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A43880	Historical collections, or, A brief account of the most remarkable transactions of the two last Parliaments consisting of I. The speeches, votes, accusations, addresses, and article of impeachment, &c., II. The bills of association, exclusion, and repeal of 35 Eliz. &c., III. The several informations, messages, narratives, orders, petitions, protestation of the Lords, and resolves of both Houses, etc., IV. The tryal and sentence of William Howard Lord Viscount of Stafford in Westminster Hall, his speech and execution on the scaffold at Tower Hill with many other memorable passages and proceedings of the two last Parliaments, held and dissolved at Westminster and Oxford, V. A perfect list of each Paraliament, VI. His Majesty's declaration, shewing the causes and reasons that moved him to dissolve the two last Parliaments.		1682 (1682)	Wing H2100; ESTC R32032	89,184	314

of Self-murder which is a most grievous and hainous sin And though I was last impeached at the Lords Bar yet I have great grounds to believe that I was first brought to Tryal on the belief that to save my Life I would make some great Discovery and truly so I would had I known any such thing of an ill Design or illegal dangerous Plot either of my self or any other person whosoever without exception But had I a thousand Lives I would lose them all rather than falsly accuse either my self or any other whosoever And if I had known of any Treason and should thus deny it as I do now upon my Salvation at this time I should have no hope of Salvatition which now I have through the Merits of Jesus Christ I do beseech God to bless his Majesty who is my Lawful King and Sovereign who I was always by all Laws Humane and Divine bound to obey And I am sure that no Power upon Earth either singly or altogether can legally allow me or any Body else to lift a Hand against him or his Legal Authority I do hold that the constitution of the Government of this Kingdom is the only way to continue Peace and Quietness which God long continue Next to Treason I hold Murder in abhorrence and have ever done and do and I do sincerely profess that if I could at this time free my self immediately and establish what Religion I would and what Government I would and make my self as Great as I could wish and all by the Death of one of those Fellows that by their Perjuries have brought me to the place where I am I so much abhorr to be the cause of any mans Death that I would not any way be the Cause of their Murder How much less would I endeavour the Assassination of his Majesty whom I hold to be as Gracious a King as ever this or any other Nation had and under whom the People may enjoy their Liberties as much as ever any did And if it please God to grant him Life and Happiness according as I have always wished and prayed for I am morrally persuaded that he and all his Dominions will be as happy and prosperous as ever any People were which I beseech God grant I do most humbly ask Pardon of the Almighty and All-Merciful God all the great Offences I have committed against his Divine Majesty and I know he would not have the Death and Confusion of a Sinner but that he may repent and live in that Assurance I hope knowing he never despiseth a Contrite Heart and though I have not so feeling a Contrition as I would yet I have it as well as I can and I doubt not but that God will accept of the Good Will I desire that all People will forgive me any injury that I have done them in any thing either wilfully or by Chance and I do heartily-forgive all People in the World that have injured me and I forgive even those perjured Men that so falsly have brought me hither by their Perjury I do now upon my Death and Salvation aver that I never spoke one word either unto Oates or Turbervill or to my knowledge ever saw them until my Tryal and for Dugdale I never spoke unto him of any thing but about a Foot-by or Foot-man or Foot-race and never was then alone with him All the punishment that I wish them is That they may repent and acknowledge the Wrong they have done me then it will appear how innocent I am God forgive them I have a great Confidence that it will please Almighty God and that he will in a short time bring Truth to Light then you and all the World will see and know what injury they have done me I hope I have made it appear that I have some Conscience for if I had none certainly I would have saved my Life by acknowledging my self Guilty which I could have done tho' I know I am not in the least Guilty And I having some Conscience make very ill use of it for I throw my self into Eternal Pain by thus plainly and constantly denying thus at my Death