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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86214	The ansvver of Sir Edward Herbert, knight, His Majesties attorney generall, to the impeachment exhibited against him by the Honourable House of Commons in this present Parliament assembled. John Browne, Cleric. Parliamentorum.	Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648.	1642 (1642)	Wing H1495; Thomason E114_2; ESTC R7452	1,967	7

THE ANSVVER OF Sir Edward Herbert Knight His Majesties Attorney Generall TO THE IMPEACHMENT Exhibited against him By the Honourable House of Commons In this present Parliament assembled John Browne Cleric Parliamentorum Printed at London for George Tomlinson August 24. 1642. The answer of Sr Edward Harbert Knight his Maiesti●s Attorney Generall to the impeachment exhibited against him by the honourable House of Commons in this present Parliament THe said defendant saving to himselfe now and at all times hereafter all just exception to the said impeachment as the same is charged for answer saith and acknowledgeth that he is and the third day of January last past was his Majesties Attorney Generall sworne but whereas he is charged with the malicious false and scandalous advising and contriving the Articles in the said impeachment mentioned he saith that hee was and is so farre from any malice falshood or scandall in the advising and contriving of the same or any of them that he did not at all advise or contrive the said Articles or any of them ever knew or heard of them or any of them untill hee received them from his Majesties hands the said third day of January last past ready ingrossed in paper and as so that part of the said impeachment which chargeth this defendant with the exhibiting of the said Articles to this Honourable House he saith that upon the said third day of January hee repaired to his Majesty by his command who then delivered unto this defendant a paper containing the Articles in the said impeachment mentioned and did command him in his Majesties name to acquaint this Honourable House that divers great and treasonable designes and practices against his Majesty and the State and come to his Majesties knowledge for which his Majesty commanded this defendant in his Majesties name to accuse six Members in the said paper mentioned of high Treason and other high misdemeanours by delivering that paper to your Lordships and to desire to have it read and further to desire in his Majesties name that a select Committee of Lords might be appointed to take the examinations of such witnesses as his Majesty should produce as formerly had beene done in cases of like nature according to the justice of this House and that Committee to be under a command of secresie as formerly and further in his Majesties name to aske liberty to adde and alter if there should be cause according to justice and likewise that your Lordships would take care of the securing of the said persons as in justice there should be cause and according to his Majesties said command this defendant did come to this Honourable House the said third day of January and then after the Right Honourable Edward Lord Littleton Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England had declared to this Honourable House that hee was commanded by his Majesty to let your Lordships know that his Majesty had given this defendant command to acquaint your Lordships with some things from his Majesty This defendant thereupon the said third day of January in this Honourable House before your Lordships then and there sitting in Parliament in obedience to his Majesties said commands as a message from him did declare the foresaid commands of his Majesty by acquainting your Lordships that the King had commanded him to tell your Lordships that divers great and treasonable designes and practices against him and the State had come to his Majesties knowledge for which the King had given his command to accuse six persons of high Treason and other high misdemeanours by delivering these Articles And that he was commanded to desire your Lordships to have them read which by your Lordships command were accordingly read by the Clarke and then further declared that hee was also commanded by his Majestie to desire on his Majesties behalfe that a select Committee might be appointed to take the examination of such witnesses as the King would produce as formerly had beene in cases of like nature according to the justice of this House and this Committee to be under a command of secresie as formerly and that he was commanded to aske liberty to adde according to justice and that he was commanded to desire that your Lordships would take care for the securing of those persons as in justice there shall bee cause and alter as there shall bee cause And saith hee did not conceive there could bee any offence in what was so done by him in this Honourable House in obedience to those his Majesties commands being wholly thereby left to your Lordships wisedomes and judgements being his Majesties great Councell and greatest Court for advice and justice And as touching the false scandalous and malicious advising contriving or publishing the said Articles or any other Articles against the said persons in the said paper mentioned or any of them or any breach of this defendants oath of Attorney Generall and to the false unlawfull and malicious exhibiting the said Articles into this Honourable House or causing any entry thereof to be made and the intent and indeavour falsly unlawfully and maliciously to deprive this Honourable House or the Honourable House of Commons or any of the Members of the said Houses or to take away any of their lives estates or good names and every offence and misdemeanour charged by the said impeachment upon this defendant he saith he is not guilty of them or any of them in such manner and forme as by the said impeachment is charged All which matters and things this defendant is and will be ready to averre and prove in such sort as to this Honourable House of Parliament shall seeme meet Tho Gardiner Iohn Fountayne Arthur Trevor Copia vera Iohn Browne Cleric Parliamentorum FINIS