shall pass through their several counties, till they come to their own homes." Both these articles were agreed to by the king, and orders given accordingly. "That The same day the lords debated the ten Propositions sent from the commons; and when they had proceeded to the 4th Article, concerning the queen, it was ordered, this head and branches should be laid aside, for the present, till the articles made at the marriage be seen." The rest of them were all agreed to, except some few branches, which were left to be treated of by the committee; and seven lords were appointed for that purpose, according to the tenor of the tenth Article. The Parliament desire the King to defer his Journey into Scotland.] The lords, at the request of the commons, having sent a deputation of their house to wait upon his majesty, to acquaint him with the humble desires of both houses, that he would be pleased to defer his intended Journey into Scotland, for a time, till the great affairs of the kingdom, now in agitation in parliament, be dispatched, the earl of Warwick reported this Answer, "That his majesty had engaged himself, by proclamation published in Scotland, to be there, in parliament, at a certain day; but he would this day speak with the commissioners of Scotland, and then would give further answer to both houses." | -On the 28th, The earl of Bristol acquainted the lords, that the king had commanded him to let them know, "That he had spoken with the Scots commissioners, touching the deferring of his Journey into Scotland for a little time; and that the commissioners said, That when this motion came to them from parliament, so as it might appear that the deferring came not from the king, but from the desire of both houses to accommodate the affairs of this kingdom, they will give such an answer as shall be fitting." Hercupon the lords agreed to desire a conference with the other house, to consider of what shall be propounded to the Scots commissioners, that it may be given them in writing, and they to be desired to return their Answer in the same manner. The Proceedings against the Archbishop of "Canterbury revived.] June 28. A message was sent up from the commons, by Mr. Pym, who was commanded to let their lordships know, "That formerly they brought up an Impeachment of High Treason against the archbishop of Canterbury, which hath been asleep ever since; but now they intend to proceed and examine divers witnesses concerning that business; therefore he desired their lordships to appoint a select committee to examine such as the house of commons shall produce; and that to be in the presence of such of their own members as the house shall appoint. In all things else as in the case of the earl of Strafford." All which were agreed to by the lords. Declaration of the English to the Scots Commissioners, in relation to the King's Journey.] June 29. The affair of the King's Journey into Scotland came again before the lords, when the earl of Bristol reported to the house, "That the English commissioners had met with those for Scotland, and had delivered to them the Paper concerning the time of the King's Journey, which was read in these words: "His majesty hath commanded us to let you know, that whereas he hath been petitioned by both houses of parliament, for some stay of his Journey into Scotland, until the armies are disbanded, and that divers other things, for the peace and good of this kingdom, be settled; and whereas his maj, doth acknowledge himself engaged, by his promise, by his letters, and likewise by his proclamation, declaring his resolution to be present at the holding of a parlia ment in Scotland, at the day limited by procla mation; his maj. being desirous to give satisfaction to the parliaments of both kingdoms, bath commanded us to declare unto you the desire of the parliament of England, and to treat with you how his going may be best fitted and accommodated to the conveniency of both kingdoms, and the desire of both par liaments." The Scots Commissioners Answer.] Th Answer of the Scots Commissioners "was 29 follows:-"We do, with all thankfulness, ac knowledge his majesty's royal and tender care of settling the affairs of his antient and native kingdom of Scotland, and the constancy of Es resolution, according to his royal promise and proclamation, to be present at the day appointed. Our affection also towards the settling of the affairs of the kingdom of England, are desire of both houses of parliament, that hy majesty's Journey to Scotland may be stayed for some time, to that effect, doth so far preval with us, that we shall deal most arnestly with the parliament of Scotland, that they may ad journ their meeting till the 5th of August: 0. if they shall find that a new adjournment of the parliament, after so many prorogations, be so prejudicial to the present condition of the affairs of the kingdom, that it cannot be granted. we will endeavour that they may, in their meetings, be only exercised in preparing matters for the parliament; and that they deter mine nothing, nor make any act, until the day designed for his majesty's coming: but withat we must certify, that the 1 present constitution of that kingdom, for want of councils, sessions, and other courts of justice, and many other difficulties daily, through delays, growing greater, is such that it cannot suffer any longer delay: and therefore we desire that the houses of parliament would he'pleased so far to express their reciprocal respect to our affairs, that they will give present assent to his majesty's coming in his royal person, at the day aforesaid; without which we can have no ground to deal with the parliament to the effect above written. ADAM BLAIR, Sec." This Answer being read, the lords resolved to have a conference with the commons concerning it; and a message was dispatched