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From the tDecIatattOlt of
MR" Alexander Henderson,
( Principal Minifter of the Word of God at Edinburgh, and
Chief Commiilioner from the Kirk of to tire
Parliament and Synod of England )
Upon his v EATT>:
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WITH
A Further Defence of the
Jg 1 N G's Holy Book.
To which is Annexed
ILtthlobn no SLvau ♦
With A Defence of the KING from the
Irifh Rebellion.
By Rich. Hollingworth, D. D.
London Printed, and are to be Sold by R. Tayhr
by Amen-Corner, i6$z.
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Mia\rc:»i6ness; of
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"Defence of Innocent ,•
I fta Vindicating of their /row
thofe bafe and barbarous Mfperftons are
mmy times loaden withal, ( »Jpi wWcr jp^o/e tongues
is the poyfn of Mfps) are Employments every way
becoming thofe who are Difciples of tlx HOL Y
JESUS, and have folemnly promifed to follow His
Example, and which I am certain wiH fpeak 'Peace
and Comfort to them, when others who give themfelves
the liberty to detract and defame, to and ill-
report the Deft of Men, mill fink at laft tinder tlje
Load of their own Guilt, and the Terroiirs of their
angry and difcontented Minds. >v\ • •
Thefenje of which has been a
my felf, ever Jince I have undertaken the Vindication
of the Name and Memory of Kjng Charle s I.
and has enabled me in fopic to fcorn and
live aboVe all t^°fe (Reproachesthat by
B ~Faction.
The Bpiftle Dedicatory.
Faction, have been without Truth or Modefly fo freely
fajhud upon- me,- and 1- am fo wea*
ry of the Task I have engaged, that I thank
every frejh IfyovocatiBtt' giVh as
Well as Advantage of knowing and under/landing the
incomparable Merits of thatfreat Man , and the
Courage po*pmmunicdtotfotit a-
mongB many other things that have come
face 1 began the Defence of this Great
This Afox elm fake.ofwheel}I mafo'&tddAo-gWe Tour
Ladyfinp:t)mTifrotMe\dtp 0fmy4rht^Y>f\tf)e
eft .and\fodfcfksiftat tfvrwhi/wtojft aifi/s nfdoubt Will
be:,fatisfdM<ky tMdkfsrt'/> -the
T? erfon who was thk Akthor- of it'} M
chief ■■Utrfdtt Afi ifa Presbyterian Stony m 'Sce^' •
la i^y' dd^ the* tiring fw fetldng Ujf.
and f haveffieWn^
it, Jince Thad it, atnfeVerul Terfons of Names, ■
atid at great TFofh. hi<w- as
mightily tufajvwithy^ fV" deficits it
printtd\s tbap tbk Iforlw m unfuBkj
Great Terfons Name isdealt a
Number of many (Bad Mm of this Age j as
fmi as 1 refohed to Reprint, 1 at the fame time re*
folvtd, it fhould, with Tour LadyfhipS Leave, -(tome
out under Tour Mintoars
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which Yqh have a (fttghttt) net onel) upon tte fitiv
•I The Epiftte Deciicdiory. ;
./ w cm za m wma&
and Virtues,. hut aljo upon the 'Account of the Faith-
fulnejs and htegritjy tie Loy of
Your Ancefl'ori tb'rihe'- -'to®" CI W and Diinitj
theredf; 'JoVf.'is/mil' Mown,' That
Grandfather Ipji his Life, as. General of
lefties Forces at the firfl Fight agatnf the (f at
-Edgehill, for hps Great Just and
tcous taufe, and that Yoyrof - Noble , at
the fame time jntfrifon'dV farhis flcadyi
to the foyal Inter eft, and that both of them, as they
Ventured their Lives, fo they a vaft
pilLi i Boi >o ■ >
Wfflht, 01 vino aontll6'3.2^!rt§rmtA Shift*!*#
Jftf hotfi0trlsthattn tl#
heconting Good Men , Goad Chriflimts , and Trm
Lovers of the Religion [.and Laws of their Country,
which includes their being Good .Subjects, and. confe-
■quently took. the., better .and , more, . fart)
will be /aid ) to continue their bafe and
Trcjudtc^s.. ; 17 ,
The-Decla^cion is this.
'ThC.Chdr abler of King C H A R L E S I.
/Herei's tfie greatcfl: part of the diilemperedPeo-
jj l\LaC* ill ~l. -iWlJL jn.£;l r
pte . of the'l^ .r^fffbirdjfete*- . Riipgddrpsi
have be&rarid are,' vvofu!!? abu'ctl and mmea with "mi-
f-'hni. g z licious
The Charter of King CHARLES I.
Jicious misinformations againft his facred Majefly, efpe-
cially in point of Religion and moral-Wifclom; where¬
of, I confefs with great griefof heart, my ftlf to have
been (amongft many moe of ray coat) none of the
ftaft; who out of Imaginary fears and jealouftes, were
made real Inflruments to advance this un-naturaj War,
wherein fb"much Innocent Proteflant Blood hath been
fhed, and fo much downright Robbery committed,
without fear, or lhame of fin; to the fcandal of the
true Reformed Religion, as cannot but draw down hea¬
vy Judgements from Heaven upon thefe infatuated Ni¬
trons, and more particularly upon Us who iKould have
inflru&ed them in tire way of Truth, Peaces and Obe¬
dience.
I conceived it the duty of a good Chriftian,efpecially
one of my profeflion, and in the condition that I lie,
expecting God Almighty's Call, not only to acknow¬
ledge to the All-merciful God, with a humble fincere
remorft of Conference, the: greatnefi of this offence ;
which being done in fimplicity of,Spirit, I hope with
the ApoBle Paul to obtain Mercy, becauft I did it
through Ignorance :' Bat alfo, for the better fatisfacBion
©fall others, to publifh this Declaration tothe view of
the World; to the intent, that allthofe (efpecially of
the Miniftery) who have been deluded with me, may
by God's Grace, and my example (though a weak and
mean Inflrument) not only be undeceived themftlves,
but alfo Birred up to undeceive others, with mote ala-
critie and faciiitie;. that the fcandal may be removed
from our Religion and Profeflion, and the good King re-
Bored to his juft Rights, and truly honoured and obey¬
ed as God's Anointed and Vicegerent upon Earth; and
the poor diBrelled Subjects freed from thole intoilera-
ble Burdens and Oppreffions which they lye groaning
under,
The Char after of IQng I.
underj piercing Heaven with their Tears and Cries;
and a (olid Peace fettled both id Kirk and Common¬
wealth, throughout all His Majefties Dominions, to
the Glory of God, and of our bleffed Mediator and
Saviour the Lord Chrift.
I do therefore Declare before God and the World,
That fince I had the Honour and Happinefsito Con-
verfe and Confer, with His Majeily, with all fort of
freedom; efpecially in Matters of Religion,- whether
in relation to the Kirk or State, ( which like Hypo-
crates Twins are lynked together ) that I found him
the rriofl intelligent Man that ever I fpoke with ; as
far beyond my Eprefjion, as Expe&ation, grounded
upon the Information that was given me ( before I
knew him ) by fuch as I though; Jhould have known
him. Jprofels that I was oft-times aftonilh'd with
th6 lofidity and qiiicknefs of his Reafonsahd Replies;
wondrcd how lie, '(pending his Time fo much in
Sports and Recreations, copld have attained to fo great
Knowledge, and mud confc/s, ingenuoufly, that I was
coiivinc'd in Confcience, and knew not how to give
him any r<:afpna|>!e Satisfaction; yet, the fweetncfs
of bis-DifppAfi,bh is Tuclj, that whatfeever I laid was-
si'cll taken; I'miiCl lay, that T,never met with any
Difputaqt (let be a King, and in Matters of fo high'
Concernment} of that mild and caJm Temper, which
convinced me the: more, and made me think that fuch'
Wifdom and Moderation, could not be without.an ex¬
traordinary meafure of divine grace S J. had. heard
much of his carriage towards the Priefts in Spat#, and
that King James told the Duke of Buckingham upon
his going thither, that he durfl venture his Son
with all the Jefuits in the World, he knew him to be lo
well grounded in the Proteftant Religion, but could ne¬
ver believe it before. I
The Cbmitter oj JQngy C H d1.
