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A breife memento to the present vnparliamentary ivnto touching their present intentions and proceedings to depose and execute Charles Stewart, their lawful King / by William Prynne ...
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Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
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him all true obedience subjection and faithfully endeavour to defend his Person Estate from all danger and to the uttermost of their power establish him in all the blessings of a glorious and happy Reign And that they had no intention or desire to hurt or iniure his Maiesty either in his Person or iust power Which they seconded by many subsequent Declarations Since which both Houses and the three Kindomes of England Scotland and Ireland have entred into A solemn League and Covenant For the Honor and happinesse of the Kings Majesty and his posterity among other ends therein specified That they shall sincerely really and constantly endeavour with their estates and lives to preserve and defend the Kings maiesties person and authority in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms that the world may beare witnesse with their consciences of their Loyalty and that they have no thoughts nor intention to diminish his maiesties iust power and greatnesse That they will with all faithfulnesse endeavour to discover all evill Instruments and Incendiaries dividing the King from his people that they may be brought to publike tryall and receive condigne punishment And shall never suffer themselves directly or indirectly by whatsoever combination perswasion or terrour to be withdrawne from this blessed union c. which so much concerneth the glory of God the good of the Kingdomes and the honor of the King but shall all the dayes of their lives zealously and constantly continue therein against all opposition And conclude This Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God the searcher of all hearts with a true intention to observe the same as we shall answer at the great day when the secrets of all hearts shal be disclosed This Covenant you have all taken your selves some of you often and * imposed it on all three Kingdomes And will it not stare in your faces your consciences and engage God himselfe and all three Kingdoms as one man against you if you should proceed to depose the King destroy his person or disinherit his posterity yea bring certaine ruine upon you and yours as the greatest Covenant-breakers and most perjured Creatures under Heaven O think and think most seriously upon it before you proceed to further perjuries In 24. E 3. William Thrope cheife Iustice of the Kings Bench for taking 80 l. bribes of severall persons was by speciall Commission indited convicted and condemned to be hanged and to forfeit all his Lands Tenements Goods and chattels to the King because thereby Sacramentum Domini Regis quod ergo populum habuit custodiendum fregit maliciose falso rebelliter quantum in ipse fuit which Judgement was affirmed to be just and reasonable in full Parliament where it was openly read by the Kings command as is evident by 25. E 3. Rot. Parl. nul 10. If then this chief Justice for breaking his Oath to the King and his people as a Iudge only in taking two or three small bribes deserved to be hanged and to forfeit all his Lands Goods and Life by the judgement of full Parliament then what will such Members deserve to suffer who shall violate not only their Oaths of Allegiance and Supreamicy to the King and his heires but likewise the several Protestations solemn League Covenant and the multiplied publique faith engagements declarations Remonstrances promises of both houses of Parliament made to God the King the whole Kingdomes people of England Scotland and Ireland the States of the united Provinces and all the world an that maliciously falsely and Rebelliously as much as in them lies and their own private Faith Oaths Vowes and Covenants involved in them in deposing and executing the King disinheriting the Prince violating the priviledges usurping the power of the parliament to themselves when most of the other Members are violently secluded by the army to the subversion of the freedom liberties of all Parliaments this being one article against King Rich. the 2d in 1. H 4. Rot. Parl. 25 66 70. when he was deposed That in the Parliament held at Salop intended to oppresse his people he did subtilly procure and cause to be granted by consent of all the States in the kingdom which you have not that the power of the Parliament should remaine with certain persons * Lords and Commons to determine certaine Petitions then delivered but not dispatched after the Parl. ended by colour whereof the said deputed persons proceeded by the Kings pleasure and wil to other things generally concerning the said Parliament to the great derogation of the State and priviledges of the Parliament and the great inconveniences pernicious example of the whole Realme and to gain some colour and authority to their doings the King caused the Parliament Rolls to be altered and deleated according to his Vote contrary to the effect of the foresaid Confession as you have presumed to nul repeale and unvote divers Votes Orders and Ordinances of both Houses made in pursuance of the foresaid oathes protestations the solemn League Covenant Remonstrances Declarations of both houses the treaty when the houses were full not under the Armies force or violence And if their proceedings the whole Parliament of 21. R were declared null and void and the King worthy to be deposed for such proceedings then let Serjeant Thorp and other Lawyers now acting with you consider and informe you what punishment you deserve for such breach of faith priviledge of Parliament usurpation of a monopoly of parliamentary power to your selves now whiles under the Armies force and most Members forced thence in which case you ought not to sit vote or conclude any thing but only to adjourn till the force removed all Members may freely meet in full Parl. as is clear by that memorable Record of 6 E. 3. Par. apud Ebor n. 1.2 Dor. claus 6. E. 3. m. 4.6 E. 3. apud West parl 2. n. 1.13.3 parl 2. n. 4.15 E. n 5.17 E. 3. n 2.6.18 E. 3. n. 1.2.5 2â— E 3. n. 5.21 E. 3. n. 4.22 E 3. n. 1.25 E. 3. n. 1.29 E. 3. n. 4.36 E. 3. n. 1.37 E. 3. n. 1.42 E. 3. n. 1.50 E 3. n. 1.51 E. 3. n. 3.1 R. 2. n. 1.3 R. 2. n. 1.4 R 2 n 1. R. 2. n. 1 4. R. 2. n. 1.5 R 2. parl 1. n. 1. parl 2 n 1.6 R. 2 parl 1. n. 1. parl 2. n. 18. H. 4. n. 28.30.54 9. H. 4. n. 1.13 H. 4 n. 1. and many more rolls where the Par. when any considerable number of the Members of either house were absent was constantly adjourned refused to sit or do any thing though not under any force till the houses were full much more then when under the Armies sword it being against Magna Charta as the Barons declared in Parl Anno Dom. 1257 in the reign of K. H. the third for a few Members to
