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enquire what the king did upon this unheard-of | severe to many, who at the same time conprovocation, what vengeance he took upon tinue their guilt, and undervalue his compasthose whose professed and avowed principle sion; that there hath not been a week since was not to distinguish between him and ano- that time, in which there hath not been comther man, nay, to kill him sooner than any binations and conspiracies formed against his other man, you will find, as was said of Cæsar, person, and against the peace of the kingdom, that 'libentius vitam victor jam daret, quam which before this time would have taken effect, victi acciperent;' that his mercy hath been no if God had not put it into the hearts of some less obstinate than their malice and wicked- who were trusted in the councils, to discover ness; that few persons have suffered; and the design, time enough for prevention. And that he hath restrained the law from being upon all these alarms, and the interception of desperate men quickly routed, and so marched were killed before, another refusing quarter on to Bishops-gate, where they passed without was first knocked down, and then shot with a opposition, and from thence to Cripple-gate, musket. The rest being demanded why they where they came into the city again, and so to did not ask quarter before, answered They Alders-gate. Here threatening the constable, durst not for fear their own fellows should who was weakly attended, they were let out have shot them.' In this Insurrection 20 of again. Then they declared themselves for the king's men were slain, and as many of the King Jesus, and thus proceeded to Beech- rebels. Those taken were Venner himself, Lane, where they killed a Headborough that Hodgkins, Gowler, Allen, Pym, Ashton, Prichopposed them, and so hastened to Cane-Wood, ard, Fall, Hopkins, Wells, and about as many between Highgate and Hampstead, where they more, not much worth the naming; who blasreposed themselves for that night.-The noise phemously alledged, That if they were deof this strange Insurrection caused the General ceived or mis-led, it was God that deceived to send a party of horse and foot the next day, them.'-These, to the number of 20, were who drove them out of the wood, and took soon after arraigned at the Old Bailey for treasome of them prisoners, who were committed son and murder; which being fully proved, to the Gate-House. The rest having rallied with all the forementioned particulars, they again, on Wednesday morning returned to were all found guilty, except Hopkins and London, with assurance by Venner their Wells, against whom the evidence was not full, leader, That no weapon formed against them and against one Patshul only a single witness: 'should prosper: therefore they might look wherefore they were acquitted by their jury. upon the example of Gideon: it was the When sentence was pronounced against them, same thing to God, whether he saved by a and the lord chief justice Foster seriously few or a multitude.' Their first appearance charged Venner with the blood of his unhappy was in Threadneedle-street, behind the Ex- accomplices, he impudently replied, It was change, where they beat back a party sent by not he, but Jesus that led them.' Three of the guard there. But, upon the advance of them confessed their crime, and craved mercy, more forces, they retreated to Bishops-gate- but the rest continued obstinate. Being senstreet; where after a sharp encounter, two of tenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, each side being slain, they gradually slipt Venner and Hodgkins were on the 19th of away and disappeared. A while after, like Jan. executed over-against their Meetingthe gathering of clouds, they were seen again House in Coleman-street. The former spoke at College-Hill and Maiden-Lane, where they little but in vindication of himself and his fact, designed to sacrifice the lord-mayor. But and something of his opinion, with an assurmissing of him, they crossed Cheapside, and ance That the time was at hand when other passed into Wood-street. Here began a cruel judgment would be;' highly reflecting upon fight, wherein they shewed skill as well as great the present government. Hodgkins raved and valour; and having ruffled some trained-bands, cursed in the manner of praying, calling and repelled the horse-guards that came to down vengeance from Heaven upon the king, assist them, they did not give way till Venuer the judges, and the city of London; nor was knocked down and severely wounded, and would he desist, till the executioner put an Tuffney and Cragg, two of their fiercest preach- end to all his extravagancies. Two days after ers and combatants, were slain. Whereupon nine more were executed in five several places the greatest part of them retreated to Cripple- of the city, without being quartered, as the gate, firing in good order in their rear upon two first were. All persisted, like the Regithe trained-bands, who were in close pursuit of cides, in justifying their crimes, except one them. Col. Cox, who commanded, lodged ten young man, who shewed great signs of repenof them in an ale-house near the postern, tance. Thus ended a Rebellion of a very which house they obstinately maintained. The strange nature, which was begun and carried house being surrounded, some of the soldiers on with such infernal rage, that if their numbers untiled the next house, and shot in upon them, had been equal to their spirits, they would have being in the upper room, who still refused overturned the city, and the nation, and the quarter: at the same time another party of world, which in their imagination they had musketeers got up the stairs, broke down the divided among themselves." P. 784. door, and entered their garrison. Six of them

