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Anarchia Anglicana: or, the history of independency. The second part Being a continuation of relations and observations historicall and politique upon this present Parliament, begun anno 16. Caroli Primi. By Theodorus Verax.; History of independency. Part 2.
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Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.
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Wing W317B; ESTC R219912
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Warre bloody thievish Task-masters Remember his deceased Majesties gracious Messages frequently fent for peace and reconcilement Remember His Concessions to His Parliament upon the last Treaty more than ever any King granted to His People Remember His pious meek and Christian Martyrdome suffered for His People which bitter Cup had passed from Him if He would have built up and established this Babel of Tyranny now insulting over us and have turned our wel-mixed Monarchy into an Olygarchicall legall Tyranny by adding His Royall Assent to their wicked Demands tendered to Him but two daies before His translation form this valley of teares Remember His Post humus Booke to His Sonne full of precepts savoring meerly of piety Christian wisdome charity and forgivenesse to His very Enemies and then judge whether our late King or our usurping Kinglings now scratching and tearing us making one Warre beget-another 1 King 3. perpetuating an Army and domineering over us by the power of the Sword were the naturall Parent whose bowels yearned upon this now Orphan Child the English Nation dying and expiring under this new Corporation of Tyrants Oath of Allegiance Stat. of Recognition 1 Iacobi the putative Parent which overlayed it He that acknowledged Allegiance to the Father cannot deny it to his Sonne as having sworne to beare faith and true Allegiance to the King his Father and to his lawfull Heyres and Successours which our usurping Hogens Mogens cannot pretend to be so that as well for duty and conscience to God and their owne Soules as for a necessary and just protection of their lives and estates all honest and wise men ought to cast themselves into the Armes of his Dread Majesty our present KING as the onely sanctuary of their salvation and not suffer themselves to be so farre mis-led by vaine reports as to be more afraid of their cure than of their disease Stultorum incurata pudor malas ulcera celat Solomon hath shewed you out of the Cabinet of Nature the difference between a Natural-Mother and a Step-mother Dictum de Kennelworth and that you may see the difference between a natural King correcting his owne people with fatherly compassion for examples sake and a Usurper wounding killing and robbing those which are none of his owne his fellow Servants for his lust and lucre sake I will set downe a short Abridgement of our owne famous Dictum de Kennelworth and first the occasion thereof which was thus Simon de Montford Earle of Leicester conspiring with many other great Men rebelled against Henry 3. pretending after the manner of all Rebels Reformation of publique Grievances He overthrew the King in battle took Him and his Sonne Prince Edward Prisoners the Prince after a while escaped out of Prison raised an Army overthrew and slew in the Battle of Evesham Simon Montford subdued the whole Party rescued and re-inthroned his Father Commissions were sent forth to prevent future troubles and settle mens minds grown desperare with feare what horrid punishments so horrible a Rebellion would bring upon them The result of all is contained in the said Dictum de Kennelworth as I find it in Magna Charta veteri fol. 60. part 2. observe the moderation of it No man bled to death for it but in the field the bloud of warre was not shed in time of peace the King did not slay those whom he had taken with his Sword and with his Bow but reasonably fined them See the late History of the Marquesse of Montrosse what gentle use he made of his Victory after he had subdued the strength of Scotland at the Battle of Kylsythe not unto destruction though the knowne Lawes called them Traytors and put them into his power for life lands and goods they were but once punished not alwaies tormented and kept upon the rack after the late custome of our fellow Servants and Subjects who will never suffer the partition wall between us to be throwne downe England once more to become one Nation and one People and our broken bones to be againe set and knit together Dictum de Kennelvvorth None to be Dis-inherited but onely fined As namely Those 1. That began and continued in Warre 2. That held Northampton against the King 3. That fought against him at Lewis Evesham Chesterfeild 4. That were taken at Kenilworth 5. That sacked Winchster being yet unpardoned 6. That voluntarily sent against him or the Prince 7. The Officers of the Earl of Leicesters who molested their Neighbours with Rapine Fire Murder or otherwise to pay in three yeares five yeares value and half their Estates of Land If they sell it such as are by the Kings grant possessed of then to have them giving as any other c. and so if it be to be Let those who pay the whole to have all instantly and that pay halfe to have halfe If in three yeares the whole be unpaid the Land to be divided between him that owes it and him to whom the King hath given it If any have Woods by sale of which he would pay his Fine the money to be paid by two of which either side to chuse one 2. Knights and Esquires who during this Warre have enriched themselves by Rapine having no Land to pay half their goods and be bound with Sureties to the peace if no goods be quitted by Oath exceptis bannitis quibus solus Rex potest remittere 3. Lords of Wards to pay for them and be answered by their Wards when they come to age which if they accept not the Wardship to accrue to such as the King hath given the Ransome to and they to be so answered 4. The Kings Wards to remaine where they are placed and be Ransomed as others but without destruction 5. Such as were with the King before the Battle of Levvis and since are Dis-inherited His Majesty to declare his pleasure touching them 6. No man now possest of wood to fell any but onely for repaire till the last day of payment be passed and not observed 7. The King and the Popes Legate to send beyond sea for a time such as are likely to trouble the peace of the Kingdome which if it hindered the paying of their Ransome not for that to be Dis-inherited 8. Such as were grieved with this Agreement might appeale to the Kings Court before S. Hilary and such as were beyond sea to have inducias transmarinas 9. Because the King was to reward many and some had too much the King out of these Fines to provide for them 10. The Legate King and Henry d'Almain to Elect 12. who should cause these Articles to be executed and to see performed what they ordaine according to the estimates already taken or if not to have new rates taken reasonable and true 11. Tenants tha were against the King to lose their Leases but at the expiration of their time the Land to returne to the true owner 12. Forts built by the assent of the King
