HIS

MAIE   TIES  

LETTER

'1" THE LORD

?Declarifigthc,RcaFons Why his M

K E E P E R.
. TOGETHERWUTH
His Meffage to both HoL1fes ofPar.-
liamcnt, in anfvvcr to their PetitionConccrg

;ningthcMi1icia, Fehzfi.

1641.

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ajcflic doth nozc
conceive himfelfobliged by any promifc for. %
merly madc, to yccid to A  A
» the fame. - 

 

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at his {hop next doors to the King '
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~~   Alghttrufiy, andxight%W&1-be}
 .  %lovcd»Counfi:1loi1r,4wcgrcct:
you Well, our will and P163.‘

4  4 filrcis, that you delivcrto be
-  % A read in thc~Houfé%o%F Pcercs»

M this our Anfwer to thcdefiré

from both I:-Iouiis cenccrn.ing the Mflitiaw.

 
 

And for F0 doing this {lull be your fiifificicnh »

warrant:

~G-ivcn at our Houfe at‘ Greempicb ’, the; 28
“of Februarie, "L6 4.’ 1. V A

% To our truflie and rigbtnvell Eelj:n2e’al? A

Comzfellour Edward Lord I. imefzton  

  I(eeper= of ourgre-at Seal,

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H -iI§.Maje&y hiving with his beflicare“

ii‘ and underfianding providecgand con-
  fideredi that which was fcnitzv him

  from both Houres, for jchc ordering
‘   Vofethe ,Militii'pt¢Tented unto him,to

 
    

    Bemadean iO”rdiin‘:-mcc of Parliamcnt,. by the gi. 
i  evingvpf his Royall aflent;  he: can by no memes
  Midocr it. for the rcafons herc,a;fccr—mcntiomd: f0 be

doth'not"'cb'1icciveiihimfeifebliged byfany puriolriife »

made in ‘his Anfwer of the fccond ofthis moneth, 4

to the Petitiogxofb ath iho%Li1‘e;5;tc;;&yieLd E5 the fame. 

His Majeffy "fifids great c-au{e- to except 'agai:niff-'
the'Prefaice or Ingroduéiiggx cqthat Order which :;
ccniieffeth a“ nijpft*d:iiIgereLz$‘2nd ‘defperacetd efignq
upmioyi e':h_e_.Houfe ofiiflomiinons i,i-bf late fuppofed 

robe ancffeiazof theb10wudyi¢qun‘fels of Papi{k‘s,.

and ibthE”fiIL:iffég$}edi get!’ 0:13;, by which many may, ‘
uiacaie1‘f’tf:3iA°1‘;di~Qljfc)‘.b1<iiIf,‘1 g "‘i1pon3’iQ’tI1erjarintede papers to
thae~p;urp‘o‘fe)ffiisfconiming in erfon to the Houfcl”
ofi(;3pt§mQn:§4»pn tI1eifou1:th.o~ Janua.ry,which be-'
got;1toAoiunihappy«a mifgnderfiandingbetween Him ‘i<
afiti ’ h’i‘§'p;eop1e.Afnd fer th,at,»th ough he _beIicve$ iq, , i
u‘pei1=thein‘FormatiQn‘fincé given hiih, to be an zip-;-} 
parent breaeh of theiv privilege, and hathi'o'1Y:“i'cd,f T
& is ready to repair the famcfor the futurcgby qaayi i
A(1‘t\__%{11}aiIJ bedeliredw of his M_;zje{ty,i ycchcemlifl ‘
de‘chre‘andi'eq1;i‘iie tc5ibe'beIie\{ed,ithat hec had rim; 

 other deiigne uponyrhat I-ioiufe, or az?r~Mcmber of _

' it,’ thenito require as he did , the per

V w M onsaof‘ t:ho_fc H
five Genatiicm hi’; Mzijefly  the day before 

accufed <':>£~7'hig1_1 Treafegni, aMndi44to declarcxim heci 
m¢mit*t0e¥0c€¢d‘?ag§:1nfitmmilcgallmfidefeesdix-;:~., 7

ix.

  (“*3 
lly-, upQrtawhi.ch hce'.bclitivod.',*th;1t Hotfltfcifiwjoultfl _
have dclivetctd than up, and hisMajtfiy =?cia‘1l<s the?
Alinighty God to witncI?{oT, that l1etc..xvasfo”fa?r're'g 
fiom any ginténtionl or thoughtof .force, or Vic-'
'lt;ttc«e , although that Hdufei had not cl_e=1iv’e1;c:d
thc1;na‘<:cordiugto his dcmand,oriin‘;an_y ta{‘ctwhat' *
focve.r,’tl1at ht: gave thofc his fttvants and others,
who then waited on his Miajofty , expreillt 'charg¢~‘
and command that theytihould nivcma offtyncctol
any-man ,_ nay,» if they rcccivfcg‘ anyptovocIati—
on oi: injtu1‘y,t.hcy{ho11ld bcarc ittwithout: returns, 
and his Majefiy-neither f:~1w~ orkhcw that my part;

fort of his T taint, had «any~ot~hcruwcapons l3Ut*hlS~‘

Petitioners” and Guatd,t11o‘fe with whicfh they IL
1' fully attend his pcrfon to P:1rl~iaxntnt,«»aud theo-‘
that Gcntltrrixcn“, {words ,'and therefore his M.::~:je—
fly doubts not , but this VPatli:tmmt‘wilI ltb‘-he fo 1'é:- ‘
gatdfull oflggl1is.«l1onou~1*7 liercim that hes: ll1al‘l not‘

