The declaration or remonstrance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled with divers depositions and letters thereunto annexed.
         Remonstrance of the state of the kingdome, agreed on by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, May 19, 1642
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             The declaration or remonstrance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled with divers depositions and letters thereunto annexed.
             Remonstrance of the state of the kingdome, agreed on by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, May 19, 1642
             England and Wales. Parliament.
             Astley, Jacob Astley, Baron, 1579-1652.
             Ballard, Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel to the Lord Grandison.
             Chudleigh, James, d. 1643.
             Conyers, John, Sir.
             Goring, George Goring, Baron, 1608-1657.
             Hunks, Fulk, Sir.
             Lanyon, John.
             Legge,William, 1609?-1670.
             O'Connolly, Owen.
             Percy, Henry, Baron Percy of Alnwick, d. 1659.
             Vavasour, William, Sir, d. 1659.
          
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             1642.
          
           
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           THE
           DECLARATION
           OR
           REMONSTRANCE
           OF
           The
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           assembled
           .
        
         
           With
           divers
           depositions
           and
           Letters
           thereunto
           annexed
           .
        
         
           Die
           Jovis
           19.
           
           Maii.
           1642.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           this
           day
           ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           assembled
           ,
           that
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Depositions
           ,
           shall
           be
           forthwith
           printed
           and
           published
           .
        
         
           Jo
           :
           Browne
           ,
           Cleric
           .
           Parliamen
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Joseph
           Hunscott
           
             and
          
           John
           Wright
           .
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           DECLARATION
           OF
           BOTH
           HOUSES
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           THe
           infinite
           mercy
           ,
           and
           providence
           of
           the
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           been
           aboundantly
           manifested
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           great
           variety
           of
           protections
           and
           blessings
           whereby
           hee
           hath
           not
           onely
           delivered
           us
           from
           many
           wicked
           Plots
           ,
           and
           designes
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           had
           taken
           effect
           would
           have
           brought
           ruine
           ,
           and
           destruction
           upon
           this
           Kingdome
           ;
           but
           out
           of
           those
           attempts
           hath
           produced
           divers
           evident
           ,
           and
           remarkable
           advantages
           to
           the
           furtherance
           of
           those
           services
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           beene
           desirous
           to
           performe
           to
           our
           Soveraigne
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           in
           providing
           for
           the
           publique
           peace
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Realmes
           :
           which
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           same
           all-seeing
           deity
           ,
           we
           protest
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           still
           to
           be
           the
           onely
           end
           of
           all
           our
           counsells
           and
           endeavours
           ,
           wherein
           we
           have
           resolved
           to
           continue
           freed
           ,
           and
           inlarged
           from
           all
           private
           aimes
           ,
           personall
           respects
           or
           passions
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           resolution
           we
           are
           something
           discouraged
           ,
           although
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           malignant
           party
           disappointed
           of
           that
           prey
           ,
           the
           Religion
           and
           liberty
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           seise
           upon
           ,
           and
           devour
           before
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           still
           persisted
           by
           new
           practises
           ,
           both
           of
           force
           and
           subtility
           ,
           to
           recover
           the
           same
           againe
           :
           for
           which
           purpose
           they
           have
           made
           severall
           attempts
           for
           the
           bringing
           up
           of
           the
           Army
           ;
           they
           afterwards
           projected
           the
           false
           accusation
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             Kimbolton
             ,
          
           and
           the
           five
           members
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           which
           being
           in
           it selfe
           of
           an
           odious
           nature
           ,
           they
           yet
           so
           farre
           prevailed
           with
           his
           Majesty
           as
           to
           procure
           him
           to
           take
           it
           upon
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           unchangeable
           duty
           and
           faithfulnesse
           of
           the
           Parliament
           could
           not
           bee
           wrought
           upon
           by
           such
           a
           fact
           as
           that
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           any
           part
           of
           their
           reverence
           
           
           
           and
           obedience
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           they
           have
           with
           much
           art
           ,
           and
           industry
           advised
           his
           Majestie
           to
           suffer
           divers
           unjust
           scandalls
           ,
           and
           imputations
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           published
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           whereby
           they
           might
           make
           it
           odious
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           helpe
           to
           destroy
           that
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           hath
           been
           the
           onely
           meanes
           of
           their
           owne
           preservation
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           purpose
           they
           have
           drawn
           his
           Majesty
           into
           the
           Northerne
           parts
           far
           from
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           so
           false
           rumours
           might
           have
           time
           to
           get
           credit
           ,
           and
           the
           ●ust
           defences
           of
           the
           Parliament
           finde
           a
           more
           tedious
           ,
           difficult
           ,
           and
           disadvantagious
           accesse
           ,
           after
           those
           false
           imputations
           and
           slanders
           had
           been
           first
           rooted
           in
           the
           apprehension
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           the
           more
           speedily
           to
           effect
           ,
           they
           have
           caused
           a
           Presse
           to
           be
           transported
           to
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           severall
           papers
           ,
           and
           writings
           of
           that
           kinde
           are
           conveyed
           to
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           without
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           great
           seale
           ,
           in
           an
           unusuall
           and
           illegall
           manner
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Privy
           Counsell
           ;
           from
           the
           greater
           ,
           and
           better
           part
           whereof
           having
           withdrawne
           himselfe
           ,
           aswell
           as
           from
           his
           great
           Councell
           of
           parliament
           ,
           he
           is
           thereby
           exposed
           to
           the
           wicked
           and
           unfaithfull
           councells
           of
           such
           as
           have
           made
           the
           wisdome
           ,
           and
           justice
           of
           the
           Parliament
           dangerous
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           this
           danger
           they
           labour
           to
           prevent
           by
           hiding
           their
           owne
           guilt
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           and
           shadow
           of
           the
           King
           :
           infusing
           into
           him
           their
           owne
           feares
           ,
           and
           asmuch
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           aspersing
           his
           royall
           person
           and
           honour
           with
           their
           owne
           infamy
           ,
           from
           both
           which
           it
           hath
           alwayes
           been
           as
           much
           the
           care
           as
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           preserve
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           fix
           the
           guilt
           of
           all
           evill
           act●ons
           and
           counsells
           ,
           upon
           those
           who
           have
           been
           the
           authors
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           divers
           writings
           of
           this
           kinde
           ,
           wee
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           taken
           into
           our
           consideration
           two
           printed
           papers
           ;
           the
           first
           containing
           a
           declaration
           which
           they
           received
           from
           his
           Majestie
           in
           answer
           of
           that
           which
           was
           presented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           from
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           at
           
             Newmarket
          
           the
           ninth
           of
           March
           .
           1641.
           
           The
           other
           his
           Majesties
           answer
           to
           the
           petition
           of
           both
           Houses
           presented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           at
           
             Yorke
          
           the
           26
           of
           
             March
             .
          
           1642.
           
           Both
           which
           are
           filled
           with
           harsh
           censures
           ,
           and
           causelesse
           charges
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           concerning
           which
           we
           hold
           it
           necessary
           to
           give
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           seeing
           we
           find
           it
           very
           difficult
           to
           satisfy
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           to
           our
           great
           griefe
           ,
           we
           have
           found
           to
           be
           so
           ingaged
           to
           ,
           and
           possessed
           by
           those
           misapprehensions
           which
           evill
           counsellors
           have
           wrought
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           our
           most
           humble
           and
           faithfull
           Remonstrances
           ,
           have
           rather
           irritated
           and
           
           imbittered
           ,
           then
           any
           thing
           allayed
           or
           mitigated
           the
           sharpe
           expressions
           which
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           make
           in
           answer
           unto
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           manifestation
           whereof
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           owne
           innocency
           ,
           wee
           desire
           that
           all
           his
           Majesties
           loving
           Subjects
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           these
           particulars
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           no
           occasion
           given
           by
           us
           which
           might
           move
           his
           Majesty
           to
           tell
           us
           that
           in
           our
           declaration
           presented
           at
           Newmarket
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           expressions
           different
           from
           the
           usuall
           language
           to
           Princes
           .
        
         
           Neither
           did
           we
           tell
           his
           Maiesty
           either
           in
           words
           or
           in
           effect
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           did
           not
           joyne
           with
           us
           in
           an
           Act
           which
           his
           Maiesty
           conceived
           might
           prove
           prejudiciall
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           ,
           we
           would
           make
           a
           Law
           without
           him
           ,
           and
           impose
           it
           upon
           the
           people
           .
           That
           which
           we
           desired
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           imminent
           danger
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           Militia
           ,
           for
           the
           security
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           might
           be
           put
           under
           the
           command
           of
           such
           noble
           and
           faithfull
           persons
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           all
           cause
           to
           confide
           in
           ,
           and
           such
           was
           the
           necessity
           of
           this
           preservation
           ,
           that
           we
           declared
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           Majesty
           should
           refuse
           to
           joyne
           with
           us
           therein
           ,
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           being
           the
           supreame
           Court
           and
           highest
           councell
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           were
           enabled
           by
           their
           owne
           authority
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           repulsing
           of
           such
           imminent
           ,
           and
           evident
           danger
           ,
           not
           by
           any
           new
           Law
           of
           their
           owne
           making
           as
           hath
           been
           untruly
           suggested
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           most
           antient
           Law
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           even
           that
           which
           is
           fundamentall
           and
           essentiall
           to
           the
           constitution
           and
           subsistance
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Although
           we
           never
           desired
           to
           encourage
           his
           Majesty
           to
           such
           replies
           as
           might
           produce
           any
           contestation
           betwixt
           him
           and
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           which
           wee
           ●ever
           found
           better
           effect
           ,
           then
           losse
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           hindrance
           of
           the
           publique
           affaires
           ;
           Yet
           We
           have
           beene
           farre
           from
           telling
           him
           of
           how
           little
           value
           his
           words
           would
           be
           with
           us
           ,
           much
           lesse
           when
           they
           are
           accompanied
           with
           actions
           of
           Love
           and
           Justice
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           more
           reason
           to
           finde
           fault
           with
           those
           wicked
           counsellours
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           often
           bereaved
           him
           of
           the
           honour
           ,
           and
           his
           people
           of
           the
           fruit
           ,
           of
           many
           gracious
           Speeches
           ,
           which
           hee
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           those
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           last
           parliament
           ;
           That
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           he
           would
           redresse
           the
           grievances
           of
           his
           People
           aswell
           out
           of
           Parliament
           as
           in
           it
           ,
           were
           the
           searching
           the
           Studies
           and
           Chambers
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           Pockets
           of
           some
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Commons
           the
           very
           next
           day
           ;
           The
           Commitment
           of
           Master
           
             Bellasis
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             John
             Hotham
             ,
          
           and
           Master
           
             Crew
             ,
          
           the
           continued
           oppressions
           by
           Ship
           money
           ,
           Coat
           and
           Conduct
           money
           ,
           with
           the
           manifold
           imprisonments
           ,
           
           
           
           and
           other
           vexations
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           other
           ensuing
           violations
           of
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           (
           all
           which
           were
           the
           effects
           of
           evill
           counsell
           ,
           and
           aboundantly
           declared
           in
           our
           generall
           Remonstrance
           of
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           )
           actions
           of
           love
           and
           Justice
           ,
           suitable
           to
           such
           words
           as
           those
           .
        
         
           As
           gracious
           was
           his
           Majesties
           Speech
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           That
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           put
           himselfe
           freely
           ,
           and
           cleerly
           upon
           the
           Love
           and
           affection
           of
           his
           English
           Subjects
           ,
           whether
           his
           causelesse
           complaints
           and
           Jealousie
           ,
           the
           unjust
           imputations
           so
           often
           cast
           upon
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           his
           deniall
           of
           their
           necessary
           defence
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           his
           dangerous
           absenting
           himselfe
           from
           his
           great
           councell
           ,
           like
           to
           produce
           such
           a
           mischievous
           division
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           have
           not
           beene
           more
           sutable
           to
           other
           mens
           evill
           counsells
           then
           to
           his
           owne
           words
           ,
           will
           easily
           appeare
           to
           any
           indifferent
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           Neither
           have
           his
           latter
           speeches
           beene
           better
           used
           ,
           and
           preserved
           by
           these
           evill
           and
           wicked
           counsellors
           :
           could
           any
           words
           be
           fuller
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           Justice
           then
           those
           in
           his
           answer
           to
           the
           Message
           sent
           ,
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           the
           31th
           of
           
             December
          
           1641.
           
           We
           doe
           engage
           unto
           you
           solemnly
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           that
           the
           security
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           of
           you
           from
           violence
           ,
           is
           and
           ever
           shall
           be
           as
           much
           our
           care
           ,
           as
           the
           preservation
           of
           Us
           and
           our
           children
           ,
           and
           could
           any
           actions
           be
           fuller
           of
           injustice
           and
           violence
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Attorney
           generall
           ,
           in
           falsely
           accusing
           the
           six
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           proceedings
           thereupon
           ,
           within
           three
           or
           fower
           dayes
           after
           that
           Message
           ,
           for
           the
           full
           view
           whereof
           let
           the
           declaration
           made
           of
           those
           proceedings
           be
           perused
           ,
           and
           by
           those
           instances
           (
           we
           could
           ad
           many
           more
           )
           Let
           the
           world
           Judge
           ,
           who
           deserves
           to
           be
           taxed
           with
           disvalewing
           his
           Majesties
           Words
           ,
           they
           who
           have
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           staynd
           and
           sullied
           them
           with
           such
           fowle
           counsells
           ,
           or
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           have
           ever
           manifested
           with
           joy
           ,
           and
           delight
           their
           humble
           thankfulnesse
           for
           those
           gracious
           words
           ,
           and
           actions
           of
           love
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           conformable
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           is
           pleased
           to
           disavow
           the
           having
           any
           such
           evill
           Counsell
           or
           Counsellors
           as
           are
           mentioned
           in
           our
           Declaration
           to
           his
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           we
           hold
           it
           our
           duty
           ,
           humbly
           to
           avow
           there
           are
           such
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           ill
           things
           done
           of
           late
           in
           his
           Majesties
           name
           ,
           have
           beene
           done
           by
           himselfe
           ,
           wherein
           we
           should
           neither
           follow
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           Law
           nor
           the
           affection
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           to
           cleere
           his
           Majestie
           from
           all
           imputation
           of
           misgovernment
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           the
           fault
           upon
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           the
           false
           accusing
           of
           six
           members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           
           Justifying
           Mr.
           
           Atturney
           in
           that
           false
           accusation
           ,
           the
           violent
           comming
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           deniall
           of
           the
           Militia
           ,
           the
           sharpe
           Messages
           to
           both
           houses
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Customes
           of
           former
           Kings
           ,
           the
           long
           and
           remote
           absence
           of
           his
           Majestie
           from
           Parliament
           ;
           the
           heavy
           and
           wrongfull
           taxes
           upon
           both
           houses
           ,
           the
           Cherishing
           and
           countenancing
           a
           discontented
           party
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           against
           them
           ,
           these
           certainly
           are
           the
           fruits
           of
           very
           ill
           Counsell
           ,
           apt
           to
           put
           the
           kingdome
           into
           a
           Combustion
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           supplies
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           to
           countenance
           the
           proceedings
           and
           pretententions
           of
           the
           Rebells
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           of
           these
           evill
           Counsells
           ,
           we
           conceive
           must
           needs
           be
           knowne
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           we
           hope
           our
           labouring
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           have
           these
           discovered
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           a
           just
           censure
           ,
           will
           not
           so
           much
           wound
           his
           honour
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           his
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           his
           labouring
           to
           preserve
           and
           conceale
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           his
           Majestie
           saith
           ,
           he
           could
           wish
           that
           his
           owne
           immediate
           Actions
           which
           he
           avowes
           on
           his
           owne
           honour
           ,
           might
           not
           bee
           so
           roughly
           censured
           under
           that
           Common
           style
           of
           evill
           Counsellors
           :
           Wee
           could
           also
           heartily
           wish
           that
           we
           had
           not
           cause
           to
           make
           that
           stile
           so
           Common
           ,
           but
           how
           often
           and
           undutifully
           soever
           these
           wicked
           Counsellors
           fix
           their
           dishonour
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           making
           his
           Majesty
           the
           Authour
           of
           those
           evill
           actions
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           their
           owne
           evill
           Counsells
           ;
           We
           his
           Majesties
           Loyall
           and
           dutifull
           subjects
           can
           use
           no
           other
           stile
           according
           to
           that
           
             Maxime
          
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           King
           can
           doe
           no
           wrong
           ,
           but
           if
           any
           ill
           be
           committed
           in
           matter
           of
           state
           ,
           the
           Councell
           ;
           if
           in
           matters
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           the
           Judges
           must
           answer
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           lay
           no
           charge
           upon
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           which
           should
           put
           him
           upon
           that
           apologie
           ,
           concerning
           his
           faithfull
           and
           zealous
           affection
           of
           the
           protestant
           profession
           ;
           Neither
           doth
           his
           Majestie
           endeavour
           to
           cleere
           those
           ,
           in
           greatest
           authority
           about
           him
           ,
           by
           whom
           (
           wee
           say
           )
           that
           designe
           hath
           been
           potently
           carried
           on
           for
           divers
           yeares
           ,
           and
           we
           rather
           wish
           that
           the
           mercies
           of
           heaven
           then
           the
           Judgements
           may
           be
           manifested
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           have
           beene
           such
           ,
           there
           are
           so
           plentifull
           and
           frequent
           evidences
           ,
           that
           we
           beleeve
           there
           is
           none
           either
           protestant
           or
           Papist
           ,
           who
           hath
           had
           any
           reasonable
           view
           of
           the
           passages
           of
           latter
           times
           ,
           but
           either
           in
           feare
           or
           hope
           ,
           did
           expect
           a
           suddaine
           issue
           of
           this
           designe
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           no
           way
           transgressed
           against
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           by
           Remembring
           the
           intended
           warre
           against
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           a
           Branch
           of
           that
           designe
           to
           alter
           religion
           ,
           by
           those
           wicked
           Councells
           ,
           from
           which
           God
           did
           then
           deliver
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           ought
           never
           to
           forget
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           was
           framed
           and
           cherisht
           by
           the
           Popish
           and
           Malignant
           party
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           affirmed
           by
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           
           but
           may
           be
           cleered
           by
           many
           other
           proofes
           ;
           The
           same
           Rebellious
           principles
           of
           pretended
           Religion
           ,
           the
           same
           politique
           ends
           are
           apparant
           in
           both
           ,
           and
           their
           malitious
           designes
           and
           practices
           are
           maskt
           ,
           and
           disguised
           with
           the
           same
           false
           colour
           of
           their
           earnest
           zeale
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Majesties
           prerogative
           from
           the
           supposed
           oppression
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           how
           much
           these
           treacherous
           pretences
           have
           beene
           countenanced
           by
           some
           evill
           Counsell
           about
           his
           Majestie
           may
           appeare
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Proclamation
           ,
           whereby
           they
           were
           declared
           traytors
           was
           so
           long
           withheld
           as
           to
           the
           second
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ,
          
           though
           the
           Rebellion
           broake
           forth
           in
           
             October
          
           before
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           more
           but
           forty
           Coppies
           appointed
           to
           be
           printed
           ,
           with
           a
           speciall
           command
           from
           his
           Majestie
           not
           to
           exceed
           that
           number
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           of
           them
           should
           be
           published
           till
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           were
           further
           signified
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           warrant
           appeares
           ,
           a
           true
           Coppie
           whereof
           is
           hereunto
           added
           ,
           So
           that
           a
           few
           only
           could
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           more
           observeable
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           contrary
           proceedings
           against
           the
           Scots
           ;
           who
           were
           in
           a
           very
           quick
           and
           sharpe
           manner
           proclaimed
           ,
           and
           those
           proclamations
           forthwith
           dispersed
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           diligence
           as
           might
           bee
           thorow
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           ordered
           to
           bee
           read
           in
           all
           Churches
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           publique
           prayers
           and
           execrations
           ;
           another
           evidence
           of
           favour
           ,
           and
           countenance
           to
           the
           Rebells
           in
           some
           of
           power
           about
           his
           Majestie
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           put
           forth
           in
           his
           Majesties
           name
           ,
           a
           causlesse
           complaint
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           which
           speaketh
           the
           same
           language
           of
           the
           Parliament
           which
           the
           Rebells
           doe
           ,
           thereby
           to
           raise
           a
           beleefe
           in
           mens
           mindes
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesties
           affections
           are
           alienated
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           person
           is
           removed
           from
           that
           his
           great
           councell
           ,
           All
           which
           doth
           exceedingly
           retard
           the
           supplies
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           more
           advance
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           then
           any
           Jealousie
           or
           misapprehension
           begotten
           in
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           by
           the
           declaration
           of
           the
           Rebells
           .
           Iniunction
           of
           
             Rossetti
             ,
          
           or
           information
           of
           
             Trestram
             Whitcombe
             ,
          
           so
           that
           considering
           the
           present
           state
           and
           temper
           of
           both
           kingdomes
           ,
           his
           Royall
           presence
           is
           farre
           more
           necessary
           here
           ,
           then
           it
           can
           be
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           for
           redemption
           or
           protection
           of
           his
           Subjects
           there
           .
           
