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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91380	A discovery of the great plot for the utter ruine of the city of London, and the Parliament. As it was at large made known by John Pym, Esq; on Thursday being the eighth of June, 1643. at a Common-hall: and afterwards corrected by his own hand for the presse.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4265; Thomason E105_21; ESTC R22271	9,849	15

children that were here The second was That they would lay hold of all those persons that they thought should be able to stand in their way or to give them any impediment or at least of some considerable number of them it is unlike that all were named but some were named Of the Lords House there was named my Lord Say and my Lord Wharton and besides my Lord Major whom they took into their consideration as the head of the City there was named of the House of Commons Sir Philip Stapleton Master Hampden Master Strode and they did me the honour and the favour to name me too When they had taken into consideration the surprizall of these Members of both Houses they did take into their further resolution that with my Lord Major should have been seized all your Committee of Militia they would not spare one of them They intended further That they would release all Prisoners that had bin committed by the Parliament that they would seize upon the Magazines that they would make a declaration to satisfie the people There are no Designes be they never so ill but they do put on a mask of some good for betwixt that that is absolutely and apparently ill there is no congruity with the will of man and therefore the worst of evils are undertaken under a shadow and a shew of goodnesse this Declaration must be set out to make the people beleeve that they stood up for The preservation of Religion For the preservation of the Kings Prerogative Of the liberties of the Subject Of the Priviledges of Parliament and of these 1000. were to be printed they were to be set upon Posts and Gates in the most considerable and open places and they were to be dispersed as much as they could thorow the City against the time it should be put in execution this was done upon Saturday last was seven-night in the morning Then in the next place they thought fit to give intelligence to the Court of what proceedings they had made here and thereupon Master Hazel he was sent to Oxford that very Saturday in the afternoon from Master Wallers house there were two Messages sent by for this main Designe they would not trust in writing the first Message was from Master Waller it was that he should tell my Lord of Falkland that he would give him a more full notice of the great businesse very speedily the other Message was from Master Tomkins and that was That the Designe was now come to good maturity That they had so strong a party in the City that though it were discovered yet they would be able to put it in execution They promised to give notice to the King of the very day and if it were possible of the very hour wherein this should be put in execution and then they did desire That when they had seized upon the Out works that there might some party of the Kings Army come up within fifteen miles of the City who upon knowledge of their proceedings must be admitted into the City These were the foure points upon which the Message did consist which was sent from Master Tourkins to my Lord of Felkland by Master Hazel To both these Messages my Lord of Falkland returned an Answer by word of mouth they kept themselves so closely that they durst not venture to write but he bid the Messenger to tell Master Waller Master Tomkins and Master Hambden a Gentleman that was sent up with a Message from the King and remained here in Town to agitate this businesse made that use of his being here in Town that he should tell them That hee could not well write but did excuse himselfe but pray'd them that they would use all possible haste in the main businesse Master Waller having plotted it and brought it on thus far now he began to thinke of putting it further and the Tuesday following this Saturday which was Tuesday was se'night in the evening after he came home to his lodging Master Tomkins and he being together he told Master Tomkins That the very next morning that was Wednesday the Fast day he should goe to my Lord of Holland and acquaint him with this plot discover so much to him as he thought fit that he himselfe would goe to some other Lords and doe the like this was the Tuesday night in which conference they had put on that confidence in expectation of successe in this plot that Master Waller broke out with a great Oath to affirm That if they did carry this throughout then we will have any thing This he spake to Master Tomkins with a very great deal of earnestnesse and assurance So far they went on in hope and expectation but here they were cut short That very night there were Warrants issued upon some discoveries that were made of this Plot to the Lord Major to the Sheriffs here which they did execute with so much diligence and care of the good of the City that the next morning when Master Tomkins and Master Waller should have gone about their businesse they were apprehended and the rest of the Citizens divers of them some escaped Thus farre I have discovered to you the materials and the lineaments of this miscievous designe you shall now be pleased to hear the Proofs and the Confessions out of which this narration doth arise and that will make all this good to you that I have said and after those are read I shall then tell you what hath been done since in the House of Commons somewhat in the House of Lords and what else is in proposition to be offered to you from the House of Commons but I shall desire you first that you may bee fully convinced of the great goodnesse of God in discovery of this Plot and the truth of these things that I have spoken to you that you will hear the evidence of the proofs and then we shall go on to those other things which we have in charge FINIS John Pym Esquire his Speech GEntlemen we have held you long you are now almost come to the end of your trouble I am to deliver to you some short observations upon the whole matter and then to acquaint you with the resolutions thereupon taken in the House of Commons and to conclude with a few desires from them to you The observations are these First I am to observe to you the contrariety betwixt the pretences with which this designe hath beene mark'd and the truth One of the pretences was peace the truth was blood and violence Another of the pretences was the preserving of propriety the truth was the introducing of tyranny and slavery which leaves no man master of any thing he hath A second observation is this The unnaturall way by which they meant to compasse this wicked designe that was to destroy the Parliament by the members of Parliament and then by the carcasse and shadow of a Parliament to destroy the kingdome what is a Parliament but a

