A defence of the Parliament of 1640. and the people of England against King Charles I. and his adherents containing a short account of some of the many illegal, arbitrary, Popish and tyrannical actions of King Charles I. unjustly called the pious martyr; together with the following tracts, &c. 1. The Pope's letter to King Charles ... 14. To give a clear demonstration of this holy martyr's religion and piety, see his declaration for the lawfulness of sports and pastimes on the Lord's Day, printed at large in this book.
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             A defence of the Parliament of 1640. and the people of England against King Charles I. and his adherents containing a short account of some of the many illegal, arbitrary, Popish and tyrannical actions of King Charles I. unjustly called the pious martyr; together with the following tracts, &c. 1. The Pope's letter to King Charles ... 14. To give a clear demonstration of this holy martyr's religion and piety, see his declaration for the lawfulness of sports and pastimes on the Lord's Day, printed at large in this book.
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           A
           DEFENCE
           OF
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           of
           1640.
           
           And
           the
           PEOPLE
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           AGAINST
           
             King
             Charles
          
           I.
           And
           his
           ADHERENTS
           ;
           CONTAINING
           A
           short
           Account
           of
           some
           of
           the
           many
           Illegal
           ,
           Arbitrary
           ,
           Popish
           and
           Tyrannical
           Actions
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           I.
           unjustly
           called
           the
           
             Pious
             Martyr
          
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           following
           Tracts
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Pope's
               Letter
               to
               King
               Charles
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               K.
               
               Charles's
               Letter
               in
               Ans.
               thereunto
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Articles
               of
               Marriage
               made
               in
               Favour
               of
               Papists
               )
               with
               France
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               King
               Charles
               his
               Commission
               to
               the
               Irish
               Rebels
               ,
               And
            
             
               5.
               
               Philem
               ,
               O
               Neal
               and
               Rorie
               Macquire's
               Declaration
               to
               the
               Irish
               thereupon
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               King
               Charles
               II's
               Letter
               to
               the
               ●●urt
               of
               Claims
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               in
               behalf
               of
               that
               great
               Rebel
               ,
               the
               Marquess
               of
               An●●m
               ,
               to
               restore
               him
               to
               his
               Estate
               ;
               for
               ●t
               the
               said
               Marquess
               ,
               had
               made
               it
               ap●r
               ,
               That
               what
               he
               acted
               in
               that
               Rebel●
               ,
               was
               done
               by
               the
               Express
               Orders
               ,
               〈◊〉
               Commands
               of
               Charles
               I.
               his
               Father
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               .
               King
               Charles
               I's
               Warrant
               by
               Secre●
               Nicholas
               ,
               to
               the
               King's
               Printer
               ,
               ●manding
               him
               to
               Print
               no
               more
               〈◊〉
               40
               of
               those
               Proclamations
               ,
               that
               ●claim'd
               the
               Irish
               Rebels
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               An
               Abstract
               of
               those
               strange
               Arti●
               of
               Peace
               ,
               King
               Charles
               I.
               made
               with
               ●rish
               Rebels
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               King
               Charles
               his
               two
               Letters
               to
               the
               Protestants
               of
               Rochel
               ,
               wherein
               he
               assured
               them
               of
               Relief
               against
               the
               French
               K.
               
            
             
               10.
               
               The
               Misérable
               and
               Deplorable
               Remonstrance
               those
               poor
               Protestants
               made
               to
               him
               ,
               upon
               his
               Sacrificing
               them
               to
               the
               Mercy
               of
               the
               French
               King.
               
            
             
               11.
               
               The
               Earl
               of
               
               Anglesey's
               Memorandum
               .
               Dr.
               
                 Anthony
                 Walker
              
               and
               Mrs.
               
               Gauden's
               Proofs
               ,
               That
               
                 Eicon
                 Basilice
              
               was
               not
               Writ
               by
               King
               Charles
               ,
               but
               by
               Dr.
               Gauden
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Exeter
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               A
               Copy
               of
               the
               Kings
               ,
               and
               
               Pamelia's
               Prayers
               ,
               taken
               out
               of
               
                 Eicon
                 Basilice
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               Phillip
               Sydny's
               Arcadia
               (
               which
               agree
               almost
               in
               every
               Word
               .
               )
            
             
               13.
               
               Twenty
               Articles
               against
               that
               wicked
               Prelate
               L●
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               To
               give
               a
               clear
               Demonstration
               of
               this
               holy
               Martyr's
               Religion
               and
               Piety
               ,
               see
               his
               Declaration
               for
               the
               Lawfulness
               of
               Sports
               and
               Pastimes
               on
               the
               Lord's
               Day
               ,
               Printed
               at
               large
               in
               this
               Book
               .
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           1698.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           the
           least
           of
           Man's
           Unhappiness
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           greatest
           Enemy
           of
           his
           own
           Interest
           ,
           having
           Opportunities
           for
           his
           own
           Advantage
           ,
           he
           lets
           them
           slip
           ,
           and
           by
           Brutish
           Incogitancy
           ,
           rather
           than
           Natural
           Impotency
           ,
           (
           as
           our
           Parents
           at
           first
           )
           he
           is
           soon
           cheated
           into
           his
           own
           Misery
           ;
           his
           present
           Contentment
           is
           his
           chiefest
           Atchievement
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           have
           his
           Will
           tho'
           it
           be
           his
           Woe
           .
           He
           is
           apt
           to
           kill
           his
           Friends
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           Christ
           )
           for
           their
           Endeavours
           to
           Save
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           Court
           his
           Enemy
           (
           as
           Eglon
           did
           Ehud
           )
           whose
           Design
           was
           to
           Slay
           him
           .
           The
           great
           Controversy
           (
           between
           the
           Advocates
           for
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           his
           wicked
           Favourites
           ,
           and
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Parliament
           and
           People
           ,
           that
           were
           necessitated
           to
           Resist
           him
           ,
           could
           never
           have
           been
           spun
           out
           into
           above
           40
           Years
           length
           ,
           had
           the
           dim
           Eyes
           of
           dull
           People
           been
           clear'd
           up
           to
           a
           true
           discerning
           of
           their
           Friends
           from
           their
           Oppressive
           Foes
           .
           How
           apt
           have
           the
           Idolizers
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           been
           ,
           with
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           Assyrians
           ,
           to
           travel
           to
           Samaria
           instead
           of
           Dothan
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Jews
           to
           gratify
           Caesar
           ,
           in
           Crucifying
           their
           Saviour
           ?
           Whereas
           heretofore
           they
           generally
           reputed
           for
           
           Saints
           those
           faithful
           and
           couragious
           Barons
           ,
           who
           lost
           their
           Lives
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           making
           a
           glorious
           War
           against
           Tyrants
           for
           the
           Common
           Liberty
           .
           Such
           as
           
             Symon
             de
             Mamfort
          
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           against
           Henry
           the
           Third
           ;
           
             Thomas
             Platagenet
          
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Lancaster
           ,
           against
           Edward
           the
           Second
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           cannot
           willingly
           ascribe
           the
           Love
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           to
           the
           Natural
           Disposition
           of
           an
           
             English
             Man
          
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           two
           other
           Causes
           ;
           the
           first
           is
           the
           Clergy
           of
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           whose
           Pulpit
           Stuff
           from
           before
           1640
           ,
           till
           now
           ,
           hath
           generally
           been
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           perpetual
           Infusion
           of
           Servility
           and
           Wretchedness
           ,
           to
           their
           Hearers
           ,
           and
           their
           Lives
           most
           commonly
           the
           Types
           of
           Worldliness
           ,
           with
           a
           slender
           Pattern
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           Righteousness
           and
           Self-Denial
           ,
           in
           their
           whole
           Practice
           .
           The
           Second
           is
           ,
           I
           attribute
           it
           to
           the
           factious
           Inclination
           of
           most
           Mendivided
           from
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           by
           several
           Selfish
           Ends
           and
           Humours
           of
           their
           Own
           ;
           who
           may
           truly
           be
           call'd
           Sacrificers
           of
           the
           Common
           Welfare
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           private
           Advantage
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           thereby
           attain
           to
           their
           Ambitious
           Purposes
           .
           Dryden
           (
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           )
           gives
           this
           true
           Character
           of
           these
           Sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           
             viz.
             Mark
             those
             which
             Dote
             on
          
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           
             and
             you
             'l
             find
             them
             either
          
           Hotbrain'd-Fools
           ,
           or
           Needy
           Bankrupts
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           wonderful
           and
           amazing
           thing
           ,
           to
           find
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           Mankind
           fondly
           and
           foolishly
           Doting
           ,
           nay
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           Unchristian
           ,
           with
           a
           sort
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           Idolizing
           this
           Prince
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           giving
           to
           the
           World
           a
           clear
           Demonstration
           of
           one
           good
           Act
           he
           did
           designedly
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           his
           People
           :
           Certainly
           if
           his
           Virtue
           and
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Country
           ,
           had
           been
           in
           the
           least
           conspicuous
           ,
           his
           mighty
           Adorers
           have
           been
           defective
           in
           their
           Panegerical
           Encomiums
           of
           him
           ;
           for
           I
           must
           with
           the
           greatest
           Assurance
           declare
           ,
           that
           neither
           by
           reading
           the
           Defences
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           Conversation
           with
           the
           greatest
           of
           his
           Advocates
           ,
           could
           I
           find
           the
           least
           Cause
           to
           Esteem
           him
           a
           Saint
           ,
           or
           to
           clear
           him
           from
           the
           
           Tyrannical
           Oppression
           ,
           nay
           ,
           from
           the
           Blood
           and
           Misery
           of
           England
           ,
           so
           justly
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           by
           the
           Parliament
           of
           1640
           ,
           and
           those
           worthy
           Patriots
           that
           join'd
           with
           them
           .
           Let
           the
           Advocates
           for
           Tyranny
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           say
           what
           they
           will
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           People
           of
           England
           have
           a
           great
           Esteem
           and
           Value
           for
           a
           King
           that
           Governs
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Actions
           ,
           aims
           at
           his
           People's
           Good
           equal
           with
           his
           own
           ;
           and
           if
           at
           any
           time
           they
           betake
           themselves
           to
           Arms
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           't
           is
           his
           ,
           and
           not
           their
           Fault
           :
           Neither
           is
           it
           rational
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Commonality
           of
           England
           ,
           would
           ,
           without
           an
           apparent
           Cause
           and
           Necessity
           ,
           engage
           in
           a
           Bloody
           Civil
           War
           ,
           and
           thereby
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           :
           And
           he
           that
           shall
           consider
           impartially
           ,
           in
           a
           Civil
           or
           Religious
           Sense
           ,
           the
           Quality
           of
           those
           that
           espoused
           that
           King
           against
           their
           Native
           Country
           ,
           will
           find
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           joined
           with
           them
           ,
           did
           infinitely
           exceed
           ,
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           the
           Party
           that
           assisted
           that
           King.
           For
           it
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Popish
           and
           Superstitious
           People
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           were
           united
           ,
           as
           one
           Man
           for
           the
           King
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           consider
           them
           in
           a
           Civil
           respect
           ,
           were
           not
           all
           the
           Pattentees
           ,
           Monopolizers
           ,
           Cruel
           Usurping
           Oppressors
           ,
           but
           Lords
           ,
           Knights
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           Councel-Table
           ,
           High
           Commission
           Court
           ,
           &c.
           were
           not
           these
           the
           great
           Abettors
           ,
           and
           Supporters
           of
           that
           Bloody
           War
           ,
           against
           the
           Parliament
           and
           People
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           Were
           not
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           for
           the
           generality
           of
           them
           ,
           a
           wretched
           Parcel
           of
           Court
           Sycophants
           ,
           that
           gave
           vent
           to
           those
           Plaguy-Doctrines
           of
           Non-Resistance
           ,
           Absolute
           and
           Arbitrary
           Government
           (
           after
           the
           Mode
           of
           France
           )
           in
           Loans
           ,
           Free-Quarter
           ,
           Ship-money
           ,
           Monopolies
           ,
           &c.
           during
           the
           Oppressive
           Ministery
           of
           
             Buckingham
             ,
             Stafford
          
           ,
           and
           Laud
           ,
           that
           countenanced
           those
           two
           
             Court
             Parasites
          
           and
           Ear-Wiggs
           ,
           Mountague
           and
           Manwaring
           ,
           who
           poysoned
           the
           Ears
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           
           with
           such
           infectious
           Doctrine
           that
           proved
           to
           be
           fatal
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           both
           Montague
           and
           Manwaring
           were
           doom'd
           and
           condemn'd
           for
           the
           same
           in
           open
           Parliament
           ,
           Sentenced
           and
           Fined
           ,
           and
           made
           incapable
           of
           all
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Benefices
          
           and
           Promotions
           .
        
         
           But
           King
           Charles
           was
           so
           much
           in
           Love
           with
           these
           two
           wicked
           Levites
           ,
           and
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           that
           soon
           after
           the
           Parliament
           was
           dissolved
           ,
           he
           punished
           them
           with
           two
           Fat
           Bishopricks
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           World
           may
           know
           for
           what
           Manwaring
           was
           thus
           Rewarded
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           I
           shall
           produce
           three
           of
           his
           pernicious
           Assertions
           out
           of
           his
           two
           Sermons
           before
           the
           King
           ,
           Printed
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           Religion
           ond
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             That
             the
             King
             is
             not
             bound
             to
             observe
             the
             Laws
             concerning
             the
          
           Subjects
           Rights
           ,
           
             but
             that
             his
          
           Will
           
             in
             Imposing
          
           Loans
           and
           Taxes
           
             without
             consent
             in
          
           Parliament
           
             doth
             oblige
             the
          
           Subjects
           Conscience
           ,
           Upon
           Pain
           of
           Eternal
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             they
             who
             refused
             the
          
           Loan
           ,
           
             did
             offend
             against
             the
          
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           
             and
             against
             the
          
           Kings
           Supreme
           Authority
           ;
           
             and
             thereby
             became
          
           Guilty
           of
           Impiety
           ,
           
             Disloyalty
             ,
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           
             is
             not
             necessary
             for
             the
             raising
             of
          
           Aids
           and
           Subsidies
           ;
           
             and
             Dr.
          
           Sibthorp
           ,
           Vicar
           of
           Brackley
           ,
           
             printed
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             which
             he
             Preached
             at
             the
             Assizes
             at
          
           Northampton
           ,
           
             and
             Dedicated
             to
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             wherein
             he
             Poysons
             his
             Country
             with
             these
             vile
          
           Positions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             That
             it
             is
             the
             Prince's
             Duty
             to
             direct
             and
             make
             Laws
             ,
             (
             his
             Text
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             was
          
           Rom.
           13.
           7.
           
           Render
           therefore
           to
           all
           their
           Dues
           )
           
             he
             justified
             this
             by
             that
             Opposite
             Proof
          
           ;
           
           Eccles.
           8.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           He
           doth
           whatsoever
           pleases
           him
           .
           —
           Who
           may
           say
           unto
           him
           ,
           what
           doest
           thou
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           all
           
             Antiquity
             is
          
           absolutely
           for
           absolute
           Obedience
           
             to
             Princes
          
           ,
           in
           all
           Civil
           and
           Temporal
           Things
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             if
             Princes
          
           command
           any
           thing
           
             which
             Subjects
          
           may
           not
           perform
           ,
           
             because
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             Nature
             ,
             or
             Impossible
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           undergo
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           
             without
             Resistance
             ,
             and
          
           so
           to
           yield
           a
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           where
           they
           cannot
           Exhibit
           an
           Active
           One.
           
             P
             —
             g
             ,
             Sh
             —
             k
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           
             have
             largely
             since
             that
             time
             ,
             obliged
             the
             World
             with
             these
          
           Enslaving
           Doctrines
           .
        
         
           As
           this
           King
           took
           great
           care
           to
           Reward
           such
           Ministers
           as
           these
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           make
           Examples
           of
           those
           Pious
           and
           Worthy
           Clergy-men
           ,
           that
           stood
           up
           against
           the
           Oppressions
           of
           those
           Times
           ;
           for
           Brevities
           Sake
           ,
           I
           shall
           instance
           but
           two
           of
           the
           many
           that
           might
           be
           Named
           .
           The
           first
           was
           ,
           that
           Good
           Man
           Dr.
           Abbot
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           because
           he
           could
           not
           in
           Conscience
           comply
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           with
           Menaces
           required
           him
           to
           License
           that
           abominable
           Sermon
           of
           Si●throps
           ,
           (
           before
           mention'd
           )
           
             and
             thereby
             make
             that
             Good
             by
             Divinity
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             done
             against
             the
             Laws
             .
          
           And
           when
           the
           Lord
           Conway
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           was
           sent
           with
           a
           threatning
           Message
           from
           the
           King
           to
           him
           ,
           this
           good
           Old
           Man
           persisted
           in
           his
           Refusal
           ,
           saying
           ,
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             affraid
             of
             any
             Evil
             Tydings
             ,
             for
             my
             heart
             is
             fixed
             ,
             trusting
             in
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           The
           King
           instantly
           Suspended
           this
           Archbishop
           ,
           and
           also
           
             confined
             him
          
           ,
           and
           committed
           the
           
             Archiepiscopal
             Jurisdiction●
          
           to
           
             five
             Bishops
          
           ,
           all
           of
           the
           
             New
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           and
           Sibthorp's
           Patrons
           ,
           
             viz.
             London
             ,
             Durham
             ,
             Rochester
          
           and
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           honest
           Laud
           of
           Bath
           and
           Wells
           .
        
         
         
           The
           second
           was
           Dr.
           Williams
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Lincoln
           ,
           who
           also
           felt
           the
           heavy
           Oppression
           of
           this
           
             Protestant
             King.
          
           In
           the
           first
           Year
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           he
           was
           Lord
           Keeper
           of
           the
           
             reat
             Seal
          
           but
           upon
           his
           appearing
           in
           Parliament
           against
           the
           Kingdoms
           great
           Grievance
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           he
           was
           Disgraced
           und-Sequestred
           from
           the
           King's
           Presence
           ,
           and
           Council
           Table
           .
           In
           his
           second
           Year
           ,
           he
           was
           accused
           for
           speaking
           publickly
           against
           the
           Loan
           ,
           and
           also
           for
           refusing
           to
           give
           way
           to
           proceedings
           in
           his
           Courts
           against
           the
           Puritans
           .
           The
           King
           Imprison'd
           him
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           but
           this
           good
           Bishop
           ,
           out-living
           his
           Imprisonment
           ,
           
             upon
             the
             King
             's
             throwing
             the
             Gauntlet
             ,
          
           he
           came
           to
           a
           
             Tryal
             of
             Skill
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Old
           English
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           he
           resolutely
           said
           ,
           
             Nolumus
             Leges
             Anglia
             :
             Mutari
          
           ,
           and
           took
           Command
           in
           the
           
             Parliament's
             Army
          
           ,
           and
           bravely
           asserted
           his
           Country's
           Liberties
           with
           his
           Sword.
           
        
         
           If
           I
           should
           proceed
           to
           relate
           how
           this
           King
           dealt
           by
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ;
           both
           Lawyers
           and
           others
           that
           stood
           up
           for
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           this
           Tragical
           Story
           would
           swell
           to
           too
           great
           a
           Bulk
           for
           a
           Preface
           ;
           I
           shall
           therefore
           give
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           the
           matters
           contained
           in
           the
           following
           Treatise
           ,
           viz.
           that
           He
           Favoured
           ,
           Protected
           ,
           and
           was
           Ruled
           by
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           ,
           both
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           He
           highly
           favoured
           Papists
           ;
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           He
           Govern'd
           by
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           and
           raised
           Money
           upon
           his
           Subjects
           without
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           is
           directly
           against
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           most
           dangerous
           Consequence
           to
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           when
           ever
           such
           a
           Power
           is
           Established
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           the
           People
           may
           bid
           a
           sad
           farewell
           to
           all
           their
           Felicity
           ,
           for
           they
           would
           soon
           undergood
           the
           same
           Miserable
           Fate
           ,
           the
           poor
           People
           of
           France
           have
           done
           ever
           since
           that
           King
           violated
           their
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             the
             Edict
             of
          
           Nants
           ,
           &c.
           which
           is
           to
           be
           Taxed
           according
           to
           that
           Prince's
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ;
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           not
           that
           Pious
           Prince
           the
           mad
           
           World
           without
           reason
           would
           represent
           him
           to
           be
           ;
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           you
           have
           too
           many
           Instances
           in
           the
           following
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           contains
           not
           onely
           26●
           Articles
           ,
           or
           Charges
           against
           this
           King
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           following
           Tracts
           ,
           all
           of
           which
           were
           never
           Printed
           at
           large
           in
           any
           one
           Book
           before
           ,
           
             viz.
             The
             Popes
             Letter
             to
             King
          
           Charles
           
             I.
             and
             King
          
           Charles
           
             his
             Letter
             in
             Answer
             thereunto
             ,
             calling
             the
             Pope
             
               Most
               Holy
               Father
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Articles
             of
             Marriage
             made
             (
             in
             Favour
             of
             Papists
             )
             with
          
           France
           .
           King
           Charle
           '
           
             s
             Commission
             to
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Rebels
             ,
             and
          
           Philem
           Oneles
           ,
           and
           Rorie
           Macquire
           '
           
             s
             Declaration
             thereupon
             .
             King
          
           Charles
           
             II's
             Letter
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             Claims
             of
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             in
             behalf
             of
             that
             great
             Rebel
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             of
          
           Antrim
           ,
           
             to
             restore
             him
             to
             his
             Estate
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             said
             Marquess
             had
             made
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             acted
             in
             that
             Rebellion
             ,
             was
             done
             by
             the
             Express
             Orders
             and
             Commands
             of
          
           Charles
           
             I.
             His
             Father
             King
          
           Charles
           
             I's
             Warrant
             by
             Secretary
          
           Nicholas
           ,
           
             to
             the
             King's
             Printer
             ,
             Commanding
             him
             to
             Print
             no
             more
             th●n
             Forty
             Proclamations
             that
             Proclaimed
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Rebels
             .
             An
             Abstract
             of
             those
             Strange
             Articles
             of
             Peace
             ,
             that
             King
          
           Charles
           
             the
             First
             made
             with
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Rebells
             .
             The
             two
             Letters
             he
             writ
             to
             assure
             the
          
           Rochellers
           
             of
             his
             relieving
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             miserable
             and
             deplorable
             Remonstrance
             those
             poor
             People
             made
             to
             him
             upon
             his
             Sacrificing
             them
             to
             the
             Mercy
             of
             the
          
           French
           
             King.
             The
             Earl
             of
          
           Anglesey
           '
           
             s
             Memorandum
             .
             Dr.
          
           Anthony
           Walker
           ,
           
             and
             Mrs.
          
           Gauden
           '
           
             s
             Proofs
             ,
             that
          
           Eicon
           Basilice
           
             was
             not
             Writ
             by
             King
          
           Charles
           ,
           
             but
             by
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           
             Bishop
             of
          
           Exeter
           .
           
             That
             Copy
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
          
           Pamelia
           '
           
             s
             Prayers
             taken
             out
             of
          
           Eicon
           Basilice
           ,
           
             and
             Sir
          
           Philip
           Sydneys
           Arcadia
           ,
           
             will
             agree
             almost
             in
             every
             Word
             .
             Twenty
             Articles
             against
             that
             wicked
             Prelate
             Land
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             a
             clear
             Demonstration
             of
             this
          
           Holy
           Martyrs
           
             Religion
             and
             Piety
             .
             His
          
           Declaration
           
             for
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             Sports
             and
             Pastimes
             on
             the
             
               Lord's
               Day
            
             is
             printed
             in
             this
             Book
             at
             Large
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             To
             conclude
          
           ,
           If
           all
           these
           and
           many
           more
           sad
           matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           already
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           other
           Books
           produced
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           of
           force
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           most
           notoriously
           imposed
           upon
           ,
           by
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           in
           their
           Defence
           of
           King
           Charles
           I.
           against
           the
           Parliament
           of
           1640.
           and
           People
           of
           England
           .
           I
           shall
           conclude
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           the
           
             coming
             down
             of
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             ,
          
           will
           be
           able
           to
           convince
           them
           of
           their
           Error
           ;
           I
           shall
           ,
           therefore
           leave
           them
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           end
           all
           with
           this
           hearty
           Prayer
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           so
           to
           open
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           see
           what
           will
           make
           for
           the
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           promote
           and
           keep
           up
           those
           Unhappy
           Divisions
           ,
           that
           are
           yet
           amongst
           us
           ,
           after
           above
           40
           Years
           Controversie
           on
           this
           Melancholly
           Subject
           .
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           
             PAge
             2.
             line
             5.
             read
          
           Immerited
           .
           
             p.
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             p.
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             p.
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           Cardinals
           ,
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           ENGLANDS
           
             Black
             List
          
           ;
           OR
           ,
           A
           short
           Account
           of
           some
           of
           the
           many
           
             Illegal
             ,
             Arbitrary
             ,
             Popish
          
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             Actions
          
           of
           King
           Charles
           I.
           falsely
           and
           unjustly
           call'd
           the
           
             Pious
             Martyr
             of
             ever
             Blessed
             Memory
          
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           pretend
           to
           describe
           them
           Gradually
           ,
           or
           Annually
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           Occur
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           HE
           took
           in
           the
           
             Duke
             of
          
           Buckingham
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           
             chief
             Conductors
          
           of
           
             all
             his
             Affairs
          
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           said
           
             Duke
             was
             impeached
          
           for
           a
           
             very
             suspicious
             Playster
             and
             Portion
             administred
             to
             King
          
           James
           
             the
             First
          
           .
           See
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bristols
           ,
           and
           Sir
           Dudley
           Digg's
           Speeches
           against
           him
           in
           Rushworth
           .
           The
           Duke's
           Mother
           ,
           and
           many
           near
           about
           him
           ,
           
             were
             Papists
             ,
             and
             advanced
             Men
             popishly
             Devoted
             ,
          
           to
           
             places
             of
             the
             chief
             Command
             in
             the
             Court
             and
             Camp.
          
