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A95900	A summarie, or short survey of the annalls and most remarkable records of King Charles his reigne, from the first yeare thereof to this present, 1646. VVherein wee may plainly see how the Popish, Jesuiticall and prelaticall malignant party have indevoured the ruine of this church and kingdom, but was by Gods mercy most miraculously prevented. / Collected by John Vicars.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1646 (1646)	Wing V330; Thomason 669.f.10[101]; ESTC R210649	13,838	8

of Popish and Arminian tenets but shut up and restrained from Printing sound and Orthodox Doctrines 27. Nay not onely thus lamentably molesting us at home in England but attempting the like on our Brethren of Scotland indevouring to impose upon their consciences also a New Liturgye and a book of Canons upon the first introducing whereof into their Church they not induring them threw stones and stooles at the Arch-Bishop of St Andrews head and beat him out of the Church crying out a Pape a Pape and so rid themselves of them 28. Upon which refusall of theirs O what foule calumnies and scoffes were immediately cast upon them and they called and counted rebels and Traytors yea so proclaimed in all Churches in England 29. An Army was also raised to oppresse and suppresse them for thus resisting those the Kings and the Arch-prelates most injurious impositions on them 30. Our Brethren of Scotland likewise raising an Army in their own just defence and by force of armes inforcing their own peace 31. A first pacification being then made by the King and some of his Nobility and ratified under hand and Seal twixt them and the Scots yet was it shortly after shamefully violated and broken quite off by the Arch-prelate of Canterbury and the Earle of Straford 4. Parliament 32. A fourth Parliament was thereupon shortly after called again by those complotters meanes but to a very ill intent and another Parliament summoned also at the same time by the Earle of Straford in Ireland both of them onely to levy and procure monies to raise another Army and wage a new Warre against the Scots 33. The Ships and goods of our Brethren of Scotland were in all parts and ports of this kingdom and of Ireland also surprised and seized on for the King their Commissioners denyed audience to make their just defence to the King and the whole kingdome of Scotland and England too hereupon much distracted and distempered with leavying of monies and imprisoning all among us that refused the same 34. This Parliament also refusing to comply with the King Cant and Straford in this Episcopall warre against the Scots was soon dissolved and broken up by them and thereupon they returned to their former wayes of waste and confusion and the very next day after the dissolution thereof some eminent members of both Houses had their Chambers and studies yea their cabinets and very pockets of their wearing cloathes betimes in the morning before they were out of their beds searched for letters and writings and some of them also imprisoned and a false and most scandalous declaration was published against the House of Commons in the Kings name 35. A forced Loan of money was attempted in the City of London to be made a president if it prevailed there for the whole kingdom but some Aldermen refusing were sorely threatned and imprisoned 36. In which interim the Clergies Convocation continuing notwithstanding the dissolution of the Parliament new conscience-oppressing Canons were forged and a strange Oath with a monstrous c. in it was framed for the establishing of the Bishops Hierarchy with severe punishments on the refusers to take it 37. In this Convocation sore taxations were also imposed upon the whole Clergie even no lesse than six Subsidies besides a bountifull contribution to forward that intended warre against our brethren of Scotland 38. For the advancing of which said summes for this warre the popish pontifician party and their scandalous priests were most free and forward yea and a solemn prayer was composed and imposed by the Bishops on their Ministers every where to be used and read in all Churches against the Scots as rebels and traytors 39. The papists also in a high measure enjoyed even almost a totall toleration and a Popes Nuncio suffered among us to act and govern all Romish affaires yea a kinde of a private popish-parliament kept in the kingdom and popish jurisdictions erected among them 40. Commissions were also secretly issued out for some great and eminent papists for martiall Commands for levying of Souldiers and strengthening their party with Armes and Ammunition of all sorts and in great plenty 41. His Majesties treasure was by these meanes so extreamly exhausted and his revenues so anticipated that he was inforced to compell as it were his own Servants Judges and Officers of all sorts to lend him great summes of money aad prisons filled with refusers of these and the other illegall payments yea many High-Sheriffes summoned into the Starre-chamber and to the Councill-Board and some of them imprisoned for not being quick enough in levying Ship-money and such like intolerable taxations 42. In summe the whole kingdome was now brought into a lamentable and languishing condition of being most miserably bought and sold to any that could give and contribute most of might and malice against us and no hope of humane help but dolour● desperation and destruction to be the portion of all 43. In which interim our Brethren of Scotland being entred into our kingdome for their own just defence the King had advanced his Royall-Standard at York where the creame of the kingdome Nobles and Gentry being assembled and a treaty twixt the prime of both Armies had at Rippon for a faire and peaceable accommodation the King was at last inforced to take his Nobles Counsell and in the first place a cessation of Armes agreed on and then this fifth present Parliament the Parliament of Parliaments was necessitously resolved on to begin November ● 1640. 