I ILLINOIS Production N otc Digital Rare Book Collections Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana—Champaign ' 201 9 , A ‘ . , ., 1- ~ ~ p-‘nq. ~ 1 * ~” 'A ‘ —.y’ 4 "a": .941‘ (5' w- .3‘” t3 5) s- . ‘ . ‘ , ‘ ’ A P7 hfi; ’9 a “4’ 1‘5: J‘ L P ' *, v . '4“ '1‘ “' ’ j ' ‘ ‘ " ”‘ " \ ‘\ EARLE of PEMBROKES S P E E C H I IN THE HON‘USE .51:ng ERES VVhefi the, Seven—L 0 1: D s werek accufed of bag/91mm. J; :15: .12.. 1. W m w m mama‘sm f .. as. .. . . 9% -9%r9%99%- a M Lore/5, , . . . _ , Du know Ifeldome make Speeches, yet (my , Lam’s ) ever thing would live; and now I ’fi ' mull either h}hd a Tongue, or lofe my head. I /hz'p:fleu’to the army ; Alas, my Lords, I am an old man, Imuit fit; you may ride or run, any whither, but I am an old man. ' You voted them Tm]. tours who left the Houje, uu’dweut to York 5 they told us then ‘ they were forc’d may h}: Tumult: : do not You fay {0 too? were they Traytours forgoing, and am Ia Traytour forfluy— tug 2* ’sDeath (my Lam’s) what would ye have me dOe 2’ hereafter Ile neither go nor flu . I have {erv’d ye {even years, what have ye given me, unleflh part of a Thanksgiviugwim uer, forwhich you mad‘e‘me fafl once a Month 2’ I was fed like a Prince at the K; N o’s cofl, twice everysday, (long before fome of you were born, ) and this K 1 N 0 continued, nay out-did his Father in heaping favoursfupon me: Yet (for ybur fakes) I renounc’d my Mal‘ter when he had moIt need Of'mc? Voted‘againfi him 5 fivore againft'him, hired men to fight againi’t him : Iconfeffe, I my {elf neither [truth at him, nor fhot at him; but I pray’d for thofe that did: I gave my Tenants their Leafes Fine-free if they would rife - and refijt the K I N G. And yet (my Lordflafter all this mutt " Ibe a T mytour .? Have I not [mom for ye overland over‘a—r gain 9.’ You lent me on your errands,to Oxford, to thhridgei, to Newmfl/e, to Halu’euhy ; you hurry’d me up and down as. if I had been a King : you made me carry a world ofPro— pofitt‘am, i brought them all {are and found 5 What you bade me fay, I fpake to a fyllable; and had the K I N o ' ask’d me A how old I was, without your Commiflion l flio'uld nor have told him and yet “(in ‘ am accus’d for fitting here when your Loni-t . ,uzax'sjvljaman old man. Remem- , A ’- . . , . » ’ '- ’ 5““.-.th _.,.. i ,5. W _-, «0., a...“ » .. mu...“ v..;......,.¢sv: A -“’;Aa~3“_f‘,‘wflm 4 hwvmm V. a 'A ~' . ' "' "‘ I" V 15;. 1v 1 7 t , m .31: await-..“ . "Cit 4.1 ' - r..." 4: :2»- n1;- . a 41' . . .fleww 31..» :22‘ 1'; v-ra: . “r .551 5-}? L ~ in..." v ”a .n ~ 5 ‘t A / A ‘y " '2: , m "17‘ , V. _., 'A .a My“... yew mp j, r,A (“W "11'7V'WWNWWv7r-rrmrgw , a” ‘ «5“ her how I fiuék to you againfl: Strafizrd and Canterbury; fame of yefhrunk at Strafird’: Tryall‘, that your Names were like to be pea/fed with malignant: ; and for Canter- bury, any of you would have had him live, my Lord of Nerihamberland and 'Others would have no" hand in hii Bloud, but I-gave ye the ere/Zing wire which fem: firm pack; ' in “into another world; And yet now would ye fiend me . a ter him e, Have I not fare with you early and late .t’ When the Parliament tumbled, and tofs’d, and roll’d it felf,,on this fide, and on that fide, f’till I was for the Parliament; though I fiay’d here with Presbyterian Lords, yet when yon return’d I was firm for Ten : all the other Lords left ou in the Hoafe when Sir Tlmnar’s Chaplain gave thanks fblr your Retnrn, but I fiay’d and pray’d with you, and am (for ought I know) as great an Independent as