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A54198
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The Protestants remonstrance against Pope and Presbyter in an impartial essay upon the times or plea for moderation / by Philanglus.
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Penn, William, 1644-1718.
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1681
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Wing P1345; ESTC R26869
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House acknowledging their said offence and contempt craving her pardon for the same and promising to forbear the like for the future Mr. Vice-Chamberlain by the Suffrage of the whole House did accordingly carry up this their Submission to the Queen Also 35 Eliz. Mr. Peter Wentworth and Sir Henry Bromley delivered a Petition to the Lord Keeper desiring the Lords of the Upper House to be Suppliants with them of the Lower House unto her Majesty for entailing the Succession of the Crown whereof a Bill was ready drawn The Queen being highly displeased herewith summoned the parties concern'd in this motion before her Councel and made the Lord Keeper Buckhurst and Sir Thomas Heneage commit Wentworth prisoner to the Tower and Mr. Bromley to the Fleet together with Mr. Stephens and one Mr. Welch Knight for Worcestershire Another time this Queen the 28 th of her Reign sent a severe Reprimand to the House of Commons for choosing and returning Knights of the Shire for Norfolk a thing which she said was impertinent for the House to meddle withal and belong'd only to the Office and care of her Chancellour from whom the Writs issue and are Return'd Again the House of Commons by their Speaker 39 Eliz complained of some Monopolies whereupon the Lord Keeper made answer in her Majesties Name That her Majesty hoped her dutiful and loving Subjects would not take away her Prerogative which is the chiefest Flower in her Garden the principal Pearl in her Crown and Diadem but that they will rather leave that to her own disposal In one Parliament when Mr. Coke afterwards Sir Edward Coke was Speaker the Queen sent a Messenger or Serjeant at Arms into the House of Commons and took out Mr. Morris a Member thereof and committed him to Prison with divers others for some Speeches spoken in the House Whereupon Mr. Wroth moved the House that they would be humble Suiters to her Majesty that she would be pleased to enlarge those Memberâ— of the House that were restrained which was done accoâ—dingly And answer was sent by her Privy Councel That her Majesty had committed them for cause best known to her self and to press her Highness with this Suit would be of dangerous consequence that the House must not call the Queen to account for what she doth of her Royal Authority that the causes for which they are restrained may be high and dangerous and that her Majesty liketh no such Questions neither that it did become the House of Commons to search into matters of that nature And likewise in the 39 th of Eliz. the Commons were told that their Priviledges were Yea and No and that her Majesties pleasure was that if the Speaker perceived any idle heads which would not stick to hazard their own Estates but meddle with Reforming the Church and transforming the Commonwealth by exhibiting Bills to that purpose the Speaker should not receive them till they were viewed and considered by those who were fitter to consider of such things and can judge better of them And moreover the Queen rejected 48. Bills which had passed both Houses in that very Parliament whereas I have not heard of any two publick Bills that our Gracious Sovereign ever yet refused to pass as for the Bill of Succession that has never yet passed both Houses Also in the 21 of King James a Declaration was sent from New-Market to the Parliament wherein he asserts That most Priviledges of Parliaments grâ—w from Precedents which shew rather a Toleration then an Inheritance wherefore he could not allow of the stile they used to him calling it their ancient and undoubted Right and Inheritance but could rather have wished they had said their Priviledges were derived from the grace and permission of his Ancestors and himself Thereupon he concludes That he cannot with patience endure to hear his Subjects to use such Antimonarchical words concerning their Liberties except they had subjoyned unto them that they were granted them by the grace and favour of his Progenitors Nevertheless he promiseth to be careful of whatsoever Priviledges they enjoy'd by long custom and uncontrolled lawful Precedents Neither were the Houses of Commons so full of those Heats and Animosities in former times as they have been of late years and in King Charles the First his Reign but as all things were carried with lenity and Justice on the Kings side so with great modesty and deference by the Commons Thus in the 13 th of Edward the third a Parliament was called to consult of the Domestick quiet and the defence of the Marches of Scotland and the security of the Seas from Enemies But the Commons humbly desired not to be put to consult of things Queux ols n'ont pas cognizance whereof they had no cognizance In the 12 of the same King the Commons being moved for their advice touching the prosecution of a War with France after four days for Consultation by an Elegant Speech of Justice Thorp they answered that their humble desire of the King was that he would be advised therein by the Lords they being of more Experience then themselves in such Affairs In the sixth year of Richard the second a Parliament was called to consult whether the King should go in person to rescue the City of Gaunt or send an Army thither Wherein the Commons being asked their advice by Sir Thomas Puckring their Speaker they humbly answered that the Councels did more aptly belong to the King and his Lords The next year the Commons are desired to advise of the Articles of peace with France but they again modestly excuse themselves as too weak to Councel in so weighty matters And being a second time press'd as they did tender the repute of their Countrey and Right of their King they humbly delivered their Opinoins rather for Peace then War Nay and touching the point we are now upon of naming a Successor I have seen saith a late Author a Manuscript which makes mention that Henry the Eighth some two years before his death Summon'd a Parliament wherein he intimated to them that one of his main designs of Confining that Parliament was that they should declare a Successor to the Crown but the Parliament with much modesty answered that touching that point it belonged to His Majesty to consider of it And consulâ— with his Learned Privy-Councel about it And whomsoever his Majesty would be pleased to nâ—minate in his last Will they would Confirm and Ratifie Whereupon old King Henry made a formal Will which was afterwards enrolled in Chancery c. for such was the Moderation and Modesty of the House of Commons in former times that they declined the Agittation and Cognizance of High State Affairs humbly transferring them to their Soveraign and his Privy-Councel a Parliament man then thought it to be the Adaequate object of his Duty to study the welfare complain of grievances and have the defect supplyed of that place for the which he served Thus the Burgess of Lâ—nn