744 The HISTORY of the puRITANg. Chap. X. K: Charles I. majejly, ofthe deplorablefiate of the kingdom ; but it was laid aide till this ' 6 time, when the profpec5t of an agreement between him and his parliament being almoft at an end, after the breaking out of the irifh infurreblion and mafacre, it was perfected and read in the houleof commons November 22. when it met with fo thong an oppofition, that it was carried only by nine voices, after.a long debate from three in 'the afternoon till three in the morning, which made one fay, " It looked like the verdin of a ftarved " jury." Many were of opinion, that thofe grievances which had been redreffed by the late as of parliament ought to have been covered, left the reviving them fhould make the breach wider between the king and parliament; while others thought the mentioning them could do no harm if it was done with refpen, and that it was in a manner neceffary in order to introduce the intended limitation of the royal power. However this was the crifs that difcovered the ftrength of the two parties, and was ma- naged with fuch warmth, that Oliver Cromwell is faid to tell lord Falk- land, that if the remonfirance had been rejec?edhewouldhavefold all he had next morning, and never havefeen England more. Remarks. It is difficult to fay which fide of thequeftion was right. Mr. Rapin Claren. will not take upon him to determine, whether it was neceffary for the wel- Vol. lI. fare of the kingdom, toput it out of the king's power to governfor thefu 12apin, hire °' n,' in the fame arbitrarymanner ashe had done forfifteen years; but he p. 212. thinks the reafons for it very plaufible, and does not well fee what fecuri- ty they could have who were for leaving the king in poffeßion of the fame power he had before enjoyed ; efpecially if it be confidered, that his ma- lefty had fill the fame arbitrary principles, and the fame inviolable attach- ment to his queen and the popifh fanion, befides the current report that the court had fomented the irifh infurreciion, which had filled the minds of people with diftraning terrors. 'Tis certain the king had conceived an implacable averfion to the leading members of the puritanical party in both houfes, and having quieted thefads, was determined to make them examples; of which they were not ignorant. After all, whether thefe and the like reafons were fuflicient tojuftify the whole of the parliament's conduit in this affair, I will not prefume to determine. It a prefe it- The remonftrance was prefented to the king at Hampton-Court [Dec. r.] edtrotek,ng..about a week after his majefty's return from Scotland, with a petition for Rufh '. redrefs of the grievances therein contained. 'Tis eafy to fuppofe it was not p' 438 very acceptable, but the king gave thecommittee his hand to kifs, and Nalton, Y P g g p. 694. took time to return an anfwer. The remon/lrance enumerates the feveral grievances, oppreffions, and unbounded ads" of the prerogative, fence his majefly's acceffion, to the number of almoft hundred, and char- ges their rife and progrefs, (t.) On the jefuited papifts. (3.) On the cruet,
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