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A64894	Former ages never heard of, and after ages will admire, or, A brief review of the most materiall parliamentary transactions, beginning, Nov. 3, 1640 wherein the remarkable passages both of their civil and martial affaires, are continued unto this present year published as a breviary, leading all along, successively, as they fell out in their severall years, so that if any man will be informed of any remarkable passage, he may turne to the year, and so see in some measure, in what moneth thereof it was accomplished : for information of such as are altogether ignorant of the rise and progresse of these times : a work worthy to be kept in record, and communicated to posterity.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.; Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631-1656.	1654 (1654)	Wing V305; ESTC R2983	53,959	61

Former Ages never Heard of AND After Ages will Admire Or a Brief Review of the most Materiall PARLIAMENTARY TRANSACTIONS Beginning Nov 3. 1640. WHEREIN The Remarkeable Passages both of their Civil and Martial Affaires are continued unto this present Year Published as a Breviary leading all along successively as they fell out in their severall years So that if any man will be informed of any remarkeable Passage he may turne to the year and so see in some measure in what Moneth thereof it was accomplished For Information of such as are altogether ignorant of the rise and progresse of these Times A Work worthy to be kept in Record and communicated to Posterity Who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them for the wayes of the Lord are right and the just shall walk in them but the transgressors shall fall therein Hosea 14. 9. LONDON Printed by M. S. for Tho Jenner at the South-Entrance of the Royal EXCHANGE 1654. The Chronology IN the first year of King Charls his Reign a Parliament being called at Oxford two Subsidies were granted no grievances removed but the said Parliament soon dissolved The sad effects which the dissolution of this Parliament produced were the losse of Rochel by the unhappy help of Englands ships The diversion of a most facile and hopeful war from the West Indies to a most expensive and succeslesse attempt on Cales The attempt on the Isle of Ree and thereby a precipitate breach of peace with France to our great losse A peace concluded with Spain without consent of Parliament contrary to a promise formerly made to the Kingdome by King James a little before his death whereby the cause of the Palatinate was altogether most shamefully deserted by us The Kingdome suddenly billetted with Souldiers and a concomitant project set on foot for Germane Horses to force men by fear to fall before arbitrary and tyrannical Taxations continually to be laid upon them 2d Parliament The dissolution of a second Parliament at Westminster in the second year after a declarative grant of no lesse then five Subsidies and the sad issues that flowed to the Kingdom thereupon As first the violent exacting from the people that mighty sum of the five Subsidies or a sum equal to it by a Commission for a Royal Loan Many worthy Gentlemen imprisoned and vexed that refused to pay it Great sums extorted by Privy Seals and Excises and the most hopeful Petition of Right blasted 3d A third Parliament called and quickly broken in the fourteenth year of the King the best Members clapt up close Prisoners denied all ordinary and extraordinary comforts of life and so that Parliament was dissolved Opprobrious Declarations published to asperse the proceedings of the last Parliament yea Proclamations set out to those effects thereby extreamly to dishearten the Subjects yea and plainly forbidding them once to name a Parliament or to desire them any more Whence immediately gushed out the violent inundations of mighty sums of money got by that strange project of Knight hood yet under a colour of Law The most burthensome Book of Rates the unheard of Taxation of Ship-money the enlargement of Forrests contrary to Magna Charta the injurious Taxation of Coat and Conduct money the forcible taking away of the Trained Bands Arms ingrossing Gunpowder into their hands in the Tower of London The destruction of the Forrest of Dean which was sold to Papists whence we had all our timber for Shipping Monopolies of Sope Salt Wine Leather and Sea Coal yea almost of all things in the Kingdome of most necessary and common use Restraint in trades and habitations for re●●sall of which foresaid heavy pressures many were vext with long and languishing sui●s some fined and confined to Prisons to the losse of health in many of life in some some having their Houses broken open their Goods leized on their Studies or Closets searched for Writings Books and papers to undo them some