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<P>MASTER
GLYNN
HIS
SPEECH,
IN
PARLIAMENT,
on Wedne&s;day, the fifth of <HI>Ianuary,</HI> at
the Committee &s;itting in <HI>Guild-Hall,</HI></P>
<P>Concerning the Breaches of the Pri|viledges
of <HI>Parliament,</HI> by breaking open the
Chambers, Studies, and Truncks, of the &s;ixe
Gentlemen, upon their accu&s;ation of high
Trea&s;on, by his <HI>Maje&s;tie.</HI>
1641.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>MASTER GLYN HIS
Speech in Parliament, on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI>
the fift of <HI>Ianuary,</HI> at the Committee, &s;itting in
<HI>Guild-Hall,</HI> concerning the breaches of the Priviled|ges
of Parliament, by breaking open the Cham|bers,
Truncks, and Studies, of the &s;ix Gen|tlemen,
upon their accu&s;ation of high
Trea&s;on by his Maje&s;tie.
1641.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker,</HI></SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVEe &s;it now upon that Grand bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e
of the breaches of the Rights
and Priviledges of Parliament,
which are &s;o many, and great, &s;o
carefully pre&s;erved, and defended, and having in for|mer
times &s;everely puni&s;hed the infringers thereof,
that I had thought and conceived, that no Subject
of what degree or dignity &s;oever, would either in
their own per&s;ons, or by mi&s;-informing his Maje&s;ty,
concerning the &s;ame, have pre&s;umed to have en|trenched
in the lea&s;t mea&s;ure upon the free Liberty,
Rights, and very being of Parliaments, tending to
the breach thereof. But Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker,</HI> I perceive
the perver&s;ene&s;&s;e, and ob&s;tinate frowardne&s;&s;e of di|vers
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per&s;ons in this Kingdome, in places of power,
and authority, as well of the Clergy, as Layitie, are
growne to that height, that they dare not only pre|&s;ume
to in&s;tigate, and provoke His &s;acred Maje&s;ty,
by their &s;ubtill and politicke mi&s;-informations, but
them&s;elves in their owne per&s;ons dare attempt, if
His Maje&s;ty in His royall wi&s;edome, tender care, and
affection towards his loyall &s;ubjects do refu&s;e to do
the &s;ame, to endeavour as much as in them lyes, by
their malignant carriages in Petitions, and Prote&s;ta|tions
to re&s;i&s;t the lawfull power, and undoubted
Iuri&s;diction, both of the King, and his high Court
of Parliament.</P>
<P>Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker,</HI> The&s;e men notwith&s;tanding, they
apparantly perceive that their wicked Practi&s;es, and
malicious De&s;ignes, cannot take effect according to
their expectation, but are rejected, and detected, a&s;|well
by his Sacred Maje&s;ty, as his Lords and his
whole Councell, dare aventure, to endeavour by ca&s;t|ing
a&s;per&s;ions, and &s;preading abroad evill reports,
not onely of the Members, but of the Proceedings
of the Hou&s;e of Commons again&s;t them, and
others of their Adherents and Favourites, in their
wicked and de&s;perate actions and de&s;ignes again&s;t
their lawfull Soveraigne, and his Liege people.</P>
<P>I conceive Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker,</HI> did the&s;e per&s;ons, but
remember the many pre&s;idents, yet extant of the
ju&s;t and de&s;erved puni&s;hments inflicted by former
Parliaments upon &s;uch mi&s;creants, as witne&s;&s;e the
Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Yorke,</HI> the Duke of <HI>Suffolke,</HI>
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Chiefe Iu&s;tice <HI>Belknap,</HI> and the re&s;t of that con&s;pi|racy
in the raigne of K. <HI>Richard</HI> the 2. they would
have prejudicated to them&s;elves, the like danger
would follow upon them for their evill actions;
Nay Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker,</HI> did the&s;e men but con&s;ider with
them&s;elves, the ju&s;t Iudgements of God, that have
immediately lighted upon the necks of &s;uch, as have
beene the Troublers of Kingdomes and Common-wealths,
whereof they have beene members, as
well recorded in &s;acred writ, as of late times in
