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         Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.
      
       
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             The humble petitions of Mr. Burton and Dr. Bastwicke presented to the honovrable the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament.
             Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.
             Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.
          
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           THE
           HVMBLE
           PETITIONS
           OF
           Mr.
           
             Burton
             ,
          
           &
           Dr.
           
             Bastwicke
             .
          
        
         
           PRESENTED
           TO
           THE
           HONOVRABLE
           The
           KNIGHTS
           ,
           CITIZENS
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           of
           the
           Commons
           house
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONOVRABLE
           The
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           of
           the
           Commons
           house
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           humble
           Petition
           of
           Henry
           Burton
           ,
           late
           exile
           ,
           and
           close
           Prisoner
           in
           Castle
           Cornet
           ,
           in
           the
           I
           le
           of
           Garnesey
           .
           In
           all
           humblenesse
           sheweth
           ,
        
         
           THat
           whereas
           your
           Petitioner
           ,
           on
           the
           5
           of
           
             Novemb.
          
           1636
           ,
           did
           preach
           two
           Sermons
           in
           his
           own
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           in
           St.
           
             Matthew
             Friday-street
             ,
             London
             ,
          
           for
           the
           which
           hee
           was
           in
           
             December
          
           then
           next
           following
           ,
           summoned
           to
           appeare
           before
           
             D.
             Ducke
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           causes
           Ecclesiasticall
           ,
           at
           
             Cheswicke
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Middlesex
             :
          
           where
           (
           with
           the
           Register
           of
           the
           High
           Commission
           Court
           )
           the
           said
           
             D.
             Ducke
          
           tendred
           to
           the
           Petitioner
           ,
           the
           Oath
           
             Ex
             Officio
             ,
          
           to
           answer
           to
           certaine
           Articles
           there
           presented
           :
           which
           Oath
           the
           Petitioner
           refusing
           to
           take
           ,
           did
           then
           and
           there
           appeale
           from
           the
           said
           Court
           ,
           unto
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           :
           which
           appeale
           the
           said
           
             D.
             Ducke
          
           did
           admit
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Register
           by
           
             D.
             Ducks
          
           direction
           ,
           did
           then
           ,
           and
           there
           enter
           in
           writing
           .
        
         
         
           Notwithstanding
           which
           said
           appeale
           ,
           a
           speciall
           High
           Commission
           Court
           was
           shortly
           after
           called
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           consisting
           of
           foure
           or
           five
           Doctors
           ,
           where
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           proceeded
           illegally
           ,
           to
           suspend
           the
           Petitioner
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           by
           meanes
           whereof
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           threatnings
           of
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           ,
           hee
           was
           enforced
           to
           keepe
           his
           house
           ,
           untill
           a
           
             Sergeant
             at
             Armes
             ,
          
           with
           divers
           Pursevants
           and
           other
           armed
           Officers
           ,
           assiisted
           by
           
             Alderman
             Abel
             ,
          
           then
           Sheriffe
           of
           
             London
          
           beset
           the
           Petitioners
           House
           ,
           at
           11
           of
           the
           Clock
           at
           night
           ,
           and
           violently
           broke
           open
           his
           dores
           with
           Iron
           crowes
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           surprised
           him
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           he
           making
           no
           resistance
           at
           all
           :
           where
           having
           first
           searched
           his
           study
           ,
           and
           taking
           away
           such
           Bookes
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           they
           carried
           your
           Petitioner
           to
           prison
           ,
           whence
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           being
           the
           second
           of
           
             Feb.
          
           by
           a
           pretended
           Order
           from
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Counsell
           ,
           he
           was
           conveyed
           to
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           there
           kept
           close
           prisoner
           .
        
         
           During
           which
           imprisonment
           ,
           an
           information
           was
           exhibited
           against
           the
           Petitioner
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Court
           of
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           whereby
           he
           was
           charged
           (
           
             inter
             alia
          
           )
           with
           publishing
           of
           a
           certaine
           Booke
           ,
           containing
           
             an
             Apology
             for
             an
             Appeale
             ,
          
           with
           his
           said
           two
           Sermons
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             For
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           wherein
           hee
           taught
           Subjects
           to
           yeeld
           all
           manner
           of
           due
           obedience
           to
           their
           lawfull
           King
           ,
           and
           reproved
           all
           lawlesse
           Innovations
           in
           Religion
           ,
           &c.
           