5 Parliament Anno 1640. Novemb. 3. 44. But behold a desperate plot and design was herein also immediately set on foot to spo●le or poyson it in the very Embrio and constitution of it in the first c●oyce of the Members thereof by Letters from the King Queen malignant and popish Earles Lords Knights and Gentry posted into all parts of the kingdome to make a strong party for them But by admirable divine providence this their plot was counterplotted and wonderfully frustrated and the Parliament most hopefully congregated and setled 45. Shortly after a very formidable Spanish-Fleet or Armado appeared on our English narrow Seas in sight of Dover and was comming in as was on very strong grounds more than probably conjectured as a third party to help to destroy us the Spaniards hoping that by this time we and the Scots were together by the ears but they were by Gods mercy beaten off from us by our Neighbours of Holland 46. In the time of ours and the Scots Armies residing in the North which was in June 1641. the Popish and malignant Lords and Prelates fearing the effects of this present Parliament complotted together to disaffect that our English Army against the Parliament and indevoured to bring it out of the North Southward and so to London to compell the Parliament to such limits and rules as they thought fit 47. For the advancing of which designe the Earle of Straford then prisoner in the Tower attempted an escape with Sir William

A SUMMARIE OR SHORT SURVEY OF THE Annalls and most Remarkable Records of King CHARLES His Reigne from the first YEARE thereof to this present 1646. VVherein wee may Plainly see how the Popish Jesuiticall and Prelaticall Malignant Party have indevoured the Ruine of this Church and Kingdom but was by Gods mercy most miraculously prevented CAROLVS D G Magnae Britt Fra et Hiber Rex Fidei Defensor Sol Orbem rediens Sic Rex Illuminat Vrbem Returne in Peace Great CHARLES redress our Woes For-sake at length thyne and the Kingdomes Foes Thy Gratious Presence will more comfort bring Then Phoebus splendor to a backward Spring 1 Parliament 1 IN the first year of King Charles his Reign a Parliament being called at Oxford the very first in his Reign two subsidies were first granted no grievances removed but the said Parliament soon dissolved 2. The sad effects which this Parliament produced were the losse of Rochell by the unhappy help of Englands Ships 3. The diversion of a most facile and hopefull warre from the West-Indies to a most expensive and successelesse attempt on Cales 4. The bloody and unblessed attempt on the peace concluded with Spain without consent of a Parliament contrary to a promise formerly made to the Kingdome by King James a little before his death whereby the Cause of the Palatinate was altogether most shamefully deserted by us 6. The Kingdom suddenly billetted with Souldiers and a concomitant project set on foot for Germane Horses to enforce men by fear to fall before arbitrary and tyrannicall taxations continually to be laid upon them 2. Parliament 7. The dissolution of a second Parliament at Westminster in the second year of King Charles after a declarative grant of no lesse than five Subsidies and the sad and bad issues that followed yea flowed on the Kingdome thereupon 8. As first the violent exacting from the people of that mighty summe of the five Subsidies or a summe equall to it by a Commission for a Royall-Loan as it was called 9. Many worthy Gentlemen imprisoned and vexed that refused to pay it 10. Great summes of money extorted from Subjects by Privy Seals and Excises 11. The most hopefull Petition of Right blasted in the very blossome of it 3 Parliament 12. A third Parliament called and quickly broken in the fourteenth year of the King and therein Parliamentary priviledges extreamly violated by after ill-usage of some of the best and worthiest Members thereof who were clapt up close prisoners denied all ordinary and extraordinary comforts of life and preservation of health which might have proved perpetuall to them had not a fourth Parliament which afterward happened necessitated their relief and release 13. And this third Parliament thus dissolved O the most miserable effects that followed thereon also 14. Scandalous and opprobrious Declarations published to asperse and besmear the proceedings of this last Parliament and some of the best Members thereof yea Proclamations set out to those effects thereby extremely to dis-hearten the Subjects yea and plainly forbidding them once to name a Parliament or to desire them any more 15. Whence immediately gushed out this damme of Parliaments thus being broken down the violent inundations even to a deluge of miseries of mighty summes of money got by that strange and straining project of Knight-hood yet 〈…〉 a faire colour and 〈…〉 