HONI
SOIT
QVI
MAL
Y
PENSE
DIEV
ET
MON
DROIT
royal blazon or coat of arms
A
COLLECTION
OF
His
Majestie's
GRACIOUS
LETTERS
,
SPEECHES
,
MESSAGES
,
AND
DECLARATIONS
Since
APRIL
4.
/
14.
1660.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
JOHN
BILL
,
Printer
to
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
1660.
At
the
KING'S
Printing-House
in
Black-Friers
.
HIS
MAIESTIE'S
GRACIOUS
LETTER
TO
THE
HOUSE
of
PEERS
,
From
Breda
,
April
4.
/
14.
1660.
SENT
BY
Sir
JOHN
GRENVIL
(
now
Earl
of
BATH
)
And
Read
in
the
House
May
the
first
.
To
the
Speaker
of
the
House
of
Peers
,
and
to
the
Lords
there
Assembled
.
CHARLES
R.
RIght
Trusty
and
Right
Well-beloved
Cosins
,
and
Right
Trusty
and
Well-beloved
Cosins
,
and
Trusty
and
Right
Welbeloved
,
We
Greet
you
well
:
We
cannot
have
a
better
reason
to
promise
Our Self
an
end
of
Our
Common
Sufferings
and
Calamities
,
and
that
Our
Own
Just
Power
and
Authority
will
with
Gods
Blessing
be
restored
to
Us
,
then
that
We
hear
you
are
again
acknowledged
to
have
that
Authority
and
Jurisdiction
which
hath
always
belonged
to
you
by
your
Birth
,
and
the
Fundamental
Laws
of
the
Land
:
And
We
have
thought
it
very
fit
and
safe
for
Us
to
call
to
you
for
your
help
in
the
composing
the
confounding
Distempers
and
Distractions
of
the
Kingdom
,
in
which
your
sufferings
are
next
to
those
We
have
undergone
Our Self
;
and
therefore
you
cannot
but
be
the
most
proper
Counsellers
for
removing
those
Mischiefs
,
and
for
preventing
the
like
for
the
future
:
How
great
a
Trust
we
repose
in
you
for
the
Procuring
and
Establishing
a
Blessed
Peace
and
Security
for
the
Kingdom
,
will
appear
to
you
by
Our
enclosed
Declaration
;
which
Trust
,
We
are
most
confident
you
will
discharge
with
that
Justice
and
Wisdom
that
becomes
you
,
and
must
always
be
expected
from
you
;
and
that
upon
your
Experience
,
how
one
Violation
succeeds
another
,
when
the
known
Relations
and
Rules
of
Justice
are
once
transgressed
,
you
will
be
as
jealous
for
the
Rights
of
the
Crown
,
and
for
the
Honour
of
your
King
,
as
for
your Selves
:
And
then
you
cannot
but
discharge
your
Trust
with
good
Success
,
and
provide
for
,
and
establish
the
Peace
,
Happiness
,
and
Honour
of
King
,
Lords
and
Commons
,
upon
that
Foundation
which
can
only
support
it
,
and
We
shall
be
all
happy
in
each
other
:
And
as
the
whole
Kingdom
will
bless
God
for
you
all
,
so
We
shall
hold
Our Self
obliged
in
an
especial
manner
to
thank
you
in
particular
,
according
to
the
affection
you
shall
express
towards
us
:
We
need
the
less
enlarge
to
you
upon
this
Subject
,
because
We
have
likewise
writ
to
the
House
of
Commons
,
which
We
suppose
they
will
communicate
to
you
:
And
We
pray
God
to
bless
your
joynt
endeavours
for
the
good
of
Us
all
.
And
so
We
bid
you
very
heartily
farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Breda
,
this
4.
/
14.
day
of
April
,
1660.
In
the
Twelfth
year
of
Our
Reign
.
HIS
MAIESTIE's
DECLARATION
From
Breda
to
all
His
loving
Subjects
,
April
4.
/
14.
1660.
CHARLES
REX
,
CHARLES
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
King
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
and
Ireland
,
Defender
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
To
all
our
loving
Subjects
of
what
degree
or
quality
soever
,
Greeting
.
If
the
general
distraction
and
confusion
which
is
spread
over
the
whole
Kingdom
,
doth
not
awaken
all
men
to
a
desire
and
longing
,
that
those
Wounds
which
have
so
many
years
together
been
kept
bleeding
,
may
be
bound
up
,
all
We
can
say
will
be
to
no
purpose
:
However
,
after
this
long
silence
,
We
have
thought
it
our
duty
to
Declare
how
much
We
desire
to
contribute
thereunto
;
and
that
as
We
can
never
give
over
the
hope
in
good
time
to
obtain
the
Possession
of
that
Right
which
God
and
Nature
hath
made
Our
Due
,
so
we
do
make
it
Our
daily
suit
to
the
Divine
Providence
,
that
he
will
in
compassion
to
Us
and
Our
Subjects
,
after
so
long
misery
and
sufferings
,
remit
,
and
put
Us
into
a
quiet
and
peaceable
Possession
of
that
Our
Right
,
with
as
little
blood
and
damage
to
Our
People
as
is
possible
:
Nor
do
we
desire
more
to
enjoy
what
is
Ours
,
then
that
all
Our
Subjects
may
enjoy
what
by
Law
is
theirs
,
by
a
full
and
entire
Administration
of
Justice
throughout
the
Land
,
and
by
extending
Our
Mercy
where
it
is
wanted
and
deserved
.
And
to
the
end
that
the
fear
of
punishment
may
not
engage
any
conscious
to
themselves
of
what
is
past
,
to
a
perseverance
in
guilt
for
the
future
,
by
opposing
the
quiet
and
happiness
of
their
Countrey
,
in
the
Restoration
both
of
King
,
Peers
,
and
People
,
to
their
just
,
antient
and
Fundamental
Rights
,
We
do
by
these
presents
Declare
,
That
We
do
grant
a
Free
and
General
Pardon
,
which
We
are
ready
upon
demand
,
to
pass
under
Our
Great
Seal
of
England
,
to
all
Our
Subjects
of
what
degree
or
quality
soever
,
who
within
Forty
days
after
the
publishing
hereof
,
shall
lay
hold
upon
this
Our
Grace
and
Favour
,
and
shall
by
any
publick
Act
declare
their
doing
so
,
and
that
they
return
to
the
Loyalty
and
Obedience
of
good
subjects
;
Excepting
only
such
persons
as
shall
hereafter
be
excepted
by
Parliament
;
those
onely
excepted
,
let
all
Our
subjects
,
how
faulty
soever
,
rely
upon
the
Word
of
a
King
,
solemnly
given
by
this
present
Declaration
,
That
no
Crime
whatsoever
committed
against
Us
or
Our
Royal
Father
before
the
publication
of
this
,
shall
ever
rise
in
judgement
or
be
brought
in
question
against
any
of
them
,
to
the
least
endamagement
of
them
,
either
in
their
Lives
,
Liberties
,
or
Estates
,
or
(
as
far
forth
as
lies
in
Our
power
)
so
much
as
to
the
prejudice
of
their
reputations
,
by
any
reproach
or
term
of
distinction
from
the
rest
of
Our
best
Subjects
:
We
desiring
and
Ordaining
,
that
henceforth
all
notes
of
discord
,
separation
,
and
difference
of
Parties
be
utterly
abolished
among
all
Our
subjects
,
whom
We
invite
and
conjure
to
a
perfect
union
among
themselves
,
under
Our
Protection
,
for
the
re-settlement
of
Our
just
Rights
and
theirs
,
in
a
Free
Parliament
,
by
which
,
upon
the
Word
of
a
King
,
We
will
be
advised
.
And
because
the
passion
and
uncharitableness
of
the
times
have
produced
several
opinions
in
Religion
,
by
which
men
are
engaged
in
Parties
and
Animosities
against
each
other
,
which
when
they
shall
hereafter
unite
in
a
freedom
of
conversation
,
will
be
composed
,
or
better
understood
;
We
do
declare
a
Liberty
to
tender
Consciences
,
and
that
no
man
shall
be
disquieted
,
or
called
in
question
for
differences
of
Opinion
in
matter
of
Religion
,
which
do
not
disturb
the
peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
that
We
shall
be
ready
to
consent
to
such
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
as
upon
mature
deliberation
shall
be
offered
to
Us
,
for
the
full
granting
that
Indulgence
.
And
because
in
the
continued
distractions
of
so
many
years
,
and
so
many
and
great
revolutions
,
many
Grants
and
Purchases
of
Estates
have
been
made
to
,
and
by
many
Officers
,
Souldiers
and
others
,
who
are
now
possessed
of
the
same
,
and
who
may
be
liable
to
Actions
at
Law
,
upon
several
Titles
;
We
are
likewise
willing
that
all
such
differences
,
and
all
things
relating
to
such
Grants
,
Sales
,
and
Purchases
shall
be
determined
in
Parliament
,
which
can
best
provide
for
the
just
satisfaction
of
all
men
who
are
concerned
.
And
We
do
further
declare
,
That
We
will
be
ready
to
consent
to
any
Act
or
Acts
of
Parliament
to
the
purposes
aforesaid
,
and
for
the
full
satisfaction
of
all
Arrears
due
to
the
Officers
and
Soldiers
of
the
Army
under
the
Command
of
General
Monck
,
and
that
they
shall
be
received
into
Our
Service
upon
as
good
pay
and
conditions
as
they
now
enjoy
.
Given
under
Our
Signe
Manual
,
and
Privy
Signet
at
Our
Court
at
Breda
,
this
4
/
14
day
of
April
1660.
in
the
Twelfth
year
of
Our
Reign
.
HIS
MAIESTIE'S
LETTER
TO
THE
HOUSE
of
COMMONS
,
From
Breda
,
April
4
/
14.
1660.
CHARLES
R.
TRusty
and
Wel-beloved
,
We
Greet
you
well
.
In
these
great
and
insupportable
afflictions
and
calamities
under
which
the
poor
Nation
hath
been
so
long
exercised
,
and
by
which
it
is
so
near
exhausted
,
We
cannot
think
of
a
more
natural
and
proper
remedy
,
then
to
resort
to
those
for
Counsel
and
Advice
,
who
have
seen
and
observed
the
first
beginning
of
our
miseries
,
the
progress
from
bad
to
worse
,
and
the
mistakes
and
mis-understandings
which
have
produced
and
contributed
to
inconveniences
which
were
not
intended
;
and
after
so
many
revolutions
,
and
the
observation
of
what
hath
attended
them
,
are
now
trusted
by
Our
good
Subjects
to
repair
the
Breaches
which
are
made
,
and
to
provide
proper
remedies
for
those
evils
,
and
for
the
lasting
peace
,
happiness
and
security
of
the
Kingdom
.
We
do
assure
you
upon
Our
Royal
word
,
that
none
of
Our
Predecessors
have
had
a
greater
esteem
of
Parliaments
,
then
We
have
,
in
Our
judgement
,
as
well
as
from
Our
obligation
;
We
do
believe
them
to
be
so
vital
a
part
of
the
constitution
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
so
necessary
for
the
Government
of
it
,
that
We
well
know
,
neither
Prince
nor
People
can
be
in
any
tolerable
degree
happy
without
them
;
and
therefore
you
may
be
confident
,
that
We
shall
always
look
upon
their
Councels
as
the
best
We
can
receive
,
and
shal
be
as
tender
of
their
Priviledges
,
and
as
careful
to
preserve
and
protect
them
,
as
of
that
which
is
most
near
to
Our self
,
and
most
necessary
for
Our
own
preservation
.
And
as
this
is
Our
opinion
of
Parliaments
,
that
their
Authority
is
most
necessary
for
the
Government
of
the
Kingdom
,
so
We
are
most
confident
that
you
believe
and
finde
,
that
the
preservation
of
the
Kings
Authority
is
as
necessary
for
the
preservation
of
Parliaments
;
and
that
it
is
not
the
Name
,
but
the
Right
constitution
of
them
,
which
can
prepare
and
apply
proper
remedies
for
those
evils
which
are
grievous
to
the
people
,
and
which
can
thereby
establish
their
peace
and
security
.
And
therefore
We
have
not
the
least
doubt
,
but
that
you
will
be
as
tender
in
,
and
as
jealous
of
any
thing
that
may
infringe
Our
Honor
,
or
impair
Our
Authority
,
as
of
your
own
Liberty
and
Property
,
which
is
best
preserved
by
preserving
the
other
.
How
far
We
have
trusted
you
in
this
great
Affair
,
and
how
much
it
is
in
your
power
to
restore
the
Nation
to
all
that
it
hath
lost
,
and
to
redeem
it
from
any
infamy
it
hath
undergone
,
and
to
make
King
and
People
as
happy
as
they
ought
to
be
;
you
will
finde
by
Our
inclosed
Declaration
,
a
Copy
of
which
We
have
likewise
sent
to
the
House
of
Peers
;
and
you
will
easily
believe
that
We
would
not
voluntarily
,
and
of
Our self
have
reposed
so
great
a
trust
in
you
,
but
upon
an
entire
confidence
that
you
will
not
abuse
it
,
and
that
you
will
proceed
in
such
a
manner
,
and
with
such
due
consideration
of
Us
who
have
trusted
you
,
that
We
shall
not
be
ashamed
of
declining
other
assistance
(
which
we
have
assurance
of
)
and
repairing
to
you
for
more
natural
and
proper
remedies
for
the
evils
we
would
be
freed
from
,
nor
sorry
that
we
have
bound
up
Our
own
interest
so
intirely
with
that
of
Our
Subjects
,
as
that
We
refer
it
to
the
same
persons
to
take
care
of
Us
,
who
are
trusted
to
provide
for
them
.
We
look
upon
you
as
wise
and
dispassionate
men
,
and
good
Patriots
,
who
will
raise
up
those
Banks
and
Fences
which
have
been
cast
down
,
and
who
will
most
reasonably
hope
,
that
the
same
prosperity
will
again
spring
from
those
roots
from
which
it
hath
heretofore
and
always
grown
;
nor
can
We
apprehend
that
you
will
propose
any
thing
to
Us
,
or
expect
any
thing
from
Us
,
but
that
We
are
as
ready
to
give
,
as
you
to
receive
.
