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A94336	Three speeches delivered at a common-hall, on Saturday the 28 of July, 1643. At the reading of a proclamation from the King: viz. I. By Edward Earl of Manchester, concerning the Tower of London. II. By John Pym Esq; by way of observation upon the said proclamation. III. By Henry Martin Colonell, concerning Sir William Waller, and what course is now to be taken. With a true copy of the proclamation aforesaid. Also, the deposition of Mr. Mayo, taken at Bridges in Flanders, Iuly 20. 1643. concerning contributions there made for the assistance of the papists in England. Imprimatur, John White.	Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671.; Mayo, Henry.; Marten, Henry, 1602-1680.; Pym, John, 1584-1643.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1643 (1643)	Wing T1119; Thomason E63_8; ESTC R4372	7,792	21

the advantage of those Places and Persons which cherish this Rebellion the Goods and Merchandize of such who are thought well-affected to Vs ●●●ng seised when they are brought to Londo● 〈…〉 thought it fit and reasonable to revoke 〈…〉 that Our former Act of Grace and 〈…〉 this Our Proclamation We do publish 〈…〉 Declare to all Our Subiects That whosoever of them either in their Persons shall from henceforth travell unto our city of London without License from our Self or one of our Principall Secretaries of States the Generalls or Lieutena●●-Generalls of our Armies or the Governours of any our Towns Castles or Forts or with their Goods cattle Victuall or Merchandize of any sort whatsoeover shall from henceforth travell unto or for our said city of London or suburbs thereof without our expresse License for the same under our Signe Manuall shall adventure the same at their own perills We being resolved by all possible means to seize the same And that all those who from any parts of this our Kingdom shall furnish or serve our said city of London or suburbs thereof either by sea or land with any Victualls or other Provisions or with any Merchandize to maintain them or their Trade as long as they shall thus obstinately stand out in Rebellion against Vs VVe shall esteem as persons disaffected to Vs and to our Government and as Ayders and Assisters to the Rebells and shall accordingly deal with them and proceed against them And that this restraint shall continue upon them untill such time as the Inhabitants of the said city finding their Errors shall return to their due Obedience unto Vs straitly commanding all the officers of our Armies and all other our officers Ministers and loving subjects in all places through which any persons Goods cattle Victuall or Merchandize shall passe or be conveyed towards the said city of London to apprehend the persons and seize and detain the Goods untill upon speedy notice to Vs they shall receive our farther directions VVe hereby assuring them they shall receive part of such Goods so seized in satisfaction and for their reward But for the continuing of the generall Trade and commerce of the Kingdom and the Manufactures thereof which we desire to uphold and advance VVe leave all Our subjects to Trade freely in and unto all other parts and in and unto all other Ports or Harvens of this our Kingdom not being in actuall Rebellion against Vs and from those ports to Trade with their Merchandize freely into any other parts wheresoever beyond the seas being in amity with Vs without any restraint whatsoever Given under Our Signe Manuall at Our Court at Oxford this Seventeenth day of Iuly in the Nineteenth yeer of Our Reigne God save the King AFter the Proclamation was read Mr. Pym spake as followeth My Lord and these worthy Gentlemen you have heard this Proclamation read there is no man but in the very hearing of it must needs apprehend that it is very contrary not onely to the wealth and profit of the City but to the Peace and Safety of it This in generall I doubt not doth appear to every one of you I am commanded to make you some particular Observations The first that I shall present to you is this That in this Proclamation there are terms of great aspersion of great Infamy put upon some Actions of the City which actions in themselves are not only warrantable and very laudable but such as will be evidences of your vertue of your piety of your honour to the present age and Monuments of all to the future age you are here in respect of that obedience which you have shown to the two Houses of Parliament in respect of that fidelity which you have shown to to the State in defending the Parliament from violence of the War that is raised up against them you are here called Traitours nay to be the head of a great Rebellion to be the Fomentors of it This action of yours so full of Honour of Justice and of Duty is now represented here in these odious terms that is the first Another action of yours which is represented here in very odious termes is this That you have been ready by the valour and by the dilligence of the Citizens to suppresse Mutinies and Rebellions and Insurrections and Violence in your Neighbour and adjacent Counties here and this is called a making War against the whole Kingdome being an