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such letters as would in all other countries have produced the rack for further discoveries, and under the late government in this would have erected high courts of justice for their punishment, he hath left the offenders to the judges of the law, and those judges to the precise forms and ordinary rules of the law. My Lords and Gentlemen; If the new licence and corruption of this time hath exceeded the wickedness of former ages, that the old laws have not enough provided for the punishment of wickedness they could not foresee cr imagine; it will become your wisdoms to provide new Remedies for new diseases, and to secure the precious person of our dear sovereign from the first approaches of villany, and the peace of the kingdom from the first overtures of sedition. If you will not provide laws to do it, the king will not do any thing extraordinary, even towards his own preservation. You see the rule by which he hath walked; and as he hath made good bis promise to you, so, I doubt not, you will make good his prophecy, and that he shall receive thanks for what he hath done since he was last here. He hath told you now what he hath done; that be is resolved to marry, and resolved whom to marry which, I believe, is the most grateful news that the whole kingdom hath longed for, or could receive, from the first day of his landing here. And when they shall know the great deliberation he hath used before that resolution, and the circumstances in resolving it, they will surely have cause to confess, that never king, in the disposal of himself in marriage, took so great care for the good and felicity of his people. Within a very short time after his landing in this kingdom, he was moved by the ambassador of Portugal, to renew a Treaty lately made between that crown and the Usurper; a treaty in very many respects the most advantageous to this nation that ever was entered into with any prince or people; a treaty by which, at this time, that crown is paying the penalty (which the Usurper exacted from it) for the most noble and heroic act of honour and friendship, performed by that king to our master, that ever was performed by any prince towards another prince in distress. And yet the king was nothing forward to ratify this Treaty; though it is very true, every Article in it but one was entirely for the benefit of this nation, for the extraordinary advancement of Trade, for the good of Religion, and for the honour of the crown: yet there was one, one single Article, that must oblige the king, as it did the Usurper, to supply Portugal with an army for his assistance, when he should require it; that is, Portugal should have power to make levies of 10,000 men for their service. This, the king foresaw, might produce a war with Spain, which he was very unwilling to undergo for that engagement; and yet his Council represented unto him how heart-breaking a thing it would be to his people, to lose the possession of so great a trade, and those other

immense advantages they had by that Treaty ;' and that it would be judged an irrecoverable error in policy, if Portugal should be suffered again to be swallowed up by Spain. However, the king was resolved, not precipitately to engage himself in such a treaty as might be attended with such an inconvenience; but to take time, fully to consider of it; and this delay the Portugal could not be pleased with, and so the ambassador returned home to his master. About this time, the house of commons sent up a Bill to the lords, for the annexing Dunkirk and Jamaica to the crown of England, which seemed to have the most universal consent and approbation from the whole nation that ever any bill could be attended with yet the same consideration which retarded the Treaty with Portugal made the king less warm towards the advancing of that Bill; and the Spanish ambassador was as solicitous to obstruct it, as he hath been since to obstruct the Match with Portugal. This being the case, and the Portugal ambassador returning with such particular overtures to the king for a Marriage with the daughter of that crown, that, both in respect of portion, and many other transcendent advantages for the advancement of the trade and empire of this kingdom, the like hath not been offered in this age; and his majesty having received as full information and satisfaction in the beauty and excellency of that renowned princess as can be had without a personal interview (a circumstance very rarely admitted to princes), it was not in his majesty's power to be without some approbation and inclination to this alliance: yet even then he would not trust himself in this great affair, which so nearly and so dearly concerns himself, and himself above all others. Though the benefit and advantage could but appear the same upon further consultation, yet there might possibly be some mischiefs, or some inconveniencies be discerned, which he had not foreseen. He resolves, therefore, to call his council; tells them some days before, that he had an affair of great importance to impart to them, and to receive their advice in; and therefore appointed an extraordinary day, that they might all appear (and truly, I think, there was but one lord absent, who was then indisposed in his health). In this council he stated the whole matter, all that was offered of benefit and advantage, all that occurred of hazard or inconvenience, without the least discovery of his own inclinations, further than that you would have believed he had seen the picture of his mistress; it having been a speech he hath often accustomed himself to, that he would not marry a woman he had not some reason to believe he could love, though she could bring him the empire of the world. He did not conceal from my lords what the Spanish ambassador had offered against this Marriage (who is not over-reserved in giving counsel, nor in communicating the counsel he gives), what proffers he had made of others, what threats of war in one case,

