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A64894	Former ages never heard of, and after ages will admire, or, A brief review of the most materiall parliamentary transactions, beginning, Nov. 3, 1640 wherein the remarkable passages both of their civil and martial affaires, are continued unto this present year published as a breviary, leading all along, successively, as they fell out in their severall years, so that if any man will be informed of any remarkable passage, he may turne to the year, and so see in some measure, in what moneth thereof it was accomplished : for information of such as are altogether ignorant of the rise and progresse of these times : a work worthy to be kept in record, and communicated to posterity.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.; Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631-1656.	1654 (1654)	Wing V305; ESTC R2983	53,959	61

Then turning to the Officers said Sirr excuse me for this same I have a good cause and I have a gracious God I will say no more Then turning to Col. Hacker he said Take care that they doe not put me to paine and Sir this and it please you But then a Gentleman coming neer the Ax the King said take heed of the Ax pray take heed of the Ax. Then the King speaking to the Executioner said I shall say but very short prayers and when I thrust out my hands Then the King called to Dr Iuxon for his night cap and having put it on he said to the Executioner does my haire trouble you who desired him to put it all under his Cap which the King did accordingly by the help of the Executioner and the Bishop then the King turning to Dr Juxon said I have a good Cause and a gracious God on my side Dr Jaxon There is but one stage more this stage is turbulent and troublesome it is a short one but you may consider it will soone carry you a very great way from Earth to Heaven and there you shall find a great deale of cordiall joy and comfort King I goe from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown where no disturbanc can be Doct. You are exchanged from a temporall to an eternall Crown a good exchange Then the King took off his Cloak and his George giving his George to Dr. Juckson saying Remember 't is thought for the Prince and some other small Ceremonies past after which the King stooping down laid his neck upon the blocke after a very little pause stretched forth his hands the executioner at one blow severed his head from his Body his Body was put in a Coffin covered with black Velvet and removed to his Lodging Chamber at White-Hall An Act prohibiting the Proclaiming of any person to be King of England c. VVHereas Charls Stuart King of England being for the notorious Treasons Tyrannies and Murthers committed by him in the late unnaturall and civill Wars condemned to death whereupon after execution of the same severall pretences may be made and Title set on foote unto the Kingly Office to the apparent hazzard of the Publick Peace For the prevention thereof Be it Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament and by the Authority of the same That no person or persons whatsoever doe presume to Proclaime Declare Publish or any way promote Charls Stuart Son of the said Charls commonly called Prince of Wales or any other person to be King or chief Magistrate of England or of Ireland or of any the Dominions belonging to them or any of them by colour of Inheritance Succession Election or any other claim whatsoever without the free consent of the people in Parliam first had and signified by a particular Act or Ordinance for that purpose any Law Statute Vsage or Custome to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted and Ordained and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained that whosoever shall contrary to this Act Proclaim Declare Publish or any way promote the said Charls-Stuart the Son or any other person to be King or chief Magistrate of England or of Ireland or of any the Dominions belonging to them or to either of them without the said consent in Parliament signified as aforesaid shall be deemed and adjudged a Traytor to the Common-wealth and shall suffer the pains of death and such other punishments as belong to the Crime of High Treason And all Officers as well Civill as Military and all other well-affected persons are hereby authorized and required forthwith to apprehend all such Offenders and to bring them in safe custody to the next Justice of the Peace that they be proceeded against accordingly H. Scobel Cler. Parl. D. Com. Dk. Hambleton E of Cambridg E of Holland and Lord Capell be headed Mar 9. 1649 And their speeches on the scaffold The Speech of Duke Hamilton Earl of Cambridge on the Scaffold in the Pallace yard the ninth of March 1649. I Think it is truly not very necessary for me to speak much there are many Gentlemen and Souldiers there that see me but my voyce truly is so weak so low that they cannot hear me neither truly was I ever at any time so much in love with speaking or with any thing I had to expresse that I took delight in it yet this being the last time that I am to doe so by a Divine providence of Almighty God who hath brought me to this end justly for my sins I shall to you Sir Master Sheriff declare thus much as to the matter that I am now to suffer for which is as being a Traytor to the Kingdome of England Truly Sir it was a Countrey that I equally loved with my owne I made no difference I never intended either the generality of its prejudice or any particular mans in it what I did was by the Command of the Parliament of the Countrey where I was borne whose Command I could not disobey without running into the same hazard there of that condition that I now am in It pleased God so to dispose that Army under my Command as it was ruined and I as their Generall cloathed with a Commission stand here now ready to dye I shall not trouble you with repeating of my Plea what I said in my owne Defence at the Court of Justice my self being satisfied with the Command that is laid upon me and they satisfied with the justnesse of their procedure according to the Lawes of this Land God is just and howsoever I shall not say any thing as to the matter of the Sentence but that I doe willingly submit to his Divine providence and acknowledge that very many wayes I deserve even a worldly punishment as well as hereafter for we are all sinfull Sir and I a great one yet for my comfort I know there is a God in Heaven that is exceeding mercifull I know my Redeemer fits at his right hand and am confident clapping his hand on his brest is mediating for me at this instant I am hopefull thro his free grace and all-sufficient merits to be pardoned of my sins and to be received into his mercy upon that I rely trusting to nothing but the free grace of God through Jesus Christ I have not been tainted in my Religion I thank God for it since my infancy it hath been such as hath been profest in the Land and established and now it is not this Religion or that Religion nor this or that fancy of men that is to be built upon it is but one that 's right one that 's sure and that comes from God Sir and in the free grace of our Saviour Sir there is truly somewhat that he then observing the Writers had I thought my Speech would have been thus taken I would have digested it into some better method then now I can and shall desire these Gentlemen that doe write it that they will not wrong me in it and