        
         
           And
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           cause
           of
           his
           Majesties
           great
           indignation
           for
           being
           reproch'd
           to
           have
           intended
           force
           or
           threatening
           to
           the
           Parliament
           :
           We
           desire
           them
           to
           consider
           who
           shall
           read
           our
           declaration
           in
           which
           there
           is
           no
           word
           tending
           to
           any
           such
           reproach
           ,
           and
           certainly
           wee
           have
           beene
           more
           tender
           of
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           then
           hee
           whosoever
           he
           was
           that
           did
           write
           this
           declaration
           ,
           where
           in
           his
           Majesties
           name
           ,
           hee
           doth
           call
           God
           to
           witnesse
           ,
           hee
           never
           had
           any
           such
           thought
           or
           knew
           of
           any
           such
           resolution
           of
           bringing
           up
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           truly
           ,
           will
           
           seeme
           strange
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           shall
           read
           the
           deposition
           of
           Master
           
             Goring
             ,
          
           Information
           of
           Master
           
             Percie
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           examination
           of
           Master
           
             Wilmot
             ;
          
           Master
           
             Pollard
          
           and
           others
           ,
           the
           other
           examinations
           of
           Captaine
           
             Legg
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Connyers
             ,
          
           and
           consider
           the
           condition
           and
           nature
           of
           the
           Petition
           ,
           which
           was
           sent
           unto
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           under
           the
           approbation
           of
           
             C.
             R.
          
           which
           his
           Majesty
           doth
           now
           acknowledge
           to
           bee
           his
           owne
           hand
           ,
           and
           being
           full
           of
           scandall
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           might
           have
           proved
           dangerous
           to
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           ,
           if
           the
           Army
           should
           have
           interposed
           betwixt
           the
           King
           and
           them
           ,
           as
           was
           desired
           .
        
         
           We
           doe
           not
           affirme
           that
           his
           Majesties
           warrant
           was
           granted
           for
           the
           Passage
           of
           Master
           
             Iermine
             ,
          
           
           after
           the
           desire
           of
           both
           houses
           for
           restraint
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           he
           did
           passe
           over
           after
           that
           restraint
           by
           vertue
           of
           such
           a
           warrant
           .
           We
           know
           the
           warrant
           beares
           date
           the
           day
           before
           our
           desire
           ,
           yet
           it
           seemes
           strange
           to
           those
           who
           know
           how
           great
           respect
           and
           Power
           Mr.
           
             Iermiae
          
           had
           in
           Court
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           beginne
           his
           Journey
           in
           such
           hast
           ,
           and
           in
           apparrell
           so
           unfit
           for
           Travaile
           ,
           as
           a
           black
           Sattin
           suit
           ,
           and
           White
           Bootes
           ,
           if
           his
           going
           away
           were
           designed
           the
           day
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           Accusation
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             Kimbolton
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           five
           members
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           is
           called
           a
           breach
           of
           priviledge
           ,
           and
           truly
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           high
           one
           ,
           farre
           above
           any
           satisfaction
           that
           hath
           beene
           yet
           given
           ,
           how
           can
           it
           be
           said
           to
           be
           largely
           satisfied
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           his
           Majestie
           laboured
           to
           preserve
           Mr.
           
           Attorney
           from
           punishment
           ;
           who
           was
           the
           visible
           Actor
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           his
           Majesties
           hath
           not
           only
           Iustified
           him
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           letter
           declared
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           his
           duty
           to
           accuse
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           would
           have
           punisht
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           So
           long
           as
           those
           members
           have
           not
           the
           meanes
           of
           cleering
           their
           Innocency
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           of
           that
           malitious
           charge
           undiscovered
           ,
           though
           both
           houses
           of
           Parliament
           have
           severall
           times
           petition
           his
           Majestie
           to
           discover
           them
           ,
           &
           that
           not
           only
           upon
           grounds
           of
           Common
           Justice
           ,
           but
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           his
           Majestie
           is
           bound
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           King
           refuseth
           to
           passe
           a
           Bill
           for
           their
           discharge
           ,
           alleadging
           that
           the
           Narrative
           in
           that
           Bill
           ,
           is
           against
           his
           honour
           ,
           whereby
           hee
           seemes
           still
           to
           avow
           the
           matter
           of
           that
           false
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           accusation
           ,
           though
           he
           deserts
           the
           prosecution
           ,
           offering
           to
           passe
           a
           Bill
           for
           their
           acquitall
           ,
           yet
           with
           intimation
           that
           they
           must
           desert
           the
           avowing
           their
           owne
           innocency
           ,
           which
           would
           more
           wound
           them
           in
           honour
           ,
           then
           secure
           them
           in
           Law
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           vindication
           of
           this
           great
           priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           wee
           doe
           not
           know
           that
           we
           have
           invaded
           any
           priviledge
           belonging
           to
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           as
           is
           alleadged
           in
           this
           declaration
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           looke
           not
           upon
           this
           only
           in
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           breach
           of
           priviledge
           ,
           
           which
           might
           be
           ,
           though
           the
           accusation
           were
           true
           ,
           of
           false
           ,
           but
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           haynous
           crime
           ,
           in
           the
           attorney
           and
           all
           other
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           a
           Crime
           against
           the
           law
           of
           nature
           ,
           against
           the
           rules
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           that
           innocent
           men
           should
           be
           charged
           with
           so
           great
           an
           offence
           as
           Treason
           ,
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           highest
           Iudicatory
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           whereby
           their
           lives
           and
           estates
           ,
           their
           bloud
           and
           honour
           are
           endangered
           ,
           without
           witnes
           ,
           without
           evidence
           ,
           without
           all
           possibility
           of
           reparation
           ,
           in
           a
           Legall
           Course
           ,
           yet
           a
           crime
           of
           such
           a
           nature
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesties
           command
           can
           no
           more
           warrant
           ,
           then
           it
           can
           any
           other
           Act
           of
           Iniustice
           .
           it
           is
           true
           that
           those
           things
           which
           are
           evill
           in
           their
           owne
           nature
           ,
           such
           as
           a
           false
           testimony
           or
           false
           accusation
           ,
           cannot
           be
           the
           Subiect
           of
           any
           Command
           ,
           or
           induce
           any
           obligation
           of
           obedience
           upon
           any
           man
           ,
           by
           any
           authority
           whatsoever
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Atturney
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           was
           bound
           to
           refuse
           to
           execute
           such
           a
           command
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           had
           had
           some
           such
           evidence
           or
           Testimony
           as
           might
           have
           warranted
           him
           against
           the
           parties
           ,
           and
           belyable
           to
           make
           satisfaction
           if
           it
           should
           prove
           false
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           sufficiently
           knowne
           to
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           adiudged
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           can
           be
           neither
           relater
           ,
           informer
           nor
           witnesse
           ,
           if
           it
           rest
           as
           it
           is
           without
           further
           satisfaction
           ,
           no
           future
           Parliament
           can
           be
           safe
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           members
           may
           bee
           taken
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           yea
           the
           very
           principles
           of
           government
           ,
           and
           Justice
           wil
           bee
           in
           danger
           to
           bee
           dissolved
           .
        
         
           We
           doe
           not
           conceive
           that
           numbers
           doe
           make
           an
           assemblie
           unlawfull
           ,
           
           but
           when
           either
           the
           end
           or
           manner
           of
           their
           Carriage
           ,
           shall
           be
           unlawfull
           ,
           divers
           iust
           occasions
           might
           draw
           the
           Citizens
           to
           Westminster
           ,
           where
           many
           publique
           and
           private
           Petitions
           ,
           and
           other
           Causes
           were
           depending
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           why
           that
           should
           bee
           found
           more
           faultie
           in
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           then
           the
           resort
           of
           great
           numbers
           every
           day
           in
           the
           tearme
           to
           the
           ordinary
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           that
           those
           Citizens
           were
           notoriously
           provoked
           and
           assaulted
           at
           VVestminster
           ,
           by
           Colonell
           
             Limsford
             ,
          
           Captaine
           
             Hide
             ,
          
           with
           divers
           others
           ,
           and
           by
           some
           of
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Yorke
           is
           sufficiently
           proved
           ,
           and
           that
           afterward
           they
           were
           more
           violently
           wounded
           and
           most
           barbarously
           mangled
           with
           Swords
           by
           the
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           neere
           
             VVhite-Hall
             ,
          
           many
           of
           them
           being
           without
           weapons
           ,
           and
           giving
           no
           cause
           of
           distast
           ,
           as
           is
           likewise
           proved
           by
           severall
           testimonies
           ,
           but
           of
           any
           scandalous
           or
           seditious
           misdemeanors
           of
           theirs
           ,
           that
           might
           give
           his
           Majesty
           good
           cause
           to
           suppose
           his
           own
           person
           or
           those
           of
           his
           Royall
           Consort
           ,
           or
           Children
           to
           be
           in
           apparant
           danger
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           no
           proofe
           ever
           offered
           to
           either
           House
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           had
           been
           any
           complaint
           of
           that
           kinde
           ,
           it
           is
           nor
           doubt
           the
           Houses
           would
           have
           beene
           as
           forward
           to
           joyne
           in
           an
           order
           for
           the
           
           suppressi●g
           of
           such
           Tumults
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           not
           long
           before
           upon
           another
           occasion
           when
           they
           made
           an
           order
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           Whereas
           those
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           which
           committed
           that
           violence
           upon
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Citizens
           at
           
             Whitehall
             ,
          
           were
           cherisht
           and
           fostred
           in
           his
           Majesties
           House
           ,
           and
           when
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           the
           Common
           Councel
           of
           
             London
          
           presented
           a
           Petition
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           reparation
           of
           those
           injuries
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           Answer
           was
           (
           without
           hearing
           the
           proofe
           of
           the
           complainants
           )
           that
           if
           any
           Citizen
           were
           wounded
           or
           ill
           intreated
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           was
           confidently
           assured
           ,
           that
           it
           happened
           by
           their
           owne
           evill
           and
           corrupt
           demeanors
           .
        
         
           We
           hope
           it
           cannot
           be
           thought
           contrary
           to
           the
           du●y
           and
           wisedome
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           if
           many
           concurring
           and
           frequently
           reitterated
           and
           renewed
           advertizements
           from
           
             Rome
             ,
             Venice
             ,
             Paris
             ,
          
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           if
           the
           solicitation
           of
           the
           Popes
           
             Nuntio
          
           and
           our
           owne
           discontented
           fugitives
           ,
           doe
           make
           us
           jealous
           and
           watchfull
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           State
           .
           And
           We
           have
           beene
           very
           carefull
           to
           make
           our
           expressions
           thereof
           ,
           so
           easie
           and
           so
           plaine
           ,
           to
           the
           capacity
           and
           understanding
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           nothing
           might
           justly
           stick
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           reflection
           upon
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
           Wherein
           We
           appeale
           to
           the
           judgement
           of
           any
           indifferent
           person
           ,
           who
           shall
           read
           and
           peruse
           our
           owne
           Words
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           maintaine
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           feares
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           that
           moment
           ,
           that
           We
           cannot
           discharge
           the
           trust
           and
           duty
           which
           lyes
           upon
           us
           ,
           unlesse
           Wee
           doe
           apply
           our selves
           to
           the
           use
           of
           those
           meanes
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Law
           hath
           enabled
           us
           in
           cases
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           for
           the
           necessary
           defence
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           as
           his
           Majesty
           doth
           graciously
           declare
           the
           Law
           shall
           be
           the
           Measure
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           so
           doe
           We
           most
           heartily
           professe
           ,
           that
           We
           shall
           alwayes
           make
           it
           the
           rule
           of
           our
           obedience
           .
        
         
           
             Prudent
             omissions
             in
             the
             Answer
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             poynt
             of
             our
             Declaration
             was
             with
             much
             caution
             artificially
             passed
             over
             by
             him
             who
             drew
             his
             Majesties
             Answer
             ,
             it
             being
             indeed
             the
             foundation
             of
             all
             our
             misery
             and
             his
             Majesties
             trouble
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             heare
             generall
             taxes
             upon
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             without
             any
             particular
             charge
             to
             which
             they
             may
             give
             satisfaction
             ,
             &
             that
             he
             hath
             often
             conceived
             displeasure
             against
             particular
             persons
             upon
             misinformation
             ,
             &
             although
             those
             informations
             have
             bin
             clearly
             proved
             to
             be
             false
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             never
             bring
             the
             accusers
             to
             question
             ,
             which
             layeth
             an
             impossibility
             upon
             honest
             men
             of
             clearing
             themselves
             ,
             and
             gives
             incouragement
             unto
             false
             and
             unworthy
             persons
             to
             trouble
             him
             with
             untrue
             and
             groundlesse
             informations
             .
             Three
             particulars
             we
             mentioned
             in
             our
             Declaration
             ,
             which
             the
             Penner
             of
             that
             Answer
             had
             good
             cause
             to
             omit
             :
             the
             words
             supposed
             to
             be
             spoken
             at
             
               Kensington
               ,
            
             the
             pretended
             Articles
             against
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             groundlesse
             
             accusation
             of
             the
             six
             Members
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             there
             being
             nothing
             to
             be
             said
             in
             defence
             or
             deniall
             of
             any
             of
             them
          
           
             Concerning
             his
             M●●●sties
             desire
             to
             ioyne
             with
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             faithfull
             Subiects
             in
             defence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             publike
             good
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             we
             doubt
             not
             but
             he
             will
             doe
             it
             fully
             when
             evill
             Counsellors
             shall
             be
             removed
             from
             about
             him
             ,
             &
             until
             ,
             that
             be
             ,
             as
             we
             shewed
             before
             of
             words
             ,
             so
             must
             we
             also
             say
             of
             Law●●
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             secure
             us
             ;
             witnesse
             the
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
             which
             was
             followed
             with
             such
             an
             inundation
             of
             illegall
             taxes
             that
             we
             had
             ●ust
             cause
             to
             thinke
             that
             the
             payment
             of
             eight
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             thousand
             pounds
             was
             an
             easie
             burthen
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             in
             exchange
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             we
             cannot
             but
             iustly
             thinke
             that
             if
             there
             be
             a
             continuance
             of
             such
             ill
             Cou●sel●ors
             and
             favour
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             will
             by
             some
             wicked
             device
             or
             other
             ,
             make
             the
             Bill
             for
             the
             Trien
             〈…〉
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             those
             other
             excellent
             Lawes
             mentioned
             in
             his
             Maiesties
             Declaration
             ,
             of
             lesse
             value
             then
             words
             .
          
           
             That
             excellent
             Bill
             for
             the
             continuance
             of
             this
             Parliament
             was
             so
             necessary
             ,
             that
             without
             it
             we
             could
             not
             have
             raised
             so
             great
             sums
             of
             mony
             for
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             his
             Ma●esty
             &
             the
             Common-wealth
             as
             we
             have
             don●
             and
             without
             which
             the
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             must
             needs
             have
             followed
             .
             And
             we
             are
             resolved
             ,
             the
             gracious
             favour
             of
             his
             Maiesty
             expressed
             in
             that
             Bill
             ,
             and
             the
             advantage
             and
             security
             which
             thereby
             we
             have
             from
             being
             dissolved
             shall
             not
             incourage
             us
             to
             doe
             any
             thing
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             had
             not
             beene
             fit
             to
             have
             beene
             done
             .
             And
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             make
             it
             good
             before
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             although
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             hath
             passed
             man●
             Bills
             very
             advantagious
             for
             the
             Subject
             yet
             in
             none
             of
             them
             have
             we
             bereaved
             his
             Maiesty
             of
             any
             iust
             ,
             necessary
             ,
             or
             profitable
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             Crowne
             .
          
           
             We
             so
             earnestly
             desire
             his
             Maiesties
             returne
             to
             
               London
            
             that
             upon
             it
             ,
             we
             conceive
             depends
             the
             very
             safety
             and
             being
             of
             both
             his
             Kingdomes
             .
             And
             therefore
             we
             must
             protest
             ,
             that
             as
             for
             the
             time
             past
             ,
             neither
             the
             government
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             nor
             any
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             have
             lost
             their
             life
             and
             force
             for
             his
             security
             ;
             So
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             ready
             to
             doe
             or
             say
             anything
             that
             nay
             stand
             with
             the
             duty
             or
             honour
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             may
             raise
             a
             mutuall
             confidence
             betwixt
             his
             Maiesty
             and
             us
             ,
             as
             wee
             doe
             wish
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             doe
             require
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             the
             Answer
             to
             that
             which
             is
             called
             his
             Maiesties
             Declaration
             hath
             led
             us
             ,
             now
             we
             come
             to
             that
             which
             is
             Intituled
             his
             Maiesties
             Answer
             to
             the
             Petition
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             presented
             to
             him
             at
             
               Yorke
               .
            
             the
             26
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             1642.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             whereof
             ,
             his
             Maiesty
             wisheth
             that
             〈◊〉
             Privileges
             on
             all
             parts
             wee
             so
             Stired
             ,
             that
             this
             way
             of
             correspondency
             
             might
             be
             preserved
             ,
             with
             that
             freedome
             which
             hath
             beene
             used
             of
             old
             ;
             we
             know
             nothing
             introduced
             by
             us
             ,
             that
             gives
             any
             impediment
             hereunto
             ,
             neither
             have
             we
             affirmed
             our
             Priviledges
             to
             be
             broken
             ,
             when
             his
             Maiesty
             denies
             us
             any
             thing
             ,
             or
             gives
             a
             reason
             why
             he
             cannot
             grant
             it
             ,
             or
             that
             those
             who
             advised
             such
             denyall
             were
             enemies
             to
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             favourers
             of
             the
             Irish
             Rebellion
             ,
             in
             which
             aspersion
             ,
             that
             is
             turned
             into
             a
             general
             asersion
             ,
             which
             in
             our
             Votes
             is
             applyed
             to
             a
             particular
             case
             ,
             wherefore
             we
             must
             maintaine
             our
             Votes
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             advised
             his
             Maiesty
             to
             contradict
             that
             which
             in
             both
             Houses
             in
             the
             Question
             concernig
             the
             Militia
             ,
             had
             declared
             to
             be
             Law
             ,
             and
             command
             it
             should
             not
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             is
             a
             high
             breach
             of
             priviledge
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             who
             advised
             his
             Maiesty
             to
             absent
             himselfe
             from
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             are
             enemies
             to
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             iustly
             to
             be
             suspected
             to
             be
             favourers
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             the
             reasons
             of
             both
             are
             evident
             ,
             because
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             there
             is
             as
             great
             a
             derogation
             from
             the
             trust
             and
             authority
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             second
             ,
             as
             much
             advantage
             to
             the
             proceedings
             and
             hopes
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             we
             hold
             it
             a
             very
             causelesse
             imputation
             upon
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             herein
             any
             way
             impeacht
             ,
             much
             lesse
             taken
             away
             the
             freedome
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Vote
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             import
             a
             liberty
             for
             his
             Majesty
             to
             deny
             any
             thing
             ,
             how
             necessary
             soever
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             much
             lesse
             a
             Licence
             to
             evill
             Counsellors
             ,
             to
             advise
             any
             thing
             though
             never
             so
             destructive
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             his
             people
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             Message
             of
             the
             twentieth
             of
             
               Ianuary
               ,
            
             his
             Majesty
             did
             propound
             to
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             with
             all
             speed
             fall
             into
             a
             serious
             consideration
             of
             all
             those
             particulars
             which
             they
             thoght
             necessary
             as
             well
             for
             the
             upholding
             and
             maintaining
             his
             Majesties
             just
             and
             Regall
             authority
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             setling
             his
             Revenue
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             present
             and
             future
             establishing
             our
             Priviledges
             ,
             the
             free
             and
             quiet
             enjoying
             our
             estates
             ,
             the
             Liberties
             of
             our
             Persons
             ,
             the
             security
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             professed
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             the
             setling
             of
             Ceremonies
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             may
             take
             away
             all
             just
             offence
             ,
             and
             to
             dig●st
             it
             into
             one
             entire
             body
             .
          
           
             To
             that
             point
             of
             upholding
             and
             maintaining
             his
             Royall
             authority
             ,
             We
             say
             nothing
             hath
             been
             done
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             should
             require
             any
             new
             provision
             ;
             To
             the
             other
             of
             setling
             the
             revenue
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             hath
             no
             way
             abridged
             or
             disordered
             his
             just
             revenue
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             true
             that
             much
             wast
             and
             confusion
             of
             his
             Majesties
             estate
             hath
             beene
             made
             by
             those
             evill
             and
             unfaithfull
             Ministers
             whom
             he
             hath
             imployed
             in
             the
             managing
             of
             it
             ,
             whereby
             his
             owne
             ordinary
             expences
             would
             have
             beene
             disappointed
             ,
             and
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             more
             endangered
             ,
             if
             the
             Parliament
             
             had
             not
             in
             some
             measure
             provided
             for
             his
             Household
             ,
             and
             for
             some
             of
             the
             Forts
             ,
             more
             then
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             still
             willing
             to
             settle
             such
             a
             revenue
             upon
             his
             Majestie
             as
             may
             make
             him
             live
             Royally
             ,
             plentifully
             and
             safely
             ,
             but
             they
             cannot
             in
             wisdome
             and
             fidelity
             to
             the
             Common-Wealth
             ,
             doe
             this
             ,
             till
             he
             shall
             chuse
             such
             Counsellours
             and
             Officers
             as
             may
             order
             and
             dispose
             it
             to
             the
             pablicke
             good
             ,
             and
             not
             apply
             it
             to
             the
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             of
             his
             people
             as
             heretofore
             it
             hath
             beene
             ,
             but
             this
             and
             the
             other
             matters
             concerning
             Our selves
             ,
             being
             workes
             of
             great
             importance
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             intricacie
             ,
             will
             require
             so
             long
             a
             time
             of
             deliberation
             ,
             that
             the
             Kingdome
             might
             be
             ruined
             before
             Wee
             should
             effect
             them
             ,
             wherefore
             We
             thought
             it
             necessary
             ,
             first
             to
             be
             suitors
             to
             his
             Majestie
             so
             to
             order
             the
             Militia
             ,
             that
             the
             Kingdome
             being
             secured
             ,
             Wee
             might
             with
             more
             case
             and
             safety
             apply
             our selves
             to
             debate
             of
             that
             Message
             wherein
             We
             have
             beene
             interrupted
             by
             his
             Majesties
             denyal
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             concerning
             the
             same
             ,
             because
             it
             would
             have
             beene
             in
             vaine
             for
             Us
             to
             labour
             in
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             to
             leave
             our selves
             naked
             to
             the
             malice
             of
             so
             many
             enemies
             ,
             both
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             ,
             yet
             We
             have
             not
             beene
             altogether
             negligent
             of
             those
             things
             which
             his
             Majestie
             is
             pleased
             to
             propound
             in
             that
             Message
             ,
             We
             have
             agreed
             upon
             a
             Booke
             of
             Rates
             in
             a
             larger
             Proportion
             then
             hath
             beene
             granted
             to
             any
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Predecessors
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             considerable
             support
             of
             his
             Majesties
             publicke
             charge
             ,
             and
             have
             likewise
             prepared
             divers
             Propositions
             and
             Bills
             for
             preservation
             of
             our
             Religion
             and
             liberties
             ,
             whi●h
             Wee
             intend
             shortly
             to
             present
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             to
             doe
             whatsoever
             is
             fit
             for
             Us
             to
             make
             up
             this
             unpleasant
             breach
             betwixt
             his
             Majestie
             and
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             divers
             exceptions
             are
             here
             taken
             concerning
             the
             Militia
             ,
             first
             ,
             that
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             never
             denyed
             the
             thing
             ,
             but
             accepted
             the
             persons
             ,
             (
             except
             for
             Corporations
             )
             onely
             that
             hee
             denyed
             the
             way
             ,
             to
             which
             We
             answer
             ,
             that
             that
             exception
             takes
             off
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             all
             other
             great
             Townes
             and
             Cities
             ,
             which
             makes
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             way
             of
             Ordinance
             it
             is
             antient
             ,
             more
             speedy
             ,
             more
             easily
             alterable
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             these
             and
             other
             respects
             ,
             more
             proper
             and
             more
             applicable
             to
             the
             present
             occasion
             ,
             then
             a
             Bil
             ,
             which
             his
             Majestie
             cals
             the
             only
             good
             old
             way
             of
             imposing
             upon
             the
             subjects
             ,
             It
             should
             seeme
             that
             neither
             his
             Majesties
             Royall
             Predecessors
             ,
             nor
             our
             Ancestors
             ,
             have
             heretofore
             beene
             of
             that
             opinion
             ,
             37
             
               Ed.
            
