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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91412	A worthy speech made by Master Pym, to the Lords on Fryday the thirty one of December concerning an information against the Lord Digby. Wherein is discovered the dangerous effects of the said information, if not suddenly prevented, against the royall power prerogative of the King, and priviledges of Parliament. In the free votes and proceedings thereof.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.	1642 (1642)	Wing P4304; Thomason E199_49; ESTC R212645	2,561	8

A WORTHY SPEECH made by Master Pym TO THE LORDS ON FRYDAY THE thirty one of December concerning an Information against the Lord DIGBY Wherein is discovered the dangerous effects of the said Information if not suddenly prevented against the Royall power Prerogative of the King and priviledges of Parliament In the free votes and proceedings thereof London Printed for Thomas Banckes and F. Coles 1641. MASTER Pym his Speech to the Lords at a conference on Friday the the 31 of December concerning an Information against the Lord DIGBY My Lords THe Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons now assembled in Parliament have commanded me to present to your Lorships this Information which they have received against the Right Honorable George Lord Digby of dangerous consequence that if not prevented evill and troublesome events may insue to the great hazarding of the peace of this Kingdome and a great hindrance of the happy proceedings of this Parliament My Lords I humbly crave your patience to declare to your Lordships what I am commanded concerning the said Information which is that hee the said Lord Digby should give forth report upon reading of the Petition and Protestation of the 12 Bishops That this Present Parliament was a forced one That the Act vote and La●es that shall bee Enacted herein without the votes and assent of the Bishops are void and of none effect and not binding to the Subject My Lords This report is of great danger to the State if proved against the said Lord in these three respects as I under your Lordships favour conceives First It is a great breach of the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament Secondly It intrencheth much on the prerogative of the King and abridges his Royall Power Thirdly it is the first steppe to bring into this State an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall forme of Governement First my Lords it is a breach of the priviledges of Parliament for these reasons First it is against the free votes of Parliamentary proceedings which ought to bee reserved and unquestionable during the free sitting thereof Secondly It is aginst an Act of Parliament in that case provided for not adjourneing or abrupt breaking off of the same These Acts my Lords was freely voted by both houses freely and willingly passed by his Majestie without any force or compulsary meanes used in any or private working or inducing his Majesty by any of the Members of either of the Houses to doe the same An Act voted aswell by the said Lord as the rest of this Honorable House this report now of his must needs be against his knowledge and former free consent in passing that Act contrary to this Information 3. One Priviledge of Parliament and that is one of the greatest is to accuse and freely proceed to the punishment of delinquents that have caused the troubles in this State both in Church and Common-wealth this report is against this Priviledge It opposes altogether our Proceeding against the Bishops accused as the greatest delinquents both in Church and State for my Lords if a Parliament is forced in the absence of the Bishops how may then the Parliament proceed lawfully against them If the Bishops sit and have their votes although delinquents in Parliament how can wee proceed I beseech you against their votes therefore under favour I conclude this repoer of the said Lord is against this Priviledge of Parliament 4. To redresse the greivances of the Common-wealth is a Priviledge of Parliament this report is against this Priviledge how I pray you my Lords can our greivances be redressed when the oppressions Iniustice and vexations troubling of his Majesties loyall Subjects may not by the Bishops may not be called in qutstion nor the mis-doers ●herein prosecuted and punished for the same 5. This report is against divers acts of Parliament in this Kingdome that have beene made without the voice or Bishops in Parliament as is on record in the Iournalls of those and thus my Lords I have shewed you that how this report is against the priviledges of Parliament 2. My Lords this information intrencheth on the royall power and Prerogative of the King And that in two respects 1. His royall Prerogative in making and enacting lawes by Parliament it resting onely in his Power to passe or refuse the votes of Parliament My Lords The King of this kingdome have the greatest perogative to require the Councell an assistance the whole state upon any occasion whatsoever when pleaseth him of any Prince in the world unlesse France and under favour my Lords I conceive a Parliament cannot be termed forced when it is freely called and willingly continued by the King I conceive my Lords a forced Parliament is when against the free consent of a King and his Lords without lawfull called by wtit men assembleth themselves and by force of armes sit in Councell and inact lawes not tending to the welfarre of the Kingdome The Parliament holden at Oxford in the raigne of Edward 2. after the unhappy dissolution of the Parliament at Westminster in the 10. yeare of that Kings raigne was a forced Parliament compelling by undue meanes the King and that Parliament to inact lawes tending to the ruine of the whole state of this Kingdome 2 My Lords this Information intrencheth on the Royall power of the King in makeing of Laws for as before I haue touched Parliaments haue biue with out Bishopps Lawes made and enacted without their vots then by this supersiou my Lords should they be of no validitie the King restrained in his power and let Bishops be never so vile and dissaffected to the tranquillitie and securety of the state yet must they have votes in rectifiing and setting in order such things as are am●sse in the same aswell by their owne procureing as others which is not then likely to take any good effect nay my Lords it is too Apparant they haue beene the greatest opposers of our proceedings in ths Parliament the Cheifest cause noe more is doue by the same 3 Lastly my Lords this Information is the first stepp to bring in an Arbitrary and tiranicall forme of Government and that under favour for these reasons 1 Free Parliaments are the securest and safest Government that euer could be found for this nation and that in respect of the power and wisdom theirof it is vpholden defended atd preserued by the whole body of the kingdome therfore powerfull the members therof are men elected one of tenn thousand by the whole state therfore the wise then to oppose the proceeding there of to deny the Government therof is to the intent to change the same and if charged to another forme None being soe secure soe powerfull and so wise must needs be Arbitrary and soe Tiranicall 2. My Lords I no lawes can be binding to the subject but such as are voted and assented to by the Bishops then none can be expected but such as are destructive to the state their affections being altogether aberted from free Parliamentary proceedings and their designes onely agitated for the oppossing the government thereof and wee cannot but dayly feare thereby the utter confusion thereof of the same Now my Lords having to my weake Abillity fulfilled the command of the House in speaking somewhat of this Information I am to desire your Lordships from them that the said George Lord Digby may answere the said Information or otherwise be proceeded against as the Parliament shall think fit FINIS