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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<P>THE COMMONS PETITJON TO THE KING In Defence of Mr. <HI>PYM.</HI> ANSWERING Tho&s;e Seuen Articles whereof hee was <HI>Impeached.</HI> Being a Commendable <HI>&V;indication</HI> of tho&s;e Seven Articles, wherein Mr. Pym was lately Accu&s;ed.</P>
<P>Shewing how his good Endeavours for the benefit and &s;afety of this Kingdome, and his affectionate Zeale for the publique Pro&s;perity of this Realme have bin mi&s;con&s;trued.</P>
<P>Expre&s;&s;ing the great Love, and &s;ingular Affection of the Commons to him, who have petitioned to the King, in An&s;wer of tho&s;e Ar|ticles again&s;t him, be&s;eeching His Maje&s;ty to remit, and excu&s;e him, being not guilty of the &s;ame.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for William Bond, 1641.</P>
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<HEAD>An An&s;vver to the <HI>1.</HI> Article again&s;t Mr. Pym, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>The 1 Article was to this effect, that M. <HI>Pym</HI> (a|mong&s;t the other &s;cilicet) hath traiterou&s;ly endea|voured to &s;ubvert the fundamentall lawes, and go|vernment of <HI>England:</HI> this &s;eemes contrary, in re|gard that hee &s;olely did alwayes oppo&s;e any man, whom hee either found or could &s;u&s;pect guilty of the &s;ame crime, and hath laboured rather to ratifie, and confirme the fundamentall lawes, the either &s;ubvert or confound the &s;ame. For in his Diurnall Speeches in the <HI>Parliament</HI> was alwayes &s;pecified his reall intent, in the in&s;titution, and not diminuti|on or &s;ubver&s;ion of any law: which was not detri|mentall to the &s;afety, and pro&s;perity of this King|dome, In the &s;ame Article it is mentioned, that with all he hath indeavoured to deprive the King of His Royall power, and to place in &s;ubjects in arbitrary power over the Lives, Liberties, and E&s;tates of His Maje&s;ties liege people. To this your Petitioners an+&s;wer, that we have found him &s;o diligent to advance your Maje&s;ties royall Dignity and Crowne, that he hath &s;eemed rather to ad, then in any wi&s;e to de|prive your Maje&s;ty of any power, appertaining to your royall Selfe: and for the &s;ub&s;equent conclu&s;i|on we find, that otherwi&s;e; for hee hath given his vote in the <HI>Hou&s;e of Commons</HI> again&s;t the &s;ame. We proceed now to the 2. Article, <HI>viz.</HI> that he hath en|deavoured to lay many foule a&s;per&s;ions upon His Maje&s;ty, and his government to alienate the affecti|ons of his people, and to make his Maje&s;ty odious unto them.</P>
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<HEAD>The An&s;wer to the &s;econd Article.</HEAD>
<P>To this your Petitioners pre&s;ume to an&s;wer thus: as in the former Article we have &s;pecified the inte|grity of his mind, free from entertaining the lea&s;t thought of ca&s;ting a&s;per&s;ions either on your Maje|&s;ties per&s;on or government: &s;o likewi&s;e we do &s;ig|nifie his innocuous intent herein, that we could ne|ver heare, know, or perceive him at any time min|ded to alienate the affections of any of his people, &amp; if any per&s;on, or per&s;ons will maintaine, or prove the &s;ame again&s;t him, or them, that he did indeavour to divert their affections from your Maje&s;ty, hewill acknowledge him&s;elfe guilty thereof, and ju&s;tly ac|cv&s;ed for the &s;ame. But that he &s;hould indeavour to make your Maje&s;ty odious vnto any, it &s;eems incre|dible; for your Petitioners know, that the hearts &amp; affectionss of your &s;ubjects, are &s;o unitely fixed on you both in their prayers, hopes, and wi&s;hes, that we impartially beleeve, that no man would become &s;o di&s;loyall, as to &s;ub&s;tract any re&s;pective obedience from your Maje&s;ty, much le&s;&s;e that your owne roy|all per&s;on &s;hould become odious unto them.</P>
<P>We now arrive at the 3. Articles, <HI>viz.</HI> That hee hath endeavoured to draw your Maje&s;ties late Army into di&s;obedience to your Maje&s;ties Commands, and to &s;ide with them in their trayterous de&s;ignes.</P>
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<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>The An&s;vver to the third Article.</HEAD>
<P>Your Petitioners have found him alwayes very &s;olicitous, and carefull of your Maje&s;ties Army, &s;triving rather to bring them unto a regular obedi|ence, then to &s;ide with them in any trayterous de|&s;igne.</P>
