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B28857	A Relation of all the passages and proceedings in Somersetstire [sic] and Bristoll with their valiant resolution to fight for the King and Parliament with a speech made by his excellence the Earle of Essex concerning the Kings proclamation read at a conference on Thursday the eleventh of August, 1642 : also certain reasons written by a private gentleman shewing the cause wherefore arms are raysed by both Houses of Parliament.	Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646.; Private gentleman.	1642 (1642)	Wing R798	5,826	8

of these aspring spirits that they incroached temporall Jurisdiction and would have had the whole sway in their own hands but as Suidas saith for Priests to be temporall Judge is to knit that which will never be twisted and for a Divine to meddle in Secular affaires is as if a bird in the Ayre should with the Mouldwarp worke in the earth To season this lump of matter every Kingdome hath many distinct and particular Laws or Customes after a government once setled not before as a batch of bread consists of many distinct loafs after the distinction which before is contained undistinguished under one lump A man consists of many distinct members which at the first conception was not distinct In the next place I will give a touch of the effects that have hapned by the plots counsels and endeavours of these croaking Frogs or rather Spiders of the Common-wealth who by issuing forth their deadly poyson have crackt the Venice glasse of our peace and tranquillity When Scotland perceived their Religion betrayed and their liberties inthralled and by the power and policie of these Instruments their Sovereignes eare stopped from their just complaints they openly declared their grievances and desired justice against the Infringers of their peace whereupon their Enemies perceiving the ends were not only likely to be frustrate but their lives and fortunes questioned they turned their invective counsels to advise his Majesty that their Declarations were libellous their Petitions and behaviour rebellious And so began to inforce by the terrour of an Army that which policy could not accomplish And like Guido Godfrey and others in the Reign of Hen. 3. began to act the part of their lawlesse rage by seeking utterly to destroy all those that withstood their malicious and wicked enterprises and by projects and many heavy taxes oppressing the people at home hoping by force to overthrow and cut off one Nation at a blow and so to dreane the purses and poll the estates of the other that there should be no ability to gain-say them And although at this instant there was no present Levies of Arms against the Subject in England yet the danger and successe both of an offensive or a defensive war do oftentimes prove to be of equall hazard from which I conclude that the designe against England at that time was the same and as great if not greater then against Scotland I will not crush out my notes in this behalfe in any new division and the portion I shall allow will not be large therefore in this place I will come to give a touch that when things were brought to this head the Jesuits and Papists who are alwayes thirsty after bloud now plot and contrive by all meanes the forwarding of these Wars as the only way to promote the Catholike cause And perceiving that the want of money was likely to prove a great hindrance to their designe they began to make great proffers they will now be deemed his Majesties best Subjects And as if the taxes under which the Protestants were too light a burthen they will lay greater upon themselves an hired servant that received not above forty shillings per annum must pay five shillings towards the promotion of this cause The Bishops and other of the Clergy who desired to goe hand in hand with them under colour of an Ayd grant large Subsidies in their Synod And therein shewed such forwardnesse that no doubt to advance those Wars they would have imitated the Clergy in Hen. 2. time which although for another purpose sold their Chalices to advance their own ends And it is to be observed that the before-mentioned persons that were as I have said the chiefe Agents and promoters of the Wars and difference between the two Nations England and Scotland are the only Incendiaries and causers of the present difference betweene the King and the Parliament These persons when they were in the height of their glory might justly have most cause to question their own strength Christ all that fairly glistereth doth quickly break and as the ascent of usurped Royalty is slippery so the top is shaking and the fall great A Parliament was now called in Scotland and likewise another in England his Majesty being gratiously pleased to make sweetnesse and clemency the entrance to settle these distempered States and though it be a matter much questioned by those that observe the successe and event of things whether his Majesty did it by compulsion and politick counsell rather then out of affection to his Subjects or desire and intent to settle the distempers of both Kingdoms he begins first with Scotland heares their Petitions grants their desires and settles all their grievances Here the current began to run smooth and cleere now all rough waves seem to be gone and past the Sun shines bright and cleere and the strength of our hopes gave us almost full assurance of the like happy successe His Majesty hastens his return from Scotland declares his hearty desire to effect the like work in England he is received with exceeding great acclamations of joy some assurance is now given to our thirsty hopes the Parliament begins to move in its proper Orbe But here me thinks my discourse wants one of the three