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A96770	Animadversions upon the Armies Remonstrance, delivered to the House of Commons, Monday, 20. November, 1648. In vindication of the Parliaments treaty with the King in the Isle of Wight.	Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.	1648 (1648)	Wing W319; Thomason E570_3; ESTC R204237	15,578	31

Or whether they will Elect King Nol for our Soveraigne whose Nose is clad in Purple already God knowes But he that knowes any thing knowes the danger of Elective Kingdoms liable to Faction and Civill Warres amongst Competitors upon the death of every King let the miserable examples of the German Empire Poland the old Roman Empire and others witnesse 6. Prop These things to be declared and provided by this Parliament or by the Authority of the Commons therein and all people to subscribe nor any to be capable of any benefit by this Agreement who shall not consent and subscribe 6. Observ Here you see the Lords and King being 2 of the 3 Estates whereof our Parliaments are compounded by the fundamentall Lawes of the Land strooke out to the utter subversion of Parliaments and all men enjoyned to assent and subscribe to their owne wrong under a penalty the consequence whereof doth not yet appeare These things the Remonstrance saith are of vast concernment to all publique Interest not onely in this Kingdome but neighbour Nations 7. Observ Whether this be spoken to Scotland and Ireland onely or to all neighbour Nations as if these men had some correspondencies in their Dominions to make this Antimonarchicall popular disease infective and diffusive to them thereby to divert them by Wars at home to look over upon us God knowes but it is very likely to stir up the jealousies of Forraign Princes to quench the fire in their neighbours house lest the flame catch hold of their own 1 Consequence of the said Propositions These Propositions tend to the utter subversion of all the Fundamentall Government and Lawes of this Land and the destruction of Parliaments and will bring such an Anarchy and confusion upon us as will continue a War in our Bowels during the life of this King and His Posterity whereby we shall be enforced to keep up and augment this Army and to entaile the Commands and Offices therein upon the Grandees of the Army their Sonnes and Adherents from Generation to Generation and make a home Warre the only trade amongst us 2. Consequence The Army by puutting the Parliament upon it to be the Authors and Actors of these miseries to their Country will make them the common scorne and hatred of all the world and may then lay by the Parliament with applause of all men glad of the revenge and then Governe by the Sword It is a sure rule in State that when great men put their Ministers upon actions of publique hatred they prepare them for destruction 3. Consideration The Parliaments Declarations the Laws of the Land the Oaths of Allegeance and Supremacy and our Nationall Covenant do all cry out to the Parliament to oppose these destroying Propositions The Declaration 26 May 1642. saith Their endeavours have been for maintenance of the Protestant Religion the Kings Just Prerogatives The Lawes and Liberties of the Land and Priviledges of Parliament wherein they would persist though they should perish in the work 1 Part. Exact Collections pag. 618. 632. The like Declaration passed June 2. 1642. upon the Propositions for Money and Plate 42. Edw. 3. The Commons in Parliament say they cannot assent to any thing in Parliament to the Disherison of the King and His Crown whereto they are Sworne The Petition of Right 3 Caroli The Commons in Parliament declare That they neither meant nor had power to hurt the Kings Prerogative with infinite more Authorities wherewith our Law-books are full By the Oathes of Allegeance and Supremacy which every Member taketh before he sits in Parliament they are bound to defend and maintaine His Majesties Royall Person with all the Prerogatives Priviledges and Preheminencies belonging or annexed to the imperiall Crown By the Solemne League and Covenant we swear with hands lifted up to God To maintaine and defend the Kings Person and Authority in the preservation of Religion Lawes and Liberties not to diminish his Just power and greatnesse To defend the Priviledges of Parliament And to continue all the dayes of their lives in this Covenant against all opposition whatsoever The Protestation is to the like effect But the said Remonstrance pag. 54 55 56 57. saith This is only a bare Covenant between party and party wherein God is a witnesse only to avenge the breaker and violater thereof But let this Casuist in Buff know that it is not only so but is also a promissory Oath made to God and therefore he is as well a party as a witnesse to it Observe