Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

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lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	york_n	15,008	5	9.9762	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78923	His Majesties most gratious ansvver at the delivery of the propositions for peace. Certified to the Parliament by a letter from the Earle of Pembrook, and the commissioners. Who presented them to the King on Tuesday last, at Hampton Court, Septemb. 7. 1647. Also His Majesties last propositions.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Pembroke, Philip Herbert, Earl of, 1584-1650.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1647 (1647)	Wing C2499; Thomason E406_12; ESTC R201916	4,680	8

his Majesty cannot consent unto it in terminis as it is proposed because thereby he conceives hee wholly parts with the power of the Sword entrusted to him by God and the Lawes of the Land for the protection and government of his people thereby at once devesting himselfe and dis-inheriting his Posterity of that right and Prerogative of the Crowne which is absolutely necessary to the Kingly Office and so weaken Monarchy in this Kingdome that little more the the name shadow of it wil remaine yet if it be only security for the preservation of the Peace of this Kingdome after the unhappy troubles and the due performance of all the agreements which are now to be concluded which is desired which his Majesty alwayes understood to be the case and hopes that herein he is not mistaken his Majesty will give aboundant satisfaction to which end he is willing by Act of Parliament That the whole power of the Militia both by Sea and Land for the space of ten years be in the hands of such persons as the two Houses shall nominate giving them power during the said terme to change the said persons and substitute others in their places at pleasure and afterwards to returne to the proper Channel againe as it was in the times of Queene Elizabeth and King James of blessed memory And now his Majesty conjures his two Houses of Parliament as they are English-men and lovers of Peace by the duty they owe to his Majesty their King and by the bowells of compassion they have to their fellow Subjects that they will accept of this his Majesties offer whereby the joyfull newes of Peace may be restored to this languishing Kingdome His Majesty will grant the like to the Kingdom of Scotland if it be desired and agree to al things that are propounded touching the concerving of peace betwixt the two Kingdomes Touching Ireland other things being agreed His Majesty will give satisfaction therein As to the mutu●ll Declarations proposed to be established ●n both Kingdomes by Act of Parliament And the Modifications Qualifications and Branches which follow in the Propositions His Majestie onely professes that He doth not sufficiently understand nor is able to reconcile many things contained in them but this He well knoweth That a generall Act of Oblivion is the best Bond of Peace and that after intestine Troubles the wisdome of this and other Kingdomes hath usually and happily in all ages granted generall Pardons whereby the numerous discontentments of many Persons and Families otherwise exposed to ruine might not become fewell to new disorders or feeds to future troubles His Majesty therfore desirs that his two Houses of Parliament would seriously descend into these considerations and likewise tenderly looke upon His Condition herein and the perpetuall dishonour that must cleave to Him if Hee shall abandon so many persons of Condition and Fortune that have ingaged themselves with and for Him out of a sense of Duty and propounds as a very acceptable testimony of their affection to Him That a generall Act of Oblivion and free pardon be forthwith passed by Act of Parliament Touching the new Great Seale His Majesty is very willing to confirme both it and all the Acts done by vertue there of untill this present time so that it be not thereby pressed to make voyd those Acts of His done by vertue of His Great Seale which in honour and justice He is obliged to maintaine And that the future Government thereof may be in His Majesty according to the due course of Law Concerning the Officers mentioned in the 19. Article His Majesty when He shall come to Westminster will gratifie His Parliament all that possibly He may without destroying the alterations which are necessary for the Crown His Majesty will willingly consent to the Act for the confirmation of the Priviledges and Customes of the City of London and ●ll that is mentioned in the Propositions for their particular advantage And now that his Majesty hath thus farre undeavoured to comply with the desires of His two Houses of Parliament to the end that this agreement may be firme and lasting with out the least face or question of restraint to blemish the same His Maiesty earnestly desires presently to bee admitted to his Parliament at Westminster with that Honour which is due to their Soveraigne there solemnly to confirme the same and legally to passe the Acts before mentioned and to give and receive as well satisfaction in all the remaining particulars as likewise such other pledges of mutuall love ●rust and confidence as shall most concerne the good of Him and His people upon which happy agreement His Majesty will dispatch His Directions to the Prince His Son to returne immediately to Him and will undertake for His ready obedience thereunto Holdenby May 12. 1647. For the Speaker of the Lords House pro tempore to be communicated to the Lords and Commons in the Parliament of England at Westminster and the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland A Letter from a Gentleman from Hampton Court SIR THe Commissioners from both kingdomes delivered the Propositions to the King yesternight There were here with hi● Majesty to present them The Earle of Pembrook the Lord Mountague Sir James Harrington Sir John Cooke Sir John Holland Major Generall Browne Commissioners from both Houses of the Parliament of England And the Earle of Loutherdale and three other Commissioners from the kingdome of Scotland Here were then with his Majesty the Duke of York and the Duke of Glocester his Children His Majesty hastens to returne Answer I perceive that the Propositions are little altered onely in circumstances chiefly from those which were sent to his Majesty at Newcastle which were answered from Holdenbey wherein you may perceive what was then complained of concerning straitnesse and other things which is since more satisfactory I doe not perceive by any thing that hath been spoken or done that there is more approbation then before you remember I suppose the particulars then tendered to both Houses by his Majesties Message of May 12. Since which some overtures have been between Agents from his Majesty and the Army concerning divers things in reference to the kingdome and I hope there will be a good issue His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax hath both declared and also propounded some things in his Declarations and Proposalls published concerning his Majesty and also concerning divers things not much different from the Propositions delivered to his Majesty now And the whole are matters of great importance which will take up time to be fully finished But there will be no delay Dated at Hampton Court the 8. of Septemb. 1647