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<P>Motives and Rea&s;ons, CONCERNING His Highne&s;&s;e the Prince ELECTOR PALATINES comming into <HI>ENGLAND.</HI></P>
<P>Pre&s;ented to both the Honourable Hou&s;es of Parliament by His &s;aid Highne&s;&s;e, on <HI>Satterday</HI> the 14. of September. 1644.</P>
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<P>LONDON, Printed by JANE COE.  1644.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary address">
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<HEAD><HI>Motives</HI> and <HI>Rea&s;ons,</HI> Concerning His Highne&s;&s;e the Prince Elector Palatine, His coming into ENGLAND.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Pre&s;ented to both the Honourable Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament,</HI> by his &s;aid Highne&s;&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>_ALL actions what&s;oever being obnoxious to divers cen&s;ures, His <HI>Electorall Highnen&s;&s;e,</HI> thought it nece&s;&s;ary, openly in this kinde to declare Him&s;elf, and the integrity of his in|tentions in his pre&s;ent coming into this King|dome; that if it be po&s;&s;ible, Malignancie might be &s;ilenced, Candor and Charity moved to &s;peake for the Truth, having made the God of Truth his refuge and confidence; and knowing, that the children of Truth and Innocency (who are neither changed with the frownes nor &s;miles of this incon&s;tant World) mu&s;t bee his be&s;t friends, and under God, His greate&s;t confidence.</P>
<P>The pre&s;ent troubles of this Kingdome, and his Highne&s;&s;e pre|&s;ent condition, (both of them from the &s;ame Supreame Provi|dence) the great affaires of the Honourable Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment, and His own neer relation (which will not &s;uffer him to ac|count him&s;elf a Stranger) will, as he conceiveth, &s;uficiently &s;a|tisfie for the manner of his coming, &s;ince by a &s;olemne and Pub|like warning, He might have &s;eemed to expect Ceremonies, in the&s;e Conjuctures very un&s;ea&s;onable.</P>
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But his Higne&s;&s;es re&s;olution to come at this time, is more ma|teriall; and may (he now findes) be &s;ubject to &s;uch exception a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> his &s;inceritie would not permit him to feel or apprehend.</P>
<P>That it did not proceed from any &s;ini&s;ter intention; his la&s;t departure out of this Kingdome, his behaviour while&s;t he was abroad, and his approving of the Cau&s;e joyntly pro&s;ecuted by the&s;e Kingdomes; (&s;ince which time he hath had no rea&s;on to change, many rea&s;ons to confirm his minde) are reall eviden|ces. And that it did not ari&s;e from unju&s;t ambition, or de&s;ire to intrude him&s;elf into the publike affaires of the&s;e Kingdomes; he chu&s;eth rather to make really appear again&s;t all calumnies and jealou&s;ies, of what nature &s;oever, by his comportment and acti|ons, during his abode in this place; then by word or writing. Mi&s;con&s;tructions are not the lea&s;t part of the many &s;ufferings which not onely the innocent, but the mo&s;t de&s;erving, mu&s;t re|&s;olve to bear, till Truth which is the daughter of Time, make them vani&s;h.</P>
<P>Neither can his Highne&s;&s;e forbear, with un&s;peakable grief, to ob&s;erve, that the publike actions of &s;ome of the neare&s;t of his blood have been &s;uch, as have admini&s;tred too much cau&s;e of &s;orrow and jealou&s;ie, even from &s;uch per&s;ons, upon who&s;e affe|ctions, in re&s;pect of their love and zeale to the Reformed Reli|gion, his Higne&s;&s;e doth &s;et the greate&s;t prize. But as his High|ne&s;&s;e is not able to regulate what is out of his power, &s;o is he confident, that the ju&s;tice of the Parliament and all hone&s;t men, will not impute &s;uch actions to him, as are his afflictions, and not his faults.</P>
<P>It mu&s;t needs be known to the Chri&s;tian world, and to no man &s;hould it be better known then to his Highne&s;&s;e, that the commotions which exerci&s;e and di&s;tract the&s;e Kingdomes, are originally derived from the &s;ame Popi&s;h Principles, ham|mered upon the &s;ame Je&s;uiticall Anvile, and drive to tho&s;e
<PB N="3" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 94 -->Antichri&s;tian ends; which have brought &s;uch deplorable and la&s;ting calamities upon <HI>Germanie.</HI></P>