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<P>And wee are confident hereof, that none of your Maje&s;ties Army can prove, that he did ever &s;educe a|ny of them or &s;ugge&s;t them unto any di&s;obedient di&s;order, or agree to any de&s;igne what&s;oever.</P>
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<HEAD>The An&s;vver to the fourth Article.</HEAD>
<P>We come now to the 4. Article, wherein is decla|red, that he hath traytorou&s;ly invited, &amp; incouraged a forreine power to invade his Maje&s;ties kingdome of <HI>England.</HI> To this your Petitioners dare boldly &s;ay, that this nefarious invitation, and incouragment of a forreine power was never undertooke by him; for he hath bin very vigilant to pre&s;erve, and defend this Kingdome in as great fortification as po&s;&s;ibly might be, to the flori&s;hing pro&s;perity of this whole Realme. And therefore he hath oftentimes expre&s;|&s;ed his affection towards the &s;afety of this Nation, and of &s;tronger forces that &s;hould be rai&s;ed to keep out any forreine enemy or power, lea&s;t peradven|ture they &s;teale upon us vnawares.</P>
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<P>In the Fifth Article he is impeached thus: that hee hath trayterou&s;ly indeavoured to &s;ubvert the Rights, and very Being of Parliaments. To this wee may an&s;wer with great facility: hee was the chiefe cau&s;e that this <HI>Parliament</HI> was a&s;&s;embled, &amp; it &s;eems very incongruous, that he &s;hould &s;ubvert the &s;ame. Moreover he is the &s;ole man that &s;tands for the an|tient Rights, and Liberties of the Parliaments, and it &s;eemes a &s;tupendious thing, that hee &s;hould con|found the &s;ame.</P>
<P>In this re&s;pect your Petitioners dare &s;peak with confidence, that there was not one man in the Par|liament
<PB REF="3">hou&s;e, who did &s;tand more &s;trongly for the Rights of <HI>Parliaments,</HI> then Mr. <HI>Pym</HI> was. In their Article there is demon&s;trated his arraignment, that for compleating of his trecherous de&s;igns, he hath indeavoured as far as in him lay by force, &amp; terrour to compell the Parliament, to joyn with him in his trayterous de&s;igns, and to that end hath actually rai|&s;ed, and countenanced tumults again&s;t the King, and Parliament. <HI>The An&s;vver to the <HI>6.</HI> Article.</HI> To this it is an&s;wered, that no man in the <HI>Parliament</HI> can by coertion be compelled by any man to joyne with him in his a&s;&s;ertion. And withall we &s;uppo&s;e Mr. <HI>Pym</HI> is more judicious, then to urge and mans vote, or a&s;&s;ent unto his de&s;ign (if I may &s;o &s;peake.) But for the tumultuous vp rotes made in the City, and We&s;tmin&s;ter, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">o one particular man can be &s;u&s;pe|cted to have bin the Author thereof, for the tumult was promi&s;cuous.</P>
<P>And moreover Mr. <HI>Pym</HI> was the &s;ole cau&s;e that did &s;up|pre&s;&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> them, therefore he co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> in no regard countenance the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ind <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">ult. The 7. and l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> Article is this, that he hath trayterou&s;ly con&s;pired to ley<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">, and fifth actually leavied power again&s;t the King. To this wee can an&s;wer nothing to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">awl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">ly per<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"> that hee was a man of greater fidelity, and greater Loy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ry to your Maje|&s;ty. Your Petitioners will not pre&s;ume to tre&s;pa&s;&s;e too far on your element lenity: but doe with all humility, and re|&s;pective loyalty pre&s;ent their <HI>Petition</HI> unto your Maje&s;tie, building our hopes on your judicious clemencie, that your Maje&s;ty hath maturely con&s;idered of the perfect integrity of Mr. <HI>Pym,</HI> you will remit all: which will give great, and plenary &s;atisfaction to the whole Commons.</P>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>And your Petitioners &s;hall be bound for ever to pray.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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