I pbfeved all his aflttd'ns,.* more-1 pift.fcttlar^thofs
of devotion, which I muff truly fay,--afe'-m6re".tMii
ordinary ; I' informed my leif of others who had
ferved him from his Infancy, and they all allured me
that there was nothing new or mtfch'^lar^eB la: re¬
gard of'his troubles, either in his private, or pub-
liqup way of exercife-j twice a day constantly, mor¬
ning, jflnd evening for d#h®iMs hpace';ihfprivate• twice
a day before dinner and fupper in phbficft, beftdes
preachings upon Sundays, Tuefdays, and other ex-
tradrdinary times f. abtKffo- 'bttlirffcfs though never To
weighty .and urgent ca n make him forget,' or'ncgledt
this his tribute and duty to; Almighty God'. O that'
thole, whq fit;now* tit'the helm Af; thfelfe u'eathef bea¬
ten tKingdoms had but one lialf of liis true piety and
wifdoml I dare fey-J that 'the ^dqr • bj^foifleet
Ihouldnotto'^ffi^edhht^ ld d^'GtfffJ df impiety
and. mifery.Swietaout ttbmStalfl^hor' pny'S't cfd're fey,
if hi® advice had ;beeh-foncdvedf all tr^icJ!ilood that is,
liicd, and'all the fepain tltot is doriifnitted, ihoiild
have been prevented. ! i. \
jf 1 lhould ipeak of-his Juftice, Magninimity, Gha-
rity, Sobriety,, Chailky, Patience, Humility, and-of)
ajln hifi ibotllJ©hts>fth(h > and5 Moral Vertues,1 Ji !lhoyld,
run,my i'elninro a Panegyrick, and icenr to "flatter
him to tuch as do not know htm, if the preferrt
condition that [ lye in did not exeem. me from any
iuc-h' futpition of -Wb$di$ Ctlds, fvheit' I eipedt every',
hour tobbd called ftbirt all ttdhiffnii?ps11 hqi'. E-
teriml felicity''-}-ahcl the difch'argtf^-
encq, before God arid fneh, did riot; oblige -nte ^Jcfe-
clare the. truth fimply and nakedly^ in la.tisla£lioii of
that which I have done ignorantly, though not al-,
togetheicinnoeentiy.
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rbeXhara^r f ^ CBJ^LES I
If Jrftwld. relate whatllihavcrtrerceived from good-
hapd^ anipardy wi^nefe ofiimy hw«i knowledge*
fince: th^fe • uahaippp i&ro*]bles began,vfcnfhddIdi.inlarge
nty^ejfcmcm Kftfttay': dLet t&dfer brief Characters'
fufiice* * Mo man carl ttou^rc\i« ^onfpicuoul-
ly any predominant vice in" Him, a rare thing in a
Mg&j bu.rfer rater ^n xa Ring'^ Nevor rmm.ftw him
pafHonately angry, or extraordinarily moved, either
with v prafperity, or vadverfit^ having'dkd as- great
Try&ls $4: ewer ^ny^Raigdiad ciNerernhhrlteatd him
curie, or given to Twearing • Never man heard hint
epmpjaio; or bemotinidiis bondi&iofl,. m the greateft
d^4fidbqVJbir{ikidnc^nfihfifcT; ^faeiP He Was#--
paiiat-ed dkiqtviji^ dearefi ;Corfid&, aftd^ddepriv^th of
thg comforiti of liis ilnsbcfent QhilUreni, rfib liopetalleft
P#ia<$$nthai Iwat weed iiaj^rlrelei ingt^iv
whent.libiwas denuded .orihis CoQnleliors and dome-
fliok Szwmis • Nformah' (^rti icon^teurt of the Viok-
x'm bfi.rhi^v.V®'ifevor Td>a*Oghcferfe^ * tftbtgh< T$ei<hfc tfr had
tooriutirtyotdiTipi:asi0n$' Src t&t ^itft&odfohig.* age, by
tlw{'infdf(iedbbibfC0 tifife <he:
liatdly taken fiy the; me&neft >of/bis Stibjbdts i aijd
(which is beyond all admiration) being ftript of all
counsel; jand help of man, and ufed Ibnh^rflily as
\yould have ftypified ;ariy mother i*Mop ih^h?^didf!Ws
undaunted courage,a and tr-an:ftreiidt;nct-^'W-tfc?bm (hew1
itdfelf iraore^deariyjtaadj'^ihdiilatl^^iirt.i^m thS^bh-
loquy .of former times, to the abP
groa&eft Enemies'^ I confefs thiS-did fe take -me, that!
couiiJ not but ibqutbe hand- of God in -it, and ^liidi
willireflder His name gibbous, and' (fa:^ea?Iy ^tei¥)
mis ignominious to atihpofterity{ii hi $ahd$ifi#'W
his grounds, and cfoth not rife atod fall with ^fiicce^,1
the brittle fqaare of 'humarre^^idlfej-ahd^fefem^
dy
The Q,drafter of King CHARLES I.
dy to forgive all by-paft , injuries to fettle a prefent
folid Peace, -and futurte tranquility, for the -good of
his Sujjje<3&) i Inay ,n%)(f heif( Jccattl e he iis eontent to
fbrgoe lb manyidof iliis; q<kO :known,i
Rights i as may.Jland with their fafety, as
ejl Spur etna Lex, fo, & fi.parentlumefi
uten non parendumquo', effieitur $tt, turn fit. -p.btyt\> [iSV-
ttecj-1. 'ib^osi.yo 10 ,'ngnE ybltr r,
I. confcfs- that tv trouMihavd n wiflied an; eftafolilh-
ment of otir: Presbytefial Gbvpbmenc, : tuathe Kirke
of England,for the better Union between them and
us, but I find: the conftitutiofl of that Kingdom, and
dilppfition of that Nation fo generally, oppofite, that
it is not to be. expedfed: They are a people natural¬
ly inclined to; freedom, and fo bred in Riches and
Plenty, that they can hardly be induced to embrace
any Difcipline that may any ways abridge their Li¬
berty and Pleafures. That which we efteem a God¬
ly Kirk policy, inflituted by the Lord and his
Appftks, is no better to them than a kind of flavery,
and fame do not flick to call it worfe than the Spa-
nifli Inquifition -; Nay, >even the greateft part of thole
who invited us to allifl them in fit, and lent hither
their CommilBoners to induce us to enter into a fo-
lemn national covenant for that ;elFe<5t, having lerved
their turn of. us, to,. throw: down, the King and the
Prelatical Party, and to po/lels themfelves with the
fupreame Government bothc,of Kirke and State ; are
now Inventing evafions to be rid of us, and to de¬
lude it, fome of them pubi jibing openly, in Pulpits
and Print : That the facred Covenant was, never in¬
tended for,-the godly, but onLyr. as a trapiito enfnare
the Malignant?,, whighfCisnnot but bring heavy Judg¬
ments from Heaven,t and jbamwafraid, make a greater
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The Qpara&erof Kjng ^ L I.
difunion between thefe Nations, than ever was be¬
fore: Like unto that bellum ,
ftederilus compofitiim, femper [Canon, lib. 3.
Chron in here. 5. an. dom. 1118.3 with a deluge of
Chriflian blood, and almofl ruine of both Parties5 or
like unto that helium Ruflicanum in , in quo
fupra centena millia Rufticorum occuluerunt. [idem an.
dom. 152-4.3 Or moil: of all, both in manner and Sub¬
ject, refembling that of John of ,and
Knoperduling, [idem an. 1534 ] which took its rife
from the former; fo many different Se&s fpring up
daily more and more amongfl them, which all like
Ephraim and Manaffes, Herod and confpire
againfl the Lord's-Arioynted, and the true Proteftant
Religion.
The City of London that was fo forward in the
beginning of this glorious Reformation, furpafies
now Amfterdam in number of Sebfs, and may be com¬
pared to old Rome, quce cum omnibus pene
maretur omnium gentium erroribus , &
fibi videbatur ajfumpjiffe Reli quia nullam refpue-
bat falfitatem. [Leo in Serm. de Petro & Paulo. app.J
their tranfgreffions are like to bring them to that
confufion of the Ifraelites when they had no Ring,
[Judg. nl]every one did what feemed good in his
own eyes, becaufe they feared not the Lord 5 [JhoJ.
10.] they {aid, What fhould a King do to us ? The
young men prefumed to be wifer than the elder,
[Ifai. 3.] the viler fort defpifed the honourable,
[Lament, ult.]and the very ferving men ruled over
them.
