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Show --- A Cbarge, ag4i11ft I. S. for Jcandali~ing the Benevolence·. before 1'ifiice;) we fee, the King now hath raign ed 1·2. years~ ~n~ his White Robe, without, almofr, any AfperGon,of the Crtmfcn D c) of Blood. There fits my Lprd Hobtrt; that ft'rved l\tturney fev~n years. I ferved with him. We were _fo happy; as_ there palled! not, through our han?s, any one Arr~1gnment .for 1~·r:aj(m ;~And\. but one, for any Capttall offence; whtch ~vas that, of th .. Lord Sanquier; The Noblejt .Piece ot ]uftice~ (one of them) rhat ever c~me torrh in any Kingf Ttme~. . . As for Penall Lawes whtch be, as Snares; upon the sub;ells: And which were , as a Ne:n{) fcit: to King Henry 7. It yeelds a Revenue, that will fcarce pay. for the Parchment) of the King1 Records, at Weftminfter. And bfrly for Peace; we fee, manifefrly, ~is Majc.fty, bears fome 1.\.efemblance of that great Name; A Prmce of Peace: He harh preferved his's,tbjc&s, during }1is R.aign, in reace, both w.ithin, and without. For the Peace, w1th States abroad, We have Jt :> ufqueail. satietatem: And for Peace;, in the Law}'ers phrafe, which count 7rejpaj]es, and Forcu, and Riots, to be Contra J?ttcem:, Let me giveyourLordibips:,thisToken,otTafr; Thatth1sCo~rt, when: they fhould appear, had nevttr l~!fe to do. And ~er tamly, ~h.ere is no better Sign, of Onmia bene , then when tb1s Co1trl, 1s tn a Still. But, (my Lordt,) this ts a Sea of Matter; And therefore,~ mufi: give it over, and conclude; That there was nev_er King, r~tgned, in this Nation, that did better keep Covena~t, 1n prcfervmg the Liberties, and procuring the Good, of lus Ptople. So that, I mufi needs fay, for the S~tbje&s of England; 0 Fortunatos nimi11m~ ua ji bona norint: As, no do\lbt, they do,b?th know, and acknowledge it: Whatfoever,a few turbulent Dtfcourfers,may, through the Lenity of the time, take Boldnefs to fpeak. And as for this particular, touching the Benevolence, wherein, Mr.I. s. doth affign,this breach of Covenant; I leave ir,to othen:,_ · to te11 you; what the King may do; Or what otl)er Kings, have done:-But I have told you, what our King, and my Lordi, have done :Which, I fay, and fay again, is fo far, from introducing, a new Prcfident; As it doth, rather) correct~ and mollifie~and qualifie, former prefidents. Now, (Mr. I. s.) let me tell you your fault in few words; For that, I am per(waded,you fee it already; Though I wooe no Mans Repentance; But I lhalJ, as much as in me is, cberifh it) where I find it. Your Offence hath th1·ee parts knit together, YourS lander; Your Menace; and , Your Comparifon. For your Slander, it is no lelfe, then that the King is perjured, in his coronation Oath. No greater offence then Perjury: No great e r . ~------------~------------------------- ~· ~----------~ A Charge, agailifi 1. S. for Jcandaliz.,ing tbe Benevolence. ter Oath, then that of a Ceronatian. I leave it; It is too great to aggravate. Your Menace~ that if there were a Bulling.brol{.e, or I cannot tell what, there were Matter for him,is a very feditious Paffa~e. You k!low well, that howfoever Henry the fourths Act, by a fecret Pro· ytdence of God, prevailed, yet it was but an Vjurpation: And, if 1t were poffible, for fuch a one, to be; this day, (wherewith, it feemes, your Dreamu are troubled :>) I do not doubt, hi:3 End would be upon the Bloc!{_; And that he would, fooner, have the Ra11ens, fituponhisHead, at London Bridge, then the Crown at Weflminfler. And it is not your interlacing, of your (God forbid)) that will fal ve thefe feditious Speeches; Neither could it be a Fore-warning, becaufe the Matter was pafr, and not revocahle; But, a very £tirring up, and Incenfing, of the People. Ifl fhould lay to you:~ (for Example,) ifthefe ti~es, were like fome former times, of King H. 8; Or fome other times, which God forbid, Mr. I. s, it would cofr you your life. I am fure, you would not think this, to be a gentle wan1ing, but rather, that I incenfed the CoHrt againfi: you. And for your comparifon, with R. the 2. I fee you follow the Example of them, that brought him upon theSt~ge 9 and into Print, in !}2!!een Eliz.abeths time; A moft prudent, and admirable ff<!!:een; But let me entreat you, that when lOU will fpeak, of ~een E[iz,abeth~ or King Jczmes; you would compare them to K. H. the 7th, or K. Ed. I· Or fome other J'aralels, to which they are like. And this I would wiili, both you, and all, to take heed of; How you fpeak feditious Ma~ter-:. in Parables, or by·Tropu, or Examples. There is a thing, in an Indi&ment, called an Innuendo; You mufi beware, how you becken, or make Signs upon the King 'J in a Dangerous fc:nfe: But I will contain my felf, and P ref!i this no further : I may hoJd you , for Turbulent, or Pre- ~ fum ptuous, but I hope you are not Difloyall : You are gracioufIy, and mercifully, dealt with. And therefore having now or ened to my Lords, and, (as I think,) to your own Heart, and Confcience, the principall part of your Offence, which concerns the King;) I leave the refr, which concerns the Law, Parliament, and the snbje&s that have given, to Mr. Serjeants, and Mr. solliciloHr. The Charge of Owen, indicted of High Treafon, in the Kings Bench , by Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, hiJ Ma· jefiies Atturney Generall. T He Trea.zfow, wherewith, this .1'-'itt'! frandeth C~arged, is, for the Kind and Nature, ofit, Ancient; As Anctent, as there is any Law of England: Bur, in' the particular, Late, and Upfi:art: ' - . . K 2 And ' ~ |
