Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his speech for propositions of peace to be sent to His Majestie: spoken in the high court of Parliament. Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A92063 of text R22062 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E83_30). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. 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Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb: 29". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A92063 R22062 (Thomason E83_30). civilwar no Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his speech for propositions of peace to be sent to His Majestie:: spoken in the high court of Parliament. Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir 1642 671 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-02 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-03 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-03 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion SIR Benjamin Rudyerd HIS SPEECH FOR PROPOSITIONS OF PEACE TO BE SENT TO His Majestie : Spoken in the High Court of PARLIAMENT . LONDON , Printed by L. N. and R. C. for William Sheares , 1642. Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his Speech for Propositions of Peace to be sent to His Majestie , spoken in the high Court of Parliament . M. SPEAKER , WEe doe all know , but I beseech you Sir let us consider , That we are in a war , That a war doth alwaies carry a sting of Gods anger in it , That a Civill war is the height of his fury . The Romans , a wise People , no Christians were so sadly sensible of a Civill war as they ; who did manage it , would never advertise the Senate of any successe whatsoever : And although they were exceedingly transported with the glory of a triumph , yet their Lawes did not permit any man to enter the City in triumph , for the finishing of a Civill warre . One of the wisest of them said , Omnia sunt misera in bello Civili , sed nihil miserius ipsa Victoria ; All things are miserable in a Civill war , but nothing more miserable then a Victory it selfe . A Civill war is a two-edged Sword , it cuts and devoures on both sides ; if it continne amongst us , wee may kill up on another till wee make our selves an easy and scornfull Prey to some ambitious Neighbour . Now we probably fore-see , That there is likely to be a great alteration in the Affaires of Christendome , by the death of Cardinall Richelieu . The King of France had signed under his hand a Treaty of Peace with the King of Spaine : But the Cardinall by his power and interest brake that Designe ; it was his last worke . Now , Cardinall Mazarini is admitted into his Imployments , an Italian , a stranger , and therefore may prosecute other Ends ; Besides , the King himselfe may relaps into a former Opinion : So that if there should bee a Peace betweene France and Spaine , the French will have leisure and opportunity to assist here . And it hath beene twice the Fate of this Kingdome to be conquered by Auxiliaries . Jt is frequent in Histories , That many other Nations have bin subdued by those whom they called in to helpe them . Jf we do not rid our selves of this Warre by the Spring , we shall see this Kingdome fill'd and infested by Forraigne Armies . Sir , if the King and wee were now One , and should joyne in one way , we should finde worke more then enough to make up the torne , broken , shatterd Pieces that lye presently before us in two Kingdomes : What then shall we doe in greater Distractions , in greater Necessities , in greater Perplexities still growing upon us ? Jf but Ireland were lost , the Jrish would prove the most dangerous Enemies that ever this Kingdome had . They would soone grow rich , by the opportunity of their scituation for Trade , they would soon grow strong in Shipping , having so many good Harbours , and then confederated with other Enemies , what Mischiefe , what Ruine may they not bring upon us ? But what may sooner come from thence J will not mention . No man is able to see thorow the miseries that neerly threaten us , even ready to fall upon us . Wherefore ( Master Speaker ) let us as wise Men , as charitable Christians , as loving Subjects , send Propositions of Peace to the King . J do verily beleeve , that God will blesse us more in a Treaty , then in more Bloud . His will be done . FINIS .