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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44226	A second defence of King Charles I by way of reply to an infamous libel called Ludlow's letter to Dr. Hollingworth ...	Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.	1692 (1692)	Wing H2504; ESTC R19193	31,943	63

of some Officers of the Army of known and publick Affections to their Country that a Petition of a modest and a dutiful Nature from the whole Army for composing and setling all Grievances in the Church and State by Law might for the Reason of it prevail with the whole House and coming from such a Body might confirm those who might be shaken with any Fears of Power or Force by the Tumults And with this Proposition We being made acquainted gave Our full Approbation of it taking great Care that no Circumstances in the framing or delivering it might be any Blemish to the Matter of it This We call God to witness as We have done before was all We gave Our Consent to or which We believe was ever intended to be put in Practice what attempts other Men made to seduce the Affections of the Army from Us known to many if in the Managery of this Debate any rash Discourses happened of bringing up the Army it is evident whether they were propos'd in earnest or no they were never entertain'd and the whole Matter laid aside above two Months before any Discovery so that the Danger was never prevented by the Power or Wisdom of the Parliament And for the Petion it self which hath been so often press'd against us as a special Argument of Our Privity to the bringing up of the Army after We have so fully and particularly answer'd every particular Circumstances of that Petition Sign'd with C. R. We have Publish'd a true Copy of that Petition that all Our good Subjects may see how unjustly We have been traduced and judge when Petitions of all Natures were so frequently and so willingly receiv'd whether such a Petition might not with Modesty and Duty enough be presented to them And if in truth the Design of bringing up the Army when it was first pretended to be discovered which was about the middle of May they would surely have thought it necessary to have Disbanded that Army sooner than August And we are sure Our Innocence in this Matter would have soon appear'd if the large time to bring the Business to a judicial Trial had been made use of if contrary to all Custom it had not been thought fit to Publish Depositions before the Parties concern'd has been heard to make their Defence or Witnesses cross-examined tho they attended above twelve Months to do it and if some Men had not believ'd that their general and violent Expressions affirming this to be a Plot equal to the Gunpowder Treason would sooner be believ'd if it were not publickly discuss'd but left to every Man's Fancy to heighten according to his own Inclinations and had not fear'd that if the whole Examination taken and not such only as they pleased to select had come to light it would have appeared by the Examination of Mr Goring purposely supprest with what Intention that mention of bringing up the Army was made with what Earnestness it was oppos'd and with what Suddenness it was deserted and many Extenuations of and many Contradictions to what is now Published would have appear'd And this impossible Stratagem with which they have so much disturbed Our Subjects and reproached Us could never have been so much made use of TO THE KING'S most Excellent MAIESTY THE Lords Spiritual and Temporal the Knights Citizens and Burgesses now Assembled in the High-Court of Parliament The Humble PETION of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army Humbly Sheweth THAT although our Wants have been very pressing and the Burthen we are become to those Parts by Reason of those wants very grievous unto us yet so have we demeaned our selves that your Majesties great and weighty Affairs in this present Parliament have hitherto received no interruption by any Complaint either from us or against us a Temper not usual in Armies especially in one not only destitute of Pay but also of Martial Discipline and many of its Principal Officers yet we cannot but attribute it to a particular Blessing of Almighty God on our most hearty Affection and Zeal to the Common Good in the happy Success of this Parliament to which as we should have been hourly ready to contribute our dearest Bloud so now that it hath pleased God to manifest his Blessing so fully therein we cannot but acknowledge it with Thankfulness And we cannot but acknowledge his great Mercy in that he hath inclined your Majesties Royal Heart so to co-operate with the Wisdom of the Parliament as to effect so great and happy a Reformation upon the former Distempers of this Church and Commonwealth as First in your Majesties gracious condescending to the many Important Demands of our Neighbours of the Scottish Nation Secondly in granting so free a Course of Justice against all Delinquents of what Quality soever Thirdly in removal of all those Grievances wherewith the Subjects did conceive either the Liberty of Persons Propriety of Estates or Freedom of Conscience prejudic'd And Lastly in the greatest Pledge of Security that ever the Subjects of England receiv'd from their Sovereign the Bill of Triennial Parliaments These things so graciously accorded unto by your Majesty without Bargain or Compensation as they are more than Expectation or Hope could extend to So now certainly they are such as all Loyal Hearts ought to acquiess in with Thankfulness which we do with all Humility and do at this time with as much Earnestness as any pray and wish That the Kingdom may be Settled in Peace and Quietness and that all Men may at their own Homes enjoy the blessed Fruit of your Wisdom and Justice But may it please your Excellent Majesty and this High-Court of Parliament to give us Leave with Grief and Anguish of Heart to Represent to You That we hear there are certain Persons Stiring and Pragmatical who instead of rendring Glory to God Thanks to his Majesty and Acknowledgments to the Parliament remain yet as unsatisfied and mutinous as ever who whilst all the rest of the Kingdom are arriv'd even beyond their Wishes are daily forging new and unreasonable Demands who whilst all Men of Reason Loyalty and Moderation are thinking how they may provide for your Majesties Honour and Plenty in Return of so many Graces to the Subject are still attempting new Diminutions of your Majesties just Regalities which must ever be no less dear to all honest Men than their own Freedom In fine Men of such turbulent Spirits as are ready to Sacrifice the Honour and Welfare of the whole Kingdom to their private Fancies whom nothing less than a Subversion of the whole Frame of Government can satisfie far be it from our Thoughts to believe that the Violence and Unreasonnableness of such kind of Persons can have any Influence upon the Prudence or Justice of the Parliament But that which begets the Trouble and Disquiet of our Loyal Hearts at this present is That we hear those ill affected Persons are back'd in their Violence by the Multitude and the Power of raising Tumults that