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A81180	A Cunning plot to divide and destroy, the Parliament and the city of London. Made knowne (at a common hall) by the Earle of Northumberland, Master Solliciter, and Sir Henry Vane. The design is fully discovered in the severall examinations and confessions, of Master Riley. Several examinations and confessions, of Sir Basill Brook. Severall examinations and confessions, of Master Violet. Proclamations from his Majesty. Letters from his Majesty. Letters from the Lord Digby. Letters from Colonell Read.	Northumberland, Algernon Percy, Earl of, 1602-1668.; Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). Proclamation for the removing of the Courts of Kings-Bench and of the Exchequer from Westminster to Oxford.	1644 (1644)	Wing C7586; Thomason E29_3; ESTC R11898	34,816	59

confidence in your discretion and warinesse not to be deluded that in the hopes of the good effects towards a happy peace which you seeme to promise your selfe from this negotiation His Majesty is pleased to descend very far in writing so gratious a Letter to those who may seeme to have deserved so ill of him I send you herewithall a copy of the Letter it selfe which varies only in stile not in matter from that draught which was sent downe hither which if you like and continue your confidence that it might be effectuall to so blessed an end as peace and union you are to deliver to those parties seconded with assurance of his Majesties most gratious and sincere inclinations to give them full satisfaction in all their reasonable desires but if you shall finde cause to lessen the beliefe of a powerfull effect by this Letter of His Majesties It is then recommended to your discretion to forbeare the delivery of it since it would be a very unfit thing to expose so great a grace and condescending of his Majesty to hazards of being made frustrate and contemned God send you happy successe in this great undertaking I professe it is that whereth wih my beliefe and reason goe along more comfortably then with any thing I have known in projection since these troubles But it is not fit to ravell further into the businesse this hazardous way and therefore I shall adde no more but I am Oxford 29. Decemb 1643. Your very affectionate Servant GEORGE DIGBY GENTLEMEN If there had beene no Comment made upon this businesse this Letter would have beene enough This Letter acknowledgeth the draught that was sent from the City of London from those that had contrived it here and that it was past the Court at Oxford without any materiall alteration this Letter likewise acknowledgeth so much wisedome so much caution in Sir Bazill Brooke that known lesuited Papist as hath bin told you before so much tendernes of his Majesties Honour to be in him that all is left to his discretion as he thinks fit of If he finde the Temper of the City to be right to be delivered it is left to his caution to his warinesse to his sence and measure of his Majesties honour to doe in it as he pleaseth there is likewise held forth unto you that in his opinion which is my Lord Digbies opinion there was nothing that ever he observed of any projection It is his owne word and therefore you may the better observe it that he never observed any thing in projection or in designe all this Parliament tending this may that was more likely and probable to bring the Kings ends about And if you remember this till you heare another Letter of his read by and by which there declares plainly that the Kings end in his Councels now about him is never to acknowledge this to be a Parliament Compare that with this heere and then you may understand what a project this was In the last place you may observe that the Lord Digby his great inclinations as well as Sir Bazill Brookes for a blesled peace and a blessed union in this Kingdome when you know very well there hath not beene a more unhappy instrument to blow up jealousies and misunderstandings betweene his Majesty and his People and that durst not stand the iustice of Parliament but was fain to fly out of the Kingdom for it and at the beginning of these unhappy distraction he advised his Majesty to retire into some strong place the better to engage him in a warre upon his Subjects And yet no other phrase in his mouth but a happy peace and a blessed union to cozen poore people to lead them into snares This Letter on the outside is thus directed To Our Trusty and welbeloved Our Lord Major and Aldermen of Our City of London and all other our well affected Subjects of that City It is Superscribed Charles Rex And beneath By His Majesties Command George Digbie TRusty and welbeloved We greet you well When We remember the many Acts of Grace and favour We Our Royall Predecessours have conferred upon that Our City of London and the many Examples of eminent Dutie and Loyalty for which that City hath been likewise famous We are willing to beleeve notwithstand-the great defection We have found in that place that all men are not so far degenerated from their Affection to Vs and to the Peace of the Kingdom as to desire a continuance of the miseries they now fell and therefore being informed that there is a desire in some principall Persons of that City to present a petition to Us which may tend to the procuring a good understanding between Us and that Our City whereby the peace of the whole Kingdom may be procured We have thought fit to let you know That We are ready to receive any such Petition and the Persons who shall be appointed to present the same to Us shall have a safe Conduct And you shall assure all Our good Subjects of that Our City whose hearts are touched with any sense of duty to Vs or of Love to the Religion and Lawes established in the quiet and peaceable Fruition whereof they and their Ancestors have enjoyed so great Happiness That We have neither passed any Act nor made any Profession or Protestation for the maintenance and Defence of the true Protestant Religion and the Liberties of the Subject which We will not most strictly and Religiously observe and for the which we will not be alwaies ready to give them any security can be desired And of these Our Gracious Letters We expect a speedy Answer from you And so We bid you farewell Given at Our Court at Oxford in the 19. yeer of Our Raign 26. Decemb. 