dimensions It is long and broad enough yet it wants depth to shew the occasion or reason of this sudden change Great things wee know are seldom effected without much difficulty especially when they meet with strong opposition The malignant faction begin again to muster their forces they perceive that if the Parliament should be suffered to goe on prosperously their present plots and enterprises would not only be made stustrate and void but the knot so broken and their wings so clipt that they should never be able to put in practice any more notorious Acts sutable to their desires The Devill in acting of his plots never wants Instruments Now they renew the former pernitious counsels and consider that their ends will not stand in competition with a Parliament and therefore endeavour to overthrow not only some Members of both Houses but also the very effence and being thereof so that herein will appeare the disparity of the subject of my discourse that the Parliament in Scotland did finish that in three moneths that the Parliament in England hath laboured after above twelve moneths and yet cannot accomplish Here me thinks this Skeen in my hand is so twisted by reason of the ensuing lines of my discourse that I cannot without entangling winde it upon a proper bottom The Parliament in England which hath always been held the sovereigne cure to heal the distempers of the Kingdome and the safest and most faithfull Counsell of the Kings of this Land without whose advise in the most flourishing times of this Kingdome the Kings thereof would not undertake any great designe which was the reason that Ed. 3. being animated to goe with the King of France to the holy Wars refused to goe without the consent of his Parliament and caused a Parliament to be called for that purpose But through the unheard of opposition that hath beene from time to time made against the Parliament and their proceedings either by increase and multiplicity of businesse or new plots and devices continually framed and contrived by the malignant party which have often endevoured the ruine and destruction of the whole Kingdom that during all this space of time without most eminent danger to the whole State they have had no leisure to render to offenders the just reward of their merits no means his Majesty being seduced by wicked Counsell to redresse all our grievances having sufficient labour and toyle with all their might to underprop and uphold the tottering fabrick of this distempered Kingdom so that although there appeare some disparity between the happinesse of the successe of the Parliament in England and Scotland yet herein me thinks my notes have the vertue of a Look ingglasse to shew and represent that which is before as wel as that which is behind In this behalf this short discourse being fully lookt upon as in a glasse may shew the apparity of the the cause as it stood lately betwixt the two Nations England and Scotland and as it now stands betweene his Majesty and the Parliament the causes and the Agents being still the same the Papists and Popish affected Clergy still joyning together and doe at this present proffer great summes of money and other assistance for the advancing of Civill Wars in England And although this that I have said be sufficient for my present purpose yet mee thinks I heare Tilbury speak It cannot fall within the compasse of mans knowledge to utter the malicious intents and purposes of these persons And as Pliny sheweth that all Homers Iliads were written in a Nutshell the whole matter of my discourse it may be you shall judge it all shell and no kernell but my metall is moulten and my bellows by often blowing have let out all their breath The Earle of Essexs Resolution ON Thursday the eleventh of August a Proclamation was sent from the King to the Parliament proclayming the Earle of Essex and all that serve under his command or adhere to him Traitours which being read in the House of Commons they desired a conference with the Lords at which conference it was declared by the House of Commons that they had considered of the reasons of their taking up of Arms which was for defence of the Kingdom the Laws of the Land the Priviledges of Parliament and the Liberty of the Subject and therefore resolved that all those terrifying threatnings in the Proclamation should not make them desist from going on in the defence of so just a cause Whereupon the Earle of Essex said that hee would use his best skill and utmost endeavour even to the losse of his dearest bloud in the place they had conferred on him in mayntaining the said cause FINIS

A RELATION Of all the passages and proceedings in Somersetstire and Bristoll with their valiant Resolution to fight for the King and Parliament With a speech made by his Excellence the Earle of Essex concerning the Kings Proclamation read at a Conference on Thursday the eleventh of August 1642. ALSO CERTAIN REASONS WRITTEN by a private Gentleman shewing the cause wherefore Arms are raysed by both houses of PARLIAMENT Ordered by the Lords that this be forth-with Printed Iohn Brown Cleric Parlamentorum LONDON Printed for W. Gay 1642. August 13. A briefe Relation of the proceedings in Somersetshire and Bristoll c. UPon Munday the eighth of August the Marquesse of Hartford wi●● other Lords Knights and Gentlemen lodged altogether at Welt and had gathered together about 500 horses well armed and upon Wednesday the Gentlemen viz. Sir Ralph Hopton and others with all their horse came from Wels neere Shepton Mallet upon a great Hill which the people observing Posts were sent unto Sir Iohn Horner Master Popham and others certifying that these Cavaleers were comming to destroy them whereupon every man made ready for their comming but the Cavaleers