Articles
of
Peace
betweene
Charles
King
of
of
Great
Britain
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
with
John
the
4.
King
of
Portugall
,
&c.
THis
Kingdome
being
dangerously
involved
in
distempers
,
distractions
,
feares
,
and
approaching
calamities
,
his
Majesty
hath
taken
into
his
Princely
care
,
the
manifold
disturbances
thereof
;
and
for
the
better
security
of
the
Kingdome
from
the
suppository
invasion
of
any
forreigne
power
,
his
Majesty
hath
concluded
21.
Articles
of
peace
and
commerce
betweene
John
the
4.
King
of
Portugal
;
The
full
scope
and
sence
of
those
Articles
run
thus
(
as
hath
bin
collected
from
a
Copie
sent
from
his
Majestie
.
That
the
King
of
Great
Britain
,
and
the
King
of
Portugall
shall
be
united
in
a
brotherly
peace
.
That
any
War
,
or
the
intention
thereof
betwixt
either
Kingdomes
,
shall
be
prevented
during
this
Treatise
.
That
any
Subject
in
either
Kingdomes
,
(
excluding
onely
those
of
the
Romish
Religion
)
shall
have
liberty
of
Commerce
&
free
trafficke
in
the
said
Kings
Dominions
.
That
free
Commerce
shall
be
made
aswell
by
Sea
as
Land
,
and
in
every
Territory
by
the
subjects
of
each
Kingdome
.
That
no
violation
or
extremity
of
imprisonment
shall
be
offered
unto
any
person
,
but
if
any
Merchants
of
either
part
be
engaged
to
any
other
man
for
Merchandise
,
that
contentive
satisfaction
shal
be
fully
made
within
a
yeare
and
a
day
.
That
this
unite
confederation
and
accord
betwixt
both
Kingdomes
shall
continue
inviolable
.
There
are
(
I
must
confesse
impartially
)
more
words
expressed
at
length
in
the
Articles
,
but
the
full
sence
and
intent
of
them
includes
no
more
then
I
have
here
declared
.
Notwithstanding
his
Majesty
hath
absolutely
concluded
these
Articles
of
peace
and
Commerce
betwixt
the
King
of
Portugal
,
yet
the
Parliament
have
not
subscribed
,
condescended
,
or
given
their
assent
thereunto
:
Wherefore
it
is
now
my
intended
resolution
to
revolve
certaine
passages
and
Messages
betweene
the
King
and
the
Parliament
,
sent
to
each
other
.
His
Majesty
professeth
in
one
Message
,
that
he
will
shut
his
eares
against
any
that
would
incline
him
to
a
Civill
Warre
,
and
doth
abhorre
the
apprehension
of
it
,
whereof
the
Parliament
and
others
have
had
cause
to
be
suspitious
,
who
replyed
to
his
Majesty
in
this
manner
,
That
they
did
confesse
it
was
a
resolution
most
worthy
of
a
Prince
;
but
they
could
not
beleeve
that
mind
to
have
beene
in
those
that
came
with
his
Majesty
in
a
warlike
manner
to
the
House
of
Commons
,
or
in
those
that
accompanied
his
Majesty
to
Hampton
Court
,
and
appeared
in
a
Hostile
manner
at
Kingstone
upon
Thames
,
or
in
divers
others
that
followed
his
Majesty
lately
to
Hull
,
or
in
those
that
after
drew
their
Swords
at
Yorke
,
demanding
who
would
be
for
the
King
;
or
in
those
that
advised
his
Majesty
to
declare
Sir
Iohn
Hotham
a
Traytor
,
before
the
Message
was
sent
concerning
that
businesse
to
the
Parliament
,
or
to
make
propositions
to
the
Gentlemen
of
the
County
of
Yorke
to
assist
his
Majestie
to
proceed
against
him
in
a
way
of
force
before
he
had
,
or
possibly
could
receive
an
Answer
from
the
Parliament
,
to
whom
he
had
sent
to
demand
Justice
of
them
against
Sir
Iohn
Hotham
for
that
fact
.
His
Majesty
tells
them
,
that
instead
of
giving
his
Majestie
satisfaction
concerning
that
busines
,
they
published
a
Declaration
,
as
an
appeale
to
the
people
,
and
as
if
their
intercourse
with
his
Majestie
,
and
for
his
satisfaction
were
now
to
no
purpose
,
which
course
of
the
Parliament
is
alledged
to
bee
very
unagreeable
to
the
modesty
and
dutie
of
former
times
,
and
not
warrantable
by
any
Presidents
,
but
what
their selves
have
made
.