           Three
           Parliaments
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Reign
           ,
           found
           and
           
             declared
             this
             Duke
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             their
             Miseries
             and
             Disasters
             ,
             the
             Grievance
             of
             Grievances
          
           ;
           yet
           King
           Charles
           would
           against
           all
           Justice
           protect
           him
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           He
           made
           that
           
             wicked
             Bishop
             Laud
          
           (
           who
           was
           afterwards
           deservedly
           beheaded
           )
           
             another
             of
             his
             Favourites
             ,
             by
             whose
             precious
             Councils
             poor
          
           England
           
             hath
             notoriously
             suffered
          
           ;
           to
           write
           his
           Life
           according
           to
           his
           Actions
           ,
           would
           sufficiently
           darken
           the
           Lustre
           of
           those
           immerite
           and
           impious
           Encomiums
           given
           by
           
             that
             Notorious
             Jacobite
             Mr.
          
           Wharton
           .
           The
           Pious
           Dr.
           Abbatt
           ,
           then
           Arch
           Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           hath
           in
           his
           Writings
           given
           a
           sad
           account
           of
           him
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           that
           Archbishop
           Sancroft
           
             had
             a
             great
             hand
             in
             putting
             forth
             this
             Book
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           His
           Marrying
           Heneretta
           Maria
           of
           France
           ,
           a
           
             violent
             Papist
          
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           
             to
             private
             Articles
          
           in
           favour
           of
           
             Papists
             ,
             viz.
          
           That
           those
           who
           had
           been
           Imprisoned
           ,
           as
           well
           
             Ecclesiastical
             as
             Temporal
          
           ,
           should
           be
           Released
           :
           That
           
             Papists
             should
             be
             no
             more
             molested
             for
             their
             Religion
          
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           the
           
             Papists
             grew
             impudent
          
           ,
           and
           Scoff'd
           at
           
             Parliaments
             and
             Law.
          
           Read
           the
           
             Articles
             at
             large
             in
             this
             Book
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           received
           a
           
             Letter
             from
             the
             Pope
          
           ,
           and
           
             writ
             him
             an
             Answer
             ,
             saluting
             Antichrist
             with
          
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Sanctissime
             Pater
             ,
             Most
             Holy
             Father
             .
          
           That
           
             Procured
             the
             Pope's
             Dispensation
             for
             his
             Marriage
             ,
          
           which
           was
           solemnized
           by
           Proxy
           ,
           
             according
             to
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Romish
             Church
             .
          
           See
           the
           Pope's
           and
           
             King's
             Letter
          
           at
           large
           in
           this
           Book
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           pursuant
           to
           his
           
             Private
             Article
             with
          
           France
           ,
           immediately
           
             Granted
             a
             special
             Pardon
             to
             twenty
             Popish
             Priests
             for
             all
             the
             Offences
          
           they
           had
           Committed
           against
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Built
           a
           Chapel
           at
           Somerset-House
           ,
           with
           Conveniencies
           for
           Fryars
           which
           were
           permitted
           to
           
             walk
             abroad
             in
             their
             Habits
             .
             Baker
             the
             Jesuit
             ,
          
           was
           one
           of
           many
           that
           was
           Pardoned
           after
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           had
           sent
           a
           Petition
           to
           him
           for
           advancing
           the
           
             True
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           
             suppressing
             of
             Papery
          
           .
           He
           made
           
             Weston
             
               (
               who
               died
               a
               Papist
            
             )
          
           his
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           and
           
             preferred
             so
             many
             Papists
          
           to
           places
           of
           
             great
             
             Trust
          
           ,
           as
           Lord
           
             Lieutenants
             ,
             Deputy
             Lieutenants
             ,
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           That
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
             ,
             complain'd
             by
             their
             Petition
             ,
             of
          
           near
           
             One
             Hundred
             of
             all
             Ranks
          
           ,
           he
           restrain'd
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           
             Temporal
             Courts
          
           from
           intermedling
           with
           Papists
           ,
           which
           was
           little
           less
           then
           a
           Tolleration
           .
           He
           not
           only
           
             Schreened
             ,
             but
             Pardoned
             Mountague
          
           his
           Chaplain
           ,
           whom
           the
           
             Commons
             had
             Voted
          
           ,
           had
           
             endeavoured
             to
             Reconcile
          
           England
           to
           Rome
           ,
           
             and
             instanced
             ,
             that
          
           he
           maintain'd
           these
           
             Positions
             .
             That
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             is
             ,
             and
             ever
             was
             ,
             a
             True
             Church
             ;
             That
             Images
             might
             be
             used
             for
             the
             instructions
             of
             the
             Ignorant
             ,
             and
             for
             Exortation
             of
             Devotion
             ;
             That
             Saints
             have
             a
             Memory
             ,
             and
             a
             more
             peculiar
             charge
             of
             their
             Friends
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             may
             be
             admitted
             ,
             that
             some
             Saints
             have
             a
             peculiar
             Patronage
             ,
             Custody
             ,
             Protection
             and
             Power
             ,
             as
             Angels
             also
             have
             over
             certain
             Persons
             and
             Countrys
             by
             special
             Deputation
             ;
             That
             impiously
             and
             prophanely
             scoffed
             at
             Preaching
             ,
             Lectures
             ,
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             all
             shew
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             though
             the
             Commons
             prayed
             ,
             that
             for
             these
             and
             other
             matters
             ,
             Mountague
             might
             be
             Punished
             ,
             and
             his
             Books
             Burnt
             ,
             yet
             the
             King
             would
             do
             neither
             ,
             but
             Pardon'd
             him
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             being
             incensed
             at
             the
             Commons
             prosecuting
             a
             Man
             after
             his
             own
             Heart
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           That
           to
           the
           great
           Dishonour
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Scandal
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Weakening
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           abroad
           ,
           
             Did
             lend
             Eight
             Ships
             (
             Equip'd
             with
             the
             subsidies
             given
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             his
             distressed
             Protestant
             Sister
             ,
             the
             Electress
          
           Palatine
           ,
           
             and
             the
             poor
             oppressed
             Protestants
             of
             the
          
           Palatinate
           )
           
             to
             the
          
           French
           
             King
             ,
             to
             fight
             against
             the
             miserable
             Protestants
             of
          
           Rochel
           .
           Captain
           Pe●nington
           in
           the
           Vantguard
           went
           Admiral
           ;
           the
           Commanders
           and
           Mariners
           protested
           against
           the
           Service
           ,
           though
           tempted
           with
           Chains
           of
           Gold
           ,
           &c.
           
           Declaring
           they
           would
           sink
           rather
           then
           fight
           against
           their
           own
           Religion
           .
           
             The
             Duke
             of
          
           Rohan
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           French
           
             Protestants
             ,
             sollicited
             the
             King
             not
             to
             let
             the
             Ships
             go
             again
             ,
          
           and
           had
           good
           Words
           and
           Hopes
           ▪
           
           Nevertheless
           ,
           Ordered
           Pennington
           by
           
             Letter
             ,
             Dated
             the
             28th
             .
             of
          
           July
           ,
           1625.
           without
           Delay
           ,
           to
           Consign
           the
           Vantguard
           into
           the
           
             Hands
             of
             the
             Marquess
          
           de
           Effiat
           
             for
             the
          
           French
           
             King's
             Service
          
           ,
           and
           to
           require
           the
           seven
           other
           Ships
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           to
           put
           themselves
           into
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           Commanding
           Pennington
           to
           use
           all
           
             Force
             ,
             even
             to
             sinking
             in
             case
             of
             Refusal
             .
          
           Hereupon
           Pennington
           put
           his
           Ship
           into
           the
           
             Absolute
             Power
             of
             the
          
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           Commanded
           the
           rest
           to
           do
           so
           ;
           
             But
             the
             honest
             Sea-men
             refused
             to
             be
             slaves
             to
             the
          
           French
           ,
           
             and
             fight
             against
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             till
             forced
             by
             Shots
             :
             But
             Sir
          
           Ferdinando
           Gerges
           ,
           
             to
             his
             Eternal
             Honour
             ,
             brought
             away
             the
          
           Neptune
           
             with
             Detestation
             of
             the
             Action
             .
             All
             the
          
           English
           ,
           
             Men
             and
             Boys
             ,
             except
             (
             one
             Gunner
             who
             was
             slain
             in
             Charging
             a
             piece
             of
             Ordnance
             ,
          
           according
           to
           his
           defect
           )
           
             declined
             the
             Service
             and
             quitted
             the
             Ships
             ,
             refusing
             to
             serve
             against
             the
          
           Rochellers
           .
           In
           September
           following
           ,
           
             these
             seven
             Ships
             were
             actually
             imployed
             against
             the
          
           Rochellers
           ,
           almost
           to
           their
           utter
           ruin
           .
           The
           French
           
             boasted
             that
             the
          
           Vantguard
           
             mow'd
             the
             Hereticks
             down
             like
             Grass
          
           ;
           by
           these
           
             wicked
             means
             ,
             were
             these
             good
             People
             wholly
             lost
             :
          
           They
           held
           the
           Town
           till
           the
           Year
           1628.
           
             but
             were
             reduced
             to
             incredible
             Misery
             ,
             having
             lived
             long
             upon
             Horse
             Flesh
             ,
             Hides
             ,
             Leather
             ,
             Doggs
             and
             Cats
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           There
           were
           but
           
             Four
             Thousand
             left
             of
             Fifteen
             Thousand
             Souls
             ,
          
           many
           dyed
           with
           Famine
           ,
           and
           they
           usually
           
             carried
             their
             Coffins
             into
             the
             Church-yard
             ,
             and
             there
             laid
             themselves
             and
             Dyed
             .
          
           A
           
             Sad
             Story
          
           ,
           that
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           in
           the
           History
           of
           Our
           
             Blessed
             Martyr's
             Reign
             ,
             (
             as
             wickedly
             call'd
             .
             )
          
        
         
           7.
           
           That
           in
           
             Civil
             Matters
             ,
             took
             his
             Peoples
             Goods
             from
             them
             against
             their
             Wills
             ,
             and
             their
             Liberties
             against
             the
             Laws
          
           ;
           that
           pluck'd
           up
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           Property
           ;
           that
           acted
           almost
           
             like
             the
          
           Turks
           ,
           who
           send
           their
           Janizaries
           ,
           and
           
             place
             their
             Halbards
             at
             the
             Door
             ,
          
           and
           then
           
             are
             Masters
             of
             all
          
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           very
           beginning
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           he
           
             levied
             twelve
             thousand
             Soldiers
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             and
             then
          
           required
           the
           Country
           to
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ▪
          
        
         
         
           8.
           
           That
           appointed
           Commissioners
           to
           
             Try
             ,
             Condemn
          
           and
           Execute
           those
           he
           unjustly
           call'd
           Delinquents
           by
           Martial
           Law
           ,
           directly
           against
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           some
           were
           Executed
           thereby
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           That
           struct
           directly
           at
           the
           Property
           of
           the
           
             Subject's
             Goods
          
           ,
           by
           issuing
           out
           Commissions
           
             (
             contrary
             to
             many
             Laws
          
           )
           for
           
             Raising
             Money
             by
             way
             of
             Loan
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           ordered
           to
           certify
           to
           the
           
             Council
             Board
          
           ,
           the
           Names
           of
           all
           
             Refractery
             Persons
          
           ;
           particularly
           ,
           he
           Demanded
           
             One
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pounds
             of
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           Refusal
           ,
           he
           threatned
           them
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             would
             frame
             his
             Councils
             as
             appartained
             to
             a
             King.
             
          
        
         
           10.
           
           That
           against
           all
           Law
           ,
           required
           ,
           the
           Londoners
           to
           set
           forth
           
             Twenty
             Ships
             Manned
             and
             Victualed
             for
             three
             Months
             ,
          
           against
           which
           the
           
             Mayor
             ,
             Aldermen
          
           and
           
             Common
             Council
             Petition
          
           ,
           but
           to
           no
           purpose
           :
           Being
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             Petitions
             and
             Pleadings
             were
             not
             to
             be
             received
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           
             Precedents
             of
             formers
             Times
             were
             Obedience
             ,
             not
             Direction
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Deputy
             Lieutenants
          
           and
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           being
           Commanded
           
             to
             set
             forth
             Ships
          
           ,
           insisted
           ,
           That
           the
           Case
           was
           
             without
             President
          
           ,
           for
           which
           ,
           they
           were
           severely
           checked
           ,
           and
           told
           ,
           that
           
             State
             Occasions
          
           were
           not
           to
           be
           guided
           by
           
             Ordinary
             Presidents
          
           .
        
         
           Those
           
             Persons
             of
             Quality
          
           ,
           that
           refused
           to
           subscribe
           to
           the
           Loan
           ,
           were
           
             turned
             out
          
           of
           the
           
             Commission
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           and
           Lieutenancy
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             Peter
             Hayman
          
           ,
           upon
           his
           
             refusal
             of
             the
             Loan
          
           ,
           was
           
             commanded
             against
             his
             Will
          
           ,
           to
           go
           upon
           the
           
             King's
             Service
             ,
             beyond
             the
             Seas
          
           ;
           others
           of
           meaner
           Rank
           ,
           were
           either
           
             bound
             to
             appear
          
           before
           the
           Leiutenancy
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           to
           be
           Enrold
           for
           Soldiers
           for
           Denmark
           ,
           or
           were
           impressed
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ▪
          
        
         
         
           Sir
           
             Randolph
             Crew
          
           ,
           the
           then
           Learned
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           the
           
             King's
             Bench
          
           ,
           for
           
             Declaring
             against
             the
             Loan
          
           ,
           and
           not
           giving
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           might
           Imprison
           ,
           
             during
             Pleasure
             ,
             was
             turned
             out
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Nicholas
             Hide
          
           put
           in
           his
           Room
           ,
           who
           presently
           complyed
           with
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Darnell
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Corbet
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Earl
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Hevingham
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Hamden
          
           ,
           five
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           Imprisoned
           for
           
             Refusing
             the
             Loan
          
           ,
           brought
           their
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           in
           Michaelmas
           Term
           ,
           in
           the
           third
           year
           of
           his
           Reign
           .
           The
           Warden
           of
           the
           Fleet
           made
           his
           Return
           ,
           that
           
             they
             were
             detained
             in
             his
             Custody
             by
             the
             special
             command
             of
             King
          
           ;
           and
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Heath
          
           ,
           then
           
             Attorney
             Generral
          
           ,
           justified
           this
           sort
           of
           Imprisonment
           ,
           though
           no
           special
           Cause
           was
           assign'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Hide
           (
           who
           was
           made
           on
           purpose
           for
           it
           )
           did
           singly
           give
           Judgment
           for
           remanding
           the
           Gentlemen
           to
           perpetual
           Imprisonment
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           That
           
             Billotted
             Soldiers
          
           (
           many
           of
           which
           were
           Papists
           )
           upon
           whom
           he
           pleased
           for
           Punishments
           ;
           these
           Soldiers
           committed
           so
           many
           Disorders
           ,
           mastered
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           disturbed
           the
           Peace
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           
             General
             Out-cry
          
           against
           them
           ,
           many
           being
           undone
           by
           them
           :
           Yet
           this
           was
           not
           redressed
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           That
           in
           the
           year
           1627.
           
           
             Issued
             a
             Commission
             under
             the
             Great
             Seal
             to
             several
             Temporal
             Lords
             ,
          
           with
           
             Neal
             '
          
           and
           Laud
           ,
           Bishops
           of
           Winchester
           and
           Bath
           and
           Wells
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           
             Raise
             Money
             by
             way
             of
             Excise
             ,
          
           and
           to
           enforce
           the
           Payment
           (
           and
           which
           is
           very
           probable
           )
           to
           awe
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           Assemble
           the
           17th
           .
           of
           March
           ;
           He
        
         
           13.
           
           Upon
           the
           13th
           .
           day
           of
           January
           ,
           1627.
           sent
           a
           private
           Seal
           to
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           to
           this
           Effect
           :
           
             We
             command
             you
             forthwith
             to
             pay
             to
          
           Philip
           Burlemark
           ,
           
             Merchant
             ,
             Thirty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             to
             be
             paid
             by
             him
             over
             by
             Bill
             of
             Exchange
             
             into
             the
             Low
             Countrys
             and
          
           Germany
           ,
           
             unto
             Sir
          
           William
           Balfoure
           ,
           and
           John
           Dolbier
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           (
           who
           was
           a
           Papist
           )
           
             for
             
               Levying
               and
               Providing
               certain
               Numbers
               of
               Horse
               ,
               with
               Arms
               for
               Horse
               and
               Foot
               ,
            
          
           to
           be
           brought
           over
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             for
             our
             Service
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Burlemark
           being
           afterwards
           call'd
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           examin'd
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           Declared
           ,
           
             That
             he
             received
             the
             Thirty
             Phousand
             Pounds
          
           ;
           That
           one
           
             Thousand
             Horse
          
           were
           levied
           ,
           and
           these
           Horses
           and
           their
           Riders
           were
           to
           come
           over
           ,
           and
           Arms
           were
           to
           be
           provided
           for
           them
           in
           Holland
           ,
           but
           heard
           a
           Countermand
           was
           gone
           to
           stay
           them
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           That
           caused
           Mr.
           Chambers
           ,
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           
             to
             be
             fined
             two
             thousand
             Pounds
             ,
          
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           until
           he
           made
           his
           Submission
           ,
           for
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Merchants
             in
             no
             part
             of
             the
             World
             are
             scrued
             and
             wrung
             as
             in
          
           England
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           Turkey
           they
           have
           more
           Encouragement
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           That
           
             Oppressed
             and
             Imprison'd
             all
             Rank
             or
             Order
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           viz.
           The
           Earl
           of
           Bristol
           was
           two
           Years
           confined
           without
           being
           charged
           with
           any
           Accusation
           ,
           or
           brought
           to
           Tryal
           ,
           or
           permitted
           to
           Answer
           for
           himself
           for
           
             offering
             to
             accuse
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Buckingham
           .
           He
           Committed
           the
           Earl
           of
           Arrundel
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           expressing
           any
           cause
           of
           his
           Commitment
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           manifest
           
             violation
             of
             the
             Privileges
          
           of
           the
           
             House
             of
             Peers
          
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           Lords
           presented
           a
           Remonstrance
           ,
           yet
           this
           Lord
           was
           long
           
             detained
             Prisoner
          
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           That
           sent
           a
           
             threatning
             Message
          
           to
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           had
           not
           a
           timely
           Supply
           ,
           he
           would
           
             betake
             himself
          
           to
           
             New
             Councils
          
           .
           Which
           could
           only
           mean
           the
           
             putting
             an
             End
             to
             the
             use
             of
             Parliaments
             .
          
           That
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           said
           to
           the
           Lords
           and
           
             Commons
             ,
             Remember
          
           that
           Parliaments
           are
           altogether
           in
           my
           Power
           ,
           therefore
           as
           
             I
             find
             the
             fruits
             of
             them
             ,
             Good
             or
             Evil
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             continue
             or
             not
             to
             be
             .
          
        
         
         
           17.
           
           His
           shameful
           betraying
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           in
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           and
           using
           the
           Money
           (
           given
           by
           the
           charitable
           Protestants
           of
           England
           for
           their
           relief
           )
           in
           
             Equipping
             Ships
          
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           against
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           of
           the
           
             Isles
             of
             Rhee
             and
             Rochell
          
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           That
           without
           doubt
           ,
           had
           a
           
             great
             hand
             in
             the
             Notorious
             Irish
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           wherein
           above
           150
           thousand
           poor
           
             Protestant
             Souls
          
           were
           most
           Barbarously
           Murthered
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           more
           plainly
           appear
           by
           reading
           the
           Commission
           given
           by
           this
           King
           
             in
             the
          
           17th
           .
           
             Year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             dated
             from
          
           Edinborough
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           Commission
           thereupon
           of
           
             Peilem
             Oneale
          
           ,
           and
           
             Rorie
             Macguire
          
           to
           all
           the
           Papists
           ,
           both
           English
           and
           Irish
           ,
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ;
           both
           which
           for
           the
           Readers
           better
           satisfaction
           ,
           are
           Printed
           at
           large
           in
           this
           Book
           ;
           and
           also
           a
           sheet
           of
           Paper
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             Murther
             will
             Out
          
           ,
           containing
           
             King
             Charles
          
           II's
           
             Letter
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             Claims
             in
          
           Ireland
           ,
           1663.
           
           Requiring
           the
           then
           Commissioners
           to
           restore
           the
           
             Earl
             of
             Antrim
             to
             his
             Estate
             ,
          
           for
           that
           he
           had
           made
           
             it
             appear
          
           ,
           he
           had
           acted
           nothing
           but
           by
           Order
           and
           Commission
           from
           King
           Charles
           I.
           read
           the
           Letter
           at
           large
           .
           Take
           notice
           this
           
             Earl
             of
             Antrim
          
           had
           been
           a
           
             very
             great
             Rebell
          
           ,
           yet
           restored
           for
           serving
           that
           King
           ,
           in
           murthering
           his
           
             Protestant
             Subjects
          
           ;
           neither
           can
           any
           impartial
           Men
           think
           that
           
             King
             Innocent
          
           of
           this
           
             Wicked
             Act
          
           ,
           if
           they
           consider
           how
           
             Treacherously
             and
             Basely
             he
             delt
             with
             the
             Protestants
             of
          
           England
           ,
           of
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Isles
             of
          
           Rhee
           and
           Rochell
           .
           What
           Articles
           he
           made
           with
           France
           in
           
             favour
             of
             Popery
          
           upon
           his
           Match
           ;
           what
           a
           mighty
           Influence
           his
           
             Popish
             Queen
          
           had
           over
           him
           ;
           how
           he
           employed
           in
           great
           Places
           of
           Trust
           ,
           not
           only
           great
           Favourers
           of
           Popery
           ,
           but
           also
           many
           
             profest
             Papists
          
           ,
           and
           was
           very
           much
           Advised
           and
           Govern'd
           by
           their
           Counsels
           to
           the
           great
           Sorrow
           and
           Misery
           of
           his
           po●r
           
             Protestant
             Subjects
          
           ;
           as
           also
           that
           in
           the
           Summer
           before
           that
           dreadful
           October
           1641.
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           most
           
             Active
             Papists
          
           ,
           all
           afterwards
           in
           the
           head
           
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           ,
           were
           in
           great
           favour
           at
           White-Hall
           ,
           and
           admitted
           to
           many
           
             private
             Consultations
          
           there
           with
           the
           King
           in
           the
           
             Queens
             Presence
          
           ;
           and
           those
           
             Irish
             Priests
             departed
             not
             thence
             till
             within
             two
             Months
             before
             that
             Bloody
             Rebellion
             and
             Massacre
             .
          
           It
           was
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           
             I
             morally
             believe
          
           ,
           that
           
             King
             Charles
          
           favoured
           the
           
             Irish
             Massacre
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           were
           so
           well
           assured
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           called
           themselves
           the
           
             Queen's
             Army
          
           ,
           and
           said
           they
           had
           good
           Warrant
           in
           Black
           and
           White
           for
           their
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           cryed
           out
           against
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           the
           King's
           Enemies
           .
           He
           that
           has
           a
           desire
           of
           being
           satisfied
           how
           
             great
             a
             favourer
             King
          
           Charles
           
             was
             of
             Papists
          
           ,
           let
           him
           read
           Mr.
           
           Pinn's
           
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Royal
               Court
               Favourite
            
          
           .
           He
           was
           very
           much
           advised
           by
           the
           then
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           
             send
             early
             Relief
             to
             the
             poor
             Protestants
             of
          
           Ireland
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           how
           backward
           he
           
             was
             therein
          
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           suffered
           them
           to
           be
           Sacrificed
           to
           the
           
             cruel
             Mercy
          
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Cut-Throats
          
           .
           It
           is
           also
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Parliament
             had
             long
             and
             often
             requested
             the
             King
             to
             Declare
             the
             
               Irish
               ,
               Rebels
            
          
           ;
           yet
           was
           this
           rare
           
             Protestant
             Martyr
          
           so
           Tender
           of
           the
           
             Poor
             Catholicks
             Reputation
          
           ,
           for
           Acting
           according
           to
           his
           Commands
           ,
           that
           no
           less
           than
           
             three
             Months
          
           past
           ,
           before
           he
           would
           gratifie
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           with
           
             Proclaiming
             them
             Rebels
          
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           had
           against
           his
           
             real
             inclination
             thus
             done
          
           ,
           he
           was
           resolved
           ;
           That
           
             but
             a
             small
             number
             should
             be
             Printed
             and
             Published
             ,
          
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           the
           following
           Warrant
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           King's
           Printer
           from
           his
           
             Secretary
             of
             State.
          
