272 Mr. NE A I.S TIá vol. of t e we fpeak of; betides the quitting the long-us'd Right of laying Impofitions upon Foreign Trade, in the Preamble of the Bill for Tonna;e and Poundage, and betides that fatal Bill for the Con- ' tinuance of this Parliament, will be acknowledg'd by an incorrupted Polterity, to be everlafting Monuments of the King's Princely and Fatherly Affeaion to his People, and fuch an Obligation of Repofe and Trutt' from his Majetty, in the Hearts of his Subjects, that no Expreffions of Piety, Duty and Confidence from them, could have been more than a fufticient Return on their parts.' Neal, p. 479. It wasobferv'd,that the Strength and Courage of the Houle of Commons rofe from their Confederacy with the Scots, whole Army in the North was entirely n their Inure ; it was therefore re- folv'd in Council, -to d(unite that Nation (ifpoßìbie) from the Parliament, and to bring them over to the King, by yielding e 'e1y thing they feould defre. For this 1 urpofe, his Welly declar'd his Refolutian to the two Houfs to vifit his Native Country in Per/on with- in 14 Days, and delr'd them to fin f the Bills that were before themby that time. The Commons being a- ware of the Dfign, and apprehenfiveofDanger, if the King fhouldput himfelf at thehead of the Englith Ar- my in the North, fent away the Earl of Holland im- mediately with Money to pay them off : which was done without Mutiny or Di //urbance. What Occafions had the Commons to apprehend any Danger i * ' A Meftage was brought from the Commons about disbanding, and to move his M jet y for a Proclamation for the more peace- " able effeaing of it ; whereupon the two Houfes petirion'd his Majetty upon ir, and he return'd this Anfwer : " His Majefty has ever lince this ' Naljon . " c Par-
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