           Which
           Information
           ,
           the
           Petitioner
           upon
           his
           Oath
           under
           
           the
           hand
           of
           
             M.
             Holt
             ,
          
           being
           then
           of
           his
           counsell
           ,
           assigned
           by
           speciall
           order
           from
           the
           said
           Court
           ,
           did
           put
           in
           his
           answer
           ,
           wherein
           hee
           alledged
           such
           things
           onely
           ,
           as
           his
           said
           Counsell
           conceived
           to
           be
           materiall
           ,
           and
           pertinent
           for
           his
           just
           defence
           in
           publishing
           the
           said
           booke
           ,
           but
           denyed
           all
           other
           matters
           in
           the
           said
           Information
           conteined
           ,
           which
           said
           Answer
           ,
           being
           admitted
           and
           received
           in
           Court
           ,
           the
           petitioner
           (
           being
           then
           a
           close
           prisoner
           )
           not
           onely
           attended
           the
           exhibiting
           of
           Interrogatories
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           but
           withall
           ,
           after
           some
           universall
           delay
           ,
           did
           write
           unto
           the
           Kings
           Attourney
           to
           hasten
           them
           :
           but
           before
           the
           examiner
           came
           ,
           the
           petitioner
           heard
           that
           his
           said
           Answer
           was
           referred
           to
           S.
           
             Ioh
             Bramston
             ,
          
           Knight
           ,
           Lord
           chiefe
           Justice
           of
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           :
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Finch
             ,
          
           then
           chiefe
           Justice
           of
           the
           Common-pleas
           ,
           and
           was
           by
           them
           wholy
           expunged
           as
           impertinent
           and
           Scandalous
           (
           save
           onely
           the
           not-guilty
           )
           And
           the
           petitioner
           understanding
           the
           answer
           he
           was
           to
           make
           to
           the
           Interrogatories
           was
           to
           be
           reckned
           as
           a
           part
           of
           his
           answer
           ,
           admitted
           in
           court
           ,
           but
           afterward
           expunged
           as
           impertinent
           &
           scandalous
           (
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           :
           so
           as
           if
           he
           should
           then
           have
           answer'd
           the
           Interogatories
           ,
           he
           shold
           thereby
           have
           assented
           to
           the
           said
           act
           of
           the
           said
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           the
           condemnation
           of
           his
           cause
           before
           the
           hearing
           ,
           wherby
           he
           should
           have
           contracted
           his
           former
           Oath
           ,
           that
           his
           said
           Answer
           was
           a
           true
           Answer
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           justly
           have
           brought
           himselfe
           under
           the
           guilt
           of
           wilful
           perjury
           ,
           
           and
           his
           cause
           under
           just
           censure
           .
           For
           that
           very
           reason
           he
           held
           himselfe
           not
           bound
           ,
           (
           as
           hee
           conceived
           )
           to
           answer
           the
           Interrogatories
           ,
           for
           that
           his
           said
           answere
           was
           so
           expunged
           ,
           and
           the
           (
           
             Not-Guilty
          
           )
           as
           the
           foot
           so
           tied
           to
           the
           head
           without
           the
           maine
           body
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Judges
           owne
           words
           )
           as
           the
           Petitioner
           could
           not
           in
           any
           sort
           take
           or
           acknowledge
           it
           now
           for
           other
           then
           the
           Judges
           owne
           answere
           ,
           as
           may
           appeare
           upon
           Record
           in
           the
           same
           Court
           .
        
         
           Neverthelesse
           ,
           the
           Court
           taking
           the
           same
           information
           
             Pro-confesso
             ,
          
           and
           refusing
           to
           admit
           a
           copie
           of
           the
           Petitioners
           own
           true
           answer
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           his
           reasons
           of
           not
           answering
           the
           Interrogatories
           ,
           both
           which
           at
           his
           Censure
           ,
           he
           tendred
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           desiring
           they
           might
           bee
           then
           and
           there
           publikely
           read
           the
           14.
           of
           June
           ,
           13.
           