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   IT
                   is
                   
                     His
                     Majesty's
                     Pleasure
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     forthwith
                     Print
                     ,
                     in
                     very
                     good
                     Paper
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     send
                     unto
                     Me
                  
                   ,
                   for
                   his
                   
                     Majesties
                     Service
                     ,
                     Fourty
                     Copies
                  
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Proclamation
                     inclosed
                  
                   ,
                   leaving
                   convenient
                   space
                   for
                   his
                   Majesty
                   to
                   Sign
                   above
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   affix
                   the
                   Privy
                   Signet
                   underneath
                   :
                   
                     And
                     His
                     Majesties
                     Express
                     Command
                     ,
                     is
                     ,
                     That
                     you
                     Print
                     not
                     above
                     the
                     
                     said
                     Number
                     of
                     Copies
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   forbear
                   to
                   
                     make
                     any
                     further
                     Publication
                  
                   of
                   
                     them
                     till
                     his
                     Pleasure
                  
                   be
                   further
                   Signified
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   ,
                   this
                   shall
                   be
                   your
                   Warrant
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     White-Hall
                     ,
                     
                       Jan.
                       2.
                       1641.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     Edward
                     Nicholas
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           See
           here
           what
           special
           care
           was
           taken
           ,
           that
           a
           few
           only
           should
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           this
           Proclamation
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           was
           well
           observed
           ,
           he
           dealt
           far
           otherwise
           by
           the
           Scots
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           more
           
             sharply
             Proclaimed
          
           ,
           and
           those
           Proclamations
           with
           great
           care
           and
           dilligence
           ,
           dispersed
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           read
           in
           all
           Churches
           accompanied
           with
           
             Publick
             Prayers
          
           and
           Execrations
           .
           But
           his
           Aversion
           to
           the
           Proclaiming
           and
           Proceeding
           against
           the
           
             Irish
             Rebels
          
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           much
           wondred
           at
           ;
           for
           they
           call
           themselves
           
             The
             Queen's
             Army
          
           ,
           and
           declared
           that
           they
           Rose
           to
           maintain
           the
           
             King's
             Prerogative
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Queen's
             Religion
          
           ,
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           much
           more
           might
           be
           collected
           from
           divers
           Authors
           ,
           of
           this
           Tragical
           Story
           ,
           which
           for
           Brevity
           Sake
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           omit
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           That
           to
           his
           Eternal
           Infamy
           against
           all
           Laws
           ,
           both
           Humane
           and
           Divine
           ,
           caused
           
             A
             Declaration
          
           to
           be
           Published
           concerning
           the
           
             Lawfulness
             of
             Sports
             ,
             Pastimes
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             on
             the
             Lord's
             Day
          
           ,
           and
           gave
           Archbishop
           Laud
           an
           
             Order
             ,
             under
             his
             Hand
          
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           this
           Declaration
           was
           Printed
           .
           Read
           the
           Order
           ,
           and
           Declaration
           Printed
           at
           large
           in
           this
           Book
           ;
           and
           also
           King
           Charces
           II's
           Declaration
           after
           his
           Restoration
           .
           It
           is
           a
           wonderful
           and
           amazing
           thing
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           found
           amongst
           us
           ,
           such
           Clergymen
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           that
           against
           all
           Reason
           and
           Truth
           ,
           shall
           make
           a
           Saint
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           of
           this
           (
           as
           you
           see
           )
           
             Pious
             King
          
           :
           How
           these
           Men
           at
           the
           Great
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           will
           be
           able
           to
           Answer
           for
           the
           many
           
             abominable
             Lies
             ,
             and
             Blasphemies
          
           they
           
           have
           been
           
             Guilty
             of
          
           ,
           in
           
             Defending
             this
             King's
             Tyrannies
             and
             Oppressions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Deifying
             
               him
               after
            
          
           a
           most
           
             scandalous
             Rate
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Mystery
           to
           me
           :
           The
           Publication
           of
           this
           
             Licentious
             Book
          
           ,
           was
           so
           apparently
           destructive
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           so
           
             dishonourable
             to
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           That
           the
           Pious
           and
           
             Sober
             Clergy
          
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           absolutely
           refused
           either
           to
           
             Read
             it
          
           ,
           or
           to
           
             permit
             it
          
           the
           said
           
             abominable
             Declaration
          
           to
           be
           Read
           ;
           and
           how
           barbarously
           ,
           and
           unchristianly
           they
           were
           
             used
             for
             their
             Refusal
          
           ,
           is
           too
           well
           known
           .
        
         
           20
           That
           gave
           
             Wicked
             ,
             Arbitrary
          
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             Orders
             ,
             Instructions
          
           and
           Commissions
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           Ireland
           ;
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           took
           such
           care
           to
           Execute
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           which
           was
           made
           up
           of
           
             Grave
             ,
             Able
             ,
             and
             discerning
             Persons
             ,
             fell
             so
             severely
             upon
             him
             ,
          
           that
           they
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           Committed
           to
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
             Impeached
          
           him
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           according
           to
           his
           deserts
           ,
           Beheaded
           .
           He
           pleaded
           the
           
             King's
             Authority
          
           for
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           but
           the
           Commons
           saw
           no
           reason
           to
           acquit
           him
           .
           'T
           was
           observed
           ,
           that
           tho
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           would
           not
           publickly
           
             Solicite
             for
             his
             Relief
          
           ,
           yet
           several
           
             secret
             Instances
             were
             made
             by
             them
             both
             ,
          
           to
           save
           him
           that
           had
           obeyed
           their
           Commands
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           the
           just
           Cries
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           &c.
           necessitated
           the
           King
           against
           his
           Will
           to
           sign
           the
           Warrant
           for
           his
           Execution
           .
           And
           having
           now
           given
           a
           short
           account
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           proper
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           those
           good
           People
           ,
           that
           
             desire
             to
             be
             rightly
             informed
             ,
             for
             what
          
           Laud
           
             Archbishop
             of
          
           Canterbury
           
             was
             most
             justly
             Beheaded
          
           .
           The
           House
           of
           Commons
           having
           proof
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           a
           great
           Hand
           in
           all
           the
           
             Arbitrary
             Proceedings
          
           and
           Dealings
           with
           Rome
           ,
           December
           18th
           .
           1640.
           they
           Voted
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Traytor
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Hollis
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           to
           Accuse
           him
           of
           High-Treason
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           immediately
           ;
           assuring
           the
           Lords
           ,
           that
           in
           convenient
           time
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           a
           charge
           put
           in
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           
             Good
             the
             Accusation
          
           ,
           desiring
           that
           he
           might
           be
           sequestred
           from
           the
           House
           and
           Committed
           ,
           which
           
           was
           forthwith
           done
           by
           the
           Lords
           .
           The
           Articles
           wherewith
           he
           was
           charged
           ,
           consist
           of
           these
           Heads
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           that
           he
           had
           Treacherously
           endeavoured
           
             to
             subvert
          
           the
           
             Fundamental
             Laws
          
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           instead
           thereof
           to
           Introduce
           an
           Arbitrary
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             Government
          
           against
           Law.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           he
           had
           laboured
           to
           Overthrow
           the
           
             Authority
             of
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Force
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           he
           had
           laboured
           to
           corrupt
           and
           pervert
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Justice
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           he
           himself
           had
           
             corruptly
             bought
          
           and
           
             sold
             Justice
          
           in
           his
           Seat.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           he
           had
           put
           a
           
             New
             Book
             of
             Cannons
          
           in
           Execution
           against
           Law.
           Vide
           2
           Vol.
           2d
           .
           Part
           of
           
           Rushworth's
           Hist.
           Collect.
           Fol.
           1365.
           
             &
             sequent
          
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           That
           he
           had
           Traytorously
           
             assumed
             to
             himself
             a
             Pap̄al
             and
             Tyrannical
             Power
             ,
             both
             in
             Ecclesiastical
          
           and
           
             Temporal
             Matters
          
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           That
           he
           had
           laboured
           to
           subvert
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           to
           
             set
             up
             Popish
             Superstition
          
           and
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             prefer'd
             notorious
             Papist
          
           to
           Places
           of
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           That
           he
           had
           chosen
           to
           himself
           a
           
             Chaplain
             Popishly
             affected
          
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             kept
             Confederacy
          
           and
           Intelligence
           with
           
             Popish
             Priests
          
           and
           Jesuits
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             cruelly
             persecuted
             Godly
             Ministers
          
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           That
           he
           had
           laboured
           to
           
             make
             Divisions
          
           and
           
             Discord
             between
             us
             and
             other
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
           13.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             stir'd
             up
             War
          
           and
           Enmity
           between
           his
           Majesties
           two
           Kingdoms
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           That
           he
           had
           Slandened
           ,
           and
           Incensed
           His
           Majesty
           against
           Parliaments
           .
        
         
         
           15.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             laboured
             to
             slander
             Parliaments
          
           with
           the
           
             Nick
             Name
          
           of
           Puritans
           ,
           and
           
             commended
             the
             Papists
          
           for
           harmless
           and
           
             peaceable
             Subjects
          
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             Traytorously
             indeavoured
          
           to
           advance
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           
             Council
             Table
          
           ,
           the
           
             Cannons
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             King's
             Prerogative
          
           ,
           above
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           That
           he
           had
           Wittingly
           and
           
             Willingly
             ,
             Harboured
             ,
             Countenanced
          
           and
           
             Relieved
             ,
             divers
             Popish
             Priests
          
           and
           Jesuits
           :
           and
           particularly
           one
           call'd
           ,
           
             Sancta
             Clara
          
           alias
           Damport
           a
           
             dangerous
             Person
          
           ,
           and
           
             Franciscan
             Fryar
          
           ;
           and
           did
           also
           
             provide
             Maintenance
          
           ,
           and
           Entertainment
           for
           one
           Monsieur
           St.
           Gyles
           ,
           a
           
             Popish
             Priest
          
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           knowing
           him
           to
           be
           a
           
             Popish
             Priest.
          
           
        
         
           18.
           
           That
           he
           had
           
             threatningly
             said
          
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           
             Blow
             given
             to
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           such
           as
           had
           not
           
             been
             yet
             given
             ,
             before
             it
             could
             be
             brought
             to
             Conformity
             .
          
        
         
           19.
           
           That
           he
           
             punished
             divers
             Ministers
          
           in
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           last
           
             Cannons
             ,
             made
             by
             himself
          
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           That
           he
           had
           wickedly
           and
           malitiously
           Advised
           His
           Majesty
           to
           dissolve
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           presently
           after
           it
           was
           Dissolved
           ,
           told
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           
             That
             then
             he
             was
             absolved
             from
             all
             Rules
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             left
             free
             to
             use
             all
             extraordinary
             Ways
             for
             his
             Supply
             .
          
        
         
           These
           were
           the
           
             chief
             Heads
          
           of
           the
           Charge
           against
           that
           
             Proud
             ,
             Popish
          
           ,
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Prelate
          
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           sent
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           Tower.
           After
           some
           
             close
             Inquiries
          
           and
           Examinations
           taken
           from
           the
           Informations
           of
           the
           
             late
             Lord
             Deputy
             of
          
           Ireland
           ;
           it
           was
           sufficiently
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Archbishop
           was
           the
           
             Conduite
             Pipe
          
           ,
           through
           which
           the
           
             Popish
             Party
          
           ,
           made
           the
           pernicious
           Seed
           of
           Division
           
             run
             so
             smoothly
          
           ;
           that
           he
           was
           the
           
             Wicked
             Instrument
          
           they
           made
           use
           of
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           
             Division
             between
             the
             two
             Kingdoms
             of
          
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           between
           the
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           and
           the
           Presbyterians
           .
        
         
         
           These
           
             heavy
             charges
          
           being
           made
           good
           against
           this
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           he
           most
           
             righteously
             executed
          
           for
           these
           his
           notorious
           
             Evil
             Actions
          
           ,
           Why
           are
           most
           of
           our
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           our
           Laity
           so
           wicked
           ,
           as
           to
           
             vindicate
             him
          
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           
             least
             Reason
          
           ,
           or
           shaddow
           of
           Truth
           ,
           cry
           him
           up
           for
           a
           
             Blessed
             Martyr
          
           ,
           that
           had
           
             violated
             all
             the
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           great
           
             a
             Cause
             of
             most
             of
             the
             Miseries
             of
          
           England
           ?
           That
           to
           prevent
           the
           Peoples
           being
           too
           Religious
           ,
           advised
           and
           highly
           promoted
           the
           Declaration
           of
           Sports
           on
           the
           
             Lord's
             Day
          
           ;
           a
           time
           so
           odious
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           any
           thing
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           that
           it
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           That
           after
           he
           had
           
             compleatly
             acted
             the
             part
             of
             a
             great
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           had
           justly
           lost
           the
           general
           Love
           ,
           Esteem
           ,
           and
           Affection
           of
           the
           best
           Protestants
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
           He
           willingly
           consented
           that
           Bishop
           Gauden
           ,
           Bishop
           Duppa
           ,
           &c.
           should
           
             compose
             a
             Book
          
           ,
           and
           call
           it
           ,
           
             His
             Portraicture
             or
             Picture
          
           ;
           and
           this
           Book
           the
           King
           was
           
             to
             own
             as
             his
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             composed
             by
             him
             ,
          
           when
           God
           knows
           he
           had
           neither
           
             so
             much
             Piety
          
           ,
           nor
           Capacity
           ,
           as
           that
           Work
           re-required
           ,
           though
           as
           a
           Noble
           Peer
           lately
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             that
             Book
             be
             Written
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             on
             by
             any
             body
             else
             ,
             there
             is
             little
             in
             it
             that
             deserves
             Esteem
             .
          
           The
           design
           of
           this
           Book
           was
           three-fold
           ;
           the
           first
           was
           ,
           By
           the
           Lies
           thereby
           ,
           to
           justifie
           the
           King
           's
           Arbitrary
           and
           Illegal
           Actions
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           Heavily
           to
           load
           the
           People
           of
           England
           with
           Rebellion
           ,
           &c.
           for
           standing
           up
           for
           the
           legal
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           belonging
           to
           them
           ,
           though
           absolutely
           forced
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Inundation
           of
           Misery
           and
           
             Popish
             Slavery
          
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           his
           wicked
           Court
           Favourites
           were
           then
           bringing
           on
           the
           
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           ;
           thirdly
           ,
           The
           cunning
           drift
           of
           the
           Factious
           and
           Defeated
           Party
           ,
           design'd
           to
           make
           the
           same
           
             Advantage
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             before
             of
             his
             Regal
             Name
             and
             Authority
             ,
          
           and
           intended
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           a
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             King
             's
             former
             Actions
          
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           
             promoting
             their
             own
             future
             Designs
          
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Book
           ,
           who
           ever
           is
           the
           real
           Author
           ,
           has
           no
           occasion
           to
           value
           himself
           for
           
           that
           Work
           ,
           
             two
             things
          
           being
           with
           the
           greatest
           ease
           to
           be
           
             prov'd
             upon
             him
          
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           he
           is
           a
           most
           
             Notorious
             Lyer
          
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           his
           Assertions
           of
           the
           
             King's
             Innocency
          
           of
           those
           sad
           
             matters
             justly
             laid
             to
             his
             Charge
             ,
          
           and
           also
           of
           his
           many
           
             unjust
             Accusations
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             of
          
           England
           ;
           and
           secondly
           ,
           That
           
             he
             was
             a
             Thief
          
           ,
           and
           had
           so
           much
           Piety
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           famous
           Sir
           Philip
           Sydney's
           Arcadia
           
             (
             a
             Romance
          
           )
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Troubles
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           
             steal
             the
             Prayer
             of
          
           Pamelia
           (
           to
           an
           Heathen
           Diety
           )
           
             being
             under
             Imprisonment
          
           ;
           not
           finding
           a
           suitable
           Form
           in
           the
           
             Liturgy
             ,
             Psalms
          
           of
           David
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           places
           of
           the
           sacred
           Scripture
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Reader
           may
           be
           satisfied
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           
             Piece
             of
             Thievery
          
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           Print
           both
           Prayers
           in
           Collums
           one
           against
           the
           other
           .
           That
           of
           Pamelias
           may
           be
           found
           in
           
           Pembrook's
           Arcadia
           ,
           p.
           248.
           13
           
           Edit
           .
           Printed
           1674.
           
           That
           of
           
             King
             Charles
          
           I's
           ,
           is
           call'd
           a
           Prayer
           in
           time
           of
           Captivity
           ,
           Printed
           in
           a
           Great
           Folio
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           the
           
             Works
             of
             King
          
           Charles
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           his
           
             Eicon
             Basilike
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Prayer
                 .
              
               
                 Pamelia
                 '
                 
                   s
                   Prayer
                   to
                   the
                   Heathen
                   Deity
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   O
                   Powerful
                   ,
                   O
                   Eternal
                   God
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   nothing
                   is
                   so
                   Great
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   may
                   resist
                   ,
                   or
                   so
                   Small
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   contemn'd
                   ;
                   look
                   upon
                   my
                   Misery
                   with
                   thine
                   Eye
                   of
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   thine
                   Infinite
                   Power
                   vouchsafe
                   to
                   limit
                   out
                   some
                   proportion
                   of
                   Deliverance
                   unto
                   me
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   thee
                   shall
                   seem
                   most
                   Convenient
                   .
                   Let
                   not
                   Injury
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   Triumph
                   ever
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   my
                
              
               
                 O
                 All
                 seeing
                 Light
                 ,
                 and
                 Eternal
                 Life
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 nothing
                 is
                 either
                 so
                 Great
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 resist
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 Small
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 contemn'd
                 ;
                 look
                 upon
                 my
                 Misery
                 ,
                 with
                 thine
                 Eye
                 of
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 thine
                 Infinite
                 Power
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 limit
                 out
                 some
                 proporrion
                 of
                 Deliverance
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 thee
                 shall
                 seem
                 most
                 Convenient
                 .
                 Let
                 not
                 Injury
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Triumph
                 over
                 me
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
             
               
                 Faults
                 by
                 thy
                 hand
                 be
                 Corrected
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 not
                 mine
                 unjust
                 Enemies
                 the
                 Minister
                 of
                 thy
                 Justice
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 ,
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 if
                 in
                 thy
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 this
                 be
                 the
                 aptest
                 Chastisment
                 for
                 my
                 unexcusable
                 Folly
                 ;
                 if
                 this
                 low
                 Bondage
                 be
                 fittest
                 for
                 my
                 over
                 high
                 Desire
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 Pride
                 of
                 my
                 (
                 not
                 enough
                 humble
                 )
                 heart
                 be
                 thus
                 to
                 be
                 broken
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 yield
                 unto
                 thy
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 joyfully
                 embrace
                 what
                 sorrow
                 thou
                 wilt
                 have
                 me
                 suffer
                 ;
                 only
                 thus
                 much
                 let
                 me
                 crave
                 of
                 thee
                 (
                 let
                 my
                 craving
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 be
                 accepted
                 of
                 thee
                 ,
                 since
                 even
                 that
                 proceeds
                 from
                 thee
                 ;
                 )
                 let
                 me
                 crave
                 even
                 by
                 the
                 Noblest
                 Title
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 my
                 greatest
                 Affliction
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 give
                 my self
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 thy
                 Creature
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 thy
                 goodness
                 which
                 is
                 thy self
                 ;
                 that
                 thou
                 wilt
                 suffer
                 some
                 Beam
                 of
                 thy
                 Majesty
                 to
                 shine
                 into
                 my
                 mind
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 still
                 depend
                 confidently
                 on
                 thee
                 ;
                 let
                 Calamity
                 be
                 the
                 Exercise
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 the
                 overthrow
                 of
                 my
                 vertue
                 ;
                 let
                 their
                 Power
                 prevail
                 ,
                 but
                 prevail
                 not
                 to
                 Destruction
                 ;
                 let
                 my
                 Greatness
                 be
                 their
                 Prey
                 ;
                 let
                 my
                 pain
                 be
              
               
                 
                   Faults
                   by
                   thy
                   Hand
                   be
                   Corrected
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   not
                   my
                   unjust
                   Enemies
                   the
                   Ministers
                   of
                   thy
                   Iustice.
                   But
                   yet
                   ,
                   my
                   God
                   ,
                   if
                   in
                   thy
                   Wisdom
                   ,
                   this
                   be
                   the
                   aptest
                   Chastisment
                   for
                   my
                   unexcusable
                   Transgression
                   ;
                   if
                   this
                   ungrateful
                   Bondage
                   be
                   fittest
                   for
                   my
                   over
                   high
                   Desires
                   if
                   the
                   Pride
                   of
                   my
                   (
                   not
                   enough
                   humble
                   )
                   heart
                   be
                   thus
                   to
                   be
                   broken
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   yield
                   unto
                   thy
                   Will
                   ,
                   and
                   chearfully
                   embrace
                   what
                   sorrow
                   thou
                   wilt
                   have
                   me
                   suffer
                   ;
                   only
                   thus
                   much
                   let
                   me
                   crave
                   of
                   thee
                   (
                   let
                   my
                   craving
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   be
                   accepted
                   of
                   ,
                   since
                   it
                   even
                   proceeds
                   from
                   thee
                   )
                   that
                   by
                   thy
                   goodness
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   thy self
                   ,
                   thou
                   wilt
                   suffer
                   some
                   Beam
                   of
                   thy
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   so
                   to
                   shine
                   in
                   my
                   mind
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   ,
                   who
                   in
                   my
                   greatest
                   Affliction
                   ,
                   acknowledge
                   it
                   my
                   Noblest
                   Title
                   to
                   be
                   thy
                   Creature
                   ,
                   may
                   still
                   depend
                   confidently
                   on
                   thee
                   ;
                   let
                   Calamity
                   be
                   the
                   Exercise
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   the
                   overthrow
                   of
                   my
                   Vertue
                   ;
                   O
                   let
                   not
                   their
                   prevailing
                   Power
                   be
                   to
                   my
                   Destruction
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   thy
                   Will
                   that
                   they
                   more
                   and
                   more
                   vex
                   me
                   with
                   Punishment
                   ,
                   yet
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   never
                   let
                   their
                   wickedness
                   have
                   such
                   a
                   hand
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   still
                   carry
                   a
                   pure
                
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   mind
                   and
                   stedfast
                   Resolution
                   ,
                   ever
                   to
                   serve
                   thee
                   without
                   fear
                   ,
                   or
                   Presumption
                   ,
                   yet
                   with
                   that
                   humble
                   confidence
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   best
                   please
                   thee
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   at
                   last
                   I
                   may
                   come
                   to
                   thy
                   Eternal
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   through
                   the
                   Merits
                   of
                   thy
                   Son
                   our
                   alone
                   Saviour
                   .
                   Iesus
                   Christ.
                
                 Amen
                 .
              
               
                 the
                 sweetness
                 of
                 their
                 Revenge
                 ;
                 let
                 them
                 (
                 if
                 so
                 it
                 seem
                 good
                 unto
                 thee
                 )
                 vex
                 me
                 with
                 more
                 and
                 more
                 Punishment
                 ;
                 but
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 never
                 their
                 Wickedness
                 have
                 such
                 a
                 hand
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 carry
                 a
                 pure
                 mind
                 in
                 a
                 pure
                 Body
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   pausing
                   a
                   while
                
                 ,
                 O
                 most
                 gracious
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                   said
                   she
                
                 ,
                 whatever
                 becomes
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 preserve
                 the
                 vertuous
                 
                   Mu
                   idorus
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Having
           now
           given
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           design
           of
           Publishing
           this
           special
           Book
           ,
           and
           also
           what
           it
           is
           composed
           of
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           produce
           divers
           Reasons
           (
           enough
           I
           think
           to
           convince
           any
           rational
           Man
           that
           will
           not
           be
           willfully
           blind
           .
           And
           first
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           the
           Noble
           Earl
           of
           
           Anglesey's
           Memorandum
           ,
           perfixt
           before
           the
           Book
           reputed
           to
           be
           King
           Charles
           I's
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             Icon
             Basilice
          
           ,
           and
           found
           by
           
             Edward
             Millington
          
           ,
           who
           sold
           the
           said
           Earl's
           Library
           ,
           all
           Written
           with
           the
           Earl's
           own
           Hand
           ,
           in
           these
           Words
           :
           
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
          
           did
           both
           (
           in
           the
           last
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           1675.
           when
           I
           shew'd
           Them
           in
           the
           
             Lord's
             House
          
           ,
           the
           Written
           Copy
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           are
           some
           Corrections
           ,
           and
           Alterations
           written
           with
           the
           late
           King
           Charles
           I's
           own
           Hand
           ,
           
             Assure
             me
          
           ,
           That
           this
           was
           none
           of
           the
           said
           King
           's
           Compiling
           ,
           but
           made
           by
           Dr.
           Gauden
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Exeter
           ;
           which
           I
           here
           incert
           for
           the
           undeceiving
           others
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           by
           attesting
           so
           much
           under
           my
           Hand
           .
        
