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A86679 The royall, and the royallist's plea. Shewing, that the Kings Majesty hath the chiefe power in this realme, and other his dominions, (1 Pet. 2.13.) And to him the chiefe government of all estates of this realme, whether they be civill or ecclesiasticall, in all causes doth appertaine. Artic. 27. of Religion concerning magist. Hudson, Michael, 1605-1648. 1647 (1647) Wing H3262; Thomason E390_19; ESTC R201538 20,403 30

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offer to his Majesty 19 Propositions destructive of Regality and Monarchy Iune 2. And they enforce them as absolutely necessary to the publique safety whereas to the Kingdomes security The Forts and Castles and the Militia and the Navy alone are sufficient in case of danger and so the particulars are proposed and imposed on his Majesty only by way of designe to undermine Kingship and Monarchy And his Majesties former condiscentions touching the Forts and Castles and the Militia and the Navy Note being more then sufficient against their pretended dangers at present they also are demanded not for necessity but meerly of designe and policie They claime an absolute power over the Subject in Order to their Cause and to the present Warre And they take up Armes in prosecution of these Propositions and demands Iune 10. After they had in the forecited-Declaration of May 26. claimed a power over the people of the Land to dispose of their persons and estates in Order to their Cause and to compell them to serve in the present Warre The whol Series of Occurrents discover their Designe Thus the entire Series of Occurrents from their Summons to their Armes plainly discovers the malice of their hearts and the Reality of their Designe against the King and against the Crowne The severall particulars shew how they have moved from time to time And the severall particulars shew cleerly how they have moved from time to time first in a Parliamentary way by Bill then by Pamphlets in a seditious way afterwards in a Tumultuary way against the Parliament Next under the pretended priviledg of Parliament against the king Then by usurping the strength of the Kingdome and with insolency against his Majesty and not without attempts upon the Crowne it selfe And lastly other meanes being ineffectuall by force of Armes Why they raysed their Arms and continue them when they will lay them downe raysed at first to maintain and make good whatsoever they had preferred published acted usurped spoken declared proposed and to drive on their Designe against the King and to alter the Government of the Kingdome and to this day continued to perfect that alteration begun in part already and not to bee laid downe till it be compleated and setled to the utter overthrow of Monarchy and consequently to the Ruine and destruction of his Majesty and his Posterity who are the only Rub in their way and to be necessarily removed before their dominion can be established I shall omit all other Particulars before rehearsed leaveing them to the further consideration of every private man and insist only on the Propositions Why the other particulars were omitted and the Propositions only insisted on which are the very drift of all the former proceedings and a lively Portraiture of the whole Plot and the reason of the first Armes and the constant Argument of their Treaties and consequently the ground and end of the Warre The true state of the Warre on the Kings side and on the Parliaments THE Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament alleage That there was a Designe by Papists The Allegation of the Lords and Commons for taking up Armes and by an ill-aff●cted Party to overthrowe our Religion Lawes and Liberties and to introduce Popery and Tyranny and that they tooke up Armes to defend our Religion L●wes and Liberties The King alleageth That there was a Designe by a factious seditious anti-Monarchicall Party The Kings Allegation for his taking up of Armes to overthrowe the established government of Church and State and to settle the chiefe Power and Government in the two Houses of Parliament And that upon their Allegation aforesaid and in Order to their Designe aforesaid the two Houses have claimed and exercised a Soveraigne Power over the Lawes of the Land and an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Power over our persons and Estates and have levyed warre and compelled us to serve in the warre as was pretended to keepe out Tyranny and Popery and so to carry on their Designe against Regallity and Monarchy And his Majesty tooke up Armes as he alleageth to maintaine the ancient Government of the Kingdome and our established Religion Lawes and Liberty Now the true cause of taking up and continuing of Armes on each side The true Cause of the war on both sides is best knowne by their Propositions offered before and treated on since the warre The Parliaments Propositions The Parliaments Propositions THAT a Bill be passed for the utter abolishing and taking away Arch-Bishops c. For abolishing Bishops For nominating the Officers of State and the Judges in England That the Lord high Steward of England Lord high Constable Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Great-Seale Lord Treasurer Lord Privy Seale Earle Marshall Lord Admiral Warden of the Cinque-ports Chancelour of the Exchequor Master of the Wards Secretaries of State two Cheife Justices and the Cheife Baron be nominated by both Houses of Parliament The like for Ireland The like for the kingdome of Ireland as touching the Deputy or cheife Governour or other Governour there and the Presidents of the severall Provinces the Chancellor or L. Keeper L. Treasurer c. The Educating of the Kings children That he or they unto whom the Government of the kings children shall be committed shall bee approved of by both Houses of Parliament and their servants likewise For marrying them That no marriage shall be concluded or treated for any of the Kings children with any forraigne Prince or other person whatsoever abroad or at home without consent of the Parliament For the Militia That the Militia be setled and the Subjects of the Kingdomes of England and Ireland be appointed to be Armed Trayned and Disciplined in such manner as both Houses of Parliament shall thinke fit For the Admiralty and Navy That the Admiralty and force at Sea and power of raysing Money for the maintenance of those Forces and of the Navy bee setled in the two Houses of Parliament For the Forts and Castles That the Forts and Castles of the Kingdome shall be put under the Command and Custody of such Persons as shall be approved of by both Houses of Parliament For the votes of Peeres to be made hereafter That no Peere made hereafter shall sit or vote in Parliament unlesse they bee admitted thereto by both Houses of Parliament For concluding of Peace war That the Concluding of Peace and Warre with forraigne Princes and States bee with the advice of the Parliaments of both Kingdomes A quere upon the Parliaments Propositions Now the Question is Whether these Propositions considered The two Houses of Parliament doe truely take up Armes and continue them for the defence of our Religion Lawes and Liberties against Popery and Tyranny as is alleaged by them or not rather for the overthrowe of the established Government of Church and State and of Reg●llity and Monarchy and for setling the