If
you
desire
the
advancement
and
propagation
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
we
have
by
our
constant
profession
and
practice
of
it
,
given
sufficient
testimony
to
the
world
,
that
neither
the
unkindness
of
those
of
the
same
Faith
towards
Us
,
nor
the
civilities
and
obligations
from
those
of
a
contrary
profession
,
(
of
both
which
we
have
had
abundant
evidence
)
could
in
the
least
degree
startle
Us
,
or
make
Us
swerve
from
it
;
and
nothing
can
be
proposed
to
manifest
Our
zeal
and
affection
for
it
,
to
which
We
will
not
readily
consent
.
And
We
hope
in
due
time
Our self
to
propose
somewhat
to
you
for
the
propagation
of
it
,
that
will
satisfie
the
world
,
that
We
have
always
made
it
both
Our
care
and
Our
study
,
and
have
enough
observed
what
is
most
like
to
bring
disadvantage
to
it
.
If
you
desire
security
for
those
,
who
in
these
calamitous
times
,
either
wilfully
or
weakly
have
transgressed
those
bounds
which
were
prescribed
,
and
have
invaded
each
others
Rights
,
We
have
left
to
you
to
provide
for
their
security
and
Indemnity
,
and
in
such
a
way
as
you
shall
think
just
and
reasonable
;
and
by
a
just
computation
of
what
men
have
done
and
suffered
,
as
near
as
is
possible
,
to
take
care
that
all
men
be
satisfied
,
which
is
the
surest
way
to
suppress
and
extirpate
all
such
uncharitableness
and
animosity
as
might
hereafter
shake
and
threaten
that
peace
,
which
for
the
present
might
seem
established
.
If
there
be
a
crying
sin
,
for
which
the
Nation
may
be
involved
in
the
Infamy
that
attends
it
,
We
cannot
doubt
but
that
you
will
be
as
sollicitous
to
redeem
and
vindicate
the
Nation
from
that
guilt
and
infamy
,
as
We
can
be
.
If
you
desire
that
Reverence
and
Obedience
may
be
paid
to
the
Fundamental
Laws
of
the
Land
,
and
that
Justice
may
be
equally
and
impartially
administred
to
all
men
,
it
is
that
which
We
desire
to
be
sworn
to
Our self
,
and
that
all
persons
in
Power
and
Authority
should
be
so
too
.
In
a
word
,
There
is
nothing
that
you
can
propose
,
that
may
make
the
Kingdom
happy
,
which
We
will
not
contend
with
you
to
compass
;
and
upon
this
confidence
and
assurance
,
We
have
thought
fit
to
send
you
this
Declaration
,
that
you
may
,
as
much
as
is
possible
,
at
this
distance
,
see
Our
heart
,
which
when
GOD
shall
bring
Us
nearer
together
(
as
We
hope
he
will
do
shortly
)
will
appear
to
you
very
agreeable
to
what
We
have
professed
;
and
We
hope
that
We
have
made
that
right
Christian
use
of
Our
Affliction
,
and
that
the
Observation
and
Experience
We
have
had
in
other
Countries
,
hath
been
such
,
as
that
We
,
and
We
hope
all
Our
Subjects
,
shall
be
the
better
for
what
We
have
seen
and
suffered
.
We
shall
add
no
more
,
but
Our
Prayers
to
Almighty
GOD
,
that
He
will
so
bless
your
Counsels
,
and
direct
your
endeavours
,
that
his
Glory
and
Worship
may
be
provided
for
,
and
the
Peace
,
Honour
and
Happiness
of
the
Nation
may
be
established
upon
those
Foundations
which
can
best
support
it
.
And
so
We
bid
you
farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Breda
this
4.
/
14.
day
of
April
,
1660.
in
the
Twelfth
year
of
Our
Reign
.
Superscribed
,
To
Our
Trusty
and
Wel-beloved
,
the
Speaker
of
the
House
of
Commons
.
HIS
MAIESTIE's
LETTER
TO
GENERAL
MONCK
(
now
Duke
of
Albemarle
,
&c.
)
From
Breda
,
April
4.
/
14.
1660.
CHARLES
R.
TRusty
and
Welbeloved
,
We
greet
you
well
:
It
cannot
be
believed
but
that
We
have
been
,
are
,
and
ever
must
be
,
as
sollicitous
as
We
can
,
by
all
endeavours
,
to
improve
the
Affections
of
Our
good
Subjects
at
home
,
and
to
procure
the
assistance
of
Our
Friends
and
Allies
abroad
,
for
the
recovery
of
that
Right
,
which
by
the
Laws
of
God
and
Man
is
unquestionable
,
and
of
which
We
have
been
so
long
dispossessed
by
such
force
,
and
with
those
circumstances
,
as
We
do
not
desire
to
aggravate
by
any
sharp
expressions
,
but
rather
wish
,
that
the
memory
of
what
is
passed
,
may
be
buried
to
the
world
.
That
We
have
more
endeavoured
to
prepare
,
and
to
improve
the
affections
of
Our
Subjects
at
home
,
for
Our
Restauration
,
then
to
procure
assistance
from
abroad
to
invade
either
of
Our
Kingdoms
,
is
as
manifest
to
the
world
:
And
We
cannot
give
a
better
evidence
that
We
are
still
of
the
same
minde
,
then
in
this
conjuncture
,
when
common
Reason
must
satisfie
all
men
,
that
We
cannot
be
without
assistance
from
abroad
,
We
chuse
rather
to
send
to
you
,
who
have
it
in
your
own
power
to
prevent
that
ruine
and
desolation
which
a
War
would
bring
upon
the
Nation
,
and
to
make
the
whole
Kingdom
owe
the
Peace
,
Happiness
,
Security
,
and
Glory
it
shall
enjoy
,
to
your
Vertue
;
and
to
acknowledge
that
your
Armies
have
complied
with
their
Obligations
for
which
they
were
first
raised
,
for
the
preservation
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
the
Honour
and
Dignity
of
the
King
,
the
Priviledges
of
Parliament
,
the
Liberty
and
Property
of
the
Subject
,
and
the
Fundamental
Laws
of
the
Land
;
and
that
you
have
vindicated
that
Trust
,
which
others
most
perfidiously
abused
and
betrayed
.
How
much
We
desire
and
resolve
to
contribute
to
those
good
ends
,
will
appear
to
you
by
Our
enclosed
Declaration
,
which
We
desire
you
to
cause
to
be
published
for
the
Information
and
satisfaction
of
all
good
Subjects
,
who
do
not
desire
a
further
effusion
of
precious
Christian
blood
,
but
to
have
their
peace
and
security
sounded
upon
that
which
can
only
support
it
;
an
Unity
of
affections
amongst
our selves
,
an
equal
Administration
of
Justice
to
men
,
restoring
Parliaments
to
a
full
capacity
of
providing
for
all
that
is
amiss
,
and
the
Laws
of
the
Land
to
their
due
veneration
.
You
have
been
your selves
witnesses
of
so
many
revolutions
,
and
have
had
so
much
experience
,
how
far
any
Power
and
Authority
that
is
only
assumed
by
passion
and
appetite
,
and
not
supported
by
Justice
,
is
from
providing
for
the
happiness
and
peace
of
the
people
,
or
from
receiving
any
obedience
from
them
,
without
which
no
Government
can
provide
for
them
;
that
you
may
very
reasonably
believe
,
that
God
hath
not
been
well
pleased
with
the
attempts
that
have
been
made
,
since
he
hath
usually
increased
the
confusion
,
by
giving
all
the
success
that
hath
been
desired
,
and
brought
that
to
pass
without
Effect
,
which
the
Designers
have
proposed
as
the
best
means
to
settle
and
compose
the
Nation
;
and
therefore
we
cannot
but
hope
and
believe
,
that
you
will
concur
with
Us
in
the
remedy
We
have
applyed
,
which
to
humane
understanding
is
only
proper
for
the
ills
we
all
groan
under
;
and
that
you
will
make
your selves
the
blessed
Instruments
to
bring
this
blessing
of
Peace
and
reconciliation
upon
King
and
People
;
it
being
the
usual
method
in
which
Divine
Providence
delighteth
it self
,
to
use
and
sanctifie
those
very
means
which
ill
men
design
for
the
satisfaction
of
private
and
particular
Ends
and
Ambition
,
and
other
wicked
purposes
,
to
wholsome
and
publick
ends
,
and
to
establish
that
good
which
is
most
contrary
to
the
Designers
;
which
is
the
greatest
manifestation
of
God's
peculiar
kindness
to
a
Nation
,
that
can
be
given
in
this
world
.
How
far
We
resolve
to
preserve
your
Interests
,
and
reward
your
Services
,
We
refer
to
Our
Declaration
;
and
We
hope
God
will
inspire
you
to
perform
your
Duty
to
Us
,
and
to
your
Native
Countrey
,
whose
happine's
cannot
be
separated
from
each
other
.
We
have
intrusted
Our
Wel-beloved
Servant
Sir
John
Greenvile
,
one
of
the
Gentlemen
of
Our
Bed-chamber
,
to
deliver
this
unto
you
,
and
to
give
Us
an
accompt
of
your
reception
of
it
,
and
to
desire
you
in
Our
Name
,
that
it
may
be
published
.
And
so
We
bid
you
farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Breda
,
this
14.
of
April
1660.
In
the
Twelfth
year
of
Our
Reign
.
Received
1.
May
1660.
To
Our
Trusty
and
Wel-beloved
,
General
Monck
,
to
be
by
him
communicated
to
the
President
and
Council
of
State
,
and
to
the
Officers
of
the
Armies
under
his
Command
.
HIS
MAIESTIE's
LETTER
From
Breda
,
April
4.
/
14.
1660.
TO
THE
Lord
Major
,
Aldermen
,
and
Common-Councel
Of
the
City
of
LONDON
.
CHARLES
R.
TRusty
and
Wel-beloved
,
We
Greet
you
well
.
In
these
great
revolutions
which
of
late
have
happened
in
that
Our
Kingdom
,
to
the
wonder
and
amazement
of
all
the
world
,
there
is
none
that
We
have
looked
upon
with
more
comfort
,
then
the
so
frequent
and
publick
manifestations
of
their
affections
to
Us
in
the
City
of
London
,
which
hath
exceedingly
raised
Our
Spirits
,
and
which
,
no
doubt
hath
proceeded
from
the
Spirit
of
God
,
and
His
extraordinary
mercy
to
the
Nation
,
which
hath
been
encouraged
by
you
,
and
your
good
example
to
assert
that
Government
,
under
which
it
hath
so
many
hundred
years
enjoyed
as
great
felicity
as
any
Nation
in
Europe
,
and
to
discountenance
the
imaginations
of
those
,
who
would
subject
Our
Subjects
to
a
Government
they
have
not
yet
devised
;
and
to
satisfie
the
pride
and
ambition
of
a
few
ill
men
,
would
introduce
the
most
Arbitrary
and
Tyrannical
Power
that
was
ever
yet
heard
of
.
How
long
we
have
all
suffered
under
those
and
the
like
devices
,
all
the
world
takes
notice
,
to
the
no
small
reproach
of
the
English
Nation
,
which
We
hope
is
now
providing
for
its
own
security
and
redemption
,
and
will
be
no
longer
bewitched
by
those
inventions
:
How
desirous
We
are
to
contribute
to
the
obtaining
the
Peace
and
Happiness
of
Our
Subjects
,
without
further
effusion
of
blood
;
and
how
far
We
are
from
desiring
to
recover
what
belongs
to
Us
by
a
War
,
if
it
can
be
otherwise
done
,
will
appear
to
you
by
the
inclosed
Declaration
,
which
together
with
this
Our
Letter
,
We
have
intrusted
Our
right
Trusty
and
Well-beloved
Cosin
the
Lord
Viscount
Mordant
,
and
Our
Trusty
and
Well-beloved
Servant
,
Sir
John
Greenvile
Knight
,
one
of
the
Gentlemen
of
Our
Bedchamber
,
to
deliver
to
you
,
to
the
end
that
you
,
and
all
the
rest
of
Our
good
Subjects
of
that
Our
City
of
London
(
to
whom
We
desire
it
should
be
published
)
may
know
how
far
We
are
from
the
desire
of
revenge
,
or
that
the
Peace
,
Happiness
,
and
Security
of
the
Kingdom
should
be
raised
upon
any
other
Foundation
then
the
Affection
and
Hearts
of
Our
Subjects
,
and
their
own
consents
:
We
have
not
the
least
doubt
of
your
just
sense
of
those
Our
condescentions
,
or
of
your
zeal
to
advance
and
promote
the
same
good
end
,
by
disposing
all
men
to
meet
Us
with
the
same
affection
and
tenderness
,
in
restoring
the
Fundamental
Laws
to
that
reverence
that
is
due
to
them
,
and
upon
the
preservation
whereof
all
our
happiness
depends
:
And
you
will
have
no
reason
to
doubt
of
enjoying
your
full
share
in
that
happiness
,
and
of
the
improving
it
by
Our
particular
affection
to
you
.
It
is
very
naturall
for
all
men
to
do
all
the
good
they
can
for
their
native
Countrey
,
and
to
advance
the
honour
of
it
:
And
as
We
have
that
full
affection
for
the
Kingdom
in
general
,
so
We
would
not
be
thought
to
be
without
some
extraordinary
kindness
for
Our
native
City
in
particular
,
which
We
shall
manifest
on
all
accasions
,
not
onely
by
renewing
their
Charter
,
and
confirming
all
those
Priviledges
which
they
have
received
from
Our
Predecessors
,
but
by
adding
and
granting
any
new
favours
which
may
advance
the
Trade
,
Wealth
,
and
Honour
of
that
Our
native
City
,
for
which
We
will
be
so
sollicitous
,
that
We
doubt
not
but
that
it
will
in
due
time
receive
some
benefit
and
advantage
in
all
those
respects
,
even
from
Our
own
observation
and
experience
abroad
:
And
We
are
most
confident
We
shall
never
be
disappointed
in
Our
expectation
of
all
possible
service
from
your
affections
.
And
so
We
bid
you
farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Breda
,
the
4
/
14
day
of
April
1660.
in
the
Twelfth
year
of
Our
Reign
.
