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<NAME>Judith Siefring</NAME>
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<P>Heads of the CHARGE AGAINST THE KING, Drawn up by <HI>The Generall Councell of the</HI> ARMIE. ALSO His Maje&s;ties Speech to Major <HI>Rolph,</HI> and Col. <HI>Ewers,</HI> concerning the pre&s;ent condition of him&s;elf, and his three Kingdomes, and certain Rules &s;et down by Him for &s;ettlement thereof. An Ordinance of Parliament concerning the City of London: And the Lord Mayors Proclamation concerning tho&s;e who have ingaged in the fir&s;t or &s;econd Warre, or had a hand in obtaining the late Treaty with the King. Taken out of the originall Papers, and publi&s;hed for generall Satisfaction.</P>
<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>T. R.</HI> 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>The Heads of the Charge again&s;t the King, drawn up by the Generall Coun|cell of the Army, and the way that is pro|pounded for his triall.</HEAD>
<P>THe King is much daunted at his removall from Hur&s;t-Ca&s;tle, although he had no great cau&s;e to joy in coming thither at all, he wi&s;heth that he had not &s;pent &s;o much time in the Treaty, but had without que&s;tion granted all that was required at once, yet doth in &s;everall Speeches by way of di&s;cour&s;e, urge how farre he conde&s;cended in the Treaty, &s;aying further, that he can propound a way to prevent the decay of Trade, recover Ireland, and to do much more to that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;tie &s;eems to relie much upon the hopes he hath of the Prince, and expected the mouldring away of the revolted Ships for want of money, the Prince is yet at the Hague, but is &s;hortly to returne to his Queen-Mother in France. Having thus farre &s;hewed how the ca&s;e &s;tands with the King and the Prince in relation to their owne wayes and apprehen&s;ions, it is nece&s;&s;ary that there &s;hould be &s;omwhat &s;aid on the o|ther part, and how the Parliament and Army act and move for a &s;peedy &s;ettlement of the Kingdome either again&s;t the King, or without him.</P>
<P>In doing whereof it is fir&s;t ob&s;ervable, that there is a Declaration brought in and will &s;hortly pa&s;&s;e the Hou&s;e, with many grounds and rea&s;ons to &s;hew that
<PB N="2" REF="3">His Maje&s;ties Conce&s;&s;ions in the Treaty are un&s;atisfa|ctory, and no grounds for a &s;etled peace in this King|dome: And to prevent delayes in what &s;hall follow, and that the Hou&s;e may be unanimous, and proceed with one joynt con&s;ent, none are to be admitted to &s;it in the Hou&s;e, but &s;uch as do atte&s;t this Declaration; and as it is nece&s;&s;ary for the carrying on of this great worke, that there &s;hould be no &s;idings in Parliament, &s;o is it likewi&s;e in all other Councells, and among&s;t publike Officers in Cities and Corporations: and for|a&s;much as this is a time of the yeare for electing &s;eve|rall Officers, the Parliament &s;et forth this en&s;uing Or|dinance.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Die Mercurii,</HI> 20. <HI>Decemb.</HI> 1648.</HEAD>
<P>VVHereas there is an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, bearing date the 18. <HI>December,</HI> 1648. for the choo&s;ing of Common Councell-men, and other Officers with|in the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties thereof for the yeer en&s;uing, the &s;aid Lords and Commons do further de|clare and ordaine, and be it hereby ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that no per&s;on what&s;oever that &s;ub&s;cribed, promoted, or abetted any engage|ment in the yeare 1648. relating to a per&s;onall Treaty with the King at <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall be elected, cho&s;en, or put into any of the Offices or places expre&s;&s;ed in the afore&s;aid Ordinance under the penalty contained in the &s;ame, upon the other excepted per&s;ons, and to be levyed according to the provi&s;ion of the &s;aid Ordi|nance, and the Lord Mayor for the time being is here|by
