HIS
MAIESTIES
MESSAGE
Sent
the
twentieth
of
May
,
MDCXL
III.
CHARLES
R.
SInce
His
Majesties
Message
of
the
twelfth
of
April
,
(
in
which
He
conceived
He
had
made
such
an
overture
for
the
immediate
disbanding
of
all
Armies
,
and
composure
of
these
miserable
and
present
Distractions
by
a
full
and
free
convention
of
Parliament
,
that
a
perfect
and
setled
Peace
would
have
ensued
:
)
Hath
in
all
this
time
,
above
a
full
Month
,
procured
no
answer
from
both
Houses
;
His
Majesty
might
well
believe
Himselfe
absolved
both
before
God
and
man
,
from
the
least
possible
charge
of
not
having
used
His
uttermost
endeavours
for
Peace
.
Yet
when
He
considers
that
the
sense
of
all
this
Calamity
is
in
the
bowels
of
His
owne
Kingdome
,
that
all
the
blood
which
is
spilt
of
his
owne
subjects
,
and
that
what
victory
soever
(
it
shall
please
God
to
give
him
)
must
bee
over
those
,
who
ought
not
to
have
lifted
up
their
hands
against
him
,
when
he
considers
that
these
desperate
civill
dissentions
may
incourage
and
invite
a
forreigne
Enemy
,
to
make
a
prey
of
the
whole
Nation
:
That
Ireland
is
in
present
danger
to
be
totally
lost
:
That
the
heavy
judgements
of
God
,
plague
,
pestilence
,
and
famine
,
will
be
the
inevi●able
attendants
of
this
unnaturall
contention
:
And
that
in
a
short
time
,
there
will
be
so
generall
a
habit
of
uncharitablenesse
and
cruelty
contracted
through
the
whole
Kingdome
,
That
even
Peace
it selfe
will
not
restore
his
people
to
their
old
temper
and
security
;
His
Majesty
cannot
but
againe
call
for
an
Answer
to
that
His
Gracious
Message
,
which
gives
so
faire
a
rise
to
end
these
unnaturall
distractions
:
And
His
Majesty
doth
this
with
the
more
earnestnesse
,
because
he
doubts
not
the
condition
of
His
Armies
in
severall
parts
,
the
strength
of
Horse
,
Foot
,
Artillery
,
His
plenty
of
Ammunition
,
(
when
some
men
lately
might
conceive
He
wanted
)
is
so
well
knowne
and
understood
,
that
it
must
be
confest
,
nothing
but
the
tendernesse
and
love
to
His
People
,
and
those
Christian
impressions
,
which
alwaies
live
,
and
He
hopes
alwayes
shall
dwell
in
His
heart
,
could
move
Him
once
more
to
haza●d
a
refusall
:
And
He
requires
them
as
they
will
answer
to
God
,
to
Himselfe
,
and
all
the
World
,
that
they
will
no
longer
suffer
their
fellow
Subjects
to
welter
in
each
others
bloud
,
that
they
would
remember
by
whose
authority
and
to
what
end
they
met
in
the
Councell
;
and
send
such
an
Answer
to
His
Majesty
,
as
may
open
a
doore
to
let
in
a
firme
peace
and
security
to
the
whole
Kingdome
.
If
His
Majesty
shall
againe
be
disappointed
of
His
intentions
therein
,
the
bloud
,
rapine
,
and
destruction
,
which
may
follow
in
England
and
Ireland
,
will
be
cast
upon
the
account
of
those
,
who
are
deafe
to
the
motive
of
Peace
and
Accommodation
.