I profefs, when I faw thefe things fb clearly, I could
not blame the King to be fo backward in giving his
aflent to the fettling of our Presbyterial difcipline in
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The Epiftle Dedicatory.
that Kirke, for the great inconveniences that might
follow thereupon, to Him and his Pofterity, there
being fo many ftrong Corporations in that Kingdom
to lead on a Popular government, fuch a number of
people that have either no, or broken eftates, who
are ready to drive on any alteration, and fo weak
and powerlefs a Nobility to hinder it. Multes
pradarum,plures Res anguftre alios
feelerum Confcientia ft insula bat. [C. Tacit.']
And now, Madam, 1 hope Men, who haVe,
of late, fo boldly Ventured to throw the mojl Stic
king Dirt in the Face of this Great Prince, and Pa¬
tient Martyr, will,by Prpentance, give glory toff od,
and do fo no more; in hopes of which, I, after my
Prayers, and Earnefl Wifhes,for the
of your Ladyjhip, and whole and particular¬
ly for the long life,and health, of your Lord;
to whofe good Counfels, and indefatigable Labours we
of the Church of England owe fo much, do take
leave of your Ladyfhip, and my felf,
MADAM,
Your Ladyfhips mod Humble
and Faithful Servant,
Richard Hollingwortb.
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O F T H E
KINGS Book, &C.
J&eaOer ;
"^His Declaration of Mr. s was com¬
municated to me fome Weeks ago by the
Reverend Mr. Son to the late
Arch-bifhop of York, and it had been Re¬
printed before now, but that I underftood there was
an Anfwer coming out againft my Second Defence
of King chirks I. and therefore I was relolved to ftay
a little longer, that fo if there was any thing in it
worth Anfwering, I might make but one Trouble of
it; and at laft out it came, with a Title as falle as
the greateft part of the Book it lelf; Namely, HUfrlOU)
Ito which I do not doubt, but thou wilt be con¬
vinced of, by that time thou haft read a little further.
The Truth of it is, the whole Book is fo full of Ran¬
cour and Malice, of Unmannerlinels and Railing, of
bald and falle Aflertions, of Slander and bafe Refle¬
xions, that it is a Shame to, and a Confutation of it
felf, and every Leaf of it ftinks in the Noftrils of all
the good and fober, of all the wife and unprejudic'd
Readers, that I have either met with or can hear of;
and it is a Difhonour to the Caufe of the Enemies of
King Charlts I, to have no better a Champion to
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throw down the Gauntlet in its behalf, and there are
no men about the City cry it up, but the great Ene¬
mies of Monarchy and Epifcopacy, let their Hypocri¬
tical Profeflions be what they will.
The Book is Dedicated to a Reverend Kinlfnan of
mine, under the Name of wil(on from Yarmouth, and
what can we expeft but Falfehood, when he begins
at this rate? For my Kinfman aiTures me, there is
no man of that Name in Tar mouth but an ordinary
Saylor, and I hope the World wdl believe the Talent
of fuch a Man lyes otherwaies, than to write fuch
Letters: The fhort is, the whole Book, as appears
by the Stile, the Air and Scurrility of it all, is writ
by one and the fame Pen, and as fo I fhall Anfwer
him.
The Party now fo hotly engaged againft Monarchy
and Epifcopacy, which they ftrike at thro' the fides -
of King Charles I. I know are very much enraged at
my Defence of King Charles's Holy and Divine Book,
and therefore take all Courfes to buoy up Dr. walkers
Credit, and to leffen, or elfe to attempt to prove falfe
the Authorities I have named, and to how good
purpofes this Anfwerer has done it, I now come to
ibew.
I tell the World pag. 7. of my Defence, the Inter¬
course betwixt Sir John Brattle and my felf about that
Book, and that he aflur'd me that he helped his Fa¬
ther in 47. to Methodize the Papers, that fo far as
they were then drawn up by the King, that made up
the greateft part of that Book, all writ with the Kings
own hand ; and I alfo affert, That Sir John has own¬
ed the fame fince, not only to my felf, but many o-
thers of my Friends. To which he Replies, That Sir
John who he agrees with me, is a very worthy Per-
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fon,never told me nor any other Perfon, that the Papers
he fpoke of were writ with the King's own hand ;
and though the ftrefs of the Evidence does not lye in
that, for if they were writ in ^7, Dr. s Claim
is out of doors $ for Dr. Walker acknowledges they
were not lent to the King till the Treaty in 48, and
that Treaty too, upon which the Troubles came fo
fad upon the King, which was about a year after 5
yet for all that I do venture to tell him, that what he
aflerts of Sir JA>nBrattle is falfe, and Sir John lent me
word that he was a Damnable Lyar, and is pleas'd
with great Refentment and Indignation, to declare he
never told any man any Rich thing, and that what he
told me and my Friends as to the Kings hand is all
true, and therefore he mud be a Knight of the Pod,
that will venture to give his Oath for fuch a thing i
which indeed I fhall not wonder at, confidering what
fort of Men there are in the world, and what defigns
are carrying on by that fort of Men at this time.
The next thing I adert is the Account of Mrs.
mond', whom he owns to appear a good and difcreet
Woman, and in earned, he faies he is allured her Re¬
verend Husband was fo too, which I am glad to hear
from him, for then I am fure he would not dye with
a Lye in his mouth, and if he did not, I know what
Dr. Walker did.
I fay Mrs. simmonds told me her Husband declared
to the lad, the Book to be the Kings, Did fhe deny
this to his Friend that waited upon her ? Not a word
of it in his Letter, only I concealed the whole Truth,
becaufe I did not fay he dyed of the Small-Pox, which
I never asked her, nor fhe never told me, and whe¬
ther he did or no, it was not material to my bufinefs
in hand, nor cafls any Reflection upon what I fay,
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unlefi a Man cannot confels a Truth when he lies a
dying of the Small-Pox, Rif
I, but Mrs. simmonds lays, fhe never heard of her
Husbands being in a Shepherds Habit, and therefore
Mr. Clifford's Evidence is quite ruin'd certainly ; now
Reader take Notice, This is but a Circumftance in
Mr. Clifford's Account, and no doubt is true, notwith-
ftanding Mrs. Simmonds Ignorance of it, for we all
know all Men do not think fit in Undertakings of liich
danger and difficulties, as this was of Pr nting and
Correcting a Book of this nature, to make their Wives
acquainted with every thing they do in order to fave
themfelves; but what is this to Mr. Clifford's Evi¬
dence ? As to Mr. Odert'sTranfcribing of it, and
they printing it by his Copy and no other, which as
Mr. Milbourn the Printer has fince allured me, came all
at once to them, which wholly fpoyls that Aflertion
of Dr. ivalker''s, of bringing lome of the lafl: Iheets to
the Prels by Dr. Gaudeid s Order. Further, What is
this to Dr; Jerem. Tayler's getting leave by Letter of
the King, to change the Title from the Royal ,
( with which they printed the firfl fheet) into E meov
VctJtKiM ? For the Reafons Mr. Clifford in this Narrative
afferts, which wholly routs Dr. Gander?s Excufe to
Dr. walker, when he thought he could not with a
good Confcience write fuch a Book in the KIN G's
Name; and he Anfwered, Look upon the Title, who
draws his own picture: Thefe Accounts of Mr. Clifford
ought to have been difproved by this Anfwerer, or
elfe the Evidence is as clear as the Sun at Noon, and
fo I do not doubt will continue, notwithflanding all
this foolifh barking at it; but it is common, when
Men want Reafon, they fail to little and contempti¬
ble Cavils, as our Author has here done.
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Another thing I name for the weakning Dr. Wal¬
kers Aflertion, that Dr. Gauden was the Author of that
Excellent Book of the King's, is what pafled betwixt
Dr. Meriten, and Dr. walker, at the late Lord Mayors
Sir Tbo. Pilkingtonh: I fay Dr. Meriton told me that
he put Dr. Walker to filence, with the Story of Mr.
Simmoads lending Dr. Gauden the Book, and Dr. Gul¬
den s tranferibing it, and fo returning it to Mr. Sim-
monds again, and that Mr. flood by, heard
the debate, and did juftifie Dr. Mertton's Conqueft of
Dr. Walker. And what fays my Adverfery to this ?
