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A31932	The Kings cabinet opened: or, certain packets of secret letters & papers, written with the Kings own hand, and taken in his cabinet at Nasby-Field, June 14. 1645 By victorious Sr. Thomas Fairfax; wherein many mysteries of state, tending to the justification of that cause, for which Sir Thomas Fairfax joyned battell that memorable day are clearly laid open; together, with some annotations thereupon. Published by speciall order of the Parliament·	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.; Sadler, John, 1615-1674.; May, Thomas, 1695-1650.	1645 (1645)	Wing C2358; ESTC R200152	46,993	62

endeavoured likewise to lay a great blemish upon his royall family endeavouring to illegitimate all derived from his Sister at once to cut off the interest and pretentions of the whole Race which their most detestable and scand●…lous designe they have pursued examining witness●…s and conferring circumstances and times to colour their pretensions in so great a fault and which as his sacred Majestie of England in the true sence of honor of his Mother doth abhor and will punish so he expects his concurrence in vindicating a Sister of so happy memory and by whom so neare an union and continued league of amity hath been produced between the Families and Kingdoms That the particulars in which his Majestie doth desire his assistance are in the loane and raising of men money armes and Ships all or such of them as may consist best with the convenience of his own affaires And of such in the first place as may be most requisite and a wanting to his Majesty That to set his leavies on foot and put him in a posture to protect his subjects in all places that adheare to him and receive their contribution 100000. li will be necessary for him which his Majesty desires way by way of loane And for the restitution of it besides his Kingly word and solemne engagement upon this treaty he is contented of such his Crowne Jewels as are in his disposure to leave his royal pledge if it shall be desired The particulars of Armes that he desires are 6000. Musquets 1500. Horse-armes and 20. pieces of field Artillery mounted Assistance of men he desires onely in Horsemen and to know in what time they may be ready and how many That the Holy Iland or New-Castle are designed for the landing of the said Horse and M●…gazin of the said provisions for reception likewise anprotection of such his Ships as he shall thinke fit to employ for the countenance and security of those his Subjects that shall trade upon these Coasts and for ascertaining the correspondence and intelligence between the two Kingdomes in which the number is left to be proportioned as may best sort and agree with his owne affaires And for which the Holy Iland is conceived one of the aptest Harbours in his Majesties Dominions being capeable of any Ships whatsoever in a very great proportion an excellent ro●…de at the entrance a ready out lett and a strong fort under his M●…jesties command That in Lieu of his assistance contributed by the King of Denmarke his Majestie will obliege himselfe and ratifie in expresse articles to restore into the Magazines of Denmarke a like proportion of armes and ammunition to 〈◊〉 and defray the charges of the money lent and leav●…es of Horse ●…nd so soon as his 〈◊〉 sh●…ll be settled and himselfe in a condition to doe it upon all occasions to contribute the assistance of his Fleet in maintaining his right and Title to the Customes of the Sound against all persons whatsoever and to ratifie the Treaty that was made last by Sir Thomas Roe to enter into a league offensive and defensive against intestine rebellions In pursuance of which Treaty while the negotiations and articles may be severally perfected his Majestie doth expect this first supply of moneys and armes present affaires not admitting a delay in the same That in case the King of Denmarke will lend money upon Jewells there is in Holland a great Collar of Rubies and another of Rubies and Pearle that may be sent to him or delivered to his Agent here Who may have order to pay the money here or any other Jewells That there have beene in Discourses severall Propositions of Accomodation made by them to the King to which the King hath at all times made more advances on his part then in reason could have beene expected from him and the difficulties have still risen on theirs And that wheras his Majesty doth understand that a Person is addressed to the K. of Denmarke from his Parliament to insinuate misunderstandings abroade with his Majesties Allies as they have done at home among hi●… People his Majesty expects that he be neither received nor permitted to remaine within his Dominions to become an Intelligencer and Spye upon the Treaty and Negotiations betweene their Majestyes but that he be diomist and sent away so soone as ever he shall arrive ANNOTATIONS Much use may be now made of these precedent Papers many things therein will appear very worthy of our Notice For 1. It is p●…aine here first that the Kings Counsels are wholly governed by the Queen though she be of the weaker sexe borne an Alien bred up in a contrary Religion yet nothing great or small is transact●…d without her privity consent See Pap. 38. If the Prince make suite to bestow a place in his own Bedchamber upon a Gentleman of extraordinary merit The King cannot grant it to save his Sons reputation already ingaged by promise till He hath sent into France and beg'd the Queen grant See pap 11. 