here a high point of insolency An interpretation put upon the Parliaments Covenant by men that for the most part refuse to take the Covenant Let not the Independent Members please themselves in seeing the Presbyterians overthrowne since their turn is like to be next 4 Consideration what malice and designe now lyes upon the Presbyterian a covetous desire to share with them in their rich gaines will hereafter lye upon the Independents The vast desires and expences of this Army are like a consuming fire He that fares best shall be but the last fuell to it To conclude 5 Consideration There is a desperate party intermingled amongst the whole Masse of this Common-wealth which hath perpetrated all manner of crimes from Blasphemy and high Treason to Trespas They have violated all Lawes Divine and Humane and all Government and Magistracy They have so farre cheated and abused the King and His Issue that like Caine they think their sinnes greater then can be forgiven they have so far injured and cheated all the Interests and People of the Land that with Caine they thinke that every man will slay them and despaire of reconciliation and therefore place all their hopes in bringing them to slavery and confusion They hate all honest men because they feare them as witnesses and prosecutors to bring them to judgement hereafter And therefore labour to ruine and extirpate them especially out of the Parliament under the notion of the Kings Party Wherefore dear Country-men especially you Lords and Gentlemen of the Parliament call to mind your duty you owe to your God your King your Country your Wives Children call to mind Religion Laws and Liberties and cry out with one voice against these innovators as your fore-fathers did long since in a Parliament Nolumus Leges Angliae mutare we will not change our good Laws Remember your Oathes of Allegeance Supremacy Nationall Covenant Protestation for which your souls are morgaged to a just and severe Creditor And learne to fear God and not Man We owe a death to God and Nature and must assuredly pay this debt why not now before we taste of misery and slavery why not in an honourable defence of our Country rather then in a base desertion of it He that feares death dies as soone as he that contemnes death and no man is worthy of life but he that scornes life when his Country stands in need of it Ingens crede nefas animam praeferre pudori Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas Mors fugacem persequitur virum nec parcit Imbellis juventae poplitibus timidoque tergo Death strikes a coward in the back as soone as a valiant man in the face Good God who broughtest all things out of Chaos into light giving them order forme and beauty suffer not the Nimrods of our times to reduce all things back againe into Chaos Suffer them not to pull downe Sion and build up Babel Oh heavenly Daedalus lend us thy Clue to lead us out of this Labyrinth The summe of all these Observations is this In the Remonstrance 20 Novemb. 1648. They indeavour to subvert the King His Posterity and the Kingdome In the 2 3 and 4. Article of their Impeachment against the 11. Members They professe themselves disobliged from any farther engagement in the Parliaments service and have and doe act according to this profession Quaere Who these men serve and what judgement the law gives upon them PROLEGOMENA OR Selected Observations explaining the generall drift of the Remonstrance and therfore set apart by themselves MAjor White said in the Councell of the Army at Putney That shortly there should be no visible Authority left in the Kingdome but the power of the Sword Though this was then in designe yet because he vented it unseasonably before it was ripe for practise he was expelled the Army but soon taken in again they being unwilling to lose a man of their owne principles 9. March The Engagement of the fugitive Members to live die with the Army was sent from the Lords to be approved by the Commons Whereupon Derby-house Projects p. 7. written by an Officer of the Army saith This was done to trie the temper of the House and if they had not approved it they resolved to flie to their Arms and make a New Charge against their Opposers for they acknowledge amongst themselves That they rule by Power onely and that the House of Commons is no longer theirs then they over-awe them and that they feare the Criticall day will come which will discover the Parliament to be no longer theirs then while they have a force upon it Observe that upon these grounds the present designe of this Remonstrance is To make a new Charge and dissolve this Parliament and to make a new Parliament meerly popular without King or Lords consisting only of a Representative of the People of their owne chusing for the Army acknowledgeth none but themselves and