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Part
of
the
Famous
Speech
OF
WILLIAM
PRYNN
Esq
Decemb.
48.
Touching
K.
Charles
I.
THe
next
thing
proposed
by
them
for
a
speedy
Peace
and
Settlement
,
is
the
bringing
of
the
King
to
speedy
Justice
for
all
his
Treasons
and
Blood-shed
in
the
late
Wars
,
and
to
Depose
and
Execute
him
as
the
greatest
capital
Malefactor
in
the
Kingdom
:
This
certainly
is
a
very
dangerous
and
unlikely
way
to
Peace
and
Settlement
.
First
of
all
,
The
smiting
of
the
Shepherd
,
is
the
way
to
scatter
,
not
unite
the
Sheep
.
The
slaying
of
the
King
or
General
in
the
Field
,
Scatters
and
Dissolves
the
Army
,
not
secures
them
:
To
cut
off
a
King'dhead
,
is
the
next
way
to
destroy
,
not
cure
a
diseas'd
Body
:
Such
kind
of
State
Policy
may
destroy
,
or
disturb
,
but
never
Settle
us
in
perfect
Peace
:
The
Prince
his
next
Heir
,
the
Queen
,
the
Duke
of
York
,
all
his
Children
,
and
Allies
both
at
Home
and
Abroad
,
will
certainly
meditate
Revenge
,
and
all
Kings
in
Christendom
will
assist
them
,
even
for
their
own
Interest
and
Safety
,
least
it
should
become
a
President
for
themselves
.
And
will
this
then
secure
,
or
be
a
likely
way
to
Peace
or
Settlement
.
2.
The
greatest
part
of
the
Members
in
both
Houses
,
the
Lords
,
Gentlemen
,
and
all
sorts
of
People
throughout
the
Kingdom
,
the
whole
Kingdoms
of
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
(
who
have
as
great
an
Interest
in
the
Kings
Person
,
being
their
Lawful
King
,
as
we
have
,
and
are
obliged
by
Allegiance
and
Covenant
to
protect
his
Person
and
Crown
from
violence
)
will
unanimously
,
as
one
man
oppose
and
protest
against
it
,
and
by
force
of
Arms
,
endeavour
to
bring
those
to
Execution
who
shall
presume
to
advise
,
or
attempt
to
depose
or
destroy
the
King
in
any
kind
,
contrary
to
their
Allegiance
and
solemn
Covenant
:
Yea
,
all
Protestant
Realms
,
Churches
,
States
in
Foreign
parts
,
will
abhor
both
the
fact
,
and
adjudge
it
contrary
to
their
Principles
and
Religion
,
and
that
which
may
irritate
Popish
Kings
,
and
Princes
to
take
up
Arms
to
ruine
them
,
lest
they
should
fall
into
the
like
practises
.
And
can
this
then
be
a
safe
or
speedy
way
to
Peace
and
Settlement
,
especially
when
we
know
not
what
Government
shall
succeed
upon
it
,
and
can
expect
nothing
but
bloody
consequences
from
such
a
bloody
advice
.
3dly
.
I
never
read
of
any
Peace
or
Settlement
in
any
Kingdom
,
where
King-killing
was
practised
or
approved
.
When
the
Roman
Armies
began
once
to
Kill
their
Emperors
,
and
cut
off
their
Heads
,
They
were
scarce
ever
free
from
Civil-wars
.
One
Army
set
up
one
Emperor
,
another
Army
another
,
the
Senate
a
third
,
who
always
Warred
till
they
had
cut
off
one
anothers
Heads
.
Most
of
those
Emperors
had
very
short
reigns
,
few
of
them
above
a
year
or
two
,
and
some
of
them
scarce
two
Months
,
but
most
of
them
untimely
Deaths
.
In
Sclavonia
and
Norway
where
they
had
a
Law
,
that
he
that
slew
a
Tyrant
King
,
should
succeed
him
in
the
Throne
:
They
had
almost
every
year
a
new
King
,
perpetual
wars
and
discords
,
and
not
one
of
all
their
Kings
for
above
one
hundred
years
together
,
ever
came
to
a
natural
Death
,
but
was
murthered
as
a
Tyrant
,
and
succeeded
by
a
worse
and
greater
Tyrant
,
as
Saxogramaticus
and
Nubrigensis
testify
.
