. The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641. With the precedent passages, and actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy end, and conclusion thereof by the King's blessed restoration, and return, upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660 . us Motions of his Mungrel Parliament at Oxford ^ and that he could not find any two of them of his Mind, elfe he would not have acknowledged us for the Parliament of England, which yet he did5 with a Proteftation, entred into the Councel- Books, That his calling us ib, did not make us a Parliament. All which was but
. The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641. With the precedent passages, and actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy end, and conclusion thereof by the King's blessed restoration, and return, upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660 . us Motions of his Mungrel Parliament at Oxford ^ and that he could not find any two of them of his Mind, elfe he would not have acknowledged us for the Parliament of England, which yet he did5 with a Proteftation, entred into the Councel- Books, That his calling us ib, did not make us a Parliament. All which was but fmall Encouragement,again, to make ourfelves his Sport and Scorn,by any other Treaty j yet we now yielded tothis alia But notwithstanding this and all^rmerTenders, we have now receivd fiich a Ijenial,that we are in Defpair of any good by Addref-fes to the King, neither muft we be lb injuri-ous to the People, in further delaying theirSettlement, as any more to prefs his Contentto theie or any other Proportions. Nor can we fee why it fliould be expe-cted a new Engagement could prevail on him,or oblige him more ftrongly to the Kingdom,than the folemn Oath of his Coronation, andthe feveral other Vows, Proteflations, and Im-precations ib frequently by him broken, during B 4 his. (8 ) «9 his whole Reign, and fb ofterwrenewed beforeGod and the whole World. W e may be the more juftifyd herein bythofe that know what patted between the Kin;and our Brethren the Scots, when thofe ^tides were agreed and confirmd in the fircification not long before thefe Wars} whicas foon as their Backs were turnM, and theirArmies out of fight, were difavowed again bythe King, and, by his Command, publicklyburnt at London by the Hands of the Hang-man. Which yet might have been forgotten,had not a continued Track of breach of Truftin the three Kingdoms, fince he wore theCrown, made us (though unwilling) to remem-ber it. W e take no Pleafure to repeat our own Mi-feries, or others Miichief, if it might be hid
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