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A48058	A letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth ... defending his former letter to Sir E.S. [i.e. Edward Seymour] which compared the tyranny of the first four years of King Charles the Martyr, with the tyranny of the four years of the late abdicated king, and vindicating the Parliament which began in Novemb. 1640 : occasioned by the lies and scandals of many bad men of this age.	Ludlow, Edmund, fl. 1691-1692.; Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.	1692 (1692)	Wing L1469; ESTC R13691	65,416	108

Whitehall being under apprehensions of Affronts design'd to be offer'd to his Person if not something worse The Story of these pretended Tumults and Riots dear Doctor is so intermixt with another relating to the greatest Violation of the Privileges of Parliament that ever was committed that 't is most necessary to talk of both together About the beginning of January 1641 the King sought nothing more than to begin a Quarrel and to support himself therein he employed Emissaries to cajole the young Gentlemen of the Inns of Courts to make offer of their Service to him as a Guard of Defence and divers of them to ingratiate themselves repaired to the Court and were highly caressed by the King and Queen He at the same time ordered Canoneers and other Assistants into the Tower and removed the Lieutenant thereof He fortified White-hall with Men and Munition in an unusual manner And about the same time Colonel Lunsford and others gathered Troops of Horse at Kingston upon Thames where the Magazine of Arms for that part of the County of Surrey lay Matters on his part being thus prepared upon the third of January not only against the Priviledg of Parliament but the common Liberty of every Subject he commanded the Chambers Studies and Trunks of the Lord Mandeville a Member of the House of Lords Grandfather to the present Noble Earl of Manchester who inherits as well the Vertnes as Honours of that great Patriot and of Denzel Holles Esq since known by the name of the great Lord Holles Sir Arthur Hasterig Mr. J. Pym Mr. John Hambden Grandfather to that highly deserving Gentleman who at this day bears his Name and in whom his Vertues do live and flourish and Mr. William Strode Members of Parliament * These were all Gentlemen of great Esteem and Reputation in the House Two of them Mr. Holles and Mr. Strode having before suffered many Years of sharp and harsh Imprisonment from the King after the Dissolution of the Parliament in the fourth Year of his Reign for Matters done in Parliament contrary to the Priviledges of that high Court to be sealed up Upon the next day the King came with about 300 Souldiers Papists and others to the House of Commons armed with Swords Pistols and other Weapons and there demanded the said five Members to be delivered to him upon a pretended Charge of High-Treason His Followers at the same time thrusting away the Door-keepers and Attendants of the House held up their Swords and some their Pistols ready cock'd saying I am a good Marks-man I can hit right I warrant you Others of them said A Pox take the House of Commons a Pox of God confound them and violently assaulted and by Force disarmed some of the Servants of the Members and said WHEN COMES THE WORD and afterwards declared that questionless if the Word had been given they should have fallen upon the House of Commons and HAVE CUT ALL THEIR THROATS which Doings the Commons declared were A TRAITEROUS DESIGN against the King and Parliament and that they could not sit any longer without a sufficient * They petitioned the King to allow them a Guard to be commanded by the Lord Chamberlain of his Houshould but could not obtain it Guard wherein they might confide wherefore they adjourned to the Tuesday following having appinted a Committee to sit in the mean time at Guildhall London to consider of all things that might concern the Good and Safety of the Kingdom and the Relief of Ireland And I am to tell you Doctor that the great Lord Falkland was the fourth Person named to this great Committee The Commons further declared That they were so far from protecting any of their Members that should in a due manner be prosecuted according to the Laws of the Kingdom and the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament for Treason or any other Misdemeanours that none should be more ready and willing than themselves to bring them to a speedy and due Trial. And upon the 15th of January they ordered the Attonrny-General who had preferred the Articles of Treason against the Members to bring in his Proof and make them good if he could Whereupon the King sent a Message that HE NOW FOUND CAUSE wholly to dosist from proceeding against them and had commanded his Attourny-General to proceed no further therein nor to produce nor discover any Proof concerning the matter Also BOTH HOUSES petitioned the King for the speedy proceeding against the accused Members IN A LEGAL WAY whereby they might be brought to condign Punishment if guilty or discharged from so heavy an Accusation if innocent The King giving an evasive Answer to this Petition the Lords and Commons apply to him again by a second Petition praying