An. 18. Car. I. him as freely to pass and repass as if his Name had been particularly comprised in this Safe-Conduct. This being all that I have in Commission, I rest 1642. November. Reading, this 6th of November, Your Lordship's humble Servant, FALKLAND. His Majesty's SAFE-CONDUCT. CHARLES R. OUR Will and Pleasure is, and we do hereby ftrictly charge and command all the Officers and Soldiers of our present Army, and all our Ministers and Subjects whatsoever, to suffer our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors Algernon Earl of Northumberland, and Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin Thomas Lord Vifcount Wenman, and our Trusty and Well-beloved William Pierrepont, Efq; and Sir John Hippisfly, Knight, (together with their Attendants, not exceeding the Number of Thirty) to pass and repass to and from us, they being now fent to attend us with a Petition from both our Houses of Parliament. This our Safe-Conduct, under our Royal Hand and Signet, we charge and command them, and every of them, pипсtually to observe and obey, as they will answer the con trary at their uttermoft Perils. Given at our Court at Reading, this 6th of Navember, 1642. TheKing having Then was read the Proclamation, mentioned in objected against Lord Falkland's Letter, as a Reason why the King Sir John Evelin's excepted against Sir John Evelin & as one of the Commiffioners; after which a great Debate ensued being one of the Committee, in & Sir John Evelin, Sir Edward Hungerford, Sir Henry Ludlow, and Walter Long, Esq; all of them Members of the House of Com. mons, were, by Name, excepted in the King's Proclamation of Pardon to the County of Wilts, dated at Oxford, November 2. 1642. Husbands's Collections, p. 730. in the House of Lords, and the Question being put, An. 18. Car. I. Whether the Lord Falkland's last Answer should be 1642. fent to the Commons with the Sense of this House upon it, or without it? It passed for the latter, and was fent down accordingly. November 7. The Earl of Effex being this Day in the House of Lords, they received a Message from the Commons, importing, That now the LordGeneral was returned, they ought to remember his great Care of the Army and Hazard of his Person, which he shewed in this Expedition: And, to that Purpose, they defired the Lords to join with them in appointing a Committee of both Houses, to draw up an Acknowledgement of Thanks for his Care, and for his Obedience to their Commands. A Committee of both Houses was, accordingly, appointed to draw up an Address of Thanks to the Lord-General. The Commons further defired that his Excellency might be commanded to give his Orders to draw out the Army, as speedily and as conveniently as he could, for the Defence of the Kingdom, and to prevent the Outrages of the King's Troops; that House being informed that Prince Rupert was now about Windfor. To this the Lord-General faid, That the Army had had a long March; but, as soon as they were fit, he would quarter them in such Places as should be most convenient for the Preservation of those Parts. The fame Day the Commons sent up a Vote of their House, on the King's Objection to Sir John Evelin, to this Purpose : November. Resolved, That this House holds it to be a De-Both Houses denial in his Majesty, and a Refusal to grant a Treaty clare this to be a with the Parliament, in excepting unto one of the Refusal of Peace Messengers that were to present a Petition unto him from both Houses, and denying to grant him a SafeConduct.' The Question being put, by the Lords, Whether the King's Safe-Conduct should be accepted upon these Terms? It passed in the Negative. After on his Part. 1642. November. An. 18. Car, I. After this a Committee of both Houses were appointed to go into the City of London, to acquaint the Common-Hall with all the Ways the Parliament had used to procure a Treaty for a Peace, without being able to effect it; and to quicken them to a Resolution of defending and maintaining their Liberties and Religion, with their Lives and For mittee to ac And send a Com-tunes. Likewise, the Committee of Safety were ordered to prepare a Declaration upon this Denial quaint the Gity of the of London there- King's to admit fuch Members as were appointed, by both Houses, to present their Petition; one of the Heads of which was to be, the King's expreffing a Readiness to receive a Petition from the Rebels in Ireland. with. Lord Brooke's 1 Speech to the Citizens, November 8. Two of the Committees from the Parliament to the City, on the above Occafion, were the Lord Brooke and Sir Henry Vane, junior; whose Speeches, at the Guildhall, being yet preserved, we here subjoin them in their own Words as follows: k And first Lord