflen fup- 
 fly, p. 544. The Speakers Speech 
 unto him at the delivery of the 
 Petition againfl Billeting of Soldi- 
 ers, 546. His Anfwer to that Pe- 
 tition, p. 552. The Lord Keepers 
 Speech by his Command, to rely on 
 the Kings word, p.555. Secretary 
 Cooks Speech thereupon , on be- 
 half of the King, p. 555, 556. 
 Sir Benjamen Rudiards Speech 
 concerning the Kings word,p.')')7. 
 The King fends another Meffage by 
 Secretary Cooke , to know whe- 
 ther the Parliament wiH O" no re- 
 lie on his word, p. 5 5 5,559. Se- 
 veral debates therrupon, ibid. He 
 fends another Meffage, that he in- 
 tendeth fhortly to end that Sefion, 
 p. 560. Debates thereupon, p. 5 61. 
 The Speakers Speech in Anfwer 
 
 to 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 INDEX. 
 
 to the Kings [evcral Mcffitgcs, ibid. 
 The Kings Anfrver thereunto, p. 
 562. 7he King fcn^s another Me f- 
 fage to relie on his word, p. 565. 
 Several Deb'ttes thereupon , ibid. 
 The Petition of Right to be prefent- 
 ed to the King, delivered at a Con- 
 ference,^. 554. His Letter dcda- 
 ring that he will preferve Magna 
 Charta c^c. communicated at a 
 Conference, p.565, 566. The Lords 
 Addition to the Petition of Right 
 to have a [aving for Sovcraign 
 forver, p. 5^7. Several Debates and 
 Conferences thereupon, Jhetvi/jg the 
 
 B danger of [uch a. Salvo, p. 558, 
 5^9, &c. The Lords agree to the 
 Petition of Right tvithotU the Addi- 
 tion, p. 593, The Kings and 
 Lord Keepers Speech at the presen- 
 ting of the Petiticn af Jlt^J^t. p, 
 596. The Petition of Right at large, 
 p. 597. The Kings Anfrver there- 
 unto^ p. 598, Not fat is factory, and 
 feveral Speeches thereupon, p. 598, 
 ')99,&c. A Mejf age from the King 
 to end thcSefion on f uch a day, p. 
 601. He fends another Mejfage 
 that he will certainly hold his day to 
 end the Sefion, ^. 613. Several 
 Debates thereupon, and the Duke 
 
 J) declared the caufe of all Grievances, 
 p, 6 1 5 , 6 1 4, e^t. The King com- 
 mands the Houfe to adjourn, p,6i6. 
 The Lords Addrefs to the King, to 
 prevent a diffoliition, ibid. The 
 King (ends another Mc(fage to qua- 
 life his former Mefjages, p. 622. 
 Several Speeches thereupon, p. 62 5 . 
 The Kings Privy- Seal for pay me fit 
 of monies to raife German Horfe, 
 p. 624. Burlemachs Examinati- 
 on, that they were to be imported 
 into England, ibid. The King 
 receives a Petition from both Houfe s 
 for a better anfrver to the Petition of 
 Right, p. 625. The Kings fuller 
 Anfwer thereunto,and his Specch,ib. 
 The Kings Commifionfor raiftng of 
 Monies by way of Impofition, p.626. 
 Debates thereupon, p.627. Debates 
 about a Remonjlrance to the Kim 
 againfi the Duke, p. 628. A Re"- 
 
 monftrance to the King against the 
 Duke, p. 63 1, 63 2 , (^c. The King 
 caufeth the Proceedings in the Star- 
 cJiamber againfi the Duke to be 
 taken off the File, p. ^38. Ar;d 
 caufeth the Commifionfor Excife 
 to be cancelled, p. 640. A Remon- 
 jirance to him concerning Tonnage 
 and Poundage, ibid. The King ends 
 the Sef^ion of Parliament, p. 643. 
 A Partictdar of fuch Laws as he 
 paffed that Scfion of Parliament, 
 p. ^44. S»ppre(jes Dr Manwa- 
 ring'i Sermon hy Proclamation, p. 
 64 J. Grants a Commif^ien to com- 
 pound with Recufants, ibid. His 
 Proclamation againfi the Bijlwp of 
 Calcedon, ibid. Sends Romffh 
 i'r/>/?5roWisbitch, p. 546. Ad- 
 vances Sir Rich. Wefton to be 
 xn^^Typ^furer, Bi/hop Laud t^ the 
 Bijhoprick of London, and Mon- 
 tague to a Bijhoprtck, ibid. Pardons 
 Montague 4w<!/Man\varing,^p.647, 
 Solicited to fend Relief to the Kin^ 
 of Denmark under Sir Chajls 
 Morgan, p. 6/^S. Adjourns the 
 Parliament that was to meet the 20 
 of Odober, to the 20 of January, 
 p. 650. Takes the advice of the 
 fudges about racking of Felton, 
 ibid. Declares his rcfolution about 
 taking the Impofition upon Cur- 
 rants, p. 65: 1 . Confults wi(h certain 
 of his Council concerning theenfu- 
 ing Parliament, p. 654. His Speech 
 at thefecond meeting of the Parlia- 
 ment, p. 6^6. Sends a Meffage a- 
 hout the Bill for Tonnage and Poun- 
 dage, p. 657. Sends a Mejfage to 
 give precedency to Tonnage and 
 Poundage, p. 658. Petition to 
 htm for aFafl,^ 66i, His Anfwer 
 thereunto, p.663, Notrvithflanding 
 his Meffage, precedency given to Re- 
 ligion, ibid. His Anfwer to that 
 Particular, p.66i].. His Declaration 
 againfi Difputes about Religion de- 
 bated, p. 66y. A Report concerning 
 his Pardon to Manwaring and 
 Montaque, p. 66-], His Mefjdge 
 about Cufloms, p. 66'^, Hi* Corn- 
 mi f ion about it, p. 669. His De- 
 claration I
 
 INDEX, 
 
 claration concerning the di^olving j 
 the third Parliament at large, App. 
 
