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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62847	A defence of the Parliament of 1640. and the people of England against King Charles I. and his adherents containing a short account of some of the many illegal, arbitrary, Popish and tyrannical actions of King Charles I. unjustly called the pious martyr; together with the following tracts, &c. 1. The Pope's letter to King Charles ... 14. To give a clear demonstration of this holy martyr's religion and piety, see his declaration for the lawfulness of sports and pastimes on the Lord's Day, printed at large in this book.	Toland, John, 1670-1722.	1698 (1698)	Wing T1765A; ESTC R221756	42,225	70

Service of the French Commanding Pennington to use all Force even to sinking in case of Refusal Hereupon Pennington put his Ship into the Absolute Power of the French King and Commanded the rest to do so But the honest Sea-men refused to be slaves to the French and fight against the Protestant Religion till forced by Shots But Sir Ferdinando Gerges to his Eternal Honour brought away the Neptune with Detestation of the Action All the English Men and Boys except one Gunner who was slain in Charging a piece of Ordnance according to his defect declined the Service and quitted the Ships refusing to serve against the Rochellers In September following these seven Ships were actually imployed against the Rochellers almost to their utter ruin The French boasted that the Vantguard mow'd the Hereticks down like Grass by these wicked means were these good People wholly lost They held the Town till the Year 1628. but were reduced to incredible Misery having lived long upon Horse Flesh Hides Leather Doggs and Cats c. There were but Four Thousand left of Fifteen Thousand Souls many dyed with Famine and they usually carried their Coffins into the Church-yard and there laid themselves and Dyed A Sad Story that ought never to be forgotten in the History of Our Blessed Martyr's Reign as wickedly call'd 7. That in Civil Matters took his Peoples Goods from them against their Wills and their Liberties against the Laws that pluck'd up the Root of all Property that acted almost like the Turks who send their Janizaries and place their Halbards at the Door and then are Masters of all for in the very beginning of his Reign he levied twelve thousand Soldiers contrary to Law and then required the Country to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 8. That appointed Commissioners to Try Condemn and Execute those he unjustly call'd Delinquents by Martial Law directly against the Laws of the Land and some were Executed thereby 9. That struct directly at the Property of the Subject's Goods by issuing out Commissions contrary to many Laws for Raising Money by way of Loan and the Commissioners were ordered to certify to the Council Board the Names of all Refractery Persons particularly he Demanded One Hundred Thousand Pounds of the City of London and upon their Refusal he threatned them saying He would frame his Councils as appartained to a King 10. That against all Law required the Londoners to set forth Twenty Ships Manned and Victualed for three Months against which the Mayor Aldermen and Common Council Petition but to no purpose Being answered That Petitions and Pleadings were not to be received and that the Precedents of formers Times were Obedience not Direction The Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace of Dorsetshire being Commanded to set forth Ships insisted That the Case was without President for which they were severely checked and told that State Occasions were not to be guided by Ordinary Presidents Those Persons of Quality that refused to subscribe to the Loan were turned out of the Commission of the Peace and Lieutenancy Sir Peter Hayman upon his refusal of the Loan was commanded against his Will to go upon the King's Service beyond the Seas others of meaner Rank were either bound to appear before the Leiutenancy of the Tower to be Enrold for Soldiers for Denmark or were impressed to serve in the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sir Randolph Crew the then Learned Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Declaring against the Loan and not giving Judgment that the King might Imprison during Pleasure was turned out and Sir Nicholas Hide put in his Room who presently complyed with the King Sir Thomas Darnell Sir John Corbet Sir Walter Earl Sir John Hevingham Sir Edward Hamden five of the Gentlemen Imprisoned for Refusing the Loan brought their Habeas Corpus in Michaelmas Term in the third year of his Reign The Warden of the Fleet made his Return that they were detained in his Custody by the special command of King and Sir Robert Heath then Attorney Generral justified this sort of Imprisonment though no special Cause was assign'd and the Lord Chief Justice Hide who was made on purpose for it did singly give Judgment for remanding the Gentlemen to perpetual Imprisonment 11. That Billotted Soldiers many of which were Papists upon whom he pleased for Punishments these Soldiers committed so many Disorders mastered the People and disturbed the Peace that there was a General Out-cry against them many being undone by them Yet this was not redressed 12. That in the year 1627. Issued a Commission under the Great Seal to several Temporal Lords with Neal ' and Laud Bishops of Winchester and Bath and Wells and others to Raise Money by way of Excise and to enforce the Payment and which is very probable to awe the Parliament which was to Assemble the 17th of March He 13. Upon the 13th day of January 1627. sent a private Seal to the Lord Treasurer to this Effect We command you forthwith to pay to Philip Burlemark Merchant Thirty Thousand Pounds to be paid by him over by Bill of Exchange into the Low Countrys and Germany unto Sir William Balfoure and John Dolbier Esq who was a Papist for Levying and Providing certain Numbers of Horse with Arms for Horse and Foot to be brought over into this Kingdom for our Service c. Burlemark being afterwards call'd into the House of Commons and examin'd about this matter Declared That he received the Thirty Phousand Pounds That one Thousand Horse were levied and these Horses and their Riders were to come over and Arms were to be provided for them in Holland but heard a Countermand was gone to stay them 14. That caused Mr. Chambers a Merchant to be fined two thousand Pounds to be committed to the Fleet until he made his Submission for saying That the Merchants in no part of the World are scrued and wrung as in England and that in Turkey they have more Encouragement 15. That Oppressed and Imprison'd all Rank or Order of Men viz. The Earl of Bristol was two Years confined without being charged with any Accusation or brought to Tryal or permitted to Answer for himself for offering to accuse the Duke of Buckingham He Committed the Earl of Arrundel to the Tower in time of Parliament without expressing any cause of his Commitment which was a manifest violation of the Privileges of the House of Peers and though the Lords presented a Remonstrance yet this Lord was long detained Prisoner 16. That sent a threatning Message to the House of Commons That if he had not a timely Supply he would betake himself to New Councils Which could only mean the putting an End to the use of Parliaments That at another time said to the Lords and Commons Remember that Parliaments are altogether in my Power therefore as I find the fruits of them Good or Evil they are to continue or not to be 17. His shameful betraying the poor Protestants in the Palatinate and using the Money given