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A37391 A declaration of the proceedings in the kingdom of Scotland concerning their native and dread sovereign Charles Stuart, late king of England, and a message to His Highness the Prince of Wales, with the declaration of the Marquis of Argyle and General Lieven concerning the Prince ..., also a letter from the Presbyterian ministers in the kingdome of England to their brethren of Scotland ... and the answer of the ministers of Scotland thereunto. Wilson, H.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1649 (1649) Wing D743; ESTC R29704 4,863 10

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A DECLARATION Of the proceedings in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND CONCERNING Their Native and Dread Soveraign Charles Stuart late King of England And a Message to His Highnesse the Prince of Wales WITH The Declaration of the Marquis of Argyle and General Leven concerning the Prince and their Resolution to oppose the bringing in of the Royall Party ALSO A Letter from the Presbyterian Ministers in the Kingdome of England to their Brethren of Scotland touching the Parliament and Army And the Answer of the Ministers of Scotland thereunto INclosed in a Letter from the City of York to a Gentleman resident in the City of London Imprimatur THEODORE JENNINGS Imprinted at London for R.VV. MDCXLIX A Declaration from the North containing the proceedings of the Kingdom of Scotland in reference to the late King of England and the Prince of Wales Honoured Sir VVHereas the children of prey and men lately under the pillar and Cloud of hope of dividing the spoyle of this miserable kingdome when it should be reduced from under the Iron of enslaving Tyranny and Oppression betweene which sad condition and it there was even now but one step should again rise up with passionate out-cryes and be ready to curse the army and their proceedings and ecchoing forth their poysonous and inveterate ladguage throughout several corners of this Northern Climate for alienating and withdrawing the hearts of the people from their due and lawfull Obedience to the supream power and representative Body of this Nation But what these meure are quires no great matter of wonder or much observation their actions being apparent to the world and appearing visible written in Characters of innocent Bloud and all their designs plots and practises tending only to the erecting and upholding of a tyrannical and arbytrary Government who have bing reat promoters of the late wars against the parl and kingdom being of the royal Faction and are now againe thirsting after the bloud of the Righteous their present actions being suitable to their former importing the same justification in these their evill and wicked Designs as appeareth by their present complottings and under-hand listings in severall parts of Westmerland and Cumberland using all meanes possible to disturb and inflame the peace of the Kingdom and Jack Presbyter we hear hath sent a Declaratory Letter to his beloved Jockie viz. the Clergy Humbly imploring the sad and bleeding condition of the Church of England occasioned by the present Reformation by taking off Tythes and purging of their fat In comes Requiring their present ayd and assistance for redeeming of their liberties c. In consideration whereof we hear that their confiding Brethren do concur with them in their desires and have returned answer That they will leave no means unassayed for restauration of them to their former rights and customes and restoring of the Church of England to its former splendor and glory and indeed they have made a fair progresse in order thereunto for they begin to open in pulpit like so many Beagles after their game stirring up the people to rise as one man for defence of the Kingly power Monarchical government and the solemn League and Covenant But I am confident that upon their advance to the English Confines most of the inhabitants in these parts will generally rise as one man for the parliament and army By an Expresse from Barwick it is advertized That there is a design agitating in Scotland amongst the great Ones to invite the Prince of Wales into that Kingdom and it is reported that they are determined to send a message to his Highnesse the abstract and sum whereof is said to be as followeth That whereas upon mature deliberation and consideration of the present proceedings in the Kingdom of Englaad in relation to the tryall of their most gracious and dread Soveraigne and conceiving there is an intent to cut off the Kingly power and to extirpate the splendor of Monarchicall Government in consideration whereof and out of their loyalty to the same they humbly beseech His Highnesse to repair into his Fathers Native Kingdom protesting to sacrifice lives and fortunes in the ●efence of his Royall person and preservation of his just Rights and privlledges c. But there are divers of the ●onest party in that Kingdome who have declared against this grerogative Design and we hear that the Marq. of Argyle Gen. Leven and others have also declared their discent thereto which was in these words That we shall to the utmost of our lives and fortunes endeavour the preservation of peace and amity betweene the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England and that wee do utterly detest and denounce against the bringing in of the malignant and adverse party into this Kingdom conceiving it to be very prejudiciall and destructive to the peace and tranquility of this Kirk and Kingdom and that we shall with the hazard of lives and fortunes endeavour a right understanding between both Nations against all Dividers and Opposers whatsoever This honorable dissent of these two noble Patriots doth much eclipse and obstruct the present proceedings in Scotland and it s believed they will be twice ad●●'d before they enter into an Engagement the burnt Child dreading the fire Our Forces goe on very succesfully against the Enemy at Pontefract which is all at present from York 30 Jan. 1648. Your devoted servant H. WILSON Severall precepts from the late King of England I Shall be very little heard of any body here J shall therefore speak a word unto you here indeed I could hold my peace very well if I did not think that holding my peace would make some men think I did submit to the guilt as well as to the punnishment but I think it is my duty to God first and to my Country for to cl●ar my self both as an honest man and as a good King and a good Christian I shall begin first upon my innocency introth I thinke it not very needfull for me to insist long upon this for all the World knowes that I never did begin a War with the two Houses of Parliament and I call God to witnesse to whom I must shortly make an account that I never did intend to incroach upon their Priviledges they began upon me it is the Militia they began upon they confest that the Militia was mine but they thought it fit for to have it from me and to be short if any body will looke to the dates of Commissions of their Commissions and mine and likewise o the Declarations will see clearly that they began these unhappy troubles not I so that as the guilt of these Enormous crimes that are laid against me I hope in God that God will clear me of it I will not I am in charity God forbid that I should lay it upon the two Houses of Parliament there is no necessity of either I hope they are free of this guilt for I do believe that ill instruments between them and me hath been the chief cause