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             An ansvver to a pamphlet, entit'led, a declaration of the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, expressing their reasons and grounds of passing the late resolutions touching no further addresse of application to be made to the King.
             Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674, attributed name.
          
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             Printed in the yeare, 1648.
          
           
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             AN
          
           ANSWER
           TO
           A
           PAMPHLET
           ,
           
             ENTIT'LED
             ,
             A
             Declaration
             of
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             in
             Parliament
             assembled
             ,
             expressing
             their
             Reasons
             and
             Grounds
             of
             passing
             the
             late
             Resolutions
             touching
             no
             further
             Addresse
             or
             Application
             to
             be
             made
             to
             the
          
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             CR
          
           
             HONI
             SOIT
             QVI
             MAL
             Y
             PENSE
          
           
             DIEV
             ET
             MON
             DROIT
          
           royal blazon or coat of arms
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1648.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           An
           
             ANSWER
          
           to
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           entit'led
           ,
           [
           A
           
             DECLARATION
          
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           Parliament
           assembled
           ,
           expressing
           their
           Reasons
           and
           Grounds
           of
           passing
           the
           late
           Resolutions
           touching
           no
           farther
           Addresse
           or
           Application
           to
           be
           made
           to
           the
           
             KING
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           I
           Believe
           that
           it
           was
           never
           heard
           of
           until
           now
           ,
           that
           heavy
           Imputations
           were
           laid
           on
           any
           Man
           (
           I
           speak
           not
           ,
           now
           ,
           of
           KINGS
           ,
           which
           I
           confesse
           makes
           the
           Case
           ,
           yet
           ,
           more
           strange
           and
           unjust
           )
           and
           He
           not
           permitted
           to
           see
           ,
           much
           lesse
           to
           Answer
           them
           :
           but
           so
           it
           is
           now
           with
           the
           KING
           :
           which
           does
           (
           though
           silently
           )
           yet
           subject
           Him
           to
           as
           great
           an
           Imputation
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           any
           in
           the
           said
           Declaration
           ;
           for
           those
           who
           know
           no
           better
           ,
           may
           think
           that
           He
           cannot
           ,
           because
           He
           does
           not
           ,
           Answer
           it
           :
           Wherefore
           I
           hold
           it
           my
           Duty
           (
           knowing
           these
           things
           better
           then
           every
           ordinary
           Man
           )
           to
           do
           my
           best
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           should
           not
           be
           injured
           ,
           by
           the
           ignorance
           of
           His
           People
           ;
           and
           albeit
           ,
           I
           (
           lying
           under
           Persecution
           ,
           for
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Love
           to
           Regall
           Authority
           )
           have
           not
           the
           means
           ,
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           to
           make
           full
           Probations
           ;
           yet
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           most
           materiall
           Points
           ,
           so
           to
           make
           the
           Truth
           ,
           of
           the
           KINGS
           Innocency
           ,
           appear
           ;
           that
           I
           shall
           satisfie
           any
           Impartiall
           judicious
           Reader
           .
        
         
         
           What
           the
           Issue
           of
           
             former
             Addresses
          
           to
           the
           KING
           hath
           been
           ,
           is
           most
           certainly
           known
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           ,
           where
           the
           Fault
           rests
           ,
           whereby
           Peace
           hath
           not
           ensued
           ,
           bare
           Asseverations
           ,
           without
           Proofes
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           satisfie
           any
           Judicious
           Reader
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Penner
           of
           this
           ,
           seeks
           more
           to
           take
           the
           Eares
           of
           the
           Ignorant
           Multitude
           ,
           with
           big
           Words
           ,
           and
           bold
           Assertions
           ,
           then
           to
           satisfie
           Rationall
           Men
           with
           reall
           Proofs
           or
           true
           Arguments
           .
           For
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           first
           ,
           he
           begs
           the
           Question
           ;
           tak●ng
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           could
           ease
           the
           
