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A44754	Some sober inspections made into carriage and consults of the late Long-Parliament whereby occasion is taken to speak of parliaments in former times, and of Magna Charta, with some reflexes upon government in general.; Som sober inspections made into the cariage and consults of the late Long Parlement	Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1656 (1656)	Wing H3117; ESTC R2660	73,993	193

was the greater Fool to grant it or they the greater knaves to ask it But the saying of the late Earl of Dorset is remarkable who saluted the King the next morning with the stile of fellow Subject in regard that by that grant he had transferred both Crown Sword and Scepter to the Parliament for now we may say that England hath four hundred and odd Kings in her But t is observed that Princes of a hard destiny do follow the worst Councils But Sir in lieu of these monstrous Acts of Grace and trust what did the Parliament all this while for the King Philanglus They promised specially upon the passing of the last Act that they would make him the most glorious the best beloved and richest King that ever reigned in England which promise they voted and confirmed with the deepest protests and asseverations that could be Adde hereunto that the Earl of Strafford was passed over unto them who after a long costly tryal was condemned to the Scaffold and so made a Sacrifice to the Scot and them who stayed chiefly for his head Polyander Touching the Earl of Strafford 't is true he was full of ability courage and Elocution yet I heard his wisdom questioned beyond Sea in divers things First that having a charge ready against his chiefest Accusers yet he suffered them to take the start of him and have priority of suit which if he had got he had thereby made them parties and so incapable to proceed against him Secondly that during the time of his tryal he applyed not himselfe with that compliance to his Jury as well as to his Judges for he was observed to comply only with the Lords and slight the House of Commons Lastly that knowing he had both Parliament and Scot his enemies as also the Irish he would not go aside a while and get beyond Sea which he might have easily done from York in lieu of coming up to London Philanglus I beleeve his death was resolved upon before his comming from York if not by ordinary way of justice yet by way of publique expedience which appears in regard the proceedings against him was by a clause in the Act not to be produced for a leading case for example to future ages and other inferior Courts Good Lord how the rabble of the City thirsted after his death who were connived at and countenanced by the Parliament it selfe to strut up and down both before White Hall and Westminster Hall where they cryed out that if the Common Law failed Club Law should knock him down nay their insolency was permitted to swell so high that they demanded the names of those Lords who would not doom Strafford to death Polyander Is it possible that the grave and solemne high Court of Parliament should permit such popular insolencies to be committed before their faces Philanglus Yes and notwithstanding that the Lords did often solicit the House of Commons to take a course for suppressing them yet 't was not hearkened unto nay when the King had commanded a double guard of Constables and Watch-men which is the usual way by law to attend at Westminster Hall for suppression of such disorders the Commons cryed out that it was a breach of the privileges of the House and a trenching upon their liberties so they took afterwards a band of Souldiers to guard them of their own election which was never known before Polyander Me thinks that the Earl of Strafford being gone fair weather should have followed he was the cause of the tempest being thus thrown over board Philanglus 'T is true the Scots were dismissed a little after having Fidlers fare Meat Drink and Money for eleven Months together in England with Straffords head to boot So the King prepared to go for Scotland according to Articles to hold a Parliament there This fill'd the house of Commons with odd kind of jealousie therefore they cast about how to prevent the journey so they did beat their brains night and day about it so far that they sate upon Sunday in debate but with another proviso that it should not be made a Precident for future ages as the other Caveat was for their proceedings against the Earl of Strafford Well the King went to his Scots Parliament where he fill'd every blank for they did but ask and have He granted them what possibly they could propone in point of governing both for Kirk and State many received new honors they made havock and divided all the Bishops Lands amongst them for all which unparallel'd Concessions and Acts of grace as an argument of gratitude they caused an Act though already in force to be publish'd and reviv'd That it should be detestable and damnable treason in the highest degree that could be for any of the Scots Nation conjunctly or singly to levy Arms or any Military forces upon any pretext whatsoever without the Kings royal Commission but how the Scot observed this solemn Act afterwards the World knows too well During the Kings being in Scotland that formidable hideous Rebellion in Ireland broke out which the Irish impute to the English Parl. First in regard that one of their accusations against Strafford was that he used the Papists in that Kingdom too favourably Secondly for the rigorous proceedings intended by the said Parliament against the English Catholicks Thirdly for design the English Parliament had to bring the ●utch and the Scot to plant in Ireland the last of whom the Irish do hate in perfection above all other Nation and Lastly the stopping of that Irish Regiment of cashiered Souldiers which the King promised by Royal Word and Letter to the King of Spain who relying upon that imploiment which was denied them by order from the English Parliament rather then to begg steal or starve they turned Rebels Polyander Indeed I heard that Act of staying the Irish forces much censur'd abroad to the dishonour of the King of England and reproach of the Parliament considering ho● the Marquis de Velada and Malvezzi and Don Alonzo de Cardenas who were all three Ambassadours here for the King of Spain at that time having by dependance upon the sacred word and Letter of a King imprested money and provided shipping for their transport which came to a great charge but I pray be pleased to proceed Philanglus The King having setled Scotland was his return to London received with much joy but though he was brought with a kind of Hosanna into one end of the Town he found a Crucifige at the other for at Westminster there was a Remonstrance fram'd a work of many weeks and voted in the dead of night when most of the moderate and well-minded members were retir'd to their rest in which remonstrance with as much industry and artifice as could be all the old moats in government were expos'd to publick view from the first day of the Kings inauguration to that very hour Polyander How could this agree with the Protestation the House did make formerly