 Cp.i. 
 
 Commen Fame^ p, 121,222, 
 
 Conwiv Lord, p.12,23, 178, 1 
 
 (182, 185, 235, 238, 243, 
 
 (268, 292,450,451,455, &c. 
 
 Cook Secretary, p.182,498, 
 
 (5oi,502,53i,544>54'558, 
 
 (559,560,563. 
 Cook Mr. p. 218,222,229 
 
 Cook 5/> Edward, p. 201, 497,505 > 
 C508, 526, 529, 538, 543, 
 (564,615,627. 
 Coxmon Mr. p, 660 
 
 Coronation, p, 203,204 
 
 Cottington iVfr. p.9,i3, 18,76,122 
 Cotton Sir Robert, p.20, 47 1 
 
 Covenxry Sir Thomas made Lord 
 Keeper, p. 202. His Speeches in 
 Parliament, p. io<?,^ * > itO-' ,) ) ) , 
 (5<57,59i. 59^. ^^3- 
 Triv-^ Council nevo ftvorn, p. 169. 
 They ivrite te Dalbeir about difpo- 
 fmg the German Horfe, p. 648. 
 CtdwelMr. 502. 
 
 Crew Sir Randolf dijplaced about 
 the Loan, p. 4^4- 
 
 Crew 5/r Thomas, p. 55,117,149, 
 150. Again made Speaker, p,i76. 
 Cromwel Oliver againft the Bifhop of 
 Winchefter, p. 667. 
 
 Cromwel Lord, p. I99. 
 
 Crosby Sir Piercy, Lands mith Sup- 
 fly of men, p. 467- 
 
 D. 
 
 DArnel Sir Thomas about Habe- 
 as Corpus, p. 462. 
 Davenport Serjeant Argument, App . 
 
 (p. 27. 
 Dawes Mr his An{mr about Cufloms, 
 
 p. 66S, 
 Decimation projected, 5 Car. App. 
 
 (p. 14. 
 
 Denmark King hii Declaration, p. 
 421. His Battel, ibid. His over- 
 throw, p. 422. 
 
 Digby Sir John hii difcour(e be- 
 tjvixt the Duke of Lerma , 
 about a Match with Spain , p. 1 . 
 His advice to the King in that mat- 
 
 ter, p. 2 . Is authorised to treat and 
 conclude the Match, p. 3. Prefents 
 the frfl draught of Articles, p. 4. 
 Sent Ambaffador into Flanders , 
 p. 23. The fubflance of his Am- 
 ba^ie to the EmperOr, and Duke of 
 Bavaria, p. 3 7. Gives an account in 
 Parliament, p.39. Made Earl of 
 Briftol, p.67,68. A Lctterto him 
 from the Kin^, p. 68. Gives the 
 King hope of a Match, p.6g. Hath 
 a Proxy delivered to him by the 
 Prince to confummate the Marriage, 
 p. 103. Receives alfo private in- 
 firuBions not to put it in Execution, 
 p. 104. Labors to fatis fie the Prince B 
 to recalhis infiru^ ions, but in vain, 
 p. 105. H^ W5/r Walter Afton 
 again attempt it, but in vain, p. 
 106. Briftol fends his Apology to 
 A. James /or demurring upon the 
 netvinftruliions, p. in. Hath a 
 tender of large offers from the K. 
 o/Spain, p. 113. P rot efts again (I C 
 the Dukes Narration in Parliament, 
 p. 149. A Letter from the Lord 
 Conway to him, p. 238. His an- 
 fwer to the Lord Conwzy, p. 239. 
 His Petition for a Writ of Si/m- 
 mons, p.2/^o. The Kings Letter to 
 ^/w,p.24i . He Petitions the Lords 
 again about his Writ of Snmynons, D 
 ibid. And de fires to be heard in the 
 Accufation of the Duke, ibid. Sends 
 a Copy of the Lord Keepers Letter, 
 p. 242. With his Anfwer thereto, 
 p. 243. A Meffage from the King 
 concerning him,ibid. He is brought 
 to the Bar, p. 252. Articles pre- 
 f erred againfi him by the Kings 
 Command,p.2')^. His expreftons 
 at the time of his accufation, p. 
 
