they assail me in my Strength and shall find my Deeds as ready and confident Justifications as my Words But it is not my Faith or Aspiring they here would bring in doubt they have a further Strain For as before they made my Name a Fume to disquiet the Head now they make it a Poyson to carry Infection into the Body For What is the Parliament but the Body of the Kingdom And why do they stain it with the hateful Name of Puritan but to make it odious to the King Indeed such Names help the Jesuits in Disputes of Religion when they are driven from all real Defences and would they practice this deploâ—able Art in the Matters of State if they were not in his Case that called Christ Galilean when he was vanquished by his Power For who knoweth not the Upper House of Parliament consisteth of all the Preâ—ates and Peers and the Nether House of near 500 Knights and Burgesses Elected and sent out of all Parts of â—he Kingdom And are all these Puâ—itans Do my Plots receive better Enâ—ertainment amongst them than with â—he Council of State And doth this reâ—roachful Comparison honour or disâ—onour those Able and Wise Men who are here presented to be well â—ffected to their Cause but their end â—as no Man's Honour It was to break â—he Parliament by setting Faction aâ—ongst the Members of both Houâ—es as well as with the Head and their â—and is most evident in misrepresenting the Case For where they say that almost every one of the Council both liked and allowed of the Propositions of the Catholick King and found therein no Cause to dissolve the Treaty They conceal that the Proposition was then made for the Palatinate alone supposing the Treaty of the Marriage should proceed And in that Case it mighâ— seem reasonable to very Wise Menâ— that the other Treaty should not bâ— broken off But in Parliament where both Parties come in Question together not one of those Able and Wise Men for they were all Memberâ— of the one House or the other dissented from the Council of dissolving them both The Altars of Provocation may then be objected to Worshippers of Saints or to them that appeal to their Idol at Rome and noâ— to Us who acknowledge no Sovereign upon Earth but our King to whom both Council of State and Parliament yield Odedience in all things How then may it be said thaâ— the Parliament is now above the King Or how can they hope that such shameless and impious Suggestions can make a prudent and good King jealous and doubtful of a most obsequious and dutiful People Especially at this time when it may truly be said That the Spirit of Wisdom in the Heart of the King hath wrought the Spirit of Unity in the Hearts of his Subjects which made the Success more happy than former Parliaments have had And this indeed is the matter which the Devil and they storm at For who can doubt that they and their Faction cannot endure without much trouble of Mind as they confess to see the weightiest Affairs and of greatest Moment to be now referred to the Censure of the Parliament when their fair Promises and Pretences can no longer prevail Yet let them tell us what greater and more Honourable Senate they have seen in Spain or elsewhere Besides Do not the very Writs for the Summons of Parliament express That is for the great and weighty Affairs of the Kingdom And have not our greatest and wisest Kings heretofore referred Treaties of Leagues of Marriages of Peace and War and of Religion it self to the Consultations of their Parliaments Those then that take upon them to undervalue this High Court do but expose their own Judgments to Censure and Contempt not knowing that Parliaments as they are the Honour and Support so they are the Hand-maids and Creatures of our Kings inspired formed and governed by their Power And if Charles the Fifth oâ— France by his Parliament of Paris recovered a great part of that Kingdom from this Crown and if Succeeding Kings there by the Assistance of that Court redeemed the Church from the Tyranny of the Pope We have no cause to doubt that our King by the Faithful Advice Assistance and Service of his Parliament shall be able both to recover the Palatinate which they here make so difficult and to protect our Neighbours and Allies and either to settle such a Peace as we really desire or to execute such Vengeance as God's Justice and their Sins shall for their Ambition assuredly draw upon them But they proceed and tell the King that it is said I have propounded many things to the Parliament in his Name without his Advice or Consent nay contrary to his Will And is not this to abuse the Ears and patience of a Prince to tell him many things are said and yet neither specifie the Matters nor the Men Or is not this to dally with my Name by Hear-says when with a harsh and incoherent