the Knowledge of what I am accused of in the least I have said thus much in discharge of my Conscience and do aver upon my Salvation what I have said to be really true I shall say little of my Tryal and whether it were all according to the known Law I am too much a Party to say much of it if it were not so God forgive him or them that were the cause of it My Judges were all Persons of Honour who were all as much bound to judge rightly as if they had been upon Oath upon what was legally proved and not to Vote but according as in their Consciences they were satisfied and if any of them did otherwise upon any account whatsoever I beseech God forgive them I do so heartily I shall end with my hearty Prayers for the Happiness of his Majesty that he may enjoy all happiness in this World and the World to come and govern his people according to the Laws of God and that the People may be sensible what a Blessing God hath so miraculously given them and obey him as they ought I ask Pardon with a prostrate Heart of Almighty God for all the great Offences that I have committed against his Divine Majesty and hope through the Merits and Passion of Christ Jesus to obtain Everlasting Happiness into whose Hands I commit my Spirit asking Pardon of every person that I have done any wrong unto I do freely forgive all that have any ways wronged me I do with all the Devotion and Repentance that I can humbly invoke the Mercy of our Blessed Saviour I beseech God not to revenge my innocent Blood on the Nation or on those that were the Causers of it with my last Breath I do with my last Breath truly assert my innocency and hope the Omnipotent All-seeing Just God will deal with me accordingly Having read out his Paper he desired permission to pray after his own Form which being granted he kneel'd down by the Block and pulling another Book out of his Pocket read a Latin Prayer which when he had concluded he gave the Paper to Sheriff Bethel and then directing his Speech to the People he desired God to bless them all and to preserve his Majesty whom he exhorted the People to faithfully obey being as good a Prince as ever govern'd them and so after some short Discourses in Private with his Friends he stretch'd himself upon the Block and bidding the Executioner take his Opportunity his Head was soon sever'd from his Body and held up to the view of the People The Tryal being thus over the House was again free for Business Wednesday the 8 th of December was the day subsequent to the Sentence but in regard it was only spent in amending Elections and discharging Offenders upon their Petitions we are obliged to pass it

of Popery and the French Interest and a dangerous Enemy to the King and Kingdom The same day also they made two other Resolves That whosoever should lend or cause to be lent any Mony upon the Branches of the King's Revenue arising by Customs Excise or Hearth-mony should be adjudg'd Obstructors of the Sitting of Parliaments and be responsable in Parliament 2. That whosoever should accept or buy any Tally of Anticipation upon any part of the King's Revenue or whoever should pay such Tally should be deem'd guilty of of the same Offence and be liable to be question'd in Parliament Saturday the 8 th of Jan. the Lords gave notice to the House that they had appointed the Saturday following to hear Mr. Seymor's Cause upon his Impeachment and that the House might reply if they thought fit Monday the 10 th of Jan. being the last day of their Session several Resolves were made 1. That whoever advis'd his Majesty to prorogue the Parliament to any other purpose than in order to the passing the Bill of Exclusion was a Betrayer of the King the Kingdom and the Protestant Religion and a Pensioner to France 2. That the Members for the City of London should return the Thanks of the House to the City for their manifest Loyalty to the King their Charge and Vigilancy for the preservation of his Majesty and the Protestant Religion 3. That it was their Opinion that the City was burnt by the Papists designing to introduce Popery and Arbitrary Power in the Nation 4. That the Commissioners of the Customs had willfully broken the Law for prohibiting the Importation of French Wines and other Commodities which if they should continue they should be question'd in Parliament 5. That it was their Opinion that the D. of Monmouth had been remov'd from his Offices and Commands by the Influence of the D. of York and therefore order'd that Application should be made to his Majesty to restore him to all his said Commands and Employments 6. That it was their Opinion that the prosecuting of Protestant Dissenters upon the Penal Laws was a grievance to the Subject and an Encouragement