interrupted also in their Sea-Voyages and their Ships taken from them The crushing cruelties of the Star-Chamber Court and Councel Table where the Recorder of Salisbury was greatly fined for demolishing the Picture of the first person in the Trinity in their great Cathedrall Thus far for the miseries of the Common-wealth Popish Ceremonies Romish innovations and such like outrages of the Arch Prelate of Canterbury and his Prelaticall Agents and Instruments over the whole Kingdome in matters of Religion Divine worship and spiritual cases of conscience Additions in the Oath administred to the King at his first inauguration to the Crown by the Arch-Bishop Fines Imprisonments stigmatizings mutilations whippings pillories gagges confinements and banishments yea and that into perpetual close imprisonments in the most desolate remote and as they hoped and intended remotest parts of the Kingdome Mr. Burton Mr. Bastwicke Mr. Prin. The ruinating of the ●●eoffees for buying in of Impropriations and the advancing to Ecclesiasticall livings Arminians silencing with deprivations degradations and excommunications almost all the most pious Pastors over the Land whom they could catch in their snares and all this under a pretence of peace unity and conformity Printing Presses set open for the Printing and publishing of all Popish and Arminian Tenets but shut up and restrained from printing sound Doctrines Nay not only thus lamentably molested in England but attempted the like in Scotland indeavouring to impose upon them a New Liturgy and a Book of Canons They refusing of them were called and counted Rebels and Traytors yea so proclaimed in all Churches in England and an Army was also raised to oppresse and suppresse them A mighty and tumultuous rising of Apprentices and young men in Southwark and Lambeth side with Clubs and other weapons especially at the Arch Bishops house which put him in such a fright as made him flye to Croyden to convey himselfe to some more private and remote place And although Pharoahs Magicians were so honest that at the sight of the dust of the earth turned into lice they cryed out It was the finger of God but he grew more and more outragious and caused one to be hanged and quartered and his head set on London-Bridge who said at his execution he came there by accident and he must dye The Arch-Prelate of St Andrewes in Scotland reading the new Service-booke in his pontificalibus assaulted by men Women with Crickets stooles Stickes and Stones The rising of Prentises and Sea-men on Southwark side to assault the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's House at Lambeth 4 Parliament A fourth Parliament was thereupon shortly after called again by those complotters means but to a very ill intent and another Parliament summoned also at the same time by the Earl of Strafford in Ireland both of them only to levy and procure moneys to raise another Army and wage a new War against the Scots The Ships and Goods of Scotland were in all parts and Ports of this Land and of Ireland also surprized and seized on

of Jesus Christ I desire you that you would be silent and joyn in prayers with me and I trust in God that we shall all meet and live eternally in Heaven there to receive the accomplishment of all happinesse where every tear shall be wiped from our eyes and every sad thought from our hearts And so God blesse this Kingdome and Jesus have mercy upon my Soul Amen August 1641. The King went to Scotland Octob. The Irish Rebellion began whereby above 100000 Protestants were murdered Novemb. Decemb. The King came from Scotland to London and was entertained with most pompous solemnity and after went to Hampton Court the Earl presented a Remonstrance wherein was expressed the Kingdomes grievances they desire a Guard Sir Wil. Belford was displaced and Cottington made Constable of the Tower but he was soon displaced and Col. Lunsford was made Lieutenant of the Tower but he also was displaced and Sir John Byron was made Liev. of the Tower in Lunsfords stead but he also with much ado removed and Sir John Conyers was put in his place To the Kings most Excellent Majesty and the Lords and Peers now Assembled in Parliament The Humble Petition and Protestation of all the Bishops and Prelats now called by his Majesties Writs to attend the Parliament and present about London and Westminster for that Service THat whereas the Petitioners are called up by several and respective Writs and under great penalties to attend the Parl. and have a clear and indubitable right to Vote in Bils and other matters whatsoever debatable in Parl. by the ancient Customes Lawes and Statutes of this Realm and ought to be Protected by your Majesty quietly to attend and prosecute that great Service They humbly Remonstrate and Protest before God your Majesty and the