action very full of honor in you and very full of good care of the publique peace yet it is here odiously represented The third is this That you have given safety and protection here by the good Government of the City to many that could find no safety in the Countrey Ministers and others and for this worke of Charity of Honour of publick good you are represented here to be a Den a Receptacle of Rebells and Traitours These particulars are upon the first head that your actions that are vertuous and honourable and worthy both of present thankes and of future remembrance to the honour of the City they are hore represented after an odious manner The second Observation that I shall make to you is this That some actions of the Kings that are here represented to you with a face of Favour and of Grace were yet in themselves such as would have been either fruitlesse to you or would have been full of danger both to you and to the whole Kingdom The first is this That Proclamation that there should be a free Trade from all parts of the kingdome to this City it hath a face of much Grace but it was in a great manner fruitlesse for notwithstanding this Proclamation divers Carriers were robbed not onely of private mens goods but of the good of the Kingdome even those Provisions that were sent for Ireland they were taken away that is the first thing An other thing that is represented unto you as a matter of great Grace is That the King was pleased to desire a Treatie for an Accommodaton A Treaty indeed was desired but there have no evidenses been given that wee can beleive that an Accommodation was indeed desired for though Committees weer sent though such propositoins were offered as were full of Honour and securitie to the King and yet did afford the Subject also resonable securitie and safety in enjoying Religion and liberties which they ought to desire they were refused the Treaty was desired which would have been a snare to you which would have withdrawne the hearts of the People from you your abilities from the Parliament of raising such strength as was neessary The Treaty was desired indeed but if the Accommodation it selfe had been desired wee might have expected a betrer Answer to the Propositions that were made A third thing is this it was represented that a Cessation was propounded that there might have beene a free Trade to Oxford udder which all provisions of Munition Armes and money might be sent thither to strengthen

your enimies against you And yet this here hath put on a disguise of favour and of grace to you This is the second Head that as your Actions that are good are represented in an odious forme so those actions which are hurtfull and prejuditall to you they are represented to you in a gratious forme That is the second Observation uppon this The third observation that though you have had many evidences of wrath and of revenge that have bin express'd against you you have been intended as a prey to both armies when they were invited to come up against the Parliament you were that that gave hope to the Kings army by such a sudden and hasty march to surprize the Citie that they might have had the spoile of it Though you have had a Conspiracy here among you which would have thrust your swords mutually in one anothers sides which would have filled this City with bloud yet in this Proclamation there is somewhat of wrath against this City expressed beyond all those here you see is a restraint of all trade no provisions or merchandize must goe out from you or must come to you this will necessarily if it should take effect introduce a famine a want even of bread amongst you it will introduce a generall poverty because your handy-crafts they will have no vent for their commodities yea the merchandize and manufactures of the Kingdome they will be at a stop and so not only the City but the Countrey will be exceedingly distemper'd with it Farmers will not be able to pay their rents the Gentry and Nobility will be brought into as necessitous a condition as the rest because they will bee able to make nothing of their owne and this generall necessitie can not bee avoyded it will also put you into a generall combustion because the poore will rise and rich be made poore and none shall know his friendes and we shall even fight for a morsell of bread which God I hope will avert These are the miscries which this Proclamation will bring uppon you which in many things exceedes the former For first it is more generall in that it comprehendeth all in the former notice was taken of some that were well affected some ill affected one part would have scaped those that they thought well-affected and termed the Kings friends but here those that they say are well assected and those they say are ill affected will be joyned together if this Proclamation take effect in the mischiefe it will produce therfore in that respect it exceedeth all the former And in divers other respects For it doeth extend not only to a moment to have beene acted in a night as that would have done but this will be a durable evill and mischiefe which will not be recovered to the Kingdome in many ages being likely ta brirg an universall