P A Et T I: ReverèndMr. Richard Baxter. This filled all England with a Fear both oftheIrifh, and of the Papiffs at home ; for they fuppofed that the Prieffs and the Intereft oftheir Religionwere the Caufe: In fo much, that when the Rumour of a Plot was occafioned at London, the poor People, all the Countries over, were ready either to run to Arms, or hide them- felves, thinking that the Papiffs were ready to rife and cut their i And when they taw the Englifb Papifts join with the King againft the Parliament, it was the greateft thing that ever alienated them from the King. Hereupon , the Parliament was folicitous to fend help to Dublin, left that alfa flaccid be loft. The King was fo forward to that Service, that he preft the Parlia- ment that he might go over himfelf : TheParliament liked that word} ofall, as if they had been confident that ill Counfellors advifed him to it, that he might get at the Headof two Armies, and unite them both againfttheParliament, andby his Abfence make a Breach, and hinder the Proceedingsof the Houfès. Thofe that came out of Ireland reprefent the woful Cafe of it, and the direfd Ufageof the Protellants, foas provoked the People to think that it was impolfcble that any Danger to them couldbe greater than theirParticipation of the like. Thd few that were left at Dublingot into Armes, but complained of their NecefTties, and the multitudeof their Enemies! So that an Hundred were ufedto fight againft a Thoufand : And to increafe the Flame, fome Irifh Rebels told them, that they had the King's Commifeon for what they did ; which though the foberer part could not believe, yet the credulous timerous vulgar were many ofthem ready to believe it: And the Englifh Souldiers ( under Sir Charles Coster, the Lord Incbeguin, &c. ) fend over word that it was the common Fealt of the Irifh, that whenthey haddone with the handful that was left in Ireland, they would come over into England, and deal with the Parliament and Proteltants here. Thefe Threatnings with the Name ofTwo hundred thoufand murdered, and the Recital of their monftrous Cruel- ties, made many thoufands in England thinkthat nothing could be more neceffary than for the Parliament to put the Countrey into an armed Pofture for their own Defence. And that fide which the Papilla of England took, they could hardly think would be their Security. 4 48. Things being thus ripened fora War in England, the King forfaketh Lon- don, and goeth into the North, in Torkfhire he calleth the Militia ofthe Country which would join with him, andgoeth to Hid, and demandethentrance; SirJahn Hotbam is put in troll with it by the Parliament, and denieth him entrance with his Forces. The Parliament nameth Lord Lieutenants for the Militiaof the feveral Counties, and the King nameth other Lord Lieutenants by a Commifiìon of Aray, andeach of them command the faid Lord Lieutenantsto fettle the Militia. The Parliament publifheth their Votes to the People, That the King, milled by An.16¢t evil Counfel, was raifing a War againft his Parliament : The Lord Willoubby of Parham in Lincolnf sire, the Lord Brook in Warwiekfhire, and others in other Coun- ties, call in the Country to appear in Arms for the Parliament : The King's Lords call them in to appear for theKing : both King and Parliament publifhed their De- clarations ¡unifyingtheir Caufe. The Parliament choofeth theEarl of Effex for their General, and refolveth the rafting of an Army, as [For the Defenceof the King and Parliament, and the Li- berties of theSuble&s, againft evil Counfellors and Delinquents ] : They pubiifh a Remonftrance of the State of the Kingdom firE, and a Declaration of the Cau- fesof their taking up Armsafterward: which two contain moE of the Reafons of their Caufe. The King anfwereth them, and goeth to Nottingham, and there fetteth up his Standard to Summon his Subje&s to his Aid. The Lord Brook and the Earl of Northamptonhad fume skuffling in Warwickfhire f The Earl of N. with fome Forces affaulted Warwick Cattle, kept by Major John Bridge,, andCoventry City, kept by Col. John Barker, and was repulft from both. A Party affaulted Mr. Yurefoyer Houfe, and burnt theBarns, where Mr. George Ab- bot, with a fewof his Servants, repulft them. At Nottingham there were butabout Two thoufand came in to the King's Stan- dard, whereas the Londonersquickly fill'd up a gallant Army for the Earl of Efx; and the Citizens abundantly brought in their Money and Plate ( yea, the Women their Rings) to Guildhall to pay the Army. Hereupon the King fens to the Parliament fromNottingham the Offer ofa Trea- ty, with force General Propofals, which in my Opinion was the likelieft Oppor, tunity that ever the Parliament had for a full and fàfe Agreement; and the King tidied
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