to them for that purpose: at which conference | ty might be moved, again, to give his royal asthe foregoing papers were again read, and the sent to all the 3 bills together, with convenient Scuse of the house of lords upon them. But speed." This message was sent to the king by the commons, being returned, resolved, "To the same committee of lords as before; to which desire the lords to join with thein in petitioning his majesty said, "That he would be at the his majesty, that he would be pleased to stay house that afternoon, and return an Answer his Journey into Scotland until the 10th of himself." August; and that, if then he shall please to The Speaker's Speech to the King, upon pretake his Journey, this house shall submit un-senting the Poll-Tax Bill.] Accordingly in the afternoon of this day, the kingcame to the house of lords, when, the commous being sent for, his majesty made a short speech to both houses, not entered in either of the Journals; after which the Speaker, upon presenting the PollTax Bill, made the following speech: to it." Which resolution was agreed to by the lords. July 2, The Bill for a Poll-Tax was sent up to the lords, which, with the amendments, being read, they were agreed to by that house: but a Memorandum was entered, as a Salvo, for preserving the privileges of the peers of this realm, for rating and taxing themselves, in subsidies, by members of that house in time of parlia ment. "Most excellent and Gracious Sovereign; The government of this common-wealth rests in the rules of order, and hath so much affinity and consent with the rules of nature, in the Petition against selling Titles of Honour.] government of the world, that the first copy A message was sent by the lords to the other and imitation of the one may seem to be taken house, to desire they would join with them in from the original and first model of the other. a Petition to the King, "That Titles of Ho-This contemplation casts our eyes upon your your may not be bought and sold for money; sacred majesty, as that cœlestial orb, which, but that they might be conferred, by his majes- never resting without the office of perpetual ty, on virtue and merit, as it antiently was." motion to cherish the lower bodies, not enrichAlso the house of commons were "desired to|ing itself with any treasures drawn from bejoin with the lords in a bill for preventing of this hereafter. Acts passed for raising a Poll-Tur, and for taking away the Star-Chamber, &c.] July 3. This day the commons sent up three bills, which had passed their house to the lords, entitled, 1. An Act for the speedy Provision of Money, for disbanding the Armies, and settling the peace of the two kingdoms of England and Scotland: 2. An act for regulating the King's Council, and for taking away the court comonly called the Star-Chamber: 3. An act for the repeal of a branch of a statute, 1. Eliz. concerning Commissioners in Causes Ecclesiastical. And the commons desired their lordships, that the king might be moved, presently, by both houses, to give his royal assent to the bills aforesaid.-The lords, who attended the king with the above message, brought for answer, "That his majesty would come and give the royal assent to the bill concerning Poll-Money this morning; in regard it relates to the Disbanding of the Armies, and the present ease of the kingdom: as for the other two bills, in regard his majesty bath not been made acquainted with the particulars before now, he will consider of them and give an answer in 2 or 3 days." This Answer being communicated to the commons, they immediately dispatched one of their own members to the lords again, to acquaint them, "That the commons having taken into consideration his Majesty's Answer to the message, That he will only give his royal assent, this day, to the bill for Poll-Money,' they conceive that the passing the other two bills, for taking away the Star-Chamber, and the High Commission-Court, will very much Conduce to the speedy payment of the PollMoney: therefore they desired that his majes low, exhales in vapours, from the inferior elements, what, in due season, it returns in showers. The application makes us consider ourselves those sublunary creatures, which, having their essence and being from the influence of those beams (as the flowers of the field) open to receive the glory of the sun. In this relation both contribute to the common good; your sacred majesty, as a nursing father, designed to bestow on your people the blessings of peace and unity; and we, as the children of obedience, returning our duties and affections in aids and tributes. And thus compacted in one body by the ligaments of religion and laws, we have been the object of admiration to the whole world. Amidst the distractions of foreign nations, we only have sat under the shadow of our vines, and drank the wines of our own vintage. But our crafty adversaries (perceiving that the fervent profession of our own religion, and the firm observation of our laws, have been the pillars of our prosperity) by subtile insinuations, do pretend a politic necessity to admit of moderation in our religion, to comply with foreign princes; and suggest it as a principle in the rules of sovereignty, to require and take, not ask and have; that it must postulure by power, not petere by laws;' and keep up these miseries of war and calamity between nation and nation, and put us in the posture of gaze to the whole world. But when we behold your sacred majesty, descended from the royal loins of that glorious king, who by his wisdom and policy, first ingrafted the White Rose and Red upon the same stock; who sheathed the sword that had pierced the bowels of so much nobility, glutted with the blood of the people; and then laid the first hopes of the happy union between the nations: when our thoughts refresh themselves with the happy memory of that religious king, your gracious father, on whose sacred temples both diadems were placed, wreathed about with this motto, Faciam eos in gentem unam,' we cannot but believe that God and nature (by a lineal succession from those fathers of peace hath ordained you that lapis angularis, upon which the whole frame settles; and put into the hand of your sacred majesty the possibility and power to confirm and establish this happy union between your kingdoms; and so raise to your memory a statue of glory and wisdom from generation to generation.