Why here he claps his Wings and Crows, and fays,
I have committed two Miftakes, that the Difcourfe was
not at dinner but after dinner, and that Dr.
began the difcourfe with Dr. , and not Dr. Wal¬
ker with Dr. Meriton, and by thefe two things he
vainly fancies he has invalidated the whole Tefti-
mony: Now fuppofe I did miftake as to thefe two
petty Circumftances, which I am pretty well affur'd
I did not, for Dr. Meriton told the ftory as occafioned
by meeting together at my Lord Mayors dinner, and
did not as far as I can remember defcend to fuch Mi¬
nute particulars. Pray good Reader, What is this to
the ftory it felf; namely, The affirming he did fo fi¬
lence Dr. Walker, that he had not a Word to fay for
himfelf? Which is fo true, and will be upon juft
occafion attefted by others as well as my felf, that I
do here in the face of the World, challenge Dr. Me¬
riton, or Mr. Marryot, to deny one fyllable of the fub-
ftance of it, either as to the one his telling his fuccefs
in the difpute, and the other juftifying of it as really
true.
The next thing I produce againft Dr. Walker, j3
Mr. Longs Evidence, and his attefting in two Letters
to
T6T~ 1
to Dr. GoodaBy that Dr. Gauden did affirm to him, that
he was fully convinced that the Book was entirely
the King's own Work, and what fays my Anfwerer
to this ftabbing Evidence ? For fo truly it is, and I
am fure gives the Faction a great deal of Vexation and
foaming Rage; why truly the Reply to this is very
diverting, Mr. Long writ the Vox Cleri, and Mr. Long
is againft Free Prayer and Comprehenfion, &c. and
what then, is Mr. Long not to be bdiev'd becaufe of
his Opinion as to thefe things ? Has Mr. Long by any
art of Immorality, Sedition or Rebellion, wholly for¬
feited his Credit or Reputation, fo that his Word is
not to be taken ? No Reader, upon a juft Enquiry,
I find him to be a grave, learned, ferious, and pious
Divine, in that efteem amongft his Brethren, that I
will venture again to fay, That it is no difparage-
ment to Dr. walker*s Memory, to affert, that his Tefti-
mony is to be heeded and believed before Dr. Wal¬
ker's, and I am not willing to be provoked ( becaufe
the one of them is dead ) to give my Reafons for it.
There are two things more I give the World an
Account of in my Defence of this Great Mans being
the Author of that Book, which were too hot for my
Adverfaries fingers, and therefore he durft not touch
them ; The one is Major Huntington's Story, told
from his own mouth by a Non-conformift-Minifter to
my felf; Namely, That fome of thofe Papers, that
were part of that Book, were taken at Nazeby, kept
by General Fairfax, and obtained from him by the
Major, and afterwards by him prefented to the King,
and here I challenge him or any Man, to deny the
Truth of this Story, and that becaufe that Non-con^
formift-Minifter is of fuch efteem and credit in Lon¬
don, that I am fure they will blufh to deny what he
aflerts,
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aflerts, if I Ihould name him, which I am ready to
do when called by Authority.
The other Story is about Dr. Dillingham's aflerting,
That he law and read part of this Book of the King's,
and that long before Dr. Gauden pretended to lend it
to the King. Now know Reader, that this Account
was given me by a Reverend and Learned Minifter
in London,as well as he could remember it, and there¬
fore that we might have a more full and fatisfa&ory
Relation of it, I got him to write to Dr. Dillingham's,
Son a Minifter, and to defire him to let us know
what Communications his Father had made to him
about this Matter, who civilly returned this enfuing
Anfwer, which I am lure will not be unpleafing to
all thole who are Friends to Truth and Juftice.
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IHave beard of that Contr over fieyon mention, and have
now in my hands Dr. Hoi ling worth's Book, where¬
in there is fomething faid concerning my Fathers bearing
mtnefs to the Truth of King Charles being the Author
of bikcov bdonxiMy though there might be fomething added
to that Relation as to the time and place when and where
he was a Eye-witnejs of it: An Account whereof , as near
as J can remember9 from what I have had from his own
month, is as follows, while the King was at Hoi me by
my Father went from Cambridge to wait upen this Earl
vf Montague's Father, who was then with the. King there;
while the King was at Dinner, one of the Bed-Chamber
fhewed my Father the Kings Glofety wherein was his Li¬
brary and Papers, while he was therey he that came with
him was accidentally called away, when my Father feeing
a Black Box on the Table, that was locFd but not very
clofey fpytd a corner of a Paper hanging out, and took the
boldnefs to draw it fo far outy as that he could read feve-
D ral
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anniwyfr'Hrnittlffl
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ral Sentences; *> ^ mitten in a fair hand, which
he judged to he the Kings own, and he told we when he
read the King's Book in -print, he found in one Chapter
the very fame things word for word ( as far as he could
remember j with that Manuscript Taper. What Chap¬
ter the King was then writing of I cannot tell, neither
did I ever ask my Father, but if I may conjecture of it
at this difiance, / Jhould guefs tt might he that wherein
he Complains of being deprived of his chaplains ; for
while my Father was there, the Parliament fent down
fome Chaplains of their own to attend upon Him. Thus
Sir you have what I can recollect concerning this Matter •
Be pleased) not only in this, but in, what joe ver elfe I can
ferv#you, to Command l l
Your ready Servant and Faithful Friend,
DtUutgljam.
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A little before this Letter carne to my hands,. I had
another from a Learned Fellow of "Trinity College in
Oxford, with an enclofed Paper in it, taken by his
own hands from the Original, now in the pofleffion
of the Gentlemans own Son, Fellow of Exeter ,
which enclofed was this -:
' V-M-
IF any one has a defire to know the True Author of a
Book Eniituled e«w : 1, one of the Servants
of King Charles I. in his Bed-Chamber, do declare, when
his faid Majefly was Prifoner in the Ifle of Wight, That
1 read over the above-mentioned Book ( was long
before the /aid Book was printed ) in his Bed-Chamber
writ with his MajeHies own , with Inter-
linings, Moreover his Majefly King Charles I. told me,
Sure,
CO
Sure Levet, you do defign to get this Root by heart,
having often feen me reading of it, I can fefiife afoy
That Royfton the Printer told me, that he was impri-
fond by Oliver Cromwel the Protestor, hecaufi he wwli
not declare that King Charles I. was not the Author of
the [aid Book. Signed aud Sealed 0£tob. 16th. 1690.
ui\u tmt.
And again underftanding that one Mr. Hearne now
Schoolmafter of Ameshury, and formerly Amanuenfis to
Sr. Phillip Warwick ^ who waited upon the King at the
Ifle of Wight, as a Clark and Writer, as did alio
Mr. odert and Mr. whitaker, could give me fome Ac¬
count from Sr. Phillip as to this Book ,• I went to him
when he was laft in London, and defired to know
what Afliftance he could give me, as to the proving
the Truth of the Books being the Kings, who pre-
fently with his own hand gave me this following Te-
ftimony.
1 Robert Hearne, formerly Servant to Sir Phillip
Warwick, do Atte(fy That 1 have often heard my
faid Majler Sir Phil. Warwick, as likewife Mr. Odert
and Mr. Whitaker declare, That they had Tranfcrihed
Copies of the late King Charles the Firft's own Copy of
his Book Entituled eimv KanKim written with Bis faid
Majeflies own hand. Witnefs my hand,
In the Prefence of, ^ T ik-am*.
phii. Mijt, s&ouett ipeante*
Fr. Shift on.
I have but one thing more to take notice of as to
this Matter, apd that is a Story of this Authors con-
D 2, cerning
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cerning Mrs. Git miens declaring to Bifh. Nicholfon of
Glouceficrupon receiving the Sacrament, that her Huf
band wrote the Book, how far this man is to be cre¬
dited, as to any Story he tells , I leave the Reader,
who has looked his Book over impartially, to judge;
but however, feeing he is fo fond of, and apt to pick
up any thing that he thinks will ferve his wicked de-
fign, eyen to the very Miftakes of the Prefs, as is ap¬
parent in the Words Barking and with which
he makes liich ridiculous Work; I will give him a
Rowland for his Oliver, and will Anfwer this Story
with another quite contrary to his, from the fame
Gentlewoman ; There is a Reverend and Learned Mi-
nifter now of London, who does allure me, that a La¬
dy of good Quality told him fixteen Years agoe, That
being in difcourfe with Mrs. Gauden, fhe told her that
Ihe had a great Concern for the Eternal State of her
Husband, becaufe he pretended to be the Author of
that Book, when to her knowledge he never writ it;
the Reverend Perfon tells me he has forgot the Ladies
Name, or elle he would freely have had his own men¬
tioned, but the Story it lelf he very well remembers,
and 1 am fure he is to be credited as much as any man
that wears a Gown.
And thus good Reader, thou haft here Sir John Brat¬
tle's Tcftimony for the Book in 47, Mrs. ,
that her Husband dyed, afferting the Book to be the
Kings own; Dr. Meriton's declaring his putting Dr.