Cities Burroughs Shires c. and every of them are and shall be acquitted and pardoned of all Treasons Fellonies Offences c. done before Sept. 3. 1651. not in this present Act hereafter not excepted nor fore-prized And the said Keepers of the Liberties of England granteth and freely giveth to every of them all Goods Debts Chattels Fines which to the said Keepers of the Liberties of England do belong or appertain before Sept. 3. and which be not hereafter in this Act foreprized and excepted And it is further Enacted That this Pardon shall be taken in Courts of Justice available to all and singular the said persons c. shall be arrested c. for any thing acquitted by this Act every person so offending shall pay to him offended his treble damages and 10. l. to the State Excepted all High-Treasons other then for words only and all levying of war rebellions insurrections and conspiracies committed against the Par. since Ian. 30. 1648. And all concealments of the said offences And all voluntary Murthers petty Treasons poysoning piracles buggeries rapes ravishments marrying any one against her will And also all persons now attained for petty treason murther poysoning conjurations witchcrafts charms detainments of Customs and sums of money due upon Composition Excise or New-Imposts all Conditions Covenants and penalties of forfeitures due to the Parl. or the late K. since Ian. 30. 1648. All first fruits and Tithes and all offences and misdemeanours whereof any sentence or judgment hath been given in Parl. since Ian. 30. 1648. And all offences of Bribery perjuries and subordination of Witnesses counterfeiting Deeds Debenters Bills of Publick Faith Escripts or writings whatsoever carrying over Seas any Coyn or Jewels melting downe of Gold or Bullion c. detaining the Goods c. of the late King or Queen all offences committed by any Jesuite any Outlawries upon any writ of Capion ad satisfaciendum and all except such persons as were Ian. 28. 1651. in prison by Order of Parl. and all proceedings concerning common High-wayes all Free-farm-rents and arrerages due since Iune 24. 1645. all moneys imprested since Nov. 3. 1638. Provided all Acts of Hostility between the late King and Parl. or between any of the people of this Nation or falling out by reason of the late troubles shalt in no time after Iune 18. 1651. be called in question The DECLARATION of the Lord Generall and his Councel of Officers shewing the Grounds and Reasons for the Dissolving the Parliament April 20. 1653. AFter it had pleased God not only to reduce Ireland and give in Scotland but so marvellously to appeare for his people at Worcester that these Nations were reduced to a great degree of peace it was matter of grief to many well affected in the Land to see the Cause of God so little forwarded by the Parl. whereupon they applied to the Army expecting redresse by them notwithstanding which the Army being unwilling to meddle with the Civill Authority in matters so properly appertaing to it it was agreed That his Excellency and Officers of the Army should be desired to move the Parl. to proceed vigorously in reforming what was amisse in Government which having done we hoped that the Parl. would seasonably have answered our expectations but finding delayes therein we renewed our desires in a Petition in August last and although they signified their good acceptance thereof and referred the particulars to a Committee of the House yet no considerable effect was produced but there more and more appeared among them an aversion to the things themselves with much bitternesse and opposition to the people of God which grew so prevalent that those persons of honour and integrity who had eminently appeared for God and the publick good were rendred of no further use in Parl. then by meeting with a corrupt party to give them countenance to carry on their ends For which purpose they frequently declared themselves against having a New Representative and when they were necessitated to take that Bill into consideration they resolv'd to make use of it to recruit the House with persons of the same temper thereby to perpetuate their owne sitting which intention divers of the most active did manifest labouring to perswade others to a consent therein and divers Petitions preparing from severall Counties for the continuance of this Parl. were encouraged by them For obviating these evills the Officers of the Army obtained severall Meetings with some of the Parl. to consider what fitting meanes might be applyed to prevent the same but such endeavours proving altogether ineffectuall it became most evident to the Army that this Parl. would never answer those ends which God his people and the whole Nation expected from them But that this Cause must needs languish under their hands and be wholly lost All which being sadly considered by the honest people of this Nation as well as by the Army and wisdome and direction being sought from the Lord it seemed to be a duty incumbent upon us to consider of some more effectuall means to secure the Cause which the good people of this Common wealth have been so long engaged in and to stablish peace in these Nations And after much debate it was judged necessary that the Supream Authority should be devolved upon known persons men fearing God and of approved integrity and committed unto them for a time as the most hopefull way to encourage and countenance all Gods people reform the Law and administer justice impartially hoping thereby the people might forget Monarchy and have the Government setled upon a true Basis without hazard to this glorious Cause and necessitating to keep up Arms for the defence of the same And being still resolved to use all means possible to prevent extraordinary courses we prevai'ed with about twenty Members of Parl. to give us a Conference with whom we freely and plainly debated the necessity and justnesse of our Proposals and did evidence that these would most probably bring forth something answerable to that work the foundation whereof God himselfe hath laid The which found no acceptance but it was offered that the way was to continue still this Parl. as being that from which we might reasonably expect all good things and this being insisted upon did much confirm us in our apprehensions That not any love to a Representative but the making use thereof to perpetuate themselves was their aim They being plainly dealt with about this and told that neither the Nation the honest interest nor we our selves would be deluded by such dealings did agree to meet again next day in the afternoon and nothing in the mean time should be done that might frustrate the Proposals Notwithstanding the Parl. next morning did make more hast then usuall in carrying on their said Act being helped therein by some of the persons engaged to us the night before none of them endeavouring to oppose the same and being ready to put the main Question for consummating the said Act whereby our Proposals would have been made void For preventing whereof we have been necessitated to put an End to this Parliament And desire that all men as they would not provoke the Lord to their owne destruction should wait for such issue as he shall bring forth and to follow their businesse with peaceable spirits wherein we promise them protection by his assistance FINIS