noble Lords and Peers now assembled in Parl. that as they have an indubitate right to Sit and Vote in the House of Lords so are they if they may be protected from force and violence most ready and willing to performe their duties accordingly And that they doe abominate all actions or opinions tending to Popery and the maintenance thereof as also all propension and inclination to any Malignant party or any other side or party whatsoever to the which their owne reasons and conscience shall not move them to adhere But whereas they have been at severall times violently menaced affronted and assaulted by multitudes of people in their coming to perform their services in that honourable House and lately chased away and put in danger of their lives and can find no redresse or protection upon sundry complaints made to The High Commission-Court and Starr-Chamber voted down and pluralities non residencies damned by Parliament both Houses in these perticulars They likewise humbly protest before your Majesty and the Noble House of Peers that saving unto themselves all their Rights and Interests of Sitting and Voting in that House at other times they dare not Sit or Vote in the House of Peers untill your Majesty shall further secure them from all affronts indignities and dangers in the premisses Lastly whereas their fears are not built upon fantasies and conceits but upon such grounds and objects as may well terrifie men of good resolutions and much constancy They doe in all duty and humility protest before your Majesty and the Peers of that most Honourable House of Parl. against all Laws Orders Votes Resolutions and Determinations as in themselves null and of none effect which in their absence since the 27th of this instant Month of Decem. 1641. have already passed as likewise against all such as shall hereafter pass in that most Honourable House during the time of this their forced and violent absence from the said most Honourable House not denying but if their absenting of themselves were willfull and voluntary that most honourable House might proceed in all their premisses in their absence and this Protestation notwithstanding And humbly beseeching your most Excellent Majesty to command the Clerk of the House of Peers to enter this their Petition and Protestation among their Records They will ever pray to God to bless c. Jo Ebor. Th. Dures Rob. Co. Lich. Jo. Norw. Jo. Asa. Gul Ba. Wels. Geo. Heref. Rob. Ox. Ma. Ely Godf. Glouc. Jo Peterb Mor. Land Twelve Bishops were impeached of high Treason and ten imprisoned in the Tower and afterward all disabled from ever sitting in the Parl. they are Voted down root and branch Nulla contradicente The same night there were bonefires and ringing of Bels All Popish Recusants inhabiting in and about the City all dis-affected persons and such as being able men would not lend any money for the defence of the Common-wealth should forthwith confine themselves to their own Houses and not to goe forth without speciall license An Ordinance to apprehend dis-affected persons in the City whereof were four Aldermen put in safe custody in Crosby House and some in Gressam Colledge A letter sent to Mr. Pym Mr. Pym Do not think that a guard of men can protect you if you persist in your trayterous courses and wicked designs I have sent a Paper-messenger to you and if this does not touch your heart a Dagger shal so soon as I am recovered of my plague-sore In the mean time you may be forborn because no better man may be endangered for you Repent Traytor Jan 1641. The Irish proclaimed Rebels the King demands five Members Lunsford assaulteth the Citizens at Westmin an Act to carry on the War in Ireland till it were reduced Febr King signs the Bill for taking away Bishops Votes March the Queen went to Holland one of her ships sprung a leak and much treasure lost and when she return'd there was a great storm Van Trump's Mast broke and after eight dayes turmoil driven back again broke and lost 3 ships The King went to Theobalds where a Petition from the Par. was presented desiring him to let the Militia abide neer Lon and not carry the Prince away he being at Newmarket the House presented a Declaration the King went to York sends a message to the Parl. that he would raise 2000 Foot and 200 Horse at Hull and go for Ireland Sir John Hotbam denies the King entrance in April May som Members leave their seats and go to the King at York Binion a Silk-man the Kentish Malignants and Sir Edw Deering frame petitions against the Parl. but rejected fined and imprisoned The King interdicts the Militia but the Messenger was hang'd at the Exchange The Lords and Gentry of Ireland and Scotland petition the King to return to his Parl. the Gentry of York shire do the like but rejected The K. set on foot a Commission of Array June The Great Seal carried to the K. The Earle of Warwick Adm. Money and Plate brought in for the Cause the King besieges Hull 500 men went from London to it Proclamations and Declarations against the Parliament read in all Churches and Chappels within the

