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<P><HI>THE</HI> KINGS MAJESTIES MESS AGE, Brought by Captain TITUS to the Parlia|ment <HI>on Munday October</HI> 2. 1648.</P>
<P>Of the Conce&s;&s;ions of the Treaty:</P>
<P>Delivered to the Parliaments Commi&s;&s;ioners at <HI>New-port, Septemb.</HI> 29.</P>
<P>And being by them refu&s;ed, was &s;ent by His <HI>Maje&s;ty to His two Hou&s;es of Parliament at</HI> We&s;t-min&s;ter, and Read in both Hou&s;es, <HI>Octob.</HI> 2. 1648</P>
<P>And the An&s;wer of both Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment <HI>to the &s;aid Me&s;&s;age from His Maje&s;ty.</HI></P>
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<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion on one side and the Scottish unicorn on the other</FIGDESC>
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<P><HI>London</HI> printed by <HI>Robert Ibbit&s;on.</HI> 1648. <ADD>8^b^e^r 4</ADD></P>
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<HEAD>The <HI>Kings</HI> Maje&s;ties Me&s;&s;age brought by Captaine <HI>Titus</HI> to the Parliament on Munday, <HI>October</HI> 2. 1648.</HEAD>
<P>_HIs Maje&s;ty did u&s;e many earne&s;t endeavours for a Per&s;onall Treaty, which He hoped might have been obtained at We&s;t|min&s;ter, between Him and His two Hou&s;es of Parliament immediately; yet they having made choice of this way by you their Commi&s;&s;ioners, His Maje&s;ty did gladly and cheer|fully accept thereof in this place, as a fit meanes to begin a Treaty for Peace, which might put an end to his owne &s;ad condition, and the mi&s;eries of His Kingdome; For an entrance whereunto. His Maje&s;ty hath already expre&s;&s;ed His con&s;ent to the fir&s;t Propo&s;ition: But finding you are limited by In&s;tructions which you have no Warrant to Communicate unto Him, And having cau&s;e by your Papers of the 20 of this pre&s;ent to beleeve, that you have no power to omit or alter any thing, though He &s;hall give you &s;uch rea&s;ons as may &s;atisfie you &s;o to doe, without tran&s;mitting the Papers to the two Hou&s;es at a far di&s;tance, where His Maje&s;ties rea&s;ons, expre&s;&s;ions, and offers upon Debate cannot be fully repre&s;ented; and from whence their An|&s;wers cannot be returned without much wa&s;te of the time allotted for the Treaty heere: And having lately received another Paper concerning the Church, containing in it &s;elfe many particulars of great importance, and re|ferring to divers Ordinances; Articles of Religion, and other things (11 or 12 in number) of great length, and &s;ome of them very new, and never before pre&s;ented to his Maje&s;ty: The due con&s;ideration whereof will take up much time, and require His Maje&s;ties pre&s;ence with his two Hou&s;es before a full re&s;olution can well be had in matters of &s;o high con&s;equence; To the end therefore that the good worke now in hand may (by Gods ble&s;&s;ing) proceed more &s;peedily and effectually to an happy Conclu&s;ion; And that His two Hou&s;es of Parliament may at pre&s;ent have further &s;ecurity, and an earne&s;t of future &s;atisfaction: His Maje&s;ty upon Con&s;ideration had of yours, makes the&s;e Propo&s;itions following:</P>
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<HEAD>Concerning the Church.</HEAD>
<P><HI>HIS Maje&s;ty will con&s;ent that the calling and &s;itting of the A&s;&s;embly of Di|vines at We&s;tmin&s;ter be confirmed for Three yeares by Act of Parliament.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And will by Act of Parliament confirme for Three yeares the Directory for the publique wor&s;hip of God in the Kingdomes of England and Ireland, and Dominion of Wales.</HI></P>
