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A31932	The Kings cabinet opened: or, certain packets of secret letters & papers, written with the Kings own hand, and taken in his cabinet at Nasby-Field, June 14. 1645 By victorious Sr. Thomas Fairfax; wherein many mysteries of state, tending to the justification of that cause, for which Sir Thomas Fairfax joyned battell that memorable day are clearly laid open; together, with some annotations thereupon. Published by speciall order of the Parliament·	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.; Sadler, John, 1615-1674.; May, Thomas, 1695-1650.	1645 (1645)	Wing C2358; ESTC R200152	46,993	62

endeavoured likewise to lay a great blemish upon his royall family endeavouring to illegitimate all derived from his Sister at once to cut off the interest and pretentions of the whole Race which their most detestable and scand●…lous designe they have pursued examining witness●…s and conferring circumstances and times to colour their pretensions in so great a fault and which as his sacred Majestie of England in the true sence of honor of his Mother doth abhor and will punish so he expects his concurrence in vindicating a Sister of so happy memory and by whom so neare an union and continued league of amity hath been produced between the Families and Kingdoms That the particulars in which his Majestie doth desire his assistance are in the loane and raising of men money armes and Ships all or such of them as may consist best with the convenience of his own affaires And of such in the first place as may be most requisite and a wanting to his Majesty That to set his leavies on foot and put him in a posture to protect his subjects in all places that adheare to him and receive their contribution 100000. li will be necessary for him which his Majesty desires way by way of loane And for the restitution of it besides his Kingly word and solemne engagement upon this treaty he is contented of such his Crowne Jewels as are in his disposure to leave his royal pledge if it shall be desired The particulars of Armes that he desires are 6000. Musquets 1500. Horse-armes and 20. pieces of field Artillery mounted Assistance of men he desires onely in Horsemen and to know in what time they may be ready and how many That the Holy Iland or New-Castle are designed for the landing of the said Horse and M●…gazin of the said provisions for reception likewise anprotection of such his Ships as he shall thinke fit to employ for the countenance and security of those his Subjects that shall trade upon these Coasts and for ascertaining the correspondence and intelligence between the two Kingdomes in which the number is left to be proportioned as may best sort and agree with his owne affaires And for which the Holy Iland is conceived one of the aptest Harbours in his Majesties Dominions being capeable of any Ships whatsoever in a very great proportion an excellent ro●…de at the entrance a ready out lett and a strong fort under his M●…jesties command That in Lieu of his assistance contributed by the King of Denmarke his Majestie will obliege himselfe and ratifie in expresse articles to restore into the Magazines of Denmarke a like proportion of armes and ammunition to 〈◊〉 and defray the charges of the money lent and leav●…es of Horse ●…nd so soon as his 〈◊〉 sh●…ll be settled and himselfe in a condition to doe it upon all occasions to contribute the assistance of his Fleet in maintaining his right and Title to the Customes of the Sound against all persons whatsoever and to ratifie the Treaty that was made last by Sir Thomas Roe to enter into a league offensive and defensive against intestine rebellions In pursuance of which Treaty while the negotiations and articles may be severally perfected his Majestie doth expect this first supply of moneys and armes present affaires not admitting a delay in the same That in case the King of Denmarke will lend money upon Jewells there is in Holland a great Collar of Rubies and another of Rubies and Pearle that may be sent to him or delivered to his Agent here Who may have order to pay the money here or any other Jewells That there have beene in Discourses severall Propositions of Accomodation made by them to the King to which the King hath at all times made more advances on his part then in reason could have beene expected from him and the difficulties have still risen on theirs And that wheras his Majesty doth understand that a Person is addressed to the K. of Denmarke from his Parliament to insinuate misunderstandings abroade with his Majesties Allies as they have done at home among hi●… People his Majesty expects that he be neither received nor permitted to remaine within his Dominions to become an Intelligencer and Spye upon the Treaty and Negotiations betweene their Majestyes but that he be diomist and sent away so soone as ever he shall arrive ANNOTATIONS Much use may be now made of these precedent Papers many things therein will appear very worthy of our Notice For 1. It is p●…aine here first that the Kings Counsels are wholly governed by the Queen though she be of the weaker sexe borne an Alien bred up in a contrary Religion yet nothing great or small is transact●…d without her privity consent See Pap. 38. If the Prince make suite to bestow a place in his own Bedchamber upon a Gentleman of extraordinary merit The King cannot grant it to save his Sons reputation already ingaged by promise till He hath sent into France and beg'd the Queen grant See pap 11. 2. The Queens Counsels are as powerfull as commands The King professes to preferre her health before the exigence and importance of his owne publick affaires See pap ●…4 c. He avows constancy to her grounds and documents See pap 5 c. 3. The Queen appeares to have been as harsh and imperious towards the King pap 34. as she is implacable to our Religion Nation and Government She doth the offices of a Resident in France to procure imbargoes of our Ships to rayse forreigne Forces against us and in this she is restlesse to the neglect of her owne health She vowes to die by famine rather then to faile the King in such like negotiations See pap She confines not her agency to France but sollicits Lorrain for Men the Prince of Orange for Shipping She sends Armes for Scotland to Montros speeds Colonell Fitz Williams his Commission for Ireland pap 20. 21. The Counsels also in England which she gives the King are of very pernitious consequence thereby the Parliament must be disbanded pap 27. Treaties must be suspected great care must be had in them of Her and Her Religion pap 30. Bishops and Catholicks must be specially provided for pap 31. The King must be forwarned that He cannot be safe longer then he defends all that have served Him pap 31. That peace cannot be safe to Him without a Regiment for his Guard ●…ala mode du France pap 30. She interposes so in the businesse of Ireland that the King is not seene therein nor oblieged to any thing immediately pap 29. 4. The King doth yet in many things surpasse the Queene for acts of hostility and covering them over with d●…eper and darker secrecy He imployes Collonell Coockrayn to sollicite the King of D●…nmarke making not onely Papists our enemies for religions ●…ake but all Princes though Protestants for Monarchies sake rather then fai●…e of ayde from thence He stirres rumours about his Mothers chastity He promises to disobliege the Hollander in