And
in
the
sacred
Story
it self
,
it
is
very
observable
,
That
after
ten
Tribes
revolted
from
Rehoboam
,
though
by
Gods
Justice
and
approbation
for
Solomons
sins
;
they
had
never
any
Peace
or
Settlement
,
but
perpetual
Wars
with
one
Kingdom
or
another
,
or
between
themselves
:
Their
Kings
,
or
most
of
them
were
all
Tyrants
and
Idolators
,
and
by
the
just
Hand
of
God
,
for
the
most
part
tumultuously
slain
and
murthered
one
of
and
by
another
,
who
succeeded
them
:
He
that
murthered
his
Predecessor
,
being
usually
slain
by
his
Successor
,
or
his
Predecessors
Sons
,
Servants
,
or
by
the
People
of
the
Land
,
in
a
tumultuous
way
:
In
the
2
Kings
15.
We
read
in
that
one
Chapter
,
of
no
less
then
four
of
those
Kings
slain
,
one
by
another
:
and
as
for
the
People
under
these
Kings
,
they
had
never
any
rest
,
peace
,
settlement
,
or
freedom
,
but
lived
under
the
greatest
misery
and
oppression
that
ever
any
Subjects
under
Heaven
did
,
as
the
sacred
History
records
.
This
King-killing
certainly
can
be
then
no
probable
way
at
all
to
Peace
,
Safety
,
Settlement
,
or
Freedom
,
but
the
Policy
to
deprive
us
eternally
of
all
these
,
and
of
God
,
and
Religion
to
boot
;
as
it
did
the
ten
Tribes
heretofore
.
4thly
.
This
way
to
Peace
and
Settlement
,
is
directly
contrary
to
all
the
former
Ingagements
,
Oathes
,
and
several
Petitions
,
Declarations
,
Remonstrances
,
Protestations
,
and
Professions
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
:
To
the
King
,
kingdom
,
People
,
wherein
we
have
alwayes
protested
and
held
forth
unto
them
both
before
and
since
the
Wars
.
That
we
will
preserve
and
protect
the
Kings
Person
from
danger
,
support
his
royal
Estate
with
Honour
and
Plenty
at
Home
,
with
Power
and
reputation
Abroad
,
and
by
our
Loyal
Affections
,
Actions
and
Advice
,
lay
a
sure
and
lasting
foundation
of
the
Greatness
and
Prosperity
of
his
Majesty
,
and
his
royal
Posterity
in
future
times
.
That
we
are
still
resolved
to
keep
our selves
within
the
bounds
of
Faithfulness
and
Allegiance
to
his
sacred
Person
and
Crown
.
That
we
will
with
our
Lives
,
Fortunes
,
Estates
,
and
with
the
last
drop
of
our
Blood
endeavour
to
support
His
Majesty
,
and
his
just
Soveraignty
and
Power
over
Us
;
and
to
prevent
all
dangers
to
his
Majesties
Person
.
That
we
took
up
Arms
as
well
for
a
Defence
of
His
Majesty
to
Protect
his
Person
,
as
the
Kingdom
and
Parliament
;
without
any
intent
to
hurt
or
injure
His
Majesties
Person
or
Power
:
Professing
in
the
presence
of
Almighty
God
,
That
we
would
receive
him
with
all
Honour
,
yeild
Him
all
due
Obedience
and
Subjection
,
and
Faithfully
endeavour
to
secure
His
Person
and
Estate
from
all
danger
,
and
to
the
uttermost
of
our
Power
to
procure
and
establish
to
Him
and
His
People
,
all
the
Blessings
of
a
Glorious
and
Happy
raign
;
which
both
Houses
several
times
profest
and
remonstrated
to
the
World
.
