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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64903	True information of the beginning and cause of all our troubles how they have been hatched, and how prevented. Wherein vvee may see the manifold contrivances and attempts of forraigne and home-bred enemies, against the Parliament, kingdome, and purity of religion. And how all their endeavours whether by force or fraud, never prospered. A work worthy to be kept in record, and to bee communicated to posterity.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1648 (1648)	Wing V331B; ESTC R221903	27,396	30

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 endeavoured to bring it out of the North Southward and so to London to compell the parliament to such limits and rules as they thought fit July 1641. At the beginning of the parliament there was a diligent inquisition after oppressions and oppressors and first upon the petition of Mistris Bastwick and Mistris Burton two widowed wives and a petition exhibited in the behalfe of Mr. pryn Dr. Laighton Mr. Smart 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 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 The Protestation I A. B. Doe in the presence of Almighty God Promise Vow and Protest to maintaine and defend as far as lawfully I may with my life power and estate the true Reformed Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England against all Popery and Popish Innovations within this Realme contrary to the same Doctrine and according to the duty of my Allegiance his Majesties royall Person Honour and Estate as also the power and priviledges of Parliament the lawfull rights and liberties of the Subject and every person that maketh this Protestation in whatsoever he shall doe in the lawfull pursuance of the same And to my power and as farre as lawfully I may I will oppose and by all good wayes and meanes endeavour to bring to condigne punishment all such as shall either by force practice councels plots conspiracies or otherwise doe any thing to the contrary of any thing in this present Protestation contained And further that I shall in all just and honourable wayes endeavour to preserve the union and peace between the three Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland and neither for hope feare nor other respect shall relinquish this Promise Vow and Protestation The Earle of Straffords Speech on the Scaffold May 12. 1641. MY Lord Primate of Ireland and my Lords and the rest of these Gentlemen it is a very great comfort to me to have your Lordship by me this day in regard I have been knowne to you a long time I should be glad to obtaine so much silence as to be heard a few words but I doubt I shall not my Lord I come hither by the good will and pleasure of Almighty God to pay the last debt I owe to sinne which is death and by the blessing of that God to rise againe through the merits of Christ Jesus to eternall glory I wish I had beene private that I might have been heard My Lord if I might be so much beholding to you that I might use a few words I should take it for a very great courtesie My Lord I come hither to submit to that judgement which hath past against me I doe it with a very quiet and contented minde I doe freely forgive all the world a forgivenesse that is not spoken from teeth outward as they say but from the heart I speake it in the presence of Almighty God before whom I stand that there is not so much as a displeasing thought in me arising to any creature I thank God I may say truely and my Conscience beares me witnesse that in all my services since I have had the honour to serve his Majesty in any imployment I never had any thing in my heart but the joynt and individuall prosperity of King and people if it have beene my hap to be misconstrued it is the common portion of us all while we are in this life the righteous judgement is hereafter here we are subject to errour and apt to be mis judged one of another there is one thing I desire to cleare my selfe of and I am very confident I speake it with so much clearnesse that I hope I shall have your Christian charity in the beliefe of it I did alwayes ever thinke the Parliaments of England were the happiest Constitutions that any Kingdome or any Nation lived under and under God the meanes of making King and people happy so far have I beene from being against Parliaments for my death I here acquit all the world and pray God heartily to forgive them and in particular My Lord Primate I am very glad that his Majesty is pleased to conceive me not meriting so severe and heavy a punishment as the utmost execution of this sentence I am very glad and infinitely rejoyce in this mercy of his and beseech God to turne it to him and that he may finde mercy when he hath most need of it I wish this Kingdome all the prosperity and happinesse in the world I did it living and now dying it is my wish I doe now professe it from my heart and doe most humbly recommend it unto every man here and wish every man to lay his hand upon his heart and consider seriously whether the beginning of the happinesse of a people should bee written in letters of blood I feare you are in a wrong way and I desire Almighty God that not one drop of my blood may rise up in judgement against you My Lord I professe my selfe a true and obedient Son to the Church of England to that Church wherein I was borne and wherein I was bred prosperity and happinesse , be ever to it and whereas it hath been said that I have inclined to popery if it be an objection worth answering let me say truly that from the time since I was one and twenty yeares of age till this houre now going upon 49. I never had thought in my heart to doubt of the truth of my religion in England and never any had the boldnesse to suggest to me the contrary to the best of my remembrance and so being reconciled to the mercies of Christ Jesus my Saviour into whose bosome I hope shortly to be gathered to those eternall happinesses that shall never have end I desire heartily the forgivenesse of every man both for any rash or unadvised word or deed and desire your prayers And so my Lords farewell farewell all the things of this world Lord strengthen my faith give me confidence and assurance in the merits of Christ Jesus I desire you that you would be The Earle of Strafford for treasonable practises beheaded on the Tower-hill be silent and joyn in prayers with me and I trust in God that we shall all meete and live eternally in heaven there to receive the accomplishment of all happinesse where every teare shall be wiped from our eyes and every sad thought from our hearts And so God blesse this Kingdome and Jesus have mercy upon my Soule Amen