         
           ANGLESEY
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Noble
           Earl's
           Advertisement
           ,
           or
           Memorandum
           ,
           must
           have
           the
           greater
           Weight
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           concealed
           it
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           can
           hear
           )
           from
           the
           Publick
           ,
           which
           doubtless
           he
           would
           not
           have
           done
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           had
           any
           design
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           by
           making
           it
           Publick
           .
           This
           Memorandum
           being
           true
           ,
           the
           World
           has
           the
           Words
           of
           two
           Kings
           ,
           that
           Bishop
           Gauden
           ,
           and
           not
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
             
               Composed
               this
               lying
               Book
            
          
           :
           For
           further
           proof
           ,
           that
           Dr.
           Gauden
           writ
           this
           Book
           ,
           take
           a
           Summary
           Account
           of
           some
           Papers
           relating
           ,
           
             Eicon
             Basilice
          
           ,
           now
           ,
           or
           lately
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           Mr.
           North
           ,
           Merchant
           ,
           living
           on
           
             Tower
             Hill
          
           ,
           London
           ;
           whereby
           it
           appears
           that
           Dr.
           Gauden
           ,
           late
           Bishop
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           of
           Worcester
           ,
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           and
           not
           King
           Charles
           I.
           as
           the
           World
           hath
           for
           above
           Forty
           Years
           been
           imposed
           upon
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           North
           is
           a
           worthy
           Person
           ,
           and
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           he
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Charles
             Gauden
          
           (
           the
           Bishop's
           Son
           )
           married
           two
           Sisters
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Gauden
           dying
           about
           Ten
           Years
           since
           ,
           all
           his
           Papers
           were
           left
           with
           his
           Widow
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           North
           having
           occasion
           to
           look
           them
           over
           ,
           for
           some
           relating
           to
           his
           Sister-in-laws
           affairs
           ,
           found
           these
           relating
           to
           the
           
             Eicon
             Basilice
          
           ,
           carefully
           tied
           up
           together
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           North
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           Marriage
           ,
           had
           many
           years
           acquaintance
           with
           Bishop
           Gauden's
           Family
           ,
           and
           knows
           that
           the
           Bishop's
           Widow
           ,
           at
           first
           gave
           them
           to
           her
           Darling
           Son
           ,
           
             John
             Gauden
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Death
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           Mr.
           
             Charles
             Gauden
          
           .
           And
           further
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           many
           years
           knowledge
           of
           that
           Family
           ,
           it
           hath
           constantly
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           doubt
           ,
           been
           declared
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishop
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           .
           There
           are
           several
           Letters
           and
           Papers
           ,
           I
           shall
           briefly
           give
           the
           Contents
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           refer
           to
           the
           
             Original
             Papers
          
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           many
           reverend
           and
           worthy
           Persons
           ,
           who
           have
           Read
           ,
           or
           been
           at
           the
           Reading
           of
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Bishop
           Gauden
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second's
           Restauration
           ,
           was
           incumbent
           of
           Bocking
           in
           Essex
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           fat
           Parsonage
           was
           promoted
           to
           the
           
             Lean
             Bishoprick
          
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           which
           he
           complain'd
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Port
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           thought
           that
           by
           his
           Merits
           he
           might
           lay
           claim
           to
           a
           better
           ;
           and
           the
           Death
           of
           Dr.
           Duppa
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           being
           daily
           expected
           ,
           he
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           with
           great
           Importunity
           ,
           to
           be
           translated
           thither
           ;
           pleading
           his
           Desert
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           Papers
           I
           mention
           ,
           could
           be
           no
           other
           than
           that
           of
           having
           written
           a
           Book
           which
           did
           such
           great
           Service
           to
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           ,
           that
           King
           Charles
           the
           2d
           .
           thought
           himself
           oblig'd
           to
           promise
           him
           that
           Bishoprick
           ,
           tho'
           when
           it
           became
           Void
           gave
           it
           to
           an
           other
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           There
           is
           Letter
           from
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Nicholas
          
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           Dr.
           Gauden
           ,
           dated
           January
           1660
           ,
           wrote
           by
           the
           King's
           Command
           ,
           intimating
           the
           King
           had
           received
           his
           Letter
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           not
           have
           Cause
           to
           complain
           of
           his
           removal
           from
           Bocking
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           Bishops
           Letter
           to
           Chancellor
           Hide
           ,
           dated
           28.
           
           December
           1661
           ,
           and
           his
           Petition
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           sets
           forth
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           
             an
             high
          
           Rack
           [
           The
           Bishoprick
           of
           Exeter
           ]
           but
           Empty
           Manger
           ;
           and
           declares
           what
           hazards
           he
           had
           run
           of
           Life
           and
           Estate
           ;
           and
           what
           great
           Advantage
           had
           accrued
           to
           the
           Crown
           by
           his
           Service
           :
           That
           what
           he
           had
           done
           was
           
             for
             Comforting
             and
             incouraging
             of
             the
             King's
             Friends
             ,
             Exposing
             his
             Enemies
             ,
          
           and
           converting
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           pleads
           that
           
             what
             was
             done
             like
             a
             King
             ,
             should
             have
             a
             King-like
             Retribution
          
           ;
           and
           Instances
           in
           the
           Cases
           of
           
             Joseph
             ,
             Mordecai
          
           ,
           and
           Daniel
           ,
           who
           were
           Honoured
           and
           Rewarded
           for
           the
           Service
           they
           did
           to
           the
           Respective
           Princes
           ,
           (
           tho'
           as
           he
           observes
           )
           they
           were
           Captives
           in
           a
           strange
           Land.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Bishops
           Letter
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           dated
           the
           17th
           of
           January
           1661
           :
           Strongly
           urges
           the
           great
           Services
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           Importunately
           Begs
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ,
           to
           intercede
           for
           him
           with
           the
           King.
           
        
         
         
           4.
           
           There
           is
           an
           Original
           Letter
           from
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           Hide
           (
           all
           of
           his
           own
           hand
           writing
           )
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           dated
           13th
           .
           of
           March
           1661
           ,
           importing
           ,
           that
           the
           Chancellor
           had
           received
           several
           Letters
           from
           him
           :
           That
           he
           was
           uneasy
           under
           the
           Bishop's
           Importunity
           ,
           excuses
           his
           not
           being
           yet
           able
           to
           serve
           him
           ;
           Speaks
           of
           annexing
           a
           Commendum
           to
           his
           Bishoprick
           ;
           and
           towards
           the
           close
           it
           hath
           this
           remarkable
           Expression
           ,
           
             The
             Particular
             you
             mention
          
           ,
           has
           indeed
           been
           imparted
           to
           me
           as
           a
           Secret
           ;
           I
           am
           sorry
           I
           ever
           knew
           it
           ,
           and
           
             When
             it
             ceases
             to
             be
             a
             Secret
             ,
             it
             will
             please
             none
             but
             Mr.
             Milton
             .
          
           This
           is
           Subscribed
           ,
           
             Edw.
             Hide
          
           ,
           C.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           Mrs.
           Gauden
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           writes
           to
           her
           Son
           Mr.
           
             John
             Gauden
          
           ,
           That
           she
           had
           sent
           him
           an
           Hogshead
           of
           Cyder
           ,
           and
           Orders
           some
           Pictures
           to
           be
           sent
           her
           by
           the
           same
           Man.
           
        
         
           In
           this
           Letter
           she
           speaks
           of
           the
           Book
           commonly
           call'd
           the
           Kings
           ;
           she
           calls
           it
           the
           Jewel
           ;
           and
           tells
           her
           Son
           ,
           that
           
             her
             Husband
             hoped
             to
             make
             a
             Fortune
             by
             it
             ,
          
           and
           wonders
           it
           should
           be
           doubted
           whether
           her
           Husband
           wrote
           it
           ;
           but
           says
           ,
           
             She
             has
             a
             Letter
             of
             a
             very
             Great
             Man
             's
          
           that
           will
           clear
           it
           up
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           There
           is
           also
           a
           long
           Narrative
           of
           Mrs.
           
           Gauden's
           Hand-writing
           ,
           shewing
           ,
           that
           her
           Husband
           wrote
           the
           Book
           .
           This
           she
           sent
           to
           her
           Son
           ,
           with
           the
           Letter
           ,
           wherein
           she
           said
           ,
           
             She
             had
             sent
             it
             that
             she
             might
             be
             a
          
           Clavis
           
             to
             him
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Narrative
           sets
           forth
           ,
           That
           after
           her
           Husband
           had
           wrote
           the
           Book
           ,
           He
           shewed
           it
           to
           the
           Lord
           Capel
           ,
           who
           approved
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           for
           the
           printing
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           wished
           
             the
             King
          
           might
           have
           a
           Sight
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           an
           Opportunity
           was
           taken
           to
           Convey
           it
           to
           his
           Majesty
           by
           the
           Lord
           Marquiss
           of
           Hertford
           ,
           when
           He
           went
           to
           the
           Treaty
           at
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             Wight
          
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Marquiss
           after
           his
           Return
           from
           thence
           ,
           told
           her
           Husband
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           the
           Book
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           his
           Majesty
           did
           not
           like
           it
           ,
           but
           was
           for
           putting
           it
           out
           ,
           not
           
           as
           his
           own
           ,
           but
           another's
           .
           But
           it
           being
           Urged
           ,
           That
           CROMWEL
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           
             having
             got
             a
             great
             Reputation
             with
             the
             People
             ,
          
           for
           Parts
           and
           Piety
           ,
           
             it
             would
             do
             best
             to
             be
             in
             the
             King's
             Name
             .
          
           His
           Majesty
           took
           time
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Marquiss
           told
           her
           Husband
           ,
           
             He
             knew
             not
             what
             was
             become
             of
             the
             Papers
          
           ;
           and
           said
           ,
           
             God
             knows
             what
             will
             become
             of
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           That
           her
           Husband
           not
           hearing
           the
           King's
           pleasure
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           finding
           Danger
           hastening
           on
           him
           ,
           he
           having
           kept
           a
           Copy
           by
           him
           ,
           sent
           it
           by
           one
           Mr.
           Symmonds
           ,
           a
           persecuted
           Minister
           ,
           to
           the
           Press
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           Letter
           .
           That
           Mr.
           Royston
           was
           the
           Painter
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           know
           but
           the
           King
           wrote
           it
           :
           That
           part
           of
           it
           was
           seized
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           together
           with
           her
           Husband's
           Letter
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Symmonds
           was
           taken
           .
        
         
           Nevertherless
           the
           Work
           was
           carried
           on
           ,
           and
           finished
           a
           few
           days
           after
           his
           Majesty's
           death
           :
           That
           when
           it
           was
           published
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           was
           Enraged
           ;
           and
           her
           Husband
           conceiving
           his
           Life
           and
           Estate
           to
           be
           in
           danger
           ,
           fled
           to
           Sir
           John
           Wennworth's
           ,
           near
           Yarmouth
           ,
           intending
           thence
           to
           pass
           the
           Seas
           :
           But
           Mr.
           Symmonds
           falling
           sick
           ,
           and
           dying
           soon
           after
           ,
           not
           having
           been
           Examin'd
           ,
           and
           it
           not
           being
           discovered
           that
           her
           Husband
           was
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ,
           (
           the
           Letter
           which
           had
           been
           taken
           having
           no
           Name
           to
           it
           )
           he
           altered
           his
           purpose
           ,
           and
           returned
           home
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           was
           an
           Epistle
           at
           first
           intended
           :
           That
           the
           first
           Title
           was
           
             Suspisia
             Regalia
          
           ,
           but
           changed
           to
           
             Eicon
             Basilice
          
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           were
           two
           Chapters
           added
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Marquiss
           of
           Hertford
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Capel
           ,
           Bishop
           Duppa
           ,
           and
           Bishop
           Morley
           ,
           were
           at
           first
           the
           only
           Persons
           privy
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           after
           the
           King's
           Restoration
           ,
           Dr.
           Morley
           told
           her
           Husband
           ,
           That
           his
           Merit
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           Ask
           nothing
           but
           he
           could
           receive
           it
           .
        
         
         
           That
           Duppa
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           being
           very
           sick
           ,
           her
           Husband
           went
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           
             acquainted
             him
             that
             He
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Book
          
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Truth
           thereof
           appealed
           to
           Bishop
           Duppa
           ,
           his
           Majesty's
           Tutor
           ,
           who
           was
           yet
           living
           ;
           and
           made
           an
           Apology
           for
           printing
           it
           ,
           without
           his
           Majesty's
           Father's
           Order
           ,
           or
           his
           ;
           but
           pleaded
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           King's
           danger
           .
        
         
           That
           His
           Majesty
           told
           her
           Husband
           ,
           That
           till
           then
           ,
           He
           never
           knew
           that
           he
           wrote
           it
           ,
           but
           thought
           it
           was
           his
           Father's
           ;
           yet
           wondred
           how
           he
           could
           have
           time
           :
           And
           observed
           
             That
             it
             was
             wrote
             like
             a
             Scholar
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             like
             a
             King
          
           ;
           and
           said
           that
           if
           it
           had
           been
           published
           sooner
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           saved
           his
           Fathers
           Life
           .
           That
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           King
           gave
           him
           a
           Promise
           of
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Winchester
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           he
           afterwards
           acquainted
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           That
           he
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           yet
           went
           under
           his
           Father's
           Name
           ,
           the
           Duke
           answered
           ,
           He
           thought
           his
           Father
           Wrote
           it
           .
           That
           her
           Husband
           then
           told
           his
           Highness
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           had
           promised
           him
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Winchester
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Highness
           assured
           him
           of
           his
           Favour
           .
        
         
           That
           Bishop
           Duppa
           dying
           ,
           her
           Husband
           apply'd
           to
           the
           King
           upon
           his
           Promise
           ;
           but
           Dr.
           Morley
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           told
           her
           Husband
           that
           he
           might
           have
           what
           he
           would
           ask
           )
           got
           it
           ;
           and
           her
           Husband
           was
           made
           Bishop
           of
           Worcester
           ;
           but
           having
           enjoy'd
           it
           but
           about
           half
           a
           Year
           ,
           fell
           Sick
           and
           Dyed
           .
        
         
           That
           She
           Petitioned
           the
           King
           ;
           setting
           forth
           .
           That
           her
           Husband
           left
           her
           a
           Widdow
           ,
           with
           four
           Sons
           and
           a
           Daughter
           :
           That
           it
           cost
           her
           Husband
           200
           l.
           to
           remove
           from
           Exeter
           to
           Worcester
           ;
           and
           pray'd
           his
           Majesty
           to
           bestow
           the
           half
           Years
           Rents
           upon
           her
           ,
           which
           he
           denied
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           take
           Notice
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           Substance
           ,
           tho'
           not
           perhaps
           the
           Express
           Words
           of
           Mrs.
           Gaudens
           Papers
           ,
           and
           it
           
           could
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           the
           Papers
           themselves
           were
           made
           Publick
           ,
           then
           this
           short
           account
           would
           be
           fully
           justified
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           dismish
           this
           matter
           without
           admiring
           the
           remarkable
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           several
           steps
           towards
           the
           Discovery
           thereof
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           interest
           of
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           have
           for
           ever
           Concealed
           and
           Buried
           .
           And
        
         
           1.
           
           Had
           not
           Dr.
           Gauden
           been
           disappointed
           of
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           we
           should
           never
           have
           heard
           of
           his
           compiling
           the
           
             Icon
             Basilice
          
           ;
           nor
           would
           he
           ever
           have
           bragg'd
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             done
             like
             a
             King
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             had
             a
             King-like
             Retribution
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Had
           Mrs.
           Gauden
           but
           been
           made
           Bishop
           of
           Worcester
           for
           half
           an
           Year
           ,
           she
           would
           probably
           have
           robb'd
           her
           Husband
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           and
           suffered
           it
           to
           have
           been
           for
           ever
           a
           Jewel
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           World
           may
           have
           a
           further
           satisfaction
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           a
           short
           account
           of
           what
           the
           Reverend
           and
           Pious
           Dr.
           Walker
           ,
           lately
           Rector
           of
           Feyfield
           in
           Essex
           ,
           hath
           Written
           and
           Published
           a
           short
           time
           before
           he
           died
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           Ignorance
           and
           lying
           Impertinence
           of
           Dr.
           Hollingworth
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Anthony
             Walker
          
           ,
           in
           this
           Book
           call'd
           the
           
             True
             Account
          
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           of
           a
           Book
           Entitled
           ,
           
             Icon
             Basilice
          
           ,
           &c.
           gives
           the
           Reason
           of
           his
           Writing
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
           It
           was
           occasion'd
           by
           Dr.
           
           Hollingworth's
           Reproachful
           Charge
           on
           him
           ,
           for
           declaring
           ,
           That
           King
           Charles
           I.
           
             was
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Book
             .
          
           He
           secondly
           ,
           solemnly
           appeals
           to
           the
           Searcher
           of
           Hearts
           ,
           Avenger
           of
           Falshood
           ,
           and
           Revealer
           of
           Secrets
           ;
           that
           he
           will
           write
           nothing
           for
           Truth
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           thoroughly
           perswaded
           of
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           as
           full
           Evidence
           as
           he
           judged
           such
           a
           matter
           of
           Fact
           wanted
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           distance
           of
           Time
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           with
           undisguised
           openness
           ,
           produce
           the
           means
           of
           his
           Knowledge
           ,
           the
           reasons
           of
           his
           Belief
           ,
           and
           the
           probable
           Arguments
           upon
           which
           his
           opinion
           is
           Grounded
           .
           His
           Word
           are
           these
           :
           
             Fol.
             3.
             
             Sect.
          
           11.
           
        
         
         
           I
           know
           and
           believe
           the
           Book
           ,
           
             whose
             Author
             is
             enquired
             after
             ,
             was
             Written
             by
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           ,
           
             (
             except
             two
             Chapters
             Writ
             by
             Bishop
          
           Duppa
           )
           
             so
             far
             as
             the
             subjoined
             means
             may
             produce
             such
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             the
             Reasons
             may
             induce
             such
             Belief
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           Dr.
           Gauden
           ,
           
             sometime
             before
             the
             Whole
             was
             finished
             ,
             was
             pleased
             to
             acquaint
             me
             with
             his
             Design
             ,
             and
             shewed
             me
             the
             Heads
             of
             divers
             Chapters
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Discourses
             written
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             some
             time
             spent
             in
             persual
             ,
             he
             vouchsaft
             to
             ask
             my
             Opinion
             concerning
             it
             ,
             and
             after
             some
             consideration
             ,
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             I
             supposed
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             much
             for
             the
          
           King's
           Reputation
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           :
           
             But
             I
             expresly
             added
          
           ,
           I
           stuck
           at
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           modestly
           asked
           him
           ,
           how
           he
           satisfyed
           himself
           ,
           so
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           World
           ?
           
             To
             which
             he
             so
             readily
             replied
             ,
             that
             I
             concluded
             he
             had
             thought
             on
             it
             before
             ,
          
           viz.
           look
           on
           the
           Title
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Portraicture
           ,
           
             &c.
             and
             no
             Man
             draws
             his
             own
             Picture
             ,
             which
             satisfyed
             himself
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             perfectly
             remembers
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             2
             Chapter
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Strafford
           ,
           
             in
             the
             first
             Edition
          
           ,
           p.
           8.
           l.
           18
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           
             he
             explain'd
             ,
             that
             he
             meant
             Dr.
          
           Juxton
           ,
           
             then
             Bishop
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             in
             the
             following
             passage
          
           ,
           viz.
           He
           only
           hath
           been
           least
           vext
           by
           them
           ,
           who
           counsel'd
           me
           ,
           not
           to
           consent
           against
           the
           Vote
           of
           my
           own
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             some
             good
             time
             after
             ,
             what
             had
             passed
             as
             now
             related
             ,
             we
             being
             both
             in
          
           London
           ,
           
             and
             having
             dined
             together
             ,
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             desired
             me
             to
             walk
             with
             him
             to
             a
          
           Friend
           ;
           
             when
             we
             were
             gone
             part
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             he
             was
             going
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Salisbury
           ,
           Dr.
           Duppa
           
             (
             whom
             he
             had
             acquainted
             with
          
           his
           design
           )
           
             to
             fetch
             what
             he
             had
             left
             with
             his
          
           Lordship
           
             to
             be
             perused
             ,
             or
             to
             shew
             him
             what
             he
             had
             further
             Written
             ,
             desired
             me
             after
             a
             little
             Conversation
             ,
             to
             with-draw
             and
             leave
             them
             two
             alone
             ,
             which
             I
             did
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             had
             been
             some
             considerable
             time
             together
             ,
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           
             returned
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             street
             gave
             me
             this
             Account
             of
             their
             Conference
             .
             My
             Lord
             of
          
           Salisbury
           
             told
             me
             there
             were
          
           two
           subjects
           more
           ,
           he
           wished
           
             I
             had
          
           thought
           on
           ,
           
             and
             propounded
             
             them
             to
             me
             ,
          
           viz.
           The
           Ordinance
           
             against
             the
          
           Common
           Prayer
           Book
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           denying
           
             His
             Majesty
             the
          
           Attendance
           
             of
             his
          
           Chaplains
           
             (
             which
             are
             now
             the
          
           16th
           .
           and
           24th
           .
           
             Chapters
             in
             the
             Printed
             Book
             ,
             and
             desired
             me
             to
             Write
             two
             Chapters
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             I
             promised
             ,
             I
             would
             .
             But
             before
             we
             parted
             ,
             he
             recalled
             that
             request
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             pray
             go
             you
             on
             ,
             to
             finish
             what
             remains
             ,
             and
             leave
             these
             two
             to
             me
             :
             I
             will
             perpare
             two
             Chapters
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             he
             did
             ,
             as
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           
             owned
             to
             me
             and
             others
             whom
             he
             had
             made
             privy
             to
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
          
           never
           pretended
           to
           have
           Written
           these
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           have
           done
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Sometime
             after
             the
             King
             was
             Beheaded
             ,
             I
             asked
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           ,
           
             whether
             the
             King
             had
             ever
             seen
             the
             Book
             ?
             he
             gave
             me
             this
             Answer
             ,
             I
             know
             it
             certainly
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             you
             ;
             but
             I
             used
             my
             best
             endeavours
             he
             might
             ,
             for
             I
             delivered
             a
             Copy
             of
             it
             to
             the
             Marquess
             of
          
           Hartford
           ,
           
             when
             he
             went
             to
             the
             Treaty
             at
             the
             Isle
             of
          
           Wight
           ,
           
             and
             intreated
             his
          
           Lordship
           ,
           
             if
             he
             could
             obtain
             any
             private
             opportunity
             ,
             he
             would
             deliver
             it
             to
          
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           
             and
             humbly
             desire
             to
             know
          
           His
           Pleasure
           
             concerning
             it
             .
             But
             matters
             running
             then
             high
             against
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             he
             had
             no
             answer
             by
             that
          
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             After
             he
             was
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
          
           Worcester
           Elect
           ,
           
             I
             asked
             him
             in
             private
             ,
             whether
             that
             King
          
           Charles
           II.
           
             knew
             that
             he
             wrote
             it
             ?
             He
             gave
             me
             this
             Answer
             ;
             I
             cannot
             possitively
             and
             certainly
             say
             ,
             he
             doth
             ,
             because
             ,
             he
             was
             never
             pleased
             to
             take
             express
             notice
             of
             it
             to
             me
             .
             But
             ,
             I
             take
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             he
             doth
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             sure
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             doth
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             spoken
             of
             it
             to
             me
             ,
             and
          
           own'd
           it
           as
           a
           seasonable
           and
           acceptable
           service
           ,
           
             and
             he
             knowing
             it
             ,
             I
             question
             not
             but
             the
          
           King
           
             also
             doth
          
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           Mrs.
           Gauden
           
             his
             Wife
             ,
             Mr.
          
           Gifford
           
             (
             who
             ,
             if
             I
             am
             not
             mistaken
             ,
          
           Transcribed
           that
           Copy
           
             that
             was
             sent
             to
             the
             Isle
             of
          
           Wight
           )
           
             and
             my self
             ,
             believed
             it
             as
             much
             as
             we
             could
             any
             thing
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             spake
             of
             it
             in
             his
             Presence
             ,
             or
             Absence
             ,
             did
             it
             ,
             without
             the
             least
          
           Doubt
           
             of
             his
             having
          
           Writ
           it
           ;
           
             and
             
             we
             should
             be
             imposed
             upon
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             imaginable
             ,
             if
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           
             wrote
             it
             not
          
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           Dr.
           Gauden
           
             delivered
             to
             me
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             what
             was
             last
             sent
             up
             (
             after
             part
             was
             Printed
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             in
             Mr.
          
           Royston's
           
             hand
             to
             be
             Printed
             )
             and
             after
             he
             had
             shew'd
             it
             me
             ,
             and
             sealed
             it
             up
             ,
             gave
             me
             strict
             caution
             ,
             with
             what
             wariness
             to
             carry
             and
             deliver
             it
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             his
             Direction
             ,
             I
             delivered
             it
             ,
          
           Saturday
           December
           23d
           .
           1648.
           
             in
             the
             Evening
             to
             one
          
           Peacock
           
             (
             Brother
             to
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           '
           
             s
             Steward
             or
             Bayliff
             )
             who
             was
             instructed
             by
             what
             hands
             he
             should
             transmit
             it
             to
             Mr.
          
           Royston
           ,
           
             and
             in
             the
             same
             method
             ,
             a
             few
             days
             after
             the
             Impression
             was
             finished
             ,
          
           I
           received
           six
           Books
           
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             Mr.
          
           Peacock
           ,
           
             as
             an
             acknowledgment
             of
          
           that
           little
           I
           contributed
           to
           that
           Service
           ;
           
             one
             of
             which
             I
             have
             still
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             to
             justifie
             this
             matter
             against
             the
             ignorant
             impudence
             of
             Dr.
          
           Hollingsworth
           ,
           
             he
             Declares
          
           Fol.
           15.
           