TO
MURDER
and
DEPOSE
THE
KING
,
was
such
a
scandal
,
as
any
that
profess'd
the
name
of
a
Christian
,
could
not
have
so
little
Charity
as
to
raise
it
;
especially
when
they
must
needs
know
,
the
Protestation
taken
by
every
Member
of
both
Houses
,
whereby
they
Promise
in
the
presence
of
Almighty
God
,
to
defend
His
Majesties
Person
;
and
all
their
Addresses
and
Petitions
to
Him
expressing
the
contrary
:
That
they
never
suffered
it
to
enter
into
their
Thoughts
to
Depose
the
King
,
abhorring
the
very
Thought
of
it
,
much
more
the
Intent
.
That
they
never
suffered
the
word
DEPOSING
the
King
,
To
go
out
of
their
Mouthes
,
nor
the
thing
to
enter
into
their
Thoughts
.
That
they
rest
assured
,
both
God
and
Man
will
abominate
that
Monstrous
and
most
Injurious
Charge
laid
upon
the
Representative
Body
of
this
whole
Kingdom
by
the
Malignant
Party
,
against
the
King
,
as
Designing
not
only
the
ruine
of
his
Majesties
Person
,
but
of
Monarchy
it self
:
The
Authors
of
which
malicious
horrid
scandal
,
they
profess
to
make
the
Instances
of
their
exemplary
Justi●e
,
so
soon
as
they
shall
be
discovered
.
Now
for
Us
after
all
these
multiplyed
reiterated
Protestations
,
Promises
,
Engagements
,
Declarations
,
Remonstrances
to
all
the
World
,
from
the
beginning
of
the
Differences
and
Wars
till
now
,
to
think
or
talk
of
Deposing
and
Destroying
the
King
,
and
altering
the
Government
,
as
the
only
safe
and
speedy
way
to
Peace
and
Settlement
,
as
the
Army-Remonstrants
prescribe
;
would
be
such
a
most
detestable
breach
of
publick
Faith
;
such
a
most
Perfidious
,
Treacherous
,
Unrighteous
wicked
Act
,
as
not
only
Gods
,
Angels
,
and
good
Men
;
but
the
very
worst
of
Turks
and
Devils
would
abhor
:
And
therefore
its
a
Miracle
to
me
,
that
these
pretious
SAINTS
should
thus
impudently
,
before
all
the
World
propose
to
the
House
,
and
force
you
to
pursue
it
,
to
stain
your
Reputation
,
and
make
you
execrable
to
God
and
Men
.
5thly
.
The
very
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
which
every
one
of
us
hath
taken
,
upon
our
first
admission
to
be
Members
,
engageth
us
in
positive
terms
,
Not
to
offer
any
hurt
or
violence
to
His
Majesties
Royal
Person
,
State
or
Government
;
to
bear
Faith
and
true
Allegiance
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
;
and
Him
and
Them
to
defend
to
the
uttermost
of
Our
power
,
against
all
Conspiracies
and
Attempts
whatsoever
,
which
shall
be
made
against
His
or
Their
Persons
,
Crown
,
or
Dignity
:
And
from
our
hearts
to
abhor
,
detest
,
and
abjure
as
Impious
and
Heretical
,
this
Heathnish
and
Turkish
Doctrine
:
That
Princes
Excommunicated
,
or
deprived
by
the
People
,
(
as
it
seems
the
King
is
now
for
extirpating
Episcopacy
,
Popery
,
Mass
,
and
Prelacy
out
of
his
Dominions
by
his
present
Concessions
,
without
any
possibility
or
hopes
of
replanting
)
may
be
Deposed
or
Murthered
by
their
Subjects
,
or
any
other
whatsoever
.
Which
Hellish
contrivance
and
practice
,
as
our
whole
State
and
Parliament
,
in
the
State
of
3
Jac.
cap.
1
,
4
,
5.
35
Eliz.
cap.
1.
and
other
Acts
resolve
,
is
the
only
way
to
unsettle
,
ruine
and
subvert
,
not
to
settle
and
establish
the
Peace
and
Government
of
our
Realm
.
