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A81469	The royall apologie: or, An ansvver to the declaration of the House of Commons, the 11. of February, 1647. In which they expresse the reasons for their resolutions for making no more addresses, nor receiving any from His Majesty.	Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.; Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674, attributed name.	1648 (1648)	Wing D1447; Thomason E522_21; ESTC R206215	46,522	48

bounding and limiting of Forrests others for the restraining of the King to lay Impositions to levy Tonnage and Poundage or to Presse Souldiers without consent of Parliament All these with many more have been the fruits of their former addresses unto the King And now if they finde any stop or refusall in what they propound it is not for that the Kings inclination and readiness to gratifie his people is lessened or alter'd but it is that they have altered their mannerly and dutifull wayes of their Addresses and now will force by Armes and Victories what they had wont to petition for And for the matters desired whereas before there was in them a pretence of the Kings honour and safety and of the Subjects ease and liberty in the Propositions now insisted upon it is cleerly apparent That the King is by them unthroned The Soveraignty taken from Him and placed in themselves And the Subject which if they would have contented themselves with the above specified Concessions should have been the happiest and freest people of all the Subjects in Christendom shall if the King should condescend to their late demands become Slaves in their Liberties Lives and Properties by being left to the arbitrary and lawless Power of them their fellow Subjects and this is so beleived by all men but themselves and their Adherents even by their brethren of Scotland which hath administred unto them just grounds of their dissenting from them as shall be made apparent before this discourse be ended Whereas they say next That they could not have confidence that words should prevaile more with Him then Sighs and Groanes c. Let the world judge whether these men at ease and invested with all Power and Authority are more likely to be moved with sighs and groans cries of Fathers Mothers Children c. or the King who is debarr'd the society of the Queen his most dear Wife his Children banish'd or under restraint His Friends ruin'd destroyed and persecuted and some for their love and Loyalty to His Person hang'd drawn and quarter'd and all in danger of it that shall in any sort indeavour to serve him Himselfe divested of all manner of comfort either for His body or Soul besides the tender sense that he must needs have of the miseries of his people must not the World conclude the King not only to be void of all naturall affections and all bowels of compassion both towards Himself and all that are nearest and dearest unto Him but to want also common sense and understanding if He should not imbrace all meanes that with honour and conscience He might for the speediest settlement of the distracted and miserable condition of himself and His Kingdomes It is then said that they were never forced to any Treaty and yet they have made seven times application to the King notwithstanding their great success in overthrowing all His forces so that he fled in disguise to the Scots It is true that they so well laid their businesse that at the first they possessed themselves of the power of all the Kingdom both by sea and land of the City of London and of the Kings Customs of his Revenue of His Magazins and of the abused hearts of his people whereas the King wanting every thing but a good cause hath from the beginning only struggled to subsist But let not Successe against the King be vanted of Successe is not alwaies a Proof of a good Cause God hath often punish'd his Church by the power of Infidels and made wicked men the Scourge wherewith he hath chastised his Children and then cast the rod into the fire and lifted up the heads of his afflicted Servants Whereas they say That they have made 7. times applications unto the King for Peace Their own consciences I mean so many of them as have been behind the Curtain do tell them That so many times they have offended God and abused the World with detestable Hypocrisie by making shew of that which was never in their thoughts And all the said Treaties which they speak of were ever with those unreasonable unconscionable dishonourable Propositions that they well knew that their Intentions of continuing of a War could run no hazard by such Proposals for Peace yet whosoever shall peruse all those severall Treaties which are with great exactnesse set down in their own Books and printed by their own Order of Exact Collections will to be able judge of the difference of Spirits then walking In them instead of Reasons it will be found that improbable future fears and jealousies and the advantage of their present Condition have been the ground of their Proposals And on His Majesties part there will be clearly seen a bowing and stretching to a Compliance with them to the utmost that could stand with his Conscience Safety and Honour To these Volumes of theirs I refer the Reader that seeing both sides he may frame unto himselfe a Judgement where the fault lies if their Addresses have been fruitlesse To countenance no more their former Treaties and the Conditions proposed in them they further say That in all their former Addresses the Commissioners of Scotland agreed with them and joyned with their Commissioners in attending the King In which Affirmation they do not use the ingenuity and clearness which the House hath in former Parliaments used to do in that which they published unto the Kingdom for although it be true that the Commissioners of Scotland agreed to the sending of the Propositions unto the King at Newcastle yet in their publike printed Declaration of their said consent bearing date the 25. of June 1646. they declare their want of satisfaction in many particulars in so much as they say That some of the particulars are inconsistent with the word of God and others wherein they remain unsatisfied yet notwithstanding so great was their desire to see an end of this bloody war the easing of those heavy pressures under which both the Kingdoms groaned that upon those Considerations they consented to many materiall parts of those Propositions to make no let but to give way to the sending of such other particulars as they were still unsatisfied in the matter for the reasons formerly presented in their Papers unto the Houses And this their Assent they declare to be with several proviso's as will appear by their said Answer The last of which is that it is not their Judgement that every particular of these Propositions is of so great importance to the Kingdoms that Peace and War should depend thereupon Now let it be impartially judged whether it be an ingenious manner of proceeding to set down a perfect consent to conceal the conditions and proviso's upon the which the Scots declare their consent is grounded But that which is most remarkable concerning the Scots is that having thus artificially insinuated to the people their former concurrence with them now when they make their Declaration to the Kingdome for the stating

