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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91145	Articles of impeachment of high-treason, exhibited by the Commons of England, in a free Parliament, against Lieutenant-General Oliver Crumwel Esquire, Commissary-General Henry Ireton Esquire, Sir Hardresse Waller Knight and colonel, Colonel Pride, Colonel Hewson, Colonel Ewers, Cornet Joyce, Hugh Peters clerk, William Lenthal Esquire, Speaker, Sir Henry Mildmay Knight, Sir Peter Wentworth Knight of the Bath, Henry Martin, Cornelius Holland, and Thomas Scot, Esquires, Members of the House of Commons.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing P3897; Thomason E476_37; ESTC R203361	5,009	8

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF High-Treason EXHIBITED BY THE Commons of ENGLAND IN A FREE PARLIAMENT AGAINST Lieutenant-General Oliver Crumwel Esquire Commissary-General Henry Ireton Esquire Sir Hardresse Waller Knight and Colonel Colonel Pride Colonel Hewson Colonel Ewers Co●ne● Joyce Hugh Peters Clerk William Lenthal Esquire Speaker Sir Henry Mildmay Knight Sir Peter Wentworth Knight of the Bath Henry Martin Cornelius Holland and Thomas Scot Esquires Members of the House of Commons Imprinted at LONDON 1648. Articles of Impeachment of High-Treason exhibited by the Commons of England in a free Parliament against Lieutenant-General Oliver Crumwel Esquire Commissary-General Ireton Esq Sir Hardresse Waller Knight and Colonel Col. Hewson c. WE the Commons and Freemen of England taking into our sad and most serious considerations the bleeding and desperate condition of England and Ireland at this present and the traiterous practices and unwearied endeavours of the forementioned persons and their confederates both in the House of Commons and in the Army to obstruct and delay the settlement of a firm and blessed Peace and perpetuate our War and Desolation and bring us and these two Kingdoms to speedy and certain Ruine to accomplish their own treasonable and destructive designes We now at last necessitated after an over-tired patience and fruitless silence out of a Christian hopeful expectation of their Repentance and amendment to exhibite to both Houses of Parliament and publish to the whole Kingdom this ensuing Impeachment of High-Treason against them and every of them of which their own consciences and the world must acknowledge them and every of them to be deeply guilty and we are and always shall be ready to prove and make good against them by legal and pregnant testimonies in case they shall be so impudent as to deny and plead Not guilty thereunto 1 That the said Oliver Crumwel Henry Ireton Sir Hardresse Waller Colonel Pride Colonel Hewson Colonel Ewers Cornet Joyce Hugh Peter William Lenthal Sir Henry Mildmay Sir Peter Wentworth Sir Henry Martin Cornelius Holland and Thomas Scot and every of them not having the fear of God before their eyes nor regarding the solemn Oaths and Covenants lately taken by them and every of them for defence and preservation of the Kings Majesties Person His Crown and Dignitie the Rights and Priviledges of Parliaments and Fundamental Government Laws and Liberties of this Realm but seduced by the instigation of the devil and their own corrupt and ambitious lusts Have since the first day of January 1646 at several times and places seditiously wickedly and traiterously conspired together to alter and subvert the ancient Fundamental Government Laws and Liberties of the Realm of England with the Rights Priviledges Freedom and Constitution of the Parliament of England to ●pose and destroy the King and disinherite the Prince of Wales and the Kings posteritie of the inheritance of the Crown of this Kingdom and to dissolve this present Parliament and to betray Ireland to the Popish Rebels in case they cannot raise a partie there to joyn with them in these their traiterous designes 2 That for the more effectu●l and irresistible carrying on of these their hainous and execrable Treasons they and every of them have since the time aforesaid traiterously endeavoured to get into their hands and power and into the hands of their Confederates all the P●… Garisons Magazines great Offices and Forces of this Kingdom both by Sea and Land and to engage the General Thomas Lord Fairfax and the Armie under him the Members of both Houses of Parliament and the Sectaries and others thorowout all the Cities and Counties of this Realm to aid and assist them in these their Treasons and traiterous designes which they have in a great measure effected and almost fully accomplished and have likewise endeavoured to raise a partie both in Scotland and Ireland to joyn with them herein 3 That all and every of the Impeached persons forementioned in pursuit and accomplishment of their Treasons have since the time aforesaid seditiously and traiterously maintained the Armie against both Houses of Parliament when voted to disband kept them together in a Bodie disswaded and hindred such of them who were designed and going for the relief of Ireland against the Rebels and other Forces raised by the Houses for that purpose from going thither to relieve the Protestants there Since which time they have and every of them and their agents and confederates traiterously and forcibly seized upon removed imprisoned and secured under their custodie and power the Kings Majesties Person both at Holdenby in the Isle of Wight and at Hurst Castle and at other places without the privitie or consent and against the Authoritie Votes Instructions and Faith of both Houses of Parliament with a traiterous intent to depose murther and destroy His Person to disinherite His Heirs and Posteritie of the Crown of England and alter or determine the Monarchical-Government of this Realm which traiterous intentions they have declared in divers late Remonstrances and other printed Papers to all the world and by their speeches and acts and have likewise traiterously engaged the General Councel and Officers of the Armie and some Members of the Commons House to joyn with them in this their detestable Treasons 4 That all and every of the said Conspirators and Traitors perceiving themselves too weak and unable to engage the greater part of both Houses of Parliament to joyn with them in carrying on the Treasons forementioned did therefore in the months of May June July August and September in the yeer of our Lord 1647 invite the General Officers and Souldiers of the Armie against the Houses of Parliament and engage them to march up in a mutinous manner against them and by menaces and force compel them to retract sundry Votes and Ordinances for the Publike safetie to suspend imprison and eject divers of their eminent Members upon false and frivolous Charges contrived and exhibited against them in the Officers and Armies names perswaded divers Members upon a pretext of fear after the fear was over to desert the House flee with them to the Armie and there to enter into a shameful Engagement to live and die with the Armie in this Cause After which they and every of them marched up with the Armie in a hostile and forcible manner against the Members of both Houses of Parliament which continued sitting according to their duties and having forcibly driven away imprisoned and illegally suspended and ejected the greatest number of them and their confederates in the House being an inconsiderate number in the absence of most of the Members repealed and nulled all Votes Ordinances and proceedings of both Houses passed in them since the 26 of July 1647 to the 6 of August following enlarged the Generals Power and Commission altered and weakned the Militia of London and demolished the Works and Forts about it impeached and imprisoned divers of the Officers and Aldermen of the Citie under the pretext of levying a new