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A44203	The speech of Denzell Holles, Esquire delivered at the Lords Barr, Wednesday, the 15th of Iune vpon the impeachment of the Earles of North-hampton, Devon-shire, Monmouth, and Dover, and of the Lords Rich, Andever, Grey of Ruthen, Coventry and Capell, for their contempt in departing from the Parliament, and not returning upon summons.	Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.	1642 (1642)	Wing H2476A; ESTC R233459	4,720	10

as done by a few and an inconsiderable number and rather a Party then a Parliament and perhaps to raise and set up an Anti-Parliament there My Lords This is now the great Designe whereby they hope by little and little the Parliament shall even bleed to death and moulder to nothing the Members dropping away one after another A desperate and dangerous practise and as your Lordships well observed when you were pleased to communicate this businesse to us an effect of the evill Councels now prevailing and tending to the dissolution of the Parliament of this Parliament which under God must be the Preserver of three Kingdoms and keep them firme and loyall to their King subject to his Crown save them from being turned into a Chaos of disorder and confusion and made a spectacle of misery and desolation This Parliament which is the last hope of the long oppressed and in other Countries even almost wholy destroyed Protestant Religion This Parliament which is the only meanes to continue us to be a Nation of freemen and not slaves to be owners of any thing that we may call our wives children our estates nay our bodies our owne In a word which must stand in the gapp to prevent an in let an inundation of all misery and confusion My LORDS This Parliament they desire to destroy but I hope it will destroy the destroyers and be a wall of fire to consume them as it is a wall of brasse to us to defend King and Kingdom us and all we have Your Lordships wisely fore-saw this mischiefe and as wisely have indeavoured to prevent it by making your Orders to keepe your Members here as that of the 9th of Aprill and severall other Orders enjoyning them all to attend thereby restraining them from repayring to Yorke where the Clouds were observed to gather so fast and threaten a storme and such preparations to be made against the Parliament that it necessitated both House to passe a Vote That the King seduced by wicked Councell intended to make warre against the Parliament and all who shall serve or assist in such warres are declared to bee Traitors which Vote pa●● the 20th of May so setting a marke upon that place and their opinion concerning th●se who should at this time resort thither Yet now in such a coniuncture of time when the Kingdome had never more need of a Parliament and the Parliament never more need of all the helpe and assistance of the best indeavour and advise of every Member the safety and even being of three Kingdomes depending upon it after such Orders and Commands of your Lordships House to the contrary such a Vote of both Houses and expressely against their Duty being called th●ther by Writ under the great Seale which is the Kings greatest and highest Command and not controulable nor to be disperced with by any other Command from him whatsoever and called to treat and consult de arduis Regni the great urging and pressing a faires of the Kingdome never more urgent never more pressing notwithstanding all this these Lords the Earles of Northampton Devonshire Dover Mounmouth and the Lords Rich Andever Grey Coventry and Capell have left their stations withdrawne themselves and are gone to Yorke and being summoned to appeare by an Order of the 30●● of May instead of obedience returne a refusall by a slighting and scornefull Letter which hath bin so adjudged both by your Lordships and the House of Commons MY LORDS The House of Commons hath likewise upon the consideration and debate of this businesse finding it so much to concerne the safety of the Kingdome and the very being of the Parliament passed this Vote That the departing of these nine Lords from the Parliament without leave after such time as both Houses had declared That the King seduced by wicked Counsell intended to make warre against the Parliament and their still continuing at Yorke notwithstanding their Summons and Command is a high affront and contempt of both Houses And that the said Lords therin did as much as in them lay that the Service of Parliament might be deserted and are iustly suspected to promote a warre against the Parliament And the House in further prosecution of their Duty in this particular and in pursuance of their Protestation which obliges them to indeavour to bring to condigne punishment all such high Offenders against not only the Priviledges but the very essence of Parliament have sent me up to impeach these Lords and desire that speedy and exemplary Justice may be done upon them And accordingly I doe here in the Name of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House assembled in Parliament and in the Name of all the Commons of England Impeach SPENCER Earle of Northampton WILLIAM Earle of Devonshire HENRY Earle of Dover HENRY Earle of Mounmouth CHARLES Lord HOVVARD of Charlton ROBERT Lord RICH CHARLES Lord GREY of Ruthen THOMAS Lord COVENTRY and ARTHUR Lord CAPELL for these high Crimes and Misdemeanours following viz. For that contrary to their duty they being Peeres of the Realme and summoned by Writ to attend the Parliament and contrary to an Order of the House of Peeres of the 9th of Aprill last and severall other Orders requiring the Attendance of the Members of that House and after a Vote past in both Houses the●0th of May last That the King seduced by wicked Councell intended to make warre against the Parliament and that whosoever served or assisted him in that Warr was adjudged a Traitor did notwithstanding afterwards in the same month of May contemptuously having notice of the said Votes and Orders with draw themselves from the said House of Peeres and repaire to the City of Yorke where the Preparations of the said warre were and yet are in contrivance and agitation they knowing of such Preparations And being by an Order of the 30th of May duly summoned by the House of Peeres to make their appearance before that House upon the 8. day of June last past they refused to appeare and returned a scornefull Answer by a Letter under their hands directed to the Speaker of the Lords House and remaining there upon record For which Crimes and Misdemeanors to the interruption of the proceedings of Parliament and great affaires of the Kingdome and tending to the dissolution of the Parliament and disturbance of the Peace of the Kingdome I am commanded in the Name of the said Commons to demand of your Lordships That the said Lords may be forthwith put to their Answer and receive speedy and exemplary punishment according to their demerits The Commons saving to themselves liberty at all times hereafter exhibit any other or further Impeachment or Accusation against the said Lords or any of them FINIS