             3.
             
             Wee
             find
             this
             Record
             :
             the
             Chauncelour
             made
             declaration
             of
             the
             Challenge
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             King
             desires
             to
             know
             the
             griefes
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             to
             redresse
             inormities
             ,
             The
             last
             day
             of
             the
             Parliament
             the
             King
             demanded
             of
             the
             whole
             Estates
             ,
             
             whether
             they
             would
             have
             such
             things
             as
             they
             agreed
             on
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Ordinance
             or
             Statute
             ,
             who
             Answeared
             by
             way
             of
             Ordinance
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             might
             amend
             the
             same
             at
             their
             pleasures
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             was
             .
          
           
             But
             his
             Majestie
             objects
             further
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             somewhat
             in
             the
             preface
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             could
             not
             consent
             with
             Justice
             ,
             to
             his
             honour
             and
             innocence
             ,
             and
             that
             thereby
             he
             is
             excluded
             from
             any
             power
             in
             the
             disposing
             of
             it
             :
             these
             objections
             may
             seeme
             somewhat
             ,
             but
             indeed
             will
             appeare
             nothing
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             nothing
             in
             the
             Preamble
             layes
             any
             charge
             upon
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             ,
             that
             excludes
             his
             Royall
             Authority
             in
             the
             disposing
             or
             execution
             of
             it
             ,
             But
             onely
             it
             is
             provided
             that
             it
             should
             be
             signified
             by
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             that
             channell
             through
             which
             it
             will
             be
             best
             derived
             ,
             and
             most
             certainely
             ,
             to
             those
             ends
             for
             which
             it
             is
             intended
             ,
             and
             let
             all
             the
             world
             judge
             ,
             whether
             Wee
             have
             not
             reason
             to
             insist
             upon
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             should
             rather
             be
             ordered
             according
             to
             the
             direction
             or
             advice
             of
             the
             great
             Councell
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             equally
             intrusted
             by
             the
             King
             and
             by
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             then
             that
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             Parliament
             and
             Kingdome
             should
             bee
             left
             at
             the
             devotion
             of
             a
             few
             unknowne
             Counsellours
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             not
             intrusted
             at
             all
             by
             the
             King
             in
             any
             publike
             way
             ,
             nor
             at
             all
             confided
             in
             by
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             We
             wish
             the
             danger
             were
             not
             imminent
             ,
             or
             not
             still
             continuing
             ,
             but
             cannot
             conceive
             that
             the
             long
             time
             spent
             in
             this
             debate
             is
             evidence
             sufficient
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             such
             necessity
             or
             danger
             ,
             but
             a
             Bill
             might
             easilie
             have
             bin
             prepared
             ,
             for
             when
             many
             causes
             doe
             concurre
             to
             the
             danger
             of
             a
             State
             ,
             the
             interruption
             of
             any
             one
             may
             hinder
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             designe
             be
             still
             kept
             on
             foot
             for
             better
             oportunities
             :
             who
             knowes
             whether
             the
             ill
             successe
             of
             the
             Rebels
             in
             Ireland
             hath
             not
             hindred
             the
             insurrection
             of
             the
             Papists
             here
             ?
             whether
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             six
             Members
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             falsely
             accused
             ,
             hath
             not
             prevented
             that
             plot
             of
             the
             breaking
             the
             neck
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             of
             which
             wee
             were
             informed
             from
             France
             ,
             not
             long
             before
             they
             were
             accused
             ?
             yet
             since
             his
             
               Maiesty
            
             hath
             bin
             pleased
             to
             expresse
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             rather
             for
             a
             Bill
             then
             an
             Ordinance
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             sent
             in
             one
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             wee
             readily
             entertained
             it
             ,
             and
             with
             some
             small
             and
             necessary
             alterations
             ,
             speedily
             passed
             the
             same
             :
             But
             contrary
             to
             the
             custome
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             our
             expectation
             grounded
             upon
             his
             Maiesties
             owne
             invitation
             of
             us
             to
             that
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             reasons
             manifested
             in
             our
             Declaration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Mili●ia
             ,
             of
             the
             fifth
             of
             May
             ,
             insteed
             of
             his
             Royall
             assent
             ,
             we
             met
             with
             an
             absolute
             refusall
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             matter
             of
             these
             our
             Votes
             ,
             15
             ,
             and
             16
             of
             March
             ,
             be
             according
             
             to
             Law
             ,
             we
             hope
             his
             Maiestie
             will
             allow
             the
             Subiects
             to
             be
             bound
             by
             them
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             said
             he
             will
             make
             the
             Law
             the
             Rule
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             question
             be
             whether
             that
             bee
             Law
             which
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             have
             once
             declared
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             the
             Iudge
             ?
             Not
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             for
             the
             King
             iudgeth
             not
             of
             matters
             of
             Law
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             Courts
             ,
             and
             his
             Courts
             ,
             though
             sitting
             by
             his
             authority
             ,
             expect
             not
             his
             Assent
             in
             matters
             of
             Law
             ,
             not
             any
             other
             Courts
             ,
             for
             they
             cannot
             Iudge
             in
             that
             case
             because
             they
             are
             Inferiour
             ,
             no
             appeale
             lying
             to
             them
             from
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Iudgement
             whereof
             is
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Iudgement
             in
             his
             highest
             Court
             ,
             though
             the
             King
             in
             his
             person
             be
             neither
             present
             nor
             assenting
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             The
             Votes
             at
             which
             his
             Maiesty
             takes
             exceptions
             are
             these
             ▪
          
           
             I.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             Kings
             absence
             so
             far
             remote
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             is
             not
             onely
             an
             obstruction
             ,
             but
             may
             be
             a
             destruction
             to
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             II.
             
          
           
             That
             when
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             shall
             declare
             what
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             is
             ,
             to
             have
             this
             not
             onely
             questioned
             ,
             and
             controverted
             ,
             but
             contradicted
             ,
             and
             a
             command
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             is
             a
             high
             breach
             of
             the
             priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             III.
             
          
           
             That
             those
             persons
             that
             advised
             his
             Maiesty
             to
             absent
             himselfe
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             are
             enemies
             to
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             iustly
             may
             be
             suspected
             to
             be
             favourers
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Kingdome
             hath
             bin
             of
             late
             ,
             and
             still
             is
             in
             so
             eminent
             danger
             both
             from
             enemies
             abroad
             ,
             and
             a
             Popish
             and
             discontented
             partie
             at
             home
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             an
             urgent
             and
             inevitable
             necessity
             of
             putting
             his
             Maiesties
             subiects
             into
             a
             posture
             of
             defence
             ,
             for
             the
             safeguard
             both
             of
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             and
             his
             people
             ,
          
           
             That
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             fully
             apprehending
             this
             danger
             ,
             and
             being
             sensible
             of
             their
             owne
             duty
             ,
             to
             provide
             a
             sutable
             prevention
             ,
             have
             in
             severall
             Petitions
             addressed
             themselves
             to
             his
             
             Maiesty
             ,
             for
             the
             ordering
             and
             disposing
             the
             Mi●itia
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             way
             as
             was
             agreed
             upon
             by
             the
             wisedome
             〈…〉
             House
             to
             be
             most
             effectuall
             and
             proper
             for
             the
             present
             exigents
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             yet
             could
             not
             obtaine
             it
             ,
             but
             his
             Maiestie
             did
             severall
             times
             refuse
             to
             give
             his
             Royall
             Assent
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             this
             case
             of
             extreame
             danger
             ,
             and
             his
             Maiesties
             refusall
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             Parliament
             agreed
             upon
             by
             both
             Houses
             for
             the
             Militia
             ,
             doth
             obliege
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ny
             the
             fundamentall
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             By
             all
             which
             it
             doth
             appeare
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Colour
             of
             this
             Ta●
             ,
             that
             we
             goe
             about
             to
             introduce
             a
             new
             Law
             ,
             much
             lesse
             to
             exercise
             an
             arbitrary
             power
             ,
             but
             indeed
             to
             prevent
             it
             ,
             for
             this
             Law
             is
             as
             old
             as
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             That
             the
             Kingdome
             must
             not
             be
             without
             a
             mean●s
             to
             preserve
             it selfe
             ,
             which
             that
             it
             may
             be
             done
             without
             confusion
             this
             Nation
             hath
             intrusted
             certaine
             hands
             with
             a
             Power
             to
             provide
             in
             an
             orderly
             and
             regular
             way
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             which
             power
             ,
             by
             the
             Constitution
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             is
             in
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Parliament
             together
             ,
             yet
             since
             the
             Prince
             being
             but
             one
             person
             ,
             is
             more
             subiect
             to
             a●cidents
             of
             nature
             and
             chance
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Common-Wealth
             may
             b●e
             deprived
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             that
             trust
             which
             was
             in
             part
             reposed
             in
             him
             ,
             in
             cases
             of
             such
             necessity
             ,
             that
             the
             Kingdome
             may
             not
             bee
             inforced
             presently
             to
             returne
             to
             its
             first
             principle
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             left
             to
             do
             what
             i●
             aright
             in
             his
             own
             eye
             ,
             without
             either
             guide
             or
             rule
             ,
             The
             Wis●dome
             of
             this
             State
             hath
             intrusted
             the
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             with
             a
             power
             to
             supply
             what
             shall
             be
             wanting
             on
             the
             part
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             as
             is
             evident
             by
             the
             constant
             custome
             and
             practice
             thereof
             ;
             in
             cases
             of
             nonage
             ,
             naturall
             disability
             ,
             and
             captivity
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             reason
             doth
             and
             must
             hold
             for
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             same
             power
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             where
             the
             Royall
             trust
             cannot
             be
             ,
             or
             is
             not
             discharged
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Kingdome
             runs
             an
             evident
             and
             imminent
             danger
             therby
             ▪
             which
             danger
             ,
             having
             beene
             declared
             by
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             there
             needs
             not
             the
             authority
             of
             any
             person
             or
             Court
             to
             affirme
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             in
             the
             power
             of
             any
             person
             or
             Court
             to
             revoke
             that
             judgement
             .
          
           
           
             We
             know
             the
             King
             hath
             wayes
             enough
             in
             his
             ordinary
             Courts
             of
             justice
             to
             punish
             such
             seditious
             Pamphlets
             and
             Sermons
             as
             are
             any
             way
             prejudiciall
             to
             his
             Rights
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             &
             authority
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             of
             them
             have
             beene
             so
             insolently
             violated
             and
             vilified
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             owne
             Councell
             and
             Officers
             have
             been
             too
             blame
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             we
             never
             did
             restraine
             any
             proceedings
             of
             that
             kind
             in
             other
             Courts
             ,
             nor
             refuse
             any
             fit
             complaint
             to
             us
             .
             The
             Protestation
             Protested
             was
             referred
             by
             the
             Commons
             House
             to
             a
             Committee
             ,
             and
             the
             Author
             being
             not
             produced
             ,
             the
             Printer
             committed
             to
             prison
             ,
             and
             the
             Booke
             voted
             by
             that
             Committee
             ,
             to
             be
             burnt
             ;
             but
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Dcering
            
             who
             was
             to
             make
             that
             report
             of
             the
             Votes
             of
             that
             Committee
             ,
             neglected
             to
             make
             it
             ;
             The
             Apprentizes
             Protestation
             was
             never
             complained
             of
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             seditious
             Pamphlet
             ,
             To
             your
             Tents
             oh
             
               Israel
            
             was
             once
             questioned
             and
             the
             full
             prosecution
             of
             it
             was
             not
             interrupted
             by
             any
             fault
             of
             either
             House
             ,
             whose
             forwardnesse
             to
             doe
             his
             Majesty
             all
             right
             ,
             therein
             may
             plainely
             appeare
             ,
             in
             that
             a
             Committee
             of
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             was
             purposely
             appoynted
             to
             take
             such
             informations
             as
             the
             Kings
             Councell
             should
             present
             ,
             concerning
             seditious
             words
             ,
             practises
             or
             tumults
             ,
             Pamphelets
             or
             Sermons
             ,
             tending
             to
             the
             derogation
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Rights
             ,
             or
             Prerogative
             ;
             and
             his
             Councell
             were
             enjoyned
             by
             that
             Committee
             ,
             to
             enquire
             and
             present
             them
             ,
             who
             severall
             times
             met
             thereupon
             ,
             and
             received
             this
             Answer
             and
             Declaration
             from
             the
             Kings
             Councell
             ,
             that
             they
             knew
             of
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             yet
             .
          
           
             If
             his
             Majesty
             had
             used
             the
             service
             of
             such
             a
             one
             in
             penning
             this
             Answer
             ,
             who
             understood
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             government
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             hee
             would
             not
             have
             thought
             it
             legally
             in
             his
             power
             to
             deny
             his
             Parliament
             a
             guard
             ,
             when
             they
             stood
             in
             need
             of
             it
             ,
             since
             everie
             ordinary
             Court
             hath
             it
             ;
             neither
             would
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             beene
             well
             informed
             of
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             have
             refused
             a
             guard
             as
             they
             desired
             ,
             it
             being
             in
             the
             power
             of
             inferior
             Courts
             to
             command
             their
             owne
             guard
             ,
             neither
             would
             he
             have
             imposed
             upon
             them
             such
             a
             guard
             under
             a
             Commander
             ,
             which
             they
             could
             not
             confide
             in
             ;
             which
             is
             clearely
             against
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             they
             found
             very
             dangerous
             effects
             ,
             and
             therefore
             desired
             to
             have
             it
             discharged
             ;
             
             But
             such
             a
             guard
             and
             so
             commanded
             ,
             as
             the
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             desired
             ,
             they
             could
             never
             obtain
             of
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             the
             placing
             of
             a
             guard
             about
             them
             contrary
             to
             their
             desire
             ,
             was
             not
             to
             grant
             a
             guard
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             in
             effect
             to
             set
             one
             upon
             them
             :
             All
             which
             considered
             ,
             we
             beleeve
             in
             the
             judgements
             of
             any
             indifferent
             persons
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             thought
             strange
             if
             there
             were
             a
             more
             then
             ordinarie
             resort
             of
             people
             at
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             of
             such
             as
             came
             willingly
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             to
             be
             witnesses
             and
             helpers
             of
             the
             safetie
             of
             them
             whom
             all
             his
             Majesties
             good
             subjects
             are
             bound
             to
             defend
             from
             violence
             and
             danger
             :
             or
             that
             such
             a
             concourse
             as
             this
             ,
             they
             carrying
             themselves
             quietly
             and
             peaceably
             (
             as
             they
             did
             )
             ought
             in
             his
             Majesties
             apprehension
             ,
             or
             can
             in
             the
             interpretation
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             be
             held
             tumultuarie
             and
             seditious
             .
          
           
             When
             ●as
             Majestie
             in
             that
             question
             of
             violation
             of
             the
             Laws
             had
             expressed
             the
             observation
             of
             them
             indefinitely
             without
             any
             limitation
             of
             time
             ,
             although
             we
             never
             said
             or
             thought
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             look
             like
             a
             reproach
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             yet
             we
             had
             reason
             to
             remember
             that
             it
             had
             been
             otherwise
             ;
             lest
             we
             should
             seem
             to
             desert
             our
             former
             Complaints
             and
             proceedings
             :
             thereupon
             as
             his
             Majestie
             doth
             seem
             but
             little
             to
             like
             or
             approve
             of
             them
             :
             for
             although
             he
             doth
             acknowledge
             here
             that
             great
             mischief
             that
             grew
             by
             that
             arbitrary
             power
             then
             complained
             of
             ,
             yet
             such
             are
             continually
             preferred
             and
             countenanced
             as
             were
             friends
             or
             favourers
             ,
             or
             related
             unto
             the
             chief
             Authors
             and
             Actors
             of
             that
             Arbitrarie
             Power
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             false
             colours
             ,
             suggestions
             of
             imminent
             danger
             and
             necessitie
             ,
             whereby
             they
             did
             make
             it
             plausible
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             such
             as
             did
             appeare
             against
             them
             ,
             are
             daily
             discountenanced
             and
             disgraced
             :
             which
             whilest
             it
             shall
             be
             so
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             judge
             the
             disease
             to
             be
             yet
             killed
             and
             dead
             at
             root
             ;
             and
             therefore
             no
             reason
             to
             bury
             it
             in
             oblivion
             .
             And
             whilest
             we
             behold
             the
             Spawnes
             of
             those
             mischievous
             Principles
             ,
             cherisht
             and
             fostered
             in
             that
             new
             generation
             of
             Councellours
             ,
             friends
             and
             Abettors
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             concurring
             with
             them
             in
             their
             malignancie
             against
             the
             proceedings
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             we
             cannot
             think
             our selves
             secure
             from
             the
             like
             or
             a
             worse
             danger
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             the
             Penner
             of
             this
             Answer
             bestows
             an
             admonition
             
             upon
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             bidding
             us
             take
             heed
             we
             fall
             not
             upon
             the
             same
             errour
             ,
             upon
             the
             same
             suggestions
             :
             but
             he
             might
             have
             well
             spared
             this
             ,
             till
             he
             could
             have
             shewed
             wherein
             we
             had
             exercised
             any
             power
             otherwise
             then
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             could
             have
             found
             a
             more
             authentique
             or
             a
             higher
             Judge
             in
             matters
             of
             Law
             ,
             then
             the
             high
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             declared
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             resolved
             to
             keep
             the
             rule
             himself
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             power
             to
             require
             the
             same
             of
             all
             others
             :
             we
             must
             needs
             acknowledge
             that
             such
             a
             resolution
             is
             like
             to
             bring
             much
             happinesse
             and
             blessing
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Kingdoms
             ;
             yet
             with
             humilitie
             we
             must
             confesse
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             the
             fruit
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             that
             Case
             of
             my
             Lord
             
               Kimbolton
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             five
             Members
             accused
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             both
             Common
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Statute
             Law
             ,
             and
             yet
             remaineth
             unsatisfied
             ;
             which
             Case
             was
             remembred
             in
             our
             Declaration
             as
             a
             strange
             and
             unheard
             of
             violation
             of
             our
             Laws
             :
             But
             the
             Penner
             of
             this
             Answer
             thought
             fit
             to
             passe
             it
             over
             ,
             hoping
             that
             many
             would
             read
             his
             Majesties
             Answer
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             so
             carefully
             dispersed
             ,
             which
             would
             not
             read
             our
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             after
             our
             ample
             thanks
             ,
             and
             acknowledgement
             of
             his
             Majesties
             favour
             in
             passing
             many
             good
             Bills
             ,
             we
             said
             that
             truth
             and
             necessitie
             inforced
             us
             to
             adde
             this
             ,
             that
             in
             or
             about
             the
             time
             of
             passing
             those
             Bills
             ,
             some
             designe
             or
             other
             hath
             been
             a
             foot
             ;
             which
             if
             it
             had
             taken
             effect
             ,
             would
             not
             onely
             have
             deprived
             us
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             those
             Bils
             ,
             but
             would
             have
             reduced
             us
             to
             a
             worse
             condition
             of
             confusion
             ,
             then
             that
             wherein
             the
             Parliament
             found
             us
             .
             It
             is
             now
             told
             us
             that
             the
             King
             must
             be
             most
             sensible
             of
             what
             we
             cast
             upon
             him
             ,
             for
             requitall
             of
             those
             good
             Bills
             ,
             whereas
             out
             of
             our
             usuall
             Tendernesse
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Honour
             ,
             we
             did
             not
             mention
             him
             at
             all
             :
             but
             so
             injurious
             are
             those
             wicked
             Councellours
             to
             the
             name
             and
             Honour
             of
             their
             Master
             and
             Soveraigne
             ,
             that
             as
             much
             as
             they
             can
             they
             lay
             their
             own
             infamy
             and
             guilt
             upon
             his
             Shoulders
             .
          
