Hiflory ofthe Puritans, examin'd. 26 t Parli -ament (hall not be adjourn'd, prorogued, or dif- folved, without their own Confent, and was fagned by Commigion, with the Bill of Attainder againfl theEarl of Stratford. Lord Clarendon obferves *, ' That this was no fooner offer'd, than the Reafonablenefs of the Objection was enforc'd, and the Neceffity of find- ' ing fome Expedient to fatisfy the People of the gracious Intentions and Refolutions of the King, which were molt unqueftionable, (for in all thofe ' Articles ofTime, when theywere to demand fome unreafonable Thing from him, they fpared no dutiful mention of the Piety and Goodnefs of his own Princely Nature, or large Promifes what Demonftrations ofDuty they fhould fhortly make to him) no way could be fo fure as an At of Parliament, &c. That this Parliament lhould not be adjourn'd, prorogued, or diffolved, &c.' t After the palling of thefe two Bills, tEe Temper and Spirit of the People both within and ' without the Walls of the twoHoufes, grew mar- ' vellous calm, and compofed ; there being like- ' wife about that time paired by the King, the two ' Bills for taking away the Star -Chamber Court, ' and the High Commion, fo that there was not a Grievance or Inconvenience, Real or Imaginary, to which there was not a thorough Remedy ap- ' plied and therefore all Men expected, that both Armies would immediately be disbanded, and fuch Returns of Duty and Acknowledgement made to the King, as might be agreeable to their Profeffions, and the Royal Favour he had vouch- ' fafed to his People.' Neal, Ibid. While the Commons were alarm'd with the Difcovery of the Plot, and the Flight of the 'Confpirators, Mr. Pymmoved that both Thrifts might * Hif#. Reb. Vol. I. p. sof. Id. Ib, AS 3 joins
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