Walker to filence, with his Story of Mr. Stmmonds;
Mr. Cliffords Account of Mr. committing it
to the Prels by the King's Command, together with
Alteration of the Title by Dr. Jerem. , and his
Compofing and Correcting it not from Dr. Garden's,
but Mr. Odert's own Copy; Mr. Long's Letters pofitive-
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ly declaring Dr. Gauden's confefling it to be the King's
own Book, Major Huntington alluring a Non-confor-
mift Minifter, that he prelented fome of the fame Pa¬
pers that made up part of the Book taken at Naze by
Fight, which was three years before Dr. walker pre¬
tends Dr. Gauden fent it to the King; Dr. Dillingham's
reading fome of the Book prefently after the King
came from Newcallle; Mr. Level's feeing and reading
the Book in the ijle of wight a great while before ic
was printed, and Mr. Heame's Teftimony from Sir
Phil. Warwick, Mr. Odert and Mr. , who all
attended the King in his Imprifonment as Clerks and
Writers; and if all thefe will not weigh down the
vain Tattle and confident Say-lo of fingle Dr. Walker
from fingle Dr. Gauden, then the Lord have Mercy
upon us; for we muft needs be got to an aimoft
Jervijh State of Incredulity; From which good Lord
deliver us.
Good Reader, there is one thing more to take No¬
tice of, which had aimoft llipt my Memory, and that
is this bold mans triumphing over King Charles I. up¬
on the Icore of a Prayer taken out of Sir Phillip Sid¬
ney's Arcadia, made to an Heathen God ; and as he
impudently allert, made ufe of by him in the time
of his Captivity. Now I muft defire thee to obferve,
the Spight as well as Falfity of this Reflexion; for
if Dr. Gauden made this whole Book, as Dr. Walker
allerts, and the Copy he lent to the King was never
returned, nor made ule of in any of the Impreflions,
then the Prayer was put in by Dr. Gauden, and the
King no ways concerned in it, and conlequently it is
a Scandal founded in the greateft Malice and ill Will
to the Reputation and Vertue of this Great Man ; but
as I deny, and have fully proved that Dr. Gauden was
not
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not the Author of this Book, fo I muft acquaint thee,
that this Prayer, which this man makes himftlf and
his Party fo prophanely merry withal, was not prin¬
ted in the firft Edition, by that Copy lent by Mr.
Simmonds to the Prefs, but was foifted in afterwards
by lbme crafty and defigning Perfon, on purpofe to
expofe the Book, and to leffen that deferved Credit
and Influence that they found it had amongft, and
upon all the wile and confidering men of the King¬
dom, and therefore I expe£l to hear no more of this
bale Story for the time to come, or if they will
take the boldnefs to raile it again, I hope Reader, I
have furnilhed thee with a fufficient Anfwer to it.
Some {hart (Remarks upon a Lewi , called 7
HuhlQUi no Lpac
Reader ;
Fter a certain bold Libeller had fent into the
World a Second Arraignment of King charier
the First, by way of Letter to my felf, I be¬
ing touch'd with the Sence of the ill Effe&s that Book
might have upon the credulous and unthinking part
of the Nation, did think it convenient to let the world
know, the falfe Imputations he had laid at the King's
door, and therefore in order fo it, did confult and
make ufe of fuch Authorities, as I thought unquefti-
onable, and I am lure are for the molt part fo ( ex¬
cept one ) which I have been but lately Convinced
of, and which is one of their own, and which they
make no little ufe of; but let the Authorities be what
they will, this Wicked Man is refolved to be in the
right,
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right, as long as there is any rude Vote or fcandalous
Libel,Remonttrance,or falfe Story to be found in prinr,
and to be communicated to this prefent Age, and nei¬
ther Friend nor Enemy, if they write any thing in be¬
half of the great King ought to be believed, if he may
have his Will, and let what ACts of Parliament be
quoted for the Juftification of that Prince, yet he ftill
was a Tyrant, and a Man neither of Honour nor Re¬
ligion : But to my main defign, in which I promife
to be very fhort.
Firft Reader, 1 mud defire thee to take Notice, That I
have Dedicated my Second Defence to the Arch Bi-
fhops, Bifhops, Nobility, Gentry, Clergy and Com¬
mons of the Nation, in which I tell them of the Books
that have been Printed fince this laft Revolution, a-
gainft the Conftitution both of Church and State,
which did fufficiently fhew the Defign on Foot, to
which not one Word of Anfwer in this Libel: I fur¬
ther tell them what DeftruCtion this Spirit once back¬
ed with power will make of them and all they have,
of which no Notice taken, for which indeed I do not
blame him ; for he knows in his Confidence all I fay
is true, and I hope the Body of the Nation for the
time to come, will be fo wife and provident, as not
to let things run fo far, as to make a Second Tryal
of that Spirit, by which they have fuffered, and that
fo fmartly already.
In the beginning of my Defence, I do honeflly up¬
braid him for taking upon him the Narrie of that Tray-
tor Ludlow, and tell him that he ought to fuffer in his
ftead, being fo forward to Reprefent him, and Vindi¬
cate thofe Adions for which he ftands Condemned ;
and this he is pleafed to pafs by too, no doubt being
convinced if he had his due, he would quickly be put
out
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cut of Capacity of poyfoning the Nation with fuch
Infamous Pamphlets.
The next thing I fhall make a few Remarks upon,
is the Letter of the Prince of Wales to the Pope ; I
tell him in my Defence, that as the Letter is in Rujb'
worth, his Acculations of that Great Prince from that
Letter, are falfe and made up of Lyes, upon which he
grows great in his own eyes, and triumphs over me
as if he had got a compleat Viftory, leaving me dead
upon the fpot; for he produces another Letter, in
which is contained all he Charges upon the Prince.
The Truth is, I had heard a little before his Libel
came out, from a Reverend Neighbour of mine, that
Mr. Rujfaworthin his Firft Edition Dedicated to Rich.
Crometvel then called Protector, had put in this Let¬
ter of his, but afterwards in thole Editions after the
Reftoration, not being able to juftifie the Letter, put
this in the room of it, both which I have good Rea-
fon to believe are alike true; that is, they are both
of them fpurious, and I Challenge this bold Writer,
or any of his Party, to name a man that ever faw or
took either of thefe Letters out of any Archive or
Publick Record at Rome, Madrid, or London; that
there was a Letter fent to the Pope, I grant, but that
it was pleafing to the Pope, I deny, and that for this
very Reafon, becaufe the Pope did fo greatly delay
the Difpenfation for the Marriage, which I dare fay
he would not have done if he had had fuch hopes of
making England Catholick, as they call it again, as
fuch a Letter as this from fuch a Perfon that was next
to the Crown, did give him. The Pope of Rome knew
England fo well, and the Advantages of it to the Pa¬
pal Chair, that I am fure he would have granted an
hundred Difpenfations at firft asking, for fuch an op¬
portunity
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portunity as this*. But good Reader, I muft entreat
thee to oblerve, that this Libeller, though he makes
pon fuch a Noife about a Letter, which could not (all
*;!' Circumftances confidered) be avoided, yet he takes
'f no Notice of what I aflert, as to the Princes anfwer-
1 tkt ing the Spaniflj Favourite, that he came for a Wife and
not for a Religion, nor of Mr. Atteftatiou
me of his fteadinefs to his Religion, nor of Mr. Johnfons
tffal Account, of his fixednefs to his Principles, notwith-
!e'> in ftanding all the Applications of the Priefts to him ;
"ft No, no, thefe things do not anfwer the ends of this
;1<W man and his Party, which, in fhort, are to deftroy
itilt Church and State, and therefore not one Word of
oil. them, or any other Vertues of this Prince I will war-
is k- rant you; and therefore the Old Cry of one of his
tank Judges, is ftill among them, Blacken , blacken him,
% P as this man has done to purpofe with his Lyes and
oJlfr falfe Accufations.
inM As for the Story of and Burton,
iHiw, with whole Sufferings he endeavours to befpatter the
crtaw Reign and Spirit of King Charles I. I will onely an-
cliive ot fwer him over and above what I faid in my Anfwer
b; tk to his lewd Libel, with this true Account, which 1
I® that promile to make good when ever called to it by my
atfotthis Superiours? Namely, That Mr. Prynne being in dif-
itlyitif courfe with a Friend of mine, after the Happy Relfo-
ta fif ration, told him to this purpole, That the Crimes of
hbopest himfelf and his Fellow Sufferers were fo great, that
again, » if the Juftice of the Nation had cut off their Heads
w® inftead of their Ears, they had had nothing but what
was due to them ; by which Mr. Prynne, who knew
theft* his and their Deferts better than this Defender of
•antftliii them, either does or will, fhewed himlelf a true Pe-
hanoy nitent, and one that would have fcorned as well as
itrtffliy E, grieved
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grieved for fuch an Advocate, as this wicked man is.