for the King their Commissioners denied audience to make their just Defence to the King and the whole Kingdome of Scotland and England too hereupon much distracted and distempered with levying of moneys and imprisoning all amongst us that refused the same This Parliament also refusing to comply with the King Canterbury and Strafford in this Episcopal War against the Scots was soon dissolved and broken up by them and thereupon they returned to their former wayes of wast and confusion and the very next day after the Dissolution thereof some eminent Members of both Houses had their Chambers and Studies yea their Cabinets and very pockets of their wearing Cloaths betimes in the morning before they were out of their Beds searched for Letters and Writings and some of them imprisoned and a false and most scandalous Declaration was published against the House of Commons in the Kings Name A Forced Loan of money was attempted in the City of London to be made a president if it prevailed there for the whole Kingdome but some Aldermen refusing were sorely threatned and imprisoned In which interim the Clergies Convocation continuing notwithstanding the Dissolution of the Parliament New Conscience oppressing Canons were forged and a strange Oath with an c. in it was framed for the establishing of the Bishops Hierarchy with severe punishments on the refusers to take it The OATH That I A. B. doe Sweare that I doe approve the Doctrine and Discipline or Government established in the Church of England as containing all things necessary to Salvation And that I will not endeavour by my selfe or any other directly or indirectly to bring in any Popish Doctrine contrary to that which is so established Nor will I ever give my consent to alter the Government of this Church by Arch-Bishops Bishops Deans and Arch Deacons c. as it stands now established and as by right it ought to stand Nor yet ever to subject it to the usurpations and superstitions of the Sea of Rome And all these things I doe plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation or mentall evasion or secret reservation whatsoever And this I doe heartily willingly and truly upon the faith of a Christian So help me God in Jesus Christ In this Convocation sore Taxations were also imposed upon the whole Clergy even no lesse then six Subsidies besides a bountifull Contribution to forward that intended War against Scotland For the advancing of which said sums for this War the Popish were most free and forward yea and a solemn Prayer was composed and imposed by the Bishops on their Ministers every where to be used and read in all Churches against the Scots as Rebels and Traytors The Papists also in a high measure enjoyed even almost a total Toleration and a Popes Nuncio suffered amongst us to act and govern all Romish affairs yea a kind of private Popish Parliament kept in the Kingdome and Popish Jurisdictions erected among them Commissioners were also secretly issued out for some great and eminent Papists for Martial Commands for levying of Souldiers strengthning their party with Arms and Ammunition of all sorts and in great plenty His Majesties Treasure was by these means so extreamly exhausted and his Revenues so anticipated that he was forced to compell as it were his owne Servants Judges and Officers of all sorts to lend him great sums of money and Prisons filled with refusers of these and the other illegall payments yea many High-Sheriffs summoned in the Star-Chamber and to the Councel board and some of them imprisoned for not being quick enough in levying of Ship-money and such like intolerable Taxations In sum the whole Land was now brought into a lamentable and languishing condition of being most miserably bought and sold to any that could give and contribute most of might and malice against us and no hope of humane help but dolour desperation and destruction to be the portion of all In which interim the Scots being entred our Kingdome for their own defence the King had advanced his Royal-Standard at Yorke where the cream of the Kingdom Nobles and Gentry being assembled and a Treaty betwixt the prime of both Armies had at Rippon for a fair and peaceable accommodation the King was at last inforced to take his Nobles Councel and in the first place a cessation of Arms agreed on and then a fifth Parl. was necessitously resolved on to begin Nov 3. 1640. 