the Co'mons House sent 2 of their members to each of their Amb'dors, to know by what warr' they did goe about to levy any soldiers here, & by whose procurement they obteyned such warr', but (it seemes) they could discover nothing att all. I receaued my Wife, them, there from her. As soone this day as the Lds House was adiourned, yours of the 8: yesterday, I receaved from Withering's deputy 2 packetts of this, this le", ye one directed to yo' Matie and ye whole P'liam', day, but tell the other to ye Lds in P'liam'; both wch I have sent that in now to Mr. Th'rer' for yo' Matie. I humbly beseech nether of yo' Mate that this le' may be seene by noe other eye was anie than yo' owne, for I assure you the houses are very inquisitive after these that advertise yo' Mate of any If you would parliament busines. I hope yo' Matie will now hasten sure of for England, to put yo' affaires here in good order, secrecie, you the armies being all disbanded but 4 regim. I inclosed humbly beg your Maties pardon for this tedies dis- them under course from, Yo' Maties Most humble and obedient servaunt, It was almost nine o'clock at night before y Com'ons did adiourne; but y Lods adiourned at 3 in ye afternoone. WESTMINSTER, 9o Sepbris, 1611. EDEN. 13. "For yo' sacred Matie " "Yours apostyled." In Sir E. N.'s handwriting: "9° Sepris, 1641. apostil. 13o.” Sir Edward Nicholas to the King. May it please yo' Ma'tie, The le' inclosed from my Lo. Marshall will give yo' Mate an accompt of ye Q. Mothers landing & recepc'on in y Low Countries, by ye care of y Prince of Orange. The Houses of Parliam' here begin to be att some difference one with another; the Peers take it not well that y* Com'ons comanded 1 Sir Henry Vane. haue beene should haue my couer. Be confident I will as soone as I may. I am not for it. to be printed an order for abolishing of innova much sorie c'ons, &c.' wout their approbac'on, & thereupon their LOPP caused to be printed a former order made for observing y Booke of Com'on Prayer, whereupon (I heare) ye Com'ons made (on thursday night a little before their adiournem') a Declarac'on against ye Lords said former order, & some of ye Ldds have also made a protestac'on against ye same & entred it in their house, as yo' Matie may perceave by y protestacc'on herew sent, & by the Declarac'on of ye Com'ons House, weh (I am tould) is sent to Mr. Th'rer by his sonne, but I cannot here procure a coppy it. I have herewth sent yo' Matie a coppy of an ordinance of both Houses concerning y raysing & transporting of forces out of England and Irland. By a le wch is sent in this packet from St John Colepeper to Marq. Hamilton, & by another sent by young St H. Vane to his father, yo' Mate (if you call for the y same) may see all the passages of ус Com'ons House since Munday morning, we have I am glad of beene soe various & dissonant, as may be worthy yo' Maties observac'on & informac❜on. that. You may now say There hath beene nothing spoken hitherto in Parliament concerning yo' Mate Generall Pardon. confidentlie If yo' Matie overcome all difficulties there, & make that they ar. firme to you yo' good people of that kingdome, I in my name 1 This is the order formerly alluded to. Previous to adjournment, on the 9th, the Lords desired a conference on the subject of orders respecting Divine Service: but the Commons, without noticing that desire, instantly passed a resolution "that this House doth not consent to these orders, or to any of them." The Lords who protested against the proceedings of the Upper House were Bedford, Warwick, Clare, Newport, Wharton, and Kimbolton. Copies of these Declarations may be found in Rushworth's Collections; also in Nalson's. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer. The elder Vane continued to hold the office of Treasurer only until the 26th of November, when, immediately after the King's return, he was succeeded by Lord Falkland. Nicholas seems to desire to convey to the King in a very marked way the continued relations of intimacy and correspon dence existing between the elder and the younger Vano. beleeve it will not be difficult for you to put all things here in good order att ye next recesse, by carrying a steddy and moderate hand upon yo affaires. Yo Matic will I hope pardon the tedious and on the oppoempty let wch you receave from, Yo' Maties Most humble and most obedient servaunt, WESTMINSTER, 10 Sepbris, 1641. EDEN: 16: "For yo' sacred Ma'tie" EDW. NICHOLAS. "Yours apostyled." 10 7bris, 1642. Apost. 16o. Sir Edward Nicholas to the King. May it please yo' Matie, site page, in the King's hand-writing. I co'mand you to draw up anie such warrant, as my Wyfe shall direct you, for the disposing of the great Collar of Rubies' that land, & tell have co'mands in dent of your I cannot add any thing of advertisem' worthy yo' is in HolMaties notice since my last of ye 10th of this present, her how I only I can tell yo' Matie that ye Declarac'on of y directed you Com'ons (whereof I could not then procure a coppy) to wait her is now printed, as ye Duke of Richmond' can shew this; & that yor Male, to whome I have sent one from ye Ea. of I am confiPortland. Mr. Th'rer's ler of ye 7th present, puts secrecie in 1 This was an affair requiring delicate management, though thing else, not now so dangerous as it became two years later, when the that I shall Parliament, understanding that the Queen had pawned the trust you crown jewels in Holland, ordered that whoever had, or should pay, lend, send, or bring, any money or specie into the kingdom, for or upon those jewels, or accept of any bill hereafter, should be considered an enemy to the state. 2 De Larrey, in his characters, describes the Duke as at the head of the royalist Lords, not only from his near relationship to the King, but also on account of his personal qualities. At the early age of twenty-one he had been made a Privy Councillor, and married to the Duke of Buckingham's daughter. "His wit, his courage, and his affection for the King, made him worthy the esteem and favour of the Court. But two qualities which he had, prevented his being serviceable to the King, who loved him: the one was, his too great diffidence of himself; and the other (quite opposite) too great a haughtiness in point of honour. By the first he rendered himself too dependent; and by the latter, too ob noxious." Jerome Weston, second Earl of that title; a family now extinct. this, & anie with. C. R. |