And
both
Houses
since
this
Parliament
,
have
by
a
solemn
Protestation
,
first
,
and
by
a
solemn
League
and
Covenant
since
,
with
Hands
lifted
up
to
the
most
high
God
,
engaged
both
themselves
and
the
three
Kingdoms
of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
by
a
most
sacred
and
serious
Vow
and
Protestation
(
purposely
made
and
prescribed
by
them
,
For
the
Honour
and
Happiness
of
the
King
and
His
Posterity
,
and
the
true
publick
Liberty
,
Safety
and
Peace
of
the
three
Kingdoms
,
as
the
Title
and
Preface
declare
)
Sincerely
,
Really
,
and
Constantly
to
endeavour
with
their
Estates
and
Lives
,
TO
PRESERVE
AND
DEFEND
THE
KINGS
MAJESTIES
PERSON
AND
AUTHORITY
,
in
the
preservation
and
defence
of
the
true
Religion
and
Liberties
of
the
Kingdom
,
(
which
he
hath
now
fully
and
actually
performed
by
his
Concessions
in
this
Treaty
)
That
the
World
may
bear
witness
with
our
Consciences
OF
OUR
LOYALTY
;
and
that
WE
HAVE
NO
THOUGHTS
OR
INTENTIONS
TO
DIMINISH
HIS
MAJESTIES
JUST
POWER
AND
GREATNESS
.
And
shall
also
with
all
Faithfulness
endeavour
the
discovery
of
all
such
as
shall
be
Incendiaries
,
or
evil
Instruments
,
by
DIVIDING
THE
KING
FROM
HIS
PEOPLE
;
That
they
may
be
brought
to
speedy
Tryal
,
and
receive
condign
Punishment
.
And
shall
not
suffer
themselves
directly
,
or
indirectly
,
by
whatsoever
combination
or
terror
,
to
be
withdrawn
or
make
defection
from
this
Covenant
;
but
shall
all
the
days
of
their
Lives
really
and
constantly
continue
therein
against
all
Opposition
,
and
promote
the
same
against
all
lets
impediments
whatsoever
.
And
this
Covenant
we
all
made
in
the
presence
of
Almighty
God
,
the
searcher
of
all
Hearts
;
WITH
A
REAL
INTENTION
TO
PERFORM
THE
SAME
,
as
we
shall
answer
at
that
great
day
,
when
the
secrets
of
all
hearts
shall
be
disclosed
.
Now
how
we
who
are
Members
of
this
House
,
or
any
who
are
Subjects
of
our
Three
Kingdoms
,
or
Officers
and
Souldiers
in
the
Army
,
who
have
taken
this
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
Protestation
,
League
or
Covenant
,
or
any
of
them
,
(
as
some
of
them
have
done
,
all
or
two
of
them
at
least
,
sundry
times
over
)
can
,
without
the
highest
Perjury
to
God
,
Treachery
to
the
King
,
Perfidiousness
to
the
Kingdom
,
Infamy
to
the
World
,
Scandal
to
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
Eternal
dishonour
to
the
Parliament
and
Themselves
,
Athiestically
break
through
or
elude
all
those
most
Sacred
aod
Religious
tyes
upon
our
Souls
,
by
a
speedy
publick
Dethroning
and
Decolling
of
the
King
,
and
Dis-inheriting
His
Posterity
;
(
as
the
Army
Remonstants
advise
)
and
that
in
the
open
view
of
the
World
,
and
that
All-seeing
God
to
whom
we
have
thus
Appealed
and
Sworn
,
by
any
Equivocations
or
Distinctions
,
(
of
which
the
Armies
Remonstrance
is
full
)
or
Professions
of
our
damnable
Hypocrisie
in
the
breaking
of
them
,
transcends
my
understanding
.
And
for
those
who
Style
themselves
SAINTS
,
and
charge
this
as
one
of
the
Highest
Crimes
against
the
King
,
His
frequent
breach
of
Oaths
and
Promises
,
to
transcend
him
and
Traytors
in
this
very
sin
,
is
such
a
Monster
of
Impiety
,
as
I
concelve
could
never
have
entred
into
the
hearts
of
Infidels
,
or
the
worst
of
Men
or
Devils
.
