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Englands triumph a more exact history of His Majesties escape after the battle of Worcester : with a chronologicall discourse of his straits and dangerous adventures into France, his removes from place to place till his return into England with the most remarkable memorials since : to this present September, 1660.
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Majesty as also 10000l to the Duke of Yorke and 5000l to the Duke of Glocester as a testimony of their respects to the Royal Family the City of London likewise ordered a present of 10000l to be sent to His Majesty who is desired to make a speedy return to the exercise of His kingly office and these Honourable persons from the Lords Commons and City ordered to attend him in his journey For the House of Lords The Earl of Oxford Earl of Middlesex Lord Brook Earl of Warwick Lord Viscount Hereford Lord Berkley and Dr. Charleton their Physician For the House of Commons Lord Fairfax Lord Bruce Lord Faulkland Lord C stleton Lord Herbert Lord Mandevil Sir Horatio Townsend Sir Anth. Ashley-Cooper Sir George Booth Denzil Hollis Esq Sir John Holland Sir Henry Cholmley and Mr. Bowles their Physician For the City of London Sir James Bunce Baronet Alderman Langham Alderman Reynardson Alderman Brown Sir Nicholas Crispe Alderman Tomson Alderman Frederick Alderman Adams Recorder Wilde Alderman Robinson Alderman Bateman Alderman Wale Theophilus Biddolph Richard Ford. Will. Vincent Tho. Bludworth Will. Bateman J. Lewes Esq M. Chamberlain Col. Bromfield And now since we were come again under a Regall Government the States Armes were ordered to be taken down in all places and the Kings Armes set up in their room the Standerts Flags and Jacks Colours for the Fleet to be used as before 1648. their carved and painted works altered c. The Statue of His late Royal Majesty that was formerly taken down at the Chappell in Guild-hall yard was set up again Thus was all endeavours used to obliterate as much as could be the very memory of our State-juglers who promising to bring us into a fools Paradise of liberty brought us into a reall bondage and slavery Yet notwithstanding the great hopes of a happy settlement the knipperdoling Fifth-Monarchy-men and others of that loose principled gang would needs have another firke to re-erect their Babell their design was having prepared saddles and armes to have stole the Horses and Mares at grasse about the Town and having mounted their Proselites intended with them to perform wonders but their Conspiracy was rotten before it was riâ—e giving to those that were Loyall this advantage thereby before the Stead was stole to shut the stable door Before I pass any further having discovered a Cheat give me leave to have it pillory'd The Parliament being informed of the sum of seven thousand nine hundred seventy eight pounds eight shillings nine pence heretofore paid into the receiâ—t of the Exchequer of the moneys collected for the relief of the Poor Protestants in Piedmont and Poland but by the Quondam States-men converted to another use they detesting and abhorring the diversion of the said money from the charitable uses to which it was originally intended Ordered the said sum to be paid out of such monies as should come into the said receipt upon the moity of the Excise at the rate of 2000 l. by the month till the whole were satisfied unto Alderman Viner and Alderman Pack Treasurers for the said monies by this we may see the large Conscience of our pretended zealots whose insatiable Covetousness extended so far as even to the robbing of the spittle May the twelfth several goods which were kept at a Fruiterers House in Thames-street were seized on they being found to have belonged formerly to His Majesty While His Majesty resides at Breda with the Dukes of Yorke and Glocester the ministers of Spain and France congratulate him The King of Spain presents him very largely The States Generall also desire audience of His Majesty and being admitted they invited His Majesty to the Hague and present him with 6000l Ster and in further testimony of their kindnesse the States of Holland and Westfriesland order severall Commanders as soon as any publick addresse should be made to the King to signifie their serious and sincere affections to His Majesty and to His Family and their desires to settle a firme and everlasting alliance with him About this time the Army in Ireland send an Humble addresse to the Generall shewing That as they were amazed at the former changes and revolutions so they could not but with joy now observe light breaking out of darkness and order out of confusion That whereas the Parliament had manifested their joyfull