1643. GENTLEMEN In this Letter also you may observe some few particulars upon the reading of it over First the good informations his Majesty hath of the inclinations of his people here how that some principall men in this City as it seems was informed him were very willing for to petition him to peace the grounds of this you know upon what hath been offered already how they came to be presented to him and that by expressing of it here in his Letter it was rather to win your affections to it under these plausible pretences then that he had any reall or solid ground for any such thing In the second place you may observe thus much as hath been told you already that his Majesties scope in this Letter and the design of the Counsell about him is to invite you of this City to be his interposers for the peace of the whole Kingdom as if there were no Parliament sitting or as if you had quite forgot the trust that your selves have reposed in this present Parliament for he faith he understands that you have a minde to petition him for a peace that by that means the peace of the whole Kingdome may be effected and if you will fend

I should tell Master Riley he had moved him that was most concerned in the businesse and that he found him very willing to imbrace any occasion to have these differences reconciled And another Note he sent me to goe to Master Riley with a Superscription To the Man in the Moone in which he pressed earnestly that if they would take into their consideration the groanes and sufferings of them they see not and keep ruine from themselves and posterities the likeliest way was to petition his Majesty that so these great mischiefes might bee removed and things brought to a good end betweene the King and Parliament which Note I delivered to Master Riley Within a weeke after there was a Paper left at my Lodging wherein were about ten Questions propounded two of them I had formerly spoken of to Colonell Read which was That his Majesty would be pleased to passe an Act of Oblivion And that if his Majesty would come and fit with his Parliament there was revenue enough to satisfie all demands in a peaceable way by the Excise both for the King and Parliament But finding divers other Questions in the Paper I went to Master Riley who upon perusall usall of the Paper told me that some three or foure of them he did conceive might very well be taken into consideration and he did often desire before mee that some course might be taken that his Majesty would signifie to the Parliament or Citie that he would come up to the Parliament and that the City would petition him in that behalfe Whereupon I went to Sir David Watkins and knowing that he was a man zealous for the Parliament and Common-wealth I told him Sir I am come to you to aske your advice in a businesse of great concernment and if I did thinke there were any danger in the doing of it I would not meddle with it and therefore I am come to you to desire your opinion in these things I present to you and what you advise to doe in it Whereupon I shewed him the paper wherein the Questions were He asked me where I had them I told him I did conceive they came from Master Read and declared to him most of the foresaid passages but some of them I told him I had in the way of discourse spoken of to Master Read but for the greatest part I know nothing of it Sir David Watkins told me if I would leave the Papers with him he would aske a friend of his and take advice the next day I brought them to him and he told me he did conceive many of the questions were good wayes for a Peace and that the Parliament and City must first be moved in it and for the present he would not do any thing in it but would not speak of it to any one but wished it might bring a good peace and said the Excise would give content to both Wherupon I told Mr Riley that I would desire Sir Basil Brook to see if he could procure his Majesties Letters to the Parliament or City to desire an Accommodation And thereupon Sir Basil Brooke before he did write any thing desired to speak with Master Riley himselfe to know what he did esteeme the Excise to be worth and what way he desired to be taken concerning the Debts of the Publike Faith and how the Kings ingagements might be satisfied and what ground he had for what he should speake and what he conceived the Excise to be worth a yeare if the times were setled Whereupon Master Riley replyed he did esteeme it to be about three millions a yeare if the times were quiet which would quickly satisfie the debts on both sides and afterwards a proportion of what should bee agreed on might goe for the encreasing of his Majesties revenue Their meeting was at the three Cranes in the Vintrey about a month agoe and what assurance was spoken of if the King would assent to come to his Parliament he should have Sir Basil Brook told Master Riley that though he were a Papist he suffered as much by the war as any other for hee could not receive his rents and Souldiers were billeted in his house and therefore it concerned him to looke after peace as well as