of Law for it and for all the rest that followed 16. As the most burthen●o● Book of Rates the most h●avy and unheard of till ●●en taxation of Ship-money the enlargement of 〈…〉 contrary to Magnae Charta the injurious exaction of Coat and Conduct 〈…〉 away of the Train'd-Bands Armes the 〈…〉 into their hands and keeping it first from the 〈…〉 to be had thence but at most excessive rates 17. The destruction of the Forrest of Dean that most famous Magazine and Timber-store-house of the whole Kingdome which was sold to Papists 18. The monstrous Monopolies of Sope Salt Wine Leather and Seacoal yea almost of all things in the Kingdome of most necessary and common use 19. Restraint of Subjects Liberties in their Trades and Habitations for refusall of which foresaid heavy pressures O what great numbers of the Kings most loyall Subjects were vext with long and languishing suites some fined and confined to prisons to the losse of health in many of life in some Some having their houses broke open their goods seized on their studies or closets searched for writings books and papers to undoe them Some interrupted also in their Sea-Voyages and their ships taken from them in an hostile manner by Projectors as by Pirates or common Enemies 20. And O the crushing cruelties of the Star-Chamber-Court and Councill Table in those dayes chiefly for the fomenting and increasing of those and such-like most exorbitant and extravagant taxations pressures and unjust suites against the Subject 21. These thus farre for the miseries of the Common-wealth now also for the Churches danger and distresse O the wonderfull and amazing miseries of the Subjects Consciences also by King Charles his conniving at countenancing and encouraging the intolerable burthen of Popish Ceremonies Romish Innovations and such like other outrages of the Arch-Prelate of Canterbury and his Prelaticall Agents and instruments over the whole Kingdome in matters of religion Divine worship and spirituall cases of Conscience 22. The most palpable and abominable Romish Ceremonies used at the Kings Coronation and insolent and impious false and destructive additions in the Oath administred to the King at his said first Inauguration to the Crown by that most arrogant Arch-Bishop 23. And the manifold other impious impositions in matters of religion divine worship and spirituall cases of Conscience for refusing and opposing of which O how was the honest-hearted and tender-conscienced subject grievously oppressed by fines imprisonments stigmatizings mutilations whippings pillories gagges confinements and banishments yea and that into perpetuall close imprisonments in the most desolate remote and as they hoped and intended remorslesse parts of the Kingdome 24. The putting down yea utterly ruinating of that most famous and honourable work that ever this Kingdom saw in a private way for the advancement of Gods glory in the propagation of the Gospel I mean the Feoffees for buying in of Impropriations Noy the then Atturney-Generall openly in Court accusing that blessed work to be a worse plot against the Church he meant the Prelaticall Church sure than the Papists Powder plot 25. The advancing for the most part none to Ecclesiasticall Dignities and Livings but Arminians yea Popish-hearted Pontificians Suspending and silencing with deprivations degradations and excommunications almost all the most pious painfull and Orthodox learned Pastours over the kingdom whom they could catch in their snares and all this under a pretence of peace unity and conformity in which foresaid cases the High-Commission like the Spanish Inquisition with its most pragmaticall pranks was all along most intolerable and abominable 26. Printing-Presses set open for the printing and publishing of all sorts

which he siercely assaulted but was as bravely repulsed and by Gods blessing on Major Generall Massies fidelity magnanimity of spirit timely aide comming to relieve the town it was admirably freed and by the Lord Generalls Army and the City of Londons Regiments delivered 81. A desperate rebellion raised by the Kentish malignants but by Gods mercy timely suppressed about Tunbridge by the valour of Colonell Brown the wel-affected Gentry of the County of Kent 82. A Ship bound from Denmark to the King of about 300 tun richly laden with armes and ammunition another Ship bound from Newcastle to Holland laden with Sea-coale but in the midst thereof was found between 3 4000 li hid in the coales sent to buy arms for the King and a third great ship called the Fellowship of at least 400 tun carrying 24 pieces of Ordnance all these 3 ships taken by the Parlia ships made prize of 83. The comming in of our brethren of Scotl. with an army of at least 20000 horse and foot invited thereunto by the Parl in the bitter depth of winter when they marched up to the middle in snow and were forced to bring their Artillery over the ice of the frozen river of Tyne and the Citizens of London lent the Parliament a 100000 li. for the Scots first pay ro encourage their advance to help us against the Kings forces 84. A desperate plot of the Rovalists to starve up the City of London by breaking into Surrey Sussex Kent the other associated Counties but disappointed by the Parl Victories at Au●ton Alsford fought by Sir Will Waller with the help of the City of Londons regiments and the Royalists plots to hinder our brethren of Scotl comming in to our help by letters