-In all this length of time, the assurance of this union and peace hath been the chief object of our desires; our purses have been as open as our hearts, both contributing to this great work, manifested by so many subsidies already presented, sufficient, in our first hopes, for its full perfection. But, finding that fail, have again adventured upon your people's property; and, in an old and obsolete way, new burnished by the hand of instant necessity, expressed to the world the hearts of a loyal people; and, howsoever gilded with a new name of tranquillity and peace to your kingdoms, that with more case the people may digest the bitterness of this pill, yet still our hearts had the same aim and object. A gift suitable to a necessity of so vast extent, that time cannot parallel it by an example: and by which, if your sacred majesty vouchsafe your royal assent, which we humbly pray, we shall not doubt you may soon accomplish those happy effects, that may present your wisdom the object of wonder, and your policy to be admired amongst the nations." The king, at this time, gave the royal assent to the Poll-Bill only: For the other two his majesty said, as before, "That he had not considered of them, being bills of great consequence: but he would inform himself concerning the particulars, and return an Answer in a few days." This delay, we are told by Rushworth and Nalson, gave great disgust to the commons, though nothing of that kind appears in their Journals. The King's Speech at giving his Assent to the Bills for taking away the Star-Chamber, &c.] June 5. The King came again to the house of lords; and, being seated on the throne, and the commons present, his majesty made the following speech: "My Lords and gentlemen; I come to do the office which I did on Saturday last, to give the determination to these two bills; but, before I do it, I must tell you, that I cannot but be very sensible of those reports of discontent, that I hear some have taken for not giving my consent on Saturday. Methinks it seems strange that any one should think I could pass two bills of that importance as these were, without taking some fit time to consider of them; for it is no less than to alter, in a great measure, those fundamental laws, ecclesiastical and civil, which many of my predecessors have established.If you consider what I have done this parliament, discontent will not sit in your hearts. I hope you remember I have granted, That the Judges, hereafter, shall hold their places, quan diu bene se gesserint. I have bounded the Forests, not according to my right, but according to the late customs. I have established the Property of the Subject, as witness the free giving up, not the taking away the Ship-Money I have established, by act of parliament, the property of the subject in Tonnage and Pourdage; which never was done in any of my predecessors times. I have granted a law for a Triennial Parliament; and given way to an act for the securing of monies advanced for the disbanding of the arinies. I have given free course of justice against Delinquents. I hare put the laws in execution against Papists.Nay, I have given way to every thing that ye have asked of me; and therefore, inethitis you should not wonder, if, in some things, I begin to refuse; but, I hope it shall not hinder your progress in your great affairs, and I w not stick upon trivial matters, to give you con tent. I hope you are sensible of these bene ficial favours bestowed on you at this time.To conclude: you know, by your consent there is a prefixed time set for my going int Scotland; and there is an absolute necessity for it. I do not know but that things may se fall out that it may be shortened; therefore hope you will hasten the dispatching of those great businesses that now are necessary to he done, and leave trivial and superficial matters to another meeting. For my part, I shall om: nothing that may give you just contentment and study nothing more than your happines and therefore I hope you shall see a very good testimony of it, by passing these two bills" The clerk of the parliament having pronounced the royal assent, his majesty continued a followeth: "I have one word more to speak. unto you, and take now an occasion to presenz unto both houses, that thereby I hope all the world shall see that there is a good understan ing between me and my people. It is concerting my nephew, the prince elector Palatre. who having desired me and the king of De mark to give way to a writing concerning the Diet at Ratisbon with the emperor, I could not but send my ambassador to assist hi though I am afraid I shall not have so good u answer as I wish: which my nephew foreseeing, hath desired me, for the better countenanc of the same, to make a Manifesto in my name, which is a thing of great consequence; and i I should do it alone, without the advice of my parliament, it would rather be a scorn that otherwise: therefore I do propose it unto yo, that if you will advise me to it, I do think were very fit to be published in my name." The King's Manifesto in Favour of th Elector Palatine.] This Instrument ran these words:"Charles, by the grace d God, king of Great Britain, &c. To al to whom this present Manifesto shall come, greeting. To