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<P> <HI>And will likewi&s;e confirme for Three yeares by Act of Parliament the forme of Church Government, which yee have pre&s;ented to Him, to be u&s;ed for the Churches of England and Ireland, and Dominion of Wales; Provided, that His Maje&s;ty, and tho&s;e of His judgement, or any other who cannot in Con&s;cience &s;ubmit thereunto, be not in the meane time obliged to comply with the &s;ame government or forme of Wor|&s;hip, but have free practice of their owne profes&s;ion. And that a free Con&s;ultation and debate be had with the A&s;&s;embly of Divines of We&s;tmin&s;ter in the meane time, (20 of His Maje&s;ties nomination being added unto them) whereby it may be determined by His Maje&s;ty and His two Hou&s;es of Parliament how the &s;aid Church-Government and forme of publique Wor&s;hip after the &s;aid time may be &s;ettled, or &s;ooner, if diffe|rencs may be agreed. And how al&s;o Reformation of Religion may be &s;ettled within the Kingdomes of England and Ireland, and Dominion of Wales. And the Articles of Chri&s;tian Religion now delivered to Him may in like manner be then con&s;idered of and determined, and care taken for the ea&s;e of tender con&s;ciences.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And concerning the Bi&s;hops Lands and Revenues, His Maje&s;ty con&s;idering that during the trouble&s;ome times divers of His Subjects have made contracts and purcha|&s;es, and divers have disbur&s;ed great &s;ums of monies upon &s;ecurity and engagement of tho&s;e Lands; His Maje<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ty for their &s;atisfaction, will con&s;ent to an Act or Acts of Par|liament, whereby legall E&s;tates for Lives or for Yeares (at their choice) not exceeding 90 yeares &s;hall be made of tho&s;e Lands towards the &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid Purcha&s;ers Contractors, and others to whom they are ingaged, at the old Rents, or &s;ome other mo|derate Rent, whereby they may receive &s;atisfaction.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And in ca&s;e &s;uch Lea&s;e &s;hall not &s;atisfie, His Maje&s;ty will propound and con&s;ent to &s;ome other way, for their further &s;atisfaction.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Provided, that the propriety and inheritance of tho&s;e Lands may &s;till remaine and continue to the Church and Church-men re&s;pectively according to the pious intentions of the Doners and Founders thereof: And the re&s;t that &s;hall be re&s;erved to be for their maintenance.</HI></P>
<P><HI>His Maje&s;ty will give His Royall A&s;&s;ent for the better ob&s;ervation of the Lords day; For &s;uppres&s;ing of Innovation, in Churches and Chappels, in and about the Wor&s;hip of God, and for the better advancement of the Preaching of Gods holy Word in all parts of the Kingdome. And to an Act again&s;t enjoying Pluralities of Benefices by Spirituall per&s;ons, and Nonre&s;idency. And to an Act for regulating and reforming both &V;niver&s;ities, and the Colledges of We&s;tmin&s;ter, Winche&s;ter, and Eaton.</HI></P>
<P><HI>His Maje&s;ty will Con&s;ent to an Act for the better di&s;covery and &s;peedy conviction of Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, as is de&s;ired in your Propo&s;itions; And al&s;o to an Act for the Edu|cation of the Children of Papi&s;ts by Prote&s;tants in the Prote&s;tant Religion.</HI></P>
<P><HI>As al&s;o to an Act for the true levying of the penalties against Papi&s;ts, to be levied and di&s;po&s;ed in &s;uch manner as both Hou&s;es &s;hall agree on, and as is propo&s;ed on his Ma|je&s;ties behalfe.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And al&s;o to an Act to prevent the practi&s;es of Papi&s;ts again&s;t the State. And for
<PB N="3" REF="3">putting the Lawes in execution. And for a &s;tricter cour&s;e to prevent hearing and &s;ay|ing of Ma&s;&s;e.</HI></P>
<P><HI>But as to the Covenant, His Maje&s;ty is not yet therein &s;atisfied that He can either &s;igne or &s;weare it, or con&s;ent to impo&s;e it on the Con&s;ciences of others. Nor doth con|ceive it proper or u&s;efull at this time to be in&s;i&s;ted on.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Touching the Militia, His Maje&s;ty conceives that your Propo&s;ition demands a far larger power over the Per&s;ons and E&s;tates of His Subjects, then hath ever hitherto been warranted by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme; yet con&s;idering the pre|&s;ent di&s;tractions require more, and tru&s;ting in His two Hou&s;es of Parliament that they will make no further u&s;e of the power therein mentioned, after the pre&s;ent di&s;tempers &s;etled, then &s;hall be agreeable to the legal exerci&s;e thereof in times pa&s;t, or ju&s;t neces&s;ity &s;hall require, His Maje&s;ty will con&s;ent to an Act of Parliament.