THE SPEECH OF DENZELL HOLLES Esquire Delivered at the Lords Barr Wednesday the 15th of Iune Vpon the Impeachment of the Earles of North-hampton Devon-shire Monmouth and Dover and of the Lords Rich Andever Grey of Ruthen Coventry and Capell for their contempt in departing from the PARLIAMENT and not returning upon Summons Ordered that this speech shall be forthwith printed and that none shall print it but who M. Holles shall appoint H. Elsynge Cler. Parl D. Com. I appoint that none shall print this but Thomas Vnderhill Denzell Holles LONDON Printed for Thomas Vnderhill at the Signe of the Bible in Wood-street 164● THE SPEECH OF DENZELL Holles Esquire Delivered at the Lords Barr Wednesday the 15th of Iune Upon the Impeachment c. My Lords BY the Command of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons I come hither unto your Lord●p● in the behalfe of the Parliament or rather in the behalfe of the whole Kingdome labouring with much distraction many feares great apprehensions of evill and mischiefe intended against it and now hatching and preparing by that Malignant party which thirsts after the destruction of Religion Laws and Liberty all which are foulded up cherished and preserved in the carefull bosome of the Parliament My Lords The Parliament is the Foundation and Basis of Government and consequently of the Peace and Happinesse of the Kingdome As it creates the Law by which we are ruled and governed in Peace and quietnesse so it preserves the Law in Power and Authority It watches over our Religion that it be not supplanted and changed by superstitious Innovations the truth and substance of it eaten up with Formality vaine Pompe and unnecessary Ceremonies the grosse Errors of Popery and Arminianisme imposed upon us as the Doctrine of our Church A way opened to all licentiousnesse And occasion hereby taken to oppresse and persecute all religious and conscientious men that shall oppose these Proceedings as hath been used of late It is the Conservative of the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and the Corrective of Injustice and Oppression whereby equall Right is distributed to all and every Man hath that benefit and protection of Justice which is due unto him It is that by which alone common Necessities can be provided for and publike Feares prevented So that I may say not onely the Peace and Happinesse and well-being but the very Being of this Kingdome can have no other bottome to stand upon but the Parliament it being the foundation upon which the whole Frame of the Common-wealth is built Therefore those who would destroy the Building apply themselves to undermine the Foundation If they can take away Parliaments or but weaken the Power and Authority of Parliament which is all one For if it once have no Power it will soone have no being they know then all will be at their mercy nothing will stand in their way to oppose them but a floud of violence will run over and cover the whole Surface of the Kingdome and carry away all both present Enjoyment and future Hope of Religion Liberty and whatsoever else is precious and deare unto us And accordingly it hath ever been the Policie of evill Counsellors who are the greatest Enemies we have in the World or can have to strike at Parliaments keepe off Parliaments breake Parliaments or divide Parliaments by making Factions casting in Diversions and Obstructions to hinder and interrupt Proceedings of Parliament All against the Parliament Your Lordpps have had experience of this Truth this Parliament A Succession of Designes upon it First to awe it and take away the Freedome of it by the terrour of an Army Then to bring Force against it actually to assault it and with the Sword cut in sunder this onely Band which tyes and knits up King and People the People among themselves and the whole Frame of this Government in one firme and I hope indissoluble Knot of Peace and Vnity God diverted those Designes did blow upon them presently another is set upon which was to obstruct and hinder our Proceedings That in the meane time the flame of Rebellion might consume the Kingdome of Ireland and Distempers Distractions and Jealousies be fomented here at home to teare out the Bowels of this Kingdome the Parliament being disabled from helping it by occasion of so many Diversions so much businesse cut out unto it many Obstructions and Difficulties especially that great one from which all the rest receive Countenance and Support his Majesties absenting himselfe not concurring with us and so with-drawing both his Presence and Influence by which meanes such Remedies could not be applyed as were necessary and what was done was done with infinite trouble to the Parliament and excessive charge to the Subject double trebble what otherwise would have served the turne So the Subject is grieved and oppressed with charge and the blame of all is laid upon the Parliament and the Parliament unjustly said to be the cause of all those evils which the Authors of them had made so great and so confirmed and secured by the frequent interruptions of the Parliament that they could not suddenly nor easily be suppressed or removed Well but by Gods infinite blessing the Parliament was in a faire possibility to wade through this likewise And though the Night had been blacke and stormy some day began to appeare Miraculously our Armes have prospered in Ireland and God be praised the malevolent Practises of these Vipers at home as they appeared were in some sort mastered And the Parliament began to act and operate towards the setling of the great Affaires both of Church and State and providing for the Defence and Safety of this Kingdome against either forrain Invasion or any stirring of the disaffected Party among themselves Then three wayes are together assayed for the weakening and invalidating the Proceeding and Power of the Parliament and making way for the utter subversion of it One Force is gathered together at Yorke under pretence of a Guard for his Majesties Person to make an opposition against the Parliament and by a strong hand to support and protect Delinquents so as no Order of Parliament can be obeyed but on the other side is sleighted and scorned to make the Parliament of no reputation to be but Imago Parliamenti a meere shadow without substance without efficacy An other To send out in his Majesties Name and as Declarations and Messages from Him bitter Invectives against the Parliament to perplexe it and engage it in the expence of time to answer them And besides cunningly to insinuate and infuse into the People by false Colors and Glosses a disopinion and dislike of the Parliament and if it be possible to stir up their spirits to rise against it though to the ruine of themselves their Wives and Children The third Plot is The Members are drawne away and perswaded to forsake their duty and attendance here and goe downe to Yorke thereby to blemish the Actions of both Houses