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A91448 The Parliament under the power of the sword. 1648 (1648) Wing P509; Thomason 669.f.13[52]; ESTC R211086 1,193 1

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The PARLIAMENT under the Power of the SWORD WEdnesday the 6. of Decemb. 1648. before eight in the morning the Army sent a Party of Horse and Foot to beset all Passages and Avenues to the two Houses of Parliament to fright away the Members yet many Members of us repairing to the House were seized upon and carried Prisoners by the Souldiers into the Queens Court nothing being objected against us nor no Authority vouched for it Colonel Birche and Master Edward Stephens were pulled out of the House of Commons as they looked out at the dore at last the number shut up Prisoners in the Queens Court amounted to 41. And Hugh Peters came to us and avowed this as the Act of the Generall and Lieutenant Generall So did Col Hewson about 4 of the Clock that day we were told by an Officer that we must be caried to Wallingford-House and so put into Coaches But before this hapned I should have told you That the Sergeant of the House of Commons was sent with his Mace from the House to command our attendance there and came into the Queens Court to us but the Guard would not let us out He was sent againe with his Mace for us but then the Guards upon the House would not let the Sergeant come to us at last the Coaches aforesaid to put the greater scorne upon the Parliament carried us all to Master Dukes Ale-house in Hell and there thrust us in to spend the Night without any accommodation of Beds c. only C. Hewson came to us and offered it as a curtesie that some of the Eldest should be suffered to lie at home that Night engaging to render themselves the next morning by 9 of the Clock at C. Hewsons lodgings in Whitehall which was refused it not being thought fit we should so farre owne an usurped Authority All this is done in pursuance of the Armies last Remonstrance and Declaration and in subversion of the KING and His Posterity Parliament City and Kingdome the utter extirpation of all Law Government and Religion and the converting of our wel-regulated Monarchy into a military Anarchy with a popular Parliament of the meanest of the Commons onely at the beck of the Army I appeale to Heaven and Earth whether the attempt of Germin Goring c. to bring up the Northerne Army to London to over-awe the Parliament which attempt onely was then voted Treason whether the Tumult of Apprentises at the Parliament dore so severely prosecuted against the City were comparable to this Rebellion The Members so surprized are almost all such as have lost for their constant service to the Parliament ●●d have gotten nothing Their Names follow Sir Robert Harlow Col Harlow Sir Will Waller Sir Walter Earle Sir Samuel Luke Sir Rich: Anslow Sir John Merrick Sir Martin Lyster Lo Wenman Mr. Knightly Sir Gilbert Gerrard Sir Benjamin Ruddiard Mr. Francis Gerrard Mr. Swynfin Mr. Crew Mr. Edw Stephens Mr. Buller Sir Harbottle Grimston Mr. Bunkley Major Generall Massey Sir Robert Pye Mr. Walker Mr. Hen Pelham Col Leigh Sir Anthony Irby Sir Tho Soame Col Birch Mr. Lane Mr. Wheeler Mr. Drake Mr. Greene Mr. Bowton Mr. Prynne Mr. Priestly Sir Simon D'ewes Sir william Lewis Sir John Clotworthy Col William Strode Commissary Copley Mr. Vaughan Col Nath Finnes who was soone set at liberty and when he asked By what power he was committed it was answered By the power of the sword THE END