but without that of the Person dis-inherited after the Fine paid in three yeares to pay the costs of building of it in six yeares or receive a reasonable exchange in Land 13. Such of the Lay as apparently drew any to the part of the Earle of Leicester to pay two yeares Revenue 14. The Buyers of other mens goods wittingly to restore the value of that they have bought and be at the Kings mercy because that they did was against justice 15. Those that at the Earls command entered Northampton yet fought not but entered the Church 16. Such as held not of the Earle yet at his command entered to the action with him to pay half one years Revenue 17. Such as held of the Earle to be onely at the Kings mercy 18. Impotent Persons and such as did nothing to be restored to their Possessions and by justice recover their damages their Accusers punisht by Law yet without losse of life or limb 19. Malitiously accused to have their Estates immediately restored 20. Women to have their owne Lands and what they had of their first Husbands if their late Husbands were against the King to be restored according to Law or Fined 21. None to be fined but such as were against the King 22. Such as have been Pardoned to remaine so 23. Those that are fined to answer no Losse done to any but all damages to be remitted on every side except those that intermedled not and of the Church whose actions are saved 24. The King by reasonable Exchange to receive the Castles of Erdsley-Bishop and Chartley it seeming dangerous to leave Forts in their hands who have carried themselves ill towards the King 25. Those that in the future shall commit any outrages to be punished by Law 26. An Oath to be taken where it shall be held convenient not to pursue each other with revenge and if any shall attempt the contrary to be punished according to Law 27. The Church to be satisfied by those that injured it 28. Such of the Dis-inherited as refuse this Composition to have no Title to their Estates and to be esteemed publique Enemies to the King and Kingdome 29. Prisoners to be freed by the advice of the King and Legate 30. No Person to be Dis-inherited by reason of these Trouble sby any to whom he ought to Succeed You see what great care was here taken to prevent spoyle and waste of Woods c. whereas in this latter Age the first thing taken into consideration is how to raise ready Money by destruction of Woods Housing and selling of the Stock to lay the Lands waste and decay Husbandry to the endangering of a Famine for the present and the Dis-inheriting our innocent Posterity for the future so little care is taken to Keep that well which is so ill and illegally gotten And how much regard was had to preserve innocent Persons from suffering wrong in any just claim or Title they could make to any Land possessed by a guilty Person whether they claimed by Dower Joynture Title or Estate in Reversion or Remainder or otherwise I wish the like justice were now observed Monday night 4. Iune 178. The losse of Ships at Kingsale suppressed and misreported in the House and why 1649. that third part of a Lord Admirall Col. Edw. Popham came to Westminster and presently made his Addresses to the high and mighty Estates in White-hall giving them a dismall Relation of his ill successe in tampering with the Governour of Kingsale in Ireland who proving honester than rhe Saints expected tooke a summe of money of him to betray the Towne Forts and Ships in the Road but when Popham came in to the Haven to take possession of his new purchase gave him such a Gun-powder welcome that he lost most of his Men landed to take livory and seasin and divers Ships he was commanded to conceale this Ill newes lest it discouraged the City to engage so farre with them as to entertaine them in the condition of a Free-State and surrender the Sword to them and so spoile the Designe of their Thanksgiving Devotions and Dinner to be celebrated together in and with the City upon Thursday ensuing the 7. of Iune and lest it should dishearten more secluded Members from comming to sit in the House with them againe knowing tbat Tyrants are followed for their fortunes not for themselves wherefore upon Tuesday following being the 5. Iune Popham made another kind of Report to the Plebeians of the Commons House who must not be trusted with the truth of State-mysteries but like Wood-cocks must be led in a mist Thvt he had left Kingsale blocked up with ten Ships and the Seas secured in peace and quietnesse and the better to adorne the fable and suppresse the truth from approaching the ears of the people the House that day 5. Iune passed an Order That for this remarkable additionall mercy bestowed upon them in the prosperous successe given to their Fleet at Sea upon Thursday next 7. Iune the day set apart for publique Thanksgiving the Ministers should praise God Lord since these audacious Saints are so thankfull to thee for one beating bestow many more beatings upon them for they stand in need of all thy corrections The like attempt hath been upon Scilly with the like successe since which time forty sayle of Ships are pressed in the Thames to recruit their shattered Navie Scout from Iune the 8. to 15. 1649. given forth to be a Winter Guard at Midsomer 179. Gifts given amongst the Faction Iohn Blackiston is packed away to the other world and the House upon 6. Iune voted to his Wife and Children 3000 l. out of the Earle of Newcastle's and Lord Wytherington's Estates in compensation of the losse of his pedlery Ware in his Shop at Newcastle he had formerly given to him 14000 l. you see the insatiate hunger of Gold and Silver survives in the very Ghost of a Saint after he is dead 500 l. more was given to Iohns Brother an Estate out of the Rectory and Demesnes of Burford was setled upon the Speaker 4000 l. per ann Lands are to besetled upon the Generall out of the Duke of Buckinghams and his Brother the Lord Francis Villers Estates 400 l. per ann out of Claringdon-Parke upon the Earle of Pembroke 1000 l. was bestowed upon an eminent Member of Parliament for his many good Services 4868 l. to the Lord Lisle out of the Monthly Assessment for Ireland for his penny-worth of good service done there you see to what purpose we pay Taxes 2000 l. Land per an and 1000 l. Money given to Bradshaw the price of Bloud And 400 l. more given to the Poor of the City to stop their mouths from cursing upon the Thanksgiving-day out of the 2000 l. Fine set upon the Lord Mayor Reynoldson for not proclaiming the Act for abolishing Kingly Government this is according to the Spanish Proverb To steale a Sheep and give away the Trotters for Gods sake You