any other and he would thank God if he could be an instrument to bring a lasting and good Peace about Master Riley told him there was no Question to be made but if the King would send a Letter to the Militia to that effect as this which his Majesty hath sent they would petition the House about it for without their consent they could not meddle in any thing Which Sir Basil Brook told him he never expected or thought otherwise and to this effect was their discourse Whereupon he told Master Riley he would take some course to see if he could perswade the King by such friends as hee had about him to send a Letter to the Parliament or the City of London to signifie the desire he had for Peace and unitie with all his subjects Thereupon they parted and the next morning Sir Basil Brooke spake to me that he would write to my Lady Dutchesse of Buckingham to be a meanes to perswade the Queene to be a visible actor to procure a peace and that by that meanes she would procure the love of the people and that shee would procure his Majesty to give an exchange for me and that if I could have his Majesties Warrant to come to Oxford which when he told me of hee had written though I did not see it I made my petition to the Militia my Lord Mayor and Alderman Gibbes I writ a letter and desired Master Riley to deliver it to them desiring them to move the Militia that I might have liberty to goe to Oxford upon putting in baile to pay 70. li. or to return to London within 20 daies which was not granted Then I desired Mr Riley to find me an exchange which he did and I am now againe returned with the Kings pleasure in that busines concerning my exchange There was a Letter sent downe by Sir Basil Brook by Wood concerning what was desired but the King would not send it to the Parliament but writ the Letter as it is come up and in Sir Basil Brooks custody with a power in him onely from my L. Digby to deliver it if he thought it would work the effect of a blessed peace and upon my salvation never any thing entred into my heart but to do all things for the honour of the Parliament and good of the common wealth to my power When I came to Court on Tuseday morning I found the King in the garden and Read took me a way and brought me to the L. Digby and presently my L. Digby told me he had sent up the Kings letter by one Wood to the Lo. Mayor Aldermen and common Councell which was delivered to Sir Basil Brook to which letter I humbly refer my self and another letter was sent up to

only darlings in his Majesties eye whereby they might have served their turns and their ends of you In that therefore you must have as fair and good words as possible may be But now in this on the contrary side when it is to work upon the Parliament then you must be called an odious and rebellious City to draw them from you to Oxford This sufficiently discovers how palpable and grosse they are that all this faire and foule weather is made up only to shift hands to work the same designe of sowing division and dissention among us that so their party might prevaile you may likewise observe from the title of this Proclamation which is by occasion of the invasion of the Scots that they themselves have forgotten the cessation of Ireland whereby they have let loose worse then a forraign nation a nation imbrued in the Protestant blood and settled upon principles for the utter destruction of the Religion and Lawes of this Kingdom I say you may discerne thereby how far forth the cessation of Ireland is forgotten that complyes with all this For after they had murthered almost all the Protestants there and after they have layd that Kingdom waste they must have an opportunity to be let into this Kingdome and no councell called about it to hinder them but rather the councell to bring them over and the princiall actors in that rebellion must be neerest his Majesties heart For the comming of the Scots I believe you all know very well that the Parliament did think fit finding how neer the interest of these two Nations were conjoyned in one finding the constant love and amity of that Kingdome to this and how in its greatest extremity it was very punctuall to it how that the last time it was here it was very punctuall and carefull to observe all conditions and at the desire of the Parliament return back again according to their promise they thought it fit to enter into a Treaty with them in a solemn Covenant which Treaty is now solemnly ratified by both Kingdomes yet this must be called an Invasion When they were last in the Kingdome if they would have joyned with that Army to have come up against the Parliament they might have had very large conditions but that is now forgotten the offers that were then made to them I believe you have heard of already which was that they should have the foure Northern Counties formerly esteemed their ancient bounds that they should have three hundred thousand pounds in mony paid them down at Newcastle that they should have the plunder of the City of London and that all manner of grace or honour that his Majesty could bestow upon particular persons this is that which those that have been in Scotland know was then sent by way of Proposition by Sir Iohn Hinderson who is now at Oxford they then rejected those with scorn and did refuse to make an Invasion upon this Parliament but kept true and faithfull to the Parliament And upon this experience the Parliament thought fit to make use of them again against the publike danger against the ruine of the Protestant Religion which is threaned in all his Majesties three Dominions and therefore as for that point though for the present we cannot give you the full and large Declaration as hereafter