and Embassadors sent from France and messengers from King Charles to inveagle them to keep from us but all in vain by Gods good providence and mercy to us 85. The King granted a cessation of arms with the bloody rebels of Ireland and afterward justified it by a Declaration of his printed and published at Oxford but it was remarkably observed that he never prospered in any of his great designs after it 86. A Solemn League and Covenant taken by the Lords and Commons in Parl by the City of London and all parts of the kingdom in the Parliaments power for a pure reformation of Religion and Church-Government and a mutuall defence betwixt us and our brethren of Scotland 87. A notable plot by the Royalists to have Nottingham town Castle betrayed unto them the Officers therein being proffered above 10000 li. to c●nsent to it but prevented by Gods mercy in the fidelity of Colonell Hutchinson who was then the Governour thereof 88. A Generall plot against the Protestant Religion over all Christendom and the Danes and Hollanders also contribute to helpe King Charles therein but God wrought a mighty overture therein by the sudden breaking out of the Danes plot against the Swedes and their over-running almost all Denmark thereupon 89. A desperate plot against the City of London under a pretence of petitioning for peace acted by Sir Basil Brook Colonell Read and one Mr. Riley Vilet 2 Citizens of London others but by Gods providence discovered and prevented 1645. 90. Two desperate plots for the betraying of Ailsbury into the Royalists hands and another against Southampton but all three by Gods mercy timely discovered also and prevented 91. One Mr. Edward Stanford a Papist plotted with Captain Backhouse a Capt. of Horse under Colonell Massie for the betraying of the City of Gloucester into the Enemies hands and proffered 5000 li. for a reward thereof 200 li. whereof was paid in hand to the said Captain but by Gods providence the plot frustrated and Gloucester safely preserved 92. Englands great wonder to Gods glory there being about May 30. 1644. six brave armies in the kingdome on the Parliaments side and other forces for defence of the City of London besides 93. A plot to have betrayed our whole Army in Cornwall in the VVest but by Gods blessing most of the Souldiers lives were preserved though with the losse of our Artillery 94. Sir Alexander Carew Sir John Hot●am Captain Hotham and the Arch-prelate of Canterbury beheaded on Tower-Hill for treason against the Parliament 95. A peace onely pretended by the royalists at Uxbridge and a treacherous petition framed by the malignants of Buckingham shire wherein one Sir John Lawrence of that County was a great stickler but the mischief of both was frustrated 96. A desperate assault on Melcomb-Regis to have betrayed it into the royalists hands wherein divers of the malignant Townsmen had a principall hand and Colonell Goring and Sir Lewis Dives were agents therein but by Gods blessing the plot was frustrated the Town and Forts recovered and two ships with rich prize from Rhoan in France were seized on to make amends for their trouble 1645. 97. Divers Earles and Lords disaffecting the Kings courses forsook Oxford and came in and submitted themselves to the Parliament 98. The King in great distresse after our famous Victory at Nazeby is forced to fly up and down from Leicester not knowing where to stay in safety 99. A desperate plot in the West against the Parliament by the Clubmen but by Gods providence turned to the Enemies greatest hurt in the issue 100. A devillish sudden plot upon Scotland which was almost over run by traiterous Montrosse but as suddenly recovered again by Gods blessing on Generall David Lesley and Montrosse discomfitted and beaten away into the mountaines 1646. 101. A Discovery of grosse impiety in the King and his Oxonians the King pretending a desired personall treaty with the Parliament for a wel-grounded peace and yet at that time granted a Commission to the Earle of Glamorgan to the ruine of all the protestants in Ireland and so consequently of us in England also 102. The King before his departure out of Oxford sends a Commission or Letter to the Marquis of Ormond to make an absolute peace with those bloody rebels granting them full profession of their Romish religion by his voluntary authority to the shame of himself and his religion notwithstanding which Commission or Letter the King sent a letter to the Parliament another to the City of London protesting in them that nothing in the world was more desired by him than that in religion and peace with all the comfortable fruits of both they might thenceforth live under him in all godlinesse and honesty that foresaid Commission or Letter being discovered to the Parliament after the sending of those Letters and thereby the notorious unfaithfulnesse of the King manifested to us 102. The King after that disloyall peace with the bloody Irish was now at last inforced out of absolute necessity to get out of Oxford in a most disgracefull disguise as a Servingman to Ashburnham and by this ignoble escape to put himself into the hands of our loyall brethren of Scotland for