The next thing he falls foul upon me, is for (peak¬
ing favourably of Arch-bilhop Laud, whom he treats
with all the (currility imaginable ; now I mud con-
fels, though I believe that great and learned Man was
miftaken in the temper of the Nation, and did lome-
things with too great an Heat and Zeal, yet upon
reading his Story, I do believe, that as he was a great
Scholar, fo he was a very pious Man, and a thouland
times more abus'd by a Generation of men, than he
did delerve, he lived flriftly, and dyed with a Cou¬
rage, Comfort, and Satisfaction of Mind fuitable to his
holy and fevere Life ; and for the Proof of this I de-
fire thee, Reader, to read over his Speech he made in
defence of himfelf, upon hisTryal, before the few
Lords that took upon them to be his Judges, and that
holy Dilcourle he made upon the Scaffold, juft before
that fatal Blow that levered his Head from his Body.
And whereas he ftands in his Affertion, That Bilhop
Laud lent the Common-Prayer-Book to the Pope and
Cardinals for their Approbation, and quotes one Gage
a Fryar for the Truth of it, I muft beg thy leave, Rea¬
der, to tell thee that I do not believe the Story, and
that becaufe fuch a man as Gage reports it, and especial¬
ly at that time when Ufurpers were in the Chair, and
with whom, as other Popifh Converts were wont to
do, he was refolved to curry favour, and I believe this
man the lels, becaufe he was lb filly and lb fpiteful,
as to vindicate Bilhop Lauds Death as juft, when he
could not but know, if he underftood any thing of our
Legal Conftitution, that Bilhop Laud was cut off by
a Warrant that no Law of England juftifies; for it was
done without the Kings Confent or Hand, and conle-
quently in plain terms, that he was murder'd, and he
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that Vindicates the Breach of the Sixth Command¬
ment, his Teftimony fhall have no Credit with me,
nor will, I am lure, with any good and undefigning
man throughout the Kingdom. Another thing I An-
fwer his former vile Paper withal, is what is laid by
Mr. Whitelock,concerning the Scotch Rebellion, who
tells us, ( though a Friend to the Party ) what Con-
defcentions the King made, how He kept his Word,
and the Rebels broke theirs, after a folemn Agreement
betwixt them both, who tells us of their Signing a Let ¬
ter to the Trench King to come in to their Aid againft
their lawful Soveraign, And what lays my Adverlary
to thefe things? Why he quotes feveral Defences
they made, nothing to the purpole as to what Mr.
Whitelock alferts, and indeed fuch things as any Rebels
may lay for themfelves, and he knows there never yet
was lo bad a Caule, but Wit and Malice could invent
and draw up lomething that dazzled the eyes of the
Vulgar, and ferved to keep ignorant, or defigning men
in a Body together: But good Reader, I pray take
Notice, That whereas I give an Account from Mr.
whitelock, how far Cardinal interefted him-
lelf in this Rebellion of the Scots, and how he lent
Chamberlaine his Chaplain, and Hepburn his Page, to
blow up the Coals both in England, and Scotland a-
mongft the Puritans, yet my Adverfary is plealed here
to be utterly filent and to pafs it by, no doubt be-
caufe it was fo notorious and villainous a Correlpon-
dence, as would admit of no manner of Juftification.
The next thing I Advocate for this Great King for,
are his many and gracious Favours and Condelcenti-
ons in palling fo many Bills for the firft Year of the
Parliaments fitting down, which he would make the
World believe, were no Favours, but what he was
E i bound
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bound to do, and confequently, for which, no Thanks
were due to him, by which he takes off' all Obliga¬
tions to Their Prefent Majefties and their Succeffors
from the People, as to any future A£ts of Grace they
grant, for which I am fure he deferves no Thanks from
the Crown, and indeed for which he ought to be look'cl
upon as a downright Enemy to the future Intercourle
and good Underftanding betwixt Their Majefties and
their People, and I doubt not but this faucy AlTertion
will be fo thought of both by King and People, and
the Loyalty of him and his pretending Party will be
looked upon accordingly.
I further in my Defence, vindicate the King's Scru¬
ple of. Confcience, as to the Execution of the Earl of
Strafford, and to lhew the reafonablenels of the Scru¬
ple, ( which he bafelv makes fport withal) recite and
print the Preamble of the Aft of Parliament, by which
the Attainder of that Great Man, apd White Soul, as
Bifhop Z/fier who attended him upon the Scaffold, calls
him, was taken off", in which they acquit him of Trea-
fon, And what lays this Pamphleteer to this ? Not a
Word, but according to his ulual Modefty calls him
Tray tor ; and conlequently Arraigns the Wifdom
and Juftice of the Nation, which indeed to me is no
wonder, confidering the Venemous Spirit of the man
throughout his whole Book.
Further I Vindicate the King, and that from- his own
Declaration (which I have printed in words at length )
from any defign of bringing up the Army to plunder
the City of London, which Declaration he lays kctle
or nothing to, but flies prefently to a Com mi tree, and
their Examinations of the thing, which truly confider¬
ing how at that time lome men were allured with
hopes, others affrighted with Frowns and Threats, I
can
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mak ^0 give bat little heed to, and I will be fo hardy as
%• to tell'the World, that I will believe the Aflertions of
Kihg Charles I. before Twenty Committees of thofe
days, confidering the defigns then on foot, and the re-
"fri® folations to carry them on ; and I muft confefs, ever
jfcol'i 'fince I read Whites Centuries, the Witnefles received,
®mtTe and the ruine of io many Families upon fuch Teftimo-
»al nies, I have had but a very {lender Value for what
fe was printed from thofe Committees; let this man an-
M fwer what the King fays upon this Account in his own
it'll te Defence, and what the Officers of the Army fay in
their Petition in their behalf, and then he will aQ: like
Sera- a clear Anfwerer, and deferve a further Confideration.
alts Another thing I Charge this modeft and mannerly
Gentleman withal, is his falfe Account he gives in his
M former Libel of the Rabble running down to
(ler in a riotous and tumultuous manner, who he fays
'ml,is went otily armed with Petitions in their hands in a
(A peaceable way, as to which I tell him, and that truly,
iTtt that he contradids all the Hiftorians of that Age, and
Nou that they were fo far from fuch a decent Carriage as
Ik hi® he afferts, that they with Clubs and Staves in their
ft® hands, cryed out they would have no Groom-Porters-
ae is no Lodge at Whitehall, but would {peak with the King
Jntffli liimletf when they pleated, that they befet the Houfe
of Lords door, and cryed hijlice, Juftice, that they
fett broke the Organ, and tore the Veftments of the Church
Igijiti) of wettminfter in pieces, threw ftones at the Bifhops,
pluiijf and endangered the Bilhop of Durham's Life: And
what fays he to thefe things in his Reply ? Why tru-
fie,and ly not one Word, but ftill fillily and againft all Truth,
onfite- would make the World believe the King was not at all
:(j fitfi affronted, and had no Realon to leave Whitehall, which
110,1 be muft be a great Stranger to Matters of Fad, that
cm gives
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gives any Credit to fuch bold Allertions; and I am
lure this man, in this particular, if any man believe
him, mud be beholden to his blind Credulity, and not
to his Skill in Hiftory.
Another thing I call this man to Account for, is his
bold aflerting the Kings burning by the Hang man, his
own Pacification with the Scots when he came to Lon-
don, which I refute by a Paflage out of Bifiiop
Memoirs of the two Hamiltons; it is true, the Figures
are miftaken, but the Story is truly related as it is in
that Bilhops Book, but to convince the World of the
Malice, as well as Falfenefs of this Reflection, I fhall
prefent them with a greater Authority than the Bi¬
lhops, and that is an Ad: of State againft the Scots con¬
cerning a fcandalous Paper difperfed by them, which
the Reader may find at large in the Council Table-
Book.