Transition they suddenly fall upon â—he Prince who is the next true Mark their Malice shooteth at And when Malice it self cannot but acknowledge his Ingenuity and great Gifts and that in all things he shewâ—th himself an obedient and good â—on yet these Attributes they will â—eeds qualifie with a Nevertheless which cannot charge me as with a â—ault that I am confident in his Favour Or that I therefore despise all men to which Vice of all other my Nature is least inclin'd but indeed taxeth the Prince at least with participation of my ill Intentions by suffering me to make those persons subject to my Will which are most conformable to His. Whom they mean I know not but pray God that those Men they thus recommend to his Highness's neareâ— Trust prove not more dangerous to his Person than I have hitherto been refractory to his Will But having shot this Bolt they come back again to me as to their Stalking-horse to chuse a new Mark. And first for a preparative to the Prince Attention they wish that my Action were directed to his Good Then tâ— give at least some Varnish to theiâ— Work they tell him that good me believe meaning such as believe theâ— with an implicite Faith that I whâ— have imbroiled the Match with Spain will not be less able to break any other his Highness should affect iâ— which Speech if a Man will dive tâ— the Bottom of their Malice he must descend into Hell But for the Match with Spain can any man believe that his Majesty sent his Son that he went in Person that he both trusted Spain so far and did that Kingdom so much Honour and yielded to such Conditions or that I underwent that Hazard and Charge and pressed their King importuned his Favorite and Council and subjected my self to so many Indignities or that so great a Fleet even into their own Ports with Minds to interrupt or embroil or not rather to remove all Impediments to â—asten the Marriage and to bring â—ome
Palatinate which before â—ad been assumed as a divided Article â—ight now go hand in hand and to that effect he left the power of Desponâ—atories with the Ambassadors which was afterwards restrained and renewed and finally revoked as the confident or cold Answers out of Spain did require And this is the substance of that Negotiation The other particulars delivered in Parliament how they said and unsaid promised and denied remembred and forgot and plaid fast and loose at their pleasures and what indignities they put upon us I take no more pleasure to repeat than I did to suffer It sufficeth that by this which is said the Questions propounded by the Informers are answered First who they were that gave the first cause of distaste Secondly whether the Complaints against the King of Spain be true Thirdly whether thâ— King of Spain did desiâ—e to give satisfaction to the Prince And Fourthly whether he did faithfully endeavour the Marriage And if in any of these points any scruple doth remain for thâ— perfect discovery of their intentions anâ— proceedings the Letters produced by the Conde D'Olivares and read in Parliament will justifie my Report being as it were a Manifest from that King and his Councel that they never intended the Match nor held it lawfuâ— or convenient for that State and the King therein requiring some other way to be found to give without the Match contentment to the Prince whereby I make as little doubt of that Kings own Royal disposition and affection towards the Prince for all personal respects as I do of the insincerity of his Ministers in all their proceedings In the rest of my Indictments the Interrogatories which followed concerâ— for the most part my Behaviour toward the Prince whereunto I will not answer by Recrimination tho' I have a â—ge field nor by way of Defence â—d for these Reasons First in Persons â—hich they now I then did instance â—e reflexion of our faults upon the hoâ—ur of our Masters maketh the pubâ—â—hing as offensive as the Facts Seâ—ndly by giving Answer unto them â—at Charge but by Reports I shall â—eak my Duty to the Prince who â—est knoweth the Truth in these things â—ey object and if there had been cause â—ould have called me to an account â—nd Thirdly my purpose is not as I â—id to Apologize further than may â—ncern the interest of that Cause which â—rough my sides they have laboured â— wound For my self I know well â—at I shall stand or fall in the opiniâ—ns of wise men neither by the slanâ—ers of any be they never so great or by my verbal Justifications be they ever so confident but rather by the â—ctions and Carriage of my Life my â—irth Breeding and Fortune which â—ay happily raise me above base Imâ—utations and also give hopes of Aâ—endment if in ought I have done amiss As for the Conde D'Olivarâ— when he chargeth me with