will come forth from both Houses yet it is necessary to acquaint you with thus much that you may not be amazed by any such printed Papers as these are Here is a second paper in the forme likewise of a Proclamation whereby you shall see the unevennesse and unsteddinesse of His Majesties Councels at least in appearance for though they be steddy and united in that which is to bring destruction and ruin upon the Parliament and Kingdom yet you may see them halt in their expressions Before you were called a famous Citie you had deserved so well and had all encouragements offered you here on the contrary you shall see what language is given you and because the welfare of this Citie consists much in the residence of this Parliament and Courts of Iustice that are here And of such persons of quality as are necessarily attendant thereupon It is not now only thought fit to call away the Parliament from you but the Courts of Iustice that so you might be left a miserable confused Citie notwithstanding all the faire words and promises that have been given you BY THE KING A Proclamation for the removing of the Courts of Kings-Bench and of the Exchequer from Westminster to Oxford WHereas the sole power of appointing the Place or Places in which Our Great Courts of Iustice shall be kept and of removing them from one place to another as urgent occasion shall move Vs by the Lawes of this kingdom is inherent in Our Royall Person And whereas it is of great importance to Our service in these times of difficulty and distraction to have Our Iudges of Our said Courts to attend neer unto Vs by whose advice We may the better proceed in in all those Cases wherein the Iudgement and knowledge of the Lawes is required And whereas more especially the Chancellor or Lord keeper of the Great Seal of England and the Iudges of Our Court called the Kings-Bench were and are to follow the King and Our Court of Exchequer being the proper Court of Our Revenue ought to attend Vs as We shall appoint And whereas Our Cities of London and Westminster have been and yet are the chief Causers and Maintainers of this present Rebellion against Vs. And We taking into Our serious consideration that while Our Courts of Kings-Bench Common-Pleas and of Our Exchequer are kept at Westminster many of Our good and Loyall Subjects might be compelled or injoyned by Process in Our name to make their appearance there which they could not do without hazard of Imprisonment or other dammage or violence from the fomentors of this Rebellion and many might suffer prejudice by Verdicts and Iudgements had and obtained against them by default or otherwise when they could not with safety come to make their just defences thereupon We did re●olve to remove those Courts from Westminster to Our City of Oxford whether other of Our Courts of Iustice hath been and are already removed by Our former Proclamation And to the end that there might not be any prejudice to any of Our Subjects by discontinuance of their Suits in those Courts or otherwise We did send Our severall Writs of Adjournment directed to Our Iudges of Our said Courts of Kings-Bench and Common-pleas and to Our Barons of Our Exchequer thereby commanding and giving Warrant and authority to them respectively to adjourn all Pleas and Process depending before them in and from the Two and Twentieth day of November last past to the first return of Hillary Terme next commonly called Octabis Hillary to be holden then at Our City of Oxford But our Messenger sent with those Writs as We have been informed for no other cause

of this present Parliament as will appeare by the Lord Digbyes letter to De vic and the summoning of the great Councell or Parliament at Oxford compared with the third of these Propositions By the letter to De vic this Parliament as the resolution then was at Oxford must not be acknowledged and by this third Proposition for that very cause the Parliament must be waved and the Treaty must be immediatly between the King and City The consequence whereof had been no lesse then the rendring of the Kingdome for ever uncapable of having any more Parliaments This Parliament It was called and continued according to the knowne Lawes and Usages of the Kingdome was afterwards by an Act of Parliament assented unto by his Majestie so acknowledged and made indissolvable without its own consent a greater Testimony of the validity of this Parliament then I think was ever given to any If neither the Common Lawes and usages of this Kingdome nor the concurrent Authority of an Act Parliament be able to support this Parliament when his Majestie shall declare the contrary I shall without more words leave to your judgements whether this doctrin doth not at once blow up the fundamentalls of all Parliaments Lawes of the Kingdome Libertie of the Subjects and of the whole pollicie and Government of this Kingdome which being destroyed what security you could have devised for the maintaining of the Religion Lawes and Liberties of the Kingdome as is promised you in his Majesties letter I know not 3. The third was not onely the preventing of the assistance of our Brethren in Scotland But that which is worse and must have necessarily followed thereupon the embroiling of both the Nations in divisions in all likelihood fat all unto both this will appeare by putting together what hath beene done by the Parliament those at Oxford and the transactions in this designe The Parliament long since have invited that Nation to our assistance in this common cause upon weighty considerations As first conceiving that by this meanes through Gods blessing this great cause which concernes our Religion Lawes Liberties and all we have would be assured