             Sighes
          
           and
           
             Groanes
             ,
          
           dry
           the
           
             Teares
             ,
          
           and
           stanch
           the
           
             Blood
          
           of
           His
           distressed
           Subjects
           :
           Alas
           !
           Is
           it
           He
           ,
           that
           keeps
           Armies
           on
           foot
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           none
           to
           oppose
           ?
           Is
           it
           He
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           lay
           down
           Excise
           ,
           Taxation
           ,
           and
           free-Quarterings
           ?
           But
           ,
           it
           is
           He
           indeed
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           far
           from
           Power
           ,
           even
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           (
           being
           far
           worse
           since
           )
           that
           ,
           in
           most
           things
           ,
           He
           wanted
           the
           Liberty
           of
           any
           free-born
           Man
           :
           It
           is
           He
           ,
           who
           never
           refused
           to
           ease
           His
           People
           of
           their
           Grievances
           ;
           witnesse
           more
           Acts
           of
           Grace
           passed
           in
           His
           Reigne
           ,
           then
           (
           to
           speak
           within
           my
           compasse
           )
           in
           any
           five
           Kings
           or
           Queens
           Times
           ,
           that
           ever
           were
           before
           Him
           :
           Moreover
           ,
           It
           is
           He
           ,
           who
           ,
           to
           settle
           the
           present
           unhappy
           Distractions
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           best
           means
           to
           it
           )
           to
           obtain
           a
           Personall
           Treaty
           ,
           hath
           offered
           so
           much
           ;
           that
           (
           to
           say
           Truth
           )
           during
           His
           own
           Time
           ,
           He
           hath
           left
           Himself
           little
           more
           then
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           KING
           ;
           as
           it
           plainly
           appears
           by
           His
           Message
           from
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Wight
             ,
          
           concerning
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           and
           choosing
           the
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           Privy-Counsellours
           ;
           besides
           other
           points
           of
           Complyance
           ,
           which
           is
           needlesse
           here
           to
           mention
           .
        
         
           Good
           God!
           are
           these
           
             Offers
             ,
             unfit
             for
             them
             to
             receive
             ?
          
           have
           they
           
             tendred
             such
             Propositions
             ,
             that
             might
             occasion
             the
             World
             to
             judge
             that
             they
             have
             yeilded
             up
             ,
             not
             only
             their
          
           
           
             Wills
             and
             Affections
             ,
             but
             their
             Reasons
             also
             ,
             and
             Judgements
             ,
             for
             obtaining
             a
             true
             Peace
             or
             good
             Accommodation
             ?
          
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           can
           shew
           ,
           what
           ,
           Reasonably
           ,
           they
           could
           have
           asked
           more
           ;
           or
           ,
           wherein
           the
           KING'S
           Offers
           were
           deficient
           (
           either
           in
           Point
           of
           Security
           ,
           or
           ,
           by
           with-holding
           ,
           from
           any
           of
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           a
           jot
           of
           their
           just
           Priviledges
           )
           then
           ,
           they
           said
           somewhat
           ,
           to
           challenge
           Belief
           :
           But
           ,
           bare
           Asseverations
           ,
           even
           against
           what
           a
           Man
           sees
           ,
           will
           not
           get
           credit
           with
           any
           ,
           but
           such
           who
           abandon
           their
           Judgments
           to
           an
           Implicit
           Faith
           :
           Nor
           can
           the
           Determinations
           of
           all
           the
           Parlaments
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           make
           a
           thing
           Just
           or
           Necessary
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           so
           of
           it self
           :
           And
           can
           it
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           any
           ,
           who
           were
           ever
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Passages
           at
           the
           
             Treaties
             ,
          
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Uxbridge
             ,
          
           will
           believe
           (
           though
           it
           be
           said
           )
           That
           
             the
             Propositions
             tendred
             at
          
           Newcastle
           ,
           
             were
             the
             same
             in
             effect
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             presented
             to
             the
             King
             before
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             His
             Strength
             and
             Forces
             ?
          
           Indeed
           methinks
           such
           grosse
           slips
           as
           these
           ,
           should
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           make
           a
           Man
           be
           wary
           ,
           how
           to
           believe
           such
           things
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           sees
           no
           Proofs
           ;
           And
           yet
           it
           should
           seem
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           must
           either
           take
           their
           Words
           ,
           for
           good
           Payment
           ,
           or
           remain
           unsatisfied
           ;
           for
           a
           little
           after
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Kings
             strange
             ,
             unexpected
             ,
             and
             conditionall
             Answers
             or
             Denials
             might
             justly
             have
             made
             them
             consider
             some
             other
             course
             for
             Setling
             the
             Kingdome
             in
             Peace
             and
             Safety
             ,
             without
             any
             farther
             Application
             ;
          
           but
           never
           showes
           ,
           wherein
           the
           strangenesse
           of
           His
           Answers
           or
           Denials
           consists
           :
           And
           I
           should
           think
           ,
           that
           those
           Reasons
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           laying
           by
           of
           a
           Kings
           Authority
           is
           grounded
           (
           for
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           )
           ought
           to
           be
           particularly
           mentioned
           ,
           for
           the
           Worlds
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           not
           involved
           in
           generall
           big
           Words
           :
           for
           it
           thereby
           seems
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           their
           Force
           of
           Armes
           ,
           more
           then
           that
           of
           
