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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81382	The devils cabinet-councell. Discovered or the mistery and iniquity of the good old cause. Laying open all the plots and contrivances of O. Cromwell, and the Long Parliament, in order to the taking avvay the life of his late Sacred Maiesty of blessed memory.		1660 (1660)	Wing D1225; Thomason E2111_2; ESTC R212654	18,773	61

not to be found and that he was a Malignant and had attempted to set the King at liberty To which it was replyed That a Committee could be named to examine the business concerning the Foot-boy that struck Sir H. Mildmay though no man knew where to find the Foot-boy that it was strange there should be such a difference between beating a Subject and killing a King that though Mr. Osborn were a Malignant yet unless he were also a Nullifidian convicted of perjury his oath was valid and good But Scot stood up and said That this pressing to examine this business was but to draw C. Hammond to Town that the King might the easier make an escape and Sir IOhn Evelin of Wilts alledged That this was an invention of Mr. Osborn to bring the King to Town with freedom honour and safety And though other motions were made for the said Committee yet either Mr. Scowen or Skippon stood up and offered to divert the business by new matter concerning the Army which bears all business down before it and so the business was buried in silence for that time Afterwards the Lords propounded that he might have forty dayes allowed him which was with much ado granted He comes and avouches it and one Doucet further affirm'd a design of Rolfe's to pistoll the King Rolfe presents himself at the Commons Barr with a Letter from Hammond who denies the design and pleads Rolfe's cause for him Rolfe denyed it at the Barr with a very trembling voice yet afterwards hid out of the way Hammond was neither sent for nor questioned Thus was this business quite husht up which onely serv'd to shew what the Gentlemen at Westminster solely aimed at and indeed their rancour was now at that height against the King that Skippon thought it just cause of complaint that some persons had printed a Book called A motive to loyall Subjects to endeavour the preservation of his Majesties person Many Petitions now also come for a Personall Treaty and among the rest the Surrey men petition for a Personal Treaty But Scot standing up in the House argued That it was a design to ruine the Godly That he was of opinion that there could be no time seasonable for a Personall Treaty or a Peace with so perfidious a Pince but that it would be alwayes either too soon or too late that he that draws his sword against the King must throw away the scabbord that all peace with him would prove the spoil of the Godly Thus by him and by the assistance of the Worthies Ven Miles Corbet Hill and Harvey Cromwell had his design in part for that the Petition had no success The King was now a prisoner in the Isle of Wight when Cromwell had overthrown Duke Hamilton at Preston and there by cut off the greatest hopes which the King had of being releived The Victory was great and swelled the Grandees that were then sitting at Westminster to such a height of pride of whom the chief were Thom. Scot Cornelius Holland and Sir Harry Mildmay that though before there were fair hopes of a Personall Treaty now began to shew an utter disdain and malice against it and to threaten and insult over all that had petitioned for it abroad or spoken for it in the House But the wise sort or rather the more crafty to do mischief knowing how weary the people were of their Texes and the Army and how covetous to purchase peace though at the price of a new warr and further considering that the Scots were not wholly reduc'd that the people were not yet quieted in many parts of England and finding the Prince with a considerable Fleet at Sea ready to raise new tempests at Land thought it better to dally on the Treaty till Oliver had quite finish'd his Northern Expedition and were marched nearer London and that all things were quiet in England and then to break off the Treaty and purge the House of those that sought to agree with the King under pretence of being the Kings corrupt Party Therefore to blind the peoples eyes it was debated in the House whether a Treaty should be had with the King upon the Propositions of Hampton-Court the question being put the Yeas and Noes were even fifty seven to fifty seven insomuch that the Speakers voice was put to turn the scales who though at this time he foreman of Oliver's shop gives his voice in the affirmative following then his conscience against his interest andmy Lord Say openly in the House of Lords said God forbid that any man should take advantage of this victory to break off the Treaty However Cromwell having got a full conquest over his enemies marches for London upon his design though the Parliament forbid his approach And to shew his contempt of them he prints a Declaration accusing them of lightness breach of trust inconstancy and indiscretion and threatning presently to advance towards Westminster to do what God should enable them The same night he came to Hide-Park corner The next thing he did was to take possession of White-hall for his Quarters He brought to town with him four Regiments of Foot and six of Horse which he quartered in the Mews by his own order The next news frequent in the Town was that of the Kings being seized in his bed-chamber and hurried away prisoner to Hurst Castle a Block-house in the Isle of Wight standing out a mile and a half in the Sea so noisome that the Guards could not endure to be there long without often shifting their quarters This insolent action satisfied onely the Independent and Monarchicall party but the others who were yet more numerous seeing so hainous a fact committed against the life of the King and the faith and honour of the Parliament resolve once more to try their power whereupon it was moved that it might be declared That his Majesty was remov'd by the Generals Warrant without the consent or privity of the House The Army Members to slop this argue that the word Declare would be construed a declaring against the Generall and Army and that the word Consent argued a disagreement in opinion and practise between the Parliament and the House as if the Houses dissented from it hereupon it was barely voted without the privity of the House Nevertheless the other Members proceed to the Kings Answers to the Propositions of both Houses whether they were satisfactions or no which after a long and tedious debate was carried in the affirmative and to keep a good correspondence with the Army a Committee of six Members was appointed to confer with the Generall and his Officers but could receive no other answer from them then this that the way to correspond was to comply with the Armies Remonstrance And now the Saints militant being inraged that the House had recovered so much courage and honesty to vote according to their consciences after some proud conference between Pride Hewson and other Officers and the Speaker in Westminster-Hall with