HIS
MAJESTIES
PROPOSITIONS
FOR
PEACE
,
and
the
cessation
of
this
civill
warre
.
THe
KINGS
Majesty
hath
considered
the
great
distractions
of
this
Kingdome
,
and
that
it
is
like
to
be
laid
waste
as
Germanie
is
,
if
no
speedy
course
be
taken
to
settle
it
both
in
the
Church
and
State
,
whereby
those
obstacles
and
common
opinions
now
reigning
may
be
deposed
,
and
knowne
to
be
no
other
but
the
false
impostures
of
Religion
,
whereby
many
foolish
people
,
desirous
of
change
,
are
blinded
with
an
irreligious
contempt
both
of
the
King
,
and
his
great
Councell
the
Parliament
,
that
this
may
be
reconciled
,
you
shall
see
what
faire
offers
he
doth
make
in
these
Propositions
following
.
First
know
,
that
he
is
a
gracious
King
,
whom
the
subjects
are
bound
by
many
obligations
to
obey
,
the
particulars
are
these
.
First
he
doth
acknowledge
,
that
as
the
Scepter
is
his
,
so
he
will
maintaine
the
Protestant
Religion
,
being
the
very
basis
and
foundation
of
al
temporall
government
,
desiring
therein
to
concurre
with
the
Parliament
.
He
hath
considered
the
great
pressures
and
grievances
of
the
Land
,
the
pillaging
and
murdering
many
of
his
subjects
,
and
desiring
not
the
death
of
simple
people
,
led
away
by
the
poor
salary
and
reward
of
pay
,
desires
that
the
Kingdom
may
not
be
ruinated
by
the
fury
of
a
civill
warre
,
and
that
they
would
agree
all
to
receive
his
offers
of
peace
.
He
desires
moreover
,
that
the
Church
now
made
the
very
pack-horse
of
the
times
,
to
beare
the
load
of
scandall
and
disgrace
,
may
be
vindicated
from
those
Sects
and
Schismes
,
who
have
rent
the
sacred
garment
of
the
Church
into
severall
peeces
by
their
schisme
,
and
that
the
Church
may
not
be
converted
into
a
humerous
fancy
of
ungrounded
opinion
,
but
flourish
as
it
did
in
the
happy
dayes
of
Qu
.
Elizabeth
.
His
desire
is
also
,
that
there
may
be
no
mistakes
between
him
and
his
people
,
but
that
with
a
cleere
understanding
they
would
know
what
doth
belong
to
Caesar
,
since
they
cannot
be
religious
toward
God
that
are
not
obedient
to
their
King
.
Moreover
his
sacred
Majesty
out
of
his
care
for
the
preservation
of
the
Kingdome
,
desireth
that
the
calamity
and
disease
of
the
times
may
not
be
only
imputed
to
those
who
are
commonly
called
Malignants
,
but
that
every
one
should
examine
his
conscience
,
and
see
if
a
malignant
do
not
harbour
there
,
and
then
they
will
be
more
fit
to
complaine
,
when
they
mend
their
own
preiudicate
opinions
.
And
that
there
may
be
a
concurrence
betweene
him
and
his
Parliament
,
he
doth
acknowledge
his
griefe
for
the
great
effusion
of
bloud
at
Kinton
field
,
and
that
his
heart
doth
bleed
for
the
wounds
of
the
common-wealth
:
let
therefore
all
fury
and
prosecution
of
malice
cease
in
particular
persons
,
&
know
that
God
is
the
authour
of
peace
and
concord
,
&
then
his
Maiesty
is
confident
the
whole
Land
shall
flourish
again
in
peace
and
prosperitic
.
That
his
Maiesty
will
disband
all
his
forces
which
by
his
Maiesties
command
are
assembled
,
and
rely
for
his
safety
,
as
his
predecessours
have
done
,
upon
the
loves
and
affections
of
his
people
,
and
desist
from
any
farther
designes
of
a
warlike
nature
,
if
all
causlesse
iealousies
concerning
his
Maiestie
be
laid
aside
,
and
that
he
may
return
with
safetie
and
honour
,
as
becomes
the
dignitie
of
his
Person
,
that
so
he
may
in
a
peaceable
manner
govern
this
Land
according
to
Religion
and
Law
.
