ARTICLES Drawn up By the now John Earl of Bristol and presented to the Parliament, against George late Duke of Buckingham, in the year 1626. containing these particulars following.  
Concerning the death of King James, on which Articles the Parliament was dissolved &c.  
1 Declaring a secret Plot to draw his Majesty into Spain, that he might be instructed in the Roman Religion.  
2 showing who were the principal confederates and contrivers of the said Plot, and that his Majesty went accordingly.  
3 What hopes were given to the Spaniard of his majesty's conversion to the Romish Religion and what correspondency was held with the Pope concerning the same.  
4 showing what Letters were written to the Pope, and how he were styled the Holy Father, &c.  
5 That the Pope sent a Bull concerning the King's conversion.  
6 showing what was the ruin of the Palsgrave.  
7 showing the great miscarriages of the whole affairs concerning Spain, and King James his Resolution thereupon.  
Printed at London, for I. A. 1642.   

Articles of the Earl of Bristol, whereby he chargeth the Duke of Buckingham. Dated primo Maij Anno. 1626.  
THat the Duke of Buckingham did secretly combine and conspire with the Conde de Gondomar ambassador for the King of Spain, before his the said Ambassadors last return into Spain 1622. to carry his now Majesty then Prince into Spain, to the end that he might be informed and instructed in the Roman Religion, and thereby have perverted the Prince, and subverted the true Religion established in England, from which misery this kingdom next under God's mercies, hath by the wise, Religious and constant carriage of his Majesty been almost miraculously delivered, considering the many bold and subtle attempts of the said Duke in that kind.  
2 That M. Porter was acquainted with it, and sent into Spain, & such Messages at his return framed as might serve for a ground to set on foot this conspiracy, which was done accordingly, and thereby the King and Prince highly abused, and their consents thereby first gotten to the said journey, that is to say, after the return of the said M. Porter, which was about the end of December or beginning of January, 1622. whereas the said Duke had plotted it many months before.  
3 That the Duke at his arrival in Spain nourished the Spanish Ministers, not only in the belief of his own, being popishly affected, but did (both by absenting himself from all exercises of Religion constantly used in the Earl of bristols house, and frequented by all the Protestant English, and by conforming himself to please the Spaniards in diverse rites of their Religion, even so far as to kneel and adore their Sacraments from time to time) give the Span●ards hope of the Prince his conversion, which he endeavoured to procure by all means possible, and thereby caused the Spanish Ministers to propound far worse Questions for Religion than they had been formerly by the Earl of Bristol, and sir Walter Asten settled and signed under their majesty's Hands, with a clause in the King of Spain his Answer of the twelfth of December, Anno 1622. That they held the Articles agreed upon sufficient, and such as ought to induce the Pope to the granting of the dispensation.  
4. That the Duke of Buckingham having several times in the presence of the Ea: of Bristol moved and pressed his late Majesty at the instance of the Conde de Gondomar to write a letter unto the Pope, and to that purpose having once brought a letter ready drawn, wherewith the Ea: of Bristol by his Majesty being made acquainted did so strongly oppose the writing of any such letter, that during the abode of the said Earl in England, the said Duke could not attain it, yet not long after the said Earl was gone, he procured such a letter to be written from his late Majesty unto the Pope, and to have him styled Sanctissimus Poter.  
5. That the Pope being informed of the Duke of Buckingham his inclination and intention, in point of Religion, sent unto the said Duke a particular Bull in parchment for to persuade and encourage him in the perversion of his Majesty then Prince.  
6. That the Duke's behaviour in Spain was such, that he thereby so incensed the K. of Spain and his Ministers that they would admit of no reconciliation nor further dealing with them, whereupon the Duke seeing that the match would now be to his disadvantage, he endeavoured to break it, not for any service to the kingdom, nor dislike of the match itself, nor for that he found (as since he hath pretended) that the Spaniards did not really intend the same match, but out of his particular ends and indignation.  
7. After that he intended to cross the marriage, he put in practice diverse undue courses, as namely making uses of the letters of his Majesty then Prince, to his own ends, and not to what they were intended, as likewise concealing things of high importance from his late Majesty, and thereby overthrew his majesty's purposes, and advanced his own ends.  
8. That the D. of Buckingham as he had with his skill and artifices formerly abused their Majesties, so to the same end he afterwards abused both Houses of Parliament, by finister relations of the carriage of affairs, as shall be made appear almost in every particular that he spoke to the said Houses.  
9 As for his scandal given by his personal behaviour, as also the employing of his power with the King of Spayn for the procuring of favours and Offices which he bestowed upon base and unworthy persons for the recompense and hire of his lusts, these things as neither fit for the Earl of Bristol to speak, nor indeed for the house to hear, he leaveth to your lordship's wisdoms, how far you will be pleased to have them examined, it hath indeed been great infamy and dishonour to this Nation, that a person of the Duke's quality and employment a privy Counsellor, an ambassador eminent in his majesty's favour, solely trusted with the Prince, should leave behind him in a foreign Court so much scandal as he did by his ill behaviour.  
10. That the Duke of Buckingham hath been in great part the cause of the ruin and misfortune of the Palsgrave and his estate, in as much as those affairs had relation unto this kingdom.  
11. That the Duke of Buckingham in his relation to both Houses of Parliament wronged the Earl of Bristol in point of his honour by many sinister aspersions which he hath laid upon him, and in the point of his liberty by many undue courses through his power and practices.  
12. That the Earl of Bristol did reveal to 〈◊〉 late Majesty both by words and letter in what sort the Duke had deceived him, and abused his trust, and that the King by several ways sent him word that he should rest assured that he would hear him, but that he should leave it to him to take his own time, and thereupon few days before his sickness he sent the Earl 〈◊〉 that he would hear him against the Duke, as well as he had heard the Duke against him, which the Duke heard, and not long after, his blessed Majesty sickened and died, having in the interim 〈◊〉 much vexed and pressed by the said Duke.  
FINIS.