Titus Britannicus AN ESSAY OF HISTORY ROYAL IN THE Life Reign OF HIS Late SACRED MAJESTY CHARLES II. Of Ever Blessed and Immortal Memory By AVRELIAN COOK Gent. Ut ameris Amabilis esto Ovid. Majora Veris Monstra vix capiunt Fidem Senec. LONDON Printed for James Partridg Stationer to His Royal Highness George Hereditary Prince of Denmark at the Post-Office by Charing-Cross 1685. To the most NOBLE HONOURABLE REVEREND WILLIAM Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury FRANCIS Lord Guilford C. S. LAWRENCE Earl of Rochester P. GEORGE Marquess of Halifax C. P. S. JAMES Duke of Ormond S. R. D. CHRISTOPHER Duke of Albemarle HENRY Duke of New-Castle HENRY Duke of Beaufort CHARLES Marquess of Winchester ROBERT Earl of Lindsey S. A. C. HENRY Earl of Arlington C. R. D. AUBERY Earl of Oxford THEOPHILUS Earl of Huntington JOHN Earl of Bridgwater HENRY Earl of Peterborough PHILIP Earl of Chesterfield Robert Earl of Sunderland HENRY Earl of Clarendon JOHN Earl of Bath WILLIAM Earl of Craven ROBERT Earl of Ailesbury JOHN Earl of Radnor DANIEL Earl of Nottingham HENRY Earl of Middleton THOMAS Vicount Falconberg HENRY Lord Bishop of London GEORGE Lord Dartmouth SIDNEY Lord Godolphin Sir JOHN ERNLY Sir THOMAS CHICHELEY Sir GEORGE JEFFERIES and Sir LEOLINE JENKINS The Lords of His late Majesties Privy-Council My LORDS IT was a Custom much us'd by the Ancient Writers among the Greeks and Romans to Dedicate their Books to their most particular Friends and sometimes to Intitle and call them by their Friends Names In our Age wherein we either do or shou'd imitate Antiquity in all commendable things This laudable Custom is either wholly laid aside or practis'd by so few that they almost escape Observance If indeed this Method of Dedicating Books was chang'd into a better I should have no reason to complain but rather to applaud the happy Genius of our Times for outshining the brightest days of Antiquity But most assuredly we can find no causes for such Triumphs The Dedications now made in England and France which two Countries in this Age we may Parallel with the foremention'd Greece and Italy upon the Score of Excellence in Wit with respect to the rest of Europe Our Dedications I say are so full of nauseous and fulsom Flatteries and Most of 'em so generally made up of about a dozen long Words variously turn'd and dispers'd that for my part I wonder how any Man can proceed any further in a Book of such small hopes but must needs lay it down and chuse rather to go to Bounding-Stones with Augustus Nay this crying Sin of the Nation is come to that pass that even our Poets who were made and fram'd on purpose in such a Make as only to lash Vice with the severest Satyr are yet most abominably guilty of this crime When an excellent Comedy has appear'd on the Stage for some time and perhaps done the Work of an Hundred Homilies in visiting and reclaiming Mankind from their evil ways it comes forth in Print and all is spoil'd again by a wicked Dedication in the beginning which propagatâ—â— Atheism so that no man can believe the Poet is honest and speaks his mind in the Play while he talks so lewdly and contradictorily in the Dedication It was not so in Ben. Johnson's days What I have said of Epistles Dedicatory in general may partly seem to hook my self into the crowd of these numerous Transgressors while I inscribe this Book to your Great Names But several Things I have to alledg for my self First tho this Piece be not presented to any private Friend of its Author in Emulation of the Ancients yet as far as possibly I have followed their Sacred Rules and Canons in a Work of this publick Nature For it is the Life of one of the Greatest and Wisest Princes that â—ver Sway'd the English or any other Scepter And to whom cou'd I better devote His Life than to His Greatest and Wisest Friends for such He always call'd His best Servants Ye are concern'd MY LORDS in every Page of this Book and can witness what is here related to be true No part of His Life but wherein some of you have had a share In His Education His Exile His Sufferings His Victories His Triumphs And while I write his Life in some measure I write Yours For such is the fate of Celsitude and honour that Great Men in some sense do frequently Dye before Sixty three And to be sure when a Prince falls he does not fall alone but several Others have their Lives interchangeably writ with his Besides MY LORDS being unable to find any Object nearer to him than Your selves except his Majesty whom God long preserve and the Family Royal I lay under an indispensable necessity of imploring your Lordships Patronage For such is my Veneration to the Blood of my Prince that by no means can I be perswaded to think the ensuing Papers fit for his most Sacred and Princely Eye or worthy a Royal Protection and I am resolv'd to be as Innocent as I can and not offend One Prince after having committed Treason against the Fame of another However MY LORDS tho this be not a Piece fit for a Kings Cabinet yet I hope this Image of our late Sovereigns Life will not be refus'd by Your Lordships since we love the Pictures of those Persons we admire let 'em be never so unfinisht let them be drawn by what hand soever The other Thing which I propos'd to my self in this Address was the avoiding Flattery tho it may seem a very unnecessary Caution since he that looks up to such a Thick-set Conglobation and as it were Galaxy of heavenly Virtues must easily infer that they are too high for Flattery and too bright to have any lustre added to them With all the Tragical forces of Eloquence I might here expatiate on the Topicks of Grand Descent of Titles and honours of Policy and Government of Arms and Learning of the Tent and the Closet But it is not my design to manage these common Subjects And I beg leave of your Lordships to say That in the front of a Book consecrated to the fame of CHARLES the II d I think I shou'd do an Injury to him if I endeavour'd professedly to write any other Panegyrick but his tho at the same time I must needs include Your Lordships Praises And herein I have determin'd to take a View of the King himself and not of his Deeds that Province I leave to his history and to set his personal Virtues and not additional Actions before your Eyes for a bad man may do a praise-worthy thing but a good man himself can only be praised Many Kings themselves do either hear or read their own Commendations and take care to see their own Glory setled before they dye But such kind of Annals usually is as mortal as their Subject and as soon turns to Ashes No His late Majesties Praise shall not be Mercenary The World after his Death shall