           
             Here
             God
             also
             is
             called
             to
             witnesse
             His
             Majesties
             upright
             intentions
             at
             the
             passing
             of
             those
             Laws
             ;
             this
             we
             will
             not
             question
             ,
             neither
             did
             we
             give
             any
             occasion
             of
             such
             a
             solemne
             asseveration
             as
             this
             is
             :
             The
             devill
             is
             likewise
             defied
             to
             prove
             there
             was
             any
             design
             with
             His
             Majesties
             knowledge
             or
             privitie
             ;
             
             This
             might
             well
             have
             been
             spared
             ,
             for
             we
             spake
             nothing
             of
             his
             Majestie
             ;
             But
             since
             we
             are
             so
             far
             taxed
             as
             to
             have
             it
             affirmed
             that
             we
             laid
             a
             notorious
             and
             false
             imputation
             upon
             His
             Majestie
             ,
             we
             have
             thought
             it
             necessarie
             for
             the
             just
             defence
             of
             our
             own
             innocencie
             ,
             to
             cause
             the
             oaths
             and
             examinations
             which
             have
             been
             taken
             concerning
             the
             designe
             to
             be
             published
             in
             a
             full
             Narration
             ,
             for
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             His
             Majesties
             subjects
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             we
             shall
             now
             offer
             some
             few
             particulars
             ,
             whereby
             the
             world
             may
             judge
             whether
             we
             could
             have
             proceeded
             with
             more
             tendernesse
             toward
             His
             Majestie
             then
             we
             have
             done
             .
             Master
             
               Goreing
            
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             first
             asked
             him
             whether
             he
             were
             ingaged
             in
             any
             Caball
             concerning
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             commanded
             him
             to
             joyn
             with
             Master
             
               Piercy
            
             and
             Master
             
               Jermyn
               ,
            
             and
             some
             other
             whom
             they
             should
             find
             within
             at
             Master
             
               Peircy's
            
             Chamber
             ,
             where
             they
             took
             the
             oath
             of
             secrecie
             ,
             and
             then
             debated
             of
             a
             designe
             propounded
             by
             Master
             
               Jermyn
            
             to
             secure
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             to
             consider
             of
             bringing
             up
             the
             Army
             to
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             Captain
             
               Legg
            
             confessed
             ,
             he
             had
             received
             the
             draught
             of
             a
             Petition
             in
             the
             Kings
             presence
             ,
             and
             His
             Majestie
             acknowledgeth
             it
             was
             from
             His
             own
             hand
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             reads
             the
             summe
             of
             that
             Petition
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             proved
             by
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Sir
             
               Jacob
               Ashley
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               John
               Conyers
               ,
            
             and
             Captain
             
               Legg
               ,
            
             will
             easily
             perceive
             some
             points
             in
             it
             apt
             to
             beget
             in
             them
             some
             discontent
             against
             the
             Parliament
             .
             And
             can
             any
             man
             beleeve
             there
             was
             no
             designe
             in
             the
             accusation
             of
             the
             Lord
             
               Kimbolton
            
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             in
             which
             His
             Majestie
             doth
             avow
             himself
             to
             be
             both
             a
             Commander
             and
             an
             Actor
             :
             these
             things
             being
             so
             ,
             it
             will
             easily
             appear
             to
             be
             as
             much
             against
             the
             rules
             of
             Prudence
             ,
             that
             the
             Penner
             of
             this
             Answer
             should
             entangle
             His
             Majestie
             in
             this
             unnecessarie
             Apologie
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             against
             the
             rules
             of
             Justice
             ,
             that
             any
             reparation
             from
             us
             should
             be
             either
             yeelded
             ,
             or
             demanded
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             professed
             in
             His
             Majesties
             name
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             truly
             sensible
             of
             the
             Burthens
             of
             His
             people
             ,
             which
             makes
             us
             hope
             that
             he
             will
             take
             that
             course
             which
             will
             be
             most
             effectuall
             to
             ease
             them
             of
             these
             burthens
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             joyn
             with
             his
             Parliament
             in
             preserving
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             absence
             from
             them
             hath
             been
             much
             endangered
             ,
             and
             which
             by
             hindring
             the
             voluntarie
             Adventures
             for
             recovery
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             disabling
             
             the
             Subjects
             to
             discharge
             the
             great
             tax
             laid
             upon
             them
             ,
             is
             like
             to
             make
             the
             war
             much
             more
             heavie
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             for
             His
             Majesties
             wants
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             have
             been
             no
             cause
             of
             them
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             diminished
             His
             just
             Revenue
             ,
             but
             have
             much
             eased
             His
             publique
             Charge
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             his
             private
             .
             And
             we
             shall
             be
             readie
             ,
             in
             a
             Parliamentary
             way
             ,
             to
             settle
             His
             revenue
             in
             such
             an
             Honorable
             proportion
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             answerable
             to
             both
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             put
             himself
             into
             such
             a
             posture
             of
             Government
             ,
             that
             His
             Subjects
             may
             be
             secure
             to
             enjoy
             His
             just
             protection
             ,
             for
             their
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             .
          
           
             We
             never
             refused
             His
             Majesties
             gracious
             offer
             of
             a
             free
             and
             Generall
             Pardon
             ,
             onely
             we
             said
             it
             could
             be
             no
             securitie
             to
             our
             present
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             :
             And
             we
             gave
             a
             reason
             for
             it
             ,
             that
             those
             fears
             did
             not
             arise
             out
             of
             any
             guilt
             of
             our
             own
             Actions
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             the
             evill
             designes
             and
             attempts
             of
             others
             ;
             and
             we
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             world
             to
             judge
             ,
             whether
             we
             herein
             have
             deserved
             so
             heavie
             a
             Tax
             and
             exclamation
             (
             that
             it
             was
             a
             strange
             world
             when
             Princes
             proffered
             favours
             are
             counted
             reproaches
             ,
             such
             are
             the
             words
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Answer
             )
             who
             do
             esteeme
             that
             offer
             as
             an
             Act
             of
             Princely
             grace
             and
             bountie
             ,
             which
             since
             this
             Parliament
             began
             we
             have
             humbly
             desired
             we
             might
             obtain
             and
             do
             still
             hold
             it
             very
             necessarie
             and
             advantagious
             for
             the
             generalitie
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             upon
             whom
             these
             Taxes
             and
             Subsidies
             lie
             heaviest
             ,
             but
             we
             see
             upon
             every
             occasion
             how
             unhappie
             we
             are
             in
             His
             Majesties
             misapprehensions
             of
             our
             words
             and
             actions
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             fully
             of
             the
             Kings
             mind
             as
             it
             is
             here
             declared
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             rest
             so
             secure
             of
             the
             affections
             of
             His
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             forraigne
             force
             to
             preserve
             him
             from
             oppression
             ,
             and
             are
             confident
             that
             he
             shall
             never
             want
             an
             abundant
             evidence
             of
             the
             good
             wishes
             and
             assistance
             of
             His
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             especially
             if
             he
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             hold
             to
             that
             gracious
             resolution
             of
             building
             upon
             that
             sure
             foundation
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             :
             but
             why
             His
             Majestie
             should
             take
             it
             ill
             ,
             that
             we
             having
             received
             informations
             so
             deeply
             concerning
             the
             safetie
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             should
             think
             them
             fit
             to
             be
             considered
             of
             ,
             we
             cannot
             conceive
             ;
             for
             although
             the
             name
             of
             the
             person
             was
             unknown
             ,
             yet
             that
             which
             was
             more
             substantiall
             to
             the
             probabilitie
             of
             the
             Report
             was
             known
             (
             that
             is
             )
             
             That
             he
             was
             servant
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Digby
               ,
            
             who
             in
             his
             presumptuous
             Letter
             to
             the
             Queenes
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             other
             Letters
             to
             Sir
             
               Lewis
               Dives
               ,
            
             had
             intimated
             some
             wicked
             Proposition
             sutable
             to
             that
             Information
             ,
             but
             that
             this
             should
             require
             reparation
             ,
             wee
             hold
             it
             as
             farre
             from
             Justice
             as
             it
             is
             from
             truth
             ,
             that
             wee
             have
             mixt
             any
             malice
             with
             these
             rumours
             ,
             thereby
             to
             feed
             the
             feares
             and
             jealousies
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             affirmed
             his
             Majestie
             is
             driven
             (
             but
             not
             by
             us
             yet
             )
             from
             us
             ,
             perchance
             hereafter
             if
             there
             be
             opportunity
             of
             gaining
             more
             credit
             ,
             there
             will
             not
             be
             wanting
             who
             will
             suggest
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             done
             by
             us
             .
             And
             if
             his
             Majestie
             were
             driven
             from
             us
             ,
             wee
             hope
             it
             was
             not
             by
             his
             owne
             feares
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             feares
             of
             the
             Lord
             
               Digbie
               ,
            
             and
             his
             retinue
             of
             Cavaliers
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             feares
             of
             any
             Tumultuary
             violence
             ,
             but
             of
             their
             just
             punishment
             for
             their
             manifold
             insolence
             and
             intended
             violence
             against
             the
             Parliament
             .
             And
             this
             is
             expressed
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               Digby
            
             himselfe
             ,
             when
             he
             told
             those
             Cavaliers
             ,
             that
             the
             principall
             cause
             of
             his
             Majesties
             going
             out
             of
             Towne
             was
             to
             save
             them
             from
             being
             trampled
             in
             the
             durt
             ;
             but
             of
             his
             Majesties
             person
             there
             was
             no
             cause
             of
             feare
             in
             the
             greatest
             heate
             of
             the
             peoples
             indignation
             after
             the
             accusation
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesties
             violent
             comming
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             shew
             of
             any
             evill
             intention
             against
             his
             Regall
             Person
             ,
             of
             which
             there
             can
             be
             no
             better
             evidence
             then
             this
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             the
             next
             day
             without
             a
             Guard
             into
             the
             Citie
             ,
             where
             he
             heard
             nothing
             but
             Prayers
             and
             Petitions
             ,
             no
             threatnings
             or
             irreverent
             speeches
             ,
             that
             might
             give
             him
             any
             just
             occasion
             of
             feare
             ,
             that
             wee
             have
             heard
             of
             ,
             or
             that
             his
             Majestie
             exprest
             ;
             for
             he
             stayed
             neere
             a
             weeke
             after
             at
             
               White
               Hall
               ,
            
             in
             a
             secure
             and
             peaceable
             condition
             ,
             whereby
             wee
             are
             induced
             to
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             difficultie
             nor
             doubt
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             his
             Majesties
             residence
             neere
             
               London
            
             may
             be
             as
             safe
             as
             in
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             :
             We
             are
             most
             assured
             of
             the
             faithfulnesse
             of
             the
             Citie
             and
             Suburbes
             ;
             And
             for
             our selves
             wee
             shall
             quicken
             the
             vigour
             of
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             the
             industry
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             the
             authoritie
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             the
             suppressing
             of
             all
             tumultuary
             insolencies
             whatsoever
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             vindicating
             of
             his
             Honour
             from
             all
             insupportable
             and
             insolent
             scandalls
             ,
             if
             any
             such
             shall
             be
             found
             to
             be
             raysed
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             are
             mentioned
             in
             this
             Answer
             ,
             and
             therefore
             wee
             
             thinke
             it
             altogether
             unnecessary
             and
             exceeding
             inconvenient
             to
             adjourne
             the
             Parliament
             to
             any
             other
             place
             .
          
           
             Where
             the
             desire
             of
             a
             good
             understanding
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             is
             on
             both
             parts
             so
             earnest
             as
             is
             here
             profest
             of
             his
             Majestie
             to
             be
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             wee
             have
             sufficiently
             testified
             to
             be
             in
             our selves
             ,
             it
             seemes
             strange
             wee
             should
             be
             so
             long
             asunder
             ,
             it
             can
             be
             nothing
             else
             but
             evill
             and
             malicious
             Councell
             ,
             misrepresenting
             our
             carriage
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             in
             disposing
             his
             favour
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             shall
             be
             farre
             from
             us
             to
             take
             any
             advantage
             of
             his
             Majesties
             supposed
             straits
             ,
             as
             to
             desire
             much
             lesse
             to
             compell
             him
             to
             that
             which
             his
             Honour
             or
             interest
             may
             render
             unpleasant
             and
             grievous
             to
             him
             ,
             so
             wee
             hope
             that
             his
             Majestie
             will
             not
             make
             his
             owne
             understanding
             or
             reason
             the
             rule
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             but
             will
             suffer
             himselfe
             to
             be
             assisted
             with
             a
             wise
             and
             prudent
             Councell
             ,
             that
             may
             deale
             faithfully
             betwixt
             him
             and
             his
             people
             ;
             And
             that
             he
             will
             remember
             that
             his
             resolutions
             doe
             concerne
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             moulded
             by
             his
             owne
             ,
             much
             lesse
             by
             any
             other
             private
             person
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             alike
             proportionable
             to
             so
             great
             a
             trust
             ,
             and
             therefore
             we
             still
             desire
             and
             hope
             that
             his
             Majesty
             will
             not
             be
             guided
             by
             his
             owne
             understanding
             ,
             or
             to
             thinke
             those
             Courses
             straights
             and
             necessities
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             shall
             be
             advised
             by
             the
             Wisdome
             of
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             which
             are
             the
             Eyes
             in
             this
             Politique
             Body
             ,
             whereby
             his
             Majestie
             is
             by
             the
             Constitution
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             to
             discerne
             the
             differences
             of
             those
             things
             which
             concerne
             the
             publike
             peace
             and
             safetie
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Wee
             have
             given
             his
             Majestie
             no
             cause
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             wee
             doe
             meanly
             value
             the
             discharge
             of
             His
             publique
             dutie
             ,
             whatsoever
             Acts
             of
             Grace
             or
             Justice
             have
             been
             done
             ,
             they
             proceeded
             from
             his
             Majestie
             by
             the
             advice
             and
             Councell
             of
             his
             Parliament
             ;
             yet
             wee
             have
             and
             shall
             alwayes
             answer
             them
             with
             constant
             gratitude
             ,
             obedience
             ,
             and
             affection
             ;
             and
             although
             many
             things
             have
             been
             done
             since
             this
             Parliament
             of
             another
             nature
             ,
             yet
             wee
             shall
             not
             cease
             to
             desire
             the
             continued
             protection
             of
             Allmightie
             God
             upon
             His
             Majestie
             .
             And
             most
             humbly
             Petition
             him
             to
             cast
             from
             him
             all
             those
             evill
             and
             contrary
             Councells
             which
             have
             in
             many
             particulars
             formerly
             mentioned
             ,
             much
             detracted
             from
             the
             Honour
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             the
             happinesse
             
             of
             his
             owne
             Estate
             ,
             and
             prosperitie
             of
             his
             people
             .
          
           
             And
             having
             past
             so
             many
             dangers
             from
             abroad
             ,
             so
             many
             Conspiracies
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             brought
             on
             the
             publique
             worke
             so
             farre
             ,
             through
             the
             greatest
             difficulties
             that
             ever
             stood
             in
             opposition
             to
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             degree
             of
             successe
             ,
             that
             nothing
             seemes
             to
             be
             left
             in
             our
             way
             able
             to
             hinder
             the
             full
             accomplishment
             of
             our
             desires
             and
             endeavours
             for
             the
             publique
             good
             ;
             unlesse
             God
             in
             his
             justice
             ,
             doe
             send
             such
             a
             grievous
             Curse
             upon
             us
             ,
             as
             to
             turne
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             against
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             to
             effect
             that
             by
             their
             owne
             folly
             and
             credulitie
             ,
             which
             the
             Power
             and
             Subtiltie
             of
             their
             and
             our
             enemies
             could
             not
             attaine
             ,
             That
             is
             ,
             to
             divide
             the
             people
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             them
             serviceable
             to
             the
             ends
             and
             aimes
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             would
             destroy
             them
             .
             Therefore
             wee
             desire
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             this
             last
             most
             desperate
             and
             mischievous
             Plott
             of
             the
             malignant
             partie
             ,
             that
             is
             acted
             and
             prosecuted
             in
             many
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             under
             plausible
             Notions
             ,
             of
             stirring
             them
             up
             to
             a
             care
             of
             preserving
             the
             Kings
             Prerogative
             ,
             maintaining
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             upholding
             and
             continuing
             the
             reverence
             and
             solemnitie
             of
             Gods
             Service
             ,
             incouraging
             of
             Learning
             .
             And
             upon
             these
             grounds
             ,
             divers
             mutinous
             Petitions
             have
             been
             framed
             in
             
               London
               ,
               Kent
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Counties
             ,
             and
             sundry
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             have
             been
             sollicited
             to
             declare
             themselves
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             against
             the
             Parliament
             :
             and
             many
             false
             and
             foule
             aspersions
             have
             been
             cast
             upon
             our
             proceedings
             ,
             as
             if
             wee
             had
             been
             not
             onely
             negligent
             ,
             but
             averse
             in
             these
             points
             :
             whereas
             wee
             desire
             nothing
             more
             ,
             then
             to
             maintaine
             the
             puritie
             and
             power
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             Honour
             the
             King
             in
             all
             His
             just
             Prerogatives
             :
             and
             for
             encouragement
             and
             advancement
             of
             pietie
             and
             learning
             ,
             wee
             have
             very
             earnestly
             endeavoured
             ,
             and
             still
             doe
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             our
             Power
             ,
             that
             all
             Parishes
             may
             have
             learned
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             sufficient
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             Preachers
             competent
             Livings
             .
          
           
             Many
             other
             Bills
             and
             Propositions
             are
             in
             preparation
             for
             the
             Kings
             Profit
             and
             Honour
             ,
             the
             peoples
             safetie
             and
             prosperitie
             ,
             In
             the
             proceedings
             whereof
             ,
             wee
             are
             much
             hindred
             by
             His
             Majesties
             absence
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             is
             altogether
             contrary
             to
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             and
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             
             Parliament
             ,
             whereby
             ou●
             time
             is
             consumed
             by
             a
             multitude
             of
             unnecessary
             Messages
             ,
             and
             our
             innocency
             wounded
             by
             causelesse
             and
             sharpe
             invectives
             .
             Yet
             wee
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             wee
             shall
             overcome
             all
             this
             at
             last
             ,
             if
             the
             people
             suffer
             not
             themselves
             to
             be
             deluded
             with
             false
             and
             specious
             shewes
             ,
             and
             so
             drawne
             to
             betray
             us
             to
             their
             owne
             undoing
             ,
             who
             have
             ever
             been
             willing
             to
             hazard
             the
             undoing
             of
             our selves
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             be
             betraid
             by
             our
             neglect
             of
             the
             trust
             reposed
             in
             us
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             ,
             they
             should
             prevaile
             herein
             ,
             yet
             wee
             would
             not
             fai●e
             through
             Gods
             grace
             still
             to
             persist
             in
             our
             duties
             ,
             and
             to
             looke
             beyond
             our
             owne
             lives
             ,
             estates
             ,
             and
             advantages
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             thinke
             nothing
             worth
             the
             enjoying
             without
             the
             libertie
             ,
             peace
             ,
             and
             safetie
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             :
             not
             any
             thing
             too
             good
             to
             be
             hazarded
             in
             discharge
             of
             our
             Consciences
             ,
             for
             the
             obtaining
             of
             it
             ;
             And
             shall
             alwayes
             repose
             our selves
             upon
             the
             Protection
             of
             Almightie
             God
             ;
             which
             wee
             are
             confident
             shall
             never
             be
             wanting
             to
             us
             (
             while
             wee
             seeke
             his
             glory
             )
             as
             wee
             have
             ▪
             found
             it
             hitherto
             ,
             wonderfully
             going
             along
             with
             us
             in
             all
             our
             proceedings
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           IT
           is
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           that
           you
           forthwith
           Print
           in
           very
           good
           Paper
           ,
           and
           send
           unto
           me
           ,
           for
           his
           Majesties
           Service
           ,
           fortie
           Copies
           of
           the
           Proclamation
           inclosed
           ,
           leaving
           a
           convenient
           space
           for
           his
           Majestie
           to
           signe
           above
           ,
           and
           to
           affix
           the
           Privie
           Signet
           underneath
           :
           And
           his
           Majesties
           expresse
           Command
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           Print
           not
           above
           the
           said
           number
           of
           fortie
           Copies
           ,
           and
           forbeare
           to
           make
           any
           further
           publication
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           his
           pleasure
           be
           further
           signified
           ,
           for
           which
           this
           shall
           be
           your
           Warrant
           .
        
         
           
             Whitehall
             
               2.
               
               Ianuary
               ,
               1641.
               
