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Show -~~~~~~~=u~~--- A S h ·ben the Hou-fe was trn,bled ab11't underta~rJ. ~~ p~ec , ~ ~ .. ' . ___ - ---- {h;ll have been of Opinion, tha_t it is not a parucuhr Party., that b. can d h u •• r;,e ·Nor that it ts not Shews or colouu,can pleafe 10 r eoO•":Jc;, ' d d ·r h u ,r;... I ratr that Man though his fpeech ten to IJCourage-t e uo1~ r. ' i< ' ' ' • B b 1 . f ment,yet it is coupled with Providence. ut y_your eave,1 any M fi the parliament was called !) or when It was ln f peech, {hlanll hmavcee laid Plots, to croffe the goo d ·11 f \ p t· Wl o tlle ~tr Mment, to l K · . By 'poffeffing them that a few {ball have the thanks; t~ .lnfd tmhagt 't hey are (as it were)' Bought an d So ld· , an. d b etraye d ; · And thar,that which the King offers_them,are but Ba1~e ~_, pre par: ed by partictl}ar rerfons;Or ~ave ralfedrumours,that lt tSa pac~ L Parliament; To the end,nothmg mav be done,But that the Pttrlta' ment may be difiolved (as Gamefiers ufe to call ~or new C ard~ when they mifl:rufl: a racl{_:) I_f~y-, Thefe are Englns,and Devl-fes, Nalilght, Maligne,and Sedtno~s. ~" . Now for the Remedy; I {hall rather ~reak the Matter,., as I fatd in the Beginning,) thea advife pofiuvely. _I know but three wayes. Some Mejfage 0f Declaration to the Ktng._ Some Entry, or proteflation, amongfi: our {elves: Or fome, Jin[J and puntluall Fx :zminatwn. As for the lafi: of thefe, I affure you, I am not again it it, if I could tell where to begin,or where to end. ~or certain} y, I have often feen it, that Thing~, when they are tn ~mo· ther, trouble morel then whtn they break out •. S~oak .bhnds the Eyes, but when it blazeth forth into Flat?e, _1t gtves hght to the Eyes. But.then, if you fa'll to an Exammatton :~ fome Perfon mufl: be charged; fome Matt_er m':lfr be charged: ~nd the M_anner, of that Matter, ~uft be h~ewtfe charged; For tt ~~y be to a Good Falhion, and tt may be tn a Bad; In as much d1~er~nce as between Black and White: And then, how far Men wtlluzgenueujly confe./s; Ho'w far they wil_l politickJy deny ; And what we can Mafte and g.ther) upon then Gonfeffion ; And how we fhall Prove' againfi: their Denial/ It is an endlefs peece ofW ork; And~ I dou'b t, that we fuall grow) , weary o f 1" t. . • For a Mejfage to the King; It is the Courfe~ I ltke befr; fo tt be carefully,and confiderately,~andled:. F_orif, yte iliall reprefent to the King the Nature of th1s Body, as It IS ; W tthout the vay les, or iliadows) that have been cafi: upon it~ I think, we fhall do him Honour, a;d our felves Right. · For any Thing, that is to be done, amongfl our felves, I d.o not fee much gained by it; Becaufe it goes no further then msr Jef.vu: Yet if any thing, can be wifely conceived,. to ~hat end, I iliallnot be ag .:~ infi: it; But, I think, the purpofe of~t, ~s fitteft t~ be; Rather •that the Houfe conceives that all thts, ts but a Mtf-underfranding; Then to take knowl~dge, that there is,_ in~eed, a Jufi Ground; And then, to feek, by-a Proteftation,~o g1ve lt a Remedy. For Proteftationf and Profejfion.r and Apologte.r, I never found them very Fort~nate ; But they'ratherencreafe fufpicion, then clear it. Why then the Lafl: Part is, that thefe things, be handled at the ·A Speech, wben the fleufe1 wdJ troubled about nnd~rta~r s the Committee:> ferioufly, and_ temperately: Wherein I wi.lb, tha;. the~e four Degrees, of ff<!!efltons, were handled, in order. . Fufr, w~ether we !hall do any thing, at all, in it; Or palfe by It, and let It fleep? . Secof!dly, whether we iliJll enter:. into a particular ExaminatiOn, oftt? Thirdly, whether we fhall content our felves, with Come EntJ)', or rroteflation, atnongfi our felves? . And Fourthly, whether we fhall proceed, to a Jtieffige to the Kmg; And what? ' Thus I h~ve tol~_you mine Opinion. I know, it had. been more fafe, and pohtt.ck, to have been filent ; But it is, perhaps, mor~ ~0neft~ and Iov_mg, to fpeak. The old Verfe is : Namrml/i tacuijfe nocet, nocet ejfe locutum. But, by your leave David fai ~ h · Silui a bonn, & Eolor me111 renovat1tr eft. When a 1\1an fpeaketh' He may b~ wounded by Ot~ers; but if He holds his peace, fr01~ Good_ Thmgs, he wounds Htmfel£ So I have done my part, and leave It to you) to do that:~ which you f'nalJ judge, to be the beit. The Charge, of Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, his Majefties Atturney Genera~l, ~Zg~tin.ft William Talbot, a c~unfoUor til Lt~w, .oflreland, upon an Information, in tbe Star-Chamber, Ore tenus ; For a writing l w1der hiJ Hand, whereby, the foidWilliam Talbot being demanded, whether the DoCirine of Suarez, t'outhing Depojing , * anJKilling,ofK.ings Excommunicated, were tru~, or1ro? He anfwertd, that be referred bimfolf, unto tbtJt, which tfJt Catho1ick Roman Church,jh(J1tld determine thertof. Ultimo die Termini Hilarij, urtdecimo Jac{}bi KegiJ. My Lords, I Brought before you, the firfi fitting, of this Term, the Caufe of Duels : But now, this lafi fitting, I !hall bring before you, ~ Caufe, concerningtbegreatefi:D~eell, which isin the chrijtian World ; The Duel.rJ andConfl.iors, between the Jawfull Authority, of Soveraign K i ug.r, which is Gods Ordinance, for the comfort ot Hum!ne Society ; And the fwelling pride, and ufurpation, ot the See of Rome, in Temporalibus; Tending, altogether, to Allar- 1 chy, and Confufion. Wherein, if this pretence, by the Pope of Rome, by Cartels, to make·,s:ovaraignPrince.r, as the Banditi; And to profcribe their Live5; and to expofe 1?heir KiNg domes to prey; If thefe pretences, (I fay~) and all Perfons ~ that fubmit them- . felves, |