           
             Caroli
             Regis
             ,
          
           proceeded
           to
           censure
           ,
           wherby
           your
           Petitioner
           was
           censured
           
             in
             a
             Fine
             of
             5000.
             li.
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             To
             be
             deprived
             of
             his
             ecclesiastical
             benefice
             ,
             degraded
             from
             his
             Ministeriall
             function
             and
             degrees
             in
             the
             Vniversity
             ,
             and
             ordered
             to
             be
             set
             on
             the
             Pillory
             ,
             where
             both
             his
             ears
             were
             to
             be
             cut
             off
             ,
             confined
             to
             perpetual
             close
             imprisonment
             in
          
           Lancaster
           
             Castle
             ,
             debarred
             the
             accesse
             of
             his
             wife
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             onely
             his
             Keeper
             ,
             and
             denied
             the
             use
             of
             penne
             ,
             inke
             ,
             and
             paper
             .
          
           All
           which
           (
           except
           the
           Fine
           )
           was
           executed
           accordingly
           .
           And
           after
           his
           close
           imprisonment
           for
           twelve
           weekes
           in
           the
           common
           Gaole
           in
           the
           said
           Castle
           ,
           hee
           was
           (
           by
           what
           extrajudicial
           order
           he
           knows
           not
           )
           transported
           by
           the
           conduct
           of
           one
           
             Brian
             Burton
          
           appointed
           
           by
           the
           
             High
          
           Sheriffe
           of
           Lancaster
           ,
           (
           who
           used
           your
           Petitioner
           very
           basely
           and
           deceitfully
           ,
           (
           in
           that
           his
           transportation
           )
           which
           was
           in
           the
           Winter
           season
           through
           dangerous
           seas
           ;
           to
           the
           apparant
           hazzard
           both
           of
           his
           health
           and
           life
           )
           to
           the
           said
           Castle
           of
           
             Garnsey
             ,
          
           where
           hee
           hath
           remained
           a
           close
           prisoner
           and
           exile
           almost
           three
           whole
           yeares
           ,
           his
           wife
           utterly
           prohibited
           upon
           paine
           of
           imprisonement
           to
           set
           her
           foote
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Iland
           ,
           where
           shee
           might
           but
           enquire
           how
           her
           husband
           did
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           liberties
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           therefore
           please
           this
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           Petitioners
           sad
           cause
           into
           consideration
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           better
           manifestation
           of
           his
           grievance
           in
           this
           cause
           ,
           to
           assign
           him
           for
           Counsel
           
             Master
             Serjeant
             Atkins
             ,
             Master
             Tomlins
             ,
             and
             Master
             Gurdon
             ,
          
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           his
           cause
           ,
           and
           to
           command
           that
           hee
           may
           take
           out
           such
           copies
           
             Gratis
          
           out
           of
           the
           said
           severall
           Courts
           ,
           as
           doe
           or
           may
           concerne
           his
           said
           cause
           .
        
         
           And
           your
           Petitioner
           as
           in
           duty
           bound
           ,
           shall
           daily
           pray
           for
           your
           prosperities
           .
           
             HENRY
             BURTON
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONOVRABLE
           The
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           humble
           Petition
           of
           John
           Bastwicke
           ,
           Doctor
           in
           Physicke
           ,
           lately
           retained
           close
           Prisoner
           and
           Exile
           in
           the
           Island
           of
           SYLLY
           .
           Most
           humbly
           sheweth
           ;
        
         
           THat
           your
           Petitioner
           having
           about
           sixe
           yeares
           since
           set
           out
           a
           Booke
           in
           Latine
           called
           
             Elenchus
             Religionis
             Papisticae
             ,
          
           with
           an
           Addition
           thereunto
           called
           
             Flagellum
             Pontificis
             ,
             &
             Episcoporum
             Latialium
             ;
          
           being
           thereunto
           provoked
           by
           one
           
             Richard
             Short
             ,
          
           a
           Papist
           that
           maintained
           the
           Popes
           Supremacie
           ,
           the
           Masse
           ,
           and
           Papall
           Religion
           ;
           In
           which
           Booke
           your
           Petitioner
           (
           for
           preventing
           all
           misinterpretations
           ,
           of
           his
           pious
           ,
           and
           good
           intentions
           therein
           )
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           fully
           declared
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           your
           Petitioner
           meant
           nothing
           against
           such
           Bishops
           as
           acknowledged
           
