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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69365	His Majesties declaration, concerning his proceedings with his subjects of Scotland, since the pacification in the camp neere Berwick	Windebank, Francis, Sir, 1582-1646.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1640 (1640)	STC 9260; ESTC S101025	22,729	66

CHARLES BY THE GRACE OF GOD Kinge of England Scotland France and Ireland defendor of the faith etc HIS MAJESTIES Declaration CONCERNING His Proceedings with His Subjects of SCOTLAND Since the Pacification in the Camp neere Berwick LONDON Printed by R. Young His Majesties Printer for Scotland and R. Badger Printer to the Prince His Highnesse M.DC.XL C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King WE did make accompt that the Pacification which We were pleased to condescend unto the last yeare in the Campe neere Berwick and to grant to Our Subjects of Scotland even then when they were in the height of their rebellion and in the field in Armes against Us had given such demonstration to the world of Our inclination to peace and desire to spare the blood of Our people and to winne them to the obedience which they owe unto Us as that all misunderstandings had beene utterly taken away as they were on Our part and that such conditions as were then agreed upon should have beene really performed by them according to those bonds of Allegeance dutie and promise in which they stand obliged to Us. But We have since found to our unexpressible grief that Our Princely goodnesse and mildnesse in passing by that offence hath produced nothing but extreame ingratitude and insufferable insolencies against Our Government And farther by sundry libellous Pamphlets and most false and seditious discourses sent from Scotland and dispersed purposely in this Our Kingdome of England especially in our Citie of London that the cause of these disorders is sought to be shifted off from the Rebels in Scotland and most unjustly cast upon Us. Wherfore We hold Our selfe bound in that dutie which we owe to God and love to truth not to suffer Our honour to be thus betrayed and vilified by faction and rebellion but to vindicate it from all calumnie and clamour by giving hereby a cleare and just accompt to all the world of Our proceeding with Our Subjects of that Our Kingdome and of the most materiall and remarkable occurrents since that Pacification that so all those that are not partiall or will not wilfully shut their eyes against the truth may judge who they are that have beene the disturbers and infractors of the peace and that under the maske and visour of Religion seek to undermine and subvert all Monarchicall and civill Government Which accompt followes thus After We had beene some time in the Campe neere Berwicke and that Our Subjects of Scotland had encamped with their Armie in view of Ours upon an overture from them We were contented to condescend to the receiving of a Petition in which it is expressed that they falling downe at Our feet did most humbly supplicate Vs to appoint some of this Our Kingdome of England to heare by some of them their humble desires Which We having granted and severall meetings by those of both Kingdomes having been held at all which Our self to shew Our hearty and earnest desire to meet Our subjects in a peacable way were contented to be present much beyond their own expectation as they have since acknowledged and We are sure exceedingly beyond their merit at the last those of Scotland were commanded to make their demands in writing in which after they had presented their desires of which one was That the acts of the late assembly at Glasgow holden by Our Indiction might be ratified in the ensuing Parliament they professe It is their griefe that We should have beene provoked to wrath against them Our most humble and loving Subjects and that it shall be their delight upon Our gracious assurance of the preservation of their Religion and Lawes to give example to others of all civill and temporall obedience which can be required or expected of loyall subjects Whereupon We letting them know that for the better clearing of particulars We expected from them the grounds reasons of their desires but that We would not surprise them and therefore gave them time to come prepared with their grounds in writing The Lord Lowdon said Their desires were onely to enjoy their Religion and Liberties according to the Ecclesiasticall and Civill Lawes of the Kingdome and in clearing particulars they would not insist upon any that were not such This We willed him to set downe in writing under his hand which he did in these words Memorandum that our desires are onely the enjoying of our Religion and Liberties according to the Ecclesiasticall and Civill Lawes of His Majesties Kingdome To cleare by sufficient Grounds that the particulars which we humbly crave are such and shall not insist to crave any point which is not so warranted And that we humbly offer all civill and temporall obedience to Your Majesty which can be required or expected of loyall subjects Signed Lowdon To which We answered That if their desires were onely the enjoying of their Religion and Liberties according to the Ecclesiasticall and Civill Lawes of Our Kingdome of Scotland We do not onely agree to the same but shall alwayes protect them to the uttermost of Our power And if they shall not insist upon any thing but that which is so warranted We will most willingly and readily condescend unto it so that in the meane time they pay unto Vs that civill and temporall obedience which can be justly required and expected of loyall subjects This being the ground of the agreement on both sides We were pleased to proceed to a finall determination of this businesse which was brought to a conclusion upon the 17. of June 1639 And Our Declaration of that date conformable to these grounds was thereupon made which was not onely accepted by those that came in the name of all those of the Covenant but most humble thankes were given to Us by them for Our gracious answer vouchsafed to their Petition in the said Declaration which was fully agreed upon together with sundry Articles by all parties The Pacification thus concluded the Articles on both sides were to be performed accordingly Those on Our part were in the Declaration following We having considered the papers and humble petitions presented to Vs by those of Our subjects of Scotland who were admitted to attend Our pleasure in the Camp and after a full bearing by Our Selfe of all that they could say or alledge thereupon having communicated the same to Our Councell of both Kingdomes there present upon mature deliberation with their unanimous advice We have thought fit to give this just and gracious answer That though We cannot condescend to ratifie and approve the acts of the pretended Generall Assembly at Glasgow for many grave and weighty considerations which have happened both before and since much importing the Honour and Security of that true Monarchicall Government lineally descended upon Vs from so many of Our Ancestors yet such is Our gracious pleasure that notwithstanding the many disorders committed of late We are pleased not onely to confirm and make good whatsoever our Commissioner hath