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That the Lords and Commons in Parliament of England now a&s;&s;embled, or hereafter to be a&s;&s;embled. or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint during the &s;pace of</HI> 10 <HI>yeares, &s;hall Arme, Traine, and Di&s;cipline, or cau&s;e to be Armed, Trained, or Di&s;ciplined, all the Forces of the Kingdomes of England and Ireland, and Dominion of Wales, the I&s;les of Gerne&s;ey and Jer&s;ey, and the Towne of Barwick upon Tweed, already rai&s;ed, both for Sea and Land &s;ervice, And &s;hall from time to time during the &s;pace of</HI> 10 <HI>yeares rai&s;e, levy, arme, traine and di&s;cipline, or cau&s;e to be rai&s;ed, levied, ar|med, trained and di&s;ciplined any other Forces for Land and Sea &s;ervice in the King|domes: Dominions, and places afore&s;aid, as in their judgements they &s;hall from time to time during the &s;aid &s;pace of</HI> 10 <HI>yeares thinke fit to appoint. And that neither the King, His Heires or Succe&s;&s;ours, or any other but &s;uch as &s;hall act by the Authority, or approbation of the &s;aid Lords and Commons, &s;hall during the &s;aid &s;pace of</HI> 10 <HI>yeares exerci&s;e any of the powers afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That Monies be rai&s;ed and levied for the maintenance and u&s;e of the &s;aid Forces for Land &s;ervice, and of the Navy and Forces for Sea &s;ervice, in &s;uch &s;ort, and by &s;uch wayes and meanes as the &s;aid Lords and Commons &s;hall from time to time du|ring the &s;aid &s;pace of</HI> 10 <HI>yeares think fit and appoint, and not otherwi&s;e.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That all the &s;aid Forces both for Land and Sea &s;ervice &s;o rai&s;ed or levied, or to be rai&s;ed or levied; And al&s;o the Admiralty and Navy &s;hall from time to time during the &s;aid &s;pace of</HI> 10 <HI>yeares be imployed, managed, ordered and di&s;po&s;ed by the Lords and Commons in &s;uch &s;ort, and by &s;uch wayes and meanes as they &s;hall thinke fit and appoynt, and not otherwi&s;e.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And the &s;aid Lords and Commons, or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoynt, during the &s;aid &s;pace of ten yeares &s;hall have power.</HI></P>
<P>TO &s;uppre&s;&s;e all Forces rai&s;ed, or to be rai&s;ed, without authority and con&s;ent of the &s;aid Lords and Commons, to the di&s;turbance of the pub|lick
<PB N="4" REF="4">lique Peace of the Kingdomes of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> the I&s;les of <HI>Gern&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or any of them.</P>
<P N="2">2 To &s;uppre&s;&s;e any forain Forces who &s;hall invade, or indevour to Invade the Kingdomes of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> the I&s;les of <HI>Gern|&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Barwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or any of them.</P>
<P>And after the expiration of the &s;aid ten years, neither the King, His heires or Succe&s;&s;ors, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons by colour or pretence of any Commi&s;|&s;ion, power, deputation, or authority to be derived from the King, his Heires or Succe&s;&s;ors, or any of them, &s;hall without the con&s;ent of the &s;aid Lords and Commons, rai&s;e, arme, train, di&s;cipline, imploy, order, manage, disband, or di&s;|po&s;e any the Forces by Sea or Land, of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> I&s;les of <HI>Gern&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> Nor exerci&s;e any of the &s;aid powers or authorities herein before mentioned, and expre&s;&s;ed to be during the &s;pace of ten years, in the &s;aid Lords and Commons. Nor do any act, or any thing concerning the execution of the &s;aid powers or authorities, or any of them, without the con&s;ent of the &s;aid Lords and Commons fir&s;t had and obtained.</P>
<P>And with the &s;ame provi&s;o's for &s;aving the ordinary Legall power of Offi|cers of Ju&s;tice, not being Military Officers, as is &s;et down in your propo&s;i|tions.</P>
