Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his speech in the High Court of Parliament the 17. of February, for a speedy treaty of peace with His Majestie. Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A92064 of text R19911 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E90_15). 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 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A92064 Wing R2195 Thomason E90_15 ESTC R19911 99860774 99860774 112899 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A92064) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 112899) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 16:E90[15]) Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his speech in the High Court of Parliament the 17. of February, for a speedy treaty of peace with His Majestie. Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658. [2], 6 p. Printed for Michael Young, London : 1643. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Feb. 23. 1642". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Peace -- Early works to 1800. A92064 R19911 (Thomason E90_15). civilwar no Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his speech in the High Court of Parliament the 17. of February,: for a speedy treaty of peace with His Majestie. Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir 1643 753 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 IN THE HIGH COVRT OF PARLIAMENT The 17. of February , for a speedy Treaty of PEACE with His Majestie . LONDON , Printed for MICHAEL YOUNG , 1643. Sir Benjamin Rudyerd his Speech in the High Court of Parliament , the 17. of February , for a speedy Treaty of Peace with his Majesty . Mr Speaker . I Doe verily That the Vote we have already pass'd , For the Disbanding the Armies the first and tenth of March , will finde us no farther on our way , then where we now are , besides the ill Accidents that may happen , and so much precious time spent , as till then . Sir , The Main Businesse is , whether we shall have a present Treatie or no ? and this concerns us in all that we Have , and Are Since we Refused a Treaty at Nottingham , I doe not find that we have gotten much ground , although our Army then was fresh , full , and full paid ; the People erect , bountifull , and forward to the warre . Now , the Disposition of the Kingdome , for the greatest part , stands bent towards a Peace : so that wheresoever the Refusall , or Delay of the way to it shall be fixt , the Disadvantage will fall on that side . How cleare soever the Jntentions of the House are , yet abroad it will be taken but as a shew without Reality , and so it will be returned upon us . For the Propositions , J have not known , nor heard , that all the Propositions in any Treaty of Jmportance , were ever swallowed whole . Jf some be harsh and rough , they may be wrought and suppled by wise Treaters , made fit for an acceptable agreement . Jf other be unpassable , they may be totally rejected . Those that are our unquestionable Rights , may be so claim'd , and held . Mr Speaker , We have already tasted the bitter bloudy fruits of warre , we are growne exceedingly behind-hand with our selves since we began it : if we persist , there will such a confluence of Mischiefs break in upon us , as I am afraid will ruin the King , the Kingdome , the Nation ; unlesse God be mercifull to us , and doe step in with a great Miracle , for a little one will not serve our turne . I have long and thougtfully expected , that the cup of trembling which hath gone round about us to other Nations , would at length come in amongst us Jt is now come at last , and we may drink the Dreggs of it , the worst ; which God divert . There is yet some comfort left , that our Miseries are not likely to last long . For , we cannot fight here as they doe in Germany , in that great , large , vast continent : where although there be warre in some parts of it , yet there are many other remote quiet places , for trade and tillage to support it . We must sight as in a Cock-pit , we are surrounded with the sea . We have no stronger Holds , then our owne Sculls , and our own Ribs , to keep out enemies ; so that the whole Kingdome will suddenly be but one flame . Jt hath been said in this House , that we are bound in conscience to punish the shedding of innocent bloud : but Sir , who shall be answerable for all the innocent bloud which shall be spilt hereafter , if we doe not endeavour a Peace , by a speedy Treaty ? Certainly , God is as much to be trusted in a Treatie , as in a warre : it is He that gives wisdome to treat , as well as courage to fight , and successe to both , as it pleaseth Him . Bloud is a crying sinne , it pollutes a land : why should wee defile this land any longer ? Wherefore Mr Speaker , Let us stint Bloud as soon as we can . Let us agree with our Adversaries in the way , by a present , short , wary Treaty . God direct us . FINIS .