            
          
           
             Edw.
             Nicholas
             .
             For
             His
             Majesties
             Printer
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Colonell
           Goring
           ,
           taken
           
             June
             19.
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           HE
           saith
           ,
           
           That
           in
           
             Lent
          
           last
           (
           as
           he
           remembers
           )
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           it
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           came
           to
           him
           on
           
             Sonday
          
           morning
           as
           he
           was
           in
           his
           bed
           :
           And
           this
           Examinate
           conceiving
           he
           had
           come
           to
           him
           about
           some
           businesse
           of
           money
           that
           was
           between
           them
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           falling
           upon
           that
           discourse
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           told
           him
           he
           was
           then
           come
           about
           another
           businesse
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           acquaint
           him
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           purpose
           of
           bringing
           the
           Army
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           And
           that
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             New-castle
          
           was
           to
           be
           Generall
           ,
           and
           he
           this
           Examinate
           ,
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           accept
           of
           it
           .
           And
           further
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           hear
           more
           of
           this
           businesse
           at
           Court
           :
           to
           which
           this
           Examinate
           answered
           only
           this
           ,
           Well
           ,
           then
           I
           will
           go
           to
           the
           Court
           ;
           which
           was
           all
           that
           passed
           between
           them
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           best
           of
           this
           Examinates
           remembrance
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             second
             ,
          
           He
           cannot
           depose
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             third
             ,
          
           He
           saith
           ,
           That
           as
           he
           was
           coming
           in
           his
           Coach
           in
           the
           street
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           
             Covent-Garden
          
           into
           St
           
             Martins
             Lane
             ,
          
           he
           met
           there
           Mr
           
             Henry
             Jermyn
             ,
          
           who
           was
           likewise
           in
           a
           Coach
           ;
           and
           seeing
           this
           Examinate
           ,
           sent
           his
           Foot-man
           to
           him
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           follow
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           speak
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           this
           Examinate
           did
           :
           And
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           going
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           alighted
           ,
           and
           went
           into
           a
           house
           (
           to
           which
           house
           ,
           as
           this
           examinate
           was
           but
           yesterday
           in
           formed
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           did
           then
           usually
           resort
           )
           and
           thither
           this
           Examinate
           followed
           him
           ;
           and
           coming
           after
           him
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Seayr●s
           ,
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           He
           had
           somewhat
           to
           say
           to
           him
           concerning
           the
           Army
           ,
           but
           that
           this
           was
           no
           fit
           place
           to
           speak
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           desired
           him
           to
           meet
           him
           that
           evening
           at
           the
           Court
           ,
           on
           the
           Queens
           side
           ;
           which
           this
           Examinate
           accordingly
           did
           ;
           and
           meeting
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           in
           the
           Queens
           drawing
           Chamber
           ,
           he
           was
           there
           told
           by
           him
           ,
           That
           the
           Queen
           would
           speak
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           brought
           him
           into
           the
           Queens
           Bed-chamber
           :
           But
           before
           this
           Examinate
           could
           enter
           into
           any
           discourse
           with
           the
           Queen
           ,
           the
           King
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           then
           this
           Examinate
           did
           withdraw
           ,
           and
           went
           
           away
           for
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           returned
           again
           the
           same
           night
           ,
           and
           met
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           again
           on
           the
           Queens
           side
           ,
           who
           told
           him
           that
           he
           must
           necessarily
           meet
           with
           some
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           hear
           some
           Propositions
           concerning
           the
           Army
           .
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           being
           
             Monday
             ,
          
           this
           Examinate
           came
           again
           to
           the
           Court
           in
           the
           after-noon
           ,
           and
           went
           into
           the
           Queens
           drawing-Chamber
           ,
           ●here
           Her
           Majesty
           then
           was
           ,
           who
           was
           pleased
           to
           tell
           him
           that
           the
           King
           would
           speak
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           bade
           him
           repair
           to
           the
           room
           within
           the
           Gallery
           ,
           into
           which
           Room
           the
           King
           soon
           after
           came
           ;
           and
           His
           Majesty
           asked
           him
           if
           he
           was
           engaged
           in
           any
           Cabale
           concerning
           the
           Army
           :
           to
           which
           he
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           not
           :
           whereupon
           His
           Majesty
           replyed
           ,
           I
           command
           you
           then
           to
           joyn
           your self
           with
           
             Peircy
             ,
          
           and
           some
           others
           whom
           you
           will
           finde
           with
           him
           .
           And
           His
           Majesty
           likewise
           said
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           desire
           to
           put
           my
           Army
           into
           a
           good
           posture
           ,
           and
           am
           advised
           unto
           it
           by
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Bristoll
             :
          
           which
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           what
           passed
           between
           the
           King
           and
           this
           Examinate
           at
           that
           time
           .
           This
           Examinate
           meeting
           afterwards
           with
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           told
           him
           that
           they
           were
           to
           meet
           that
           evening
           at
           nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           with
           Mr
           
             Peircy
             ,
          
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           at
           Mr
           
             Peircyes
          
           Chamber
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           and
           he
           went
           thither
           together
           ,
           and
           there
           found
           Mr
           
             Peircy
          
           himself
           ,
           Mr
           
             Wilmot
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Ashburnham
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Pollard
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Oneal
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             John
             Bartley
             ;
          
           Mr
           
             Peircy
          
           then
           in
           the
           first
           place
           tendered
           an
           Oath
           to
           this
           Examinate
           and
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
             ,
          
           the
           rest
           saying
           they
           had
           taken
           that
           Oath
           already
           :
           this
           Oath
           was
           prepared
           in
           writing
           ,
           and
           was
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             neither
             directly
             nor
             indirectly
             disclose
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             which
             should
             be
             then
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             nor
             think
             themselves
             absolved
             from
             the
             secrecy
             enjoyned
             by
             this
             Oath
             ,
             by
             any
             other
             Oath
             which
             should
             be
             afterwards
             taken
             by
             them
             :
          
           They
           having
           taken
           the
           Oath
           ,
           Mr
           
             Peircy
          
           declared
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           were
           resolved
           not
           to
           admit
           of
           any body
           else
           into
           their
           Councells
           :
           And
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
          
           and
           this
           Examinate
           moved
           that
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           might
           be
           received
           amongst
           them
           ;
           which
           being
           opposed
           by
           the
           rest
           ,
           after
           some
           debate
           ,
           it
           was
           laid
           aside
           :
           And
           some
           speech
           there
           was
           of
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
          
           his
           being
           employed
           in
           the
           Army
           ;
           but
           how
           it
           was
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           this
           Examinate
           doth
           not
           remember
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           Mr
           
             Piercy
          
           made
           his
           Propositions
           ,
           which
           he
           read
           out
           of
           a
           paper
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           the
           Army
           should
           presently
           be
           put
           into
           a
           posture
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           should
           send
           up
           a
           Declaration
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           these
           particulars
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           
           nothing
           should
           be
           done
           in
           Parliament
           contrary
           to
           any
           former
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           was
           explayned
           ,
           That
           Bishops
           should
           be
           maintained
           in
           their
           Votes
           and
           Functions
           ,
           And
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           be
           established
           .
           From
           these
           Propositions
           none
           of
           Mr
           
             Percyes
          
           Company
           did
           declare
           themselves
           to
           dissent
           .
           Then
           came
           into
           consideration
           ,
           if
           the
           Army
           should
           not
           immediately
           be
           brought
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           as
           this
           Examinate
           remembers
           ,
           was
           first
           propounded
           by
           Mr
           
             Jermyn
             ,
          
           and
           also
           the
           making
           sure
           of
           the
           Tower
           .
           These
           things
           this
           Examinate
           did
           urge
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           vanity
           and
           danger
           of
           the
           other
           Propositions
           ,
           without
           undertaking
           this
           .
           In
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           this
           Examinate
           did
           protest
           against
           his
           having
           any
           thing
           to
           do
           in
           either
           designe
           ;
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           which
           ,
           he
           appeals
           to
           the
           consciences
           of
           them
           that
           were
           present
           ,
           and
           so
           parted
           with
           them
           .
           About
           this
           businesse
           this
           Examinate
           saith
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           two
           meetings
           ,
           and
           cannot
           distinguish
           what
           passed
           at
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           what
           at
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           the
           result
           of
           all
           was
           as
           he
           formerly
           declared
           :
           further
           then
           which
           ,
           he
           cannot
           depose
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             fourth
             Int.
          
           He
           can
           say
           no
           more
           then
           he
           hath
           already
           said
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             fifth
             Int.
          
           He
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           very
           day
           that
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
          
           first
           moved
           this
           unto
           him
           ,
           he
           gave
           some
           touch
           of
           it
           to
           my
           Lord
           
             Dungarvan
             :
          
           and
           the
           day
           after
           his
           second
           meeting
           at
           Mr
           
             Peircyes
          
           Chamber
           ,
           he
           discovered
           it
           to
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Newport
             ,
          
           and
           defined
           him
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           some
           other
           Lords
           ,
           such
           as
           might
           be
           likeliest
           to
           prevent
           all
           mischief
           :
           And
           accordingly
           the
           next
           day
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Newport
          
           brought
           him
           to
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Bedford
             ,
          
           my
           Lord
           
             Say
             ,
          
           and
           my
           Lord
           
             Mandevill
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           imparted
           the
           main
           of
           the
           businesse
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           particulars
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           Oath
           ;
           and
           desired
           them
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           as
           they
           should
           see
           cause
           ,
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           produce
           him
           ,
           nor
           name
           any
           person
           ,
           except
           there
           were
           a
           necessity
           for
           it
           .
           He
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           at
           the
           same
           time
           make
           a
           Protestation
           unto
           those
           Lords
           ,
           of
           his
           fidelity
           unto
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           readinesse
           to
           run
           all
           hazards
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
             George
             Goring
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Master
           PERCIES
           LETTER
           written
           to
           the
           Earle
           of
           NORTHUMBERLAND
           ,
           
             Iune
             14th
             .
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           WHat
           with
           my
           own
           innocency
           and
           the
           violence
           I
           heare
           is
           against
           me
           ,
           I
           finde
           my selfe
           much
           distracted
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           ask
           your
           councell
           ,
           because
           it
           may
           bring
           prejudice
           upon
           you
           ;
           but
           I
           will
           with
           all
           faithfulnesse
           and
           truth
           tell
           you
           what
           my
           part
           hath
           been
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           I
           may
           be
           cleered
           by
           you
           whatsoever
           becomes
           of
           me
           .
        
         
           When
           there
           was
           50000
           pound
           designed
           by
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           English
           Army
           ,
           there
           was
           as
           I
           take
           it
           a
           sudden
           demand
           made
           by
           the
           Scots
           at
           the
           same
           time
           of
           25000
           pound
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           was
           but
           15000
           pound
           ready
           ,
           this
           they
           pressed
           with
           so
           much
           necessity
           as
           the
           Parliament
           after
           an
           Order
           made
           ,
           did
           think
           it
           fit
           for
           them
           to
           deduct
           10000
           pound
           out
           of
           the
           fifty
           formerly
           granted
           ,
           upon
           which
           ,
           the
           souldiers
           in
           our
           house
           were
           more
           scandalized
           ,
           amongst
           which
           I
           was
           one
           ,
           and
           sitting
           by
           Wilmott
           and
           Ashburnham
           ,
           Wilmott
           stood
           up
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           if
           such
           papers
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Scots
           would
           procure
           monies
           ,
           he
           doubted
           not
           but
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           English
           Army
           might
           easily
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           order
           was
           reversed
           notwithstanding
           ,
           and
           the
           10000
           pound
           give
           to
           the
           Scots
           ;
           this
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           many
           discourses
           of
           dislike
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           disobliged
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           not
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           this
           being
           said
           often
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           we
           did
           resolve
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Wilmott
           ,
           Ashburnham
           ,
           Pollard
           ,
           Oneale
           ,
           and
           my selfe
           to
           make
           some
           expression
           of
           serving
           the
           King
           in
           all
           things
           he
           would
           command
           us
           ,
           that
           were
           honourable
           for
           him
           and
           us
           ,
           being
           likewise
           agreeable
           to
           the
           fundamentall
           lawes
           of
           the
           kingdome
           ,
           that
           so
           farre
           we
           should
           live
           and
           dye
           with
           him
           .
           This
           was
           agreed
           upon
           by
           us
           ,
           not
           having
           any
           communication
           with
           others
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           coupled
           now
           withall
           ;
           and
           further
           ,
           by
           their
           joynt
           consent
           I
           was
           to
           tell
           his
           Majesty
           thus
           much
           from
           them
           ;
           but
           withall
           I
           was
           to
           order
           the
           matter
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           King
           might
           apprehend
           this
           as
           a
           great
           service
           done
           unto
           him
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           when
           his
           affaires
           were
           in
           so
           ill
           a
           condition
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           most
           confident
           that
           they
           could
           ingage
           the
           whole
           Army
           thus
           farre
           ,
           but
           farther
           they
           would
           undertake
           nothing
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           neither
           infringe
           the
           liberties
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           or
           destroy
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           and
           every
           one
           consented
           ;
           and
           having
           their
           sence
           ,
           I
           
           drew
           the
           Heads
           up
           in
           a
           paper
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           all
           approved
           when
           I
           read
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           did
           by
           an
           oath
           promise
           to
           one
           another
           to
           be
           constant
           and
           secret
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           did
           all
           of
           us
           take
           that
           oath
           together
           .
           Well
           Sirs
           ,
           I
           must
           now
           be
           informed
           what
           your
           particular
           desires
           are
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           may
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           serve
           you
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           pleased
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           I
           did
           very
           faithfully
           serve
           them
           therein
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           I
           could
           :
           this
           is
           the
           truth
           and
           all
           the
           truth
           upon
           my
           soule
           .
           In
           particular
           discourses
           after
           that
           ,
           we
           did
           fall
           upon
           the
           petitioning
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           for
           money
           ,
           there
           being
           so
           great
           arreares
           due
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           delayes
           made
           in
           the
           procuring
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           was
           never
           done
           .
        
         
           The
           preserving
           of
           Bishops
           functions
           and
           votes
           .
        
         
           The
           not
           disbanding
           of
           the
           Irish
           Army
           ,
           untill
           the
           Scots
           were
           disbanded
           too
           .
        
         
           The
           endeavouring
           to
           settle
           his
           revenew
           to
           that
           proportion
           it
           was
           formerly
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           resolved
           by
           us
           all
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           should
           require
           our
           assistance
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           that
           as
           farre
           as
           we
           could
           ,
           we
           might
           contribute
           thereunto
           without
           breaking
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           kingdome
           ,
           and
           in
           case
           the
           King
           should
           deny
           these
           things
           being
           put
           to
           them
           ,
           we
           would
           not
           fire
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           All
           these
           persons
           did
           act
           and
           concurre
           in
           this
           as
           well
           as
           I.
           This
           being
           all
           imparted
           to
           the
           King
           by
           me
           from
           them
           ,
           I
           perceived
           he
           had
           been
           treated
           with
           by
           others
           concerning
           something
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           agree
           with
           what
           we
           proposed
           ,
           but
           enclined
           a
           way
           more
           high
           and
           sharpe
           not
           having
           limits
           either
           of
           Honour
           or
           Law
           ,
           I
           told
           the
           King
           he
           might
           be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           which
           way
           it
           was
           fit
           for
           him
           to
           hearken
           unto
           .
           For
           us
           ,
           we
           were
           resolved
           not
           to
           depart
           from
           our
           grounds
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           imployed
           others
           we
           should
           not
           be
           displeased
           whosoever
           they
           were
           :
           but
           the
           particulars
           of
           their
           designe
           ,
           or
           the
           persons
           ,
           we
           desired
           not
           to
           know
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           guesse
           at
           them
           ;
           in
           the
           end
           I
           believe
           the
           dangers
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           justice
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           made
           the
           King
           tell
           me
           he
           would
           leave
           all
           thoughts
           of
           other
           propositions
           but
           ours
           ,
           as
           things
           not
           practicable
           ,
           but
           desired
           notwithstanding
           that
           Goring
           and
           ●ermine
           ,
           who
           were
           acquainted
           with
           the
           other
           proceedings
           ,
           should
           be
           admitted
           amongst
           us
           ▪
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           I
           thought
           the
           other
           Gentlemen
           would
           never
           consent
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           I
           would
           propose
           it
           ;
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           we
           were
           all
           much
           against
           it
           ;
           but
           the
           King
           did
           presse
           it
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           it
           was
           consented
           unto
           ,
           and
           Goring
           and
           jermine
           came
           to
           my
           chamber
           ,
           there
           I
           was
           appointed
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           sworne
           to
           secrecy
           ,
           what
           we
           had
           proposed
           which
           I
           did
           :
           but
           before
           I
           go
           on
           to
           the
           debate
           of
           the
           wayes
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           Mr.
           
           Jermine
           and
           Goring
           were
           very
           earnest
           Suckling
           should
           be
           admitted
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           all
           decline
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           desired
           by
           all
           our
           men
           to
           be
           resolute
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           was
           ,
           and
           gave
           many
           reasons
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           remember
           M.
           Goring
           made
           answer
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           ingaged
           with
           Suckling
           ▪
           he
           could
           not
           go
           or
           do
           any
           
           thing
           without
           him
           .
           Yet
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           would
           not
           oppose
           Suckling
           his
           being
           imployed
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           that
           for
           his
           meeting
           with
           us
           they
           were
           contented
           to
           passe
           it
           by
           .
           Then
           we
           took
           up
           againe
           ,
           the
           wayes
           were
           proposed
           ,
           which
           took
           a
           great
           debate
           ,
           and
           theirs
           (
           〈…〉
           will
           say
           )
           differed
           from
           ours
           in
           violence
           ,
           and
           height
           ,
           which
           we
           all
           protested
           against
           and
           parted
           ,
           disagreeing
           totally
           ;
           yet
           remitting
           it
           to
           be
           spoken
           of
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           Jermine
           ,
           to
           the
           King
           which
           we
           both
           did
           .
           And
           the
           King
           constant
           to
           his
           former
           resolution
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           wayes
           were
           vaine
           and
           foolish
           ,
           and
           would
           think
           of
           them
           no
           more
           .
           I
           omitted
           one
           thing
           of
           M.
           Goring
           ,
           he
           desired
           to
           know
           ,
           how
           the
           chiefe
           Commanders
           were
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           had
           not
           a
           condition
           worthy
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           go
           along
           with
           us
           ,
           we
           made
           answer
           that
           no body
           had
           thought
           of
           that
           ,
           we
           intending
           if
           we
           were
           sent
           downe
           ,
           to
           go
           all
           in
           the
           same
           capacity
           we
           were
           in
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           like
           that
           by
           no
           means
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           did
           work
           so
           by
           M.
           Chidley
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Letter
           sent
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Commanders
           to
           make
           him
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           :
           and
           when
           he
           had
           ordered
           this
           matter
           at
           London
           ,
           and
           M.
           Chidley
           had
           his
           instructions
           ,
           then
           did
           he
           go
           to
           Portsmouth
           pretending
           to
           be
           absent
           when
           this
           was
           a
           working
           :
           we
           all
           desired
           my
           Lord
           of
           Essex
           or
           my
           Lord
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           they
           (
           if
           there
           were
           a
           Generall
           )
           Newcastle
           ,
           They
           were
           pleased
           to
           give
           out
           a
           report
           I
           should
           be
           Generall
           of
           the
           Horse
           ;
           but
           I
           protest
           ,
           neither
           to
           the
           King
           or
           any
           else
           did
           I
           ever
           so
           much
           as
           think
           of
           it
           :
           my
           Lord
           of
           Holland
           was
           made
           Generall
           and
           so
           all
           things
           were
           laid
           aside
           :
           and
           this
           is
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           truth
           I
           know
           of
           all
           these
           proceedings
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           do
           and
           will
           protest
           upon
           my
           faith
           ;
           and
           Wilmote
           ,
           Ashburnham
           ,
           and
           Oneale
           ,
           have
           at
           severall
           times
           confessed
           and
           sworne
           ,
           I
           never
           said
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           every
           one
           agree
           unto
           ,
           and
           would
           justifie
           .
           This
           relation
           I
           send
           you
           ,
           rather
           to
           informe
           you
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           know
           the
           better
           how
           to
           do
           me
           good
           :
           But
           I
           should
           thinke
           my selfe
           very
           unhappy
           to
           be
           made
           a
           betrayer
           of
           any body
           ;
           what
           concerned
           the
           Tower
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           I
           never
           medled
           withall
           ,
           nor
           never
           spoke
           with
           Goring
           ,
           but
           that
           night
           before
           them
           all
           ;
           and
           I
           said
           nothing
           but
           what
           was
           consented
           unto
           by
           all
           my
           party
           .
           I
           never
           spoke
           one
           word
           to
           Suckling
           ,
           Carnarvan
           ,
           Davenant
           ,
           or
           other
           creature
           :
           me
           thinkes
           if
           my
           friends
           and
           kindred
           knew
           the
           truth
           and
           justice
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           it
           were
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           serve
           mee
           in
           some
           measure
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           
             Die
             Martis
             10.
             
             Maii
             ,
             1640.
             
          
           The
           Examination
           of
           Captain
           James
           Chudleigh
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           first
           Interogatory
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           second
           ;
        
         
           THis
           Deponent
           saith
           ,
           That
           about
           March
           and
           April
           last
           he
           was
           at
           Burrowbrig
           ,
           where
           divers
           Officers
           and
           Commanders
           of
           the
           Army
           met
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           used
           some
           speeches
           concerning
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           no
           pr
           〈…〉
           lity
           that
           the
           Army
           would
           be
           suddenly
           paid
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           promised
           so
           much
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Scots
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Army
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           King
           did
           commiserate
           their
           case
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           would
           be
           faithfull
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           pawn
           his
           Iewels
           rather
           then
           they
           should
           be
           unpaid
           ;
           and
           saith
           further
           ,
           That
           he
           knows
           of
           such
           a
           Letter
           sent
           by
           the
           Army
           to
           my
           Lord
           of
           Northumberland
           ,
           to
           be
           shewed
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           told
           them
           at
           that
           meeting
           ,
           that
           the
           Parl
           ▪
           was
           much
           displeased
           with
           that
           Letter
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           who
           had
           subscribed
           it
           should
           be
           sent
           for
           up
           particularly
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           my
           Lord
           of
           Newport
           had
           expressed
           much
           dislike
           of
           that
           Letter
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           who
           had
           sent
           it
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           forfeited
           their
           necks
           :
           which
           he
           had
           from
           Sir
           Iohn
           Suckling
           ,
           Master
           Davenant
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           he
           conceives
           )
           from
           Sergeant
           Major
           Willis
           :
           And
           this
           he
           declared
           to
           those
           Officers
           ,
           as
           giving
           them
           an
           account
           of
           his
           journey
           ,
           and
           the
           service
           in
           which
           they
           had
           imployed
           him
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           third
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           He
           saith
           he
           hath
           answered
           before
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           fourth
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           That
           Sergeant
           Major
           Willis
           told
           him
           upon
           the
           way
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           in
           their
           journey
           down
           into
           the
           North
           ,
           that
           Colonell
           Goring
           was
           a
           brave
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           command
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           King
           had
           a
           good
           inclination
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           Lieutenant
           Generall
           ;
           and
           saith
           further
           ,
           that
           before
           he
           came
           out
           of
           London
           ,
           Sir
           Iohn
           Suckling
           had
           likewise
           highly
           commended
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           he
           was
           fitter
           to
           command
           in
           chief
           ,
           then
           any
           man
           he
           knew
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Army
           was
           not
           now
           considerable
           ,
           being
           without
           a
           head
           ,
           and
           indeed
           was
           but
           a
           party
           (
           Colonell
           Goring
           being
           away
           )
           who
           commanded
           a
           Brigado
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           did
           undiscreetly
           to
           shew
           their
           teeth
           except
           they
           could
           bite
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Sir
           Iohn
           Suckling
           wished
           him
           to
           declare
           unto
           the
           Army
           ,
           saying
           ,
           He
           could
           not
           do
           a
           better
           service
           to
           the
           Officers
           who
           had
           imployed
           him
           ,
           then
           to
           let
           them
           know
           it
           ,
           wherupon
           he
           did
           acquaint
           them
           with
           it
           accordingly
           .
        