<P>And with a Declaration, That if any per&s;ons &s;hall be gathered and a&s;&s;em|bled together, in a War-like manner, or otherwi&s;e, to the number of 30 per|&s;ons, and &s;hall not forthwith di&s;per&s;e them&s;elves, being required thereto by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, or command from them, or any by them, e&s;pe|cially authorized for that purpo&s;e; Then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons not &s;o di&s;per|&s;ing them&s;elves, &s;hall be guilty, and incur the paines of High Trea&s;on; being fir&s;t declared guilty of &s;uch offence, by the &s;aid Lords and Commons: Any Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great Seal, or other Warrant to the contrary, not|with&s;tanding. And he or they that &s;hall &s;o offend herein, to be uncapable of any pardon from his Maje&s;ty, his Heires or Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>And likewi&s;e that it be provided that the City of <HI>London</HI> &s;hall have and en|joy all their Rights, Liberties, &amp;c. in rai&s;ing and imploying the Forces of that City, in &s;uch &s;ort as is mentioned in the &s;aid propo&s;ition.</P>
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<HEAD>With the&s;e Provi&s;o's following, to be in&s;erted in the &s;aid Act.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 THat none be compelled to &s;erve in the War again&s;t their wils, but in ca&s;e of comming in of &s;trange enemies into this Kingdome.</P>
<P>And that the powers above mentioned, or concerning the Land Forces, other then for keeping up, and maintenance of Forts and Garri&s;ons, and the keeping up, maintaining, and pay of this pre&s;ent Army, &s;o long as it &s;hall
<PB N="5" REF="4">be thought fit by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, be exerci&s;ed to no other purpo|&s;es then to the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of Forces rai&s;ed or to be rai&s;ed, without authority and con&s;ent of the &s;aid Lords and Commons as afore&s;aid, or for &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of any Forraine Forces which &s;hall Invade, or indeavour to Invade the King|domes, Dominions, or places afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And that the monies bee rai&s;ed by generall, and equall Taxations, &s;aving that Tonnage and Poundage, and &s;uch impo&s;ts as have been-applyed to the Navy, and be rai&s;ed as hath been u&s;uall.</P>
<P>And that all Patents, Commi&s;&s;ions, and other Acts concerning the pre|mi&s;&s;es, be made and Acted in His Maje&s;ties name by Warrant, &s;igned by the Lords and Commons, and &s;uch other as they &s;hall authori&s;e for that purpo&s;e.</P>
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<P><HI>If it &s;hall be made &s;atisfactory to His two Hou&s;es to have the Militia, and powers thereupon depending, during the whole time of His Maje&s;ties Reigne, rather then for the &s;pace of ten yeares, His Maje&s;ty gives them the election.</HI></P>
<P>TOuching <HI>Ireland,</HI> His Maje&s;ty having in two preceding propo&s;itions given His con&s;ent concerning the Church &amp; the Militia there in all things an in <HI>England:</HI> As to all other matters relating to the Kingdome, after advice with His two Hou&s;es, He will leave it to their determination, and give His con&s;ent accordingly, as is herein hereafter expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>Touching publicke debts, His Maje&s;ty will give con&s;ent to &s;uch an Act for rai&s;ing of monies by generall and equall Taxations, for the payment and &s;a|tisfying the Arrears of the Army publick debts and engagements of the King|dome, as &s;hall be agreed on by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, and &s;hall be audited and a&s;certained by them, or &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall appoint, within the &s;pace of 12 moneths, after pa&s;&s;ing of an Act for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty will con&s;ent to an Act, that during the &s;aid &s;pace of 10 yeares the Lord Chancellour, or Lord Keeper, Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Great Seale, or Trea&s;ury, Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, Chancellour of the Exchequer and