SPEECH

made in Parliament by

Si‘ SIM ON DV CY
Knight : On Twefday the

Eleventh of Ianuary : Concerning

proceeding againﬂ the 1 2 Bifhops

accufcd of High Trcafon, to
bring them to their triall.

Prinnccl for F. Cole; and ]"_ Bank‘: .‘ 6 4 2..

 

Speeéh made in Parliament by

‘sir SIMON DVCY

Knight 1 "On Tcwfday the eleventh offa-
. ‘army, concerning,‘ proccedingdgainﬂ the
twelve Bifhops accufed of High treafon.

Mr. Speaker,
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'; Elaying prof:-cution‘ ofany buﬁneﬂe
of weight and confequence, isthe on-
r 1 way to produce danger,efpeeially

' .42; it be tending to the removall of
» -—-45:‘ emin§t;_t evils rastifed and tihreatned
" ‘ gym and wicke pirits, :1 ing them elves on-
gyto a& fuch thing‘, that the fucceﬂe thereofmuﬂ

° 1, ve the _
3:: gain; and defh-uﬁton of the State wherein

 
     
   

 
  
  

M,..g,L.1«.-. Li ht offences are’ eaﬁly difpenfed

withail or remove but grievous crimes and great i

mifaemeanouts committed by hi h hand are trou-

blefome to be refhained, hard ‘to con-e&ed.. In "V
‘'9’. Pxocggdings agatnﬁéfttch , there mutt be both ‘
' . A» 2 ~ wiﬁiotne ‘

ﬁlling of their owne deﬁres, or ‘

 

wifdome and courage equallizing the fubtilty a nd

power =

  

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p=rfos~réf»=2 cr. is zsvhé   
ls ordinary, ut 5% of &gﬁqgn*.ao;-1m-

peachmentnto bringthc f¢me’COp;erfe&ioﬁ, tog ..
riods I0 indzemtntewhctheg by,the.fvtord of iufiiifcie
to cut offfueh accufed (if found guilty) as unfound
and rotten members ofa Common- wealth, thereby
to prelerve the whole , or to cleere and difcharge
the fame, either Way fatisfying the Kings loyail

 

Subjeﬁs concerning our proceedings: if deferving -

death, you Know Maﬁerspeaker  dgngerougig
is to protraft time in their triall and juft fentenee :
you know, dangerous to a City is the letting on ﬁre
but of one h" e in the fame, you know no better
remedy to prevent this danger, but by pullingrdown
the next adjacent houfes to that on ﬁre : Even fo, if
there bem_aCity, State, or Kingdome, wherein are
{otﬁe ﬁre-brands members, threatning ’ lnti“ run
the whole ‘Common-wealth wherein}  liv jigs
any part thereof 5 whofe tongues are let on fire vein
with the fire o‘fHell,‘tfTuing forth, ﬂafhei,‘ fpafléeg
nay ﬂam.es.o£ wicked tenepts and doétrincjs ‘_ Ieia,
{ant and deleélable only to themfelvcs and”; mi’.

ates 5 feducing in religion the children of’Gbd, :13

I verily believe the laying is fulﬁlled foretold in

Scripture, fuch feducers lhould be in the wdrldﬁhae

if it were poffiblcgthey would feduce the v'ef§‘q[¢‘&;

drawing all men as they"ca‘p; tot ‘j_1-yfa‘_€iNi'dn;J'.6r‘,"elfe

feelg‘ehtheit_‘ utter  ; ,b_o_th th’elr‘liv’e‘:',’1i’.

bjerties, and e{ia_tes,Th¢fe  ‘H h " 

. a.      .- ,.S.r¢r.
hath 'catpllt_‘1n‘ yver ',}?la'¢’es,¢'af'thls Kin‘ _ dpiie5ea’€'(“‘a§

get} ¢m*a’;‘a‘§ wpgg, an2i'V§llag2s , sna‘;eg,g.:g-
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j  ’ :akei ' ' ifhthe n_,nby.pul-
 O}: (iirciiiblililgyiithe Or iginall root
. ofthis danger,"biit the neighbouring parties; no‘:

i t e bod of the tree, but lopolf
olliby ttlieclllitriiigdiliﬁ s‘he{P°°iy3"Y 2 the 8"-'“‘°ﬂ arm”
iihereof for the leffer twigs, they mayof thcmfelves
wither ’and dye in time : they will indanger the
whole kingdomc, and caufe great trouble and haz-
zardin pl-efcfving the fame from mine. .