that the Parliament might be informed before Friday then next ensuing what Proof there is against them that they may be called to a Legal Trial. A Petition of about two thousand Freeholders of Backinghamshirs was presented to the King setting forth that Mr. Hambden Knight of their Shire a Gentleman in high Esteem with them and the whole Kingdom was accused of Treason that they believed it to be the Malice which his Zeal to his Majesty's Service and the State had contracted in the Enemies to the King the Church and the Common-wealth had occasioned this foul Accusation and they prayed that he and the other Members might enjoy the Priviledg of Parliament The City of London also petitioned that the Lord Mandeville and the five Members might not be restrained of Liberty or proceeded against otherwise than according to the Priviledges of Parliament To which Petition the King answered that AS HE ONCE CONCEIVED he had ground enough to accuse them so now his Majesty finds as good Cause wholly to desert any Prosecution of them Do you hear this DOCTOR If you ever had till now you would not surely have assumed the Confidence to have said as you do Pa. 11 12. That nothing less would satisfy the Parliament than that he must be obliged AS IT WERE and IN EFFECT to beg the Members Pardon for wronging them with what he thought and COVLD BY GOOD EVIDENCE PROVE MATTER OF TRVTH Now I do AS IT WERE think that you ought not only IN EFFECT but in earnest to humble your self to the Descendents of these honourable and never to be forgotten PATRIOTS for the horrid Slander which you here lay on their great Names and Families For tho the King gave up the Cause saying that HE FOUND GOOD REASON wholly to desist from proceeding against them and at another time that he found GOOD CAVSE wholly to desert any Prosecution of them Yet you forsooth must keep up the wicked Clamour and falsly inform this Generation that his Majesty GOOD MAN had pregnant Evidence to prove them guilty of Treason But to put you to shame if possible 't is what you threatned me with Reverend Sir I shall add a few words more upon this occasion The Lords and Commons told the King

could intend no other than such a one as France is now plagued with it may signify King in that Language In our plain English 't is downright Tyrant When it was urged that his requiring SHIP-MONEY was unprecedented His haughty Answer was That Precedents were not wanting for the Punishment of those that disobey the King's Commands and that State-Occasions were not to be guided by ordinary Precedents Those that refused to subscribe to the Loan were put out of the Commissions of the Lieutenancy and the Peace and also imprisoned and the Refusers of the meaner Rank were bound to appear and be enrolled for Souldiers to be sent for Denmark or were impressed to serve in the King's Ships Here now is a ready way not only for the raising of Money but also an Army for Flanders and Sailers for our Fleet. But all your Rhetorick Reverend Sir will not work upon their Majesties to imitate your good and great Man in these things neither 5. YOUR MARTYR suspended Dr. ABBOT Archbishop of Canterbury who was a Man that wholly followed the true Interest of England and that of the Reformed Churches in Europe so far as that in his time the CLERGY was not much envied here in England nor the Government of Episcopacy much disfavoured by Protestants beyond the Seas I say HE SUSPENDED this Excellent Person and also CONFINED him because to use his own words HE REFUSED TO MAKE THAT GOOD BY Divinity WHICH THE King HAD DONE AGAINST THE LAWS HE also thrust Dr. WILLIAMS Bishop of Lincoln from the place of Lord Keeper and his Presence and the Council-Table for appearing in Parliament against the Kingdom 's great Grievance the Duke of Buckingham and afterwards he imprisoned him in the Tower for speaking against the Loan for refusing to allow Proceedings against Puritans and prophesying that the Puritans would carry all at last I doubt Doctor that should the King and Queen imitate their Grandfather in these Practices you would find your self AS IT WERE overwhelm'd with Sorrow and that such Actions would swell your Grief above its usual Banks if not stir your Indignation 6. THE TYRANT resolving to subvert the Liberties and Estates of the Subjects to his Will and Pleasure removed that grave and learned Judg Sir Randolph Crew from the place of Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench because he had declared himself against the Loan and would not serve his turn in declaring that the King might legally imprison Men durante beneplacito My Life for yours Doctor their present Majesties will never follow this Example of your PATTERN FOR PRINCES 7. HE upon the 30th of JANVARY of all the days in the Year 1627 sent a Privy-Seal to the Treasury for the remitting 30000 l. into Holland to Burlemark a Merchant to be employed for levying Horse and Men to be brought into England to support his Tyranny And can you think their Majesties will ever write after this Copy 8. HE had no sooner passed the PETITION OF RIGHT into a Law than he was found to violate it by billeting of Souldiers and levying the Subsidies of Tonnage and Poundage which determined by