The Kings Majesties answer, or, Four propositions propounded to the Earle of Holland, Sir Philip Stapleton, and Sir John Holland which propositions was presented to both Houses of Parliament on Saturday last being the 23. of Iuly, 1642 : in behalfe of all the Lords and Commons of England : likewise the Parliaments censure of the nine Lords now resident in the north, Iuly 20, 1642 : namely, the Earle of Dover, Earle of Devonshire, Earle of Northampton, Earle of Munmouth, Earle of Coventry, the Lord Andiver, Lord Savill, Lord Capell, and Lord Gray of Ruthin : for their great contempts to the Parliament, drawne up into two heads, and assented to by both Houses of Parliament, July 20, 1642. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B18223 of text R212715 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B18922 Wing C2091 ocm 12248277

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 eng Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. eebo The Kings Majesties answer, or, Four propositions propounded to the Earle of Holland, Sir Philip Stapleton, and Sir John Holland : which propositions n/a 1642 8 981 4 0 0 0 0 0 40.77 D The rate of 40.77 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-03 Sampled and proofread 2014-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

The Kings Majesties ANSWER OR , foure Propositions propounded to the Earle of Holland , Sir Philip Stapleton , and Sir John Holland .

Which Propositions was presented to both Houses of Parliament on Saturday last , being the 23. of Iuly , 1642. In the behalfe of all the Lords and Commons of England .

Likewise the PARLIAMENTS Censure of the nine LORDS now resident in the North , Iuly 20. 1642.

Namely ; The Earle of Dover , Earle of Devonshire , Earle of Northampton , Earle of Munmouth , Earle of Coventry , The Lord Andiver , Lord Savill , Lord Capell , And Lord Gray of Ruthin .

For their great Contempts to the Parliament , drawne up into two Heads , and assented to by both Houses of Parliament , July 20 1642.

Ordered by the Lords and Commons that this be Printed and Published . Hen . Elsinge , Cler . D. C.

London , Printed for T. Ryder , Iuly 25. 1642.

The Parliaments censure of the nine Lords , now resident in the North , namely the Earle of Northampton , &c.

BOth Houses having taken into consideration , the great and manifold misdemeanors committed by the nine Lords , who are now in the Northerne parts of this Kingdome , striving and endeavouring to beget a misunderstanding betwixt his Royall Majesty , and the high Court of Parliament .

Both Houses having taken into consideration the Actions of these Persons and the strength of the Malignant party , and what oppositions the Parliament proceedings have thereby .

After some debate thereupon , a Message was sent to the Lords to desire a conference , where it was moved that their Lordships would be pleased for to proceed to censure against those 9. Lords , now resident at Yorke , for their contempt of the Parliament , where after some time spent in debate thereof , it was assented unto , and resolved , that the next day they would determine of it .

And upon Wednesday last being the twentieth day of this instant Moneth of Iuly , 1642.

The Lords then entered upon the communications of the aforesaid nine Lords . Viz . The Earle of Devonshire , the Earle of Northampton , the Earle of Dover , the Earle of Coventry , the Earle of Monmouth , the Lord Andever , the Lord Savill , the Lord Capell , and the Lord Grey of Ruthen , for their contempts to the Parliament , and after some debate thereof , they passed censure to this effect .

First , That they should be uncapable of having either Vote or place during this present Parliament .

Secondly , That they should be uncapable of having the priviledge of Peeres during the said time , and that they should be imprisoned in the Tower , upon their appearance or apprehension during the Houses pleasure .

This is the full effect of Censure which both Houses resolved upon , at their meeting at a Conference being the 20. day of this present moneth of July , 1642.

There was also a Committee sate concerning the safety of the whole Kingdome , and another touching the Fines of Delinquents for the collecting them to a Head .

Vpon the 21. of this present moneth there were Letters read a● a Conference which came from the Right Honourable the Earle of Warwicke , intimating that he had sent two Ships more towards Hull according to directions .

And upon the same day the Sheriffe of Worcester-shire appeared before the Honourable Court of Parliament , being sent for as a Delinquent for maintenance of the Commission of Array , and opposing Sergeant Wilde , a Worthy Member of the House of COMMONS , but after some time spent in examination thereof , they ordered that he should be committed to safe custody rill further consultation had thereabout .

And whereas His Royall and Sacred Majesty hath declared Sir Iohn Ho●ham Traytor . It was resolved upon the Question by the Honourable COurt of Parliament , that Sir Iohn Hotham Knight , according to his relation hath don● noth●ng but in obedience to both Houses of Parliament , and that this declaring of Sir Iohn Hotham Traytor , being a Member of the House of Commons is a high breach of the priviledge of Parliament .

And likewise declaring of the said Sir Iohn Hotham traitor , without due processe of the Law , is against the liberty of the Subject , and against the Lawes of the Land .

Ordered by the Lords and Commons , that this be Printed and published . Hen . Elsing , Cler . D.C.
The Kings Majesties Answer to the Earle of Holland , which he reported to both Houses of Parliament on Saturday last being the 23 of Iuly , 1642.

The Earle of Holland and the rest of the Committee that were appointed by the Parliament to present their humble Petition to his Majesty at Beverley in Yorkshire , after some time spent his Majesty returned this Answer . 1. That Hull should be forthwith delivered to him . 2. That the Ordinance for the Militia might be recalled , and his Majesty to have the disposing of it . 3. That the Shipping should be resigned to His Majesty . 4. That the Parliament should be rejourned to some other place . This is the full effect of his Majesties Answer which he returned by the Earle of Holland Sir Phillip Stapleton , and Sir Iohn Holland , which was presented by them to the High Court of Parliament upon Saturday last , being the 23. of July , 1642.

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