 258. His Sfeech at the delivery of 
 the Articles again(l the Duke , p. 
 
 259. Articles exhibited by him 
 again (I the Duke, p . 2 66. yl-fd alfo 
 againfi the Lord Con\yay, p. 268. 
 A Me([age from tk King againft 
 Briftol, p. 27c. Reasons rvhy he 
 Jhouldonely be tried in the Hoitfe of 
 Peers, p. 271. fudges opinions 
 concerning that f Articular, p. 272. 
 His Speech by way of IntrodtiBion 
 
 _^ before \.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 heforeheguve in his Anfrver tothe^.Ghnv'de Serjeant^ p. 313, 318, ^ja 
 Articles, p.zj^.ij^^c^c. His An- Glynn Mr. Recorder, Ap. 56.57 
 (wcr to the Articles, p.278, 279, Gundamory?rf«w /C/'w^ James, p.3. 
 
 i&c. The Treaty on the Spaniards behalf. 
 
 Dudley ^/VDiggs, p.55, 30^,307, 
 (-360,364, 3^5.454,533, 
 (544,554-^14. 
 
 Doncafter Vi[count fent Amba([ador, 
 
 rp.i?;i3.22. 
 ummmom Mr. 'p.i^7. 
 
 E. 
 
 EArl Sir Walter upon a Habeas 
 Corpus p. 4^2. 
 
 Edmonds Sir Thomas p. 660. 
 
 ElcElor vide Palatinate. 
 ElUot 5/> John p. 224, 357, 
 
 (360,366, 433, 529,532, 
 
 (561, 563, 544, 554. '^n- 
 (65o, 669. Information a- 
 
 ( gain si him in the Upper 
 
 (Bench, p. 693, 6p6, 6^7, 
 
 {&c. 
 
 Emperor vide the Palatinate. 
 
 EdexEarl p. 200. 
 
 F. 
 
 ibid. Contrives Sir Walter Raw 
 leighs death, p. 4, 16, 18, 20. 
 AffatdteA in London Streets, p,34, 
 A Letter to him to expedite the 
 Match, p.69>[eeii^,izz 
 
 Gorge Sir Ferdinando, p. 180 
 
 Germany vide Palatinate. 
 
 H. 
 
 F Air fax Captain, p.i^, A Monti- 
 ment creEled at Frandendale in 
 memory of him , and Mr. John 
 Fairfax his Brother, both (lain in the 
 defence thereof P . 1 5 5 
 
 Felton vifitedin prifon, andconfejjes 
 the Fa[{,p.6')Q. His examination 
 before the Cottncil, ibid, threat ned 
 toberackt, ibid. Tryed, p. 652. 
 Tendereth his hand tobccfttejf, ib. 
 Hung in Chains P. ^ 5 3 ■ 
 
 Finch Sir Hennage Speaker, p. 208, 
 
 1401 
 
 Finch ^/r John Speaker, p.484, 561 
 
 Fleetwood i'/V Miles p.5<5i 
 
 France about a Treaty of Marriage, 
 
 (v. 156, 114. A Marriage 
 
 (//;frc,p.i 72,173. Difference 
 
 (w;/-' France p.428 
 
 G. 
 
 /'"XAge Mr, fent tol^ome, p. 23, 
 Vj' ' {66, 121 
 
 rjabeas Corpus Debates and Ar- 
 •'--'■ guments, p. 462, 463, &c. 
 
 Alfo vide Parliament quarto Car, 
 
 and Appendix. 
 Hackvvel Afr. p. 507, 528, 5^8 
 
 Hnj/rmn ,9/V Peter p 528 
 
 Heath J/> Robert, ^.■ux6,66'j',6%9. 
 
 „ „ . , <Ap. 3P, 53 
 
 Henry Tnnce, a Match proposed be- 
 tween him and a Daughter ^/Spain, 
 
 p. 1 
 Herbert J/r. P. 312 
 
 Herbert Sir Gerrard, p. 1 5, 69 
 Herbert Sir Edward, p. 43 
 
 Heveningham Sir John brings his 
 Habeas Corpus, p. 462 
 
 Heidelburg, p. 66, 69 
 
 Hobby Sir Thomas, p. 5 2 8 
 
 Holland £/ir/, p. 173.469,470 
 
 HoWis Mr. p.67 6, 689,69^ 
 
 Hubbard Sir Miles brought upon a I 
 Habeas Corpus, p. 689 I 
 
 Hide Sir Nicholas made chief ^»- \ 
 ftic£> p. 424 
 
 I. 
 
 IamesKingof Scotland affe^s the 
 Title of Peace- Maker, p. i. T)e- 
 fires to Match Prince Charls with 
 fomergeat Princefs, though of diffe- 
 rent Religion, ibid, and 50, In- 
 clines to a Match with Spain, p. 2. 
 Flattered by Gundamor, p. 3. De^ 
 livers np the cautionary Towns, 
 ibid. Gives a Commifion to Dig- 
 by to Treat on a Marriages, ibid. 
 Receives Articles about Rc/igion out 
 <)/ Spain, p.4. Ivfploycs ^7rWal«, 
 
 ter 1
 
 INDEX. 
 