To
Our
Trusty
and
Wel-beloved
,
the
Lord
Mayor
,
Aldermen
,
and
the
Common-Councel
of
Our
City
of
London
.
HIS
MAIESTIES
LETTER
TO
His
Excellency
the
Lord
General
MONCK
,
To
be
communicated
to
the
Officers
of
the
Army
.
Sent
by
Sir
Thomas
Clerges
.
CHARLES
R.
TRusty
and
Well-beloved
,
We
Greet
you
well
:
You
will
easily
believe
that
your
Letter
of
the
Fifth
of
this
Moneth
,
by
Sir
Thomas
Clarges
,
was
very
welcome
to
Us
;
And
that
as
We
must
always
acknowledge
the
infinite
mercy
of
God
Almighty
,
in
disposing
the
hearts
of
the
Army
in
such
an
entire
obedience
to
you
,
for
the
promoting
and
carrying
on
Our
Service
,
and
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
so
We
can
never
be
without
a
just
esteem
of
such
a
great
and
well
disciplined
Army
,
upon
which
the
eyes
of
the
world
are
so
much
fixed
.
We
must
desire
you
to
return
Our
very
hearty
thanks
to
the
Officers
and
Soldiers
for
their
affection
and
obedience
to
Us
;
and
to
assure
them
from
Us
,
that
We
shall
always
have
an
entire
confidence
in
them
,
and
ever
acknowledge
them
to
be
the
great
Instruments
of
restoring
Us
to
the
Nation
,
and
the
Nation
to
Us
,
and
Peace
,
and
Happiness
,
and
Security
to
Us
all
:
And
therefore
they
may
not
onely
with
all
imaginable
confidence
assure
themselves
,
that
we
will
punctually
perform
whatever
we
have
promised
to
them
in
Our
Declaration
or
Letter
,
but
that
We
will
take
them
into
Our
particular
care
and
Protection
.
And
if
the
licence
and
distemper
of
the
Time
shall
so
far
transport
any
men
,
as
to
presume
upon
memory
of
former
animosities
,
and
of
what
is
past
,
to
use
any
reproaches
towards
them
,
We
will
look
upon
such
persons
as
disturbers
of
the
Peace
and
Security
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
shall
cause
them
to
be
prosecuted
accordingly
.
And
towards
this
Settlement
and
Composure
,
and
for
the
prevention
of
many
inconveniences
which
may
fall
out
,
We
think
nothing
so
necessary
as
Our
presence
with
you
,
by
which
(
in
a
very
short
time
)
every
member
of
the
Army
,
who
shall
faithfully
adhere
to
you
in
advancement
of
the
Publick
Peace
,
would
,
with
the
blessing
of
God
,
finde
himself
secured
and
provided
for
to
his
satisfaction
:
And
longing
for
that
blessed
time
,
We
bid
you
heartily
farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
the
Hague
,
the
26th
.
day
of
May
1660.
in
the
Twelfth
year
of
Our
Reign
.
To
Our
Trusty
and
Well-beloved
General
Monck
,
to
be
communicated
to
the
Officers
of
the
Army
.
HIS
MAIESTIE'S
GRACIOUS
MESSAGE
TO
THE
HOUSE
of
COMMONS
.
Delivered
by
Mr.
Secretary
Morris
,
June
18.
1660.
CHARLES
R.
WE
have
had
too
ample
a
manifestation
of
your
Affection
and
Duty
towards
Us
,
the
good
effect
whereof
is
notorious
to
the
world
,
to
make
the
least
doubt
of
the
continuance
and
improvement
thereof
,
or
in
the
least
degree
to
dislike
what
you
have
done
,
or
to
complain
of
what
you
have
left
undone
.
We
know
well
the
weight
of
those
Affairs
which
depend
upon
your
Counsels
,
and
the
time
that
must
unavoidably
be
spent
in
Debates
,
where
there
must
naturally
be
difference
of
Opinion
and
Judgement
,
amongst
those
whose
desires
of
the
Publick
peace
and
safety
are
the
same
;
And
neither
We
nor
you
must
be
overmuch
troubled
,
if
We
finde
Our
good
intentions
,
and
the
unwearied
pains
We
take
to
reduce
those
good
intentions
into
real
acts
,
for
the
quiet
and
security
of
the
Nation
,
mis-represented
,
and
mis-interpreted
,
by
those
who
are
,
in
truth
,
afflicted
to
see
the
publick
distractions
,
by
Gods
blessing
,
so
near
an
end
;
and
by
others
,
upon
whose
weakness
,
fears
and
jealousies
,
the
activity
and
cunning
of
those
ill
men
,
have
too
great
an
influence
.
How
wonderful
and
miraculous
soever
the
great
harmony
of
affections
between
Us
and
Our
good
Subjects
is
,
and
that
it
is
so
visible
and
manifest
to
the
world
,
that
there
scarce
appears
the
view
of
any
cloud
to
overshadow
or
disturb
it
;
yet
We
must
not
think
that
God
Almighty
hath
wrought
the
Miracle
to
that
degree
,
that
a
Nation
so
miserably
divided
for
so
many
years
,
is
so
soon
and
entirely
united
in
their
affections
and
endeavours
,
as
were
to
be
wish'd
;
but
that
the
evil
Consciences
of
many
men
continue
so
awake
for
mischief
,
that
they
are
not
willing
to
take
rest
themselves
,
or
to
suffer
others
to
take
it
:
And
We
have
all
had
too
sad
experience
of
the
unhappy
effects
of
fears
and
jealousies
,
how
groundless
and
unreasonable
soever
,
not
to
think
it
very
necessary
to
apply
all
timely
and
proper
remedies
to
those
distempers
,
and
to
prevent
the
inconveniences
and
mischiefs
,
which
too
naturally
flow
from
thence
:
We
well
foresaw
,
that
the
great
violation
which
the
Laws
of
the
Land
had
for
so
many
years
sustained
,
had
filled
the
hearts
of
the
people
with
a
terrible
apprehension
of
insecurity
to
themselves
,
if
all
they
had
said
and
done
,
should
be
liable
to
be
examined
and
punished
by
those
Laws
which
had
been
so
violated
;
and
that
nothing
could
establish
the
security
of
King
and
People
,
but
a
full
provision
,
that
the
returning
to
the
Reverence
and
Obedience
of
the
Law
,
(
which
is
good
for
Us
all
)
should
not
turn
to
the
ruine
of
any
,
who
are
willing
and
fit
to
receive
that
Protection
hereafter
from
the
Law
,
and
to
pay
that
Subjection
to
it
that
is
just
and
necessary
;
and
therefore
We
made
that
free
offer
of
a
General
Pardon
,
in
such
a
manner
as
is
expressed
in
Our
Declaration
,
and
how
ready
and
desirous
We
are
to
make
good
the
same
,
appears
by
Our
Proclamation
,
which
We
have
issued
out
upon
,
and
according
to
your
desire
.
However
,
it
is
evident
,
that
all
We
have
,
or
do
offer
,
doth
not
enough
compose
the
mindes
of
Our
People
,
nor
in
their
opinions
can
their
security
be
provided
for
,
till
the
Act
of
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
be
Passed
;
And
We
finde
great
industry
is
used
by
those
,
(
who
do
not
wish
that
Peace
to
the
Kingdom
they
ought
to
do
)
to
perswade
Our
good
Subjects
that
We
have
no
minde
to
make
good
Our
promises
,
which
,
in
truth
,
We
desire
to
perform
for
Our
own
sake
as
well
as
theirs
:
And
We
do
therefore
very
earnestly
recommend
it
to
you
,
that
all
possible
expedition
be
used
in
the
Passing
that
most
necessary
Act
,
whereby
Our
good
Subjects
generally
will
be
satisfied
,
that
their
Security
is
in
their
own
hand
,
and
depends
upon
their
future
actions
,
and
that
they
are
free
for
all
that
is
past
;
and
so
all
the
endeavours
of
ill
men
will
be
disappointed
,
which
would
perswade
them
not
to
do
well
now
,
because
they
have
heretofore
done
amiss
.
And
We
are
the
more
engaged
to
this
Our
Recommendation
,
because
upon
the
reflection
of
your
eminent
Zeal
and
Affection
for
Our
Service
,
and
hearty
Concurrence
with
Us
in
all
We
have
desired
from
you
,
men
are
apt
to
perswade
others
(
though
they
do
not
believe
it
themselves
)
that
the
Passing
of
this
Act
is
therefore
deferred
,
because
We
do
not
enough
press
the
dispatch
of
it
,
which
We
do
desire
from
Our
heart
,
and
are
confident
you
will
the
sooner
do
,
upon
this
Our
earnest
Recommendation
.
HIS
MAIESTIE'S
GRACIOUS
SPEECH
TO
THE
HOUSE
of
PEERS
,
The
27th
of
July
,
1660.
Concerning
the
speedy
Passing
of
the
Bill
of
INDEMPNITY
&
OBLIVION
.
My
Lords
,
WHen
I
came
first
hither
to
you
,
which
was
within
two
or
three
days
after
I
came
to
Whitehall
,
I
did
with
as
much
earnestness
as
I
could
,
both
by
My self
and
the
Chancellor
,
recommend
to
you
and
the
House
of
Commons
,
the
speedy
dispatch
of
the
Act
of
Indempnity
,
as
a
necessary
Foundation
of
that
Security
We
all
pray
for
.
I
did
since
,
by
a
particular
Message
to
the
House
of
Commons
,
again
press
them
to
hasten
that
inportant
Work
;
And
did
likewise
by
a
Proclamation
,
publish
to
all
the
Kingdom
,
That
I
did
with
impatience
expect
that
that
Act
should
be
presented
to
Me
for
my
Assent
,
as
the
most
reasonable
and
solid
Foundation
of
that
Peace
,
Happiness
and
Security
I
hope
and
pray
for
to
My self
and
all
My
Dominions
.
I
will
not
deny
it
to
you
,
I
thought
the
House
of
Commons
too
long
about
that
Work
;
and
therefore
,
now
it
is
come
up
to
you
,
I
would
not
have
you
guilty
of
the
same
delay
.
I
thank
God
,
I
have
the
same
Intentions
and
Resolutions
now
I
am
here
with
you
,
which
I
had
at
Breda
,
and
believe
that
I
owe
My
being
here
,
to
Gods
blessing
upon
the
Intentions
and
Resolutions
I
then
expressed
to
have
.
I
will
read
to
you
what
I
then
said
.
And
to
the
end
that
the
Fear
of
punishment
may
not
engage
any
,
Conscious
to
themselves
of
what
is
passed
,
to
a
perseverance
in
Guilt
for
the
future
,
by
opposing
the
Quiet
and
Happiness
of
their
Countrey
,
in
the
Restauration
both
of
King
,
Peers
and
People
,
to
their
Just
,
Antient
,
and
Fundamental
Rights
:
We
do
by
these
Presents
Declare
,
That
We
do
grant
a
Free
and
General
Pardon
,
which
We
are
ready
,
upon
demand
,
to
pass
under
Our
Great
Seal
of
England
,
to
all
Our
Subjects
,
of
what
degree
or
quality
soever
,
who
within
Forty
days
after
the
Publishing
hereof
,
shall
lay
hold
upon
this
Our
Grace
and
Favour
,
and
shall
by
any
lique
act
declare
their
doing
so
;
And
that
they
return
to
the
Loyalty
and
Obedience
of
good
Subjects
,
(
excepting
onely
such
persons
as
shall
hereafter
be
excepted
by
Parliament
.
)
Those
onely
excepted
,
let
all
Our
loving
Subjects
,
how
faulty
soever
,
rely
upon
the
Word
of
a
King
,
solemnly
given
by
this
present
Declaration
,
That
no
Crime
whatsoever
committed
against
Us
or
Our
Royal
Father
,
before
the
Publication
of
this
,
shall
ever
rise
in
Judgement
,
or
be
brought
in
Question
against
any
of
them
,
to
the
least
endamagement
of
them
,
either
in
their
Lives
,
Liberties
,
or
Estates
,
or
(
as
far
forth
as
lies
in
Our
Power
)
so
much
as
to
the
Prejudice
of
their
Reputations
,
by
any
Reproach
,
or
Term
of
Distinction
from
the
rest
of
Our
best
Subjects
:
We
desiring
and
Ordaining
,
That
henceforward
all
Notes
of
Discord
,
Separation
and
Difference
of
Parties
be
utterly
abolished
among
all
Our
Subjects
,
whom
We
invite
and
conjure
to
a
perfect
Union
among
themselves
under
Our
Protection
,
for
the
Re-settlement
of
Our
Just
Rights
,
and
theirs
,
in
a
Free
Parliament
;
By
which
,
upon
the
Word
of
a
King
,
We
will
be
advised
.
My
Lords
,
if
you
do
not
joyn
with
me
in
extinguishing
this
Fear
,
which
keeps
the
hearts
of
men
awake
,
and
apprehensive
of
Safety
and
Security
;
You
keep
Me
from
performing
My
Promise
,
which
if
I
had
not
made
,
I
am
perswaded
neither
I
nor
you
had
been
now
here
:
I
pray
let
us
not
deceive
those
who
brought
,
or
permitted
us
to
come
together
.
I
knew
well
there
were
some
men
who
could
neither
forgive
themselves
,
or
be
forgiven
by
Us
;
And
I
thank
you
for
your
Justice
towards
those
,
the
immediate
Murtherers
of
My
Father
:
And
I
will
deal
truly
with
you
,
I
never
thought
of
excepting
any
other
.
I
pray
think
well
upon
what
I
have
offered
,
and
the
benefit
you
and
I
have
received
from
that
offer
,
and
encourage
and
oblige
all
other
persons
,
by
not
excluding
them
from
the
benefit
of
this
Act.
This
Mercy
and
Indulgence
is
the
best
way
to
bring
them
to
a
true
repentance
,
and
to
make
them
more
severe
to
themselves
,
when
they
finde
.
We
are
not
so
to
them
.