         
         
           To
           the
           fifth
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           That
           Sir
           Iohn
           Suckling
           brought
           him
           into
           some-room
           of
           the
           Queens
           side
           at
           White
           Hall
           ,
           where
           Master
           Iermyn
           and
           he
           had
           private
           conference
           together
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           looked
           towards
           this
           Deponent
           :
           Sir
           Iohn
           Suckling
           afterwards
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           would
           be
           well
           pleased
           if
           the
           Army
           would
           receive
           Colonell
           Goring
           to
           be
           their
           Lieutenant
           Generall
           ,
           and
           said
           that
           Master
           Henry
           lermyn
           said
           so
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           sixth
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           That
           Master
           Davenant
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           things
           were
           not
           here
           as
           they
           were
           apprehended
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Parliament
           was
           so
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           Scots
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           was
           no
           likelyhood
           the
           Army
           should
           have
           satisfaction
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           expected
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           seventh
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           That
           when
           he
           brought
           the
           Letter
           from
           the
           Army
           ,
           he
           met
           vvith
           Master
           Davenant
           ,
           vvho
           told
           him
           it
           vvas
           a
           matter
           of
           greater
           consequence
           then
           he
           imagined
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           brought
           him
           to
           Master
           Henry
           Iermyn
           ,
           and
           Master
           Iermyn
           told
           him
           he
           heard
           he
           brought
           such
           a
           Letter
           ,
           and
           asked
           to
           see
           a
           copy
           of
           it
           ,
           vvhich
           this
           Deponent
           did
           shevv
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           Master
           Iermyn
           asked
           if
           he
           might
           not
           shevv
           it
           to
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           offered
           to
           bring
           this
           Deponent
           to
           her
           ,
           vvhich
           he
           excused
           himself
           of
           ,
           lest
           he
           should
           have
           anticipated
           my
           Lord
           Generall
           from
           shevving
           the
           Letter
           first
           himself
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           eighth
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           That
           after
           he
           had
           brought
           up
           that
           Letter
           ,
           he
           staid
           some
           8
           or
           9
           dayes
           in
           London
           ,
           before
           he
           returned
           dovvn
           to
           the
           Army
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           ninth
           Interogatory
           :
        
         
           That
           Sergeant
           Major
           VVillis
           told
           him
           most
           of
           the
           noble
           Gentlemen
           in
           England
           would
           shevv
           themselves
           for
           the
           Army
           :
           And
           that
           the
           French
           that
           vvere
           about
           London
           vvould
           receive
           Commanders
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           joyn
           vvith
           them
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           that
           there
           vvould
           a
           thousand
           horse
           likevvise
           be
           raised
           to
           come
           to
           their
           assistance
           ,
           vvhich
           horse
           at
           last
           he
           confessed
           vvere
           to
           be
           found
           by
           the
           Clergy
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           tenth
           Interogatory
           ;
        
         
           That
           Sergeant
           Major
           Willis
           said
           moreover
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           vvould
           be
           very
           vvell
           kept
           together
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Prince
           vvas
           to
           be
           brought
           thither
           ,
           vvhich
           vvould
           confirm
           their
           affections
           :
           vvhich
           this
           Deponent
           did
           declare
           at
           Burrovvbrig
           unto
           the
           Officers
           ,
           and
           doth
           beleeve
           Willis
           did
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           V
           〈…〉
           llis
           told
           them
           also
           ,
           that
           if
           my
           Lord
           of
           Nevvcastle
           vvas
           their
           Generall
           ,
           he
           vvould
           feast
           them
           in
           Nottinghamshire
           ,
           and
           vvould
           not
           use
           them
           roughly
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           should
           be
           governed
           by
           a
           Councell
           of
           vvar
           .
        
         
         
           To
           the
           eleventh
           Inter
           .
        
         
           That
           both
           Serjeant
           Major
           
             Willis
          
           and
           this
           Deponent
           ,
           did
           perswade
           the
           Officers
           at
           that
           meeting
           ,
           to
           write
           a
           Letter
           to
           Colonell
           
             Goring
             ,
          
           which
           was
           to
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           heartily
           embrace
           him
           to
           be
           their
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           to
           send
           him
           downe
           ,
           which
           Letter
           was
           subscribed
           by
           Colonell
           
             Fielding
          
           and
           Colonell
           
             Vavasour
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           others
           ;
           and
           was
           by
           him
           brought
           to
           London
           upon
           Monday
           ,
           where
           not
           finding
           Colonell
           
             Goring
             ;
          
           ●he
           delivered
           it
           to
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Sucklin
             ,
          
           who
           carried
           it
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           brought
           him
           to
           kisse
           the
           King
           and
           Queenes
           hand
           ,
           and
           within
           a
           day
           or
           two
           returned
           the
           Letter
           to
           him
           againe
           ,
           which
           Letter
           this
           Deponent
           the
           Saturday
           after
           carried
           downe
           himselfe
           to
           Colonell
           
             Goring
          
           to
           Portsmouth
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           12
           Inter
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           was
           likewise
           a
           Letter
           written
           to
           Mr.
           
             Endimion
             Porter
             ,
          
           assigned
           by
           Colonell
           
             William
             Vavasour
          
           and
           Colonell
           
             Fielding
             ,
          
           which
           was
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           to
           desire
           him
           to
           informe
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           was
           very
           faithfull
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           need
           be
           made
           by
           his
           Majestie
           concerning
           their
           proceedings
           .
           This
           Letter
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Sucklin
          
           would
           not
           have
           to
           be
           delivered
           ,
           but
           took
           it
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           said
           Mr.
           
           
             Porter
          
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           Kings
           intentions
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           14
           Inter
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           he
           came
           to
           Portsmouth
           ,
           Colonell
           
             Goring
          
           shewed
           him
           the
           strength
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           should
           bee
           any
           mutiny
           in
           London
           ,
           the
           Queene
           meant
           to
           come
           downe
           thither
           for
           her
           safetie
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           had
           sent
           him
           downe
           money
           to
           fortifie
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           15
           Inter
           .
        
         
           That
           what
           he
           learned
           from
           Serjeant
           Major
           
             Willis
             ,
          
           he
           got
           from
           him
           by
           degrees
           ,
           as
           he
           urged
           it
           from
           him
           by
           way
           of
           discourse
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Willis
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Sucklin
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Davenant
             ,
          
           did
           all
           of
           them
           give
           him
           great
           charge
           to
           keep
           things
           secret
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           very
           carefull
           to
           whom
           he
           communicated
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           he
           accordingly
           observed
           ;
           for
           he
           dealt
           with
           the
           Officers
           there
           severally
           .
        
         
           
             Iames
             Chudleigh
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Examination
           taken
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Vs
           ;
           
             
               
                 Essex
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 Howard
                 .
              
               
                 Warwick
                 .
              
               
                 W.
                 Howard
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             Die
             Martis
             18
             Maii.
             
          
           The
           second
           Examination
           of
           Cap.
           Chudleigh
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           31.
           
        
         
           THat
           at
           the
           meeting
           at
           Burrowbrig
           ,
           he
           declared
           unto
           the
           Officers
           some
           thing
           out
           of
           a
           paper
           ,
           which
           he
           read
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           that
           hee
           had
           received
           it
           from
           Mr.
           
             Iermyn
             ,
          
           and
           that
           Mr.
           
             Iermyn
          
           had
           received
           it
           from
           the
           King
           .
           And
           hee
           said
           likewise
           ,
           that
           some
           others
           about
           the
           King
           were
           acquainted
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           named
           Mr.
           
           
             Endiuion
             Porter
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           thought
           the
           King
           had
           declared
           in
           this
           business●
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           34.
           
        
         
           That
           Mr.
           
             Iermyn
          
           asked
           him
           .
           if
           hee
           thought
           the
           Army
           would
           stick
           to
           their
           Officers
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           should
           not
           agree
           ,
           or
           words
           to
           that
           effect
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           set
           downe
           all
           those
           things
           in
           writing
           ,
           which
           hee
           declared
           to
           the
           Officers
           at
           Burrowbrig
           ,
           and
           thought
           to
           have
           sent
           it
           downe
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           upon
           better
           consideration
           hee
           went
           himselfe
           ▪
           and
           read
           it
           to
           them
           out
           of
           that
           paper
           ,
           but
           severally
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           them
           all
           together
           .
           And
           particularly
           ,
           that
           he
           read
           it
           to
           Lievtenant
           Colonell
           
             Ballard
             ,
          
           and
           to
           Lievtenant
           Colonall
           
             Lunsford
             ,
          
           That
           he
           did
           not
           acquaint
           them
           all
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           he
           did
           not
           ,
           was
           because
           he
           conceived
           some
           were
           of
           more
           judgement
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           fitter
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           matters
           of
           secrecie
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Iames
                 Chudleigh
                 .
              
               
                 Essex
                 ,
              
               
                 W.
                 Say
                 and
                 Seale
                 .
              
               
                 Warwick
                 .
              
               
                 Howard
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Thomas
           Ballard
           .
           Lievtenant
           Colonell
           to
           the
           Lord
           Grandison
           ;
           taken
           
             May
             18.
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           To
           the
           19.
           
        
         
           THat
           he
           did
           meet
           at
           Burrowbridge
           ,
           being
           sent
           to
           by
           Captain
           
             Chidley
             ,
          
           and
           none
           other
           ;
           but
           he
           found
           there
           Serjeant
           Major
           
             Willis
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           :
           this
           was
           sometime
           in
           Aprill
           last
           ,
           as
           he
           remembreth
           .
        
         
         
           That
           Mr.
           
             Chidley
          
           did
           propound
           to
           him
           certaine
           propositions
           ,
           which
           as
           he
           affirmed
           ,
           hee
           did
           receive
           from
           Mr.
           
             Henry
             Iermyn
             ,
          
           and
           from
           another
           great
           man
           which
           he
           might
           not
           name
           .
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
          
           further
           said
           ,
           that
           M.
           
             Iermyn
          
           told
           him
           that
           he
           received
           those
           propositions
           from
           the
           King
           :
           But
           
             Chidley
          
           told
           him
           further
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           kissed
           the
           Kings
           hand
           ,
           his
           Majestie
           said
           nothing
           to
           him
           of
           any
           such
           propositions
           .
           The
           first
           proposition
           was
           That
           he
           should
           not
           acquaint
           either
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashely
             ,
          
           or
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Conyers
             ,
          
           with
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           designe
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           were
           occasion
           ,
           the
           Army
           should
           remove
           their
           Quarters
           into
           Nottingham-shire
           ,
           where
           the
           Prince
           and
           the
           Earle
           of
           New-Castle
           should
           meet
           them
           with
           a
           thousand
           Horse
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           French
           that
           were
           in
           London
           should
           bee
           mounted
           ,
           and
           likewise
           meet
           them
           .
           These
           propositions
           were
           read
           by
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
             ,
          
           out
           of
           a
           paper
           ,
           which
           hee
           said
           he
           had
           written
           himselfe
           ,
           thinking
           to
           have
           sent
           them
           downe
           ;
           but
           upon
           better
           consideration
           hee
           brought
           them
           downe
           himselfe
           .
           That
           they
           likewise
           should
           desire
           ,
           that
           Colonell
           
             Gering
          
           should
           be
           the
           Lievtenant-Generall
           to
           the
           Army
           :
           There
           was
           likewise
           offered
           a
           Paper
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           as
           hee
           was
           then
           told
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           King
           would
           send
           Colonell
           
             Goring
          
           to
           be
           Lievtenant-Generall
           ,
           they
           would
           accept
           of
           him
           ;
           which
           Paper
           he
           ,
           this
           Examinant
           ,
           refused
           to
           read
           ,
           or
           to
           set
           his
           hand
           to
           it
           :
           but
           heard
           that
           divers
           others
           signed
           it
           .
           He
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           other
           Paper
           propounded
           to
           him
           to
           be
           signed
           ,
           nor
           to
           any
           other
           to
           his
           knowledge
           .
           Hee
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           not
           delivered
           to
           the
           Officers
           in
           publique
           ,
           but
           severally
           .
        
         
           He
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           That
           presently
           after
           Colonell
           
             Vavasour
          
           said
           publikely
           ,
           that
           hee
           never
           consented
           to
           these
           propositions
           in
           his
           heart
           ;
           and
           desired
           that
           there
           might
           be
           a
           meeting
           immediately
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           agreed
           upon
           a
           meeting
           at
           York
           the
           Wednesday
           following
           ,
           at
           which
           meeting
           they
           generally
           concluded
           ,
           not
           to
           interesse
           themselves
           in
           any
           of
           those
           designes
           that
           had
           been
           propounded
           to
           them
           by
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
             ;
          
           and
           they
           presently
           writ
           by
           the
           Post
           to
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
          
           to
           London
           ,
           that
           if
           hee
           had
           not
           delivered
           the
           Paper
           ,
           he
           should
           forbeare
           to
           deliver
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Thomas
             Ballard
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Captaine
           Legg
           ,
           taken
           
             May
             the
             18.
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           To
           the
           19
           Inter
           .
        
         
           HE
           saith
           ,
           That
           hee
           heard
           of
           a
           meeting
           at
           Burro
           wbridge
           ,
           but
           was
           not
           there
           present
           ,
           but
           was
           present
           at
           another
           meeting
           at
           York
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           told
           that
           the
           King
           was
           not
           well
           satisfied
           with
           the
           affections
           of
           the
           Officers
           to
           his
           service
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           thought
           fit
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Declaration
           of
           their
           readinesse
           to
           serve
           his
           Majestie
           ;
           which
           declaration
           was
           accordingly
           drawne
           ,
           but
           not
           finding
           any
           great
           cause
           for
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           after
           torne
           .
           Hee
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           night
           before
           the
           meeting
           at
           Burrowbridge
           ,
           hee
           spoke
           with
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
          
           at
           York
           ,
           who
           perswaded
           him
           to
           goe
           to
           Burrowbridge
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           propositions
           to
           impart
           to
           the
           Army
           ;
           but
           this
           Examinate
           refusing
           to
           goe
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           acquaint
           him
           with
           them
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           but
           told
           them
           that
           divers
           Lords
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           were
           fallen
           off
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           naming
           the
           Fatle
           of
           Essex
           ,
           the
           Earle
           of
           Newport
           ,
           Commiss●ry
           
             Wilm●tt
          
           Colonell
           
             Ashburnham
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           which
           this
           Examinate
           so
           much
           disliked
           ,
           that
           they
           sorbore
           any
           further
           discourse
           .
        
         
           
             Will.
             Legg
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Colonell
           Vavasour
           ,
           taken
           
             the
             29
             of
             May
             ,
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           THat
           at
           the
           mee●ing
           at
           Burrowbridge
           ,
           Serjeant
           Major
           
             Willis
          
           and
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
             ,
          
           of
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           told
           the
           Officers
           there
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           had
           taken
           great
           offence
           at
           the
           Letter
           which
           they
           had
           written
           up
           to
           my
           Lord
           of
           Northumber
           and
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           who
           had
           subscribed
           it
           ,
           should
           be
           questioned
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           small
           hopes
           of
           money
           from
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           present
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           King
           would
           take
           it
           very
           well
           ,
           if
           he
           might
           receive
           assurance
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           accept
           of
           Colonell
           
             Goring
          
           for
           their
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           ,
           and
           wished
           that
           the
           Army
           were
           united
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           King
           had
           this
           assurance
           from
           them
           ,
           there
           should
           come
           a
           Generall
           that
           would
           bring
           them
           money
           ,
           this
           they
           said
           they
           had
           good
           Commission
           to
           deliver
           unto
           them
           ,
           having
           receiued
           it
           from
           Mr.
           
             Herry
             Iermyn
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Sucklin
             ,
          
           hee
           likewise
           saith
           Captaine
           
           
             Chidley
          
           spake
           it
           with
           more
           confidence
           ,
           and
           Sergeant
           Major
           
             Willis
          
           rather
           as
           having
           heard
           it
           from
           others
           :
           he
           further
           saith
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Letter
           written
           to
           Colonell
           
             Goring
             ,
          
           for
           to
           let
           him
           know
           if
           the
           King
           would
           send
           him
           downe
           with
           a
           Commission
           to
           be
           Lieutenant
           Generall
           ,
           they
           would
           willingly
           receive
           him
           ,
           and
           this
           Letter
           was
           proposed
           unto
           them
           by
           Captaine
           
             Chidley
          
           and
           Serjeant
           Major
           
             Willis
             .
          
           There
           was
           another
           letter
           written
           to
           Mr.
           
             Endimion
             Porter
             ,
          
           which
           as
           he
           remembers
           was
           to
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Army
           was
           now
           commanded
           by
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           yet
           if
           that
           it
           were
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           to
           appoint
           Colonell
           
             Goring
          
           to
           bee
           Lieutenant
           Generall
           ,
           they
           were
           confident
           the
           Army
           would
           receive
           him
           the
           better
           ,
           being
           only
           subscribed
           by
           Colonell
           
             Fielding
          
           and
           himselfe
           .
           And
           further
           sayeth
           that
           he
           heares
           this
           Letter
           was
           never
           delivered
           ,
           for
           that
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
          
           told
           Master
           
             Chidley
          
           that
           Master
           
             Porter
          
           was
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           businesse
           .
        
         
           
             Colonell
             
               Vavasor
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             This
             Examination
             taken
             afore
             Vs
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Mandevile
                   .
                
                 
                   Howard
                   .
                   Ph.
                   Wharton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             Charles
             R.
             
          
        
         
           COlonell
           
             Goring
             ,
          
           these
           are
           to
           command
           you
           to
           provide
           with
           all
           speed
           a
           ship
           for
           this
           Bearer
           to
           carry
           him
           to
           Dieye
           or
           Calais
           or
           any
           other
           Port
           of
           France
           ,
           that
           the
           winde
           may
           be
           good
           for
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           of
           my
           ships
           or
           Pinnances
           ,
           ready
           to
           goe
           sorth
           you
           shall
           command
           the
           Captain
           or
           Master
           of
           such
           ship
           or
           Pinnace
           to
           receive
           him
           and
           his
           servants
           and
           carry
           him
           into
           France
           ,
           for
           which
           this
           shall
           bee
           a
           warrant
           to
           the
           Captain
           or
           Master
           you
           may
           imploy
           ,
           and
           hereof
           you
           nor
           they
           are
           not
           to
           faile
           as
           you
           or
           they
           will
           answer
           the
           contrary
           at
           your
           perills
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             White-Hall
             
               this
               14.
               of
               
                 May
                 ,
              
               1641.
               
            
          
        
         
           To
           our
           Trusty
           and
           Well-beloved
           Servant
           
             George
             Goring
          
           Governour
           of
           Portsmouth
           ▪
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Captaine
           William
           Legg
           ,
           taken
           upon
           Oath
           before
           the
           Lords
           Committees
           upon
           Saturday
           
             the
             30.
             of
             October
             ,
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           To
           the
           first
           Interrg
           .
        
         
           SAith
           ,
           That
           hee
           doth
           know
           Master
           
             Daniel
             Oneale
          
           who
           was
           Serjeant
           Major
           to
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Conniers
             ,
          
           doth
           not
           certainely
           remember
           the
           precise
           time
           going
           from
           the
           Army
           to
           London
           ,
           nor
           of
           his
           return
           back
           ,
           but
           beleeves
           he
           returned
           about
           
             Iune
          
           and
           
             Iuly
             .
          
        
         
           To
           the
           ninth
           .
        