And
to
act
this
under
a
pretext
to
Preserve
and
Settle
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
is
such
a
Solecism
,
as
militates
point-blank
against
the
very
words
and
scope
both
of
this
Oath
,
Protestation
,
League
,
and
Covenant
,
which
crosseth
not
the
Oaths
of
Supremacy
and
Allegiance
,
but
more
strongly
engageth
Men
to
preserve
and
defend
the
Kings
Person
and
Autohority
,
in
the
Preservation
and
Defence
of
the
true
Religion
and
Liberties
of
the
Kingdom
;
as
the
Assembly
of
Divines
,
and
both
Houses
affirm
in
their
Exbortation
to
take
the
Covenant
,
which
prescribes
this
as
the
only
means
of
securing
and
preserving
Peace
in
all
the
Three
Kingdoms
;
to
preserve
the
Person
and
Honour
of
the
King
,
His
Crown
and
Dignity
,
from
any
such
Violence
and
Invasion
as
is
now
suggested
by
the
Army
,
which
all
three
of
them
ingage
us
,
and
all
Three
Kingdoms
,
with
our
Lives
and
Fortunes
really
and
constantly
to
oppose
,
against
all
Lets
and
Impediments
,
&c.
and
to
bring
those
to
condign
punishment
as
Incendiaries
and
evil
Instruments
who
suggest
it
.
So
as
if
the
Army
will
proceed
in
this
Diabolical
destructive
way
,
of
Treason
and
Ruine
,
We
,
and
all
Three
Kingdoms
are
solemnly
engaged
with
our
Estates
and
Lives
unanimously
to
oppose
and
bring
them
to
Justice
.
And
is
this
then
the
way
to
publick
Peace
and
Settlement
,
to
raise
another
new
War
to
murder
one
another
in
this
new
Quarrel
,
wherein
the
Army
and
their
adherents
,
must
be
the
sole
Malignants
and
Enemies
we
must
Fight
with
,
&
c
?
No
verily
,
but
the
high-way
to
the
Kingdoms
and
Armies
ruine
,
whose
Commissions
we
are
obliged
to
revoke
;
whose
Contributions
we
must
in
Conscience
withdraw
;
and
whose
Power
we
must
with
our
own
lives
resist
,
unless
we
will
be
Perjured
,
and
guilty
of
breach
of
Covenant
in
the
highest
degree
,
if
they
persist
in
these
Anti-Covenant
Demands
.
7.
The
King
having
granting
us
whatever
we
have
,
or
can
demand
for
the
safety
and
preservation
of
our
Religion
,
Laws
and
Liberties
;
and
both
Houses
engaged
themselves
by
Vote
in
answer
to
the
Kings
Propositions
,
to
restore
him
to
a
condition
of
Freedom
,
Honour
,
and
Safety
,
according
to
the
Laws
of
the
Realm
,
(
which
was
the
Armies
own
Proposals
in
his
behalf
in
August
1647.
)
We
can
neither
in
Honesty
,
Honour
,
Justice
nor
Conscience
(
were
He
ten
thousand
times
worse
than
the
Army
would
render
Him
)
Depose
and
bring
Him
to
Execution
.
It
being
against
all
the
rules
of
Justice
,
and
Honour
between
two
professed
Enemies
,
who
had
no
relations
one
to
another
;
much
more
between
King
and
Subjects
in
a
Civil
War
,
a
thing
without
President
in
any
Ages
.
To
this
the
Army
Remonstrance
answers
,
That
this
would
be
thought
an
unreasonable
and
unbeseeming
demand
in
a
Personal
Treaty
,
between
Persons
standing
both
free
,
and
in
equal
ballance
of
Power
;
but
not
when
one
Party
is
wholly
subdued
,
captivated
,
imprisoned
,
and
in
the
others
Power
.