2. The Queens Counsels are as powerfull as commands The King professes to preferre her health before the exigence and importance of his owne publick affaires See pap ●…4 c. He avows constancy to her grounds and documents See pap 5 c. 3. The Queen appeares to have been as harsh and imperious towards the King pap 34. as she is implacable to our Religion Nation and Government She doth the offices of a Resident in France to procure imbargoes of our Ships to rayse forreigne Forces against us and in this she is restlesse to the neglect of her owne health She vowes to die by famine rather then to faile the King in such like negotiations See pap She confines not her agency to France but sollicits Lorrain for Men the Prince of Orange for Shipping She sends Armes for Scotland to Montros speeds Colonell Fitz Williams his Commission for Ireland pap 20. 21. The Counsels also in England which she gives the King are of very pernitious consequence thereby the Parliament must be disbanded pap 27. Treaties must be suspected great care must be had in them of Her and Her Religion pap 30. Bishops and Catholicks must be specially provided for pap 31. The King must be forwarned that He cannot be safe longer then he defends all that have served Him pap 31. That peace cannot be safe to Him without a Regiment for his Guard ●…ala mode du France pap 30. She interposes so in the businesse of Ireland that the King is not seene therein nor oblieged to any thing immediately pap 29. 4. The King doth yet in many things surpasse the Queene for acts of hostility and covering them over with d●…eper and darker secrecy He imployes Collonell Coockrayn to sollicite the King of D●…nmarke making not onely Papists our enemies for religions ●…ake but all Princes though Protestants for Monarchies sake rather then fai●…e of ayde from thence He stirres rumours about his Mothers chastity He promises to disobliege the Hollander in

the busines of the Sound He pawnes the Jewels of the Crowne pap 39. He presses the Q●…een beyond her own fiery propension urges her to make personall Friendship with the Queen Regent furnishes her with dextrous policies and arguments to worke upon the Mi●…isters of State in France Of his owne accord without intreaty He proposes to the Queene the taking away all penall Statutes against Recusants in England T is true He doth all by way of bargaine for his owne particular advantage but the Papists conditions are better then ours in regard that the Queen her self is trusted with that merchandise pap 8. He prostitutes his pardon and grace to the Irish Rebels importuning Ormonde to use importunity to them that they will accept of indemnity and free use of Popery and desire nothing in lieu thereof but that they will transport sixe thousand men into England and some other supplies into Scotland For this purpose He sends Posts after Posts and hastens the businesse the rather because being in Treaty with the two Parliaments of England and Scotland about prosecution of the Irish He may be prevented therein and preingaged not to consent See pap 16. 17 18 19 He onely excepts against Appeales to Rome and Pr●…munires All other things He th●…nkes cheape enough for the Irish He must not now stand upon scruples t is his owne word all things not d●…sagreeable to conscience and Honor are to be admitted so to g●…ant free exercise of idolatry though ab●…urd formerly to the most odious flagitious murderers in the world is but a scruple not disagreeable either to conscience or honour To bargaine away our Acts of Parliament by such clandestine ingagements as passe onely by papers and dare not looke upon the light especially such Acts as concerne our greatest interrests even those of Religion supposes us to be slaves of the basest aloye and t is strange that the Irish and Papists should at all rest upon the strength of such assurances when they see Records and Parliament Rolls are of no vertue at all either to the English or Protestants See pap 16. 17 18 19 He calls us a Parliament publikely yet acknowledge us not a Parliament s●…cretly He suppresses still his not acknowledgem●…nt onely He enters it in the Councell Book at Oxford and so though it be smother'd to us whom it most concernes yet t is registred for our enemies use upon all occasions of advantage This favour we found from the Councell at Oxford that the Name though not the Thing should be imparted to us but even this was not willingly and freely allowed by the King had but two of his Advisers sided with him all the rest should have ballanced nothing at all in this case This is a signe they sit there to great purpose for though they are more worthy to be consulted with then Parliaments yet their votes are but indifferent things meere formalities especially if there be any dissent at all amongst them See pap 5. He in shew seekes Treaties and wins upon the People by that shew yet chuseth such Commissioners and bindes them up with such instructions that all accommodation is impossible His aime is to winne upon our Commissioners and for this purpose gives authority to propose rewards and other allurements pap 24. gives avisoes to Caiole the Scots and Independents as to the Duke of Richmond pap 23. presses for forraigne Auxiliaries the more eagerly pap 12. 35. hopes to cast the odium of the breaking of the Treaty upon our ●…ide pap 1. 