desolation uppon the Kingdome This I am commanded to represent to you as that which is intended for a great mischeife but through the blessing of God if you take a rise from hense to doe that which which you have hitherto shewed yur selves very forward to doe that which is intended for universall mischeife to bring perpetuall misery and desolation upon the Citty it may be a meanes of procuring for you not only peace and safety but eternall honour that is this that since your trade is to be interrupted you will have many men will not have wherewith to employ their hands nor wherewith to fill their bellies that now you will set them all upon the work that before this misery and desolation come upon the Kingdome you 'l raise all the forces you can for it is force must doe it You fee there is a Commander provided for you so you see you have all incouragements that can bee from the Houses of Parliament That now you 'l improve the time and raise all the forces you can that may remove the fountaine and goe to the root of all your miseries that may be such a force as may bee applicable to the severall dangers of your selves and Kingdome Your Enemies you see are very diligent they stirre up one another and combine one with another and I have here in my kand an examination to acquaint you with taken beyond Seas wherein all that would come in and give any money for the reliefe of the Catholiques in England they should come in this was done in Flanders so they make it the generall cause of all the Papists in England let us that are of the true Religion that are of one and the same Country let us unite our selves with all our strength and meanes to defend our Religion and to defend our Liberties and to defend the publique safetie as our Enemies unite themselves and combine and stirre up one another to doe that which may overthrow and destroy all This is commended to you from both Houses of Parliament You have express'd such affections heretofore that we cannot doubt that wee shall faile in this There is somewhat else that will be said to you by another Gentleman which are the expressions of Your Citie in some particulars which will be represented to you and I shall leave that part to him I shall end here hoping that you 'l make a good use of this admonition to stirre up your selves to prepare all the force you can that you may joyne together under such Commanders as are appointed to you to doe the work and to restore your selves to peace and safety in as short a time as may be least you be consumed THE EXAMINATION OF HENRY MAYO VVHo saith that on Thursday last being the twentieth of July one thousand sixe hundred fourty three he being at Bridges in Flanders heard proclamation made in Dutch who understands it very well that all people within that Citty that would goe to the Governours house and give any money to maintain the Romane Catholiques in England they should have theire money repaid them againe in a yeares time with many thankes HENRY MAYO This Examination was taken before us EDWARD BOYCE IOHN BOYCE GEORGE TROTTER HENRY MARTIN Collonell His Speech MY Lord Maior and you worthy Gentlemen of this Honourable Citie the principall cause why this meeting was desir'd was to communicate unto you a Petition of many thousands of well affected persons of this Citie and other parts of the Kingdome that Petition it did represent the groanes of the people under this tedious and destructive warre it did desire that now at last a speedy end by Gods blessing might be put unto it it did desire that for that purpose a Committee might be appointed to receive contributions and list and dispose of men for a present army under the conduct of such a Commander as was fit to be trusted to bee employed for the restraint of the Common Enemy This Committee hath met hath considered of this Noble * Meaning Sir VVilliam VValler Gentleman for a Commander in chife over those forces hath presented him to both Houses of Parliament and you have heard they have approved of their choice I need not commend the cause to you it is Gods it is your owne I think I need not commend the Gentleman to you you have cause to trust him I am to commend that work unto you a work which the House of Commons conceives to bee the onely hopefull meanes under God to preserve our Religion our Lawes our Liberties and that which is left of our estates They conceive that if there shall be a generall and unanimous rising of the people both in this Citie and in other parts of the Kingdome it will take downe the partition wall betwixt well-affected and ill-affected Your enemies will spare none of you their bullets doe not distinguish you they would starve you all It is desir'd you would all joyne in saving your selves if it please you to give your best assistance and furtherance to that work under the hands of that Comittee I presume they will be very faithfull and they have beene very dilligent in the worke but certainly I am of opinion that either you must goe forth all and meete the Ememy as Vassalls with Ropes about your neckes or like men with swordes in your handes FINIS Imprimatur IOHN WHITE July 31. 1643. This is Licenced according to an Order of PARLIAMENT