           Reason
           ,
           which
           they
           trust
           to
           ,
           for
           procuring
           of
           Obedience
           to
           their
           Determinations
           ,
           or
           Belief
           to
           what
           they
           say
           :
           Otherwayes
           ,
           can
           it
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           their
           saying
           ,
           That
           
             their
             last
             Propositions
             were
             to
             be
             qualified
             ,
             that
             (
             where
             it
             might
             stand
             with
             the
             Publick
             safety
             )
             the
             wonted
             Scruples
             and
             Objections
             were
             prevented
             or
             removed
             ,
          
           can
           give
           satisfaction
           to
           any
           Rationall
           Man
           ,
           who
           hath
           seen
           all
           their
           former
           Propositions
           ?
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           that
           their
           Demands
           have
           alwaies
           encreased
           with
           their
           good
           Fortune
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           their
           great
           Condescention
           to
           a
           
             Personal
             Treaty
          
           (
           which
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           can
           scarcely
           be
           called
           so
           ;
           for
           the
           KING
           ,
           though
           He
           had
           granted
           what
           was
           desired
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           come
           ,
           neither
           to
           nor
           near
           
             London
             ,
          
           but
           to
           stay
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Wight
             ,
          
           and
           there
           to
           Treat
           with
           
             Commissioners
          
           )
           upon
           Signing
           the
           Four
           Bils
           ;
           Surely
           ,
           they
           incurred
           therein
           ,
           but
           little
           danger
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           that
           they
           containe
           the
           very
           substance
           of
           the
           most
           essentiall
           parts
           of
           their
           Demands
           ;
           which
           being
           once
           granted
           ,
           the
           KING
           would
           neither
           have
           had
           Power
           to
           Deny
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           left
           worth
           the
           refusing
           ;
           for
           after
           He
           had
           confessed
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           taken
           up
           Armes
           ,
           to
           invade
           the
           liberty
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           (
           whereas
           it
           was
           only
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           His
           own
           Rights
           )
           and
           had
           likewise
           Condemned
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           faithfully
           served
           Him
           ,
           of
           Rebellion
           ;
           and
           that
           He
           had
           totally
           devested
           Himself
           ,
           his
           Heires
           ,
           and
           Successours
           for
           ever
           ,
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ;
           whereby
           the
           Protection
           of
           His
           Subjects
           (
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           essentiall
           and
           necessary
           Rights
           belonging
           to
           Regall
           Authority
           )
           is
           totally
           torne
           away
           from
           the
           Crown
           :
           and
           that
           by
           a
           silent
           Confession
           ,
           He
           had
           done
           Himself
           and
           Successours
           ,
           an
           irrepairable
           prejudice
           concerning
           the
           Great
           Seal
           (
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           the
           other
           two
           Bills
           ,
           neither
           
           of
           which
           are
           of
           little
           importance
           )
           what
           was
           there
           more
           for
           Him
           to
           grant
           (
           worth
           the
           insisting
           upon
           )
           after
           such
           Concessions
           ?
           or
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           what
           Power
           was
           left
           Him
           to
           deny
           any
           thing
           ?
           So
           that
           the
           KING'S
           necessity
           of
           giving
           the
           Answer
           He
           did
           (
           for
           it
           was
           no
           absolute
           Refusall
           )
           is
           most
           evident
           ;
           unlesse
           ,
           He
           had
           resolved
           to
           have
           lived
           in
           quiet
           ,
           without
           Honour
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           given
           His
           People
           Peace
           ,
           without
           Safety
           ;
           by
           Abandoning
           them
           to
           an
           Arbitrary
           and
           unlimited
           Power
           of
           the
           Two
           Houses
           ,
           for
           ever
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Levying
           of
           Land
           or
           Sea
           Forces
           ,
           without
           stinting
           of
           Numbers
           ,
           or
           distinction
           of
           Persons
           ;
           and
           for
           Payments
           ,
           to
           levy
           such
           summes
           of
           Monies
           ,
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           waies
           and
           means
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           and
           appoint
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           ask
           ;
           Is
           this
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           that
           the
           KING
           contends
           for
           ?
           or
           ,
           did
           ever
           any
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           pretend
           to
           ,
           or
           seek
           for
           ,
           such
           a
           Power
           ?
           surely
           no
           :
           But
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           new
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           and
           take
           heed
           ,
           lest
           this
           should
           prove
           like
           the
           Roman
           
             Praetorian
             Cohorts
             ,
          
           that
           what
           they
           did
           in
           choosing
           and
           changing
           Emperours
           ,
           these
           do
           not
           to
           this
           Government
           ;
           by
           moulding
           and
           altering
           it
           according
           to
           their
           Fancies
           .
           Now
           ,
           my
           eagernesse
           to
           clear
           this
           Point
           concerning
           the
           four
           Bills
           ,
           had
           almost
           made
           me
           forget
           ,
           a
           most
           materiall
           Question
           :
           I
           wonder
           much
           wherein
           the
           
             Danger
          
           consists
           of
           a
           
             Personall
             Treaty
          
           with
           the
           KING
           ,
           ever
           since
           He
           was
           last
           at
           
             Newcastle
             ?
          
