332 Mr. NEAL'sJJdVOL of the Delay ; and therefore, ifhis 11tajefly will not fatisfy their Defies, they (hall be infcrcecl, for the Safety of the Kingdom, to difpofe of the Militia, by Jiathority ofboth Houles of Parliament ; and they refolve to do it accordingly: befeeching his Majefiy, at the fame time, to refide near his Parliament. That is, in other words, If the King w'll not readily give up his Prerogative to us, we are re- folved to take it from him by force. Fine Lan- guage from Subje5ls to their Sovereign, and inca- pable of Defence from any Hiforian, who is not a Republican. Neal, ibid. The King was fo enflamed with this Proteßation, that he told them, he was amazed at their Mefjage, but /hould not alter his Refalution. * ' As foon as the Petition was read, the King told them that prefented it, That he was fo much amazed at their Meffage, that he knew not what to anfwer; he Paid, they fpoke of Jea- ' louftes and Fears, but he defired them to lay their Hands to their Hearts, and aik themfelves, ' whether he might not likewife be difturbed with Fears and Jealoufies? And if fo, he afiü- ' red them, that Meffage had nothing leffen'd them. For the Militia, he faid, he had thought fo much of it, before he fent his Anfwer, and was fo well affured, that the Anfwer was agree- ' able to what in Reafon or Juftice they could ' aik, or he in Honour grant, that he fhould not ' alter it in any point. For his Refidence near them, he Paid, he wifhed it might be fo fafe and honourable, that he had no caufe to abfent himfelf from White- ' hall: he bid them alk themfelves, whether he had nor. To conclude, he affured them, upon his Honour, that he had no thought but ofPeace, * Clarendxn's Hillary, Vol. L p. 3¢¢. t ld. ib. and
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