and the event of the War otherwise doubtfull made more certaine 2. Secondly that by their assistance the war might be the sooner ended and so by consequence the calamities which of necessity must accompany it their assistance adding so considerable a strength to our party besides the reputation which the concurrence of a whole Nation with us will adde to the justnesse of the cause 3. And thirdly that as in likelihood by their joynt concurrence a better Peace for present might be procured so in all probability what shall be agreed upon would be the more lasting and durable both Nations being equally interested in what should be agreed upon Besides the Covenant maturely sworn and agreed upon by both Nations for the maintenance and defence of Religion and of the mutuall Lawes and Liberties of each Kingdome a solemne league and Treaty hath likewise beene mutually agreed upon between the Parliament here and that Kingdome concerning the manner of their assistance and great sums of money have been thereupon sent unto them In which Treaty one Article is That neither Nation shall entertaine any Treaty of Peace without the advice and consent of the other This in briefe containes the transactions between that Nation and the Parliament At Oxford by papers in the forme of Proclamations they have stiled this assistance an Invasion of the Kingdome and one end of the calling of that great Councell or Parliament is for opposing of the same In the carriage of the present designe by one of Reads letters to Ryley he saith That a dore is open by the comming in of the Scots for the destruction of this Kingdome That therefore this Peace must presently be concluded That all is lost unlesse it be done speedily The maine intent of the letter is for the speeding of it to that end The Lord Digbyes letter to Sir Basil Brooke referring the delivering of his Majesties letter to my Lord Mayor to his discretion he forthwith delivers it to Wood to be the next day delivered to my Lord Mayor and he next day after the delivery to be by him published He saw it necessary and so resolved at Oxford That we must speedily breake with the Scots Their assistance how necessary and by Gods blessing how beneficiall it is like to be unto us I think you see but this must be prevented The honour and publike faith of Nations how Sacred it is and from the rules of Religion and common policie how tenderly to be preserved each man knowes But this designe must violate and staine our honour in the highest For contrary to the Article before mentioned this Treaty must presently be set on foot without them such violations are alwayes deeply resented by the parties injured how dangerous therefore the consequence must needs have beene he that runnes may reade This was the Designe It was too Ugly It was too Black Bare fac'd to have been presented to your view and therefore it must be masqu't This hook must be baited with the sweet word Peace It hath been long since observed from the Ecclesiasticall proceedings of the Romish Church That in nomine Domini Incipit omne malum The Holy Name of God must bear out all their Spirituall wickednesses The end of all Civil Policie is the preserving of just and Honourable Peace and therefore these men when Divisions Violence and what is most contrary to Peace is intended yet for the compassing of these ends Peace must be pretended So was it by many of them about this time twelve moneth Designed in their Petition to the Parliament for a Peace and so was it in the bloodie plot upon the Citie and diverse Members of both Houses discovered the last Summer For upon the examinations of diverse of them It appeared that the ground of that plot was laid in the first Petition and that the second was to have been guilded over with a Petition for Peace These men I speak of these designes they cry Peace Peace that destruction might have come upon you as an armed man You shal now hear the examinations and other things read at large unto you SIR HENRY VANE JUNIOR His Introduction to the Reading the severall Examinations taken in this businesse Together with severall Observations delivered by him upon occasion thereof GENTLEMEN YOU have heard very fully the State of this bu sines by what the Persons that have already spoken have opened to you in generall that which you are now in the next place to have communicated to you are the Examinations as they proceeded from the mouthes of the Parties themselves that you may see the Design in its lively colours and that as you have had it summarily presented to you from this Noble Lord and worthy Gentleman you may now hear the parties themselves speak The first Examination that was taken was the 4. of Jan. 1643. and

him such a Petition he will then very willingly receive it The third thing is this That his Majesty declares that there is no art he hath hitherto passed in Parliament but he will be most willing to confirm a Declaration that is renewed upon all occasions but never otherwise observed then it is now for in the mean time that act whereby this Parliament is a Parliament whereby all other acts of Parliament and the whole frame of the Lawes of this Kingdome are confirmed and preserved that very act in this design is to be laid aside and utterly to be destroyed And this Treaty is brought about for no other ends but to destroy that so that you may plainly see upon what ground these things are got from his Majestie and upon what counsels and withall consider what colour of ground you can have to receive any fruit from any such Declarations and Protestations as these are when they must only serve to amaze you til this Parliament and in this all Parliaments are for ever rooted out and destroyed The next Letter that is to be offered to you is the Letter of the Lord Digby upon another occasion which was presented to the Houses by a Noble Lord that is here present his Excellencie my Lord Generall who intercepted it going beyond Sea you shall understand there yet more clearly what manner of counsels his Majesty is now upon at Oxford which Letter shall be now read unto you For my very worthy Friend Sir Henry De Vic. From Oxford the 27. Decemb. 