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A declaration from both Houses of Parliament with the additonall reasons last presented to His Majesty : whereunto is annexed His Maiesties speech to the committe the 9th of March 1641, when they presented the declaration of both Houses of Parliament at New-maket [sic].
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England and Wales. Parliament.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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purpose they might not be trampled in the durt and endeavouring to ingage the Gentlemen of the Innes of Court in the same course the plotting and designing of a perpetuall Guard about your Majesty the labouring to infuse into your Majesties Subjects an evill opinion of the Parliament throughout the whole Kingdome and other symptomes of a disposition of raysing Armes and dividing your People by a Civill Warre in which Combustion Ireland must needs be lost and this Realme miserably wasted and consumed if not wholly ruined and destroyed That the Lord Digby should presume to Councell your Majesty to declare your selfe and to retire to a place of strength in this Kingdome and to perswade you that you could not be safe among your People and yet should have such Credit with you as to be sent away by your Warrant to Sir John Pennington to land him beyond the Sea where he took that transcendent boldnesse to vent his owne Trayterous conceptions in the Letter to the Queene offering to entertaine a correspondencie with her Majesty by Cyphers intimating some service which he might doe in those parts for which he desired your Majesties Intentions whereby in all probability he intended the procureing of some Forreigne Forces to strengthen your Majestie in that condition to which hee would have brought which false and malicious Councell and advice we have great cause to doubt made too deep an impression in your Majesty considering the course you are now pleased to take of absenting your selfe from your Parliament ang carrying the Prince with you which seems to expresse a purpose in your Majesty to keep your self in a Readinesse for the acting of it The manifold Advertisements we have had from Rome Venice Paris and other parts that they still expect that you have some great designe in hand for the Altering of Religion the breaking neck of your Parliament that you will yet find meanes to compasse that designe that the Popes Nuncio hath sollicited the Kings of France and Spaine to lend your Majesty 4000. men a piece to helpe to maintain your Royalty against the Parliament and this uf foreigne force seemeth to be the most pernicious and malignant designe of all the rest because no man can beleeve you will give up your people and your Kingdome to be spoiled by Strangers if you did not likewise intend both to change your own profession in Religion and the publicke profession of the Kingdome that so you might still be more assured of those forreigne states of the Popish Religion for your future supoort and defence but we hope God will direct your Majestie to better Councells These are some of the grounds of our feares and jealousies which made us so earnestly to implore your royall Authoritie and Protection for our defence and securitie in all the wayes of humilitie and submission which being denyed by your Majestie seduced by evill Councells We doe with sorrow for the great and inavoydable miserie which is like to fall upon your own person and your Kingdomes apply our selves to the use of that Power for the securitie and defence of both which by the fundamentall Laws and Constitutions of this Kingdome resides in Us Yet still resolving to keep our selves within the bounds of Faithfullnesse and Allegeance to your sacred person and your Crownes so as to the Second sort of jealousies and feares of Us exprest by your Majestie We shall give a shorter but as true and as faithfull an Answere Whereas your Majesty is pleased to say that for your residing neere your Parliament you wish it might be so safe and honourable that you had noe cause to absent your selfe from White-hall this we take as the greatest breach of the priviledges of Parliament that can be offered the heaviest miserie to your selfe and juiurie to us and Impunation upon us that can be imagined the most mischeivous effect of evill Counsells it rootes up the foundation of that safety and honour which the Crowne affords it seems as much as may be to cast upon the Parliament such a charge as is inconsistent with the nature of your great Counsel being the body wherof your Majesty is the head it striks at the very being both of King and Parliament depriving our Majesty in your owne apprehension of their fidelity and them of your protection which are the mutual bonds of Government and subiection We have according to your Maiesties desire laid our hands upon our hearts we have asked our selves in the strictest examination of our Consciences we have searcht our affections our thoughts considered our actions and we find non that can give your Maiesty nay just occasion to absent your self from White-hall and the Parliament but that you may with more honour and safety continue there then in any other place your Maiesty laies a generall Taxe uprn us if you will be graciously pleased to let us konw the particulars wee shall give a cleere and satisfactory answer but what hope can we have of ever giving your Maiesty satisfaction when the particulars which you have bin made beleeve were true yet being produced and made known to us appeared to be false and your Maiesty notwithstanding will neither punish nor produce the authors but goe on to contract Jealousies and feares upon generall and uncertaine grounds affording us no meanes or possibility of particular Answer to the cleering of ourselves For proofe whereof we beseech your Maiesty to consider these Instances The speeches alledged to be spoken in a meeting by divers Members of both Houses at Kensington concerning a purpose of restraining the Qeene and Prince which after it was denied and disavowed yet your Maiesty refused to Name the Authors though humbly desired of both Houses The report of Articles framed against the Queene given out by some of neere relation unto the Court but when it was publiquely and constantly disclaimed the Credit seemed to bt with-drawn from it but the Authors being kept safe will alwaies be in readinesse for exploits of the same kind where with your Majestie and the Queene will be troubled if this course be taken to cherish and secure them in such wicked and malicious slanders The heavy Charge and accusation of the Lord Kimbolton and the five Members of the House of Commons who refuse no Triall and examination which may stand with the Priviledge of Parliament yet no Author noe witnesses produced against whom they may have reparation for that great jujury and infamy cast upon them notwithstanding three severall Petitions of both Houses the Authority of two Acts of Parliament vouched in the last of these Petitions We beseech your Majestie to consider in what estate you are how easy and faire a way you have to happinesse honour greatnesse plenty and security If you will joyn with the Parliamentand your faithfull Subjects in defence of the Religion and the publique good of the Kingdom This is all we expect from you and for this wee shall returne to you our lives and fortunes