 ter Rawleigh upon a defif^n into 
 America, p.4,5. Too creduloti^ of 
 the Spaniard, p. 8. A Letter jew- 
 ing ffpon what account the King 
 trave ivay to the beheading of Sir 
 Walter Rawleigh , p. 9. Sends 
 yijcount Doncaftcr Jmhajfador, 
 p. 11,13. His advice craved by 
 the Count Pihtine, p.12. Hedif- 
 likes the Palatines acceptance of 
 the Crown, p. 13 4. 14 b. 16 a. 
 Goes to war with one Regiment to 
 afift the Palatines^p. 1 4. Receives 
 news of the defeat given the Pala- 
 tine At Prague p. 1 7. Raifes money 
 (hj advice of Privy Council} ibid. 
 Flattered again by the Spaniard , 
 p. 18. The Spaniards (ecret In- 
 (IruBions in reference to the King, 
 ibid. He calls a P/iyl>-*»"»*^i p- ^°- 
 Forhidi diftourfe of State affairs , 
 p.2 1 . //Af Speech te the Parliament, 
 ibid. Sends Dighy Ambaffador in- 
 to Flanders , p. 25. His fecond 
 Speech in Parliament about Pro- 
 ]eitors, p. 24. Speaks on behalf of 
 the Duke, p.2 6,2j. Sends a Mef- 
 fageagainfl Sir Henry Yelverton, 
 p. 33 ^. Intends to adjourn the 
 Parliament, p. 35. The Commons 
 Declaration about the Palatinate 
 before the adjournment, p. 3 6. Re- 
 forms grievances by Proclamation, 
 ibid. Again forbids (peaking of 
 State A fairs, [hid. Gives the Great 
 Seal to Dean WiWyims, ibid, Re- 
 afjembles the Parliament , p. 39, 
 Jn his abfence the Lord Keeper 
 fpeakSfibid. Istryedwith a Peti- 
 tion and Remonflrance from the 
 Commons , p. 40, Writes to the 
 Speaker, V.^^. Answers the Pet i- 
 f/tf«, p.46,47. His Anfwcr quali- 
 fied by the L ord Keep fr, p . 5 2 . The 
 Commons Proteflation,^.')^. The 
 King tears it out of the 'journal, 
 ibid. Commits fome Members of 
 Parliament^ P.55. Imfloyes others 
 to Ireland, ibid. Again forbids 
 fpeaking of State A fairs, ibid. Of- 
 fers terms to the Emperor on behalf 
 of the Palatinate, ibid. Receives 
 anAnfwerfromthe Emperor,^.') 6. 
 
 Writes to Philip the Fourth to acce- 
 lerate the Match,^.')'] . AlfotoDon 
 Balthazar, p. 59. Writes for the 
 raifing of moneys, p.6i. oppofes 
 the Arminian Sect, p. 62. Shews 
 favor to Recufants, ibid. Lord 
 Keeper excufes the Kings favor to 
 Recufants, p. 63. Writes to the 
 Archbtjliop about regulating the 
 clergy^ p.^4. Gives direction con- 
 cerning Preachers, ibid. New con- 
 ditions demanded of him by the 
 Pepe^ p. 66. His Jnfwer to thofe 
 demands, p,6j. His Letter to Dig- 
 by, p. 68. Sends him a difpatch 
 in A peremptory flile concerning 
 Heidelburgh , p. 70. Signs the 
 Popes demands, p,7 3 . Writes again 
 to Briftol concerning the Palati- 
 n.ite^ p. 7.1. Sends the Prince into 
 Spain, p.76. Archhi(lwp Abbots 
 Letter to the King againjl Toliera- 
 tionef Popery , p. 85. Articles of 
 Marriage fworn to by him^ p. 86. 
 The Oathtakenbyhim, p. 88. He 
 fwears alfo to private Articles,^. SS, 
 89. Pope Urban writes to King 
 James, p.9 5 . After the Princes a- 
 rival, fends t9 Briftol not to deliver 
 the Proxy without reflitation of the 
 Palatinate, p.105. And writes to 
 the Palatine to make his fubmifion 
 to the Emperor^ i^.ioS. ThePah- 
 tines Anfwer, p. lop. Seeks a 
 match with ¥xmce^ p. iin^. Calls 
 a Parliament about the Treaty with 
 Spain, p. 115. Makes a Speech, 
 ibid. Alfo amthcr Speech in puri- 
 fication of the Duke, p. 127. He 
 makes a third fpeech unto them con- 
 cerning their advice to break off the 
 Match, p. 1 29. De fires he may not 
 have a Furrow of Land left without 
 ReflitutioH of the Palatinate , 
 p. 130. Scruples at the mrdin- 
 fincerity of the King of Sp:iin, p. 
 1 3 6. Declares his rcfolution to d/f- 
 folve the Treaties , p . 1 3 8 . Accepts 
 Subftdies^ and makes another Speech 
 tothe Parliament^ ibid, offers to go 
 to war in his own per fort, p. 13P. 
 Is troubled at a Petition againfi 
 Recufants, p. 140. That he hath 
 
 broke 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 INDEX. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 hoke the neck of three Parliaments, 
 ibid. His Anjmr to that Petition^ 
 p. 145. Receives ittforfVAtion con- 
 cerning the Duke, p, 144. His 
 Speech at the adjotirnrxcnt of the 
 Parliament, p. 150. A Particular 
 ofivhat Lam he then paffed, p, 1 5 i . 
 Deftres a Match with France, p. 
 156. which he concludes, ibid. 
 And the Articles are fvornunto^ ib. 
 He gives a Cotnmifion and Oath to 
 CflK»f MansHeld, p. 158. HeMes 
 of A Fever^ p. 159. His Cha- 
 ra^er, p. 15:9,160, 161. ^c. 
 His Letter to Pope Clement, p. 
 
 (165 
 
 Jermyn 5/>Thomas, p. 629 
 
 •^efftites, 22, a. 143,150. Lettenon- 
 
 ccrning the Parliament, p. 479, 
 
 (646 
 
 ^Hd^es Opinions, p. ^7^>^^h 5^7' 
 
 (696 
 
 K. 
 
