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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<P>A NARRATION Of &s;everall pa&s;&s;ages betwixt His MAIESTY AND Ma&s;ter B. REYMES, at NEWMARKET,
Concerning the ARMY.</P>
<P>Communicated to the Committee of the Militia of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>And to the Right Honourable the Hou&s;e of Peeres, upon Thurday the &s;eventeenth of
<HI>June.</HI> 1647.</P>
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<OPENER><DATE>Die Jovis, 17 Jnnii. 1647.</DATE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Narration be forthwith printed
and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 1647.</P>
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<HEAD>A Narration of &s;everall Pa&s;&s;ages betwixt his Maje&s;ty and Ma&s;ter <HI>B. Reymes,</HI>
&amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>_IN Obedience to this Right Honourable Hou&s;e their Command, I &s;hall here give an Account of
my admi&s;&s;ion into his Ma|je&s;ties pre&s;ence, and Commi&s;&s;ion of de|livering this
Me&s;&s;age to the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> who have thought fit it &s;hould be
communicated to both Hou&s;es of Parliament; For the fir&s;t, partly my occa&s;ions, partly my
de&s;ire of &s;eeing his Maje&s;ty drew me to Sir <HI>William Ru&s;&s;els,</HI> where he was then
playing at Bowles with &s;ome of the Commi&s;&s;ioners; a|mong the re&s;t, Major Generall
<HI>Browne</HI> e&s;pying me, proffered me the honour of his Maje&s;ties hand, which I readily
ac|cepted of, &s;o it might be without incon|venience; and comming neare his Roy|all
<PB N="2" REF="3">Maje&s;ty, he was graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to grant
me that favour; withall asking my name, and &s;omething el&s;e of Major Generall <HI>Browne,</HI>
which I heard not; but he &s;oone after came to me, and de|&s;ired my attendance at Court, where at
my entrance I was received by him ac|cording to his promi&s;e, and carried into the pre&s;ence
Roome, where he acquain|ted me with &s;everall pa&s;&s;ages betwixt his Maje&s;ty, the Generall,
Lievtenant-Generall, and Colonell <HI>Whaley,</HI> whom the King had that day &s;truck, for being
&s;o pre&s;umptuous as to li&s;ten while his Maje&s;ty was in conference with one whom they
&s;u&s;pected to become from <HI>London;</HI> From this he fell to a relation of his Maje&s;ties
aver&s;ene&s;&s;e, and un|willingne&s;&s;e to comply at all with the Armies proceedings; &s;aying,
<HI>That all their actions, for ought he &s;aw, were both in|equitable in them&s;elves, and
di&s;proportio|nable to their pretences:</HI> To this the Ma|jor Generall added, That it did highly
concerne both the Parliament and City
<PB N="3" REF="3">to be carefull of their &s;afeties, he being an
eare witne&s;&s;e daily of their threats, and how much they are animated with the hopes of
&s;poile, and inraged with hatred to the Parliament; this he de&s;i|red me to deliver, and &s;o led
me into the Privie Chamber, and his Maje&s;ty pre|&s;ently came out of his Bed-chamber, He came
towards me, who was &s;tanding with the Commi&s;&s;ioners; then Major Ge|nerall <HI>Browne</HI>
anticipated his Maje&s;ties Di&s;cour&s;e by an humble intreaty, That he would be plea&s;ed to
confirme the Relation he had given me of his Maje|&s;ties unwillingne&s;&s;e to come from
<HI>Hol|denby,</HI> and how much again&s;t his will he &s;tayed here: In an&s;wer to which his
Maje&s;ty clapping his hand on his brea&s;t, &s;aid; <HI>&V;pon my life I came again&s;t my
will,</HI> which he told me, I might well conjecture my &s;elfe by the relation he was plea&s;ed to
afford me of his being ta|ken from <HI>Holdendy: But</HI> (&s;aid hee) <HI>rather then to be
carried by neck and heeles</HI> (that I may u&s;e his owne expre&s;&s;ion)
<PB N="4" REF="4"><HI>I went along: Nor am I &s;o in love with their
proceedings that I &s;hould be willing to continue here, for I finde my &s;elfe an ab|&s;olute
Pri&s;oner. As concerning my refu&s;all of returning to</HI> Holdenby, <HI>which by &s;ome of my
Subjects may be mi&s;-under&s;tood, for all the rea&s;on I had was, that I cho&s;e golden fetters,
and a light&s;ome roome before a darke Dungeon, for I conceive this to be the better Ayre, knowing
that my re&s;traint there &s;hould not be le&s;&s;e then here.</HI> Then appealing to the
Commi&s;&s;ioners, he &s;aid, <HI>Have I not told the Generall him&s;elfe, and others, That I
admired by what Authority he du&s;t thus re&s;i&s;t him and his Parliament:</HI> To which he
an|&s;wered, There was nece&s;&s;ity. He told them, <HI>They did more then are the King, though in
the height of his power, dur&s;t, to inforce Ju&s;tice, either in criminall or Civill affaires;
Indeed I have many times ha&s;tened it, but never inforc't it, as they have done, in &s;aying, Give
us Ju&s;tice, or&mdash; Yet for my part</HI> (proceeded his Maje&s;ty) <HI>I know not what they do,
or in|tend,
<PB N="5" REF="4">but what I heare from the&s;e Gen|tlemen,</HI>
pointing to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, <HI>for they have not &s;ent legally to me &s;ince my comming;
therefore tell all tho&s;e whom you thinke fit Communicants of this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, that I
de&s;ire nothing more pa&s;&s;ionately, then to be with my Parliament.</HI> After this I
a&s;&s;um'd the boldne&s;&s;e to tell his Maje|&s;ty, that I thought him then politically ab&s;ent,
when his affection, though not his Per&s;on, was alienated from them: To which he an&s;wered,
<HI>It was very right.</HI> Next I told him, I thought it would be no &s;mall comfort to tho&s;e
whom he was plea&s;ed to make partakers of this his intention, that his Maje&s;ties pro|pen&s;ion
and inclination towards them was &s;o great; which he bid me a&s;&s;ure them, what&s;oever other
illu&s;ive per&s;wa&s;i|on would po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them to the contrary. And moreover, <HI>That if
he were at the head of their Army, he would declare and prote&s;t again&s;t all their proceedings;
And what&s;oever they heard to the contrary, de|&s;ired them not to beleeve, no, though under
<PB N="6" REF="5">his hand, unle&s;&s;e they &s;pake with one who had
it: from his owne mouth.</HI> La&s;t of all, at my demand of &s;ome Letter, one of the
Commi&s;&s;ioners, Major Generall <HI>Browne,</HI> an&s;wered, That that was not &s;o &s;afe, and
this would be as effectuall. This is all my memory &s;upplyes me withall; the incompactedne&s;&s;e
of this Narration &s;hall, I hope, obtaine your Honours pardons, being penned with|out the lea&s;t
premeditation, and with|out affecting the lea&s;t methodicall &s;tile; onely in obedience to Your
Honour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> Commands, that I might te&s;tifie my
&s;elf to be</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t devoted Servant, <HI>B. REYMES.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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