5th Parliament Letters from the King Queen Popish Earls Lords Knights and Gentry post into all parts of the Kingdome to make a strong party for them Shortly after a very formidable Spanish Fleet or Armado appeared on our English narrow Seas in sight of Dover and was coming in as was on very strong grounds more then probably conjectured as a third party to help to destroy us the Spaniards hoping that by this time we and the Scots were together by the ears but they were by Gods mercy beaten off from us by our Neighbours of Holland and we fighting against them fought against our friends The Souldiers in their passage to York turn Reformers pull down Popish Pictures break down rails turn Altars into Tables those Popish Commanders that ware to command them they forced to eat flesh on Fridays thrusting it down their throats and some they slew In the time of ours and the Scots Armies residing in the North which was in June 1641. Malignant Lords endeavoured to bring it out of the North Southward and so to London to compell the Parl. to such limits and rules as they thought fit whereupon the Parl. entred upon this following Protestation Die Veneris 30 July 1641. WE the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House in Parl. finding to the great grief of our hearts that the designs of the Priests Jesuites and other adherents to the Sea of Rome have of late been more boldly and frequently put in practice then formerly to the undermining and danger of the ruine of the true Reformed Protestant Religion in his Majesties Dominions established And finding also that they have been and having just cause to suspect that there are still even during this sitting in Parliament endeavours to subvert the fundamentall Lawes of England and Ireland and to introduce the exercise of an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Government by most pernicious and wicked counsels practices plots and conspiracies And that the long intermission and unhappy breach of Parliam hath occasioned many illegall Taxations whereupon the subject hath been prosecuted and grieved And that divers Innovations and superstitions have been brought into the Church multitudes driven out of his Majesties Dominions jealousies raised and vvn betwixt the King and his people a Popish Army levyed in Ireland and two Armies brought into the bowels of his Kingdom to the hazzard of his Majesties Royal person the consumption of the Revenues of the Crown and Treasure of his Kingdome And lastly finding

Cities Burroughs Shires c. and every of them are and shall be acquitted and pardoned of all Treasons Fellonies Offences c. done before Sept. 3. 1651. not in this present Act hereafter not excepted nor fore-prized And the said Keepers of the Liberties of England granteth and freely giveth to every of them all Goods Debts Chattels Fines which to the said Keepers of the Liberties of England do belong or appertain before Sept. 3. and which be not hereafter in this Act foreprized and excepted And it is further Enacted That this Pardon shall be taken in Courts of Justice available to all and singular the said persons c. shall be arrested c. for any thing acquitted by this Act every person so offending shall pay to him offended his treble damages and 10. l. to the State Excepted all High-Treasons other then for words only and all levying of war rebellions insurrections and conspiracies committed against the Par. since Ian. 30. 1648. And all concealments of the said offences And all voluntary Murthers petty Treasons poysoning piracles buggeries rapes ravishments marrying any one against her will And also all persons now attained for petty treason murther poysoning conjurations witchcrafts charms detainments of Customs and sums of money due upon Composition Excise or New-Imposts all Conditions Covenants and penalties of forfeitures due to the Parl. or the late K. since Ian. 30. 1648. All first fruits and Tithes and all offences and misdemeanours whereof any sentence or judgment hath been given in Parl. since Ian. 30. 1648. And all offences of Bribery perjuries and subordination of Witnesses counterfeiting Deeds Debenters Bills of Publick Faith Escripts or writings whatsoever carrying over Seas any Coyn or Jewels melting downe of Gold or Bullion c. detaining the Goods c. of the late King or Queen all offences committed by any Jesuite any Outlawries upon any writ of Capion ad satisfaciendum and all except such persons as were Ian. 28. 1651. in prison by Order of Parl. and all proceedings concerning common High-wayes all Free-farm-rents and arrerages due since Iune 24. 1645. all moneys imprested since Nov. 3. 1638. Provided all Acts of Hostility between the late King and Parl. or between any of the people of this Nation or falling out by reason of the late troubles shalt in no time after Iune 18. 1651. be called in question The DECLARATION of the Lord Generall and his Councel of Officers shewing the Grounds and Reasons for the Dissolving the Parliament April 20. 