           
             That
             he
             is
             ready
             to
          
           confirm
           his
           Knowledge
           and
           Belief
           
             herein
             with
             a
          
           Solemn
           Oath
           .
        
         
           Mrs.
           Gauden
           ,
           Widow
           ,
           residing
           at
           Gloucester
           ,
           and
           often
           Declaring
           that
           her
           Husband
           had
           writ
           that
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           the
           
             King's
             Book
          
           ,
           it
           coming
           at
           last
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Dr.
           Nicholson
           then
           Bishop
           of
           Gloucester
           ,
           who
           desiring
           to
           be
           fully
           satisfied
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           did
           put
           the
           Question
           to
           her
           ,
           upon
           her
           
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
          
           ,
           and
           she
           then
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           
             wrote
             by
             her
             Husband
          
           .
           This
           ,
           Persons
           of
           undoubted
           credit
           now
           living
           in
           Gloucester
           ,
           can
           affirm
           for
           a
           Truth
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           question'd
           ,
           but
           the
           present
           Bishop
           of
           Gloucester
           ,
           will
           acknowledge
           that
           those
           Persons
           have
           related
           this
           matter
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           well
           known
           to
           Mrs.
           
           Gauden's
           Brother
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           her
           Relations
           ,
           that
           Mrs.
           Gauden
           constantly
           in
           her
           Conversation
           ,
           Declared
           ,
           
             That
             her
             Husband
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             this
             Book
             .
          
           I
           could
           ,
           if
           necessity
           requird
           ,
           produce
           a
           great
           many
           Arguments
           more
           out
           of
           Doctor
           Walkers
           ,
           or
           other
           Writings
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           but
           shall
           conclude
           it
           with
           this
           one
           
           of
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Providence
           of
           this
           Discovery
           .
        
         
           Though
           God
           
             had
             many
             Holy
             ,
             Righteous
             and
             Gracious
             ends
             to
             serve
             his
             Providence
             by
             ,
             in
             the
          
           Publication
           of
           this
           Book
           ;
           
             yet
             as
             I
             find
             it
             expressed
             in
             this
             very
             Book
             ,
          
           Chap.
           the
           last
           p.
           262.
           of
           the
           first
           Edition
           .
           
             God's
             wise
             Providence
             (
             we
             know
             )
             oft
             permits
             many
             Events
             ,
             which
             his
             revealed
             Word
             ,
             in
             no
             sort
             approves
             .
          
           And
           ,
           
             I
             confess
             ,
             I
             have
             many
             cogent
             reasons
             to
             persuade
             me
             ,
             that
             God
             was
             not
             well
             pleased
             with
             Dr.
          
           Gauden
           ,
           
             others
             ,
             or
             my self
             ;
             for
             what
             we
             contributed
             to
             it
             .
          
           And
           
             though
             for
             the
             aforesaid
             ends
             ,
             he
             suffered
             it
             to
             succeed
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           know
           not
           but
           he
           may
           have
           other
           ends
           now
           to
           serve
           ,
           
             by
             suffering
             this
             Discovery
             to
             be
             Wrung
             ,
             and
             rested
             from
             me
             ,
          
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           )
           
             by
             some
             Bodies
             (
             viz.
          
           Hollingworths
           )
           
             Impertinent
             Affectation
             ,
             to
             meddle
             with
             what
             he
             understands
             not
             .
          
           Thus
           spake
           that
           good
           Man.
           
        
         
           I
           had
           not
           enlarged
           so
           much
           on
           this
           21st
           .
           Article
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           was
           desirous
           of
           giving
           full
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Real
             Author
          
           of
           
             Eicon
             Basilice
          
           .
        
         
           That
           Posterity
           might
           not
           be
           deceived
           by
           the
           many
           Impudent
           ,
           Ignorant
           ,
           False
           ,
           and
           Scandalous
           Assertions
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           too
           many
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           who
           to
           their
           Eternal
           Shame
           have
           taken
           more
           care
           and
           pains
           to
           defend
           that
           Book
           ,
           and
           its
           pretended
           Author
           King
           Charles
           I.
           than
           they
           done
           to
           Vindicate
           the
           
             Holy
             Bible
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Truth
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
          
           .
        
         
           22.
           
           That
           caused
           the
           Star-Chamber
           and
           High-Commission-Courts
           to
           be
           made
           Use
           of
           ,
           to
           the
           general
           Grievance
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           was
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           them
           ,
           till
           he
           found
           these
           Courts
           were
           highly
           offensive
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           Seasonable
           to
           displease
           the
           Kingdom
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           for
           which
           Reasons
           at
           last
           he
           pass'd
           the
           Bills
           to
           take
           them
           away
           :
           And
           indeed
           there
           were
           many
           ,
           and
           great
           Reasons
           ,
           why
           those
           abominable
           oppressive
           Courts
           should
           be
           pull'd
           down
           ,
           
           and
           taken
           away
           .
           For
           that
           
             Old
             Serpent
          
           Arch-Bishop
           Laud
           ,
           and
           divers
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           had
           cast
           off
           all
           Humanity
           ,
           and
           were
           metamorphosed
           into
           
             Ravenous
             Wolves
          
           ,
           and
           these
           Courts
           were
           under
           their
           Management
           .
           The
           Star-Chamber
           had
           abounded
           in
           Extravagant
           Censures
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Subjects
           were
           oppress'd
           by
           Grievious
           Fines
           ,
           Imprisonments
           ,
           Stigmatizings
           ,
           Mutilations
           ,
           Whippings
           ,
           Pillories
           ,
           Gags
           ,
           Banishments
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           
             High
             Commission
             Court
          
           ,
           was
           grown
           to
           such
           Excess
           of
           Sharpness
           and
           Severity
           ,
           as
           was
           not
           much
           less
           than
           the
           
             Spanish
             Inquisition
          
           .
           To
           repeat
           two
           or
           three
           of
           the
           many
           Instances
           of
           the
           Horrid
           Oppressions
           ,
           and
           barbarous
           Cruelty
           ,
           exercised
           in
           these
           
             Tyrannical
             Courts
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           17th
           .
           of
           February
           ,
           1629.
           
           Dr.
           Leighton
           coming
           out
           of
           
             Black
             Fryers
             Church
          
           ,
           (
           it
           seems
           then
           he
           was
           no
           Conventicler
           )
           was
           seized
           by
           a
           Warrant
           from
           the
           
             High
             Commission
             Court
          
           ,
           and
           dragged
           to
           Bishop
           
           Laud's
           House
           ;
           from
           thence
           without
           any
           Examination
           ,
           he
           was
           carried
           to
           New-gate
           ,
           and
           there
           clapt
           into
           Irons
           ,
           and
           thrust
           into
           a
           
             Nasty
             Hole
          
           ,
           where
           he
           continued
           from
           Tuesday
           Night
           ,
           till
           Thursday
           Noon
           ,
           without
           Meat
           or
           Drink
           :
           They
           kept
           him
           in
           that
           loathsome
           Place
           ,
           where
           Snow
           and
           Rain
           beat
           in
           upon
           him
           Fifteen
           Weeks
           ,
           not
           permitting
           his
           Wife
           ,
           or
           any
           Friend
           ,
           to
           come
           near
           him
           ,
           and
           
             denyed
             to
             give
             him
             a
             Copy
             of
             his
             Commitment
          
           ;
           then
           they
           brought
           him
           into
           the
           
             Star-Chamber
             Court
          
           ,
           where
           an
           Information
           was
           Exhibited
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           Publishing
           a
           Book
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             Lyon's
             Plea
             against
             the
             P●lates
          
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Leighton
           confess'd
           ,
           that
           in
           1628.
           
           He
           drew
           up
           the
           Heads
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           and
           having
           the
           approbation
           of
           five
           hundred
           Persons
           ,
           under
           their
           hands
           ,
           some
           whereof
           were
           Parliament
           Men.
           He
           went
           into
           Holland
           ,
           and
           got
           between
           five
           and
           six
           hundred
           Printed
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           they
           being
           Dissolved
           ,
           he
           returned
           home
           ,
           not
           bringing
           any
           of
           them
           into
           the
           Land
           ,
           but
           made
           it
           his
           special
           care
           
           to
           suppress
           them
           .
           In
           the
           same
           information
           ,
           the
           Doctor
           was
           charged
           with
           these
           Words
           in
           the
           said
           Book
           ;
           
             He
             do
             not
             read
             of
             greater
             Persecutions
             of
             God's
             People
             in
             any
             Nation
             professing
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             then
             in
             this
             our
             Island
             ,
             especially
             since
             the
             Death
             of
             Queen
          
           Elizabeth
           .
           He
           confessed
           the
           Words
           ,
           and
           Answered
           ,
           
             That
             the
             thing
             was
             too
             true
             ,
             as
             appeared
             by
             the
             Prelates
             taking
             away
             Life
             and
             Livelihood
             from
             many
             Ministers
             and
             private
             Men
          
           ;
           of
           whom
           ,
           many
           were
           pined
           to
           Death
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           many
           wandred
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           their
           Families
           being
           left
           desolate
           and
           helpless
           :
           That
           besides
           this
           ,
           
             the
             Blood
             of
             Souls
          
           had
           been
           endanger'd
           by
           the
           Removal
           of
           the
           
             Faithful
             Shepheards
          
           from
           the
           Flock
           ;
           this
           was
           a
           cutting
           Truth
           .
           And
        
         
           Wicked
           Laud
           ,
           being
           enraged
           ,
           
             Desired
             the
             Court
             to
             put
             the
             highest
             Censure
             that
             could
             be
             put
             upon
             him
          
           ;
           which
           they
           did
           to
           his
           Content
           ,
           
             Condemning
             him
             to
             have
             his
             Ears
             cut
             ,
             his
             Nose
             slit
             ,
             to
             be
             Branded
             in
             the
             Face
             ,
             Whipped
             at
             a
             Post
             ,
             to
             stand
             on
             a
             Pillory
             ,
             to
             pay
             Ten
             Thousand
             Pound
             fine
             (
             tho'
             they
             knew
             he
             was
             not
             worth
             so
             much
             )
             and
             to
             be
             perpetually
             Imprisoned
             .
          
           This
           
             Hellish
             Sentence
          
           being
           past
           ,
           that
           vile
           Wretch
           Laud
           was
           so
           well
           pleased
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           pull'd
           of
           his
           Cap
           ,
           and
           holding
           up
           his
           Hands
           ,
           
             gave
             thanks
             to
             God
             who
             had
             given
             him
             Victory
             over
             his
             Enemies
             .
          
           This
           Sentence
           being
           so
           miserably
           severe
           ,
           the
           Execution
           thereof
           was
           little
           expected
           .
           But
           ,
        
         
           Laud
           had
           his
           design
           ;
           for
           upon
           the
           26th
           .
           of
           November
           ,
           1630.
           
           The
           Censure
           was
           Executed
           in
           a
           most
           cruel
           manner
           ,
           
             His
             Ears
             were
             cut
             ,
             his
             Nose
             slit
             ,
             his
             Face
             Branded
             with
             burning
             Irons
             ,
             he
             was
             tyed
             to
             a
             Post
             ,
             and
             Whipped
             with
             a
             treble
             Cord
             ,
             to
             that
             cruel
             Degree
             ,
          
           that
           he
           himself
           Writing
           the
           History
           thereof
           Ten
           Years
           after
           ,
           affirmed
           that
           
             every
             lash
             brought
             away
             the
             Flesh
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           should
           feel
           it
           to
           his
           dying
           day
           .
           He
           was
           lastly
           ,
           
             put
             into
             the
             Pillory
          
           ,
           and
           kept
           there
           near
           two
           hours
           in
           Frost
           and
           Snow
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           after
           this
           most
           barbarous
           Usage
           ,
           not
           permitted
           to
           return
           to
           his
           Quarters
           
           in
           the
           
             Fleet
             Prison
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Coach
           provided
           to
           carry
           him
           ,
           but
           compelled
           in
           that
           sad
           Condition
           ,
           and
           severe
           Season
           ,
           to
           go
           by
           Water
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           
             was
             kept
             Ten
             Weeks
             in
             Dirt
             and
             Mire
             ,
          
           not
           being
           sheltered
           from
           Rain
           and
           Snow
           ;
           
             They
             shut
             him
             up
             most
             closely
             ,
             Twenty
             Two
             Months
             ,
             and
             he
             remain'd
             a
             Prisoner
             Ten
             or
             Eleven
             Years
             ,
             not
             suffered
             to
             breath
             in
             the
             open
             Air
             ,
          
           until
           that
           
             Noble
             Parliament
          
           of
           November
           ,
           1640.
           most
           happily
           delivered
           him
           .
           When
           he
           came
           abroad
           to
           prosecute
           his
           Petition
           ,
           in
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           could
           neither
           
             Go
             ,
             See
          
           ,
           nor
           Hear
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Dismal
             Story
          
           ,
           will
           be
           an
           
             Eternal
             Blot
          
           ,
           not
           only
           on
           Laud
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           chief
           Instrument
           in
           that
           
             sad
             Oppression
          
           ,
           but
           also
           upon
           the
           
             pretended
             Martyr
             King
          
           Charles
           ,
           for
           permitting
           such
           Barbarous
           ,
           and
           inhumane
           Cruelties
           to
           be
           exercised
           on
           his
           Subjects
           .
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           something
           more
           of
           this
           
             Bloody
             Villains
             Barbarity
          
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           That
           upon
           the
           first
           of
           
             February
             ,
             1632.
             
             Laud
          
           procured
           Mr.
           Prin
           ,
           to
           be
           sent
           close
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           there
           he
           lay
           till
           the
           21st
           .
           of
           June
           ,
           1633.
           when
           an
           Information
           (
           without
           mentioning
           any
           particular
           Passages
           in
           his
           Book
           )
           was
           exhibited
           against
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Star
             Chamber
             Court
          
           ,
           for
           Publishing
           a
           Book
           concerning
           Interludes
           ,
           intitled
           ,
           
             Histriomastix
             ,
             which
             was
             Licensed
             by
             a
             Chaplain
             of
             Dr.
          
           Abbatts
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           .
           Upon
           the
           17th
           .
           of
           February
           ,
           1633.
           notwithstanding
           his
           Book
           was
           Licensed
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           this
           heavy
           Sentence
           passed
           upon
           him
           ,
           
             viz.
             To
             be
             Imprisoned
             for
             Life
             ,
             pay
             Five
             Thousand
             Pounds
             Fine
             ,
             be
             Expelled
          
           Lincolns-Inn
           ,
           
             Disabled
             to
             Exercise
             the
             Profession
             of
             a
             Barrister
             ,
             Degraded
             by
             the
             University
             of
          
           Oxford
           
             of
             his
             Degrees
             there
             taken
             ;
             and
             that
             done
             ,
             to
             be
             set
             in
             the
             Pillory
             at
          
           Westminster
           ,
           
             and
             have
             one
             of
             his
             Ears
             there
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             at
             another
             time
             ,
             to
             be
             set
             in
             the
             Pillory
             in
          
           Cheap-side
           ,
           
             and
             there
             to
             have
             his
             other
             Ear
             cut
             off
             .
          
        
         
         
           Though
           many
           of
           the
           Lords
           never
           dreamt
           of
           the
           Execution
           of
           this
           Horrid
           Judgment
           ,
           nay
           ,
           though
           Queen
           
             Henrietta
             Maria
          
           ,
           (
           which
           deserves
           an
           Honourable
           Mention
           )
           and
           she
           shall
           have
           it
           ,
           for
           
             She
             was
             the
             present
             King
             's
             Royal
             Grandmother
             ,
             earnestly
             interceded
             with
             the
             Biggotted
             ,
             Cruel
             ,
             and
             Merciless
             King
             ,
             (
             who
             was
             an
             abominable
             T
             —
             )
             to
             remit
             its
             Execution
          
           ;
           yet
           on
           the
           7th
           .
           and
           10th
           .
           of
           May
           ,
           it
           was
           fully
           Executed
           with
           great
           Rigour
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Prin
           remain'd
           
             Sundry
             Years
          
           in
           the
           Tower
           upon
           this
           censure
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Burton
           ,
           and
           Dr.
           Bastwrick
           ,
           were
           also
           without
           the
           least
           just
           cause
           violently
           prosecuted
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           too
           tedious
           to
           relate
           theirs
           and
           others
           unchristian
           uses
           ;
           when
           Tyranny
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           were
           Rampant
           .
        
         
           23.
           
           That
           against
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nature
          
           ,
           against
           the
           
             Rules
             of
             Iustice
          
           ,
           falsely
           charged
           those
           Innocent
           Men
           ,
           the
           Noble
           Lord
           Mandeville
           ,
           Mr.
           Hollis
           ,
           Mr.
           Strode
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           with
           Treason
           ,
           for
           which
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           
             Highest
             Iudicature
             in
             the
             Kingdom
          
           ,
           they
           were
           most
           unjustly
           Imprisoned
           ,
           the
           King
           
             denying
             them
             the
             Names
             of
             their
             Accusers
          
           ;
           and
           which
           was
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Tyranny
          
           beyond
           Parrallel
           ,
           
             He
             accused
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             would
             produce
             no
             Witness
             ,
             he
             confessed
             them
             clear
             in
             his
             own
             Iudgment
             ,
             yet
             they
             must
             not
             profess
             their
             own
             Innocency
             for
             fear
             of
             wounding
             his
             Honour
             .
          
        
         
           24.
           
           That
           was
           not
           satisfied
           with
           Imprisoning
           and
           Oppressing
           some
           of
           the
           Parliament
           Men
           ,
           
             but
             tempted
             and
             incouraged
             his
          
           English
           
             Army
             ,
             with
             no
             less
             than
             the
          
           Spoil
           
             of
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             to
             come
             up
             and
             destroy
             the
          
           Parliament
           .
           He
           in
           an
           
             Hostile
             and
             inexcusable
             manner
          
           ,
           made
           a
           most
           high
           Invasion
           upon
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           both
           Houses
           ;
           Hereupon
           many
           Citizens
           unarm'd
           ,
           resorted
           to
           Westminster
           to
           present
           their
           Petitions
           ,
           and
           express
           their
           stedfastness
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           whose
           Lives
           and
           Safety
           ,
           by
           more
           than
           slight
           Rumours
           ,
           they
           doubted
           to
           be
           in
           Danger
           ;
           the
           King
           having
           fortified
           White-Hall
           ,
           and
           entertained
           
             Armed
             Men
          
           ,
           not
           a
           
           few
           ,
           planted
           them
           at
           the
           
             Gate
             of
             his
             Palace
          
           .
           [
           'T
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           the
           first
           Blood
           that
           was
           drawn
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           was
           in
           that
           very
           place
           where
           the
           
             King
             's
             own
             Blood
             was
             afterwards
             shed
             ,
          
           1
           K.
           21.
           19.
           
           ]
           where
           they
           Reviled
           ,
           Menaced
           ,
           and
           with
           drawn
           Swords
           ,
           actually
           Wounded
           many
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           as
           they
           passed
           by
           in
           a
           peaceable
           manner
           ,
           whereof
           
             some
             dyed
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           they
           went
           farther
           ,
           and
           were
           come
           to
           that
           height
           of
           Boldness
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           out
           Insolent
           and
           Menacing
           Speeches
           against
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           ,
           and
           to
           
             imbrue
             their
             hands
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             King's
             Subjects
             in
          
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Doors
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           at
           his
           own
           Gate
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Parliament
           and
           People
           complain'd
           ,
           and
           demanded
           Justice
           for
           those
           Assaults
           ,
           the
           King
           justified
           and
           abetted
           his
           own
           Crew
           in
           what
           they
           did
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           the
           passing
           by
           of
           a
           multitude
           of
           the
           King's
           Subjects
           ,
           
             armed
             with
             no
             other
             Weapons
             then
             Petitions
             ,
          
           be
           justly
           call'd
           Tumults
           ;
           neither
           could
           the
           Parliament
           have
           forbid
           them
           ,
           without
           the
           Breach
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Freedom
           .
           
             Unarmed
             Petitioners
             surely
             could
             not
             le
             formidable
             to
             any
          
           ;
           and
           it
           must
           not
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           that
           a
           very
           short
           time
           before
           His
           Majesty
           pretended
           to
           dread
           these
           Tumultuary
           Citizens
           ,
           
             the
             City
             Entertained
             ,
             Feasted
             ,
             and
             Conducted
             him
             to
             White-Hall
             ,
             with
             as
             pompous
             Sollemnity
             ,
             and
             costly
             Expressions
             of
             Love
             and
             Duty
             ,
             as
             ever
             had
             been
             known
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           highly
           exasperated
           the
           People
           by
           his
           Irruption
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           he
           went
           in
           his
           
             Coach
             unguarded
             into
             the
             City
          
           :
           He
           received
           not
           the
           lest
           Affront
           ,
           much
           less
           ,
           Violence
           in
           any
           of
           the
           Streets
           ,
           but
           rather
           humble
           Demeanours
           and
           Supplications
           .
           He
           knew
           the
           People
           so
           full
           of
           Awe
           and
           Reverence
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           as
           to
           commit
           himself
           single
           amongst
           the
           thickest
           of
           them
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           had
           most●
           provoked
           them
           :
           
             This
             shews
             beyond
             doubt
             ,
             That
             all
             his
             fear
             of
             Tumults
             ,
             was
             but
             a
             meer
             pretence
             ,
             and
             occasions
             taken
             for
             his
             resolved
             Absence
             from
             
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             turn
             his
             slashing
             at
             the
          
           Court
           Gate
           ,
           
             to
             slaughtering
             in
             the
             Field
          
           .
           In
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           the
           King
           retires
           first
           to
           
             Hampton
             Court
          
           ,
           commanding
           his
           Servants
           ,
           who
           were
           then
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           leave
           their
           service
           there
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           their
           Attendance
           upon
           his
           Person
           .
           Soon
           after
           ,
           his
           
             Popish
             Queen
          
           passes
           into
           Holland
           ,
           carrying
           with
           her
           ,
           all
           ,
           or
           the
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Crown
           Jewels
           ,
           which
           she
           immediately
           Pawn'd
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Money
           bought
           Arms
           and
           Ammunition
           for
           the
           War
           which
           was
           not
           yet
           begun
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           1st
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           1641.
           
           
             Both
             Houses
             called
             upon
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             their
             Petition
             presented
             at
             Theobalds
             That
             for
             the
             Dispatch
             of
             the
             great
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Kingdo●
             ,
             the
             safety
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             the
             Protection
             and
             Comfort
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             continue
             his
             abode
             near
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             with-draw
             himself
             to
             any
             of
             the
             remoter
             Parts
             ,
             which
             if
             he
             should
             do
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             cause
             of
             great
             danger
             and
             distraction
             ;
             and
             they
             pray'd
             him
             to
             accept
             this
             humble
             Counsel
             ,
             as
             the
             Effect
             of
             that
             Duty
             and
             Allegiance
             which
             they
             ow'd
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             not
             suffer
             them
             to
             admit
             of
             any
             thoughts
             ,
             intentions
             ,
             or
             endeavours
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             were
             necessary
             and
             advantagious
             for
             His
             Majesties
             Greatness
             and
             Honour
             ,
             and
             the
             Safety
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           ;
           These
           are
           Expressions
           surely
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           in
           the
           least
           favour
           of
           that
           Sedition
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           with
           which
           our
           
             wicked
             Clergymen
          
           ,
           charge
           the
           Memory
           of
           this
           Great
           and
           Noble
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           willingly
           giving
           himself
           up
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           was
           deaf
           to
           the
           importunate
           supplication
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           for
           his
           Return
           ;
           they
           therefore
           
             called
             again
             upon
             him
          
           more
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           sent
           after
           him
           a
           Declaration
           to
           New-Market
           ,
           by
           the
           Earls
           of
           Pembrook
           and
           Holland
           ,
           and
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           wherein
           they
           laid
           before
           him
           the
           Causes
           of
           their
           own
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           in
           these
           particulars
           :
        
         
         
           1.
           
