linge of Relligion, that I shall ever conclud it thus, the more great the more iminent the pills of this world are, the stronger the quicker ought our care to bee for the glorie of god & the pure law of o'. soules, if soe then m". speaker, it may passe wth, full allowance, and that all our cares maye giue way to the Treatie of Relligion, I will reduce alsoe to be considered vnder 2 heads, first of Ecclesiasticall psons, the second of Ecclesiastical Causes, let noe man start or be affrighted at the imagined length of this Consultacon, it will not, it cannot take vpp soe much length as it is worth, this is gods and the kings, this is gods and the kingdomes, nay this is gods and the Two kingdomes cause, and therefore mr Speaker my humble močon is, that we may all of vs seriously, speedily & hartyly, enter vpon the best, the greatest, & most important worke, that we can treat of.

Now m'. speaker, in pursuite of myne owne moĉon, and to make a litle entrance into these great affaires, I will p'sent vnto you the petticon of a poore distressed minister in the Countie of Kent, a man conformable in his practise, orthodox in his doctrine, laborious in his ministree as any we haue, or I knowe, he is now a sufferer as all good men are, in the generall obliquy of a Puritan; as with other thinges, was admirably deluded by that siluer Trumpet, the pursivant waites his dore and deuides his cure and him assunder, to both theire greefes, soe it is not wth him as phaps wth, some, that setts theire pursivant at worke, glad of an excuse to be out of theire pulpits, it is his delights to preach, about a weeke since I went to Lambeth to move the great Bushopp (too great indeed) to take the pursivant away, and whall did vndertake for mr Wilson, (for soe is yor peticoner caled) that he should answere his acuser at any of the Kinges Courtes at Westminster, the Bushopp made mee this answere as neare as I can remember (in hæc verbat.) I am sure he will not be absent from his cure a Twelue monethes, and then I doubt not but once in a yeare we shall haue him, this was all I could obtayne, but I hope by the helpe of this house before the yeare of threats be run out, his grace will either haue more grace, or noe grace at all,

ou' manifould agreevances doe fill a mighty & vayst circumference, yet soe that from every pte our Liues of sorrow doe lead & pointe at him as the Center from wch all miseries doe growe.

Let this petticon be red & let vs enter vpon
the worke.

Sr.

7mo Janij 1688 London

Yo". Sister wth, yo". Coz: parker & Lady and ye young Lady Stringer went out from hence toward Lancashire Thursday night last ab* 7 or 8 of ye Clock all of them being in very good health

You have had ere this the good News y ye Bishopps were found not guilty of ye matter layd to theire charge, The rejoyceing of most of ye people here upon yt occasion is not to be exprest, but y' most taken notice of was ye shouts & huzas in Westm". Hall notwth standing ye Corts. were sitting Powell & hollaway who were of opinion yt ye Petition was no Libell are turnd out, Bolderk & Trinder I beleive are call'd in and S',eant Ingleby is just now sworn a Baron of ye Excheq". Sr. Thos: Butler is made a privy Counsellor, and some body Ma'. of ye Rolls but its too tedious to tell y". what alteracons we have,

The Dutch hath a great ffleet at Sea & appear briskly but what follows on all this work ye Lord knows, The Bishopps they say will be cal'd before ye Ecclesiasticall ComTM: &c.

I am

Yr humble Serv'.

ROBT SCLATER

'S'.

London Sept. 20. 1690

YESTERDAY ye K. & Q. went to Windsor and stay there till wednesday next.—We hear yt ye E. of Kingston lately dyed at his seat in Nottinghamshire, and succeeded in his Estate and titles by his Brother.-We have an account from plymouth yt ye Mary Yatch came in from Cruising and Advis❜d St Cloudsley Shovel yt ye ffr: were on ye Irish Coast wth. 4 men of War and sev'all other vessells, upon wch. Sr: Cloudsley weighed Anchor wth. 22 men of Warr, Six fire Ships besides tenders. We have no account w' port our fleet hath made, some say she is stretched towards St. Maloes, and others yt they stood their course towards Ireland.--Yesterday another Maile arrived from Holland, wth Advises from Vienna yt a person was come hither from Gen": Hewsley now prisoner under Count Teckeley, giving an account of his good usage, and ye Counts officers did set him at liberty with all others whom

the chance of War had put into his hands on Condition y his wife & children may be restored him. ye Marquis Derall has offered his ransom for 60,000 Crowns if ye other proposals be not accepted, provided he will give security never to appear in Arms hereafter ag*. ye Grand Seignior. Teckeley having viewed the plunder of ye field after ye battle offered 23 Standards as a present to ye Grand Seignior.-They write from Savoy yt the Army of Mons: Callnial was in ye neighborhood of ye Savoyans and yt Maj: Gen: Macarty was made Genr1l: of Cambrey and was entered thering wth 3000 Irish.-That from Switzerland ye conferrence at Arron was happily concluded.—The assembly being agreed yt ye Kɛ. of England shall employ ye 4000 men in w*. p'. he pleases, y'. ye protestant Cantons will raise 6000 men, besides 300 voluntiers to be comanded by Mr Cox.-They write from Paris yt an envoy is expected from Portugall to propose a marriage betwixt ye Dauphin and ye portugall. the same add yt ye ffrench Ks. will have 30 saile of Ships ready ag*. aprill next so yt his ffleet will consist of 120 Sayl.

