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A sight of ye trans-actions of these latter yeares emblemized with ingraven plats, which men may read without spectacles.
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Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.
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1646
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Wing V327; Thomason E365_6; ESTC R201246
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Thus farre for the miseries of the Common-wealth now also for the Churches danger and distresse The amazing miseries of the Subjects Consciences also by the intolerable burthen of Popish Ceremonies Romish Innovations and such like other outrages of the Arch-Prelate of Canterbury and his Prelaticall Agents and instruments over the whole Kingdome in matters of religion Divine worship and spirituall cases of Conscience 22. The most palpable and abominable Romish Ceremonies used at the Kings Coronation and insolent and impious false and destructive additions in the Oath administred to the King at his said first Inauguration to the Crown by that most arrogant Arch-Bishop 23. And the manifold other impious impositions in matters of religion divine worship and spirituall cases of Conscience for refusing and opposing of which how was the honest-hearted and tender-conscienced subject grievously oppressed by fines imprisonments stigmatizings mutilations whippings pillories gagges consinements and banishments yea and that into perpetuall close imprisonments in the most desolate remote and as they hoped and intended remorslesse parts of the Kingdome 24. The putting down yea utterly ruinating of that most famous and honourable work that ever this Kingdom saw in a private way for the advancement of Gods glory in the propagation of the Gospel I mean the Feoffâ—es for buying in of Impropriations Noy the then Atturney-Generall openly in Court accusing that blessed work to be a worse plot against the Church he meant the Prelaticall Church sure than the Papists Powder plot 25. The advancing for the most part none to Ecclesiasticall Dignities and Livings but Arminians yea Popish-hearted Pontificians Suspending and silencing with deprivations degradations and excommunications almost all the most pious painfull and Orthodox-learned Pastours over the kingdom whom they could catch in their snares and all this under a pretence of peace unity and conformity in which foresaid cases the High-Commission like the Spanish-Inquisition with its most pragmaticall pranks was all along most intolerable and abominable 26. Printing-Presses set open for the printing and publishing of all sorts of Popish and Arminian tenets but shut up and restrained from Printing sound and Orthodox Doctrines 27. Nay not onely thus lamentably molesting us at home in England but attempting the like on our Brethren of Scotland indevouring to impose upon their consciences also a New Liturgye and a book of Canons upon the first introducing whereof into their Church they not induring them threw stones and stooles at the Arch-Bishop of St Andrews head and beat him out of the Church crying out a Pape a Pape and so rid themselves of them 28. Upon which refusall of theirs O what foule calumnies and scoffes were immediately cast upon them and they called and counted rebels and Traytors yea so proclaimed in all Churches in England 29. An Army was also raised to oppresse and suppresse them for thus resisting the Arch-prelates most injurious impositions on them A mighty and tumultuous rising of Apprentices and young men in Southwarke and Lambeth side with clubs and other weapons especially at the Aâ—ch-bishops house which put him into such a fright as made him fly to Croyden to convey himself to some more private and remote place and although Pharoahs magisians were so honest that at the sight of the dust of the earth turned into lice they cryed out it was the finger of God but he grew more and more outragious and caused one to be hanged and quartered and his head set on London-Bridge 30. Our Brethren of Scotland likewise raising an Army in their own just defence and by force of armes inforcing their own peace 31. A first pacification being then made by the King and some of his Nobility and ratified under hand and Seal twixt them and the Scots yet was it shortly after shamefully violated and broken quite off by the Arch-prelate of Canterbury and the Earle of Straford 4. Parliament 32. A fourth Parliament was thereupon shortly after called again by those complotters meanes but to a very ill intent and another Parliament summoned also at the same time by the Earle of Straford in Ireland both of them onely to levy and procure monies to raise another Army and wage a new Warre against the Scots 33. The Ships and goods of our Brethren of Scotland were in all parts and ports of this kingdom and of Ireland also surprised and seized on for the King their Commissioners denyed audience to make their just defence to the King and the whole kingdome of Scotland and England too hereupon much distracted and distempered with leavying of monies and imprisoning all among us that refused the same 34. This Parliament also refusing to comply with the King Cant and Strafâ—rd in this Episcopall warre against the Scots was soon dissolved and broken up by them and thereupon they returned to their former wayes of waste and confusion and the very next day after the dissolution thereof some eminent members of both Houses had their Chambers and studies yea their cabinets and very pockets of their wearing cloathes betimes in the morning before they were out of their beds searched for letters and writings and some of them also imprisoned and a false and most scandalous declaration was published against the House of Commons in the Kings name 35. A forced Loan of money was attempted in the City of London to be made a president if it prevailed there for the whole kingdom but some Aldermen refusing were foâ—ely threatned and imprisoned 36. In which interim the Clergies Convocation continuing notwithstanding the dissolution of the Parliament new conscience oppressing Canons were forged and a strange Oath with a monstrous c in it was framed for the establishing of the Bishops Hierarchy with severe punishments on the refusers to take it 37. In this