Brooke. My Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and the rest of the 1 Am to deliver a Message to you from the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament; but before I do that, I shall crave Leave to excuse something that hath happened: There should have been divers Lords, and fome Gentlemen of the House of Commons here, far fitter to have done this Work that is now put upon me, if they could poffibly have attended the Service, who were appointed by the House; as the Lord-General of the Horse, the Earl of Bedford, and some other Lords; but you will all conceive that they, being all Men employed in the Army, could not attend this your Service; tho' they are about your Service and the Good of the Kingdom, which is giving Order for your Safety, and theirs; and therefore, I hope, From the Collections of the late Thomas Sclater Bacon, Efq; of Cambridge, to which we are obliged for many curious Pamphlets of thefe Times. 1 hope, you will take it in good Part, that there is no An. 18. Car. 1. other Appearance here. < Gentlemen, what I have to say to you, in short, is this: I suppose, at this Time of Action, you will not expect long Prefacings; if you do, I am the unfittest Man in the World to do it: I shall therefore shortly deliver my Message. I doubt not but you have heard some Whisperings of an Accommodation; and no Man that is an Honest Man, a Religious Man, a Free Man, that loves Religion and the Kingdom, but would have an Accommodation; for nothing is more miferable, and nothing is more distracting than War: But that an Accommodation should come upon Terms ignoble and disadvantageous, that never was in the Thought of either House, and I hope never will be; and, I am ordered to tell you, never shall be. ' I am at this Time to intreat you, in the Name of both Houses of Parliament, to go on courageoufly, and fight, and prepare yourselves for that which is at hand: We hear the Enemies approach nearer every Day, who aim at nothing else but to fwallow up our Religion, Lives, Liberties, and Estates; and therefore it becomes you to labour to defend them all. • I have more to say, but it is better said here in the Votes of the Houses of Lords and Commons; I defire they should be read unto you, and therein you will fully understand what their Sense is.. Monday, 7th of November, 1642. The Question being put, Whether a Safe-Conduct shall be accepted upon these Terms? It pass'd with the Negative. This was, first, in the House of Commons. The Meaning of this Vote is, There was a SafeConduct defired of his Majesty for fix Perfons, two of the House of Lords, viz. the Earl of Pembroke and the Earl of Northumberland, and four of the House of Commons; among these there was one Sir John Evelin, of Wiltshire: The King would not let 1642. November. 1642. November. An. 18. Car. I. let him have a Safe-Conduct, because he was one that was named, by him, a Traitor the Day before; and that was done, as is thought, on purpose to take him off from being one; therefore the House of Commons did look upon that as a Denial, in that he could not have a Safe-Conduct. This Vote of theirs was presented to the House of Lords, and they concur ed with it, viz. Resolved, upon the Question, This House holdeth this to be a Denial of his Majesty, and a Refusal to grant a Treaty to the Parliament, in excepting against one of the Messengers that was to present a Petition to his Majesty from both Houses to that Purpose, and denying to grant him a Safe-Conduct. Resolved, &c. That Committees of both Houses shall be appointed to go to the City of London, to acquaint the CommonHall with all the Ways the Parliament hath used to procure a Treaty for a Peace, and could not effect it; and to quicken them to a Resolution of defending and maintaining their Liberties, and their Religion, with their Lives and Fortunes; and that they have appointed a Committee to prepare a Declaration, upon this Denial of his Majesty to admit fuch Members as were appointed, by both Houses, to present a Petition to his Majesty for a Treaty; and of his Majesty's expressing his Willingness to receive a Petition from the Rebels in Ireland. Here is one Thing more, Gentlemen, that is worth your taking Notice of; this is so well said, I shall not need to say it over again; only here, in the latter End, you see there is a Committee appointed to come hither, to give you an Account of the Reasons moving them on to this Action; and to shew you all the Ways they have used, if it were poffible, to have procured a Treaty for a Peace. There is another Thing in the End, very remarkable, which you may very well take Notice of: His Majesty will not, but upon Terms altogether unfitting, accept of any Treaty from us; yet, at : |