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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27541	Ludlow no lyar, or, A detection of Dr. Hollingworth's disingenuity in his Second defence of King Charles I and a further vindication of the Parliament of the 3d of Novemb. 1640 : with exact copies of the Pope's letter to King Charles the first, and of his answer to the Pope : in a letter from General Ludlow, to Dr. Hollingworth : together with a reply to the false and malicious assertions in the Doctor's lewd pamphlet, entituled, His defence of the King's holy and divine book, against the rude and undutiful assaults of the late Dr. Walker of Essex.	Ludlow, Edmund, fl. 1691-1692.; Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Reply to the pope's letter [of 20 April 1623]; Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623.	1692 (1692)	Wing B2068; ESTC R12493	70,085	85

a Secret Whether I then had or not you bring one into my Remembrance by your enquiry whether the King had been to blame if he had chop'd off some of the Scotch Commissioners Heads and you shall have it I have heard and do believe that the King having against all Justice imprisoned the Earl of Lowdon one of the Commissioners from the Scotch Parliament in the Tower he about three of the Clock in the Afternoon sent his own Letter to Sir William Balfour Lieutenant of the Tower commanding him to see my Lord of Lowdon 's Head struck off within the Tower before nine the next Morning Upon the Receipt of this Command the Lieutenant of the Tower that his Lordship might prepare for Death gave him notice of it He being surprized as well he might prevailed with Sir William to find out the Marquess of Hamilton then in great favour with the King and Master of the Horse and to tell him that he esteemed him to be engaged in Honour to interpose in this matter The Letter being thereupon carried and shewn to the Marquess it struck him with Astonishment and with no small difficulty he made his way to the King being then in Bed and humbly enquired whether his Majesty had given such a Command for beheading the Earl of Lowdon the King answered Yes and I will be obeyed therein he shall die The Marquess finding him inexorable told his Majesty that he would kiss his Hand and instantly take his Horse and be gone for he would not stay to see his Majesty massacred as most certainly he would for before the next Night the whole City would come upon him Hereby the King was wrought upon to hold his Hand and countermand the fatal Warrant This is so incredible a piece of Tyranny that I cannot expect you should believe it upon my bare Assertion I shall therefore shew you that it seems to be pointed at in Bishop Burne●'s Memoirs Page 161. in these words There were some ill Instruments about the King Bishops no doubt on'● who advised him to proceed capitally against Lowdon which is believed went very far But the Marquess of Hamilton opposed this vigorous●y assuring the King that if that were done Scotland was for ever lost Now if Curiosity shall lead you to enquire further into this matter you may do well to learn what is meant by the obscure Expression which is believed went very far and if that do not open the whole business to you you will not fail of Satisfaction if you can by any Friend make way to the Original Papers from which my Lord Bishop of Salisbury took his Memoirs and which now are in the Hands of his Grace my Lord Duke of Hamilton A word or two more about Scotland and we will cast an Eye on your Impeachment against our own Nation you very often term the Actions of that Kingdom factious seditious rebellious traiterous Now let me shew you how the Scotch Parliament defined Treason We entreat our Adversaries say they to shew us in good earnest and not by way of Railing in what sense we have incurred the Censure of Rebellion and Treason We cannot be moved to think but the Mitre of a usurping Prelate by the Authority of a National Council may be thrown to the ground without the Violation or smallest Touch of the Crown or Scepter of Imperial Majesty To dethrone a Prelate and to overturn Prelacy we judg it no Treason against the King Traitors to God and their Country must be Traitors to the King and such as are faithful to God and their Country must be the King 's best Subjects The Right of his Majesty's Crown and the Acts of Parliament command all the Subjects to rise with the King and to assist him when he riseth for God and the Country but no Law nor Act of Parliament forbiddeth to stand for God and the Country in the case of publick Invasion Take now from Bp. Burnet's Memoirs a true Account of these Scotch Troubles which have now been so troublesome to you and me and I 'll return to Old England The Lord 's of the Council saith he Page 31 not 782. laid the greatest blame upon Bishops which appears from the Earl of Traquaire's Letter to the Marquess of Hamilton date 27. Aug. 1631. viz. At the meeting of the Council 23 d Instant we found so much appearance of Trouble and Stir like to be amongst People of all Qualities and Degrees upon the urging of this New-Service-Book that we durst no longer forbear to acquaint his Majesty therewith Some of the leading Men of the Clergy are so violent and many times without ground or true judgment that their want of right Understanding how to compass business of this nature and weight doth often breed as many Difficulties and their rash and foolish Expressions and Attempts have bred such a Fear and Jealousy in the Hearts of many that if his Majesty were rightly informed thereof he would blame them and justly think that from them arises the ground of many Mistakes amongst us This Business in good Faith is by the Folly and Misgovernment of some of our Clergy come to that height that the like has not been seen in this Kingdom of a long time No more of Scotland Let 's see what 's next You declare your Resolution to apply your self to the Defence of what you had formerly said in behalf of King Charles and proceed thus Page 26. You say That those Gracious Acts which I mention were bought of him and what then What hath been more usual ever since Parliaments had a being in England Pray look into the Statute-Book and tell me what Gracious Favours can you find bestowed by the several Kings of this Realm upon their People that those People have not made their acknowledgments for them by presenting their Soveraigns with great Sums of Money What ridiculous Stuff is this Gracious Acts Gracious Favours c. It hath been heretofore well observed that some who call themselves Church-men have left their Station to become ignorant and unhappy States-men who have made the Church and the Tenets thereof an Instrument of Bondage to the Subject These Men tell us that Parliaments are not assembled to ease the Grievances of the Subject but to fill the Coffers of the Prince These Men teach Princes that all the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and the maintenance of them are Doals of Grace and Gifts of meer Favour proceeding from the Prince and not the true Birth-right of the Subject which they may truly challenge which are to be continued or changed as Princes shall think fit But pray let us see what these Gracious Acts these Gracious Favours were which we bought as in your Opinion we ought They were Acts to declare the levying Money by way of forced Loan Ship-Money Coat and Conduct-Money to be illegal and against the undoubted Liberty of the Subject to suppress the most accursed and tyrannical Courts called the Star-Chamber and High-Commission