Convocation â—ore taxations were also imposed upon the whole Clergie even no lesse than six Subsidies besides a bountifull contribution to forward that intended warre against our brethren of Scotland The Arch-Prelate of St Andrewes in Scotland reading the new Service-booke in his pontificalibus assaulted by men Women with Crickets stooles Stickes and Stones The rising of Prentises and Sea-men on Southwark side to assault the Arch-bishops of Canterburys House at Lambeth 38. For the advancing of which said summes for this warre the popish pontifician party and their scandalous priests were most free and forward yea and a solemn prayer was composed and imposed by the Bishops on their Ministers every where to be used and read in all Churches against the Scots as rebels and traytors 39. The papists also in a high measure enjoyed even almost a totall toleration and a Popes Nuncio suffered among us to act and govern all Romish affaires yea a kinde of a private popish-parliament kept in the kingdom and popish jurisdictions erected among them 40. Commissions were also secretly issued out for some great and eminent papists for martiall Commands for levying of Souldiers and strengthening their party with Armes and Ammunition of all sorts and in
firme peace upon any other tearmes Your Majesties friends in the Houses and the Commissioners from Scotland after much wrasling did consent to the sending of those Propositions or to be â—ated the hunderers of peace or otherwayes to send no Propositions at all And now Sir if your Majesty as God forbid shall refuse to assent to the Propositions You will lose all Your friends in the Houses lose the City and all the Countrey And all England will joyne against you as one man they will processe and depose you and set up another Government they will charge us to deliver your Majesty to them and to tender their Garrisons and remove our Armies out of England and upon your Maiesties refusall of the propositions both Kingdomes will be constrained for their mutuall safety to agree and settle Religion and peace without You which to our unspeakable griefe will ruine your Maiesty and your posterity and if your Maiesty refuse our faithfull advice who desire nothing on Earth more than the preservation of your Maiesties Royall Throne And if your Maiesty lose England by your wilfulnesse You will not be permitted to come and reigne in Scotland Sir we have laid our hands upon our hearts we have asked Counsell and direction from God and have had our most serious thoughts upon the remedy but can finde no other to save your Crowne and Kingdomes than your Maiesties assenting to the propositions and dare not say but they are higher in some things if it were in our power and option to remedy than we approved of but when we see no other meanes for curing the distempers of the Kingdomes and closing the breach between your Majesty and your Parliament our most humble and safe advise is your Majesty will be graciously pleased to assent to them as the onely way to establish your Throne because your Majesty shall be thereby received againe in your Parliament with the applause and acclamations of your people by your Royall presence all friends will be strengthened and all Enemies who feare nothing so much as the granting the propositions will be weakned your Maiesty will have a fit opportunity hereafter to offer such propositions as You and your Parliament in wisedome shall thinke fit for your Crowne and Kingdome the Armies will be disbanded and your people finding the sweet fruit of a peaceable Government you will gaine their hearts and affections and that will be your Maiesties strength and glory and will recover all that you have lost in this time of tempest of trouble And if it please God to incline your Royall heart to this advise of your humble and faithfull servants who next to the honour and service of God esteem nothing more pretious than the safety of your person and Crowne our actions shall make it appeare that we esteem no hazard too great for your Maiesties safety and that we are willing to sacrifice our lives and fortunes for establishing your Throne and iust Right Die Sabbathi 5. April 1645. Be it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled That all and every person of what degree or quality soever that hath lived or shall live within the Kings Quarters or been aiding assisting or adhering unto the Forces raised against the Parliament and hath or shall come to inhabite or reside under the power and protection of the Parliament shall swear upon the holy Evangelist in manner following The Negative Oath I A. B. doe swear from my heart that I will not directly nor indirectly adhere unto or willingly assist the King in this Warre or in this Cause against the Parliament nor any Forces raised without the consent of the two Houses of Parliament in this Cause or Warre And I doe likewise swear that my comming and submitting my self under the power and protection of the Parliament is without any manner of designe whatsoever to the prejudice of the proceedings of the two Houses of this present Parliament and without the direction privity and advice of the King or any of his Councell or Officers other then what I have now made known So help me God and the Contents of this Book And it is further Ordained by the authority aforesaid that the Commissioners for keeping of the Great Seale of England for the time being shall have power and are hereby authorized to tender and administer the said Oath unto any Peere or Wife or Widow of any Peere so comming to inhabit as abovesaid And it shall be lawfull to and for the Committee of the House of Commons for Examinations the Committee for the Militia in London and all Committees of Parliament in the severall Counties and Cities of the Kingdom to tender and administer the said Oath unto every other person so comming to inhabit as abovesaid And if any person not being a member of or Assistant unto either of the Houses of Parliament shall refuse or neglect to take the said Oath so duly tendered unto him or her as abovesaid the said Commissioners and Committees respectively shall and may commit the same person to some prison there to remain without Baile or Mainprize untill he shall conforme thereunto Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum Collected by John Vicars FINIS