what advantage of dowry in another; that he is so sollicitous for the advancement of the Protestant Religion, that he had offered several Protestant princesses to whom his master shall give a portion, as with the Infanta of Spain; and truly, less than the universal monarch could not dispose of so many princesses without the least consent or privity of their own. His majesty commanded all my lords to deliver their counsel and advice freely, upon a full prospect of what might appear good and happy for his people as well as for himself; assuring them, as he hath done you now this day, that, as he never did, so he never will do, any thing of great importance, without consulting with them. You will believe that my lords of the council are solicitous enough for the advancement of the Protestant Religion, upon which the welfare of this kingdom so much depends. But they were very apprehensive, that the first Protestant daughter that ever any king of Spain had, would not probably bring so great advantages to it as was pretended. They have no mind to encourage the king to a war; we have had war enough but they do not think he should so much fear a war, as, out of the dread of it, to be at the disposal of any other prince; and that when he hath freed his own subjects from Wardships and from Liveries, that he should himself become a Ward to the king of Spain, and not marry without his approbation and consent. They observed, that in the same Memorials (I do not mean that which he last printed, but a former) in which the Spanish ambassador threatens war if the king marries with Portugal, he presseth very earnestly the delivering up of Dunkirk and Jamaica; and it is plain enough, he would have that recompence for the portion he would give. And, in truth, whosoever is against the Match with Portugal, is for the delivery of Dunkirk and Jamaica; war being as sure to follow from the latter as the former, and from neither till the king of Spain find it convenient for himself, which I hope he will not yet do. I will not enlarge upon the many reasons. The king hath told you the conclusion. There was never a more unanimous advice from any council, not any dissenting voice, in the beseeching his majesty to make this Marriage, and to finish it with all the expedition imaginable. Upon this, he sent for the Portugal ambassador, declared his resolution to him, hath writ himself to Portugal, and is preparing his fleet to fetch home our queen. And I hope now he hath deserved all your thanks, both for the matter and the manner; and that not only ourselves, but the ages that are to succeed us, shall have cause to bless God and his majesty for this resolution that he hath taken, and that he hath declared to us this day, and hath reserved for this day, having obliged his council to secrecy, that he might himself communicate it to his whole kingdom at once.-There are some other particulars of weight; but he will not mingle them with this great important one,

which must so much fill your hearts and your heads; but will reserve them till he sees you again after you have chosen your Speaker, which he now leaves you to do, and to repair to your house for that purpose, that you may present your Speaker to him at 4 of the clock upon Friday."

Before we enter upon the Proceedings of this New Parliament, we think it proper to present our readers with the following Lists of the Members of both Houses:

LIST OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The NAMES of the Lords Temporal in this present Parliament, begun at Westminster the 8th day of May, in the 13th year of the Reign of our most gracious Sovereign Lord King Charles II. 1661.* DUKES

of the Blood-Royal. James, d. of York and Albany, 1. high admiral of England, Rupert, duke of Cumberland.

These take place in respect of their Offices. Edward, earl of Clarendon, lord chancellor of England, Thomas, earl of Southampton, lord treasurer of England. DUKES.

George, duke of Buck-
ingham,

Chas. d. of Richmond
George, duke of Albe-
marle, general of
the armies.
MARQUISSES.
John, m. of Winchester
Edw. m. of Worcester
Wm. m. of Newcastle
Hen. m. of Dorchester

EARLS, Montagu, e. of Lindsay, lord high chamberlain of England James, earl of Brecknock, lord steward of his maj.'s household

Edw.e. of Manchester,
lord chamberlain of
the household
Aubrey, c. of Oxford
Algernon, e. of North-
umberland

Fran. e. of Shrewsbury
Charles, e. of Derby
John, e. of Rutland
Wm. e. of Bedford
Philip, e. of Pembroke
and Montgomery

Theoph. c. of Lincoln
Cha. e. of Nottingham
James, e. of Suffolk
Richard, e. of Dorset
Wm. c. Salisbury
John, e. of Exeter
John, e. of Bridgwater
Robert, e. of Leicester
Ja. e. of Northampton
Charles, e. of Warwick
Wm. e. of Devonshire
Basil, e. of Denbigh
George, e. of Bristol
Lionel, e. of Middlesex

and Holland
John, e. of Clare
Oliv. e. of Bolingbroke
Mildmay, e. of West-

moreland
Thos. e. of Berkshire
Thos. e. of Cleveland
Edw. e. of Mulgrave
Hen, e. of Monmouth
Jas. e. of Marlborough
Thomas, e. of Rivers
Henry, earl of Dover
Henry, e. of Peterbro'
Henry, e. of Stamford
Hen. c. of Winchelsca
Chas. e. of Carnarvon
Mountj. e. of Newport
Phil. c. of Chesterfield
John, e. of Thanet.
Jeremy, e. of Portland
Wm. e. of Stafford
Rob. e. of Sunderland
James, e. of Sussex
George, e. of Norwich
Nicho. e. of Scarsdale
Hen. e. of St. Albans
Edw. e. of Sandwich
Edw. e. of Clarendon
Arthur, e. of Essex
Thos. e. of Cardigan
Arthur, e. of Anglesea
John, earl of Bath
Charles, e. of Carlisle

* Lord Somers's Collection.