It
will
make
them
good
Subjects
to
Me
,
and
good
Friends
and
Neighbours
to
you
;
and
We
have
then
all
Our
end
,
and
you
shall
finde
this
the
securest
expedient
to
prevent
future
mischief
:
Therefore
I
do
earnestly
desire
and
conjure
you
,
to
depart
from
all
particular
Animosities
and
Revenge
,
or
memory
of
past
Provocations
,
and
that
you
will
Pass
this
Act
without
other
exceptions
,
then
of
those
who
were
immediately
guilty
of
that
Murther
of
my
Father
.
My
Lords
,
I
have
told
you
my
opinion
,
and
I
hope
you
will
be
of
the
same
.
If
any
persons
appear
of
such
dangerous
and
obstinate
Principles
,
that
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
cannot
be
preserved
whilest
they
have
liberty
in
it
,
some
other
course
may
be
taken
,
that
they
shall
not
be
able
to
do
hurt
;
and
I
assure
you
,
there
is
nothing
can
enable
them
to
do
so
much
harm
,
as
the
deferring
the
Passing
this
Act.
I
hope
I
need
say
nothing
of
Ireland
,
and
that
they
alone
shall
not
be
without
the
benefit
of
my
Mercy
:
they
have
shewed
much
affection
to
me
abroad
,
and
you
will
have
a
care
of
my
Honour
,
and
of
what
I
have
promised
to
them
.
I
do
again
conjure
you
,
that
you
will
use
all
expedition
in
the
dispatch
of
this
Bill
.
HIS
MAIESTIES
GRACIOUS
SPEECH
TO
BOTH
HOUSES
OF
PARLIAMENT
,
On
the
29th
day
of
August
1660.
at
the
Passing
of
the
ACT
of
Free
Pardon
,
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
,
And
several
other
Acts.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
I
Have
been
here
some
times
before
with
you
,
but
never
with
more
willingness
than
I
am
at
this
time
:
And
there
be
few
men
in
the
Kingdom
,
who
have
longed
more
impatiently
to
have
these
Bills
Passed
,
than
I
have
done
to
Pass
them
;
and
I
hope
they
will
be
the
Foundation
of
much
Security
and
Happiness
to
us
all
.
I
do
very
willingly
pardon
all
that
is
pardoned
by
this
Act
of
Indempnity
,
to
that
time
which
is
mentioned
in
the
Bill
;
nay
,
I
will
tell
you
,
that
from
that
time
to
this
day
,
I
will
not
use
great
severity
,
except
in
such
cases
where
the
malice
is
notorious
,
and
the
Publick
Peace
exceedingly
concerned
.
But
for
the
time
to
come
,
the
same
discretion
and
conscience
which
disposed
me
to
the
clemency
I
have
expressed
,
which
is
most
agreeable
to
my
Nature
,
will
oblige
me
to
all
rigor
and
severity
,
how
contrary
soever
it
be
to
my
Nature
,
towards
those
who
shall
not
now
aquiesce
,
but
continue
to
manifest
their
Sedition
and
dislike
of
the
Government
,
either
in
action
or
words
.
And
I
must
conjure
you
all
(
my
Lords
and
Gentlemen
)
to
concur
with
me
in
this
just
and
necessary
Severity
;
and
that
you
will
in
your
several
Stations
be
so
jealous
of
the
Publick
Peace
,
and
of
my
particular
Honor
,
that
you
will
cause
exemplary
Justice
to
be
done
upon
those
who
are
guilty
of
seditious
Speeches
or
Writings
,
as
well
as
those
who
break
out
into
Seditious
Actions
:
And
that
you
will
believe
those
who
delight
in
reproaching
and
traducing
my
Person
,
not
to
be
well
affected
to
you
and
the
Publick
Peace
.
Never
King
valued
himself
more
upon
the
affections
of
his
People
then
I
do
;
nor
do
I
know
a
better
way
to
make
my self
sure
of
your
affections
,
then
by
being
just
and
kinde
to
you
all
:
And
whilst
I
am
so
,
I
pray
let
the
world
see
that
I
am
possessed
of
your
affections
.
For
your
Pole-Bill
,
I
do
thank
you
as
much
as
if
the
mony
were
to
come
into
my
own
Coffers
;
and
wish
with
all
my
heart
,
that
it
may
amount
to
as
great
a
sum
as
you
reckon
upon
.
If
the
work
be
well
and
orderly
done
,
to
which
it
is
designed
,
I
am
sure
I
shall
be
the
richer
by
it
in
the
end
;
and
upon
my
word
,
if
I
had
wherewithal
,
I
would
my self
help
you
,
so
much
I
desire
the
business
done
.
I
pray'
very
earnestly
,
as
fast
as
money
comes
in
,
discharge
that
great
burthen
of
the
Navy
,
and
disband
the
Army
as
fast
as
you
can
;
and
till
you
can
disband
the
rest
,
make
a
provision
for
their
support
.
I
do
conjure
you
,
as
you
love
me
,
let
me
not
hear
the
noise
of
Free-quarter
,
which
will
be
imputed
to
my
want
of
Care
and
Government
,
how
innocent
soever
I
am
;
and
therefore
be
sure
you
prevent
it
.
I
am
so
confident
of
your
affections
,
that
I
will
not
move
you
in
any
thing
that
immediately
relates
to
my self
;
and
yet
I
must
tell
you
,
I
am
not
richer
,
that
is
,
I
have
not
so
much
money
in
my
Purse
as
when
I
came
to
you
;
the
truth
is
,
I
have
lived
principally
ever
since
upon
what
I
brought
with
me
,
which
was
indeed
your
money
;
for
you
sent
it
to
me
,
and
I
thank
you
for
it
.
The
weekly
expence
of
the
Navy
,
eats
up
all
you
have
given
me
by
the
Bill
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
.
Nor
have
I
been
able
to
give
my
Brothers
one
shilling
since
I
came
into
England
,
nor
to
keep
any
Table
in
my
house
but
what
I
eat
my self
.
And
that
which
troubles
me
most
,
is
,
to
see
many
of
you
come
to
me
to
Whitehall
,
and
to
think
that
you
must
go
somewhere
else
to
seek
your
dinner
.
I
do
not
mention
this
to
you
,
as
any
thing
that
troubles
me
,
do
but
take
care
of
the
Publick
,
and
for
what
is
necessary
for
the
peace
and
quiet
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
take
your
own
time
for
my
own
particular
,
which
I
am
sure
you
will
provide
for
with
as
much
affection
and
frankness
as
I
can
desire
.
HIS
MAIESTIE'S
SPEECH
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
IF
my
presence
here
had
not
been
requisite
for
the
Passing
these
many
Bills
,
I
did
always
intend
to
see
you
together
before
your
Adjournment
,
that
I
might
again
thank
you
for
the
many
good
things
you
have
done
for
Me
and
the
Kingdom
;
And
in
truth
I
do
thank
you
more
for
what
you
have
done
for
the
Publick
,
then
what
you
have
done
for
my
own
particular
,
and
yet
I
do
thank
you
too
for
that
with
all
my
heart
:
But
I
confess
to
you
,
I
do
thank
you
more
for
the
provision
you
have
made
to
prevent
Free-quarter
,
during
the
time
the
Army
shall
be
disbanding
,
which
I
take
to
be
given
for
my
satisfaction
,
then
I
do
for
the
other
Present
you
have
made
me
for
my
own
particular
occasions
;
and
I
do
promise
you
,
which
is
the
best
way
I
can
take
to
gratifie
you
,
I
will
not
apply
one
peny
of
that
money
to
my
own
particular
occasions
,
what
shift
soever
I
make
,
till
it
is
evident
to
me
,
that
the
Publick
will
not
stand
in
need
of
it
;
and
if
it
do
,
every
peny
of
it
shall
be
disbursed
that
way
;
and
I
dare
say
I
shall
not
be
the
poorer
for
it
.
I
cannot
but
take
notice
of
one
particular
Bill
I
have
Passed
,
which
may
seem
of
an
extraordinary
nature
,
that
concerning
the
Duke
of
Somerset
,
but
you
all
know
it
is
for
an
traordinary
Person
,
who
hath
merited
as
much
of
the
King
My
Father
and
My Self
,
as
a
Subject
can
do
;
and
I
am
none
of
those
,
who
think
that
Subjects
by
performing
their
duties
in
an
extraordinary
manner
,
do
not
oblige
their
Princes
to
reward
them
in
an
extraordinary
manner
;
there
can
be
no
danger
from
such
a
Precedent
,
and
I
hope
no
man
will
envy
him
,
because
I
have
done
what
a
good
Master
should
do
to
such
a
Servant
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
will
not
deny
to
you
,
that
I
had
some
Inclination
,
when
I
consented
upon
your
desire
to
your
Recess
,
to
have
made
a
Session
,
which
I
thought
most
agreeable
to
the
ancient
order
of
Parliaments
,
and
I
hope
you
will
all
joyn
with
Me
in
reducing
the
proceedings
of
Parliaments
to
the
ancient
Rules
and
Orders
of
Parliaments
,
the
deviation
from
which
hath
done
us
no
good
,
and
I
think
there
were
never
so
many
Bills
passed
together
,
as
I
have
this
day
given
My
Assent
to
,
without
a
Session
:
But
upon
the
Desire
and
Reasons
given
by
the
House
of
Commons
,
for
an
Adjournment
without
a
Session
,
I
did
very
willingly
depart
from
that
Inclination
,
and
do
as
willingly
give
you
leave
and
direct
you
that
you
Adjourn
your selves
till
the
Sixth
day
of
November
,
when
I
hope
you
will
all
meet
again
,
and
in
the
mean
time
that
you
will
be
all
welcome
to
your
Countreys
,
and
do
me
much
service
there
.
I
have
many
other
particulars
to
say
and
recommend
to
you
,
in
which
I
cannot
enough
trust
my
own
memory
,
and
therefore
I
shall
command
the
Chancellour
to
say
the
rest
to
you
.
(
After
His
Majesty
had
ended
His
Speech
,
the
Lord
Chancellor
said
as
followeth
.
)
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
THe
King
tells
you
that
He
hath
commanded
me
to
say
many
particulars
to
you
;
and
the
truth
is
,
He
hath
charged
me
with
so
many
,
that
I
have
great
reason
to
fear
,
that
I
shall
stand
in
much
need
of
His
Mercy
,
for
omitting
many
things
He
hath
given
me
in
command
,
at
least
for
delivering
them
in
more
Disorder
and
Confusion
,
then
matters
of
such
moment
and
Importance
ought
to
be
to
such
an
Assembly
,
for
which
the
King
Himself
hath
even
a
kind
of
Reverence
,
as
well
as
an
extraordinary
Kindnesse
.
I
am
to
mention
some
things
He
hath
done
already
,
and
many
things
He
intends
to
do
during
this
Recess
,
that
you
may
see
,
how
well
content
soever
He
is
,
that
you
should
have
Ease
,
and
Pleasure
,
and
Refreshment
,
He
hath
designed
work
enough
for
Himself
.
The
King
hath
thanked
you
for
the
Provision
you
have
made
that
there
may
be
no
free
Quarter
during
the
time
the
Army
shall
be
Disbanding
,
and
hath
told
you
what
He
will
do
with
that
Money
you
have
given
Him
,
if
there
should
want
wherewithall
to
Disband
it
;
And
now
I
hope
you
will
all
believe
,
that
His
Majesty
will
consent
to
the
Disbanding
:
He
will
do
so
;
And
yet
He
does
not
take
it
unkindly
at
their
hands
,
who
have
thought
that
his
Majesty
would
not
Disband
this
Army
;
It
was
a
sober
and
a
rational
Jealousie
;
No
other
Prince
in
Europe
would
be
willing
to
Disband
such
an
Army
;
An
Army
to
which
Victory
is
entailed
,
and
which
,
humanely
speaking
,
could
hardly
fail
of
Conquest
whithersoever
He
should
lead
it
;
And
if
God
had
not
restored
His
Majesty
to
that
rare
felicity
,
as
to
be
without
apprehension
of
danger
at
home
or
from
abroad
,
and
without
any
Ambition
of
taking
from
His
Neighbours
what
they
are
possessed
of
,
Himself
would
never
Disband
this
Army
;
an
Army
,
whose
Order
and
Discipline
,
whose
Sobriety
and
Manners
,
whose
Courage
and
Success
hath
made
it
famous
and
terrible
over
the
world
;
An
Army
of
which
the
King
and
his
two
Royal
Brothers
may
say
,
as
the
noble
Grecian
said
of
Aeneas
,
—
Stetimus
tela
aspera
contra
,
Contulimusque
manus
,
experto
credite
,
quantus
In
clypeum
assurgat
,
quo
turbine
torqueat
hastam
.
They
have
all
three
in
several
Countries
found
themselves
engaged
in
the
midst
of
these
Troops
,
in
the
heat
and
rage
of
Battle
;
and
if
any
common
Souldier
(
as
no
doubt
many
may
)
will
demand
the
old
Romans
priviledge
for
having
encountred
Princes
single
,
upon
my
Conscience
,
he
will
find
both
Favour
and
Preferment
:
They
have
all
three
observed
the
Discipline
,
and
felt
,
and
admired
,
and
loved
the
Courage
of
this
Army
,
when
they
were
the
worse
for
it
;
and
I
have
seen
them
in
a
season
when
there
was
little
else
of
comfort
in
their
view
,
refresh
themselves
with
joy
,
that
the
English
had
done
the
great
work
,
the
English
had
got
the
day
,
and
then
please
themselves
with
the
Imagination
what
wonders
they
should
perform
in
the
head
of
such
an
Army
:
And
therefore
when
His
Majesty
is
so
entirely
possessed
of
the
affection
and
Obedience
of
this
Army
,
and
when
it
hath
merited
so
much
from
Him
,
Can
it
be
believed
,
or
imagined
,
that
He
can
without
some
regret
part
with
them
?
No
:
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
He
will
never
part
with
them
;
and
the
only
sure
way
never
to
part
with
them
,
is
to
Disband
them
:
Should
it
be
otherwise
,
they
must
be
exposed
to
the
daily
Importunity
of
His
great
Neighbours
and
Allies
;
and
how
could
he
refuse
to
lend
them
his
Troops
,
of
which
He
hath
no
use
Himself
?
