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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91382	The first speech of Master Pym, the last Parliament. Concerning liberty of Parliament. Generals concerniug [sic] religion. Generals concerning civill government.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4267; Thomason E105_3; ESTC R16058	2,053	8

THE FIRST SPEECH OF Master Pym The last Parliament Concerning Liberty of Parliament Generals concerning Religion Generals concerning Civill government IN DOMINO CONFIDO June the 5th 1643 London Printed 1643. A SPEECH DELIVERED IN Parliament by M. Pym in the House of COMMONS April 1640. HEE that takes away weights from the motions doth as good service as hee that addes wings unto it These weights are old grievances whereof there are three heads 1. First liberty of Parliament 2. Generals concerning Religion 3. Generals concerning civill government I shall prove that these grievances are more grievous to the King then they are to the Subject I shall propose some waies of remedy just and easie That Kings can doe no wrong is their just prerogative The distemper of the world is not caused by the celestiall bodies but by the inferiour In like manner of a Kingdome Generall grievances concerning Religion which we possesse by the Lawes of God and of the Land Encouragements given to the Popish Religion I desire no new Lawes to be made against them not a rigid execution of those that are already enacted But this we are sure of that if they once get the superiority their Religion is destructive of all others We must looke upon a Papist as he is in himselfe but not as he is in the Church The Planets have a quiet motion of their owne but they are interrupted by another The particular encouragements First Cessation of all Law that were not made to raise a Revenue to the King but to suppresse Idolatry and to restrain Errors A free communication of Councels through the Kingdome Papists being admitted to places of trust and power in the Common-wealth There is a Congregation at Rome who plot how England may be reduced and here in England we have a Nuncio to put in execution what they resolve of there Innovations to prepare us to Poperie 1. FIrst divers Bookes printed Questions published and maintained in the Universitie 2. Secondly Popish Ceremonies introduced when the drie bones were to be made a man they were joyned first in the sinewes and then they were to be animated 3. Thirdly Discouragements upon the professors of Protestant Religion things of indifferency urged to make the difference wider amongst as many questions where there is no ground in Law upon the Bishops authority not upon the Kings authority under the great Seale or Proclamation 4. Fourthly Encouragements of authority to Ecclesiasticall Courts 1. First To fine and imprison in some cases illegally 2. Secondly To affirme their jurisdiction to be derived from the Crowne and say it is Iure divino and therefore we are bound to maintain the prerogative of the Crowne 3. Thirdly Many ordinances set out new Articles to examine Church-wardens In the Common-law there is a title of extravagants and so are these 4. Fourthly Generals against civill Government 1. First taking of tunnage and poundage and all other impositions 2. Secondly Knighthood 3. Thirdly inundation of Monopolies and commodities not only exported but consumed at home as Sope Drink Salt and that which is very comprehensive the Shipmoney 4. Fourthly There is a countenance of judgement for it against all other judgements and book Cases 5. Fifthly That which somewhat stickes by me that is the Forrest and I might easily looke my selfe in it 6. Sixthly The sale and farming of Nusances being compounded for the assesse to be Nusances and are licensed as buildings depopulations c. 7. Seventhly military charges and compositions raised upon the Subject without ground of Law conduct-monies pressing Cart-horses c. 8. Eighthly Extrajudiciall proceedings a teeming grievance the Judges will presume to anticipate their judgements 9. Ninthly the authorities of Courts of Justice have countenanced these Monopolies as the Star-Chamber hath done against the Sheriffes for not collecting Ship-money 10. Tenthly The Lords of the privy Councell have assisted them 11. Eleventhly the prerogative hath been vouched for the maintainance of them 12. Twelvethly The Conscience hath been pressed in this point betwixt the prerogative and liberty broken Manwarring for his offence in this kinde was as neere the ground as ever I saw any and I did not thinke he should have leapt into a Bishops Chaire Intermissions of Parliament the King summons them but we humbly desire the benefit of the Law in that point AS these grievances are to the Subject prejudiciall so are they to the King much more 1. First this not liberty of the Parliament cuts off the sweete communion that ought to be betwixt the head and the members 2. Secondly it deprives the King of the present supply and benefit the King hath by Subsidie 3. Thirdly it lesseneth his reputation abroad 4. Fourthly by the breaches in and upon Religion he hath lost a great part of his Alliance with Protestant States abroad lost a great many Subsidies at home because of the pressing of indifferent things 5. Fifthly who will be industrious where he hath no propriety 6. Sixthly It breeds many jealousies wee can remember when it hath bred distemper● and one Summers distemper will consume more wealth then ever this Monopoly brought in 7. Seaventhly The Princes that have maintained their Subjects liberty have been most glorious therein What he omitted in each due place is here inserted THat not only composition was laid on goods imported and exported out of this Kingdome but also on goods that were carried from one forraigne Countrey to another as from Spaine to France vice versa Another way is that for want of a legall way of accounting a great deale of the profit stickes by the way and comes not to the Kings purse The King hath farmed the Wines for thirty thousand pounds the Farmors make forty thousand pounds at the sale by retaile it amounts to two hundred thirty and two thousand pounds Remedies First present it to the higher house they joyning to goe to the King as in the land of Aegypt whilest the darkness was amongst them the Sun did give light and the people had their visionable faculty which was only hindred by the interposition of the darknesse FINIS