you must goe as farre in the wrong one as that will leade you The Chronicles tell us that Henry Duke of Buckingham was deare to Richard the third whiles he had so much wickednesse as to further the deposing or disinheriting of his two Nephewes but when he was not bad enough to consent to the murder of those Princes he was rejected by that King and afterwards beheaded if you cannot learne how to goe through with wickednesse learne a better lesson to returne to goodnesse or else perhaps the wrong which you have done your Country in betraying her trust and by consequence shedding so much innocent bloud may be at last revenged upon you by them for whom you did it The King who despiseth you by the name of Mungrells as not altogether firme enough to his owne designe in another late letter to the Earle of Ormond gives thankes to Muskeny Plunket and Browne the cheife Actors in that horrid Massacre of Ireland Which may teach the world what kind of men he confides truly in and who they are that must reape the benefit of his Conquest if God for the sinnes of our English Protestants should permit it if Muskeny had beene at Oxford the King had had one man more of his owne opinion in not acknowledging the Parliament of England for want of such he is forced to complaine And you may plainely see what a dishonourable use is made of your persons there as men meerely operis secundi a number onely that serve to give countenance and credit to the designe of a dearer Partie and to perswade your Countrey not for your owne behoofes what is said to you may be said to all that are leade by you to all those thousands which have followed the King as your Traine for the same opinions which render you now contemptible to the King render you acceptable to the major part of Protestants which fides with you and did at first make the Kings Power so considerable as it is if there be any thing of Protestants of English men of men remayning in you resume that whatsoever it be either acknowledge your selves such as the King calls you under the Rose when he opens his breast to the only partaker of his thoughts or declare your selves such Patriots such true sonnes of the Church as the King pretends you to be when he spreads his Oratory before the people If we be Rebels at London because we are not so servile as you are and you are mutineers at Oxford because you are not so servile as the King would have you Let us know by what definition either you or we are measured and how we are distinguisht and let us see that other third remaining party which the King ownes as his loyall faithfull party indeed It concerns you to look both forward and backward and having now taken the dimention of the Kings minde by his secret Letters turne about awhile and looke upon the same in his publike Declarations See if you can reconcile his former promises to his present de●…ignes for as you have had some representation of the latter in the former part you shall now be made Spectators and Judges of the former in this latter part The King according to Digbies superstitious observation in his Letter of Jan. 14. last takes it as evident that Straffords innocent blood has brought the judgement of this civill war equally upon both sides both being equally guilty thereof The Kings meaning is That he and his ●…ide was as guilty in permitting as the Parliament was in prosecuting But now for Canterburies blood that being totally put upon the Parliaments score he doubts not but the hand of Justice will from henceforth totally lay the weight of this guilt upon the Parliaments side The truth is Strafford and Canterbury were the chiefe firebrands of this war the two ill Councellors that chiefly incensed the King against the Scots and endeavoured to subject all these three Kingdoms to a new arbitrary Government and were justly executed for attempting that subvertion of Law which the King has perfected since The King and Digby both adjudged Strafford wor●…hy of death yet not for Treason as it was charged but not being able to save his life without using force and finding force very dangerous they left him to the blocke against conscience as is now alleadged Canterbury remains in the same case and now remorse of Conscience o●… rather the old project of altering Law suggests to the King That if no resistance be used Straffords president will cast Canterbury and Canterburies all the rest of the Conspirators and so the people will make good their ancient freedom still Hereupon discontents break out the King withdrawes into Scotland during his abode there the Rebellion in Ireland some attempts against Marquesse Hamilton and others in Scotland and some other dangerous machinations in England put us into strange terrors and apprehensions The King at his returne Decemb. 2. 1641. complains of these Jealousies Frights and Alarms with this profession I am so farre from repenting of any Act done this Session for the good of my people that if it were to doe againe I would doe it and will yet grant what else can be justly desired He concludes with a recommendation of the businesse of Ireland and finding the preparations for the same slow againe on the 14. of Decemb. he is patheticall in quickning them thereunto All this notwithstanding the Parliament findes the old faction at Court to grow strong and daily to attaine to more prevalence with the King which besides other causes of jealousie makes them lay open the indisposition of the whole State in a plain and sharp Remonstrance Decemb. 15. with the Remedies thereof proposed The King as to the businesse of Religion answers For preserving of the peace and safety of the Kingdome from the designes of a Popish Party we have and will concur with all just desires of our people in a Parliamentary way For Ireland wee thanke you for your care and cheerfull ingagement for the speedy suppression of that Rebellion the glory of God in the Protestant Profession the safety of the Brittish there our Honour and this Nations so much depending thereupon c. Your promise to apply your selves to such courses as may support our Royall estate with honour and plenty at home and with power and reputation abroad is that which we have ever promised our selfe both from your loyalties and affections Here are words that sound nothing but grace and here is a cleare testimony from the Kings owne mouth concerning the merit of this Nation to this day But notwithstanding these promises and testimonies the King discovers daily more and more regret for Straffords execution sticks closer to the counsels of the same faction and instead of hearkening to his Parliament he commands a charge of Treason to be framed against six Members the most eminent and active in both Houses Also upon the fourth of Jan. the King comes in