THE STATE OF THE WHOLE KINGDOM: CONCERNING His MAJESTY and the PARLIAMENT, Between, LONDON, YORK, and HULL.  
In a Compendious Demonstration of All Interceding Messages, Intentions, or Resolutions, either of the King or Parliament, with the Respective Answers of either.  
Also, Certain Weighty and Remarkable Admonitions sent from the Commissions in Scotland, both to the King and Parliament, to Compose the difference between them.  
London, Printed for T.W. 1642.   

The State of the whole Kingdom, concerning his Majesty, and the Parliament, between London, York, and Hull.  
THe King and the Parliament mutually fomenting fears and jealousies between each other, have caused this Kingdom to be involved in such a stupendious Laborynch of distraction, that the estate of the whole Kingdom is shaken thereby. Messages, and Remonstrances, Declarations and Replies have been often reflected on each other; and while the King's indignation is exasperated, the Parliaments suspicion is not wanting. London is replenished with grief for his Majesty's absence; and his Majesty is also himself perplexed at the exclusion given him at Hull, That a Subject should deny him the enjoyment of his own possessions. In respect therefore that so many troubles and distempers do infect and contaminate this Realm, with the contagious diffusion of fears, and approaching miseries; and that the State of this Kingdom is at this present reduced to the very brink of calamity: it will not be impertinent seriously to consider by what means it hath been brought into them, and by what means probably it may be emergent and brought out of them. Divers causes have produced these effects; but the principal cause is to be concluded from the variance and disunion between the King and his Parliament. But it will not be unnecessary to search scrutably into the first, and prime cause, that begot this variance and disunion, and then nourished and continued the same. It was (as it is by astipulation of all Men generally affirmed) the tumultuous uproars of some factious Spirits, that did not only scare, but affright His Majesty from his great Council: running Catervatim, by Troops down to Whitehall, and then disturbing his Majesty with obstreperous clamours. Which caused His Majesty thereupon to constitute, and appoint a daily Court of Guard; but perceiving, notwithstanding, their protervity so egregiously obstinate, he left his Parliament. And ever since, this disagreement have continued between them to the unexpressible grief of the Subjects. The Authors then hereof are apparently demonstrated, not to be any foreign, but domestic foe: for our Enemies are only of our House and Family, such as under pretence of Peace, hatch civil Wars, and such as our own dissensions, jealousies and distractions have begotten and raised up. And certainly, where such are found (especially between a King and his People) they will prove a sufficient destruction to that Kingdom, and no other cause of the unhappiness, and misery of a State need to be sought after: for civil discord is a plentiful Source, from whence all miseries and crowding mischiefs flow greedily into a Kingdom.  
The Scripture telleth us, Of the Great strength of a Little City United, and of the Little stability of a Great Kingdom divided within itself. So that upon a prudent inquiry, we may assign our own jealousies and discords, for the chieft cause of our past, and present troubles, and of our future fears.  
The King for his part offereth to concur with the Parliament, in the settling all their liberties and immunities, either for the propriety of their goods, or liberty of their Persons, which they have successively received from their Ancestor, or which himself hath granted unto them. And (as appears by His several Messages, and Answers to both Houses of Parliament) what shall yet remain for the good and comfort of His Subjects, He is willing to hearken, to all their just and reasonable Propositions? And for the ratification and establishment of the Protestant Religion, he woes them to it: The rule of His Government, He professeth, shall be no other, than the Laws of the Kingdom. What can be more pretended, or expected from a King?  
The Parliament on the other side make profession, that they intent to make His Majesty a glorious King, to endeavour to support his Dignity, and to pay unto him, that duty and obedience, which by their Allegiance, several Oaths, and late Protestation, they own unto him: and to maintain all His just Regalities, and Prerogatives.  
So that this Kingdom (the Parliament and King having thus reciprocally agreed of that, which would in the the general make at once both the King, and his People happy) will be most unhappy and unfortunate, if they do not bring both inclinations and endeavours so to propound and settle particulars, as both King and People may know, what will give them mutual satisfaction, which certainly must be the first step to the settling of a right understanding between them. But when that confidence and belief, which should be betwixt a King and his Subject are once lost and dissolved, there can be no greater difficulty, then to conjoin them. For it is much easier to compose differences arising from reason, yea, from wrongs, than it is to satisfy jealousies, which arising out of the diffidence, and distrust between the King and People, grow, and are varied upon every occasion. The Parliament have ordered the disposal of the Militia of the Kingdom without the King's consent, warranted by the Authority of the fundamental Laws of the Land.  