His
Majesty
knows
they
are
too
good
English
men
,
to
wish
that
a
standing
Army
should
be
kept
up
in
the
bowels
of
their
own
Countrey
;
that
they
who
did
but
in
Bello
pacis
gerere
negotium
,
and
who
,
whilst
an
Army
,
lived
like
good
Husbandmen
in
the
Countrey
,
and
good
Citizens
in
the
City
,
will
now
become
really
such
,
and
take
delight
in
the
benefit
of
that
Peace
they
have
so
honestly
and
so
wonderfully
brought
to
pass
:
The
King
will
part
with
them
,
as
the
most
indulgent
Parents
part
with
their
Children
for
their
education
,
and
for
their
preferment
;
He
will
prefer
them
to
Disbanding
,
and
prefer
them
by
Disbanding
;
and
will
alwaies
retain
such
a
kindness
for
them
,
and
such
a
memory
of
the
service
they
have
done
Him
,
that
both
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
after
they
are
disbanded
,
shall
always
finde
such
countenance
,
favor
,
and
reward
from
His
Majesty
,
that
He
doubts
not
,
but
if
He
should
have
occasion
to
use
their
Service
,
they
will
again
resort
to
Him
with
the
same
alacrity
,
as
if
they
had
never
been
disbanded
:
And
if
there
be
any
so
ill
amongst
them
(
as
there
can
be
but
very
few
,
if
any
)
who
will
forfeit
that
Favor
and
Protection
they
may
have
from
Him
,
by
any
withstanding
His
Majesties
commands
,
and
the
full
and
declared
sense
of
the
Kingdom
;
His
Majesty
is
confident
they
will
be
as
odious
to
their
companions
,
as
they
can
be
to
any
other
honest
men
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
am
in
the
next
place
,
by
the
Kings
command
,
to
put
you
in
minde
of
the
Act
of
Indempnity
,
not
of
any
Grants
or
Concessions
,
or
Releases
He
made
to
you
in
that
Act
;
I
have
nothing
of
that
in
charge
;
no
Prince
hath
so
excellent
a
memory
to
forget
the
Favors
he
doth
;
But
of
what
He
hath
done
against
you
in
that
Act
,
how
you
may
be
undone
by
that
Act
,
if
you
are
not
very
careful
to
perform
the
Obligations
He
hath
laid
upon
you
in
it
;
the
Clause
I
am
to
put
you
in
minde
of
,
is
this
,
And
to
the
intent
and
purpose
that
all
names
and
terms
of
distinction
may
be
likewise
put
into
utter
Oblivion
:
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
person
or
persons
,
within
the
space
of
Three
years
next
ensuing
,
shall
presume
maliciously
to
call
,
or
alledge
,
or
object
against
any
other
person
or
persons
any
name
or
names
,
or
other
words
of
reproach
,
any
way
leading
to
revive
the
memory
of
the
late
differences
,
or
the
occasion
thereof
,
That
then
every
such
person
,
so
as
aforesaid
offending
,
shall
forfeit
,
&c.
It
is
no
matter
for
the
Penalty
,
it
is
too
cheap
a
one
;
the
King
wishes
it
had
been
greater
,
and
therefore
hath
by
His
just
Prerogative
(
and
't
is
well
for
us
He
hath
such
a
Prerogative
)
added
another
Penalty
more
insupportable
,
even
His
high
Displeasure
against
all
who
shall
swerve
from
this
Clause
in
the
Act.
Give
me
leave
to
tell
you
,
That
as
any
name
or
names
,
or
other
words
of
reproach
,
are
expresly
against
the
letter
,
and
punishable
accordingly
;
so
evil
and
envious
looks
,
murmuring
and
discontented
hearts
,
are
as
directly
against
the
equity
of
this
Statute
,
a
direct
breach
of
the
Act
of
Indempnity
,
and
ought
to
be
punished
too
;
and
I
believe
they
may
be
so
.
You
know
Kings
are
in
some
sense
called
Gods
,
and
so
they
may
in
some
degree
be
able
to
look
into
mens
hearts
;
and
God
hath
given
us
a
King
who
can
look
as
far
into
mens
hearts
as
any
Prince
alive
;
and
He
hath
great
skill
in
Physiognomy
too
,
you
would
wonder
what
Calculations
He
hath
made
from
thence
;
and
no
doubt
,
if
He
be
provoked
by
evil
looks
,
to
make
a
further
enquiry
into
mens
hearts
,
and
findes
those
corrupted
with
the
Passions
of
Envy
and
Uncharitableness
,
He
will
never
chuse
those
hearts
to
trust
and
rely
upon
.
He
hath
given
us
a
Noble
and
Princely
example
,
by
opening
and
stretching
His
Arms
to
all
who
are
worthy
to
be
His
Subjects
,
worthy
to
be
thought
English
men
,
by
extending
His
Heart
with
a
pious
and
a
grateful
joy
to
finde
all
His
Subjects
at
once
in
His
Arms
,
and
himself
in
theirs
;
and
shall
we
fold
our
Arms
towards
one
another
,
and
contract
our
hearts
with
Envy
and
Malice
to
each
other
,
by
any
sharp
memory
of
what
hath
been
unneighborly
or
unkindly
done
heretofore
?
What
is
this
but
to
rebel
against
the
Person
of
the
King
,
against
the
excellent
Example
and
Vertue
of
the
King
,
against
the
known
Law
of
the
Land
,
this
blessed
Act
of
Oblivion
?
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
The
King
is
a
Suitor
to
you
,
makes
it
His
suit
very
heartily
,
That
you
will
joyn
with
Him
in
restoring
the
whole
Nation
to
its
Primitive
Temper
and
Integrity
,
to
its
old
good
manners
,
it
s
old
good
humor
,
and
its
old
good
nature
;
Good
nature
,
a
vertue
so
peculiar
to
you
,
so
appropriated
by
God
Almighty
to
this
Nation
,
that
it
can
be
translated
into
no
other
Language
,
hardly
practised
by
any
other
people
;
and
that
you
will
by
your
example
,
by
the
candor
of
your
Conversation
,
by
your
Precepts
,
and
by
your
Practise
,
and
by
all
your
Interest
,
teach
your
Neighbors
and
your
Friends
,
how
to
pay
a
full
obedience
to
this
clause
of
the
Statute
,
how
to
learn
this
excellent
art
of
Forgetfulness
.
Let
them
remember
,
and
let
us
all
remember
,
how
ungracious
,
how
indecent
,
how
ugly
,
the
insolence
,
the
fierceness
,
the
brutishness
of
their
Enemies
appeared
to
them
;
and
we
may
piously
and
reasonably
believe
,
that
Gods
indignation
against
them
,
for
their
want
of
bowels
,
for
their
not
being
English
men
,
(
for
they
had
the
hearts
of
Pagans
and
Infidels
)
sent
a
Whirlwind
in
a
moment
to
blow
them
out
of
the
World
,
that
is
,
out
of
a
capacity
to
do
more
mischief
in
the
World
,
except
we
practise
their
Vices
,
and
do
that
our selves
which
we
pretend
to
detest
them
for
.
Let
us
not
be
too
much
ashamed
,
as
if
what
hath
been
done
amiss
,
proceeded
from
the
humor
,
and
the
temper
,
and
the
nature
of
our
Nation
.
The
Astrologers
have
made
us
a
fair
excuse
,
and
truly
I
hope
a
true
one
;
all
the
motions
of
these
last
Twenty
years
have
been
unnatural
,
and
have
proceeded
from
the
evil
influence
of
a
malignant
Star
;
and
let
us
not
too
much
despise
the
influence
of
the
Stars
:
And
the
same
Astrologers
assure
us
,
that
the
malignity
of
that
Star
is
expired
;
the
good
genius
of
this
Kingdom
is
become
Superior
,
and
hath
mastered
that
malignity
,
and
our
own
good
old
Stars
govern
us
again
,
and
their
influence
is
so
strong
,
that
with
our
help
,
they
will
repair
in
a
year
what
hath
been
decaying
in
twenty
;
and
they
onely
shall
have
no
excuse
from
the
Star
,
who
continue
their
malignity
,
and
own
all
the
ill
that
is
past
to
be
their
own
,
by
continuing
and
improving
it
for
the
time
to
come
.
If
any
body
here
,
or
any
where
else
,
be
too
much
exalted
with
what
he
hath
done
,
or
what
he
hath
suffered
,
and
from
thence
thinks
himself
warranted
to
reproach
others
,
let
him
remember
the
story
of
Nicephorus
;
it
is
an
excellent
story
,
and
very
applicable
to
such
distempers
:
He
was
a
pious
and
religious
man
,
and
for
his
Piety
and
Religion
was
condemned
to
the
fire
;
when
he
was
led
to
execution
,
and
when
an
old
Friend
who
had
done
him
injury
enough
,
fell
at
his
feet
and
asked
his
pardon
;
the
poor
man
was
so
elated
with
the
triumph
he
was
going
unto
,
with
the
glory
of
Martyrdom
,
that
he
refused
to
be
reconciled
unto
him
;
upon
which
he
was
disappointed
of
his
end
;
and
for
this
uncharitableness
,
the
Spirit
of
God
immediately
forsook
him
,
and
he
apostatized
from
the
Faith
.
Let
all
those
who
are
too
proud
of
having
been
as
they
think
less
faulty
then
other
men
,
and
so
are
unwilling
to
be
reconciled
to
those
who
have
offended
them
,
take
heed
of
the
Apostacy
of
Nicephorus
,
and
that
those
fumes
of
Envy
and
Uncharitableness
,
and
Murmuring
,
do
not
so
far
transport
and
intoxicate
them
,
that
they
fall
into
those
very
Crimes
,
they
value
themselves
for
having
hitherto
declined
.
But
my
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
whilest
we
conspire
together
,
to
execute
faithfully
this
part
of
the
Bill
,
to
put
all
old
names
and
terms
of
distinction
into
utter
Oblivion
;
let
us
not
finde
new
names
and
terms
to
keep
up
the
same
,
or
a
worse
distinction
:
If
the
old
reproaches
of
Cavalier
,
and
Round-Head
,
and
Malignant
,
be
committed
to
the
Grave
;
let
us
not
finde
more
significant
and
better
words
,
to
signifie
worse
things
;
let
not
Piety
and
Godliness
grow
into
terms
of
reproach
,
and
distinguish
between
the
Court
and
the
City
and
the
Country
;
and
let
not
Piety
and
Godliness
be
measurred
by
a
morofity
in
Manners
;
an
affectation
of
Gesture
,
a
new
mode
and
tone
of
Speaking
;
at
least
,
let
not
our
Constitutions
and
Complexions
make
us
be
thought
of
a
contrary
Party
;
and
because
we
have
not
an
affected
austerity
in
our
looks
,
that
we
have
not
Piety
in
our
hearts
.
Very
merry
men
have
been
very
godly
men
;
and
if
a
good
Conscience
be
a
continual
Feast
,
there
is
no
reason
but
men
may
be
very
merry
at
it
.
You
,
Mr.
Speaker
,
have
this
day
made
a
Noble
Present
to
the
King
.
Do
you
think
that
if
you
and
your
worthy
Companions
had
brought
it
up
with
folded
Arms
,
down-cast
Looks
,
with
Sighs
and
other
Instances
of
Desperation
,
it
would
not
have
been
a
very
Melancholick
Present
?
Have
not
your
frank
and
dutiful
Expressions
,
that
chearfulness
and
vivacity
in
your
Looks
,
rendered
it
much
more
acceptable
,
much
more
valuable
?
No
Prince
in
Christendom
loves
a
chearful
giver
,
so
well
as
God
Almighty
does
;
and
he
of
all
gifts
,
a
chearful
heart
:
And
therefore
I
pray
let
not
a
cloudy
and
disconsolate
face
,
be
the
onely
or
the
best
sign
of
Piety
and
Devotion
in
the
heart
.
I
must
ask
your
pardon
for
misplacing
much
of
this
Discourse
,
which
I
should
have
mentioned
,
when
I
came
to
speak
of
the
Ministers
Bill
;
they
I
hope
will
endeavor
to
remove
these
new
marks
of
Distinction
and
Reproaches
,
and
keep
their
Auditories
from
being
imposed
upon
by
such
Characters
and
Descriptions
.
The
King
hath
passed
this
Act
very
willingly
,
and
done
much
to
the
end
of
this
Act
before
;
yet
hath
willingly
admitted
you
to
be
sharers
and
partners
with
Him
in
the
Obligation
:
I
may
say
confidently
,
His
Majesty
hath
never
denied
His
Confirmation
to
any
man
in
possession
who
hath
asked
it
;
and
they
have
all
had
the
effect
of
it
,
except
such
who
upon
examination
and
enquiry
,
appeared
not
worthy
of
it
,
and
such
who
though
they
are
pardoned
,
cannot
yet
think
themselves
worthy
to
be
prefer'd
.
His
Majesty
well
knows
,
that
by
this
Act
He
hath
gratified
and
obliged
many
worthy
and
pious
men
,
who
have
contributed
much
to
His
Restauration
,
and
who
shall
always
receive
fresh
evidence
of
His
Majesties
favor
and
kindness
;
but
He
is
not
sure
that
He
may
not
likewise
have
gratified
some
who
did
neither
contribute
to
His
coming
in
,
nor
are
yet
glad
that
He
is
in
;
how
comes
it
else
to
pass
,
that
He
receives
such
frequent
Information
of
Seditious
Sermons
in
the
City
,
and
in
the
Countrey
;
in
which
,
all
industry
is
used
to
alienate
the
Affections
of
the
people
,
and
to
infuse
Jealousies
into
them
of
the
King
and
His
Government
:
They
talk
of
introducing
Popery
,
of
evil
Counsellors
,
and
such
other
old
Calumnies
as
are
pardoned
by
this
Act
of
Indempnity
.