           
             That
             the
             design
             of
          
           altering
           Religion
           ,
           
             had
             been
             potently
             carried
             on
             ,
             by
             those
             in
             greatest
             Authority
             about
             him
             ;
             the
          
           Queen's
           
             Agent
             at
          
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Pope's
           Nuncio
           
             here
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             Evidences
             of
             this
             Design
             ,
             but
             have
             been
             great
             Actors
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             the
             War
             with
          
           Scotland
           ,
           
             was
             procured
             to
             make
             way
             for
             this
             Intent
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             fomented
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             others
             Popishly
             affected
             ,
             whereof
             we
             have
             many
             Evidences
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             the
             Rebellion
             in
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             was
             framed
             and
             contrived
             here
             in
          
           England
           ;
           
             and
             that
             the
          
           English
           
             Papists
             should
             have
             risen
             about
             the
             same
             time
             :
          
           We
           have
           several
           Testimonies
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             The
          
           Irish
           
             Rebels
             affirm
             ,
             That
             they
             do
             nothing
             but
             by
             Authority
             from
             the
             King
             ;
             they
             call
             themselves
             the
          
           Queen's
           
             Army
             ;
             the
             Booty
             which
             they
             take
             from
             the
          
           English
           ,
           
             they
             mark
             with
             the
          
           Queen's
           
             mark
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             proved
             ,
             that
             their
             purpose
             was
             to
             come
             to
          
           England
           ,
           
             after
             they
             had
             done
             in
          
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             The
             labouring
             to
             infuse
             into
             Your
             Majesties
             Subjects
             an
             evil
             Opinion
             of
             the
          
           Parliament
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Symptons
             of
             a
             disposition
             of
          
           raising
           Arms
           ,
           
             and
             dividing
             your
             People
             by
             a
          
           Civil
           War
           ,
           
             in
             which
             Combustion
          
           ,
           Ireland
           
             must
             needs
             be
             lost
             ,
             and
             this
             Kingdom
             miserably
             wasted
             and
             consumed
             ,
             if
             not
             wholly
             ruined
             and
             destroyed
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             That
             Your
             Majesty
             sent
             away
             the
             Lord
          
           Digby
           
             by
             your
             own
             Warrant
             beyond
             Sea
             ,
             after
             a
             Vote
             had
             passed
             in
             the
          
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           
             Declaring
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             appear'd
             in
             a
             Warlike
             manner
             at
          
           Kingston
           upon
           Thames
           ,
           
             to
             the
             terror
             of
             your
             Majesties
             good
             Subjects
             ;
             that
             he
             being
             so
             got
             beyond
             Sea
             ,
             he
             vented
             his
             traiterous
             Conceptions
             ,
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             should
             declare
             your Self
             ,
             and
             retire
             to
             a
             place
             of
             Strength
             ,
             and
             intimated
             some
             service
             which
             he
             might
             do
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             in
             probability
             ,
             he
             intended
             the
             procuring
             of
             some
          
           Foreign
           Force
           
             to
             strengthen
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
             in
             that
             Condition
             into
             which
             he
             would
             have
             brought
             you
             ;
             which
             malicious
             Counsel
             ,
             we
             have
             great
             cause
             to
             doubt
             ,
             made
             too
             deep
             an
             Impression
             in
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
          
           
           considering
           the
           course
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           take
           ,
           of
           absenting
           your Self
           from
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           
             and
             carrying
             the
             Prince
             with
             you
             ,
             which
             seems
             to
             express
             a
             purpose
             in
             Your
             Majesty
             to
             keep
             your Self
             in
             a
             readiness
             for
             the
             Acting
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             The
             manifold
             Advertisements
             which
             we
             have
             had
             from
          
           Rome
           ,
           Venice
           ,
           Paris
           ,
           
             and
             other
             parts
          
           ,
           That
           they
           still
           expect
           that
           Your
           Majesty
           has
           some
           great
           design
           in
           hand
           ,
           for
           the
           altering
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
             the
             breaking
             the
             Neck
             of
             your
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             will
             yet
             find
             means
             to
             compass
             that
             design
             ;
             that
             the
          
           Pope's
           Nuncio
           
             hath
             sollicited
             the
             Kings
             of
          
           France
           and
           Spain
           
             to
             lend
             Your
             Majesty
          
           4000
           
             Men
             a
             piece
             ,
             to
             help
             to
             maintain
             your
             Royalty
             against
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             These
             are
             some
             of
             the
             grounds
             of
             our
          
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           
             which
             made
             us
             so
             earnestly
             to
             implore
             your
             Royal
             Authority
             and
             Protection
             for
             our
             Defence
             ,
             and
             security
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             ways
             of
             Humility
             and
             Submission
             ,
             which
             being
             denyed
             by
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
          
           We
           do
           with
           sorrow
           apply
           our selves
           to
           the
           use
           of
           that
           Power
           
             [
             viz.
             the
             Militia
          
           ]
           which
           by
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           resides
           in
           us
           ;
           yet
           still
           resolving
           to
           keep
           our selves
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Faithfullness
           ,
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           your
           Sacred
           Person
           and
           your
           Crown
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
          
           which
           His
           Majesty
           seem'd
           to
           have
           Entertained
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           thus
           Answered
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             according
             to
             Your
             Majesties
             desires
             ,
             laid
             our
             hands
             upon
             our
             Hearts
             ;
             we
             have
             asked
             our selves
             in
             the
             strictest
             Examination
             of
             our
             Consciences
             ;
             we
             have
             searched
             our
             Affections
             ,
             our
             Thoughts
             ;
             considered
             our
             Actions
             ,
             and
             can
             find
             none
             that
             can
             give
             Your
             Majesty
             any
             just
             Occasion
             to
             absent
             your self
             from
          
           White-Hall
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Parliament
           ;
           
             but
             that
             you
             may
             with
             more
             Honour
             and
             Safety
             continue
             there
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             other
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesty
             lays
             a
             great
             Charge
             upon
             Us
             ;
             if
             you
             will
             graciously
             be
             pleased
             to
             let
             us
             know
             the
             Particulars
             ,
             we
             shall
             give
             a
             clear
             and
             satisfactory
             Answer
             :
             But
             what
             hope
             can
             we
             have
             of
             ever
             giving
             Your
             Majesty
             satisfaction
             ,
             when
             those
             particulars
             
             which
             you
             have
             been
             made
             believe
             were
             true
             ,
             yet
             being
             produced
             and
             made
             known
             to
             us
             ,
             appeared
             to
             be
             false
             ;
             and
             Your
             Majesty
             notwithstanding
             ,
             will
             neither
          
           Punish
           ,
           nor
           Produce
           
             the
             Authors
             :
             But
             go
             on
             to
             contract
             new
             Iealousies
             and
             Fears
             ,
             upon
             general
             and
             uncertain
             Grounds
             ,
             affording
             Us
             no
             means
             or
             possibility
             of
             particular
             Answer
             ,
             to
             the
             clearing
             of
             our selves
             .
          
           We
           beseech
           Your
           Majesty
           to
           consider
           in
           what
           state
           you
           are
           ,
           
             how
             easie
             and
             fair
             a
             way
             You
             have
             to
             Happiness
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Greatness
             ,
             Plenty
             and
             Security
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             joyn
             with
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             Defence
             of
             the
             Religion
             ,
             and
             publick
             good
             of
             the
             Kingdom
          
           ;
           this
           is
           all
           we
           expect
           from
           you
           .
           
             And
             for
             this
             we
             return
             to
             you
             ,
             our
             Lives
             ,
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             utmost
             Endeavours
             to
             support
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
             Your
             just
             Power
             and
             Soveraignty
             over
             us
          
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           Words
           that
           can
           secure
           us
           in
           these
           our
           humble
           Desires
           .
           
             We
             cannot
             ,
             but
             too
             well
             and
             sorrowfully
             remember
             ,
             what
          
           Gracious
           Messages
           
             we
             had
             from
             You
             this
             Summer
             ,
             when
          
           with
           your
           Privity
           ,
           
             the
             bringing
             up
             the
             Army
             was
             in
             Agitation
             :
             We
             cannot
             but
             with
             the
             like
             Affections
             recall
             to
             our
             Minds
             ,
             how
             ,
             not
             two
             days
             before
             your
             own
             coming
             to
             the
             Commons
             House
             ,
             You
             sent
             a
          
           Gracious
           Message
           ,
           
             that
             You
             would
             always
             have
             a
             care
             of
             their
             Priviledges
             ,
             as
             of
             your
             own
             Prerogative
             ;
             of
             the
             safety
             of
             their
             Persons
             ,
             as
             of
             your
             own
             Children
             :
             That
             which
             we
             expect
             ,
             which
             will
             give
             us
             Assurance
             ,
             that
             you
             have
          
           no
           thought
           but
           of
           Peace
           and
           Justice
           to
           your
           People
           ,
           
             must
             be
             some
             real
             effect
             of
             your
             Goodness
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             granting
             those
             things
             which
             your
             present
             necessity
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             do
             inforce
             us
             to
             desire
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             will
             be
             Graciously
             pleased
             to
             put
             from
             you
             those
          
           Mischievous
           Counsellors
           ,
           
             which
             have
             caused
             all
             these
             Dangers
             and
             Distractions
             ,
             and
             to
             continue
             your
             own
             Residence
             and
             the
             Princes
             ,
             near
          
           London
           
             and
             the
          
           Parliament
           ,
           
             which
             we
             hope
             will
             be
             an
             happy
             beginning
             of
             Contentment
             and
             Confidence
             betwixt
             .
             Your
          
           Majesty
           and
           People
           ,
           
             and
             be
             followed
             with
             many
             succeeding
             Blessings
             of
             Honour
             and
             Greatness
             to
             Your
          
           Majesty
           ,
           
             and
             of
             Security
             and
             Prosperity
             to
             them
             .
          
           These
           are
           brief
           
           Heads
           of
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           King
           Answered
           :
           
             Have
             I
             violated
             your
             Laws
          
           ?
           To
           which
           both
           Houses
           made
           this
           pertinent
           Reply
           .
           
             We
             are
             heartily
             sorry
             We
             have
             such
             plentiful
             Matter
             of
             an
             Answer
             to
             that
             Question
             ,
          
           Have
           I
           violated
           your
           Laws
           ?
        
         
           I
           must
           also
           take
           Notice
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           1642.
           a
           time
           when
           the
           King
           was
           in
           appearance
           transacting
           matters
           amicably
           with
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           and
           we
           seemed
           to
           be
           in
           a
           deep
           Peace
           ;
           a
           time
           when
           he
           Declared
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             received
             no
             other
             Carriage
             from
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             than
             what
             he
             professed
             himself
             satisfied
             with
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             the
             Bills
             he
             had
             past
             ,
             were
             again
             to
             be
             offered
             ,
             he
             should
             cheerfully
             and
             readily
             Assent
             unto
             them
             .
          
           Even
           then
           ,
           he
           dispatch'd
           away
           Letters
           ,
           and
           an
           Agent
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           ,
           complaing
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           asking
           Supplies
           from
           thence
           ,
           
             AD
             PROPUL
             SANDOS
             HOSTES
          
           ,
           you
           know
           the
           English
           of
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           
             Subdue
             his
             Enemies
          
           ,
           and
           declared
           himself
           in
           these
           Words
           ;
           
             Ad
             allia
             Consilia
             Animum
             Convertendum
             Duximus
             :
          
           We
           resolve
           to
           betake
           our selves
           to
           new
           Counsels
           .
           
             The
             very
             Words
             he
             used
             to
             that
             Parliament
             in
             the
             Year
             ,
          
           1628.
           
        
         
           Further
           ,
           upon
           the
           discovery
           of
           his
           Plot
           to
           bring
           up
           the
           English
           Army
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           turn'd
           to
           the
           
             Scottish
             Army
          
           then
           at
           
             New
             Castle
          
           ,
           and
           baited
           his
           Temptation
           with
           a
           rich
           Reward
           ,
           
             not
             only
             to
             have
             300000
             l.
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             spoil
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             but
             four
             Northern
             Counties
             to
             be
             made
          
           Scotists
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           to
           encourage
           them
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           Declared
           to
           them
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             to
             have
             Money
             and
             Horse
             from
          
           Denmark
           ,
           
             and
             that
             he
             would
             make
          
           York
           
             the
             place
             of
             his
             Residence
          
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           accommodation
           of
           both
           Nations
           ,
           or
           fuller
           Revenge
           upon
           London
           .
        
         
           He
           also
           gathered
           Men
           in
           London
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           raising
           Forces
           for
           
             Portugal
             ,
             who
             were
             to
             possess
             themselves
             of
             the
          
           Tower.
           The
           Queen
           in
           Holland
           was
           buying
           Arms
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesty
           had
           actually
           raised
           Forces
           in
           divers
           
           Counties
           .
           The
           Parliament
           was
           all
           this
           time
           Petitioning
           in
           Peace
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Reasons
           now
           assigned
           amongst
           many
           others
           ,
           
             They
             humbly
             besought
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             put
             the
          
           Tower
           of
           London
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Militia
             ,
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             such
             Persons
             ,
             as
             should
             be
             recommended
             unto
             him
             by
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           The
           King
           seemed
           to
           comply
           herein
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Answer
           promised
           them
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Militia
             should
             be
             put
             into
             such
             Hands
             ,
             as
             they
             should
             approve
             of
             ,
             or
             recommend
             to
             him
          
           ;
           hereupon
           
             both
             Houses
          
           nominated
           Persons
           of
           the
           greatest
           Honour
           ,
           as
           fit
           for
           that
           Trust.
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           the
           Names
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ;
           The
           Earls
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
             Rutland
             ,
             Bedford
             ,
             Bullingbrook
             ,
             Salisbury
             ,
             Warwick
             ,
             Pembrook
             ,
             Leicester
             ,
             Stamford
             ,
             Essex
             ,
             Clare
             ,
             Northumberland
             ,
             Lincoln
             ,
             Suffolk
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Lords
           ,
           
             Paget
             ,
             North
             ,
             Strange
             ,
             Roberts
             ,
             Grey
          
           of
           
             Werk
             ,
             Chandois
             ,
             Dacres
             ,
             Mandeville
             ,
             Wharton
             ,
             Spencer
             ,
             Brook
             ,
             Herbert
             ,
             Fielding
             ,
             Littleton
             ,
             Lord
             Keeper
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Men
           Eminent
           in
           all
           Qualifications
           of
           Honour
           and
           Sufficiency
           were
           recommended
           for
           several
           Counties
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           was
           desired
           to
           agree
           thereunto
           ,
           
             as
             he
             had
             promised
          
           ;
           upon
           his
           delaying
           to
           give
           a
           satisfactory
           Answer
           ,
           they
           again
           Petition
           ,
           setting
           forth
           ,
           That
           
             nothing
             could
             enable
             them
             to
             suppress
             the
          
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           
             and
             secure
          
           England
           ,
           
             but
             the
             granting
             of
             their
             Humble
             Petition
             ,
          
           which
           they
           find
           so
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             injoin
             them
             to
             see
             it
             put
             in
             Execution
             .
          
           They
           followed
           him
           to
           Theobalds
           ,
           and
           his
           several
           removes
           to
           York
           ,
           but
           he
           having
           Abdicated
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           being
           deaf
           
             to
             all
             their
             Importunities
          
           ,
           they
           declared
           ,
           
             That
             there
             had
             been
             of
             late
             a
             most
             desperate
             Design
             upon
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             just
             cause
             to
             believe
             was
             an
             effect
             of
             the
          
           Bloody
           Councels
           of
           Papists
           ,
           
             and
             other
             evil
          
           affected
           Persons
           ,
           
             who
             had
             already
             raised
             a
          
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             many
             Discoveries
             ,
             They
             could
             not
             but
             fear
             they
             would
             proceed
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             like
          
           Rebellion
           and
           Insurrection
           
             in
             
             this
             Kingdom
          
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           back
           them
           with
           
             Forces
             from
             Abroad
          
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           ,
           
             both
             Houses
          
           made
           an
           Ordinance
           for
           the
           
             ordering
             of
             the
             Militia
             of
          
           England
           and
           Wales
           ,
           there
           appearing
           an
           urgent
           and
           inevitable
           necessity
           for
           putting
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           Defence
           for
           the
           Safeguard
           of
           both
           His
           Majesty
           and
           his
           People
           ;
           and
           they
           resolved
           ,
           
             That
             in
             this
             Case
             of
             extream
             danger
             ,
             and
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Refusal
             ,
             the
             Ordinance
             agreed
             to
             by
             both
             Houses
             for
             the
             Militia
             ,
             doth
             oblige
             the
             People
             ,
             and
          
           ought
           to
           be
           obeyed
           
             by
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
          
           They
           further
           about
           that
           time
           Resolved
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King's
             Absence
             so
             far
             remote
             from
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             an
          
           Obstruction
           ,
           
             but
             might
             be
             a
          
           Destruction
           
             to
             the
             Affairs
             of
          
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           These
           (
           and
           many
           other
           )
           Reasons
           that
           may
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           ease
           be
           given
           ,
           't
           is
           notoriously
           manifest
           ,
           That
           King
           Charles
           began
           ,
           and
           carryed
           on
           ,
           that
           
             Bloody
             Civil
             War
          
           against
           his
           poor
           Subjects
           without
           the
           
             least
             Colour
             of
             Reason
             and
             Iustice
             ,
          
           for
           which
           wicked
           Acts
           ,
           God
           justly
           suffered
           him
           to
           
             be
             brought
             to
             that
             shameful
             and
             untimely
             End.
          
           This
           King
           studdying
           and
           endeavouring
           by
           all
           ways
           imaginable
           ,
           as
           he
           lived
           without
           the
           Love
           ,
           so
           he
           died
           without
           the
           Lamentation
           of
           most
           People
           ,
           but
           those
           Villains
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           large
           instruments
           ,
           in
           bringing
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           into
           that
           miserable
           War
           and
           Division
           .
        
         
           25.
           
           That
           after
           he
           had
           taken
           God
           to
           Witness
           of
           his
           readiness
           to
           Treat
           at
           Uxbridge
           with
           the
           Parliament
           for
           avoiding
           of
           Blood-shed
           (
           as
           pretended
           )
           he
           took
           the
           advantage
           of
           a
           Mist
           ,
           the
           fittest
           Weather
           for
           Deceit
           and
           Treachery
           ,
           and
           followed
           at
           the
           Heels
           ,
           those
           Messengers
           of
           Peace
           ,
           with
           a
           Train
           of
           
             Covert
             War
          
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Bloody
           surprise
           falls
           on
           the
           Parliaments
           secure
           Forces
           ,
           which
           lay
           Quartering
           at
           Brentford
           ,
           in
           the
           thoughts
           and
           expectation
           of
           a
           Treaty
           .
        
         
           He
           gives
           his
           Reason
           why
           he
           seemed
           for
           Peace
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           his
           Queen
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           That
           She
           must
           know
           as
           a
           certain
           Truth
           ,
           That
           all
           ,
           
             even
             his
             Party
             ,
             are
             strongly
             impatient
             
             for
             a
             Peace
             ,
             which
             oblidged
             him
             so
             much
             the
             more
             to
             shew
             on
             all
             occasions
             his
             Intentions
             to
             Peace
             ;
             but
             tells
             her
             ,
          
           no
           danger
           of
           Death
           shall
           make
           him
           do
           any
           thing
           unworthy
           of
           her
           Love.
           An
           excellent
           Resolution
           no
           doubt
           ,
           for
           the
           preserving
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           made
           to
           his
           
             Popish
             Queen
          
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           very
           instant
           of
           this
           Treaty
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           1644.
           the
           King
           used
           all
           imaginable
           meams
           to
           bring
           not
           only
           
             Foreign
             Forces
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Irish
             Cut
             Throats
          
           ,
           against
           the
           Parliament
           .
           To
           clear
           up
           this
           point
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           shew
           how
           insincere
           he
           was
           in
           his
           
             pretended
             Intentions
             of
             Peace
          
           ,
           I
           will
           briefly
           present
           his
           
             Underhand
             Transactions
          
           ,
           as
           well
           with
           
             Foreign
             Princes
          
           ,
           as
           those
           Rebels
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           notice
           of
           some
           passages
           between
           Him
           and
           the
           Queen
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           other
           Treaties
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           Her
           of
           
             January
             9th
          
           .
           1644.
           he
           Writes
           thus
           :
           The
           Scots
           Commissioners
           have
           sent
           to
           me
           to
           send
           a
           Commission
           to
           their
           General
           Assembly
           ,
           
             Which
             I
             am
             resolved
             not
             to
             do
             ,
          
           but
           to
           the
           end
           of
           
             making
             some
             use
             of
             this
             occasion
             ,
          
           by
           sending
           an
           honest
           Man
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           have
           the
           more
           time
           for
           a
           handsome
           Negative
           ,
           I
           have
           demanded
           a
           Pasport
           for
           
             Phil.
             Warwick
          
           ,
           by
           whom
           to
           return
           my
           Answer
           .
        
         
           At
           another
           time
           the
           same
           Month
           He
           tells
           Her
           ,
           That
           
             as
             for
             my
             calling
             those
             a
          
           *
           
             Parliament
             ,
             if
             there
             had
             been
             but
          
           Two
           
             of
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             I
             had
             not
             done
             it
             ;
             the
             calling
             did
             no
             ways
             acknowledge
             them
             to
             be
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             upon
             which
             condition
             and
             construction
             I
             did
             it
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             it
             is
             registred
             in
             the
             Council
             Books
             .
          
        
         
           Nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           King
           was
           steered
           by
           the
           
             Queen's
             Council
          
           ,
           in
           the
           management
           of
           this
           Uxbridge
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           call'd
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             
               [
               The
               Bishops
            
             ]
          
           was
           greatly
           her
           care
           .
           By
           Letter
           in
           January
           1644.
           before
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           
             Treaty
             ,
             She
             instructs
             him
             not
             to
             abandon
             those
             who
             have
             served
             
             him
             ,
             lest
             they
             forsake
             him
             in
             his
             need
             ;
             that
          
           She
           
             hopes
             he
             will
             have
             a
             care
             of
             her
             ,
             and
             her
             Religion
             ;
             that
             in
             Her
             Majesties
             Opinion
             ,
          
           Religion
           should
           be
           the
           last
           thing
           upon
           which
           he
           should
           Treat
           ;
           
             for
             if
             he
             do
             agree
             upon
             strickness
             against
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             it
             would
             discourage
             them
             to
             serve
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             afterwards
             there
             should
             be
             no
             Peace
             ,
             he
             could
             never
             expect
             succours
             from
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             or
             any
             other
          
           Catholick
           Prince
           .
        
         
           In
           another
           of
           her
           Letters
           ,
           we
           find
           her
           writing
           thus
           :
           
             January
             17.
             1644.
             
             It
             comforts
             me
             much
             to
             see
             the
             Treaty
             shall
             be
             at
          
           Uxbridge
           .
           —
           
             I
             received
             Yesterday
             Letters
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Lorrain
           ,
           
             who
             sends
             me
             word
             ,
             if
             his
             service
             be
             agreeable
             to
             you
             ,
             he
             will
             bring
             10000
             Men.
             —
             Above
             all
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             not
             to
             abandon
             those
             who
             have
             served
             you
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             the
             poor
             Catholicks
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           King's
           Letters
           to
           the
           Queen
           in
           February
           ,
           when
           the
           Treaty
           at
           Uxbridge
           was
           depending
           ,
           
             He
             Stiles
             the
             Parliament
          
           ,
           Unreasonable
           ,
           Stubborn
           ,
           Perfidious
           Rebels
           ,
           presses
           her
           to
           hasten
           all
           possible
           Assistance
           to
           him
           ,
           particularly
           that
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           .
           He
           tells
           her
           ,
           That
           ,
           the
           
             limitted
             days
          
           for
           treating
           are
           now
           almost
           expired
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           Agreement
           upon
           any
           one
           Article
           ,
           wherefore
           I
           send
           for
           enlargement
           of
           days
           ,
           
             That
             the
             whole
             Treaty
             may
             be
             laid
             open
             to
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
          
           and
           
             I
             assure
             thee
             ,
             thou
             needst
             not
             doubt
             the
             Issue
             of
             this
             Treaty
          
           ;
           for
           my
           Commissioners
           are
           so
           well
           chosen
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           say
           it
           )
           that
           they
           will
           neither
           be
           Threatned
           nor
           Disputed
           from
           the
           Grounds
           I
           have
           given
           them
           ,
           which
           
             (
             upon
             my
             Word
             )
             Is
             according
             to
             the
             little
             Note
             thou
             so
             well
             remembers
             .
          
           —
           Be
           confident
           ,
           that
           in
           making
           Peace
           ,
           I
           shall
           ever
           shew
           my
           
             Constancy
             in
             adhereing
             to
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             Friends
             ,
          
           (
           which
           could
           be
           meant
           of
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Catholicks
           ;
           for
           the
           Queen
           in
           her
           Letter
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           had
           given
           him
           Charge
           of
           both
           together
           )
           and
           not
           forget
           to
           put
           a
           short
           Period
           to
           this
           perpetual
           Parliament
           .
        
         
         
           We
           find
           in
           another
           Letter
           ,
           Dated
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           expressing
           himself
           in
           these
           Words
           :
           
             I
             have
             thought
             of
             one
             means
             more
             to
             furnish
             Thee
             with
             my
             assistance
             ,
             than
             hitherto
             thou
             hast
             had
          
           ;
           it
           is
           ,
           
             That
             I
             give
             Thee
             power
             to
             promise
             in
             my
             Name
             ,
             that
             I
             will
          
           *
           
             take
             away
             all
             the
             Penal
             Laws
             against
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             in
          
           England
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           God
           shall
           enable
           me
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           relation
           to
           Ireland
           ,
           he
           wrote
           to
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Ormond
           to
           this
           Effect
           ,
           Jan.
           7.
           
