124 The HIS T 0 RY of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. K. Charles I." When fome of the members of parliament had fpoken freely againil: 1644. " the duke of Buckingham, they were by the king's command, fent to ';(;;;•';J;;J,," the Tower; and his majefly coming to the houfe of peers, tells them, May 11. " that he had thought fit to puniG1 fome infolent fpeeches lately fpoken 1'626. " a"ainfl: the duke, for I am fo (enfible of all your honours (fays he)' 0 f ' . " that he that touches any o you, toucnes me :n a ve1 y great meafure. "Further, when. the parliament was dilfolved in the year 1628. a pro– " clamation was publifhed, together with the above-mentioned remon l\llarch 27 . " fhan ce, in which his majefty declares, that fince his parliament a3 r6J2g. " not fo dutifuf as they ought to be, ne was refblved to live without " them, till thofe who had interrupted his proceedings fhould receive " condign punifhment, and his people come to a better temper ; and that " in the mean time, he would exaCt the duties that were received by hiS " father, which his now majeily neither could nor would difpenfe "with.n Abp'; reply. The archbiiliop replied,. that he did indeed make the above mentioned~ Lauc.'s hilt. fpeeches, being commanded to the fervice, and followed his inflruClions– P· 2 3°• bo3, as clofe as he could. As for the (mart paifages complained of, . he hopes· 404 ' 40 • they will not be thought fucli, when 'tis confidered whofe mouth was· to utter them, and upon what occafion. However if they be, he is heartily forry for them, and humbly defires they may be palfed by. The an– fwer to the remonftrance was drawn by his majefty's command, as ap– pears by the endorfemcnt; and the fev.ere pafTages objeCted to, were in his inilruCl:ions. When a parliament errs may not their king tell them of it?' Or. mull every paifage in. his anfwer be four that pleafes not? The manager> proceeded to produce fome other p.1ffages tending more immediately to fubvert the rights of parliament, and among others, they infiil:ed on thefe three. ·..1rbitrary. I." That the archbifhop had faid' at the council-table, after the ending jpmhe:softhe " of the late parliament, that now the king might make uje of his own abp. l"mfelf. '' power. This was attefted by Sir Harry Vaue the elder, who was a M. charge. . r: ll d h r: , Abp's reply, Laud's hilt. p. 231· " pnvy-coun1e or, an t en pre,ent. ·The archbifhop replied, that he did not remembe1· the words; that if he did fpeak them they were not treafonable; or if they were, he ought to have been tried within fix months, according to the ftatutes 1 Eliz. cap. 6. That Sir Henry Vane was only a Iingle witnefs, whereas the law req.uires two witnelfes for treafon; befides, he conGeived that this advice relating to the fcotijh troubles was within the aCt of oblivion, which he had pleadecl. ,But lqfl if all, let it be remembered, f.1ys the archbifhop, for Sir Harry's honour, that he being a man in years, has fo good a memo-ry, that he aione can remember words fpoken at a full council-
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