ibid. 1670 Designs to unite England and Scotland 345 Prince of Tuscany in England ibid The Dutchess of Orleans at Dover 346 Sir Thomas Allen before Argeir 347 Sir Edward Spragg destroys three Men of War 348 1671 Bloud steals the Crown 349 The King takes a Sea-Progress 351 A stop upon the Exchequer 352 Sir George Downing committed to the Tower 353 A Declaration of Indulgence 354 Sir Robert Holms falls on the Dutch Smyrna Fleet ibid 1672 The King declares War against the Dutch 355 He views the English and French Fleet joyning ibid His Royal Highness's name terrible to the Dutch 356 The States remove to Amsterdam 357 The King Invites their Subjects into England ibid The Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Arlington Embassadors 358 Nimeguen taken ibid 1673 the Dutch beaten 359 The King grants Peace to the Dutch 360 1677 Grows Jealous of the French Kings greatness 362 The Lady Mary marri'd to the Prince of Orange ibid The Kings Speech to the Parliament 363 France threatned with a War 365 The King endeavours a general Peace 366 But provides for the worst 367 His Speech to the Parliament ibid 1678 The Siege of Mons raised 359 A peace concluded at Nimeguen ibid A hugeous strange Plot of Black Bills and Spanish pilgrims discover'd by Titus Oates 371 The Lords Bellasis Powis Peters and Arundel sent to the Tower 3â—2 Godfrey found murthered 373 The King prevents the Parliament 375 His refusal to part with the Militia 376 Some try'd for the Plot ibid Some of the Parliament accuse each other 377 Sir Joseph Williamson released by the King 378 The Long Parliament dissolv'd ibid The Kings Letter to the Duke 379 The Duke goes into Flanders 380 The Kings Speech to the new Parliament ibid 1679 They begin with the Earl of Danby 384 Who surrenders him self ibid The Lords in the Tower Impeacht in Parliament 385 The King dissolves his Privy-Council and constitutes a new one ibid. Shaftsbury President 387 The Lords Answer to their Impeachments ibid. 1680 The Kings proposal to the Parliament 388 Their Address to the King 389 The Bill of Exclusion brought in ibid The two Houses differ about Danby's pardon and the Tryal of the Lords 390 The King Porogues them 392 The Bishop of St. Andrews most barbarous Muther forerunner of a Scotch Rebellion ibid. Whence the name of Whigs 393 The Parliament dissolv'd and a new one call'd 394 Sir G. Wakeman and others acquitted ibid. The King taken Sick at Windsor 395 Monmouth in disgrace 397 A Declaration about him 398 He is banished 402 Dangerfields discovery ibid The Duke of York goes into Scotl. 403 Sawcy Petitions for the Parliaments fitting 404 Forbidden by Proclamation ibid. Kings Speech to the Parliament 405 The Duke returns out of Scotland 406 Sir Lionel Jenkins made Secretary 407 Addresses of Abhorrence ibid. The Lord Shandios Embassador to Constantinople 408 A prodigious storm of Hail ibid The Parliament sits 409 Fall foul upon Sir Robt. Can and others ibid. Revive the Attempt of the Exclusion Bill which is bravely thrown out by the Lords 411 The Tryal of the Lord Stafford 412 The Blazing-star 413 The King presseth the Parliament for supplys ibid. The Address ibid. His Answer 414 Their Proceedings thereupon 415 They are Prorogu'd 416 Their lewdly extravagant Votes ibid. Petitions about the Oxford Parliament 417 The Country treats their Members 418 1681 The King goes to Oxford 419 His Speech to the Parliament there ibid. Wi. Williams Speaker 421 Fitz-Harris his story 422 25 26 27 28. The Oxford-Parliament dissolv'd 423 A Declaration touching it 424 Doct. Pluncket 427 The Lord Howard committed to the Tower 428 The Oxford-Plot 429 The Protestant Joyner ibid. His Royal Highness High Commissioner in the Parliament of Scotland 430 An Act past there about the Succession ibid. The King Favours the French Protestants 431 Shaftsbury sav'd by an Ignoramus 432 Esquire Thinn murther'd 433 1682 The Royal Passenger's miraculous deliverance 435 Sir John More Lord Mayor of London 436 A Riot in the City about Sheriffs 437 Prince Rupert dies 442 The Earl of Nottingham dies ibid Two remarkable and unusual Embassadors ibid. 1683 Bantham lost 444 An unpresidentable action ibid A Quo Warranto brought against the City Charter 447 A Petition in reference to it 447 The Kings gracious Condescention ibid Shaftsbury's Plot discover'd 449 The King to have been kill'd at the Rye 451 Sav'd by an accidental Fire ibid. Keeling the first discoverer 452 The Plotters taken ibid. Lord Gray Escapes 453 The Lord Russel and Coll. Sidney Beheaded and others executed at Tyburn ibid. Holloway and Armstrong executed 454 A Declaration of Thanksgiving ibid. The difference between the two Plots 455 The Lady Ann Married to Prince George ibid. Judgment enter'd against the Charter 456 Prichard Mayor by Commission ibid. The Factious Aldermen displac'd 457 Monmouth submits himself 458 The great Frost 459 The Kings Charity 460 Vienna besieged ibid Lord Landsdown ' Valour at its 〈…〉 46â— Tâ—ngâ—er demolish'â— ibid. Earl of Danby relievâ—d ibid. The rest of the Lords out of the Toweâ— 462 684. Commissioners for Ecclesiastical affairs ibid. A Scandalum Magnatum against Oates 463 His Royal Highnesses Patience 464 A Statue-peice of the King in the Royal Exchange ibâ—d A Muster on Putney Heath 466 Several tryed 467 The Sodom Doctor Indicted 468 Danvers his Libel 469 〈…〉 Scroop How receiv'd to favour 470 The King 〈…〉 Fit 471 The manner of his lingring Death 472 The Solemnity of his â—uneral 475 His Person 481 His Justice 483 His peaceable Inclination 486 His care of the Crown Prerogatives 488 His Prudence and Conduct 491 His great Piety and Devotion â—94 His Travels 499 His Learning â—01 His Recreations 504 His Conjugal Affectionâ— 506 Epigraphe 509 A Prayer for the King 511 An Essay of HISTORY ROYAL In the LIFE and REIGN OF HIS Late Sacred MAJESTY CHARLES the Second The Introduction HIstory in all Ages hath not undeservedly been accounted the great Light and Mistress of Humane Life as it both pleasurably instructs and most efficaciously persuades all Ranks and Degrees of men to their several respective and proper Offices For in laying the Foundation of a Good Mind Examples have a peculiar force to move men to Virtue and a much Greater than any bare Precepts whatsoever since they have this excellence in them that they prove what they recommend possible to be done and a Precept without an Example adjoyn'd to it looks like a good Law never put into Execution When men read of an Excellent Virtue they still carry away some Tincture from it whether they will or no as if they had been in Conversation with it's Possessor And when they read of any deformity and vice they have a natural aversion for it and will take care to avoid in themselves what looks so ugly in others Nor does History tend only to form men's manners in order to an happy Life but it also exalts and enlarges their minds while they
of Kelkhampton in Cornwell a living of about three hundred pound per Annum which he had freely bestowed on him without any other design therein than only to oblige him to serve his King and Country whenever he had occasion to employ him in any thing that might tend to both their Good having even then an eye to the General in Scotland to whom he was Brother which contrivance the King very well approved of and left the whole management of the business to his secresie and discretion Whereupon he sent for Monk out of Cornwelâ— and having first obliged him to secresie accquainted him with the Kings Commission to treat with his Brother the General and his design of sending him into Scotland to manage that treaty on the Kings behalf and gave him a Commission according to the Kings directions to offer his Brother in case he would undertake that commendable and glorious work of restoring the King to his Crown and Dignity leave to set down his own conditions and assure him that the King had promised upon his Royal word to perform them Monk being fraught with hopes and instructions willingly undertook the happy Embassy embarquing himself immediately for Scotland and having a prosperous gale arrived in a few days at Leith and from thence to Dulkeith where his Brother the General resided And that he might remove all suspition of the design of his coming from those about the General he pretended that the intent of his voyage was only to fetch away his Daughter Mary who at that time lived there in the Generals Family in order to the bestowing her in marriage to her advantage hoping that his Brother would make some conâ—iderable addition to her Fortune But the General being at his first arrival engaged in business could not entertain him himself and