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<P>THE PARLIAMENTS DESIRE and RESOLUTION Cocerning the PRINCE PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY at <HI>York</HI> by the Lord <HI>Howard</HI> of <HI>Char.</HI></P>
<P>Wherein is expre&s;&s;ed their loyall and faithfull intentions towards his Maje&s;tie and his Highne&s;&s;e the Prince, his Sonne.</P>
<P>And their De&s;ire of his Returne to <HI>Hampton-Court,</HI> according to his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> fir&s;t Re&s;olution and Intention, whereby the feare of Subject may be removed, and their Jealou&s;ie &s;ecured,</P>
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<FIGDESC>French fleur-de-lis</FIGDESC>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>J. Green&s;mith,</HI> and <HI>A. Coe.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>The Parliaments De&s;ire and Re&s;olution concer|ning the</HI> PRINCE.</HEAD>
<P>VVHat have been and &s;till are the di&s;tractions of the&s;e times, are well knowne to all this King|dome, the meane&s;t and weake&s;t apprehen&s;i|on needs no other expre&s;&s;ion then what they can apprehend from the indi&s;po&s;ition of the&s;e times, ari&s;ing from the di&s;contents between his Maje&s;ty and his now a&s;&s;embled Parliament, which &s;eemes to fru&s;trate the happy and joyfull proceedings of the wil|ling Subject, whereby he would endeavour to &s;ettle the peaceable and flouri&s;hing E|&s;tate of this Kingdome. His Maje&s;ties re|movall beyond all thought or expectation from his Parliament, he having had no ju&s;t occa&s;ion thereof offered unto him, but was rai&s;ed by a mo&s;t unju&s;t &s;u&s;pition and jea|lou&s;ie of their fidelity and loyaltie, did &s;tir
<PB REF="3"> up &s;trange and feareful conceptions in their brea&s;ts, which for a while did da&s;h and cru&s;h all their De&s;ignes and Proceedings for the peace of the Kingdome, which cannot &s;mile and looke merry, &s;o long as the State and quiet thereof &s;tands thus di&s;tracted, and indeede how can the Bride but mourne, which at the time and expectation of mo&s;t comfort, wants the true and reall con&s;ola|tion of her Bridegroome; or how can the Body be in health and pro&s;perity, when it is deprived of the benefit and comfort of the Head; a&s;well may the Day looke &s;mi|ling and glorious without the lu&s;tre of the Sunne, as the Subject looke cheerefull, be|ing deprived of the happy Society of his Soveraigne, who&s;e chiefe&s;t happine&s;&s;e con|&s;i&s;ts in the fruition of a loving Soveraigne, as the happine&s;&s;e of a Childe in the enjoy|ing of a loving Father. Often hath the Hou&s;e of Parliament endeavoured by many loyall and &s;ubmi&s;&s;e Sollicitations and Peti|tions, to returne the Glory and Comfort of his Per&s;on unto his Subjects, whereby their diverted hearts will be much elevated and
<PB REF="3" MS="y"> rai&s;ed from the melancholly feares which they are now involved in; but all in vain, his Maje&s;ty being with-drawne from them by the &s;ini&s;ter and malitious coun&s;els of the malignant party. Since this unhappy lo&s;&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, which hath produced &s;uch di&s;contents generally in the Subject, wor&s;e coun&s;ell hath po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed his Maje&s;ties tender and loving brea&s;t, and &s;o far prevailed with him, that again&s;t his fir&s;t and naturall in|tention, he hath again&s;t the de&s;ire and in|treaty of the Parliament deprived them of the pre&s;ence of his Highne&s;&s;e the <HI>Prince,</HI> which hath produced a generall griefe and feare in the Subject, and cau&s;ed him to &s;u|&s;pect, that his Maje&s;ties intentions are be|yond their former beliefe, cro&s;&s;e and oppo|&s;ite to their loyalty, and intentionall pro|ceeding for the benefit of this Kingdome: For what can their loves and loyalties o|therwi&s;e apprehend. when they are not on|ly denyed his Maje&s;ties pre&s;ence and a&s;&s;i&s;t|ance to countenance and furtheir their Liberties, but al&s;o are denyed him in who&s;e
<PB REF="4"> welfare and pro&s;perity con&s;i&s;ts the future good and continuing happne&s;&s;e of this Kingdome.</P>
<P>They fir&s;t humbly de&s;ired his Maje&s;ty that his Highne&s;&s;e might not be removed from <HI>Hampton Court,</HI> which did &s;eeme to take &s;ome good effect, and to be with wel|come entertained by his Maje&s;ty, but upon the Queenes removall towards <HI>Dover,</HI> the King returning, and re&s;olving his &s;tay at <HI>Greenwich,</HI> the Prince was commanded from <HI>Greenwich</HI> to attend his Maje&s;ty there when they formerly conceived, that his Maje&s;ty had re&s;olved his &s;tay at <HI>Hampton Court:</HI> Whereupon they often did petition his Ma|je&s;ty, that his Highne&s;&s;e might returne to <HI>Hampton-Court,</HI> their de&s;ire being grounded upon the indi&s;po&s;ition of the Marque&s;&s;e of <HI>Hartford,</HI> who&s;e fidelity &amp; faith was thought worthy of &s;o great a tru&s;t, as by the Hou&s;e to be cho&s;en Governour to his Highne&s;&s;e, who now being much di&s;po&s;ed to &s;ickne&s;&s;e, was not able to attend the Prince to any remote place, being unable to travell, by rea&s;on of his continuall ca&s;ualty of health,
<PB REF="4" MS="y"> hee being cho&s;en his Governour, it was not thought convenient he &s;hould farre depart: Neither was it to be con&s;trued or imagined a needle&s;&s;e or unnece&s;&s;ary feare or jealou&s;ie, con&s;idering the future e&s;tate and welfare did wholly depend upon his &s;afety and welfare, and in him did lye the joy and comfort of the Loyall Subject; from this one ground al&s;o the Parliament doth conceive many feares and jealou&s;ies may ari&s;e, and be pro|moted in the hearts of his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t loyall Subjects, which will be very nece&s;&s;a|ry to remove for the content of the Sub|ject, and the peace of this Land: Neither can his Maje&s;ty in equity deny the&s;e faith|full de&s;ires of the&s;e his loyall Subjects, &s;ince their intentions, care, and vigilancie have been alwayes indu&s;trious to maintaine his Maje&s;ties Rights and Honours, and to pro|vide for the future welfare as the pre&s;ent, both of Maje&s;ties per&s;on, his Royall Pro|geny, and the &s;ecurity and happine&s;&s;e of his whole Kingdome. They are confident that none doe mi&s;-con&s;true their pious inten|tions, but tho&s;e onely who in an indi&s;po|&s;ition
<PB REF="5"> to the publike Good, or a guilt of their owne integrity, have &s;trived to po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;e his Maje&s;ty with the&s;e &s;ini&s;ter and evil coun&s;els again&s;t his loyally di&s;po&s;ed Parlia|ment, and their ju&s;t proceedings.</P>
<P>To avoid the&s;e and the like occa&s;ion of di&s;contents, the Parliament did de&s;ire his Maje&s;ty, that his Highne&s;&s;e might continue at <HI>Hampton Court,</HI> by who&s;e pre&s;ence they hope to &s;ettle the di&s;contents of the&s;e times and al&s;o to &s;ecure them&s;elves from all fu|ture breaches, when they may daily behold the welfare of him in whom they doe place all their future hopes, and in who&s;e mi&s;|carrying an univer&s;all mourning mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity over-&s;pread the face of the whole Kingdome.</P>
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