sense of His Majesties gracious offers they did also testify their joy and contentment therein and were resolv'd to observe the commands of his Excellency desiring him to improve this reall and cordiall engagement of theirs both with His Majesty and the two Houses But to return to the Commissioners sent to attend His Majesty they having a prosperous wind and smooth sea Eolus in short time arrived at the Hague whither soon after came His Sacred Majesty the Dukes of Yorke and Glocester with the Princesse Royall attended by a Regiment of her Horse being Royally entertained all the way from Breda at the charge of the States Generall The next day the Commissioners had audience the Earl of Oxford delivered the message from the House of Lords Denzill Hollis from the Commons and the Recorder of London from the City His Majesty conferred the Honour of knighthood on all the Citizens sent as Commissioners with the Lord Gerards sword The Ministers of London had some conference with him who received much satisfaction in his Religious discourse The States Generall during His Majesties stay there which by reason of crosse winds was the longer entertained him with a Costly Banquet and Royall presents among the rest they gave him the gold plate wherein the first Course at one of their feasts had been serv'd up valu'd at 60000 l. and table-linnen to the value of 1000 l. also a bed worth 7000 l. and 600000. gilders and as a further addition to the satisfaction of His Majesty they presented to his Nephew the Prince of Orange a full confirmation of all Honours and profits his Father enjoyed At last the weather growing calme he went aboard where taking his leave of the Queen of Bohemia the Princess Royall and Prince of Orange who accompanied him into the ship they set sail for England His Majesty in the Royal Charles formerly the Naseby the Duke of Yorke in the London and the Duke of Glocester in the James before called the Swift-sure The Gods did guide their sail course the winds were at command And Dover was the happy place where first they came oâ— land May 25. they arrived at the Beech near the Peer of Dover whither not above two Hours before was come his Excellency the Lord Cenerall Monck to congratulate His Majesties happy arrivall Now did all persons put themselves into a posture for to observe the meeting of the best of Kings and most deserving of Subjects The admirers of Majesty were jealous on the Kings behalf of too low a condiscention and the lovers of duty on the other side of an ostentation of merit but such an humble prostration
the Army do appoint forces to be and continue in the City of London for preserving the peace thereof of the Common-wealth for reducing of the City to the obedience of Parliament Resolved That the Parliament doth approve of what the Council of State have done in ordering that the Commissioners for the Army doe take order that the posts and chaines in the City of London be taken away Resolved That the Gates of the City of London and the Portcullices there be forthwith destroyed Resolved That the Parliament doth approve of what the Council of State and Commissioners of the Army have done in seizing and apprehending of Mr. Vincent Merchant in Bishopsgate-street and Thomas Brown Grocer in Wood-street Daniel Spencer in Friday-street Laurence Brompfield in Tower-street Major Chamberlain Mr. Bludworth and Richard Ford in Seething-lane Major Cox at the Swan in Dowgate Mr Penning in Fanchurch-street and Lieutenant Colonel Jackson Resolved That the present Common-council of the City of London Elected for this year be discontinued and be and are hereby declared to be Null and Void and thâ—t the Lord Mayor of London have notice hereof Ordered That it be referred to a Committee to bring in a Bill for the Choice of another Common-council with such Qualifications as the Parliament shall think fit with order to meet at eight of the Clock in the Speakers Chamber to morrow morning These Resolves they send to the Generall to put in execution intending with this stone to kill two Birds not onely to bring the Citizens in subjection and to make them pay in their money but also to create a hatred betwixt them and the Generall by this odious employment of whose uniting they had more then an ordinary jealousy However his Excellency in obedience to their Commands marches into the City with his whole Army seises on divers of their Common-council and sends them to the Tower digs up their Posts and breaks down their Gates and all done with such a seeming compliance to the Rump that the stupefied Citizens having now fear added to their slavery durst hardly murmur but with sighs and nods bid adieu to their liberty Whilest His Excellency was thus busied in