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A91145	Articles of impeachment of high-treason, exhibited by the Commons of England, in a free Parliament, against Lieutenant-General Oliver Crumwel Esquire, Commissary-General Henry Ireton Esquire, Sir Hardresse Waller Knight and colonel, Colonel Pride, Colonel Hewson, Colonel Ewers, Cornet Joyce, Hugh Peters clerk, William Lenthal Esquire, Speaker, Sir Henry Mildmay Knight, Sir Peter Wentworth Knight of the Bath, Henry Martin, Cornelius Holland, and Thomas Scot, Esquires, Members of the House of Commons.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing P3897; Thomason E476_37; ESTC R203361	5,009	8

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF High-Treason EXHIBITED BY THE Commons of ENGLAND IN A FREE PARLIAMENT AGAINST Lieutenant-General Oliver Crumwel Esquire Commissary-General Henry Ireton Esquire Sir Hardresse Waller Knight and Colonel Colonel Pride Colonel Hewson Colonel Ewers Co●ne● Joyce Hugh Peters Clerk William Lenthal Esquire Speaker Sir Henry Mildmay Knight Sir Peter Wentworth Knight of the Bath Henry Martin Cornelius Holland and Thomas Scot Esquires Members of the House of Commons Imprinted at LONDON 1648. Articles of Impeachment of High-Treason exhibited by the Commons of England in a free Parliament against Lieutenant-General Oliver Crumwel Esquire Commissary-General Ireton Esq Sir Hardresse Waller Knight and Colonel Col. Hewson c. WE the Commons and Freemen of England taking into our sad and most serious considerations the bleeding and desperate condition of England and Ireland at this present and the traiterous practices and unwearied endeavours of the forementioned persons and their confederates both in the House of Commons and in the Army to obstruct and delay the settlement of a firm and blessed Peace and perpetuate our War and Desolation and bring us and these two Kingdoms to speedy and certain Ruine to accomplish their own treasonable and destructive designes We now at last necessitated after an over-tired patience and fruitless silence out of a Christian hopeful expectation of their Repentance and amendment to exhibite to both Houses of Parliament and publish to the whole Kingdom this ensuing Impeachment of High-Treason against them and every of them of which their own consciences and the world must acknowledge them and every of them to be deeply guilty and we are and always shall be ready to prove and make good against them by legal and pregnant testimonies in case they shall be so impudent as to deny and plead Not guilty thereunto 1 That the said Oliver Crumwel Henry Ireton Sir Hardresse Waller Colonel Pride Colonel Hewson Colonel Ewers Cornet Joyce Hugh Peter William Lenthal Sir Henry Mildmay Sir Peter Wentworth Sir Henry Martin Cornelius Holland and Thomas Scot and every of them not having the fear of God before their eyes nor regarding the solemn Oaths and Covenants lately taken by them and every of them for defence and preservation of the Kings Majesties Person His Crown and Dignitie the Rights and Priviledges of Parliaments and Fundamental Government Laws and Liberties of this Realm but seduced by the instigation of the devil and their own corrupt and ambitious lusts Have since the first day of January 1646 at several times and places seditiously wickedly and traiterously conspired together to alter and subvert the ancient Fundamental Government Laws and Liberties of the Realm of England with the Rights Priviledges Freedom and Constitution of the Parliament of England to ●pose and destroy the King and disinherite the Prince of Wales and the Kings posteritie of the inheritance of the Crown of this Kingdom and to dissolve this present Parliament and to betray Ireland to the Popish Rebels in case they cannot raise a partie there to joyn with them in these their traiterous designes 2 That for the more effectu●l and irresistible carrying on of these their hainous and execrable Treasons they and every of them have since the time aforesaid traiterously endeavoured to get into their hands and power and into the hands of their Confederates all the P●… Garisons Magazines great Offices and Forces of this Kingdom both by Sea and Land and to engage the General Thomas Lord Fairfax and the Armie under him the Members of both Houses of Parliament and the Sectaries and others thorowout all the Cities and Counties of this Realm to aid and assist them in these their Treasons and traiterous designes which they have in a great measure effected and almost fully accomplished and have likewise endeavoured to raise a partie both in Scotland and Ireland to joyn with them herein 3 That all and every of the Impeached persons forementioned in pursuit and accomplishment of their Treasons have since the time aforesaid seditiously and traiterously maintained the Armie against both Houses of Parliament when voted to disband kept them together in a Bodie disswaded and hindred such of them who were designed and going for the relief of Ireland against the Rebels and other Forces raised by the Houses for that purpose from going thither to relieve the Protestants there Since which time they have and every of