His
Majesty
told
you
when
He
was
last
here
,
what
rigor
and
severity
He
will
hereafter
use
,
how
contrary
soever
it
is
to
His
Nature
,
in
these
cases
;
and
conjured
you
,
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
to
concur
with
Him
in
this
just
and
necessary
Severity
,
which
I
am
sure
you
will
do
with
your
utmost
vigilance
,
and
that
you
will
believe
that
too
much
ill
cannot
befal
those
who
do
the
best
they
can
to
corrupt
His
Majesties
Nature
,
and
to
extinguish
His
Mercy
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
told
you
I
was
to
acquaint
you
with
some
things
His
Majesty
intends
to
do
during
this
Recess
,
that
you
may
see
He
will
give
no
intermission
to
His
own
Thoughts
for
the
Publick
good
,
though
for
a
time
He
dispences
with
your
Assistance
.
He
doth
consider
the
infinite
importance
the
Improvement
of
Trade
must
be
to
this
Kingdom
,
and
therefore
His
Majesty
intends
forthwith
to
establish
a
Council
for
Trade
,
consisting
of
some
Principal
Merchants
of
the
several
Companies
;
to
which
He
will
adde
some
Gentlemen
of
Quality
and
Experience
;
and
for
their
greater
honor
and
encouragement
,
some
of
my
Lords
of
His
own
Privy
Council
.
In
the
next
place
,
His
Majesty
hopes
that
by
a
well-setled
Peace
,
and
Gods
great
blessing
upon
Him
and
you
,
this
Nation
will
in
a
short
time
flourish
to
that
degree
,
that
the
Land
of
Canaan
did
,
when
Esau
found
it
necessary
to
part
from
his
Brother
.
—
For
their
riches
were
more
,
than
that
they
might
dwell
together
,
and
the
Land
wherein
they
were
,
could
not
bear
them
,
because
of
their
Cattle
.
We
have
been
our selves
very
near
this
Pinacle
of
Happiness
,
and
the
hope
and
contemplation
that
we
may
be
so
again
,
disposes
the
King
to
be
very
solicitous
for
the
Improvement
and
Prosperity
of
His
Plantations
abroad
,
where
there
is
such
large
room
for
the
Industry
and
Reception
of
such
who
shall
desire
to
go
thither
:
And
therefore
His
Majesty
likewise
intends
to
erect
and
establish
a
Council
for
those
Plantations
,
in
which
,
Persons
well
qualified
shall
be
wholly
intent
upon
the
good
and
advancement
of
those
Plantations
.
There
are
two
other
Particulars
,
which
I
am
commanded
to
mention
,
which
were
both
mentioned
and
recommended
to
you
by
His
Majesty
in
His
Declaration
from
Breda
:
The
one
,
for
the
Confirmation
of
Sales
,
or
other
recompence
for
Purchasers
:
The
other
,
for
the
composing
those
Differences
and
Distempers
in
Religion
,
which
have
too
much
disturbed
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
.
Two
very
weighty
particulars
,
in
which
His
Majesty
knows
you
have
spent
much
time
,
and
concerning
which
,
He
should
have
heard
from
you
before
this
time
,
if
you
had
not
met
with
great
Difficulties
in
the
Disquisition
of
either
.
For
the
first
,
His
Majesty
hath
not
been
without
much
thought
upon
the
Argument
,
and
hath
done
much
towards
the
accommodation
of
many
particular
Persons
;
and
you
shall
not
be
at
your
journeys
end
,
before
His
Majesty
will
put
that
business
concerning
Sales
into
such
a
way
of
Dispatch
,
that
He
doubts
not
you
will
finde
a
good
progress
made
in
it
before
your
coming
together
again
,
and
I
believe
the
Persons
concerned
,
will
be
very
much
too
blame
,
if
they
receive
not
good
satisfaction
:
And
some
of
you
who
stay
in
Town
,
shall
be
advised
and
consulted
with
in
that
settlement
.
The
other
,
of
Religion
,
is
a
sad
Argument
indeed
;
It
is
a
Consideration
that
must
make
every
Religious
Heart
to
bleed
,
to
see
Religion
which
should
be
the
strongest
Obligation
and
Ciment
of
Affection
,
and
Brotherly
Kindness
and
Compassion
,
made
now
by
the
perverse
Wranglings
of
passionate
and
froward
Men
,
the
ground
of
all
Animosity
,
Hatred
,
Malice
and
Revenge
.
And
this
unruly
and
unmanly
Passion
(
which
no
question
the
Divine
Nature
exceedingly
abhors
)
sometimes
,
and
I
fear
too
frequently
transports
those
who
are
in
the
right
,
as
well
as
those
who
are
in
the
wrong
,
and
leaves
the
latter
more
excusable
then
the
former
,
when
men
who
finde
their
Manners
and
Dispositions
very
conformable
in
all
the
necessary
Obligations
of
Humane
Nature
,
avoid
one
anothers
Conversation
,
and
grow
first
unsociable
,
and
then
uncharitable
to
each
other
,
because
one
cannot
think
as
the
other
doth
.
And
from
this
separation
we
intitle
God
to
the
Patronage
of
,
and
Concernment
in
our
Fancies
and
Distinction
,
and
purely
for
his
sake
hate
one
another
heartily
.
It
was
not
so
of
old
,
when
one
of
the
most
ancient
Fathers
of
the
Church
tells
us
,
That
Love
and
Charity
was
so
signal
and
eminent
in
the
Primitive
Christians
,
that
it
even
drew
Admiration
and
Envy
from
their
Adversaries
.
Vide
(
inquiunt
)
ut
invicem
se
diligunt
!
Their
Adversaries
in
that
in
which
they
most
agreed
,
in
their
very
prosecution
of
them
,
had
their
Passions
and
Animosities
amongst
themselves
;
they
were
onely
Christians
,
that
loved
,
and
cherished
,
and
comforted
,
and
were
ready
to
die
for
one
another
;
Quid
nunc
illi
dicerent
Christiani
,
si
nostra
viderent
tempora
?
Says
the
incomparable
Grotius
:
How
would
they
look
upon
our
sharp
and
virulent
Contentions
in
the
debates
of
Christian
Religion
,
and
the
Bloody
Wars
that
have
proceeded
from
those
Contentions
,
whilest
every
one
pretended
to
all
the
Marks
which
are
to
attend
upon
the
true
Church
,
except
onely
that
which
is
inseparable
from
it
,
Charity
to
one
another
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
This
Disquisition
hath
cost
the
King
many
a
sigh
,
many
a
sad
hour
,
when
he
hath
considered
the
almost
irreparable
reproach
the
Protestant
Religion
hath
undergone
,
from
the
Divisions
and
Distractions
which
have
been
so
notorious
within
this
Kingdom
.
What
pains
he
hath
taken
to
compose
them
,
after
several
Discourses
with
Learned
and
Pious
Men
of
Different
Perswasions
,
you
will
shortly
see
by
a
Declaration
He
will
publish
upon
that
occasion
;
by
which
you
will
see
His
great
indulgence
to
those
who
can
have
any
Protection
from
Conscience
,
to
differ
with
their
Brethren
.
And
I
hope
God
will
so
bless
the
Candor
of
His
Majesty
in
the
Condescentions
He
makes
,
That
the
Church
as
well
as
the
State
,
will
return
to
that
Unity
and
Unanimity
,
which
will
make
both
King
and
People
as
happy
as
they
can
hope
to
be
in
this
World
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
shall
conclude
with
the
Kings
hearty
Thanks
to
you
,
not
onely
for
what
you
have
done
towards
Him
,
which
hath
been
very
Signal
,
but
for
what
you
have
done
towards
each
other
;
for
the
excellent
Correspondence
you
have
maintained
;
for
the
very
Seasonable
Deference
and
Condescention
you
have
had
for
each
other
,
which
will
restore
Parliaments
to
the
Veneration
they
ought
to
have
.
And
since
His
Majesty
knows
,
that
you
all
desire
to
please
Him
,
you
have
given
Him
ample
evidence
,
that
you
do
so
;
He
hath
appointed
me
to
give
you
a
sure
Receipt
to
attain
that
good
end
,
it
is
a
Receipt
of
His
own
prescribing
,
and
therefore
is
not
like
to
fail
:
Be
but
pleased
your selves
,
and
perswade
others
to
be
so
;
contrive
all
the
ways
imaginable
for
your
own
happiness
,
and
you
will
make
Him
the
best
pleased
,
and
the
most
happy
Prince
in
the
World
.
HIS
MAJESTIES
DECLARATION
TO
ALL
His
Loving
Subjects
of
His
Kingdom
of
England
and
Dominion
of
Wales
,
Concerning
Ecclesiastical
Affairs
.
CHARLES
R.
HOw
much
the
Peace
of
the
State
is
concerned
in
the
Peace
of
the
Church
,
and
how
difficult
a
thing
it
is
to
preserve
Order
and
Government
in
Civil
,
whilest
there
is
no
Order
or
Government
in
Ecclesiastical
Affairs
,
is
evident
to
the
World
;
and
this
little
part
of
the
World
,
Our
own
Dominions
hath
had
so
late
experience
of
it
,
that
We
may
very
well
acquiesce
in
the
Conclusion
,
without
enlarging
Our Self
in
discourse
upon
it
,
it
being
a
subject
We
have
had
frequent
occasion
to
contemplate
upon
,
and
to
lament
,
abroad
as
well
as
at
home
.
In
Our
Letter
to
the
Speaker
of
the
House
of
Commons
from
Breda
,
We
declared
how
much
We
desired
the
Advancement
and
Propagation
of
the
Protestant
Religion
:
That
neither
the
unkindness
of
those
of
the
same
Faith
towards
Us
,
nor
the
Civilities
and
Obligations
from
those
of
a
contrary
Profession
(
of
both
which
We
have
had
abundant
evidence
)
could
in
the
least
degree
startle
Us
,
or
make
Us
swerve
from
it
,
and
that
nothing
can
be
proposed
to
manifest
Our
Zeal
and
Affection
for
it
,
to
which
We
will
not
readily
consent
:
And
We
said
then
,
That
We
did
hope
in
due
time
,
Our Self
to
propose
somewhat
for
the
Propagation
of
it
,
that
will
satisfie
the
World
,
that
We
have
always
made
it
both
Our
Care
and
Our
Study
,
and
have
enough
observed
what
is
most
like
to
bring
disadvantage
to
it
.
And
the
truth
is
,
We
do
think
Our Self
the
more
competent
to
propose
,
and
with
Gods
assistance
to
determine
many
things
now
in
difference
,
from
the
time
We
have
spent
,
and
the
experience
We
have
had
in
most
of
the
Reformed
Churches
abroad
,
in
France
,
in
the
Low-Countries
,
and
in
Germany
,
where
We
have
had
frequent
Conferences
,
with
the
most
Learned
men
,
who
have
unanimously
lamented
the
great
Reproach
the
Protestant
Religion
undergoes
from
the
Distempers
and
too
Notorious
Schisms
in
Matters
of
Religion
in
England
:
And
as
the
most
Learned
amongst
them
have
always
with
great
Submission
and
Reverence
acknowledged
and
magnified
the
established
Government
of
the
Church
of
England
,
and
the
great
countenance
and
shelter
the
Protestant
Religion
received
from
it
,
before
these
unhappy
times
:
So
many
of
them
have
with
great
Ingenuity
and
Sorrow
confessed
,
that
they
were
too
easily
misled
by
mis-information
and
prejudice
into
some
disesteem
of
it
,
as
if
it
had
too
much
complied
with
the
Church
of
Rome
;
whereas
they
now
acknowledge
it
to
be
the
best
Fence
God
hath
yet
raised
against
Popery
in
the
World
:
And
We
are
perswaded
,
they
do
with
great
Zeal
wish
it
restored
to
its
old
Dignity
and
Veneration
.
When
We
were
in
Holland
,
We
were
attended
by
many
grave
and
learned
Ministers
from
hence
,
who
were
looked
upon
as
the
most
able
and
principal
Assertors
of
the
Presbyterian
opinions
,
with
whom
We
had
as
much
Conference
as
the
multitude
of
Affairs
which
were
then
upon
Us
would
permit
Us
to
have
;
and
to
Our
great
Satisfaction
and
Comfort
found
them
Persons
full
of
Affection
to
Us
,
of
Zeal
for
the
Peace
of
the
Church
and
State
,
and
neither
Enemies
(
as
they
have
been
given
out
to
be
)
to
Episcopacy
,
or
Liturgy
,
but
modestly
to
desire
such
alterations
in
either
,
as
without
shaking
Foundations
,
might
best
allay
the
present
distempers
,
which
the
Indisposition
of
the
time
,
and
the
tenderness
of
some
mens
Conscienciences
had
contracted
:
For
the
better
doing
whereof
,
We
did
intend
upon
Our
first
arrival
in
this
Kingdom
to
call
a
Synod
of
Divines
,
as
the
most
proper
expedient
to
provide
a
proper
remedy
for
all
those
differences
and
dis-satisfactions
which
had
or
should
arise
in
matters
of
Religion
;
and
in
the
mean
time
,
We
published
in
Our
Declaration
from
Breda
a
Liberty
to
tender
Consciences
;
and
that
no
man
should
be
disquieted
or
called
in
question
for
differences
of
opinion
in
matter
of
Religion
,
which
do
not
disturb
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
that
We
shall
be
ready
to
consent
to
such
an
Act
of
Parliament
as
upon
mature
deliberation
shall
be
offered
to
Us
,
for
the
full
granting
that
Indulgence
.