 KEeperLord, vide-( Coventry. 
 (Williams. 
 KeiiCmn,ton Lord fent into Vxmce in 
 order to a Match, p. I14 
 
 Ktng Charls vide Charls. 
 King James v;dc James. 
 Knighthood, p.203 
 
 Knightly Captain, p. 1 5 
 
 Knolls Sir Robert, ibid. 
 
 L. 
 
 LAmb Dr. killed b-j A timuU in 
 London Streets, p. ^3° 
 
 Lamb 5/r John, p.4|o 
 
 Laud Dr. p, 61,62, 159, 171, 202, 
 426, 443, 4A4,466, 650,646, 
 647, 649, Lihtls cajl abroad 
 againfl him, p. 672 
 
 Lenthai Mr. p. 7°^ 
 
 LittletonATr. p.T34.Ap. 28 
 
 Loan Money, p. 419, 422, 424, 426 
 A Lift of the Gentry- imprijon- 
 
 ed aboKt Lean Money, p. 432, 
 
 ('477 
 London City required to lend One hun- 
 dred thoufana pounds , p. 419. Thej 
 dtfpute it, ibid. A Letter to them 
 about DrLzmh , ' P. ^30. 
 
 Long Mr. brought upon a Habeas 
 Corpus, P.67J. HisCtfeinSut- 
 chamber, p. 694. Ap, 1 8 
 
 Lufcenar Mr Chriftopiier, p. 6^9 
 
 M. 
 
 MAinheltn U%en^ p. 70 
 
 MalloryiV/r. p. 5 5 
 
 Maniel Sir Robert [ent againft 
 Algier, p. 34 
 
 MansfieW Count raifes an Army of 
 Twelve thoujand men, p. 156. A 
 Lisi of feme of his Regiments, p. 
 I J 7. Their mi [carriage at Sea, 
 
 p. 158 
 
 Manvvaring Dr, his two Sermons con- 
 cerning the Loan, p. 427. Mr Rous 
 Speech again (I him, p. 593. The 
 Commons Declaration againft him, ' 
 p. 601. MrVms Speech thereup- 
 on, p. 604. The Sentence againft 
 him, p.6 1 2 . His fi/bmifion.p.6i 3 . 
 His Sermon fuppreffcd hy Procla- 
 mation, ^.Sj^'), Pardoned,^. 6^7. 
 Andadvanced, 
 
 Mafon Mr. p. 570. App. 20, 44, 
 
 ! (45 
 
 Martyn S/> Henry, p.j 27,585,600, 
 
 (629 
 Matthew Sir Toby, p.103 
 
 May Sir Humphry, p. 546 
 
 MeJvyn Mr^ p. 6^9 
 
 Michael Sir Francis fentenced. p. 
 
 (28 
 
 Mompefon Sir Giles imprifoned, p. 
 
 24. Sentenced, p. 27,28. 
 
 Morgan Sir Charls, p. 42 5 ,649 
 
 Morton 5/> Albertus, p. 169 
 
 Montague, p. 177, 180, 181, 202, 
 
 213. Advanced to a Bifhoprick, 
 
 and his Apello Cjefarem called in, 
 
 p. 646. Pardoned, p. 647 
 
 MuneyJ«/r. p. 441,442 
 
 C\) 
 
 N.
 
 IN D EX. 
 
 N. 
 
 NEal Br. Bifhop of Winchefler, 
 p. 630 
 Netherlands appear ready to imbrace 
 the antient union with England , 
 p. no. Six thoufand Englijlfent 
 thither., P. 4^ J 
 
 Nobility, p. 257 
 
 Noy Mr. upon d Habeas Corpus, 
 p. 463, 569, 642. Concerning 
 Tonnage and Poundage, ^.666, A- 
 boftt Ctt[loms,!p,66B. 
 
 i' ' 
 
 O 
 
 o. 
 
 .ivares Cohde his\Letter con- 
 cerning the Match, P- 7 ^ 5 7 ^ , 
 (84, 103,113, 120 
 
 PAlatinate? A War breaks forth 
 i;8 Germany, p. 5. The Empe- 
 ■•:. ror adopts Fetdinando to be. King, 
 .7 p. 6. TheE'vangelicks A^femble at 
 Prague, ibid. The frji occafion of 
 the troubles in BoheTnia,abid. The 
 'f Evangelicks offer violence to the 
 . ■' Emperors Council, p. 7. And put 
 ~ '. forth a Decimation, ibid. The Em- 
 peror publi flies .^^m^'eHo in con- 
 )' tradition there^^Hm. Both par- 
 j ties arm, p. 8. A BlMmg S.tar ap- 
 pears, ibid. TheEmf^orMsitthi- 
 as dies, p. 1 1 . A Gelation ef Arms 
 .'. prepofed, ibid. Ki>}g James fend 
 an Amhaffador, ibid. The Evan- 
 gelicks oppofe the chuftng of Ferdi- 
 nando to be King, ibid. JBethlem 
 Gabor joyns with the Evangelicks, 
 p. 12. The Palatine craves King 
 James his advice, ibid. Accepts the 
 Crown before he receives an An- 
 fwcr, ibid. King James diflikes 
 the ait ion, p. 1 3 . The King ef Po- 
 
 land aids the Emperor, ibid. 7h; 
 Palatine pro{cribed, p. 14, King 
 James apfls the Palatine with one 
 Regiment., ibid. The Evangelicks 
 chufe a Generaliflimo, ibid. King 
 