The King Answers to the contrary, and desire to know what those fundamental Laws of the Land are, and where to be found, or by what Ordinance since the first beginning of Parliaments to this present hath it been ever mentioned, that any thing hath been endeavoured to impose any thing on the Subject without the King's consent?  
The Parliament affirm by many Statutes the unlimited power, and Authority of a Parliament.  
The King acknowledgeth the same also, but withal he understandeth, that in the Word Parliament, the King as a part thereof is chief comprehended.  
The King (being denied him to enter into Hull) proclaimed Sir John Hotham Traitor, being an unparalleled, high, and unheard of affront offered to his Majesty.  
The Parliament maintain that Act of his to be no Treason, and proclaim him contrarily a faithful servant of the Parliaments, and that they are confident his Act will appear to all the World so fare from being an affront to the King, that it will be found rather an Act of great loyalty to His Majesty, and to the general good of the Kingdom especially. The King affirmeth, that He hath the same Title to His Town of Hull, which any of His Subjects have to their Houses or Lands, and the same to his Magazine and Munition there, that any Man hath to his Money, Plate or Jewels; and therefore that they ought not to have been disposed of, without, or against His consent, no more than the House, Lands, Money, Plate or Jewels of any Subject aught to be without, or against his will. The Parliaments Answer, That His Majesty's Towns are no more his own, than the Kingdom is his own; and his Kingdom are no more his own, than his People are his own; and if the King had a propriety in all his Towns, what would become of the Subjects propriety in their Houses therein, and if he had a propriety in his Kingdom, what would become of the Subjects propriety in their Lands throughout the Kingdom, or of their Liberties: if His Majesty had the same right in their persons, that every Subject hath in their Lands, or Goods, and what should become of the Subject's interests in the Towns and Forts of the Kingdom, and in the Kingdom itself, if His Majesty might sell, or give them away, or dispose of them at his pleasure, as a particular Man may do with his Goods. Thus in every particular there is a moor Antipathy and Opposition on both sides, several fears and jealousies being nourished, between both the King and his Parliament; which if there be no endeavours to Allay, mitigate or remove, they will every day increase, grow stronger, and stronger, and gather strength variously: Nay, they are already grown to that height, and the mutual replies to those direct terms of opposition in contrary Answers, that if there be no present stop made, it is to be feared, it will speedily pass farther than verbal contestations. Yorkshire is in preparation of Arms to assist His Majesty, and the Horse-riding of that Country hath been performed according to His Majesty's command, and if by provocation of Words a Civil War should arise, it would presently bring the whole Kingdom to a destructive and ruinated demolution. So that we are upon the very brink of our miseries: but it is better keeping out of them, then getting out of them: and in an Estate, the Wiseof prevention, is infinitely beyond the Wisdom of Remedies. If for the sins of this Nation these misunderstandings should produce the least Act of Hostility, it is not almost to be believed, how impossible it were to put a stay to our miseries. For if it should so happen (which God of his Goodness avert) that mutually Forces and Armies should be raised, jealousies and fears would be much increased thereby, and in the very charge of maintaining them, the wealth of the Kingdom would be consumed. Of this we had lately a costly example in the Wars of Scotland, and after pacification was concluded, it cost this Kingdom not much less than a Million of pounds. And if two Armies be once on Foot here in England, either a sudden encounter must destroy one of them, or the keeping them both will destroy the Kingdom. I hope the Parliament will endeavour by moderation, and calmness, to put a stay to our appraching miseries, and hearken to the wise advice of our Brethren of Scotland, in their Message to the King and Parliament, wherein they earnestly entreat them, That all possible means may be forborn which may make the breach wider, and the wound deeper: and that no place be given to the evil spirit of division, which at such time work uncessantly, and resteth not; But that the fairest, the most Christian and peaceable way of reunion may be taken by so wise a King, and Parliament, as may (against malice and opposition) make his Majesty more glorious, and His Kingdom more happy than ever.  
Which Pious, Prudent admonitions of Scotland (I hope) will be respectively embraced, to the reconciliation of the King and Parliament, and consequently the security of the Kingdom.  
FINIS.