safeguard Yet he persists and continues at Newcastle in as much obduracy and hardnesse of heart as at the first and the Lord onely knowes what will become of him if he return not to God his people and Parliament which the Lord in mercy worke his heart unto Amen 104. The great Seale broken before the Lords and Commons on Tuesday the 11 of August 1646. The Speech of the Lord Louthen Chancellour of Scotland to the King at Newcastle July 1646. YOur Majesty was plcased on Monday last to call the Lords of Your Councell and Committee to acquaint them with the Propositions and told them before you would deliver Your Answer You would make the same known to them The time assigned to the Commissioners stay is so short and the consequence of your Majesties Answer of so great importance either for the perservation or ruine of Your Crowne and Kingdomes as we could not be answerable to God nor to that Trust reposed in us unlesse we represent to your Majesty how necessary it is that your Maiesty assent to the Propositions as the 〈◊〉 of affaires now 〈…〉 that the danger and 〈◊〉 of your refusall will be remedilesse and b●ing on a suddaine ruine and destruction I shall begin first with the last which is the danger and shall next speake a word of the remedy The differences betwixt your Majesty and your Parliament which no man knoweth better than your Majesties selfe are growne to such a height that after many bloudy battels the Parliament having your Majesty all the Forts Garrisons and strong holds in their hands having your Majesties Revenue Excise Assessements Sequestrations and the Authority to raise all the men and money in the Kingdome and having after many victories and great successes a strong Army on Foot are now in such a p●sture for strength and power they are in a capacity to doe what they will both in Church and State And some are so afraid and others so unwilling to submit themselves to your Majesties Government that they desire not you nor any of your Race longer to reigne over them But the people are so wearied of the Warre and great burthens they doe groane under are so loath to have Monarchieall Government destroyed that they dare not attempt to cast it totally off till once they send Propositions of Peace to your Majesty least the people without whose concurrence they are not able to carry on their design should fall from them but after so great Warre and trouble that they may have a perfect security from opposition and Arbitrary power they have resolved upon the Propositions which are tendred to your Majesty as that without which the Kingdome and your people cannot be in safety and that there cannot be a firme peace upon any other tearmes Your Majesties friends in the Houses and the Commissioners from Scotland after much wra●●ing did consent to the sending of those Propositions or to be rated the hinderers of peace or otherwayes to send no Propositions at all And now Sir if your Majesty as God fo●bid shall refuse to assent to the Propositions You will lose all Your friends in the Houses lose the City and all the Countrey And all England will joyne against you as one man they will processe and depose you and set up another Government they will charge us to deliver your Majesty to them and to render their Garrisons and remove our Armies out of England and upon your Maiesties refusall of the propositions both Kingdomes will be constrained for their mutuall safety to agree and settle Religion and peace without You which to our unspeakable griefe will ruine your Maiestyy and your posterity and if your Maiesty refuse our faithfull advice who desire nothing on Earth more than the preservation of your Maiesties Royall Throne And if your Maiesty lose England by your wilfulnesse You will not be permitted to come and reigne in Scotland Sir we have laid our hands upon our hearts we have asked Counsell and direction from God and have had our most serious thoughts upon the remedy but can finde no other to save your Crowne and Kingdomes than your Maiesties assenting to the propositions and dare not say but they are higher in some things if it were in our power and option to remedy than we approved of but when we see no other meanes for curing the distempers of the Kingdomes and closing the breach between your Majesty and your Parliament our most humble and safe advise is your Majesty will be graciously pleased to assent to them as the onely way to establish your Throne because your Majesty shall be thereby received againe in your Parliament with the applause and acclamations of your people by your Royall presence all friends will be strengthened and all Enemies who feare nothing so much as the granting the propositions will be weakned your Maiesty will have a fit opportunity hereafter to offer such propositions as You and your Parliament in wisedome shall thinke fit for your Crowne and Kingdome the Armies will be disbanded and your people finding the sweet fruit of a peaceable Government you will gaine their hearts and affections and that will be your Maiesties strength and glory and will recover all that you have lost in this time of tempest of trouble And if it please God to incline your Royall heart to this advise of your humble and faithfull servants who next to the honour and service of God esteem nothing more pretious than the safety of your person and Crowne our actions shall make it appeare that we esteem no hazard too great for your Maiesties safety and that we are willing to sacrifice our lives and fortunes for establishing your Throne and iust Right Collected by John Vicars FINIS Printed at London by John Dever 〈◊〉 Ibbitson for T. Jenn●● and are to be sold at the Royall-Exchange 1646.