Some Sober INSPECTIONS Made into the CARRIAGE And CONSVLTS Of the Late Long-Parliament Whereby Occasion is taken to speak of PARLIAMENTS in former Times and of MAGNA CHARTA With some Reflexes upon Government in general Cupio ut rectè Capiar London Printed for Ric. Lownds at the White Lyon in St. Pauls Churchyard near the West-end 1656. To His HIGHNESSE The Lord Protector My Lord AMong the multitude of mighty Atchievements which your Highnesse hath performed so much to the astonishment of Mankind The Dissolving of the late Long Parliament may well deserve to bee rank'd in the numbe For thereby your Highnesse Hercules-like may be said to have quell'd a Monster with many heads such a Monster that was like to Gormandize and Devour the whole Nation as will appear in the ensuing Discourse which though small in Bulk yet the Subject matters is of the greatest Concernment otherwise I had not ventured on so high a Dedication for it treats of the power and practise of English Parliaments in former times with the first Rise of the House of Commons and of Magna Charta c. which will bee found to have had but hard births There was matter enough to have Compil'd a far greater Volumn but I have woon'd it upon a small Bottom in regard that besides my natural hatred to superfluities and circumlocutionss I would not bee so unmannerly as to hold your Highnesse too long who have suca world of high businesses perpetually in your thoughts One thing I humbly promise your Highnesse that the quotations here produc'd whereof there are many are all true and extracted out of Authentick Records but what consequences soever are drawn from them the Judgement is still reserv'd for your Highnesse Endernier ressort There is a memorable saying of Charles Martell in that mighty Revolution in France when hee introduc'd the second Race of Kings That in the pursuit of all his actions he used to say that He followed not the Ambition of his Heart as much as the Inspirations of his Soul and the designs of Providence This may be applied to your Highnesse in the Conduct of your great Affairs and admirable successes So craving pardon for this high presumption and the boldnesse of the Subject for which I humbly beg your protection I rest in the lowliest posture of obedience At your Highness command I. H. To the Knowing READER Touching The Method of this Discourse THere are various wayes for the conveyance of knowledge to the understanding and to distil it by degrees into the Cels of humane brain It may be done either by a down-right Narration and continued Discourse or by Allegories Emblemes and Parables Or by way of Dialogue Interlocutions and Conference The first is the Easiest and most Usual way The second is the most Ingenious and Difficult The last the most Familiar and Satisfactory When one doth not onely inform but remove and answer all objections and quaeries that may intervene all along in the pursuit of the matter It is the mode and method of this Treatise which discoursing of the affairs of England proceeds by way of Colloquy 'twixt Philanglus and Polyander The first a good Patriot and great lover of the English The other a person who had seen much of the world abroad and studied men as both their names do intimate Conveniunt Rebus Nomina saepe suis I. H. Some Inspections made into the Cariage and Consults of the late long PARLEMENT c. In a Colloquy 'twixt Philanglus and Polyander Gentle Sir Philanglus HOw glad am I to see you so well return'd to England after so long a separation having breath'd air under so many diffe●ing Climes convers'd with Nations of so many differing complexions and made so many hazardous voyages and itinerations both by land and Seas as I understand you have Polyander 'T is true there is a kind of hazzard that hovers over our heads wheresoever we pass in this transitory incertain world the Morning cannot presage what the Evening may produce some odd thing may happen 'twixt the cup and the lip but the danger of forrein travel or peregrination is nothing so great as 't is commonly apprehended one may travell all Europe with as much security and accommodation as any part of England one may goe from Calis to Constantinople as safely as from Bristol to Berwick one may passe from Vienna to Venice from Paris to Prague from Madrid to Magdenburgh as securely as from London to Lancaster or from Saint Davids head to Dover 'T is true that before Negotiation and Commerce made mankind more communic●ble it was an uncouth thing to travel or make removes far from home In this Island not an age since if one were to make a journey from Wales to London much more from London to France it was usual for him to make his last will but now the world growing still more populous and people more sociable by mutua traffique and knowledge of languages the case is altered In my whole ten years travel I thank my Creator I never rancounterd any danger or difficulty but I might have met with the like in England if one observes these three small Imperatiss audi cerne tace hear see and be silent he need no other passeport to travel the world But dear Sir now that I am return'd to breath English air again I hold it one of the best welcomes to find you so well after so long an absence and I embrace you with both my arms giving you a thousand thanks for the fair respects and litteral correspondence you kept with me while I wandered abroad for it was my greatest comfort Philanglus Sir you teach me what I should say to you in this point but truely you should have had a more frequent account of matters here but that of late years it hath been usual to intercept and break up letters which is a baser kind of burglary then to break into ones house or chamber for this may be a plundering onely of some outward pelf or baggage of fortune but he who breaks open one Letters which are the Ideas of the minde as is spoken elsewhere may be said to rifle the very brain and rob one of his most precious thoughts and secret'st possessions But Sir now that I have the happinesse to re-enjoy you what doe they say abroad of these late revolutions in England Polyander They say that the English are a sturdy terrible and stout people that the power and wealth of this Island was never discovered so much before both by Land and Sea that the true stroke of governing this Nation was never hit upon till now Politicians new and old have beaten their brains and shot at rovers in writing of divers sorts of Governments but the wisest of them concur in this opinion that there is no Government more resembling Heaven and more durable upon Earth or that hath any certain principles but Monarchy and such a Monarchy that hath an actual visible Military strength