           Surely
           He
           cannot
           bring
           Forces
           along
           with
           Him
           ,
           to
           awe
           His
           Two
           Houses
           of
           Parlament
           :
           and
           it
           is
           as
           well
           known
           that
           He
           hath
           not
           Mony
           to
           raise
           an
           Army
           :
           and
           truly
           ,
           there
           is
           as
           little
           fear
           ,
           that
           the
           Eloquence
           of
           His
           Tongue
           should
           work
           Miracles
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           if
           He
           were
           so
           ill
           a
           Man
           ,
           as
           you
           describe
           Him
           to
           be
           ,
           whatsoever
           He
           shal
           say
           or
           write
           ,
           must
           more
           prejudice
           
             Him
          
           then
           You
           :
           for
           let
           Him
           never
           
           flatter
           Himself
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           clear
           ,
           not
           doubtfull
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           that
           can
           prevaile
           against
           that
           great
           visible
           prevailing
           Power
           ,
           which
           now
           opposes
           Him
           :
           nor
           do
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           will
           ;
           but
           certainly
           ,
           lesse
           cannot
           doe
           it
           :
           Where
           is
           then
           ,
           the
           
             Danger
             ?
          
           Believe
           it
           ,
           Reason
           will
           hardly
           maintain
           those
           who
           are
           affraid
           of
           her
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           
             they
             had
             Cause
             enough
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             the
          
           KING
           
             sometimes
             denied
             to
             receive
             their
             humble
             Petitions
             :
          
           but
           ,
           they
           neither
           tell
           ,
           where
           ,
           nor
           when
           ;
           which
           ,
           I
           am
           most
           confident
           ,
           they
           cannot
           :
           but
           I
           am
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           hath
           sent
           divers
           Messages
           of
           Peace
           to
           them
           ,
           unto
           which
           ,
           He
           hath
           yet
           ,
           had
           no
           Answer
           ;
           namely
           ,
           His
           last
           from
           
             Oxford
          
           of
           the
           15.
           
             Jan.
          
           1645.
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           since
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Fight
           at
           
             Brainceford
             ,
          
           whosoever
           will
           read
           the
           Collection
           of
           the
           Declarations
           in
           Print
           ,
           upon
           that
           subject
           ,
           will
           clearly
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           hath
           more
           Reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           that
           they
           under
           colour
           of
           Treaty
           ,
           sought
           to
           environ
           Him
           with
           their
           Forces
           ;
           then
           they
           ,
           for
           what
           He
           then
           did
           ;
           and
           His
           Retreat
           was
           neither
           for
           
             Feare
             ,
          
           nor
           with
           
             Shame
             ;
          
           for
           the
           appearing
           of
           the
           Enemy
           made
           Him
           retard
           ,
           not
           hasten
           His
           Orders
           for
           retiring
           ,
           which
           divers
           howers
           (
           before
           their
           appearing
           )
           He
           had
           given
           :
           which
           He
           did
           without
           any
           losse
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           (
           on
           the
           contrary
           )
           Retreated
           with
           more
           Armes
           ,
           Eleven
           Colours
           ,
           and
           fifteen
           pieces
           of
           Ordnance
           (
           beside
           good
           store
           of
           Ammunition
           )
           then
           He
           had
           before
           :
           and
           for
           Cruelty
           ;
           there
           was
           not
           a
           drop
           of
           Bloud
           shed
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Fight
           ,
           for
           I
           saw
           above
           five
           hundred
           Prisoners
           ,
           who
           (
           only
           promising
           ,
           
             never
             after
             ,
             to
             beare
             Armes
             against
             the
          
           KING
           )
           were
           freely
           Released
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           have
           good
           Memories
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             once
             sent
             them
             a
             specious
             Message
             of
             renewing
             a
             Treaty
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             His
             Messenger
             was
             instructed
          
           
           
             how
             to
             manage
             that
             bloody
             Massacre
             in
          
           London
           ,
           
             which
             was
             then
             Design'd
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             Kings
             Commission
             ,
             since
             published
             :
          
           And
           hath
           the
           KING
           sent
           but
           one
           Message
           ,
           for
           the
           renewing
           of
           a
           Treaty
           ?
           Then
           what
           was
           that
           from
           
             Tavestock
          
           in
           
             Aug.
          