your acting herein the Popes and Iesuits designes 3dly That your selves among other Members have in above one hundred Remonstrances Declarations Petitions Ordinances and printed papers published in the name and by the authority of one or both Houses of Parliament professed both to the King himselfe Kingdome World and forraign States that you never intended the least hurt injury or violence to the Kings Person Crown Dignity or Posterity but intended to him and his Royall Posterity more honour happinesse Glory and Greatnesse then ever was yet enjoyed by any of his Royall Predecessours That you will ever make good to the uttermost with your lives and fortunes the faith and allegiance which in truth and sinceritie you have alwayes horne to his Majesty that you have proposed no other ends to your selves but the performance of all duty and loyalty to his Majesties Person That all Contributions and loanes upon the publike faith should be imployed only to maintain the Proteâ—â—ant Religion the Kings authority his Person his Royall Dignity the Lawes of the land Peace of the Kingdome and priviledges of Parliament and not to be imployed against his Majesties person or authority That the Armies and forces raised by the Houses were raised for the safety and defence of the Kings Person and of both Houses of Parliament c. That his Majestes Personall safety honour and greatnesse are much dearer to you then your owne lives and fortunes which you do most heartily dedicate and shall most willingly imploy for the maintenance and support thereof That the Parliament will ever have a care to prevent any danger which his Majesty may justly apprehend to his person That both Houses are resolved to expose their lives and fortunes for the defence and maintenance of the true Religion The Kings person honour and State the power and priviledges of Parliament That notwithstanding his Majesties proclamations against the General and Army as Traytors yet to witnesse their constant and unshaken Loyalty to his Maiesty both houses do solemny declare That upon his disbanding his forces return harkning to the advise of his Great Councel They will really endeavour to make both him his as much beloved at Home feared abroad as any Pr. that ever swayed this Septer which is their firm and constant Resolution from which they wil not be diverted for any private or self respects whatsoever That they will faithfully endeavour to secure his Maiesties Person Crown from all dangers inculcating the apparent danger to his Royal Person among his popish Malignants Armies ill Councelors upon that reason perswading and inviting him to desert them and close with his Parliament protesting that the Parliament hath been is ever wil be more ready then they to secure and uphold the â—uthority Prerogative and Honor of the King and preserve the safety of his Royal Person which they have oft times testified by many humble Petitions and Declarations to Him the World and Kingdome with many other such like expressions Which whether your present Actings and Counsels do not directly oppose contradict and give the lye unto to your eternall infamy and breach of publique faith as much as in you lies let both Houses the world and all men judge as they will doe in due season 4thly Consider That when the King and his party did taxe the Houses for insinuating That if they should make the highest presidents of other Parliaments their pattern there would be no cause to complain of want of modesty or duty in them That is they may depose the King when they wil and are not to be blamed for so doing and that the army raised by the Parliament was to murther and depose the King Both houses by two solemne Declarations did most professedly declare and protest against it as the falsest and most malicious accusation that could be imagined that the thoughts of it never entred nor should enter into their loyal hearts That as God is witnesse of their thoughts so shall their actions witnesse to all the world that to the honor of our Religion of those who are most zealous in it they shal suffer far more for from their Soveraign then they hoped God would ever permit the malice of his wicked Councellors to put them to since the happinesse of the Kingdome doth so mainly depend upon hiâ— Majesty and the Royall Authority of that root That they hoped the contrivers of these false and scandalous reports or any that professed the name of a Christian could not have so little charity as to raise such a scandall especially when they must needs know the Protestation made by the Members of both houses whereby they promise in the presence of Almighty God to defend and preserve his Maiesties Person The Promise and Protestation made by the Members of both houses upon the Nomination of the Lord of Essex to be Generall and to live and die with him wherein is expressed That this Army was raised for defence of the Kings Person Their often earnest and most humble addresses to His Majesty to leave that desperate and dangerous Army wherewith he is now encompassed raised and upheld to the hazard of his own and the Kingdomes ruine and to come in Person to his Parliament where he should be sure to remain in honour and safety and their humble petition directed to be presented to him by the hands of the Earl of Essex before any blow given to remove his Royal person from the Army a request inconsistent with any purpose to offer the least violence to his person which hath and ever shall be dear unto them Now put it to your soules and consciences whether yours and the Armies present Councels and actions doe not really justifie the Kings and his parties former suggestions and give the lye to these Declarations of both Houses who certainly when ever restored to a condition of freedome and liberty of meeting together againe will crave publike reparations and justice against you if you violate both their Honour faith and engagements to the King Kingdome and forraign States against these their Declarations and Protestations too 5thly Remember that the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament Octob. 2â— 1642. did in the presence of Almighty God which is the strongest obligation that any Christian and the most solemne publik faith that any state as a Parliament can give for the satisfaction of their own consciences and discharge of that great trust that lyes upon them make this Protestation and Declaration to all this Kingdome and Nat on and to the whole world That no private passion or respect No evil intention to his Maiesties person no designe to preiudice his iust honour and Authority engaged them to raise forces or take up Armes That if he would return to his Parliament in peace and by their counsels and advice compose the distempers and confusions abounding in his Kingdomes They would receive him with all Honour yeeld