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 eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. eebo The Resolvtion of the women of London to the Parliament : wherein they declare their hot zeale in sending their husbands to the warres in defence of K n/a 1642 9 2070 6 0 0 0 0 0 28.99 C The rate of 28.99 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE RESOLVTION Of the Women of London to the Parliament .

Wherein they declare their hot zeale in sendnig their busbands to the warres , in defence of King and Parliament , as also the proceedlngs of the King a● York , with their full determination in maintaining this their Resolution , to the admiration of the Reader .

With their desires to the Parliament that this may be printed .

depiction of a woman admonishing her husband to go to war

Go to the wars .

Aug. 26

The Resolution of the women of London at a meeting in the Garden Allies in Moore Fields .

BE it known that we the women of London , or rather the women kinde , or female sex , whether wives , widowes , maids , or foolish virgines , if there bee any such , of what size soever we be , low or tall , or of whatsoever con●ition , whether rich or poore , great or small , honest or halfe honest , even from the blacke-bagge to the Oyster-wench , doe all agree , that if there should be warrs , as wee doe shrewdly suspect it by the daily noise of Drummes , the great preparations which are made , and the powder which is continually spent , together with the cracking of Guns in the streets , we that are wives , and are troubled with bad husbands , that will spend all abroad , and then come home and use us scurvily , beating us out of doores , doe purpose to use our tongues in such a violent manner , that our continuall scolding shall make them goe to the warres , and then will we in our husbands absence , live as merrily as may be , drinke , feast , and walk abroad ; and if we have a minde to it , keep and maintaine a friend , that upon occasion may doe us a pleasure : let our husbands fight , they are mad-brain'd enough , they can fight with their poore wives , let them try now if they can fight with their enemies . As for Widowes , they have no hu●bands to lose ; and some of them ate so old , that Cupid is their malignant party , they cannot get husbands for love nor money , and therefore they are resolved to marry none but Cavaliers . I would all the Cavaliers would matcht to these old Gunnes , that they might leave taking Castles , and marry these old Crones , who during the time of the warres , are resolved to sit still in their chambers and doe nothing , not so much as say their prayers , contriving onely by what means they may secure their gold from being taken away by the enemy . Maids are also resolved , that the report of wars shall not beat the strong conceit of a hu●band out of their minds ; but if they can , they will marry , if it bee but to bring a race of Souldiers inso the world ; and to the end that they may maintaine themselves in a generous fashion , there being such a plenitude and plenty of maids , that one spoiles the others markets in the way of matrimony , some m●ids are fully resolved to expose themselves and their commodities to trading , not doubting but to have three for one for every adventure , and afterward make very good wives for hungry Souldiers , at their returne from the warres . But because we will not seeme to iest in a matter of earnest , therefore seeing the Kings Maiesty hath withdrawne himselfe from his Parliament , and hath disencouraged their proceedings , nay , and which is worse , hath raised an Army to destroy us all , God blesse us ; we women must needs descant upon these words of dangerous consequence : for we know that men are drawne away by severall means and occasions , some by wine , some by covetousnesse , and some ( though we say it our selves ) by women ; but to with-draw is a word of great importance , and will affoord many observations we coniecture , that in this place it signifies to bee drawne by the malignant party ; or if the word be turned , we women know that draw with are words of doubtfull construction , somtimes to be drawne with temptation , as wee women are often drawne with faire alluring promises ; or in a more particular sense , though somewhat opprobrious to bee drawne with an affection of strong drinke to pawne our petticoats , to be drawne with the love of this or that new fangle , to put our husbands to charge for the procuring thereof ; to be drawne with the delights , pleasures , pastimes , or to be drawne with the love of any thing whether fine apparrell , good wine , good cheere , gay garments and pretious stones , all this is to be withdrawn with the concupiscence of our own desires , or to be drawn with our owne desires and concupiscence ; and so we upon assured grounds doe conceive without the help of any Courtiers or Scollars : That the King is withdrawne by some wicked counsellors , commonly called the malignant party , or else drawn with the advice of some wicked counsellor . We say no more , yet somthing we will say more . It follows in the nex● place , that the King hath withdrawne himself , which is a matter to be thought upon : for many a man is withdrawne when hee is not himselfe , and is none of his owne man as we say , but is indeed stark drunk ; but the King God be thanked , is a wise , gracious , and temperate Prince , a Soveraigne that can reigne and rule over his owne passions , and therefore it may very well seeme strange , even to women of the best understanding , that the King hath withdrawne himselfe : for if the King had been withdrawn and not himselfe , or himselfe had been withdrawne and not the King , it had then been very likely that the King might in time have withdrawn himselfe from those evill wicked counsellors , who have not onely withdrawne the King and himselfe , but also himselfe and the King : and indeed to speake plainly , the Kings owne selfe .