        
         
           The
           Rebells
           here
           have
           agreed
           to
           
             Treat
             ,
             and
             most
             assuredly
             one
             of
             the
             first
          
           and
           chiefest
           Articles
           they
           will
           insist
           on
           ,
           will
           be
           ,
           
             To
             continue
             the
          
           Irish
           War
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           
             Point
             〈◊〉
             popular
             for
             me
             to
             break
             on
             ,
          
           of
           which
           you
           are
           to
           make
           a
           double
           use
           ;
           First
           ,
           
             To
             hasten
             with
             all
             possible
             diligence
             the
             Peace
             there
             ,
          
           the
           timely
           conclusion
           of
           which
           will
           take
           off
           that
           Inconvenience
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           I
           may
           be
           subject
           to
           ,
           by
           the
           Refufal
           of
           that
           Article
           upon
           any
           other
           Reason
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           By
           dexterous
           conveying
           to
           the
           Irish
           ,
           the
           danger
           there
           may
           be
           of
           their
           
             Total
             Exclusion
             from
             those
             Favours
             I
             intend
             them
             ,
          
           in
           case
           the
           Rebells
           here
           clap
           up
           a
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             Not
             doubting
             of
             a
             Peace
          
           ,
           I
           must
           again
           remember
           you
           ,
           
             to
             press
             the
             Irish
          
           for
           their
           speedy
           Assistance
           to
           Me
           here
           ,
           and
           their
           Friends
           in
           
             Scotland
             .
             —
             I
             desire
          
           that
           the
           Irish
           would
           send
           as
           great
           a
           Body
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           to
           Land
           about
           
             Cumberland
             ,
             which
             will
             put
             those
          
           Northern
           
             Counties
             in
             a
             brave
             Condition
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           
             14th
             .
             Ianuary
          
           ,
           he
           Writes
           thus
           to
           the
           Queen
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Peace
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           shew
           Thee
           the
           Care
           I
           have
           had
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Fruits
           I
           hope
           to
           receive
           from
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           sent
           Thee
           the
           last
           Dispatches
           ,
           I
           have
           sent
           concerning
           it
           .
           —
           
             For
             God's
             sake
             ,
             let
             none
             know
             the
             particulars
             of
             my
             Dispatches
             .
             
               [
               Some
               secret
               piece
               of
               Villany
               against
               his
               Protestant
               Subjects
               no
               Doubt
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               so
            
          
           affraid
           
             of
             having
             it
          
           Discovered
           .
           ]
        
         
         
           Another
           Letter
           to
           Her
           of
           the
           20th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           hath
           this
           Expression
           :
           
             I
             find
             that
             thou
             much
             mistakes
             me
             concerning
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             nothing
             more
             than
             a
             Peace
             there
             ,
             and
             ever
             forbid
             thy
             Commerce
             there
             .
          
        
         
           By
           another
           Letter
           ,
           he
           commanded
           Ormond
           to
           
             Dispatch
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Peace
             out
             of
             hand
          
           ,
           and
           thereby
           promises
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Penal
             Laws
          
           ,
           against
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           
             Shall
             not
             be
             put
             in
             Execution
             :
          
           The
           Peace
           being
           made
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           the
           Irish
           give
           him
           that
           Assistance
           which
           they
           have
           promised
           for
           the
           suppression
           of
           this
           Rebellion
           ,
           then
           he
           would
           consent
           to
           the
           Repeal
           of
           them
           by
           a
           Law
           ;
           and
           Concludes
           ,
           
             Recommending
             to
             him
             again
             ,
             the
             speedy
             dispatch
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
          
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           Another
           Letter
           to
           Ormond
           ,
           upon
           the
           27th
           .
           of
           February
           1644.
           was
           ,
           
             That
             he
             thought
             himself
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             ,
             not
             to
             lose
             that
             assistance
             which
             he
             might
             hope
             from
             his
          
           Irish
           Subjects
           ,
           
             for
             such
             scruples
             as
             in
             a
             less
             pressing
             condition
             might
             reasonably
             be
             struck
             at
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Commanded
             him
             to
             conclude
             a
             Peace
             with
             the
          
           Irish
           whatever
           it
           cost
           ;
           
             so
             that
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             there
             might
             be
             secured
             ,
             and
             his
             Regal
             Authority
             preserved
             .
             —
             If
             the
             present
             taking
             away
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             against
             Papists
             will
             do
             it
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             I
             shall
             not
             think
             it
             a
             hard
             Bargin
             ,
             so
             that
             freely
             and
             vigourously
             they
             engage
             themselves
             in
             my
             Assistance
             against
             my
          
           Rebells
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           
             for
             which
             no
             Conditions
             can
             be
             too
             hard
             ,
             not
             being
             against
             Conscience
             or
             Honour
             .
          
        
         
           By
           another
           Letter
           to
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Month
           ,
           he
           Writes
           thus
           :
           
             Now
             again
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             mention
             the
             necessity
             of
             hastning
             the
          
           Irish
           Peace
           ,
           
             for
             which
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             you
             are
             already
             furnished
             by
             Me
             ,
             with
             Materials
             sufficient
             .
          
           But
           in
           case
           (
           against
           all
           Expectation
           and
           Reason
           )
           
             Peace
             cannot
             be
             had
             upon
             those
             Terms
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             by
             any
             means
             fall
             to
             a
             New
             Rupture
             with
             them
             ,
             but
             continue
             the
             Cessation
             .
          
           
           ⸫
           He
           wrote
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Richmond
           ,
           one
           of
           his
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           
             Uxbridge
             Treaty
             ,
             To
             remember
             to
          
           Cajole
           
             well
             the
             Independants
             and
             the
             Scots
          
           ;
           nay
           ,
           he
           instructed
           Secretary
           Nicholas
           to
           bribe
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           the
           promise
           of
           
             Security
             ,
             Rewards
             and
             Places
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           let
           any
           impartial
           and
           unbyassed
           Person
           tell
           me
           ,
           whether
           he
           doth
           not
           in
           his
           Conscience
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           were
           far
           more
           sincere
           in
           making
           an
           
             Honourable
             Peace
          
           for
           poor
           England
           ,
           than
           this
           apparently
           ,
           
             False
             ,
             Popish
          
           ,
           and
           
             tricking
             King
          
           ,
           whom
           the
           wicked
           part
           of
           Mankind
           so
           
             madly
             cry
             up
             for
             a
             Martyr
             .
          
        
         
           26.
           
           That
           for
           many
           Reasons
           it
           was
           concluded
           ,
           That
           King
           Charles
           had
           no
           small
           share
           in
           the
           abominable
           Act
           of
           Poysoning
           his
           own
           Father
           ,
           King
           James
           I.
           and
           that
           
             Good
             Man
             ,
             Prince
          
           Henry
           ,
           
             his
             Son.
          
           It
           being
           very
           plain
           ,
           divers
           Parliaments
           were
           but
           short
           lived
           ;
           if
           they
           did
           but
           mutter
           ,
           that
           an
           Enquiry
           should
           be
           made
           of
           their
           
             untimely
             Ends
          
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           was
           protected
           for
           that
           ,
           and
           other
           Villanies
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           I
           may
           Demonstrate
           to
           the
           World
           more
           fully
           than
           I
           have
           already
           done
           in
           the
           
             6th
             .
             Articles
          
           ,
           That
           King
           Charles
           I.
           did
           most
           Dishonourably
           and
           Persidiously
           
             Betray
             the
             poor
             Protestants
          
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           Rhee
           and
           Rochel
           .
           I
           shall
           produce
           Copies
           of
           two
           of
           his
           Letters
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               LETTER
               I.
               The
               King
               of
               
               England's
               Letter
               ,
               Directed
               to
               the
               
                 Mayor
                 ,
                 Sheriffs
                 ,
                 Peers
                 ,
                 Burghers
                 ,
              
               and
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               City
               of
               Rochell
               ,
               dated
               19th
               .
               of
               May
               ,
               Old
               Stile
               1628.
               
            
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
            
             
               
                 BE
                 not
                 Discomforted
                 ,
                 though
                 my
                 Fleet
                 be
                 return'd
                 ,
              
               hold
               out
               unto
               the
               last
               ,
               
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 resolved
                 ,
                 that
              
               all
               my
               Fleet
               shall
               Perish
               ,
               
                 rather
                 than
                 you
                 shall
                 not
                 be
              
               Relieved
               ,
               
                 and
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 I
                 have
                 Countermanded
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 sent
                 Ships
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 change
                 their
                 Design
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 taken
                 to
                 come
                 back
                 :
                 I
                 shall
              
               shortly
               send
               you
               some
               number
               of
               Ships
               to
               reinforce
               it
               ,
               
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 help
                 of
              
               God
               ,
               
                 the
                 Success
                 will
                 be
                 happy
                 for
                 that
              
               Deliverance
               .
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Good
                 Friend
                 ,
                 CHARLES
                 R.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           21st
           .
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           there
           came
           to
           Rochell
           from
           England
           ,
           a
           Soldier
           bringing
           another
           Letter
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           Dated
           27th
           .
           of
           May
           Old
           Stile
           ,
           sealed
           with
           the
           Arms
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Have
               been
               troubled
               to
               here
               
                 that
                 my
                 Fleet
                 was
                 upon
                 the
                 Point
                 of
              
               Returning
               ,
               without
               Answering
               my
               Commands
               ,
               
                 which
                 were
                 to
                 force
                 the
                 Entry
                 of
                 your
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 whatever
                 
                 came
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 given
                 it
                 new
              
               Orders
               to
               Return
               into
               your
               Road
               ,
               
                 and
                 not
              
               stir
               
                 untill
                 it
                 hath
              
               relieved
               you
               with
               Victuals
               ,
               
                 or
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 sent
                 them
                 an
                 Additional
                 strength
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 caused
                 Men
                 to
                 work
                 with
                 all
              
               Diligence
               ;
               Be
               assured
               that
               I
               will
               never
               Abandon
               you
               ,
               
                 and
                 that
                 I
                 will
                 imploy
              
               all
               the
               Force
               
                 of
                 my
              
               Kingdom
               for
               your
               Deliverance
               ,
               
                 untill
                 it
                 please
              
               God
               
                 to
                 bless
              
               Me
               
                 with
                 giving
              
               you
               
                 an
                 assured
              
               Peace
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 Our
                 Palace
                 at
                 Westm.
                 
                 
                   May
                   27.
                   1628.
                   
                   Old
                   Stile
                   .
                
              
               
                 GENTLEMEN
                 ,
                 Your
                 Good
                 Friend
                 ,
              
               
                 CHARLES
                 R.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           Whosoever
           shall
           carefully
           Read
           ,
           and
           Consider
           these
           two
           Letters
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Sollemn
             Declarations
          
           there
           ,
           and
           observe
           how
           contrary
           to
           his
           
             Royal
             Word
          
           ,
           he
           Sacrificed
           these
           
             Poor
             Protestants
          
           ,
           will
           have
           cause
           to
           harbour
           the
           worst
           of
           thoughts
           of
           this
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           blush
           at
           the
           horrid
           Impudence
           and
           Impiety
           of
           those
           
             Wicked
             Wretches
          
           ,
           that
           would
           make
           a
           Saint
           and
           a
           Martyr
           of
           him
           .
           And
           to
           demonstrate
           this
           Treachery
           ,
           I
           shall
           incert
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Remonstrance
           made
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Rochel
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           very
           much
           illustrate
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           an
           
             Eternal
             mark
             of
             Infamy
             to
             the
             Memory
             of
             that
             Prince
             ,
          
           and
           deserves
           to
           be
           Engraven
           on
           Brass
           ,
           and
           Wrote
           on
           Marble
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           Remembrance
           of
           it
           may
           never
           be
           lost
           ;
           it
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   A
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Remonstrance
                   of
                   the
                   Sieur
                   Vincent
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   
                     Great
                     Britain
                  
                   ,
                   drawn
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Journals
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   THE
                   Grief
                   
                     which
                     obliges
                     us
                     to
                     fill
                     the
                     Ears
                     of
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     with
                     our
                  
                   Cries
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     to
                     Reiterate
                     them
                     so
                     often
                     ,
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     extream
                     to
                     the
                     last
                  
                   Degree
                   .
                   
                     Behold
                     us
                     now
                     ,
                     Sir
                     ,
                     prostrate
                     at
                     your
                     Feet
                     ,
                     to
                     Wash
                     them
                     with
                  
                   our
                   Tears
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     God
                     Almighty
                     Grant
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     do
                     not
                     in
                     a
                     little
                     time
                     ,
                     come
                     to
                  
                   Sigh
                   
                     out
                     our
                  
                   last
                   Breath
                   ,
                   
                     with
                     the
                     News
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Desolation
                   
                     of
                     our
                  
                   City
                   .
                   
                     We
                     know
                     not
                     how
                     ,
                     Sir
                     ,
                     to
                     conceal
                     it
                     from
                  
                   You
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Sence
                     we
                     have
                     of
                     Her
                     being
                     at
                     Her
                  
                   last
                   Gasp
                   ,
                   
                     puts
                     us
                     into
                     Despair
                  
                   ;
                   seeing
                   the
                   Succours
                   which
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   hath
                   made
                   us
                   hope
                   would
                   be
                   ready
                   ,
                   
                     hath
                     been
                     deferred
                     from
                  
                   day
                   to
                   day
                   for
                   many
                   Weeks
                   together
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     ,
                     the
                     City
                     of
                  
                   Rochell
                   
                     did
                     by
                     us
                     beg
                     of
                  
                   You
                   ,
                   
                     with
                     all
                     the
                     Humility
                     they
                     were
                     capable
                     of
                     Expressing
                     ,
                     to
                  
                   receive
                   them
                   
                     into
                     your
                  
                   Protection
                   ,
                   and
                   You
                   as
                   Solemnly
                   agreed
                   to
                   it
                   ;
                   
                     since
                     they
                     have
                     had
                     at
                     divers
                     times
                     ,
                  
                   all
                   the
                   Assurances
                   possible
                   ,
                   
                     as
                     well
                     from
                     your
                  
                   own
                   Month
                   ,
                   as
                   under
                   the
                   Hand
                   of
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     you
                     would
                     never
                  
                   abandon
                   them
                   :
                   
                     Whereupon
                     by
                     a
                  
                   Miracle
                   of
                   Constancy
                   ,
                   
                     they
                     have
                     held
                     out
                     hitherto
                     firm
                     a
                  
                   whole
                   Year
                   ,
                   
                     contending
                     with
                     the
                     Horrours
                     of
                     a
                     most
                     gastly
                  
                   Famine
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     thereby
                     they
                     might
                     give
                  
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     full
                     leisure
                     to
                     send
                     them
                     the
                     Succours
                     You
                     were
                     graciously
                     pleased
                     to
                  
                   promise
                   them
                   ;
                   
                     and
                     thus
                     constant
                     and
                     unshaken
                     were
                  
                   they
                   ,
                   
                     even
                     when
                     all
                  
                   Europe
                   ,
                   
                     believed
                     they
                     ought
                     to
                     have
                     despaired
                     ,
                     in
                     that
                     after
                     they
                     had
                  
                   Relief
                   ,
                   
                     as
                     they
                  
                   thought
                   several
                   days
                   in
                   their
                   sight
                   ,
                   it
                   returned
                   without
                   effecting
                   ,
                   or
                   attempting
                   
                     any
                     thing
                     .
                     And
                     though
                  
                   our
                   Enemies
                   
                     have
                     from
                     
                     thence
                     taken
                     occasion
                     to
                     make
                     them
                     divers
                  
                   Overtures
                   of
                   Accommodation
                   ,
                   
                     which
                     their
                  
                   extream
                   Necessities
                   
                     seemed
                     to
                     Counsel
                     them
                     to
                  
                   hearken
                   unto
                   ;
                   
                     yet
                     they
                     chose
                     rather
                     to
                     run
                     the
                  
                   Hazzard
                   
                     of
                     their
                     utter
                  
                   Destruction
                   ,
                   
                     then
                     to
                     be
                     wanting
                     in
                     the
                     least
                     to
                     the
                  
                   Promises
                   
                     we
                     had
                  
                   Sworn
                   
                     for
                     them
                     to
                  
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     or
                     to
                     shew
                     they
                     had
                     the
                     least
                     Diffidence
                     of
                     your
                  
                   Protection
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     After
                     all
                     this
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     shall
                     it
                     be
                  
                   Recorded
                   
                     in
                     the
                     History
                     of
                  
                   Your
                   Reign
                   ;
                   
                     That
                     they
                  
                   perished
                   in
                   your
                   Hands
                   
                     without
                     having
                     reaped
                     any
                     other
                  
                   Fruit
                   
                     of
                     the
                     Good
                     Will
                     Your
                  
                   Majesty
                   
                     hath
                     professed
                  
                   towards
                   them
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     Assurance
                     they
                     have
                     therein
                     relied
                     upon
                     ;
                     then
                     the
                     rendring
                     them
                     irrecountable
                     to
                     their
                     King
                     ,
                     from
                     whom
                     otherwise
                     they
                     might
                     have
                     hoped
                     to
                     have
                     found
                     Grace
                     and
                     Favour
                     !
                  
                
                 
                   Pardon
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     this
                     ,
                     from
                     a
                     People
                     who
                  
                   see
                   themselves
                   
                     upon
                     the
                     very
                  
                   Threshold
                   
                     of
                     their
                     Sepulchers
                     ,
                     if
                     they
                     cannot
                     avoid
                  
                   Sighs
                   
                     which
                     may
                     seem
                     undecent
                     in
                     your
                  
                   Royal
                   Presence
                   .
                   
                     It
                     is
                     common
                     for
                     those
                     that
                     are
                  
                   near
                   their
                   End
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     finish
                     their
                  
                   Lives
                   with
                   Groans
                   .
                   
                     In
                     the
                  
                   Name
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     there
                     remains
                     any
                  
                   Breath
                   in
                   us
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     before
                     we
                     do
                     quite
                  
                   Expire
                   ,
                   
                     command
                     your
                  
                   Succours
                   
                     to
                     hasten
                     to
                     our
                     Assistance
                     ;
                     provided
                     that
                     diligence
                     be
                     yet
                     used
                     ,
                     we
                     will
                     remain
                  
                   Caution
                   
                     to
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     with
                     the
                  
                   Peril
                   
                     of
                     our
                  
                   Heads
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     they
                     will
                     arrive
                     time
                     enough
                     to
                  
                   save
                   us
                   .
                   
                     As
                     to
                     the
                     Impossibilities
                     that
                     some
                     may
                     be
                     willing
                     to
                     find
                     in
                     it
                     ,
                     permit
                     us
                     to
                     tell
                     You
                     freely
                     ,
                  
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     those
                     are
                     only
                     founded
                     ,
                     either
                     in
                     their
                     fear
                     ,
                     or
                     their
                     very
                     little
                     Affection
                     for
                     us
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     besides
                     the
                     Report
                     which
                     some
                     Persons
                     unsuspected
                     ,
                     have
                     made
                     to
                  
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     we
                     beseech
                     You
                     ,
                     be
                     You
                     judge
                     ,
                     whether
                     our
                  
                   City
                   ,
                   
                     which
                     is
                     within
                     sight
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Digne
                   and
                   Pallisade
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     carriage
                     of
                     her
                     Cannon
                     ,
                     would
                     send
                     time
                     after
                     time
                     to
                     implore
                  
                   Your
                   Assistance
                   ,
                   
                     if
                     they
                     thought
                     it
                     would
                     be
                     unprofitable
                     to
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     if
                     having
                     every
                     day
                     offers
                     of
                     Capitulation
                     upon
                     advantagious
                     Conditions
                     ,
                     if
                     they
                     would
                     hearken
                     to
                     it
                     for
                     themselves
                     alone
                     ,
                     they
                     would
                     be
                     so
                     imprudent
                     to
                     neglect
                     the
                     opportunity
                     .
                     But
                     we
                     are
                     ready
                     if
                     
                     it
                     shall
                     please
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     to
                     permit
                     it
                     ,
                     to
                     take
                     upon
                     us
                     the
                     first
                     Risques
                     and
                     Hazzards
                     of
                     the
                     Execution
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     end
                     that
                     we
                     may
                     be
                     justified
                     to
                     all
                     the
                     World
                     in
                     the
                     sincerity
                     of
                     our
                     Proceeding
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     it
                     may
                     not
                     be
                     imputed
                     to
                     us
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     are
                     prodigal
                     of
                     the
                     Blood
                     of
                     Your
                     Majesties
                     Subjects
                     to
                     ill
                     purpose
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     sparing
                     of
                     our
                     own
                     :
                     No
                     ,
                  
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     there
                     is
                     no
                     such
                     impossibility
                     as
                  
                   what
                   some
                   would
                   pretend
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     only
                     Cause
                     of
                     our
                     Fears
                     ,
                     comes
                     from
                     the
                  
                   slowness
                   and
                   continual
                   neglects
                   
                     from
                     one
                     Day
                     to
                     another
                     ,
                     and
                     one
                     Week
                     to
                     another
                     ,
                     which
                     makes
                     our
                     hopes
                     Recoil
                     .
                     After
                     the
                     Return
                     of
                     your
                     Fleet
                     ,
                     we
                     comforted
                     our selves
                     with
                     the
                  
                   Promise
                   
                     that
                     was
                     made
                     us
                     by
                  
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     it
                     should
                     depart
                     again
                     within
                  
                   fifteen
                   days
                   ;
                   
                     but
                     when
                     after
                  
                   twenty
                   were
                   past
                   ,
                   
                     there
                     were
                     added
                  
                   fourteen
                   
                     more
                     to
                     them
                     :
                     And
                     after
                     that
                     ,
                     we
                     found
                     divers
                     other
                  
                   neglectful
                   Disappointments
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     have
                     now
                  
                   taken
                   up
                   two
                   Months
                   compleat
                   ;
                   
                     Good
                     God
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   How
                   long
                   has
                   that
                   time
                   seemed
                   to
                   those
                   miserable
                   Wretches
                   that
                   have
                   not
                   Bread
                   !
                   
                     We
                     know
                     very
                     well
                     the
                     good
                     Inclinations
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     hath
                     for
                     our
                     Weal
                     ;
                     as
                     also
                     we
                     have
                     had
                     most
                     certain
                     Proofs
                     of
                     the
                     Duke
                     of
                  
                   Buckingham
                   ,
                   
                     your
                     high
                     Admiral
                     ,
                     his
                     passionate
                     applying
                     himself
                     for
                     us
                     ,
                     as
                     also
                     the
                     same
                     of
                     the
                     Lords
                     of
                     your
                     Council
                     ;
                     but
                     shall
                     we
                     not
                     be
                     excusable
                     ,
                     if
                     seeing
                     the
                     Effects
                     thereof
                     crossed
                     ,
                     by
                     all
                     these
                     Delays
                     ?
                     We
                     entertain
                     Iealousies
                     ,
                     that
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     is
                     not
                  
                   well
                   served
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     that
                     there
                     is
                     some
                     secret
                     Hand
                     ,
                     which
                     clandestingly
                     obstructs
                     ,
                     that
                     which
                     the
                     Zeal
                     of
                     others
                     endeavours
                     to
                     advance
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     ordinary
                     for
                     Men
                     in
                     misery
                     to
                     be
                     suspicious
                     ,
                     and
                     possibly
                     here
                     we
                     are
                     not
                     injuriously
                     so
                     ;
                     indeed
                     we
                     do
                     not
                     know
                     any
                     Person
                     on
                     whom
                     to
                     determine
                     our
                     Diffidence
                     ,
                     nor
                     have
                     we
                     any
                     intention
                     to
                     call
                     to
                     mind
                     any
                     thing
                     that
                     is
                     past
                     ;
                     may
                     that
                     ,
                  
                   Sir
                   ,
                   remain
                   buried
                   
                     in
                     Eternal
                     Oblivion
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     future
                     at
                     least
                     ,
                     let
                     those
                     to
                     whom
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     shall
                     give
                     your
                     Commands
                     ,
                     answer
                     so
                     well
                     your
                     kindness
                     to
                     us
                     ,
                     with
                     their
                     Affection
                     and
                     Diligence
                     ,
                     that
                     without
                     any
                  
                   farther
                   delay
                   ,
                   
                     your
                     Fleet
                     may
                  
                   put
                   to
                   Sea
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     deliver
                     us
                     yet
                     out
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Cruel
                   Arms
                   of
                   Death
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   If
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     upon
                     this
                     occasion
                     ,
                     you
                     will
                     please
                     to
                  
                   Discern
                   
                     those
                     who
                     serve
                     you
                  
                   Faithfully
                   ,
                   
                     from
                     other
                     Men
                     (
                     if
                     there
                     be
                     any
                     such
                     )
                     let
                     Your
                  
                   Majesty
                   
                     be
                     pleased
                     to
                     hold
                     it
                     indubitable
                     ,
                     that
                     all
                     those
                     who
                     under
                     any
                     pretext
                     whatsoever
                     ,
                     shall
                     Counsel
                     the
                     least
                     Delayings
                     ,
                     do
                     it
                     from
                     an
                     ill
                     Intention
                     ,
                     there
                     being
                     none
                     can
                     pretend
                     ignorance
                     of
                     the
                  
                   dreadful
                   Necessities
                   
                     to
                     which
                     our
                  
                   City
                   is
                   reduced
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     that
                  
                   one
                   single
                   days
                   
                     delay
                     more
                     ,
                     may
                     be
                     the
                     cause
                     of
                  
                   its
                   ruine
                   .
                   