therefore sent him under the conduct of an highland Foot-Boy to his Chaplains Chamber which was Dr. Price who received him with that Courtesie that became him in regard of his relation to his Master and so soon as he had made him sit down began to enquire what news he had brought from England about Sir George Booth and the rest of those loyal Gentlemen that were engaged with him to whom Monk made such replies as were suitable to his several questions and then having been assured before he left England of the Dr's faithfulness and loyalty he adventured to acquaint him with the design of his coming thither at that time and desired his directions how he might to be with the greatest advantage to the Kings affairs break that business and open his message from Sir John to the General who thereupon told him that his Brother would expect to be satisfied of his Secresie as well as of his Fidelity before he would engage himself in such a hazardous affair as that was since it was necessary that a business of that importance should sleep in as few Breasts as possible and he might put himself the General and his whole negotiation into a very great hazard should he rely too much upon the Characters given him in England of the secret loyalty of any persons amongst them advising him therefore to make no more such rude and unadvised communications of his Embassy and to acquaint his Brother with his having related it to him assuring â—him for his encouragement that he verily believed that his Brother would willingly embrace any fair overture for the redeeming of his Country from the slavery of the Army His Wife who had always a great love and veneration for the King having prepared him to appear in his behalf when the first opportunity should offer it self and the Soldiers who troubled not their heads much about Religion and abbetting of parties but only fought for their pay having a general love and esteem for him as looking upon him to be a good Soldier and a discreet Commander under whom they might safely engage he might at any time make himself a good party amongst them when he should judge it fit and safe to apppear Mr. Monk having in the Evening an oppportunity to keep private with his Brother acquainted him with the end of his coming and the encouragement proposed by Sir John if he would undertake the work assuring him that he had seen the Kings Commission directed to Sir John for the impowring of him to make those offers wherein he promised upon the word of a King to perform them Which upon mature deliberation he highly approved of and the more because he understood that the Presbyterians and the Lord Fairfax would be engaged with him with whom he ever after maintained a private correspondence and therefore from that time took up a resolution to endeavour his Masters Restauration relying upon the Faith and Integrity of Sir John Greenvile and confiding in the Kings Word as much as if he had actually received a Commission from him for he soon after told his Chaplain that he was resolved to Commission the whole Scatch Nation against the English Parliament and Army rather than suffer himself to be taken or displaced by them although he had at time no other authority to do it by then that airy commission conveyed unto him by word of mouth from Sir John Greenvile who had it in writing from the King And the happy success of that resolution was a great demonstration of the Kings extraordinary prudence and discretion in pitching upon Monk as the fittest person to bring about that blessed and glorious revolution and the wisdom of Sir John Greenvile in employing his Brother rather than any other Person to manage that great and weighty Intreague And being informed that there was a supplication presented to the Rump by Lambert in the name of the Army under his command for the bringing those to punishment who had been actually engaged in or offered any assistance to Booth's Conspiracy and for appointing a General over all their Forces in the three Kingdoms which inquisition had it been made and a sequestration past upon it accrding to their expectation would have yielded them more Wealth then all the former sales of Crown and Church Lands He began to conclude with himself that he should have a fairer opportunity to put his resolutions in practice then he could have reasonably expected for he easily foresaw what was the design and intent of that supplication and was so well pleased with it that he pleasantly told his Chaplain that he perceived he should shortly have a better Game to play than he lookt for when he first engaged himself in the design and that he knew Lambert to be of such a restless and aspiring temper that he would not long suffer the Rump to sit in quiet at Westminster And therefore that he might the better make preparations for his future designs he immediately dispatcht away his Brother to London in character of an Envoy to assure the Rump of his faithfulness and fidelity to them and that he was resolved to stand firm to their Interest
Coningsâ—ark a German Lord who had formerly endeavoured to obtain her came over again to London in disguise and one â—ratz who had formerly been a Captain under him sent a Challenge to Thinn with a Threat That in case he refused to meet him at the Time and Place appointed he should be pistol'd And finding that notwithstanding that Threat he still slighted his Challenge and refused to hazard his Life against he knew not whom nor upon what ground of quarrel he with two more well mounted and armed rode up to his Coach as he was passing homeward near the Hay-market and having stopt the Horses another of those desperate Villains whose Name was George Borosky a Polander discharged a Blunderbuss or Musketoon at him charged with six Bullets which were all lodged in his Belly and then they setting Spurs to their Horses made their escape but the next Morning they were so closely sought after that they were all three taken and being brought to a Trial Tryal before the Lord-Chief-Justice Pemberton were all three condemned and executed upon a Gibbet erected near the place where they committed the Murder and Borasky to terrifiâ— others from such barbarous Attemptsâ— was hung up in Chains between 〈◊〉 and London The Count was likewisâ— tryed the same time as an accessary to the Murder but for want of sufficient Evidence was acquitted by the Jury A strange Accident hapned not long after this which had like to have proved fatal to these Nations by depriving them of the Inestimable Blessing which they now enjoy for his Royal Highness the Duke of York our Present Sovereign going about the beginning of May into Scotland to fetch home his Dutchess whom he had left there at his last return the Glocester Frigot in which he sailed unfortunately striking on the Lemon-ore in Yarmoth Road was lost with about an hundred men and some Treasure But Heaven designing the Royal Passenger to be the occasion of many future Blessings to these Kingdoms and reserving him for a more honourable Funeral he was miraculously preserved by going off into a Yatch which came up to his relief just before the Ship sunk And returning toward the latter end of that month with his Dutchess and the Lady Ann to Whitehall the King and Queen came from VVindsor to congratulate his safe arrival and express their Joy for his miraculous preservation And the King who went back again that Night to VVindsor was the next Day taken very ill occasioned as it was generally thought by some cold taken the day before but upon bleeding and the use of some other proper means he recovered his former health within a few days to the great joy of his Subjects Sir