.dory ofthe Puritans, examin'd. 357 liege to it upon the fourth. Nay, Lord Claren- don informs us, * ` That his Majrfty having, by his Anfwer, obliged himfelf not to make any ' forcible Attempt upon it till the 27th of July, by which time he might reafonably expect an Anfwer to his Propoftions, in the mean time refolved to make fome Ihort Progrefs in the neighbouring Counties.' Neal, p. 568. In the Arcbhi/ho1's Palace at Lam- beth, they feized Armsfor about 500 Men. Some part of them, 'tis probable, they lodged there ; the Archbifhop was now in the Tower, and their own Creatures, 'tis likely, in polfefìion of that Place. Neal, ibid. 2'he King forbid the Militia's appear- ing in Arms, without his Content, and iffued out Commons of Array, according to an old. Statute ; but the Parliícment endeavoured to prove thefe Com- m ions illegal. This is modeftly expreffed by Mr. Neal ; 'tis a wonder he did not tell us point- blank, that they ac- tually proved them ro be fo. His Majefty, in his Anfwer to the Declaration of Lords and Commons, 21 June, 1642. fays, t ` We are beholden to them, that they have ex- ' plain'd to all our goo,l Subjects, the Meaning of their Charge againft us, that, by our Intention of making War againft our Parliament, nò more is intended to be meant, than our Refolu- tion not to fubmit to the high Injuftice, or In- ' dignity of the Ordinance, and the Bufinefs of Hull. We have never conceal'd our Intentions in either of thofe Particulars, (we wifh they would deal as clearly with us) but have always, and do now declare, that the pretended Ordi ' nance is againft the Law of the Land, againft * Clarendon's Hi{Iory, Vol. I. p. 5.39 f Rufliworth, Vol. IV. p. 7So. Aa 3 the
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