A person was seized here for saying yt Kɛ. Wm. had left 10,000 men before Limbrick. The Ks. after ye opening of ye Parliam'. will go to Newmarket to see ye horse race. The Ke. has ordered 30,000 small Arms to be made ready ag*. ye spring.

This

To Tho: parker Esq.

at Brousholm

prsent

To his most Sacred Matie: Charles ye 2d by ye Grace of God
King of Great Brittaine, ffrance, & Ireland, Defendo". of
the ffaith &c.

The humble Congratulation & Petition of the Ministers, in the
County of Lancaster, whose names are subscribed.

Most humbly sheweth

THAT as we adore that infinitly wise & all powerfull Goodnes, whose immediate hand, beyond all humane contrivances in that miraculous, & astonishing way, hath thus brought yu backe againe, wthout noise or blood, not withstanding all seemingly invincible oppositions, & being sensible of our owne happines therein, thus turned againe out of our sad Captivity & bondage, giving Glory to God, We cannot but wh. ioyfull hearts congra

tulate the safe returne of yo" most Sacred Matie: together with yo' Royall Brethren, as one of the greatest Mercies that ever this land received. And as God hath made y" Such a Mirror of his mercy, & a Miracle of deliverances soe are we confident that he hath preserved yor Matie an Instrument for some glorious worke. Our Church lyes gasping in the confusion of Anarchy, rent, & overwhelm'd wth schisms, errors, heresy, & blasphemy, to the great increase of Popery & Atheisme, for which our Hearts bleed wth, in us. Who knowes whether the wise Providence hath thus long permitted it, to make yu the good Hezekiah, more glorious in the Recovery. We know (& acknowledge it, wth wonder & astonishm', observing the violence of temptations that have surg'd upon y".) your Constancy in the ffaith, & considering yor ffather (whose memory is ever blessed) his unanswerable Answers to those of another way & these sealed wth his blood, (He dyed the Glorious Martyr of or Religion, Lawes, & Liberties) & rememb'ring the words of yo' renowned Grandfather, noe Bishop noe King, soe eminently verifyed in or woefull dayes, We know you are wise as an Angell of God. As tendring therefore the Glory of God, the peace of the Church, & the safty of your Maties: person, We most humbly Pray, that Episcopacy, the Ancient and Apostolicall Governmt, as ancient in this Nation as Christianity itselfe, may be re-incouraged, That ye succession of Bishops may be continued, whereby a lawful Ordination of Ministers may be upheld, which we conceive (through the blessing of God upon it) will be a means to remove those schismes, to repaire those breaches, and to raise up this once glorious, now afflicted, & distracted Church, to its primitive purity & Glory,

And we yor Maties: most Loyall Subjects as in duty bound shall ever pray, wth cherfull hearts, God save the King.

Declaration of allegiance to James II.

WHEREAS it hath pleased Almighty God, to call to his mercy, or Late Soveraigne Lord, King Charles ye Seacond of blessed memory, by whose desease, ye Imperiall Crowne, of England, Scotland, france and Ireland, and Solely and Rightfully, come to ye high and mighty prince James, Dke of Yorke and Albany; his said Late Mates, onely brother & heire.

We therefore, the Bayliffes & Burgesses, of this Burrow of Cliderow, doe nowe hereby, with one full voyce, and consent of toung and hart,

publish and proclame, that the high and mighty prince James the Seacond, is nowe, by y death, of o'. Late Soveraigne of happy memory, become of onely Lawfull, Lineall, and Rightfull Leige Lord, James ye Seacond, by ye Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, france and Ireland, defender of ye faith &c.

To whome wee doe acknowledge, all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affecĉon, beseching God by whome Kings doe Raigne, to bless ye Royall King James ye Seacond, with long and happy yeares to Raigne over us.

God save King James ye Seacond.

You are hereby required forthwith to p'claime the p'clamačon aboue written in the Burrough Towne of Clitherow, with the usuall Solemnities & Ceremonies used on such like occacons whereof faile not at yo' pill

To the Bailiffes and Burgesses of
the Corporacion of Clitherow

These

PETRUS SCHAKERLEY M Vir

His maties Royall Lycence & dispensacon to Obadiah Walker master of University Colledge in Oxon. Nathaniell Boyse & Tho: Deane fellow of ye same & Io": Bernard, fellow of Brazen nose Colledge to absent themselves from Church of England & from takeing ye oaths of Allegiance & supremacy & makeing the declaracon menconed in an Act of Parliamte: of ye 15: & 14: of Ks Charles ye 2d: & from doeing such other things in Conformity to the Doctrine & discipline of ye sd: Church as they by reason of their severall places by ye Lawes & Statutes of this Realme or of ye sd: University or Colledge are Obliged vnto, wth. power to hold their places & dignitys & to trauell to London & Westm1: & come & remayne in the presence of his Maty: his Royall Consort & Queene Dowager alltho' they did Contrary to the sd. Statutes or any other Acts made in ye 25: or 30: yeare of his sd: late Maty: or in ye 1. 5. 13. 23. 27. 29. & 35: of Queene Eliz: or in ye 1 or 3d of his Matys: Royall Grandfather K5: James, as allsoe his Matys: Gračous pardon to the sd: sev'all psons of all offences, paynes, suspenčons, deprivacons, and disabillitys by reason of ye p'misses wth: such clauses & non obstantes as