this Kingdome, yet &s;till in fre&s;h memory, they
would have laid their hands upon their mouths
and hearts, when they went about to &s;peake or doe
any thing tending to the di&s;honour of Almighty
God, in innovating of his true Religion, corrupting
the &s;incere Doctrine and Di&s;cipline of Chri&s;t and
his Apo&s;tles, as al&s;o any thing tending to the di&s;ho|nour
and perpetuall de&s;truction of his Royall Ma|je&s;ty,
and however, otherwi&s;e they may pretend
the fundamentall lawes and liberties of this King|dome,
the rights and priviledges of Parliaments,
and the very being thereof: but &s;urely Ma&s;ter <HI>Spea|ker,</HI>
they are altogether benummed and &s;tupified,
their con&s;ciences dead and &s;eered, their lives and
conver&s;ation altogether devoted to the workes of
darkene&s;&s;e, and impurity; their de&s;ires altogether
Sen&s;uall, Carnall, and Diveli&s;h, forgetting God,
kicking and &s;purring with maliciou&s;ne&s;&s;e again&s;t all
piety and godline&s;&s;e, or el&s;e, they would never have
adventured to practi&s;e &s;uch things, as it is too too
manife&s;t they have done.</P>
<P>Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker,</HI> I intend to bee briefe in that, which
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I am to &s;peake concerning the breaches of the pri|viledges
of Parliament</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, to informe his Maje&s;ty of any proceedings
in the Hou&s;e of Commons upon any bu&s;ine&s;&s;e
what&s;oever, before they have concluded, fini&s;hed
and made ready the &s;ame, to pre&s;ent to his Maje&s;ty,
for his Royall a&s;&s;ent, thereupon is a breach of the
priviledges of Parliament.</P>
<P>Secondly, to mi&s;-informe his Maje&s;ty contrary
to the proceedings in Parliament, thereby to in|cen&s;e
and provoke him again&s;t the &s;ame, is a breach
of priviledge of Parliament.</P>
<P>Thirdly, to cau&s;e or procure any information or
accu&s;ation to bee brought, or preferred without the
knowledge or con&s;ent of the Parliament into the
Hou&s;e, again&s;t any of the members thereof, is a
breach of priviledge of Parliament.</P>
<P>Fourthly, to apprehend any &s;uch accu&s;ed, to im|pri&s;on
their per&s;ons, to cea&s;e upon their goods or
e&s;tates, to pro&s;ecute and proceed again&s;t them to
their triall and judgement, to condemne or execute
them upon &s;uch accu&s;ation, without the con&s;ent or
advice of the Parliament, is a breach of the privi|ledges
thereof.</P>
<P>Fiftly, to endeavour to ca&s;t an evill opinion of
&s;uch members accu&s;ed into the hearts of His Ma|je&s;ties
loyall Subjects, whereby they di&s;-affecting
them, may be ready and willing to put in execution
any command or warrant for their apprehen&s;ion,
and impri&s;onment, is a breach of the priviledges
of Parliament.</P>
<P>Sixtly, to come in open Parliament, for any Of|ficer,
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or Sergeant, to demand and arre&s;t any &s;uch
member accu&s;ed, be it of high Trea&s;on, or any other
crime what&s;oever, without the knowledge of the
whole Hou&s;e, is a breach of the priviledges of Par|liament.</P>
<P>Seventhly, to come to a Parliament &s;itting in free
con&s;ultation, a&s;&s;i&s;ted and guarded with Armed men,
and with them be&s;etting the Hou&s;e, to demand
as it were (<HI>vi &amp; (armis</HI>) &s;uch members accu&s;ed, is a
breach of the priviledges of Parliament.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, to procure to be &s;et forth, or to &s;et forth
under His Maje&s;ties name, any Proclamation, or
Declaration, prohibiting the repaire of &s;uch per|&s;ons
accu&s;ed to the Parliament, as members thereof,
and to apprehend them in what place &s;oever they
&s;hall bee found, without the advi&s;e and con&s;ent of
the whole State a&s;&s;embled, and &s;itting in free Parlia|ment,
is a manife&s;t breach of the priviledges thereof.
And this Ma&s;ter <HI>Speaker</HI> is all that I have to &s;ay,
concerning this dayes bu&s;ines, humbly
leaving the &s;ame to the further
con&s;ideration of this Ho|nourable
A&s;&s;embly.</P>
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