their Faction to be the People all other men are but Amalekites or the seed of the cursed to be rooted out that themselves the seed of the Godly the Faithfull onely may inherit this good Land And this New Parliament shall be accountable to the People that is to the Army Compare the Remonstr and the Declaration of the Army following it So we shall be govern'd arbitrarily by a Popular Parliament protected and over-ruled by a standing Army the Lawes which depend wholly upon the Authority of the Crowne for their defence interpretation and execution being first plucked up by the roots in the pulling downe of Monarchy look about you Englishmen you have fought for Religion Lawes and Liberties untill you are cheated of them all THE END THE ROYALL OAKE OF BRITTAYNE

called M. Hollis his correspondence with the King A breach of trust a breach of his Oath taken in June 1643. a breach of the Parliaments Ordinance in October 1643. and no lesse then Treason Book of Declaration pag. 112 At this time Ireton framed the Proposals at Colebrook which as they say contained the particulars of their desires in order to the clearing and securing the Rights and Liberties of the people and setling a lasting Peace By these Proposalls the foundations of the peoples Freedome were undermined and the Kings Interest supported as Putney projects pag. 13. said where it is believed they passed 〈◊〉 a Generall Councell And it is there affirmed that they passed the Kings file who moved for a Personall Treaty upon them Ireton in a private Conference having promised the King a Copy of them which was sent by Major Huntington and returned with the Kings crosses and scratches upon them with His own pen. page 14. At last Sir John Berkley and Ashburnham brought the Kings Answer to them at Colebrook August 1. and the Proposalls bear date August 2. and the Proposalls were altered in five or six Particulars nearly relating to the Kings Interest But now let us collect some few short Observations out of the Papers and the said Proposalls of the Army that by comparing them with the present Propositions sent to the Isle of Wight by the Parliament it may appear whether the Army that hath no Authority or the Parliament that hath Authority to Treat with the King have best provided for a safe and well-grounded Peace with preservation of our Religion Lawes and Liberties Book of Declaration pag. 45. In the Representation of the Army June 14. 1647. this is set downe as the 8. proposall for Peace That publique Justice being first satisfied by some few examples to posterity out of the worst excepted persons and other Delinquents having made their Compositions some course may be taken for a generall Act of Oblivion whereby the seeds of Warre c. may be the better taken away 1. Observation The wisdome of Parliament thought it not fit to disparage their righteous cause by propounding an Act of Oblivion but when the King freely offered it and made it a proposall on his part they accepted it reserving a power to themselves to adde what exceptions and limitations to it the two Houses should think fit In the Remonstrance of the Army presented to the Parliaments Commissioners at S. Albans June 23. 1647. page 64. They declare their principles to be most cleerly for a generall Right and just freedome to all and therefore declare particularly That they desire the same for the King and others of His party so farre as can consist with common Right and Freedome and the security of the same for the future And they doe clearly professe they doe not see how there can be any peace to the Kingdome firme and lasting without a due consideration of and provision for the Rights quiet and immunity of His Majesties Royall Family and his late partakers and herein they think that tender and equitable dealing as supposing their cause had been ours and a spirit of common love and justice diffusing it selfe to the good and preservation of all will make up the most glorious conquest over their hearts to make them and the whole people of the Land lasting friends 2. Observation What more could the Parliament say Peruse the Propositions sent to the Isle of Wight What more hath the Parliament done for the King and his party in their Personall Treaty with the King at the Isle of Wight for a safe and well-grounded Peace then here the Army prompts them to Or how hath the King deserved worse of the Kingdome since the Army hunted Him from Hampton-court into their Purse-net at Carisbrooke-Castle where He hath been watched and kept in so strict and limited a condition that He could neither act nor negotiate any thing But The Armies Scout saith the Grandees of the Armies Faction are exasperated against him for rejecting their offers last yeare and his adherence to the Scottish interest and therefore at the latter end of his foule sheet the Scout hath this Distich Oh Charles old Nol thy terrour now draws nigh If thou wilt save thy necke hast hast to flie Book of Decl. p. 75. In a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax to both Houses giving an account of the transactions between His Majesty and the Army bearing date Reading July 6. 