 ' James diflikes the War., ibid. An 
 Army of thirty thottfand raifed un- 
 der Spinola,ibid. Marches towards 
 Bohemia therewith , p. i ^. The 
 
 . Proteflants difcouraged upon the 
 approach of the Army^ ibid. The 
 Elecior of Saxony executes the 
 Ban againft the Palatine, ibid. 
 The Battel at Prague, p. 17. An 
 
 ■ Order of the King and Council to 
 recover the Palatinate, ibid. The B 
 Princes of the Union decline the 
 Palatine,p.2 1 . Palatine propounds 
 a Peace, ibid. Protcflant Towns re- 
 conciled to the Emperor , p. 23. 
 The Emperor proceeds to execution 
 of divers Prolefl.ints, p. 34. The 
 Emperors reply to the Lord Digbies 
 dem.inds^ P . 3 7 . T^he Duke ef Ba- 1 ^ 
 viries anfwer, ibid. The Emperors' 
 anfwer to Don Balthazar, p. 38. 
 The Pihtine fpoiled of his Heredi- 
 tary Dominions,'^. 5 5 . King James 
 offers terms on the Palatines behalf., 
 and the Emperors anfwer, p. 56. 
 An Order of the Council to raife 
 moneys for the P.d.-ttinate , p. 60. -t) 
 Heii:x\bmgh. be fieged, p.66. And 
 taken, p. 6p, Manheim taken, p. 
 70. No good intention in the Em- 
 peror, nor King t?/" Spain, as to 
 the Palatinate, p, 70, 71. Fran- 
 Jsendale blocked up , p. 74. The 
 Ele&orate conferred upon the Duke 
 <)/ Bivaria, ibid.* The Proteflant 
 Princes Plea for the Palatine , p. j 
 74, 75, Sir Dudley Carlton 
 concerning the Palatine, p. 76. [ 
 The Palatine labors to engage 
 Prince Charls again fl the marri-\ 
 age with Spain, p. 102, King\ 
 James puts the Palatine in hopel 
 by a Propofdl of new terms , p. I p 
 108. King James demands the \ 
 Town of Franktndale , depoftted 
 in the Arch-Dutchef^ hands , p. 
 155. A Monument erected for 
 two Brothers , [ Fairfaxes J flam 
 
 at
 
 INDEX. 
 
 4/Frankendale , ibid. An Army 
 under Count Mansfield, raifedfor 
 the relief of the Palatinate, p. 
 156. A Lift of the Regiments 
 /<)r ^/'^ Palatinate, p. 157. The 
 Mjfcarriage of the Armj } pag. 
 1)8. 
 
 The Parliament meets , p. 20. 
 Adjourn^d^^.^^. Their Declara- 
 tion on behalf of the Palatinate , 
 p. 36. Meet again^ p. 39. Their 
 Petition and Remon(lran<^ to the 
 King, p. 40, 41, (^c. King of- 
 fended thereat ^ P-4»3. The) not- 
 p nithftanding [end the Petition , 
 p. 44. A fccond Parliament meets^ 
 P.ii5. Sir IhomdiS CxQW chofen 
 Speaker, p. 117. Thc) juftife 
 the Duke in his Narrative, p. 
 126, And adi'if* *^^ -"^'"s "'* *' 
 proceed in the trvo Treaties of the 
 Marriage , and the Palatinate , 
 p. 128. Give the King three 
 Subfidtes and three Fifteens, p. 
 
 A Parliament called again , p. 
 175. Kings Speech in Parlia- 
 ment , ibid. The Lord Keepers 
 Speech, p. 176. 5/> Thomas 
 r\ Crew chofen Speaker, ibid. Two 
 Suhfidies granted, p. 178. Parlia- 
 ment adjourned to Oxford , ibid. 
 where tney infifl ufon grievances, 
 p. 180. And again quejlion Mon- 
 tague, ibid. Are moved by the 
 King to haflen Supply , p. 181. 
 Prefent a Petition to the King a- 
 gainjl Recufants , p. 185. And 
 fall Ufon grievances, p. 194, 195. 
 They are diffolved, Y>. 195. A par- 
 ticular of rvhat Acts paffed the 
 Firfl Sefion of this Parliament , 
 ibid. A [econd Parliament meets, 
 p.'>o6. Lord Keepers Speech, p. 
 206, 207 Sir Hennage Finch 
 chofen Speaker, p.2 08. His Speech, 
 ibid. They faU upgn grievances , 
 p. 211. And again fall upon 
 Montague, p.2 13. A Report of 
 the caufe of Evils and Remedies , 
 p. 2 1 8. Several Me(f'ages from 
 