On Sunday the Fourth of August 1639. His Ma je¬
lly being in Council, was pleafed to acquaint the
Lords with a Paper he had feen at Entituled,
Some Conditions of His Alajejlies Treaty with his Sub] eels
of Scotland, which Paper being in moft parts full of
Falfhood, difhonour and Icandal, to His Majefties Pro¬
ceedings in the late Pacification; All which Confi-
der'd, the whole Board unanimoufly became humble
Petitioners to His Majefty, that this falfe and fcanda¬
lous Paper might be burnt by the Hang-man, to which
Petition the Earl of Pembrooke, Salisbury and Holland,
afterward known Enemies to the King's Caufe, Con-
lented. And now I hope this will flop this mans, and
his Friends mouths as to this particular for tfc time to
come, though confidering the Malice of the man to
the Memory of King Charles, I am apt to queftion it.
As to what he and I both fay concerning the Procla¬
mations
10 mations about the Iri[h Rebellion, I fliall pafs it by at
1 prefent, and refer thee Reader, to the Vindication £
1 m make by two undoubted Papers of the King's Innocen-
t ., cv as to that horrid Rebellion, at the latter end of this
Vf Paper.
■iMiw xRe Jafl: thing I affert in the behalf of this Great and
Vertuous Prince, is what he fays himfelf upon the
Scaffold, as to the firft beginning of that unhappy, and
11f* indeed needlefs War on the Parliaments fide, where
"« he Clears himfelf, by calling G O D to Witnefs,
m of lit unt0 wh0m he was fhortly to give an Account, that
i, I Hi they began the War with him, for the Truth of which
'h & he refers to the Dates of both their Commiffions, to
which I have not one Word of Anfwer from this bold
Mm Libeller, but in a fhuffling way talking of pawning
" Crown Jewels, which for what ends it was done, or
defigned to be done, it is not fit for him and I to judge,
Mijt- for the Actions of Princes are above our Reach, and
arofe 0Ught not to be fo narrowly pryed into, yet I dare fay
iM», h was not to begin a War, becaufe the Good Man fo
iiiiifji 0ften protefts againfl: any Intention of War, becaufe
iisMt f0 {mall a Sum of Money in comparifon, would folit-
jetieiPiJ' tie have anfwered an Undertaking againlf fo great and
ichCott powerful an Enemy, as the Parliament then was, and
Btta® though the King afterwards made that ufe of the Mo-
rfe* ney, after the War was actually commenced againfl
i,to* him, yet that is no Argument, That that was the Pri-
iolink mary Defign.
A fa And now Reader, having given thee thefe fhort Re-
marks upon this filthy and1 fcurrilous Book, I have lit-
itvmM tie more to entertain thee withal, than to tell thee,
jQfiffl®* That this Author, has with a great deal of Boldnefs and
ueft111' Falfhood, declared, notwithftanding the honeft Ac-
jiltPiro count I have given of my felf from the Ago of Twenty
Bill®
The Irifh Rebellion faljly and fcandaloufly imputed to
King CHARLES the Firft,
♦O make good which, I onely defire thee Reader, care-
__ fully to perufe the Two following Accounts.; The one
5s a Letter by that Kings own Order, by the H?nds of Secre¬
tary Kane to the Lords Juftices of Irtiknd,Bor$ltife and Par>fons7
above half a year before the Rebellion,tgiviftg thfcm to under*
ftand the Intelligence the King had from abroad, of fonie dan*
gerous
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One, and of my being Ordained by the hands of Bi-
{hop Saunderfon, as loon as by Law I tyas capable,
namely at the Age of Twenty^ Three, that I was a Pref-
byterian ; but to Anfwer this in fhort, I do here de¬
clare in the Prefence of God, that I never was a Pref*
byterian in tny Life, and further, by God's Grace, that
I never will be one, for i neither like the Principles of
that Government, nor the Spirit of too many of that
Party, for I abhor all Bitternefs and Cruelty.
As for what he repeats out of which were
madeagainft Dr. Parker, I pray God forgive him, it is
a Defcription that belongs not at all to me, as all thole
know, who have been acquainted with the courle of
my Life, nor yet do Dr. Wildes Verles againft Dr. Let
reach me at all; for I blcls God, ever fince I came to
a competent Underflanding, I have loved the Confti-
tution of the Church of England, and done what in me
lay, to promote its true Intereft, and which I will ne¬
ver ceale to do, as long as I have Tongue to fpeak, and
a Pen to write.
I {hall conclude this part of my Dilcourfe with hear¬
ty Prayers to God for my Adverlary, that God would
open his Eyes, and change his Heart before he dies, that
fo this Iniquity may not be for his Eternal Ruine.
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gerous Deflgns by the Popifh Party againft the Peace of that
Kingdom, that fo they mighifl&eafaakcned to take ali poflibie
care to prevents them : The other is airunfolding the whole
Myfteify of the pretended Commifllon with the King's Broad
Seal to it, which the Enemies of that King have, and do ftili
charge: that gracious Prince withal, and by Vertue of which
they, do lay rail the innocent Mood then fo barbaroufly fpilt,
at his door, and consequently do endeavour thereby to reti*
der his^Name odiotfSlto all fueceedirig Generations, the Ac¬
count is by Dr. Ker Dean of Atchtgh, arid §s I am a (lured by
a confiderable Dignitary of that Kingdom, yet alive.
/ S Majefty hath Commanded me to acquaint your Lord-
fljips with an Advice given him from abroad, and confirm* d
by kis Mini ft ers in Spain andeJftwkcre, which in this Diftcmper'd
Lime, and ConjmEture of Aftair.fr deferves to be feri&ufiy con-
fidcr7d, and ati tfpeeial -cqrcvandwauhfulnefs to be had therein :
which is, That of late, there have pa fed from Spain (and the like
may well have been from other Parts f\ an unjpcakable number of
Irifh Chitrehvmen for England and Ireland, and fime^ecoft old
Souldiers under pretext of .asking kmc to raife Menfor theKing
of Spain*, whereas it is obferved, among the Irifh Friars theref
awhifperrum, a s if they expe&eda Rebellion in Ireland, and par¬
ticularly in Connaghfr Wherefore ftits Majefty thought fit to
give your .Lordfbips this notice^ that m your Wifdoms, you might
manage the fame with that Dexterity and Seerefie, as to Difcover
and prevent fo pernicious a Deftgn, if any fuch there fiwtld be,
and to have a watchful Eye on the Proceedings and Attions of thofe
who come thither from abroad, on what pretext foever, and fo
herewith / reft:,
Your Lordfhips moft Humble
White-Hall, March Servant,
the \6tb 1O40.
Henry Vane.