carkasse when the freedome of it is suppressed when those shall be taken away by violence that can or will oppose and stand in the way of their intentions The high Court of Parliament is the most certaine and constant Guardian of Liberty but if it be deprived of its owne Liberty it is left without life or power to keep the Liberty of others If they should bring a Parliament to be subject to the Kings pleasure to be correspondent as they call it to his will in the middest of such evill counsels which now are predominant there would little or no cure be left but then all things that are most mischievous would seem to be done by Law and Authority The third observation is this with what an evill conscience these men undertooke this worke They that pretended to take Armes to defend their own propriety obtained a Commission to violate the propriety of others they would take the assertion of the Lawes of the Land but assumed to them such a power as was most contrary to that Law to seize upon their persons without due processe to impose upon their estates without consent to take away some lives by the Law martiall and besides all this without any Commission they intended to alter the government of the City which is now governed by your own Councel by a Magistrate chosen by your selves then to be governed by violence The fourth observation is this that the mischievous effect of this designe would not have ceased in the first nights worke all the godly part in the kingdom all faithfull Ministers especially would have been left not onely to the scorn and reproach but to the hatred malice and cruelty of the Papists and Malignants The fifth and last observation I shall make to you is this that this matter was prosecuted in part and agitated and promoted by those that were sent from the King and seemed to be messengers of peace and while we should be amazed with pretences of gracious Messages to propose peace this villainous project which should have set you all in blood was promoted by those Messengers and should have been put in execution very shortly after This is all I shall trouble you with by way of observation The matters resolved on in the House of Cōmons are these things First that there be publique thankesgiving to God both in the City and throughout the Kingdom for this great deliverance that a neere day be appointed for the City the Parliament the parts adjacent a convenient day for other parts of the Kingdom The next thing resolved on was that the House of Peeres they should be made acquainted with these proofes and with all this discovery which hath been done accordingly It was likewise resolved that there should be a Covenant made whereby we should both testifie our detestation of this mischievous plot and joyne our selves more closely in the maintenance of the common interest of the Church and Common-wealth in Religion and liberty which are still in great danger and would have beene utterly subverted if this project had taken effect It was resolved in the fourth place which is now partly executed that this should be communicated to you of the City that so as you have a great part in the blessing you may doe your part in the duty of thankfulnesse together with us It is further resolved that it shall be communicated to the Army that they likewise take notice of this great mercy of God and joyne with us both in the thanksgiving and in the protestation and Covenant as we shal likewise desire you of the City to doe Then we are commanded to give thankes to my Lord Major to the Sheriffes and to the rest of the Officers of the City for their great care in the apprehending of these persons in guarding the peace and the quiet of the City We are likewise to give thankes to those Gentlemen that have had the custody of these prisoners we know it cannot but be a trouble to them there was no meanes to keepe them safe from messages one to another and from speeches but by such a way of putting them in honest mens hands The House of Commons have commanded us to give them speciall thankes that they would undertake this care and to assure them that they will see them fully recompenced for all the trouble and charge they shall undergoe by it And we are to give you thanks which are the Citizens of this City for your good affections to the publique cause and for your continuall bounty for the support of it Thus farre we are enjoyn'd by the resolution of the House Now wee are further to entreate you to heare both the Covenants you shall thereby know to what wee have bound our selves and to what we desire you should be bound there are two Covenants that is one proper for the Houses of Parliament which hath been taken in the House of Commons by all the members by those Gentlemen that are named in those examinations to have been privy to this plot which they all have disavowed and the other Covenant is to be taken by all the other part of the Kingdome by the Citizens by the Army and the rest of the people generally in all places The draught of these two Covenants we shall communicate to you the House of Lords they have had them already and have taken them into consideration and we hear they doe resolve that which is appointed for them shall be taken by the members of that House We are further to desire you that you would be serviceable to the Divine providence to Gods great mercy to this City and the whole Kingdome God doth not onely do good but thereby gives assurance that he will do good His mercies they are comforts for the present they are pledges for the future but yet our care must not cease We are to desire that you would keepe your guards and looke well to your City and that you would finde out these evill members that are among you as neere as may be that so for the time to come this plot may be prevented as hitherto hath been stopped for out of doubt all the malignity is not drawn out of them though the present opportunity is hindered for the present of putting it in execution I am to tell you further that in desire to win those that shall be taken with remorse for this wicked defigne and conspiracy It is resolved that if any man shall come in before the 15. day of this present June and freely confesse his fault and what he knowes of this conspiracy that he shall have a full and free and plenary pardon for the time to come except those that are already taken or fled I say those that come in voluntarily shall be pardoned Your care and our care they will be all little enough wee hope Gods blessing will be so upon them both that you shall be restored to a full peace and that in the meane time you shall enjoy such a degree of safety and prosperity as may make way to it FINIS