to Popery a weakening of the Protestant Interest and dangerous to the Peace of the Kingdom These Resolutions were no sooner past but they were summon'd by the Usher of the Black Rod to attend his Majesty in the House of Peers at what time his Majesty was pleas'd to signifie his pleasure for a Prorogation till the 20 th of the Month. Before the Prorogation was pronounc'd by the Lord Chancellor his Majesty was pleas'd to sign three Bills two publick and one private The two publick Acts were an additional Act for Burying in Wollen and an Act for prohibiting the Importation of Cattel from Ireland Fa. Seing then there were no more Bills sign'd there is no question to be made but that there were the more depending and if I do not mistake you promis'd to give me a Catalogue of all those that were under Consideration Tr. I did so and to shew you I did not intend to deceive your Expectation I have here collected them together as they came in their Order to be debated the Bill of Exclusion excepted of which you have already had the Heads Bills depending in the last Parliament 1. A Bill for the Encouragment of Wollen Manufacture 2. A Bill for Exportation of Leather 3. An Act for the better regulating the Tryals of Peers in England 4. Two Bills for the regulating Elections of Members in the Commons House of Parliament 5. A Bill for the continuance of two Acts An Act for preventing Planting Tobacco in England and a Bill for Exporting Beer Ale and Mum. 6. A Bill for Repeal of an Act made the 35 th of Q. Elizabeth 7. A Bill for taking away the Court holden before the President and Council in the Marches of Wales 8. A Bill for ascertaining Fines upon Convictions of Misdemeanors 9. A Bill for supplying the Laws against Bankrupts 10. A Bill for Exportation of Cloth and other wollen Manufactures 11. A Bill to restrain Papists from coming or residing within the Cities of London and Westminster or within 20 miles of the same and from wearing any Arms. 12. A Bill that the Judges should hold their Places and Salaries only quamdiu se bene gesserint 13. A Bill prohibiting Importation of Cattel from Scotland 14. Two Bills for the ease of Protestant Dissenters 15. A Bill for Banishing all the most considerable Papists in England out of his Majesties Dominions 16. A Bill for uniting all his Majesty's Protestant Subjects to the Church of England 17. A Bill for repealing the Act for the well Governing of Corporations 18. A Bill to prevent Simony 19. A Bill to prevent Vexatious Actions 20. A Bill to prevent Brewers from being Justices of the Peace in the place where they exercise that Trade 21. A Bill for the better Discovery of Settlements of Estates for superstitious uses 22. A Bill for the more easie collecting the Duty of Hearth-Mony Several other Bills were order'd to be brought in which never came to be debated As A Bill for regulating and preventing the increase of the Poor A Bill for the regulating Hackney Coaches repairing paving and cleansing the Streets and op'ning of passages in and about the City A Bill for repair of the High ways A Bill to punish Atheism Swearing and Debauchery A Bill for regulating abuses in making of Casks Barrels c. A Bill for Naturalization of Foreign Protestants And The Bill of Association The Bill of Ease to all Protestant Dissenters being perfected by the House of Commons tho' not assented to by the Peers was afterwards Printed at large of which these are the Chief Heads 1. That all persons convicted or prosecuted by vertue of an Act made in the 35. year of Q. Eliz. and another Act made in the 3. of K. James for Recusancy that shall take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and make and sue for such Declaration to be made in the Court of Exchequer Assizes or Quarter Sessions shall be discharg'd of all penalties forfeitures and seizures by force of the said Statutes without Composition or Fee 2. That no Persons taking the Oaths aforesaid and subscribing the Declaration foresaid shall be prosecuted upon the said Acts in any Ecclesiastical Court by reason of their Non-conforming to the Church of England Provided that no persons dissenting from the Church of England and meeting in any place for Religious Worship with the Doors lock'd and bar'd during their so meeting together shall receive any Benefit from this Law Neither shall any of the persons aforesaid be exempted from paying Tithes or other Parochial duties 3. That if any person dissenting from the Church of England shall be chosen into any Parish-Office it shall be lawful for him to execute the same by a sufficient Deputy Provided the said Deputy be allow'd by two or more of the Justices of the Peace 4. That no Dissenter in Holy Orders