M,., speaker : The fubjeéi of my difcourfe is con-
cerning our proceedings againfk the Biihops, by this
honourable Houfe accufed of High Treafon, That
we with all convenient {peed bring them to their

- ' d t u on the fame. .
"’;}}._’f’g:,L‘i_,.g;e[i1c°i»leh1¢:ve:h us to be men,ofcoii-

rage and magnanimity, not daunted with any feare,

(ff ra ed by any oppoﬁtion that hath beene
zgtadle gogtiin us ,...and our proceedings concerning
the (hm: , to hinder our perfeéhng thofe things in

- our profecution of thefe Incendiaries , fo much im-

' eace and fecurity of his Majefbie and
$,rc1gnsgki::‘g‘d§m,_ The evil! eﬁeﬂfs that we have
ee=xP¢timentally found, in'not' performing our de-
ﬁrcs and the expeéiation of thofe that fent us hi-
mﬂ-: by whom we are intrufied to preferve and
fwd them in their perfong, free liberties, and right-
fun Poﬂeﬂions; and th_€! I-'m.1_‘Y and “3'8¢,‘“e PW?‘
om which we hgv¢.t€C€IV€d,‘- not only from the C1-
ﬁzem’ of u,,,1,,,, but from diverfe other parts of
this kingdom‘; , exprt  their loveeand tender
affections to his Royall lV1‘=_|i¢“Y ‘Pd‘&'"‘,”17ﬁ_'°'
y 5- their conﬁdence iaipofed m—l_lS'Of our [aidi-
ﬂit innegiity and true heattedneﬂe towardaoiir
.   ~ Countrey,

 

 

Conntrey, in the right framing and reélifying ail

things that have beene arniﬂfe and difordered in the
{axles the red

fires, may as lconcetve, be fufiicient caufes to {litre
up our hearts andardent affeéiions to fatrsﬁe them -.

therein, and not any longer, for any caufe whatfo-
ever {hall be pretended in -oppolition ofthe fame,

to procraﬁinate any further time, to bring tltefe Bi-r -
fhops accufed , and all other Delinnqents in this  

State to juﬂ tryall and deferved punilhment.
Mr. Speaker : The evill effeéls that have fucceded
of late, by reafon of the intetmiﬂion ofour procee-

dings againﬂ thefe Biﬂiops and others , are not 1111*-

knowne to all men 5 of dangerous Confequeuﬁtz di-

llurbing our peaceable and jullproeeedinginrall -

our def .=, ~ touching the greataffaires we have
badin agitation both of Church and State 5 inden-
gered out perfons,by giving them liberty to endea-
vour to put in execution their malicious and divel-‘
liﬁl plots againfi us, the railing and caufing great tu-
mult: and uproares about the Parliament,’ cauﬁng
and ptocuring the members ofonr I-Ioufe , great
Pillars in this out Temple , to be accufed and que-

ﬁioned as eriminons pexfons; thereby to avert our

ptofecutionagainft them; canfing evill fufpitions -

and_§ealonﬁesofonr'

_ rities and loyalties to our
graoons Soveratgne,

our native Countrey 5 in-

thereby their favourites and well-'wilh-

an In aheirtvill praﬁiﬁi ,— .noadventm'e.rIpon any
ihatagema againll both onrpetfomand proceed-
ings :

ceiling of their nnjufi grievances and  
opprefﬁons, and the {etling oftrue Religion in this =
kingdome: their loving enoouragements for our '
cheerefull and willing performance oftheirjuﬂde «

 

ings : Whichywe, Mafler Spv.-akcr,(ifwe in time 13.

: bout not to prevent the fame) may with too 13", rc.
tpentance, bewaile thofe greater dangers and irrg.
-coverable troubles threatne-td by thefe ﬁre- brand;

e of»State ,_

who burnes with mifchievousintentions

. of our utter defiruﬁion.

Mr. Speaker .° My-humble motion therefore is,

-thatconﬁdering feriouﬂy with our fe1v¢s.thofc

. Countries

things which I have brieﬂy mentioned unto you

we may lay aﬁde all feares, depending only upogi
Almighty God his providence over us , and our
loves proffering to defend us, whofc fer-

.vants~ we are; and cheerefully with good courage

the greate

and magnanimous fpirits , go on as we have begun,
to bring all mifdoers in this Kingdome, efpecially
{land chiefeﬂ of them, to their mall and

condigne punifhment.

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