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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57609	Rome for Canterbury, or, A true relation of the birth and life of William Laud Arch-bishop of Canterbury together with the whole manner of his proceeding, both in the star-chamber, high-commission court, in his owne house, and some observations of him in the tower : with his carriage at the fight of the deputyes going to the place of execution, &c. : dedicated to all the Arminian tribe or Canterburian faction, in the yeare of grace, 1641 : whereunto is added all the articles by which he stands charged of high treason, &c.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1641 (1641)	Wing R1895; ESTC R17938	6,955	8

meaning the Church in remembrance that he had béene there a prisoner It is also reported that a gentleman of quality comming to the Tower to give him a visite and asking his grace how it fared with him at that present he made him answer I thanke God I am well for it hath pleased his Sacred Maiesty my Soveraigne to provide for me an honourable and convenient lodging where I have good and wholsome fare and where not withstanding all my troubles and tribulations I never yet broke an houre of my usuall and contented sléep And the morning when the late Earle of Strafford past by his lodging as he was led to the place of execution and mooved his ha● unto him then standing and looking out of his windowe he held up his hands and eyes towards heaven without speaking any thing audible to the observers as if he prayed earnestly and inwardly for the salvation of his soule c. He was observed also sometimes to speake those words of the Psalmist Psal. 82. v. 6 7. I have said ye are gods and children of the most high but ye shall dye as men and yee Princes shall fall like others c. Now follow the Articles exhibited c. The true copy of the Articles whereby William Laud Arch-Bishop of Canterbury stands charged with high Treason FIrst That the said William Laud Arch-bishop of Canterbury hath traiterously laboured to subvert the fundamental Laws and Government of the Kingdome by giving his Majesty advise privately and in other places said that hee would have them gouern'd by Civill Lawes and further said hee would make the proudest Subject in the Kingdome give way to him and being told it was against Law he replied he would make it Law and that the King might at his owne pleasure take away without Law and make it warrantable by Gods Law Secondly His countenancing of Bookes and their Authors for the maintenance of his unlimited and absolute power wherein the power of the Parliament is denied and the Bishops power of Prela●y set up Thirdly That he traitorously went about to interrupt the Iudges by his threatnings and other meanes to constraine them to give false Iudgment in the case of Ship-mony as will appeare both by writings and his hand by testimony of divers persons of good worth and quality Fourthly That he hath taken bribes and sold justice in the High Commission Court as he was Arch-bishop and hath not only corrupted the Iudges there but hath also sold judicial places to be corrupted Fiftly That he hath endeavoured the incroachment of jurisdiction and institution of Canons which are not onely unlawfull but prejudiciall to the Subject and that hee hath exercised his authority very cruelly both as a Chancellour Commissioner and Iudge Sixtly That He hath traiterously assumed a capitall power over his Majesties subjects denying his power of Prelacy as from the King Seaventhly That by false erronious Doctrines and other sinister wayes and meanes He went about to subvert the Religion establish●d in this Kingdom and to set up Papistry and superstition in the Church Eightly That by undue meanes and practice he hath gotten into his hand the power of nominating of Ministers to Spirituall promotions and hath preferred none but scandalous Ministers thereunto and that he preferred corrupt Chaplains to his Majesty Ninthly That his owne Ministers as Heywood Laifield and others are notoriously disaff●cted to Religion Tenthly That hee hath Traiterously endea●oured to reconcile us to the Church of Rome and to that end hath imployed a Iesuite and a Papist-priest and hath wrought with the Popes Agents in severall p●i●ts Eleventh That to suppresse prea●hing Hee hath suspended divers good men and u●ed u●lawfull meanes by Letters and otherwise to severall Bishops to suppresse th●m Twelth That he hath Traiterously endeavoured to suppresse the French Religion here amongst us which is the same wee are of and also the Dutch Church and to set divisio● betweene them and u● Thirteenth That he hath Traiterously ende●vored to set Division between the King and his Subjects and hath gone about to bring in Innovatio●s into our Church And hath induced the King to Warre with the Scots and many upon their death beds to give towards the maintenance of the Warre And hath caused the Clergy to give fr●●ly towards the same and hath broug●t in many Superstitions and Innov●tions into the Church of Scotland And that hee procured the King to breake the pacification thereby to cause a bloody War betwee● the Kingdomes Fourteenth That to preserve himselfe from being questioned for these and other his Traiterous designes from the first yeare of his Majesties Raigne untill now hee hath laboured to subvert the Rites of Parliam●ntary proceedings and to incense h●s Majesty against Parliaments By all which Words Councels and Actions hee hath Trait●rously laboured to ali●nate the h●arts of the Kings leige people from his Majesty ●o set a Division betweene them and to ruine and destroy his Majesties Kingdomes For which they impeach him of high Tre●son agai●st our Soveraigne Lord the King his Crown● and Dignity And the said Commons by protestation saving to themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time hereafter any other Accusation or Impeachment against the said William La●d Arch-bishop of Canterbury And also of replying to the Answers that he● the said Arch-bishop shall make unto the said Articles or any of them And of offering proofe also of the Premisses or a●y of them or any other Impeachment or Accusation that shall be exhibited by them ●● the course of Parliaments require Doe pray that he the said William La●d Arch-bishop of Cant●rbury may be put spe●dily to answere for all and eve●y the premisses that such Proceedings Examin●tions Trials and Iudgments may be upon every one of them had and used as is agre●able to Law and Iustice FINIS