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A84034	The English tyrants. Or, A brief historie of the lives and actions of the high and mighty states, the lords of Westminster, and now (by usurpation) kings of England. Containing all their rebellious and traiterous proceedings and transactions in Parliament. With their levying of war, and bloudy practices against their soveraign, their sinister and military designs to alter and subvert the fundamentall government in church and commonwealth, by destroying monarchy, and making themselves free-states, by the power of the sword. Continued from the first convention of this Parliament, 1640. untill the Kings death, Jan. 30. 1648.		1649 (1649)	Wing E3122; Thomason E569_4; ESTC R201943	8,872	17

THE ENGLISH TYRANTS OR A brief Historie of the Lives and Actions of the high and mighty States the Lords of Westminster and now by usurpation Kings of ENGLAND Containing all their Rebellious and Traiterous Proceedings and Transactions in Parliament With their levying of War and bloudy practises against their Soveraign their sinister and Military designs to alter and subvert the Fundamentall Government in Church and Commonwealth by destroying Monarchy and making themselves free-Free-States by the power of the Sword Continued from the first Convention of this Parliament 1640. untill the Kings Death Jan. 30. 1648. Vsurpers are Murderers 2 Reg. 11.1 and Math. 12. 38 39. LONDON Printed in the Year 1649. THE ENGLISH TYRANTS Policy of Princes Policy in Princes or States is but circumstantiall dissimulation pretending one thing intending another Some will so far allow it and say That faith is but a Merchants or Mechanique virtue and so they may make it higher by making it a Regall vice There is an order that out-goeth Michiavel where he confesses Vsus fraudis in caeteris actionibus detestabilis in bell● gerendo laudabilis That fraud which in war is commendable is in other actions detestable Prerogative of Princes 'T is certain there is a prerogative in Princes which may legittimate something in their negotiations which is not allowable in a private person or subject But even the grant of this liberty hath encouraged them to too great an enlargement State policy State policy is now become an irreligious riddle As Lewis the 11th of France would wish his Son to learn no more Latin then would teach him to be a dissembler Godly pretences But when godly pretences back'd with frequent promises and sealed with Oaths Covenants and Protestations appear deformed under the veil of hypocrisie Self-interest self-interest and private ends especially when the safety of a Nation and people solely depends thereupon The hands of the Omnipotent shall uncover their nakednesse and their shame and actions shall be punished with speedy ruine Plausible beginnings Fair and plausible beginnings are not alwaies the forerunners of good end many honest meaning and loyall English-men who eight years since viewed the Parliaments Actions and judged of their integrity by their Protestations and Declarations entertained a very charitable and honourable opinion both of them and their Cause and therein hazarded both their lives and estates with them who are long since sate down in the Chair of repentance having found by sad and wofull experience their fair and large pretences to prove but shadows of weak performances and their greatest labours to produce no other effects then to burden this distracted Nation with unheard of tyrannie and miserable oppression But they that beheld their proceedings and actions even in their primitive and best times with a considerable and judicious eie did easily perceive them to pursue their own ambitious and self-ends more then the welfare of their native Kingdom That they were men whose thoughts and intentions were filled with bloud Who could expect better things from the illegall and rebellious proceedings of those men who presumed from Servants to become Masters and endeavour to bring in Democracy and destroy Monarchy Whose horrid and bloudy actions hath produced such monstrous and strange effects that it hath set open the floud-gates of ruine to overflow this miserable and bleeding Kingdom Courteous Reader Beginning of the Par. 1640. Take here then a Breviate or Narrative of all the proceedings and traiterous actions of this Parliament and Army from their first convention by the K. Writ 1640. where in the space of ten years you shall find the greatest mutation and change of Government in this late flourishing Kingdom of England that hath befallen any Nation or State in Europe since it was a Monarchy acted under the specious pretences of Religion Monarchy turned to Anarchy Laws and Liberties by the most rebellious perjur'd and bloudy Tyrants that ever carried the name of Subjects or badge of Christianity in the whole Universe Take here also a view of the illegall Acts of these traiterous Tyrants at Westminster Illegall Acts. for the accomplishment of their private and bloudy designs to subvert the ancient sundamentall constitution and government of the Kingd in destroying the King his Posterity together with Monarchy and to invest themselves with power and greatness thereof as States and Lords of the Land 1 Act. The Earl of Strafford First They strike at an eminent pillar that upheld the fabrick of the Commonwealth a wise States-man and Councellour unto His Majestie as a great obstruction in their original designs by taking away his life Ap. 12. 