Whilest
We
continued
in
this
temper
of
Minde
and
Resolution
,
and
have
so
far
complied
with
the
perswasion
of
particular
Persons
,
and
the
distemper
of
the
time
,
as
to
be
contented
with
the
exercise
of
Our
Religion
in
Our
own
Chappel
,
according
to
the
constant
practice
and
Laws
established
,
without
enjoyning
that
practice
,
and
the
observation
of
those
Laws
,
in
the
Churches
of
the
Kingdom
;
in
which
We
have
undergone
the
Censure
of
many
,
as
if
We
were
without
that
Zeal
for
the
Church
,
which
We
ought
to
have
,
and
which
by
Gods
Grace
,
We
shall
always
retain
:
We
have
found
Our Self
not
so
candidly
dealt
with
as
We
have
deserved
,
and
that
there
are
unquiet
and
restless
Spirits
,
who
without
abating
any
of
their
own
distemper
,
in
recompence
of
the
Moderation
they
finde
in
Us
,
continue
their
bitterness
against
the
Church
,
and
endeavor
to
raise
Jealousies
of
Us
,
and
to
lessen
Our
Reputation
by
their
Reproaches
,
as
if
We
were
not
true
to
the
Professions
We
have
made
:
And
in
order
thereunto
,
they
have
very
unseasonably
caused
to
be
Printed
,
published
,
and
dispersed
throughout
the
Kingdom
a
Declaration
heretofore
Printed
in
Our
Name
,
during
the
time
of
Our
being
in
Scotland
,
of
which
We
shall
say
no
more
than
that
the
Circumstances
by
which
We
were
enforced
to
sign
that
Declaration
,
are
enough
known
to
the
World
;
And
that
the
worthiest
and
greatest
part
of
that
Nation
did
even
then
detest
and
abhor
the
ill
usage
of
Us
in
that
particular
,
when
the
same
Tyranny
was
exercised
there
by
the
power
of
a
few
ill
men
,
which
at
that
time
had
spread
it self
over
this
Kingdom
;
and
therefore
We
had
no
reason
to
expect
that
We
should
at
this
season
,
when
We
are
doing
all
We
can
to
wipe
out
the
memory
of
all
that
hath
been
done
amiss
by
other
men
,
and
,
We
thank
God
,
have
wiped
it
out
of
Our
own
Remembrance
,
have
been
Our Self
assaulted
with
those
Reproaches
,
which
We
will
likewise
forget
.
Since
the
Printing
this
Declaration
,
several
seditious
Pamphlets
and
Quaeres
have
been
published
and
scattered
abroad
,
to
infuse
dislike
and
Jealousies
into
the
hearts
of
the
People
,
and
of
the
Army
,
and
some
who
ought
rather
to
have
repented
the
former
mischief
they
have
wrought
,
than
to
have
endeavored
to
improve
it
,
have
had
the
hardiness
to
publish
,
that
the
Doctrine
of
the
Church
,
against
which
no
man
with
whom
We
have
conferred
hath
excepted
,
ought
to
be
reformed
as
well
as
the
Discipline
.
This
over-passionate
and
turbulent
way
of
proceeding
,
and
the
Impatience
We
finde
in
many
for
some
speedy
determination
in
these
matters
,
whereby
the
mindes
of
men
may
be
composed
,
and
the
Peace
of
the
Church
established
,
hath
prevailed
with
Us
to
invert
the
method
We
had
proposed
to
Our Self
,
and
even
in
order
to
the
better
calling
and
composing
of
a
Synod
(
which
the
present
Jealousies
will
hardly
agree
upon
)
by
the
assistance
of
Gods
blessed
Spirit
,
which
We
daily
invoke
and
supplicate
to
give
some
determination
Our Self
to
the
matters
in
difference
,
until
such
a
Synod
may
be
called
,
as
may
without
passion
or
prejudice
,
give
Us
such
farther
assistance
towards
a
perfect
Union
of
Affections
,
as
well
as
submission
to
Authority
,
as
is
necessary
:
And
We
are
the
rather
induced
to
take
this
upon
Us
,
by
finding
upon
the
full
Conference
We
have
had
with
the
learned
men
of
several
perswasions
,
that
the
mischiefs
,
under
which
both
the
Church
and
State
do
at
present
suffer
,
do
not
result
from
any
formed
Doctrine
or
Conclusion
which
either
Party
maintains
or
avows
,
but
from
the
Passion
and
Appetite
and
Interest
of
particular
Persons
,
who
contract
greater
prejudice
to
each
other
,
from
those
Affections
,
than
would
naturally
rise
from
their
Opinions
;
and
those
distempers
must
be
in
some
degree
allayed
,
before
the
meeting
in
a
Synod
can
be
attended
with
better
success
,
than
their
meeting
in
other
places
,
and
their
discourses
in
Pulpits
have
hitherto
been
;
and
till
all
thoughts
of
Victory
are
laid
aside
,
the
humble
and
necessary
thoughts
for
the
Vindication
of
Truth
cannot
be
enough
entertained
.
We
must
for
the
honor
of
all
those
of
either
perswasion
with
whom
We
have
conferred
,
declare
,
That
the
Professions
and
Desires
of
all
for
the
advancement
of
Piety
and
true
Godliness
,
are
the
same
;
their
Professions
of
Zeal
for
the
Peace
of
the
Church
,
the
same
;
of
Affection
and
Duty
to
Us
,
the
same
:
They
all
approve
Episcopacy
;
they
all
approve
a
set
Form
of
Liturgy
;
and
they
all
disapprove
and
dislike
the
Sin
of
Sacriledge
,
and
the
Alienation
of
the
Revenue
of
the
Church
;
And
if
upon
these
excellent
Foundations
,
in
submission
to
which
there
is
such
a
harmony
of
Affections
,
any
Superstructures
should
be
raised
,
to
the
shaking
those
Foundations
,
and
to
the
contracting
and
lessening
the
blessed
gift
of
Charity
,
which
is
a
vital
part
of
Christian
Religion
,
We
shall
think
Our Self
very
unfortunate
,
and
even
suspect
that
We
are
defective
in
that
administration
of
Government
with
which
God
hath
entrusted
Us.
We
need
not
profess
the
high
Affection
and
esteem
We
have
for
the
Church
of
England
as
it
is
established
by
Law
;
the
Reverence
to
which
hath
supported
us
,
with
Gods
blessing
,
against
many
temptations
;
nor
do
We
think
that
Reverence
in
the
least
degree
diminished
by
Our
Condescentions
,
not
peremptorily
to
insist
on
some
particulars
of
Ceremony
,
which
,
however
introduced
by
the
Piety
and
Devotion
,
and
Order
of
former
times
,
may
not
be
so
agreeable
to
the
present
,
but
may
even
lessen
that
Piety
and
Devotion
,
for
the
improvement
whereof
they
might
happily
be
first
introduced
,
and
consequently
may
well
be
dispensed
with
;
and
We
hope
this
charitable
compliance
of
Ours
will
dispose
the
minds
of
all
men
to
a
cheerful
submisson
to
that
Authority
,
the
preservation
whereof
is
so
necessary
for
the
Unity
and
Peace
of
the
Church
;
and
that
they
will
acknowledge
the
support
of
the
Episcopal
Authority
,
to
be
the
best
support
of
Religion
,
by
being
the
best
means
to
contein
the
minds
of
men
within
the
Rules
of
Government
:
And
they
who
would
restrain
the
exercise
of
that
holy
function
within
the
Rules
which
were
observed
in
the
Primitive
times
,
must
remember
and
consider
,
that
the
Ecclesiastical
Power
being
in
those
blessed
times
alwaies
subordinate
and
subject
to
the
Civil
,
it
was
likewise
proportioned
to
such
an
extent
of
Jurisdiction
as
was
most
agreeable
to
that
:
And
as
the
Sanctity
and
Simplicity
,
and
Resignation
of
that
Age
,
did
then
refer
many
things
to
the
Bishops
,
which
the
policy
of
succeeding
Ages
would
not
admit
,
at
least
did
otherwise
provide
for
;
so
it
can
be
no
reproach
to
primitive
Episcopacy
,
if
where
there
have
been
great
alterations
in
the
Civil
Government
,
from
what
was
then
,
there
have
been
likewise
some
difference
and
alteration
in
the
Ecclesiastical
,
the
Essence
and
Foundation
being
still
preserved
.
And
upon
this
ground
,
without
taking
upon
Us
to
censure
the
Government
of
the
Church
in
other
Countreys
,
where
the
Government
of
the
State
is
different
from
what
it
is
here
,
or
enlarging
Our Self
upon
the
Reasons
why
,
whilest
there
was
an
Imagination
of
erecting
a
Democratical
Government
here
in
the
State
,
they
should
be
willing
to
continue
an
Aristocratical
Government
in
the
Church
;
It
shall
suffice
to
say
,
that
since
by
the
wonderful
blessing
of
God
,
the
hearts
of
this
whole
Nation
are
returned
to
an
obedience
to
Monarchique
Government
in
the
State
,
it
must
be
very
reasonable
to
support
that
Government
in
the
Church
which
is
established
by
Law
,
and
with
which
the
Monarchy
hath
flourished
through
so
many
Ages
,
and
which
is
in
truth
as
ancient
in
this
Island
as
the
Christian
Monarchy
thereof
;
and
which
hath
alwaies
in
some
respects
or
degrees
been
enlarged
or
restrained
,
as
hath
been
thought
most
conducing
to
the
Peace
and
Happiness
of
the
Kingdome
;
and
therefore
We
have
not
the
least
doubt
but
that
the
present
Bishops
will
think
the
present
Concessions
now
made
by
Us
to
allay
the
present
distempers
,
very
just
and
reasonable
,
and
will
very
cheerfully
conform
themselves
thereunto
.
1.
We
do
in
the
first
place
Declare
,
Our
purpose
and
Resolution
is
and
shall
be
to
promote
the
power
of
Godliness
,
to
encourage
the
exercises
of
Religion
both
publique
and
private
,
and
to
take
care
that
the
Lords
day
be
applied
to
holy
exercises
,
without
unnecessary
divertisements
;
and
that
insufficient
,
negligent
,
and
scandalous
Ministers
be
not
permitted
in
the
Church
:
And
that
as
the
present
Bishops
are
known
to
be
men
of
great
and
exemplar
Piety
in
their
lives
,
which
they
have
manifested
in
their
notorious
and
unexampled
Sufferings
during
these
late
distempers
;
and
of
great
and
known
sufficiency
of
learning
;
So
We
shall
take
special
Care
,
by
the
assistance
of
God
,
to
prefer
no
men
to
that
Office
and
Charge
,
but
men
of
Learning
,
Virtue
,
and
Piety
,
who
may
be
themselves
the
best
examples
to
those
who
are
to
be
Governed
by
them
;
And
We
shall
expect
,
and
provide
the
best
We
can
,
that
the
Bishops
be
frequent
Preachers
,
and
that
they
do
very
often
Preach
themselves
in
some
Church
of
their
Diocess
,
except
they
be
hindred
by
sickness
,
or
other
bodily
infirmities
,
or
some
other
justifiable
occasion
,
which
shall
not
be
thought
justifiable
if
it
be
frequent
.
2.
Because
the
Diocesses
,
especially
some
of
them
,
are
thought
to
be
of
too
large
extent
;
We
will
appoint
such
a
Number
of
Suffragan
Bishops
in
every
Diocess
as
shall
be
sufficient
for
the
due
performance
of
their
work
.
3.
No
Bishop
shall
Ordain
,
or
exercise
any
part
of
Jurisdiction
which
appertains
to
the
Censures
of
the
Church
,
without
the
advice
and
assistance
of
the
Presbyters
;
And
no
Chancellors
,
Commissaries
,
or
Officials
,
as
such
,
shall
exercise
any
Act
of
Spiritual
Jurisdiction
in
these
cases
(
viz.
)
Excommunication
,
Absolution
,
or
wherein
any
of
the
Ministry
are
concerned
,
with
reference
to
their
Pastoral
Charge
.
However
our
intent
and
meaning
is
to
uphold
and
maintain
the
Profession
of
the
Civil
Law
,
so
far
and
in
such
matters
as
it
hath
been
of
use
and
practise
within
Our
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
;
Albeit
as
to
Excommunication
,
Our
Will
and
Pleasure
is
,
that
no
Chancellor
,
Commissary
,
or
Official
shall
Decree
any
Sentence
of
Excommunication
or
Absolution
,
or
be
Judges
in
those
things
wherein
any
of
the
Ministry
are
concerned
,
as
is
aforesaid
.
Nor
shall
the
Arch-Deacon
exercise
any
Jurisdiction
without
the
advice
and
assistance
of
six
Ministers
of
his
Arch-Deaconry
,
whereof
three
to
be
nominated
by
the
Bishop
,
and
three
by
the
election
of
the
major
part
of
the
Presbyters
within
the
Arch-Deaconry
.
4.
To
the
end
that
the
Deans
and
Chapters
may
be
the
better
fitted
to
afford
Councel
and
Assistance
to
the
Bishops
,
both
in
Ordination
and
the
other
Offices
mentioned
before
;
We
will
take
care
that
those
Preferments
be
given
to
the
most
learned
and
Pious
Presbyters
of
the
Diocess
;
And
moreover
,
that
an
equal
number
(
to
those
of
the
Chapter
)
of
the
most
learned
,
pious
,
and
discreet
Presbyters
of
the
same
Diocess
,
annually
chosen
by
the
major
vote
of
all
the
Presbyters
of
that
Diocess
present
at
such
Elections
,
shall
be
alwaies
advising
and
assisting
,
together
with
those
of
the
Chapter
,
in
all
Ordinations
,
and
in
every
part
of
Jurisdiction
which
appertains
to
the
Censures
of
the
Church
,
and
at
all
other
solemn
and
important
actions
in
the
exercise
of
the
Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction
wherein
any
of
the
Ministery
are
concerned
:
Provided
,
that
at
all
such
meetings
,
the
number
of
the
Ministers
so
elected
,
and
those
present
of
the
Chapter
shall
be
equal
,
and
not
exceed
one
the
other
,
and
that
to
make
the
numbers
equal
,
the
Juniors
of
the
exceeding
number
be
withdrawn
,
that
the
most
ancient
may
take
place
:
Nor
shall
any
Suffragan
Bishop
Ordain
or
exercise
the
fore-mentioned
Offices
and
Acts
of
Spiritual
Jurisdiction
,
but
with
the
advice
and
assistance
of
a
sufficient
number
of
the
most
judicious
and
pious
Presbyters
,
annually
chosen
,
as
aforesaid
,
within
his
Precincts
:
And
Our
Will
is
,
that
the
great
Work
of
Ordination
be
constantly
and
solemnly
performed
by
the
Bishop
and
his
aforesaid
Presbytery
,
at
the
four
set
times
and
seasons
appointed
by
the
Church
for
that
purpose
.
5.