7 12 15 25 37. He seems more zealous for Bishops and Papists cal'd his and the Queens friends then the Queene her selfe and therefore assures her of his resolution therein without any request of hers pap 7. He doth not thinke fit to treat with the Rebels onely by the Interposition of the Queen or of Ormonde but he sends particular thankes to Browne Muskery Plunket pap 19. He pretends sometimes to have the hearts of the major and better part of his Protestant subjects firme to him in this cause yet trust none but Papists and therefore is advised by the Queene pap 31. by no meanes to disband for this reason because all the Militia is generally in the Parliaments hands We see what opinion the King hath of Wilmot Percy Sussex We see what opinion he hath of the Lords and Commons at Oxford who have discerted their trust here out of confidence in him the 13. paper here tells us plainely what use the King makes of them The King will declare nothing in favour of his Parliament so long as he can finde a partty to maitaine him in this opposition nor performe any thing which he hath declared so long as he can finde a sufficient party to excuse him from it And indeede it is a sad consideration to thinke what unhappy use the King hath ever made of the obedience and patient loyalty of this Nation finding alwaies that he might without any opposition or danger at least deny their just liberties laws and the very use of Parliaments or if some urgency or his own necessities or advantages had caused him to call a Parliament he might afterwards with as little opposition deny whatsoever he granted under his owne hand as the Petition of Right obtained with some difficulty and broken immediately after without any scruple may sufficiently testifie The Pacification with Scotland was not assented to until the English people shewed some aversenesse to that wicked warre and were loath any longer to fight for their owne slavery nor was that Pacification any longer kept then till a Party strong enough was found to maintaine the breach of it But without other instances this Parliament had beene happie the King glorious and his people flourishing if the King had found none to side with him against all these and it is strange that so long experience had not taught them more wifedome But they are now justly rewarded and if they will but view the Kings Letter dated M●…rch 13. 1644. Where it will be app●…rent to them he calls those who have deserted their trust in Parliament and given up their fortunes and consciences to a compliance with his will by the name of a base mutinous and mungrell Parliament and despises them for retaining some little conscience to Religion and this Parliament Lords and Gentlemen make the right use of this and if you be not wicke●… enough to serve that purpose fully to which you are designed endeavour to repent and learne so much goodnesse as may bring you back to the right side There will shortly be no Medium left you whatsoever you thought in the begining as our charity may thinke you were deceived you will finde at last that unlesse you thinke and act the same things which those unhumane Irish Rebells or the worst forraigne enemies to our Religion and State could wish to see done you are no fit Instruments for that cause which you have unhappily chosen unlesse you returne to the right way

you must goe as farre in the wrong one as that will leade you The Chronicles tell us that Henry Duke of Buckingham was deare to Richard the third whiles he had so much wickednesse as to further the deposing or disinheriting of his two Nephewes but when he was not bad enough to consent to the murder of those Princes he was rejected by that King and afterwards beheaded if you cannot learne how to goe through with wickednesse learne a better lesson to returne to goodnesse or else perhaps the wrong which you have done your Country in betraying her trust and by consequence shedding so much innocent bloud may be at last revenged upon you by them for whom you did it The King who despiseth you by the name of Mungrells as not altogether firme enough to his owne designe in another late letter to the Earle of Ormond gives thankes to Muskeny Plunket and Browne the cheife Actors in that horrid Massacre of Ireland Which may teach the world what kind of men he confides truly in and who they are that must reape the benefit of his Conquest if God for the sinnes of our English Protestants should permit it if Muskeny had beene at Oxford the King had had one man more of his owne opinion in not acknowledging the Parliament of England for want of such he is forced to complaine And you may plainely see what a dishonourable use is made of your persons there as men meerely operis secundi a number onely that serve to give countenance and credit to the designe of a dearer Partie and to perswade your Countrey not for your owne behoofes what is said to you may be said to all that are leade by you to all those thousands which have followed the King as your Traine for the same opinions which render you now contemptible to the King render you acceptable to the major part of Protestants which fides with you and did at first make the Kings Power so considerable as it is if there be any thing of Protestants of English men of men remayning in you resume that whatsoever it be either acknowledge your selves such as the King calls you under the Rose when he opens his breast to the only partaker of his thoughts or declare your selves such Patriots such true sonnes of the Church as the King pretends you to be when he spreads his Oratory before the people If we be Rebels at London because we are not so servile as you are and you are mutineers at Oxford because you are not so servile as the King would have you Let us know by what definition either you or we