           1644.
           and
           
             *
          
           five
           others
           from
           
             Oxford
          
           the
           next
           Yeare
           ?
           But
           indeed
           this
           ,
           that
           is
           here
           mentioned
           ,
           they
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           Answer
           (
           for
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           they
           knew
           not
           the
           way
           of
           Silence
           )
           but
           by
           this
           forged
           Accusation
           against
           the
           Messenger
           ;
           who
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           knew
           nothing
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           been
           (
           at
           that
           time
           )
           intended
           for
           the
           KING'S
           service
           ,
           by
           some
           who
           had
           more
           Zeale
           then
           Judgment
           :
           But
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           
             Massacre
          
           intended
           ,
           or
           ,
           that
           any
           
             Commission
             from
             the
          
           KING
           ,
           should
           countenance
           such
           a
           Designe
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           notorious
           Slaunder
           .
           As
           for
           the
           KING'
           's
           mentioned
           Letter
           to
           the
           QUEENE
           ;
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           any
           judicious
           Reader
           ,
           will
           find
           the
           Glosse
           made
           upon
           it
           ,
           very
           much
           wrested
           :
           And
           certainly
           ,
           after-Ages
           will
           think
           these
           Times
           very
           Barbarous
           ,
           wherein
           private
           Letters
           betwixt
           Man
           and
           Wife
           are
           published
           to
           open
           view
           :
           and
           in
           other
           Countries
           ,
           there
           is
           such
           Respect
           carried
           to
           private
           Letters
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           (
           to
           my
           knowledge
           )
           the
           last
           
             Emperour
          
           in
           the
           greatest
           heat
           of
           the
           
             Bohemian
             Warre
             ,
          
           having
           intercepted
           a
           Packet
           ,
           wherein
           were
           private
           Letters
           to
           King
           JAMES
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           (
           who
           was
           then
           known
           ,
           no
           great
           Friend
           to
           the
           
             Emperour
          
           )
           from
           His
           onely
           Daughter
           ,
           then
           ,
           avowedly
           the
           
             Emperours
          
           greatest
           Enemy
           ;
           yet
           He
           sent
           them
           to
           the
           KING
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           offer
           of
           violence
           to
           the
           Scales
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           come
           to
           their
           Determination
           upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           what
           Course
           they
           have
           resolved
           to
           take
           with
           the
           KING
           :
           their
           words
           are
           ;
           
             But
             notwithstanding
             this
             and
             other
             former
             Tenders
             ,
             we
             have
             now
             received
             such
          
           
           
             a
             Denyall
             that
             we
             are
             in
             Despaire
             of
             any
             good
             by
             Addresses
             to
             the
          
           KING
           ;
           
             neither
             must
             we
             be
             so
             injurious
             to
             the
             People
             in
             further
             delaying
             their
             Setlement
             ,
             as
             any
             more
             to
             presse
             His
             Consent
             to
             these
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Propositions
             :
          
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Resolved
             upon
             the
             Question
             :
             That
             they
             will
             receive
             no
             more
             any
             Message
             from
             the
             King
             ;
          
           and
           do
           enjoyne
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Persons
             do
             presume
             ,
             to
             receive
             or
             bring
             any
             Message
             from
             the
             King
             to
             both
             or
             either
             Houses
             of
             Parlament
             or
             to
             any
             other
             Person
             .
          
           Thus
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           is
           laid
           by
           ;
           but
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           all
           ;
           for
           ,
           He
           must
           ,
           neither
           justifie
           His
           Innocency
           against
           Calumny
           ,
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           way
           left
           Him
           to
           mend
           any
           Errour
           ,
           that
           He
           may
           have
           committed
           :
           Is
           this
           a
           Just
           way
           of
           proceeding
           ?
           when
           Truth
           ,
           though
           offered
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           heard
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           way
           must
           be
           left
           to
           recant
           an
           Error
           ?
           And
           why
           all
           this
           Severity
           ?
           Because
           (
           as
           I
           have
           already
           shown
           you
           )
           the
           KING
           will
           not
           injure
           His
           Conscience
           or
           Honour
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           His
           People
           to
           be
           oppressed
           ;
           to
           which
           they
           give
           the
           Terme
           of
           
             such
             a
             Denyall
             ,
          
           though
           really
           it
           was
           none
           .
           But
           since
           they
           thus
           seek
           to
           hoodwink
           the
           People
           ;
           it
           is
           no
           great
           Wonder
           ,
           that
           they
           forbid
           the
           KING
           to
           repent
           Him
           of
           those
           Faults
           ,
           which
           He
           never
           committed
           :
           and
           I
           believe
           all
           Indifferent
           Men
           ,
           will
           easily
           judge
           of
           the
           KING'S
           Innocency
           ,
           even
           by
           their
           way
           of
           Accusation
           :
           for
           ,
           those
           who
           wil
           lay
           such
           High
           Crimes
           to
           His
           charge
           ,
           as
           the
           
             breach
             of
             Oaths
             ,
             Vows
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
          
           and
           
             Imprecations
             ;
          
           would
           not
           spare
           to
           bring
           their
           Proofs
           if
           they
           had
           any
           :
           But
           on
           the
           Contrary
           it
           is
           known
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           not
           suffer'd
           ,
           as
           He
           ha's
           done
           ,
           if
           He
           would
           have
           dispensed
           with
           that
           part
           of
           His
           