We
will
take
care
that
Confirmation
be
rightly
and
solemnly
performed
,
by
the
Information
,
and
with
the
Consent
of
the
Minister
of
the
place
;
who
shall
admit
none
to
the
Lord's
Supper
,
till
they
have
made
a
credible
Profession
of
their
Faith
,
and
promised
Obedience
to
the
Will
of
God
,
according
as
is
expressed
in
the
Considerations
of
the
Rubrick
before
the
Catechism
;
And
that
all
possible
diligence
be
used
for
the
Instruction
and
Reformation
of
scandalous
Offenders
,
whom
the
Minister
shall
not
suffer
to
partake
of
the
Lord's
Table
,
until
they
have
openly
declared
themselves
to
have
truly
repented
,
and
amended
their
former
naughty
lives
,
as
is
partly
expressed
in
the
Rubrick
,
and
more
fully
in
the
Canons
;
Provided
there
be
place
for
due
Appeals
to
Superior
Powers
.
But
besides
the
Suffragans
and
their
Presbytery
,
every
Rural
Dean
(
those
Deans
,
as
heretofore
,
to
be
nominated
by
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocess
)
together
with
three
or
four
Ministers
of
that
Deanery
,
chosen
by
the
major
part
of
all
the
Ministers
within
the
same
,
shall
meet
once
in
every
moneth
,
to
receive
such
complaints
as
shall
be
presented
to
them
by
the
Ministers
or
Church-Wardens
of
the
respective
Parishes
;
and
also
to
compose
all
such
differences
betwixt
party
and
party
,
as
shall
be
referred
unto
them
by
way
of
Arbitration
,
and
to
convince
Offenders
,
and
reform
all
such
things
as
they
finde
amiss
,
by
their
Pastoral
Reproofs
and
Admonitions
,
if
they
may
be
so
reformed
:
And
such
matters
as
they
cannot
by
this
Pastoral
and
Perswasive
way
compose
and
reform
,
are
by
them
to
be
prepared
for
,
and
presented
to
the
Bishop
;
at
which
meeting
any
other
Ministers
of
that
Deanery
,
may
,
if
they
please
,
be
present
and
assist
.
Moreover
,
the
Rural
Dean
and
his
Assistants
are
in
their
respective
Divisions
,
to
see
that
the
children
and
yonger
sort
be
carefully
instructed
by
the
respective
Ministers
of
every
Parish
,
in
the
Grounds
of
Christian
Religion
,
and
be
able
to
give
a
good
acount
of
their
Faith
and
Knowledge
,
and
also
of
their
Christian
Conversation
conformable
thereunto
,
before
they
be
confirmed
by
the
Bishop
,
or
admitted
to
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lord's
Supper
.
6.
No
Bishop
shall
exercise
any
Arbitrary
Power
,
or
do
or
impose
any
thing
upon
the
Clergy
or
the
People
,
but
what
is
according
to
the
known
Law
of
the
Land
.
7.
We
are
very
glad
to
finde
,
that
all
with
whom
We
have
conferred
,
do
in
their
Judgements
approve
a
Liturgy
,
or
set
Form
of
Publick
Worship
,
to
be
lawful
;
which
in
Our
Judgement
,
for
the
preservation
of
Unity
,
and
Uniformity
,
We
conceive
to
be
very
necessary
:
And
though
We
do
esteem
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
of
England
,
contained
in
the
Book
of
Common
Prayer
,
and
by
Law
established
,
to
be
the
best
We
have
seen
;
and
We
believe
that
We
have
seen
all
that
are
extant
and
used
in
this
part
of
the
World
,
and
well
know
what
Reverence
most
of
the
Reformed
Churches
,
or
at
least
the
most
Learned
men
in
those
Churches
have
for
it
;
Yet
since
We
finde
some
exceptions
made
against
several
things
therein
,
We
will
appoint
an
equal
number
of
Learned
Divines
of
both
Perswasions
,
to
re-view
the
same
,
and
to
make
such
alterations
as
shall
be
thought
most
necessary
;
and
some
additional
Forms
(
in
the
Scripture
phrase
,
as
near
as
may
be
)
suited
unto
the
nature
of
the
several
parts
of
Worship
,
and
that
it
be
left
to
the
Ministers
choice
to
use
one
or
other
at
his
discretion
.
In
the
mean
time
,
and
till
this
be
done
,
although
We
do
heartily
wish
and
desire
,
that
the
Ministers
in
their
several
Churches
,
because
they
dislike
some
Clauses
and
Expressions
,
would
not
totally
lay
aside
the
use
of
the
Book
of
Common
Prayer
,
but
read
those
parts
against
which
there
can
be
no
exception
;
which
would
be
the
best
instance
of
declining
those
marks
of
distinction
,
which
We
so
much
labour
and
desire
to
remove
;
yet
in
compassion
to
divers
of
Our
good
Subjects
,
who
scruple
the
use
of
it
as
now
it
is
,
Our
Will
and
Pleasure
is
,
that
none
be
punished
or
troubled
for
not
using
it
,
until
it
be
reviewed
,
and
effectually
Reformed
,
as
aforesaid
.
8.
Lastly
,
Concerning
Ceremonies
,
which
have
administred
so
much
matter
of
difference
and
contention
,
and
which
have
been
introduced
by
the
Wisdom
and
Authority
of
the
Church
,
for
edification
,
and
the
improvement
of
Piety
:
We
shall
say
no
more
,
but
that
We
have
the
more
esteem
of
all
,
and
Reverence
for
many
of
them
,
by
having
been
present
in
many
of
those
Churches
where
they
are
most
abolished
,
or
discountenanced
;
And
it
cannot
be
doubted
,
but
that
,
as
the
Universal
Church
cannot
introduce
one
Ceremony
in
the
Worship
of
God
,
that
is
contrary
to
Gods
Word
expressed
in
the
Scripture
;
so
every
National
Church
,
with
the
Approbation
and
Consent
of
the
Soveraign
Power
,
may
,
and
hath
always
introduced
such
particular
Ceremonies
,
as
in
that
conjuncture
of
time
are
thought
most
proper
for
edification
,
and
the
necessary
improvement
of
Piety
and
Devotion
in
the
People
,
though
the
necessary
practice
thereof
cannot
be
deduced
from
Scripture
;
And
that
which
before
was
,
and
in
it self
is
indifferent
,
ceases
to
be
indifferent
,
after
it
is
once
established
by
Law
:
And
therefore
Our
present
Consideration
and
Work
is
,
to
gratifie
the
private
Consciences
of
those
who
are
grieved
with
the
use
of
some
Ceremonies
,
by
indulging
to
,
and
dispencing
with
their
omitting
those
Ceremonies
;
not
utterly
to
abolish
any
which
are
Established
by
Law
,
(
if
any
are
practised
contrary
to
Law
,
the
same
shall
cease
)
which
would
be
unjust
,
and
of
ill
example
;
and
to
impose
upon
the
Conscience
of
some
,
for
the
satisfaction
of
the
Conscience
of
others
,
which
is
otherwise
provided
for
.
As
it
could
not
be
reasonable
that
men
should
expect
that
We
should
Our Self
decline
,
or
enjoyn
others
to
do
so
,
to
receive
the
Blessed
Sacrament
upon
Our
Knees
,
which
in
Our
Conscience
is
the
most
humble
,
most
devout
,
and
most
agreeable
posture
for
that
holy
Duty
,
because
some
other
men
,
upon
reasons
best
,
if
not
only
known
to
themselves
,
choose
rather
to
do
it
sitting
or
standing
:
We
shall
leave
all
decisions
and
determinations
of
that
kinde
,
if
they
shall
be
thought
necessary
for
a
perfect
and
entire
Unity
and
Uniformity
throughout
the
Nation
,
to
the
advice
of
a
National
Synod
,
which
shall
be
duly
called
,
after
a
little
time
,
and
a
mutual
Conversation
between
persons
of
different
perswasions
,
hath
mollified
those
distempers
,
abated
those
sharpnesses
,
and
extinguished
those
jealousies
which
make
men
unfit
for
those
Consultations
;
And
upon
such
Advice
,
We
shall
use
Our
best
endeavour
that
such
Laws
may
be
established
,
as
may
best
provide
for
the
Peace
of
the
Church
and
State
.
Provided
that
none
shall
be
denied
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lord's
Supper
,
though
they
do
not
use
the
gesture
of
kneeling
in
the
act
of
receiving
.
In
the
mean
time
,
out
of
Compassion
and
Compliance
towards
those
who
would
for
bear
the
Cross
in
Baptism
,
We
are
content
that
no
man
shall
be
compelled
to
use
the
same
,
or
suffer
for
not
doing
it
:
But
if
any
Parent
desire
to
have
his
Childe
Christened
according
to
the
Form
used
,
and
the
Minister
will
not
use
the
Sign
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
that
Parent
to
procure
another
Minister
to
do
it
:
And
if
the
proper
Minister
shall
refuse
to
omit
that
Ceremony
of
the
Cross
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Parent
,
who
would
not
have
his
Childe
so
Baptized
,
to
procure
another
Minister
to
do
it
,
who
will
do
it
according
to
his
desire
.
No
man
shall
be
compelled
to
bow
at
the
Name
of
JESUS
,
or
suffer
in
any
degree
for
not
doing
it
,
without
reproaching
those
who
out
of
their
Devotion
continue
that
ancient
Ceremony
of
the
Church
.
For
the
use
of
the
Surplice
,
We
are
contented
that
all
men
be
left
to
their
liberty
to
do
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
without
suffering
in
the
least
degree
for
wearing
or
not
wearing
it
;
Provided
,
that
this
liberty
do
not
extend
to
Our
own
Chappel
,
Cathedral
,
or
Collegiate
Churches
,
or
to
any
Colledge
in
either
of
Our
Universities
;
but
that
the
several
Statutes
and
Customs
for
the
use
thereof
in
the
said
places
,
be
there
observed
as
formerly
.
And
because
some
men
,
otherwise
pious
and
learned
,
say
they
cannot
conform
unto
the
Subscription
required
by
the
Canon
,
nor
take
the
Oath
of
Canonical
Obedience
;
We
are
content
,
and
it
is
Our
Will
and
Pleasure
,
(
so
they
take
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
)
that
they
shall
receive
Ordination
,
Institution
,
and
Induction
,
and
shall
be
permitted
to
exercise
their
Function
,
and
to
enjoy
the
Profits
of
their
Livings
,
without
the
said
Subscription
or
Oath
of
Canonical
Obedience
:
And
moreover
,
That
no
persons
in
the
Universities
shall
for
the
want
of
such
Subscription
,
be
hindred
in
the
taking
of
their
Degrees
.
Lastly
,
That
none
be
judged
to
forfeit
his
Presentation
or
Benefice
,
or
be
deprived
of
it
,
upon
the
Statute
of
the
Thirteenth
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
Chapter
the
Twelfth
,
so
he
read
and
declare
his
assent
to
all
the
Articles
of
Religion
,
which
only
concern
the
Confession
of
the
true
Christian
Faith
,
and
the
Doctrine
of
the
Sacraments
,
comprised
in
the
Book
of
Articles
,
in
the
said
Statute
mentioned
.
In
a
word
,
We
do
again
renew
what
We
have
formerly
said
in
Our
Declaration
from
Breda
,
for
the
liberty
of
tender
Consciences
,
that
no
man
shall
be
disquieted
or
called
in
question
for
differences
of
Opinion
in
matters
of
Religion
,
which
do
not
disturb
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
;
and
if
any
have
been
disturbed
in
that
kinde
since
Our
arrival
here
,
it
hath
not
proceeded
from
any
Direction
of
Ours
.
To
conclude
,
and
in
this
place
to
explain
what
We
mentioned
before
,
and
said
in
Our
Letter
to
the
House
of
Commons
from
Breda
,
That
We
hoped
in
due
time
,
Our Self
to
propose
somewhat
for
the
Propagation
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
that
will
satisfie
the
World
,
that
We
have
always
made
it
both
Our
Care
and
Our
Study
,
and
have
enough
observed
what
is
most
like
to
bring
disadvantage
to
it
:
We
do
conjure
all
Our
Loving
Subjects
to
acquiesce
in
,
and
submit
to
this
Our
Declaration
concerning
those
differences
which
have
so
much
disquieted
the
Nation
at
home
,
and
given
such
offence
to
the
Protestant
Churches
abroad
,
and
brought
such
reproach
upon
the
Protestant
Religion
in
general
,
from
the
enemies
thereof
;
as
if
upon
obscure
notions
of
Faith
and
Fancy
,
it
did
admit
the
practice
of
Christian
Duties
and
Obedience
to
be
discountenanced
and
suspended
,
and
introduce
a
Licence
in
Opinions
and
Manners
,
to
the
prejudice
of
the
Christian
Faith
.
And
let
Us
all
endeavour
,
and
emulate
each
other
in
those
endeavours
,
to
countenance
and
advance
the
Protestant
Religion
abroad
,
which
will
be
best
done
by
supporting
the
Dignity
and
Reverence
due
to
the
best
Reformed
Protestant
Church
at
home
;
and
which
being
once
freed
from
the
Calumnies
and
Reproaches
it
hath
undergone
from
these
late
ill
times
,
will
be
the
best
shelter
for
those
abroad
,
which
will
,
by
that
Countenance
,
both
be
the
better
protected
against
their
enemies
,
and
be
the
more
easily
induced
to
compose
the
differences
amongst
themselves
,
which
give
their
enemies
more
advantage
against
them
:
And
We
hope
and
expect
,
that
all
men
will
henceforward
forbear
to
vent
any
such
Doctrine
in
the
Pulpit
,
or
to
endeavour
to
work
in
such
manner
upon
the
Affections
of
the
People
,
as
may
dispose
them
to
an
ill
opinion
of
Us
and
the
Government
,
and
to
disturb
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
.
Which
if
all
men
will
in
their
several
Vocations
endeavour
to
preserve
with
the
same
Affection
and
Zeal
We
Our Self
will
do
;
all
Our
good
Subjects
will
,
by
Gods
blessing
upon
Us
,
enjoy
as
great
a
measure
of
Felicity
,
as
this
Nation
hath
ever
done
,
and
which
We
shall
constantly
labour
to
procure
for
them
,
as
the
greatest
blessing
God
can
bestow
upon
Us
in
this
World
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Whitehall
,
this
Twenty
fifth
day
of
October
,
1660.
FINIS
.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
JOHN
BILL
,
Printer
to
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
1660.