his Father's Death and were never payable to any his Ancestors but only by special Act of Parliament And what Opinion have you of King William and Queen Mary in reference as this Point my good Doctor 9. HE kept the Earl of Bristol under Confinement near two Years without being charged with any Accusation or brought to Trial And HE committed the Earl of Arundel to the Tower in the time of Parliament without expressing any Cause of his Commitment in Violation of the Priviledges of the Peers Ple warrant you Sir you 'l never find their present Majesties at this Work 10. HE upheld and shelter'd the Grand Enemies of the Common-wealth When the Duke of Buckingham was prosecuted in Parliament as the principal Patron and Supporter of a Popish Faction set on Foot to the danger of the CHURCH and STATE THE KING interposed to rescue him When the Commons impeach'd him and by one of their Articles charg'd him in effect WITH THE MURDER OF KING JAMES THE KING told the House of Lords That to aprove Buckingham's Innocence HE could be a Witness to clear him in every one of the Articles HE told the House of Commons That he would not allow any of his Servants to be questioned amongst them much less such as were near him That he saw they aimed at the Duke but assured them he had not intermedied nor done any thing concerning the Publick but by his special Directions He added That he wondred at the FOOLISH IMPUDENCE of any Man to think that he should be drawn to offer such a Sacrifice HE dissolved three Parliaments when they were intent upon the prosecution of the Duke We are still at a loss good Doctor this will not pass with our King and Queen we shall never hear them speak or act at this rate 11. HE imprisoned several Members of the House of Commons during the Parliament for refusing to answer out of Parliament what was said and done in Parliament HE imprisoned others for managing a Conference with the Lords upon their impeaching the Duke HE in the time of Parliament sent Warrants for sealing up the Studies of other Members and he caused the imprisoned Members to be shifted and toss'd from Goal to Goal to deprive them by that wicked Artifice of the Fruit of their Habeas Corpus and of the Benefit of Free-born Subjects for the obtaining their Liberty thus were they long detained in Prison The brave Sir John E●ios ended his days in the Tower not without suspicion of foul play I am sure Sir you will not recommend these vertuous Practices to the imitation of their Majesties 12. HE struck at the very Being of Parliaments he sent a threatning Message to the Commons that if he had not a timely Supply he would betake himself to NEW COUNSELS At another time he said to the Lords and Commons REMEMBER THAT PARLIAMENTS ARE ALTOGETHER IN MY POWER THEREFORE as I find the Fruits of them Good or Evil THEY ARE TO CONTINVE OR NOT TO BE. HE told the Parliment the 17th of March 1627 That if they should not contribute what the State needed he must use OTHER MEANS And his Lord Keeper added That if the King found the Readiness of their Supplies be might the better forbear the use of his Prerogative That the King those that way of Parliament not as the only way but as firtest not as destitute of others but AS MOST AGREE ABLE TO HIS DISPOSITIon You will readily agree with me dear Sir that King William hath not learn'd this way of speaking to Parliaments I have now Reverend Sir briefly run over my former Letter and thence presented you with a Bone to pick indeed a dozen as luck will have it and I could have doubled the number but for the present I conclude these may stay your Stomach this being a Fasting-Day I must now tell you

in a third Petition that notwithstanding his Majesty found good cause wholly to desert any further Prosecution of the accused Members yet they remained still under that heavy Charge so imputed unto them And that by two Acts of Parliament viz. 37 and 38 Edw. 3. it was enacted That if any Person whatsoever make Suggestion to THE KING HIMSELF of any Crime committed by another the same Person ought to be sent with the Suggestion before the Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal Treasurer or the great Countil there to find Surety to pursue his Suggestion which if he cann●t prove he is to be imprisoned till he satisfy the Party accused of his Damages and Slander and made Fine and Ransom to the King Wherefore the Lords and Commons beseeched the King that he would be pleased to send the Person or Persons that in this Case made the Suggestions or Informations to him against the said Members together with the Suggestions or Informations to the Parliament that so such Fruits of the said good Laws may be had as was intended by them and the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament may be vindicated WHICH OF RIGHT AND JVSTICE OVGHT NOT TO BE DENIED Notwithstanding this Petition no Authors nor Witnesses were ever produced to avow the heavy Charge and Accusation of the noble Lord Mandeville and the five Members till now that fifty Years are elapsed You unhappy Doctor are trumping up good Evidence though for want of just Matter which yet never came to light the King let the Business fall of his own accord And see now how neatly you