         
           That
           hee
           was
           at
           Yorke
           when
           the
           said
           Master
           
             Oneale
          
           returned
           thither
           from
           London
           ,
           and
           can
           say
           no
           more
           to
           this
           ninth
           Interrg
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           tenth
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           was
           a
           Petition
           prepared
           to
           bee
           delivered
           to
           the
           parliament
           from
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           consisted
           of
           many
           particulars
           ,
           as
           to
           shew
           how
           much
           they
           suffered
           for
           want
           of
           Martiall
           Law
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           of
           pay
           ,
           and
           because
           their
           principall
           Officers
           were
           not
           amongst
           them
           ,
           ánd
           they
           did
           likewise
           set
           forth
           in
           it
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           wisedome
           of
           the
           King
           did
           cooperate
           with
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           So
           they
           did
           hope
           the
           Parliament
           would
           doe
           something
           concerning
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           ;
           but
           saith
           he
           doth
           not
           remember
           what
           the
           particular
           was
           which
           was
           desired
           ,
           and
           further
           that
           they
           heard
           of
           great
           tumults
           about
           London
           ,
           and
           therefore
           offered
           themselves
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           :
           with
           the
           last
           drop
           of
           their
           bloods
           .
           He
           saith
           that
           this
           Petition
           was
           approved
           of
           by
           all
           the
           Officers
           that
           saw
           it
           ,
           but
           was
           laid
           aside
           till
           further
           consideration
           should
           be
           had
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           delivery
           ,
           That
           himselfe
           was
           afterwards
           sent
           for
           to
           London
           by
           order
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           was
           examined
           ,
           and
           after
           his
           examination
           ,
           when
           hee
           saw
           there
           was
           no
           further
           use
           to
           bee
           made
           of
           that
           Petition
           hee
           burnt
           it
           .
        
         
           Hee
           farther
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           staid
           in
           this
           Towne
           some
           five
           or
           sixe
           dayes
           ,
           and
           was
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           had
           some
           speech
           with
           His
           Majesty
           about
           a
           Petition
           to
           come
           from
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           an
           accompt
           of
           the
           Petition
           that
           was
           formerly
           burnt
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           received
           another
           Petition
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           bandso●lier
           written
           ,
           upon
           which
           there
           
           was
           a
           direction
           indorsed
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           This
           Petition
           will
           not
           offend
           yet
           let
           it
           not
           be
           shewn
           to
           any
           but
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             .
          
        
         
           He
           farther
           saith
           there
           was
           no
           name
           to
           this
           direction
           but
           only
           two
           L●●ters
           ,
           but
           what
           those
           Letters
           were
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           say
           nor
           cannot
           swear
           who
           writ
           those
           two
           Letters
           ,
           because
           hee
           did
           not
           see
           them
           written
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           he
           did
           deliver
           the
           same
           paper
           with
           the
           directions
           to
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           and
           told
           him
           withall
           here
           is
           a
           paper
           with
           a
           direction
           ,
           you
           know
           the
           hand
           ,
           keepe
           it
           secret
           ,
           I
           have
           shewed
           it
           to
           no body
           ▪
           if
           there
           be
           no
           occasion
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           you
           may
           burne
           it
           ,
           and
           saith
           hee
           spake
           no
           more
           of
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           till
           after
           my
           Lord
           of
           Hollands
           comming
           downe
           to
           be
           Generall
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           spake
           to
           him
           to
           burne
           it
           .
        
         
           
             William
             Legg
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           Iacob
           Ashley
           taken
           before
           the
           Lords
           Committees
           
             this
             twenty
             ninth
             of
             October
             ,
             1641
             ,
          
        
         
           To
           the
           first
           interog.
           .
        
         
           HEe
           saith
           that
           he
           hath
           known
           Serjeant
           Major
           
             Daniel
             Oneal
          
           very
           long
           and
           that
           he
           was
           long
           absent
           from
           the
           Army
           the
           last
           Sommer
           ,
           but
           knows
           not
           at
           what
           time
           he
           did
           returne
           ,
           nor
           knows
           not
           how
           long
           it
           was
           that
           he
           stayed
           in
           the
           Army
           before
           his
           going
           into
           the
           Low
           Countries
           ,
           but
           thinks
           it
           to
           be
           about
           three
           weeks
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           second
           interog.
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           that
           Mr.
           
             Oneale
          
           told
           him
           after
           his
           comming
           downe
           last
           ,
           that
           things
           being
           not
           so
           well
           betwixt
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           hee
           thought
           a
           Petition
           from
           the
           Army
           might
           doe
           very
           much
           good
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           if
           a
           draught
           of
           such
           a
           Petition
           were
           brought
           unto
           him
           ,
           whether
           he
           would
           set
           his
           hand
           unto
           it
           ,
           the
           particulars
           which
           he
           desired
           to
           have
           the
           Army
           received
           in
           ,
           were
           the
           want
           of
           Martiall
           Law
           ,
           want
           of
           pay
           ,
           and
           for
           words
           spoken
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Parliament
           against
           the
           Army
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           City
           was
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Kings
           Army
           ,
           and
           would
           rather
           pay
           the
           Scots
           then
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           third
           Inter
           .
           
             He
             cannot
             answer
             .
          
        
         
           To
           the
           fourth
           Inter
           .
           
             He
             cannot
             answer
             .
          
        
         
         
           To
           the
           fifth
           Inter
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           that
           hee
           received
           a
           Letter
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Captaine
           
             Legg
             ,
          
           the
           tenour
           whereof
           as
           far
           as
           remembers
           was
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           the
           Letter
           beeing
           written
           in
           two
           sides
           of
           paper
           and
           somewhat
           more
           ,
           first
           that
           divers
           things
           were
           pressed
           by
           parties
           to
           insafe
           into
           the
           Parliament
           things
           to
           the
           Kings
           disadvantage
           ,
           and
           that
           divers
           tumults
           and
           disorders
           were
           neere
           the
           parliament
           to
           the
           disservice
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           divers
           other
           particulars
           were
           contained
           in
           this
           Letter
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Letter
           ,
           it
           was
           recommended
           to
           this
           Examinat
           that
           he
           should
           get
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           to
           such
           a
           declarat
           on
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           would
           bee
           acceptable
           to
           the
           King
           .
           Hee
           further
           saith
           ,
           hee
           knowes
           not
           of
           whose
           hand
           writing
           it
           was
           nor
           who
           delivered
           it
           to
           Captaine
           
             Legg
             .
          
        
         
           To
           the
           7.
           
           Inter
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           that
           Mr.
           
             Oneal
          
           telling
           him
           of
           the
           dislikes
           which
           were
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Parliament
           and
           of
           those
           things
           which
           were
           done
           to
           the
           disadvantage
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           must
           fight
           with
           the
           Scots
           first
           and
           beate
           them
           before
           they
           could
           move
           Southward
           ;
           and
           that
           done
           ,
           they
           must
           spoyle
           the
           Countrey
           all
           along
           as
           they
           goe
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           doe
           come
           to
           London
           ,
           they
           would
           finde
           resistance
           by
           the
           Parliament
           and
           the
           Scots
           might
           rallie
           and
           follow
           them
           :
           to
           which
           
             Oneale
          
           replyed
           ,
           what
           if
           these
           Scots
           could
           bee
           made
           neutrall
           :
           This
           Examinat
           then
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Scots
           would
           lay
           him
           by
           the
           heels
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           come
           to
           move
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           would
           never
           breake
           with
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Presently
           replyed
           ;
           I
           wondred
           that
           Counsells
           should
           be
           so
           laid
           as
           had
           been
           spoken
           of
           :
           of
           the
           marching
           of
           the
           Army
           to
           the
           South
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Inter
           .
           D.
           
        
         
           Hee
           further
           sayes
           that
           there
           was
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Letter
           a
           direction
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           Captaine
           or
           
             Willam
             Legg
             ,
          
           I
           command
           you
           that
           you
           shew
           this
           Letter
           to
           none
           but
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           above
           this
           direction
           were
           set
           these
           two
           Letters
           ,
           
             C.
             R.
             
          
        
         
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           Iohn
           Coniers
           ,
           taken
           upon
           Oath
           before
           the
           Lords
           Committees
           upon
           
             Friday
             the
             29.
             of
             October
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           
             TO
             the
             first
             interog.
             .
          
           He
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           knowes
           very
           well
           Master
           
             Daniel
             O-Neale
             ,
          
           who
           was
           Serjeant
           Major
           to
           his
           Regiment
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           
             O-Neale
          
           came
           up
           to
           London
           about
           
             November
          
           last
           ,
           and
           returned
           to
           the
           Army
           about
           Midsummer
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             second
             ,
          
           That
           
             O-Neale
             ,
          
           after
           his
           return
           to
           the
           Army
           in
           Summer
           ,
           spake
           twice
           unto
           this
           Examinant
           of
           a
           Petition
           to
           be
           sent
           from
           the
           Army
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           because
           they
           did
           not
           know
           if
           himselfe
           would
           consent
           unto
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           first
           petition
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           approve
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           yet
           there
           were
           but
           few
           hands
           to
           that
           Petition
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           preferred
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           would
           not
           shew
           it
           him
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             fourth
             ,
          
           That
           the
           said
           
             O-Neale
             ,
          
           used
           perswasions
           to
           this
           Examinant
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           serve
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           did
           not
           ,
           he
           should
           bee
           left
           alone
           ,
           and
           would
           but
           ruine
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           that
           all
           the
           Troups
           under
           him
           were
           that
           way
           enclined
           :
           That
           therefore
           he
           should
           adhere
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           goe
           those
           wayes
           that
           the
           King
           would
           have
           him
           ,
           or
           words
           to
           that
           effect
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             fifth
             ,
          
           That
           he
           saw
           a
           paper
           ,
           containing
           some
           directions
           for
           a
           Declaration
           to
           be
           subscribed
           unto
           by
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           :
           which
           paper
           was
           in
           Sir
           
             Jacob
             Ashleys
          
           hand
           ;
           he
           saith
           ,
           it
           was
           long
           ,
           containing
           two
           sides
           of
           a
           sheet
           of
           paper
           or
           thereabout
           :
           the
           effect
           whereof
           was
           something
           concerning
           Martiall
           Law
           ,
           and
           better
           payment
           for
           the
           Army
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           other
           particulars
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           to
           be
           directed
           to
           the
           Parliment
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           two
           Letters
           ,
           
             viz.
             C.
             R.
          
           at
           the
           end
           .
           That
           hee
           doth
           not
           know
           who
           brought
           it
           unto
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           but
           that
           both
           of
           them
           were
           very
           much
           troubled
           at
           it
           .
           He
           saith
           further
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           direction
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           writing
           ,
           that
           no body
           should
           see
           it
           but
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ;
          
           and
           the
           two
           letters
           ,
           
             C.
             R.
          
           were
           as
           hee
           remembers
           to
           that
           direction
           ,
           but
           whether
           before
           or
           after
           that
           direction
           hee
           cannot
           affirme
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             seventh
             ,
          
           That
           he
           never
           heard
           Master
           
             O-Neale
          
           himselfe
           speak
           of
           his
           going
           to
           New-castle
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           heard
           it
           from
           others
           ,
           and
           as
           hee
           takes
           it
           from
           his
           wife
           the
           Lady
           
             Coniers
             ,
          
           and
           that
           whosoever
           it
           was
           that
           told
           him
           so
           ,
           told
           him
           withall
           ,
           that
           
             O-Neale
          
           himselfe
           said
           so
           .
        
         
           
             Io.
             Coniers
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           second
           examination
           of
           Sir
           Iohn
           Coniers
           ,
           taken
           before
           the
           Lords
           Committees
           upon
           
             Saturday
             the
             30.
             of
             October
             .
          
        
         
           
             TO
             the
             fourth
             inter
             .
          
           That
           Master
           
             O-Neal
          
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           this
           Examinant
           ,
           had
           been
           well
           known
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           King
           would
           have
           written
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           conceived
           ,
           this
           Examinant
           should
           doe
           well
           to
           write
           unto
           the
           King
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           replyed
           ,
           That
           he
           could
           not
           serve
           the
           King
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           thought
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           of
           no
           use
           ,
           to
           trouble
           the
           King
           with
           his
           letters
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             fifth
             ,
          
           That
           the
           paper
           mentioned
           in
           his
           former
           examination
           to
           have
           beene
           secne
           by
           him
           in
           Sir
           
             Iacobs
             Ashleys
          
           hand
           ,
           contained
           directions
           for
           a
           Petition
           to
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           :
           In
           which
           ,
           was
           a
           clause
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           whereas
           all
           men
           ought
           to
           give
           God
           thanks
           ,
           for
           putting
           it
           into
           the
           Kings
           heart
           ,
           to
           condiscend
           to
           the
           desires
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           deliver
           up
           unto
           them
           many
           of
           his
           servants
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           were
           neere
           unto
           him
           to
           bee
           at
           their
           disposing
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           doe
           many
           things
           ,
           which
           none
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           would
           have
           consented
           unto
           ,
           as
           giving
           way
           to
           the
           Triannuall
           Parliament
           :
           and
           granting
           many
           other
           things
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           yet
           not
           withstanding
           some
           turbulent
           spirits
           ,
           backt
           by
           rude
           and
           tumultuous
           mechanick
           persons
           ,
           seemed
           not
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           the
           totall
           subversion
           of
           the
           government
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           that
           therefore
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           orderly
           governed
           ,
           not
           withstanding
           they
           had
           no
           martiall
           Law
           ,
           and
           ill
           payment
           ,
           and
           but
           few
           Officers
           ,
           being
           of
           so
           good
           comportment
           ,
           might
           be
           called
           up
           to
           attend
           the
           person
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           for
           their
           security
           .
           This
           Examinant
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           many
           other
           passages
           in
           this
           Petition
           which
           he
           doth
           not
           now
           remember
           ,
           only
           that
           there
           was
           some
           expression
           of
           a
           desire
           ,
           that
           both
           Armies
           should
           bee
           disbanded
           for
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           likewise
           a
           direction
           to
           procure
           as
           many
           of
           the
           Officers
           hands
           ,
           as
           could
           be
           gotten
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             seventh
             ,
          
           That
           he
           remembers
           wel
           it
           was
           not
           his
           wife
           ,
           but
           Sir
           
             Iacob
             Ashley
             ,
          
           that
           said
           to
           him
           those
           words
           ,
           
             O.
             Neal
          
           goes
           ,
           or
           else
           
             O-Neal
          
           saith
           he
           wil
           go
           to
           New-Castle
           ;
           but
           which
           of
           the
           sayings
           it
           was
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           wel
           remember
           ;
           but
           saith
           he
           replied
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           
             O-Neal
          
           said
           ,
           nothing
           to
           him
           of
           that
           .
        
         
           This
           Examinant
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           took
           occasion
           upon
           these
           passages
           from
           
             O-Neal
             ,
          
           to
           command
           him
           and
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Bartler
          
           and
           all
           the
           other
           Officers
           to
           repaire
           to
           their
           Quarters
           ,
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           perfect
           their
           accounts
           with
           the
           Country
           against
           the
           time
           they
           should
           be
           called
           for
           .
           
             Io.
             Comers
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           Foulke
           Huneks
           ,
           taken
           before
           the
           Lords
           Committees
           upon
           
             Friday
             ,
             Octob.
             29.
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           
             TO
             the
             first
             Interrog
             .
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           well
           know
           Master
           
             Daniel
             O-Neale
             ,
          
           who
           was
           Serjeant
           Major
           to
           Sir
           
             John
             Ceniers
             ;
          
           That
           hee
           went
           from
           the
           Army
           to
           London
           about
           the
           time
           that
           the
           King
           came
           out
           of
           the
           North
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           returned
           again
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           about
           that
           time
           when
           Commissary
           
             Wilmot
          
           and
           the
           other
           Souldiers
           were
           committed
           by
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             second
             .
          
           That
           the
           said
           
             O-Neale
          
           perswaded
           him
           this
           Examinant
           to
           take
           part
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           something
           to
           that
           purpose
           ;
           and
           that
           thereupon
           this
           Examinant
           acquainted
           the
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           presently
           repaired
           to
           his
           own
           Quarter
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Souldiers
           in
           order
           ;
           where
           he
           staid
           not
           above
           two
           or
           three
           dayes
           ,
           till
           he
           heard
           that
           
             O-Neal
          
           was
           fled
           .
           He
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             O.
             Neale
          
           dealt
           with
           him
           to
           have
           the
           troops
           move
           ;
           To
           which
           he
           replyed
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           received
           no
           such
           direction
           from
           his
           Superiours
           ,
           nor
           from
           the
           King
           :
           And
           that
           then
           he
           offered
           him
           a
           paper
           ,
           and
           pressed
           him
           to
           signe
           it
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           this
           Examinant
           asked
           ,
           if
           the
           Generall
           ,
           or
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           had
           signed
           it
           ;
           to
           which
           
             O.
             Neale
          
           answering
           they
           had
           not
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           be
           so
           unmannerly
           as
           to
           signe
           any
           thing
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           read
           it
           .
           He
           saith
           likewise
           that
           Captain
           
             Armstrong
          
           was
           present
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           
             O-Neale
          
           offered
           it
           to
           him
           ;
           who
           looking
           upon
           this
           Examinant
           ,
           this
           Examinant
           did
           shake
           his
           head
           at
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           signe
           that
           he
           should
           not
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           withall
           went
           out
           of
           the
           roome
           :
           and
           
             Armstrong
          
           afterwards
           refused
           it
           ,
           giving
           this
           reason
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           not
           signe
           it
           when
           his
           Colonell
           had
           refused
           it
           ;
           which
           hee
           told
           this
           Examinant
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             third
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           That
           
             O-Neale
          
           told
           him
           he
           had
           very
           good
           authority
           for
           what
           he
           did
           ;
           but
           did
           not
           tell
           him
           from
           whom
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             seventh
             .
          
           That
           Master
           
             O-Neale
          
           told
           him
           he
           was
           to
           goe
           to
           the
           Scottish
           Army
           ,
           but
           saith
           he
           doth
           not
           know
           for
           what
           end
           and
           purpose
           he
           would
           go
           thither
           ;
           for
           that
           he
           this
           Examinant
           shunned
           to
           have
           any
           thing
           more
           to
           doe
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Foulk
             Huncks
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           William
           Balfour
           Lievtenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           taken
           
             the
             second
             of
             June
             .
          
        
         
           To
           
             the
             first
             Interrog
             .
          
           he
           saith
           he
           was
           commanded
           to
           receive
           Captain
           
             Billingsley
          
           into
           the
           Tower
           with
           100.
           men
           for
           securing
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           told
           they
           should
           be
           under
           his
           command
           .
        
         
         
           
             To
             the
             second
             Interrog
             :
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           The
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           told
           him
           it
           would
           be
           dangerous
           in
           case
           he
           should
           refuse
           to
           let
           them
           in
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             third
             Interrog
             .
          
           He
           referreth
           himself
           to
           the
           former
           depositions
           of
           the
           three
           women
           ,
           taken
           before
           the
           Constable
           and
           himself
           .
           And
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           Earle
           of
           Strafford
           himselfe
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           expostulated
           with
           him
           for
           holding
           Master
           
             Slingsby
          
           at
           the
           Tower
           gate
           ;
           and
           after
           his
           telling
           the
           said
           Earle
           he
           had
           reason
           so
           to
           doe
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           what
           the
           women
           had
           deposed
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           appeared
           there
           was
           an
           escape
           intended
           by
           his
           Lordship
           ;
           himselfe
           acknowledged
           hee
           had
           named
           the
           word
           
             Escape
          
           twice
           or
           thrice
           in
           his
           discourse
           with
           Master
           
             Slingsby
             ,
          
           but
           that
           hee
           meant
           it
           should
           be
           by
           the
           Kings
           authority
           ,
           to
           remove
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Tower
           to
           some
           other
           Castle
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           ask
           Master
           
             Slingsby
          
           where
           his
           brother
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           ship
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             fourth
             Interrog
             .
          
           This
           Examinant
           saith
           ,
           the
           Earle
           of
           Strafford
           sent
           for
           him
           some
           three
           or
           foure
           dayes
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           did
           strive
           to
           perswade
           him
           that
           he
           might
           make
           an
           escape
           ;
           and
           said
           ,
           for
           without
           your
           connivence
           I
           know
           it
           cannot
           be
           :
           and
           if
           you
           will
           consent
           thereunto
           ,
           I
           will
           make
           you
           to
           have
           20000.
           pounds
           paid
           you
           ,
           besides
           a
           good
           marriage
           for
           your
           sonne
           :
           To
           which
           this
           Examinant
           replyed
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           farre
           from
           concurring
           with
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           as
           that
           his
           honour
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           connive
           at
           his
           escape
           ;
           and
           withall
           told
           him
           ,
           hee
           was
           not
           to
           be
           moved
           to
           hearken
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Ex.
           in
           presence
           of
           us
           
             
               
                 W.
                 Balfour
                 .
              
               
                 Essex
                 .
              
               
                 Warwick
                 .
              
               
                 L.
                 Wharton
              
               
                 Mandevile
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           James
           Wadsworth
           lies
           at
           the
           halfe
           Moone
           in
           Queens-street
           ,
           at
           Cockets
           house
           a
           Joyner
           divers
           Officers
           lye
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           next
           doore
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Coll.
                 Lindsey
                 .
              
               
                 Capt.
                 Kirk
                 .
              
               
                 James
                 Wadsworth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Die
               Martis
               4.
               
               Maii
               1641.
               
            
          
        
         
           HE
           saith
           that
           one
           Ancient
           
             Knot
          
           told
           him
           severall
           times
           the
           last
           week
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           was
           raising
           of
           Officers
           for
           three
           Regiments
           for
           Portugall
           :
           and
           saith
           that
           hee
           this
           Examinant
           was
           at
           the
           Portugall
           Ambassadours
           on
           Sunday
           last
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Ambassadour
           told
           him
           that
           he
           knew
           not
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           of
           Sir
           
             John
             Sucklings
          
           raising
           of
           men
           for
           Portugall
           ;
           and
           the
           Ambassadour
           himself
           had
           no
           Commission
           to
           treat
           for
           any
           men
           till
           he
           heard
           out
           of
           Portugall
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           
             Tuesday
             the
             11.
             of
             May
             ,
             1641.
             
          
           The
           Examination
           of
           John
           Lanyon
           .
        
         
           HE
           was
           upon
           Easter
           Eve
           last
           ,
           and
           severall
           times
           since
           ,
           troubled
           by
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
          
           to
           enter
           into
           an
           expedition
           for
           
             Portugall
          
           with
           Sir
           
             John
             Sucklin
             .
          