John Moor an Honest Loyal Gentleman and an Addresser coming this Year to be Lord Mayor of London which City was then somewhat distempered by reason the Chair had for the Two preceding Years been enjoyed by Sir Robert Claton and Sir Patience Ward who inclining to the Fanatick Party had promoted such Sheriffs and other Officers in that City as were no way pleasing to the King as appeared by the Answer he returned to the Message from Sir John to him to invite his Majesty to dine with him and the City on the day of his Inauguration viz. That he liked the Message but not the Messengers who were the two Sheriffs Pilkinton and Shute and therefore having now the Power in his Hand as Chief Magistrate he resolved to restore London to its Loyalty and leave it in a condition more to the Kings content than he found it And in order thereunto it being an ancient Custom for the Lord Mayor at a Feast kept Yearly at the Bridg-house to drink to him whom he designed to be one of the Sheriffâ— for the Year ensuing he drank to Mr. Dudly North Brother to the Lord Keeper and since Knighted And on the 24th of June which being Midsummer-day was customary for the Electing the Sheriâ—f of London he summoned the several Companies to appear at Guild-hall and confirm North and cause another Sheâ—iff but instead of proceeding according to the Ancient câ—stom and method of the City therâ— appeared two parties the Lord Mayor and his Party and the two Sheriffs and their Party who refused to confirm North and would have both Sheriffs elected by Vote After some coâ—test it was agreed to be decided by pol But those who polled for the coâ—firmation of North and thâ— Election of Box a Drugster in Cheapside who was proposed by Moor for the other Sheriff being refused and several mens Names entred for Papillion and Dubois that were put up by the Two Sheriffs and their Party who had no Right to Vote the Lord Mayor adjourned the Court by Proclamation till the 27th and so departed out of the Hall altho not without some abuses by the disaffected party However the Sheriffs would not obey the Adjournment but upon pretence that the business belonged properly to them and not at all to the Mayor went on with their Poll till night The next day being Sunday admitted of no Action but on Monday morning the King who had been informed of all those Tumutuous Proceedings ordered the Lord Mayor the Court of Aldermen and the Two Sheriffs to attend him at the Council-Chamber and after a full Examinâ—tion and Hearing of all that could be said on both sides committed the Sheriffs to the Tower for their Riotous Proceeding whither they were carâ—ied through the City in their own Coacâ—es But having obtained a Habeas Corâ—us to be brought up to the Kings-Beâ—ch-Bar they were admitted Bail having first pleaded Not Guilty to an Information exhibited against them for a Tumultuous and Riotous Assembly in holding the Common-Hall after it had been adjourned and the Assembly discharged The Sheriffs having thus obtained their Liberty met again on the 5th of July and notwithstanding the Mayor who was then sick sent the Recorder to adjourn the Common-Hall to the 7th yet they and the Multitude proceeded in the Election and declared their Choice of Papillion and Duboise But some Disputes arising when the Mayor and his party met on the 7th according to the Adjournment about the Legality of that Adjournment Four Lawyers were sent for to the Court of Aldermen to argue the Validity of the thing but coming to no Resolution the Court was adjourned to the 14th of that Month. When the King designing if possible to set all things to rights issued out an Order of Council wherein he commanded them since all their Proceedings hitherto had been irregular to begin all Proceedings anew and carry them on in the usual manner as they ought to have been upon Midsummerday This Order was read in the Common-Hall but opposed by the adverse Party with Noise and Clamor However Moor declared North duly elected by him and that he would Poll for the other Three viz. Box Papillion and Duboise and thereupon caused Books to be fitted with Three Columns only But Pilkinton and Shute refusing to
as it was thenceforward called where he could not so much as sit at ease And now supposing himself possest of a hopeful security he desired William to shave him and cut the hair of his head as short on the top of his crown as the Cizers would do it only leaving some about the ears according to the Country mode Carless who stood by told him William was but a mean Barber to which he replied he was no competent Judg of that in regard he was never shaved before He bad William burn the hair which was the only Command he was disobedient to during his whole attendance upon the King for he reserved a good part of it and kept it as a civil Relick with some whereof he afterwards pleasured several persons of Quality Humphry Penderil being on the Saturday following at Shefnil whither he went to pay some Taxes to one Captain Broadeway at whose House he met with a certain Colonel of the Rebels who was then newly come from Worcester in pursuit of the King and being informed that he had been at White-Ladies and that Humphry was a near Neighbour to the place and had some Relations lived in the House he examined him strictly laying before him the penalty of concealing him which was death without mercy and the reward promised for the discovering of him which was 1000 l. certain pay But so fixt was his Loyalty that neither fear of Punishment nor hope of Reward was able to tempt him to a breach of that trust which the King had placed in him and his Relations but he pleaded ignorance and so was dismiss'd And at night acquainted the King with the whole passage at the relating whereof and considering the price set upon his head he look'd somewhat dismay'd as having trusted his Life in the hands of such poor men who might peradventure for such a Sum as that be perverted from their fidelity which Humphry perceiving was extreamly grieved with his rashness in acquainting the King so unadvisedly therewith But Carless assuring him that altho' it was 100000 l. yet he would engage his Soul for their honesty and Humphry backing it with several solemn Protestations he was pretty well satisfied That night Richard's Wife whom he was pleased to call his Dame Joan provided some Chickens for his Supper a Dainty he had not lately been acquainted with and a little Bed put into the secret place for him to lye on some of the Brothers being by turns continually upon duty watching the several Avenues of the House and the Road-way thereby to prevent the danger of a surprise After Supper the Colonel ask'd him What Meat he would please to have provided for the Morrow being Sunday He told him That he could wish they had some Mutton if it might be had which was somewhat difficult in regard it was thought dangerous for William to go to any Market to buy it since his Neighbours all knew he used not to buy any such Meat for his own Diet and so it might have begot a suspicion in them of his having strangers in his House But the Colonel willing to satisfie his Sovereign's desire early on Sunday-Morning repair'd to Mr. William Stanton's Sheep-Coat who renâ—ed some of Boscobel-Ground and having chosen out one of the best Sheep struck him with his Dagger and ordered William to carry him home His Dormitory being none of the best nor his Bed the easiest he got up pretty early on Sunday-Morning and having near the secret place where he lay the conveniency of a Gallery to walk in he was observed to spend some time in his Devotions and after his coming down into the Parlour his Nose fell a