But
this
certainly
is
a
difference
spun
with
an
Athiestical
thred
;
For
to
Treat
with
any
King
in
our
Power
,
or
out
of
it
,
on
Articles
of
Peace
,
upon
these
terms
;
That
if
He
consent
to
them
,
We
will
restore
Him
to
the
Throne
with
Honour
,
Freedom
,
Safety
;
and
when
He
hath
yielded
us
our
Demands
,
then
to
Depose
and
cut
of
His
Head
;
is
the
highest
breach
of
Faith
,
Truth
,
Honour
,
and
Justice
,
that
can
be
imagined
:
and
those
who
dare
justifie
such
Perfidious
and
Unchristian
dealing
,
deserve
rather
the
Style
of
Turks
and
Athiests
,
than
Pious
Saints
.
8.
There
is
no
president
in
Scripture
,
that
the
General
Assembly
,
or
Sanhedrin
of
the
Jews
or
Israelites
,
did
ever
Judically
Imprison
,
Depose
,
or
Execute
any
one
of
the
Kings
of
Judah
or
Israel
,
tho'
many
of
them
were
the
grossest
Idolaters
,
and
wickedst
Princes
under
Heaven
;
who
shed
much
innocent
blood
,
and
oppressed
the
People
sundry
ways
.
We
know
that
David
himself
committed
Adultery
with
Uriah
his
Wife
,
a
faithful
Servant
and
Souldier
,
while
he
was
with
his
General
Joab
in
the
Field
:
And
then
afterwards
caused
him
to
be
Treacherously
slain
.
Yet
neither
the
Assembly
the
Elders
,
nor
Joab
and
the
Army
under
him
,
did
impeach
or
crave
Justice
against
him
for
these
sins
,
tho'
he
lived
impenitently
in
them
.
And
when
he
numbered
the
People
afterwards
,
for
which
sin
seventy
thousand
of
his
Subjects
lost
their
lives
;
yet
was
he
not
Arraigned
nor
Deposed
for
it
:
and
God
who
is
Sovereignly
just
,
tho'
David
was
the
principal
Malefactor
in
this
case
,
if
not
the
sole
;
and
thereupon
,
when
he
saw
the
Angel
that
smote
the
People
,
cried
out
,
Lo
,
I
have
sinned
and
done
wickedly
;
but
these
Sheep
,
what
have
they
done
?
Let
thy
hand
be
against
me
and
my
Fathers
House
:
Yet
God
spared
him
and
his
Houshold
,
tho'
the
Principals
,
and
punished
the
People
only
with
death
,
for
this
sin
of
his
.
After
him
Solomon
his
Son
,
a
Man
Eminent
for
Wisdom
and
Piety
at
first
,
Apostatiz'd
to
most
gross
Idolatry
of
all
sorts
,
to
please
his
Idolatrous
Wives
,
and
became
a
great
oppressor
of
his
People
,
making
their
burdens
very
heavy
,
yet
the
Subjects
or
Souldiers
did
neither
Impeach
nor
Depose
him
for
it
:
and
tho'
he
were
the
principal
Offendor
,
yet
God
spared
him
for
Davids
sake
,
in
not
taking
the
ten
Tribes
from
him
for
these
sins
,
during
his
life
;
though
he
rent
them
from
his
Son
Rehoboam
,
who
was
at
most
but
accessary
,
for
his
Fathers
sins
,
not
his
.
True
it
is
,
some
of
the
Idolatrous
Kings
of
Israel
,
by
the
just
avenging
Hand
of
God
,
were
slain
by
private
Conspiracies
,
and
popular
Tumults
,
in
an
Illegal
way
:
but
not
Deposed
nor
Arraigned
by
their
Sanhedrins
,
or
General
Congregations
;
and
those
who
slew
them
,
were
sometimes
slain
by
others
who
aspired
to
the
Crown
,
or
by
the
People
of
the
Land
,
or
by
their
Children
who
Succeded
them
;
and
came
to
untimely
Tragical
ends
.
9.