           their
           Authority
           from
           Kings
           and
           Emperours
           ,
           yet
           because
           your
           Petitioner
           (
           the
           better
           ever
           to
           shew
           the
           Papall
           usurpation
           of
           other
           Princes
           )
           therein
           ,
           onely
           maintained
           by
           way
           of
           Argument
           (
           as
           other
           Orthodox
           writers
           of
           that
           Subject
           usually
           have
           done
           )
           a
           parity
           of
           the
           said
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           or
           all
           other
           Bishops
           or
           Presbyters
           ,
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           denying
           his
           and
           their
           Supremacie
           over
           other
           Ministers
           to
           be
           by
           the
           Divine
           institution
           .
        
         
           Therupon
           a
           Pursevant
           by
           Authority
           from
           the
           High
           Commission
           Court
           came
           into
           your
           Petitioners
           house
           at
           
             Colchester
          
           in
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           in
           his
           absence
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Pursevant
           assisted
           with
           the
           then
           Bayliffes
           and
           Constables
           of
           
             Colchester
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           ransacked
           his
           said
           house
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Chests
           and
           Trunks
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           violence
           broke
           open
           your
           Petitioners
           Study
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           his
           Apothecaries
           house
           ,
           and
           took
           and
           carried
           away
           divers
           of
           your
           Petitioners
           Bookes
           ,
           Writings
           ,
           Letters
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           the
           Pursevant
           pleased
           ,
           without
           making
           of
           restitution
           of
           them
           to
           your
           Petitioner
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           your
           Petitioner
           was
           prosecuted
           in
           the
           said
           high
           Commission
           Court
           ,
           principally
           for
           his
           said
           Booke
           ;
           where
           after
           a
           long
           and
           charitable
           prosecution
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           12.
           of
           
             Feb.
             1634
             ,
          
           fined
           1000
           .
           
             li
             .
          
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           excommunicated
           ,
           debarred
           to
           practice
           Physicke
           ,
           the
           chiefest
           means
           of
           his
           liveli-hood
           ,
           his
           said
           Booke
           ordered
           to
           be
           burnt
           ;
           That
           he
           should
           pay
           cost
           
           of
           suit
           ,
           and
           be
           imprisoned
           till
           he
           should
           make
           a
           recantation
           :
           the
           which
           heavy
           censure
           was
           only
           for
           the
           said
           Book
           ,
           wherin
           your
           Petitioner
           maintained
           the
           
             Prerogative
          
           of
           a
           King
           against
           the
           Papacy
           .
           Whereas
           one
           
             Thomas
             Chawney
          
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           lately
           wrote
           a
           Booke
           in
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Papall
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           averres
           it
           to
           bee
           a
           true
           Church
           ,
           the
           which
           Booke
           is
           dedicated
           to
           the
           
             Archbishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           was
           and
           is
           patronized
           and
           defended
           by
           the
           said
           
             Archbishop
             ,
          
           and
           the
           said
           
             Chawney
          
           never
           troubled
           for
           it
           .
           After
           which
           censure
           declared
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           all
           the
           Bishops
           that
           were
           then
           present
           denyed
           openly
           that
           they
           held
           their
           jurisdiction
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           affirmed
           that
           they
           had
           it
           from
           God
           only
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Archbishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           amongst
           many
           other
           erroneous
           sayings
           uttered
           by
           him
           ,
           maintained
           the
           said
           
             Chawneys
          
           Booke
           ,
           and
           maintained
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           was
           a
           true
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           erred
           not
           in
           fundamentals
           :
           and
           he
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           said
           Bishops
           ,
           there
           defamed
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           abused
           reverend
           Mr.
           
             Calvin
             .
          