bleeding which put them all into a great fright till they were pacified by his telling them it often did so As soon as the Mutton was well cold William cut it up and bringing a Legg of it into the Parlour the King call'd for a Knife and a Trencher and having cut some of it into â—ollops and prick'd them with a Knive's point call'd for a Frying Pan and very artificially cook'd them himself of which when they were ready he eat very heartily the Colonel in the mean time officiating as the Under-Cook which he look'd upon as a great Honour too making the Fire and turning the Collops in the Pan Which Passage being after their safe arrival in France call'd to mind and merrily reflected upon he proposed it as a Problemetical Question Whether Himself or the Colonel were the Master-Cook at Boscobel And the supremacy was judg'd of right to belong to him The other Brothers were in the mean time applied in their several stations either scouting abroad to learn Intelligence or upon some other necessary Service But it so pleased God that although the Soldiers had some Intelligence of his Majesty's having been at White-ladies and knew that he was gone thence yet they never search'd the House nor that of Boscobel He spent some part of that Lord's day in reading in a pleasant Arbour he met withal in Boscobel-Garden planted upon a Mount wherein there was a stone Table and Seats about it which he very much commended for its retiredness And having understood by John Penderil that the Lord Wilmot was at Mr. Whitgrave's House he sent him thither to let him know he was well and would come himself to Mosely that night But when John came to Mosely he was removed from thence to Bently at which he was very much troubled but however acquainted Whitgrave and Mr. Huddleston who was then there that the King was returned to Boscobel and with the ill accommodation he had there whereupon they both resolved to go with him to Bently where the Lord Wilmot appointed to meet them and the King in a little Grove of Trees not far from Whitgrave's House about Twelve or One of the Clock that Night and ordered John to return again to Boscobel and acquaint the King therewith who having not yet recovered his late foot Journey to Madeley was not able without a Horse to Travel to Mosely wherefore it was concluded that he should ride upon Humphry's Mill-horse he being the Miller of White-ladies Mill which was taken up from grass and not accoutred with rich Trappings or such gaudy Furniture as would have becom'd so great a King but with a sorry old Saddle and a worse Bridle When he was ready to mount Carless being so well known in that Country that his attendance would in all probability have proved rather a disservice than any advantage to him he humbly took his leave of him heartily praying for his constant preservation with which excuse he was so well pâ—eas'd that he afterward gave him by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England by the Name of William Carlos which in Spanish signifies Charles an honourable Coat of Arms bearing an Oak proper in a Field Or a Fess-Gules charged with Three Regal Crowns of the Second and for his Crest a Civice Crown with a Sword and Scepter
cross Saltier-wise with this Motto Subditus fidelis Regis Regni salus Having parted with the Colonel he rode toward Mosely being led thither through By-ways altho' it was Midnight by the five Brothers who attended at a convenient distance each of them having a Pike-staff or a Bill on their shoulders and some of them Pistols in their Pockets resolving if they should have been questioned or encountred by five or six Troopers only to have shewed their Valour in defending him as well as their Fidelity in concealing of him He had not rid far before he began to complain of the Horse being never used to ride such kind of Beasts as that was That it was the heaviest dull Jade that he ever rode on whereupon the owner replied somewhat beyond the usual notion of a Miller My Liege can you blame the Horse for going heavily when he had no less than the weight of thrâ—e Kingdoms on his back When they were come to Penford-Mill which was within two Miles of Whitgrave's House his Guides desired him to alight and walk the rest of the way the foot-path being more secure and much nearer which he consented too and Humphry and George being to return with the Horse the rest waited on him to his Journey 's end but having forgot upon parting to take his leave of those that went back he hastily turned and called them to him again and said My Troubles make me forget my self I thank you all And so having given them his Hand to kiss he proceeded on his Journey Wilmot according to his appointment came to the meeting-place at his hour and was received by Whitgrave and conveyed to his old Chamber but was extreamly troubled when he found the King was not there at his prefixed time which made him suspect the worst and fear that some misfortune had befallen him wherefore he desired Whitgrave to repair again to the place of meeting where they had left Huddleston to attend the King 's coming who appearing there about two hours after his appointed time was expired they conducted him to the House where that disconsolate Lord had long expected him with great solicitude so soon as he saw him enter he kneeled down and embraced his Knees and in requital the King kiss'd him on the Cheek and demanded somewhat earnestly of him what was become of Buckingham Cleveland and others to which he answered that he could give him no account but hoped in general that they were safe Then the Lord addressing himself to Whitgrave and Huddleston said Tho' I have hitherto concealed the Name of my Friend yet now I adventure to tell you That it is my Master your Master and the Master of us all Whereupon the King gave them his Hand to kiss and told them that he had received such an account from Wilmot of their Fidelity that he should never forget it desiring to see the secret place where he was to be concealed which having viewed he liked it very well And then returning into Wilmot's Chamber he sate down on the Beds side and his Nose bleeding he pluck'd out of his Pocket a Handkerchief course and dirty being suitable to the rest of his Apparel which was a Leather Doublet a pair of green Breeches and a Jump-Coat as the Country call'd it of the same green a pair of his own Stockings with the tops cut off because they were embroidered a pair of old Shooes cut and slash'd to give ease to his Feet an old gray greasie Hat without a lining and a noggen Shirt of the coursest Linnen his Face and Hands likewise being answerable thereunto made of a rusty complexion by the help of the Walnut-leaves Huddleston observing the courseness of his Shirt was very troublesom to him and hindred his rest desired know if he would change it which he being willing to do he furnish'd him with a flaxen one and pulling off his Shooes and Stockings carefully dried his Feet where he found that some-body had innocently put white Paper next his Feet which with going on foot from the place where he alight to the house was so roul'd between his Stockings and his Skin that it served rather to increase than asswage their former soreness Whitgrave had by this time brought up some Bisket and a Bottle of Sack whereof the King having eat of the one and drank of the other and finding himself a little refresh'd said merrily I am now ready for another march and if it should please God once more to place me in the head of but Eight or Ten Thousand Men of one mind and resolved to fight I should not doubt my being able to drive those Rogues out of my Kingdoms It being now toward break of