1641. A Bill against Bishops And the Militia Next they perswade His Majestie and bring in a Bill to take away Bishops root and branch Another for taking away the Militia from the K. and setting it in other hands both which Bils were rejected in a full and free convention of Parliament Also to passe by tumults raised in Dec. and Ja. 1641. Tumults in Dec. and Jan. 1641. For reviving and carrying on the Bils before rejected by driving away the dissenting Memb. and new moulding the 2 Houses of Parl. Acts for a Trienniall and perpetuall Parliament His Majesty after this according to their desires in their petition passed two severall Acts the first for a Trienniall Parliament the second for a continuance of this Parliament In which Acts he gave his prerogative and power out of his own hands which proved his and the Kingdoms ruin Fears and Jealousies They begin to invent Fears and Jealousies and possesse the people with pretences or designs for destroying the Parl. City and Kingd But these Fears and Jealousies of their own contriving hath destroyed the K. and People and preserved themselvs Petition for the Militia This party of the House of Commons thus possessed with Fears and Jealousies petition His Majestie to put the Tower of London and all other Forts and the whole Militia of the Kigndom into their hands Jan. 28. Also they tender His Majestie an Ordinance for setling the power of the Militia in the Houses of Parl. Feb. 24. The Kings Fears and Jealousies Which Petition and Ordinance begot in His Majestie also Fears and Jealousies of a design against Himself and against the Crown to take away His Rights and to alter the Fundamentall Laws and Government of this Kingdom as appears by His Answer Jan. 28. The K. gives the Parl. the Tower Forts and Custles His Majestie to comply with them promised That the Forts and Castles should be in such hands 〈◊〉 only such as the Parliament may safely conside in Jan. 28. Also His Majestie accepted of Sir John Conyers to 〈◊〉 Lieutenant of the Tower of London in place of Sir John Byron Feb. 11. The Militia of the Kingdom Lastly He accepted of the Lieutenants by them nominated to be entrusted with the Militia of the Counties

and offered to grant them Commissions and powers promising also to continue the same so long as there should be cause Feb. 28. Vote the setling of the Militia But they are not herewith satisfied they enforce their petition March 1. They vote the setling of the Militia and they set forth a Declaration of the grounds of their fears and jealousies March 9. They resolve and vote in case of extreme danger as at this time and upon His Majesties refusall the Parliament have power to order the Militia of the Kingdom and the Ordinance agreed on by both Houses for the Militia doth oblige the people and ought to be obeyed by the Fundamentall Laws of the Land March 15. The K. grants the Militia to them His Majestie condescended That as the Militia was disposed according to their desires so it should not be executed without their advice April 28. 1642. And then also he granted the same for Corporations which he had formerly done concerning the Counties They seize the Navy Royall But yet they are not satisfied and secure they cannot be in their own opinions unlesse they have the sole power of disposing and executing the Militia without the King nor unlesse they have the Navy Royall also which they seized and disposed of March 28. Now whether those Lords and Commons did put themselves into the strength of the Kingdom to prepare against danger or for a design let the sad consequents manifest preceding actions of this nature set the deceitfulnesse of mans heart being not rightly to be understood but by subsequent managements Deportment to the King And in their deportment afterwards you may find more of confidence then of fear more of andaciousnesse and conspiracy against the King then of solicitousnesse for the Kingdom an endeavour rather to subvert and destroy then to preserve and maintain the fundamentall constitution and government of the Kingdom and Parliament Sir John Hotham keeps the King out of Hull April 23. and the Parliament justifies his traiterous act Sir J. Hotham April 28. When to hold a Fort or Castle against the King is to levy War against the King which is high treason by the Statute of 25 Edw. 3. Not long after Mr Martin Mr Henry Martin saies openly in the House of Commons and unreproved That the Kings office is forfeitable and that the happinesse of this Kingdom did not depend upon His Majestie or any of the Royall branches of that root And Sir Henry Ludlow Sir H. Ludlow That he was not worthy to be King of England which doubtlesse was the sense of the Parliament for May 26. 1642. both Houses declare That they should not want duty or modesty if they followed the highest presidents of other Parliaments That is Of deposing murdering the King if they should depose and murder the King as other unparallel'd Parliaments had done Edward and Richard the Second Declare against the Kings Negative Vote The Crown it self cannot escape them for in the same Declaration they deny the Kings Negative Vote in Parliament And to deprive the King and Crown of their power not only in Law making but also in governing Propositions destructive to Monarchy June 2. they offer to His Majestie Propositions destructive to Regality and Monarchy viz. for the Parliament 1. To nominate all the great Officers and Ministers of State and the chief Judges of the Land 2. To the reform Church-government and the Liturgy as they shall think fit 3. To dispose and execute the Militia of the Kingdom according to their Ordinance 4. To approve those to whom the command and custody of Forts and Castles shall be committed 5. To admit such Peers as shall be made hereafter to sit and Vote in Parliament Parliament take up Arms. June 10. They sent forth Propositions for bringing 〈◊〉 Plate and money and raising an Army To make good what they had taken from and declared against and proposed to His Majesty viz. to keep the Forts and Castles and the Militia and Navy from him and to take from Him and from the Crown the power of making Laws and governing the Church and state and to depose and destroy him and to root out his posterity together with Monarchy Is not this by force of arms to shake off subjection and to rebell Declaration to raise an Army Then put they forth their Declarations to the Kingdom telling the People that the King seduced by evil councel intended to levy Warre against the Parliament City and Kingdom And to destroy their Religion Laws and Liberties perswading them to rise as one man for defence thereof with these delusive pretences Protestation and Vows That they did not sight against his Majesties Person but to deliver Him from His popish and wicked