1647. He saith We conceive that to avoid all harshnesse and to afford all kind usage to His Majesties Person in things consisting with the peace and safety of the Kingdome is the most Christian honourable and prudent way and in all things as the Representation and Remonstrance of the Army doth expresse we thinke that tender equitable and moderate dealing both towards His Majesty His Royall Family and late Party so farre as may stand with the safety of the Kingdome and security of our common Rights and Liberties is the most hopefull course to take away the seeds of Warre c. and to procure a lasting peace and a Government in this distracted Nation 3. Observation But the Army hath since found New Lights yet these plausible pretences of the Army to restore Peace and Government by setling the Kings and all just Rights kept the People hitherto quiet and made them with hope and patience to beare Taxes to the Army and Free quarter whereby many of their backs were broken and all galled untill they found the Army to lay by these principles and to make use of the good opinion they had got onely by them to suppresse and destroy all that laboured for peace and ease of the people both Petitioners and Members of Parliament to keep themselves still in pay and pursue their owne profit and preferment then finding themselves cheated despaire thrust them rashly into Armes in Wales Kent Essex c. where their successe was suitable to their discretion whereof the Faction of the Army doe now take advantage to lay their owne bastard at other mens dores as if all this were done by designe of a Party in Parliament and City But Peace and an Army are as inconsistent together as light and darknesse In the Proposals of the Army 1 Aug. 1647. they propound 14. That things before proposed being provided for securing the Rights Liberties and Safety of the Kingdome His Majesties Person Queen and Royall issue may be restored to a condition of Safety Honour and Freedome in this Nation without diminution of their personall Rights or farther limitation to the exercise of the Regall power then according to the particulars aforegoing 4. Observation You see the City in their Engagement and the Parliament borrowed from the Army that phrase they now so much cry out upon of restoring the King with Honour Freedome and Safety 15. For Compositions The Army propounds That a lesser number out of the persons excepted in the two first Qualifications

doe againe upon pretended feares to carry on their designe and to colour the open violence and secret conspiracies they have used or meane to use against the lives of their Opponents I wish these titular Godly faithfull Honest men would as much abhorre the profitable Art of Lying and Slandering as they doe the unprofitable Vice of Swearing and Cursing But this is to take a Schismatick out of a Schismatick an Antimonarchist out of an Antimonarchist and an Independent out of an Independent it is to take his definition from him as much as to deny a man to be animal visibile in this objection I can more clearly foresee a second force comming from the Army upon the Houses then Lilly with all his fantasticall schemes can prognosticate faire or foule weather good or bad luck Were the Houses free when Sir Tho Fairfax threatned to make some of the Members Prisoners of Warre and trie them by a Councell of Warre onely for voting I and No according to their consciences when he marched in hostile manner against the Houses and City and really frighted away many honest Members when he set his owne Guards upon the Houses when the Armies faction in the House threatned the dissenting Members with the Army and the longest sword if they were free then they were not free during the agitation of this Personall Treaty But let us now examine the principall Propositions for setling the Kingdomes peace and safety as they are contained in this perplexed confused long-winded Remonstrance and then open your understanding with some Observations upon them The chief Propositions of this Remonstrance are the same in effect with those Propositions set on foot in the Army by the Levelling party there in a printed Book called The Agreement of the People which were disavowed by the Generall in his Letter to the House and some of the Levellers were condemned by a Councell of Warre as seditious and mutinous Persons for promoting them The first Proposition is That the House would forbeare any farther proceeding in the