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
          
           which
           He
           made
           to
           the
           
             Clergy
             ;
          
           which
           is
           no
           great
           signe
           that
           He
           makes
           slight
           of
           His
           Engagements
           :
           of
           which
           it
           is
           so
           universally
           knowne
           ,
           that
           He
           ha's
           been
           so
           Religiously
           
           Carefull
           ,
           as
           I
           hold
           it
           a
           wrong
           to
           His
           Innocency
           ,
           to
           seek
           to
           clear
           Him
           of
           such
           Slaunders
           ,
           for
           which
           there
           are
           no
           Proofs
           alledged
           ;
           for
           ,
           Malice
           being
           once
           detected
           ,
           is
           best
           Answered
           ,
           with
           Neglect
           and
           Silence
           :
           And
           was
           there
           ever
           greater
           ,
           or
           more
           apparent
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           then
           to
           offer
           to
           put
           the
           horrid
           slaunder
           of
           Paricide
           upon
           Him
           ,
           who
           was
           eminently
           known
           to
           be
           as
           obedient
           and
           loving
           a
           Son
           to
           His
           blessed
           Father
           ,
           as
           any
           History
           can
           make
           mention
           of
           ?
           But
           indeed
           the
           losse
           of
           
             Rochell
          
           doth
           fitly
           follow
           ;
           to
           show
           ,
           how
           Malice
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           at
           the
           height
           ,
           is
           ordinarily
           accompanied
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           none
           ,
           but
           ignorant
           or
           forgetfull
           Men
           ,
           who
           know
           not
           that
           it
           was
           meerly
           the
           want
           of
           Assistance
           ,
           from
           the
           Two
           Houses
           of
           Parlament
           (
           contrary
           to
           their
           Publick
           Generall
           Engagement
           )
           that
           lost
           
             Rochell
             :
          
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           clear
           (
           to
           any
           who
           hath
           known
           French
           Occurrences
           )
           then
           ,
           that
           reall
           Assistance
           ,
           which
           the
           KING
           ,
           to
           the
           uttermost
           of
           His
           Power
           ,
           gave
           to
           those
           of
           the
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           made
           the
           Cardinall
           of
           
             Richelieu
          
           an
           irreconcileable
           enemy
           to
           the
           KING
           ;
           wherefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           strange
           forgetfull
           Boldnesse
           to
           charge
           the
           KING
           with
           that
           which
           was
           evidently
           other
           mens
           faults
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           also
           other
           things
           ,
           that
           ,
           to
           any
           knowing
           Man
           ,
           will
           rather
           seem
           Jeers
           ,
           then
           Acusations
           ;
           as
           the
           
             German
             Horse
             ,
          
           and
           
             Spanish
             Fleet
             in
             the
             yeare
          
           1639.
           
           But
           my
           Affection
           shall
           not
           so
           blind
           me
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           never
           erred
           ;
           yet
           ,
           as
           when
           a
           just
           Debt
           is
           paid
           ,
           Bonds
           ought
           to
           be
           cancell'd
           ;
           so
           Grievances
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           just
           ,
           being
           once
           redressed
           ,
           ought
           no
           more
           to
           be
           objected
           as
           Errours
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           Paradox
           ,
           to
           affirme
           ;
           that
           Truths
           ,
           this
           way
           told
           ,
           are
           no
           better
           then
           Slaunders
           ;
           and
           such
           are
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           Grievances
           here
           enumerated
           ;
           which
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           well
           examin'd
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           
           will
           not
           be
           found
           such
           as
           here
           they
           are
           described
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           concerning
           those
           Discourses
           which
           mention
           the
           Beginnings
           of
           these
           Troubles
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           in
           Two
           severall
           places
           of
           this
           Declaration
           )
           I
           will
           onely
           say
           this
           ;
           that
           what
           the
           KING
           did
           ,
           upon
           those
           Occasions
           ,
           was
           meerly
           to
           defend
           the
           Rights
           of
           His
           Crown
           ,
           which
           were
           and
           are
           evidently
           sought
           to
           be
           torne
           from
           Him
           ;
           nor
           can
           I
           acknowledge
           all
           those
           Relations
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Private
             Levies
             ,
          
           of
           Men
           ;
           
             by
             Popish
             Agents
             ;
             Arming
             of
             Papists
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             Calling
             in
             of
             Danish
             Forces
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           :
           And
           as
           for
           the
           stale
           Slaunder
           of
           
             calling
             up
             the
             Northerne
             Army
             ,
          
           now
           renewed
           ;
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Two
           Houses
           (
           even
           at
           that
           time
           )
           were
           not
           so
           partiall
           to
           the
           KING
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           conceal'd
           a
           Practise
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           have
           got
           it
           sufficiently
           proved
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Irish
             Rebellion
          
           can
           be
           justly
           charged
           upon
           the
           KING
           ,
           then
           I
           shall
           not
           blame
           any
           for
           beleeving
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Allegations
           against
           Him
           ;
           onely
           I
           protest
           against
           all
           