any of ye all. I Rejoic’d with ye,3Fafied, fung Pfalms, Pray’d with you, and ( here- after) will run away with ye. Nay, I had done it now, but Who knew your minds r." if ye meant I {honidfollomyg why, did ye notwin/e upon me 6 think ye I could run away by mama 6 My Lords, you know I love Dogs, and ( though I fay it )I thank God I have as good Dogs as any man in Eng- land; now (my Lord: ) if a Dog follow me when I do not call him I bid him begone ; if I call: him and he comes not, then I beat him -, but ifI beat him for not comming when I never call’d him, you’l think me mad ; ’sDeath ( my Lords ) W: a poor Dog a not were}: the war/Hing. ' But perhaps my fault is not meer fiayz’ng here, but being affine inyour abfence, becaufe in my Robes 8e collar of 5-5 Ibrought up Mr Pelharn the Commons new Speaker : why , what if I did 5’ Is not Mr Belh’am my owne Cofen '3 would ‘ Your Lordihips' have me uncivill to my kina’rea’ 2' why might not I entertaine the new S peaker, as well as Sir Robert Harley intreat us to admit him 2’ Mr Pelbam is none. of Sir Robert’s Cofen, and yet Sir Ruler: is an old man. , a? 1 ‘ A1 heare fome fay, that I waaforward to éegrn a neat War, ._ W; ka-B. ”a re» 1 mi... , . ‘ ~‘. '1 .539, 51“.“ 1.. ,E‘ "J "an: M., r ,- i ' -* 4,-2.1 :-rzemm-e‘i-efianexaha.iuszteuét‘m":right-its; g-;_¢4a-§l’~- ,- «’, pi . —— ..— —w‘~_~,~~.~_.—. _. \ , ' (a a) ‘ k , that mflmed is realities Warrant: fer Lefling Meamdfi'wfée and in order thereunto, I water! Eek wlajgéyjhauld came. to London. ’Tis true (my Lords ) Idid give my Vote {or the K 1 x 6’5 comming hither; but wherefore was‘it t "twas only to come to choofe a New‘gpee/eer; eywhat,’ would ,ye ‘ have Vs dumb, and fit here like Ferrets a; my Lords, I love to hear men/peak ;and all the Lawyers told me, N e K Mg, no Speaker 5 that either the Commons muft name their Speaker and the K 1 a o approve him, or the K 1 N <3 name him and the Commemeflprwe him; Ne Kings see Sfeeleer .- And {0 I wasfor the King, that is,fer the Speaker. ‘ Then (my Lords) “obferve the Manner of His warming; the K I N G was to come awarding to the Cavenaeet 5' mark ye that ? I was itill for my Oat/re; .- let Him comewhen' He will, if the Covenant fetch Him, He had as good Pray away. ‘*And yet men cry {hame on the Comma: 3 thofethat reelemit do cafe it up againe; and thofe that refufe it have givena worldvofArgumentsthatie is Zl'erreafemzlzle-a which Reafoeee our Ajfemlsly i like alcompan'y of Rafcals) never yet anfwet’d. .I know (my Lordsl many of our friends never took this- omb, but they tefus’dit out of meet Confcience -, {hall W4— lz'gnems. Confciences be as tender as our: 3" why, what do. they think our Confciences are made of 2’ But (my Lords) fuppofe this Oath be unreefomble; can we do nothing b’iit I we molt give Keefe» for it «3 this is as bad as the Houfle of Cemmom, who when we, deny to pafle any Ordinance, pre— fently fend to know our Reafom, though themfelves give no Keefe”: for demanding Ours. And {0 Malignants would have Reefonable Oaths -, only here’s the difference, the Houfe ofCommem do ufe to demand Reafons, and Malignants de—- fire to be {uiier’dtogive Reafons : my Lords, I love nor this giving of Reef-am; though I hold the Covenant is Extreame Reafonable; for as fome Malignants‘ take it to fave their 13f- fletes, f0 wegz'rve it to make them lofe their Efiates ;.b0th love \ . the E flare, and bothfiete the Czemm Thus ( my Lords) 1‘ i ‘ . v ‘4 '- 31 , A WC r1737? _ i" A. were???" . A ’ U , ”I - . 1 _, . 