day he was desirous to take a little sleep in order whereunto a Pallate was carried into one of the secret places where he lay down and compos'd himself to rest but slept not so well as his Host wish'd he might in regard the place was close and inconvenient after he had lain some time in his hole he got up and was pleas'd to take notice of and very familiarly salute Mrs. Whitgrave Mother to him who was the owner of the house and having his place of retreat still ready he diverted himself now and then in a Closet over the Porch from whence he could see those who pass'd by on the Road. Not thinking it convenient to continue long there he dispatch'd John Penderil to Col. Lane at Bently with directions for him to send or bring the Lord Wilmot's Horses that night about Twelve or One of the Clock to a Field near adjoining to Whitgrave's House in order to his putting in execution a Resolution he had taken up of going Westward under the protection of Mrs. Jane Lane's Pass which she had procured for her self and her man to Bristol it being most probable that the Rebels would pursue him only Northward and not at all suspect his going into the West In the Afternoon on Munday Whitgrave having notice that some Soldiers were in the neighbourhood intending to apprehend him upon information that he had been at Worcester-Fight he first secured the King who was then lain down upon Huddleston's Bed into his place of retreat and then leaving open all the Chamber-doors he went boldly down to the Soldiers assuring them that he had not been from home in a Fortnight before with which Asseveration and the Testimony of his Neighbours the Soldiers were so well satisfied that they departed without going up the stairs at all The old Gentlewoman being told that Afternoon by a Country-man who came to her house that he heard the King had upon his retreat beaten his Enemies at Warrington Bridge and that there were three Kings come in to his assistance As soon as he was gon she went up and related the story to his Majesty for his divertisement who smiling answered surely they were the three Kings of Cullen come down from Heaven for he could not imagine what other Kings they
thought it wisdom to dissemble the indignation they conceived for that Affront and gave him thanks for his joynt care with them for the good of the Common-Wealth and to content him if possible ordered a Committee to consider what Lands were fitting to be conferred upon him issuing out a Proclamation likewise against Lambert wherein he was required to surrender himself within forty days on forfeiture of his Estate and promising with all imaginable Speed to send out Writs for a new Parliament but resolved to tye up their hands by previous engagements against the King the House of Lords and whatsoever else they thought might prove injurious to them And the Council of State invited him afresh to take his place amongst them urging that the necessity of affairs required his presence there and employing such means as they thought had the greatest influence upon him to perswade him to comply therewith Nor did he at first absolutely deny their request but only denied the performance thereof that so he might keep them in suspence the better to fix his Army and prepare them heartily to engage in his new designs which he thought could not be brought in one day to part with all their former Principles and Prejudices But although they still courted his return yet fearing that he had designed nothing less they began to court those who who had formerly appeared against them and employed their adgitators in that Army which was by Monks succesful Artifice dispersed into divers parts of the Country to whisper his Treason against the Parliament and his design to bring in Charles Stuart Halzerick was taxt by the General as the principle Author of that device but he denyed it and durst not adventure to Randesvouz his Country Army against Monks City Forces And the presses in the mean time were not idle but produced many infamous Libels against the King wherein he was impudently abused and charged with many unjust Falsities thereby to prevent the Peoples entertaining any desires of his Restauration but all would not do the Country being now too sensible of the gross abuses and cheats that had been been put upon the Nation by such kind of Articles But however the General being willing to overcome them by Argument as well as force easily consensented to a proposition presented by the Rump that some of them might meet a like number of the secluded Members and argue the business in his presence which they did at Alderman Whale's his House which was then his head Quarters and they having nothing to alledge against the Re-admission besides their love of Power but their own safety the sale of publick Lands and such like things which they feared would be disturbed by their introduction But the secluded Members having sufficiently answered these objections by protesting that they would disturb the properties and pretences of no Man but amicably sit and act for the good of their Country till by their dissolution they had made way for another Parliament And the General being fully satisfied in the justness of their Cause left the City and returned again to White-Hall where those of the secluded Members who were then in Town resorted to him and after a short Speech made by him were conducted to Westminster where they took their former places in the House of Commons some of the sitting Members immediately upon their entrance rising up and departing in discontent crying out Monk had betrayed them The General having now forced the Rump to admit the secluded Members which had been ever since forty eight forceably kept out of the House they were no sooner seated therein but they immediately applied themselves to such kind of work as plainly discovered to all Intelligent and discerning Men where those things which were then transacting would terminate for they presently enlarged Monks Commission making him General of all their Land Forces and constituted him joint General at Sea with Mountague discharged Sir George Booth and others Committed on account of his rising ordering the examination of him and his Lady to be taken off the File and given to them and released all such as had been Imprisoned for Petitioning for a free Parliament together with the Members of the Common Councel of London And then having appointed a free Parliament to meet in the April following they Dissolved themselves appointing a Council of State to govern in the mean while which consisted for the most part of Honest and Loyal Gentlemen viz. Arthur Annesly Lord President Peirpoint Crew Knightly Popham Morley Cooper Gerrard St. John Widrington Evelin Waller Onslow Maynard Lewis Mountague Handly Norton Hollis Temple Tomson Trevers Holland Poltis Birch Grimston Swinton Weaver Fairfax Rossiter and the Lord General which Council was so influenced by the General that all their Proposals ran directly towards and naturally tended to swell the Royal Stream and make Soveraignty which had suffered so long and fatal an Ebb flow with that irresistable but yet innocent and harmless force that like a swelling Sea it bore down all before it But Sir John Grinvile being in regard he was a known Cavalier unable to procure any private conference with Monk who was so extraordinary wary and cautious that when Sr. John had spun out his Visit to an extraordinary length in expectation of the Room being clear by the breaking up of the Company yet then knowing the reason of his long Attendance he would immediately rise up from his Chair and say Good night Couzen 't is