<PB N="3" REF="3">required, that this Ordinance with the other be publi&s;hed at all Elections, and &s;trictly and punctually ob&s;erved, according to the true intent and meaning hereof.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Brown Cleric Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Upon the Receipt of this Ordinance the Lord May|or cau&s;ed to bee publi&s;hed this Proclamation or E|dict.</P>
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<P><HI>THe&s;e are to require you to publi&s;h this Ordinance with the other, da|ted the</HI> 18. <HI>of this instant moneth at your Elections, and that the &s;ame be &s;trictly and punctually ob&s;erved, according to the true intent and meaning of the &s;ame, this</HI> 20. <HI>day of December,</HI> 1648.</P>
<TRAILER>To the Alderman, or De|puty of the Ward of <HI>Michel.</HI></TRAILER>
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<P>Having already given you truly and briefly the pre&s;ent condition of the King, the acti|ons of the Parliament, and the con&s;ent of, the
<PB N="4" REF="4">City, it remaines that I &s;hould conclude with the proceedings of the Generall Councell of the Army in relation to his Maje&s;ty, and &s;et|ling the Kingdome, the &s;aid Councell being drawing up a charge again&s;t him, con&s;i&s;ting of &s;everall heads, wherein the&s;e following are chiefly in&s;i&s;ted on.</P>
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<HEAD>Matters charged again&s;t the Kings <HI>Ma|je&s;ty</HI> by the Generall Councell of the Army.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. That his Maje&s;ty being tru&s;ted with a limited power to rule according to Law, and by expre&s;&s;e Covenant and Oath obliged to pre&s;erve and protect the Rights and Li|berties of the People, for and by whom he was intru&s;ted, hath perverted that tru&s;t and a|bu&s;ed that power, to the hurt and prejudice of the generality, and to the oppre&s;sion (if not de&s;truction) of many of them, and hath rai&s;ed and a&s;&s;umed that hurtful power which was never committed to him, to the taking
<PB N="5" REF="4">away all tho&s;e foundations of Right and Li|berty, which the people had re&s;erved from him, and to &s;wallow up all into his owne will and power, to impo&s;e or take away, yea to de&s;troy at plea&s;ure, and declining all ap|peal herein to the e&s;tabli&s;hment of equall judgement, rai&s;ed force upon his tru&s;ting people, and attempted by it to uphold and e&s;tabli&s;h him&s;elf in that ab&s;olute tyrannicall power &s;o a&s;&s;umed over them, and exerci&s;ing thereof at plea&s;ure: which evills being acted a|gain&s;t the publique intere&s;t, have been ad|judged capitall in &s;everall of his Predece&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P N="2">2. That the King hath granted Commi&s;si|ons to the Prince, as al&s;o to ORMOND and his a&s;&s;ociate Iri&s;h Rebells, which are not recalled to this day.</P>
<P N="3">3. That this capitall and grand of|fender and author of our troubles the per&s;on of the King, by who&s;e Com|mi&s;sions, Commands, or procurement, and in who&s;e behalfe, and for who&s;e intere&s;t only of will and power all our warres and troubles have been, with
<PB N="6" REF="5">all the mi&s;eries attending them, is guilty of all the trouble, lo&s;&s;e, hazzard, and expence of the blood and mi&s;chiefes that have happened by the late wars in this Kingdome.</P>
<P N="4">4. That the King rai&s;ed &s;everall Armes to the &s;poile and neer de&s;olati|on of the Kingdome: and in the rai&s;ing and having rai&s;ed that force, he did by it a&s;&s;ume and exerci&s;e all kind of ab&s;o|lute and arbitrary power at his owne will alone without Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>The&s;e being the grand matters in charge again&s;t the</HI> King, <HI>(among&s;t others) they are to be put into forme, and then if if they proceed to triall, it will be in a Par|liamentary way, and the Army are to ma|nage the proofs.</HI></P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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