singular and Princely favour to his Countrie and besought Us to accept his most humble thankes for it This drew them to do the like and so they presented their humble thanks to Us on their knees At the next meeting of the Committee the said Petitioners produced the paper above-mentioned subscribed by some of the Lords remaining at Edinburgh as aforesaid by which the Earle of Dumfermlin and Lord Lowdon onely were heretofore authorised to come and present their justification to Us which paper being read the whole Committee agreed that the Petitioners had no power by this paper no more then by the former to give Us any satisfaction or to oblige those from whom they came but onely to endeavour to justifie themselves and the former proceedings of the Parliament Of all this Wee were pleased to give accompt to Our whole Councell of England who unanimously concurred in opinion with the Committee that the above-mentioned papers gave them no power at all Neverthelesse Wee were contented according to Our promise to heare them and Wee did make objections to the most exorbitant of their demands but their answers were very impertinent and rather justifications of them then any way satisfactory Which could not be otherwise seeing those demands were for the most part so contrary to Law and Monarchicall government that they did answer themselves as by Our answers to them formerly set downe more particularly may appeare Concerning Our promise of a free Parliament no man of ordinary sense can imagine We ever intended it should be so free as not to bee limited with their owne conditions subscribed by the Lord Lowdon which were to enjoy their Religion and Liberties according to the Ecclesiasticall and Civill lawes of that Our Kingdome and if they passe those bounds as it is evident they have done We remaine dis-obliged unlesse they will have Us onely obliged and themselves left at all liberty to fly at Our Monarchicall government without controll to wrest the Scepter out of Our hand to rob Our Crown of the fairest flowers belonging to it and to destroy Our Regall power and authority as manifestly they have endevoured to doe by their insufferable intended Acts and Demands contrary to all law and reason If it be further objected that they assume this liberty by Our allowing of the Covenant and commanding Our former High Commissioner the Lord Marquesse of Hamiltoun and other Our subjects to subscribe it the answer is very ready That there is a great difference between the Covenant and Band subscribed by Our Commandment and their Band for that Covenant and Band was made by Our late Father King James of blessed memory Anno 1580. and obligeth those that sweare to it that they should mutually assist one another as they should be commanded by the King or any authorised by him But this new Band was made without Our consent and by it they sweare mutually to assist one another not excepting the King which is indeed a meere cunning combination against the King Besides when any have beene required to subscribe the Covenant as the Lord Marquesse Hamiltoun was and did and in that sense which he declared in print the principall Heads of them did not onely refuse it themselves but disswaded as much as in them lay all Our good subjects from subscribing it though the Covenant were all one with theirs and so acknowledged by themselves whereby it doth evidently appeare that it was not Religion they aimed to secure as they pretended for then they would have acquiesced with these Our commands but meerely by adhering to their owne Band to keepe Our Subjects in that condition as they might be alwayes tied and conceive themselves obliged by Oath to take up Armes against Us whensoever the time should be fit for a totall Rebellion which they have never left endevouring till they have brought to passe so that by Our approbation of the old Covenant and Band or by the subscription of Our Commissioner they can have no solid foundation to justifie their now proceedings and it will handly appeare that ever any Covenant was made in the Christian world except in cases of Rebellion and Treason as this is where the Head was left out or had not a negative voice Neither can the Earle of Traquair Our High Commissioner his subscription or allowance of the subscribing of the Covenant be any warrant for their rebellious courses seeing as appeares by their owne Petition to him they declare that Now following the laudable example of their Predecessors they doe humbly supplicate for the same and that they may bee allowed and warranted to subscribe it which cleerely evinces that what they did before and of themselves without warrant of Authority was neither laudable nor warrantable As also before the allowing thereof by the said Earle of Traquair it is acknowledged as appeares by that which is prefixt to his subscription that it is one and the same Covenant with that of 1580. which as appeares by the Reasons heretofore deduced will no way inferre any ground or the least shadow of reason for their treasonable combinations or taking up of Arms against Us or Our authority or any deniall of Our negative voice Now upon debate of this point at the Councell Boord the Lords were of opinion that untill the Petitioners sent from the Covenanters would acknowledge that the Supreme Magistrate must have authority to call Assemblies and to dissolve them and to have a negative voice in them as is accustomed in all Supreme Powers of Christendome they ought not to be heard If they shall alledge as they did when they came to the Committee that their Demands aforesaid were but matters in fieri and not absolutely resolved nor concluded it is to be answered That the impediment was not on their part that they were not concluded Nay the Lord Lowdon in his first speech to Us at the Committee did not onely justifie their proceedings in the Assembly and Parliament as agreeable to the Articles of Pacification and to the Lawes and practice of that Kingdome but did desire that We would ratifie and confirme those their proceedings and to that purpose command that the Parliament might proceed freely and determine anent all those Articles delivered in to them Howsoever good subjects ought to be wary how they come neere the suspition of Rebellion or Treason much more how they make Demands that carry with them more then a suspition of rebellious and treasonable intentions as these above-mentioned most manifestly doe Now besides the Insolencies and Acts of Rebellion and Treason above-mentioned committed before and in the Assembly and Parliament Wee cannot but observe and publish to the world that their carriage hath beene no lesse exorbitant since the Parliament and since the comming of their Petitioners hither then before for without any Authority or Commission from Us they have taken upon them to levie and raise forces in severall parts of that Our Kingdome in great numbers which they have continually