the end that the endeavours of our late dear father, king James, of blessed memory, and our own proceedings, since his death, in the cause of our dear and only sister, larly, have caused the surrender and deposition brother-in-law, and nephews, electors and of some places of strength into the hands of princes Palatine of the Rhine, may not be for- the late Infanta of Spain, upon reciprocal asgotten, or pretendedly unknown; wherein we surances of a final pacification or restitution.have studied and laboured nothing more than But what effects all these our peaceable and the peace of Christendom, and the avoiding Christian endeavours have produced, and how the effusion of innocent blood, by seeking the all our pious negotiations have been either derestitution and re-establishment of the Elec- layed or deluded; thereby and by process of toral House Palatine, in their antient rights, time to root and establish the usurpations of dignities, and possessions within the empire; the House Palatine, and our patience and out of which they have been, by violence and piety thereby abused, is so manifest by the force of arms, and other undue proceedings, continued oppression of our said dear sister aud expelled and banished, contrary to the antient nephews, that we are forced to protest, that laws and constitutions of the sacred empire: there hath nothing succeeded, either to our we have thought fit, for the vindication of our desires or hopes, but a resolution of despair of own honour, to call to mind, and to publish to ever obtaining, by the ways of justice, treaty, all the world, both a summary relation of our or amity, that which hath been so often proactions and endeavours past, and our present mised to, and expected of, the lovers of Chrisresolutions in the same cause.-It cannot be tian peace.--Notwithstanding we have lately unknown to all the princes and estates of Eu- received advice from our dear uncle, the king rope, and more particularly to those who have of Denmark, that, at last, by his mediation had any interest or relation to the public af- and procurement, the present emperor and fairs of Germany, how both ourself and our the duke of Bavaria have condescended to a father, have, for these 20 years past, by many Treaty to be held, at the Diet of Ratisbon, and several ambassages, treaties, and other upon the 6th of May last past, for the reviewnegotiations, to our great expence and charges, ing and the resettling of the controversies of both with the late emperor Ferdinand, the the House Palatine, as a preparation and inking of Spain, and other princes and estates of ducement to a general peace and amnesty the empire, endeavoured, by all friendly and through the whole empire; and that he, with treatable means, to procure the restitution and some of the electors of the empire, is accepted re-establishment of our said dear sister, bro- as a mediator of the said cause, and hath rether-in-law, and nephews, in their antient ceived strong and pregnant assurances of a rights and possessions, as the only and possible better inclination and disposition toward the way to settle a good and firm peace in the re-establishment of the clectoral family, in empire, and consequently with all princes in their rights and dignities; and, to that end, terested therein; without which it is impossible hath procured convenient safe-conduct from to expect or hope for a good, durable, and the emperor to our nephew and his brethren, honest pacification of those troubles which freely to come in person, or to send their dehave already almost rent, consumed, and in-puties to that diet, at the time and place apvolved all the princes of Christendom in a most bloody and destructive war. And for a clear demonstration of our sincere intentions, not only our own pious inclination, and care of the public peace, hath induced us to omit divers Occasions, whereby we might, by such power as God hath put into our hands, have prevented the violences and oppressions used to our said sister and nephews; but we have been led on, and invited thereunto, by divers promises, assurances, and several letters, both from the late emperor, the king of Spain, and other usurpers of the inheritances of the electoral House Palatine, that they would at last, in contemplation of our mediation, hearken and incline to a just and honest peace, by the restitution of the estates and dignities of our dear sister and nephews; whereby we have been drawn not only to pass by our own and the public interest, and to forbear to engage our arms in so just a cause, but also have procured, by our father's and our authority, the withdrawing and disbanding of the forces of count Mansfelt out of the Palatinate; and advanced divers truces and cessations of hostility or defence, only to prepare the way of amicable composition, according to the hopes and promises to that end given us; and, particu pointed; with all other clauses requisite for their safely going, abiding, or coming from thence, and there to plead the justice of their own cause; and that, in prosecution thereof, he hath instructed and dispatched his ambas sadors to assist either in person, or by the deputies of our nephews, at the said treaty of pacification; and hath desired us herein to comply with him, by sending our ambassadors qualified and instructed to the same purpose of procuring a good and settled peace within the empire, according to the intimation of the princes clectors, signified to him by their letters, thereby desiring us to assist in the present assembly at Ratisbon.