. undcrgoc any imputation by the talh or indirmft,»

indifctcrct cxprefliorxs of any young men ithtrnin

his Trainc , orfby anywdefpérate words uttered by "~

othérs, [who might mingle with thcm,’witl1o"ut his 
confent or‘ap;probation.~t For Cl'lC.P“C1'f®I‘l'__S uominas

ted to be Licvetcnantts of the fcvcrall Counties of 
England and Whales , his Mztjcltytis contentcsdtgto 

allow t11at.rccomgmc-‘ucltttion ,1 one-ly concerning A‘

ti-1ci..hCit _ofLontdon,zmd l"utl1*othtr Corporatlilotigfi
"ztsibyg a.-tieut Clmtcrs lmvct granted unto them i

the power ofthc M.l1lCl3,"lllS Majcfiy doth not Com .—

ttteixife tlttif ‘ itlcanl ftand iwith Juftitcc or5P'olitie tom; «
uteri their government in thati p:~;'rttcL1l:2tr , A 2111.6! Egg? 5;
A NlawjéfiyflsiWlll:1r}3fQrtl1W~itl1 to glfftt-CV"t:1I}lt otfithrfm 

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W i( that of'London,’ and thofe» Corporatonsexceplfi

ted ){'uch Commifsions has he hath done this ar1i- l

. atnent,te fame Lord Licutenants by your a vice,’

but if that power benot thought enough ,but that A
  more {hall be t_hought fit to bee granted to th'0l~c’<

perfons named, then by the Lawes is in the 9
V Crowne it felfe, his Majeflie holds it reafonable A
thatthe fame he by fome Law firit veiled in him

with power“ to Transferre it to thelfei perfons

which he would willingly doe, andwhat ever
that power {hall beto avoide all future doubts and

queflions, his 4Majeflie idefires it may bee ‘digefied.

into an A6l: of lParlia.ment rather then an Ordiw
nance, fo that all his loving Subjeéts rnriy there-
by particularly know, both whatthey are to doe,

and what they areto Iuffer for their negleéiz, that i

there may be the lean latitude for “hisgood Sub-‘é

jeéis to fuffer under any arbitrary powerwhatfoe-ié

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As to theltime idefired for the icontiniuaneelof A

the power to be granted 5 his emnjeilwie giveth this
anfwer, that he cannot confenteto‘ clivefl “llillllitlfc
of the yufl power which God, and thepllawes of

this Kingdome have pluceed in'i1llnfQ1“tl1€ defence

of his peopIe,andtoput it into the hands. of‘ 0-

A thers for any indefinite time, and fince the ground
of this re queft from his Parliament was to lecture

i A thattime, in yeelding to To many of their defires,

‘their prefent feares and jeziloufies, that they might”

with fafetie apply themfelves to the matterof’ ' his l
tMcflE1geof the 2o.of'.Ianuary. l   

His Maiefly hopeth.that‘i his ‘Grace to them fince

and

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and in agreeing to the pelrfons now recommended

to him byihis.iParliament, and the power before"

exprefled to beplacedln them,,wil wholly difpell

Uthofe fenrels and jealoufiesgtndalfureth them, that

as h’iisi’M‘ajc&y hath now applied this unnfi1:tllRe-i
Inedieto theitdoubts {o (if there {hall -be cattle)

he will continue the fame to fuch time as lhall be e

agreeable to the fame care now exprefltd to-
wardsthem. - - %~ %   "
And in this anfwer l11‘s"Ma)e{{y is fo farre from

receding; from any thing he prornifed or intended

A to grantin his Anfwer to the former Petition, that
his Mnjeflie hath hereby confentcd to ~al_l, was r
then asked ofhirn bythat Petition concer-

ning the Militia of the Kingdorne (except that
of London, and thofe other Corporations) which
was to put the faineinto the hands of fuch per-
fonsgas fhould be recommended unto h'1m‘by both
Honfes of Parliament, and his Majefiie doubts

  not but the Parliament upon well weighing the

particulztrs of this Anfwer, will find the fame
more latisfaétory to their ends , and the peace and
welfare of all hisgood Subjeéts, then the way

i propofed by this intended ordinance,to which for
 thefe reafons his Majeltie cannot Confcnt.‘

‘examine the particulars thereof, it being can matter

A And whereas his Majeftie obfervcs by the Po;
tition from both Houfes,prefcnted to him by the

L l Earle of P0-ft/Alldl, Slirllfliomalr Heale, and Sir Willi:

am; Swill, that in fome plaeestfometlper fonts begin-

to intermeddle _of’ithemtfe'lvesr with the Militia;
hiscM'ajefly expeéteth .th at his iP‘arliament fhould

of

 ¥higI1 com:cr~nmcnr, and very grcai Conrcqucnéc

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and his Mflfcfiicré3quircth,itl1atifV 1r.%{ha1l zlppcar
h*1ve pref'ur-ned tc)AC0‘mmi1I1<3th€ Mi{f’5“ With” 
%  Gum; 'l;l:WfL1” aut:h(_)m,IIy—»chcy;may b? A
  }.,rogccdcd agaznfgaccorgiing A
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I “m In-Sdpm. iamem-)rc7;mt any pcrrfons Whatfbcvcr,