He
desireth
also
to
avoid
all
answers
and
oppositions
of
words
already
betwixt
His
Majesty
and
the
Parliament
,
&
have
of
late
proved
more
then
verball
contestations
;
he
affirmeth
,
that
if
all
the
countreys
of
England
would
,
as
some
have
done
,
receive
him
with
that
loyall
affection
and
alacrity
which
he
expecteth
,
and
have
a
care
of
his
safety
upon
all
occasions
,
he
would
lay
aside
all
violence
,
and
for
such
their
love
and
loyalty
,
they
should
be
paid
in
that
which
is
the
proper
expression
of
a
Princes
gratitude
,
a
perpetuall
vigilant
care
to
governe
this
Kingdome
justly
,
and
to
preserve
the
only
Rule
by
which
they
can
be
governed
,
the
Law
of
the
Land
,
and
a
setled
peace
may
be
established
.
That
His
Majesty
was
unwilling
there
should
have
been
any
bloud
shed
at
Kinton
field
,
knowing
that
civill
warre
is
the
fountaine
and
source
by
which
poverty
,
desolation
and
crowding
calamities
flow
into
a
Kingdome
.
His
Majesty
is
therefore
desirous
that
he
may
not
be
pressed
any
further
to
defend
his
own
Person
from
violence
,
but
that
he
may
rest
secure
in
the
affections
of
his
Parliament
and
other
subjects
,
and
then
his
happy
returne
,
and
the
mutuall
love
of
his
subjects
shal
be
by
him
imbraced
,
and
peace
againe
restored
to
the
Kingdome
.
The
King
being
a
religious
Prince
,
doth
think
fit
,
that
in
the
distracted
state
of
the
Commonwealth
,
things
succeeding
not
according
to
common
desires
,
the
people
should
fast
from
their
sins
and
schismes
,
since
God
Almighty
for
sinne
doth
punish
this
nation
,
&
dissention
between
a
King
and
his
People
is
such
a
sin
as
brings
ruine
and
destruction
to
a
common-wealth
.
It
is
therefore
His
Majesties
desire
,
that
Prince
&
People
would
so
behave
themselves
,
that
the
justice
of
the
Law
may
be
equally
distributed
,
and
peace
on
both
sides
be
maintained
,
to
the
profit
of
the
subject
,
and
honour
of
the
Kingdome
;
and
thus
the
taking
away
of
some
schisme
and
disobedience
,
wilbe
,
as
His
Majesty
conceives
,
a
speciall
means
to
restore
a
peace
unto
this
Kingdome
.
His
Majesty
doth
professe
,
that
he
doth
looke
on
his
great
Councell
as
on
the
representative
body
of
the
whole
Kingdome
,
being
lawfully
called
together
,
and
elected
by
the
peoples
generall
suffrages
;
yet
himselfe
is
the
soule
of
the
whole
common-wealth
,
elected
and
authorized
by
the
power
of
God
himselfe
,
and
his
government
being
established
by
his
lineall
succession
,
and
confirmed
by
the
Lawes
of
the
Land
;
and
therefore
he
desires
that
the
Parliament
would
shew
how
much
they
do
affect
that
peace
which
His
Majesty
upon
any
honourable
termes
is
so
willing
to
imbrace
,
accounting
it
his
chiefest
Prerogative
Royall
to
seeke
the
good
of
his
Subjects
,
not
doubting
but
such
a
loving
relation
and
compliance
between
His
Majesty
and
his
Parliament
,
will
make
him
willing
to
return
againe
unto
his
Parliament
,
that
all
differences
may
be
buried
in
oblivion
,
this
destructive
warre
cease
,
and
this
Kingdom
flourish
again
in
peace
and
prosperity
.
Lastly
,
the
Kings
Majesty
desireth
all
his
loving
Subjects
to
pray
that
all
variances
and
distractions
may
be
composed
by
a
connexion
and
united
correspondency
between
the
King
and
Parliament
,
that
the
Kingdome
may
flourish
in
peace
and
tranquillity
,
to
the
renowned
honour
of
His
Majesty
,
and
to
the
generall
good
,
safety
and
felicity
of
this
whole
Kingdome
.