1'“ {its in in“? if?" .r‘ -‘ 'r’e'fi’ a .5' he» , u. . (, 1;}: 5‘ @1352??? f r .55. — , ( 4) - a i We have Reafon for this Oath, and Your Lordfliips have. No Reafon to make me a Traytoa'r While Igive my Vote accor- ding to the Covenant. _ ‘ . A's Forfigning Warrant: to raife a New War, I wonder you’l {peak of it; have not ye all done it a hundred times i." how many Reames of Paper have we fubfcrib’d to 'raife Forces for King and Parliament 2' ’tis known I can fcarce write a word befi'des'my Name : cannot a man write his own‘Name without lofing his head 2’ if I mull give Accompt for what Ifet my hand to, Lord have mercy upon me: I fee now my Grandfather was a wife man, he could neither write norread‘, and happy for me if Iwere (0 too : Come, come my Lords, be plain and tell me, do I look‘ like one that would wife a New War .9 I muff confeer I love a good Army, but if there be none till I raife it, Soala’z'er: of Fortune may/change their Names. No, (my Lords) ’twas not I, ’twas the Eleven Wanner: would have rais’a’ a War 5 you fee they were guilty by their running away, Ineither ran with Town/uh Ton, .-I do not like this rnnnz’ng away, Ilove to flay by it 5 and whe- ther was for War, Ithat ftay’d in Town, or You that ‘went to an Army 2' the Devill of Horfe did I lift but in my New “Coach, nor us’d any HarneHe but my Collar of 3—5. And will ye for this clap me in the Tower 2’ you fent me thither . fix years fince for but handling a Stamlzflo, and now you'l commit me for writing my Name; what (my Lords) do ye hate Learning 2’ can ye not ena’ or begin a Parliament without fending me to the Tower 6 Doe Your Lordfhips meane to make me a Lord Malor 2’ . If I needs mull go, Ipray ye, fend me home, to Baynarol’s Caflle or Dnrnanz Honfi’, ga dam— nable fire burnt my houfe at Wzlton juil that hower I mov’d 'Your Lordlhips to drive Malignants out of London.) But 4why to the Tower 2’ am I company for Lions .3 do ye think me a Carraneoantaine, fit to be {hown through a grate for two 'pence 2’ No, my Lords, keep the Tower for Malignanls, they can ena’are it; fome of them have been Prifon‘ers feVen years 5, _, -V .u -9 m. a“. i 7‘. ...i . ”U” .' 1;; '"r ‘ «:11;de r. U, ‘_ fifl...‘ they can feed upon bare Allegiance, pleafe themfelves with Difcourfes of Coafoz'eaoe, OfHWZWWL ,ofa Rt'gbteom Caafe, and I-know not what :uBut what’s this to me c' How will [thofe Malignants look upon me 2’ nay, how {hall Ilook upon ‘I/oem c’ , IconfeIIC fome of ’em love my Soa’: company, they fay he’s more aGeatlemaa3 and ha’s rvt't .- ’sDeath ( my. Lords ) muff I now turn Gentleman? I thought I had been? a Peer of the Realm, and am Inow a Gentleman :’ ‘lCt my Soto keep his Wit, his poor Fat/yer ne’re. got two pence by his Wit..- Alas, g my- Lords )_ what [tart can I do ye 2’ or what good will it doye to have my Head" 2' I am but a Wara’, my Lord Say; hath difpos'd ofme thel‘efi'rvett years; I am no Lawyer thought V the Littletom call me Cofea‘ ; I am no Scholar, though I have bemfiheh‘ Clmaee/loar-7 I am no Statesman, though .I was a; P7491, woofer/Zoom; I know not. what ye mean by the Three; , ‘Eflater 5' laI’t 35am the Arm} demanded a Relea/e for Lil- ézthAJL/ttkroi’a) and Otvertoa, I thought The} were the. , IfT/J’ree Eflates .- I thank God I have a good El’tate of my. - guy‘andlhatze the WM Ellyn/fig: Children3 and” Iuhaayefimy Lord of. Caraarma: Eflate, there are my Three Eflatet, And yet (my Lor’a’: ) muft I to the Tmoen’. Confider we are but a few Lords left, comej let’s love, and beki‘nd to one another; The Cavalier: quarrell’d among themfelves,beatone anorher, andlofl. all .