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A95898	A sight of ye trans-actions of these latter yeares emblemized with ingraven plats, which men may read without spectacles.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1646 (1646)	Wing V327; Thomason E365_6; ESTC R201246	21,011	26

great plenty 41. His Majesties treasure was by these meanes so extreamly exhausted and his revenues so anticipated that he was inforced to compell as it were his own Servants Judges and Officers of all sorts to lend him great summes of money a●d prisons filled with refusers of these and the other illegall payments yea many High-Sheriffes summoned into the Starre-chamber and to the Councill-Board and some of them imprisoned for not being quick enough in levying Ship-money and such like intolerable taxations 42. In summe the whole kingdome was now brought into a lamentable and languishing condition of being most miserably bought and sold to any that could give and contribute most of might and malice against us and no hope of humane help but dolour desperation and destruction to be the portion of all 43. In which interim our Brethren of Scotland being entred into our kingdome for their own just defence the King had advanced his Royall-Standard at York where the creame of the kingdome Nobles and Gentry being assembled and a treaty twixt the prime of both Armies had at Rippon for a faire and peaceable accommodation the King was at last inforced to take his Nobles Counsell and in the first place a cessation of Armes agreed on and then this fifth present Parliament the Parliament of Parliaments was necessitously resolved on to begin November 3. 1640. 5 Parliament Anno 1640. Novemb. 3. 44. But behold a desperate plot and design was herein also immediately set on f●ot to ●poyle or poyson it in the very Embrio and constitution of it in the first choyce of the Members thereof by Letters from the King Queen malignant and popish Earles Lords Knights and Gentry posted into all parts of the kingdome to make a str●ng party for them But by admirable divine providence this their plot was ●ounterplotted and wonderfully frustrated and the Parliament most 〈…〉 and 〈◊〉 45. Shortly after a very formidable Spanish-Fleet or Armad● appeared on our English●●●row Seas in fight of Dover and was comming in as was on very st●ong grounds more than probably conjectured as a third party to help to destroy 〈…〉 Spani●rds hoping that by this time we and the Scots were together by the ●ar● but they were by Gods mercy beaten of● from us by our Neighbours of Holland And so in fighting against them we fought against our friends The Souldiers in their passage to York turn reformers pull dow● popish pictures break down rayles turn alters into tables and those popish Commanders that were to command them they forced to eat flesh on Fridayes thrusting it down their throats and some they slew 46 In the time of ours and the Scots Armies residing in the North which was in June 1641. the Popish and malignant Lords and Prelates fearing the effects of this present Parliament complotted together to disaffect that our English Army against the Parliament and indevoured to bring it out of the North Southward and so to London to compell the Parliament to such limits and rules at they thought fit The Souldiers in their passage to York turn unto reformers pull down Popish pictures break down rayles turn altars into Tables the English and Scotts Armies at first ready to fight lovingly embrace each other part kinde freinds July 1641. At the beginning of the Parliament there was a diligent inquisition after oppressions and oppress●rs and first upon the petition of Mistris Bastwick and Mistris Bur●on two widdowed wives and a petition exhibited in the behalf of Mr. Prynn Dr. Laighton Mr. Smar● Mr. Walker Mr. Foxley Mr. Lilborn and many others set at liberty some being banished and all close prisoners others fast fettered in irons and their wives debarred from comming to them The Protestation We the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House in Parliament finding to the great griefe of our hearts that the designes of the Priests and Jesuites and other adherents to the See of Rome have of l●te been more boldly and frequently put in practise than formerly to the undermining and danger of the ruine of the t●ue reformed Protest●nt religion in his M●jesti●s Dominions established And finding also that there have been and having just cause to susp●●● that there still 〈◊〉 even during this sitting in parliament indevours to subvert the fundamentall Laws of England and Ireland and to introduce the exercise of an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Government by most pernicious and wicked Councels practises plo●● and conspiracies And that the long intermission and unhappy breach of Parliaments hath occasioned many illegall Taxations whereupon the Subject hath been prosecuted and grieved And that divers ●nnovations and Superstition● have been brought into the Church multitudes driven ●ut of his Majesties Dominions jealousies raised and f●●ented betwixt the King and his people a popish Army levyed in Ireland and two ●rmies brought into the bowels of this Kingdome to the hazzard of his Majesties royall person the consump●ion of the Revenues of the Crown and Treasure of this Kingdom And lastly finding great cause of jealousie that indevours have been and a●cused to bring the English Army into a misunderstanding of this Parliament thereby to incline that Army with force to bring to passe those wicked Councels Have therefore thought good to joyn our selves in a Declaration of our united affections and resolutions and to make this ensuing Protestation ●A B. do● in the presence of Almighty God promise Vow and protest to maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may with my life power and esta●e the true reformed protestant Religion ●●●ressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England against all popery and popish Innovations within this Realm contrary to the same ●octrine and 〈…〉 duty of my Allegiance his Majesties royall Pe●son Ho●our 〈…〉 also the power and priviledges of Parliament 〈…〉 the Subject and every person that maketh this Protestation ●n 〈◊〉 he shall doe in the lawfull 〈◊〉 of the sa●● 〈◊〉 to my power and 〈…〉 as lawfully I 〈◊〉 I will 〈◊〉 and by all good way●● 〈…〉 to bring 〈…〉 punishment all such as shall either by 〈◊〉 practise Councels pio●● conspiracies or otherwise do any thing to the contrary of any thing in this present protestation contained And further that I shall 〈◊〉 all just and Honourable wayes indevour to preserve the 〈◊〉 and peace between the three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland and neither for hope fear nor other respect shall relinquish this promise Vow and protestation The Earl of Straffords Speech on the Scaffold The Ministers and people solemnly take the Protestation in all Churches over the Kingdome Mr. Burton Dr. Bastwick Mr: Prinne triumphantly from perpetuall captivity those 3 famous Wittnesses of Truth return home to London attended with thousands of horse and foot My Lord I professe my self a true and obedient Son to the Church of England to that Church wherein I was born and wherein I was bred prosperity and happinesse be ever to it and whereas it hath been said that I