 the King, p. 219, 220. 'Do^or 
 Turners ^eries in Parliament, 
 p. 221. His Explanation,}p. 222. 
 His Letter, p.223. Caufes of grie- 
 vances again opened in the Houfe, 
 p. 223,224. Three Sub ft dies and 
 three Fifteens Voted, ^p. 225. De- 
 bate concerning the Duke re fumed, 
 ibid. The Kings and Lord Keepers 
 Speech concerning him, p. 225, 
 226. A Lift of the Moneys dif- 
 burfed for the War delivered to the 
 Commons, p. 23^, The Commons 
 prefent a Remonffrance to the King, 
 p. 247. And fend a Meffage to 
 the Duke, p.251. Afterrvards pre- 
 fer an Impeachment againfl him, 
 p. 307. Managed at a Conference 
 by Eight Members , p. 306, 307, 
 308, ^c. Their Mefjage to fecure 
 *'" pake, p. 361. Dijcontented 
 at the Comi„.,^i,ni />f .^'V John 
 Elliot, p.362. Their Proteftation 
 concerning him, and Sir Dudley 
 I^iggs,P.364,3^5. Agreatcon- 
 tefl in ths Houfe of Peers, concern- 
 ing the imprifonment of the Earl of 
 Arundel, p. 367, 368, c^^. The 
 Commons diffatisfied that the Duke 
 is chofen Chancellor of Cam- 
 bridge, p. 3 7 6, 377. The Lords 
 Petition to the King to flay the dif- 
 folving of the Parliament, p. 40 2 . 
 A Commifion to diffolve the Par- 
 liament, p. 403. The Commons 
 Remonjlrance, p. 404, 405, ^c. 
 The Kings Declaration again ft the 
 Commons Remonflrance , Appen- 
 dix p. I. 9A Speech to the Parlia- 
 ^^j^lhout aoors, p. 485. A 
 CimJ^ommittee jetted , p. 494. 
 ^ Wates in Parliament, as to grie- 
 vances, ip,/[96. The Parliament 
 Debates the bufinef of the Habeas 
 Corpus, p. 502. Arguments a- 
 beut it, p. 503, 504, &c. 4 
 Conference ahont the Petition of 
 Right, p. 533. Their Petition 
 about the Billeting of Soldiers, p. 
 548. Archbi(J)op Abbot his Speech 
 concerning theVciiuon of Right, 
 p.55i. Propo fit ions tendered by tht ^ 
 Lords inftead of the Petition ofl 
 (** 2) Rioht,! 
 
 16 Jac. 
 i6i8. 
 
 I Car. 
 1625.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Ri£;hc. p. 553. The Commons'^ 
 ^i(jatisfieJ with the Propofitiom, 
 p. 554. Thej meet the^io of Jinn- 
 ary, p. 655. Make enquiry about 
 the Petition of Right, and the vio- 
 htion thereof ibid. A Report from 
 the Committee concerning Religi 
 on,f.6')S, The Vow oftheHoufe 
 of Commons, ^.666. Several de- 
 bates about Tonnage and Poundage, 
 ib. The King commands the Speaker 
 not to put the ^eftion,f.6'jo. De- 
 bates thereupon, ibid. The Speaker 
 held in the Chair, h. The King fends 
 theUfher of the Black-Rod, and he 
 is not admitted, ibid. The King 
 grants Warrants to apprehend fe- 
 •veral Members of Parliament^ p. 
 671. His Speech at the d/jjolution 
 ef the Parliament, p. -672. Mem- 
 bers of Parliament are fv—'"-'^ 
 hcforc tU s^^^ "f the Council, 
 ibid, ^eftions propounded by the 
 ^•ttdges concerning the imprifoned 
 Members. ibid. 
 
 Paul ^/r George, p. 244 
 
 ■Pembroke Early p. ^ ^ 7 
 
 Pennington Captain, p. 179, 334' 
 
 (335 
 Perrot 5/> James, , p. 55 
 
 Ptyllips 5/r Robert,- p. 55,498,505, 
 
 (543,5595655 
 
 Plague increafeih in Londop, p. 175 
 
 Number of them who died Anno 
 
 1625. 
 
 Popes afjent to the Match, p. 66. His 
 Letter to the Duke of Bucking- 
 ham, p. 80. His Difpenfation 
 comes clogged, p. S^. Pope Urban 
 to King j ames, p. 93 ,. " iJ^ <Prince 
 Charls, p. 98 
 
 Preachers direBions concerning them, 
 p. 64, 65. Proclamation again ft 
 Preaching and Dijputing, p. 416 
 
 Privy-Seals, p. 420 
 
 ■Proj^iis for raifing money, App. 
 
 (12 
 
 Proxies in the Honfe of Peers, p. 
 
 (273 
 Puritans, p, 22, 4. 171. Defer ibed 
 by Sir Jo. Lamb, p424,42 5 
 
 Pym Mr. p. 55, 339, 531, 568, 
 
 (^04 
 
 Q 
 
 Q. 
 
 Ueen Anne dieth, 
 
 p. 10 
 
 R. 
 
 RAwleigh Sir Waker his life 
 fought by Gundomar, \>. 4. 
 And is Sacrificed to fat is fe Spain, 
 p. 9, A Letter ceaceming him, 
 
 ibid. 
 Romij]] Rccufants Immunities granted 
 to them, p. 14. The King jollicfted 
 far favor tothem, p. 36, 37. A Peti- 
 fivrt uriU iicrr,ur,fl,ance ogainft them, 
 p. 40,41 . The Kings Anfvc, thpre- 
 unto, p. 46. The King fhews fur- 
 ther favor to them, p. 52. Exca- 
 fed, p. 53. Articles in favor of 
 them, p. 8p. Pope Urbans Letter 
 en behalf of the Romifl) Religi- 
 on, p. 95, 98. They promote the 
 Match with Spain, p. 102, 103, 
 Xf»^ James his Letter concerning 
 a Petition again fi them, p. 140. 
 The Petition it felf, p, 141. The 
 Kings Anfwer to the Petition, p. 
 143. Recufa-nts taken at Clerkcn- 
 well, p. 478. A Conference a- 
 gain ft them, p. 510. Debates in 
 Parliament again ft them, and Prirfts 
 arraigned at '^QWgate. p. 668. 
 