           In
           regard
           whereof
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           vindicating
           of
           your
           Petitioners
           innocency
           in
           the
           matters
           for
           which
           he
           was
           most
           unjustly
           censured
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           your
           Petitioner
           published
           in
           print
           another
           Book
           in
           Latine
           Intituled
           ,
           
             Apologeticus
             ad
             Praesules
             Anglicanos
             ,
          
           expressing
           the
           truth
           of
           his
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           speeches
           of
           his
           said
           censure
           .
           For
           which
           last
           
           mentioned
           Booke
           ,
           and
           his
           Booke
           called
           the
           
             Let
             any
          
           (
           not
           then
           in
           print
           )
           an
           information
           was
           exhibited
           against
           him
           and
           others
           in
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           to
           which
           your
           Petitioners
           answer
           being
           drawn
           and
           engrossed
           ,
           was
           only
           subscribed
           by
           himselfe
           ,
           because
           he
           could
           get
           no
           counsell
           to
           set
           their
           hands
           to
           it
           :
           your
           Petitioner
           tendred
           the
           said
           Answer
           first
           at
           the
           Starre-chamber
           Office
           ,
           and
           after
           in
           open
           Court
           at
           the
           Star-chamber
           Bar
           ,
           but
           it
           would
           not
           be
           accepted
           for
           want
           of
           Counsellors
           hands
           to
           it
           ,
           contrary
           to
           former
           Presidents
           .
           But
           the
           Court
           of
           Star-chamber
           tooke
           the
           said
           information
           
             Pro
             confesso
             ,
          
           and
           censured
           
             your
             Petitioner
          
           5000
           .
           
             li
             .
          
           
             fine
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             stand
             in
             the
             Pillory
             ,
             and
             to
             loose
             both
             his
             eares
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             close
             prisoner
             in
          
           Lancaster
           Castle
           
             in
          
           Cornewall
           :
           all
           which
           hath
           been
           executed
           upon
           him
           with
           great
           extremity
           ,
           to
           the
           perill
           of
           his
           life
           .
           After
           all
           which
           extremitie
           ,
           your
           Petitioner
           (
           by
           what
           order
           he
           knoweth
           it
           not
           ,
           it
           being
           no
           part
           of
           his
           Censure
           in
           Starre-chamber
           )
           was
           transported
           from
           the
           said
           Castle
           ,
           
             to
             the
             Iland
             of
          
           SYLLY
           ,
           a
           place
           so
           barren
           ,
           that
           it
           affords
           not
           ordinary
           necessaries
           ,
           where
           he
           hath
           been
           inclose
           duration
           for
           three
           years
           or
           more
           ,
           and
           not
           suffered
           to
           have
           any
           of
           his
           friends
           come
           at
           him
           ,
           (
           his
           very
           Wife
           being
           prohibited
           by
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Counsels
           order
           )
           under
           paine
           of
           imprisonment
           ,
           not
           to
           set
           her
           foot
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           the
           said
           
             Iland
          
           to
           enquire
           of
           his
           welfare
           .
           So
           that
           your
           ,
           Petitioner
           hath
           
           beene
           exiled
           from
           his
           wife
           and
           divers
           small
           children
           3.
           yeares
           and
           more
           ,
           besides
           the
           great
           straits
           and
           miseries
           which
           hee
           hath
           sustained
           during
           the
           said
           time
           .
           All
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           law
           of
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberties
           of
           a
           free
           Subject
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           utter
           undoing
           of
           your
           Petitioner
           ,
           his
           Wife
           and
           children
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           therfore
           please
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           to
           take
           these
           pressing
           grievances
           of
           your
           Petitioner
           into
           your
           considerations
           ,
           and
           to
           afford
           him
           such
           reliefe
           the
           rein
           ,
           as
           in
           your
           grave
           wisedomes
           shall
           seeme
           consonant
           to
           Justice
           and
           equity
           ,
           and
           to
           assigne
           him
           for
           Counsell
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Atkins
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Ludbore
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Tomlins
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Gurdon
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Randall
             ,
          
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           this
           his
           complaint
           ,
           and
           to
           order
           that
           your
           Petitioner
           may
           take
           out
           
             Gratis
          
           such
           Copies
           of
           the
           said
           Censures
           ,
           Warrants
           and
           Orders
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           proceedings
           in
           the
           said
           severall
           Courts
           as
           shall
           or
           may
           any
           way
           concerne
           this
           his
           sad
           ,
           yet
           most
           just
           complaint
           ,
           with
           warrant
           from
           this
           Honourable
           house
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           his
           witnesse
           .
        
         
           And
           your
           Petitioner
           as
           in
           duty
           bound
           ,
           shall
           ever
           pray
           for
           your
           prosperities
           ;
           
             IOHN
             BASTWICKE
             .
          
        
         
      
    
    