                     Have
                     therefore
                  
                   some
                   consideration
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   we
                   beseech
                   You
                   ,
                   
                     by
                     the
                  
                   Tears
                   
                     and
                     pitiful
                  
                   Cries
                   
                     of
                     more
                     than
                  
                   Twelve
                   Thousand
                   poor
                   languishing
                   Souls
                   ,
                   whom
                   Hunger
                   devours
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     who
                     are
                  
                   all
                   
                     ready
                     to
                  
                   Perish
                   ,
                   
                     by
                     the
                     Interest
                     of
                     above
                     a
                  
                   Million
                   
                     of
                     others
                     ,
                     who
                     without
                     doubt
                     will
                  
                   see
                   themselves
                   ▪
                   
                     Buried
                     under
                     our
                  
                   Ruins
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     who
                     will
                     find
                     the
                  
                   Knife
                   
                     at
                     their
                  
                   Throats
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     very
                     next
                     day
                     after
                  
                   we
                   are
                   lost
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     By
                     the
                     Glory
                     of
                     your
                  
                   Scepter
                   ,
                   
                     under
                     the
                  
                   Sanctuary
                   
                     of
                     which
                     we
                     are
                     come
                     to
                     put
                     our selves
                     ,
                     and
                     which
                     it
                     hath
                     pleased
                     you
                     to
                     tender
                     us
                     for
                     our
                     Security
                  
                   ;
                   by
                   the
                   Magnificent
                   Title
                   of
                   Defender
                   of
                   the
                   Faith
                   ,
                   
                     which
                     obligeth
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     to
                     relieve
                     those
                     that
                     are
                     Oppressed
                     for
                     that
                     very
                     Reason
                     ;
                     in
                     short
                     ,
                  
                   by
                   the
                   Faith
                   and
                   Word
                   
                     of
                     a
                  
                   King
                   ,
                   
                     which
                     it
                     hath
                     pleased
                  
                   You
                   
                     of
                     your
                     Grace
                     to
                  
                   Engage
                   
                     us
                     ,
                     permit
                     not
                     ,
                     Sir
                     ,
                  
                   our
                   Innocent
                   Blood
                   to
                   reflect
                   upon
                   your
                   Crown
                   ,
                   to
                   stain
                   it
                   to
                   Ages
                   that
                   shall
                   succeed
                   us
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     at
                     present
                     to
                  
                   cry
                   against
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   before
                   God
                   and
                   Man.
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   that
                   ,
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                     which
                     our
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Duty
                     we
                     owe
                     to
                     our
                     Afflicted
                     Fellow
                     Citizens
                     ,
                     oblige
                     us
                     to
                     come
                     and
                     represent
                     a
                     new
                     to
                     Your
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     in
                     whose
                  
                   Charity
                   ,
                   Magnanimity
                   ,
                   Piety
                   ,
                   and
                   inviolable
                   Fidelity
                   ,
                   
                     we
                     hawe
                     such
                     Confidence
                     ,
                     That
                     we
                     assure
                     our selves
                     ,
                     God
                     will
                     take
                     this
                     in
                     good
                     part
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     convenient
                     Consideration
                     :
                     And
                     since
                     that
                     all
                     our
                     Supplications
                     tend
                     to
                     make
                     You
                     be
                     pleased
                     ,
                     to
                     cause
                     your
                     Fleet
                     to
                     set
                     Sail
                     with
                     all
                     possible
                     Diligence
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     afford
                     your
                     Presence
                     at
                  
                   Portsmouth
                   ,
                   
                     where
                     it
                     is
                     so
                     absolutely
                     necessary
                     ,
                     that
                     without
                     it
                     ,
                     we
                     can
                     scaree
                     hope
                     for
                     any
                     success
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   
                     We
                     therefore
                     do
                     in
                     all
                     Humility
                     supplicate
                  
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     immediately
                     to
                     put
                     in
                     Execution
                     the
                     Resolution
                     you
                     have
                     taken
                     of
                     going
                     thither
                     ;
                     and
                     here
                     ,
                  
                   Sir
                   ,
                   we
                   fall
                   upon
                   our
                   Knees
                   before
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     with
                     most
                     Ardent
                     Prayer
                     to
                     God
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     will
                     please
                     him
                     to
                     make
                     us
                     find
                     more
                     and
                     more
                  
                   Favour
                   
                     in
                     your
                  
                   Sight
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     even
                     we
                     ,
                     who
                     now
                  
                   Supplicate
                   You
                   ,
                   
                     may
                     come
                     again
                     to
                  
                   render
                   
                     to
                     You
                     ,
                     our
                     most
                     humble
                     and
                     grateful
                  
                   Acknowledgments
                   ,
                   
                     as
                     to
                  
                   our
                   Great
                   Deliverer
                   ,
                   from
                   whom
                   ,
                   
                     next
                     to
                     God
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     hold
                     our
                  
                   Estates
                   ,
                   Honours
                   and
                   Lives
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     the
                     memory
                     of
                     so
                     signal
                     a
                     Deliverance
                     ,
                     we
                     may
                     leave
                     to
                     our
                     Children
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     end
                     that
                     they
                     may
                     Celebrate
                     it
                     after
                     us
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           
             all
             these
             Sufferings
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             lamentable
             Estate
          
           of
           the
           Rochellers
           ,
           nor
           the
           sad
           and
           
             pressing
             Remonstrance
          
           of
           their
           Deputies
           (
           enough
           to
           melt
           the
           Heart
           of
           any
           One
           ,
           but
           a
           
             Cruel
             faithless
             Tyrant
          
           )
           were
           Efficatious
           enough
           to
           oblige
           that
           
             Wicked
             Court
          
           ,
           to
           let
           this
           
             third
             Fleet
          
           set
           sail
           before
           September
           following
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Lindsey
           ,
           who
           arrived
           before
           Rochell
           towards
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           said
           Month
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           succouring
           the
           City
           ,
           breaking
           the
           Digue
           ,
           and
           opening
           the
           Passage
           ,
           to
           get
           in
           Provisions
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           had
           made
           them
           to
           expect
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           had
           already
           almost
           swallowed
           in
           their
           hopes
           .
           That
           Commander
           had
           
             set
             on
             Shore
          
           the
           Lord
           〈◊〉
           ,
           (
           unknown
           to
           the
           Deputies
           that
           were
           on
           Board
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Soubize
           )
           who
           went
           straight
           to
           the
           French
           King's
           Camp
           ,
           where
           after
           some
           Conferences
           with
           the
           Cardinal
           ,
           with
           whom
           (
           as
           was
           then
           reported
           )
           he
           had
           concerted
           the
           Delivery
           of
           the
           City
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           was
           very
           far
           from
           giving
           it
           any
           Succour
           .
           He
           went
           Post
           for
           England
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Master
           .
           After
           the
           English
           Fleet
           had
           been
           a
           Month
           in
           the
           Road
           without
           doing
           
             any
             thing
          
           ,
           and
           without
           sending
           the
           
             Besieged
             Army
          
           any
           manner
           of
           Victuals
           ,
           which
           were
           on
           Board
           :
           Then
           the
           poor
           Rochellers
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           able
           to
           hold
           
             out
             no
             longer
          
           ,
           saw
           plainly
           how
           they
           were
           Abused
           and
           Betrayed
           ;
           so
           
           hereupon
           they
           resolved
           (
           no
           more
           to
           expect
           the
           
             Illusory
             Succours
          
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           the
           vain
           Hopes
           of
           assistance
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           deliver
           up
           the
           City
           ;
           and
           whilst
           the
           Lord
           Montague
           was
           going
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           return
           to
           the
           French
           King
           with
           the
           Effects
           of
           his
           Negotiation
           ,
           they
           resolve
           to
           throw
           themselves
           into
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           in
           hopes
           after
           all
           ,
           by
           their
           Repentance
           for
           their
           so
           long
           Obstinancy
           ,
           to
           obtain
           his
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           .
        
         
           And
           about
           the
           end
           of
           October
           ,
           their
           Agreement
           was
           made
           among
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Signed
           :
           And
           the
           first
           of
           November
           ,
           the
           King
           made
           Entrance
           into
           Rochell
           ,
           where
           he
           found
           the
           Inhabitants
           more
           like
           Skeletons
           ,
           than
           Men
           and
           Women
           .
           And
           this
           King
           had
           more
           compassion
           than
           the
           
             hard-hearted
             Oppressor
             of
          
           England
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           so
           sensibly
           touched
           with
           that
           sad
           Sight
           ,
           that
           he
           
             could
             not
             refrain
             letting
             fall
             some
             Tears
             .
          
        
         
           On
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           November
           ,
           the
           English
           Fleet
           ,
           after
           having
           been
           a
           Month
           and
           six
           days
           in
           the
           Road
           ,
           and
           seen
           from
           thence
           the
           Reductien
           of
           Rochell
           to
           the
           Obedience
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           set
           sail
           ,
           carrying
           a
           long
           with
           them
           a
           great
           party
           of
           French
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Victuals
           ,
           they
           had
           brought
           from
           England
           .
        
         
           27.
           
           That
           was
           an
           Exorbitant
           and
           Outragious
           T
           —
           upon
           the
           People
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           many
           particulars
           ;
           to
           recount
           some
           of
           them
           Briefly
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           overturning
           their
           
             Church
             Government
          
           ,
           Established
           by
           many
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           obtruding
           upon
           them
           
           Laud's
           Liturgy
           ,
           and
           
             Popish
             Ceremonies
          
           ,
           after
           that
           wicked
           Bishop
           had
           sent
           his
           Liturgy
           to
           Rome
           to
           be
           approved
           there
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           denying
           them
           (
           the
           undoubted
           Right
           of
           all
           Subjects
           )
           to
           Petition
           for
           Redress
           of
           their
           Grievances
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           dissolving
           their
           Synod
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           Burning
           the
           Pacification
           made
           with
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           Hangman's
           hands
           ;
           
           and
           Imprisoning
           the
           Lord
           's
           sent
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           Petition
           him
           to
           perform
           his
           Sollemn
           Promises
           ,
           and
           Redress
           their
           Grievances
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           levying
           Doctrines
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           raising
           a
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           to
           justify
           himself
           in
           the
           Violation
           of
           their
           Laws
           .
           A
           
             Civil
             War
          
           it
           was
           ,
           said
           the
           Great
           Lord
           Digby
           ,
           seeing
           we
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           same
           King.
           And
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           attempting
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           
             Love
             and
             Affection
          
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           to
           Enslave
           and
           Ruin
           the
           Scotish
           Nation
           .
        
         
           
             It
             is
             not
             improper
             here
             to
             observe
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Scotish
           Covenant
           was
           not
           a
           new
           
             Invention
             or
             Innovation
          
           ,
           but
           Established
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           taken
           by
           King
           James
           the
           First
           ,
           seventy
           Years
           before
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           took
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           Bishops
           and
           Clergymen
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           Papists
           ,
           abetted
           and
           assisted
           this
           T
           —
           in
           the
           violation
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           when
           the
           Bulk
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           and
           
             People
             of
          
           England
           ,
           appeared
           undauntedly
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           Popery
           hath
           greatly
           spred
           in
           Scotland
           ever
           since
           
           Laud's
           Superstition
           was
           introduced
           here
           ,
           the
           Number
           of
           Papists
           not
           exceeding
           600.
           
           And
           therefore
           Presbetery
           being
           now
           restored
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           reasonably
           hoped
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           reduce
           many
           who
           have
           been
           deluded
           into
           that
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           Princes
           are
           not
           always
           to
           trust
           to
           the
           Insinuations
           and
           Suggestions
           of
           Scotish
           Bishops
           ;
           seeing
           that
           when
           they
           instigated
           King
           Charles
           I.
           
             to
             Dissolve
             the
             Synod
             and
             Parliament
             ,
          
           he
           was
           seduced
           by
           them
           into
           a
           belief
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Scotish
             Covenanteers
          
           were
           a
           contemptible
           Number
           ,
           and
           their
           Party
           in
           Scotland
           was
           sufficient
           to
           deal
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           the
           Scots
           were
           not
           Rebells
           in
           taking
           Arms
           to
           Assert
           their
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Vindicate
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           their
           Countrey
           .
        
         
         
           That
           the
           horrid
           Imposition
           of
           
           Laud's
           
             Popish
             Liturgy
          
           ,
           did
           occasion
           the
           Troubles
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           is
           very
           manifest
           from
           Dr.
           Burnet's
           (
           now
           Bishop
           of
           Salisbury
           )
           his
           Memoirs
           of
           Duke
           Hamilton
           ,
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Page
             30.
             
             The
             Liturgy
             had
             some
             Alterations
             from
             the
          
           English
           ,
           
             which
             made
             it
             more
          
           Invidious
           
             and
             less
          
           Satisfactory
           .
           —
           The
           Imposing
           
             it
             ,
             really
          
           varied
           
             from
             their
             former
             Practices
             and
             Constitutions
             .
             —
          
           Pag.
           33.
           
           
             The
             Lords
             Petition'd
             ,
             complaining
             against
             the
          
           Liturgy
           ,
           
             and
             Book
             of
             Canons
          
           ;
           offering
           
             under
             the
             highest
             Penalties
             ,
             to
          
           prove
           they
           contain'd
           things
           both
           contrary
           to
           Religion
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Laws
           
             of
             the
          
           Land
           ,
           pag.
           36.
           
           
             The
             Earls
             of
          
           Traquaire
           and
           Roxbourgh
           ,
           by
           Letter
           
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             advised
             him
             to
             secure
             the
             People
             of
             that
             which
             they
             so
             much
             apprehended
             ,
             the
             fear
             of
          
           Innovation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
             saying
             ,
             that
             they
             found
          
           few
           or
           none
           well
           satisfied
           ,
           pag.
           33.
           
           
             The
             Earl
             of
          
           Traquaire
           
             went
             to
          
           Court
           ,
           
             and
             gave
             Account
             ,
             that
             all
             the
          
           Troubles
           
             were
             occasioned
             by
             introducing
             the
          
           Liturgy
           ;
           
             with
             which
             ,
             scarce
             a
          
           Member
           of
           Council
           
             (
             except
             Bishops
             )
             was
             well
          
           satisfied
           :
           
             Neither
             were
          
           all
           these
           Cardinals
           
             for
             it
             ,
             for
             the
          
           Archbishop
           
             of
             St.
          
           Andrews
           ,
           
             from
             the
          
           beginning
           ,
           had
           withstood
           these
           Designs
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Archbishop
           of
           Glascoe
           ,
           
             was
             worse
          
           pleased
           .
        
         
           Their
           Commissioners
           in
           their
           Charge
           against
           Laud
           ,
           exhibited
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           1641.
           say
           ,
           pag.
           11.
           &c.
           
           This
           Book
           
             inverteth
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Communion
             in
             the
             Book
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             of
             the
             divers
          
           secret
           Reasons
           of
           this
           Change
           ,
           
             we
             mention
             one
             only
             :
             In
             joyning
             the
             Spiritual
             Praise
             and
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
          
           Book
           of
           England
           ,
           
             pertinent●
             after
             the
             Communion
             ,
             with
             the
             Prayer
             of
             Consecration
             before
             the
             Communion
             ;
             and
             that
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Memorial
             or
             Oblation
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             ends
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Memorial
             and
             Sacrifice
             of
             Praise
             ,
             mention'd
             in
             it
             ,
             may
             be
             understood
             according
             to
             the
             Popish
             meaning
          
           ;
           Bellarmin
           de
           Missâ
           .
           Lib.
           2.
           
           Chap.
           21.
           
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             Spiritual
             Sacrifice
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Oblation
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             Corporal
             Presence
             of
             Christ's
             Body
             ,
             is
             also
             to
             be
             found
             here
             ;
             for
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Mass-Book
             ,
             serving
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             to
             be
          
           found
           
             in
             the
          
           Book
           of
           
             England
             ,
             are
             taken
             〈◊〉
             here
             :
             Almighty
             God
             is
             incall'd
             ,
          
           That
           of
           his
           Almighty
           Goodness
           ,
           he
           may
           vouchsafe
           so
           to
           Bless
           and
           sanctifie
           with
           his
           Word
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           these
           Gifts
           of
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           unto
           us
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ.
           —
           
             On
             the
             one
             part
             ,
             the
             Expressions
             of
             the
             Book
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             at
             the
             delivery
             of
             the
             Elements
             :
          
           Of
           feeding
           on
           Christ
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           of
           Eating
           and
           Drinking
           in
           Remembrance
           ,
           that
           Christ
           died
           for
           thee
           ,
           
             are
             utterly
             Deleted
          
           .
        
         
           To
           prove
           that
           Laud
           did
           send
           this
           Liturgy
           to
           Rome
           to
           be
           
             approved
             of
          
           ;
           Read
           a
           Book
           of
           Good
           Credit
           ,
           Entitled
           ,
           
             New
             Survey
             of
             the
          
           West
           Indies
           ,
           Wrote
           by
           a
           Reverend
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Gage
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           Deal
           in
           Kent
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           pag.
           280.
           in
           the
           Folio
           Edition
           ;
           He
           there
           tells
           you
           ,
           
             That
             being
             a
          
           Fryar
           ,
           
             he
             went
             to
          
           Rome
           with
           Letters
           
             of
             Recommendation
             to
             Cardinal
          
           Barbarini
           ,
           
             the
             Pope's
             Nephew
             ,
             Entituled
          
           ,
           The
           Protector
           of
           
             England
             :
             That
             coming
             acquainted
             with
             Father
          
           Fitzherbert
           ,
           
             of
             the
          
           English
           Colledge
           of
           Jesuits
           ,
           
             he
             highly
             praised
             Archbishop
          
           Laud
           ,
           
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             not
             long
             since
          
           sent
           a
           Common
           Prayer
           Book
           
             (
             which
             he
             had
          
           composed
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Scotland
             )
             to
             be
          
           first
           viewed
           and
           approved
           by
           the
           Pope
           and
           Cardinals
           ;
           
             and
             ,
             That
             they
          
           liked
           it
           very
           well
           for
           Protestants
           to
           be
           Trained
           up
           in
           a
           Form
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Service
           ;
           
             yet
             the
             Cardinals
             (
             first
             giving
             him
             thanks
             for
             his
             Respect
             )
             sent
             him
             word
             that
             they
             thought
             it
             was
             not
          
           fitting
           for
           Scotland
           ;
           
             that
             Father
          
           Fitzherbert
           
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             was
          
           Witness
           of
           all
           ,
           
             this
             being
             sent
             for
             by
             the
          
           Cardinal
           
             to
             give
             him
             his
             Opinion
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Temper
             of
             the
          
           Scots
           .
           
             And
             that
          
           Laud
           
             hearing
             the
          
           Censure
           
             of
             the
          
           Cardinals
           ,
           
             concerning
             his
             Intention
             and
          
           Form
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           
             to
             ingratiate
             himself
             the
             more
             in
             their
             Favour
             ,
             Corrected
             some
             things
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             more
             harsh
             and
             unreasonable
             for
             that
          
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           This
           
             Good
             Man
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Gage
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           here
           related
           the
           matter
           as
           above
           ,
           expresses
           himself
           thus
           :
           This
           most
           
             True
             Relation
          
           of
           Archbishop
           Laud
           ,
           I
           have
           oft
           spoke
           o●
           in
           private
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           publickly
           in
           Preaching
           ;
           and
           
             I
             could
             not
             in
             Conscience
             omit
             it
             here
             ,
             both
             to
             vindicate
             the
             j●
             Censure
             of
             Death
             ,
          
           whi●h
           the
           Parliament
           gave
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           reprove
           the
           ungrounded
           Opinion
           and
           Error
           of
           some
           
             Ignorant
             Spirits
          
           ,
           who
           have
           since
           his
           Death
           ,
           highly
           exalted
           and
           cryed
           him
           up
           as
           a
           Martyr
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           worthy
           of
           Notice
           ,
           that
           these
           Passages
           (
           making
           Laud
           to
           appear
           a
           
             great
             Villain
          
           )
           were
           by
           the
           means
           of
           
             Priest
             Craft
          
           left
           out
           of
           the
           Impression
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           Something
           like
           this
           of
           Mr.
           Gage
           ,
           may
           be
           found
           in
           Bishop
           
           Burnet's
           
             Memoirs
             of
             Duke
          
           Hamilton
           ,
           fol.
           83.
           he
           relates
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Year
           1638.
           one
           Abernethy
           ,
           who
           from
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           turned
           a
           zealous
           Presbyterian
           ,
           spread
           a
           story
           in
           Scotland
           which
           took
           wonderfully
           ,
           of
           the
           Liturgy
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           being
           sent
           to
           Rome
           to
           some
           Cardinals
           to
           be
           Revised
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           Seignior
           Con
           ,
           (
           the
           Popes
           Nuncio
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           )
           had
           shewed
           it
           to
           Abernethy
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           though
           Con
           denied
           it
           afterwards
           ,
           as
           is
           pretended
           ,
           yet
           it
           doth
           not
           follow
           that
           what
           Abernethy
           asserts
           ,
           was
           false
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           Con
           being
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           might
           Lye
           for
           the
           Holy
           Church
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           had
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Book
           would
           not
           be
           too
           large
           ,
           I
           could
           produce
           very
           many
           more
           instances
           of
           King
           Charles
           his
           
             Tyrannical
             Oppressing
          
           his
           Subjects
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ireland
           .
           I
           shall
           end
           this
           Melancholly
           Story
           with
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           many
           Articles
           of
           Mis-government
           of
           that
           Prince
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           His
           taking
           
             Buckingham
             ,
             Laud
          
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           Evil
           Counsellors
           into
           the
           highest
           Favour
           ,
           and
           being
           Govern'd
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           His
           
             Popish
             Match
          
           ,
           and
           
             Private
             Articles
          
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           Popery
           .
        
         
         
           His
           receiving
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           sending
           him
           〈◊〉
           Answer
           ,
           calling
           him
           most
           
             Holy
             Father
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           His
           Pardoning
           20
           
             Popish
             Priests
          
           ,
           &c.
           pursuant
           to
           the
           
             Private
             Articles
          
           of
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           His
           most
           unchristian
           like
           
             Betraying
             the
             Isle
             of
             Rhee
          
           and
           Rechell
           ,
           a
           sad
           Story
           .
        
         
           His
           plucking
           up
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           Property
           ,
           by
           taking
           the
           
             Peoples
             Goods
          
           against
           their
           Wills
           ,
           and
           their
           Liberties
           against
           Law.
           
        
         
           His
           giving
           Commissions
           to
           Try
           and
           Execute
           his
           Subject
           by
           
             Martial
             Law.
          
           
        
         
           His
           Raising
           Money
           by
           Loans
           against
           Law.
           
        
         
           His
           requiring
           London
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           to
           set
           
             out
             Ships
          
           〈◊〉
           him
           at
           their
           
             own
             Charge
          
           .
        
         
           His
           
             Billotting
             Soldiers
          
           (
           many
           of
           which
           were
           Papists
           )
           on
           his
           poor
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           His
           giving
           Commissions
           to
           several
           Lords
           to
           raise
           Money
           by
           way
           of
           Excise
           .
        
         
           His
           ordering
           his
           Treasurer
           to
           pay
           30000
           l.
           to
           buy
           a
           large
           number
           of
           German
           Horse
           ,
           with
           Arms
           ,
           both
           for
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           England
           against
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           His
           causing
           Mr.
           Chambars
           ,
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           to
           be
           fin'd
           2000
           l.
           for
           complaining
           of
           the
           hard
           Usage
           the
           Merchants
           of
           England
           had
           .
        
         
           His
           oppressing
           ,
           and
           Imprisoning
           all
           Ranks
           and
           Orders
           of
           Men
           Unjustly
           .
        
         
           His
           threatning
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           not
           give
           Money
           .
        
         
           His
           shameful
           betraying
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           and
           keeping
           the
           Charity
           of
           England
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           His
           having
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           a
           great
           Hand
           in
           the
           wicked
           Irish
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           His
           large
           Demonstration
           of
           his
           Piety
           ,
           by
           ordering
           a
           Declaration
           of
           Sports
           on
           the
           
             Lord's
             Day
          
           .
        
         
         
           His
           giving
           
             Wicked
             ,
             Arbitrary
          
           ,
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             Orders
             ,
             Instructions
          
           and
           Commissions
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           save
           him
           from
           the
           Parliaments
           Just
           and
           necessary
           Prosecution
           .
        
         
           His
           suffering
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Gauden
           and
           Duppa
           ,
           to
           compose
           a
           lying
           Book
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             Eicon
             Basilice
          
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           it
           out
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           justify
           his
           evil
           Actions
           against
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           His
           causing
           the
           Star-Chamber
           and
           
             High
             Commission
          
           Courts
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Grievance
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           His
           falsely
           charging
           with
           Treason
           ,
           and
           unjustly
           imprisoning
           the
           Lord
           Mandevil
           ,
           Mr.
           Hollis
           ,
           Mr.
           Strode
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           and
           would
           produce
           
             no
             Witness
          
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           His
           Tempting
           and
           Incouraging
           his
           English
           and
           Irish
           Armies
           to
           come
           and
           Destroy
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           His
           dealing
           most
           Basely
           and
           Treacherously
           with
           the
           Parliament
           whilst
           Treating
           at
           Uxbridge
           .
        
         
           His
           having
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           untimely
           
             Deaths
             of
             King
          
           James
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           Prince
           Henry
           .
        
         
           His
           being
           an
           Exorbitant
           and
           
             Outragious
             Tyrant
          
           upon
           the
           People
           of
           England
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A62847-e2850
           
             *
             He
             had
             agree
             to
             Treat
             with
             them
             as
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Queen
             upbraided
             him
             for
             so
             doing
             ,
             and
             he
             thus
             vindicates
             himself
             .
          
           
             *
             If
             this
             were
             so
             good
             a
             King
             ,
             Why
             so
             much
             clamour
             against
             King
             James
             the
             II.
             for
             designing
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           
             ⸫
             There
             was
             at
             this
             time
             high
             Division
             in
             London
             ,
             between
             the
             Presbyterians
             and
             Independants
             ;
             therefore
             to
             ●in
             both
             ,
             by
             fomenting
             misunderstandings
             between
             them
             ,
             the
             Independants
             are
             to
             be
             Ca●oled
             ;
             a
             thing
             worthy
             remembrance
             in
             all
             times
             .