Tho
there
be
some
presidents
of
Popisb
States
and
Parliaments
Deposing
their
Popish
Kings
and
Emperours
at
home
,
and
in
Foreign
parts
,
in
an
extraordinary
way
,
by
power
of
an
armed
Party
:
Yet
there
is
no
president
of
any
one
Protestant
Kingdom
or
State
,
that
did
ever
yet
Judically
Depose
or
bring
to
Execution
,
any
of
their
Kings
and
Princes
,
though
never
so
bad
,
whether
Protestants
or
Papists
;
and
the
Protestants
in
France
,
though
some
of
their
Kings
,
when
they
had
invested
them
in
their
Thrones
,
became
Apostates
to
Popery
,
and
Persecutors
of
Their
People
;
albeit
they
resisted
them
by
force
of
arms
in
the
Field
to
preserve
their
lives
;
did
never
once
attempt
to
pull
Them
from
Their
Thrones
,
or
bring
Their
Persons
unto
Justice
:
And
I
hope
our
Protestant
Parliament
will
never
make
the
first
president
in
this
kind
,
nor
stain
Their
Honour
or
Religion
with
the
blood
of
a
Protestant
King
,
against
so
many
Oaths
,
Protestations
,
Covenants
,
Declarations
,
and
Remonstrances
made
and
published
by
Them
to
the
contrary
.
10.
For
the
presidents
of
Eeward
II.
and
Richard
II.
in
times
of
Popery
,
they
were
rather
forcible
resignations
by
Power
of
an
Army
,
then
judical
deprivations
,
neither
of
them
being
ever
legally
arraigned
and
brought
to
Tryal
in
Parliament
.
And
Mortimer
who
had
the
chief
hand
in
Deposing
King
Edward
II.
in
the
Parliament
of
1
E.
3.
was
in
the
Parliament
of
4
E.
3.
Impeached
,
Condemned
,
and
Executed
as
a
Traytor
,
and
guilty
of
High
Treason
,
for
Murdering
Edw.
II.
after
he
was
Deposed
,
at
Berkley-Castle
,
and
Sir
Simon
Bereford
,
(
together
with
Thomas
Gurney
and
Will.
Ocle
)
were
adjudged
Traytors
for
assisting
him
therein
;
one
of
them
Executed
,
and
great
Rewards
promised
to
the
apprehenders
of
the
other
two
.
And
as
for
Richard
II.
though
he
was
Deposed
after
Henry
IV.
was
Crowned
by
pretence
in
Parliament
:
yet
this
Deposition
was
after
his
resignation
only
,
not
before
it
:
and
without
any
Formal
tryal
or
arraignment
,
or
any
Capital
Judgment
of
Death
against
him
;
for
which
I
find
no
president
in
any
Parliament
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
,
nor
yet
in
Denmark
it self
,
though
an
Elective
Kingdom
;
who
,
though
They
justly
Deposed
Christiern
II.
for
his
most
abominable
Tyranies
and
Cruelties
;
yet
they
never
adjudged
or
put
him
to
Death
,
but
only
restrained
him
as
a
Prisoner
.
I
shall
only
add
this
,
That
though
the
Elective
Kindoms
of
Hungary
,
Bohemia
,
Poland
,
Denmark
,
and
Sweden
,
have
in
their
Parliaments
and
Diets
Deposed
sundry
of
their
Kings
for
their
Wickednesses
and
Tyrany
;
yet
they
never
judically
condemned
any
one
of
them
to
death
,
though
Papists
.
And
for
a
Protestant
Parliament
(
to
please
an
army
only
,
acted
by
Traytors
in
this
particular
;
to
render
both
Parliament
,
army
,
and
our
Religion
too
,
for
ever
execrable
throughout
the
World
,
and
set
all
Mens
Pens
and
Hands
against
them
to
their
ruine
,
to
begin
such
a
bloody
president
as
this
,
upon
a
most
false
pretext
,
of
settling
Peace
;
contrary
to
the
express
Command
of
God
himself
,
who
Commands
Christians
,
To
Pray
for
Kings
,
and
all
in
authority
,
that
they
may
live
a
quiet
and
peaceable
life
under
them
in
all
Godliness
and
Honesty
,
(
not
to
Depose
or
cut
off
their
Heads
)
as
the
only
way
to
Peace
and
Settlement
;
will
not
only
be
Scandalous
but
Monstrous
.
FINIS
.