jftV/t V \% >finibd3 / •'
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, OjL 1 r.v'"J flnlc.'Ti «Oll't '{<3 gflatoCI
Jr. icq Dean ofArAagh his Deflation corifcgtri?ng-the C%*
lumny thrown upon King Charles the Martyr, for giv-1 '
ing a. Cornmiffion to the Rebels in Ireland^
[ jsd . 1 . ao>. .. ;l o)
John Ker a/ • MfyfiwaAy difmrfeAmih
the Right Honourable Qeovgz I^rd Vifcount Lanesborrougby
concerning the,,late Rebeiligy of:irf la$cbLprAJhip' at.that
time having_ Aefired to certifies thetfy(d, Bifevvrfe wder my Htfflcb
and Seal, do declare as; followV, . oQ I vc! : mruD
That I wasprefent in Court when the Reb4 Sir Phelim Oneal
was brought to his Tryal in Dublin, and that he was Tryed in that
Court which is now the tffgh Court of. Chancery^ 'arid'that hit
Judges were ffudgp Donelan, afterwards Sir Ja^es? Donelan,
Sir Edward Bolton Knight, fometimes Lord Chief Baron of the
Exchequer; Dungan, then c ailed < judge Qungan, and
another Judge 'wh&fi name I do not now remember. An A that a-
rnongft other Witneffes then brought in againfi him, there was one
Jofeph Travers CJerk, and one Mr, Michael Harrifon, 'if I
wifake not his Chrjftian tpkmesi and.that I heard feveral Rvbbc*
r.ies and Murthexs -proved againji him, 'the faid Sir Phelim^ ho
hating nothing! yiaferial to plead in his own defence .• And that the
[aid Judgey wh^fe name I remember not as above faid, Examined
the [aid Sir Phelim* about <4 Commiffion, that the [aid SirPhelim,
fhould have had. from Charles Stuart, as the [aid Judge then called
the late King, for levyingthe[aidWar : That the [aid Sir Phelim
made Anfwcr,\ That he- never had. any fucb>:Commijfton. •,. and that
it was f roved then i# Court, by the Teftimhyiof the fdid{jofeph
Travers and efherti that the [aid Sir Phelim ha'dfuch a Cornmif¬
fion, and didf4 the beginning of the faid T&ifa Rebellion'Jhew the
fame unto the Jaid Jofeph, and feveral others then in Courts Vp-
on which the faid Sir Phelim confeffedy that when he jnrprifed the
Caftle of Charje^mount, and the LordCaulfield, that he Orde5
red the faid Mr, Harrifon and another Gentleman, whoft name
I now do,not reg^mbc-fyalo cut off thte King*s broad Seal from a Pa¬
tent of the faid LordPiS^'^hey then found i» Gha$e^lix3unt,< and to
affix it to a Commifpony which he the faid-$ii)Vbeifaft bad ordered
to be drawn up. And that the faid Mr. Harrifon did in the face
of the whole Court confefs, that by the faid Sir Phelim^ order he
did
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did flitch the Si\Cordcr .Labelof'that Seal,. with Siffiof the C«i
lours of- the [aid Lately and fo fixed the- Lai el apd. Seat to the [aid
Commtffian <, and that rthe [aid S.ir Edward Bolton, and Judge
Donelan, urging thef did Sir. P heli m, to declare why he did fo de¬
ceive the People ? He did Anfwery That no- Man could blame him, ,
to uft all means wh atfoevtr to promote that Cauje he had fo far in-
gaged in. And that upon the fecond day of his Tryal feme of the
Jaid Judges, told him, that if he could produce any material pro f,
that he hadfuch a Commiffton from the f,aid Charles Stuart, to de¬
clare and, prove it be fore Sentence jbould pafs again ft him, and that
he the [aid Sir Phelim Jhould be reftored to his Eft ate and Liber¬
ty : But he anfrreredj T hat he could prove no fuch thing j never-
thclefs they gave him time to confider of it till the next day, which
was the third and lafi day of his Tryal, Vpon which day the /aid
Sir Phelim being brought into the Court, and urged again ; he de¬
clared again, that he never could prove any fuch thing as a Com-
miffion from the KingAnd added, that there were feveral Out¬
rages committed by> Officers and others his aiders and abettors in
the management of that War, contrary to his Intent ion, and
which now preffed his Confcience very much -, and that he could
not m Confcience .add to them the unjuft Calumniating'the King,
though he had been frequently Jelicited thereunto by fair Promises
and great Rewards > while he was in Prifon, And proceeding further
in this difemr ft, that immediately he was ft opt, before he had
ended what he had further to fay, the Jentence of death was pron
nounced a^ainft him.
. And 1 do further declare, That I was prefent, and very near to
the f'aid Si: Phelim whenhe was upon the Ladder at his Execution ;
and that om sMpwfbjtl O Peake, and another Matfhal, before
the {aid Sir Phelim was caft, came riding towards the place in
&re'at haftef and calledaloud, ftop'a little^ and having paffbd through
the throng of the fpeflMors and guards, one of the/ft whifpered a
p -t j while with the [aidSir Phelim> and that the [aidSir Phelim
anfwered in the hearing of fevcral hundreds of People, of whom
myfilf. was one, I thank the Lieutenant General for his, inten¬
ded mercy, but f dedlare, good People, before God and his
Holy Arigfek> &nd all of iyou that hfcac me, that I never had a-
ny Gommifllon fibm the Kin&for What I have done, in Levf*
ing or Profecution of this ^War, and do heartily beg your
F 2 Prayers
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Prayers all good Catholicks and Chrifliians, that God may. be
merciful unto me, and forgive me my tins. 'More of his Speech
I corjd not heary which continued not long., the Guards beating off
thofe that flood near the place of Execution.
All that J have written as above, I declare to he true, and am
ready jf thereunto required, upon my Corporal Oath to atteft the
truth of every particular of it. And in Teftimony thereof do
hereunto Subfcribe my Hand, and affix my Seal, this 2.8th day of
February, 1681.
John Ker, Locus Sigilli,
And now Reader, having vindicated the Honour, Piety, and
all other Vertues of this Great Prince, from the Death-bed
Declaration of one that was once his greateft Enemy, having
cleared the Truth of his Book, beyond Contradi&ion, hav¬
ing proved the Counterfeit Lydlow a great Lyar, ^nd'aifo de¬
fended the King from the bale and falfe Imputation of the
trif!j Rebellion, I have 110 more to-fay, thari(6nly to tell »rii?e,
That if the pre&nt Ea&ion cannot employ a more modeff
and mannerly Champion, than this man is, I have done *, for
I do not love to he put to the trouble fo often, of raking in
links and (linking dunghiis, and if he wants employment, and
will be Scribling again, I deiire him gravely and ferioafly,
without railing and buffooning, ta\Anfwer-thefe following.
Qu»ries> 'V'-/ A jU ^ v^uiv\ V kW
I. Whether King CflwkfJ. dyed by the hands of Juftice,
or was a&uslly Murdered ?. >
I f. Whether -thofe .that ^betJtis Death nqw, are not ver-
tually as guilty of it, as his Judges were ?
III. Whether:they tf\at vindicate that Death,,can b$true
and Heady Subjeds to tykg William and Q^eeh Mary f f * %
IV• Whether this mans and others affefting the Juftice of
the War againd the King, and crying up his Death, be not.
to prepare the People to do the fame .thing againft and upoir
others, when Tinxe and Opportunity (haliiefve ? 1
V, Whether he is to be believed ini any thing hg.
and does pot deferve a' Pillory, that >tells fo horrid -8 hye?
as that the King fent to Sir . Willim 'Balfour to* cut] off the
Lord
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lijltj Lord Loudens Head by Nine of the Clock next Morning) with-
Sfat out any Procefs of Law ?
fyr VI. Whether he does not deferve a feve.re Cenfur^ that
belyes my Lord ■ Strafford, with Words fpoke at the Cabinet-
via Council, notwithftanding the Marquefs Hamiltony Earl of
tfti Northumberland, Lord Treasurer, pnd, Lord CoiiingtZn, upon
etfk their Honours declared, being prefent at the fame Council,
fyaj they heard no fuch Words ?
V11. Whether they are not great Fools, or de/jgning K—
that believe any thing this-Libeller writes againft King Charles
the Tirfi ?
-jjj VIII. Whether he hath not done me'a greater Honour
[y, than ever I could expeft, or can deferve, to belye, defame,
J and abufe me, with the fame Pen he has abus'd King Charles
the Tirft, and that purely for His fake ?
^ Whether that Holy and Renowned Martyr, Arch-
BiQiop Cranmer, and that flout Reformer Martin Luther,
C would not appear worfe Men, than this Scribler has made
U King Charles I. if we fhould believe nothing of them , but
for what their grand Enemies the Priefls and Jefuites have writ
^ againfl them.
^ After I had finifhed the Defence of the King's Book, I re-
cetved this Letter from a Reverend Minifter of Tpfmch in
3 Suffolk which deferves to be taken Notice of.
fa, SIR,
t# Q0ME years aftcr t^je Kings Tryal, Major Huntington at
i3 Ipfwich afjured me, That fo much of the faid Book^as con-
tained His Majefties Meditations before Nafeby Fight, was
taken in the Kings Cajffpct± antyfhai Sir Thomas Fairfax de¬
livered the f aid Papers unto him, and ordered him to carry them
to the King and the Major affirmed9 that he read them over
before he delivered them-, and that they were the fame for Mat¬
ter and Form, with thofe Meditations in the Printed Book, and
that he was much affetted with them, and from that time became
j;"' a profelyte to the Royal Caufe : He alfo told me. That when
'iv he delivered them to the King, His Majefiy appeared very joy-
™i . -Kg
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fid at the rmlvlng of them, and fmd he eft mm d them mere
than all "the Jewels be had'loft }n the Cabinet. Alfq / remem¬
ber, when 1 waited upon my Lord Kmunt Hereford into Hol¬
land, ( who was fent by the parliament with other Lordsy to bring
home King Charles 11. ) my Lord fent me to Dr. Earl then at
the Hague* to rcqueft^bis Knowledge, whether the King was- Au~
thor of the faid Sookjt the Dr. told me, as fare as he knew him-
felf to be the Tranjlator of it into Latin y fo certain he was King
Charles was the Author of the Original in Englijh.
For my party I am apt to believe no Perfon was able to frame
that Bool^y bat a Suffering Kingy and no Suffering Kingy but King
Charles the Martyr. \
Your Humble Servant*
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