1653. AFter it had pleased God not only to reduce Ireland and give in Scotland but so marvellously to appeare for his people at Worcester that these Nations were reduced to a great degree of peace it was matter of grief to many well affected in the Land to see the Cause of God so little forwarded by the Parl. whereupon they applied to the Army expecting redresse by them notwithstanding which the Army being unwilling to meddle with the Civill Authority in matters so properly appertaing to it it was agreed That his Excellency and Officers of the Army should be desired to move the Parl. to proceed vigorously in reforming what was amisse in Government which having done we hoped that the Parl. would seasonably have answered our expectations but finding delayes therein we renewed our desires in a Petition in August last and although they signified their good acceptance thereof and referred the particulars to a Committee of the House yet no considerable effect was produced but there more and more appeared among them an aversion to the things themselves with much bitternesse and opposition to the people of God which grew so prevalent that those persons of honour and integrity who had eminently appeared for God and the publick good were rendred of no further use in Parl. then by meeting with a corrupt party to give them countenance to carry on their ends For which purpose they frequently declared themselves against having a New Representative and when they were necessitated to take that Bill into consideration they resolv'd to make use of it to recruit the House with persons of the same temper thereby to perpetuate their owne sitting which intention divers of the most active did manifest labouring to perswade others to a consent therein and divers Petitions preparing from severall Counties for the continuance of this Parl. were encouraged by them For obviating these evills the Officers of the Army obtained severall Meetings with some of the Parl. to consider what fitting meanes might be applyed to prevent the same but such endeavours proving altogether ineffectuall it became most evident to the Army that this Parl. would never answer those ends which God his people and the whole Nation expected from them But that this Cause must needs languish under their hands and be wholly lost All which being sadly considered by the honest people of this Nation as well as by the Army and wisdome and direction being sought from the Lord it seemed to be a duty incumbent upon us to consider of some more effectuall means to secure the Cause which the good people of this Common wealth have been so long engaged in and to stablish peace in these Nations And after much debate it was judged necessary that the Supream Authority should be devolved upon known persons men fearing God and of approved integrity and committed unto them for a time as the most hopefull way to encourage and countenance all Gods people reform the Law and administer justice impartially hoping thereby the people might forget Monarchy and have the Government setled upon a true Basis without hazard to this glorious Cause and necessitating to keep up Arms for the defence of the same And being still resolved to use all means possible to prevent extraordinary courses we prevai'ed with about twenty Members of Parl. to give us a Conference with whom we freely and plainly debated the necessity and justnesse of our Proposals and did evidence that these would most probably bring forth something answerable to that work the foundation whereof God himselfe hath laid The which found no acceptance but it was offered that the way was to continue still this Parl. as being that from which we might reasonably expect all good things and this being insisted upon did much confirm us in our apprehensions That not any love to a Representative but the making use thereof to perpetuate themselves was their aim They being plainly dealt with about this and told that neither the Nation the honest interest nor we our selves would be deluded by such dealings did agree to meet again next day in the afternoon and nothing in the mean time should be done that might frustrate the Proposals Notwithstanding the Parl. next morning did make more hast then usuall in carrying on their said Act being helped therein by some of the persons engaged to us the night before none of them endeavouring to oppose the same and being ready to put the main Question for consummating the said Act whereby our Proposals would have been made void For preventing whereof we have been necessitated to put an End to this Parliament And desire that all men as they would not provoke the Lord to their owne destruction should wait for such issue as he shall bring forth and to follow their businesse with peaceable spirits wherein we promise them protection by his assistance FINIS