them and their agents and confederates traiterously and forcibly seized upon removed imprisoned and secured under their custodie and power the Kings Majesties Person both at Holdenby in the Isle of Wight and at Hurst Castle and at other places without the privitie or consent and against the Authoritie Votes Instructions and Faith of both Houses of Parliament with a traiterous intent to depose murther and destroy His Person to disinherite His Heirs and Posteritie of the Crown of England and alter or determine the Monarchical-Government of this Realm which traiterous intentions they have declared in divers late Remonstrances and other printed Papers to all the world and by their speeches and acts and have likewise traiterously engaged the General Councel and Officers of the Armie and some Members of the Commons House to joyn with them in this their detestable Treasons 4 That all and every of the said Conspirators and Traitors perceiving themselves too weak and unable to engage the greater part of both Houses of Parliament to joyn with them in carrying on the Treasons forementioned did therefore in the months of May June July August and September in the yeer of our Lord 1647 invite the General Officers and Souldiers of the Armie against the Houses of Parliament and engage them to march up in a mutinous manner against them and by menaces and force compel them to retract sundry Votes and Ordinances for the Publike safetie to suspend imprison and eject divers of their eminent Members upon false and frivolous Charges contrived and exhibited against them in the Officers and Armies names perswaded divers Members upon a pretext of fear after the fear was over to desert the House flee with them to the Armie and there to enter into a shameful Engagement to live and die with the Armie in this Cause After which they and every of them marched up with the Armie in a hostile and forcible manner against the Members of both Houses of Parliament which continued sitting according to their duties and having forcibly driven away imprisoned and illegally suspended and ejected the greatest number of them and their confederates in the House being an inconsiderate number in the absence of most of the Members repealed and nulled all Votes Ordinances and proceedings of both Houses passed in them since the 26 of July 1647 to the 6 of August following enlarged the Generals Power and Commission altered and weakned the Militia of London and demolished the Works and Forts about it impeached and imprisoned divers of the Officers and Aldermen of the Citie under the pretext of levying a new

War of which they and their confederates were really guilty to deter them from aiding or assisting the honest and greatest part of both Houses opposite to their Treasons and pernicious designes and after that passed some Votes of no more Addresses to the King and engaged the General and Officers of the Armie to concur with their faction in over-awing the House of Commons therein and by placing a Garison of Foot and a party of Horse of the Armie in White-hall and the Muse forced the House of Peers to concur in those Votes whereby they generally discontented the whole Kingdom and traiterously raised a new and dangerous War therein to the great danger and loss both of England and Ireland 5. That after the guards and forces of this Army by reason of these new commotions raised by the means aforesaid were removed from the Houses and they and their members restored to their honor freedom and Priviledge the said Houses for a speedy settlement of the Kingdoms peace and ending these unnaturall wars voting a personall Treaty with the King in the Isle of Wight and sending Commissioners to that purpose thither who entered into an actuall Treaty with the King upon the Propositions of both Houses extraordinarily advantageous both to the Houses and whole Kingdom of England and Ireland to most of which his Majesty gave his full and free consent The said confederates every of them who wickedly opposed but were unable to prevent the Treaty in the House where they were overvoted in pursuance of their former Treasons and designes perswaded and ingaged the Generall and Councell of War on the 20 of November last to present a treasonable and seditious Remonstrance of the said Conspirators own contriving to be presented to the House of Commons by the said Col. Ewers in the name of the Generall and his Generall Councell of Officers of purpose to inforce the Houses to break of the Treaty with the King contrary to their Faith and ingagement to the King and Kingdom before it was expired and to bring the King to speedy justice and execution to disinherit him and his posterity of the Crown to alter the ancient frame and Government of the Kingdom to dissolve this present Parliament and in stead thereof and of all future Parliaments to set up a new Representative or Generall Councell without either King Lords Knights Citizens or Burgesses only elected to carry on their Treasonable designes to perfection which being laid aside by the votes of the said House till the Treaty was concluded Thereupon the said impeached Conspirators and every of them caused