breach â— Faith towards him I will make hiâ— such Answer as may give him just coâ—tent And for revealing the Secreâ— Treaty for Holland I did it not witâ— out leave from the Prince nor till might appear that it was entertaine on our parts but for the Discovery â— the advantages they sought And this is all the Answer I wiâ— make to these unworthy Reproache raked out of the Channel to be caâ— in my Face only to Disfigure mâ— and then serve their turns with me iâ— what shape they please And so having used me as I said for theiâ— Stalking-horse from under my Shadow to shoot at other Games theâ— tell me they wish me well and turâ— me off to Grass yet in requital of theiâ— favour I will give them this Advicâ— before I go That the best way foâ— them and me to do the Christian worlâ— good which they seem to desire is tâ— persuade our Masters to moderatioâ— and peace and not to busie our selveâ— â—ith malitious aspersions upon the Aâ—ions of Princes or Parliaments or â—overnments wherein we have no skill â—or which fault of theirs I presume their â—ommission giveth no warrant And â—o ' my Master should think it punishâ—ent enough for them thus to dishoâ—our themselves and justifie mens comâ—aints against their unthankfulness â—alice where they have found so much â—espect yet let them take heed lest â—â—me occasion may not fall out to move â—heir own Masters to question them â—r this scandalous example which â—annot but reflect upon his own Goâ—ernment and State as having no preâ—edent in any former time Transcribed from the Original written with Sir Edward Coke Lord Chief Justice his own hand FINIS Books newly Printed for W. Crook at the Green Dragon withouâ— Temple-Barr THE Moors Baffled being a Diâ—course concerning Tangier especially when it was under the Earl â— Teviot by which you may find whaâ— Methods and Government is fitest tâ— secure that place against the Moorâ— Written by a Learned person long râ—sident in that place 40 6d Thomae Hobbes Angli Malmsburiensâ— Vita being an exact account of Mâ— Hobbes of the Books he wrote and thâ— Times and Occasion of their writing Of the Books against him and the Authors Of his Conversation and Aâ—quaintance being a full Account â— his whole Life part wrote by him seâ— in Latine the rest by Dr. N. B. in 8 price 5 s. The Institution of General History Oâ— The History of the World In two Vâ—lumes in Folio By Dr. W. Howell Chaâ—cellor of Lincoln Historical Collections of the Four laâ— Parliaments of Queen Elizabeth Bâ— Haywood Townsend Esq
THE Connexion BEING CHOICE COLLECTIONS OF SOME PRINCIPAL MATTERS IN King JAMES his Reign Which may serve to supply the Vacancy betwixt Mr. Townsend's and Mr. Rushworth's Historical Collections LONDON Printed for W. Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple Bar 1681. AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THE Collector WHo ever you are or of what Quality you be that this Connexion comes to the â—ands of there is no need of an Auâ—hor's begging your Favour for without an Apology if the seriâ—us and deliberate Results of a Wise King by his Parliament and by his Privy Council with the Learnâ—d Discourses of some Great men in that time such as the Duke of Bucking ham Sir Francis Bacon c. without Reflections Annotations Observations c. will not please am sorry for it yet I will give thâ— reason of the Publication of this viz. There being an Historical Collection of the last Parliaments oâ— Qu. Elizabeth by Mr. Heywooâ— Townsend which Ends before thâ— beginning of King James his Reignâ— and Mr. John Rushworth beginâ— his Historical Collections so late iâ— the said King's Reign that therâ— is nigh twenty years space betwixâ— them of which time nothing of History is in Print in this Method And although Wilson and Saunderson have both wrote that Great King's Life yet neither of them have reported Matter of Fact in this manner You have these Collections as â—hey came to my hands from several â—areful Collectors of Choice Things And truly I was in hopes I should â—ave got more relating to that time â—ut I found these so difficult that I â—ave over the farther search and â—ielded to the desire of some that â—ad seen them to let them go as â—hey are THE CONTENTS AN. 1. Jac. Reg. A Proclamation bâ— King James to Repress all Pyrâ—cies and Depredations upon the Seâ— wherein Rules and Articles are set foâ— the prevention of Sea Rovers and Pyrates An. 2. Jac. A Proclamation of the Revocation of Mariners from Foreign Services and to prevent them turning oâ— Pyrates and to hinder Acts of Hostility to be committed on the Coasts of England An. 3. Jac. An Act of Parliament for the granting of three intire Subsidies and six Fifteenths and Tenths granted by the Temporality to his