returned from the Hill to Shipton and broke into many honest mens houses and plundered them and then the Countrey rising being in feare of their lives they stayed not but went again to Wells And on Friday morning they all marched to a great Hill foure miles from Wells being the place appointed for that days meeting whither came to meet them all that quarter of the Shire very well armed and some of the Committees met them and Sir Ed. Hungerford lent arms unto 200 Volunteers and within an houre there came in of the Countrey about 40000 to oppose the Marquesse with the hazard of their lives and there came out of Wiltshire about 300 horsmen and 300 out of Bristoll with Pistols and Carbines and from Gloncester there came about 300 〈◊〉 of Volunteers These with the rest discovered abundance of stoutnesse and resolution and there was two wayne load of powder bullet and match sent from Bristoll and foure small field-pieces and when the Souldiers were put into order they marched within sight of Wells and pitched upon a great Hill and the day being neere spent and no victuals to be had for the present yet such was the courage and resolution of the people that they would not depart that place but lay all night upon the Hill and spent the time in prayer and singing Psalmes and the next morning the Country within ten miles about sent in provision of all sorts with Wayns and Carts that there was sufficient and to spare After breakfast the Souldiers were very earnest to fall upon the Towne whereupon the Committee and Deputy Lievtenants sent five propositions unto them which if they did not presently yield into the Souldiers would fall upon them and they desired an houre or two time to consider of it and in the mean time the Marquesse Knights G●ntlemen and Cavaleers forsook the Town and rode away Upon all this relation you may cleerly see the condition and stout resolution of that Countrey A COMPARISON BETVVEENE The late troubles in Scotland and the present Distractions in England compared with some Antiquities Written by a private Gentleman IT hath beene ever held a rule or Maxime amongst all Nations to make the defence of Religion the chiefe ground or cause of their War sometimes for meere politick ends and by respects sometimes to plant it where it is not and sometimes to regulate it where it is Amongst these the last seems most dangerous because it seldome happens but within the Territories of one and the same Prince and so produceth the miserable effects of Civill War But to come to my present purpose wherein I intend in a comparative manner briefly to discourse of the late troubles that have hapned in Scotland and in England And because my Needle hath not beene toucht being the first that hath written upon this subject If I vary in the Compasse or meet with a Rocke I shall expect some favour although I will not s●e for any speciall passon as not worthy of it for hee that follows himselfe follows the worst Master that is The cause of all those troubles in Scotland was innovation in their Religion and violation of the ancient Laws and Statutes of the Kingdome as did sufficiently appeare by their severall declarations The chiefe plotters and contrivers of those distractions and distempers were Bishops Papists and a malignant par●y of others that were ill affected to the Protestant Religion who had a malicious and wicked intent to inthrall and bring into bondage both the souls persons and estates of three Kingdoms at once And by making use of the great favour power and authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury the Clergy began to fail after a Cynosure which was elevated to the thirty sixt degree and began to follow the steps of Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury in the time of Hen. 2. who forswore himselfe by denying the power of the King to inlarge the power of the Pope and to bring the Canon Law into this Land In the passage whereof Hen. 2. playd Adrestus part and stabbed himself In England as in Scotland our grievances are of two kinds either such as concern the innovation of our Religion or such as concern our Laws and Liberties as hath been often declared both by Petitions and Declarations The fountain from whence these our evils have sprung hath by too much experience been found to arise from the before named Incendiaries of mischief the Papists and Popish affected Clergy with other of that malignant party The Papists who are never wanting to use their utmost power and best skill to stir up Wars and dissentions betweene Kingdomes joyned themselves in their plotting and contriving with the Archbishop as finding him a fit Instrument to work upon being the darling of the time as Mounford was in the time of Hen. 3. the Clergy were gotten to that height that they commanded both persons and causes their authority was advanced to that Supremacy and Greatnesse that none might so much as question their doings No doubt but these men now thought themselves as great as Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury did in the time of Edw. 1. who took on him to be equall with the King saying in one of his Epistles to the Pope that the Plough of the holy Church is drawn by two Oxen. of equall strength and beauty the King and himselfe Now they intended to make their Cannons and Decrees of that force that none should dare presume to dispute on the lawfulnesse of them like that learned Synod in the Reigne of Rich. 2. when Thomas Arundel was Archbishop of Canterbury where they decreed that none should dispute upon the Articles determined in the Church nor doubt of the authority of those Decrees the offenders to the contrary should be pronounced Hereticks Such was the misery that began to overtake us by the potent greatnesse