another Treasonable Declaration to be published in the name of the Generall and Councel of the Army charging the faithfull Members who dissenting from them in the House and would not break off the Treaty with breach of Trust and threatning forcibly to exclude and bring them to triall by a meer Arbitrary and usurped Tiranicall power and inviting all their Confederates in the House to desert it and joyn with them and the Councell of war and Army who would both own acknowledge and adhere to them as the true House of Commons though inconsiderable for their Number and thereupon contrary to the House of Commons expresse order trayterously procured the Generall Officers and Army to march up to Westminster to over-awe the House of Commons in their debates and votes touching the satisfactorinesse of the Kings Answers there in debate which being carried against them by plurality of voyces in the said House upon the Question on Tuesday the 5 of December instant thereupon the said Confederates and every of them on Wednesday and Thursday following being the 6 7. of this instant December caused strong guards of Horse and Foot to beset both Houses of Parliament to apprehend and keep out the dissenting members who voted against them And the said Sir Hardresse Waller Coll. Pride Coll. Hewson and Cornet Joyce did violently seise upon imprison and keep from the said House the Lord Wainmar Sir Robert Harlow and Sir Robert Pie and about forty other eminent Members and pulled out Mr. Edward Stephens and Coll. Birch from the very doores of the said House as they were going to discharge their duties and detained them prisoners in the Queens court refusing to deliver them though the House sent their Sergeant twise to release them after which they were in scorn and contempt to the House by the said conspirators means carried prisoners into a victualing house called Hell and there shut up in a Room all night without beds or accommodation on the 7 of December carried prisoners to Whitehall with strong guards upon them and from thence to the Kings head and swan in the strand and there detained and above an hundred other members since forcibly excluded and driven away from the House and they and their consederrtes have since the imprisonment and seclusion of the said members to carry on their said Treasons and designes with some colour of authority repealed sundry votes of the said House when full and free concerning the Kings removall and the Treaty and Treasonably and forceably usurped the name and power of the House of Commons to them and their faction to put an end to this present Parliament and to the Monarch Parliaments Government laws and priviledges of this Kingdom and to depose destroy and disinherit the King and his posterity All which respective oharges of high Treason we the Commons of England are and shall always be ready to make good and prove in a Legal way in this present Parliament as soon as it shall be restored to a condition of Freedom and from the force that is now upon it and humbly pray that the said Traitors and every of them may be forthwith apprehended secured and brought to Trial before they ruine King Parliament and the Kingdoms of England and Ireland and enslave them to their Tyrannie And because we confidently believe that the General and most of the other Officers and the common Souldiers of the Army have been over-reacht and seduced by these Arch-traitors under fair pretences of publike Justice and Settlement of the Kingdom to assist and joyn with them in pursuance of their treasonable designes and have acted therein out of honest intentions we shall become humble suiters to both Houses in their behalf upon the acknowledgement of their errour deserting of these confederate Traitors and yeelding them up to Publike Justice and returning to their former obedience to the Parliaments commands and withdrawing from the City and Houses that they will pass by all their former oversights though they have eclipsed all their former glorious successes and take a speedy and effectual course for the satisfaction of all their arrears And for this end we shall in all brotherly love and Christian affection speak our very hearts and souls unto them in the words of Moses to those Israelites which joyned with Corah Dathan and Abiram in their Insurrection against Moses and Aaron much like to those in adhering to these Traitors against both Houses and the Kingdom Numb 15. 26 27. Depart we pray you from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs lest you be consumed in all their sins So they got them up from the tabernacles of Corah Dathan and Abiram on every side Which if they shall refuse upon this our brotherly request we shall then with grief of heart be enforced to declare their Commissions forfeited and their persons unfit to be employed and intrusted for the future and can neither in conscience duty honour or point of safety contribute any thing towards their future subsistence but look upon them in the self-same manner as we do upon these impeached Traitors All which we humbly submit to the grave and serious consideration of the Houses of Parliament and the whole Kingdom FINIS