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George lord Berkley,of
Berkley
Thomas lord Parker,
of Morley and Mon-
tegle
Francis lord Dacres

Conyers lord Darcy,
of Darcy
Wm. lord Stourton, of
Stourton
William lord Sandys,
Delevyne
Edward lord Vaux, of
Harrowden
Thomas lord Windsor
Thos, lord Wentworth
Wingfield lord Crom-
well
George lord Bruce
Philip lord Wharton,
of Wharton
Francis lord Willough-

by, of Parham
William lord Paget, of
Beaudesert
Dudley lord North
William lord Chandos,
of Sudeley
John lord Carey, of
Hunsdon
William lord Peter

lord Gerrard, of
Gerards Bromley
Charles lord Stanhope,
of Harrington
Henry lord Arundel,
of Wardour
Christopher lord Ro-
per, of Tenham
Robert lord Brooke
Edw. lord Montague,
of Boughton
Charles lord Howard,
of Charlton
William lord Grey, of
Warke
John lord Roberts, of

Truro
Wm. lord Craven, of
Hampstead Marsbal
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Henry lord Hastings,
of Loughborough
Richard lord Byron
Richard lord Vaughan
Charles lord Smith, of
Carrington
William lord Wid-
drington
Humble lord Ward
Thos. lord Colepeper,
of Thoresway
Isaac lord Astley, of
Bramford
Richard lord Boyle, of
Clifford
John lord Lucas.

John lord Bellasis
Lodowick ld. Watson,

of Rockingham Charles lord Gerard,

of Brandon
Robert lord Sutton, of
Lexington
Charles Id. Kirkhoven,
of Wotton
Marmaduke ld. Lang-
dale, of Holme
Wm. lord Crofts
John lord Berkley, of
Stretton.

Denzil lord Hollis, of
Ifield

Frederick lord Corn

wallis, of Eye George lord Delamere, of Dunham Massey Horatio ld. Townsend, of Lynn Regis Anth. lord Ashley, de Winborn St. Giles John lord Crew de Stene

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"The representatives," says Rapin, "for the most part, were elected agreeably to the wishes, and without doubt by the influence of the court. The greatest part were high-churchmen, that is, violent enemies of the presbyterians, great assertors of the minutest ceremonies of the church, and most devoted to the king and the royal prerogative. This parliament may be said to be composed by chancellor Hyde, prime minister, and on the 20th of April, created earl of Clarendon. Let it also be added, that it was called the 'Pensionary Parliament,' because it was afterwards discovered, that many of the members received pensions from the court. It is true, many will not allow that this was so at first, but pretend, that by length of time, and changes upon death, the new members suffered themselves to be bribed. I cannot, however, help remarking, that, at the very beginning, this parliament did things in favour of the king, which no other had ever done, and that it was not till afterwards that they retracted their extravagant maxims, concerning the royal prerogative. It may be judged how favourable this parliament was to the king, since it continued almost 18 years, on which account it was more justly called the Long Parliament, than that of 1640." Vol. xi. p. 213.

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A short time previous to the dissolution of this parliament, a curious Tract was published, entitled, A Seasonable Argument to persuade

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all the Grand Juries in England to petition 'for a New Parliament: or a List of the Principal Labourers in the great design of Popery and Arbitrary Power, who have betrayed their country to the Conspirators, and bar'gained with them to maintain a Standing Army in England, under the command of the bigoted Popish D. who, by the assistance of 'the L. L.'s Scotch army, the forces in Ire ́ land, and those in France, hope to bring all back to Rome.' A Reward of 2001. was offered, by Proclamation, to such as would discover the Author of this piece. As it is now very scarce, a copy thereof is preserved in the APPENDIX to the present Volume, No. II.

Thomas Lee.

Bambury,

Sir John Holman,

Barnstaple,

John Rolle,

Nicholas Denny. Bath,

Alex. Popham,
William Prynn.
Beaumaris,
Griffith Bodurda.
Bedfordshire,
Sir Humphry Winch,
Lord Bruce.

