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CONTENTS.
PART I.
FROM THE PETITION OF RIGHT TO THE MEETING OF THE
3. The King's Speech at the Prorogation of Parliament at the
end of the Session of 1628
8
4. The King's Declaration prefixed to the Articles of Religion
9
5. Resolutions on Religion drawn by a Sub-Committee of the
House of Commons
II
6. Protestation of the House of Commons
16
7. The King's Declaration showing the causes of the late Dis-
solution.
17
31
8. The Declaration of Sports.
9. Act of the Privy Council on the position of the Communion
Table at St. Gregory's
10. Specimen of the first Writ of Ship-money
11. The King's Case laid before the Judges, with their Answer
12. Extracts from the Speech of Oliver St. John in the Ship-
money Case
40
41
13. Extracts from the Argument of Sir Robert Berkeley, Justice of
the King's Bench.
14. The Scottish National Covenant
46
54
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15. Petition of Twelve Peers for the summoning of a new
Parliament
16. The King's Writ summoning the Great Council
64
66
20. Act for the Attainder of the Earl of Strafford.
21. Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own
24. Bill on Church Reform read twice in the House of Lords
25. Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber
26. Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission .
27. Act declaring the illegality of Ship-money
28. Act for the limitation of Forests
29. Act prohibiting the exaction of Knighthood Fines .
30. Resolutions of the House of Commons on Ecclesiastical In-
novations
121
122
31. Order of the House of Lords on the Services of the Church
32. Extract from the Instructions to the Committee in Scotland,
proposed by the House of Commons
124
33. The King's Speech to the Recorder of the City of London
34. The Grand Remonstrance. N
127
35. The King's Proclamation on Religion
154
36. The King's Answer to the Petition accompanying the Grand
Remonstrance
155
37. The Impeachment of one member of the House of
of five members of the House of Commons. 34s, any
38. A Declaration of the House of Commons touching a late
breach of their Privileges
158
159
39. The Clerical Disabilities Act
40. The Impressment Act
41. The Militia Ordinance
42. The Declaration of the Houses on Church Reform .
163
164
166
168
43. The King's Proclamation condemning the Militia Ordinance. 169
44. The Nineteen Propositions sent by the two o Houses of Parlia-
ment to the King at York
170
45. Declaration of the Houses in Defence of the Militia Ordinance
46. The King's Letter sent with the Commissions of Array to
Leicestershire
175
178
47. The Votes of the Houses for raising an Army.
181
PART III.
FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE
EXECUTION OF THE KING.
48. The Propositions presented to the King at the Treaty of
50. The Ordinance appointing the First Committee of both
Kingdoms
190
51. An Ordinance appointing the Second Committee of both
192
52. The Propositions of the Houses presented to the King at
Oxford, and subsequently discussed at the Treaty of
Uxbridge
Jan 16
53. The King's Propositions to be discussed at Uxbridge
193
204
205
55. The Negative Oath
206
56. Order of the two Houses for taking away the Court of Wards
57. The Propositions of the Houses sent to the King at Newcastle
58. The King's first answer to the Propositions presented at New-
castle
59. The King's second answer to the Propositions presented at
Newcastle
60. Suggested answer to the Propositions drawn up for the King
by the leading Presbyterians and a small number of the
Independents, and forwarded by the French Ambassador to
Cardinal Mazarin to be laid before Queen Henrietta Maria 226
61. The King's third answer to the Propositions presented at
62. The Heads of the Proposals offered by the Army
63. The King's answer to the Propositions of Parliament
64. Letter of Charles I to the Speaker of the House of Lords
65. The Four Bills, with the Propositions accompanying them
66. The Engagement between the King and the Scots
67. Additional Articles of the Engagement
227
Aug 16473
232
241
243
248
259
264
265
267
268
68. The King's reply to the Four Bills and the accompanying
Propositions. J.
69. The Vote of No Addresses CM 1648
70. The Ordinance erecting a High Court of Justice for the King's
Trial
73. The King's reasons for declining the jurisdiction of the High
Court of Justice
74: The sentence of the High Court of Justice upon the King
75. The Death Warrant of Charles I
77. Engagement taken by the members of the Council of State
78. Act abolishing the office of King
79. Act abolishing the House of Lords
81. Engagement to be taken by all men of the age of eighteen
82. Act declaring what offences shall be adjudged Treason
298