The Royall Apologie OR AN ANSWER TO THE DECLARATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS the 11. of February 1647. In which they expresse the Reasons for their Resolutions for making no more Addresses nor receiving any from HIS MAJESTY AT PARIS Imprinted in the Yeere 1648. TO MY GOOD COUNTRY-MEN of ENGLAND and fellow-Subjects of SCOTLAND IRELAND I Shall not in this Epistle tell you that by the Word of God he that resisteth the Powers ordained over us shall receive to himselfe Damnation nor that by the Law of the Land it is High Treason to levy War against the King to depose Him from the Government to imprison Him to adhere to His Enemies to reforme Him by force or to doe any thing with intention to alienate the Hearts and affections of the People from Him neither shall I tell you that it is Perjury and against our solemne Oathes and Protestations not to beare unto the King true Faith and Allegeance and not to defend His Person and Honour and not to maintaine all His just Rights I shall onely put you in mind of that which if we were no Christians but Heathens if we had no regard of Lawes or Oathes yet as Men would bind us which is the Law of Nature by which we are taught to doe as we would be done unto Let every man in his owne particular consider that if he were accused of Tyranny and Oppression of all sorts of cruelties of intending bloody Massacres of mercylesse Torturings of Perjury of a continued Track of Falshood and breach of Vowes and Promises through his whole life of conniving at his Fathers death and dishonouring of his Mother and in them all not one word of truth would he not think it a most barbarous irrationall and inhumane proceeding that he should not onely be used as if he were guilty of them all but that he should be rendred odious to the world and infamous to posterity without ever being heard or admitted to the means of making any Answer whereby to cleare his Innocency and Honour This is your Kings case who notwithstanding this libellous Declaration and His great misfortunes is one of the most pious temperate couragious and just Princes that our Nation ever had If He may be afforded no other right let Him not be denyed that naturall Justice which every man would think due unto himselfe of not being condemned unheard and undefended for whatsoever is set downe in this Answer is but one private mans knowledg and information But when you shall see the Kings owne perfect Answer I am most confident your hearts will be on fire to see so good a King so ill used IN regard that some particulars relating to the same matter are spoken of in severall places of this Declaration for the avoyding of confusion in the Answer they are answered together so that in some things the place of them is not exactly kept but sometimes that which is before in the Declaration is after in the Answer therefore in this Index each particular is set down and in what page the answer to it shall be found THe Introduction Page 1 2 That their former Addresses to the King have been fruitlesse 3 They could have no confidence that words should be more perswasive with the King then sighs and groanes c. 4 That they have made seven Addresses to the King ibid. In what sort the Scotch Commissioners joyned with them and the Reasons why they conceal the Scots present dissent from them 5 6 That the King never made any offer fit for them to accept 7 They say they cannot expect that new ingagements should prevaile more with the King then His Oath of Coronation and severall other Vowes which He hath frequently broken 8 That the King in His Speeches and Declarations hath laid a fit maxime for all Tiranny by avowing that He oweth account of His Actions to none but God 9 The match with Spain 10 The Kings having an Agent at Rome ibid. The passages concerning the death of King James 10 11 12 13 Touching the betraying of Rochell 13 14 The bringing in of German Horse 15 Torturing of our bodies with rackes and pillories c. 15 16 The Lording over mens souls 17 Searching of Cabinets ibid. Monopolies and Ship-money 18 The Kings summoning this present Parliament to have assistance against the Scots 19 The King so passionately affected to His malignant Counsellors that He would rather desert His Parliament and Kingdome then deliver them to Law and Justice 19 20 21 The bringing up of the Northern Army 21 22 The Rebellion of Ireland answered together 23 24 25 26 The Kings denying of Commissions to the Lord Wharton Lord Brook 26 They say they need not tell the world how the Scots entred the Kingdom ib. The Lord Digby's attempting the Country with armed Troops 26 The Lord Digby's man hiring a Skipper to be Pilot to a Fleet preparing in Denmarke 27 The Kings Letters to the K. of Denmark touching the Queen his Mother ib. That the King sent away with the Qu. the ancient Jewels of the Crown ib. The King sent a specious Message of renewing a Treaty but His Messenger was to have managed a bloody Massacre pag. 27 28 Touching the Kings march to Brainford pag. 28 The Kings denying to receive their Petitions ibid. All things concerning the Queen answered together pag. 28 29 Touching the Letters written to the Pope pag. 30 The Kings offer of the plunder of London and foure Northerne Counties to the Scots pag. 30 31 Fire works found in Papists houses pag. 31 Of putting the Tower into such hands at the City could not confide in ib. The Track of open force begun in the Kings coming to the House and charging some Members of Treason 32 That the King entred into the Councel-booke that the calling of them a Parliament did not make them so 33 Their standing amazed at the Kings solemne Protestation of having no thought to make War against his Parliament c. ibid. That the King endeavoured to get Powder and Cannon out of Hull ib. That the King proclaimed them Traitors and Rebels and set up his Standard against his Parliament 34 That the King called a mock-Mock-Parliament at Oxford ib. The Kings breach of Trust with the Protestants of France Scotland Ireland c. and His endeavours to enslave them by German Spanish French Danish c. 35 That the King having protested that He would never consent to a Toleration of the Popish Religion nor taking away the Lawes against Recusants did yet by His Letters signifie His consent to the taking of them away ib. That notwithstanding that the Houses and Scotch Commissioners did declare that they held a Personall Treaty not safe yet the Houses yeelded to it 36 That they intimate that the signing of the foure Bils was onely for their security during the Treaty ib. Of the justnesse honourablenesse and necessity of the foure Bils 37 38 That in refusing this their last Application the