But from whom have they withdrawne the Kings own selfe ; for that is a point very considerable , the words immediatly following make it apparant from whom it is , even from his friends , from those that seek his good ; and pitty it is it should be so , even in a word , from his faithful loving Parliament ; had these wicked counsellors withdrawne him from shewing any favour to Papists , and those that are Popishly inclined , or withdrawne him from the Cavaliers , or withdrawne him onely from the City , whereby some women of good carriage have lived very poorly , for want of the Courtiers company ; yet all this might have been born with patience , but they have withdrawne him from the Parliament , that is to say , many miles distant from the Parliament ; neither was it a small iourney that he took , but they have withdrawn him from the Parliament to York ; and surely they were none of his friends that advised him to absent himselfe from his Court at White-hall , from his hunting and other pastimes , and from us though the weakest vessels , yet full of loyalty to his Maiesty : therefore we women doe constantly affirme , that this counsell of withdrawing the King , and the Kings selfe , which aggravates the matter , was a kind of malitious treason , and the counsellors deserve , in the iudgement of all true hearted women , to be hang'd and drawne that have thus withdrawne the King and the Kings selfe from his loving loyall Parliament .

And what hath this produced ? It is most evident , that the King having withdrawn himselfe from his Parliament , hath thereby discouraged their proceedings : discouraged doth intimate as much as to dishearten , to oppose and disanimate ; as we women , when we are out of cloathes , are presently disceuraged : and there is no woman but hath read , that when Venus and Wulcan were taken in bed together , the Poet , as I remember , saith , they were discouraged . And indeed , put the case that any woman , though never so honest , were by her husband surprized , and found lying with another man , would not she on the sudden be much discouraged ? and her husband also would bee so much discouraged , that hee would never love her afterward . But these are triviall idle matters , and therefore to proceed further , it followes , that he hath discouraged them in their proceedings , that is , the Parliaments proceedings : for they being all members of the Parliament , therefore whosoever they were that have withdrawne the King from the Parliament , have thereby also discouraged their proceedings , which a is shrewd matter : for how can they go forward , or bring any businesse to effect , or bring to passe what hath been so long expected , while they are by the malignant party , and by the King , withdrawne from the Parliament discouraged , and that in their proceedings : for bashfull suiters never attaine their desires , women never become good housewives , nor any busines can ever be well performed , if the party that doth goe about it , bee discouraged ; how can then this Parliament doe that which they desired to performe for the good of this kingdome , if they be discouraged in their proceedings ?

But let 's proceed a little further , & then it will be most evidently manifest , that this discouragement in their proceedings , is nothing ; but that which strikes and pierces us women to the heart , is this : It is most true , that the King hath raised an Army to destroy us all : now I pray you consider who it is hath raiseth these forces , it is no Wat Tiler or Iack Straw , or any such rebellious company that in former times did rise against the King , but the King doth intend to make warre against himselfe , or on those that love him as wel as himselfe , that is , his loving subiects and Parliament , what follows then ? why , by necessary consequence , if the King make war , it must be raised somewhere , and against some body ; now this word raising doth import a difficulty in doing any thing with violence ; and so we women beleeve that it will bee a hard matter for the King to raise a great Army in the North , even so it is a hard matter for any woman , though of very good breeding , to raise herselfe to be a Gentlewoman , or a yonger brother to raise his fortunes ; but if the King having withdrawn himselfe from the Parliament , hath discouraged their proceeding , and also raised an Army to destroy us , we women doe purpose to raise up our vaines , and most heartily to curse the malignant party , who hath perswaded the King to raise this Army ; and we women , to shew our good affection to the King and Parliament , will bee ever ready to reason and wrangle in defence of them both ; and if we had nine lives like a Cat , or nine Cats lives , whieh according to that computation , would be eighty one lives , we would expose them all to hazzard for the maintenance of the Kings person and honour , and the priviledge of Parliament .

FINIS .