           And
           when
           this
           Examinant
           told
           him
           that
           he
           was
           His
           Majesties
           servant
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           goe
           without
           leave
           ,
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
          
           bid
           him
           take
           no
           care
           for
           that
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           leave
           procured
           ,
           and
           further
           desired
           him
           to
           get
           as
           many
           Canoneers
           as
           he
           could
           .
        
         
           This
           Examinant
           doubting
           whether
           they
           were
           reall
           in
           that
           Designe
           ;
           repaired
           to
           the
           Portugall
           Ambassadors
           ,
           and
           there
           understood
           from
           his
           Secretary
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           willing
           to
           have
           men
           ,
           but
           they
           knew
           neither
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
             ,
          
           nor
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
             ;
          
           neither
           had
           they
           from
           them
           any
           Commission
           to
           raise
           men
           .
        
         
           He
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           that
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
          
           did
           after
           sollicite
           this
           Examinant
           to
           come
           to
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
             ,
          
           and
           that
           upon
           Sunday
           was
           sennight
           last
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
          
           and
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
             ,
          
           with
           many
           other
           Officers
           ,
           repaired
           unto
           his
           house
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           and
           there
           staid
           two
           houres
           at
           least
           ;
           The
           Examinant
           not
           comming
           in
           they
           left
           a
           note
           hee
           should
           be
           with
           them
           that
           night
           at
           the
           Sparragus
           Garden
           at
           Supper
           :
           whereof
           this
           Examinant
           failing
           ,
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
          
           comes
           againe
           to
           his
           house
           the
           Monday
           morning
           ,
           and
           not
           finding
           him
           there
           ,
           left
           word
           that
           he
           must
           needs
           come
           to
           the
           Covent
           Garden
           to
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Sucklings
          
           lodging
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           he
           did
           ;
           but
           not
           finding
           him
           there
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           he
           was
           with
           Captain
           
             Billingsley
          
           at
           the
           Dog
           Tavern
           in
           Westminster
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           he
           did
           farther
           appoint
           this
           Examinant
           upon
           Wednesday
           to
           promise
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           a
           meeting
           at
           the
           Dolphin
           in
           Grayes
           Inne
           lane
           about
           nine
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           forenoon
           ,
           where
           the
           same
           day
           came
           some
           thirty
           more
           which
           were
           appointed
           by
           Sir
           
             John
             Suckling
          
           and
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
             ;
          
           but
           neither
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
          
           or
           
             Billingsley
          
           came
           ,
           only
           there
           came
           one
           and
           gave
           them
           money
           ,
           and
           so
           dismist
           them
           for
           the
           present
           .
        
         
           This
           Examinant
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
          
           having
           notice
           that
           he
           had
           some
           store
           of
           Armes
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
          
           would
           buy
           them
           all
           ,
           if
           he
           pleased
           to
           fell
           them
           .
        
         
           Captaine
           
             Billingsley
          
           likewise
           told
           this
           Examinant
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Suckling
             ,
          
           had
           furnished
           himselfe
           for
           money
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           company
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Lanyon
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             Quarto
             die
             Maii
             ,
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           
             ELizabeth
             Nutt
             ,
          
           wife
           of
           
             William
             Nutt
          
           of
           Tower-street
           London
           ,
           Merchant
           ,
           and
           
             Anne
             Bardsey
          
           of
           Tower-street
           aforesaid
           widow
           ,
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           being
           desirous
           to
           see
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           came
           to
           
             Anne
             Vyner
          
           wife
           of
           
             Thomas
             Vyner
          
           Clerk
           to
           the
           Lievtenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           whose
           lodging
           being
           neare
           to
           the
           Kings
           Gallery
           ,
           where
           the
           said
           Earl
           useth
           to
           walk
           ,
           carried
           them
           to
           a
           back
           doore
           of
           the
           said
           Gallery
           ,
           the
           said
           Earl
           with
           one
           other
           being
           then
           walking
           .
           And
           they
           three
           being
           then
           there
           ,
           and
           peeping
           through
           the
           key
           hole
           and
           other
           places
           of
           the
           doore
           to
           see
           the
           said
           Earle
           ,
           did
           heare
           him
           and
           the
           said
           other
           party
           conferring
           about
           an
           escape
           ,
           as
           they
           conceived
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           be
           done
           when
           all
           was
           still
           ,
           and
           asked
           the
           said
           party
           where
           his
           brothers
           ship
           was
           ,
           who
           said
           she
           was
           gone
           below
           in
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           three
           might
           be
           there
           in
           twelve
           houres
           ,
           and
           doubted
           not
           to
           escape
           if
           some
           thing
           which
           was
           said
           concerning
           the
           Lievtenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           were
           done
           ;
           but
           what
           that
           was
           ,
           as
           also
           where
           they
           might
           be
           in
           twelve
           houres
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           heare
           by
           reason
           that
           when
           they
           walked
           further
           off
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           perfectly
           heare
           .
           And
           the
           said
           Ms
           
             Nutt
          
           and
           Ms
           
             Bardsey
          
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           heard
           the
           said
           Earl
           then
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           Fort
           could
           be
           safely
           guarded
           or
           secured
           for
           three
           or
           foure
           months
           ,
           there
           would
           come
           aid
           enough
           :
           and
           divers
           other
           words
           tending
           to
           the
           purposes
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           they
           cannot
           now
           remember
           .
        
         
           And
           further
           all
           of
           them
           say
           that
           they
           heard
           the
           said
           Earle
           ,
           three
           times
           mention
           an
           escape
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           thing
           had
           been
           done
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           might
           safely
           have
           sent
           for
           him
           ;
           but
           now
           there
           was
           nothing
           to
           be
           thought
           on
           ,
           but
           an
           escape
           :
           And
           heard
           the
           said
           other
           partie
           telling
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           the
           outward
           gates
           were
           now
           as
           surely
           guarded
           as
           those
           within
           .
           To
           whom
           the
           said
           Earle
           said
           ,
           the
           easier
           our
           escape
           that
           way
           ,
           pointing
           to
           the
           East
           ,
           if
           the
           said
           party
           and
           some
           others
           should
           obey
           the
           directions
           of
           the
           said
           Earle
           :
           But
           what
           those
           were
           they
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           heard
           the
           said
           party
           answer
           ,
           they
           would
           doe
           any
           thing
           his
           Lordship
           should
           command
           .
        
         
           
             Anne
             Vyner
             ,
             Anne
             Bardsey
             ,
             
               Signum
               ,
            
             Eliza.
             E.
             N.
             Nut
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             
               The
               Superscription
               of
               the
               Letter
               .
            
             For
             my
             worthy
             Friend
             Sir
             Lewes
             Dyves
             Knight
             ,
             at
             the
             Earle
             of
             Bristolls
             house
             in
             Queen-street
             ,
          
        
         
           
             London
             .
          
           
             Deare
             Brother
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Hope
           you
           will
           have
           received
           the
           Letter
           which
           I
           wrote
           unto
           you
           from
           aboard
           Sir
           
             John
             Pennington
             ,
          
           wherein
           I
           gave
           you
           account
           of
           the
           accident
           of
           
             O-Neals
          
           man
           ,
           and
           why
           I
           thought
           fitting
           to
           continue
           my
           journey
           into
           Holland
           ;
           going
           still
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           that
           if
           things
           goe
           on
           by
           way
           of
           accommodation
           ,
           by
           my
           absence
           the
           King
           will
           be
           advantaged
           :
           If
           the
           King
           declare
           himself
           ,
           and
           retire
           to
           a
           safe
           place
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           from
           hence
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           out
           of
           any
           part
           of
           England
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           the
           service
           which
           I
           may
           doe
           him
           here
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           .
           Besides
           that
           ,
           I
           found
           all
           the
           Ports
           so
           strict
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           not
           taken
           this
           opportunity
           of
           Sir
           
             John
             Peningtons
          
           forwardnesse
           in
           the
           Kings
           service
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           impossible
           for
           me
           to
           have
           gotten
           away
           at
           any
           other
           time
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           now
           here
           at
           Middle
           borough
           ,
           at
           the
           Golden
           Fleece
           upon
           the
           Market
           ,
           at
           one
           
             George
             Petersons
          
           house
           ,
           where
           I
           will
           remaine
           till
           I
           receive
           from
           you
           advertisement
           of
           the
           state
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           likewise
           instructions
           from
           their
           Majesties
           ;
           which
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           hasten
           unto
           me
           by
           some
           safe
           hand
           :
           and
           withall
           to
           send
           unto
           me
           a
           cypher
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           write
           unto
           one
           another
           freely
           .
           If
           you
           knew
           how
           easie
           a
           passage
           it
           were
           ,
           you
           would
           offer
           the
           King
           to
           come
           over
           for
           some
           few
           dayes
           your selfe
           .
           God
           knowes
           I
           have
           not
           a
           thought
           towards
           my
           Countrey
           to
           make
           me
           blush
           ,
           much
           lesse
           criminall
           ;
           but
           where
           Traytors
           have
           so
           great
           a
           sway
           ,
           the
           honestest
           thoughts
           may
           prove
           most
           treasonable
           .
        
         
           Let
           
             Dick
             Sherley
          
           be
           dispatcht
           hither
           speedily
           ,
           with
           such
           black
           cloaths
           and
           linnen
           as
           I
           have
           :
           and
           let
           your
           letters
           be
           directed
           to
           the
           Baron
           of
           Sherborn
           ,
           for
           by
           that
           name
           I
           live
           unknowne
           .
           Let
           care
           be
           taken
           for
           Bills
           of
           Exchange
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             .
          
           
             Middleborough
             
               Jan.
               20.
               1641.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Examination
           of
           Owen
           Connelly
           Gent.
           taken
           before
           us
           whose
           names
           ensue
           .
           
             the
             22.
             of
             October
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           WHo
           being
           duly
           sworne
           and
           examined
           ,
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           being
           at
           Mommore
           in
           the
           County
           of
           London-Derry
           on
           Tuesday
           last
           ,
           he
           received
           a
           Letter
           from
           Colonell
           
             Hugh
             Ogemacmahon
             ,
          
           desiring
           him
           to
           come
           to
           Connagh
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Monayhan
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           with
           him
           on
           Wednesday
           or
           Thursday
           last
           :
           whereupon
           he
           this
           Examinant
           came
           to
           Connagh
           on
           Wednesday
           night
           last
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           come
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           followed
           him
           hither
           :
           He
           came
           hither
           about
           six
           of
           the
           clock
           this
           Evening
           ,
           and
           forthwith
           went
           to
           the
           lodging
           of
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
             ,
          
           to
           the
           house
           neer
           the
           Boot
           in
           Oxmantowne
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           found
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
             ,
          
           and
           came
           with
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           into
           the
           towne
           ,
           neere
           the
           Pillory
           ,
           to
           the
           lodging
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             Mac-quire
             ;
          
           where
           they
           found
           not
           the
           Lord
           within
           :
           and
           there
           they
           dranke
           a
           cup
           of
           Beere
           ,
           and
           then
           went
           back
           again
           to
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           his
           lodging
           .
           He
           saith
           that
           at
           the
           Lord
           
             Mac-quire
          
           his
           lodging
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           told
           him
           that
           there
           were
           and
           would
           be
           this
           night
           great
           numbers
           of
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           from
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           in
           this
           Towne
           ,
           who
           with
           himselfe
           had
           determined
           to
           take
           the
           Castle
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           possesse
           themselves
           of
           all
           his
           Majesties
           Ammunition
           there
           ;
           and
           to
           morrow
           morning
           being
           Saturday
           :
           and
           that
           they
           intended
           first
           to
           batter
           the
           Chimneyes
           of
           the
           said
           Towne
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           City
           would
           not
           yeeld
           ,
           then
           to
           batter
           down
           the
           houses
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           cut
           off
           all
           the
           Protestants
           that
           would
           not
           joyne
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           further
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           then
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           had
           prepared
           men
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           destroy
           all
           the
           English
           inhabiting
           there
           to
           morrow
           morning
           by
           ten
           of
           the
           clock
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           all
           the
           Sea-ports
           ,
           and
           other
           Townes
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           all
           the
           Protestants
           should
           be
           killed
           this
           night
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           the
           Posts
           that
           could
           bee
           could
           not
           prevent
           it
           .
           And
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           moved
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           to
           forbeare
           the
           executing
           of
           that
           businesse
           ,
           and
           to
           discover
           it
           to
           the
           State
           for
           the
           saving
           of
           his
           owne
           estate
           :
           who
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           help
           it
           :
           But
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           owe
           their
           due
           allegeance
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           would
           pay
           him
           all
           his
           Rights
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           did
           this
           for
           the
           tyrannicall
           Government
           was
           over
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           imitate
           Scotland
           ,
           who
           got
           a
           priviledge
           by
           that
           course
           .
           And
           he
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           when
           he
           was
           with
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           in
           his
           lodging
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           swore
           that
           he
           should
           not
           goe
           out
           of
           
           his
           lodging
           that
           night
           ,
           but
           told
           him
           that
           he
           should
           goe
           with
           him
           the
           next
           morning
           to
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           if
           this
           matter
           were
           discovered
           ,
           some
           body
           should
           die
           for
           it
           :
           Whereupon
           this
           Examinant
           feigned
           some
           necessity
           for
           his
           easement
           ,
           went
           downe
           out
           of
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           left
           his
           sword
           in
           pawne
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           
             Hugh
          
           sent
           his
           man
           downe
           with
           him
           ;
           And
           when
           this
           Examinant
           came
           downe
           into
           the
           yard
           ,
           finding
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           he
           this
           Examinant
           leaped
           over
           a
           wall
           and
           two
           pales
           ,
           and
           so
           came
           to
           the
           Lord
           Justice
           
             Parsons
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               October
               22.
               1641.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Owen
                 Oconnelly
                 .
              
               
                 William
                 Parsons
                 .
              
               
                 Tho
                 :
                 Rotherham
                 .
              
               
                 Rob
                 :
                 Meridith
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           examination
           of
           
             Mark
             Pagett
          
           Parson
           of
           
             Morlestowne
             ,
          
           neare
           
             Kingsale
          
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           Deane
           of
           
             Rosse
          
           there
           ,
           had
           and
           taken
           at
           
             Plimmouth
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Devon
           :
           before
           
             Thomas
             Ceely
          
           Merchant
           ,
           Maior
           of
           the
           Burrough
           of
           
             Plimmouth
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           
             William
             Birch
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ioh
             :
             Bound
             ,
          
           Merchants
           ;
           three
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           within
           the
           said
           Burrough
           ,
           
             the
             fourth
             day
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           The
           said
           Examinant
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           came
           from
           
             Kingsale
          
           this
           day
           was
           seven-night
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Rebellion
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           is
           generall
           ;
           (
           except
           the
           Port
           Townes
           and
           Fortifications
           )
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           hee
           conceiveth
           that
           the
           Forces
           of
           the
           Rebels
           in
           
             Munster
          
           is
           betweene
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           thousand
           ,
           which
           lie
           neare
           
             Corke
          
           and
           
             Bandam
          
           Bridge
           ,
           in
           two
           bodies
           ;
           whereof
           the
           chiefe
           of
           one
           is
           Baron
           
             Loughland
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           
             Mungarret
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           
             Dunboi●e
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           Lords
           :
           and
           the
           chiefe
           of
           the
           other
           are
           
             Macarte
             Reath
             ,
             Teage
             Adowne
             ,
             Teage
             Adun
             van
             Durmet
             ,
             Glacke
             ,
          
           and
           
             Macke
             Phenning
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           others
           .
           And
           this
           Examinant
           hath
           for
           certaine
           heard
           ,
           that
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Clanrikard
          
           is
           likewise
           in
           Armes
           in
           
             Connough
          
           against
           the
           English
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           knoweth
           that
           the
           Rebels
           have
           very
           good
           intelligence
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           of
           all
           passages
           here
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           speedier
           then
           the
           English
           have
           there
           :
           and
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           they
           threaten
           that
           assoone
           
           as
           they
           have
           rooted
           out
           the
           British
           ▪
           and
           English
           there
           ▪
           to
           invade
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           assist
           the
           Papists
           in
           
             England
             ▪
          
           And
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           the
           Popes
           Lega●e
           amongst
           them
           (
           as
           they
           report
           )
           who
           sits
           constantly
           in
           counsell
           with
           Sir
           
             Phil●me
             Oneale
             ,
          
           (
           who
           writes
           himselfe
           now
           Prince
           
             Oneale
          
           from
           his
           Pallace
           
             Charlemount
             :
             )
          
           the
           Lord
           
             Meggennys
          
           and
           divers
           others
           ,
           who
           directed
           and
           advised
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Rebels
           .
           And
           farther
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Rebels
           ,
           doe
           report
           that
           they
           have
           the
           Kings
           Warrant
           and
           Great
           Seale
           for
           what
           they
           doe
           ,
           and
           say
           they
           are
           his
           Majesties
           true
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             English
          
           Protestants
           are
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           not
           they
           .
           And
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Rebels
           doe
           generally
           report
           that
           there
           are
           three
           factions
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           whereof
           one
           is
           the
           Kings
           ;
           which
           consists
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Courtiers
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           with
           some
           few
           Lords
           and
           Gentry
           :
           Another
           the
           Puritans
           ,
           which
           is
           supported
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           some
           Lords
           ,
           and
           the
           Corporations
           and
           Cities
           in
           
             England
             :
          
           And
           the
           third
           is
           the
           Queenes
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           is
           the
           greatest
           ;
           and
           consists
           of
           the
           Catholiques
           ,
           some
           Lords
           ,
           all
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuites
           ,
           besides
           the
           expectation
           they
           have
           of
           forraine
           forces
           :
           And
           farther
           saith
           ,
           that
           they
           report
           that
           the
           Queenes
           faction
           will
           set
           such
           a
           division
           betweene
           the
           two
           others
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           root
           out
           both
           of
           them
           at
           last
           ,
           And
           farther
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           
             Irish
          
           doe
           bragge
           that
           the
           Queenes
           faction
           hath
           the
           command
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Fortes
           and
           Forces
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           And
           this
           Examinant
           farther
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           kneweth
           this
           to
           be
           usually
           reported
           amongst
           them
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           hath
           lived
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           these
           two
           and
           thirty
           yeares
           ,
           and
           beene
           incumbent
           of
           the
           said
           Church
           eighteene
           yeares
           ,
           and
           hath
           heard
           divers
           of
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Papists
           of
           the
           better
           sort
           to
           affirme
           so
           much
           ,
           which
           doth
           much
           hearten
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           dishearten
           the
           
             English
             :
          
           And
           farther
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Rebels
           have
           taken
           the
           Iron-workes
           at
           
             Glannorreth
             ,
          
           and
           great
           quantities
           of
           Iron
           ;
           and
           there
           ,
           and
           else-where
           cast
           Ordinance
           ,
           make
           Muskets
           ,
           heads
           for
           Pikes
           ▪
           Skeanes
           ,
           and
           other
           weapons
           ;
           and
           farther
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           nine
           thousand
           
             Irish
          
           Souldiers
           which
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
          
           had
           at
           
             Nockvargas
          
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           there
           exercised
           and
           trayned
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           are
           the
           most
           expert
           Commanders
           ,
           Leaders
           ,
           and
           Officers
           amongst
           the
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           
             Thomas
             Ceely
             
               Maior
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             Madame
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Shall
           not
           adventure
           to
           write
           unto
           your
           Majestie
           with
           freedome
           ,
           but
           by
           expresses
           ,
           or
           till
           such
           time
           as
           I
           have
           a
           cipher
           ,
           which
           I
           beseech
           your
           Majestie
           to
           vouchsafe
           me
           .
           At
           this
           time
           therefore
           I
           shall
           onely
           let
           your
           Majestie
           know
           where
           the
           humblest
           and
           most
           faithfull
           servant
           you
           have
           in
           the
           world
           is
           ;
           Here
           at
           
             Middleborough
          
           where
           I
           shall
           remaine
           in
           the
           privatest
           way
           I
           can
           ▪
           till
           I
           receive
           instructions
           how
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           and
           your
           Majesty
           in
           these
           parts
           .
           If
           the
           King
           betake
           himselfe
           to
           a
           safe
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           may
           avow
           and
           protect
           his
           servants
           from
           rage
           (
           I
           meane
           )
           and
           violence
           ,
           for
           from
           Justice
           I
           will
           never
           implore
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           live
           in
           impatience
           and
           in
           misery
           ,
           till
           I
           waite
           upon
           you
           .
           But
           if
           after
           all
           he
           hath
           done
           of
           late
           ,
           he
           shall
           betake
           himselfe
           to
           the
           easiest
           and
           complyantest
           wayes
           of
           accommodation
           :
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           then
           I
           shall
           serve
           him
           more
           by
           my
           absence
           then
           by
           all
           my
           industry
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           a
           comfort
           to
           me
           in
           all
           calamities
           ,
           if
           I
           cannot
           serve
           you
           by
           my
           actions
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           doe
           it
           in
           some
           kinde
           by
           my
           sufferings
           for
           your
           sake
           ;
           having
           (
           I
           protest
           to
           God
           )
           no
           measure
           of
           happinesse
           or
           misfortune
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           but
           what
           I
           derive
           from
           your
           Majesties
           value
           of
           my
           affection
           and
           fidelity
           .
        
         
           
             
               Middleborough
            
             
               the
               21.
               of
               
                 Ianuary
                 ,
              
               1641.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A37777e-130
           
             His
             Majestie
             not
             charged
             with
             intention
             of
             any
             force
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Iermins
             esescape
             by
             his
             Majesties
             warrant
             .
          
           
             Accusation
             of
             the
             Lo.
             Kimbolton
             &c.
             
          
           
             Tumultuous
             numbers
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A37777e-1590
           
             To
             the
             first
             Int.