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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31819	His Majesties answer to the petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled presented to His Majestie at York, June 17, 1642 : together with a catalogue of the names of the Lords that subscribed to levie horse to assist His Majestie in defence of his royall person, the two Houses of Parliament, and the Protestant religion.	Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Parliament. Humble petition of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, presented to His Majestie at York, the 17 of June, 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2137A; ESTC R26423	8,418	9

Majesties summons the greatest and most chéerefull concourse of people that over was beheld of one County appearing before Him at York a Gentleman one Sir Thomas Fayrfax offered in that great Confluence a Petition to His Majesty which His Majesty séeing to be avowed by no man but himselfe and the generall and universall Acclamations of the people séeming to disclaime it did not receive conceiving it not to be of so Publike a nature as to be fit to be presented or received in that place And H●s Majesty is most confident and in that must appeale to those were then present that what ever the substance of that Petition was it was not consented to b● any considerable number of Gentry or Fréeholders of this County by a few meane inconsiderable persons and disliked and visibly discountenanced by the great Body of the knowne Gentry Clergy and Inhabitants of this whole County And if the matter of that Petition was such as is suggested in this His Majesty hath great reason to beléeve it was framed and contrived as many others of such nature have béene in London not in Yorkshire For sure no Gentleman of quality and understanding of this County would talke of His great preparations of Armes and other Warlike Provisions to the great terrour and amazement of His peaceable Subjects when they are witnesses of the violent taking His Arms from Him and stopping all wayes for bringing more to Him And if there were no greater terror and amazement of His Majesties peaceable Subjects in other places by such Preparations and provisions there would be no more cause to complaine of a great decay of Trade and Commerce there then is in this place But his Majesty hath so great an assurance of the Fidelity and generall affections of his good Subjects of this County which He hopes will prove exemplar over His whole Kingdome that He hath great cause to beleeve That they doe rather complaine of his Majesties Confidence and of his slownesse that whilst there is such endeavour abroad to raise Horse and to provide Armes against his Majesty and that endeavour put in execution His Majesty trusts so much to the Justice of his cause and the affections of his people and neglects to provide strength to assist that Justice and to protect those Affections For any affronts offered by the Earle of Lindsey or the Lord Savill to those who intended to petition his Majesty His Majesty wishes that both his Houses of Parliament would have examined that information and the credit of the informers with that gravity and deliberation as in Cases which concerne the Innocence and honour of Persons of such quality hath béene accustomed before they had proscribed two Péeres of the Realme and exposed them as much as in them lay to the rage and fury of the people under the Character of being Enemies to the Common-wealth a Brand newly found out and of no Legall signification to incense the people by and with which the simplicity of formed 〈…〉 mes 〈…〉 And then his Majestie hath some reason to beléeve they would have found themselves as much abused in the report concerning those Lords as he is sure they are in those which tell them of the resort of great numhers and discontented persons to him and of the other particulars mentioned to to be in that Petition Whereas they who observe what resort is here to his Majesty well know it to bee of the prime Gentlemen of all the Counties in England whom nothing but the love of Religion the care of the Lawes and liberties of the Kingdome besides their affection to his person could engage into great journeys trouble and expence men of as precious Reputation and as exemplary lives as this Nation hath any whose assistance his Majesty knowes he must not expect if he should have the least Designe against honour and Justice and such witnesses his majesty desires to have all his actions For the declining other Counsells and the Uniting his confidence to his Parliament his majesty desires both his Houses of parliament seriously and sadly to consider that it is not the name of a great or little Councel that makes the Results of that Counsell just or unjust neither can the imputation upon his majesty of not being advised by his Parliament especially sines all their actions and all their Orders are exposed to the publike view long mislead his good Subjects except in truth they sée some particular sound advice necessary to the peace and hapinesse of the Common-wealth dis-ostéemed by his Majesty and such an influence he is most assured neither can nor shall be given and that they will thinke it merit in his Majesty from the Common-wealth to rejoin such a Counsell as would perswade him to make himselfe none of the three Estates by giving up his negative voyce to allow them a power superiour to that which the Law hath given him whensoever it pleaseth the major part present of both Houses to say that he doth not discharge his trust as he ought and to subject his and his Subjects unquestionable Right and Propriety to their Uotes without and against Law upon the méer pretence of necessity And his Majesty must appeale to all the World who it is that endeavours to divide the joynt duty of his Subjects his Majesty who requires nothing but what their owne duty guided by the infallible Rule of the Law leads them to doe or they who by Orders and Uotes opposite and contradictory to Law Custome president and reason so confound the affections and understandings of his good Subjects that they know not how to behave themselves with honesty and safety whilest their Conscience will not suffer them to submit to the one nor their security to apply themselves to the other It is not the bare saying that his majesties actions are against the Law with which he is reproached in this Petition as if hée departed from his often Protestations to that purpose must conclude him there being no one such particular in that petition alleadged of which his majesty is in the least degrée guilty whether the same Reverence and estéeme be paid by you to the Law except your owne Uotes be judge néeds no other Evidence then those many very many Orders published in print both concerning the Church and State those long imprisonment of severall persons without hearing them upon generall information and the great and unlimited Fees to your Office 〈…〉 worse then the Imprisonment and the Arbitrary consure upon them when they are admitted to be heard Let the Law be judge by whom it is violater For that part of the Petition which séems to accuse his Majesty of a purpose to dissolve this Parliament contrary to the Act for the continuance 〈…〉 … ing away the Lords and greāt officers whose attendance is necessary which his Majesty well knowe to be a new Calumny by which the Grand Confrivers of ruine for the State hope to seduce the minds of the people from their affection