Chap. II. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 493 than his council, to give him advice as to what he fhould afk. It is the Kirgjames r. " king, faÿs he, that makes laws, and ye are to advife him to make filch 1621. " as will be beft for the commonwealth ;" With regard to his tole- ^"'" rating popery, on the account of his Eon's match, he profeffes, " he will do nothing but what (hall be for the good of religion." With regard to the Palatinate he Pays, " if he cannot get it reflored by fair means, his " crown, his blood, and his Eon's blood, (hall be fpent for its recovery." He therefore commands them not to hunt after grievances, but to be quick and fpeedy in giving him money. Though the parliament did not credit the king's fpeech, yet the occafion was fo reafonable, that the commons immediately voted him two entire fubfidies, and the clergy three ; but finding his majefty awed by the Spaniard, and making no preparation for war, they began to enquire into grievances, upon which the king ad- journed the houfes; (a power not claimed by any ofhis predeceffors.) But upon the day of adjournment the commons drew up a declaration, wherein they fay, " that being touched with a true fenfe and fellow-feeling of the " fufferings of the king's children, and of the true profeffors of the fame chriflian religion profeffed by the church of England in foreign parts, as members of the fame body, they unanimoufly declare, that they will be " ready, to the utmoft of their power, bothwith their lives and fortunes, to " ant his majefty fo, as that he may be able to do that with the fword,. " which by a peaceable cour-le (hall not be effected." Upon their re-affembling in the month of November, finding the king Their ram. Rill amufed by the Spani/h match, while the proteftant intereft in the Pala- .ranee a- liante was expiring, the commons drew up a large remonftrance, in which gall they reprefent the danger.of the proteftant religion from the growth of po- pery; from the open refort of papifts to the ambaffadors chapels ; from the frequent and numerous conventicles both in city and country; from the interpofing of foreign ambaffadors in their favour; from the compounding of their forfeitures for fuch (mall fums of money as amounts to little lets than a toleration; from the education of gentlemen's children in popifh feminaries, and the licentious printing and puhlifhing popi(h books;. wherefore they pray his majefty to take his fword in hand for the re- covery of the palatinate, to put the laws in execution againft papifts, to break off the Spani/h match, and to marry his Yon to a prote/lant prince . The king hearing of this remonftrance, lent the fpeaker a letter from The 4;ng's New-Market to acquaint the houle, that he abfolutelyforbid their meddling-arbitrary 4a- with any thing concerning his government, or with hisEon's match; and to Rapú, keep them in awe, his majefty declared, that he thinks himfellf at lib'erty p.466, &cv_ to punifh any man's mifdemeanors in parliament, as well during their fitting, as after, which he means not tofare hereafter upon occafion of any man's infolent behaviour in thehoufe. In anfwer fo this letter, the commons drew up a petition to prefent with their remonftrance, in which they infft upon. the:
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