the City the Rump were as busy as Bees at Westminster for notwithstanding the General had so lately preserved them yet they most ungratefully sought his ruine First they enter into a secret combination with the Sectaries who upon their instigation present unto them à representation and addresse wherein was so little of divinity that there was hardly any morality however with much formality it was brought them by Barebone and others of the same gang but this instead of doing good did hurt for the people now plainly descrying the ruinous tenents of these people were rather the more resolved against them then terrified to see the Rump mounting up a faction against them And then also seeking to cast Monck to whoâ— so lately they were so ocurteous out of power they passed a Bill for the Army to be governed by five Commissioners viz. Generall George Monck Sir Arthur Haslerig Col. Herbert Morley Colonel Valentine and Walton Colonel Mathew Allured and that the Quorum of the Commissioners be three Had they brought this to passe they might have had hopes to have held the peoples noses still to the Grindstone But His Excellency abhorring their perfidiousness and seeing their designe was to fix themselves in a perpetual Counsell all their qualifications with which they kept such a stirre tending onely to bring in such as had been the Kings Tryers Excise-men Sequestrators Close-Committee-men Major Generalls Buyers and Sellers of the Church and Crown Lands c. in brief such as lived upon the ruines of the Common-wealth and feared they should goe naked should every Bird claim again his feather so that the peoples Representatives must represent them in all their tyrannies else they were not to be admitted States-men Hereupon Generall Monck having on Friday February 11. perform'd the Votes of the House for breaking down the Gates and pulling up the Posts and being come back to Whitehall upon advise with his Officers thought it fit to return again to the City on Saturday Morning with his whole force but before he went sends a letter to the Parliament signed by himself and his Officers wherein he signified his desires to the Parliament for the speedy filling up the House and for putting a period to their sitting In the afternoon he drew up his forces in Finsbury and repairing after dinner to Guildhall he had a conference with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen which being ended the conclusion thereof was such as caus'd all the Bells in the City to ring and all the streets to blaze with Bonfires Such a sudden change History cannot tell us of its parallel wise men grew mad upon it and mad men sober The Cryes the Bonfires and the sume of Rosted Rumps did quite take down the Legislative Stomach Both men women and Children Old and Young Rich and Poor all sung forth the destruction of the Long called Parliament the whole City was as it were on fire with Bonfires for joy And now those who formerly threatned the fireing of the City were burnt at every door for all the people cryed out let us burn the Rump let us rost the Rump yea such an odium had they contracted to themselves that they rosted Carrion before the door of the House where they usually sat no lesse then thirty eight Bonfires were made between Fleet-conduit and Temple-barre To be short there was scarce so much as one Alley in the whole City wherein there were not many Bonfires Next day being Sunday all the Churches ecchoed forth praises and thanks to God private devotion not being wanting nor was this joy confined onely within the Walls of the City but since a publique mischeif was removed a publique rejoycing over-spread the whole Kingdome and all the people with one accord shouted clapped hands and poured out joyfull thanks for this great deliverance So the wearied Hare is delighted and cheareth her self when she hath shook off the Bloody Hounds and so a Flock of Sheep are at rest and ease when the Ravenous Wolves have newly left them Yet was not all this enough to put the Rump out of Countenance they met again as formally as ever and acted with a Confidence that might excuse the Common-peoples Jealousy over the Generall Their grand design now was to frustrate the hopes of a Free-Parliament no stone was left unturned in order hereunto The Bolder and more ingenuous sort of honest men were gathered up by flying Troops that they had every where dispersed to hinder a Conjunction threatning Banishment and sequestration to the whole party of declarers Nor did they want their specious pretences to insinuate with the vulgar The House should be immediately fill'd the form of the Writ was already published the Qualifications agreed upon and in fine they would instantly proceed to a settlement of