<P>And his Highne&s;&s;e was confident, that the Parliaments, and people of God in the&s;e Kingdomes, through the ju&s;tice of the Cau&s;e which they maintain, and their Piety and Wi&s;edome in the managing thereof, would in the end, by the ble&s;&s;ing of God prevaile again&s;t what ever Spain, Rome, or the G<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">tes of Hell could do or devi&s;e to the contrary. And that, when Truth and Peace &s;hould be &s;etled in the&s;e Kingdomes, They out of their zeal to the glory of God, and the true Prote&s;tant Refor|med Religion, and in pur&s;uance of their former Chri&s;tian and favourable Declarations, would direct their Coun&s;els, and bend their power for the relief, deliverance, and re&s;titution of the oppre&s;&s;ed; among&s;t which his Electorall Family, by Gods per|mi&s;&s;ion, who&s;e judgements are un&s;earchable, hath had the dee|pe&s;t and mo&s;t durab e &s;ufferings.</P>
<P>The&s;e and the l<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ke con&s;iderations, were the motives of his Highne&s;&s;e departure out of this Kingdome, in the beginning of the&s;e unhappie troubles. To which his Highne&s;&s;e mu&s;t al&s;o adde this important rea&s;on, That by his ab&s;ence he might be free of all coun&s;els and actions, tending to the prejudice of that Cau&s;e which he ought zealou&s;ly to affect; as having his hope in Heaven, and wherin all his expectations on earth are included.</P>
<P>The &s;ame &s;en&s;e of Religion, and publike Intere&s;ts, hath now drawn him again into this Kingdome, that he may in per&s;on pro|fe&s;&s;e him&s;elf to be what he is, again&s;t all jealou&s;ies, in&s;innations, and what malice in his ab&s;ence might have &s;ugge&s;ted again&s;t him.</P>
<P>It needs not to be remembred here, what His Highne&s;&s;e Princely Predece&s;&s;ors have done for that Religion, ever &s;ince the ble&s;&s;ed Reformation, for which he now &s;uffers; nor how willingly his enemies would make him re&s;titution, of his
<PB N="4" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 95 -->Dominions, Rights and Dignities, could they per&s;wade him to become an Enemie to the Truth. But God hath taught him, rather to choo&s;e Affliction then Iniquity, Per&s;ecution then Impiety. And in this his affliction and per&s;ecution, by many open and &s;ecret Enemies, whether &s;hould He addre&s;&s;e him&s;elfe, but to the&s;e Kingdoms, which profe&s;&s;e and defend the &s;ame Religion, and are in affliction for the &s;ame Cau&s;e, and from which the &s;trong bonds of nature and Chri&s;tian compa&s;&s;ion; make him expect &s;uch Comfort, A&s;&s;i&s;tance, and Protection in this time of His exile and di&s;tre&s;&s;es, as his Cold Friends may be heated thereby into more affection, and his Enemies coo|led of their rage and violence, till God be plea&s;ed to &s;end, fir&s;t unto the&s;e Kingdomes, and afterwards, by their meanes, to him&s;elf and His Subject; full deliverance, e&s;tabli&s;hment, and Peace.</P>
<P>His Electorall Highne&s;&s;e, having thus repre&s;ented the rea|&s;on of his coming, and condition of his affaires; in the next place returneth his thankes unto both Hou&s;es of Parliament for their free Declarations and promi&s;es, of taking his Affairs and intere&s;ts into their care and Con&s;ideration; And as he &s;hall ever hold in high e&s;teem and value the advi&s;e they &s;hall thinke fit to give him, &s;o in the particular of his Re&s;idence at this time in Forraigne parts, His Highne&s;&s;e is nece&s;&s;itated to offer this to thier con&s;ideration; That he hath many Eenemies abroad, and that they are not a little increa&s;ed, &s;ince the late Troubles in the&s;e Kingdomes, and for his porfe&s;&s;ion to this Cau&s;e, which will render his abode unplea&s;ing, and it may be for may rea&s;ons unhappie to him in tho&s;e parts, where his and their Enemies have as yet &s;o great an influence.</P>
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<HEAD>His Highne&s;&s;e the Prince Electors Letter, to the Right Ho|nourable the Lord <HI>Gray</HI> of <HI>Warke,</HI> Speaker of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Peeres.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe pious Loyalty and Generous profe&s;&s;ions of both Hou&s;es of Parliament for the e&s;tabli&s;hment of the true Prote&s;tant Religion, the Kings honour&punc; and happine&s;&s;e, and the peace and &s;afetie of his Do|minions, being lately Confirmed by the Covenant, taken joyntly with the E&s;tates of Scotland; do give me occa&s;ion, to de&s;ire your favor, in re|pre&s;enting on my behalfe, to the Honourable hou&s;e of Peeres, the joy|full Concurrence of my hearty Wi&s;hes to the &s;ame effect: be&s;eeching them, that when they &s;hall have obtained it, They will be plea&s;ed, to con&s;ider my publique Intere&s;ts, with that favour, as they have former|ly declared in my behalfe. Whereby they will oblige me, &s;till to endea|vour all means of Gratitude and &s;ervice towards them; Not doubt|ing, but the Estates of Scotland will, according to my reque&s;t upon this occa&s;ion, and their former promi&s;e, willingly joyne with the Parliament of <HI>England</HI>therein. And I &s;hall accknowledge towards your particular the good Office, you will be plea&s;ed to do me in this bu|&s;ine&s;&s;e, with no le&s;&s;e de&s;ire to prove my &s;elf.