The
Parliament
answer
,
That
both
Houses
(
especially
being
burthened
as
they
were
at
that
time
with
so
many
pressing
and
urgent
Affaires
)
could
not
move
as
fast
as
himselfe
,
otherwise
they
would
have
sent
it
to
his
Majestie
by
a
Committee
of
both
Houses
,
whereby
it
plainely
doth
appeare
,
that
they
did
it
not
upon
that
ground
,
that
they
thought
it
was
no
more
to
any
purpose
to
endeavour
to
give
his
Majesty
satisfaction
;
and
as
for
the
duty
and
modesty
of
former
times
,
from
which
they
are
said
to
have
varied
,
and
to
want
the
warrant
of
any
presidents
therein
,
but
what
their selves
have
made
;
but
if
they
have
made
any
Presidents
this
Parliament
,
they
have
made
them
for
posterity
,
and
upon
the
same
and
better
grounds
of
reason
and
Law
,
then
those
were
,
which
their
Predecessours
first
made
any
for
them
;
and
as
some
Presidents
ought
not
to
be
Rules
for
them
to
follow
:
so
none
can
be
limits
to
bound
their
proceedings
,
which
may
,
and
must
vary
,
according
to
the
different
condition
of
times
:
And
for
this
particular
of
setting
forth
Declarations
for
the
satisfaction
of
the
people
,
who
have
chosen
and
intrusted
them
with
all
that
is
dearest
to
them
,
(
they
say
)
if
there
be
no
example
for
it
,
it
is
because
there
were
never
any
such
Monsters
before
,
that
ever
attempted
to
dis●ffect
the
people
from
a
Parliament
,
or
could
ever
harbour
a
thought
,
that
it
might
be
effected
:
and
(
they
say
also
)
that
if
they
have
do●e
more
then
ever
their
Ancestours
have
done
before
,
they
have
suffered
more
then
ever
they
have
suffered
.
His
Majesty
declareth
,
That
there
is
no
legall
power
in
either
or
both
Houses
of
Parliament
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
without
his
Majesties
censent
to
command
a●y
part
of
the
Militia
of
the
Kingdome
.
The
Parliament
affirmeth
contrarily
,
and
that
they
may
dispose
of
any
thing
,
wherein
his
Majestie
,
or
any
Subjects
hath
a
right
in
such
a
way
,
as
that
the
Kingdome
may
not
bee
exposed
to
any
hazzard
or
danger
,
but
may
be
secured
thereby
.
His
Majestie
proclaimeth
Sir
Iohn
Hotham
a
Traitor
,
and
declareth
that
Hull
is
his
owne
properly
,
and
that
his
intention
to
goe
thither
was
onely
to
visit
the
Magazine
.
The
Parliament
answer
and
proclaime
Sir
Iohn
Hotham
a
faithfull
Servant
of
theirs
,
and
that
Hull
is
no
more
his
Majesties
owne
,
then
the
Kingdom
is
his
owne
.
The
Parliament
cannot
beleeve
,
that
any
man
,
that
shall
seriously
consider
the
circumstances
of
that
journey
to
Hull
,
can
thinke
that
his
Majesty
would
have
gone
thither
at
that
time
,
and
in
that
posture
,
that
he
pleased
to
put
himselfe
in
towards
the
Parliament
,
if
he
had
intended
onely
a
visit
of
the
Towne
,
and
his
owne
Magazine
.
His
Majestie
desireth
to
know
,
what
the
malignant
partie
is
,
which
the
Parliament
so
often
presseth
on
him
.
The
Parliament
telleth
him
,
that
for
the
malignant
partie
his
Majestie
needeth
not
a
definition
of
the
Law
,
nor
yet
a
more
full
Character
of
them
from
both
Houses
of
Parliament
for
to
find
them
out
:
if
hee
will
please
onely
to
apply
the
Character
,
that
himselfe
hath
made
of
them
,
to
those
to
whom
it
doth
duly
and
properly
belong
,
who
are
so
much
disaffected
to
the
peace
of
the
Kingdome
,
as
they
that
indeavour
to
disaffect
his
Majestie
from
the
Houses
of
Parliament
,
and
perswade
him
to
at
such
a
distance
from
them
both
in
place
and
affection
:
This
is
that
malignant
party
and
if
his
Maiestie
would
be
pleased
to
remove
them
from
about
him
,
it
would
be
the
more
effectuall
meanes
to
compose
all
the
distractions
,
and
to
cure
the
distempers
of
this
Kingdome
.
FINIS
.