late or by some such like pretence excuse himself and leave the Room He was not able to give the King any farther account of the General 's Intentions and therefore growing impatient of so many delays he bethought himself at last of making his Application to Mr. Morrice one of the â—ecluded Members who was somewhat related to the General and had a more than ordinary Intimacy with him that â—o he might by his Mediation obtain the favour to discourse a little with him in private concerning something of great importance to him and the Nation Morrice was easily prevail'd upon to undertake the business and immediately repaired to the General and acquainted him with Greenvil's desire but he still refused to have any secret converse with him for fear notice should be taken of it yet ordered Morrice to wait upon him and try if he could inform himself of the nature and quality of the business giving him leave to assure him that he was authorized by him to receive his Message how weighty and secret soever it might be and promise to return the Generals speedy Answer thereunto But Greevile resolving to treat with none but himself refused the Proposal without giving him the least intimation of his business telling him that it concerned none but the General himself and that so nearly that it would admit of no longer delay And if he still persisted in an obstinate refusing to admit him a private Conference he must then be necessitated to acquaint him with it
Exchecquer and Judges of the Law according to their several Dignities Trumpets Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber Knights of the Bath the Knights Marshal the Treasurer of the Chamber the Master of the Jewel House the Knights of the Privy Councel the Comptrollor and the Treasurer of the Kings-Household two Trumpets and Serjeants Trumpets two Pursivants at Arms Barons Eldest Sons Earls Youngest Sons Viscounts Eldest Sons Marquesses Youngest Sons Earls Eldest Sons two Pursivants at Armes Viscounts and Dukes Eldest Sons Marquesses Eldest Sons two Heralds Earls Earl Marshal and Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold Dukes Eldest Sons Serjeants at Armes on both sides the Nobility Clarencieux and Norroy Lord Treasurer Lord Chancellor Lord High-Steward the Duke of Ormond and two persons representing the Dukeâ— of Normandy and Aquitain Gentleman Usher Garter Lord Mayor His Royal Highness the Duke of York alone the Lord High Constable of England which was the Earl of Northumberland the Lord Great Chamberlain of England which was then the Earl Lindsey and the Sword carryed by the Duke of Richmond Equeries and Footmen followed next and about the King himself Gentlemen and Pensioners without them Master of the Horse which was the Duke of Albemarle leading a Spare Horse the Vice-Chamberlain to the King the Captain of the Pensioners the Captain of the Guard the Guard the Kings Life Guard Commanded by the Lord Gerrard the Generals Life Guard by Sir Phillip Howard a Troop of Voluntiers Troop and a Company of Foot by Sir John Robinson The way from the Tower to Aldgate was guarded by the Hamblets from thence to Temple-Bar by the Train-Bands on the one side and by the Livery on the other with the Banners of each Company the Windows were all along laid with Carpets and the best Tapistry Bands of Musick in several places and the Conduits running with Wine In St. Pauls Church-Yard stood the Blewcoat-Boyes of Christ-Church Hospital one whereof in the Name of the rest declared their joy for his Majesties wonderful Preservation and Restauration Humbly beseeching his Gracious Favour and Indulgence according to the example of His Royal Ancestors and his Father of Blessed Memory With which Speech he was well pleased and testified his being so by his rewarding the Boy that spoke it In the Strand and through Westminster the wayes were likewise gravelled and railed and guarded on both sides with the Trained-Bands of that City and the Kings two Regiments of Foot under the Command of Albemarl and Collonel Russel and the Houses adorned with Carpets and Tapestry like those in London When he came through Temple-Bar the Head Bayliffe and High-Constable in Scarlet met and received him with loud Musick and alighting off their Horses and kneeling down the Head Bayliff on behalf of the Dean and Chapter City and Liberty signified their Joyful Reception of His Royal Person into that Liberty Declaring how much their happiness exceeded any other part of the Nations in that their Soveraign Lord and King was come among them and humbly desiring His Majesty to continue his Grace and Favour to them whereby they might still be enabled to do His Majesty service Infinite and Innumerable were the Shouts and Acclamations from all parts as he past along to the no less Joy than amazement of the Spectators And the Pomp of this Solemnity was so great that it is vain to attempt the describing it it being not only unutterable but almost Inconceivable and many outlandish Persons who beheld it admired how it was possible for the English after such horrible confusions to appear in so rich and stately a manner It is incredible to think what costly Robes were worn that day it being scarcely discernable what their Cloaks were made of for the Gold and Silver Laces and Imbroidery that was laid on them besides the inestimable treasures of Diamonds Pearles and other Jewels and the Rich Liveries of their Pages and Footmen some suits whereof were so very rich that they amounted to near 1500 l. In this order he arrived at White-Hall where having retired himself to supper and so to Rest he came the next day which being St. Georges day was to consummate the Coronation from his privy Staires to the Old Pallace where in a Room behind the House of Lords called the Prince's Lodgings he stayed till the Lords and the rest of his Train had Robed and Ranked themselves in Westminster-Hall and so soon as they were ready descended the Stairs that went down into the Hall and placed himself in a Throne in the upper end thereof Then came the Dean and Prebends of Westminster in their Rich Copes each of them having a part of the Regalia and delivered them to the Lord High Constable who delivered them to the Lord Great Chamberlain and being by him set on a Table the King immediately distributed them St. Edwards Staff to the Earl of Sandwich the Spurrs to Pembrâ—ke the Sword called Curtana to Oxford the pointed Sword carryed on the Right Hand of it to Shrewsbury that carryed on the left to Derby and the Sword of State to Manchester the Scepter with the Dove to Albemarle the Orb with the Cross to Buckingham St. Edwards Crown to Ormond and the Pattina and Challice to the Bishops of London and Exeter And having thus bestowed the Regalia he set forward on foot much after the same order which was observed the day before upon blew Cloath spread on the ground from the Hall to his Chair in the Abby supported by the Bishops of Bath and Durham and having his Trayn carried up by the Lords Mandevill Cavendish Ossery and Piercy assisted by the Lord Viscount Mansfield Master of the Robes All the Peers with their Coronets in their hands went up along with him till he was placed in the Chair of State Then the Bishop of London on behalf of the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury told the People he did there present them King Charles the Second the Rightful Inheritor of the Crown of this Realm and demanded of all those that came thither that day to do their Homage Service and Bounden Duty whether they were willing to do the same Whereupon all the Peers in their Parliament Robes and People gave a shout testifying their willingness Then the King rising from his Chair turned himself to the four sides of the Throne and speaking to the People who again with loud Acclamations signified their consent all in one voice After which the Choire sung an Anthem in the interim whereof he went supported by the Bishops of Bath and Durham attended by the Dean of Westminster to the steps before the Communion Table where upon Carpets and Cushions he offered a Pall and a piece of Gold and then removing to the right hand kneelled down during a short Collect then the Sermon began being Preacht by the Bishop of Worcester which ended the Bishop of London on behalf of the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury ask't Him If He would be pleased to take the Oath that was wont to be taken