are measured and how we are distinguisht and let us see that other third remaining party which the King ownes as his loyall faithfull party indeed It concerns you to look both forward and backward and having now taken the dimention of the Kings minde by his secret Letters turne about awhile and looke upon the same in his publike Declarations See if you can reconcile his former promises to his present de●…ignes for as you have had some representation of the latter in the former part you shall now be made Spectators and Judges of the former in this latter part The King according to Digbies superstitious observation in his Letter of Jan. 14. last takes it as evident that Straffords innocent blood has brought the judgement of this civill war equally upon both sides both being equally guilty thereof The Kings meaning is That he and his ●…ide was as guilty in permitting as the Parliament was in prosecuting But now for Canterburies blood that being totally put upon the Parliaments score he doubts not but the hand of Justice will from henceforth totally lay the weight of this guilt upon the Parliaments side The truth is Strafford and Canterbury were the chiefe firebrands of this war the two ill Councellors that chiefly incensed the King against the Scots and endeavoured to subject all these three Kingdoms to a new arbitrary Government and were justly executed for attempting that subvertion of Law which the King has perfected since The King and Digby both adjudged Strafford wor●…hy of death yet not for Treason as it was charged but not being able to save his life without using force and finding force very dangerous they left him to the blocke against conscience as is now alleadged Canterbury remains in the same case and now remorse of Conscience o●… rather the old project of altering Law suggests to the King That if no resistance be used Straffords president will cast Canterbury and Canterburies all the rest of the Conspirators and so the people will make good their ancient freedom still Hereupon discontents break out the King withdrawes into Scotland during his abode there the Rebellion in Ireland some attempts against Marquesse Hamilton and others in Scotland and some other dangerous machinations in England put us into strange terrors and apprehensions The King at his returne Decemb. 2. 1641. complains of these Jealousies Frights and Alarms with this profession I am so farre from repenting of any Act done this Session for the good of my people that if it were to doe againe I would doe it and will yet grant what else can be justly desired He concludes with a recommendation of the businesse of Ireland and finding the preparations for the same slow againe on the 14. of Decemb. he is patheticall in quickning them thereunto All this notwithstanding the Parliament findes the old faction at Court to grow strong and daily to attaine to more prevalence with the King which besides other causes of jealousie makes them lay open the indisposition of the whole State in a plain and sharp Remonstrance Decemb. 15. with the Remedies thereof proposed The King as to the businesse of Religion answers For preserving of the peace and safety of the Kingdome from the designes of a Popish Party we have and will concur with all just desires of our people in a Parliamentary way For Ireland wee thanke you for your care and cheerfull ingagement for the speedy suppression of that Rebellion the glory of God in the Protestant Profession the safety of the Brittish there our Honour and this Nations so much depending thereupon c. Your promise to apply your selves to such courses as may support our Royall estate with honour and plenty at home and with power and reputation abroad is that which we have ever promised our selfe both from your loyalties and affections Here are words that sound nothing but grace and here is a cleare testimony from the Kings owne mouth concerning the merit of this Nation to this day But notwithstanding these promises and testimonies the King discovers daily more and more regret for Straffords execution sticks closer to the counsels of the same faction and instead of hearkening to his Parliament he commands a charge of Treason to be framed against six Members the most eminent and active in both Houses Also upon the fourth of Jan. the King comes in

person with a great Traine armed into the House and missing the five Members there tels the rest that he must have them wheresoever he found them Here was the fatall commencement of the war for the next day the House declares that they cannot sit in safety any longer at Westminster and therefore they adjourne for some daies and retire into the City Decemb. 31. they petition for a Guard out of the City under command of the Kings Lord Chamberlaine the Earle of Essex which is denyed yet with these expressions We are ignorant of the grounds of your apprehensions but protest before Almighty God had we any knowledge or beliefe of the least designe in any of violence either formerly or at this time against you we would pursue them to condigne punishment with the same severity and detestation as we would the greatest attempt upon our Crowne and we do ingage solemnly the word of a King that the security of every one of you from violence is and shall be ever as much our care as the preservation of us and our Children These words were sweetly tempered but wonne no beliefe nor could over-power contrary actions wherefore the Major Aldermen and Common-Councell of London seeing nothing but symptomes of war in the Court frame a Petition praying