Counsel and under this notion they raised their Armies and to that end they made Protestations Vowes with Leagues and Covenants and upon invitation of the Scots into this Kingdom to their assistance declared that they sought for the preservation and maintenance of the Kings Person Crown and Dignity the true Protestant Religion Laws and liberties with the priviledges of Parliament against all Popish and Malignant Cavaliers and all other disaffected persons These were the golden baites Delusions the poor delude people of England were insnared with and in prosecution of their demands and Rebellious sinister ends did they prosecute and continue the War untill they had subdued the King and all his party 1646. The misled people of England And how could the abused and misled people of England but be enraged against you who under the pretence of preventing present dangers wound themselves into the chief power and government of the Kingdome And under the specious pretences of fighting for Religion and Liberty engaged them in the maintenance of their usurpation and made them instrumentall to promote Rebellion under this vaile of Hypocrisie and under the glosse and notion of Reformation have they hatched all their bloudy practises whose ambitious ends private interests and designes was to destroy our Religion Lawes and Liberties Murder our King and triumph in our destruction The King comming to the Scots Army Bought and Sold. After His Majesties comming to the Scots Army The Parliament disburses 200000 l. for His Person a Royall exchange the Parliament got the King the Scots their Arrears bought by the Parliament sold by the Scots sold to be restored to His Crowne bought to be made a Glorious Prince as they promised him sold by His Native Subjects for gains and bought by His Traiterous Subjects to be Murdered His Majesty being now in the hands of the Parliament they restrained him at Newcastle and Holmeby The King Restrained at Holmeby where Cromwell gave command to the private Souldiery to seize upon His Person being now in the power of the Army observe how Lieutenant Generall Cromwell corrts His Majesty both by members of the Army and Gentlemen formerly in the Kings

and unjustly refused to admit of His Majesties just Reasons and exceptions against their usurped Jurisdiction and without any lawfull Authority or proof against Him or legall Triall presumed most traiterously and impiously to condemn and murder Him And since that have arraigned and put to death some Peers and other free Subjects of this Realm contrary to Magna Charta the Petition of Right Duke Hamilton Holland and Capell the Laws of the Land and the Liberties of the Subjects to the great enslaving and endangering of the lives and liberties of all the free-people of England And whereas the said confederated Commons have likewise tyrannically Acts of Parliament made by the Committee and contrary to their Oaths and Engagements aforesaid to take upon them to make Acts of Parliament as they tearm them without the joint consent of the King and House of Lords contrary to the use and priviledges of Parliament and known Laws of the Land And by pretext thereof have traiterously and wickedly endeavoured to disinherit the Illustrious CHARLS Prince of Wales next Heir to the Crown Treason to proclaim Charls II. King and Actuall King of England Scotland France and Ireland immediatly after His said Royall Father barbarous murther by right of Descent and proclaimed it Treason for any person to proclaim Him King whereas it is high Treason in them thus to prohibite His proclaiming and have likewise traiterously and impudently encroached a Tyrannicall and lawlesse power to themselves to vote down our Ancient Kingly and Monarchicall Government and the House of Peers Change of Government and to make a New Great Seal of England without the Kings Pourtraicture or Stile and to alter the Ancient Regall and Legall Stile of Writs and proceedings in the Courts of Justice and to create New Judges and Commissioners of the Great Seal and to dispense with the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and to prescribe new Oaths unto them contrary to Law Statute or Custome to administer And have traiterously attempted to change and alter the Fundamentall Laws and Government of this Kingdom and to subvert the being freedom and priviledges of Parliaments For which Treasons Strafford and Canterbury though lesse criminall lost their heads this Parliament States and Lords of the Land To conclude you are become by Rebellion Treason Tyrannie Bloud and Murder Lords of the Land Kings of a poor distressed and miserable Kingdom And you are pleased in your greatnesse to stile your selves The Free Estates of the Kingdom you have violently forcibly and unjustly got the riches treasure and wealth of the Land into your hands by the power of the Sword under which the poor people of England are ruinated and destroyed Yet consider this you that forget God the vengeance of Heaven hangs over your heads for oppression and bloud your reprieve is not your salvation you are grown to a height of confidence and presumption upon your successes your necks are as iron and your brows brasse and you walk uncontroulable in your way triumphing as the only Princes of the Earth as fit to sway the Scepter of England and all Nations as the only righteous and honourable people in the world the great Lords of the Land Yet Remember for all these things you shall come to Judgment you shall give an accompt for all the treasonable and bloudy actions you have perpetrated against the King and Kingdom Thus far have I traced your footsteps the space of eight years not without admiration from the time His Majestie sate on His Throne to His unfortunate Death by His Subjects before His own Palace where you may observe the most Virtuous and Wisest Prince in the Christian world murder'd and put to death by the most villanous barbarous and bloudy people upon the Face of the Earth FINIS I shall shortly recommend to you the second part of this Historie which as yet is not finished containing all their Actions from His Majesties Death to this present