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Hague <DATE>the 12/22 of Febr. 1644.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips, <HI>Mo&s;t affectionate friend, to &s;erve you: CHARLES LODOVIC.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>His Highne&s;&s;e the Prince Electors Letter, to the Hnourable <HI>William Lenthall</HI> E&s;quire Speaker of the Honourable Hou&s;e of COMMONS.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Ma&s;ter Speaker,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>HAving ob&s;erved by the late Covenant, taken by the Honourable Hou&s;es of Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> and the E&s;tates of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> a Confirmation of their pies; loyall; and generous De&s;ignes, formerly expre&s;&s;ed, for the E&s;tabli&s;hment of the true Prote&s;tant Religion, the Kings Honour and Happine&s;&s;e, and the perfect Peace in his Maje&s;ties Dominions;
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<PB N="6" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 97 -->I could not omit, to de&s;ire you herewith, to a&s;&s;ure that part, wherin you have mo&s;t intere&s;t, of the contentment I receive thereby, and of my constant and hearty wi&s;hes, that the effects of tho&s;e their profe&s;&s;ions may have a &s;peedy and a happie i&s;&s;ue. How much my de&s;ires, actions and int<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t have ever concurred therewith, you have been &s;uficiently certified by my Servants, Letters, and my own behaviour, &s;ince the&s;e unhappy Trou|bles: And the publike notice, which the Honourable Hou&s;e of Com|mons hath formerly taken of my Families &s;ufferings, with the particular con&s;ideration, it hath lately had, for the &s;upply of my pre&s;ent (notwith&s;tand|ing its own urgent) nece&s;&s;ities, is &s;o great a tye, be&s;ides what my blood <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters">|eth them, upon <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2+ letters">e, that I &s;hall thinke my &s;elfe happy, when&s;oever I &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters">ll be enabled to an&s;wer it with &s;ome reall and &s;erviceable gratitude. In the mean time, I be&s;eech the &s;aid H<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;e, that in pur&s;uance of its bounty &s;uch Order may bee taken in the &s;etling of what hath been a&s;&s;igned me, as may render it as effectuall to m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, as by the &s;aid Hou&s;e it hath been or|dered and intended; In confidence, that when it &s;hall plea&s;e God, to ble&s;&s;e the endeavours of both Kingdomes, as to &s;ettle Truth and Peace in <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> His Maje&s;ties Dominions, the &s;aid H<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;e will, according to its for<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="3+ letters"> Declaration, with no le&s;&s;e favour and affection undertake the ree&s;tabli&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">|ment of my Publicke Intere&s;ts abroad: not doubting, but the E<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="4+ letters"> of <HI>Scotland</HI> will, according to my request to them, upon this occa&s;ion <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> their former promi&s;e, willingly concurre with the Parliament of <HI>Englan<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> therein.</P>
<P>This is all at this time which I de&s;ire, you would be plea&s;ed to repre&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters">t unto the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons from mee; Which will be <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 words"> addition of what I owe you for the like favour, whereby you have ob|li<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ged,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Hague <DATE>the 12/22 of fe, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your mo&s;t affectionate firiend: <HI>Charles Lodovic.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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