the King that the Tower of London may be put into the hands of persons of trust that by removall of doubtfull and unknowne persons from about Whitehall and Westminster a knowne and approved guard may be appointed for the safety of the Parliament and that the accused Members may not be restrayned or proceeded against otherwise then according to the Priviledges of Parliament The King grants nothing but answers That his reception of such an unusuall request is a sufficient instance of the singular estimation he hath of the good affections of the City which he believes in gratitude will never be wanting to his just commands and service Hitherto the King speaks nothing but in justification both of the Cities Parliaments and Peoples loyalty The tumults about Whitehall c. amounted to no war are imputed by the King to the Rabble and by us to the Kings Party the Parliament is acquitted except the sixe Members and the prosecution of them also is after declined by the King yet the King departs from the City as unsafe seeing plainly it could not be ●…verted from the Parliament Upon the 20. of Jan. the King sends a Message to the Parliament to state the differences on both sides promising that when they are digested into a body fit to be judged of it shall appeare what he will do In answer hereunto the Commons House the Lords refusing to joine onely petition for the raising up unto them and the State a sure ground of safety and confidence that the Tower of London and the Militia of the Kingdome may be put into such persons hands as they should recommend The King replies That the Militia by Law is subject to no command but his owne which he will reserve to himselfe as a principall and inseparable flower of his Crowne professes to take care of Peace and the rights of the Subject equally with his life or the lives of his dearest Children He further also conjures them by all acts of duty and favour received by hopes of future mutuall happinesse by their love of Religion the Peace both of this Kingdome and Ireland not to be transported with feares and jealousies The Parliament could not believe themselves secured by these professions or asseverations the King would not understand that the setling the Militia at this time in confiding hands to prevent civill war was any other then the taking the Crowne from his head Hin●… ill●… lachrymae the King neverthelesse persists to declare his abhorrence of the Irish Rebellion frequently inciting the Parliament to send succors He also strangely abjures any privity to plots or designes against the Lawes c. and further makes strict Proclamatlon March 16. for putting Lawes in execution against the Papists The Parliament seeing cause to suspect that the King and Queene did still favour Digby others flying from the justice of Parliament and appearing to be Incendiaries by Letters intercepted knowing also that the Queen was going into Holland to pawne the jewels of the Crowne for Armes and having divers other grounds of further apprehensions againe Petition concerning the setling of the Militia and the Kings returne but are denyed in both Thoughts of Peace are now laid aside and Hull being a strong Towne and a Magazine of Armes as also Newcastle being the publike Magazine of fuell and a rich place are looked upon with sollicitous eyes but as the Parliament prevents the King in Hull the King prevents the Parliament in Newcastle Yet the war being so far advanced is scarcely avowed on either side nor is it agreed which part was put to the defensive and therefore on the 2. of June 1642. before any blood shed another assay is made for Peace and the Parliaments Cause stated fully in 19. Propositions are dispatched to the King the maine things desired were Reformation in Church Government that power military and civill might be put into confiding hands That justice of Parliament might passe upon Delinquents but the Answer returned is That if these things were granted the King should remaine but the out side but the picture but the signe of a King This though it was the Trumpet of war and the sound of defiance in effect yet was not so owned for still the King saies He intends not to fixe any disloyall designe upon both or either House of Parliament he is rather most confident of the loyalty good affections and integrity of that great bodies good intentions but the malignity of the des●…gne he saies hath proceeded from the subtill informations mis●…hievous prac●…ises and evill Councels of ambitious turbulent spirits not without a strong inf●…uence upon the very actions of both Houses This was the utmost charge of Treason that could be then brought against the Parliament , and the Propositions of the Parliament treated lately at Uxbridge in Febr. 1644. being no other in effect then these of ●…une 1642. this inference may be truly made that the King hath no cause to looke upon us now otherwise then as he did then and if he have varied since from those Vows and Asseverations which he made then the blame will not remaine on this side but on his so that the very calling to minde what hath been said by the King will be now sufficient for our purpose 1. Wherefore as to the taking up of Armes at all against the Parliament June 3. 1642 the King in his Declaration to the Freeholders of Yorkeshire renounces any intention of war his words are To the end this present posture wherein we meet should not affright you with the distempers of the times we wish you to looke into the composition and constitution of our Guard and you will finde it so far from the