Treaty with the King and to returne to the Votes for no more Addresses to Him and to settle the Kingdome without and against Him upon such grounds as the said Remonstrance doth lay downe 1. Observation After the Houses are ingaged past all retreat and the eyes of all Christendome upon them they enjoyne them to breake off the Treaty contrary to their faith and honour engaged when the Treaty is so neare a conclusion that we shall suddenly receive the Kings Concessions or have a just ground to settle the Kingdome against Him without breach of faith Let us now see what foundations of setlement these new States-men lay downe 2. Proposition That the King may be brought to Justice for the Treason Bloud and mischief he is guilty of 2. Obser The Parliament in their severall Declarations and in their Commissions to their Generalls alwaies accused the Kings evil Counsellours of these crimes and not the King following therein the civility and policy of our Lawes and declared Warre onely against them not against Him knowing it had been High Treason by all our Lawes to warre against His Person Stat. 25 Edw. 3. And I challenge all the Antimonarchicall tribe to shew me one Law or Stat. to the contrary or to shew me any one president in the Scriptures of any King of Juda or Israel deposed or put to death upon Triall by his people for misgovernment or any King of England so dealt with since the Conquest Rich. 2. Ed. 2. Hen. 6. were articled against and Deposed or forced to Depose themselves in Parliament but those Parliaments were not free Parliaments being packed and overawed by ambitious Princes of the bloud with Souldiers and therefore this cannot be imputed to the People And the King being by our Lawes supreame Governour in all Causes and over all Persons hath no Superiour who can call Him to account otherwise you must proceed in infinitum If you will say the People or their Representative shall call Him to account who shall call them to account Parliaments for ought I see being as subject to corruption as Kings Besides you open a wide gap for any ambitious Prince of the bloud to make himself popular by scandalizing the present Government as Absolom did and so to stirre up the People or Parliament against the King to make way to the Crowne for himselfe and involve the Kingdome in frequent and lingering Civill Wars 3. Prop That the Prince and Duke of Yorke may be summoned to render themselves c. if they doe not that then they may be declared incapable of Government c. and as Enemies and Traytors to die without mercy if afterwards found in this Kingdome if they render themselves the Prince for his Capitall Delinquency to be proceeded against in justice And the Duke as he shall give satisfaction c. 3. Observ This is to lay by the King and His Posterity contrary to many Declarations and Engagements of the Parliament and to enforce the Prince to cast himselfe into the Armes of the French or some other his Allies Papists or others for succour upon such tearmes of disadvantage as they working upon his necessity shall put upon him to the prejudice of these Realmes his owne Religion in his Match or otherwise and to compell him to bring an Invasion upon the Land to assert his owne and the common Cause of Kings controverted in this example and so turn our Episcopall warre into a Monarchicall warre which will draw a confluence of all the loose Souldiery of Christendome to seek imployment here and bring the calamities of Germany upon us 4. Prop That a period be set to this Parliament c. 4. Observ I wish a period so as this pragmaticall Army be first Disbanded otherwise they acknowledging no King and their Masters the Parliament being dissolved the Kingdome will either be left under the government of the Army or they will over-power all Elections and set up a Mock-Parliament of their owne creation whose Authority shall depend upon their Sword and then the said Parliament shall set the stamp of their Authority upon the Army and between both the Kingdome be sawed in pieces 5. Prop That no King be hereafter admitted but upon the Election of the People by their Representatives 5. Answer They will first have a Parliament of their owne making as aforesaid and then this Parliament shall have a Conge d'estlier or leave to chuse a King of the Armies nominating whether they will vouchsafe to abuse the infancy of the Duke of Gloucester make him their property until they have had time to settle their Utopian Government to root out all Opponents to fill all Places of power and profit with their owne Creatures to breake the Peoples spirits with a customary Bondage to dis-arme and impoverish them and reduce them to the heartlesse condition of French Peasants to settle forraign Leagues and Correspondencies and then lay him to sleep with his Fathers