 Khee I [land, p.431, ^66. Several 
 Parages there, p.467,468,4<59. 
 Richardfon 5ir Thomas, p. 23. 
 Richard -J/r Nathaniel, p. 55, 361, 
 • (614 
 
 Rochel, p. 178,411,430, 457,'Ci'4, 
 -^V- ■ (595^6^/' 648 
 
 Rolls Merchant, p.6> ^,66') ^666 
 Rous Mr. p. 593, nis Speech con- 
 cerning Religion, ?• 65 7« 
 Rudyard i'/V" Benjamin, p. 497, 
 
 (557.629 
 
 S. 
 
 B 
 
 D
 
 INDEX. 
 
 B 
 
 D 
 
 S....^;.-. 
 
 SAckvile Sir Edward, p. 1 5, 
 
 ScBmtS p. 2 2 4. 
 
 Seldeni»/r. p. 55, 314, 528, 
 
 f53^' 569,615,631,640. 
 (Brought upon a Habeas 
 (Corpus p,689, 6p2. 
 
 Seymor Sir Francis p. 495. 
 
 Sherborne Mr. 
 
 Sherland jv/4i?fr p, 345, 346, 
 
 {&c. 
 sheriffs Oath excepted againft , pag, 
 
 (201. 
 
 Ship Vantguard employed against 
 
 Rochel, p. 178. 
 
 ships to he fit out Inf P/h-*- TAmve. pog. 
 ^ (4IP. 
 
 Shipi Arrears for Fraight , pag. 
 
 470. 
 Sibthorp Dr. complains againft the 
 
 Puritans, p. 424. His Sermon con- 
 cerning Loan, p.425. See 440, 
 
 (448. 
 
 Smith Richard, Bijhof of Calcedon, 
 
 fent into England , p. 1 5 8, 1 5 9, 
 
 (645. 
 
 Soveraign Power ^ p. JO'*. 5^7, 
 
 (568,569,570, 571,572, 
 
 (573' C^^. 
 Spain vide Digby. 
 
 CCrewS/r Thomas. 
 Speaker vide ^ Finch ^/r Hennage. 
 
 C Fmch Sir John, 
 
 Spinola p. 14,15. 
 
 Stafford Captain, p. 1 5 . 
 
 Stat Blazing appears, p. 8. Opinion 
 
 thereupon ibid. 
 
 Star-Chamber Information againft 
 
 Members of Parliament, p. 675. 
 
 Order there concerning the Duke, 
 
 p.638. 
 
 Stroud Mr. brought upon a Habeas 
 
 Corpus p. 675. Appendix, 
 
 (p. 18. 
 
 T. 
 
 T£rm adjourned to Reading 
 (p. 201 
 Turner Dr. A Phjfitian his ^cries 
 ibi-d. His explanation, p. 222 
 
 (226 
 
 V. 
 
 VAlentine Mr. his Cafe, Ap- 
 (pend. 49 
 Vaffal Mr, his Goods (eifcd on about 
 Cujlom,^.6$3. Proceeded againft 
 in Star-Chamber, ibid. His plea 
 to the Information , ibid. Fotes 
 for Reparation , Appendix 56, 
 
 .r c- ^57 
 
 Vere Sir Hoi«io, p. 14,15,40. 
 Villers 5/> Edward, p. 23. 
 
 Undertakers ibid. 
 
 W. 
 
 \7\T Alter 5/r William. pag. 
 
 Wandesford i»^r. p. 356, 546, 
 
 r6i5. 
 
 Warwick Earl fent to [ecftre Langor- 
 
 point p. ip9. 
 
 Wentworth Sir Thomas p.496, 
 
 (5^7. 1^9, 544, 560, 
 (568. 
 Wefton 5/> Richard, p.12/. 23, 
 (56, 66,129, 219. 
 (Made Lord Treafurer, 
 (p.646. 
 Williams Dr. Srvorn Keeper of the 
 Great Seal, p. 36, 39, 52. £x- 
 cufes the Kings favor to Recufants, 
 p. 61, 62, 61, 151, 164, 176. 
 Refufes to proceed againft the Puri- 
 tans, Tp./^2/\. A Pafjage of the in- 
 formationin Star-Chamber againft 
 him, p.425. 
 
 Wilmot Captain, p. 1 5 
 
 Wimbleton Tz/f*?*;;/, p. 198
 
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 y. 
 
 King James again offended with 
 him,p,^^. fits Sentence and 
 Reftaurdtififf, p. 34, 
 
 Z. 
 
 YElverton Sir Henry aceufed iy> 
 the Commons, pag. 31, His\ 
 
 Speech thereupon , ibid. At 
 
 which King James is offended, T y Uinga Don Balthazar ," pag, 
 p. 32. His particular Anftver . JL^ (38,59, 
 
 in Serie Temporis, ibidem.' 
 
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