- Let Vs be wifer my Lords ; For had we Fallen into their condition, my Con-l {cience tells me we had lookt mofl'wofiilly. I perceive Your Lord/hip: begin. to think better of'me3 and: I hear you would quit me if I were not charg’d by. the Agita- tor: and General! Comte]? of the ~Army. How 2’ Agitator 2’: ’sDeath what’s "that 5' who ever heard that word before 2’ I‘ underftand Clafiz’ea/l, Provincial], Congregational!) National] 5 but for Agitator, it may (for ought I. know ) be a Knave not worth three Pence: if Agitator: cut Noblemens throats you’l find the. Devil! ha’s been an Agitator. As for the Gene— ral! Comte]! I, hate the Name of it, Iris old and naug‘ ht, and a - , ' ‘us’d I' Via-‘7": _ . ‘, v .. A . ‘ if?" {efa'lnftfiae' «1i? t‘n' - , . 55' «by? "“N “v? p» v , @513 tr," #3?" I aus’d to befall of Bijltopr; jvetfince the Ayn/Hes; I thought we had made ’em poor ' a». 51“ ‘Atw ‘ 1 ‘ -‘ . m,» ..A-,.._. -a, thofefcllows have troubled us e-‘ mongh, and is their Name come again tb torment me 1' My Lords, I ‘underfland nOt the-{e General! Coaaaell:, thofe of old (they {ay)'wete Cart/ham , and thefe are Independent: : What a damnable deal of Generallmg is here ! Geaerall Affembly3 G overall of the Army, Geaerall C oaacell oft,» Army ; we never had uiet hower fince we had (0 many Generalls. Well, my LOr 5, their: are hard timesJ and we make them worfe with ’ Thards words, which neither we not our Fathers underflood.‘ Hetetofore'.Bz_-/laops_went fare Davina, then Elder: would be fare Diviao, and now Agitator: will be 35am Diviao,( Dam me,l think nothing is afar: Davina but God.) Call ye this a through Reformattoa ,3 what betwixt the Affemblor: and the Agitator: 1am rg’orm’a’ to meet skin and bone. My Lamb, ifthefe ’tator: mut‘t rule the Kingdome, why are net weour (elves agitator: '3 why may nor I make Oldfworth an Agi- tator at his alarm: and koaefly are equall to mofi‘of’em. ' But ( for ought I fee ) Agitator: will fooneebc Emmf Pembroke and Moagomery than we Agitator: : for the Parliament leads the 12601216, the Army leads the Parliament, Sir Thoma/1 leads the Army, Cromwell leads Sir T 11mm, Iretoa leads Cromwell, Agitator: willlead Iretoa, whitherthe Devill {hall we all lead at laft 1.” ‘ . My Lords, ye fee I have {poke my mind {I hope every week ' Tome of your Lord/hip: will do the like 3 and the Common: in _ this i though in nothing elfe ) will follow the Hou’fe of Peer:. - But I have done, I have done, my Lord: .- Remember I befeech ye I am an old man, I have been a Grandfather time oat of mind (for I was fo when this Parliament be an, ) and now mufi Ibefood for Agitator: ? O my Lords, I ave ufed, the K1 N G (0 ~il‘l,a'nd "He lov’d me {o _well,& i have ferv’d you _ (0 well, and'you life me fo ill, that noman is (city for me: Therefore my Requeit is,th'at you would not think of {ena- di-ng megto the ‘1‘ 019237, till forne body pit-its me. ‘ FIN-[SI ’ hawk-.74. a, . - ‘ > ‘ ,4 y " 1'. _ .4 ,,;p: 1 ’ , r . _ . ‘ » . - . 4. w&'¥’«fidlv'&»au'~v~' 4...» as—v-::*._. 1- u ‘ 'nfl. ‘; 1“. . . ‘ v V ,4 > ‘ ' ;- m _~WW~0-MM: ‘ \N‘mbwp...w4nly a-.v.:. on.» <- \ The firéfflappearance of the life by GBTdEEng ”4 , 422 PEMBROKE (4th Earle of) SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF PEERES, When the even Lords were accused of High-Treason, 1648, 6 pp, sm. 4to, b went, comer: dull, [Thomason 1620] 1 ¥ -' " "v w A. _~;. ~vn‘ué‘ljs‘c'mw ’