218 'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. C H A P. VII. 1he conclujion of the .ftrfl civil war, by the king's Jurrender– ing his royal perfon to the [cots. Petitions of the af Jemb!y and city divines againfl T o L E R A T I oN, and for the D 1 v I N E R I G H T of the prejbyterial govern– ment, which is erected in London. Debates between t he king, Mr. Henderfon, and the [cots commijjioners. His majejly is removed from Newcafl:le to Holmby– Houfe. Farther account of the Jectaries. K. Charles I. T H E ~ing ?eing .returne~ t~ O~Jord, Nov. 6. after an unforunate 1646. campaign, m which an his armies were beaten out of the field, and ~· dif~erfed! h~d no. other remedy left butt~ make peace with ~is fu bjeCl:s, laneholy con- which his fnends ll1 London encouraged him to expeCt he might be able dition at Ox- to accomplifh , by the help of fome advantage from the growing divifions ~rd: among the members, the majority of whom wete enclined to an accomo3~~~n, P· d ation, provided the king would $:Onfent to abolifh epifcopacy, and offer Ru!hw. Vol. l. p. 215 , 2!6, fufficient affurances to govern for the future according to law. But tho' his majefty was willing to yield a little to the times, with regard to the fecurity of the civil government, nothing could 'prevail with him to give up the church. Befides as the king's circumf.hnces obliged him to recede, the parliament as conqnerors advanced in their demands. In the month of December, his majefty fent feveral meffages to the parliament, to obtain a perfonal treaty at London, upon the public 'faith for himfelf and a cer– tain number of his friends, refiding there with fafety and honour forty Jayi; but the parliament would by no means truft their enemies wi thin their own bowels, and therefore infilled peremptori ly upon his figning the bills they were preparing to fend him, as a preliminary to a well grounded fet– tlement. The king made fame conceffions on his part, relating to tr::: militia and liberty qf confcience, but very far fhort of the demand of' the two hou· fes, who were fo perfwaded of his art and ability in the choice of am~iguous expreffions, capable of a different fenfe from what appeared at fidl: fight, that they durft not venture to make ufe of them as the bafis of a treaty, T hus the winter was wafted in fruitlefs meffages between London . 1 and
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