Bedford Town,
John Keyling,
Richard Taylor.
Bedwyn,

D. Stonehouse,
Thomas Gape.
Berkshire,

John Lovelace,
Richard Powle.

Berwick,

Sir Ralp Grey,
Sir Tho. Widrington.
Beverly,
Michael Wharton,
Sir John Hotham.

Bewdly,
Sir Henry Herbert.
Bishops Castle,
William Oakley,
Edmond Warring.
Bletchingly,
Sir Wm. Hayward,
Edward Bish.
Bodmin,
Sir John Carew,
Hender Roberts.
Boralston,
Sir Joseph Maynard,
John Maynard.

Boroughbridge,
Robert Lucy,
John Nicholas.
Bossingy,
Robert Roberts,
Richard Rous.
Boston,
Lord Willoby,
Anthony Irby.
Brackly,
Robert Spencer,
Sir Wm. Farmer.
Bramber,
Peter Goring,
John Pine.

Brecon County,
Sir Henry Williams.
Brecon Town.
Sir Henry Price.

Bridgwater, Edmund Wyndham John Tynt. Bridport, Humphry Bishop,

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Buckinghamshire, Sir Wm. Terringhain, Wm. Boyer.

Buckingham Town. Sir Richard Temple, William Smith. Calne,

George Lee,
William Ducket.
Cambridgeshire,
Thomas Chichley,
Thomas Wendy.
Cambridge Town,
Sir Wm. Compton,
Roger Pepys.
Cambridge University,
Sir Richard Fenshaw,
Thomas Crouch.
Camelford,

J. Coventry,
Wm. Godolphin.
Canterbury,

Sir Edward Masters,
Thomas Lovelace.
Cardiff,
Bussey Mansel.
Cardigan County,
John Vaughan.
Cardigan Town,
Wm. Griffith

Carlisle,
Sir Philip Howard,
Sir Christ. Musgrave.
Cuermarthen County,
John Lloyd.
Carmarthen Town,
Lord Vaughan.
Caernarvon County,
John Glynn.

Caernarvon Town, Wm. Glynn.

Castle-rising, Sir Robert Paston, Robert Steward.

Chester County, Lord Brereton, Peter Venables.

Chester City, Sir Thomas Smith, John Ratcliff.

Chichester, Wm. Garraway, Henry Pecham.

Chippenham,
Edward Bainton,
Edward Hungerford.
Chipping,

Sir John Borlace,
Sir Edmund Pye.

Christ's Church,
Hugh Weld,

Henry Tulse.
Cirencester,

Richard Honour,
John George.

Clifton,
Thomas Southcot,
Henry Herbert.
Clithero,
Sir Ralph Ashton,
John Heath.

Cockermouth,
Richard Tolson,
Wilfrid Lawson.
Colchester,
Sir Henry Grimston,
John Shaw.
Corfcastle,
Sir Ralph Banks,
John Tregonel.
Cornwall,
John Trelawny,
John Coriton.

Coventry, Sir Clement Fisher, Thomas Flint. Cricklade, Henry Dunch, Edward Masklyn. Cumberland, Sir Peter Curwin, Sir George Fletcher. Denbighshire, Sir Thos. Middleton. Denbigh Town, Sir John Salisbury. Derbyshire, Lord Cavendish, Philip Frechnill. Derby Town, Roger Alestree, John Dalton.

Devizes, Wm. York, John Kent.

Devonshire, Sir Hugh Pollard, Sir John Rolle.

Dorchester, James Gould, Daniel Hollis.

Dorsetshire, George Strangeways, John Strode.

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Gatten,

Sir Nicholas Carew,
Thomas Sturgis.

Germans, (St.) John and Edw. Elliot. Glamorgan,

Sir Edward Mansel.
Gloucestershire,
Benj. Throgmorton,
John How.

Gloucester City,
Sir Edward Massey,
Edward Seymour.
Grampound,

Charles Trevanion,
John Tanner.

Grantham,
Anthony Thorold,
John Newton.
Grimsby,
William Wray,
Edward King.
Grimstead,
Lord Buckhurst,
George Corthop.
Guildford,
Sir Richard Onslow,
Arthur Onslow.

Harwich,

Capel Lukin,
Henry Wright.
Haslemere,
John Westbrook,
Richard West.
Hastings,
Edmund Waller,
John Ashburnham.
Haverford West,
Sir Frederick Hyde.
Helstone,
Sir Peter Killegrew,
Thomas Robertson

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