it on certain factious persons unknown to them which they desire Mr. Withins Steward of that Court to represent in their Names to the King which he accordingly did and received the Honour of Knighthood as a Reward of his Loyalty After which several such like addresses were directed from many of the Counties and that from Norfolk had a farther acknowledgment of their humble thanks to the King for calling home the Duke And the Lord Shandois having been elected by the Turky Company to go Embassador to Constantinople and desiring the Kings approbation the King 〈◊〉 him that having been concerned in promoting petitions which were â—â—rogatory to his Prerogative and tended to sedition he could not think him fit for his Favour whereupon he humbly acknowledged his fault to the King in Council protesting â—â—at he had been misled and drawn into it by being perswaded it was for his Mâ—jesties Service but being now better informed he abhorred and disowned all such Practices and humbly begging his Pardon he as freely obtained it Upon the 18th of May so great a Storm of Hail fell in London and the adjacent parts that the like had not been seen in many Years before the Stones being of an extraordinary bigness and very hard till they had lain a while many of them being as large as Pullets Eggs. One which I saw measured was somewhat more than Nine Inches about several Rooks in the Temple Garden being beaten down and killed with them and the Glass of many Sky-lights battered and broken to pieces And now the Parliament which had been several times this Summer prorogued met on the 21st of October according to â—he King's Declaration to them at their meeting in April to whom he declared in a Speech to both Houses That he had during that long prorogation made Alliances with Holland and Spain and desired money of them for the relieving Tangier the defence whereof had very much exhausted his Treasure and advising them not to meddle with the Succession of the Crown but proceed to the discovery of the Plot and the Trial of the Lords The Commons having chosen Mr. Williams a Barrester of Grays Inn and Recorder of Chester for their Speaker to convince the World that the King had not without Reason deferred their sitting so long and that neither he nor the Nation would have been losers if they had not sate then fell to purging their house expelling Sir Robert Can a Burgess for Bristol for having said there was no other Plot but a Presbyterian one and Sir Francis Withins for having declared himself an Abhorrer of the late tumultuous Petitions for the Parliaments sitting The former was committed by them to the Tower and both ordered to receive their Censure on their knees from the Speaker Several other Members were likewise declared guilty of the same Offence with Sir Francis Withins And not content with punishing their own Members they take notice of others who were without their Walls amongst whom Sir George Jeffries Recorder of London one of the King's Serjeants at Law and Chief Justice of Chester became the Object of their displeasure and was Voted a Betrayer of the Subjects Rights and an Address was made to the King to remove him from all publick Affairs and Impeachments Voted and drawn up against Sir Francis North Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Sir William Scrogs Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench Sir Thomas Jones one of the puisny Judges of that Court and Sir Richard Weston one of the Barons of the Exchequer for several pretended misdemeanors that of Sir Francis North being the advising and drawing up of the Proclamation against Petitions But not contenting themselves to deal with Subjects they proceeded next to a matter of a far greater concern For on the 11th of November notwithstanding the King's desire at their opening That they would not meddle with the Succession a Bill past in the House of Commons intituled An Act for securing the Protestant Religion by disabling James Duke of York from inheriting the Imperial Crown of England and Ireland and the Territories thereunto belonging which notwithstanding all the opposition made against it by the unbiassed and Judicious Loyalists who tho their Reasons were strongest yet their number were fewest was carried up to the Peers by the Lord Russel attended by almost all the Commons who gave a Hum at the delivery of it The Lords having ordered it upon their departure to be read put it to the Vote whether it should be read a second time which being carried in the Affirmative by Two Voices only after the second reading it was debated till Eleven a Clock at night the King being present all the while and then thrown out of the House by a Majority of about Thirty Voices in which number were all the Bishops then present to shew how careful the Prelacy is to promote Monarchy Soon after the Parliament proceeded to the Trial of William Lord Viscount Stafford which began in Westminster-Hall on Tuesday the 30th of November and the Impeachment and Evidence upon the same were managed by a Committee of the Commons and the Witnesses against him were Oates Turberville and Dugdale The Lord Chancellor Finch was created Lord High Steward for the solemnity of his Trial which lasted a whole week and being found Guilty by the Majority of Four and Twenty Voices he received Sentence on the 17th of December and on the 29th of that Month was beheaded on Tower-Hill protesting his Innocency with his last breath as all those had done who died for the Plot before him Some were so bold as to question the King's power to dispence with the Rigor of the Sentence and the unhappy Lord Russel was said to be one of them During these publick Transactions a large and prodigious flame of Light appeared in the West The Star from which the Blaze proceeded was but small and when first discovered seemed to be not much above the Horizon but every night after appeared somewhat higher in the beginning of the night and consequently set later its lustre and magnitude decreasing by degrees Whether this finger of the Almighty so visibly seen in the Heavens portended good or bad Events to the World in general or England in particular is a matter too mysterious for me to unfold and therefore shall I leave it till made more plain by the Effects which will be the best Commentatary thereon The King finding the Commons taken up with other business without taking the least care of providing him Money for the supplying his pressing wants and the relieving Tangier then besieged by the Emperor of Morocco recommended the matter more seriously to them in his Speech on the 15th of December But all the Answer he could obtain from them was an Address complaining of several pretended Grievances and refusing all supplies of Money for the Relief of Tangier or any other use unless he would pass a Bill for the Exclusion of the Duke and to enable all Protestants to associate