have noos'd your self for by your idle Dedication to their Majesties you have made this false Suggestion TO THE KING HIMSELF and so are fallen into the Mercy of the noble Earl of Manchester and become liable to the severe Penalties in the Statutes of King Edward the Third To dispatch this Head Was it not a Crime against the Law of Nature against the Rules of Justice that innocent Men should be charged with so great an Offence as Treason in the Face of the highest Judicature in the Kingdom without Witness without any possibility of Reparation even in point of Innocency Such was the Case of these great Men for the King denied to discover their Accusers and yet would not pass a Bill for their Discharge unless in the Narration they would desert the avowing their own Innocency Nay was it not an Act of Tyranny beyond Parallel He accused them and yet would produce no Witness he confess'd them clear in his own Judgment yet they must not profess their own Innocency for fear of wounding his Honour We will proceed now Reverend Doctor to what remains to be said about the terrifying Tumults and Riots which frighted his Majesty from VVhitehall You said that he withdrew from thence through Tumults and too much countenanc'd Riots being under apprehension of Affronts design'd to be offer'd to his Person IF NOT SOMETHING WORSE When you return me an Answer to this Letter dear Sir you will infinitely oblige me if you will tell me in plain English what you intend by SOMETHING WORSE than that the Mob would affront his Majesty's Royal Person For according to my present Apprehension you seem to insinuate that HE ABDICATED WHITEHALL under a dread that these wicked Rioters would have forced his COMFORTABLE IMPORTANCE or perpretrated some Act so highly Villanous that you could not find a Name for it For the present till I have better Light herein I will lay before you my Thoughts in this Case In the doing whereof we must examine how things stood at that time whereby 't will be seen whether there were any such Tumules and if there were whether the King himself did not cause them He had tempted the ENGLISH ARMY with no less Reward than the Spoil of the City of LONDON to come up and destroy the PARLIAMENT He had in an unexcusable and hostile manner made a most high Invasion upon the Priviledges of BOTH HOVSES Hereupon many Citizens unarmed resorted to Westminster to present their Petitions and express their stedfastness to the Parliament whose Lives and Safeties by more than slight Rumours they doubted to be in Danger the King having fortified VVhitehall and entertained Armed Men not a few planted them at the * The first Blood that was drawn in this Cause was in that very place where the King 's own Blood was afterwards shed Gate of his Palace where they reviled menaced and with drawn Swords actually wounded many of the Citizens as they passed by in a peaceable manner whereof some died Nay they went farther and were come to that height of Boldness as to give out insolent and menacing Speeches against the Parliament it self and to imbrue their Hands in the Blood of the King's Subjects in VVestminster-Hall and at the Doors of the Parliament as well as at his own Gate And when the Parliament and People complained and demanded Justice for those Assaults 1 K. 21 19. he justifyed and abetted his own Crew in what they did Now the passing by of a multitude of the King's Subjects armed with no other VVeapons than Petitions could neither be justly called Tumults nor could the Parliament have forbid them without breach of the Peoples Freedom Vnarmed Petitioners surely could not be formidable to any And I must remember you Doctor that a very short time before his Majesty pretended to dread these tumultuary Citizens The City entertained feasted and conducted him to Whitehall with at pompous Solemnity and costly Expressions of Love and Duty as ever had been known Nay did he not the very next day after his irruption in the House of Commons than which nothing had more exasperated the People go in his Coach unguarded into the City Did he receive the least Affront much less Violence in any of the Streets but rather humble Demeanours and Supplications He knew the People so full of Awe and Reverence to his Person as to commit himself single amongst the thickest of them at a time when he had most provoked them This shews beyond doubting that all his fear of Tumults was but a meer Pretence and Occasion taken of his resolved absence from the Parliament that he might turn his Slashing at the Court-gate to Slaughtering in the Field Well The King retires first to Hampton-Court commanding his Servants who were Members of Parliament to leave their Service there and to give their Attendance upon his Person Shortly after the QVEEN passes into Holland carrying with her all or the greatest part of the Crown-Jewels which she immediately pawn'd and with the Money bought Arms and Ammunition for the VVar which was not yet begun But I had almost forgot my self Reverend Sir I must attend to what you say in the Case Pag. 8. 'T is this I see The King though withdrawn yet ceases not to call upon the Parliament to consider the Nation 's Good and the settling it upon such Foundations as neither the