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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62100	The Kings most gracious messages for peace and a personal treaty published for his peoples satisfaction, that they may see and judge, whether the foundation of the Commons declaration, touching their votes of no farther addresse to the King, viz His Majesties aversenesse to peace, be just rationall and religious.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Symmons, Edward.	1648 (1648)	Wing S6344; ESTC R669	99,517	147

the Tragedie is still the same the variation is onely of the Actors not of the Scene Nor did those Pharisees desire his death and down-fall more then these Saduces doe and will endeavour to prevent His Resurrection T is the same Leven that sowres both factions and the controversie between them only is which shall be the chief or have most strength to expresse most sowrenesse But His Majesty finds a difference in the present condition of Affairs from what they were at the former presentment of these Propositions for they seemed to be totally destructive to the interests of the Army now more manifest to Him then before whom His Majesty was pleased to look on at this present not only as Subjects but as Friends and being desirous in His Princely care and equity as a common Father to give satisfaction to all His people doth as we see in His wisdome and publick affections answer accordingly and since the Army had been their Servants and Hirelings though against Himself their naturall Leige Lord yet He thinks it meet in His Fatherly Clemency not only to passe by what they had done as acts of ignorance in them but also to endeavour that they be payed their wages and to this end commends their case and Proposalls to those their Masters who had imployed them and sent these Propositions unto Him And that all parties may have content He desires againe a Personall Treaty with them for Peace whereunto He is well pleased for His part if it be thought fit as he sayes that Commissioners from the Army may also be admitted that so without more adoe a cleare open and full satisfaction might be given to all parties And sure the Soldiers as well as the rest of his abused and deluded people will find in the end that the King will prove their best friend and pay-master who in the meane time as they may observe makes Himselfe even a Petitioner in their behalfe to His two Houses whom He conjures againe as He had done oft before by the duty they owe to God to Himselfe their King and by the bowels of compassion which they have or ought to have to their fellow-subjects to give way that their present sufferings may be relieved their future miseries prevented and the joyfull newes of Peace againe restored But this request and conjuration of His Majesty at the present found no other respect with the new purged Houses then His other before had done when by their owne confessions these Houses were so filthy and uncleane indeed the purging was not compleatly done according to the Law of clensing for the Leprosie that hath so troubled us all was as now appeares spread to the very walls and stones and morter it self all which should have been taken away and other stones and morter put in the place thereof that is New Houses should have been throughly framed of new materials and so the Plague might have been quite healed which upon this default grew worse ere long then it had been before as if the evill spirit had been onely thrust out to fetch in seven more spirits worse and more wicked then himselfe for not long after His Majesty had sent this last Message or Answer He was forced back to His former Condition of Captivity He is circled with Armies watched by Soldiers yea hath strict and strange guards set and doubled upon Him and His servants that were formerly admitted excluded from Him In a word He is reduced to the same if not to a worse condition by his Deliverers at Hampton Court then that was which they pretended to free him from at Holdenby For some amongst them whisperingly threatned also his sudden destruction and to act the Assassinates part upon His Sacred Person Whereupon for the safety of His life He was forced to retire speedily and privately from that place in the night season when the weather was wet cold stormy tempestuous at which time He left this insuing Declaration behinde Him on the Table which speaks aboundantly His great wisdome and strong affections towards the Peace and Happinesse of all His People not excepting His very Enemies notwithstanding His Barbarous and Hard usage at their Hands His Majesties eighteenth Message His Majesties most Gracious Declaration left by Him on His Table at Hampton Court Novemb. 11. 1647. CHARLS R. LIberty being that which in all times hath been but especially now is the common theame and desire of all men common Reason shews that Kings lesse then any should endure captivity And yet I call God and the world to witnesse with what patience I have endured a tedious restraint which so long as I had any hopes that this sort of my suffering might conduce to the peace of my Kingdoms or the hindring of more effusion of bloud I did willingly undergoe but now finding by too certain proofs that this my continued patience would not onely turn to my personall ruine but likewise be of much more prejudice then furtherance to the publique good I thought I was bound as well by Naturall as Politicall obligations to seek my safety by retiring my self for some time from the publick view both of my friends and enemies And I appeal to all indifferent men to judge if I have not just cause to free my selfe from the hands of those who change their Principles with their condition and who are not ashamed openly to intend the destruction of the Nobility taking away their Negative Voice and with whom the Levellers doctrine is rather countenanced then punished And as for their intentions to my Person their changing and putting more strict Guards upon me with the discharging most of all those Servants of mine who formerly they willingly admitted to wait upon me does sufficiently declare Nor would I have this my retirement mis-interpreted for I shall earnestly and uncessantly endeavour the setling of a safe and well-grounded Peace where ever I am or shall be and that as much as may be without the effusion of more Christian blood for which how many times have I desired prest to be heard and yet no ear given to me And can any reasonable man think that according to the ordinary course of affaires there can be a setled Peace without it Or that God will blesse those who refuse to hear their own King Surely no. Nay I must farther adde that besides what concernes my selfe unlesse all other chief interests have not onely a hearing but likewise just satisfaction given unto them to wit the Presbyterians Independents Army those who have adhered to me and even the Scots I say there cannot I speak not of Miracles it being in my opinion a sinfull presumption in such cases to expect or trust to them be a safe or lasting Peace Now as I cannot deny but that my personall security is the urgent cause of this my retirement so I take God to witnesse that the publike Peace is no lesse before my eyes and I can finde no better way to expresse