             Rebells
          
           Testimonie
           ,
           as
           good
           Proofe
           ;
           it
           being
           most
           certaine
           by
           experience
           ;
           that
           they
           ,
           who
           make
           no
           Conscience
           of
           Rebelling
           ,
           will
           make
           lesse
           of
           Lying
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           for
           their
           Advantage
           .
           And
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           little
           wonder
           ,
           that
           ,
           so
           grave
           an
           Assembly
           as
           the
           House
           of
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           should
           so
           slightly
           examine
           a
           Businesse
           of
           that
           Great
           Weight
           ,
           as
           to
           alleage
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Scots
          
           Great
           Seale
           ,
           did
           countenance
           the
           Irish
           Rebellion
           ,
           when
           I
           know
           it
           can
           be
           proved
           ,
           by
           Witnesses
           without
           exception
           ,
           that
           ,
           for
           many
           Moneths
           before
           ,
           untill
           the
           now
           Lord
           Chancellour
           had
           the
           Keeping
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           at
           all
           Sealed
           by
           it
           :
           Nor
           concerning
           this
           Great
           Point
           will
           I
           onely
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           KING
           is
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           bid
           them
           prove
           (
           which
           ,
           to
           most
           Accusations
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Answer
           )
           but
           ,
           I
           can
           prove
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           KING
           had
           been
           obeyed
           in
           the
           Irish
           Affaires
           before
           He
           
           went
           last
           into
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           there
           had
           been
           no
           
             Irish
             Rebellion
             ;
          
           and
           ,
           after
           it
           was
           begun
           ,
           it
           had
           ,
           in
           few
           Months
           ,
           been
           subpressed
           ,
           if
           His
           Directions
           had
           been
           observed
           ;
           For
           if
           the
           KING
           had
           been
           suffered
           to
           have
           performed
           His
           Engagements
           to
           the
           
             Irish
             Agents
             ;
          
           and
           ,
           had
           disposed
           of
           the
           discontented
           
             Irish
             Army
             ,
          
           beyond
           Sea
           (
           according
           to
           His
           Contracts
           with
           the
           
             French
          
           and
           
             Spanish
          
           Ambassadours
           )
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           cleare
           ,
           then
           that
           there
           could
           have
           been
           no
           Rebellion
           in
           
             Ireland
             ;
          
           because
           ,
           they
           had
           wanted
           both
           Pretence
           and
           Meanes
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           one
           :
           Then
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           broken
           forth
           ,
           if
           those
           vigorous
           courses
           had
           been
           pursued
           ,
           which
           the
           KING
           proposed
           ,
           (
           first
           to
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           then
           ,
           to
           the
           
             English
          
           Parlament
           )
           doubtlesse
           that
           Rebellion
           had
           been
           soon
           suppressed
           .
           But
           what
           He
           proposed
           took
           so
           little
           effect
           ,
           that
           in
           many
           months
           after
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           sent
           into
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           but
           what
           the
           KING
           Himselfe
           sent
           (
           assisted
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Richmond
          
           )
           before
           He
           came
           from
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           unto
           Sir
           
             Rob
             :
             Steward
             ;
          
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           little
           ,
           will
           be
           found
           to
           have
           done
           much
           service
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           by
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Roberts
          
           voluntary
           Testimony
           ,
           given
           in
           writing
           to
           the
           Parlament
           Commissioners
           then
           attending
           the
           KING
           at
           
             Stoak
             .
          
           And
           certainly
           ,
           a
           greater
           Evidence
           for
           Constancy
           in
           Religion
           there
           cannot
           be
           ,
           then
           the
           KING
           shewed
           in
           His
           
             Irish
             Treaty
             ;
          
           for
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           that
           He
           most
           needed
           Assistance
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           His
           Power
           to
           have
           made
           that
           Kingdome
           Declare
           unanimously
           for
           Him
           ,
           and
           have
           had
           the
           whole
           Forces
           thereof
           employed
           in
           His
           Service
           ,
           if
           He
           would
           have
           granted
           their
           Demand
           in
           Points
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           not
           insisting
           in
           any
           thing
           of
           Civill
           Government
           ,
           which
           His
           Majesty
           might
           not
           have
           granted
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           to
           Regal
           Authority
           ;
           and
           this
           can
           be
           clearly
           proved
           ,
           by
           the
           Marques
           of
           
             Ormonds
          
           Treaties
           with
           the
           
             Irish
             ,
          
           not
           without
           very
           good
           
           
           
