340 Mr. N E A L's II' Vol. of the rent, that the King, f duced by wicked Counfel, in- tended to make War upon the Parhan;ent. It is much more apparent from the Hiftory of thofe Times, that that Fag End of a Parliament, fe- duced by wicked Couhf 1, put the King upon a necef- fary Defence of hirnfif. * It may feem ftrange, and even prodigious, that theft: People fhould ever hope to obtrude fuch a Vote upon the Na- tion,That the King defign'd a War againft them; when, as the Lord Clarendon tells us, they were ' fo far from fearing he thould raife an Army, that they were molt affured, he had neither Ship, Harbour, Arms nor Money, nor was able to get Bread to fupport himfelf for three Months, without fabmitting to their Conduit and Con- ' troul. ¡' And tho' they did not believe that the ' King would be able to raife any Force againft them, yet they were inwardly enraged to find he liv'd more like himfelf than they defired ; and that from the defertion of his own Servants, he was now attended by the chief Gentlemen of all Counties ; which imply'd a Diflike, if not a Con- ' tempt of their Carriage towards him. Therefore to prevent this dangerous Obedience to him, they appointed their Sergeant to apprehend fome Per- ' fops who had retorted to York, and bring them as Delinquents before theHoufes.' Neal, p. 558. The Parliament in their Memorial avow, in the prefence of the Allfeeinz Deity, that the Sincerity of their Endeavours have been only di- reFted to the King's Hc,aour, and the Publick Peace, free from ail Private Aims, Pcrfoeal Refpetis and Peons whatfoever. This Gentleman mule have a more than common Attachment to the prevailing Principles of thofe Times, to believe their Memorial, notwithftand- * Ib. p. 313. Echard, Vol. II. p. 314. ing
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