1643. Your very effectionate Friend and Servant George Digby SIr My indisposition the last week fore'st me to refer you to my Secretary for an account of what Occurrences that offorded This week hath been so little productive of any thing Considerable that when I shall have told you of taking of Beston Castle in Cheshire by his Majestes Forces under the Lord Biron a place of huge Importance both for strength and Command of all those countries of Cheshier Lancashire and some parts of Stafford and Darbishiere I shall have told you all the Marquesse of New castle having attempted nothing since the taking of Winckfield Mannor Plimouth remaining still in its former condition besieged and there having been nothing done between my Lord Hopton and Sir Walliam Waller since the unlucky beating up of one of our Quarters at Alton But we are in daily expectation of a criticall Blow between them The Lord Wilmot being now joyned with the Lord Hopton with a fresh strength of a thousand Horse and both being under march to attain Waller who hath possess'd himself of Arundell-Town we having a strong Garrison in the Castle and it is probably hoped he cannot avoid fighting with him upon disadvantage Thus much for the Military part The Prince de Harcourts Negotiation by way of Intermise for an Accommodation is well nigh at an end as I beleeve for that the pretended Parliament will not hearken to any Propositions from him in any other way then of an avowed addresse by which they might seem either to be owned by him as a Parliament and applied to by him as an Ambassadour or else to be admitted by the King for somewhat more considerable then He hath in a long time owned them for A point which His Majestie may not suffer them to gain without subverting the grounds Maxime of all his late proceedings against them and that which He now goes upon by the advice of all his Nobility here as you will perceive by this inclosed Proclamation upon the effects thereof all the Eyes of the Kingdom are now fixed God send them to be as good actuated as they are in speculation for I am confident that in reason it carries Probability of the surest and readiest way to the reestablishment of His Majestie and his Iust Rights and powers of any course that hath been yet attempted This is all more then the heartiest respects of Your affectionated Servant George Digby I have received yours of the 19. and will by the next give you an account of that particular in it that concernes your self GEntlemen this letter for what concerneth the Military part of it I beleeve your own knowledges are able to give your selves the best judgement how that that Criticall blow that he there sperketh of is now fallen in great part upon their own heads and that thanks be to God Sir William Waller being now in the Castle of Arundell having taken above 1000. or 1200. prisoners and some 100. and odde Officers with all other things delivered to him we see which way the Criticall blow is fallen for which we have all cause to acknowledge the goodnesse of Almighty God The second part declareth to your consideration that boldnesse and confidence which breakes forth in the Lord Digbyes Pen that it seemeth he hath forgotten he hath been a Parliament man he calleth that Parliament which is setled by Act of Parliament the very name whereof ought to be sacred to the eares of all true English men and lovers of their Countrey he calls a pretended Parliament That which durst never be called sayd or written at any time heretofore in England by any whatsoever The second thing you may observe is this That that councell of Nobility which you will heare of by and by in a Proclamation must now not onely be of a Councell of Nobility there but of all those that have beene likewise expelled out of the house of Commons or house of Peeres or withdrawn themselves from their duty and the trust put in them by their Country all these now must assemble together and what to do To settle his Majesties just rights and Power and this just right and power is to make this Parliament though setled by an Act of Parliament a pretended Parliament or in a word to give our lawes liberties or rights a being or not a being solely in his Majesties pleasure how just that is you your selves may easily discerne and how destructive it would be to you A third thing considerable in this letter is that though his Majestie should have any inclination to doe his Parliament right to acknowledge them a Parliament yet my Lord Digby saith it is a point that must not be suffered It is a point which his Majestie must not permit to be gained though it be but to do the Parliament that right as to acknowledge what they are by Act of Parliament his faithfull and Supreame Councell But in stead of this as you will heare by a Proclamation of the 22. of December All the members of both Houses that have forsaken their Country deserted the cause contributed to undermine the State and Kingdome and expose them to the prey of the Irish Rebels This must be the wholesome advice about his Majestie and this wholesome advice must beheld up though with the unnaturall ruin of this Parliament which must not be acknowledged but another thing set up in forme of a Parliament somewhat like a Parliament