           Evidence
           by
           some
           of
           the
           KING's
           Letters
           to
           the
           QUEENE
           ,
           which
           were
           taken
           at
           
             Naseby
          
           that
           are
           purposely
           concealed
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           too
           plainly
           discover
           the
           KING'S
           detestation
           of
           that
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           His
           rigid
           firmnesse
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Profession
           :
           Nor
           can
           I
           end
           this
           Point
           ,
           without
           remarking
           with
           Wonder
           ,
           that
           Men
           should
           have
           so
           ill
           Memories
           ,
           as
           again
           to
           renew
           that
           old
           Slander
           ,
           of
           the
           
             King's
             giving
             Passes
             ,
             to
             divers
             Papists
             ,
             and
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             who
             headed
             the
             Rebels
             ;
          
           of
           which
           He
           so
           cleared
           Himselfe
           ,
           that
           He
           demanded
           Reparation
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           have
           it
           ,
           albeit
           no
           shew
           of
           Proof
           could
           be
           produced
           ,
           for
           that
           Allegation
           :
           as
           is
           most
           plainly
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           first
           book
           of
           the
           Collection
           of
           all
           Remonstrances
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           &c.
           fol.
           69.
           
           &
           70.
           
        
         
           Thus
           having
           given
           a
           particular
           Answer
           to
           the
           most
           materiall
           Points
           in
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           the
           rest
           are
           such
           frivolous
           ,
           malicious
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           groundlesse
           Calumnies
           ,
           that
           Contempt
           is
           the
           Best
           Answer
           for
           them
           .
           Yet
           ,
           one
           thing
           more
           ,
           I
           must
           observe
           ,
           that
           they
           not
           onely
           endeavour
           to
           make
           Fables
           passe
           for
           currant
           Coyne
           ,
           but
           likewise
           seek
           to
           blind
           Mens
           Judgements
           ,
           with
           false
           Inferences
           upon
           some
           Truths
           :
           for
           Example
           ;
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           
             the
             KING
             hath
             said
             in
             some
             of
             His
             Speeches
             or
             Declarations
             ;
             That
             He
             oweth
             an
             Accompt
             of
             His
             Actions
             to
             none
             but
             God
             alone
             ;
             and
             That
             the
             Houses
             of
             Parlament
             joynt
             or
             seperate
             have
             no
             Power
             ,
             either
             to
             make
             or
             Declare
             any
             Law
             ;
          
           But
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           
             a
             fit
             foundation
             for
             all
             Tyrannie
             ,
          
           I
           must
           utterly
           Deny
           ;
           indeed
           if
           it
           had
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           
             the
             King
             ,
             without
             the
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parlament
             ,
             could
             make
             or
             Declare
             Lawes
             ,
          
           then
           there
           might
           be
           some
           strength
           in
           the
           Argument
           ;
           but
           ,
           before
           this
           Parlament
           ,
           it
           was
           never
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           Pretended
           ,
           that
           either
           or
           both
           Houses
           ,
           without
           the
           KING
           ,
           could
           make
           or
           Declare
           any
           Law
           ,
           and
           certainly
           
           HIS
           MAJESTY
           is
           not
           the
           first
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           not
           be
           the
           last
           )
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           not
           held
           Himself
           Accomptable
           to
           any
           Earthly
           Power
           ;
           besides
           it
           will
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           this
           HIS
           MAJESTY'S
           Position
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           all
           Divine
           and
           Humane
           Lawes
           ;
           so
           far
           it
           is
           ,
           from
           being
           
             Destructive
             to
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           or
           
             a
             Foundation
             for
             Tyrannie
             .
          
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           appeale
           to
           GOD
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           whether
           it
           can
           be
           parallel'd
           by
           example
           ,
           or
           warranted
           by
           Justice
           ,
           that
           any
           Man
           should
           be
           Slander'd
           ,
           yet
           denyed
           the
           sight
           thereof
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           from
           being
           permitted
           to
           Answer
           ,
           that
           if
           He
           have
           erred
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           way
           left
           Him
           to
           acknowledge
           or
           mend
           it
           :
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           the
           KING'
           's
           present
           Condition
           ;
           who
           is
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           laid
           aside
           ;
           Because
           He
           will
           not
           consent
           that
           the
           old
           Fundamentall
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Land
           be
           changed
           ,
           Regall
           Power
           destroyed
           ,
           nor
           ,
           His
           People
           submitted
           ,
           to
           a
           new
           Arbitrary
           Tyrannicall
           Government
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           In
           page
           4.
           line
           4.
           for
           
             to
             be
             qualified
             ,
          
           read
           
             so
             qualified
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A75409e-140
           
             *
             5.
             15.
             26.
             29.
             of
             
               Decemb.
            
             and
             15.
             of
             
               Jan.
            
             1645.