Majesty with the Reasons why granted shewing the great Advantage his Majesty hath been to the Kingdom â—ac The Declaration of the Opinions of the Non-conformists as it was delivered to King James in the third year of his Reign â—ac A Proclamation by King James with Rules to prevent Pyracies â— 7. Jac. A Proclamation of King James touching Fishing â— 8. Jac. The Case of Sir John Kenneâ—da and his Lady shewing the Contract â—in Marriage â—ac Vpon the Case of Sir John Kenâ—eda whether an English Jurisdiction may disannul a Marriage made in Scotland â—ac Certain Points of Law and Reaâ—on whereby it may plainly appear that â—he Question between the Lady Kenneda and Sir John concerning the Validity of their Marriage may and ought by ordinary course of Law be heard and determined before the Ecclesiastical Judges in England who have Jurisdictions in the Places where they do both dwell Whereupon the Civilians have grounded their Opinions given in this Case to that Effect 9 Jac. The Commission and Warrant foâ— the Condemnation and burning of Baâ—tholomew Legat who was burnt iâ— Smithfield in London for Hereticâ— Opinions 9 Jac. The Commission and the Warranâ— for the Condemnation and burning oâ— Edward Wightman of Lichfield witâ— an Account of his Heretical Opinions 14 Jac. An Order of the King 's Privâ— Council sent to the Peers of the Realm for the Tryal of the Earl and Countesâ— of Somerset for the poysoning of Siâ— Thomas Overbury 14. Jac. Sir Francis Bacon's Speech aâ— the Arraignment of the Earl of Somerset 14 Jac. King James his Pardon to Frances Countess of Somerset for poysoning Sir Thomas Overbury 19 Jac. An Order of the Privy Council 22 Jac. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham's Answer to the Scandals of the Marquess of Inoiosa the Spanish Ambassador wherein his Abusive Reflections are wip'd off CHOICE COLLECTIONS IN King JAMES His Reign Anno Dom. 1603. in An. Reg. Jac. 1. A Proclamation by King James to repress all Pyracies and Depredations upon the Sea wherein Rules and Articles are set for the prevention of Sea Rovers and Pyrates THE Kings Majesty being certainly informed through the manifold and daily complaints made to his Highness as well by his own Subjects as others of the continual Depredations and Pyracies committed on the Seas by certain lewd and ill disposed persons and finding that the ordinary proceeding held of late times for the suppressing of these enormities and offences have wrought less Reformation than was expected In his Princely care to preserve Justice as one of the main Pillars of his Estate and for the speedier suppression of all such Pyracies and depredacious Crimes most hateful to his mind and scandalous to his peaceable Government and for the better continuance of Amity with all other Princes and States hath with the advice of his Privy Council for the speedy prevention or severe punishment hereafter of such foul crimes and pyracies set down certain Articles hereunto annexed which his Highness commanded all his Officers whom it may concern of what degree soever to see duely executed wherein if any manner of person shall be found culpable or wilfully negligent contemptuous or disobedient his Majesty declareth hereby that punishment shall be inflicted upon him or them with such severity as the Example thereof shall terrifie all others from committing any so odious crimes or contemptuous Offences First That no Man of War be furnished or set out to Sea by any of his Majesties Subjects under pain of death and confiscation of Lands and Goods not only to the Captains and Mariners but also to the Owners and Victuallers if the Company of the said Ship shall commit any pyracy depredation or murther at the Sea upon any of his Majesties Friends Item That if any person whatsoever shall upon the Seas take any Ship that doth belong to any of his Majesties Friends and Allies or to any of their Subjects or shall take out of it by force any goods of what nature or quality so ever he or they so offending shall suffer death with Confiscation of Lands and Goods according to the Law in that Case provided Item That all Admiral Causes except the Causes now depending before the Commissioners for Causes of depradations shall be summarily heard by the Judge of the High Court of the Admiralty without admitting any unnecessary delay Item that no appeal from him be admitted to the Defendent or Defendents in causes of Depredation either against the offenders or their Accessaries before or after the offence committed or those in whose possession the Goods spoiled are found unless first by way of provision the sum adjudged be paid to the Plaintiff upon Sureties to repay it if the Sentence shall be reversed Item that no prohibition in such