Dutchy, Secretaries of State, Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, Judges of both Benches, and Barons of the Exchequer of <HI>England,</HI> be nominated by both Hou&s;es of the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> to continue <HI>quam diu &s;e bone ge&s;&s;erint:</HI> And in the in|tervals of Parliament, by &s;uch others as they &s;hall authorize for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty will con&s;ent that the Militia of the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liber|ties thereof, during the &s;pace of ten years, may be in the ordering and Govern|ment of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in the Common-councell A&s;&s;embled, or &s;uch as they &s;hall from time to time appoint, (whereof the Lord Mayor and Sheriffes for the time being, to be three) to be imployed and directed from time to time, during the &s;aid &s;pace of ten years, in &s;uch manner as &s;hall be agreed upon, and appointed by both Hou&s;es of Parliament. And that no Citizen of the City of <HI>London,</HI> nor any of the Officers of the &s;aid City
<PB N="6" REF="5">&s;hall be drawn forth, or compelled to go out of the &s;aid City or Liberties ther|of, for Military &s;ervice, without their own free con&s;ent.</P>
<P>That an Act be pa&s;&s;ed for granting and confirming the Charters, Cu&s;tomes, Liberties, and Franchi&s;es of the City of <HI>London,</HI> notwith&s;tanding any <HI>Nonu&s;er, mi&s;u&s;er,</HI> or <HI>Abu&s;er.</HI></P>
<P>And that during the &s;aid ten years, the Tower of <HI>London</HI> may be in the Go|vernment of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and the cheif Officers and Governour from time to time, during the &s;aid &s;pace to be nominated, and removeable by the Common-councell, as are de&s;ired in your Propo&s;itions,</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty having thus far expre&s;&s;ed His con&s;ent for the pre&s;ent &s;atisfacti|on, and the &s;ecurity of His two Hou&s;es of Parliament, and tho&s;e that have ad|hered unto them, touching your foure fir&s;t Propo&s;itions, and other the parti|culars before &s;pecified: As to all the re&s;t of your Propo&s;itions delivered to Him at <HI>Hampton Court,</HI> (not referring to tho&s;e heads) and to that of the Court of Wards, &s;ince delivered; As al&s;o to the remaining Propo&s;itions con|cerning <HI>Ireland;</HI> His Maje&s;ty de&s;ires onely when He &s;hall come to <HI>VVe&s;tmin|&s;ter</HI> Per&s;onally to advi&s;e with His two Hou&s;es, and to deliver His opinion, and the rea&s;on of it; which being done, He will leave the whole matter of the&s;e remaining Propo&s;itions to the determination of His two Hou&s;es, which &s;hall prevaile with Him for His con&s;ent accordingly.</P>
<P>And His Maje&s;ty doth (for His owne particular) onely propo&s;e that He may have Liberty to repaire forthwith to <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and be re&s;tored to a condition of ab&s;olute freedome and &s;afety, (a thing which He &s;hall never de|ny to any of his Subjects,) and to the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of His Lands and Revenues; And that an Act of Oblivion, and Indempnity may pa&s;&s;e, to extend to all per|&s;ons, for all matters relating to the late unhappy differences; which being a|greed by his two Hou&s;es of Parliament, His Maje&s;ty will be ready to make the&s;e his Conce&s;&s;ions binding, by giving them the force of Laws by His Roy|all A&s;&s;ent.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae Octobr. 2. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>RE&s;olved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;|&s;embled,</HI></P>
<P>That they are not &s;atisfied in the Propo&s;itions made by his Ma|je&s;ty in his Letter. And that a Letter be &s;ent to the Commi&s;&s;ioners in the I&s;le of Wight, to acquaint them that the Hou&s;es do well ap|prove of their proceedings, and doe give them thanks for their great care and paines in managing of this important and weighty bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; requiring them &s;till to proceed, and act punctually ac|cording to their In&s;tructions.</P>
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