-To which end, our nephew, the prince elector Palatine having resolved, by our counsel and advice, to send his deputies according to the invitation and hopes intimated of a good issue to be expected by the amicable way of treaty and composure, we have also thought fit not to be wanting to so good a design, so concurrent to our own and the desires of so many princes: and, in some hope of better fruit than hitherto all our endeavours have produced, have resolved to make this our last trial by the way of treaties, and to send our ambassador to the emperor and other princes in the said diet assembled: and, to that purpose, have given him full | ture, in honour, in reason of state, in r power and instructions to contribute all our authority to the procurement and settlement of a good and blessed peace, by the re-establishment and restitution of the possessions and dignities of our said dear sister, nephews, and electoral family; without which no peace can be either honest or secure hereby exhorting and desiring all other kings, princes, and states, our friends, allies, and confederates, who shall either be present at the said diet, or shall have their ambassadors or deputies there, that they will be assisting to the justice of so good a cause, and to so great a blessing, as the restoring of peace to the almost desolate estate of Germany. But because we may have just cause to doubt, by many experiences of our former endeavours, that the issue and fruit of this meeting may not be answerable to our just expectation; but rather that it may produce contrary effects, to the prejudice of the justice and rights of our said nephews and their family, (which God forbid) we are hereby forced to protest against all acts, sentences, conclusions, or determinations whatsoever, which shall or may be had, made, or declared, either in confirmation of the oppressions and usurpations past, or any additions thereunto for the future, as invalid and of no power or effect. In which case, being contrary to our desire and expectation, we also further protest and declare, that we will not abandon either our own or the public interest, nor the cause, rights, and just pretences of our dear sister and nephews, and other princes and states involved within their oppressions; but that we will use and employ all such force and power wherewith God hath enabled us, both by our own arms, and the help and assistance of all our allics and friends, to vindicate our own honour, the public peace, and redress of the injuries, usurpations, and oppressions of our said dearest sister and nephews, and their illustrious family. And hereby, as we do profess to use all our endeavour and power to promote a happy and desired peace, for the consolation of the distressed empire, so we do appeal to Almighty God, the Inspector of the hearts of all princes, and to the world, the spectator of all our just actions, that we will be innocent, before God and the world, of all the evils that may ensue, if these our last hopes shall be delayed or abused." This Manifesto being read, it was ordered that a copy of it be sent to the Commons. Sir B. Rudyard's Speech in Support of the | Manifesto. In compliance with his majesty's speech, the house of commons took the Prince Elector's condition into consideration: the Manifesto was read, and a debate took place upon it, at which Sir Benjamin Rudyard made the following speech Mr. Speaker; This great affair of the Palatinate concerneth this kingdom in na From the original edition, printed by Francis Constable, 1611. We all know how near in blood the Elector is to his majesty. Many of u know what solemn protestation hath made in this place, for the recovery of t latinate, by which we are bound in hor pursue it with our best assistance.* Go so framed the powers of man, and so o the course of things in this world, as th all actions, right reason and true religio well hold, and go together. If we co religion according to reason of state, w find that Christendom divides itself in sides; with the Pope, and against the His majesty is the greatest king of the testant religion, and therefore fittest to head of that party, which will add more ness to him than can be gotten any othe The means to it are, first, to preserve r sound and entire within his own kingdo home. Next, to unite the homogeneal of it, pieces of the same, together, by all and confederations abroad. The good of this German Match was lost by the ill sels of those times: it will be an honour to repair it by better. The restoring Prince Elector to his territory and dignit restore religion there; will strengthen it increase it further in Germany; which deration is of a great and vast consequ proportionable to the greatness and va of that country. It will likewise refresh comfort the sorrowful heart of that most virtuous, and magnanimously-suffering of Bohemia, his majesty's sister, his high mother; who is ever to be highly and derly regarded by this house, by this king This is a fit conjuncture of time to begin whilst the king of Spain hath so much of his own, as he is not able to afford his aids to the Emperor; which probably induce the Emperor to abate of his forme solutions. That which is now propounde only a Manifesto, to express and declar zcal and heartiness to the cause, and the to give it countenance and reputation in present Diet at Ratisbon, Reputatio matters of state doth many times preva much as substance. His majesty's fathe blessed memory, and himself, have, for n years, mediated and treated with the succes emperors, by all fair and amicable w They have been deluded, they have t neglected. It' behoves us, Mr. Speaker, t Englishly sensible of the injustice, of the dignity. Wherefore my humble motion is, the house will be pleased, presently, to nan select committee, to compose a Declara suitable to the importance of the cause." the further consideration of this Manifesto deferred till the 7th. This day, Mr. Treasurer (sir H. Vane) quainted the house, that Rosetti, the Po Nuncio had left England.-A message also delivered from the king, concerning See Vol. I. p. 1292. |