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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69292	A record of some worthy proceedings in the honourable, wise, and faithfull Howse of Commons in the late Parliament	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1611 (1611)	STC 7751; ESTC S122422	22,834	50

A RECORD OF SOME WORTHY PROCEEDINGS IN THE HONOVRABLE WISE AND FAITHFVLL HOWSE OF COMMONS IN THE LATE Parliament Iustitiae est suum cuique tribuere 1611. Contents 1. A Preface to true English men 2. A memorable speach in Parliament 3. A Petition for the Parliaments libertie 4. Particulars of the great contract 5. Petitions for grace in ecclesiasticall causes 6. Grievances in temporall matters To all true hearted English men dwelling in their native soile HOwsoever my deare country-men it is mine hap to abide on this side the seas yet I cannot but hearken after the prosperitie of my gracious Soveraigne naturall countrey especially in the Parliament time I am not indeed in any such eminent place as where I may be sure to have a perfect relation of all remarkeable affaires yet by my diligent indevour I obteyne in time more probable intelligence than many of you doe Of which the love of my countrey compelleth to make some present vse occasioned by a Publication for not one word thereof is in the Kings name dated 31. December last Wherein the worthiest house of Commons that ever was is covertly traduced for spending long time and great charges and yet failing an earnest expectation of a good conclusion for the Ease and Freedome of his Maiesties subiects I could not therefore but indevour to prevent as I may the heart-burning which I feare that publication may occasion between the King and his Commons and 2. to make it appeare that no house of Commons had ever a greater zeale for the ease freedome of the subiects than the late house had The former by demonstrating that the sayd covert imputation is not the Kings but the pen-mans For whereas Proclamations in deed speake in the first person as thus Our subjects We are resolved that publication speaketh in the third person thus His Maiesties subiects His Maiestie is resolved Therefore it was not penned by his Maiestie Againe How can close suggesting the said imputation to be cause of dissolving the Parliament agree with that which is expresley said That his Maiesty for many good considerations knowne to himselfe determined to dissolve c Doth not this shew that the over large preamble of that publication is the pen-mans onely the body thereof was by the Kings direction Moreover In a Proclamation dated 24. September last his Majesty findeth fault with former proclamations in regard of their penning Which sheweth that when his Majesty hath signified his mind touching the substance of a proclamation he doth not alwayes review the penning thereof Therfore it may be supposed that he did not peruse the penning of the publication So that I think it may be well concluded that the said imputation is not the Kings but the pen-mans As for the Zeale of the commons in parliament for the ease freedome of the subjects let that appeare by that which is here published Onely I suppose it not amisse to remember that in the second session of the late parliament there passed these billes in the house of commons 1. An act for the better observing and keeping holy the Sabbath day or Sunday 2. An act against such as cōming to church doe refuse to receive the sacrament of the Lords supper 3. An act for the providing of a learned godly Ministery and 4. An act to inable suspended and deprived Ministers to sue prosecute their appeales I remēber these because that worthy Knight or burgisse whose speach is here recorded doth not speak of them Intending belike to mencion no other billes but such as passed in the house of commons in the fourth that is the last session of parliament I say The last because the fifth cannot be accompted a session seeing nothing was concluded therein the Speaker sundry mornings before the house met togither adjourning the same from day to day til the parliament was prorogued there dissolved Well I pray God that whensoever we shall haue an other parliament Counties cities and burroughes may not be moved by letters from such common-wealth-men as the pen-man of the said publication is feared to be to chuse such Knights and burgisses as will have less Zeale for the ease and freedome of the subjects than had the Knights and burgisses of the late parliament A memorable speach in the house of Commons MR. Speaker I perceive we are all much troubled by the evill successe which we have had in the great contract concerning tenures and purveiance after our long travell and much tyme spent therein and in other causes of good importance so as many have taken occasiō therby to say of us that although there was never a more honourable assembly in the Cōmons howse of Parliament of godly wise and learned men then at this time that yet there did never less fruit appeare of their labour to the world at any time before then now which fruitlesse labour if it might be truly imputed unto us it might worthily grieve vs all but I hope that in seeking out meanes of redresse or reliefe in this case I shall make it appeare to all that will rightly weigh of the thinges that if furtherance had been given by others whom it concerns to our labours and good indevours many abuses had been reformed much good done to the common wealth of England But as it is true which that great wise Lord who hath the chief charge of the treasure of the Realme sayd unto vs at our last meeting with the honourable Lords of the vpper howse of Parliament in the paynted chamber at Westin touching the great contract viz. that he did well perceiue that we had a great desire to haue effected that great contract that the Kings maiesly had willingly given his assent to the same that yet neverrhelesse it proceeded not wherein he could not finde the impediment but that God did not blesse it so is it likewise true of the rest of our proceeding in Parliament that God hath nor blessed the same with good successe which troubled me at the first vntill I did further consider of many other parties of the Realme and many other callings and societies of the Realme to whom God hath given as little blessing as to the Parliament howse For it did appeare plainely to vs in this howse vpon the treatie and examinations of the grievances of the Church and common wealth that the Merchants of England who were a calling of very great vse in this Realme for the wealth strength and credit thereof and as it were the leggs of the common wealth whereon it goeth had not received such blessing of late yea in their merchandizing as in former times although they labor asmuch and adventure asmuch as in former times they did And that likewise the clothiers being a trade whereby many thowsands subjects are mainteyned although they labour in their calling as much at this time as ever before they did doe of late finde so litle fruit of their labour as that many